Catching the Deuce by Norman Green

Author:Norman Green [Green, Norman]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Norman Green

CHAPTER 8

Another train rattled into the station as the three of them made their way down the platform. After it departed, all of the people who’d gotten off took the stairs up and out. Dzekas led Cheo and Pete down to the very end of the platform, where they vaulted a small gate and went down some blackened stairs and a few yards into the darkness of the tunnel. There was a small alcove there with room enough for the two boys to stand. “You guys okay here?” Dzekas said.

“Yeah,” Cheo said.

“Good. Don’t move, now, and don’t touch nothing. There might be another train along before I get back, this might take a few minutes, but if you stand still you won’t get squished. Or ‘lectrocuted. Okay?”

“Yeah. Does that lady chasing after us know who you are? If she sees you, will she recognize you?”

“Not a chance,” Dzekas said.

“How come?”

“Because when the good Lord changed my heart, he changed my face, too. Be cool, my brothers, and I’ll be right back.”

They watched him go. “We gonna run?” Cheo asked Pete.

“I dunno. What do you think?”

“I think the guy is wack.”

“Yeah, me, too. But...”

“Yeah, I know what you mean. He might be crazy but I think he’s for real. Did you see his face when I said Pelios’ name?”

“Yeah,” Pete said, sounding shaky. “I thought you was gonna tell him about the key. I tell you what, let’s wait for him to come back, okay, and we’ll listen to the rest of his story. We can always take off later if we have to. I mean, he sure took care of that nutbag in the bathroom.”

“That make him a good guy?” Cheo said.

“I dunno. Hard to tell, ain’t it?”

“Yeah. We should have a ‘run’ signal.”

Pete nodded. “Curve ball,” he said, holding down two fingers. “That’s the sign. Curve ball we run, fastball we stay.”

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