Valeria read that news and felt like her chest was going to burst with joy. She screamed, jumped up, hung on Nick's neck and kissed him, not caring that the others were watching.

“Finally! God, some good news!” she exclaimed, looking up at the sky, and Nick hugged her from the back, kissing her head as she turned to show the phone to her brother and Emma.

Alice's adoption certificate had been officially issued. Legally and irrevocably, Valeria and Nick were Alice's parents, and neither Baxter