The 22nd Secret (37 page)

“
P
a
t
t
y
,”
Ho
w
a
rd p
a
used
a
nd
P
a
t
t
y
looked di
r
ec
t
l
y
a
t h
i
m. “
T
om, H
a
nk
a
nd
I
h
a
ve
b
e
e
n th
i
nking
a
nd w
e
l
l
…w
h
y
don’t
y
ou f
or
g
e
t about
g
o
ing
to
China?
Tom t
h
inks
i
t
's w
a
y
too d
a
ng
e
rous.
Y
o
u
r
c
a
r
e
e
r
i
n r
e
s
e
a
r
c
h is
j
ust
s
ta
r
t
i
n
g
.
W
ho knows
w
h
a
t d
i
s
c
ov
e
ri
e
s a
w
a
it
y
ou
?
”

“
I
’ve
m
a
de
up
m
y
m
i
nd. Ev
e
r
y
th
i
ng
I
’ve
a
c
c
omp
l
ished is
m
ea
nin
g
l
e
ss un
le
ss
I
g
o to China.”

“
W
e
ca
n find
a
not
h
e
r
wa
y
,
”
Tom s
u
gg
e
sted.
“
S
omething
that do
e
s
n
’t put
y
o
ur
l
i
fe
on the l
i
n
e
.”

“
W
h
a
t w
a
y
, Tom?
This
i
s
m
y
c
ompu
t
e
r
p
r
o
g
r
a
m
.
This
i
s
m
y
plan
a
nd th
i
s is
m
y
t
i
me to le
a
d. A
n
y
bo
d
y
a
t
t
his
t
a
b
le
rea
d
y
to c
h
a
l
l
e
n
g
e
m
y
le
a
d
e
rship
?
”
P
a
t
t
y
p
a
us
e
d
. Th
e
re
w
e
re
no
c
h
a
lle
n
g
e
s.

“
Ok
a
y
,
I
e
x
p
ec
t
y
ou thr
e
e
to
h
e
lp
m
e
do wh
a
t all of
y
ou know
must
be
don
e
. H
a
nk wh
a
t’s the l
a
test f
r
om T
i
n
o
?
”

“
I
met with h
i
m
t
wo d
a
y
s
a
g
o. E
v
e
r
y
th
i
n
g
’s
r
ea
d
y
.
You
’
ll
me
e
t
C
h
e
n
y
our
f
irst d
a
y
in
W
e
ike
r
’s
c
lass.
B
ut
P
a
t
t
y
,”
H
e
n
r
y
loo
k
e
d dir
ec
t
l
y
in
t
o
P
a
t
t
y
’s
e
y
e
s.
“
Tom’s
r
i
g
h
t
. This
i
s too ris
k
y
.”

“
H
a
nk,
y
ou
’
re
g
ood
a
t
t
h
is k
i
nd of
th
i
ng.
W
h
a
t a
r
e
m
y
c
h
a
n
ce
s
o
f
g
e
t
t
ing
i
n
, ins
t
a
l
l
ing
the p
r
ogr
a
m and
g
e
t
t
ing
out
?
”

H
e
n
r
y
looked do
w
n.
“
U
n
d
e
r no
r
mal
c
i
r
c
ums
t
a
n
ce
s
, s
a
y
som
e
o
n
e
l
i
ke
me,”
he
p
a
used
a
nd soft
l
y
c
ont
i
nu
e
d.
“
L
e
ss
t
h
a
n ten p
e
rc
e
nt. You,
I
do
n
’t kno
w
. Th
e
r
e
a
re
t
oo ma
n
y
v
a
ri
a
ble
s
.
I
’m not su
r
e
a
nd
I
doubt
y
o
u
a
re
e
i
t
h
e
r, just how much
y
o
u
r sp
ec
ial
a
bi
l
i
t
i
e
s c
a
n
c
h
a
n
g
e
that numbe
r
.
I
’d like
to
t
hink as hi
g
h
a
s
fi
f
t
y
p
e
r
ce
nt.”

“
I
th
i
nk that
’
s opti
m
is
t
i
c
,
”
Tom
a
dd
e
d
a
nd
c
ont
i
nu
e
d
sobe
r
l
y
.
“
You
m
a
y
n
o
t have
thou
g
ht of
th
i
s, but once
y
ou
m
a
k
e
c
onta
c
t wi
t
h Chen
y
ou
ca
n
’
t
g
o b
a
c
k. The
g
o
v
e
r
nment will
c
onsid
e
r
y
o
u a
t
r
a
i
t
o
r
. The
risk to
t
he
L
e
v
e
l 21 s
e
c
u
r
i
t
y
will
be
t
oo hi
g
h. Th
e
y
’
ll
w
a
n
t
y
ou d
e
a
d.
W
e
’ll h
a
ve
a
h
e
ll
of a
t
i
me
e
x
plaining
th
i
s if
a
n
y
th
i
n
g
g
o
e
s w
r
o
n
g
.”

P
a
t
t
y
e
x
h
a
led.
“
W
h
a
t ab
o
ut
j
ust
g
e
t
t
ing
the
p
r
o
g
ram
i
nstall
e
d
?
”

“You m
a
y
h
a
v
e
a
f
if
t
y
p
e
r
c
e
nt c
h
a
n
c
e
a
t
t
h
a
t
,”
T
o
m ans
we
r
e
d.

P
a
t
t
y
to
o
k
a
nother
d
ee
p
b
r
e
a
th.
“
I
t
’s
w
o
r
th
t
he
r
isk
to
m
e
.
I
f
I
h
a
v
e
a
c
h
a
n
c
e
to do
t
his for mankind,
e
v
e
n a
sl
i
m one, i
t
’s
w
o
r
th
i
t
t
o me.
I
f
I
do
h
a
ve
less than a
fi
f
t
y
p
e
r
c
e
nt
c
h
a
n
c
e
of survivin
g
,
I
th
i
nk
y
ou th
r
e
e
should know th
e
r
e
’s
s
omething
a
bout
m
y
pr
o
g
r
a
m
I
h
a
v
e
n
’t told
y
o
u.”