she bit at the space where her lip ring used to be . the mans close cut dirty blonde curly hair and pale skin gave him a dead like appearance when he sat still for any length of time without moving . i lifted a couple of sheets and stopped at the third page to look at it more intently . `` one down , four thousand ninety-nine copies to go . '' `` i 'm going to put my family back together . '' she kept expecting to find people staring at her . 