The 22nd Secret (26 page)

H
e
n
r
y
r
e
la
x
e
d wh
e
n Ro
l
a
nd s
a
t do
w
n. The
mon
e
y
did not
c
on
c
e
rn
H
e
n
r
y
.
Th
e
se
w
e
re small
a
moun
t
s.
L
e
v
e
l 21
w
a
s of
f
ici
a
l
l
y
f
un
d
e
d wi
t
h bi
l
l
i
ons und
e
r the
g
uise
of St
a
r W
a
rs r
e
s
e
a
r
c
h. A li
t
t
l
e
of the
m
on
e
y
w
a
s used
for
f
a
ke
r
e
s
ea
r
c
h
a
s a
c
ov
e
r
f
or
L
e
v
e
l 21; some
wa
s ski
m
med o
f
f
f
or
B
e
t
t
y
to
i
nv
e
s
t
. The
re
st w
a
s u
s
e
d
to fund the o
f
fi
c
ial
L
e
v
e
l 21
P
roj
ec
t
, which would now in
c
lude Pam
e
la
K
ol
l
e
r
’
s sal
a
r
y
a
nd p
er
ks.

“
W
e
will
p
a
y
f
o
r
a
ll
of
P
a
m’s
f
uture
e
du
ca
t
i
on
,
”
Ho
wa
rd
a
dd
e
d.
“
At
s
c
h
o
ols of
m
y
c
hoic
e
. And
w
e
’ll p
a
y
o
f
f
a
ll
of
h
e
r stud
e
nt
l
o
a
ns
.
”

“
S
h
e
’s sti
l
l on
l
y
a
l
i
t
t
le gi
r
l.
W
h
a
t wi
l
l she do
w
i
t
h
a
ll
that mon
e
y
?
W
h
e
re will
she liv
e
?
” Hilda
a
ske
d
,
c
r
y
i
n
g
mo
r
e
op
e
n
l
y
.
I
t
w
a
s cl
e
a
r she
s
a
w the
w
r
i
t
i
n
g
on the
w
a
l
l
.

“
S
he
ca
n do w
h
a
tev
e
r s
h
e
w
a
nts with
it,”
Ho
w
a
rd
said.
I
s
u
gg
e
st
s
he
put
m
ost
of
it
in a trust.
W
e
h
a
ve
p
e
ople
w
h
o
ca
n h
a
ndle t
h
a
t for
h
e
r.
As
fa
r
a
s l
i
vin
g
, Mrs.
W
oolu
m
,
m
y
two te
e
n
a
g
e
d
a
u
g
h
t
e
rs,
a
nd
I
would love to h
a
ve
h
e
r s
t
a
y
with us. At le
a
st un
t
il
she
re
turns to s
c
hool o
r
, with
y
our
a
ppro
v
a
l,
m
ov
e
s out on h
e
r o
w
n.”

“
You m
e
nt
i
on
e
d d
a
n
g
e
r
,
”
Roland
a
sked
with
in a
m
i
ld
t
on
e
.

“
This fil
e
,”
Ho
w
a
rd h
e
ld
up the blue
f
i
le
.
“
T
h
e
Chinese
m
a
y
h
a
v
e
on
e
, m
a
y
be
more
c
omp
l
e
te, m
a
y
be
the m
a
f
ia, sev
e
r
a
l co
r
po
r
a
t
i
ons, oth
e
rs. Contr
a
r
y
to wh
a
t
the m
e
dia
w
ould have
y
o
u b
e
l
i
e
v
e
o
c
ca
sional
l
y
,
we
do some th
i
n
g
s
ri
g
ht.
Tod
a
y
is o
n
e
of th
e
m.
N
o
r
mal
l
y
w
e
would h
a
ve
quiet
l
y
k
e
pt an
e
y
e
on
y
our
d
a
u
g
hte
r
.
M
a
y
be
make
a
job of
f
e
r aft
e
r s
h
e
re
c
e
ived h
e
r
P
h.D., m
a
y
b
e
no
t
.
B
ut
r
ece
nt
e
v
e
nts have
c
h
a
n
g
e
d
a
ll
th
a
t.
I
’
m
h
e
re
tod
a
y
b
e
c
a
use
I
w
a
s fo
r
tu
n
a
te
e
nou
g
h to d
i
s
c
o
v
e
r som
e
th
i
ng
a
bout
y
our
da
u
g
h
t
e
r
I
don
’
t
t
hink a
n
y
one
e
l
s
e
knows. Th
e
y
m
a
y n
e
v
e
r
f
ind ou
t
.
I
f
th
e
y
do
it
would be
v
e
r
y
b
a
d f
o
r
the th
re
e
of
y
ou
.
”

P
a
m s
t
ood, sti
l
l
look
i
ng
dir
ec
t
l
y
in
t
o Ho
w
a
rd.
“
D
a
d
d
y
,
I
w
a
nt
t
o talk with
D
r
.
W
oolum
a
lone.”

“
P
a
m
, hon
e
y
y
ou s
a
id
y
o
u w
e
re
g
oi
n
g
to s
t
a
y
h
e
re
f
or
the summ
e
r.” Hilda
c
ri
e
d op
e
n
l
y
a
s she spok
e
.

P
a
m
g
ot up and
w
a
lked
o
v
e
r to
H
ow
a
rd. “
L
e
t
’s
g
o
f
or
a
w
a
l
k
,”
she s
a
id.

Ho
wa
rd o
p
e
n
e
d the door
for
P
a
m and th
e
y
w
a
lked
out o
n
to the po
rc
h. H
e
n
r
y
pic
k
e
d a
P
e
ople
m
a
g
a
z
ine o
f
f t
h
e
c
o
f
fee
table
a
nd
thu
m
b
e
d
throu
g
h the
p
a
g
e
s
.
H
e
h
op
e
d Ro
l
a
nd
kn
e
w
e
nou
g
h to
ac
t
c
a
sual
l
y
.
R
oland
wa
lked ov
e
r to his wife, kn
e
lt
n
e
x
t
t
o the
c
h
a
ir she
w
a
s s
i
t
t
ing
i
n
,
a
nd w
ra
p
p
e
d his
a
rms
ar
ound h
e
r
. He
h
e
ld her
w
h
i
l
e
she
c
ri
e
d f
o
r a
f
e
w m
i
nutes.

“
W
h
y
our
da
u
ghter
?
”
he
a
sked.
“
W
h
y
our litt
l
e
P
a
m
?
W
h
y
ca
n
’t she
just
be
le
f
t alon
e
?
S
h
e
’s just a
c
hi
l
d.
W
e
should h
a
ve
n
e
v
e
r l
e
t her
s
kip all
t
hose
g
r
a
d
e
s
a
nd
go to colleg
e
.
S
he would be
in h
i
g
h sc
h
ool
now just l
i
ke
a
ll
the oth
e
r
c
hi
l
d
re
n
h
e
r
a
g
e
.
”