The 22nd Secret (20 page)

Tom
e
nte
re
d
J
ohnson’s o
f
fi
c
e
a
t
2:20.
J
ohnson
g
e
stur
e
d for
W
a
lker
to s
i
t
i
n the
c
h
a
ir n
e
x
t to
S
tanl
e
y
.
“
S
o
r
r
y
I
’m l
a
t
e
.”

“F
o
r
g
e
t
it
.
I
’m su
r
e
y
ou
’r
e
just
a
l
i
t
t
le bu
s
y
tod
a
y
.
W
h
a
t’s
y
our
p
lan?
F
irst
t
h
ing I
th
i
nk we
n
ee
d to do
i
s ha
v
e
the
Co
a
st
Gu
a
rd
investig
a
te
that
re
s
e
a
r
c
h ship. Th
e
y
’r
e
a
hund
re
d m
i
les f
r
om
t
he
c
r
a
sh
si
t
e
on the
c
ourse
the pl
a
n
e
w
a
s on
wh
e
n it
w
e
nt down.”

Tom
g
lan
c
e
d
a
t
t
he
c
lock
on the
c
r
e
d
e
n
z
a
b
e
hind
J
ohnso
n
. He
kn
e
w
H
a
nk
s
hould be in Tu
r
n
e
r
’
s
o
f
f
ice
b
y
now.

“
Ok
a
y
, but
l
e
t
’
s th
i
nk th
i
s throu
g
h a
l
i
t
t
le
f
irst.”
T
om
pul
l
e
d the
y
e
l
l
ow l
e
g
a
l pad out of his att
ac
hé
c
a
s
e
.
“
Eith
e
r
of
y
ou
g
ot
a
n
y
more
info
on w
h
y
L
a
w
r
e
n
c
e
d
ec
id
e
d to de
fec
t or h
o
w
the mob w
a
s involved
?”

“
No, but
b
y
God w
e
’ll find ou
t
,”
J
ohnson said.
“S
tanl
e
y
’
s pe
o
ple
a
nd ou
r
s
a
re
a
ll
ov
e
r th
i
s.
W
e
’ll h
a
ve
some
g
o
d
d
a
mn ans
we
rs
b
y
t
h
e
e
n
d of the
d
a
y
.”

“
You s
a
y
the Chin
e
se
d
o
n
’
t know
a
n
y
th
i
ng
a
bout
t
his
L
e
v
e
l 2
1
, Tom said.
“
L
a
w
r
e
n
c
e
c
ould be d
ea
d
o
r
w
i
t
h the
Chinese
a
lr
ea
d
y
.
B
ut s
a
y
th
e
y
lost
tr
a
c
k of
h
e
r like
we
h
a
v
e
.
L
ook
a
t
i
t f
r
om
t
h
e
ir p
e
rs
p
ec
t
i
v
e
.
T
h
e
y
g
ot
a
c
rook
a
nd a
t
r
a
i
t
or
tell
i
ng
them th
e
y
h
a
v
e
a
virus in
t
h
e
ir m
i
ss
il
e
s
y
stems
t
h
e
y
ca
n
’
t det
ec
t and on
l
y
th
i
s one
g
irl in the
w
hole
w
o
rld
c
a
n fix
i
t
.
F
rom
w
h
a
t
y
o
u
’
v
e
to
l
d me th
e
y
c
ou
l
dn’t h
a
ve
a
n
y
r
e
a
l pro
o
f
a
n
y
o
f this
i
s tru
e
. H
e
l
l
, th
e
y
must
be
p
r
e
t
t
y susp
i
c
ious, ri
g
ht
?
”

“
D
a
mn,
y
ou
’
r
e
r
i
g
ht.
I
k
n
e
w
y
ou w
e
re
the
r
i
g
ht
m
a
n for
th
i
s. You
’
re g
e
t
t
ing out ah
ea
d of th
i
s al
rea
d
y
.”
J
ohnson l
ea
n
e
d fo
r
w
a
r
d
,
e
a
g
e
r to h
e
a
r mo
re
.

“
W
e
g
o up to Alas
k
a
w
i
t
h
e
v
e
r
y
th
i
n
g
w
e
g
ot and
bo
a
rd this ship, s
e
nd in
t
he
Ma
r
ines
a
nd the
A
ir
F
o
r
c
e
. The
C
I
A
g
o
e
s
c
r
a
z
y
.
H
e
l
l
, th
i
s will
be
a
ll
the
c
onfi
r
mat
i
on th
e
y
n
ee
d. Th
e
y
’
ll
g
o
a
ft
e
r the
g
irl, if t
h
e
y
d
on’t
a
lr
ea
d
y
h
a
ve
h
e
r,
a
n
d th
e
y
m
a
y
b
e
c
los
e
r or
l
u
c
kier
a
nd
g
e
t
t
o h
e
r fi
r
st.
I
s
a
y
we
g
o in qu
i
e
tl
y
. Don
’
t
t
ip our h
a
n
d
.
M
a
ke
it
look as thou
g
h
w
e
’
re
not
the l
ea
st b
i
t
c
on
ce
r
n
e
d
a
bout
L
a
wr
e
n
c
e
or
L
o.
S
hut down th
i
s invest
i
g
a
t
i
on in
t
o
L
o
a
nd
L
a
w
re
n
c
e
unt
i
l we
g
e
t our
h
a
nds on the
g
irl
or
c
onfi
r
m h
e
r d
e
a
th
.
”

J
ohnson thou
g
ht for
a
mo
m
e
nt
t
h
e
n looked
a
t
S
tanl
e
y
.

“
Your
c
a
l
l
, Ro
g
e
r,”
S
tan
l
e
y
s
a
id.

“
Don
e
,”
J
ohnson pi
c
k
e
d
up his phone to c
a
ll
his
s
ec
r
e
t
a
r
y
a
nd
S
tanl
e
y
p
i
c
k
e
d up
his
ce
l
l
phone
a
nd dia
l
e
d his o
f
fi
c
e.

“
I
’ve
e-
mailed
y
o
u
r o
f
fi
c
e
s with the o
r
d
e
rs
I
th
i
nk we
should is
s
u
e
,”
Tom
s
a
id. “All
y
ou h
a
ve
to do
i
s tell
y
our
pe
ople to
f
o
r
w
a
r
d the
m
, Dir
e
c
tor S
t
a
nl
e
y
.
”
S
tanl
e
y
looked
a
t Tom.
“
I
’
v
e made
a
sp
e
c
ial
e-
mail f
o
r
y
our
o
f
f
ice
in
An
c
ho
ra
ge
a
sking
t
h
e
m
t
o
g
ive
m
e
f
ull
c
oop
e
r
a
t
i
on.
I
’
d
a
ppr
e
c
i
a
te it
i
f
y
o
u
’
d s
e
e
that it
g
e
ts
s
e
nt out
r
i
g
ht a
w
a
y
.”