The 22nd Secret (48 page)

B
e
n
r
ea
d thro
u
g
h
P
a
m’s
t
h
e
sis
thr
e
e
more
t
i
mes b
e
fo
r
e
his
n
e
x
t
m
ee
t
i
ng
wi
t
h H
e
n
r
y
a
nd Tino. Th
e
y
a
te in the s
a
m
e
p
r
ivate
din
i
n
g
room
a
n
d w
a
i
t
e
d to b
e
g
in
t
h
e
ir
m
ee
t
i
ng
unt
i
l a
f
t
e
r the s
e
rv
e
rs
c
le
a
r
e
d the t
a
ble.

“
I
know
y
ou talk
e
d
with
P
a
t
t
y
. Ho
w
’d it
g
o
?
”
H
e
n
r
y
a
sked
B
e
n.

“
B
e
t
te
r th
a
n
y
ou led me
t
o b
e
l
i
e
v
e
.
I
’m
g
oi
n
g to s
i
t
b
y
h
e
r in
c
lass
a
g
a
in
t
o
mor
r
ow.
I
’m sure
w
e
’ll t
a
lk.”

“
And the
thesis. You
r
e
a
d i
t
?
”

“
S
ix
t
i
m
e
s.
I
st
i
ll
don
’
t r
e
a
l
l
y
und
e
rst
a
nd how it’s
supposed to
ac
tual
l
y
wo
r
k.
B
ut
I
c
a
n tell
y
ou th
i
s much.
I
f it
d
o
e
s wo
r
k
, i
t
’s just
l
ike
y
o
u to
l
d m
e
.
I
t could be
a
ll
ov
e
r
e
v
e
r
y
th
i
ng
e
v
e
r
y
w
h
e
r
e
.
And
y
ou’
r
e
ri
g
ht about som
e
th
i
n
g
e
l
s
e
.
W
e
didn’t h
a
ve
a
c
lue
of
the
e
x
is
t
e
n
c
e
of
a
n
y
th
i
n
g
l
i
ke
th
i
s. Th
a
n
k
s for
t
i
pping
m
e
.
I
t would
take
us
y
ea
rs to
ac
tual
l
y
make
som
e
th
i
ng
l
i
ke th
i
s wo
r
k. You s
a
y
y
ou
h
a
ve
th
i
s fi
g
u
r
e
d out and
wo
r
kin
g
.
”

H
e
n
r
y
sm
i
led.
“
You m
ea
n
I
won
’
t ne
e
d
m
y
g
un t
o
ni
g
ht and
I
do
n
’t n
ee
d to
ac
t
l
ike
T
ino h
e
re
a
nd
h
a
ve
som
e
o
n
e
r
ou
g
h up
y
our
f
a
m
i
l
y
.
”

“
H
e
y
,
w
a
tch it or
I
’ll h
a
v
e
to rough
y
ou
up,”
Tino
s
a
id,
l
a
u
g
hi
n
g.

“
No, just tell
m
e
.
I
w
a
nt
t
o h
ea
r it s
t
r
a
i
g
ht out
of
y
our mouth. You h
a
ve
th
i
s theo
r
y p
e
r
f
e
c
ted
a
nd
y
o
u
’ve
i
m
plem
e
nted it.”

H
e
n
r
y
fi
x
e
d B
e
n with
his
ste
e
l
-
e
y
e
d st
a
r
e
.
“
Y
e
s
,
w
e
h
a
ve
i
t
.
I
t wo
r
ks
a
nd
Pa
t
t
y
is
t
he p
e
rson th
a
t d
i
d i
t
.
S
h
e
’s our
e
x
p
e
rt.”

“
D
a
mn, e
v
e
r
y
th
i
ng w
e
’
v
e
a
c
c
omp
l
ished is us
e
less. You
ca
n pr
o
b
a
b
l
y
ov
e
rr
ide our
g
uida
n
c
e
s
y
stems, a
n
y
th
i
n
g
.”

“
Not p
r
ob
a
b
l
y
,
B
e
n, d
e
finite
l
y
. Your
p
e
ople mi
g
h
t as
we
ll
just
disass
e
mb
l
e
those w
ea
pons, b
e
ca
use
e
v
e
n
k
nowing
w
h
a
t
y
ou do n
o
w
; i
t
’ll t
a
ke
y
ou a
d
eca
d
e
t
o disable
i
t
. Op
e
n
a
nd shut
ca
s
e
. You stole
f
rom us
e
x
ac
t
l
y
wh
a
t
w
e
w
a
n
t
e
d
y
ou to st
e
a
l.
W
e
a
l
m
ost have
b
e
t
t
e
r
c
ontrol of
y
o
u
r
s
y
s
t
e
ms
t
h
a
n
y
ou
do.
B
ut
y
ou
g
e
t
t
he
g
irl
a
nd
y
ou h
a
v
e
it
f
i
g
u
r
e
d o
u
t
t
od
a
y
.
S
he
shows
y
o
u how to d
e
t
ec
t and d
i
s
a
ble this stuff
a
nd
y
ou’
r
e
a
g
re
a
t
m
a
n
. A h
e
ro of
t
he
p
e
ople.
H
e
l
l
,
y
ou m
a
y
e
v
e
n f
i
g
u
r
e
out how
to
t
a
ke
th
i
s to
t
he
n
e
x
t
l
e
v
e
l.
B
e
a
t us at our o
w
n
g
a
me.
I
t’s the
f
irst te
c
hnolo
g
y
w
a
r
o
f the
2
1st
ce
ntu
r
y
.
”

“
The
k
e
y
is
t
he
g
ir
l
,”
B
e
n said.
“
I
see
t
h
a
t now.
Y
ou
c
ould
g
ive us
a
ll
the
r
e
ports
a
nd files but
P
a
t
t
y
ca
n
c
h
a
n
g
e
o
u
r
le
a
rni
n
g
c
u
r
v
e
b
y
y
e
a
rs.
How
do we
g
e
t
h
e
r to
w
e
l
l
, d
e
f
e
c
t?
I
g
u
e
ss that’s
w
h
a
t she
’
d
b
e
doin
g
?
”