The 22nd Secret (32 page)

“
I
’ll r
e
a
l
l
y
ma
k
e
a
di
f
f
e
re
n
c
e
?
I
m
ea
n the
futur
e
;
I
’
ll
c
h
a
nge
i
t.
”
S
he
looked
up
a
t Ho
wa
rd.
“
Th
a
t’s i
m
port
a
nt
t
o m
e
.
I
’ll m
a
k
e
a
r
ea
l
c
ontribution.”

“
W
i
t
hout a doubt
I
b
e
l
i
e
v
e
a
n Eins
t
e
in
i
a
n
c
ontrib
u
t
i
on.”

“
And
I
’ll m
a
ke
lo
t
s of
m
on
e
y
. T
h
e
r
e
’ll be
in
t
r
i
g
u
e
,
e
spion
a
g
e
that k
i
nd of
t
hin
g
.”
P
a
m’s voice
r
e
fl
ec
ted the
e
x
c
i
t
e
ment she
fe
lt
a
bout
t
he
o
pportuni
t
y
that l
a
y
a
h
ea
d
of
h
e
r.

Ho
wa
rd
c
hu
c
kled.
“
Y
e
s
,
lo
t
s of mon
e
y
.
I
do
n
’t know
a
bout e
x
c
i
t
e
men
t
, but
ma
y
b
e somed
a
y
.
”

“
I
ca
n
f
l
y
in priv
a
te j
e
ts
a
nd h
a
ve
m
y
own
c
a
r
?”

“
A
n
y
th
i
n
g
y
ou
w
a
nt,
Pa
m.”

“
You
’
r
e
of
f
e
ri
n
g
me one
of
the g
r
e
a
test job oppo
r
tun
i
t
i
e
s in
t
he
wo
r
ld, a
re
n
’t
y
ou?
L
ike
I
’m
g
oi
n
g
to be up t
h
e
re
i
n the
g
o
v
e
rnm
e
nt.
L
ike
t
he
P
r
e
siden
t
.
I
mport
a
nt
l
i
ke
that
?”

“
S
ome
w
ould s
a
y
more
i
mport
a
nt, at le
a
st
t
o the
f
utur
e
.”

“
I
’ll do
i
t.
I
’ll t
a
ke
the j
ob
, D
r
.
W
oolu
m
.”
P
a
m shook Ho
wa
rd
’
s
h
a
nd.

“
P
a
m
, the
r
e
m
a
y
b
e
c
on
s
ide
ra
ble d
a
n
g
e
r.
N
ot r
i
g
h
t a
w
a
y
but
m
a
y
be
som
e
d
a
y
.
You
’
r
e
just sta
r
t
i
ng
ou
t
. You n
e
v
e
r
k
now
w
h
e
r
e
th
i
n
g
s m
a
y
l
e
a
d
a
nd
P
a
m
. This
i
s ve
r
y
s
e
riou
s
. You must und
er
stand this. On
c
e
y
o
u
’
re
in, on
c
e
y
ou know
e
v
e
r
y
th
i
n
g
,
y
ou
ca
n n
e
v
e
r
le
a
v
e
. Th
e
r
e
’s nowh
e
re
to
g
o.
W
h
a
t’s in
our
hea
ds b
e
lo
n
g
s to
t
he
g
ov
e
rnm
e
nt and th
e
y
w
a
nt
i
t se
c
u
r
e
a
nd p
r
ote
c
ted.
T
h
e
on
l
y
p
l
ac
e
y
ou
c
a
n
g
o is h
e
r
e
,
y
our
p
a
r
e
nt’s hous
e
.
Th
e
y
g
i
v
e
e
a
c
h of
u
s some
w
h
e
re
l
i
ke
th
i
s. Th
e
y
’
ll
le
a
v
e
y
ou
a
lone
h
e
r
e
.
”

“
W
i
l
l I
b
ec
ome
a
s
p
y
?
Th
a
t’s wh
a
t H
e
n
r
y
is,
i
sn’t h
e
?
”

“
J
ust one
dif
fe
r
e
n
c
e
,
Pa
m
, this
i
s r
ea
l
, d
ea
d
l
y
re
a
l
.”

“
W
h
e
n do
I
s
t
a
rt
?
”
P
a
m
s
tood up.
“
I
’d like
to sp
e
n
d some
t
i
m
e
with
m
y
m
o
the
r
.”

“
H
a
nk
a
nd
I
will
f
l
y
b
ac
k
to
L
os Alamos to
m
o
r
r
o
w.”
Ho
w
a
rd stood.
“
H
e
’
l
l come
b
ac
k in one
w
ee
k to
g
e
t
y
ou.
Pa
m, f
r
om now o
n
, wh
e
r
e
v
e
r
y
ou
a
r
e
th
e
y
’ll be
so
m
e
one
n
e
a
r
b
y
. You won
’
t see
them. Th
e
y
w
o
n
’
t bo
t
h
e
r
y
ou. Th
e
y
wo
n
’t
e
v
e
n know
who
y
ou
re
a
l
l
y
a
r
e
.
H
a
nk will
g
ive
y
ou
a
w
a
tch like th
i
s on
e
.”
Ho
w
a
rd show
e
d
P
a
m h
i
s w
r
ist
w
a
tc
h
.
“
B
u
t
for
a
la
d
y
. You
ca
n pick
y
our
own s
t
y
l
e
lat
e
r.
You
’
ll
be
a
ble to s
i
g
n
a
l
f
or
h
e
lp but
y
ou
won
’
t n
e
e
d to.”

“
This
l
ike some
k
ind of s
ec
r
e
t
s
p
y
w
a
tch
?
”
P
a
m
g
r
a
bb
e
d Ho
w
a
rd
’
s
a
rm
a
nd
looked
a
t
t
he w
a
tch.
I
t
l
ook
e
d l
i
ke
a
t
y
pic
a
l an
a
l
o
g
w
a
tch.

“
You
’
r
e
the one
s
a
id
y
ou
c
ould put
a
whole
l
i
b
ra
r
y
in
t
h
e
r
e
.
”
H
o
w
a
rd smi
l
e
d.
“
I
t’s the in
t
e
r
fa
c
e
that
’
s tric
k
y
.
Y
ou’
r
e
g
oi
n
g
to help me
w
i
t
h that. You
ca
n
tell
y
o
u
r mother
y
ou
ca
n
c
ome b
ac
k to vis
i
t ev
e
r
y
f
e
w
w
ee
ks.”