[Manolo's laughter joins Joaquin's, and he leans back on the palms of his hands now.] They are the craziest, but I love them. Even if they believe you've dragged the family name through the mud, they'll never abandon one of their own.
[Because, in the end, that's what family is supposed to be all about, right?]
Anyway, as you can imagine, my father had a lot to live up to, and my grandfather was determined to make his son even manlier than every Sanchez before him. So, at the age of about 9 or 10, my father began his training to become a bullfighter.
Rather than being afraid, though, he was very excited. Bullfighting was the path of all Sanchez men, and now he was well on his way to joining the greats such as Carmelo, Jorge and my grandfather.
[Manolo shakes his head, pinching the bridge of his nose for a moment.]
...As it turns out, though, leaving a child trapped in a ring with angry, thousand-pound beasts usually doesn't go well. Crazy, right?
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[Because, in the end, that's what family is supposed to be all about, right?]
Anyway, as you can imagine, my father had a lot to live up to, and my grandfather was determined to make his son even manlier than every Sanchez before him. So, at the age of about 9 or 10, my father began his training to become a bullfighter.
Rather than being afraid, though, he was very excited. Bullfighting was the path of all Sanchez men, and now he was well on his way to joining the greats such as Carmelo, Jorge and my grandfather.
[Manolo shakes his head, pinching the bridge of his nose for a moment.]
...As it turns out, though, leaving a child trapped in a ring with angry, thousand-pound beasts usually doesn't go well. Crazy, right?