The 22nd Secret (45 page)

“
Good.
W
e
’ll m
ee
t he
r
e
i
n a
w
ee
k
to s
e
e
how thi
n
g
s
a
re
g
oi
n
g
.”

H
e
n
r
y
c
ould s
e
e
the t
e
ns
i
on on Ch
e
n
’
s f
a
c
e
. His
e
y
e
s
c
ont
i
nu
e
d to da
r
t be
t
w
ee
n Tino, H
e
n
r
y
a
nd the
pictu
re
.

“
L
ook,
I
’m sor
r
y
a
bout
t
he
g
un
a
nd
y
our
f
a
m
i
l
y
.
I h
a
d the s
a
me p
r
ob
l
e
m
w
i
t
h Tino wh
e
n I
fi
r
st app
r
o
a
c
h
e
d hi
m
.
W
h
e
n
y
ou re
a
l
iz
e
wh
a
t
w
e
’
r
e
t
e
l
l
ing
y
ou is the t
r
u
t
h
, this k
i
nd of
th
i
ng won
’
t be n
e
c
e
ssa
r
y
a
n
y
m
o
r
e. You
’
ll
be
g
ra
te
f
ul f
o
r the
oppo
r
tun
i
t
y
w
e
’
r
e
giv
i
ng
y
ou. Ch
e
n, th
i
s will
make
y
ou the most
i
mport
a
nt scientist
in
C
h
i
n
a
.”

“
C
a
ll
me
B
e
n.
I
use
B
e
n
j
a
m
i
n Chen
f
or
m
y
E
n
g
l
i
sh n
a
me.
W
h
a
t do
y
ou t
w
o
g
e
t out
of th
i
s
?
”

“
One
step
a
t
a
t
i
me, r
e
a
d
that p
a
p
e
r.
T
r
y
a
nd make
c
onta
c
t wi
t
h
P
a
t
t
y
.
W
h
e
n it
looks
a
s thou
g
h we
g
ot
a
c
h
a
n
c
e
with
t
he
g
ir
l
, w
e
’ll t
e
ll
y
o
u wh
a
t we
w
a
nt.
I
t won
’
t
be
a
pro
b
lem. Yo
u
’ll th
i
nk the d
ea
l
i
s more
th
a
n f
a
ir. So we
m
e
e
t he
r
e
n
e
x
t w
ee
k same
t
i
me
?
”

Ch
e
n
a
nd Tino nodded.

B
e
n
w
e
nt ho
m
e
to h
i
s a
p
a
rtme
n
t ne
a
r
ca
mpus a
n
d
rea
d
P
a
m’s thesis.
H
e
n
r
y
w
a
s r
i
g
h
t
. He didn’t und
e
rst
a
nd i
t
. He
r
e-
re
a
d it
thr
e
e
t
i
mes
a
nd
i
t nev
e
r m
a
de
s
e
nse to h
i
m.

He
set his al
a
rm
f
o
r 6
a
m
. Th
a
t would
g
ive him
e
nou
g
h t
i
me to
r
e
a
d it
on
c
e
more
a
nd make
it
to
W
iek
e
r
’
s le
c
t
u
re
a
t
1 pm. He
plan
n
e
d to
be
just
a
l
i
t
t
le l
a
t
e
,
g
iv
i
n
g
him
a
c
h
a
n
c
e
to s
i
t n
ea
r
P
a
t
t
y
if he
c
ould.

P
a
t
t
y
e
nte
r
e
d the
c
l
a
ssr
o
om at
f
ive minu
t
e
s
b
e
fo
r
e
1
.
S
he
hugg
e
d h
e
r not
e
boo
k
, hid
i
ng
a
s much of
h
e
r
c
h
e
st as po
s
sib
l
e,
a
nd w
a
lked qui
c
k
l
y
to
t
he
b
ac
k row
with h
e
r
h
ea
d down.
S
he
a
lw
a
y
s sat in
t
he
b
a
c
k of
c
ro
w
d
e
d
room
s
,
a
void
i
ng the
c
onst
a
nt f
e
e
l
i
ng
of
p
e
n
e
tr
a
t
i
n
g
e
y
es
. Usu
a
l
l
y
, she
c
ould b
l
o
c
k
p
e
ople
’
s tho
u
g
hts
if th
e
y
w
e
re
not d
ir
ec
ted st
r
a
i
g
ht
a
t he
r
.
S
he
usual
l
y wo
r
e
b
a
g
g
y
, u
n
a
t
t
r
a
c
t
i
ve
c
lo
t
hin
g
, no mak
e
u
p
,
a
nd
k
e
pt her
h
a
ir
m
e
s
s
y
. Th
i
s de
c
re
a
s
e
d
the onsl
a
u
g
ht of unsol
i
c
i
t
e
d
l
ustful
t
hou
g
hts f
r
om
t
hose
a
round
h
er
, but not
tod
a
y
.

I
t
w
a
s
n
'
t
t
h
a
t she didn’t take
a
d
v
a
nt
a
g
e
of
h
e
r s
e
x
u
a
l pow
e
rs.
B
y
the ti
m
e
s
he
w
a
s te
n
, h
e
r m
i
nd w
a
s more
matu
r
e
a
nd
ca
p
a
ble t
h
a
n
that of
a
n
y
human
a
l
i
v
e
.
B
y
h
e
r
s
i
x
te
e
nth b
i
rthd
a
y
,
h
e
r bo
d
y
h
a
d
ca
u
g
ht up.
S
he
w
a
s att
e
ndi
n
g
the
Univ
er
si
t
y
o
f
I
d
a
ho
a
t
the t
i
me.
P
a
m d
i
d not hesit
a
te to allow h
e
rs
e
lf the
pl
e
a
s
u
re
s of s
e
x
.
I
n fa
c
t
, she
w
a
s a s
e
x
u
a
l pr
e
d
a
tor
d
e
s
p
i
t
e
h
e
r a
g
e
.
S
he
w
a
s s
e
le
c
t
i
ve
a
nd
r
e
w
a
rd
e
d,
a
nd
she
a
lw
a
y
s
g
ot wh
a
t
s
he
w
a
nted.
H
e
r
a
bi
l
i
t
y
to probe
the minds of h
e
r p
a
rt
n
e
rs
a
d
d
e
d to
th
e
ir
ple
a
sur
e
.

S
he
e
lev
a
ted the
e
mo
t
ional
a
spe
c
t of int
e
r
c
our
s
e
to an
a
rt.
A
l
t
ho
u
g
h h
e
r
c
o
v
e
r
a
t
L
os Al
a
mos pr
e
v
e
nted
h
e
r
fr
om being
a
s
ac
t
i
ve
a
s s
h
e
w
a
s
in
c
ol
le
g
e
, she
did
h
a
ve
a
n
o
cca
sional ni
g
ht wi
t
h H
a
nk.
I
n his l
i
ne
of
w
o
r
k
sometimes
a
ll
the ti
m
e
y
ou h
a
v
e
to
ma
ke
a
l
i
fe
a
nd
d
ea
th d
ec
is
i
on w
a
s one
w
o
rd.
H
a
nk l
i
k
e
d f
a
ntas
i
e
s ab
o
ut fo
rc
e
a
nd r
a
p
e
. He
w
a
s
a
vio
l
e
nt pe
r
son
a
nd
P
a
m used this, al
w
a
y
s t
a
king
him
to
t
he
brin
k
, but nev
e
r l
e
t
t
i
n
g
him
step ov
e
r the
l
i
n
e
.