From Lovers to Enemies, A Terminally Ill Heroine and a Boxing Champion's Life-and-Death Reconciliation

The day my ex-boyfriend, Spencer Drayton, became the world boxing champion was the same day I, Madeleine Ford, got my terminal diagnosis.

During the live broadcast interview, the host asked Spencer who'd been his rock during the hardest times. He called my number.

"Back then, you dumped me because you thought I was a nobody, got rid of our kid, and ran off with someone else. Any regrets now?"

I glanced at the date the doctors predicted I'd die and laughed, a wild, almost freeing sound. "Maybe we should just get back together. I get a champion boxer boyfriend. You get a five-year-old son.