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A Little Girl Says To The Hells Angels: “Hello, Sir, My Mom Has a Tattoo Just Like Yours” — What? — Transcript

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  1. 0:00The diner fell dead silent as six
  2. 0:02massive bikers in full leather colors
  3. 0:05stepped through the door.
  4. 0:06But the real shock didn't come from
  5. 0:08them. It came from a 6-year-old girl in
  6. 0:12a pink sundress who tugged a giant
  7. 0:15biker's sleeve and chirped, "Hello, sir.
  8. 0:18My mom has a tattoo just like yours."
  9. 0:21The Mojave Desert in mid-July is an
  10. 0:24unforgiving place to hide. The heat
  11. 0:27shimmered off the asphalt of US
  12. 0:30Route 93 like oil on water, creating
  13. 0:33mirages that danced ahead of Katherine
  14. 0:36Hayes' rusted 1998 Volvo sedan.
  15. 0:40For the past 6 years, she had been
  16. 0:42living under the name Amanda Davis, a
  17. 0:45ghost drifting from one cash-in-hand
  18. 0:47waitressing job to another, always
  19. 0:50keeping her head down, always paying in
  20. 0:52small bills. Beside her in the passenger
  21. 0:55seat sat Lydia humming softly to herself
  22. 0:58as she colored in a battered princess
  23. 1:01book. Lydia was six with a head full of
  24. 1:04untamable blonde curls and a fearless
  25. 1:07curiosity that Katherine constantly had
  26. 1:09to keep in check. They had pulled into
  27. 1:12Alamo, Nevada strictly out of necessity.
  28. 1:15The Volvo's temperature gauge was
  29. 1:17creeping dangerously into the red and
  30. 1:20Katherine needed to let the engine cool.
  31. 1:23She spotted a dusty sun-bleached diner
  32. 1:25called The Rusty Spoon and steered the
  33. 1:27car into the gravel lot. The diner was a
  34. 1:30relic of the 1970s,
  35. 1:33smelling of stale coffee, burnt bacon
  36. 1:35grease, and lemon pine sol. Katherine
  37. 1:39guided Lydia to a corner booth facing
  38. 1:41the door.
  39. 1:43It was a habit born of paranoia. She
  40. 1:46always needed to see who was coming in.
  41. 1:48"Can I get a grilled cheese, Mommy?" as
  42. 1:50dishy and Lydia asked, swinging her legs
  43. 1:53beneath the table.
  44. 1:55"Of course, baby." Katherine said,
  45. 1:57offering a tired smile.
  46. 2:00She ordered the sandwich for Lydia and a
  47. 2:02black coffee for herself, counting the
  48. 2:05crumpled $1 bills in her frayed wallet.
  49. 2:08$34 left. They had to make it to Idaho
  50. 2:11by Tuesday. 20 minutes later, the low
  51. 2:15guttural rumble of heavy V-twin
  52. 2:17motorcycles echoed across the desert
  53. 2:20landscape, roaring louder until it
  54. 2:22vibrated the glass windows of the diner.
  55. 2:25Catherine's stomach dropped. She knew
  56. 2:28that sound. It was a sound that had
  57. 2:30haunted her nightmares since 2015.
  58. 2:34Six motorcycles pulled into the gravel
  59. 2:36lot, kicking up clouds of white dust.
  60. 2:39The men who dismounted were imposing
  61. 2:41figures clad in heavy denim, heavy
  62. 2:43boots, and leather cuts adorned with the
  63. 2:46infamous red and white death's head
  64. 2:48patch. They were Hells Angels. Catherine
  65. 2:51froze, her hands gripping her coffee mug
  66. 2:54so tightly her knuckles turned white.
  67. 2:57She slouched lower in her vinyl booth,
  68. 2:59praying to any god that would listen
  69. 3:01that they were just passing through. The
  70. 3:04diner door chimed, a cheerful innocent
  71. 3:07sound that starkly contrasted with the
  72. 3:09men who walked in. The atmosphere in the
  73. 3:12room shifted instantly. The few other
  74. 3:15patrons, a couple of truckers and an
  75. 3:17elderly couple, suddenly found their
  76. 3:19meals fascinating, averting their eyes.
  77. 3:22The waitress, a teenager with braces,
  78. 3:24swallowed hard and grabbed a pot of
  79. 3:26coffee with trembling hands. Leading the
  80. 3:29pack was a man who looked like a
  81. 3:30mountain carved from scarred flesh and
  82. 3:33bad intentions. His name patch read
  83. 3:36Grizzly, and the rocker below his club
  84. 3:39patch indicated he was from the Oakhaven
  85. 3:41chapter. He had a thick, graying beard,
  86. 3:44cold blue eyes, and a deep scar running
  87. 3:47from his left ear down to his
  88. 3:49collarbone.
  89. 3:51Catherine recognized him immediately. It
  90. 3:53was Dane Peterson. Panic seized her
  91. 3:56throat. Dane had been her older
  92. 3:58brother's right-hand man. He'd been at
  93. 4:01the house the night everything burned to
  94. 4:03the ground. Catherine's mind raced. She
  95. 4:06needed to get up. Now. Lydia, finish up.
  96. 4:11Catherine whispered urgently, sliding
  97. 4:13out of the booth and fumbling for her
  98. 4:15purse.
  99. 4:16Uh, we have [clears throat] to go. But
  100. 4:18she knocked her purse onto the linoleum
  101. 4:20floor, spilling her meager belongings,
  102. 4:23chapstick, loose change, a fake driver's
  103. 4:27license.
  104. 4:28Swearing under her breath, she ducked
  105. 4:30under the table to gather them. It only
  106. 4:33took 5 seconds. 5 seconds of looking
  107. 4:35away.
  108. 4:37When Catherine popped her head back up,
  109. 4:39the booth across from her was empty.
  110. 4:41Lydia. She gasped. She whipped her head
  111. 4:45around. The six bikers had congregated
  112. 4:48around the main counter waiting for the
  113. 4:50waitress to clear a large booth.
  114. 4:52Dane Peterson was leaning against the
  115. 4:54counter, his massive forearms resting on
  116. 4:57the laminate surface.
  117. 4:59His left sleeve was rolled up, exposing
  118. 5:02a very specific piece of ink on his
  119. 5:04inner forearm. And standing right next
  120. 5:07to him, looking up with wide, innocent
  121. 5:09blue eyes was Lydia. Before Catherine
  122. 5:12could scream, before she could vault
  123. 5:14over the table and snatch her daughter
  124. 5:16away,
  125. 5:17Lydia reached out a tiny finger and
  126. 5:20poked the giant biker's heavily tattooed
  127. 5:23arm.
  128. 5:24The diner fell dead silent. The other
  129. 5:26five bikers stopped talking, turning
  130. 5:28their hard gazes down toward the little
  131. 5:31girl who had just dared to touch a
  132. 5:33patched member.
  133. 5:34Dane looked down, his brow furrowing in
  134. 5:37irritation. But then Lydia smiled, a
  135. 5:40bright, gap-toothed grin, and delivered
  136. 5:43the words that would shatter Catherine's
  137. 5:45carefully constructed world.
  138. 5:48Hello, sir. Lydia chirped, a voice
  139. 5:51carrying clearly across the quiet diner.
  140. 5:54Huh. My mom has a tattoo just like
  141. 5:57yours. Dane's expression froze.
  142. 6:00He didn't brush the kid away. Instead,
  143. 6:02he looked at his forearm.
  144. 6:04The tattoo wasn't a standard club logo.
  145. 6:07It was a deeply personal restricted
  146. 6:10piece. It depicted a winged skull
  147. 6:12pierced by a broken dagger with a
  148. 6:15bleeding black rose wrapping around the
  149. 6:17hilt. Beneath it, in stark gothic
  150. 6:20lettering, were the initials D,
  151. 6:22H, and the year 2015.
  152. 6:26It was a memorial piece for a murdered
  153. 6:28chapter president, a tattoo strictly
  154. 6:30reserved for the inner circle who had
  155. 6:32sworn blood vengeance for the fallen
  156. 6:34leader. Outsiders didn't have it, and
  157. 6:37women certainly didn't have it.
  158. 6:40Dane's cold blue eyes snapped up from
  159. 6:42the little girl and swept across the
  160. 6:44diner. Catherine was standing frozen by
  161. 6:47her booth, her face drained of all
  162. 6:50color. She looked like she had seen a
  163. 6:53ghost. Because as far as the man staring
  164. 6:56at her was concerned, she was one. "Hold
  165. 6:59on," Dane rumbled, his voice low and
  166. 7:01gravelly, carrying an undercurrent of
  167. 7:03absolute authority. He didn't take his
  168. 7:06eyes off Catherine as he placed a
  169. 7:08massive hand gently but firmly on
  170. 7:11Lydia's shoulder, keeping the child in
  171. 7:13place.
  172. 7:15Catherine's maternal instincts finally
  173. 7:17overrode her sheer terror.
  174. 7:19She bolted across the diner, ignoring
  175. 7:22the threatening glares of the other five
  176. 7:24bikers, and grabbed Lydia's arm, yanking
  177. 7:27her behind her own body.
  178. 7:29"Don't touch my daughter," Catherine
  179. 7:31hissed, her voice shaking violently
  180. 7:33despite her attempt to sound fierce.
  181. 7:36One of the other bikers, a wiry man with
  182. 7:39a neck completely covered in spiderweb
  183. 7:42tattoos whose patch read Dexter, took a
  184. 7:45step forward, his hand dropping casually
  185. 7:48toward his waistline.
  186. 7:50"Watch your mouth, lady." Dane held up
  187. 7:52two fingers, stopping Dexter in his
  188. 7:55tracks.
  189. 7:56He slowly pushed himself off the
  190. 7:57counter, towering over Catherine. He
  191. 8:00smelled of sweat, gasoline, and old
  192. 8:03leather. "What did your kid just say to
  193. 8:06me?"
  194. 8:07Dane
  195. 8:08tilting his head. "She's a child."
  196. 8:10Catherine lied frantically, backing up
  197. 8:13until her spine hit the glass display
  198. 8:15case housing the diner's stale cherry
  199. 8:17pies.
  200. 8:18"She has a vivid imagination. She
  201. 8:21doesn't know what she's talking about.
  202. 8:23We're leaving." "Nobody is leaving."
  203. 8:26Dane said softly.
  204. 8:27Without turning around, he snapped his
  205. 8:29fingers. Dexter immediately walked to
  206. 8:32the front door, flipped the open sign to
  207. 8:35close and locked the deadbolt. The
  208. 8:37teenage waitress whimpered and retreated
  209. 8:40into the kitchen. The elderly couple in
  210. 8:42the corner looked terrified, but Dane
  211. 8:44ignored them entirely.
  212. 8:46"This was club business now. I know
  213. 8:48every man who wears this ink." Dane
  214. 8:51said, tapping the memorial tattoo on his
  215. 8:54forearm.
  216. 8:55"There are exactly nine of us left
  217. 8:57alive. So, unless your husband is one of
  218. 8:59my brothers,
  219. 9:00your kid is lying or you've got some
  220. 9:03explaining to do."
  221. 9:04"I don't have a husband." Catherine
  222. 9:07stammered. "Please, we're just passing
  223. 9:09through.
  224. 9:10I have $30. You can take it. Just let us
  225. 9:14go." Dane stepped closer, invading her
  226. 9:18personal space, his imposing frame
  227. 9:21blocking out the light from the diner
  228. 9:23windows.
  229. 9:24He stared intensely at Catherine's face.
  230. 9:27He cataloged the dark circles under her
  231. 9:29eyes, the dyed brown hair, the cheap
  232. 9:32oversized clothes meant to hide a
  233. 9:35figure. "You look familiar." Dane
  234. 9:37murmured, his eyes narrowing.
  235. 9:40"I have one of those faces." She choked
  236. 9:42out. "No, you don't."
  237. 9:44Dane reached out. Catherine flinched,
  238. 9:47turning her head away expecting a blow.
  239. 9:51Instead, Dane's calloused fingers
  240. 9:53grabbed the collar of her faded denim
  241. 9:55jacket. With a swift, forceful tug, he
  242. 9:59yanked the fabric down over her left
  243. 10:01shoulder, tearing the collar off her
  244. 10:04cheap cotton t-shirt in the process.
  245. 10:07Catherine let out a cry of protest,
  246. 10:10trying to cover herself, but the damage
  247. 10:12was done.
  248. 10:13There, on her left shoulder blade, stark
  249. 10:16against her pale skin, was the exact
  250. 10:18same tattoo.
  251. 10:20The winged skull, the broken dagger,
  252. 10:23the black rose, and the initials D
  253. 10:26H 2015.
  254. 10:28A heavy, suffocating silence descended
  255. 10:31upon the diner.
  256. 10:33The bikers standing behind Dane shifted
  257. 10:35uneasily. Dexter let out a low whistle.
  258. 10:38Dane dropped his hand, taking a step
  259. 10:41back as if he had been physically
  260. 10:43struck.
  261. 10:44His eyes darted from the tattoo to
  262. 10:46Catherine's terrified face, tracing the
  263. 10:49lines of her jaw, the shape of her nose.
  264. 10:52The layers of cheap hair dye and 6 years
  265. 10:55of exhaustion couldn't hide the bone
  266. 10:58structure beneath.
  267. 11:00Catherine.
  268. 11:01Dane whispered, his voice cracking with
  269. 11:04a shock that was entirely
  270. 11:05uncharacteristic for a hardened one
  271. 11:07percenter.
  272. 11:09Cat. Catherine closed her eyes, a single
  273. 11:12tear escaping and tracking through the
  274. 11:14dust on her cheek. The charade was over.
  275. 11:17My name is Amanda, she whispered
  276. 11:20stubbornly, though the fight had
  277. 11:22completely left her body. Dane
  278. 11:26barked. The sudden volume making Lydia
  279. 11:28jump and bury her face in Catherine's
  280. 11:31leg. Catherine Hayes died in a house
  281. 11:33fire in Oakland 6 years ago.
  282. 11:36Her and her newborn baby. Do I look dead
  283. 11:39to you, Dane?
  284. 11:41Catherine snapped back, a sudden spark
  285. 11:43of defensive rage cutting through her
  286. 11:45fear.
  287. 11:47The history between them hung heavy in
  288. 11:49the diner air.
  289. 11:50Dominic Hayes, Catherine's older
  290. 11:52brother, had been the president of the
  291. 11:55Hells Angels Oakland chapter.
  292. 11:58He had been a ruthless, but fiercely
  293. 12:00loyal leader, who had taken Catherine in
  294. 12:03when their parents died. Dane Peterson
  295. 12:05had been his vice president, his shadow.
  296. 12:09In the winter of 2015, the club had been
  297. 12:12plunged into a bloody war with a rival
  298. 12:14cartel over a stolen shipment of
  299. 12:17weapons. Dominic had arranged a peace
  300. 12:20meeting at his private estate in the
  301. 12:21hills, but it was a trap. Someone inside
  302. 12:25the club had sold Dominic out. The
  303. 12:27cartel hitman arrived executing Dominic
  304. 12:29and firebombing the house. The club and
  305. 12:33the police believed Catherine and her
  306. 12:352-month-old daughter, Lydia, had
  307. 12:38perished in the inferno. The bodies were
  308. 12:41unidentifiable due to the intense heat,
  309. 12:44but the dental records planted by
  310. 12:46Catherine had convinced the coroner.
  311. 12:48"You faked it," Dane said, his mind
  312. 12:51struggling to process the revelation.
  313. 12:54"You let us bury an empty casket. You
  314. 12:56let us mourn you." "I didn't have a
  315. 12:59choice," Catherine yelled, clutching
  316. 13:01Lydia tighter.
  317. 13:03"Someone in that clubhouse sold Dom out.
  318. 13:05I heard the gunshots.
  319. 13:07I saw the men in the hallway. They
  320. 13:09weren't just cartel, Dane. They were
  321. 13:12being led by someone wearing our cut. I
  322. 13:15didn't know who the rat was. How was I
  323. 13:18supposed to trust any of you?" Dexter
  324. 13:20and the other bikers exchanged dark,
  325. 13:22dangerous looks. Accusing a patched
  326. 13:25member of betrayal was a death sentence.
  327. 13:28"Who did you see, Cat?" Dane demanded,
  328. 13:30leaning in close, his breath hot on her
  329. 13:32face. "Who let them in?" "I don't know,"
  330. 13:36Catherine lied. She knew exactly who she
  331. 13:40had seen, but saying his name in this
  332. 13:42diner, surrounded by men whose loyalties
  333. 13:45she couldn't verify, would get her and
  334. 13:47Lydia killed instantly. "You're lying,"
  335. 13:50Dane said, reading her face perfectly.
  336. 13:53He reached out and grabbed her wrist,
  337. 13:55his grip like a steel vise.
  338. 13:58"You're coming with us. The chapter
  339. 14:00needs to know you're alive. They need to
  340. 14:03know what you saw." "No!"
  341. 14:06Catherine thrashed, trying to pull away.
  342. 14:09"You can't take me back there.
  343. 14:12He's still there, Dane. The man who
  344. 14:14killed my brother is still at the table,
  345. 14:17then you're going to point him out to
  346. 14:18me, and I'll bury a hatchet in his skull
  347. 14:21myself. Dane growled, pulling her toward
  348. 14:24the door.
  349. 14:26Wait, please.
  350. 14:28Katherine pleaded, digging her heels
  351. 14:30into the linoleum.
  352. 14:32Look at me, Dane. If you take me back,
  353. 14:34we're dead. Me and the kid. I got this
  354. 14:38tattoo in a basement parlor in Reno 5
  355. 14:41years ago to never forget what was taken
  356. 14:43from me.
  357. 14:44I've lived out of a suitcase eating
  358. 14:46scraps just to keep Dom's daughter
  359. 14:49alive.
  360. 14:50Dane stopped. He looked down at Lydia,
  361. 14:53who was sobbing now, clutching her
  362. 14:55mother's torn shirt. He looked at the
  363. 14:57little girl's bright blue eyes and the
  364. 14:59stubborn set of her jaw.
  365. 15:02She was the spitting image of Dominic
  366. 15:04Hayes. Let go of my mommy, Lydia cried,
  367. 15:08weakly punching Dane's leather-clad leg.
  368. 15:11Dane's grip loosened on Katherine's
  369. 15:14wrist. For a fraction of a second,
  370. 15:16Katherine saw something flicker behind
  371. 15:18his cold eyes.
  372. 15:19Doubt, guilt, maybe.
  373. 15:22Rizzoli, Dexter called out from the
  374. 15:24front door, his voice tense.
  375. 15:27We got a problem. Dane turned. Through
  376. 15:30the glass of the diner's front window,
  377. 15:32three black, heavily tinted SUVs had
  378. 15:36just pulled into the gravel lot, boxing
  379. 15:39in the bikers' motorcycles and
  380. 15:40Katherine's rusted Volvo.
  381. 15:43The doors of the SUVs opened in unison,
  382. 15:46and a dozen men stepped out into the
  383. 15:48blistering Nevada heat. They weren't
  384. 15:50wearing leather or club cuts. They were
  385. 15:53wearing tactical vests, and they were
  386. 15:55carrying suppressed automatic weapons.
  387. 15:58Katherine's blood ran ice cold. The
  388. 16:01ghosts of Oakland hadn't just found her.
  389. 16:04They had followed the Hells Angels right
  390. 16:06to her doorstep. The glass of the
  391. 16:08diner's front window didn't just break,
  392. 16:11it completely atomized. Before the crack
  393. 16:14of the suppressed rifles even
  394. 16:16registered, a hail of high-caliber
  395. 16:18bullets shredded the diner's facade. The
  396. 16:21neon open sign exploded in a shower of
  397. 16:24sparks and blue glass.
  398. 16:27The cherry pie display case practically
  399. 16:29vaporized, sending chunks of stale
  400. 16:31pastry and shrapnel flying across the
  401. 16:34room.
  402. 16:35"Argh! Dane!" Dane roared, moving with a
  403. 16:38speed that defied his massive frame.
  404. 16:42He lunged forward, tackling Catherine
  405. 16:44and Lydia to the grease-stained linoleum
  406. 16:47floor just as a line of bullet holes
  407. 16:49stitched across the wall where they had
  408. 16:51been standing a second prior.
  409. 16:54Chaos erupted. The teenage waitress
  410. 16:57screamed from the back kitchen, and the
  411. 16:59elderly couple huddled under their booth
  412. 17:01praying in terrified whispers. The Hells
  413. 17:04Angels didn't freeze. Years of surviving
  414. 17:07in the violent underbelly of the outlaw
  415. 17:10world kicked in instantly.
  416. 17:12Dexter and the four other bikers,
  417. 17:15Lawson, Griggs, Dutch, and the prospect
  418. 17:18named Cole drew heavy semi-automatic
  419. 17:21pistols from their waistbands and
  420. 17:22immediately laid down suppressing fire
  421. 17:25through the shattered windows, forcing
  422. 17:27the advancing tactical team to duck
  423. 17:29behind the rusted husks of the bikers'
  424. 17:32motorcycles.
  425. 17:33The air instantly thickened with the
  426. 17:35acrid stench of cordite, atomized
  427. 17:38drywall, and burnt coffee. "Does the
  428. 17:43kitchen move?"
  429. 17:45Dane bellowed over the deafening roar of
  430. 17:47gunfire. He grabbed Catherine by the
  431. 17:50back of her denim jacket, practically
  432. 17:53dragging her across the floor while she
  433. 17:55kept her body curled protectively over a
  434. 17:57sobbing Lydia. They scrambled behind the
  435. 17:59stainless steel prep counters of the
  436. 18:01kitchen, the heavy metal providing a
  437. 18:04temporary barrier against the relentless
  438. 18:07assault outside. Dane ducked down beside
  439. 18:10them, slapping a fresh magazine into his
  440. 18:13customized 1911 pistol. Blood was
  441. 18:16trickling down his cheek from a A cut
  442. 18:19caused by flying glass, but his ice blue
  443. 18:22eyes were frighteningly calm.
  444. 18:25"Who the hell are they?" Dexter shouted,
  445. 18:28sliding into the kitchen next to Dane.
  446. 18:31"Cartel? They look like damn military
  447. 18:33contractors. They're tying up loose
  448. 18:36ends." Dane growled, peering around the
  449. 18:39edge of the swinging kitchen door.
  450. 18:41He looked down at Catherine, his
  451. 18:43expression hardening.
  452. 18:45"You didn't answer my question before
  453. 18:47the world started ending, Cat. Who did
  454. 18:50you see that night in Oakland? Who sold
  455. 18:52out your brother?" Catherine clutched
  456. 18:54Lydia to her chest, her breathing
  457. 18:56ragged. The deafening pop of gunfire
  458. 18:59outside punctuated her silence.
  459. 19:02She looked at the men surrounding her
  460. 19:04men, who wore the same patch as the man
  461. 19:06who had ordered her death.
  462. 19:08"If I tell you," Catherine choked out,
  463. 19:11"you won't believe me. You'll kill me."
  464. 19:14>> [snorts]
  465. 19:15[gasps]
  466. 19:15>> "Look around you, sweetheart."
  467. 19:18Lawson yelled, firing blindly over the
  468. 19:20counter. "We're all about to die anyway.
  469. 19:24Spill it."
  470. 19:25Outside, the gunfire briefly paused. A
  471. 19:29voice, amplified by a megaphone, echoed
  472. 19:32across the scorching asphalt of the
  473. 19:34parking lot. "Dane Peterson, this is not
  474. 19:37your fight. We only want the woman and
  475. 19:40the kid. Send them out and the Angels
  476. 19:42ride away free.
  477. 19:44You have my word." Dane's grip on his
  478. 19:47pistol tightened until his knuckles
  479. 19:49popped. He knew that voice. It was
  480. 19:51smooth, authoritative, and laced with an
  481. 19:55arrogant drawl that Dane had listened to
  482. 19:57at the head of the clubhouse table for
  483. 19:59the past 6 years.
  484. 20:01It was Sullivan, the current president
  485. 20:04of the Oakland chapter.
  486. 20:06The man who had taken the gavel after
  487. 20:08Dominic's murder.
  488. 20:09Dane slowly turned his head to look at
  489. 20:12Catherine. The color had completely
  490. 20:14drained from her face, her eyes wide
  491. 20:17with terror as she recognized the voice
  492. 20:19over the megaphone. "It was him,"
  493. 20:22Catherine whispered, her voice trembling
  494. 20:24but resolute. "D- Six years ago,
  495. 20:28I hid in the nursery closet. I saw the
  496. 20:31cartel hit men walking down the hallway.
  497. 20:34And Sullivan was leading them. He handed
  498. 20:37them the keys to Don's safe.
  499. 20:39He ordered them to burn the house with
  500. 20:41me and Lydia inside to secure his
  501. 20:43presidency." The revelation hit the
  502. 20:45kitchen like a physical shockwave.
  503. 20:48Dexter lowered his gun, staring at
  504. 20:50Catherine in sheer disbelief. Griggs and
  505. 20:53Lawson exchanged horrified glances. The
  506. 20:56silence inside the kitchen was heavier
  507. 20:58than the gunfire outside. To betray a
  508. 21:01brother was the ultimate sin. To murder
  509. 21:04a brother's family was unspeakable.
  510. 21:07"Sullivan." Dane whispered, the name
  511. 21:10tasting like ash in his mouth. He
  512. 21:12realized with sickening clarity what was
  513. 21:15happening. Sullivan had tracked Dane's
  514. 21:18crew. The president knew Dane had always
  515. 21:20been fiercely loyal to Dominic, a loose
  516. 21:23end that never quite settled. When
  517. 21:25Sullivan discovered Catherine was still
  518. 21:27alive, he knew he couldn't let Dane
  519. 21:30bring her back to Oakland. It would mean
  520. 21:33a club civil war. It was easier to hire
  521. 21:35mercenaries to wipe out Catherine,
  522. 21:38Lydia, and Dane's entire loyalist crew
  523. 21:40in one quiet desert shootout.
  524. 21:43"You have 60 seconds, Dane." Sullivan's
  525. 21:47voice boomed from the megaphone.
  526. 21:50"Don't die for a ghost." Dexter looked
  527. 21:53at Dane, his spider web neck tattoos
  528. 21:56twitching as he swallowed hard.
  529. 21:58"Grizzly, what's the play?"
  530. 22:01"We're outgunned, outmanned, and boxed
  531. 22:04in."
  532. 22:05>> [sighs]
  533. 22:06>> Dane looked down at the little girl
  534. 22:08trembling in Catherine's arms. He saw
  535. 22:11the exact same stubborn, defiant spark
  536. 22:14in Lydia's eyes that her father used to
  537. 22:17have. Dominic had been more than a
  538. 22:19president to Dane. He had been a
  539. 22:22brother. And Dane had failed to protect
  540. 22:25him. He wasn't going to fail twice.
  541. 22:28Dane reached up to his leather cut. With
  542. 22:30a violent tearing sound, he ripped the
  543. 22:33Oakland bottom rocker right off his
  544. 22:35vest. He threw the scrap of leather onto
  545. 22:38the grease-stained floor.
  546. 22:39Huh. The club is dead, Dane rumbled, his
  547. 22:43voice dark and deadly. That man out
  548. 22:46there ain't my president.
  549. 22:48This is about blood now.
  550. 22:51He looked up at his men.
  551. 22:54Any man who wants to walk out that back
  552. 22:56door and take his chances, do it now.
  553. 23:00No judgment. Dexter scoffed, racking the
  554. 23:03slide of his pistol. I always hated
  555. 23:06Sullivan anyway. Let's send these
  556. 23:08bastards to hell. Lawson, Griggs, Dutch,
  557. 23:12and Cole all nodded. Their faces
  558. 23:14hardened into masks of absolute resolve.
  559. 23:17They weren't fighting for a patch
  560. 23:19anymore. They were fighting for the
  561. 23:21little girl who wore their fallen
  562. 23:23brother's face.
  563. 23:25Listen to me, Hassain said, turning to
  564. 23:28Catherine. He pointed toward a heavy
  565. 23:30steel door at the back of the kitchen.
  566. 23:32Leads to an alley behind the diner. The
  567. 23:35owner has an old Ford pickup truck
  568. 23:37parked out there. The keys are always
  569. 23:40above the visor. When the shooting
  570. 23:43starts, you take Lydia and you run.
  571. 23:46Do not look back. You drive until you
  572. 23:49hit Idaho and you never use the name
  573. 23:51Catherine Hayes again. Val, Dane,
  574. 23:54they'll kill you, Catherine cried,
  575. 23:57grabbing his massive arm. They're going
  576. 23:59to try, Dane grinned, a terrifying
  577. 24:02blood-soaked smile that bared his teeth.
  578. 24:05He reached into his pocket and pressed a
  579. 24:07thick roll of hundred-dollar bills into
  580. 24:10a hand club funds.
  581. 24:13Take care of Dom's kid. Time's up,
  582. 24:16Peterson.
  583. 24:19Sullivan shouted from outside.
  584. 24:23Give them hell, boys, Dane roared. The
  585. 24:26Hell's Angels exploded from the kitchen,
  586. 24:28unleashing a wall of suppressive fire.
  587. 24:32The mercenaries, expecting a surrender,
  588. 24:34were caught off guard. Cole dropped the
  589. 24:36first mercenary with a clean shot to the
  590. 24:38chest, but the return fire was
  591. 24:40devastating.
  592. 24:42High-caliber rounds tore through the
  593. 24:44diner walls like paper.
  594. 24:46Griggs took a bullet to the shoulder and
  595. 24:48spun to the floor, cursing violently but
  596. 24:52continuing to fire one-handed. Dexter
  597. 24:55vaulted over the main counter, drawing
  598. 24:58the mercenaries' fire as he entered two
  599. 25:00clips into the nearest SUV, shattering
  600. 25:03its windshield and forcing the gunmen to
  601. 25:06scatter.
  602. 25:07"Go! Now!" Dane screamed at Catherine.
  603. 25:10Catherine scooped Lydia into her arms,
  604. 25:13hoisted the terrified child onto her
  605. 25:16hip, and kicked open the heavy steel
  606. 25:18back door.
  607. 25:20The blinding Nevada sun hit her face
  608. 25:22along with the blistering heat. True to
  609. 25:25Dane's word, a rusted blue Ford pickup
  610. 25:28was sitting in the dusty alleyway. She
  611. 25:30sprinted toward it, her boots kicking up
  612. 25:33clouds of dirt. Behind her, the sounds
  613. 25:36of war raged inside the diner, the
  614. 25:39booming of handguns, the terrifying
  615. 25:42rattle of automatic rifles, and the
  616. 25:44agonizing screams of men.
  617. 25:47Catherine yanked the driver's side door
  618. 25:50open, threw Lydia onto the bench seat,
  619. 25:53and climbed in.
  620. 25:54She frantically patted the sun visor.
  621. 25:57The cold metal of the keys dropped into
  622. 25:59her palm. Inside the diner, the
  623. 26:02situation was deteriorating rapidly. The
  624. 26:05mercenaries were pushing through the
  625. 26:07shattered front doors, heavily armored
  626. 26:09and moving with tactical precision.
  627. 26:12"Dutch, the fryers!" Dane yelled over
  628. 26:15the din.
  629. 26:17Dutch, taking cover behind the grill,
  630. 26:19understood instantly. He reached up and
  631. 26:22violently wrenched the main commercial
  632. 26:24gas line running to the deep fryers,
  633. 26:26snapping the valve. A thick hissing
  634. 26:28sound filled the kitchen as highly
  635. 26:31flammable gas poured into the room.
  636. 26:34"Fall back out the side window." Dane
  637. 26:37ordered. The bikers scrambled toward a
  638. 26:40small narrow window near the bathrooms.
  639. 26:43Dexter and Cole shoved the wounded
  640. 26:45Griggs through first, then climbed out
  641. 26:47themselves. Dane was the last man in the
  642. 26:50main room, laying down heavy cover fire
  643. 26:54as the tactical team breached the
  644. 26:55kitchen swinging doors.
  645. 26:58He saw the laser sights of their rifles
  646. 27:00cutting through the dusty air, locking
  647. 27:03onto his chest. Dane grabbed a
  648. 27:05half-empty bottle of cheap whiskey from
  649. 27:08the counter, stuffed a napkin into the
  650. 27:10neck, and flicked his Zippo lighter.
  651. 27:13He lit the makeshift Molotov, looked the
  652. 27:16lead mercenary dead in the eyes, and
  653. 27:18hurled the flaming bottle straight into
  654. 27:21the gas-filled kitchen. "Sir, then Dom."
  655. 27:24Dane whispered. He dove headfirst
  656. 27:26through the side window just as the
  657. 27:28spark hit the gas.
  658. 27:30The explosion was catastrophic. The
  659. 27:32entire back half of the Rusty Spoon
  660. 27:34detonated in a massive fireball of
  661. 27:37roaring orange flames and twisting
  662. 27:39metal. The shockwave blew out every
  663. 27:42remaining window in a 50-ft radius and
  664. 27:45sent the roof of the diner caving in on
  665. 27:48the tactical team and Sullivan, burying
  666. 27:50them in a fiery tomb of concrete and
  667. 27:53grease.
  668. 27:54The concussive force picked Dane up and
  669. 27:56threw him violently onto the gravel
  670. 27:58alleyway. The world rang in his ears, a
  671. 28:02high-pitched whine drowning out the
  672. 28:04crackling of the roaring fire. He laid
  673. 28:07in the dirt, his vision swimming, ribs
  674. 28:10feeling like they had been shattered by
  675. 28:12a sledgehammer.
  676. 28:13Through the blur, he saw the blue Ford
  677. 28:15pickup roaring to life. Catherine
  678. 28:17slammed the truck into gear. She looked
  679. 28:20in the rearview mirror, watching the
  680. 28:22diner burn against the stark backdrop of
  681. 28:24the Mojave desert. She saw Dane slowly
  682. 28:27staggering to his feet in the alleyway,
  683. 28:30supported by Dexter and Dutch. They were
  684. 28:33bruised, bloody, and broken, but they
  685. 28:36were alive. Dane locked eyes with
  686. 28:38Catherine through the mirror.
  687. 28:40He gave a slow, solemn nod, a final
  688. 28:43goodbye.
  689. 28:44A promise kept. Catherine hit the gas,
  690. 28:47the tires spinning in the dirt before
  691. 28:49finding purchase on the asphalt. As the
  692. 28:52truck sped away onto Route 93,
  693. 28:55leaving the smoke and the ghosts of
  694. 28:57Oakland far behind them. Lydia climbed
  695. 29:00up from the floorboards and peeked over
  696. 29:02the dashboard. "Mommy?" Lydia asked
  697. 29:05softly, wiping soot from her cheek.
  698. 29:09"Are the scary men gone?"
  699. 29:11Catherine reached over, pulling her
  700. 29:13daughter close and kissing the top of
  701. 29:14her blonde curls.
  702. 29:16The fear that had gripped her chest for
  703. 29:18six years was finally completely gone.
  704. 29:22"Yes, baby." Catherine said, her voice
  705. 29:25steady and strong as she drove toward
  706. 29:27the horizon.
  707. 29:28"Scary men are gone.
  708. 29:31Your daddy's friends took care of them."
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  710. 29:37survival, loyalty, and redemption kept
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