Chapter 5
Jaxson clearly hadn’t expected me to mention divorce.
His expression darkened further.“I won’t agree to a divorce.”
I was taken aback.
He refused to divorce.
Could it be…?
He continued, “Grandma wouldn’t approve either.”
Then came the sound of the door closing.
I stood rooted to the spot, feeling a lump in my throat.
How foolish I’d been to entertain even a fleeting hope.
His refusal had nothing to do with me.
It was all about Nancy’s disapproval.
If only he knew Nancy had already consented.
Their argument left us sleeping in separate rooms that night.
By morning, Jaxson had disappeared before the housekeeper arrived.
I ate breakfast alone, undisturbed.
When the housekeeper emerged from tidying up, she asked, “Mrs. Hamilton, why are so many things missing from the house?”
I paused.
Even the housekeeper had noticed.
Yet he hadn’t said a word.
His indifference couldn’t have been clearer.
“I cleared out old things,” I replied with a faint smile. Nothing important.”
The housekeeper asked no more.
At noon, the hospital director called.
A critical surgery, a high–risk craniotomy, required my expertise since their usual specialist was away.
I rushed to the hospital and scrubbed in.
The OR was packed with attending physicians, Caroline among them.
The metallic tang of blood hung thick in the air.
While the other doctors examined the patient’s wounds, Caroline hung back, visibly nauseated, fighting the urge to gag.
“Dr. Sutton, you’re here,” the anesthesiologist approached me.
“The patient fell from a construction site and was just brought in. He’s unconscious now.”
1 gasped at the critical condition of the patient.
An approximately eight–inch steel rod had pierced the patient’s skull through his eye.
Despite being unconscious, he still had vital signs.
It was nothing short of a miracle.
Caroline suppressed her nausea and asked ‘Dr. Sutton, can you really perform this surgery? A slight mistake could cost the patient’s life.”
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“If I can’t, can you?”
My words darkened Caroline’s expression.
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I put on my gloves and instructed the other doctors, “Start with a craniotomy to relieve pressure and remove as much of the blood clot as possible.”
The anesthesiologist and the assistants were ready.
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