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Barry shot him a glance and then turned his atten-tion to Rebecca. тАЬHe told you, huh?тАЭ

The girl nodded. тАЬDo Jill and Chris know?тАЭ тАЬNot yet. ThatтАЩs why I called,тАЭ Barry said. тАЬLook, no point
in going through this twice. We should wait for them to show up before we get into specifics.тАЭ тАЬAgreed,тАЭ
David said. He generally found that first impressions were the most telling, and if they were going to be
working together, he wanted to get a feel for the girlтАЩs character.

The three of them sat, and Barry started to tell Rebecca how he and David had met back in S.T.A.R.S.
training when they were both much young-er men. Barry told a good story, even if it was only to kill time.
David listened with half an ear as Barry related an anecdote about their graduation night, involving a
rather humorless drill sergeant and sever-al rubber snakes. The girl was relaxing, even enjoying the story
of their childish prankтАФ

┬╖ seventeen years ago. She would have been cele-brating her first birthday.

Still, she had put her questions on hold at BarryтАЩs request, even though David knew she had to be
anxious about what heтАЩd told her. The ability to retrain oneтАЩs focus so quickly was an admirable trait, one
that heтАЩd never fully mastered.

HeтАЩd been able to think of little else since his own call to the S.T.A.R.S. AD. DavidтАЩs devotion to the
organization had made the apparent betrayal all the more bitter, like a bad taste in his mouth that
wouldnтАЩt go away. The S.T.A.R.S. had been DavidтАЩs life for almost twenty years, had given him all the
things heтАЩd lacked growing upтАФa sense of self-worth, a sense of purpose and integrity... .

And just like that, the lives of dedicated men and women, my life and lifeтАЩs work simply tossed aside as
if it meant nothing. How much did that cost? How much did Umbrella have to pay to buy the
S.T.A.R.S.тАЩs honor?

David shook the anger, focusing his attention on Rebecca. If all heтАЩd learned was true, time was short
and their resources were now severely limited. His motivations werenтАЩt as important right now as hers.
He could tell by the way she held herself that she wasnтАЩt the shy or submissive type, and she was
obviously bright; her eyes fairly sparkled with it. From what Barry had told him, sheтАЩd acted
profes-sionally throughout the Spencer facility operation. Her file suggested that she was more than
qualified to work with a chemical virus, assuming that she was as good as the reports saidтАФ

┬╖ and assuming she has any desire to put her life in further danger.

That was going to be the sticking point. She hadnтАЩt been with the S.T.A.R.S. for very long, and knowing
that theyтАЩd sold their people out probably wasnтАЩt going to overwhelm her with feelings of confidence for
the job ahead. It would be just as easy for her to step out of the game now. For that matter, it would be
the intelligent choice for all of themтАФ

There was a knock at the door, presumably the other two Alphas. DavidтАЩs hand drifted down to the butt
of his nine-millimeter as Barry went to answer. When he walked back in leading the S.T.A.R.S. team
members, David relaxed, then stood up to be formally introduced.

тАЬJill Valentine, Chris RedfieldтАФthis is Captain David Trapp, military strategist for the Maine S.T.A.R.S.
Exeter branch.тАЭ

Chris was the marksman, if David remembered correctly, and Jill something of a covert B&E special-ist.