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Shadowland

           Itseemedbesttowaitaloneforwhatevermighthappennext.

           Heunderstoodagreatmanythingsabouthisparents,andheknewthatmanytimestheydidn’tlikehisunderstandingsandmanyothertimesrefusedtobelievethem.Butsomedaytheywouldhavetobelieve.Hewascontenttowait.

           Itwastoobadtheycouldn’tbelievemore,though,especiallyattimeslikenow.Mommywaslyingonherbedintheapartment,justaboutcryingshewassoworriedaboutDaddy.Someofthethingsshewasworriedaboutweretoogrown-upforDannytounderstand-vaguethingsthathadtodowithsecurity,withDaddy’sselfimagefeelingsofguiltandangerandthefearofwhatwastobecomeofthem-butthetwomainthingsonhermindrightnowwerethatDaddyhadhadabreakdowninthemountains(thenwhydoesn’thecall?)orthatDaddyhadgoneofftodotheBadThing.DannyknewperfectlywellwhattheBadThingwassinceScottyAaronson,whowassixmonthsolder,hadexplainedittohim.ScottyknewbecausehisdaddydidtheBadThing,too.Once,Scottytoldhim,hisdaddyhadpunchedhismomrightintheeyeandknockedherdown.Finally,Scotty’sdadandmomhadgottenaDIVORCEovertheBadThing,andwhenDannyhadknownhim,Scottylivedwithhismotherandonlysawhisdaddyonweekends.ThegreatestterrorofDanny’slifewasDIVORCE,awordthatalwaysappearedinhismindasasignpaintedinredletterswhichwerecoveredwithhissing,poisonoussnakes.InDIVORCE,yourparentsnolongerlivedtogether.

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