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Up On the Roof

           Inthethreeweekstheyhadbeenhere,goldendayhadfollowedgoldenday.Crisp,thirty-degreemorningsgavewaytoafternoontemperaturesinthelowsixties,theperfecttemperatureforclimbingaroundontheOverlook’sgentlyslopingwesternroofanddoingtheshingling.JackhadadmittedfreelytoWendythathecouldhavefinishedthejobfourdaysago,buthefeltnorealurgetohurry.Theviewfromupherewasspectacular,evenputtingthevistafromthePresidentialSuiteintheshade.Moreimportant,theworkitselfwassoothing.Ontheroofhefelthimselfhealingfromthetroubledwoundsofthelastthreeyears.Ontheroofhefeltatpeace.Thosethreeyearsbegantoseemlikeaturbulentnightmare.

           Theshingleshadbeenbadlyrotted,someofthemblownentirelyawaybylastwinter’sstorms.Hehadrippedthemallup,yelling"Bombsaway!"ashedroppedthemovertheside,notwantingDannytogethitincasehehadwanderedover.Hehadbeenpullingoutbadflashingwhenthewasphadgottenhim.

           Theironicpartwasthathewarnedhimselfeachtimeheclimbedontotherooftokeepaneyeoutfornests;hehadgottenthatbugbombjustincase.Butthismorningthestillnessandpeacehadbeensocompletethathiswatchfulnesshadlapsed.Hehadbeenbackintheworldoftheplayhewasslowlycreating,roughingoutwhateverscenehewouldbeworkingonthateveninginhishead.Theplaywasgoingverywell,andalthoughWendyhadsaidlittle,heknewshewaspleased.

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