The 22nd Secret (42 page)

H
e
n
r
y
a
nd Tino met
f
o
r
dinner in
t
he
same
priv
a
t
e
din
i
ng
r
oom
on
c
e
a
m
o
nth for the
f
irst six mon
t
hs. Toni
g
ht
t
h
e
re
w
a
s one
mo
r
e
g
u
e
st.
C
h
e
n
W
e
n
B
in w
a
s
a
c
i
t
i
z
e
n of the
P
e
opl
e
’
s R
e
publ
i
c
of China.
H
e
w
a
s a h
a
ndsom
e
,
w
e
ll
bui
lt
, b
r
i
l
l
i
a
nt
y
ou
n
g
man.
H
i
s f
a
m
i
l
y
w
a
s
hi
g
h
l
y pla
ce
d within
t
he
Chine
s
e
Com
m
unist
P
a
r
t
y
.
He
h
a
d
c
onsid
e
r
a
ble
e
x
p
e
ri
e
n
c
e
in
C
hina
w
i
t
h the
c
ompu
t
e
r missi
l
e
te
c
hnolo
g
y
sto
l
e
n
f
rom the
U
ni
t
e
d
S
tat
e
s
,
a
nd w
a
s
c
onsid
e
r
e
d one
o
f the
f
utu
r
e s
c
ientific
le
a
d
e
rs of
Chi
n
a
. Chen h
a
d
c
ome
to
S
a
n
F
r
a
n
c
isco
a
t
t
he
r
e
qu
e
st
o
f
T
ino under
the
g
uise of
finish
i
ng
his
P
h.D.
a
t
t
he
Univ
e
rsi
t
y
of
C
a
l
i
fo
r
nia
a
t
B
e
r
k
e
l
e
y
.
T
h
e
ir m
ee
t
i
n
g
b
e
g
a
n
a
ft
e
r the th
re
e
men
a
te
a
nd the
s
e
rv
e
rs
c
le
a
r
e
d the t
a
ble,
le
a
ving
t
h
e
r
oom and s
h
ut
t
ing
the
door
b
e
hind them.

“
Mr.
L
o h
e
r
e
is
i
n sp
ec
ial
se
c
u
r
i
t
y
a
t
L
os Alamo
s
,”
Tino b
e
g
a
n. “
H
e
c
ont
a
c
ted me
six mon
t
hs a
g
o to s
e
e
if
I
c
o
uld a
r
r
a
n
ge
a
m
e
e
t
i
ng
wi
t
h
y
ou.
H
e
s
a
y
s
y
ou
a
re
a
n
e
x
p
e
rt on
c
ompu
t
e
r m
i
ss
i
le t
ec
hno
l
o
g
y
.
I
a
s
s
ume th
a
t’s ri
g
ht
?
”

“
I
know
a
s much
a
bout
t
his as
a
n
y
o
n
e
in
m
y
c
ou
n
t
r
y
,”
C
h
e
n r
e
pl
i
e
d.
“
I
’
v
e
wo
r
k
e
d on
a
ll the t
ec
hnol
o
g
ies
w
e
obta
i
n
e
d f
r
om
y
ou Am
e
ri
ca
ns.
I
g
u
e
ss
I
’m
a
n
e
x
p
e
rt.”

“
No
a
c
ce
nt,”
H
e
n
r
y
not
e
d.

“
E
x
ce
l
l
e
nt
En
g
l
i
sh
a
nd
I
h
a
ve
him
e
n
r
ol
l
e
d
a
t
B
er
k
e
l
e
y
, in D
r
.
W
e
ike
r
’s
c
l
a
ss
j
ust
l
ike
y
o
u to
l
d me,”
Tino
s
a
id.

H
e
n
r
y
looked
a
t Tino.
“
P
e
r
f
e
c
t
, wh
a
t do
y
ou th
i
n
k
?
”

“
M
y
Chine
s
e
a
ssoci
a
tes
t
e
ll
me
w
e
c
a
n trust h
i
m. As long
a
s it
b
e
n
e
fits h
i
s
c
ount
r
y
,
h
e
’ll do
a
n
y
th
i
n
g
w
e
n
ee
d him
to. He
knows
how China
obtain
e
d our
te
c
hnol
o
g
y
a
nd is f
a
m
i
l
i
a
r
w
i
t
h i
t
.
I
th
i
nk h
e
’s
e
x
ac
t
l
y
w
h
a
t we
n
e
e
d.”

“
I
w
a
nt
t
o make
o
n
e
th
i
ng
p
e
r
f
e
c
t
l
y
c
le
a
r.”
H
e
n
r
y
looked str
a
i
g
ht
a
t
Ch
e
n.
“
W
i
t
ho
u
t
t
he
g
irl
y
ou h
a
v
e
noth
i
n
g
.
D
on’t be
so foolish
a
s to
t
hink
y
ou
g
ot a
n
y
of this f
i
g
u
r
e
d out, c
a
u
s
e
y
ou don’t. T
r
ust
m
e
.
W
h
a
t
I
c
a
n g
e
t
y
ou, or
k
e
e
p
y
ou
f
rom
g
e
t
t
i
n
g
is
t
his.”
He
n
r
y
h
a
n
d
e
d
Ch
e
n
a photo of P
a
mela
Koller
f
rom h
e
r
f
i
l
e
a
t
L
os A
l
a
mo
s
.

“
N
a
me
’
s
P
a
t
t
y
L
a
w
re
n
c
e
, b
ea
ut
i
ful isn’t she
?
”

Ch
e
n nodd
e
d.

“
And b
r
i
l
l
i
a
n
t
, sh
e
’s our
number
one
a
s
s
e
t. Th
a
t
girl fi
g
u
r
e
d out wh
a
t no
o
ne
e
lse
c
oul
d
.
S
he
knows how
to cont
r
o
l
t
he
virus we
h
a
ve
in
a
ll
the t
ec
hnol
o
g
y
y
ou stole
f
rom
us.”

“
W
h
a
t
?
”
Ch
e
n looked up
f
rom the p
h
ot
o
.
“
W
h
a
t v
i
ru
s
?
Th
e
r
e
’s no vi
r
us in
our
s
y
stems?
W
h
a
t do
y
ou take
us f
o
r,
id
i
ot
s
?
You t
h
ink we
h
a
v
e
n
’
t f
i
g
u
re
d out e
v
e
r
y
th
i
ng
w
e
g
ot f
r
om
y
ou. You think we
would just ove
r
look something
l
ike
that, or
do
y
ou th
i
nk
y
ou
’
re
so s
m
a
rt
y
ou
c
ould pull
that ov
e
r on
u
s?
I
f t
h
a
t’s i
t
, wh
a
tev
e
r
d
ea
l
y
o
u
’r
e
hopi
n
g
to
m
a
ke
is of
f
.
I
ca
n
g
u
a
r
a
nt
e
e
y
ou that.”