Lukas Veneto has been the Italian mafia boss for three years since his parents were killed in a suspicious car accident. He raised his younger siblings, and has moved to New York for business. Emersyn Pierce left her abusive boyfriend in California and moved to New York where her best friend set her up as CFO of her company. She found out she was pregnant and kept the little boy she named Matthew. She was soon after recruited by the CIA, for speaking five different languages fluently.