The 22nd Secret (62 page)

“
No,
P
a
t
t
y
.
W
e
kn
e
w nothing
of
y
ou or
L
e
v
e
l 21
u
nt
i
l
t
h
e
y
to
l
d me th
a
t first ni
g
ht,
t
he ni
g
ht be
f
o
re I
met
y
ou
.
”

“
W
ho’s th
e
y
then?
W
ho
did
t
his
t
o m
e
?
”

“
A m
a
n n
a
med
Antho
n
y
C
a
ss
i
opp
i
. H
e
’s
w
i
t
h the m
a
fi
a
,
a
nd
H
e
n
r
y
L
o
.
H
e
said
y
ou’d know him.”

“
H
e
n
r
y
L
o.
He
to
l
d
y
ou
a
bout
m
e
a
nd
L
e
v
e
l 21?
H
e
’s involved
w
i
t
h
y
ou
a
n
d the m
a
fi
a
?
I don’t b
e
l
i
e
ve
y
ou.”

S
he
low
ere
d the kni
f
e
to
h
e
r sid
e
.

“
Oh Chris
t
,
P
a
t
t
y
, this
i
s such a
f
u
c
ki
n
g
mess
.
” B
e
n
b
e
g
a
n to shiver
a
nd
c
r
y
.
“
He thr
ea
ten
e
d to k
i
ll
me
We
dn
e
sd
a
y
n
i
g
ht.
He
shot
a
t
me twi
ce
. Th
a
t’s w
h
y I
g
ot drun
k
.
H
e
’s
g
oi
n
g to k
i
ll
both of us if
y
ou
d
on’t
g
o to
C
hina
w
i
t
h me
a
nd
t
eac
h us
a
bout
L
e
v
e
l
21.”

“
H
e
n
r
y
wouldn
’
t do
t
h
e
s
e
th
i
n
g
s
.
I
know him.
I
k
now him r
ea
l w
e
l
l
. You
’r
e
l
y
i
n
g.
H
e wouldn
’
t do
t
h
a
t.”

“
This doesn
’
t
m
a
ke
mu
c
h se
n
se
to
m
e, but he s
a
i
d
y
ou’d
kn
o
w it w
a
s him
i
f
I
to
l
d
y
ou he would
toast
us if
w
e
didn’t do wh
a
t
he
w
a
nted.”

P
a
t
t
y
dro
p
p
e
d the kn
i
fe
a
nd
c
ov
e
r
e
d
h
e
r mouth w
i
th her
h
a
n
d
.
“
Oh
m
y
Go
d
.”

“
He
said he
l
i
k
e
s
y
o
u
r mom’s l
e
monad
e
, som
e
th
i
ng
l
i
ke
that.”
P
a
t
t
y
r
a
n
o
v
e
r to Ben
a
nd thr
e
w h
e
r
a
rms
a
r
ound hi
m
.
S
he
buri
e
d h
e
r he
a
d
i
n his should
e
r
a
nd
th
e
y
c
r
ied.
“
I
’m so
r
r
y
,”
B
e
n s
a
id.
“
I
h
a
d no
c
hoic
e
.
H
e
n
r
y
to
l
d me
I
h
a
d to
me
e
t
y
ou
a
nd
g
e
t
y
ou to f
a
ll
in
l
ove
with
m
e
or h
e
’d kill me.
W
e
dn
e
sd
a
y
ni
g
ht he told
m
e
y
ou h
a
d
to
g
o to
C
hina
w
i
t
h me h
e
lp us le
a
rn
L
e
v
e
l 21 or
h
e
’d kill
y
ou too
a
nd
o
ur
fa
m
i
l
i
e
s.
H
e
s
c
a
r
e
s
m
e
. H
e
’ll do it.”

“
I
know
H
e
n
r
y
.”
P
a
t
t
y
s
a
id betw
ee
n sobs. “
H
e
’ll
d
o i
t
. H
e
’s a
ki
l
le
r
. Th
a
t’s
wh
a
t he do
e
s for
the
g
ov
e
rn
m
e
n
t
. Ki
l
ls people. And wo
r
s
e
.
T
oast
is h
i
s wo
r
d for
tortur
e
.
He
uses
e
l
e
c
trici
t
y someho
w
.
I
f he’s tu
r
n
e
d
tr
a
i
t
or
h
e
’ll be
d
e
s
p
e
r
a
t
e
a
nd d
a
n
g
e
rous
.
”
P
a
t
t
y
l
o
ok
e
d up
a
t
B
e
n.
“
I
’m sor
r
y
a
bout
t
he
knif
e
.
”

B
e
n h
e
ld
h
e
r ne
c
k in h
i
s ha
n
ds. He
sta
r
e
d
a
t h
e
r
w
i
t
h sog
g
y
e
y
e
s.

“
W
h
a
t a
r
e
w
e
g
oing
to
d
o
?
P
a
t
t
y
, if
H
e
n
r
y
do
e
s
n
’
t
g
e
t us
m
y
p
e
ople
w
i
l
l.
J
ust beli
e
ve
one th
i
n
g
.
I
love
y
ou.
I
do
n
’t
ca
re
a
bout a
n
y
bo
d
y
’s m
i
ss
i
les
a
n
y
mo
r
e
.
I
just
ca
r
e
a
bout
y
ou.
I
w
a
nt
t
o be
with
y
ou.
I
don
’
t c
a
re wh
e
r
e
.
”

P
a
t
t
y
man
a
g
e
d a
sm
i
le.
“
I
love
y
ou
. You’
r
e
a
ll
I
w
a
nt
t
oo.”
Th
e
y
kis
s
e
d
d
ee
p
l
y
. The
c
ir
c
ums
t
a
n
c
e
s w
e
r
e
uni
q
ue
a
nd the
i
ndiv
i
du
a
ls f
a
r
f
rom
a
v
e
ra
g
e, but
t
h
e
y
made
up
the
w
a
y love
r
s do,
fa
l
l
ing
in
t
o b
ed
.

A
f
te
r
w
a
rd,
B
e
n l
a
y
with
his a
r
m a
r
ound
P
a
t
t
y
a
s
s
he
c
uddled
into h
i
m. Th
e
y b
ra
ins
t
o
r
med
e
v
e
r
y
poss
i
ble s
ce
n
a
rio th
a
t could
g
e
t
t
h
e
m out
of this
m
e
ss. Giving
thems
e
lves up to
t
he
Am
e
ri
ca
n
a
uthorities
w
ould put
B
e
n
’s
fa
m
i
ly
a
t
t
he
m
e
r
c
y
o
f
a
n
a
n
g
r
y
Chinese
g
ov
e
rnm
e
n
t
,
a
nd l
e
a
ve
h
i
m wi
t
hout a
c
ount
r
y
. Not
to
m
e
nt
i
on the
c
ontr
ac
t
Tino would put on them. Going
in
t
o hid
i
ng would be
e
v
e
n w
o
rse
f
o
r
th
e
ir
f
a
m
i
l
i
e
s and
L
o
, or
Tino would
e
v
e
ntual
l
y tr
ac
k them down.
I
f
th
e
y
h
a
d
a
c
h
a
n
c
e
to
l
ive th
r
o
u
g
h th
i
s without risk
i
ng
t
h
e
ir
fa
m
i
l
i
e
s and
with some kind of
f
utur
e
, it
h
a
d to be
w
i
t
h the Chines
e
.
P
a
t
t
y
w
a
s the
fi
r
st
t
o sp
ea
k.