There were things that should remain in their
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black holes, undetected cancers buried in history, and what he had just learned might well fit that
category
Marks Three, Four and Five
Phillip Atkinson, ambassador to Great BritainJames Teagarten, supreme commander of NATO
Jonathan ?Jack? Burton, former admiral of the Sixth Fleet, currently chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff
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It was as if nothing had changed, thought Jason Bourne, knowing that his other self, the self called
David Webb, was recedingThe taxi had brought him out to the once elegant, now run-down
neighborhood in northeast Washington, and, as happened five years ago, the driver refused to wait
He walked up the overgrown flagstone path to the old house, thinking as he did the first time that it
was too old http://www.naluxury.com/scategory_8_Hermes.html" target="_blank and too fragile and too much in need of repair; he rang the bell, wondering if Cactus
was even aliveHe was; the thin old black man with the gentle face and warm eyes stood in the
doorframe exactly as he had stood five years before, squinting beneath a green eyeshadeEven
Cactus?s first words were a minor variation of those he had used five years ago
?You got hubcaps on your car, Jason??
?No car and no cab; it wouldn?t stay
?Musta heard all those scurrilous rumors circulated by the fascist pressMe, I got howitzers in
the windows just to impress this neighborly turf of my friendly persuasionCome on in, I think of
you a lotWhy didn?t you phone this old boy??
?Your number?s not listed, Cactus
?Musta been an oversight Bourne walked into the hallway as the old man closed the door
?You got a few streaks of gray in your hair, Br?er Rabbit,? added Cactus, http://www.naluxury.com/categorys_2_Gucci-Purse_1.html" target="_blank studying his friend
?Other than that you ain?t changed muchMaybe a line or six in your face, but it adds character
?I?ve also got a wife and two kids, Uncle RemusMo 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 http://www.naluxury.com/scategory_2_Chanel.html" target="_blank 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 http://www.naluxury.com/scategory_30_Cartier-Watches.html" target="_blank 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 help
?The Jackal?s closing inHe found us in Hong Kong and he?s zeroing in on me and my family,
on my wife and my children
The old man?s eyes grew wide under the green shade, a moral fury in his expanded pupils
?Does the good doctor know about this??
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