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"
His
voice
broke
,
but
his
eyes
remained
dry
and
unflinching
.
"
It
sounds
so
goddam
beastly
said
out
loud
.
I
broke
his
arm
turning
him
around
to
spank
him
.
Three
months
later
I
gave
up
drinking
.
I
haven
’
t
touched
it
since
.
"
"
I
see
,
"
Edmonds
said
neutrally
.
"
I
knew
the
arm
had
been
broken
,
of
course
.
It
was
set
well
.
"
He
pushed
back
from
his
desk
a
little
and
crossed
his
legs
.
"
If
I
may
be
frank
,
it
’
s
obvious
that
he
’
s
been
in
no
way
abused
since
then
.
Other
than
the
stings
,
there
’
s
nothing
on
him
but
the
normal
bruises
and
scabs
that
any
kid
has
in
abundance
.
"
"
Of
course
not
,
"
Wendy
said
hotly
.
"
Jack
didn
’
t
mean
-
"
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"
No
,
Wendy
,
"
Jack
said
.
"
I
meant
to
do
it
.
I
guess
someplace
inside
I
really
did
mean
to
do
that
to
him
.
Or
something
even
worse
.
"
He
looked
back
at
Edmonds
again
.
"
You
know
something
,
Doctor
?
This
is
the
first
time
the
word
divorce
has
been
mentioned
between
us
.
And
alcoholism
.
And
child
-
beating
.
Three
firsts
in
five
minutes
.
"
"
That
may
be
at
the
root
of
the
problem
,
"
Edmonds
said
.
"
I
am
not
a
psychiatrist
.
If
you
want
Danny
to
see
a
child
psychiatrist
,
I
can
recommend
a
good
one
who
works
out
of
the
Mission
Ridge
Medical
Center
in
Boulder
.
But
I
am
fairly
confident
of
my
diagnosis
.
Danny
is
an
intelligent
,
imaginative
,
perceptive
boy
.
I
don
’
t
believe
he
would
have
been
as
upset
by
your
marital
problems
as
you
believed
.
Small
children
are
great
accepters
.
They
don
’
t
understand
shame
,
or
the
need
to
hide
things
.
"
Jack
was
studying
his
hands
.
Wendy
took
one
of
them
and
squeezed
it
.
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"
But
he
sensed
the
things
that
were
wrong
.
Chief
among
them
from
his
point
of
view
was
not
the
broken
arm
but
the
broken
-
or
breaking
-
link
between
you
two
.
He
mentioned
divorce
to
me
,
but
not
the
broken
arm
.
When
my
nurse
mentioned
the
set
to
him
,
he
simply
shrugged
if
off
.
It
was
no
pressure
thing
.
'
It
happened
a
long
time
ago
’
is
what
I
think
he
said
.
"
"
That
kid
,
"
Jack
muttered
.
His
jaws
were
clamped
together
,
the
muscles
in
the
cheeks
standing
out
.
"
We
don
’
t
deserve
him
.
"
"
You
have
him
,
all
the
same
,
"
Edmonds
said
dryly
.
"
At
any
rate
,
he
retires
into
a
fantasy
world
from
time
to
time
.
Nothing
unusual
about
that
;
lots
of
kids
do
.
As
I
recall
,
I
had
my
own
invisible
friend
when
I
was
Danny
’
s
age
,
a
talking
rooster
named
Chug
-
Chug
.
Of
course
no
one
could
see
Chug
-
Chug
but
me
.
I
had
two
older
brothers
who
often
left
me
behind
,
and
in
such
a
situation
Chug
-
Chug
came
in
mighty
handy
.
And
of
course
you
two
must
understand
why
Danny
’
s
invisible
friend
is
named
Tony
instead
of
Mike
or
Hal
or
Dutch
.
"