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Abandoned Girl Took a Job at the Biker’s Garage — Everyone Warned Her, but She Found a Family — Transcript

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  1. 0:0019-year-old Chloe stood shivering
  2. 0:02outside the most notorious garage in
  3. 0:04Oakland, clutching a crumpled classified
  4. 0:07ad.
  5. 0:08Locals crossed the street to avoid the
  6. 0:10roaring choppers and leather-clad giants
  7. 0:13of the Hells Angels.
  8. 0:15Everyone warned her to run,
  9. 0:18but hunger and desperation pushed her
  10. 0:20straight into the beast's den.
  11. 0:23Rain slicked the asphalt of East 14th
  12. 0:26Street, reflecting the neon hum of a
  13. 0:28broken street lamp.
  14. 0:30Chloe pulled her threadbare denim jacket
  15. 0:32tighter around her narrow shoulders, her
  16. 0:35boots soaking through from the puddles.
  17. 0:38She had been living out of a rusting
  18. 0:401998 Honda Civic for 3 weeks, ever since
  19. 0:44her mother,
  20. 0:45Diane, decided her new boyfriend's
  21. 0:48ultimatum was more important than her
  22. 0:50own daughter.
  23. 0:52With a bruised cheek and $20 to her
  24. 0:54name, Chloe had been shown the door on a
  25. 0:57freezing Tuesday night.
  26. 0:59Now, the Civic's transmission was shot,
  27. 1:02leaving her stranded in a neighborhood
  28. 1:04where the police rarely patrolled, and
  29. 1:06the sirens only wailed in the aftermath.
  30. 1:10In her trembling hand was a flyer she
  31. 1:12had peeled off a corkboard at a local
  32. 1:14laundromat.
  33. 1:16It read in heavy black marker,
  34. 1:19"Cleaner/Shop Hand Wanted.
  35. 1:22Sullivan's Iron and Oil.
  36. 1:24Cash paid weekly.
  37. 1:26Don't waste my time." Sullivan's Iron
  38. 1:28and Oil wasn't just a mechanic's shop.
  39. 1:31It was the heavily fortified clubhouse
  40. 1:33and front business for the Oakland
  41. 1:35charter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle
  42. 1:37Club.
  43. 1:39The entire town knew it.
  44. 1:41Barbed wire curled along the top of the
  45. 1:43chain-link fence, and a row of pristine,
  46. 1:47customized Harley-Davidsons sat out
  47. 1:50front like mechanical guard dogs.
  48. 1:53The air smelled thick of exhaust, stale
  49. 1:56beer, and burnt rubber.
  50. 1:59Chloe's heart hammered against her ribs.
  51. 2:02The diner waitress down the street had
  52. 2:04warned her just an hour ago when Chloe
  53. 2:06asked for directions.
  54. 2:09"You don't want to go there,
  55. 2:12sweetheart,"
  56. 2:13the older woman had whispered,
  57. 2:15pouring a sympathy cup of coffee.
  58. 2:17>> [clears throat]
  59. 2:18>> "Those men are outlaws.
  60. 2:20They chew up girls like you and spit
  61. 2:22them out.
  62. 2:23Find a waitress job.
  63. 2:25Go to a shelter.
  64. 2:27Just stay away from the garage."
  65. 2:29But shelters had waitlists, and
  66. 2:32waitressing required a clean uniform she
  67. 2:34couldn't afford.
  68. 2:36Desperation was a heavy hand on her
  69. 2:38back, shoving her through the open bay
  70. 2:40doors of the garage.
  71. 2:42The noise inside was deafening.
  72. 2:45Classic rock blared from a pair of
  73. 2:47blown-out speakers,
  74. 2:49competing with the agonizing shriek of
  75. 2:51an angle grinder and the deep, throaty
  76. 2:54idle of a shovelhead engine.
  77. 2:57Everywhere she looked, there were
  78. 2:59massive men draped in leather cuts, the
  79. 3:02iconic winged death's head patch proudly
  80. 3:05displayed on their backs.
  81. 3:07Tattoos crawled up their necks and down
  82. 3:10their knuckles.
  83. 3:12"Hey, are you lost, kid?"
  84. 3:15The voice boomed over the chaos,
  85. 3:18vibrating in Chloe's chest. The angle
  86. 3:20grinder shut off.
  87. 3:22The music seemed to lower.
  88. 3:25A man built like a freight train stepped
  89. 3:27out from beneath a suspended motorcycle.
  90. 3:30He wiped his grease-stained hands on a
  91. 3:32rag, his pale blue eyes locking onto
  92. 3:35her.
  93. 3:36He had a thick, graying beard,
  94. 3:40and the patch over his heart read,
  95. 3:42"President."
  96. 3:43This was Big Jim Sullivan.
  97. 3:46"I'm here for the job,"
  98. 3:48Chloe said.
  99. 3:50Her voice cracked. She cleared her
  100. 3:52throat, lifting her chin, forcing
  101. 3:54herself to hold his gaze.
  102. 3:57"The flyer.
  103. 3:58I'm here for the cleaner job."
  104. 4:01A few of the bikers lingering near a
  105. 4:02tool chest let out low chuckles.
  106. 4:05Big Jim didn't laugh.
  107. 4:07He stepped closer, towering over her
  108. 4:095'4" frame.
  109. 4:12"This ain't a daycare, sweetheart, and
  110. 4:15it ain't a place for a little girl to
  111. 4:16play dress-up. It's dirty. It's heavy,
  112. 4:20and the men in here don't watch their
  113. 4:22mouths. Turn around. Go back to whatever
  114. 4:25suburb you ran away from."
  115. 4:27"I don't have a suburb to go back to,"
  116. 4:30Chloe shot back, the raw exhaustion of
  117. 4:33the last 3 weeks suddenly boiling over
  118. 4:36into anger.
  119. 4:38"I sleep in a dead car on 43rd Avenue.
  120. 4:41I haven't eaten a hot meal in 4 days. I
  121. 4:45don't care if you swear.
  122. 4:47I don't care if it's dirty. I can scrub
  123. 4:49floors. I can organize tools, and I work
  124. 4:53harder than anyone standing in this
  125. 4:55room.
  126. 4:56You said you pay cash.
  127. 4:58I need cash." Silence fell over the bay.
  128. 5:02The only sound was the pinging of a
  129. 5:04cooling exhaust pipe.
  130. 5:08Big Jim stared at her,
  131. 5:10his jaw set.
  132. 5:11He looked at her worn-out boots, the
  133. 5:14faint, yellowing bruise on her
  134. 5:16cheekbone,
  135. 5:18and the sheer, defiant terror in her
  136. 5:21eyes.
  137. 5:22From the back of the shop, an older man
  138. 5:24with wire-rimmed glasses and a
  139. 5:26permanently scowling face emerged.
  140. 5:30This was Leo Gallagher, universally
  141. 5:32known as Wrench, the club's master
  142. 5:35mechanic. He tossed a heavy, oil-caked
  143. 5:39carburetor block onto a metal workbench
  144. 5:41with a loud clatter.
  145. 5:43"Jim,"
  146. 5:44Wrench grunted, not looking up.
  147. 5:47"My back is killing me. The
  148. 5:49[clears throat] floor looks like a damn
  149. 5:50oil spill, and I need this carb soaked
  150. 5:53and scrubbed down to the bare aluminum
  151. 5:55before noon tomorrow.
  152. 5:58If she wants to work,
  153. 6:00let her work."
  154. 6:01Big Jim looked from Wrench back to
  155. 6:03Chloe.
  156. 6:05He reached into his pocket, pulled out a
  157. 6:07wad of bills, and peeled off a 20.
  158. 6:11He held it out.
  159. 6:12"Go down to the diner.
  160. 6:14Get a burger. Then come back here.
  161. 6:17Wrench will show you the degreaser.
  162. 6:19You miss a single spot on that floor, or
  163. 6:22you touch a bike you ain't supposed to,
  164. 6:25you're gone.
  165. 6:26Understood?"
  166. 6:27Chloe snatched the 20, her fingers
  167. 6:30trembling.
  168. 6:32"Understood."
  169. 6:33Six weeks passed, and the rhythm of
  170. 6:36Sullivan's Iron and Oil seeped into
  171. 6:38Chloe's bones.
  172. 6:40The town's warnings proved to be a stark
  173. 6:43contrast to her new reality.
  174. 6:46Yes,
  175. 6:47the men were rough. They carried
  176. 6:49weapons, spoke in aggressive, coded
  177. 6:52language, and clearly operated outside
  178. 6:55the bounds of the law.
  179. 6:57But inside the walls of the garage,
  180. 7:00there was a strange, unyielding code of
  181. 7:03honor.
  182. 7:04Chloe had scrubbed the concrete floors
  183. 7:06until they stopped turning her boots
  184. 7:08black.
  185. 7:09She organized Wrench's chaotic tool
  186. 7:11chests with obsessive precision.
  187. 7:14Slowly,
  188. 7:15Wrench had started letting her do more
  189. 7:17than clean.
  190. 7:18He taught her how to change oil, bleed
  191. 7:21brakes, and gap spark plugs.
  192. 7:24When Big Jim noticed she was still
  193. 7:26wearing the same thin jacket in the
  194. 7:28dropping November temperatures,
  195. 7:30a heavy leather bomber jacket
  196. 7:32mysteriously appeared on her workbench.
  197. 7:36When her car was finally towed to the
  198. 7:38junkyard,
  199. 7:39Wrench quietly cleaned out a small
  200. 7:41storage room above the main office,
  201. 7:43outfitted it with a space heater, a cot,
  202. 7:46and a deadbolt, and tossed her the key.
  203. 7:49For the first time in her life,
  204. 7:52Chloe wasn't an afterthought.
  205. 7:54She was the garage kid.
  206. 7:57If anyone from the neighborhood so much
  207. 7:59as looked at her sideways when she
  208. 8:01walked to the corner store,
  209. 8:03two massive bikers would suddenly
  210. 8:06materialize behind her, glaring the
  211. 8:08threat away.
  212. 8:10She had found a bizarre, heavily armed,
  213. 8:13fiercely loyal family.
  214. 8:15But families have secrets,
  215. 8:17and the Hells Angels had more than most.
  216. 8:21The fragile peace Chloe had built began
  217. 8:23to fracture with the arrival of Dexter
  218. 8:26O'Reilly.
  219. 8:28Dexter was a transfer from a chapter in
  220. 8:30Nevada,
  221. 8:31a younger member in his late 20s with
  222. 8:33slicked-back hair,
  223. 8:35a jagged scar across his chin,
  224. 8:38and a nervous, aggressive energy that
  225. 8:40made Chloe's skin crawl.
  226. 8:43Big Jim tolerated him due to club
  227. 8:46politics,
  228. 8:47but Wrench openly despised him, often
  229. 8:49complaining that Dexter cared more about
  230. 8:52flashing cash than riding. One rainy
  231. 8:55Tuesday night, Chloe couldn't sleep. The
  232. 8:58space heater in her upstairs room had
  233. 9:00died, and she decided to head down to
  234. 9:03the dark garage to grab a blanket Wrench
  235. 9:06kept in the brick room.
  236. 9:08The shop was pitch black, save for the
  237. 9:11ambient orange glow of the streetlights
  238. 9:13filtering through the frosted upper
  239. 9:15windows.
  240. 9:17As she crept down the metal stairs,
  241. 9:20she heard the heavy, steel-reinforced
  242. 9:22back door scrape open.
  243. 9:25>> [clears throat]
  244. 9:26>> Chloe froze in the shadows of the
  245. 9:28stairwell.
  246. 9:29A flashlight beam pierced the darkness.
  247. 9:32Two men slipped inside.
  248. 9:34One was Dexter. The other was a man
  249. 9:37Chloe didn't recognize, a jittery
  250. 9:39civilian in a tracksuit carrying two
  251. 9:42heavy canvas duffel bags.
  252. 9:45"Put them in the parts cage," Dexter
  253. 9:47hissed, his voice echoing slightly in
  254. 9:50the cavernous room.
  255. 9:52"Under the tarp with the panhead frames.
  256. 9:55You sure about this,
  257. 9:57O'Reilly.
  258. 9:58The civilian whispered, dropping the
  259. 10:00bags with a heavy metallic thud.
  260. 10:04If Sullivan finds out you're running
  261. 10:06product through the charters main hub,
  262. 10:09he'll peel your skin off.
  263. 10:11The angels don't play this game here.
  264. 10:15Jim's an old man, Dexter sneered,
  265. 10:18unlocking the heavy padlock on the chain
  266. 10:20link parts cage. He's too busy playing
  267. 10:22community watch to see what's right
  268. 10:24under his nose. This club needs to make
  269. 10:27real money, and the cartel is paying
  270. 10:29double for secure storage. Just shove it
  271. 10:32under the tarp. I'll move it tomorrow
  272. 10:34night when the coast is clear.
  273. 10:37Chloe pressed her hand over her mouth,
  274. 10:39her heart hammering wildly against her
  275. 10:41ribs.
  276. 10:42Cartel?
  277. 10:44She knew enough about the club's rules
  278. 10:45from overhearing conversations.
  279. 10:48Big Jim had a strict, unbending rule, no
  280. 10:52hard drugs.
  281. 10:53And no outside syndicate business in the
  282. 10:56clubhouse.
  283. 10:57It brought federal heat.
  284. 10:59It brought ruin.
  285. 11:01Dexter was turning the garage into a
  286. 11:03stash house,
  287. 11:04betraying the club.
  288. 11:06As the civilian turned to leave, his
  289. 11:09foot clipped a stray wrench wrench had
  290. 11:11left on the floor.
  291. 11:13It clattered loudly against a metal tool
  292. 11:15chest.
  293. 11:17Dexter whipped around, his flashlight
  294. 11:19beam sweeping across the garage.
  295. 11:22The beam cut through the darkness,
  296. 11:24panning over the motorcycles, the
  297. 11:26workbenches,
  298. 11:28and finally, stopping dead on the
  299. 11:30stairwell.
  300. 11:32It hit Chloe's pale face.
  301. 11:35Dexter froze. The civilian cursed and
  302. 11:37scrambled out the back door,
  303. 11:39disappearing into the rainy alley.
  304. 11:41Dexter slowly lowered the flashlight,
  305. 11:44drawing a heavy suppressed pistol from
  306. 11:46his waistband.
  307. 11:48He didn't point it at her, but the
  308. 11:50threat was suffocatingly clear as he
  309. 11:52walked toward the bottom of the stairs.
  310. 11:56Well,
  311. 11:58well,
  312. 11:59Dexter said softly, his voice dripping
  313. 12:01with venom.
  314. 12:03Look who's awake.
  315. 12:04The little stray dog Jim took out of the
  316. 12:06rain.
  317. 12:07Chloe backed up a step, her voice
  318. 12:10failing her.
  319. 12:11I
  320. 12:13I just came down for a blanket.
  321. 12:16Dexter climbed two steps, invading her
  322. 12:18space.
  323. 12:20He grabbed her violently by the collar
  324. 12:21of her shirt, slamming her back against
  325. 12:24the cinder block wall of the stairwell.
  326. 12:26The metal of the gun pressed cold
  327. 12:28against her collarbone.
  328. 12:30You listen to me, you little gutter rat,
  329. 12:33Dexter whispered, his breath smelling of
  330. 12:36stale whiskey and peppermint.
  331. 12:38You saw nothing.
  332. 12:40You heard nothing.
  333. 12:41You're a homeless teenager who wandered
  334. 12:44in off the street.
  335. 12:46I am a patched member of the Hells
  336. 12:48Angels.
  337. 12:49If you breathe a word of this to Jim, to
  338. 12:52Wrench,
  339. 12:53or to anyone else,
  340. 12:55I will tell them I caught you stealing
  341. 12:57from the register.
  342. 12:59Who do you think they're going to
  343. 13:00believe, their brother or a lying little
  344. 13:02thief?
  345. 13:04Chloe gasped for air, tears prickling
  346. 13:07her eyes.
  347. 13:08I won't say anything. I swear.
  348. 13:11You better not. Dexter smiled, a cold,
  349. 13:15dead expression.
  350. 13:17He released her, patting her cheek
  351. 13:19roughly.
  352. 13:21Because if Jim doesn't kick you to the
  353. 13:22curb,
  354. 13:24I know where your mother lives.
  355. 13:26Chloe,
  356. 13:27I know about Diane.
  357. 13:29>> [clears throat]
  358. 13:30>> Accidents happen to junkies all the
  359. 13:31time.
  360. 13:33He turned and walked away,
  361. 13:35slipping out the back door and locking
  362. 13:37it behind him.
  363. 13:38>> [clears throat]
  364. 13:38>> Chloe slid down the wall, pulling her
  365. 13:41knees to her chest in the dark.
  366. 13:43She was trapped.
  367. 13:45She had finally found a home,
  368. 13:47a place where she was protected and
  369. 13:49valued.
  370. 13:51But now,
  371. 13:53that home was sitting on a powder keg of
  372. 13:55cartel drugs, and the fuse was already
  373. 13:58lit.
  374. 13:59If she told Big Jim,
  375. 14:01Dexter might kill her, or worse, destroy
  376. 14:04the garage entirely.
  377. 14:06If she stayed quiet, the federal agents
  378. 14:09would eventually raid the place,
  379. 14:12and her new family would be locked away
  380. 14:14forever.
  381. 14:15The roaring engines of Sullivan's Iron
  382. 14:17and Oil had offered her salvation,
  383. 14:19but now, the silence of the night
  384. 14:22threatened to destroy everything she had
  385. 14:24left.
  386. 14:25For the next 2 weeks,
  387. 14:27Sullivan's Iron and Oil transformed from
  388. 14:29a sanctuary into a suffocating prison.
  389. 14:33Every time Chloe swept the floors or
  390. 14:36wiped down a custom fuel tank,
  391. 14:39she felt the heavy, suffocating weight
  392. 14:41of Dexter O'Reilly's gaze burning into
  393. 14:44her back.
  394. 14:45He made sure to be wherever she was.
  395. 14:48If she was in the break room brewing
  396. 14:50coffee,
  397. 14:52he was leaning against the doorframe,
  398. 14:54ideally flipping a switchblade.
  399. 14:56If she was out front hosing down the
  400. 14:58concrete,
  401. 15:00he was smoking on the curb,
  402. 15:02his eyes tracking her every move.
  403. 15:05He never said a word about that rainy
  404. 15:07Tuesday night,
  405. 15:09but he didn't have to.
  406. 15:11The threat hung in the air,
  407. 15:14thick and toxic.
  408. 15:16Chloe stopped sleeping.
  409. 15:18The dark circles under her eyes bruised
  410. 15:20a deep purple,
  411. 15:22and her hands shook so badly she dropped
  412. 15:25a $300 chrome exhaust pipe, earning a
  413. 15:29rare, sharp reprimand from Wrench.
  414. 15:33Your head's not in the engine,
  415. 15:35kid,
  416. 15:37Wrench grunted one afternoon, pushing
  417. 15:39his wire-rimmed glasses up his greasy
  418. 15:41nose.
  419. 15:42He wiped his hands on a rag and stared
  420. 15:44at her.
  421. 15:46You've been jumping at shadows all week.
  422. 15:48You look like a rabbit waiting for the
  423. 15:50snare to snap.
  424. 15:52What's going on?
  425. 15:53Chloe swallowed hard, her eyes darting
  426. 15:56instinctively toward the office where
  427. 15:58Dexter was laughing with a younger
  428. 16:00prospect named Cody.
  429. 16:02Nothing.
  430. 16:03Wrench, I just haven't been sleeping
  431. 16:05well. The cold, you know. Wrench
  432. 16:09narrowed his eyes.
  433. 16:11He was an old, hardened outlaw who had
  434. 16:14survived three decades in the Hells
  435. 16:16Angels by reading people better than he
  436. 16:18read schematics.
  437. 16:21I know cold,
  438. 16:23and I know fear.
  439. 16:24If someone in this neighborhood is
  440. 16:26messing with you,
  441. 16:28you tell me.
  442. 16:29Jim and I will handle it.
  443. 16:31You're garage family now.
  444. 16:34Tears pricked the corners of Chloe's
  445. 16:36eyes,
  446. 16:37but she forced them back.
  447. 16:40If I tell you,
  448. 16:42he'll kill my mother.
  449. 16:44He'll burn this place down.
  450. 16:47It's nothing. I promise.
  451. 16:49But it wasn't nothing.
  452. 16:51>> [clears throat]
  453. 16:51>> It was escalating.
  454. 16:53Late one Thursday evening, after the
  455. 16:56garage had officially closed to the
  456. 16:57public and most of the patched members
  457. 17:00had retreated to the back bar,
  458. 17:02Chloe was tasked with doing inventory in
  459. 17:05the parts cage.
  460. 17:07It was the exact spot Dexter had stashed
  461. 17:09the cartel duffel bags.
  462. 17:12Her hands trembled as she unlocked the
  463. 17:14chain link door.
  464. 17:16She had avoided this corner of the shop
  465. 17:18like the plague,
  466. 17:20but Jim had specifically asked for a
  467. 17:22count on the panhead engine gaskets.
  468. 17:26She squeezed past the towering stacks of
  469. 17:28tires and pulled back the heavy,
  470. 17:31dust-covered canvas tarp.
  471. 17:34Her breath hitched.
  472. 17:35The original two duffel bags were still
  473. 17:37there,
  474. 17:38but now, three more had joined them.
  475. 17:42They were tightly packed, heavy,
  476. 17:45and wrapped in industrial black plastic.
  477. 17:49The cartel wasn't just using the Oakland
  478. 17:51charter as a temporary drop. Dexter had
  479. 17:54turned them into a full-fledged
  480. 17:55distribution hub. If the DOA raided the
  481. 17:59clubhouse right now, they would find
  482. 18:01enough fentanyl and cocaine to lock Big
  483. 18:04Jim,
  484. 18:05Wrench,
  485. 18:06and every other man in the building away
  486. 18:08for multiple life sentences.
  487. 18:10Chloe knew she couldn't stay quiet
  488. 18:12anymore.
  489. 18:13Dexter wasn't just threatening her.
  490. 18:16He was actively destroying the only
  491. 18:18family that had ever taken her in.
  492. 18:21She needed proof.
  493. 18:22She couldn't just go to Big Jim with a
  494. 18:25story.
  495. 18:26Dexter would spin it, call her a liar,
  496. 18:29and make good on his threats.
  497. 18:32She needed irrefutable evidence.
  498. 18:34She pulled a cheap burner phone from her
  499. 18:36denim jacket, a precaution she had
  500. 18:39bought with her last bit of cash just
  501. 18:41days ago.
  502. 18:43With trembling fingers,
  503. 18:45she unzipped the corner of one of the
  504. 18:47duffel bags, exposing the bricks of
  505. 18:49white powder stamped with a distinct
  506. 18:52scorpion logo.
  507. 18:54She snapped three clear photos the
  508. 18:56drugs,
  509. 18:57the logo,
  510. 18:58and the wide shot of the bags hidden
  511. 19:00among the club's specific motorcycle
  512. 19:02parts.
  513. 19:03Click.
  514. 19:05The tiny sound of the artificial camera
  515. 19:07shutter seemed to echo like a gunshot in
  516. 19:10the cavernous,
  517. 19:11empty bay.
  518. 19:13You just couldn't leave it alone,
  519. 19:16could you?
  520. 19:17Chloe spun around, dropping the phone in
  521. 19:19her panic.
  522. 19:20It clattered under a metal shelving
  523. 19:22unit.
  524. 19:23Dexter stood in the doorway of the cage,
  525. 19:26the padlock swinging lazily from his
  526. 19:28gloved hand.
  527. 19:29The ambient light [clears throat] from
  528. 19:30the street lamps cast deep, sinister
  529. 19:33shadows across his scarred face.
  530. 19:36The switchblade in his hand flicked open
  531. 19:38with a sharp, metallic snick.
  532. 19:41I warned you, you little rat, Dexter
  533. 19:44hissed, stepping into the cage and
  534. 19:46pulling the chain link door shut behind
  535. 19:48him.
  536. 19:49I gave you a pass,
  537. 19:51but street trash always goes digging in
  538. 19:53the garbage.
  539. 19:55"You're destroying the club." Chloe
  540. 19:57shouted, backing up until her spine hit
  541. 20:00the cold cinder block wall.
  542. 20:03"Jim trusted you. Wrench trusted you.
  543. 20:06When the feds come, they're taking
  544. 20:08everyone down for your greed. Jim is a
  545. 20:11dinosaur."
  546. 20:12Dexter spat, advancing slowly.
  547. 20:16"This club needs capital to survive. The
  548. 20:18cartel pays in a week what this garage
  549. 20:20makes in a year.
  550. 20:22I'm securing our future.
  551. 20:24But you,
  552. 20:26you're just a liability."
  553. 20:28He lunged.
  554. 20:29Chloe ducked,
  555. 20:31the blade slicing through the empty air
  556. 20:33where her throat had been a second
  557. 20:34before.
  558. 20:35She scrambled to her right, her hands
  559. 20:37[clears throat] desperately, blindly
  560. 20:39grabbing for anything.
  561. 20:41Her fingers curled around the heavy iron
  562. 20:43handle of a 3-ft breaker bar Wrench had
  563. 20:46left on a nearby cart.
  564. 20:48As Dexter pivoted to again, Chloe swung
  565. 20:52the breaker bar with every ounce of
  566. 20:54strength in her terrified 19-year-old
  567. 20:57body.
  568. 20:58The heavy iron connected with Dexter's
  569. 21:00ribs with a sickening crack.
  570. 21:02He roared in pain, dropping the knife
  571. 21:05and stumbling backward into a stack of
  572. 21:07tires, sending them crashing to the
  573. 21:09concrete floor.
  574. 21:11The deafening noise echoed through the
  575. 21:13garage.
  576. 21:14"What the hell is going on out here?" a
  577. 21:17voice bellowed from the hallway leading
  578. 21:19to the back bar.
  579. 21:21It was Wrench.
  580. 21:23He stepped into the dark bay, holding a
  581. 21:25heavy Maglite.
  582. 21:27The beam swept across the floor,
  583. 21:29catching the fallen tires, the exposed
  584. 21:32duffel bags of cartel drugs, and Dexter
  585. 21:35clutching his side.
  586. 21:37Finally,
  587. 21:39the light landed on Chloe,
  588. 21:41who was standing over the burner phone,
  589. 21:43her chest heaving,
  590. 21:45the breaker bar still clutched in her
  591. 21:47white-knuckled hands.
  592. 21:49Dexter's eyes went wide, but his
  593. 21:51criminal instincts took over instantly.
  594. 21:55"Wrench!" he yelled, pointing a
  595. 21:57trembling finger at Chloe.
  596. 21:59"I caught her.
  597. 22:00The little thief was trying to steal
  598. 22:02from the parts cage, and she let some
  599. 22:05junkies in through the back.
  600. 22:07They dropped this garbage and ran."
  601. 22:09Wrench stopped dead in his tracks.
  602. 22:12He looked at the duffel bags. He looked
  603. 22:14at Dexter.
  604. 22:15And then,
  605. 22:17he looked at Chloe.
  606. 22:18The silence in the garage was absolute,
  607. 22:21save for the heavy, ragged breathing of
  608. 22:24the three people in the room.
  609. 22:26The beam of Wrench's flashlight remained
  610. 22:28fixed on Chloe.
  611. 22:30She was trembling so violently she
  612. 22:32thought her bones might shatter.
  613. 22:34"Wrench,
  614. 22:36listen to me."
  615. 22:37Dexter pleaded, his voice dripping with
  616. 22:40fabricated outrage.
  617. 22:42He took a step toward the older
  618. 22:44mechanic, clutching his broken ribs.
  619. 22:47"She's a stray,
  620. 22:49a street kid.
  621. 22:50She's been working with a local gang.
  622. 22:53I came out here to check the locks and
  623. 22:55caught her trying to move this product
  624. 22:57out the back door.
  625. 22:58She hit me with the pipe.
  626. 23:00We need to call Jim and get her out of
  627. 23:02here before the cops show up." Chloe
  628. 23:05couldn't speak. The air was trapped in
  629. 23:07her lungs. Dexter's lie was so smooth,
  630. 23:11so instantly convincing, that she felt
  631. 23:14the walls of the garage closing in.
  632. 23:17This was it.
  633. 23:18She was going to be thrown back onto the
  634. 23:21streets,
  635. 23:22or worse,
  636. 23:23buried under them.
  637. 23:25Wrench didn't move.
  638. 23:27He slowly lowered the flashlight until
  639. 23:28it illuminated the exposed bricks of
  640. 23:30cocaine stamped with the scorpion logo.
  641. 23:34He stared at them for a long, agonizing
  642. 23:36moment.
  643. 23:38Then,
  644. 23:39he let out a low, rough sigh that
  645. 23:42sounded like grinding gears.
  646. 23:45"You know,
  647. 23:47Dexter."
  648. 23:48Wrench said,
  649. 23:49his voice deadly calm.
  650. 23:52"I've been building engines since before
  651. 23:54you were born.
  652. 23:56I know how things fit together.
  653. 23:58I know when a piston is misfiring.
  654. 24:02And I know when a man is lying through
  655. 24:04his teeth.
  656. 24:05Dexter stopped. The fake outrage melted
  657. 24:08from his face, replaced by a cold,
  658. 24:11dangerous glare.
  659. 24:14Excuse me.
  660. 24:15The kid doesn't have the muscle to move
  661. 24:17those bags,
  662. 24:19let alone a network to distribute them."
  663. 24:22Wrench continued,
  664. 24:24taking a slow step forward.
  665. 24:27"But you, you've been flashing
  666. 24:29thousand-dollar bills at the bar for a
  667. 24:32month.
  668. 24:33You transferred here from Nevada because
  669. 24:36your old charter president said you were
  670. 24:39too ambitious.
  671. 24:40And I noticed the padlock on the back
  672. 24:42door was changed 3 weeks ago. Only two
  673. 24:45people have the new key. Me,
  674. 24:49and you."
  675. 24:50Dexter's hand slowly reached toward the
  676. 24:52small of his back,
  677. 24:54where his suppressed pistol rested.
  678. 24:57"You're getting old, Wrench. Your mind
  679. 25:00is playing tricks on you.
  680. 25:02You're going to take the word of a
  681. 25:03homeless girl over a patched brother?"
  682. 25:06"She ain't just a homeless girl." Wrench
  683. 25:09growled, stepping fully into the light.
  684. 25:12"She's my apprentice."
  685. 25:14Dexter drew the gun,
  686. 25:15but before he could raise the barrel,
  687. 25:17the massive, reinforced steel doors of
  688. 25:21the main bay rolled up with a deafening
  689. 25:24mechanical screech.
  690. 25:27The roar of a dozen Harley-Davidson
  691. 25:29motorcycles flooded the room,
  692. 25:32accompanied by blinding headlights that
  693. 25:34washed away the shadows.
  694. 25:36Big Jim Sullivan rode in at the head of
  695. 25:38the pack, his massive shovelhead
  696. 25:41rumbling like a localized earthquake.
  697. 25:44Behind him was the sergeant-at-arms,
  698. 25:47Grizzly,
  699. 25:48and 10 other fully patched members of
  700. 25:51the Oakland charter.
  701. 25:52They killed their engines in unison.
  702. 25:55The sudden silence was heavier than the
  703. 25:57noise.
  704. 25:58Big Jim kicked down his stand and
  705. 26:01stepped off the bike.
  706. 26:03He looked at the shattered tires, the
  707. 26:05drawn gun in Dexter's hand, the
  708. 26:07terrified girl clutching a breaker bar,
  709. 26:10and the torn duffel bags spilling white
  710. 26:13powder onto his clean concrete floor.
  711. 26:17"Put the gun down, O'Reilly."
  712. 26:20Big Jim said. His voice wasn't loud, but
  713. 26:23it carried the absolute, terrifying
  714. 26:25authority of a man who commanded an army
  715. 26:28of outlaws.
  716. 26:30Dexter's hand shook.
  717. 26:32He looked at the dozen men fanning out
  718. 26:34behind Jim,
  719. 26:36their hands resting on their own
  720. 26:38weapons.
  721. 26:39He slowly lowered the pistol, dropping
  722. 26:42it onto the floor.
  723. 26:44"Jim, let me explain.
  724. 26:46The girl
  725. 26:47"Shut your mouth." Jim snapped. He
  726. 26:50walked over to the duffel bags, nudged
  727. 26:52one with his heavy leather boot, and
  728. 26:54looked down at the scorpion stamp.
  729. 26:57The veins in his thick neck bulged.
  730. 27:01"I made it clear when I took the gavel
  731. 27:03of this charter,
  732. 27:04no hard poison,
  733. 27:06no syndicate business.
  734. 27:08We ride, we build, we protect our own.
  735. 27:12You brought the cartel into my house."
  736. 27:15"It's money,
  737. 27:17Jim."
  738. 27:18>> [clears throat]
  739. 27:18>> Dexter screamed, his composure finally
  740. 27:20shattering.
  741. 27:22"The club is dying. We're scraping by on
  742. 27:25custom builds and bar tabs. I was trying
  743. 27:28to make us kings."
  744. 27:30"You were trying to make yourself rich."
  745. 27:32Grizzly rumbled, stepping up beside Jim.
  746. 27:36The massive sergeant-at-arms cracked his
  747. 27:38knuckles, a sound like dry branches
  748. 27:41snapping.
  749. 27:42"And you put the club in the crosshairs
  750. 27:44to do it."
  751. 27:45Chloe finally found her voice.
  752. 27:48She dropped the breaker bar, knelt down,
  753. 27:51and reached under the metal shelving.
  754. 27:54She pulled out the burner phone and held
  755. 27:56it out with shaking hands.
  756. 27:59"He
  757. 28:01he threatened my mom.
  758. 28:03He said if I told you,
  759. 28:05he would have her killed.
  760. 28:07He brought the first bags in 3 weeks
  761. 28:09ago.
  762. 28:11I took pictures tonight to prove it."
  763. 28:13Big Jim looked at the phone in Chloe's
  764. 28:15trembling hand,
  765. 28:17then back to Dexter.
  766. 28:20The betrayal in the president's eyes was
  767. 28:22absolute.
  768. 28:24To the Hells Angels,
  769. 28:26brotherhood and loyalty were sacred.
  770. 28:29Dexter had violated the deepest laws of
  771. 28:32their world,
  772. 28:33and he had terrorized an innocent girl
  773. 28:35under their protection to cover his
  774. 28:37tracks.
  775. 28:39Jim turned to Grizzly.
  776. 28:41"Strip him."
  777. 28:42Dexter panicked, scrambling backward.
  778. 28:45"Jim, no, wait, we can fix this. I'll
  779. 28:48give them the money back."
  780. 28:50Two massive bikers grabbed Dexter by the
  781. 28:52arms, hoisting him off the ground.
  782. 28:54Grizzly stepped forward, drawing a heavy
  783. 28:57hunting knife from his belt,
  784. 28:59but he didn't stab Dexter.
  785. 29:01Instead, he grabbed the lapel of
  786. 29:04Dexter's leather, cut the vest bearing
  787. 29:06the sacred winged death's head patch.
  788. 29:09With three brutal, violent slashes,
  789. 29:12Grizzly cut the patches off Dexter's
  790. 29:14back, ripping the leather away.
  791. 29:17"You are no longer a Hells Angel." Big
  792. 29:19Jim declared, his voice echoing like a
  793. 29:22judge's gavel.
  794. 29:23"You have no brothers. You have no
  795. 29:25sanctuary. Grizzly,
  796. 29:28take him out to the quarry. Make sure he
  797. 29:30understands the penalty for treason.
  798. 29:33Then,
  799. 29:34burn the drugs."
  800. 29:36Dexter screamed and kicked, pleading for
  801. 29:38his life as the men dragged him out the
  802. 29:41back door and threw him into the back of
  803. 29:43an idling club van.
  804. 29:46The doors slammed shut, cutting off his
  805. 29:48cries.
  806. 29:49When the garage was finally quiet again,
  807. 29:53Big Jim walked over to Chloe.
  808. 29:55She was still pressed against the wall,
  809. 29:58her knees weak, tears finally spilling
  810. 30:01over her bruised cheeks.
  811. 30:03She waited for him to yell,
  812. 30:05to tell her to pack her things and
  813. 30:07leave.
  814. 30:08Instead,
  815. 30:10the giant,
  816. 30:12terrifying outlaw knelt down so he was
  817. 30:15eye level with her.
  818. 30:17He reached out with a heavy, calloused
  819. 30:19hand and gently wiped a tear from her
  820. 30:21face.
  821. 30:23"You stood your ground,"
  822. 30:25Jim said softly.
  823. 30:27"You protected the club when a patched
  824. 30:29member tried to tear it down.
  825. 30:31That takes more guts than most men have
  826. 30:33in their whole body."
  827. 30:36"I thought you were going to kick me
  828. 30:37out," Chloe whispered, her voice
  829. 30:40cracking.
  830. 30:41"Kick you out?" Wrench snorted, walking
  831. 30:44over and resting a heavy hand on her
  832. 30:46shoulder. "Kid, you're the best damn
  833. 30:49apprentice I've ever had. And you swing
  834. 30:52a breaker bar like a pro."
  835. 30:55Jim stood up, looking at the remaining
  836. 30:57men in the room.
  837. 30:59"From this day forward, Chloe is under
  838. 31:01the absolute protection of the Oakland
  839. 31:04charter.
  840. 31:05Anyone looks at her sideways,
  841. 31:08they deal with me.
  842. 31:09She ain't a stray anymore.
  843. 31:12She's family."
  844. 31:13Chloe looked around the garage. She saw
  845. 31:15the rough, scarred faces of the outlaws,
  846. 31:19the gleam of the motorcycles, and the
  847. 31:21grease stains on the concrete she had
  848. 31:23scrubbed by hand.
  849. 31:25The world outside these walls was cold,
  850. 31:28dangerous,
  851. 31:30and unforgiving.
  852. 31:32But inside Sullivan's Iron and Oil,
  853. 31:34she had finally found her home.
  854. 31:37Months later, the neighborhood locals
  855. 31:39still crossed the street to avoid the
  856. 31:41bikers,
  857. 31:42but they also learned to respectfully
  858. 31:44nod to the young woman with the grease
  859. 31:46smudges on her cheeks.
  860. 31:48Chloe never returned to the streets.
  861. 31:51She became a master mechanic,
  862. 31:54building engines that roared with the
  863. 31:55same defiant, unbreakable spirit she had
  864. 31:58discovered within herself.
  865. 32:01She was the abandoned girl who walked
  866. 32:03into the beast's den,
  867. 32:05but instead of being devoured,
  868. 32:08she became the heart of the pack.
  869. 32:10If you were captivated by Chloe's
  870. 32:12incredible journey of survival and found
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