Skyler's Chance

Mind Tricks

" Are you shitting me ?" Clay slams his fist down on the Reaper table. Opie nods as he sits down, "Yea, same dealer, still dealing crank at the Wells junk yard. We caught him again this morning, but he had 2 Nazis with him for protection, so we couldn't get close." Clay grows angrier, glaring at Juice, "Whatever dumb shit you did, you screwed up. Then she lied to you, and Darby still has these tweekers dealing in our town. Fix this. " Juice nods, "I don't know if she will talk to me anymore." Jax chimes in "Well, we have to see what she needs. We have to get her on our side in order to get info on Darby. So figure it out." Bobby holds his hand up, "In the mean time, what are we going to do about Zobelle ? After he stopped by the party the other night, I have a feeling he won't just back down that easy." The other Sons nodded. Just then, the door swings open and Kozik walks in. "Clay, I'm sorry I'm late. Left Tacoma late as hell, and was nearly side swiped by some douche in a truck."

Tig just glares at him, he can't believe his eyes. Of all people to walk through those doors. Clay shakes his head, " Yea, church is over but I'll have Chibs fill you in. Get this girl in our side, now." He slams the gavel down. The Sons leave church, and as they head outside, Kozik and Tig get into a small argument. After Kozik walks away with Opie bringing him up to speed, Tig turns to Clay, "Really? Of all the nomads, we get him. He's not getting a yes from me." Clay smirks, "Yea, I gathered that. But we have bigger things to worry about now, brother. Zobelle is snooping around more, and I don't trust the Nazi assholes he has with them. I have Juice finding anything and everything on all of them. No one tells the Sons what to do." Tig nods and heads outside for a cigarette.

Skyler's ptsd from fighting in the war has been kicking in big time. Sleepless nights and longer days have begun to take their toll on her, and her meds don't seem to help. After calling her counselor and scheduling an appointment with him for later today, she showers, gets dressed, and heads out to the kitchen. Her dad is sitting at the table, eating breakfast. "Good morning, dad." She kisses him on the cheek. He turns in his chair to look at his daughter, "Good morning, Sky. Zobelle and a few of his men are coming over shortly to test some new product. Just giving you the heads up." She rolls her eyes as she pours some coffee. "I don't care, dad. I have things to do today, then I'll be at the bar later." Before he could thank her, there's a knock at the front door and she goes to answer it. She peeks through the peephole, and sees a gray haired man in a nice suit, with a smug smile on his face, staring directly into the key hole at her. She backs away a little, then peeks again, and notices A.J. standing behind the smug man. "Sky, let them in already." Her dad calls from the kitchen.

Zobelle walks through the doorway into Darby's living room, turning towards Skyler and extending his hand. "You must be Skyler. I've heard so much about you." He smiles. She shakes his hand gently, and replies, "Yes I am. My dad is in the kitchen." Zobelle nods, "Thank you. And I've heard you had the pleasure of meeting my men." He waves at Ule and A.J. Skyler nods, " Oh yea, we've met. Please, have some coffee. I'll put on a fresh pot." She shuts the door and the 3 men follow her into the kitchen. She gets a weird vibe from Zobelle, feeling his eyes stare through the back of her head. Darby stands up to greet the men, and the 4 of them sit down at the table as Skyler serves them coffee. Making small talk, she starts to make herself some cereal as A.J. clears his throat. She doesn't notice, and starts munching away. He clears it again, and she looks at the men, all eyes on her. It's dawns on her that they must not want her around.

"So, what's going on? Your appointment is not for another few days." Tyler asks. Skyler stretched her legs out on the sofa and rubs her eyes. Tyler is the only person she feels like she can talk to, and he's always willing to see her even if the V.A. limits their visits, he gives her a discount when she pays cash. "I can't sleep. The flashbacks are intense this week. Maybe I'm paranoid, but something bad is going to happen soon. I just can't put my finger on it." He scribbled some notes, "Do you feel like you may self harm ? Or someone will harm you?" She shakes her head, "I have no intention of hurting myself. I just don't trust any of my dad's friends. Chauvinistic racist pigs. I've been working a lot so I can save up money and move. Just not sure where, but I don't want to stay around my dad if he keeps doing what he is doing." Tyler scribbles more notes, "Tell me about the flashbacks."

Tonight is unbearably slow, and Skyler is running out of things to do behind the bar. A few of the regulars have come and gone, so she texts her dad Slow night, gonna close by 10 He doesn't answer. A few minutes later, her phone chimes again with a text from Juice You lied to me, and got me into some shit with the club She rolls her eyes, and shoved her phone in her back pocket before heading down the back hallway. The dishwasher was finished and she was ready to dry and stock the clean glasses behind the bar. Grabbing the tray of dishes, and a clean towel, she heads back down the hall way. Only to see A.J. standing by the men's bathroom door, talking to someone in the doorway. He notices her walking up, he puts his hand up to hush the other man. She frowns as he gives her an odd smile, and ducks into the bathroom doorway. She then  noticed the side profile of someone peeking out but can hear A.J. tell them don't. She swore it was Billy, but can't see anything else as the door slams shut and locks. Stopping at the door, she yells, "I'm closing at 10pm. So I need you to leave by then." And walks off. As she drying and stocking glasses, she keeps trying to make out who the other man was. She doesn't think they get along with Billy, so she dismisses that thought.