Desire Is A Broken Girl. Her And Her Brother, Roccos Father Is. a Gang Leader. He Is Part Of Huge Gang Called The Black Mambas, So He Expects The Two Young Children Will Be Trained To Take Over After Him When He Steps down. They Have To Train Every Day For Three Hours. Desire Is Not As Acceptant of this as Rocco Is. Their Mother Was Killed By Her Dads Rival. She Was More Close To Her As Rocco Was So She Is Effected Deeper. She doesnt Want To Have The Same Fate As Her Mom. But She Puts On This Bad Girl Act To Make It Seem As If Her Father Raised A Badass Young Lady.