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.

take the little girl in, they couldn't keep calling her "Little

we call you Hope from now on? But if you don't like that, we can pick another name," Nina

is something personal. It had to be something

her tears, "I finally have a name. I

what name they gave her. She would have been

had chosen "Hope" because she wanted her future to be filled with hope and

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

Orion and

restaurant, and the server quickly

Your kids are adorable,

Nina responded with a smile, not

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