17: I Look For You

"I had a blankie when I was a kid. It was a little, raggedy blue blankie. I sucked my thumb when I held it. For years. No one ever stopped me from sucking my thumb so I did it until my teeth made an indent. I was probably six or seven when I finally stopped. Even now, the skin's a different color. Look! Well, shit, nevermind… that thumb's gone."

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"I don't know why I was so attached to this blanket or where it even came from, but it never left my face. Of course, Ace—I mean 'the Major'— hated the thing. So one day he ripped the thing out of my hand and tore it into little pieces. When he was done, he dragged me across the street and made me watch...

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