Saving My Ex’s Mistress

I operated on my ex husband's mistress to save her life. The woman who destroyed my marriage was

bleeding out on my table and only I could stop it. My hands were shaking. The anesthesiologist

kept glancing at me. He knew. Everyone in that OR knew.

Her heart rate was dropping and I had seconds to decide. Then I saw it. A tumor wrapped

around her aorta that nobody caught on imaging. If I removed it she'd live but need

me for months of follow up care. If I didn't she had weeks. My resident whispered

should we call another surgeon. I looked at her face and saw my daughter's eyes.

Same green eyes. I made the cut. Saved her life. Found out three days later she's