Nina nodded, "Alright, let's do that."

"You really want to take me home? I'm not dreaming, right?" The little girl pinched her arm hard in disbelief.

With a sharp yelp, a bruise instantly formed on her small arm.

Nina quickly bent down to stop her, "Sweetheart, don't hurt yourself."

"I wasn't trying to hurt myself. I just... I was scared this was a dream, and that once I woke up, I'd be back on the streets. But now I know it's real. You're really here, and I finally have a home." The little girl happily threw herself into Nina's arms, crying again. But this time, her tears were not from sadness, but from joy. "I really have a family now-an uncle, an aunt, and a brother."

"That's right. We'll take good care of you from now on," Nina said gently, stroking the girl's back.

In that moment, she thought of her own daughter, Gemma, back at home. How could this little girl's mother have been so heartless? Abandoning her child in a foreign country, leaving her with no hope, was unthinkable.

couldn't keep calling her

like that, we can pick another name," Nina

all, a name is something personal. It had to be something

through her tears, "I finally have a name. I love it when you call

what name they gave her. She would have been happy with

chosen "Hope" because she wanted her future to be filled

the name settled, Nina smiled, "Now, how about we go grab some lunch? There's a restaurant nearby. I bet

Nash led Orion and Hope, while Nina walked

of them entered the restaurant, and the

way! Your kids

they?" Nina responded with a smile, not bothering to

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