My stepmother refused to pay for my prom dress, so my brother made one with the old jeans of our deceased mother, but when I walked into the

“No. I love the idea.”

Así que empezamos a trabajar en secreto cada vez que Carla salía de la casa o se encerraba en su habitación.

Noah sacó la vieja máquina de coser de mamá del armario de la lavandería y la instaló en la cocina. Noche tras noche, cortaba paneles de mezclilla, cosía costuras y daba forma a la tela con una paciencia que nunca antes le había visto.

Watching him treat mom’s old clothes so delicately almost broke my heart.

When the dress was finally finished, I couldn’t stop looking at it.

It fits perfectly at the waist and fell into layers of blue shades worn with denim. Noah had managed to turn old jeans into something artistic and beautiful.

For the first time in a long time, I felt that Mom was still with us.

The next morning, Carla saw the dress hanging on my bedroom door.
She approached, looked at him for a second and then burst into laughter.
“Please tell me you’re joking.”
“It’s my graduation dress,” I said.
“That scrap disaster?”
Noah immediately left his room.
“I did,” he said.
Carla’s smile became more cruel.
“You did that?”
He raised his chin, nervous. “Yes.”
“That explains a lot of things.”
“Enough,” I said firmly.
But she went on.
“Do you really plan to wear a dress made with old jeans? People will laugh at you all night.”
Noah was stiff next to me.
I looked at her directly.
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“I’d rather bring something made with love than something bought with stolen money from some children.”
The hallway was silent.
Carla’s eyes darkened instantly.
“Get out of my sight before I say what I really think.”
But I put on my dress anyway.
On the night of the dance, Noah helped me close my zipper while his hands were shaking.
“If anyone laughs,” he muttered, “I’m going to chase them like a ghost.”
I laughed softly. “Deal done.”
Meanwhile, Carla insisted on going because she wanted to “see the disaster in person.”