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09:40My phone rang.
09:42Dane.
09:43Morrell,
09:44the loaders and rigging equipment are here.
09:46We came around through the back fields.
09:48Front gate crowd never saw us.
09:49I checked the rear wall.
09:51We can open it up, forklifts will fit.
09:5210 o'clock tonight, we 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. Vail, for the signing, how many people are you bringing?
10:11I'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.
10:17You want to guard this place so badly?
10:19Go ahead.
10:22Garrett called the town's key men to his house.
10:25She still won't pay?
10:26We blocked her road, cut her water and power,
10:29and she just sits there, cool as a cucumber.
10:31Way 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.
10:48Garrett stubbed his cigarette out on the table.
10:50Tomorrow night, bring something with you.
10:53Go pay her parents a little visit.
10:55Ten o'clock the next night,
10:56I was confirming the rear wall opening with Dane
10:59when 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. Vale, 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.
11:56Mrs. Vale,
11:57A deal's a deal.
11:59After they left,
12:00I got my parents inside and called an ambulance.
12:02While we waited,
12:03my mother clutched my hand,
12:05shaking hard.
12:06My 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,
12:16the rear wall's open.
12:17Forklifts are pulling the first assemble line.
12:18It's just louder than I'd like.
12:20And Oakrist?
12:20Checked it myself.
12:22Better than you expected.
12:23Rent's dirt cheap.
12:23They even offered the first year free.
12:25No.
12:25Pay 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 to the factory
12:40to 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 or we're coming in.
12:53But they shouted until they were horsed.
12:55Tricep and nothing stirred inside.
12:57The mob charged the doors,
12:58tools in hand.
13:00The 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 the 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 in the rear wall.
13:20Loader track stretched all the way
13:21to the far edge of the fields.
13:23He crouched and ran his hand
13:25over 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 this place
13:37three times over.
13:38We've been moving it out for days.
13:39Two nights ago,
13:39I heard something out back,
13:40thought it was strays getting to the trash.
13:42She was hauling it out from under our noses
13:43for three,
13:44four days,
13:44and we sat out front
13:45drinking beer,
13:46standing 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 next month's rent.
14:03That's right!
14:04Job's gone!
14:05Rent's gone!
14:06What,
14:06we all go back to 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,
14:16it'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 somewhere far off?
14:22Far off?
14:23Then who's she gonna sell to?
14:24Garrick cut him off.
14:25Her customers are all in the towns around here
14:28and out by Phoenix.
14:29Move the factory too far
14:30and the freight costs alone will kill her.
14:32She's within 50 miles.
14:34Trust me.
14:35The crowd finally settled down a little.
14:37People were already pulling out phones,
14:39calling folks they knew
14:40in the next towns over,
14:41asking if anyone had seen heavy trucks come through.
14:43Mara crouched by the wall,
14:44scrolling through her contacts.
14:46She flipped two pages and looked up.
14:48Mayor,
14:48once we find her,
14:49the money-
14:50Find her first.
14:51Money comes after.
14:52Garrick headed back toward the factory,
14:54then stayed put
14:54and stared at the truck left tire rats.
14:56She put her own money
14:57into expanding that warehouse.
14:58No way she just walks 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 on the main road.
15:10So what,
15:11she flew?
15:12Jet ground his cigarette out.
15:13She didn't fly.
15:14She couldn't take the main road,
15:16so we follow the ruts out the back.
15:17He headed for the rear of the factory.
15:19A few locals fell in behind him,
15:21stepping along the forklift track.
15:24Jet and his crew followed the ruts
15:25for almost two hours,
15:27until their shoes burning through the soles.
15:29He crouched at the roadside to 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 at the edge of town,
15:40and his face changed.
15:41Potholes everywhere.
15:43Houses on both sides falling apart.
15:45Yard walls cracked.
15:46Half the insulation panels hanging off the roofs.
15:49Hey,
15:49quick question.
15:50Jet fished a cigarette out of his pocket and offered it.
15:52Any big trucks come through here the last couple days?
15:55An old man by the road took the cigarette and pointed into town.
15:58Sure did.
15:59That empty lot back there?
16:00Whole fleet of loaders and trucks showed up.
16:03Been at it for days.
16:04Jet and the others exchanged a look and took off toward it.
16:08Around the bend,
16:09the lot opened up.
16:10The factory building was already done.
16:13Fresh white paint,
16:14new roof panels,
16:15two box trucks parked out front.
16:17Jet stared for three seconds,
16:19read the sign over the gate twice,
16:20then turned his head and spit.
16:22Son of a bitch.
16:23It's really her.
16:24A few Oakville locals stood at the edge of the lot,
16:27arms crossed,
16:28enjoying the show.
16:29One of them,
16:29a middle-aged man in a tank tot,
16:31grinned.
16:32Looking for morale?
16:33That woman's a godsend.
16:35Hired 20 people just yesterday.
16:37What's she gonna do in a dump like this?
16:39The man didn't even get mad.
16:41What's wrong with a dump?
16:42She pays monthly wages,
16:44heat wave bonus in the summer,
16:45employee discount if you want an AC,
16:47performance bonus on top.
16:48We haven't seen a real employer in this town in decades.
16:51And she shows up hauling an entire AC factory with her.
16:54Jet choked on that.
16:55He had nothing.
16:56He stood in the lot,
16:58watching the workers move in and out of the renovated buildings,
17:00then turned and left.
17:02Nobody said a word on the way back,
17:03just foot depths on the dirt road,
17:05dragging.
17:07That night,
17:08Garrick's house was packed.
17:10Jet grabbed a beer off the table and took a long pull.
17:13Found her.
17:13She's in Oak Ridge.
17:14She really moved the whole factory over there.
17:16Already hired 20 people.
17:18Oak Ridge?
17:19That dump doesn't even have 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 of the table
17:26and stubbed his cigarette into 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 and slapped the dust off his pants.
17:40I've still got the contract.
17:42The land under her warehouse is 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 Oak Hill got lively again.
17:53A black SUV bounced up the dirt road,
17:55three pickups trailing behind.
17:57Garrick got out,
17:58straightened his shirt collar,
17:59and headed for the plant.
18:01He didn't even make the door before 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 looked him over.
18:18This is Oak Ridge.
18:20Not your town.
18:21Nobody here cares what you're mayor of.
18:23Somebody behind him laughed out loud.
18:25Garrick stood there for half a minute,
18:27then turned back to his car.
18:30Re-renovating the plant took less than a week.
18:32The assembly lines went back up faster than they'd come down.
18:35I stood on the factory floor,
18:37watching the first AC unit roll off the end of the line,
18:39and pressed my hand to the vent.
18:41Cold air, steady, low noise.
18:44The compressor ran flawlessly.
18:45The phone at Oak Ridge Development Office rang all day,
18:48everyone wanting to know what was going on.
18:50The Oak Ridge mayor ran into my office, out of breath.
18:53Mrs. Vail, Owen says that shipment is selling like crazy in Phoenix.
18:57He's adding 2,000 units,
18:58and he wants to introduce you to big city buyers.
19:01Really?
19:01Yes!
19:02Big contract, millions!
19:04They're coming out the day after tomorrow.
19:05Then we meet the day after tomorrow.
19:07Tomorrow we finish training the 20 new hires.
19:09Three shifts on the assembly lines double the output.
19:11Once we're steady, we hire more.
19:12Yes, ma'am.
19:12He grinned, said yes, ma'am,
19:14and nearly tripped on the step running out.
19:15Outside the plant,
19:16Oak Ridge folks stood around in twos and threes,
19:19watching workers carry stock inside.
19:20She's a godsend.
19:21This town's been poor for decades.
19:23Things are finally looking up.
19:25Someone jumped in right away, loud and clear.
19:27Damn right!
19:27That town next door couldn't keep a boss like her.
19:30Serves them right!
19:30Town days later, the Dak City miser arrived.
19:33The time the contract was sign-in,
19:35it was almost her hidden.
19:36I saw them off,
19:37and had barely sit back down at my desk
19:38when the door swung open.
19:40Jet.
19:40He had hunched in the doorway,
19:42holding a six-pack of beer,
19:44the dust on the packaging not even wiped off.
19:47Mrs. Vale,
19:48Garrick sent me to check in.
19:49Everybody back home misses you.
19:51Think you might come by sometime?
19:52He said.
19:53I looked down at the contract on my desk,
19:55flipped to the last page,
19:56signed.
19:57Go back and tell Garrick.
19:58I signed with Oak Ridge for 20 years.
20:00The old factory?
20:01I don't want it.
20:02Jet's mouth opened and closed.
20:04The six-pack went from his left hand to his right,
20:06then back again.
20:07But the warehouse?
20:09It's yours.
20:09Tear it down,
20:10use it,
20:11I don't care.
20:11A few days later,
20:13Mara came back from the supermarket in town,
20:15dropped her grocery bags at the door,
20:17and sat on the steps,
20:18staring at nothing.
20:24What's wrong?
20:25I ran into some Oakville people today.
20:27There was a girl in the store
20:29who bought three outfits at once,
20:30didn't even check the prices,
20:31just bought them.
20:32Someone asked where she got the money.
20:34She said Morell gave out heatwave bonuses.
20:36Her paycheck last month was $4,000.
20:39By that afternoon,
20:40the news was all over town.
20:42Bran came back from his job site,
20:44threw his tool bag against the wall,
20:45and went straight to Garrick's house
20:47without washing his hands.
20:48What do you need the mayor for?
20:49Why don't you tell me
20:50how we're paying the mortgage next month?
20:52Bran Chase spun around.
20:53You tell me.
20:54I goddamn love to know.
20:58They stood there glaring at each other.
21:00And then she turned and went inside,
21:02slamming the door hard enough
21:03to rattle the walls.
21:04That night,
21:05Garrick's house filled up again.
21:06We've got to figure something out.
21:08Figure what out?
21:08Someone by the wall shot back.
21:10Torrin.
21:10She signed for 20 years.
21:11Every time the Oak Ridge people see us,
21:13they laugh.
21:13You know, they're loving it.
21:14So who was the first one
21:15hollering about $50,000?
21:16If it weren't for that 50 grand,
21:17Morell never would have left.
21:18The room blew up.
21:21Torrin, that's bull!
21:22That day at the factory gate,
21:24who was the first one
21:25yelling to see the books?
21:26You!
21:26You yelled it and then joined the cursing,
21:28and now you want to act
21:28like you had nothing to do with it?
21:29So what if I yelled?
21:30You didn't yell right along with me?
21:32You didn't throw paint at her windows?
21:33Mara's voice went higher.
21:34Yeah, I threw it.
21:35But I also worked in that plant
21:36for 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 everything
21:47on the mayor.
21:48Jet stood up too.
21:49When we were working out
21:49the $50,000,
21:50were you in the room or not?
21:51Bran hosled louder than anybody.
21:53Now it's on me?
21:54Whose fault is it then?
21:55What'd you want that $50 noun for?
21:57Your son's student loans?
21:58Well, now you've got nothing.
22:00Say that again?
22:02Oh, 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
22:12and you're all at 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
22:20and 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.
22:451,500.
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
23:05rolled off the line
23:05two hours later.
23:07Garrick ran his hand
23:08over 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.
23:27Garrick,
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
23:38blew 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
23:53stood outside Garrick's door
23:54crying all night.
23:55That $2,000
23:56was their kid's
23:56college 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 four.
24:04The books are right here.
24:05See for yourself.
24:06Garrick didn't take them.
24:08Mayor,
24:09you said anybody
24:10can 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.
24:28Bran 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.
24:40Where's the money?
24:41Give me a few more days.
24:43A few days?
24:44Bran stepped forward.
24:45I'm $1,600 short
24:47on my mortgage.
24:48Bank'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
24:54school next month.
24:55$6,000 in tuition.
24:57That $42,000
24:58you sunk is 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 was
25:04and it would work.
25:05Torrin hit the door famed.
25:06People trusted you.
25:07That's why they put
25:08in their money.
25:09And now look,
25:10Meryl's making
25:10Oak Rills rich
25:11and our town's jobs
25:12and can't make
25:13our 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?
25:21What are people
25:21supposed to do?
25:22I'll go to her.
25:23The room went still
25:25for a beat.
25:27Murrell.
25:28He 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.
25:49He waited five days,
25:50days in the truck,
25:51nights in the truck.
25:52On 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.
25:58As 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.
26:04Murrell!
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.
26:20Too late.
26:20Murrell,
26:21you grew up there.
26:22Half those families
26:23go way back with yours.
26:24You can't just turn your back
26:24on 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
26:55on his door.
26:56The closet was empty.
26:58Drawers dumped out
26:59everywhere.
27:00A set of keys
27:01and half a pack
27:01of 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
27:13to hurt your eyes.
27:14The new asphalt road
27:15runs all the way
27:16into town.
27:17Two lanes,
27:17streetlights from the town line
27:19right up to the factory gate.
27:20The shuttle driver
27:21rolls out at six
27:22every morning
27:22picking workers up
27:23door to door.
27:24A ten minute ride,
27:25the bus packed
27:25shoulder to shoulder,
27:26everyone talking
27:27and laughing.
27:28Then there's Ashward.
27:29Same dirt road,
27:31one car passes
27:31and the dust hangs
27:32in the air for half a day.
27:34Three power posts
27:34at the edge of town
27:35are leaning.
27:36The utility company
27:37came out,
27:38took one look,
27:39said it wasn't
27:39their problem.
27:40The lines just hang there.
27:42After Bran lost his job,
27:43he sat at the edge
27:44of town for three days.
27:45The garden had gone wild,
27:46weeds past his shins.
27:48He crouched on the steps
27:49and smoked through
27:49a whole pack,
27:50then stood up
27:51and slapped the dirt
27:52off 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.
28:02At the electric gate,
28:03the guard clicked
28:03his walkie-talkie.
28:04Mrs. Vale,
28:05another group at the gate.
28:06When I walked out,
28:08Bron 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.
28:15Mrs. 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
28:26behind 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?
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