Zane paused as Candace chased after Mackenzie. For the young girl, she saw her older brother as one of the bad guys from her princess movies. She had only ever known of bad guys beating a man when they were already down. And at the scene laying at Zane's feet, he saw Paul unconscious, blood and swelling making it difficult to learn the true extent of the damage that was present upon his victim's face. Although it was not an excuse, Zane could recall his childhood with Paul hovering over him with impossible expectations. Ones that could not be met and were accompanied by the obliteration of a young child's self esteem. In the years where a father figure was the most important, Zane was tainted with Paul.
With each punch in present day, Zane channeled the years that Paul taunted, beat, and
