Awe filled me as I took in the woman she'd become, but it was followed by irreparable sadness that while she was clearly the same Nikki, she also wasn't. There was a strength to her eyes that she didn't have before. A guarded expression. Her jaw was more angled now; the last bit of innocent roundness that had filled her young cheeks had diminished as the years had passed. She was sharp angles and hard edges.
