He manages to avoid capture when the authorities perform a raid on the family home. Fearing placement in a foster care, he flees to Chicago where he learns quickly the harsh realities of being on his own at such a young age.
Landing a job as a degreaser, not the most glamorous of positions, he finds a cheap room and is able to keep himself clothed and fed.
When a would be late night altercation on a subway train between Alex and some street kids is interrupted by a group of Skinheads, Alex's attention is drawn to the local chapter of this notorious organization.
Days later, after getting off the late shift, he encounters the Skin who stood up for him on the train a few nights earlier.
He and the kid get to talking and Alex is invited to come out to the Warehouse, a hotel and club which serves as headquarters for the Moderate Skins.
The Big Skin gets him a new job acting as bouncer for the club, plus free room and board. Though he does not ascribe to the same beliefs that the group does, he becomes dependant upon them to replace the family that has been lost to him.
Before long, Alex becomes involved with another boarder. The short lived, passion filled romance the two share turns out to be just a tad dysfunctional. It seems that they have a way of bringing out the worst in eachother.
The moderate skins pull a fast one on a rival group and a member of the opposing side winds up hospitalized with severe injuries.
The police are called in to investigate the matter further and the atmosphere becomes a little too tense for Alex. Within months, he has no other alternative but to move on.
Alex goes through some crazy transitions over time and gradually, his sense of disillusionment begins to fade.
He realizes just how far from his old self he has strayed. However, losing his second family, has caused him to feel vulnerable once again and somewhat paranoid.
After a violent attack leaves him hospitalized, his mother and sister are able to locate him after the attack is publicized in the paper. They bring him news of his father and tell him of plans to reunite.
Once released back into the care of his estranged family, secrets are revealed, lies and lives unravel, and it is left
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