| He?s got them all wired and I can?t give him the chance to track meAlex, are you
listening to me??
?DeSole was killed last night, killed in an accident that was no accident at four o?clock in the
morning
?I don?t give a damn about Medusa! For me it?s history; we made a wrong turnI want the
Jackal and I?ve got a place to startI can find him, take him!?
?Leaving me with Medusa
?You said you wanted to go higher?you said you?d only give me forty-eight hours until you
didShove the clock aheadThe forty-eight hours are over, so go higher, just get me out of here and
over to Paris
?They?ll want to talk to you
?Who??
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?Peter Holland, Casset, whoever else they bring in the attorney general, Christ, the President
himself
?About what??
?You spoke at length with Armbruster, chanel leather bag with Swayne?s wife and that sergeant, FlannaganI just used a few code words that triggered responses from Armbruster and Ambassador
Atkinson in London, nothing substantiveYou?ve got the fuller picture firsthand
They?ll have to talk to you
?And put the Jackal on a back burner??
?Just for a day, two at the mostBecause it doesn?t work that way and you know it! Once I?m back there I?m
their only material witness, shunted from one closed interrogation to another; and if I refuse to
cooperate, I?m in custodyI?ve got only one priority and he?s in Paris!?
?Listen to me,? said Conklin?There are some things I can control, others I can?tWe needed
Charlie Casset and he helped us, but he?s not someone you can con, nor would I want toHe knows
DeSole?s death was no accident?a man with night blindness doesn?t take a five-hour drive cartier pasha oro chrono at four
o?clock in the morning?and he also knows that we know a lot more about DeSole and Brussels
than we?re telling himIf we want the Agency?s help, and we need it for things like getting you on
a military or a diplomatic flight into France, and God knows what else when you?re there, I can?t
ignore CassetHe?ll step on us and by his lights, he should
Bourne was silent; only his breathing was heard?I see where we?re atYou
tell Casset that if he gives us whatever we ask for now, we?ll give him?no, I?ll give him; keep
yourself cleaner than me?enough information for the Department of Justice to go after some of the
biggest fish in the government, assuming Justice isn?t part of Snake LadyYou might add that?ll
include the location of a cemetery that might prove enlightening
It was Conklin?s turn to be silent for a fendi handbags discount moment?He may want more than that, considering your
current pursuitsOkay, add that when I get to Paris I?ll hire a stenographer and
dictate everything I know, everything I?ve learned, and send it to youI?ll trust Saint Alex to carry
it from thereMaybe a page or two at a time to keep them cooperative
?I?ll handle that partNow Paris, or close byFrom what I recall, Montserrat?s near Dominica
and Martinique, isn?t it??
?Less than an hour to each, and Johnny knows every pilot on the big island
?Martinique?s French, we?ll go with thatI know people in the Deuxi?me BureauGet down
there and call me from the airport terminalI?ll have made the arrangements by thenThere?s a last item, AlexShe and the children will be back here this
afternoonCall her and tell her I?m covered with all the firepower in Paris
?You lying son of a repica rolex watches bitch??
?Do it!?
?Of course I willOn that score and not lying, if I live through the day, I?m having dinner with
Mo Panov at his place tonightHe?s a terrible cook, but he thinks he?s the Jewish Julia ChildI?d
like to bring him up to date; he?ll go crazy if I don?tWithout him we?d both be in padded cells chewing rawhide
The next day at 10:25 in the morning, Washington time, DrMorris Panov, accompanied by his
guard, walked out of Walter Reed Hospital after a psychiatric session with a retired army lieutenant
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suffering from the aftereffects of a training exercise in Georgia that took the lives of twenty-odd
recruits under his command eight weeks beforeThere was not much Mo could do; the man was
guilty of competitive overachievement, military style, and had to live with his replica chanel bags australia gui |
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