<span style="color: #ff0000">“I suppose you’re right. I just don’t want to live in the shadow of Karrie and the destruction those two wrought, I want to start fresh and live free of those guilts and burdens I had nothing to do with. Maybe… some day I can ask you and Rachel to help me talk to Ras again? Just to keep some distance between us in case he gets hostile.” </span>Karrie shook her head and looked down sadly.<span style="color: #ff0000"> “I don’t know that I can be open with Rachel. I still feel like I have to walk on eggshells around her, I don’t want to be thrown out because I know it would kill her to do that.”</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>