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Kat shook her head. He just didn't understand. She knew it was bad out there. She wasn't saying it wasn't. She was saying that they needed a backup safe house. Why wouldn't he just listen?
She watched him leave and looked at Gracie. [color=6ecff6]"Daddy has selective hearing,"[/color] she said before kissing the baby's forehead and heading towards Nikki's room.

At the door she hesitated. This woman had just gone through Kat's worst nightmare, something she was terrified would happen to her. If she ever lost her baby... she didn't want to think about it.
What finally made her open the door was the fact that if she had been in Nikki's place she would want someone with her.

Gracie reacted how she normally did when she saw her favorite auntie. [color=f49ac2]"Kikikikikikiki!"[/color] she exclaimed bouncing excitedly until mommy put her down next to her on the bed.
[color=6ecff6]"Careful Gracie,"[/color] Kat told her. [color=6ecff6]"Gentle with Auntie Nikki."[/color]
Gracie hugged her auntie tightly while babbling in her little language. Kat sometimes wished she could understand what Gracie was saying, or at least what Gracie thought she was saying. It certainly sounded like she was telling Nikki something important.

[color=6ecff6]"I'm not going to ask how you're feeling because that is a stupid question,"[/color] Kat said, sitting next to Nikki and putting an arm around her. [color=6ecff6]"So instead I'm going to ask what are you thinking right now?"[/color]