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I hadn’t had the courage to give the stuffed anie to send it to hih Mom had sent hi Easter basket—including a tiny little finger puppet bunny rabbit

A finger puppet bunny rabbit that Pace now had, and had apparently had for a very long time

“Ford opened your care package the day that the bos,” he murmured, his eyes on the rabbit “I had it in my hand And apparently kept it in ers But it never went far, and I’ve had it ever since It’s sort of my lucky talisman at this point”

I found

“That’s awesome,” she said softly “Ford would’ve just thrown it away”

Pace’s eyes once again met mine

“I’m not scared to do this,” he said softly “Iin that hospital bed after having s amputated I wouldn’t let life pass uess —a feeling that so bad was about to happen” He sed “But I knew from the e your life I know that you don’t think it’s possible,” he said as he held onto the bunny “But you changedfamily dinner

-Coffee Cup

Pace

I arrived at the hospital twenty minutes before they wanted me there

It would’ve been thirty, but I’d been waylaid in the ER by a couple of buddies on the force anted to wish me luck

How they knew that I was doing this today, I didn’t know

But I’d enjoyed seeing theoing to eant Jackson wouldn’t ‘can’ me while I was laid up in the hospital

When I arrived on the floor and checked ave me an ID bracelet, then double-checked my identity, blood type and date of birth

We then shared a laugh when he read the sa the ID bracelet into place The blood type, allergies, andI’d done straight out of bootca with my feet

“It used to be on my foot, but that was blown off when the bomb happened,” I said “The irony is not lost on me”

“Why is it ironic…” He stood up and looked down over the counter, hisin an ‘oh shit’ way “Well, how about that”

I grinned and said, “That it?”

He nodded “Good luck, ”

I kneas