Joe Loya
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He was angry.
Brenda left, kind of humiliating him and stuff.
And so he walks into the kitchen.
My brother is drying the dishes.
Paul's washing them.
I'm drying them.
My dad comes in and we're just like terrified.
And we're skinny, skinny, skinny kids, real skinny.
And my dad comes in and he all of a sudden sucker punches my brother in the wrist.
And Paul winces.
And this is the worst memory of my life.
Of all the terrible things I've done and all the terrible things done to me, this is the worst moment of my life, hands down.
My dad punches Paul in the ribs, pounces on his neck, grabs his neck, and then starts dunking Paul's head into the soap water, the dishwater.
And I'm standing there paralyzed.
Now, I have a lot of heart in my body at the time.
I'm very arrogant.
I feel like I can do I'm going to grow up in the world.
I'm going to be somebody.
I just don't know what yet.
I have all this confidence in myself.