My name is Bruno, I'm 32 years old and I own this favela. Getting where I am wasn't easy, staying alive in this world is complicated, and having good people around is rare. In my case, it's my brother Breno, he's two years younger and he's my right-hand man, and sometimes my left too. My mom goes crazy knowing that both her sons are in this life, but it was this or go hungry. My old man took off when I was twelve, he got himself a rich woman to fund him, left one day out of nowhere without saying goodbye to anyone and without looking back, we never heard from him again.
And to put food on the table, I became a drug dealer, it was the only place where I got a job, I was responsible for the house, since my mom was always a housewife and depended on my dad, when he left he left us with nothing, and I had to take responsibility for my mother and my brother. I started from the bottom then worked my way up as I got older, one day I saved the boss from getting shot in the head, he, in gratitude, started training me and told me that when he went down I should take over the favela.
We weren't like father and son, or even best friends, none of that, it was just business. He taught me and I learned and that was it. It's been 3 years since the old man went down and I took over. The beginning was difficult, but then I got the hang of it. The people respect and obey me, the same goes for my soldiers.
I never wanted Breno in this life, I wanted him to study and have a future, but he wanted to help and people needed the money, our mother also worked, she did odd cleaning jobs and took care of children, but it was little and the money was not enough, so I ended up letting Breno go to the drug point to work with me, but he was always the smartest one, he was good with numbers and money, so he always worked at the point, almost never went out to make runs.
I had another teacher and a nurse brought in, I wanted them to be from here, but as there weren't any, a friend of mine helped me and sent a nurse and a teacher, I heard they arrived and called Bia, my sister-in-law, to go there and take care of receiving them, I don't have time, I'm full of problems to solve at the drug point.
My mother has a snack bar here in the favela, I set it up for her, robbing was the first thing I did when I took over the favela, I wanted her to stop working and stay at home resting, but Dona Nena is tough, she didn't want to stay at home and since she makes delicious snacks, I set up this nice snack bar for her. Whenever we can, we go there to eat and see the old lady, Breno and I don't live with her, each one has his own place, so whenever we can, we go there to eat and see her, so it kind of became our meeting point, the dealers also live there, and Dona Nena is like a mother to all of us, she treats the dealers as if they were her own children, she says that she has to treat well those who help protect her children. I don't mind, I just don't want my soldiers all fat and chubby because of her delicious food.
Breno takes care of the financial part of the favela, he knows how much we make, and how we spend the money, he pays everyone and pays for the merchandise, the rest is with me, I negotiate the drugs, the weapons and everything else.
I had a school built in the favela, and a health post that looks more like a hospital, you can even have surgery if you need it, there's a doctor who comes every day, if I or my men need it, everything is here so that no one dies, but one of the nurses had the nerve to get involved with a married dealer, the bitch got what was coming to her and it ended badly for him and for the pretty boy who thought he was a ladies' man, I got rid of both of them, they went to hook up in hell now.
I'm not a very patient guy, and I don't trust anyone, not even myself, so I don't have a relationship with any woman, there are several out there wanting to be my faithful, but I'm not interested in having piranhas all over me, I don't go around picking up just anyone either, when I need to I have someone brought in, I relieve myself and that's it, then they leave, I don't want anything more than that, I never wanted to and I never will. What my father did to my mother any woman can do to me too, so I'm not going to give any of them a chance to fool me.
I finished my work and went down to my mom's snack bar with Breno, I told Breno's girl Bia to bring the new residents for me to meet and to also give them the lowdown on how things work here in my hood.
When Bia returned, she brought a girl with slanted eyes and a chubby guy beside her.
"Hey Bruno, this is Manu and this is Eduardo."
The two of them didn't say anything, they were scared shitless, the chubby guy wouldn't even look ahead, just stared at the floor and was trembling all over.
"Look here, you two, in this hood we kill traitors, so if you even think about trying anything funny, I'm warning you, it's going to end badly. Obey the rules, respect the people and don't get into trouble and you'll be fine. Now scram, both of you, tomorrow I want to see you both working, I didn't call anyone here for a vacation."
The two left without even saying goodbye, the nerve of some criminals. I continued talking to my buddies and then went home, I was tired and wanted to sleep early tonight.
But I couldn't even get home, I had to go back to the drug point because two of my dealers arrived wounded, they were delivering some merchandise on the main road when the cops showed up, there was an exchange of fire, they managed to escape but the shots hit them, I had them taken to the clinic and called the doctor and the chubby nurse.
Damn, it's going to be a long night.
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