— “Grandma, I’m not interested… I’d rather stay with Mom and watch old movies.”

— “But my dear,” Marie insisted, “it’s a once-in-a-lifetime evening… I met your grandfather there, you know.”

— “I don’t have a date. And the dresses are way too expensive… It’s not worth it.”

Marie immediately understood: her granddaughter wasn’t giving up out of disinterest, but out of fear of being a financial burden. That night, she opened an old wooden box where she kept her savings… the money she had set aside for her funeral. She made a decision: Léa would have her dress.