The 22nd Secret (124 page)

J
i
m
f
e
lt
ov
e
r
w
h
e
l
m
e
d
b
y
h
e
r b
e
a
u
t
y
a
nd mesm
e
ri
z
ing
e
y
e
s
a
s she l
a
y
n
e
x
t
t
o hi
m
.
“
I
’ve b
ee
n the
r
e
ma
n
y
t
i
mes.
T
he
own
e
rs
w
e
r
e
r
e
a
l
g
o
o
d f
r
iends of
m
y
p
a
r
e
nts
a
nd th
e
y
’
re g
e
t
t
ing older
a
nd w
a
nt
t
o sell.
I
t
’
s a b
e
a
ut
i
ful plac
e
.
I
t e
x
tends
f
rom the
A
spen
V
a
l
l
e
y
up to
t
he
N
a
t
i
on
a
l
F
o
re
st. T
h
e
y
ra
n
a
dude
r
a
n
c
h
a
nd hunt
i
n
g
lo
d
g
e
,
kind of like
th
i
s
.
B
ut th
e
y
’
r
e
r
e
t
i
r
e
d now.
I
ca
n b
a
r
e
l
y
r
e
memb
e
r w
h
e
n
I
w
a
s r
e
a
l
l
i
t
t
l
e
b
ac
k in
t
he
’70s, wh
e
n Asp
e
n
w
a
s
much sm
a
l
l
e
r.
I
t w
a
sn’t that popular
a
s
a
s
ki r
e
sort
l
i
ke
it
is now. Gl
e
nwood
wa
s the town t
h
e
touris
t
s w
e
nt
t
o
.
I
t h
a
d the hot sprin
g
s
a
nd the Hot
S
p
r
in
g
s
L
o
d
g
e
.
I
t
w
a
s one of
the most b
e
a
u
t
i
ful
a
r
e
a
s in
t
he wo
r
ld till
J
ohn D
e
nv
e
r s
a
ng
Ro
c
k
y
M
ounta
i
n High
a
nd the
r
ich p
e
op
l
e
dis
c
ov
e
r
e
d As
p
e
n. Now the p
r
oblem is the S
m
i
th
s
’
r
a
n
c
h
. T
h
a
t’s
m
y
p
a
r
e
n
t
s’
f
r
iends. Th
e
i
r pl
ac
e
is
one
of the
f
e
w und
e
v
e
loped l
a
r
ge
tr
a
c
ts of l
a
nd
a
n
y
w
h
e
re
n
ea
r t
h
e
Asp
e
n
V
a
l
l
e
y
. No one
ca
n
a
f
fo
r
d to b
u
y
the pla
c
e
e
x
ce
pt de
v
e
lope
r
s
,
a
nd the S
m
i
th
s don’t w
a
nt
t
o s
e
e
their
pla
c
e
p
a
r
ce
l
e
d up
a
nd turn
e
d in
t
o
c
ondos.
I
don
’
t b
l
a
me th
em
.
I
t’s the most b
e
a
ut
i
ful l
a
nd
I
’ve
e
v
e
r
s
ee
n. You
ca
n do
a
n
y
th
i
n
g the
r
e
f
rom
f
a
rmi
n
g
in
t
he
v
a
l
le
y
to ski
i
n
g
in
t
he
hi
l
ls ba
c
k
b
y
wh
e
r
e
the l
a
nd
me
e
ts
t
he n
a
t
i
on
a
l fo
re
s
t
.”

“
W
h
y
don
’
t
t
h
e
y
sell it
f
or
less than it’s wo
r
th or
g
ive it
t
o one
of th
e
i
r
c
hi
l
d
re
n
?
”
P
a
m
a
sked.

“
Th
e
y
h
a
v
e
f
our
c
hi
l
d
re
n
.
I
kn
o
w th
e
m. Th
e
y
a
ll
c
hose
c
i
t
y
l
if
e
a
nd
th
e
y
f
i
gure
th
e
y
’
r
e
in l
i
ne
to
i
nh
e
rit mi
l
l
i
ons.
I
f
the S
m
i
t
hs just w
a
i
t
,
e
v
e
ntual
l
y
the
c
hi
l
d
r
e
n will
g
e
t
c
ontrol, sell
t
he land,
a
nd div
i
de
up the
m
on
e
y
.
I
f th
e
y
tried
to
s
e
ll
it
to
someone
l
i
ke
me
f
or
less than it w
a
s wo
r
th, the
re
’d
be
a
h
u
ge
fi
g
h
t
.
I
t would
p
r
o
b
a
b
l
y
e
nd up in cou
r
t and d
e
st
ro
y
the
f
a
m
i
l
y
.
”

“
Th
a
t’s s
a
d. H
o
w much
i
s the land
wo
r
th
?
”

“
I
h
e
a
rd th
e
y
’
v
e
b
ee
n
o
f
f
e
r
e
d
a
s m
u
c
h
a
s
$50 m
i
l
l
io
n
.”

“
W
h
y
don
’
t
y
ou b
u
y
i
t
?
”

“
P
a
m
,
I
s
a
id
$50 mil
l
io
n
.
I
do
n
’t h
a
ve
that kind of
mon
e
y
. T
h
e
n to fix
it
up
the
w
a
y
I’d w
a
nt
i
t for
us. Th
a
t’d
c
o
s
t
m
i
l
l
i
ons
mor
e
.”

“
Th
a
t’s not
t
h
a
t
m
u
c
h
m
on
e
y
.
”
P
a
m sai
d
,
“
Trust
me.
W
e
ca
n
a
f
fo
r
d i
t
.
Y
o
u
ca
n h
a
v
e
a
n
y
th
i
n
g
y
ou
w
a
nt
a
s long
a
s
y
ou
t
a
ke
me.
T
a
ke
me
no
w
,
I
’m
rea
d
y
.
”
Pa
m
w
ra
pp
e
d h
e
r
f
r
e
e
a
rm
a
round
J
im
a
nd pul
l
e
d h
i
m on
t
op of
h
e
r.
“
W
e
’ll
p
a
y
ca
sh.”