The 22nd Secret (12 page)

“F
u
c
k
L
o
.
W
h
a
t else
y
ou
g
ot on
P
a
t
t
y
L
a
w
r
e
n
c
e
?”

“
One
more
th
i
n
g
on
L
o
,
B
r
a
d
l
e
y
w
a
s suspicious
o
f Ch
e
n
a
nd f
o
l
l
ow
e
d him
to
C
hin
a
town
a
bout
t
e
n d
a
y
s
a
g
o.
H
e
o
bse
r
v
e
d him
e
nte
r
i
n
g
a
r
e
stau
ra
nt about the s
a
me t
i
me
a
s Antho
n
y C
a
ss
i
oppi. H
e
’s in
c
h
a
r
ge of–”

“
W
e
know
w
ho he
is. D
a
mn
i
t
, man.
W
h
a
t about
L
a
w
re
n
ce
?
”

“
Y
e
s, sir.
J
ust one
more
th
i
n
g
. A
f
e
w minu
t
e
s lat
e
r
H
e
n
r
y
L
o
e
n
t
e
r
e
d that
s
a
me r
e
stau
ra
nt
.
”
Tom s
t
opp
e
d
, knowing
t
he
two men l
i
stening
to h
i
s r
e
port
w
ou
l
d
e
x
p
ec
t h
i
m
t
o th
i
nk it
v
e
r
y
s
i
g
nifi
c
a
nt
that the man in
c
h
a
r
ge
of s
e
c
u
r
it
y
a
t
t
he
L
os A
l
a
mos
Compu
t
e
r R
e
s
ea
r
c
h C
e
nter
h
a
d met with a
C
hinese
n
a
t
i
on
a
l and the
m
a
fia
boss wi
t
h the b
e
st
C
h
inese
c
onn
e
c
t
i
ons on the
we
st co
a
st.

S
tanl
e
y
a
nd
J
ohnson
sta
r
e
d
a
t
Tom
a
nd then
g
la
n
c
e
d
a
t e
a
c
h other
with
st
u
nn
e
d
e
x
p
re
ss
i
ons.
“
I
to
l
d
y
ou
f
o
r
g
e
t
L
o,”
J
ohnson said.
“
H
e
’s obvious
l
y
a
d
a
mn
t
r
a
i
t
o
r
.
W
h
a
t else
y
ou
g
ot on
P
a
t
t
y
L
a
w
r
e
n
c
e
?
”

“
Ah,
y
e
s s
i
r.”
W
a
lk
e
r st
a
m
m
e
r
e
d
, pl
a
y
i
n
g
his
f
a
ke
i
g
nor
a
n
c
e
to
J
ohnson
a
nd
S
tanl
e
y
’s
c
on
ce
rn
for
a
ll
it
w
a
s w
o
rth.
“
B
e
t
t
y
c
h
ec
k
e
d the
a
i
rline
p
a
sse
n
g
e
r m
a
nif
e
sts
of o
u
t
g
o
i
n
g
f
l
i
g
hts f
r
om
S
a
n
F
r
a
n
c
isco,
a
nd
two d
a
y
s
a
g
o
the
w
hole
d
a
mn bunch
f
lew
to A
n
c
h
o
r
a
g
e und
e
r
fa
l
s
e identi
t
ies.”

“
An
c
ho
ra
g
e
?
”
J
ohnson
l
ook
e
d
a
t
S
tanl
e
y
a
nd r
o
l
l
e
d his
e
y
e
s
while S
t
a
nl
e
y
dropp
e
d his f
a
c
e
in
t
o his h
a
nds
a
nd
s
hook his h
ea
d
.

“
Th
a
t’s not all.”
Tom
r
e
a
c
h
e
d
for
his att
a
c
hé
ca
se.
He
op
e
n
e
d it
a
nd
h
a
nd
e
d
a
pie
c
e
o
f p
a
p
e
r
to
J
ohnson.
“
This AP
re
port is s
e
l
f
-e
x
plan
a
to
r
y
.
I
t
w
a
sn’t
r
e
le
a
s
e
d in
t
i
me
f
or
the
ea
st
c
o
a
s
t
, but
t
he
w
e
st c
o
a
st pap
e
rs
w
i
l
l have
it
th
i
s
mornin
g
. T
h
e
re’s a
c
h
a
n
c
e
that th
i
rd missing p
e
rson is
P
a
t
t
y
L
a
w
re
n
c
e
, just a
c
h
a
n
ce
.
Th
a
t p
l
a
n
e
w
e
nt down h
e
a
di
n
g
str
a
i
g
ht for
a
Chinese r
e
s
e
a
r
c
h v
e
s
s
e
l an
c
h
o
r
e
d
o
f
f the
c
o
a
st of K
e
n
a
i
P
e
ninsula.”
J
ohnso
n
’s
e
y
e
s
d
e
vour
e
d the
r
e
port.
W
h
e
n he
w
a
s finish
e
d,
h
e low
e
r
e
d his
h
ea
d
a
nd s
i
g
h
e
d.
He
h
a
n
d
e
d it
to
S
tanl
e
y
.

“
E
x
ce
pt for
the pl
a
ne
t
ic
k
e
t
t
o An
c
horag
e
,
L
o h
a
s
n
’
t be
e
n s
e
e
n or
h
e
a
rd
fr
om s
i
n
c
e Nov
e
mb
e
r
4th
. The
Chinese
re
s
e
a
r
c
h
v
e
ssels p
e
rm
i
t runs out
t
od
a
y
. Th
e
y
w
e
re
sch
e
du
l
e
d to
l
ea
ve Am
e
ri
ca
n
w
a
te
r
s th
i
s m
o
rnin
g
.
B
e
t
t
y
’s
c
h
ec
ki
n
g
t
o see
if th
e
y
did.”

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tanl
e
y
h
a
n
d
e
d the
A
P
r
e
port b
ac
k to Tom who
p
u
t
i
t ba
c
k in
t
he
a
t
t
ac
hé
c
a
s
e
.
Awk
w
a
rd si
l
e
n
c
e
filled the
r
oom as
S
tanl
e
y
e
x
h
a
led d
e
e
p
l
y
.

“
S
ee
ms
l
ike a
lot
of t
r
o
u
ble to
g
e
t
y
our
c
ol
le
g
e
g
i
rl
f
ri
e
nd out of the
c
ount
r
y
.
”