Author's POV

Nothing stopped him from receiving the first beating of his life.

His friends laughed so hard at him when he got to school in his condition.

"Come on, Rico... Did you go on to steal or perhaps you wrestle with John Cena?" They jeered at him.

Had it been someone else, he would have asked.

His face was sullen and bruised from punches. They have to bandage his waist because of a break in his bone.

His stepfather was a great boxer and wrestler.

His mother couldn't stand up from the bare ground.

He could vividly remember how the monster had jerked him and growled, "ask your mom...