Gemotions

"Make him know what he did." The list item hung heavy in the air. The "him" was the doctor who, in her mind, had botched her mother’s surgery, leading to her death.

She researched, she learned, she planned. She spent months gathering information, consulting with other doctors, finding the flaws in his work. She knew how to hurt him, not physically, but professionally.

She wrote an anonymous complaint to the medical board. Then, she leaked details of his malpractice to the media. She made sure everyone knew what he had done. She made him lose his license. She ruined his career. His life.