Guests ignore a man in a wheelchair—until a little girl in a scarlet dress steps forward and changes everything in seconds

“The sky is very good.”

“He looks lonely,” Lily said.

“Lily, don’t—”

But Lily had already gone.

Naomi took two quick steps toward the door and then stopped, because causing a scene would make it worse, and because — she admitted to herself — she wanted to see what her daughter would do.

The music played. The conversations continued.

And then a small figure continue reading …