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 "Little One" forever. She needed

Hope from now on? But if you don't like that, we can

name is something personal. It had

little girl smiled through her tears, "I finally have a

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

she wanted her future to be filled

"Now, how about we go grab some lunch? There's a restaurant nearby. I bet you both

led Orion and Hope,

restaurant, and the server quickly greeted them with

this way! Your kids are

aren't they?" Nina responded with a smile, not

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