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Kitchen Talk

           Canyoudrinkitforyourdaddy?"

           Dannynoddedthathecouldandtookthecup.Hedrankalittle,grimaced,andlookedquestioninglyatJack.JacknoddedandDannydrankagain.Wendyfeltthefamiliartwistofjealousysomewhereinhermiddle,knowingtheboywouldnothavedrunkitforher.

           Ontheheelsofthatcameanuncomfortable,evenstartlingthought:HadshewantedtothinkJackwastoblame?Wasshethatjealous?Itwasthewayhermotherwouldhavethought,thatwasthereallyhorriblething.ShecouldrememberaSundaywhenherDadhadtakenhertotheparkandshehadtoppledfromthesecondtierofthejunglegym,cuttingbothknees.Whenherfatherbroughtherhome,hermotherhadshriekedathim:Whatdidyoudo?Whyweren’tyouwatchingher?Whatkindofafatherareyou?

           (Shehadhoundedhimtohisgrave;bythetimehedivorcedheritwastoolate.)

           ShehadneverevengivenJackthebenefitofthedoubt.Notthesmallest.Wendyfeltherfaceburnyetknewwithakindofhelplessfinalitythatifthewholethingweretobeplayedoveragain,shewoulddoandthinkthesameway.Shecarriedpartofhermotherwithheralways,forgoodorbad.

           "Jack-"shebegan,notsureifshemeanttoapologizeorjustify.Either,sheknew,wouldbeuseless.

           "Notnow,"hesaid.

           IttookDannyfifteenminutestodrinkhalfofthebigcup’scontents,andbythattimehehadcalmedvisibly.Theshakeswerealmostgone.

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