The 22nd Secret (133 page)

J
i
m s
l
ow
l
y
o
p
e
n
e
d his
e
y
e
s.
H
e
looked do
w
n
a
t h
i
s bo
d
y
to
m
a
ke
s
u
re
he
w
a
s ba
c
k ins
i
de his own mind. He
s
a
t str
a
i
g
ht
up
a
nd sur
v
e
y
e
d the
ins
t
rum
e
nts and
landm
a
r
ks. He
re
a
l
iz
e
d he
h
a
d
c
omp
l
e
te
l
y
lost
hi
m
s
e
lf
d
ee
p in
P
a
m’s m
i
nd.
“
I
th
i
nk
I
b
e
t
t
e
r t
a
k
e
ov
e
r no
w
,”
he
s
a
id,
g
r
a
bbing the
c
ontrols.

“
Ho
w
’d
I
do
?
”

“
You
g
ot us h
e
r
e
, did
n
’t
y
o
u
?
W
e
didn’t
c
r
a
sh, so I
g
u
e
ss
y
ou did
g
ood
e
n
o
u
g
h.”

“
I
t
w
a
s
g
r
ea
t
.
C
a
n
I
f
l
y
s
ome on the
w
a
y
home
?
”

“
S
u
re
, but
t
his
t
i
m
e
I
th
i
n
k
I
’
l
l w
a
tch
f
rom
m
y
o
w
n
e
y
e
s.”

Th
e
y
l
a
nd
e
d without
tro
u
ble
a
nd slow
l
y
u
n
fold
e
d
t
h
e
mselv
e
s f
r
om
t
he
pla
n
e
’s
c
o
c
kpi
t
. Th
e
y
w
a
lked to
w
a
rd the
o
f
fi
c
e
of t
h
e
priv
a
te p
l
a
n
e
h
a
n
g
a
r
look
i
n
g
a
round
a
t the oth
e
r park
e
d plan
e
s.
P
a
m w
a
s qui
c
k
l
y
g
r
o
wing
in
t
o a
pla
n
e
e
nt
h
usiast.

“
W
h
a
t k
i
nd of
plane
is
t
h
a
t
?
”
P
a
m ask
e
d, poin
t
ing
to a sle
e
k
a
e
ro
d
y
n
a
m
i
c
p
lan
e
.
“
I
t
’s a
C
a
n
a
rd.”

“
I
t
’s b
ea
ut
i
ful.
T
e
ll
me
a
bout
i
t.”

“
I
t
’s a
B
e
ec
h
S
ta
r
ship, a
r
e
a
l ad
v
a
n
ce
d
d
e
s
i
g
n
c
o
r
por
a
te pl
a
n
e
.
S
ome id
i
ot
who made m
i
l
l
io
n
s in
si
x
mon
t
hs in
mu
l
t
i
-
lev
e
l
m
a
rk
e
t
i
ng
a
n
d lost
it
a
ll
in
t
h
re
e
bought
i
t
. He
hir
e
d a
pi
l
ot
a
nd w
e
nt bro
k
e
. Oth
e
r t
h
a
n h
a
vi
n
g
it
f
lown up h
e
re
,
I
’m not sure
h
e
’
s
e
v
e
r
used
i
t
.
I
th
i
nk i
t’
s for s
a
le.”

“
I
s it
fa
st
?
”

“
H
e
ll
y
ea
h it
’
s
f
a
st. Not
a
s f
a
st as a
L
e
a
r but a
h
e
ll
of a
lot
more
a
d
v
a
n
ce
d
.
It
’
s suppos
e
d to be
g
r
ea
t
t
o f
l
y
a
nd
ride
i
n
,
m
o
r
e
c
omfo
r
table
t
h
e
n a
L
e
ar
.
I
t’s a
gr
e
a
t
a
irpl
a
n
e
.”

P
a
m w
a
lked ov
e
r to look
a
t
t
he
e
x
ot
i
c
plane
while
J
i
m
t
a
lked to
B
ud
d
y
, t
h
e
h
a
ng
a
r
’
s man
a
g
er
.
H
e
kn
e
w
B
ud
d
y
w
e
ll
a
nd
B
ud
d
y
k
n
e
w
J
i
m
’s pl
a
n
e
.
B
ud
d
y
a
lso
k
n
e
w how
v
a
luab
l
e
it w
a
s and
how
p
a
rticul
a
r
J
im
w
a
s ab
o
ut
i
ts c
a
r
e
.
Ev
e
n s
o
,
J
i
m r
e
vie
we
d w
h
a
t he
e
x
p
ec
ted
w
hich includ
e
d k
ee
pi
n
g
it
in
t
he
h
a
ng
a
r
a
nd
n
ot
t
ied do
w
n on the t
a
rm
ac
.
H
e
str
e
s
s
e
d
how import
a
nt
i
t w
a
s that no one
w
e
nt ne
a
r i
t
, not ev
e
n a
c
u
rious me
c
h
a
nic.
“
Don
’
t e
v
e
n bo
t
h
e
r to
w
ipe o
f
f the windshi
e
l
d
,”
J
im
said.

P
a
m
a
ppro
a
c
h
e
d
B
ud
d
y
a
nd poin
t
e
d tow
a
rd the
S
ta
r
ship as
J
im
w
a
lked b
ac
k to
t
he R
e
l
i
a
nt
t
o ta
x
i
it
up to
t
he
h
a
ng
a
r.
T
h
e
y
e
x
c
h
a
n
g
e
d
some
wo
r
ds a
n
d
B
ud
d
y
sl
i
pp
e
d
P
a
m h
i
s busin
e
ss c
a
rd just be
f
o
re
J
i
m r
e
turn
e
d.

J
i
m r
e
nted a
L
incoln N
a
v
i
g
a
tor
f
r
om the
a
irp
o
rt
a
n
d dr
o
ve
them to
t
he
hote
l
. Th
e
y
g
ot
a two
-
b
e
d
r
oom sui
t
e
a
nd
s
p
e
nt a qui
e
t ev
e
ni
n
g
w
a
t
c
hing
a
p
a
y
-
p
e
r
-
view
mo
v
ie, t
a
lk
i
n
g
,
a
nd making
love. Pam
a
s
k
e
d
a
bout
t
he
e
x
p
e
nsive twi
n
-e
n
g
ine
c
o
rpo
ra
te t
u
rbo j
e
t
during
the
i
r
r
oom s
e
rvi
c
e
dinn
e
r.
J
im
to
l
d
h
e
r of
his admir
a
t
i
on f
o
r i
t
s d
e
si
g
n
a
nd h
o
w mu
c
h
h
e
would l
i
ke
to
t
a
ke the mul
t
i
m
i
l
l
i
o
n
-
dol
l
a
r pl
a
ne
up f
o
r
a
r
ide.
T
h
e
n
e
x
t
m
o
r
nin
g
,
a
ft
e
r th
e
y
m
a
de
love,
P
a
m show
e
r
e
d while
J
im
order
e
d ro
o
m se
r
v
i
c
e
.
J
im
to
o
k his show
e
r
a
ft
e
r e
a
t
i
ng b
rea
k
f
a
s
t
.
W
h
e
n
P
a
m h
ea
rd the
w
a
ter
s
h
e
pul
le
d a
ca
rd o
u
t
o
f h
e
r p
u
rse
a
nd
ca
l
l
e
d the num
b
e
r on
i
t
.