After court today, I feel kind of sad, I'd hoped it would all be over within a few hours, but I have to wait another day. I sit out in the hall on my own. I asked Stef and Lena to wait in the car while I spoke to Sophia, but she's gone now. We only talked for a few minutes. I just need a moment alone. I text Taylor to say thank you to her mom for me, I can't believe a complete stranger would try to help me. I hear footsteps come closer to me, but I don't look up. The person sits next to me. I see the black converse and the ripped jeans. I look up to see Rachel sat next to me, just staring at the wall.

"I'm not mad. Not at you anyway. I wasn't close with him, like at all, he always kind of creeped me out. But I love my mom so much that I pretended to my social worker that we got along fine."

"Why are you telling me this?"

"I just wanted to know if you're okay."

"How could I be okay? Your dad molested me. He let me believe I was safe, and he broke my trust. And so, did you by not telling me he was... creepy or whatever."

"I know. I'm sorry. I wanted to tell you that, if I get called up as a witness, I will try and help you win this case. I want him sent down for this."

"You do? What about your mom?"

"She's probably going to hate me if I try and support you, she hates you now, she's convinced you're lying. She's so blinded by her love for him."

"So, what are you going to do, if he does go to prison?"

"If my mom doesn't lose her mind then we'll probably just move somewhere smaller and she'll take on more hours at work, he's our main income so a little bit financially screwed."

"Rachel!" We both stand up and see Mary is coming towards us. "Get away from her now."

"Sorry, I have to go." I watch her walk to her mom, she starts yelling at her, but she just ignores her and keeps walking.

I wait a moment before going out to Stef and Lena's car.

"You alright sweetie? That must have been hard for you." Lena turns around in her seat to look at me while Stef starts driving.

"I'm okay, I didn't expect it to be adjourned, I thought it would all be over today. But I'm fine, I just have to keep fighting."

"We're very proud of you." She takes my hand and gives it a squeeze.

We get back and everyone is out, except for Callie, she's sat in the kitchen with who I'm assuming is her boyfriend, AJ.

"Hey Gracie, this is AJ." Callie introduces us. I shake his hand.

"Hi." He says smiling, I smile back.

"So, how did it go? Mom texted me to tell me where you were." She says as we sit down.

"It got adjourned until tomorrow, but, um yeah I think it went well. The Quinn's came, to support me."

"Gracie was so brave," Lena says.

"I'm so proud of you." Callie hugs me.

"Thank you. I'm pretty tired, would it be okay if I went upstairs for a nap?"

"Sure, sweetie, you don't have to ask you know, this isn't like your other homes," Lena says.

"Sorry I'm just used to a lot more rules than way more rules. Uh, it was nice meeting you AJ."

"You too." He says.

"I'll come to wake you at dinner time," Callie says.

I am tired but realistically I'm not going to get any sleep, so I look around the room, Callie and Mariana have very different styles, but they're stuff just looks right together, they're like the perfect contrast and their room shows it. I wish I had a sister. I have Sophia, but she can't always be there, not like a sister could, or like I imagine a sister could anyway. They have pictures everywhere, of the two of them, of the family, pictures with their boyfriends. I go to Callie's bedside table, there's a picture of her and Jude with a dark-haired woman, they look alike. Must be their birth mom. I don't even have pictures of my parents.

I get into bed and lay there for a while, staring at Mariana's clock. Eventually, I fall asleep. I dream about this house and the family. We're all sat at the dining table, there's a huge turkey on the table. We're all wearing dumb turkey hats and laughing together. Stef and Lena stand up to get everyone's attention.

"Kids, there's something we want to say. We've had a wonderful Thanksgiving." Lena says.

"And we think we have something that will make it even better," Stef says. "Gracie, we have a question for you."

"Would you like to be a permanent part of this family?" I feel so much joy I can barely breathe. The others are all so excited, Callie jumps up and hugs me.

"Well, Gracie?" Callie says. "Gracie?" I open my eyes and I'm back in my camp bed. Callie is standing next to me. "Dinner's ready."