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Dreamland

           

           Thathadbeenthefirstphaseofhisrelationshipwithhisfather,andasitwasdrawingtoitsendhehadbecomeawarethatBeckyandhisbrothers,allofthemolder,hatedthefatherandthattheirmother,anondescriptwomanwhorarelyspokeaboveamutter,onlysufferedhimbecauseherCatholicupbringingsaidthatshemust.InthosedaysithadnotseemedstrangetoJackthatthefatherwonallhisargumentswithhischildrenbyuseofhisfists,andithadnotseemedstrangethathisownloveshouldgohand-in-handwithhisfear:fearoftheelevatorgamewhichmightendinasplinteringcrashonanygivennight;fearthathisfather’sbearishgoodhumoronhisdayoffmightsuddenlychangetoboarishbellowingandthesmackofhis"goodrighthand";andsometimes,heremembered,hehadevenbeenafraidthathisfather’sshadowmightfalloverhimwhilehewasatplay.ItwasneartheendofthisphasethathebegantonoticethatBrettneverbroughthisdateshome,orMikeandBeckytheirchums.

           Lovebegantocurdleatnine,whenhisfatherputhismotherintothehospitalwithhiscane.Hehadbeguntocarrythecaneayearearlier,whenacaraccidenthadlefthimlame.Afterthathewasneverwithoutit,longandblackandthickandgold-headed.Now,dozing,Jack’sbodytwitchedinarememberedcringeatthesounditmadeintheair,amurderousswish,anditsheavycrackagainstthewall…oragainstflesh.Hehadbeatentheirmotherfornogoodreasonatall,suddenlyandwithoutwarning.

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