Crossing The Bridge Page #6

Nice tie.

Thank you.

- It's heroin, isn't it?

- Heroin?

It's heroin?

You freaks of nature are outta your minds

if you think we're dealing heroin for ya.

That is not the deal that we made.

What was the deal?

Let's cut the bullshit, okay?

I'm just saying that is not

the deal we made with John.

That is between you...

And John.

Whatever the deal was, it's off.

Let's get outta here.

Hey, that's my money you're

playing with, man. Set it down!

I'm not playing with it.

We're leaving.

- You heard him, a**hole!

- Get off me, man!

- Yo!

- That's it! Party's over.

I'll blow your f***in' head off.

What the f*** is the matter with you?

You think this is a f***in' game?

Is that what you think?

Is that what you think!

I think you need to go brush your teeth.

Stupid man!

Put the tire in their car.

The rest of you,

bring these punks and follow me.

This is great, Tim. I'm glad

you know when to play it cool.

Move it!

F***in' midget.

You stupid-ass little kid, man.

What the hell are you thinkin'?

No one heard that, man.

There's no one around for Miles.

And when it goes in the back

of your head, it's even quieter.

You get my point?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hey, look, we all know he's a hothead, okay?

You lookin' for trouble too?

No.

Take off your shoe.

What? Take off your shoe, man.

I don't got all night.

You're really f***in' outta your mind.

What are you doin'?

Take off your shoe while you still

got a right hand to do it with.

Take your shoe off.

I'm gonna teach you a lesson.

Now the sock.

Sock?

Yeah.

You're leaving a toe out here

tonight, my friend.

My toe? Take it off! Take it off!

- You got it, man.

- Wait a minute. Just wait.

- You wanna lose a toe too?

- No!

Shut your mouth and step back.

I agree that he needs to be taught a lesson.

But this isn't it.

I know this guy a long time.

You shoot his toe off? He'll

heal and use it as a trophy.

You're aimin' too high. What he needs...

Is a good ass kickin'.

Hey, I'll decide what he needs, okay?

I'm just trying to help.

You just beat his ass...

Real good.

That's what he'll understand.

That's what he needs.

Okay.

I'll kick his ass.

Hey! Come on!

That's enough!

How's that, college boy?

- Goddamn piece of sh*t.

- I think he needs a little more.

Mort, what the f***?

Just shut up!

Yeah, I think you're right.

Hey, man, enough.

Is their car loaded up?

Yeah.

Get his ass up and get in the car...

And don't ever, ever come back.

Tim!

Tim!

Sh*t!

Come on, hey!

Come on, Tim, come on.

Let's get the f*** outta here.

You're gonna be okay.

No, John!

That wasn't the deal!

Maybe if you didn't toke

so much dope you'd remember.

You never said a goddamn thing about heroin!

That's right!

My face is killin' me.

I can't believe a hippie did this to me.

No way! No way!

You saved my ass.

No, actually I saved your toe.

Figured at least a beating wasn't permanent.

What'd Anderson say?

He says he's sorry

about the mix-up.

Dick.

He also says that he'll give us ten grand

apiece if we bring that tire back.

Danny, you're talking about smuggling

heroin across the U.S. border.

You get 50 years for that!

I realize that, mort, but

I'm also talkin' about...

$10,000 apiece.

Do you understand?

That's a lot of money.

You backin' out on me?

Good.

Let's go.

Mort, you want the front?

No, you go on.

No, go ahead.

You take the front.

Tim, I don't want the front, okay?

You take it.

Go ahead, mort. I'm givin' it to you.

Take the front.

Will you two just get in?

Danny, stop the car.

Gotta get out.

What's wrong?

It's this jacket.

I don't want it anymore.

Feels like I can hardly breath.

I just don't want this anymore.

Feel better?

Yeah.

Can we go?

Let's go.

Hey! You jerk!

This is your jacket. That was

my jacket you just threw away.

Okay.

Danny, I'm not doin' it.

What?

I'm not doin' it.

Not doin' it.

You're just gettin' cold feet. You're fine.

I'm walkin' across.

You're not goin' anywhere, Reese.

Let go.

Just relax.

Danny!

Let go.

I can't do this.

Damn it!

I'm not afraid of gettin' caught.

I'm afraid of gettin' through.

I'm gonna get killed.

Can't you see that?

I'll come back and do it again.

You and mort'll go laugh it off.

And I'll end up like those sick

f***ers back there in that farmhouse.

I'm sorry, mort.

Danny, let's not do this.

Come on, let's just get out too.

You want out, you go.

I'm doin' it.

Hey, it's just not worth it.

Let's just leave the car.

It's not registered to any of us.

We could just walk away.

Shut up, mort.

You know what your problem is?

Why are you so good at telling

people what their problems are?

Get out.

Before you get me busted.

Okay, I'll get out.

Registration number one, seven...

I don't know why you came back.

Just get out.

Look, man,

I mean, as far as I'm concerned,

you're a f***in' legend.

I mean, you have been a legend

for as long as I can remember.

Ever since we were kids

everybody wanted to be you.

I wanted to be you.

Just don't do this, Danny.

Please, don't do this.

Get the f*** out.

Fine.

Give me a break.

Will you make up your goddamn mind?

If you insist on goin' through,

then I have to go through with you.

I don't have a choice.

Yes, you do.

No, I don't.

If you do it, I do it.

And it pisses me off.

Four-door...

Citizenship?

American.

Search of vehicle in progress.

Let me see your license.

How long have you been in Canada?

Just overnight.

Report, one-eleven.

Okay, you can go through.

I think this belongs to you.

I got no use for it.

Let's go.

Hey, Tim.

Yeah?

Can I get a hug?

Hey, what, what are you doin'?

I'm kidding.

It's a joke, moron.

I'll break both your arms.

Think I actually want to hug you?

No one knows for sure whatever

happened to the war wagon.

Someone somewhere said it was

junked and sold for scrap metal.

I have no way of knowing if it's true.

I just know it has a nice ring to it...

As if this here were its final ride.

You gettin' in?

No, I'm gonna catch up with you guys later.

You did real good, mort.

Yeah?

Yeah.

You did really good.

Thanks.

See ya later.

Danny and Tim are both doing fine.

I don't see them much anymore. Once

in a while we'll talk on the phone.

Once in a blue moon I'll

make it home for a mud bowl,

but not often.

It's kinda sad, but it's the way things are.

Friendship has a way of slowly fading.

No matter how good it is, it always

just seems to have its time.

At the crack of dawn I was by myself,

my mind clearer

than it had ever been before.

The one good thing about almost committing

a major felony is that it allows you...

To come face to face

with who it is you really are.

Six months later I was

a full-time college student.

It had been a long night.

I was tired, I was cold and I was spent.

I did what anyone

would have done in my shoes.

I headed straight home and I had

my mother make me breakfast.

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