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

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

name is something personal. It had to be

smiled through her tears, "I finally have

didn't matter what name they gave her. She would have been happy with

chosen "Hope" because she wanted her future to be

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

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

the restaurant, and the server quickly greeted them with a warm

this way! Your kids

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

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