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night。〃 
  〃Danny's locked himself in the bathroom and he doesn't answer me!〃 
  Jack came around the desk; looking put out。 He knocked on the door once; hard。 
〃Open up; Danny。 No games。〃 
  No answer。 
  Jack knocked harder。 〃Stop fooling; doc。 Bedtime's bedtime。 Spanking if you 
don't open up。〃 
  He's losing his temper; she thought; and was more afraid。 He had not touched 
Danny in anger since that evening two years ago; but at this moment he sounded 
angry enough to do it。 
  〃Danny; honey — 〃 she began。 
  No answer。 Only running water。 
  〃Danny; if you make me break this lock I can guarantee you you'll spend the 
night sleeping on your belly;〃 Jack warned。 
  Nothing。 
  〃Break it;〃 she said; and suddenly it was hard to talk。 〃Quick。〃 
  He raised one foot and brought it down hard against the door to the right of 
the knob。 The lock was a poor thing; it gave immediately and the door shuddered 
open; banging the tiled bathroom wall and rebounding halfway。 
  〃Danny!〃 she screamed。 
  The water was running full force in the basin。 Beside it; a tube of Crest with 
the cap off。 Danny was sitting on the rim of the bathtub across the room; his 
toothbrush clasped limply in his left hand; a thin foam of toothpaste around his 
mouth。 He was staring; trancelike; into the mirror on the front of the medicine 
cabinet above the washbasin。 The expression on his face was one of drugged 
horror; and her first thought was that he was having some sort of epileptic 
seizure; that he might have swallowed his tongue。 
  〃Danny!〃 
  Danny didn't answer。 Guttural sounds came from his throat。 
  Then she was pushed aside so hard that she crashed into the towel rack; and 
Jack was kneeling in front of the boy。 
  〃Danny;〃 he said。 〃Danny; Danny!〃 He snapped his fingers in front of Danny's 
blank eyes。 


 
 
  〃Ah…sure;〃 Danny said。 〃Tournament play。 Stroke。 Nurrrrr 。。。〃 
  〃Danny — 〃 
  〃Roque!〃 Danny said; his voice suddenly deep; almost manlike。 〃Roque。 Stroke。 
The roque mallet 。。。 has two sides。 Gaaaaaa — 〃 
  〃Oh Jack my God what's wrong with him?〃 
  Jack grabbed the boy's elbows and shook him hard。 Danny's head rolled limply 
backward and then snapped forward like a balloon on a stick。 
  〃Roque。 Stroke。 Redrum。〃 
  Jack shook him again; and Danny's eyes suddenly cleared。 His toothbrush fell 
out of his hand and onto the tiled floor with a small click。 
  〃What?〃 he asked; looking around。 He saw his father kneeling before him; Wendy 
standing by the wall。 〃What?〃 Danny asked again; with rising alarm。 〃W…W…Wuh… 
What's wr…r…r — 〃 
  〃Don't stutter!〃 Jack suddenly screamed into his face。 Danny cried out in 
shock; his body going tense; trying to draw away from his father; and then he 
collapsed into tears。 Stricken; Jack pulled him close。 〃Oh; honey; I'm sorry。 
I'm sorry; doc。 Please。 Don't cry。 I'm sorry。 Everything's okay。〃 
  The water ran ceaselessly in the basin; and Wendy felt that she had suddenly 
stepped into some grinding nightmare where time ran backward; backward to the 
time when her drunken husband had broken her son's arm and had then mewled over 
him in almost the exact same words。 
  (Oh honey。 I'm sorry。 I'm sorry; doc。 Please。 So sorry。) 
  She ran to them both; pried Danny out of Jack's arms somehow (she saw the look 
of angry reproach on his face but filed it away for later consideration); and 
lifted him up。 She walked him back into the small bedroom; Danny's arms clasped 
around her neck; Jack trailing them。 
  She sat down on Danny's bed and rocked him back and forth; soothing him with 
nonsensical words repeated over and over。 She looked up at Jack and there was 
only worry in his eyes now。 He raised questioning eyebrows at her。 She shook her 
head faintly。 
  〃Danny;〃 she said。 〃Danny; Danny; Danny。 'S okay; doc。 'S fine。〃 
  At last Danny was quiet; only faintly trembling in her arms。 Yet it was Jack 
he spoke to first; Jack who was now sitting beside them on the bed; and she felt 
the old faint pang 
  (It's him first and it's always been him first) 
  of jealousy。 Jack had shouted at him; she had forted him; yet it was to his 
father that Danny said; 
  〃I'm sorry if I was bad。〃 
  〃Nothing to be sorry for; doc。〃 Jack ruffled his hair。 〃What the hell happened 
in there?〃 
  Danny shook his head slowly; dazedly。 〃I 。。。 I don't know。 Why did you tell 
me to stop stuttering; Daddy? I don't stutter。〃 
  〃Of course not;〃 Jack said heartily; but Wendy felt a cold finger touch her 
heart。 Jack suddenly looked scared; as if he'd seen something that might just 
have been a ghost。 
  〃Something about the timer。。。〃 Danny muttered。 
  〃What?〃 Jack was leaning forward; and Danny flinched in her arms。 
  〃Jack; you're scaring him!〃 she said; and her voice was high; accusatory。 It 


 
 
suddenly came to her that they were all scared。 But of what? 
  〃I don't know; I don't know;〃 Danny was saying to his father。 〃What 。。。 what 
did I say; Daddy?〃 
  〃Nothing;〃 Jack muttered。 He took his handkerchief from his back pocket and 
wiped his mouth with it。 Wendy had a moment of that sickening time…is…running… 
backward feeling again。 It was a gesture she remembered well from his drinking 
days。 
  〃Why did you lock the door; Danny?〃 she asked gently。 〃Why did you do that?〃 
  〃Tony;〃 he said。 〃Tony told me to。〃 
  They exchanged a glance over the top of his head。 
  〃Did Tony say why; son?〃 Jack asked quietly。 
  〃I was brushing my teeth and I was thinking about my reading;〃 Danny said。 
〃Thinking real hard。 And 。。。 and I saw Tony way down in the mirror。 He said he 
had to show me again。〃 
  〃You mean he was behind you?〃 Wendy asked。 
  〃No; he was in the mirror。〃 Danny was very emphatic on this point。 〃Way down 
deep。 And then I went through the mirror。 The next thing I remember Daddy was 
shaking me and I thought I was being bad again。〃 
  Jack winced as if struck。 
  〃No; doc;〃 he said quietly。 
  〃Tony told you to lock the door?〃 Wendy asked; brushing his hair。 
  〃Yes。〃 
  〃And what did he want to show you?〃 
  Danny tensed in her arms; it was as if the muscles in his body had turned into 
something like piano wire。 〃I don't remember;〃 he said; distraught。 〃I don't 
remember。 Don't ask me。 I 。。。 I don't remember nothing!〃 
  〃Shh;〃 Wendy said; alarmed。 She began to rock him again。 〃It's all right if 
you don't remember; hon。 Sure it is。〃 
  At last Danny began to relax again。 
  〃Do you want me to stay a little while? Read you a story?〃 
  〃No。 Just the night light。〃 He looked shyly at his father。 〃Would you stay; 
Daddy? For a minute?〃 
  〃Sure; doc。〃 
  Wendy sighed。 〃I'll be in the living room; Jack。〃 
  〃Okay。〃 
  She got up and watched as Danny slid under the covers。 He seemed very small。 
  〃Are you sure you're okay; Danny?〃 
  〃I'm okay。 Just plug in Snoopy; Mom。〃 
  〃Sure。〃 
  She plugged in the night light; which showed Snoopy lying fast asleep on top 
of his doghouse。 He had never wanted a night light until they moved into the 
Overlook; and then he had specifically requested one。 She turned off the lamp 
and the overhead and looked back at them; the small white circle of Danny's 
face; and Jack's above it。 She hesitated a moment 
  (and then I went through the mirror) 
  and then left them quietly。 
  〃You sleepy?〃 Jack asked; brushing Danny's hair off his forehead。 
  〃Yeah。〃 


 
 
  〃Want a drink of water?〃 
  〃No。。。〃 
  There was silence for five minutes。 Danny was still beneath his hand。 Thinking 
the boy had dropped off; he was about to get up and leave quietly when Danny 
said from the brink of sleep: 
  〃Roque。” 
  Jack turned back; all zero at the bone。 
  〃Danny — ?〃 
  〃You'd never hurt Mommy; would you; Daddy?〃 
  〃No。〃 
  〃Or me?〃 
  〃No。〃 
  Silence again; spinning out。 
  〃Daddy?〃 
  〃What?〃 
  〃Tony came and told me about roque。〃 
  〃Did he; doc? What did he say?〃 
  〃I don't remember much。 Except he said it was in innings。 Like baseball。 Isn't 
that funny?〃 
  〃Yes。〃 Jack's heart was thudding dully in his chest。 How could the boy 
possibly know a thing like that? Roque was played by innings; not like baseball 
but like cricket。 
  〃Dadd

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