The room smelled of disinfectant and wilted flowers. Machines beeped softly. Kelvin lay motionless on a hospital bed, his head wrapped in gauze, eyes sealed shut under heavy bandages.
"Mr. Hart," a voice called gently. "Can you hear me?"
He didn't answer.
"Mr. Hart, it's Dr. Mensah. You're awake."
Kelvin turned his head slightly. "Why... can't I see?"
The room fell silent.
The doctor cleared his throat. "The accident caused severe trauma to your optic nerves. You… you've lost your sight."
Kelvin's heart paused. "Temporarily?"
"…I'm afraid not. It's permanent."
Silence again.
Kelvin Hart, the man who once saw everything—every loophole, every weakness, every opportunity—was now blind.
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Days passed. He refused visitors. Lawyers, assistants, investors—all turned their backs. His accounts were frozen. The media called it "the fall of a god." Staff resigned. Bodyguards vanished.
He was left in a quiet apartment, not the penthouse, but a faded corner of his last unsold property. Only one person remained.
Her name was *Ella*.
A simple maid hired by the hospital. Mid-20s, soft-spoken, but with eyes that had seen the world chew people up and spit them out. She didn't care about his name. She cared about what she saw now—a broken man who hadn't even realized how human he really was.
"You need to eat," she said one morning.
"I said leave it," he snapped.
"I'm not here for your orders. I'm here because someone has to remind you you're still breathing."
He scoffed. "You think this is living?"
Ella picked up the spoon and guided it to his hand. "It can be, if you let it."
Kelvin was quiet. For once, the world didn't bend to his voice. For once, someone dared to speak to him without fear.
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Weeks later, the news came. His doctor returned with results from tests taken after the accident.
"You'll need to sit for this," Dr. Mensah said.
"I already can't see. What else could go wrong?"
The doctor hesitated. "Due to the trauma and internal damage… you won't be able to father children again."
Kelvin's chest tightened.
"Your bloodline ends here," the doctor said gently. "I'm sorry."
But it wasn't over.
Not yet.
Ella walked in after the doctor left. She sat beside him. "You okay?"
He didn't respond. But something shifted in his voice.
"I once got a girl pregnant... and threw her away like trash. I don't know what happened to her. I never cared."
Ella looked at him—stunned.
"I don't know if I have a child out there," he continued. "But if I do… she's the last piece of me left in this world."
Ella placed a hand on his.
"Then find her," she whispered. "Before it's too late."
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