Molly returned Nikki’s hug with a relaxed smile on her face. “Yeah, it’s okay,” she responded as she let go of Nikki to take a longer look at Jake. Again, he looked nice enough, and not like a bully at all. “Everyone deserves a place to stay.” She responded firmly, giving an equally firm nod for emphasis.
Molly remembered that week, the longest week of her life, before Mr. Thompson and the Company adopted her temporarily, in foster care. It was like she was forever adrift at sea. And then when she was at the Company she felt closer to land, but it took Matt and Mohinder to pull her towards the shore and gave her a home.