She let go of the judge’s hand and stepped back.
“I’m not asking you to believe me right now, judge lady. I’m just asking you to give me a chance to prove it. Let my daddy come home, and I will show you that impossible things can happen.”
Judge Catherine looked at Robert, then at Lily, then at the packed courtroom full of people waiting to see what would happen next. Her logical mind told her this was absurd. Children couldn’t heal paralyzed legs. Miracles didn’t happen in courtrooms. The law was the law and feelings couldn’t change that. But her heart, the part of her that had been locked away since her accident, whispered something different. What if? What if this special little girl really could do what she promised? What if hope wasn’t just a foolish dream?
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“Mr. Chun,”
Judge Catherine said firmly.
“I am considering everything.”
She looked around the courtroom at all the faces staring back at her. Maybe, just maybe, it was time to take a leap of faith. The silence stretched on for what felt like hours, but was probably only a few minutes. Finally, Judge Catherine straightened up in her wheelchair and looked directly at Lily.
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she said in a voice that carried throughout the courtroom.
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Lily nodded solemnly.
“Yes, judge lady. I always keep my promises.”
“And you truly believe you can help me walk again?”
“I don’t just believe it,”
Lily said with the kind of certainty that only children possess.
