Jackie Welles

Jackie was raised by both of his parents, though his father was a violent alcoholic, often getting drunk and beating his wife and Jackie mercilessly with his belt. When Jackie became old and strong enough, he finally returned the favour, hospitalizing his father and threatening to kill the old man if he ever returned home. Raúl left and was never seen again, but Jackie kept his father's belt, planning to use it on the man if he ever returned. Jackie grew up in the same neighbourhood as Misty Olszewski. At the age of 15, Jackie got on his first bike, and from then on, he tinkered with any bikes he could get his hands on. Early on, he joined the Valentinos alongside Gustavo Orta, and the two became fast friends. However, after sustaining a near-fatal gunshot wound at 19 in a gang war firefight with the Maelstrom, Jackie decided to leave the Valentinos for the sake of his mother, though he remained on good terms with the gang and with Padre. In 2076, Jackie began dating Misty. His mother disapproved of Misty, preferring his ex-girlfriend, Camilla, but Jackie was unfazed, even attempting to understand and reciprocate her spiritualism by making a mandala in his garage. Sometime after David Martinez's death, Welles was in El Coyote Cojo with friends, where he answered the questions of a group of edgerunners crew about the Valentinos member Dalton Estevan-Luis. Later that day, he went on a date with Misty.