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“A location, yes; the message, maybe,”
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“A location, yes; the message, maybe,” broke in Conklin, speaking quietly, rapidly“Not an
address, not a name
“By morning they will have—”
“By morning he’ll be on his way to Tierra del Fuego, if need be
“Christ, what have I done?” exclaimed the psychiatrist
“Nothing anybody else in your place wouldn’t have done,” replied Alex“You get a message at
two o’clock in the morning from someone you care about, someone in trouble, you call back as fast
as you canNow we have to reach him as fast as we canSo it’s not Carlos, but somebody with a
lot of firepower is still closing in, making breakthroughs we thought were impossible
“Use the phone in my car,” said Holland“I’ll put it on overrideThere’ll be no record, no log
“Let’s go!” As quickly as possible, Conklin limped across the lawn toward the Agency vehicle
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“David, it’s Alex
“Your timing’s pretty scary, friend, we’re on our way out the doorIf Jamie hadn’t had to hit the
potty we’d be in the car by now
“At this hour?”
“Didn’t Mo tell you? There was no answer at your place, so I called him
“Mo’s a little shook upWhat’s happening?”
“Is this phone secure? I wasn’t sure his was
“I’m packing Marie and the kids off south—way southShe’s screaming like hell, but I chartered
a Rockwell jet out of Logan Airport, everything precleared thanks to the arrangements you made
four years agoThe computers spun and everyone cooperatedThey take off at six o’clock, before
it’s light—I want them out
“And you, David? What about you?”
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“Frankly, I thought I’d head to Washington and stay with youIf the Jackal’s coming for me
after all these years, I want to be in on what we’re doing about itI might even be able to h |