A poor girl begged a billionaire for school shoes and promised to repay him—what happened next left everyone in stunned silence.

she said quietly. “My mom will be so happy.”

“Your mom?”

“Yeah. She works really hard, but the money is never enough. She always says one day she’ll buy me new shoes, but…” Meera shrugged, far too maturely. “She gets sad when she says that.”

Something tightened in Miles’s throat.

“What’s your mother’s name?”

“Diane.”

Miles paid forty-five dollars.

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