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.

decided to take the little girl in, they couldn't keep calling her "Little One" forever.

don't like that, we can pick another name," Nina suggested, giving the girl a

personal. It had

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

they gave her. She would

future to be filled with hope

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

in hand, Nash led Orion and Hope, while Nina walked beside

of them entered the restaurant, and the server quickly

Your kids are

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

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