The restaurant went completely silent when the little girl dropped a handful of coins onto the counter.
“I just need soup for my mother,” she whispered.
Customers stared as the waiter looked down at the tiny pile of change and laughed quietly.
“That’s not even enough for bread,” he said.
The girl slowly began collecting the coins again with shaking hands.
But before she could leave…
an old man sitting alone in the corner suddenly stood up.
Because the moment he heard the little girl say her mother’s name…
his coffee cup slipped from his hand.
And shattered across the floor.