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ribs checked, Alex was walking into a small little diner, a dive if there ever was one. He had just wrapped up the two and a half hour drive, stopping in the small town of Dunning Creek to meet the man he had called three hours ago. Walking across the parking lot, he was secure in knowing that the man he was meeting had picked the spot well. Alex felt as if he were in the middle of nowhere. There was nothing but rural countryside all around. A two-lane road wound in front of the diner and spooled out into nothing in one direction and absolutely nothing else in the other.
     
    He spotted the man right away as he walked into the diner. It was three o’ clock, so there weren’t many people there. Spotting the man he had once started forming a rocky friendship was easy. His name was Chester Hamel and had once been a member of the Unknowns. Alex was used to seeing him dressed in a white tee shirt, jeans, and a leather vest, so seeing his old acquaintance decked out in a Hawaiian shirt and khaki shorts was a bit jarring.
     
    Chester stood up when he saw Alex enter and met him halfway down the small aisle that rested between the few booths and the bar-style counter. They met and gave an awkward man-hug. Alex noticed right away that Chester had put on some weight. He had the beginnings of a beer belly and some chub in his cheeks.
     
    “Looks like the biker life is treating you well,” Chester said as they broke the hug.
     
    Alex avoided the comment altogether and countered with, “And the nine-to-five family life seems to have severely altered your wardrobe.”
     
    Chester shrugged as he took his seat again. Alex slid in behind the table as well, facing Chester. “All jokes aside,” Alex said, “I’m glad things are going well for you. It’s sort of nice to see someone that made the transition from the club to family life. How is the family?”
     
    “The wife is working from home doing some Etsy thing. My son just turned fifteen and is the starting tight end on his high school football team. My daughter is ten and does nothing but listen to shitty music and talk about boys. But I love ‘em all. I wouldn’t change it for anything.”
     
    “Sounds good,” Alex said.
     
    “It is. But look, I doubt you called me to hear about my illustrious life in the suburbs.”
     
    “No,” Alex said with a smile. “No, I didn’t.”
     
    “You wanted to chat about the club, right?”
     
    Alex nodded.
     
    “Well,” Chester said. “From what I hear, there are a few others that are going to get the same luxury I had of getting out of the club very soon.”
     
    “Yeah?” Alex asked, surprised.
     
    “I still hear the grapevine,” Chester said. “I know all about Chicago. And rumor has it that a pretty good number of Unknowns are staying behind to be with their families. I bet that chaps Jameson’s ass like crazy, huh?”
     
    “He was surprisingly calm about it,” Alex said. “I think he plans on recruiting some folks in the Windy City.”
     
    Chester nodded as a waitress came by and took their orders. Chester ordered the club sandwich, and Alex ordered a cheeseburger. When the waitress left, Chester wasted very little time.
     
    “So did you have me drive thee hours to meet you here so we could go over where you might also find some stylish shirts for your new life?”
     
    Alex gave him a perplexed look, suddenly wondering if asking Chester to drive three hours to meet him at a central location between them had been a bad idea. Chester lived in Topeka and had seemed fine with meeting him at the halfway between Topeka and Omaha, but now Alex regretted it and was starting to feel stupid.
     
    “It’s easy to put it all together,” Chester said. “You were becoming Jameson’s golden boy. If you aren’t already in Chicago and are, instead, in the middle of nowhere having lunch with me, I’m assuming you’re wanting out of the Unknowns. Right?”
     
    “It’s not really as simple as that,” Alex