* ☾ ·˚ — RAQUEL’S FAMILY TREE ;
amada vega ; mother. thirty eight years old. works as a waitress. — amada got pregnant with raquel at the age of seventeen. her parents kicked her out of their home which left her homeless for most part of her pregnancy. at seven months, amada was able to move in with a friend and that’s when she got a job as a waitress at a las vegas diner. however her time there was shortlived when she had raquel. she was fired afterwards and once again kicked out of her friend’s home. that’s when she met justin briggs, a notorious drug dealer that lived in vegas. justin quickly took a liking to amada and they moved in together. amada got a job at another diner and justin continued to do what he did.
justin briggs ; step-father. thirty eight years old. drug dealer. — justin is a very toxic person. at first, he was caring and sweet towards amada and raquel but as the years passed, he began to get abusive. his addiction with drugs and alcohol only fueled the abuse he let out on amada and raquel. he would hit them and force amada to do drugs. he’s been arrested several times and each time amada has tried to leave him but can’t. she knows that if she leaves, she wouldn’t be able to provide anything for her daughter and she refuses to look for christian.
christian matthews ; father. forty years old. ceo. — christian just viewed amada as a one night stand, not talking to her after the hooked up. he was known around vegas for being a playboy and having every girl at his feet. he was careless and charismatic, a bad boy with money. when amada told him about raquel, he wanted her to get rid of it and even offered her lots of money to do so. refusing, amada decided that it was in her and her daughter’s best interest to just leave christian and never look back. he was relieved at first, not caring about raquel or her mother but after many years, he began to search for her again. he found them once but never got the courage to go meet his daughter.
