On the day of a family wedding celebration, a woman arrives with her stepdaughter, Lyra. The stepmother explains that due to her own pressing obligations, she can no longer care for Lyra and asks the girl's biological mother, Seraphine, to take her in. Lyra reacts with hurt, accusing her stepmother of never truly seeing her as family and turning to her birth mother instead. Seraphine hesitates, citing the upcoming marriage of Lyra's brother and the lack of space. As the two mothers argue over their broken agreement, Lyra's future hangs in the balance.