She was finally going to have a forever family. For real.

She wondered what Bridget would think.

“Ah?” asked Francine. “Does that mean…”

“We can adopt you?” asked Billy. “It’s okay?”

Nova carefully made eye contact, first with Francine’s Midnight Blue eyes, next with Billy’s Raw Umber ones. Then she looked away because she did not like looking into people’s eyes.

But in her clearest voice, she said, “Oh-kay.”