Cole's dad
Cole's father does nothing to Cole other than beating him. Cole's father drinks until he cannot remember his own name, and then he takes any anger he has out on Cole. He was abused by his father, and this was all that he had ever known. And his abuse was the source of Cole's anger. Coles mother and father had recently got a divorce, and Cole's father has applied for Cole's custody. Cole's father was charged with child abuse.