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@@@@@Mo Panov keeps me up on things even though he can?t tell me where you are?
which I don?t care to know, Jason
Bourne blinked while slowly shaking his head?I still forget things, CactusI forgot
you and Mo are friends
?Oh, the good doctor calls me at least once a month and says, ?Cactus, you rascal, put on your
Pierre Cardin suit and your Gucci shoes and let?s have lunch So I say to him, ?Where?s this old
nigger gonna get such threads?? and he says to me, ?You probably own a shopping center in the
best part of townNow that?s an exaggeration, s? help meI do have bits and pieces of decent
white real estate but I never go near them
As both men laughed, Jason stared at the dark face and warm black eyes in front of him
?Something else I just rememberedThirteen years ago in that hospital in Virginia Outside of Marie and those government bastards you were the only one
?Panov understood, Br?er RabbitWhen in my very unofficial status I worked on you for
Europe, I told Morris that you don?t study a man?s face in a lens without learning things about that
face, that manI wanted you to talk about the things I found missing in that lens and Morris thought
it might not be a bad ideaAnd now that confessional hour is over, I gotta say that it?s really
good to see you, Jason, but to tell you the truth I?m not happy to see you, if you catch my
meaning
?I need your help, Cactus
?That?s the root of my unhappinessYou?ve been through enough and you wouldn?t be here
unless you were itching for more, and in my professional, lens-peering opinion, that ain?t healthy
for the face I?m lookin? at
?You?ve got to help me
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?Then you?d better have a damn good reason that passes muster for the good doctor?Cause I
ain?t gonna mess around with anything that could mess you up furtherI met your lovely lady
with the dark red hair a few times in the hospital?she?s somethin? special, Br?er, and your kids
have got to be outstanding, so you see I can?t mess around with anything that might hurt them
Forgive me, but you?re all like kinfolk from a distance, from a time we don?t talk about, but it?s on
my mind
?They?re why I need your
