The 22nd Secret (106 page)

“Go on,”
S
c
ott
said.
“
W
e
ce
rt
a
in
l
y
a
re
in
t
e
r
e
sted in r
e
solv
i
ng
th
i
s.”

D
a
vid open
e
d his b
r
i
e
f
c
a
se
a
nd pul
l
e
d out
t
wo l
e
g
a
l docum
e
nt
s
,
e
a
c
h
a
t
t
a
c
h
e
d to a blue b
ac
ki
n
g
. He
h
a
nd
e
d one
t
o
J
i
m and the
other
to
S
c
ot
t
.

“
B
e
fo
r
e
I
c
a
n do
a
n
y
th
i
n
g,
J
i
m
,
y
ou h
a
ve
to
a
g
r
e
e
to
l
e
t
m
e
re
p
re
s
e
nt
y
ou.
This
i
s an
a
g
ree
m
e
nt for
me to
r
e
p
r
e
s
e
nt
y
ou
a
t no ch
ar
g
e
.
I
’
ve
a
lr
e
a
d
y
si
g
n
e
d i
t
.”

J
i
m
sta
re
d
a
t
t
he
do
c
um
e
nt
l
y
i
n
g
on t
h
e
table
in f
r
ont of him while Scott r
ea
d the one h
a
nd
e
d to h
i
m. “
A
nd if
h
e
d
ec
ides to t
e
rmin
a
te
y
o
ur
se
r
vic
e
s
?
”
S
c
ott
a
sked.

“
This
i
s an a
g
re
e
ment to
te
r
m
i
n
a
te
m
y
s
e
rvi
c
e
s.
I
’
ve
a
lr
e
a
d
y
s
i
g
n
e
d it
a
ls
o
. Trust me,
J
i
m
. You won
’
t ne
e
d i
t
.”
H
e
n
s
e
l
r
e
a
c
h
e
d in
t
o the b
r
i
e
f
ca
se
a
nd
p
roduc
e
d two more
do
c
uments.

J
i
m
l
ook
e
d
a
w
e
stru
c
k
a
t
S
c
ot
t
.
I
t w
a
s
c
le
a
r
h
e
w
a
s
in over
his h
ea
d.

“
J
i
m
, if he
ca
n g
e
t
y
ou
o
ut of this me
s
s,
I
s
a
y
let’s
let hi
m
,”
S
c
ott
said
a
s D
a
vid hand
e
d
J
i
m a p
e
n.

D
a
vid r
e
tur
n
e
d the si
g
n
e
d
c
o
p
y
o
f the
a
g
ree
m
e
nt for
se
r
vi
c
e
s to his brie
f
ca
se
a
nd pul
l
e
d out
t
h
re
e
c
opies of
a
mu
c
h la
r
g
e
r d
o
c
umen
t
. He
h
a
nd
e
d one
to
J
im
a
nd one
to
S
c
ot
t
. He
pla
ce
d the oth
e
r on the
table
in
f
ront of
hi
m
.

“
As
y
our
c
ou
n
c
i
l
,
I
’m
g
o
ing
to r
e
c
om
m
e
nd
y
ou si
g
n th
i
s pl
e
a
b
ar
g
a
in
I
h
a
v
e
n
e
g
ot
i
a
ted for
y
ou. As
y
ou’ll note,
Mr.
B
a
r
r
ow, i
t
’s
a
l
r
ea
d
y
b
ee
n si
g
n
e
d
b
y
J
ud
g
e
J
a
mes
A
nd
e
rson
a
nd
m
y
s
e
lf
.
”

S
c
ott
kn
e
w
J
ud
g
e
And
e
r
s
o
n
. He
w
a
s
a
fe
d
e
r
a
l
j
u
d
ge
in An
c
horage
who
w
a
s
to
r
e
t
i
re
a
t the
e
nd of
the
y
e
a
r.

“
Of
c
o
u
rs
e
, Mr.
B
a
r
r
ow,
y
o
u
’
ll
w
a
nt
t
o r
e
a
d the
e
nt
i
re
do
c
ument b
e
f
o
re
a
g
ree
i
n
g
to Mitch
e
ll
si
g
ning
i
t
.
B
ut b
a
sic
a
l
l
y
t
h
e
c
h
ar
g
e
of
c
o
n
spir
a
c
y
to
c
om
m
it
tr
ea
s
o
n will
be
dro
p
p
e
d. Mitch
e
ll
will
ple
a
d
g
ui
l
t
y
to
m
isdem
ea
nor
c
rimin
a
l
m
ischi
e
f.
Th
e
re’ll be
no
jail
t
i
m
e,
j
ust a
f
ive
y
ea
r p
r
o
b
a
t
i
on,
a
ft
e
r
w
h
i
c
h
y
o
u
r
r
e
c
o
r
d will
be
e
x
pun
g
e
d
o
f this
i
n
c
ident.”

J
i
m
l
ook
e
d
a
t
S
c
ott
a
g
a
in
for
some
kind of s
i
g
n
a
l
.
S
c
ott
looked up
f
rom the d
oc
ument with h
i
s mouth han
g
ing
o
p
e
n.

“
This
i
s
g
ood, isn
’
t
i
t
?
”
Jim
a
sked.

“
Good?
H
e
l
l
, i
t
’s a
d
a
mn
m
ir
ac
le.
W
h
a
t else
is
i
n th
i
s a
g
r
ee
ment
?
”

“
B
e
si
d
e
s the stand
a
rd
c
l
a
use
s
,
y
o
u
’ll be
re
qui
r
e
d to eng
a
g
e
me
with r
e
sp
e
c
t
t
o th
i
s matt
e
r,
a
t no cost,
a
s
y
our
c
ou
n
c
il
f
or
the
f
iv
e
-
y
e
a
r
p
rob
a
t
i
on.
I
f
I
’m not a
v
a
i
l
a
bl
e
,
t
he
United S
t
a
tes Attorn
e
y
G
e
n
e
r
a
l’s
o
f
f
i
c
e
will
d
e
si
g
n
a
t
e
a
subs
t
i
t
ute.
T
his
i
s i
m
port
a
n
t
.”
He
p
a
used
unt
i
l bo
t
h men look
e
d dir
ec
t
l
y
a
t h
i
m. He
w
a
nted to ma
k
e
sure
th
i
s w
a
s und
e
rstoo
d
.
“S
p
ea
king
to a
n
y
o
n
e
a
bout
t
his
m
a
t
t
e
r, no matter
how t
r
iv
i
a
l
, without
m
y
knowl
e
d
ge
a
nd
c
on
s
e
nt wi
l
l be a
vio
l
a
t
i
on of th
i
s a
g
r
ee
ment,
a
nd
y
ou
will
be
pros
ec
uted
f
o
r the
tr
ea
son
c
h
a
r
g
e
.
S
h
e
ri
f
f
K
e
l
ler
will
be
y
our p
r
ob
a
t
i
on o
f
fi
c
e
r.
Y
ou’ll
be
re
qui
r
e
d to ch
e
c
k in
w
i
t
h him
twice
a
y
e
a
r
a
nd info
r
m h
i
m and
m
y o
f
fi
c
e
if
y
ou plan to t
r
a
v
e
l ou
t
side the
U
ni
t
e
d
S
tat
e
s or Can
a
d
a
.”