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“What are you talkin’ about?”
“I guess the bottom line is that I’d rather kill the man than the animal, do I make myself clear?”
“Nothin’s clear! I jest know this man don’t want to get killed
“Then let’s talk, shall we?”
“I got words, but only one life, mister
“Lower your right arm and take out your gun—by the fingers, mister The guard did so, holding
the weapon by his thumb and forefinger“Lob it toward me, please
“What the hell’s this all about?” cried the guard, pleadingI was sent here to get it
“I’ll give you what I got if you let me get out of hereI don’t want nothin’ more to do with this
place! I figured it was comin’ someday, I told Barbie Jo, you ask her! I told her someday people’d
be comin’ around asking questionsBut not this way, balenciaga whistle bag not your way! Not with guns aimed at our
heads
“I assume Barbie Jo is your wife
“Then let’s start with why ‘people’ would come out here asking questionsMy superiors want to
knowDon’t worry, you won’t be involved, nobody’s interested in youYou’re just a security
guard
“That’s all I am, mister!” interrupted the frightened man“Then why did you tell Barbie Jo what
you did? That people would someday come out here asking questions
“Hell, I’m not sureJest so many crazy things, y’know?”
“No, I don’t knowLike what?”
“Well, like the brass-plated screamer, the generalHe’s a big wheel, right? He’s got Pentagon
cars and drivers and even helicopters whenever he wants ’em, right? He owns this place, right?”
“So?”
“So that big mick of a sergeant—a lousy master sergeant—orders him around like he balenciaga giant brief bag wasn’t
toilet-trained, y’know what I mean? And that big-titty wife of his he’s got a thing goin’ with the
hulk and she don’t give a damn who knows itIt’s all crazy, y’see what I mean?”
“I see a domestic mess, but I’m not sure it’s anybody’s businessWhy would people come out
here and ask questions?”
“Why are you out here, man? You figured there was a meetin’ tonight, didn’t you?”
“A meeting?”
“Them fancy limousines with the chauffeurs and the big shots, right? Well, you picked the
wrong nightThe dogs are out and they’re never let out when there’s a meetin’
Bourne paused, then spoke as he approached the guard“We’ll continue this in the cart,” he said
with authority“I’ll crouch down and you’ll do exactly what I tell you to do
“You promised me I could get out of here!”
“You can, you willBoth new louis vuitton bags you and the other fellow making the roundsThe gates over there, are
they on an alarm?”
“Not when the dogs are looseIf those hounds see something out on the road and get excited,
they’d jump up and set it off
“Where’s the alarm panel?”
“There are two of ’emOne’s in the sergeant’s place, the other’s in the front hall of the house
As long as the gates are closed, you can turn it on
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“Where are we goin’?”
“I want to see every dog on the premises
Twenty-one minutes later, the remaining five attack dogs drugged and carried to their kennels,
Bourne unlatched the entrance gate and let the two guards outsideHe had given each three
hundred dollars“This will make up for any pay you lose,” he said
“Hey, what about my car?” asked the second guard“It ain’t balenciaga uk much but it gets me aroundMe and
Willie come out here in it
“Do you have the keys?”
“Yeah, in my pocketIt’s parked in the back by the kennels
“Why don’t I get it now?”
“You’d make too much noise driving out, and my superiors will be arriving any momentIt’s
best that they don’t see you
“Holy shit! What’d I tell you, Jim-Bob? Jest like I tole Barbie JoThis place is weird, man!”
“Three hundred bucks ain’t weird, WillieT’ain’t late and some of the
boys’ll be on the roadHey, mister, who’s gonna take care of the hounds when they wake up?
They got to be walked and fed before the morning shift, and they’ll tear apart any stranger who gets
near ’em
“What about Swayne’s master sergeant? He can handle them, can’t he?”
“They don’t like him much,” offered the guard named Willie, “but they obey chanel replica bag free shipping hi