Chapter Six
Emerging from Leicester Square Tube station, Wilkes and Balkhi looked around at the crowds buzzing around before turning to each other. “Um... map?” Wilkes asked.
Balkhi replied, “They have street maps around—let’s find one.”
Fortunately, it didn’t take them too long to locate one, and they peered at the diagram for a minute or so before Wilkes’ navigation training kicked in. He might not have any skill with Tube maps, but the regular kind he could handle. “All right, this looks the easiest way... follow this road, past Shaftesbury Avenue, then make a left. That should take us right into the heart of Soho.”
Nodding, Balkhi replied, “Okay, let’s go.”
They walked, side by side, along Charing Cross Road, taking in the sights and sounds—the people, the bookshops, the cafes, th
