He frowned. “I know you?”

Keisha hesitated, then smiled slightly. “A long time ago, you helped a girl buy milk for her little brother. You told him not to make promises he couldn’t keep”.

Richard gasped. He opened his eyes wide as he remembered: his voice trembling, his face dusty. «You…», he whispered. «Were you that girl?».

She nodded softly. “Yeah. I told you I’d pay you when I grew up. And I just did it”.

Her eyes filled with tears. «I don’t deserve this kindness», he murmured. «I was cruel».

—Maybe —Keisha said quietly—, but your gesture saved my brother’s life. Sometimes kindness comes from the smallest moments, even when we don’t feel it.

Richard Morgan spent weeks recovering under Keisha’s care. Every day, she visited him, not only as a doctor, but as someone who understood the power of second chances. The once proud businessman was moved by his kindness