The Hard Stuff by David Gordon

Author:David Gordon [Gordon, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781838933135
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Published: 2019-12-11T16:00:00+00:00

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First there was terror. The truck hit the steps at a good speed, smashing the fender, crumpling the hood, and rupturing the radiator in the process. Folks on the sidewalk, as well as those in the station, ran for their lives, but the truck had lost momentum and they got away with no problem. Like a wounded beast, it hobbled down the stairs, scraping along the handrail, before coming to rest, nose down at the bottom.

After the terror came the greed. When the truck bounced onto the sidewalk and began lumbering toward the subway, Joe had kicked a back door open and shaken out a bag of cash, sending it flying in their updraft. As a result, the same crowd that had scattered in blind panic immediately surged back the moment the truck halted, scrambling and fighting for the money, chasing flapping bills in the air like butterflies or crawling around on the ground. Inside the station was a similar scene. The truck had landed with a crash, tilted forward on the steps, and everyone had fled as if escaping a monster. Cash and Josh bailed immediately, leaving their guns in the truck. They ran into the station and jumped the turnstiles, ditching ski mask, bandanna, and white jacket in a trash can along the way, so that they were only in track pants and T-shirts. Josh had grabbed his backpack, and he pulled an MP player from it, as they met the curious crowd that was now pushing toward not away from the crash.

Meanwhile, as soon as the truck crashed, Joe and Yelena had hopped out of the back door, Joe waving the second cash bag and scattering money like it was chicken feed as they ran away. He tossed the empty bag and, as they entered the station, they both removed their gloves and began yelling for help and for someone to call the police. But as soon as people saw cash they broke into a run, surging around Joe and Yelena like a flood from a burst dam, ignoring them completely and scrambling to snatch up money, while the people who were following the money trail from the street came down the stairs, and the two crowds met. It was pandemonium.

Joe took Yelena by the hand and they made their way through the long station as people around them ran wildly either to or from the crash or else simply tried to reach their trains, oblivious to what had happened as only New Yorkers intent on minding their own business can be. As though taking a stroll in a hurricane, they walked calmly through the chaos they had created, untouched by the storm that whirled around them. Now the law had arrived in force, and cops were coming in the other entrances. Some ran past Joe and Yelena, yelling for them to step aside as they raced to the crime scene, others took up posts by the exits. No doubt the station was locked down, and even

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