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           HehadwrittentoalawyerinBoulder,enclosingthesnapsofDanny’shand,andthelawyerhadcalledbacktwodaysago-thathadputJackinafoultemperallafternoon.ThelawyerdoubtedifthecompanythathadmanufacturedthebugbombcouldbesuedsuccessfullybecausetherewasonlyJacktotestifythathehadfolloweddirectionsprintedonthepackage.Jackhadaskedthelawyeriftheycouldn’tpurchasesomeothersandtestthemforthesamedefect.Yes,thelawyersaid,buttheresultswerehighlydoubtfulevenifallthetestbombsmalfunctioned.HetoldJackofacasethatinvolvedanextensionladdercompanyandamanwhohadbrokenhisback.WendyhadcommiseratedwithJack,butprivatelyshehadjustbeengladthatDannyhadgottenoffascheaplyashehad.Itwasbesttoleavelawsuitstopeoplewhounderstoodthem,andthatdidnotincludetheTorrances.Andtheyhadseennomorewaspssince.

           "Goandplay,doc.Havefun."

           Buthehadn’thadfun.Hehadwanderedaimlesslyaroundthehotel,pokingintothemaids’closetsandthejanitor’srooms,lookingforsomethinginteresting,notfindingit,asmallboypaddingalongadarkbluecarpetwovenwithtwistingblacklines.Hehadtriedaroomdoorfromtimetotime,butofcoursetheywerealllocked.Thepasskeywashangingdownintheoffice,heknewwhere,butDaddyhadtoldhimheshouldn’ttouchthat.Andhedidn’twantto.Didbe?

           (Whyareyouhere?)

           Therewasnothingaimlessaboutitafterall.

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