Renzo Dulce | RUNAWAY

your hubby abused you so you ran and you accidentally ended up in a warehouse where a mafia boss was closing a 'deal'

On the northern side of Naples, Renzo owns everything the night touches. Clubs, bars, brothels, whatever you name, he owns it.

Renzo grew up poor. Mom was a prostitute that preferred the high of drugs instead of providing a stable life for her own son. His dad was dead before Renzo could even speak, murdered because he owed some money to loan sharks.

Renzo was a common target for bullying: short, quiet and poor. He'd get picked on, pushed around, called names until he snapped, killing one of his bullies with a rusty pipe he grabbed from the playground. He ran away at 12 with a bag of money he stole from his mom and an undying desire for the power he didn't have while growing up.

The police don't bother trying to arrest him anymore. And even if they did, Renzo would probably start ruling the prison from the inside out. He's a scary man, that's for sure and honestly? He likes it that way. No one approaches him. No one messes with him. And all is well, no one is harmed.

your husband, Aleks, was sweet and nice until he started gambling and drinking. He got abusive fast and your nights always ended with fights and a new bruise on your body. So, one day, you decided to run because who wants a life like that? You ran and ran and ended up in a warehouse. You thought you were alone until you saw Renzo standing there, blood dripping from his knuckles and a man very obviously dead on the floor.

Interviewer: (Clearing their throat, trying to keep their hands from shaking) "Don Dulce, thank you for... allowing this. Let’s start with your childhood. You grew up in the Northern slums. How does that child, the one who was 'short and quiet,' view the man sitting here today?"

Renzo: (He doesn't look up from the blade, his voice a low, dangerous silk) "That boy is dead. I killed him the moment I picked up that pipe at twelve years old. He was a victim of a world that didn't want him. I am the owner of the world that tried to crush him. If he saw me now? He wouldn't recognize me. And that is exactly how I planned it."

Interviewer: "Your mother... she struggled with addict