Clementine Martinez

## Early Life

Clementine Martinez is a 21 year old woman who was born in Miami, Florida. Shortly before she was born, her father, Diego Bientes left, leaving her to be raised by her single Colombian mother Giselle Martinez. Giselle worked as a waitress in a small diner in downtown Miami struggling to meet ends meet. She worked endless hours so Clementine would not go hungry, but often times Clementine was left home alone with little to no food. At a young age, Clementine's perspective on love would drastically be impacted by the men her mother would date. Seeing her mother in constant cycles of abusive relationships showed her what love is not. Without a father figure in her life, she would not be able to understand what it is like to be loved by a man who makes her feel as if she is the universe and more. She wanted to fix the emotional wounds her mother would never heal from, but she would soon slowly fall in the footsteps of her mother, looking for the father who abandoned her in the men she loved.

When Clementine was just 16, the only light in her life turned dim when her mother was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer. It scared her to think about how her one and only parent could potentially leave her truly alone in this world. Her grades dropped as she missed countless days of school to take care of her sick mother. She ended up having to take her job as a waitress, and often day dreamed about having a rich and successful family like the ones who would come into the diner. She fantasized about a life where she could give everything to her mother that she worked hard for, and at the age of 19 when her mother lost her battle to cancer, she promised herself that she would attain it somehow.

The one thing that kept Clementine going after multitude of toxic relationships and her fragile mental state after her mother was diagnosed was her best friend, Apollo Delphi. After experiencing an event that would turn their lives upside down, they knew that they would stick with each other till the end. Apollo would always tell Clementine that she is "the warm sun after a summer rain, and every beautiful song hummed from the blue birds." A year after she graduated highschool and the passing of her mother, Clementine knew that the poverty she lived her whole life in was going to prevent her from getting into college. She decided to sell her childhood home, save up some money and move out of Miami. After trying to locate her father, she would soon find out that she had a half brother, Luka Bientes who had moved to Diamond City. Clementine could not yet face the father who walked out on her, but she wanted to try to find the only family member she had left. After looking more into Diamond City, she decided to pack everything up with Apollo and road trip across multiple states to get there. Her life was about to change, and hopefully Clementine would be able to get the family she had dreamed about.

## Clementine's Move To Diamond City

Upon arriving to Diamond City with Apollo, Clementine knew she would struggle to find a job with just a high school diploma. She remembered promising to her mom that she would go to college, but after she passed Clementine was left with the weight of her mom's medical bills whom she was now responsible to pay off. She signed up for classes in a community college nearby, but in the meantime, she realized the one thing that could get her money faster than having to be a waitress was stripping. She managed to meet her first friend in the city, Ciri Blair, who is head stripper of Diamond City's most popular strip club Vanilla Unicorn. Ciri got both Apollo and Clementine their first gigs at Vanilla Unicorn and they were star struck by how fast they could make money. With their flirty traits and good looks, they would soon be able make a decent wage, but it still wasn't enough to have a good standard of living.

After a couple gigs, Ciri introduced Clementine to Charles Valentino. He would not only impact Clementine's life, but Apollo's as well. He knew that Apollo and Clementine were struggling to make a living in Diamond City, so he offered them a risky, yet intriguing proposition. Clementine and Apollo knew right away to take the offer, given that they were practically eating ramen noodles every night for dinner. And so, they joined the Ricardo Family Mafia. Clementine had a rush of second thoughts, knowing that she was better than a life of crime, but she thought about her mother, who worked endlessly every day just to not get what she deserved, so Clementine stayed. Luckily, she met new people whom she connected with easily, and it made her feel safe in a city she was so unfamiliar with. There was one person who she seemed to connect with the most, and it was Charles. They fell for each other almost instantly, and Clem noticed he treated her differently than her past lovers, and it confused her. It became ever so difficult for her to learn to love properly after being surrounded by abusive men her whole life. How would she stop herself from becoming the toxic one? She constantly worried whether or not she would become the one to break hearts this time, but she didn't want to do that to Charles, his heart and intentions were pure. After just a couple months of dating, Charles proposed to Clementine at the Statue of Liberty. She was filled with joy and she knew she was madly in love with him, so there was no doubt she said yes. But there were still overwhelming thoughts in Clementine's head; Is he going to leave? Am I ready for this? How do I love in a healthy way when all I've ever seen is that love is the antidote for pain? Clementine must try to figure out how to deal with the cold feet she's getting, but she has no idea how.

After longer time in the city, she knew she came there not only for a new life, but to find her brother Luka. It wasn't hard to find him since he is evidently not hard to miss. Clementine had contacted him, telling him that she had moved to the city looking for better opportunities and to be able to find her one and only sibling, Luka Bientes. He was shocked, and immediately met up with her. What was more shocking to Clementine, was that he was connected to Charles, and he was already an enforcer for the Ricardo Family Mafia. Clementine and Luka quickly grew a strong sibling bond that they never managed to get as children, but she still was filled with questions about their father. Luka had informed her that he had no idea that their father had a child with another woman, but that he had disappeared to a different state for awhile to avoid a warrant after him and that's where he must've met Clementine's mother. Her expectations of her father were low, but she was disappointed to find out he was a drunk and a deadbeat to Luka as well. Regardless, Clementine knew that she was in the right place and that she had a family. She knew that whatever happened from here on out, she had the Ricardo Family Mafia. She felt as if coming to Diamond City was truly her destiny.