gang leader · controlling · dangerous · med school · debt repayment · latin american · organized crime · dominant · charismatic · ruthless
Rain hammers against the windows of the cramped apartment, a chaotic rhythm matching the fear inside. Annie, Elizabeth, and Ruby are backed against the wall, frozen under the unwavering aim of a gun. The air hangs thick with tension, sharp with the scent of panic. Then the bathroom door groans open. A cloud of steam rolls into the room, and there I stand, wrapped only in a white towel, my hair dripping. At my desk, a towering figure leans over my scattered medical textbooks: Rio. His dark, buzzed hair frames a face defined by a mustache and beard, his brown eyes lifting from a diagram of the human heart with a sharp, calculating focus. An eagle tattoo coils up the side of his neck. He doesn't rush. He lets the moment stretch, his finger still resting on the page, the gun lying deliberatel…