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?I couldn?t agree with you more, Doctor,? added Jason, wincing, then suddenly snapping his
head up, his eyes wide in an admixture of pleading and panic?Ishmael! He?s dead?I killed him!?
?He isn?t and you didn?t,? said St?He?s a goddamned mess but he?s not dead
He?s one tough kid, like his father, and he?ll make itWe?re flying him to the hospital in
Martinique
?Christ, he was a corpse!?
?He was savagely beaten,? explained the doctor?Both arms were broken, along with multiple
lacerations, contusions, I suspect internal injuries and a severe concussionHowever, as John
accurately described the young man, he?s one gucci men watches tough kid
?I want the best for him
?Those were my orders Bourne moved his eyes to the doctor?How damaged am I??
?Without X rays or seeing how you move?symptomatically, as it were?I can only give you a
cursory judgment
?Outside of the wound, I?d say primarily traumatic shock
?Who says?? said the doctor, smiling kindly
?I do and I?m not trying to be funnyThe body, not the headI?ll be the judge of the head
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?Is he a native?? asked the doctor, looking at the owner of Tranquility Inn?A white but older
Ishmael? I?ll tell you he?s not a physician
?Answer him, pleaseThe bullet tiffany co earrings passed through the left side of your neck, missing by millimeters several
vital spots that would certainly have rendered you voiceless and probably deadI?ve bathed the
wound and sutured itYou?ll have difficulty moving your head for a while, but that?s only a
superficial opinion of the damage
?In short words, I?ve got a very stiff neck, but if I can walk
?In shorter words, that?s about it
?It was the flare that did it, after all,? said Jason softly, carefully moving his neck back over the
pillow?It blinded him just enoughJacques leaned over the bedLet?s see how well I walk?symptomatically, that is Bourne slid off the gucci g watch bed,
swinging his legs cautiously to the floor, shaking his head at his brother-in-law, who started to help
himThis has got to be me on me He stood up, the inhibiting bandage around
his throat progressively becoming more uncomfortableHe stepped forward, pained by the bruises
on his thighs, but they were bruises?they were minorA hot bath would reduce the pain, and
medication, extra-strength aspirin and liniment, would permit more normal mobilityIt was the
goddamned dressing around his neck; it not only choked him but forced him to move his shoulders
in order to look in any directionStill, he considered, he was far less omega aqua terra watch incapacitated than he might
have been?for a man of his age?Can we loosen this necklace, Doctor? It?s strangling meYou don?t want to risk rupturing those sutures
?What about an Ace bandage? It gives
?Too much for a neck woundYou?d forget about it
?You?re very amusing
?I don?t feel remotely amusingCan you get one, Johnny??
?Doctor?? StJacques looked at the physician
?I don?t think we can stop him
?I?ll send someone to the pro shop
?Excuse me, Doctor,? said Bourne as Marie?s brother went to the telephone?I want to ask
Johnny a few questions and I?m not sure you want to hear them
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