The 22nd Secret (17 page)

“
And the
Chinese
g
ot
t
o
hi
m
.”
Tom
a
dd
e
d
.
“
Got
a
n
y
id
e
a
of
w
h
y
L
o
a
nd
L
a
w
re
n
c
e
did th
i
s,
a
n
y
mo
t
ives
?
”

S
tanl
e
y
c
l
ea
r
e
d his thro
a
t
a
nd
spoke
f
or
t
h
e
f
irst
t
i
m
e.
“
Tino w
a
s
r
ea
l close
with
t
he Chinese
mob. The
Chinese
kno
c
k off
a
lot
of o
u
r
l
ic
e
nsed
p
r
od
u
c
ts,
C
D
s, s
t
u
f
f
w
i
t
h lo
g
o
s, that kind of thin
g
. Tino h
e
lp
e
d them ma
r
k
e
t
t
h
e
m he
r
e
in
t
he
US.
I
’m
a
ssu
m
ing
m
on
e
y
o
r
a
c
ce
ss
t
o the
L
e
v
e
l 21
t
ec
hnol
o
g
y
w
a
s his mo
t
ive.”

“
God on
l
y
kn
o
ws
w
h
a
t
w
a
s mo
t
ivating
L
a
w
r
e
n
c
e
a
nd
L
o
,
”
J
ohnson
a
dd
e
d.
“
To
m
,
y
ou m
a
y
not
r
ea
l
iz
e
it
but
t
he wo
r
k
y
ou did
tr
y
i
n
g
to c
o
ntrol the
Chines
e
.
W
e
l
l
,
i
t w
a
s better
than
g
ood
c
onsi
d
e
ri
n
g
most
of the
t
i
me
y
ou
w
e
re fi
g
ht
i
ng
them
a
nd u
s
. T
h
e
P
r
e
s
ident,
S
tanl
e
y
,
a
nd
I
ca
n
’
t
t
hink of a
mo
r
e
e
x
p
e
ri
e
n
c
e
d
, b
e
t
t
e
r
-
qu
a
l
i
fi
e
d
man to h
a
ndle this pro
b
lem.
W
e
w
a
nt
y
ou to take
c
h
ar
g
e
of
finding
Pa
t
t
y
L
a
w
r
e
n
c
e
a
nd
r
e
triev
i
ng
a
n
y
th
i
n
g
she took.
Y
o
u mentioned a Chinese
ship n
ea
r
A
las
ka
. Th
a
t
ma
y
b
e
som
e
pl
a
c
e
to s
t
a
rt. This ti
m
e
, we
won
’
t be
w
o
r
ki
n
g
the other
side b
e
hind
y
our
b
a
c
k.
I
w
a
nt
y
ou to come
u
p with a
l
ist
of
w
h
a
t
y
ou
’
ll
n
ee
d f
r
om us.
W
e
’ll me
e
t
a
g
a
in
a
ft
e
r lun
c
h,
a
t 2 p
m
. H
a
ve
a
plan.
W
e
h
a
ve
to
m
ove
fa
st
.
”

“
Y
e
s, sir
a
ft
e
r lun
c
h
.
” T
o
m
le
f
t
t
he
r
oom and h
e
a
d
e
d down the
h
a
l
l
. He to
o
k p
r
ide in b
e
ing
o
n
e
step
a
h
e
a
d.
J
ohnson
a
nd
S
tanl
e
y
just
d
i
dn’t know
how
f
a
r
a
h
e
a
d
of th
e
m he
r
e
a
l
l
y
w
a
s
. The
one
th
i
ng
h
e
n
e
e
d
e
d
to
acc
omp
l
ish
th
i
s morning
w
a
s
g
e
t
t
ing
th
i
s ass
i
gnment. He
w
a
s the lo
g
ic
a
l
c
hoice
a
s t
h
e
D
e
p
u
t
y
Dire
c
tor of
Chinese
C
o
unte
r
-
I
ntell
i
g
e
n
c
e
. He
a
lr
ea
d
y
w
a
s fo
r
mu
l
a
t
i
ng a
plan, tho
u
gh it
w
a
s
not e
x
ac
t
l
y
wh
a
t
J
ohnson
a
nd
S
tanl
e
y
h
a
d
in
m
ind.

Tom s
a
t at his d
e
sk a
n
d
r
ea
d the n
e
w in
f
o
r
mation
B
e
t
t
y
h
a
d l
e
ft in the
sa
f
e
for
hi
m
. The b
e
st ne
w
s w
a
s t
h
a
t
t
he
C
hinese
R
e
s
e
a
r
c
h
S
hip h
a
d r
e
qu
e
sted
a
nd w
a
s
g
r
a
n
ted
a
n
a
ddi
t
ional w
e
e
k b
e
fo
r
e
t
h
e
y
would h
a
ve
t
o le
a
ve
United S
t
a
tes t
e
r
r
i
t
o
r
ial w
a
te
r
s. He
stud
i
e
d
the
wea
th
e
r
a
nd
F
AA r
e
ports
a
g
a
in. Tim
i
n
g
w
o
uld be
c
ritic
a
l. The
ac
tual
F
AA
r
e
port stat
e
d
that
Mitch
e
ll
a
r
r
ived
a
t
th
e
c
r
a
sh at dusk.
H
e
obs
e
r
v
e
d two d
ea
d ma
l
e
s, so
me
th
i
ng
the p
a
p
e
r
f
a
i
l
e
d to no
t
e
.
He
not
i
ce
d
the lug
g
a
ge
h
a
d b
e
e
n r
a
n
s
a
c
k
e
d
a
nd that one
ind
i
vid
u
a
l w
a
lked
a
w
a
y
f
rom the
c
r
a
s
h
, poss
i
b
l
y
a wom
a
n.

He
doodled notes on his
y
e
l
l
ow l
e
g
a
l pad.
H
e
stud
i
e
d the
e
st
i
mat
e
d t
i
mes he
h
a
d w
r
i
t
ten down on the
p
a
d.

Patty wou
l
d not have
walk
e
d away
from that p
l
ane
unless she
was
w
i
t
h the
Chines
e
, but he
k
n
e
w they
w
e
re
a hu
n
dred
miles away at Otter Bay
.
Say
it
took
M
i
t
c
h
e
ll
t
w
o hours
t
o g
e
t ba
c
k to h
i
s pla
c
e
from the
c
rash. Anoth
e
r hour
t
o m
e
ss around and
‘
oh by
the
w
a
y
’
not r
e
port a
c
rashed plan
e
.
T
hat s
t
i
l
l
lea
ve
s a half hour.
W
hat
t
he
h
e
ll
was he
doing betw
ee
n
5 and 8
:
30?

The
thou
g
ht s
t
ru
c
k him
s
udd
e
n
l
y
.
H
e
has h
e
r.
C
o
uld
t
h
a
t be?
I
t
m
a
de
s
e
nse.
T
h
a
t’s i
t
,
he h
a
s her
a
nd s
h
e
’s ok
a
y
.
T
h
a
nk
God, he
tho
u
g
ht.
S
h
e’
s
a
l
i
v
e
.
S
he h
a
d to
b
e
.
I m
ea
n, if she
w
e
re d
ea
d w
h
y
wouldn
’
t
h
e
just
re
port
i
t
?
Or
m
a
y
b
e
she
’
s d
ea
d
a
nd he
h
a
d the
d
isk
s
?
No, h
e
ll
he wouldn
’
t know
a
n
y
th
i
ng
a
bout
t
his.
Wh
y
would
h
e
be
si
l
e
nt about the
g
irl
unless
P
a
t
t
y
put h
i
m up to
i
t so
m
e
ho
w
?
P
ut
hi
m up
t
o i
t
. H
e
ll
of
c
ourse
she
d
i
d
. Th
a
t’s just wh
a
t she
w
ould do.
S
he
ca
n
’
t
j
ust
t
e
ll
him
the t
r
uth.
S
omehow, she
g
ot h
i
m
to h
i
de
h
e
r
f
rom the
a
uthorities
a
nd sh
e
’s w
a
i
t
ing
f
o
r me
to cont
a
c
t he
r
. Th
a
t sw
e
e
t
l
i
t
t
l
e
bi
t
c
h
h
a
s him
und
e
r h
e
r p
o
w
e
r.
S
he
w
a
s
g
oi
n
g
to h
a
ve
him
h
e
lp her
c
om
m
it
tr
ea
so
n
.
I
t w
a
s the on
l
y
lo
g
ic
a
l
e
x
plan
a
t
i
on. Tom s
c
r
a
tch
e
d d
o
wn some more
notes
w
hi
l
e
s
t
u
d
y
i
n
g
a
d
e
tailed m
a
p of
K
e
n
a
i
P
e
ninsula,
A
lask
a
.