the waitress is almost in tears

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here is another hypothetical situation, that means it did not happen to me, but I have been told that it happened to co-worker of mine years ago. so tell me reader how would you handle this situation? you go to a restaurant and order a london steak which cost about 6 or 7 dollars on the menu, the waitress comes back with a rib steak which is about 13 dollars on the menu, you tell her that you ordered the london steak not the rib steak, and she asks are you sure, and you say of course I am sure, the waitress apologizes over and over again and she looks like she is about to cry, she begs you to keep the steak and not return it, she even offers to pay the difference out of her own pocket if you keep it. She tells you that she has a sick child at home and she must work to pay for her child's medication, but lately she has been making mistakes such as this one and her boss told her one more mistake and she was out on the street without a job. you can always take the high road and say well missy if you did your job right you wouldn't get fired and refuse the steak, or you can say normally I would return the steak but, you offered to pay for it and if you want me to keep your secret that is just what you will have to do, pay the difference, after all fair is far, or you can be a bigger person and say, don't worry about it I will keep the steak and pay the difference myself, just make sure your child gets well. how would you handle the situation and why, if you would do anything different than the three options I just provided, what would it be and why?