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doesn?t kiss people off because it?s inconvenient or too expensiveI know people?like Scotty, the
Doc and othersA few words from them and you?ll be put in a fortress in CalgaryNo one could
touch you!?
?You think my government wouldn?t do the same? Let me tell you something, Bro, there are
people in Washington who?ve put their lives on the line to keep Marie and the children and me
aliveSelflessly, without any reward for themselves or the governmentIf I wanted a safe house
where no one could touch us, I?d probably get an estate in Virginia, with horses and servants and a
full platoon of armed soldiers protecting us around the clock
?Then that?s the answerTake it!?
?To what end, Johnny? To live in our own personal prison? The kids not allowed to go over to
friends? houses, guards with them if they go to school and not tutored by themselves, no over
nights, no pillow fights?no neighbors? Marie and I staring at each other, glancing over at the
searchlights outside the windows, hearing the footsteps of the guards, the occasional cough or
sneeze, or, heaven forbid, the crack of a rifle bolt because a rabbit disturbed a garden? That?s not
living, that?s imprisonmentYour sister and I couldn?t handle it
?Neither could I, not the way you describe itBut what can Paris solve??
?I can find him
?He?s got the manpower over there
?I?ve got Jason Bourne,? said David Webb
?I don?t buy that crap!?
?Neither do I, but it seems to workI?m calling in your debt to me, JohnnyTell
Marie I?m fine, not hurt at all, and that I?ve got a lead on the Jackal that only old Fontaine could
have provided?which is the truth, actuallyA caf? in Argenteuil called Le Coeur du SoldatTell
her I?m bringing in Alex Conklin and all the help Washington can provide
?But you?re not, are you??
?NoThe Jackal would hear about it; he?s got ears up and down the Quai d?Orsay
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?Don?t you think she?ll know that??
?She?ll suspect it, but she can?t be certainI?ll have Alex call her, confirming that he?s in touch
with all the heavy covert firepower in ParisBut first it comes from you
?Why the lie??
?You shouldn?t have to ask that, BroI?ve put her through enough
