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“The woman,” said Alex Conklin over the line“From everything you told me it had to be
Swayne’s wifeJesus!”
“It doesn’t change anything, but it looks that way,” agreed Bourne halfheartedly“She had
reason enough to do it, God knows—still, if she did, she didn’t tell Flannagan, and that doesn’t
make senseConklin paused, then spoke quickly
“Ivan? Your doctor? His name is Ivan?”
“So?”
“Nothing‘packing the merchandise’ was the way he put it
“In his wagon?”
“That’s rightWe carried the body—”
“What makes him so sure it wasn’t suicide?” broke in AlexHe said he’d call you later and explainHe wants to get out of here and
no one’s to come into this room
fake rolex after we leave—after I leave—until you give the word for the
policeHe’ll tell you that, too
“Christ, it must be a mess in thereWhat do you want me to do?”
“Pull the curtains, if there are any; check the windows and, if possible, lock the doorIf there’s
no way to lock it, look around for—”
“I found a set of keys in Swayne’s pocket,” interrupted Jason“I checked; one of them fitsWhen you leave, wipe the door down cleanFind some furniture polish or a dusting
spray
“That’s not going to keep out anyone who wants to get in
“No, but if someone does, we might pick up a print
“You’re reaching—”
“I certainly am,” concurred the former intelligence officer“I’ve also got to figure out a way to
seal up the whole
louis vuitton shoulder bag place without using anybody from Langley, and, not incidentally, keep the
Pentagon at bay just in case someone among those twenty-odd thousand people wants to reach
Swayne, and that includes his office and probably a couple of hundred buyers and sellers a day in
procurementsChrist, it’s impossible!”
“It’s perfect,” contradicted Bourne as DrIvan Jax suddenly appeared in the doorway“Our little
game of destabilization will start right here on the ‘farm Do you have Cactus’s number?”
“Not with meI think it’s probably in a shoebox at home
“Call Mo Panov, he’s got itThen reach Cactus and tell him to get to a pay phone and call me
here
“What the hell have you got in mind? I hear that old man’s name, I get
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“You told me I had to find someone else to trust besides you Jason
hung up the telephoneor maybe under the circumstances I can use your
name
“Hello, no-name, which is the way I’d like to keep it on my endEspecially when I just heard
you say another name
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“Alex? No, of course it wasn’t Alex, not our mutual friend Bourne laughed quietly,
knowingly, as he walked away from the desk“It was Cactus, wasn’t it?”
“I just came in to ask you if you wanted me to close the gates,” said Jax, bypassing the question
“Would you be offended if I told you that I didn’t think of him until I saw you just now?”
“Certain associations are fairly obviousThe gates,
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“Do you owe Cactus as much as I do, Doctor?” Jason held his place, looking at the Jamaican
“I owe him so much that I could never think of compromising him in a situation like tonightFor
God’s sake, he’s an old man, and no matter what deviant conclusions Langley wants to come up
with, tonight was murder, a particularly brutal killingNo, I wouldn’t involve himHe’d never forgive me if I didn’t
“You don’t think much of yourself, do you?”
“Please close the gates, DoctorThere’s an alarm panel in the hallway I can activate when
they’re shut
Jax hesitated, as if unsure of what he wanted to say“Listen,” he began haltingly, “most sane
people have reasons for saying things—doing thingsMy guess is you’re
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