6
Spring Fashions
Turns out Philippe wasn’t the only one who’d been shopping for poison-tipped toys. I spun instinctively to see the Asian girl with straw to mouth, pointed in the direction of Tucker; a hole in the base of the cup. Philippe was blocked off by busy traffic across the street, meaning I was on my own, with the assassin’s eyes firmly on me.
I grabbed the newspaper with the memory stick tucked in and rose to my feet.
I was up fast, but not fast enough. As I broke into a run, I was instantly brought down. A flash of pain to the right side of the face. So lightning quick I didn’t even know what she hit me with. All I knew is the world went horizontal and I ended up on top of Tucker staring at the Asian girl’s empty cup on the floor.
I shook off the blow, but the assassin alr
