This man standing there with these women, the man who went out of his way today to help people without any obligation or real need to do so, is is the James she knows. But the James she knows is also the same man who shot up her coworkers because they happened to stand in the way of his family, who's led a MC through terrorizing a city. It's a duality she's always known, but she'd be lying if she said she preferred one side of him to the other.
Nina isn't sure what kind of reaction she was expecting from him, especially after the week they've both had, but she returns the hug with the same kind of enthusiasm as he's giving her. Her arms wind up around his neck as he holds her tight and for a moment it's 2012 again and she's with this dangerous, volatile, kind man working on a way to save his life.
"It's been a hell of a couple years," she agrees, unable to help the smile. The happiness she feels at seeing him is enough to cement just how solidly she'll back him, despite that side of him that's willing to go to any extremes necessary as long as the ends justify the means. "There's a room down the hall where we can talk privately, if you don't mind stepping away for a moment?"