The 22nd Secret (71 page)

“
I
h
a
ve
so
m
e
c
lo
t
h
e
s le
f
t
b
e
hind
b
y
g
u
e
st
s
.
I
f
i
g
u
r
e
d
y
ou’d
w
a
nt
t
o take
a
b
a
th.
I
’ll m
a
k
e b
rea
k
f
a
st.
I
b
e
t
y
ou
’
re
st
a
rvin
g
.”

J
i
m paus
e
d
a
nd not
i
ce
d
P
a
ula
’
s bl
a
nk st
a
r
e
.
“
I
m
e
a
n, th
e
y
’
re
a
ll
w
a
shed
a
nd
e
v
e
r
y
th
i
n
g
.
I h
a
ve
lo
t
s.
S
ome
a
re
l
i
ke
n
e
w, sometim
e
s
g
u
e
s
t
s’
lug
g
a
ge
is
l
ost or lat
e
.
I
’
v
e
e
quipped p
e
op
l
e with whole
wa
rd
r
o
b
e
s.”
J
im
w
a
i
t
e
d for
a
r
e
a
c
t
i
on
but none
ca
me.

“
You
ca
n p
i
c
k som
e
th
i
ng
e
ls
e
, wh
a
te
v
e
r
y
ou
w
a
nt.”

“
Th
e
y
’
r
e
f
ine.
I
’m sta
r
v
i
n
g
. And thanks
for
not
i
c
i
ng I
n
ee
d a
b
a
th.” Pam t
h
r
e
w the blank
e
t off
a
nd str
u
g
g
l
e
d
to
g
e
t up.
J
im
dro
p
p
e
d the
c
lo
t
hing
on the
c
h
a
ir
a
nd
g
r
a
bb
e
d
P
a
m’s h
a
nds to h
e
lp he
r
. His t
o
u
c
h shot throu
g
h
h
e
r h
a
n
ds like
n
ee
dles, sta
r
t
l
i
n
g h
e
r
a
nd
c
a
usi
n
g
h
e
r to look str
a
i
g
ht
i
nto
J
i
m
’s
e
y
e
s
.
S
he
didn’t know
w
h
a
t
i
t w
a
s
a
bout
t
his
m
a
n.
S
he
fe
lt
it
a
t
t
he
c
r
a
sh si
t
e
.
S
he
w
a
s too t
i
r
e
d
a
n
d pr
e
o
cc
up
i
e
d
b
y
g
e
t
t
ing
J
i
m
t
o
ag
ree
to help h
e
r
l
a
st n
i
g
ht
t
o ful
l
y r
e
a
l
iz
e
i
t
, but
t
h
e
re
w
a
s
s
omething
a
bout h
i
m.
S
omething
dif
f
e
r
e
nt
t
h
a
n
a
n
y man Pam h
a
d known. She
wa
s de
f
in
i
te
l
y
in cont
r
o
l
, but she
h
a
d to wo
r
k to ke
e
p it
that w
a
y
.
I
f
she l
e
t h
i
m
, he
c
ould ove
r
po
w
e
r her. T
h
e
pow
e
r
o
f his m
i
nd to do
m
inate
h
e
r
w
a
s
a
l
m
ost ov
e
r
w
h
e
l
m
i
n
g
.

“
L
is
t
e
n
,
”
J
im
said
a
s he
reac
h
e
d for the
c
lo
t
hing
a
nd h
a
nd
e
d it
to
P
a
ula.
“
G
o upst
a
ir
s
. T
a
ke
a
b
a
t
h
,
a
nd
I
’ll m
a
k
e
br
e
a
k
f
a
st. You like h
a
m and
e
g
g
s with h
a
sh b
r
owns
a
nd bis
c
ui
t
s
?
”

“
S
ounds wond
e
r
f
ul
,
”
Pa
m said as she
took
t
he
c
l
othes
f
rom
J
im
a
nd looked th
e
m ove
r
.

“
How
lo
n
g
do we
h
a
ve
u
nt
i
l
y
o
u
r
f
ri
e
nd t
h
e
she
r
i
f
f
c
a
n
g
e
t out
h
e
re
to
i
nv
e
st
i
g
a
te
?
”

J
i
m w
a
lked ov
e
r to the
f
i
re
to
t
e
nd to
i
t.
“
I
don
’
t
k
now
f
or
sure
but
I
f
i
g
u
r
e
a
c
ouple d
a
y
s
a
t
t
he
soon
e
st.
J
ud
g
ing
fr
om wh
a
t
y
ou
s
a
id about wh
a
t
y
o
u
r b
o
y
f
r
i
e
nd,
a
nd
wh
a
t he
wa
s up to, it will
pro
ba
b
l
y
be
t
h
e
F
BI
or
C
I
A
, or
both. Eith
e
r
wa
y
,
i
t pro
b
a
b
l
y
won
’
t be
B
i
l
l.”

“
Don
’
t c
a
ll
him
m
y
b
o
y
fr
ien
d
,”
she sn
a
p
p
e
d.
“
I
’m
not proud of
wh
a
t
I
w
a
s to T
i
no.”
J
im turn
e
d to s
e
e
h
e
r looking down
a
t
t
he
sta
c
k of
c
lo
t
h
e
s in h
e
r h
a
nds.
“
I
don
’
t
w
a
nt
y
ou to
t
h
i
nk of me th
a
t w
a
y
.
I
’m not… i
t
’s not l
i
ke
y
ou th
i
n
k
.”
H
e
r voi
c
e tr
e
mb
l
e
d.

J
i
m w
a
lked ov
e
r to P
a
ula
a
nd put h
i
s a
r
ms a
r
ound
h
e
r. He
pul
l
e
d
h
e
r
c
lose
a
s she h
e
ld
t
he sta
c
k of
c
lo
t
h
e
s.
“
I
’m so
r
r
y
,
”
he
said. P
a
u
l
a
’
s
e
y
e
s met his
a
nd
J
i
m
’s m
i
nd s
ee
med to stop. All he
c
ould s
e
e
w
e
re
h
e
r b
ea
ut
i
ful
m
e
sme
r
i
z
ing
blue
g
r
ee
n d
e
pth
l
e
ss
e
y
e
s.
S
omeho
w
,
h
e h
ea
rd P
a
u
l
a
’s voi
c
e whisp
e
ring
in h
i
s m
i
nd.
Don
’
t hesitate. Tomorrow
may
n
eve
r
c
om
e
.
T
hink
wi
t
h
y
our h
e
a
rt not
y
our mind.
L
o
v
e
me
whi
l
e
we
c
an.