And you?re right, of courseIt had to be DeSole; how he did it, I don?t know, but it had to be himIt probably went back years inside his head?he never really forgot anything, you knowHis mind was a sponge that absorbed everything and never let a recollection Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM 296 drip awayHe could remember words and phrases, even spontaneous grunts of approval or disapproval the rest of us forgotAnd I gave him the whole Bourne-Jackal history?and then someone from Medusa used it in Brussels ?They did more than that, Alex,? said Holland, leaning forward in his chair and picking up several papers from his desk?They stole your scenario, usurped your strategyThey?ve pitted Jason Bourne against Carlos the Jackal, but instead of the controls being in your hands, Medusa has themBourne?s back where he was in Europe fine jewelry tiffany thirteen years ago, maybe with his wife, maybe not, the only difference being that in addition to Carlos and Interpol and every other police authority on the continent ready to waste him on sight, he?s got another lethal monkey on his back ?That?s what?s in those pages you?re holding, isn?t it? The information from New York?? ?I can?t guarantee it, but I think soIt?s the cross-pollinator I spoke about before, the bee that went from one rotten flower to another carrying poison ?Nicolo Dellacroce and the higher-ups above him ?Mafia?? ?It?s consistent, if not socially acceptableMedusa grew out of Saigon?s officer corps and it still relegates its dirty work to the hungry grunts and corrupt NCOsand men like Sergeant FlannaganWhen it comes to killing or kidnapping or using drugs on prisoners, the starched-shirt boys stay far in the chanel women's watches background; they?re nowhere to be found ?But I gather you found them,? said the impatient Conklin ?Again, we think so?we being our people in quiet consultation with New York?s anticrime division, especially a unit called the U ?They?re mostly Italian Americans; they gave themselves the name Untouchable Siciliansinitials with a dual connotationAccording to the Reco-Metropolitan?s billing files?? ?The who?? ?The company that installed the answering machine on One Hundred Thirty-eighth Street in Manhattan ?According to the files, the machine was leased to a small importing firm on Eleventh Avenue several blocks from the piersAn hour ago we got the telephone records for the past two months for the company, and guess what we found?? ?I?d rather not wait,? said Alex emphatically ?Nine calls to a reasonably acceptable number in Brooklyn cartier watch fake Heights, and three in the space of an hour to an extremely unlikely telephone on Wall Street ?Someone was excited?? ?That?s what we thought?we in this case being our own unitWe asked the Sicilians to give us what they had on Brooklyn Heights ?DeFazio?? ?Let?s put it this wayHe lives there, but the phone is registered to the Atlas Coin Vending Machine Company in Long Island CityWhat about DeFazio?? ?He?s a middle-level but ambitious capo in the Giancavallo familyHe?s very close, very underground, very vicious Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM 297 ?Holy Christ !? ?The Untouchables swore us to secrecyThey intend to spring it themselves ?Bull****,? said Conklin softly?One of the first things we learn in this business is to lie to anyone and everyone, especially anyone who?s foolish enough to trust usWe?ll use it anytime it gets rolex submariner watches us a square forwardWhat?s the other telephone number, the unlikely one?? ?Just about the most powerful law firm on Wall Street ?Medusa,? concluded Alex firmly ?That?s the way I read itThey?ve got seventy-six lawyers on two floors of the buildingWhich one is it?or who among them are they?? ?I don?t give a goddamn! We go after DeFazio and whatever controls he?s sending over to Paris To Europe to feed the JackalThey?re the guns after Jason and that?s all I care aboutGo to work on DeFazioHe?s the one under contract!? Peter Holland leaned back in his chair, rigid, intense?It had to come to this, didn?t it, Alex?? he asked quietly?We both have our prioritiesI?d do anything within my sworn capacity to save the lives of Jason Bourne and his wife, but I will not violate my oath to defend this country firstI can?t do it and I suspect you know louis vuitton monogram groom compact zipped wallet