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?I can?t see nothin? through them flares,? said the young police officer
?The general always takes the ultimate precautions,? explained Jason?I guess he feels he has
to,? added Bourne, somewhat lamely?Regardless, everything?s?as I said?getting back to
normalOkay??
?Okay by me,? answered the older patrolman, ?but I got a message for someone named Webb
He in there??
?I?m Webb,? said Jason Bourne, alarmed
?That makes things easierYou?re supposed to call a ?Mister Conk? right away
?Urgent??
?An emergency, we were toldIt was just radioed to us
Jason could hear the rattling of the fence on the perimeter of Swayne?s propertyThe killer was
getting away! ?Well, Officer, the phones are still out hereDo you have one in your car??
?Not for personal use, sir
?But you just said it was an emergency
?Well, I suppose since you?re a guest of the general?s I could permit itIf it?s long distance,
though, you?d better have a credit card number Bourne unlocked the gate and rushed to the patrol car as the siren-alarm was
activated back at the house?activated and then instantly shut offThe remaining brother had
apparently found Cactus
?What the hell was that?? yelled the young policeman
?Forget it!? screamed Jason, jumping into the car and yanking an all too familiar patrol phone
out of its cradleHe gave Alex?s number in Virginia to the police switchboard and kept repeating
the phrase: ?It?s an emergency, it?s an emergency!?
?Yes?? answered Conklin, acknowledging the police operator
?It?s me!?
?What happened??
?Too involved to go intoWhat?s the emergency??
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?I?ve got you a private jet out of the Reston airport
?Reston? That?s north of here??
?The field in Manassas doesn?t have the equipmentI?m sending a car for y
