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18. I have always felt that way about Scarlett, too. What a jerk!

Reply to yellerpup (Reply #7)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 11:07 AM

Apr 2014

She's a real manipulator, all right, and she works as the main character only through her strength to get through hellish situations. You could grudgingly admire her for it, but you're right, she's little more than a cunning brat.

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