“My dad has always said that violence is something to avoid at all costs,” Albert tells us. “But he has also said that you never hit a girl. And so I had to weigh the two. I just . . .” Then he stops walking and he’s wide-eyed looking at me. It gives me a chill the way he does it. “But really,” he says, “it just made everything hurt inside to watch them hurt you two, and I would have done anything in the universe to stop it.”
