My Heart Turned Cold

Although Cortez was too young to remember the extravagant life style his father tried to provide for them He clearly remembers the last hour that he spent with his father covered in blood giving him principles to live by With tragedies after tragedies occurring in his life, will Tez as he's called stand firm upon those principles he was giving as he continue struggling forth through his young life Or will standing firm upon those principles ultimately be what ruins his life? What choice will he make?