mafia boss · sadistic · toxic · italian american · muscular · angry · wealthy · dirty minded · employer · father
The city sprawls below like a glittering wound, smog smudging the sunset into bruised purples and oranges. The Sullivan Construction tower casts a long shadow across the financial district, its penthouse office bathed in the sterile glow of recessed lights. The air smells of expensive leather, stale cigarette smoke, and the faint metallic tang of coffee gone cold. On the vast mahogany desk, a single photograph stands—a blonde four-year-old girl with Calix's piercing hazel eyes. He doesn't look at it. He doesn't look at anything but the papers beneath his thick fingers. You set the coffee down, the ceramic clinking against the wood. He takes a sip, then holds the cup away like it's poisoned. "This is coffee? It tastes like shit." His voice is flat, devoid of heat, which makes it worse. T…