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05:31Morrell, you can't reason with these people.
05:33Garrick holds grudges.
05:35I looked at him.
05:36Good, so do I.
05:37By nine that night, the main road out of town was blocked with concrete barriers, old tires, and tree branches.
05:43Forty-some locals sat in the road, drinking beer and playing cards on truck hoods.
05:47A few middle-aged women pulled my mother away.
05:50She was still calling my name as they dragged her off.
05:52Miss Vale, you settle up and the road opens and the power comes back.
05:56You can wait, your customers can't.
05:59The crowd roared with laughter.
06:01Beer cans and cigarette bets littered the ground.
06:04I turned back to my office and pulled up the warehouse cameras.
06:07Rows of units sat neatly stacked, ready to ship.
06:09The backup generator was still humming.
06:11Five days was plenty of time to empty this entire factory.
06:16My phone rang again.
06:17Owen Cross, my distributor.
06:19Morrell, when's next week's shipment going out?
06:21The Phoenix stores are all over me.
06:22The heat wave hit and everyone's sold out.
06:24Can you give me two extra days?
06:25Even my floor models are gone.
06:27I'll double your order.
06:28Delivered in three days.
06:29I spread the map out.
06:30The road to Oakville was narrow, but it could handle heavy trucks.
06:34The key was that nobody in this town would ever expect me to go that way.
06:39Suddenly, I heard someone banging on the metal gate.
06:42I walked out.
06:43Through the fence, a man stood there holding a bucket of red paint.
06:46I'd barely stopped walking when the paint came flying across the factory gate.
06:51A black pickup rolled up from the intersection and stopped behind the crowd.
06:55The window came down.
06:56Garrick, cigarette between his lips, gave me a wave.
06:59Morrell, dragging this out is costing you plenty every day, isn't it?
07:03I'm doing you a favor.
07:04Pay up soon and I'll send everybody home.
07:06I went back inside and called Dane.
07:10Dane, where are we with Oak Reeled?
07:12Made contact.
07:13They said you're welcome anytime.
07:14But that place is dirt poor.
07:16They don't even have a decent factory building.
07:18Doesn't matter.
07:19I'm bringing the equipment.
07:20The factory comes with me.
07:23Early the next morning, I'd just sat down to sort through contracts when the door exploded
07:27with pounding.
07:28Morrell!
07:29Get out here!
07:30Uncle Rowan's fist hammered the door.
07:33I opened the door and my mother grabbed my wrist before I could say a word.
07:36You're going to be the death of this family!
07:38I just went to the store and Mara chased me halfway down the street screaming that I raised
07:43a daughter with no conscience!
07:44My father stood in the hallway, face tight, holding a garbage bag full of rotting food
07:49scraps and smashed egg cartons.
07:51People have made it clear, if you don't pay, this shows up on our doorstep every single
07:56day.
07:56You may not care about your reputation.
07:58We do.
07:59And if I pay, it all goes away?
08:00Yes.
08:02$50,000 a household.
08:04You pay, they clear the gate.
08:06I pay $50,000 now.
08:08Next year it gets a little hotter.
08:09It's $100,000.
08:10And the year after that, what, I hand over the factory?
08:13He raised his hand to hit me.
08:15A security guard caught his arm.
08:16As they shoved him out, he twisted back and yelled,
08:19Morel!
08:20If we're still family to you, then listen to me for once!
08:24Less than 10 minutes later, the noise outside picked back up.
08:27Rotten eggs and food scraps hit the office windows.
08:30I cracked the blinds.
08:31Jet was up on a forklift, flinging paint across the outer wall, big crooked letters dripping
08:36down the concrete.
08:37Crook.
08:37Bloodsucker.
08:38Get out of town.
08:39Dozens of people poured into the factory yard.
08:41Beer bottles smashed against the workshop.
08:43The sheet metal roof clanged with every hit.
08:46Morel!
08:47Pay up today, or we smash every machine you've got!
08:50I picked up my phone and called the police.
08:53Trespassing.
08:54Vandalism.
08:55Destruction of property.
08:5820 minutes later, a patrol car pulled in.
09:00Two officers walked into the yard.
09:03The officer taking photos frowned.
09:05The one with the notebook looked up and scanned the crowd.
09:08Who did this?
09:09I pointed at Jet and Mara.
09:11Officer, she owes us money.
09:12We threw a couple bottles.
09:14That's it.
09:14Nobody touched her.
09:16Ms. Vale.
09:17Business disputes, labor issues, lease disagreements.
09:20That's not what we handle.
09:22And just like that, both of them got in the car and left.
09:25The crowd burst out laughing.
09:26You see that?
09:27Not even God can help her now!
09:29The town radio crackled on again.
09:31Garrick's voice drifted out, slow and sluttered.
09:33Everybody still won't pay.
09:34Keep holding the line.
09:35Every day she stalls, she's bleeding money.
09:36And when the time comes, 50,000 won't even cover it.
09:39Back in my office, my phone rang.
09:42Dane.
09:44Morell, the loaders and rigging equipment are here.
09:46We came around through the backfields.
09:48Front gate crowd never saw us.
09:49I checked the rear wall.
09:51We can open it up.
09:51Forklifts will fit.
09:5210 o'clock tonight.
09:53We move.
09:54Move it up.
09:55I pulled the curtain back.
09:57Out front, people had set up folding chairs.
10:00Someone had even put up a card table.
10:02We start tearing down at 9.
10:03Dark enough by then that they won't see a thing.
10:05Not long after, the man in charge over at Oak Ridge called.
10:08Mrs. Vale, for the signing, how many people are you bringing?
10:10I'll have the town clear the road for you.
10:12Just me.
10:14I looked out at the mob, dug in at my gate.
10:17Pathetic.
10:18You want to guard this place so badly?
10:19Go ahead.
10:22Garrick called the town's key men to his house.
10:24She still won't pay?
10:26We blocked her road, cut her water and power,
10:29and she just sits there, cool as a cucumber.
10:31The way I see it, she hasn't suffered enough.
10:35Jet knocked back half his beer.
10:37So what's the play, Mayor?
10:39She wants to play tough?
10:40Tomorrow we pay her folks a visit.
10:42Old bones fold easy.
10:44You think she can sit there and watch her parents suffer?
10:46Bran wiped his mouth.
10:47Done.
10:48Garrick stubbed his cigarette out on the table.
10:50Tomorrow night, bring something with you.
10:53Go pay her parents a little visit.
10:5510 o'clock the next night,
10:56I was confirming the rear wall opening with Dane
10:58when my phone rang.
11:00My mother.
11:00I picked up.
11:01No words.
11:02Just the sound of things breaking
11:03and her choked screaming.
11:05Mom?
11:05The only answer was a shriek.
11:07When I rushed home, the house was in a mess.
11:09Broken pieces scattered across the ground.
11:11My father leaned weakly beside the dining table,
11:14looking badly hurt after the conflict.
11:16My mother huddled by the whoreway,
11:17her clothes torn and her arm badly injured.
11:20Mom!
11:21She looked up at me, lips trembling,
11:23and pointed toward the doorway.
11:24I turned.
11:25Bran and Jet stood in the doorway.
11:26Bran had a steel pipe in his hand.
11:28Mrs. Vail, say the word and they can go to the hospital.
11:31I crouched down to check the wound on my father's head,
11:33still bleeding.
11:34He looked up at me, saying nothing.
11:36One side of his mouth was a mass of bruises.
11:39Go tell Garrick I'll consider the compensation.
11:41For real?
11:42For real.
11:43I helped my mother up.
11:45He gets my answer tomorrow morning.
11:47Now get out.
11:49Bran and Jet exchanged a look,
11:51then shouldered the pipe and headed out,
11:53glancing back as they went.
11:55Mrs. Vail,
11:57a deal's a deal.
11:59After they left,
12:00I got my parents inside
12:01and called an ambulance.
12:02While we waited,
12:03my mother clutched my hand,
12:05shaking hard.
12:05My father leaned against the headboard,
12:07pressing a towel to his forehead.
12:10Murrell,
12:10we're done with these people.
12:12For good.
12:13My phone buzzed.
12:15Dane.
12:16Murrell, the rear wall's open.
12:17Forklifts are pulling the first assemble line.
12:18It's just louder than I'd like.
12:20And Oak wrist?
12:20Checked it myself.
12:21Better than you expected.
12:23Rent's dirt cheap.
12:23They even offered the first year free.
12:25No.
12:26Pay market rate.
12:27Got it.
12:27So tonight,
12:28do we keep going or?
12:30Keep going.
12:31I checked the time.
12:3312.20 a.m.
12:34Everything out before dawn.
12:36Early the next morning,
12:37Mayor Garrick led half the town
12:39to the factory
12:39to collect what they were owed.
12:41Mayor,
12:42she's hiding in there,
12:43too scared to come out.
12:44They waited at the gate for hours.
12:46People started getting antsy.
12:49Grab the tool.
12:50Murrell,
12:51come out
12:52or we're coming in.
12:53But they shouted
12:54until they were horsed.
12:55Trisp and nothing stirred inside.
12:57The mob charged the doors,
12:58tools in hand.
12:59The doors burst open.
13:03Murrell's gone.
13:04The money.
13:05Who do we go after now?
13:06Someone screamed at first
13:08and the crowd erupted.
13:09Mara tore through
13:10the empty factory floor
13:11and came storming back out,
13:12face red.
13:13The assembly lines are gone.
13:15Warehouse is cleaned out.
13:16Did she move it all overnight?
13:18Jet stood at the gap
13:19in the rear wall.
13:20Loader tracks stretched
13:21all the way to the far edge
13:22of the fields.
13:23He crouched and ran his hand
13:24over the tire ruts.
13:26When he stood up,
13:27his hands were shaking.
13:28Mayor,
13:29these rucks are deep,
13:30heavy loads,
13:31a dozen trips at least.
13:33A dozen trips?
13:34One truck per section,
13:35a dozen trips,
13:36and she could have emptied
13:36this place three times over.
13:37We've been moving it out for days.
13:39Two nights ago,
13:39I heard something out back,
13:40thought it was strays
13:41getting to the trash.
13:41She was hauling it out
13:42from under our noses
13:43for three, four days,
13:44and we sat out front
13:45drinking beer,
13:45standing guard.
13:46The crowd churned,
13:47everyone talking over each other.
13:49Some yelled to chase her down.
13:50Some hollered about finding trucks.
13:52And more and more of them
13:53kept asking the same thing.
13:55What about the money?
13:56Garrick stayed put,
13:57not moving.
13:58Mayor!
13:59What do we do now?
14:00If she's really gone,
14:01we don't even get
14:02next month's rent.
14:03That's right!
14:04Job's gone!
14:05Rent's gone!
14:06What, we all go back
14:07to day labor?
14:08Everyone talking at once.
14:10Pure chaos.
14:12Garrick wiped his forehead.
14:14Relax.
14:14Where's she gonna run to?
14:15All that equipment,
14:16what, it's sprouted wings?
14:17We find her.
14:18Stuff that big,
14:19a few days head start,
14:20she can't be far.
14:21But what if she moves
14:21somewhere far off?
14:22Far off?
14:23Then who's she gonna sell to?
14:24Garrick cut him off.
14:25Her customers are all
14:27in the towns around here
14:28and out by Phoenix.
14:29Move the factory too far
14:30and the freight costs
14:31alone will kill her.
14:32She's within 50 miles.
14:34Trust me.
14:35The crowd finally
14:36settled down a little.
14:37People were already
14:38pulling out phones,
14:39calling folks they knew
14:40in the next towns over,
14:41asking if anyone had seen
14:42heavy trucks come through.
14:43Mara crouched by the wall,
14:44scrolling through her contacts.
14:46She flipped two pages
14:47and looked up.
14:48Mayor, once we find her,
14:49the money-
14:50Find her first.
14:51Money comes after.
14:52Garrick headed back
14:53toward the factory,
14:54then stayed put
14:54and stared at the truck
14:55left tire retts.
14:56She put her own money
14:57into expanding that warehouse.
14:58No way she just
14:59walks away from it.
14:59The crowd slowly scattered.
15:01Only a few younger guys lingered,
15:03examined the wheel tracks.
15:04Jet finished his third call
15:05and stood up,
15:06dusting off his pants.
15:07Same answer every time,
15:08nothing.
15:08Nobody saw heavy trucks
15:09on the main road.
15:10So what, she flew?
15:12Jet ground his cigarette out.
15:13She didn't fly.
15:14She couldn't take the main road
15:15so we follow the ruts
15:16out the back.
15:17He headed for the rear
15:18of the factory.
15:19A few locals fell in behind him,
15:21stepping along the forklift track.
15:24Jet and his crew
15:25followed the ruts
15:25for almost two hours
15:27until their shoes
15:28burning through the soles.
15:29He crouched at the roadside
15:30to catch his breath,
15:31looked up,
15:32and saw a lopsided sign ahead.
15:34Oak Ridge.
15:36This is it?
15:36He walked a few steps closer,
15:38got a clear look
15:39at the edge of town,
15:40and his face changed.
15:41Potholes everywhere.
15:43Houses on both sides
15:44falling apart.
15:45Yard walls cracked.
15:46Half the insulation panels
15:47hanging off the roofs.
15:49Hey, quick question.
15:50Jet fished a cigarette
15:51out of his pocket
15:51and offered it.
15:52Any big trucks
15:53come through here
15:53the last couple days?
15:55An old man by the road
15:56took the cigarette
15:56and pointed into town.
15:58Sure did.
15:59That empty lot back there?
16:00Whole fleet of loaders
16:01and trucks showed up.
16:03Been at it for days.
16:04Jet and the others
16:05exchanged a look
16:05and took off toward it.
16:08Around the bend,
16:09the lot opened up.
16:10The factory building
16:11was already done.
16:13Fresh white paint,
16:14new roof panels,
16:15two box trucks
16:16parked out front.
16:17Jet stared for three seconds,
16:19read the sign
16:19over the gate twice,
16:20then turned his head
16:21and spit.
16:22Son of a bitch.
16:23It's really her.
16:24A few Oakville locals
16:26stood at the edge
16:26of the lot,
16:27arms crossed,
16:28enjoying the show.
16:29One of them,
16:29a middle-aged man
16:30in a tank tot,
16:31grinned.
16:32Looking for Morrell?
16:33That woman's a godsend.
16:34Hired 20 people
16:36just yesterday.
16:37What's she gonna do
16:38in a dump like this?
16:39The man didn't even get mad.
16:41What's wrong with a dump?
16:42She pays monthly wages,
16:43heat wave bonus in the summer,
16:45employee discount
16:46if you want an AC,
16:47performance bonus on top.
16:48We haven't seen a real employer
16:50in this town in decades.
16:51And she shows up
16:52hauling an entire
16:53AC factory with her.
16:54Jet choked on that.
16:55He had nothing.
16:56He stood in the lot,
16:58watching the workers
16:58move in and out
16:59of the renovated buildings,
17:00then turned and left.
17:01Nobody said a word
17:02on the way back,
17:03just foot depths
17:04on the dirt road,
17:05dragging.
17:07That night,
17:08Garrick's house was packed.
17:10Jet grabbed a beer
17:11off the table
17:11and took a long pull.
17:13Found her.
17:13She's in Oak Ridge.
17:14She really moved
17:15the whole factory over there.
17:16Already hired 20 people.
17:18Oak Ridge?
17:19That dump doesn't even
17:21have a decent road.
17:22What's in it for her?
17:22None of our business now.
17:24Jet muttered.
17:25Garrick sat at the head
17:25of the table
17:26and stubbed his cigarette
17:27into the ashtray.
17:28Good.
17:29We know where she is.
17:31Tomorrow,
17:31I go over myself
17:32and talk to her.
17:34She'll see you?
17:36It's not up to her.
17:37Garrick stood
17:38and slapped the dust
17:39off his pants.
17:40I've still got the contract.
17:42The land under her warehouse
17:43is leased from the town.
17:44Lease isn't up.
17:46She thinks she can just walk
17:48like hell she can.
17:49Early the next morning,
17:51the edge of Oakville
17:52got lively again.
17:53A black SUV
17:53bounced up the dirt road,
17:55three pickups
17:56trailing behind.
17:57Garrick got out,
17:58straightened his shirt collar
17:59and headed for the plant.
18:01He didn't even make the door
18:02before he got stopped.
18:04Hear from Ms. Vale?
18:05She said she's not seeing anyone.
18:07Tell her it's Garrick.
18:08She said she's not seeing anyone.
18:11Garrick's face darkened.
18:12He stepped forward.
18:14I'm the mayor.
18:15Who does she think she is?
18:17The young worker
18:17looked him over.
18:18This is Oak Ridge,
18:19not your town.
18:21Nobody here cares
18:22what you're mayor of.
18:23Somebody behind him
18:24laughed out loud.
18:25Garrick stood there
18:26for half a minute,
18:26then turned back
18:27to his car.
18:30Re-renovating the plant
18:31took less than a week.
18:32The assembly lines
18:33went back up
18:34faster than they'd come down.
18:35I stood on the factory floor,
18:36watching the first AC unit
18:38roll off the end of the line
18:39and pressed my hand
18:40to the vent.
18:41Cold air,
18:42steady,
18:43low noise.
18:44The compressor ran flawlessly.
18:45The phone at Oak Ridge
18:46development office
18:47rang all day,
18:48everyone wanting to know
18:49what was going on.
18:50The Oak Ridge mayor
18:51ran into my office,
18:53out of breath.
18:53Mrs. Vale,
18:54Owen says that shipment
18:55is selling like crazy
18:56in Phoenix.
18:57He's adding 2,000 units
18:58and he wants to introduce
18:59you to big city buyers.
19:01Really?
19:01Yes!
19:02Big contract,
19:03millions!
19:03They're coming out
19:04the day after tomorrow.
19:05Then we meet
19:06the day after tomorrow.
19:07Tomorrow we finish
19:07training the 20 new hires.
19:09Three shifts on the assembly lines
19:10double the output.
19:11Once we're steady,
19:11we hire more.
19:12Yes, ma'am.
19:12He grinned,
19:13said yes, ma'am,
19:14and nearly tripped
19:14on the step running out.
19:15Outside the plant,
19:16Oak Ridge folks stood around
19:17in twos and threes,
19:19watching workers
19:19carry stock inside.
19:20She's a godsend.
19:21This town's been poor
19:22for decades.
19:23Things are finally
19:24looking up.
19:25Someone jumped in
19:26right away,
19:26loud and clear.
19:27Damn right!
19:27That town next door
19:28couldn't keep a boss
19:29like her.
19:30Serves them right!
19:30Town days later,
19:31the Dak City miser arrived.
19:33The time the contract
19:34was sign-in,
19:35it was almost her hidden.
19:36I saw them off
19:37and had barely sit back
19:38down at my desk
19:38when the door swung open.
19:40Jet.
19:41He had hunched
19:41in the doorway,
19:42holding a six-pack of beer,
19:43the dust on the packaging
19:44not even wiped off.
19:47Mrs. Vale,
19:48Garrick sent me
19:48to check in.
19:49Everybody back home
19:50misses you.
19:51Think you might
19:51come by sometime?
19:52He said.
19:53I looked down
19:53at the contract
19:54on my desk,
19:55flipped to the last page,
19:56signed.
19:56Go back and tell Garrick.
19:58I signed with Oak Ridge
19:59for twenty years.
20:00The old factory?
20:01I don't want it.
20:02Jet's mouth opened
20:03and closed.
20:04The six-pack went
20:05from his left hand
20:05to his right,
20:06then back again.
20:07But the warehouse?
20:09It's yours.
20:10Tear it down,
20:10use it,
20:10I don't care.
20:11A few days later,
20:12Mara came back
20:13from the supermarket
20:14in town,
20:15dropped her grocery bags
20:16at the door,
20:16and sat on the steps
20:18staring at nothing.
20:24What's wrong?
20:25I ran into some
20:26Oakville people today.
20:27There was a girl
20:28in the store
20:29who bought three
20:29outfits at once,
20:30didn't even check the prices,
20:31just bought them.
20:32Someone asked
20:33where she got the money.
20:34She said Morell
20:35gave out heatwave bonuses.
20:36Her paycheck last month
20:37was four thousand dollars.
20:39By that afternoon,
20:40the news was all over town.
20:42Bran came back
20:43from his job site,
20:44threw his tool bag
20:45against the wall
20:45and went straight
20:46to Garrick's house
20:47without washing his hands.
20:48What do you need
20:48the mayor for?
20:49Why don't you tell me
20:50how we're paying
20:50the mortgage next month?
20:52Brant Chase spun around.
20:53You tell me.
20:54I goddamn love to know.
20:58They stood there
20:58glaring at each other,
20:59and then she turned
21:01and went inside,
21:02slamming the door
21:02hard enough
21:03to rattle the walls.
21:04That night,
21:05Garrick's house
21:06filled up again.
21:06We've got to figure
21:07something out.
21:07Figure what out?
21:08Someone by the wall
21:09shot back.
21:10Torrin.
21:10She signed for 20 years.
21:11Every time the Oak Ridge
21:12people see us,
21:13they laugh.
21:13You know,
21:14they're loving it.
21:14So who was the first one
21:15hollering about $50,000?
21:16If it weren't for that
21:1750 grand,
21:17Morell never would've left.
21:18The room blew up.
21:21Torrin,
21:22that's bull!
21:22That day at the factory gate,
21:24who was the first one
21:25yelling to see the books?
21:25You!
21:26You yelled it
21:27and then joined the cursing,
21:28and now you want to act
21:28like you had nothing
21:29to do with it?
21:29So what if I yelled?
21:30You didn't yell
21:31right along with me?
21:32You didn't throw
21:32paint at her windows?
21:33Mara's voice went higher.
21:34Yeah, I threw it,
21:35but I also worked
21:36in that plant for five years.
21:37I made three grand a month
21:38and never said a word.
21:39You're the one who told me
21:40she pockets 800 a unit
21:41while we get 12 bucks!
21:43That's why I...
21:44That's what the mayor said!
21:46Don't go pinning
21:47everything on the mayor.
21:48Jet stood up too.
21:49When we were working
21:49out the 50,000,
21:50were you in the room or not?
21:51Bran hosled louder
21:52than anybody.
21:53Now it's on me?
21:54Whose fault is it then?
21:55What'd you want
21:56that 50 noun for?
21:57Your son's student loans?
21:58Well, now you've got nothing.
22:00Say that again?
22:01Oh, shit!
22:03Go ahead and make me stop.
22:04Enough!
22:05Garrick slammed his beer mug
22:06on the table,
22:07beer splashing over his hand.
22:09The whole room looked at him.
22:10One Morel walks out
22:11and you're all
22:12at each other's throats.
22:13His voice eated down a notch,
22:15fingers tapping the table.
22:16It's just AC units.
22:17She can build them,
22:18so can we.
22:18Tomorrow I go into the city
22:19and pick up a second-hand
22:20assembly line.
22:21A few tens of thousands,
22:22that's it.
22:23Mara stared at him
22:24for a few seconds.
22:25Tens of thousands?
22:26From where?
22:28Everybody chips in a little.
22:3040, 50 grand total does it.
22:32Once it's running,
22:33we split the profits.
22:34I've been your mayor
22:35all these years.
22:36He looked around the room.
22:37What?
22:37You don't trust me?
22:38The room went quiet
22:39for half a minute.
22:40I'm in for $2,000.
22:42Others started pulling out money.
22:44Fine.
22:45$1,500.
22:46Mara set her purse
22:47on the table last.
22:48But if this goes bust,
22:49it's on you.
22:51Three days later,
22:53Garrick actually hauled back
22:54a second-hand assembly line.
22:55The day they installed it
22:56in the empty factory
22:57and fired it up,
22:58nearly half the town
22:59came out to watch.
23:01The warehouse
23:02got its power reconnected.
23:03The first batch of units
23:04rolled off the line
23:05two hours later.
23:06Garrick ran his hand
23:07over a casing
23:08and the expression
23:09on his face
23:10changed by degrees.
23:11Jet grabbed the remote
23:12and jabbed at the buttons.
23:13They waited.
23:13The air coming out
23:14stayed warm.
23:16Mayor,
23:16this thing doesn't cool.
23:18Garrick tested
23:18another unit himself.
23:20Air came out,
23:21sure,
23:22but the compressor rattled
23:23like it was about to blow.
23:24Sell them.
23:25We're not eating this loss.
23:26Garrick,
23:27this thing's no good.
23:28What's wrong with it?
23:29You know exactly what.
23:31So Garrick
23:32had to sell them himself.
23:34He'd barely moved
23:34a few units
23:35before the return started.
23:36Buyers showed up
23:37at his door.
23:38The things blew hot air.
23:39One old lady
23:40got heat strake
23:41in her own living room
23:42and ended up in the ER.
23:43They made pocket change
23:44per unit sold
23:45and the payouts
23:45came one household
23:46after another.
23:47He pushed through
23:48a few more batches.
23:49The money never came back
23:50and the town
23:51ran out of patience first.
23:52Bran's wife stood
23:53outside Garrick's door
23:54crying all night.
23:55That $2,000
23:56was their kid's college tuition
23:57for next semester.
23:58Now it was gone.
23:59That night,
24:00the mayor's house
24:00filled up again.
24:01Mayor,
24:02we put in $42,000 total.
24:03We sold less than $4,000.
24:04The books are right here.
24:05See for yourself.
24:06Garrick didn't take them.
24:08Mayor,
24:09you said anybody
24:09can build an AC,
24:10so let me tell you
24:11what exactly can you do.
24:13All you know how to do
24:14is big talk.
24:15Every cent we lost,
24:16you're paying it back.
24:17Every last one.
24:18Garrick's face fell apart.
24:20He clutched his head,
24:21no answer in him.
24:22He locked himself
24:23inside his house
24:23for three days.
24:24On the third night,
24:25his door got kicked in.
24:28Brand stood in the doorway
24:30with five men behind him.
24:32Flashlight beams
24:33cut into the back room
24:34and found Garrick
24:35sitting on the edge
24:36of his bed,
24:37cigarette bets
24:38all over the floor.
24:39Where's the money?
24:41Give me a few more days.
24:43A few days?
24:44Brand stepped forward.
24:45I'm $1,600 short
24:47on my mortgage.
24:47Bank's cutoff is tomorrow.
24:49And you're telling me
24:50a few days?
24:51Mara pushed in
24:52from behind.
24:53Mayor,
24:53my daughter starts school
24:54next month.
24:55$6,000 in tuition.
24:56That $42,000 you sunk
24:58is gone.
24:59When do I get
25:00my $1,500 back?
25:01You're the one
25:02who stood up there
25:03beating your chest
25:03telling us it would work.
25:05Torrin hit the door fame.
25:06People trusted you.
25:07That's why they put
25:08in their money.
25:09And now look,
25:10Mural's making
25:10Oak Rills rich
25:11and our town's jobs
25:12and can't make our payments.
25:14You what?
25:15Is there one family
25:16in this town
25:17that isn't underwater
25:18right now
25:19and you get to hide
25:19in here playing dead?
25:20What are people
25:21supposed to do?
25:22I'll go to her.
25:23The room went still
25:25for a beat.
25:26Mural.
25:27He kicked the cigarette
25:29bits aside
25:29and took two steps
25:30toward the door.
25:31I'll go talk to her.
25:32Get her to come back.
25:33He pushed through
25:34the crowd
25:34and walked out.
25:37Early the next morning,
25:38the black pickup
25:39showed up at the edge
25:40of Oak Ridge again.
25:41The guard stood in front
25:42of the newly installed
25:43electric gate.
25:44Mrs. Vale's not seeing anyone.
25:46Tell her we're barely
25:47hanging on.
25:47Mrs. Vale's not seeing anyone.
25:48He waited five days,
25:50days in the truck,
25:51nights in the truck.
25:51On the evening
25:52of the sixth day,
25:53he finally saw me.
25:55A truck rolled out
25:56of the plant.
25:57I was riding along
25:58on a delivery.
25:59As we passed the old tree
26:00at the edge of town,
26:01I saw the black pickup.
26:02Garrett came scrambling
26:03out of the truck.
26:03Mural!
26:04His shirt was wrinkled,
26:05stubble coming in.
26:06Still wearing the gold watch,
26:07but his belt hung loose a notch.
26:08I'm begging.
26:08The town can't take anymore.
26:11I stood by the truck door
26:13and didn't move.
26:13Just come take a look.
26:15Prices, rent, wages,
26:16you name it,
26:17it's yours.
26:17Any terms?
26:18Any.
26:19Too late.
26:20Mural, you grew up there.
26:21half those families
26:22go way back with yours.
26:24You can't just turn
26:24your back on all of it.
26:25Garrick,
26:26when you were extorting me,
26:27when you sent men
26:28to beat my parents,
26:29where was all that history?
26:30He had nothing to say to that.
26:32Garrett slushed back to town.
26:34Everyone was waiting
26:35to hear how it went.
26:36I'll figure something else out.
26:38Figure something out?
26:39With what?
26:40Your son's still up at school.
26:42How much is left in your account?
26:43All of it.
26:44Hand it over.
26:45Garrick got shoved
26:46and hit the ground.
26:47He climbed to his feet.
26:49Inchant Itchant
26:50didn't look back
26:51and cut through the alley
26:52toward home.
26:53Early the next morning,
26:54Mara went to knock on his door.
26:56The closet was empty.
26:58Drawers dumped out everywhere.
27:00A set of keys
27:01and half a pack of cigarettes
27:02left on the table.
27:03That old bastard.
27:05He ran.
27:07A sign now stands
27:08at the edge of Oak Ridge,
27:10Industrial Recovery District.
27:11Silver.
27:12It catches the sun
27:13hard enough to hurt your eyes.
27:14The new asphalt road
27:15runs all the way into town.
27:17Two lanes,
27:18streetlights from the town line
27:19right up to the factory gate.
27:20The shuttle driver rolls out
27:21at 6 every morning,
27:22picking workers up door to door.
27:24A 10-minute ride,
27:25the bus packed shoulder to shoulder,
27:26everyone talking and laughing.
27:28Then there's Ashward.
27:29Same dirt road,
27:30one car passes
27:31and the dust hangs in the air
27:33for half a day.
27:34Three power posts
27:34at the edge of town are leaning.
27:36The utility company came out,
27:38took one look,
27:39said it wasn't their problem.
27:40The lines just hang there.
27:42After Bran lost his job,
27:43he sat at the edge of town
27:44for three days.
27:45The garden had gone wild,
27:46weeds past his shins.
27:47He crouched on the steps
27:49and smoked through a whole pack,
27:50then stood up
27:51and slapped the dirt off his pants.
27:54There's nothing left
27:54but to go find Morrell.
27:56He went to Oak Ridge.
27:58Seven others came along,
27:59everyone carrying ID
28:00and a small bag of bread.
28:01At the electric gate,
28:03the guard clicked his walkie-talkie.
28:04Mrs. Vale,
28:05another group at the gate.
28:06When I walked out,
28:07Bran stood at the front.
28:09He was a full-size thinner
28:10than two years ago,
28:11cheekbones jutting,
28:12eyes sunken,
28:13lips cracked.
28:14The moment he saw me,
28:15he hurried forward.
28:16Mrs. Vale,
28:16I'll do anything.
28:17Just give me a shot.
28:19Moving freight?
28:20Yes.
28:20Clearing warehouses,
28:21night shifts?
28:22Yes.
28:23He'd gone meek.
28:24I looked at the seven people
28:25behind him.
28:26Some faces I knew,
28:28some I didn't,
28:28but every one of them
28:29had stood in the mob
28:30that blockaded my factory gate.
28:32Bran,
28:33the day you put a steel pipe
28:34to my father's head,
28:35did you ever think
28:36it would come to this?
28:38His hand slipped off
28:39the bag handle.
28:40I haven't forgotten.
28:42And don't any of you
28:43count on that changing?
28:48erapeak?
28:49No?
28:50No?
28:50No way!
28:51No?
28:51No?
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