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Kat listened with a frown. James was being pushy, but he also had a point. [color=00aeef]"While I'm not comfortable with all these guys drooling after my pumpkin, you gotta think clearly Nik. You may not want to hear this but if something barks like a dog and scratches like a dog it probably has fleas like  a dog. As much as we like to believe they do, the fact is people don't change. Not really. The choices we make shape who we are. And no matter how hard we try, deep down we are always the same people. If that was who he was before the world went to hell I doubt anything has changed. In this kind of world people do not get better. If anything they get worse."[/color]

She paused and reached over to hug Nikki. [color=00aeef]"The only reason I'm giving Matt a second chance is because before all of this he was a good man and I believe he still is inside. But sweetie, think about it : if Vincent was that kind of man before do you really think this hellish world is going to change him for the better? I don't want you tangled up in something that is going to hurt you. You are the sister I never got to have. Please, be careful."[/color]