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H
e
n
r
y
r
e
pl
i
e
d
that he
a
nd
Dir
e
c
tor
J
ohnson w
e
re
a
w
a
re
o
f the
c
ont
a
c
t.
This w
a
s of the hi
g
h
e
st
i
mport
a
n
c
e
to na
t
io
n
a
l se
c
u
r
i
t
y
.
I
t w
a
s not
n
ece
ss
a
r
y
f
or
the s
h
a
dow
to know w
h
y
.
J
ust don’t
a
l
l
ow
a
n
y
one
to
i
nte
r
fer
e
. Cont
i
nue
to obs
e
r
ve
a
nd r
e
p
o
rt
r
e
g
ul
a
r
l
y
to h
i
m and no one
e
lse. H
e
n
r
y
d
e
le
t
e
d the o
r
i
g
in
a
l
m
e
ssage
a
nd the
r
e
p
l
y
a
ft
e
r
f
o
r
w
a
rdi
n
g
them to
B
e
t
t
y
. Bet
t
y
a
dd
e
d them to a
f
i
l
e
in
t
he
bri
e
f
ca
se
d
e
s
i
g
n
a
ted
f
or
th
i
s
o
p
e
r
a
t
i
on
a
f
t
e
r W
a
lker
h
a
d r
e
a
d them.

 

The
th
i
rd m
ee
t
i
n
g
of the
thr
e
e
c
onspi
r
a
tors
c
onv
e
n
e
d
a
s usual
a
ft
e
r dinn
e
r.


I
know thro
u
g
h our s
h
a
dow that
y
ou
a
nd
P
a
t
t
y
a
re
se
e
i
n
g
eac
h ot
h
e
r
re
g
u
la
r
l
y
. Y
o
u th
i
nk with
t
i
m
e
she

ll
fa
ll
in
l
ove
with
y
ou
?


I
th
i
nk she
w
a
nts
m
y
c
o
c
k ri
g
ht n
o
w.”
B
e
n h
a
d
o
bvious
l
y
obtain
e
d some
c
onfid
e
n
c
e since
the l
a
st
m
ee
t
i
n
g
.

I
tell
y
ou, sh
e
’s put
t
y
in
m
y
h
a
nd
s
.
B
ut
I

v
e
tak
e
n it
ea
s
y
on h
e
r.
I follow
e
d
y
our instru
c
t
i
o
n
s
a
nd moved slow
l
y
, but
y
o
u
g
ive the
wo
r
d
a
nd
I

l
l have
h
e
r so h
o
r
n
y she
w
on’t be
a
b
l
e
to ke
e
p
h
e
r h
a
nds o
f
f m
e
.”


S
h
e
’s told
y
ou s
h
e
loves
y
ou
?

Tino
a
sked.

W
a
n
ts
t
o h
a
ve
sex
?


W
e
l
l
, not e
x
ac
t
l
y
, but
I
ca
n tell.
S
h
e

s not the
f
ir
s
t v
i
r
g
in
I

v
e
tak
e
n.
I
c
ou
l
d h
a
ve
h
e
r
a
n
y t
i
me
I
w
a
n
t
. H
e
l
l
,
I
w
a
it
much lon
g
e
r sh
e
’s
g
oi
n
g to s
t
a
rt b
e
g
g
i
n
g
.

H
e
n
r
y
tho
u
g
ht
he
w
a
s a
p
a
thetic li
t
t
l
e
pun
k
.
Pam
c
ould crush
y
ou w
i
th a
t
hought
i
f she wanted. She
c
ould ma
k
e
y
ou in
t
o a fag
i
nstead of
t
he
gre
a
test s
t
ud to
w
alk the
face
of
t
he
e
arth.
Y
ou’re
not e
ve
n aware
of
w
hat sh
e
’s doing to you or why.

H
e
n
r
y
kn
e
w
w
h
a
t
P
a
m
w
a
s c
a
p
a
b
l
e
o
f
.
H
e
h
a
d b
ee
n
a
s close
to her
a
s a
n
y
man
w
a
s
a
l
l
ow
e
d. The
t
i
mes he
w
a
s luc
k
y
e
no
u
g
h to be
w
i
th he
r
, she
did not
h
e
si
t
a
te to hide h
e
r po
w
e
r f
r
om h
i
m.
L
is
t
e
ni
n
g
to
B
e
n

s ma
c
ho b
o
a
st
i
ng
w
a
s
p
a
thetic.


I
h
a
ve
a
plan th
a
t
m
a
y
g
e
t
P
a
t
t
y
wh
e
re
w
e
w
a
nt
h
e
r
, but
i
t’s d
e
p
e
nd
e
nt on
h
e
r
fa
l
l
i
n
g
in love
w
i
t
h
y
ou.
I
m
e
a
n l
i
k
e
, w
a
nt
i
n
g
to
m
a
r
r
y
y
ou,
spend
the
re
st of
h
e
r life
with
y
ou, not some b
o
y
l
i
ke
I
’m
g
e
t
t
ing a
pi
e
c
e
of
a
ss.
You think
y
ou
ca
n
a
cc
omp
l
ish
t
h
a
t?
Y
o
u th
i
nk
y
ou
g
ot a
c
h
a
n
c
e
with her
b
e
si
d
e
s sex?
B
eca
use th
a
t’s w
h
a
t
i
t’s
g
oi
n
g
to
t
a
k
e
.

B
e
n ins
t
a
nt
l
y
turn
e
d s
e
riou
s
.

To be
hon
e
st with
y
o
u tw
o
,
I
’m
f
a
l
l
ing
in
l
o
ve
with her b
e
l
i
e
ve
it
or n
o
t
.
S
h
e
’s so
b
ea
ut
i
ful.
He
l
l
,
I
c
a
n

t
b
e
l
i
e
ve
she

s
d
a
t
i
ng
me
re
g
ula
r
l
y
.
I
f it h
a
dn’t b
ee
n for
y
ou,
I
p
r
ob
a
b
l
y
would n
e
v
e
r
h
a
ve
made
a
p
a
ss at h
e
r
.
I

d h
a
v
e
f
i
g
u
r
e
d she
wouldn

t
g
ive me the
t
i
me of
d
a
y
.”

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