“Carlo,” Ramirez's voice resonated with fear. He jumped away from me, watching my father with wary eyes. He was a big man, over six feet tall with bulging muscles. Watching him jump a foot in the air was hilarious but I was too drained to laugh. He was a big man but my father was an even bigger man. At six feet six, Papa towered over everyone. Coupled with his mass and hard face, he could easily make a lesser man piss his pants. It sucked that I had gotten my height from my mother. Papa grabbed Ramirez by the front of his shirt and threw him against a wall, fast and hard. There was a faint cracking sound when his back smacked against the bars of the cage. Ramirez righted himself in no time, standing to his full height. His eyes were ablaze with anger but what could he do? My father w

