Chapter 10
My mother reached out and found both our hands.
"Pride blinds," she said softly. "Kindness sees."
She looked out toward the garden, toward nothing and everything.
"That day in the restaurant... the wine stained my dress. But it washed away. What remained... was the truth."
She squeezed our hands.
"Never be afraid of the moments that reveal what is ugly," she said. "Because it is only when we see the ugliness clearly... that we can choose to become beautiful."
Mrs. Sterling wept quietly.
"I am trying," she said.
"We all are," I replied.
And as the sun set over the garden, bathing everything in golden light... I realized something.
My mother had been right.
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Some people see with their eyes. Others see with their hearts.
And sometimes... it takes a moment of darkness... to help everyone finally see.
