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Jason looked back and forth at the strange and strangely drawn-together couple?Then there?s
nothing to stop you
?How do we know that?? pressed Flannagan, stepping forward
?It?ll take a measure of trust on your part, but, believe me, I can do itOn the other hand, look at
the alternativeNo matter what you do with him, he won?t show up in Arlington
tomorrow or the next day or the day after thatSooner or later someone?s going to come looking for
himThere?ll be questions, searches, an investigation, and as sure as God made little Bobby
Woodwards, the media will descend with its bellyful of speculationsIn short order your
?arrangement? will be picked up?hell, even the guards talked about it?and the newspapers, the
magazines and television will have a collective field dayDo you want that? Or would it all lead
to that body bag you mentioned??
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The master sergeant and his lady stared at each other?He?s right, Eddie,? said the latter?With
him we got a chance, the other way we don?t
?It sounds too easy,? said Flannagan, his breath coming shorter as he glanced toward the door
?How are you going to handle everything??
?That?s my business,? answered Bourne?Give me the telephone numbers, all of them, and then
the only call you?ll have to make is the one to New York, and if I were you, I?d make it from
whatever Pac island you?re on
?You?re nuts! The minute the news breaks, I?m on Medusa?s rug?so?s Rachel! They?re going
to want to know what happened
?Tell them the truth, at least a variation of it, and I think you may even get a bonus
?You?re a goddamned flake!?
?I wasn?t a flake in ?Nam, SergeantNor was I in Hong Kong, and I?m certainly not nowYou
and Rachel came home, saw what had happened, packed up and left?because you didn?t want any
questions and the dead can?t talk and trap themselvesPredate your papers by a day, mail them, and
leave the rest to me
?I dunno??
?You don?t have a choice, Sergeant!? shot back Jason, rising from the chair?And I don?t care to
waste any more time! You want me to go, I?ll go?figure it all out for yourselves Bourne angrily
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