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Back The Asset
Chapters (86)
  1. Foreword
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
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  7. 6
  8. 7
  9. 8
  10. 9
  11. 10
  12. 11
  13. 12
  14. 13
  15. 14
  16. 15
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  29. 28
  30. 29
  31. 30
  32. 31
  33. 32
  34. 33
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  36. 35
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  40. 39
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  42. 41
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  86. Afterword

She dashed to the first pillar and got behind it just as Goldin reached the bottom of the stairs.

“I know you’re down here,” he called out, his voice hoarse from the exertion.

He saw that a train was approaching and made his way to the northbound side of the platform.

“You can’t hide forever,” he said.

Tatyana regulated her breathing. All she had to do was stay out of his line of sight until the train got there. She could already feel the breeze that preceded it.

Staying very low, she peered around the pillar. Goldin was just five yards away, looking right at her.

She jerked back in time to dodge the bullet that smacked into the tiled column.

She ran for the next pillar as Goldin reloaded.

“It’s all over, Tatyana.”

“Then tell me who sent you,” she said.

He laughed.

She ran to the next pillar, and the next, staying out of sight.

He lumbered slowly after her, carefully checking each pillar to make sure she didn’t get around him. She glanced back and saw him leaning against one of them, blood dripping onto the ground beneath him.

“Who found me out, Goldin?”

He didn’t answer.

“You were the worst I ever had,” she shouted over the noise of the oncoming train.

Goldin rounded the pillar he’d been leaning against, giving himself a clear view of the platform. If Tatyana tried to get on the train, he’d have a straight shot at her. He was less than twenty yards from her. She’d seen his aim. Even wounded, she knew he wouldn’t miss.

His position cut her off from the train, but also reduced his visibility to the other side of the platform.

There was a slim chance of getting around behind him.

The time was now. The sound of the train already echoed down the tunnel.

“It was the secretary, wasn’t it?” she said.

The moment she said the words, she backed around the pillar and crossed the platform.

She had to be fast. The train would be screeching into the station in seconds, taking his attention for just a moment.

She ran to the next pillar, back in the direction of the steps, and then the next. The train came rushing into the station and she peered round at Goldin. He was still watching where she’d been, his gun pointed, waiting for the train door to open and her to dash for it.

Instead, she took a deep breath and made to cross behind him. If he turned to his right, she’d be passing right through his field of view, but she had no choice.

She ran, and at that moment, she realized it wasn’t just the northbound train that was arriving, but a southbound one also.