Chapter 1: The Butcher’s Block The sharp, sterile bite of surgical antiseptic violently clashed with the heavy, copper stench of my own blood, drilling an ice-pick of nausea straight into my sinuses. Above me, the blinding white glare of the operating theater lights beat down, reducing the edges of my vision to a rippling, indistinct … Continue reading I was in labor with a 10-pound baby, but my cruel doctor husband refused a c-section and forced me to deliver naturally, believing I had mistreated his female intern. When it was over, he entered the delivery room, panicked, and collapsed