After years as a single mom, I found happiness again with Thomas, a kind man I met on the subway. He embraced my son Toby like his own, and we married a year later. But just a month into our new life, everything changed.
One morning, Toby called me at work, whispering that Thomas was “acting weird, like a robot.” I rushed home to find my husband barely conscious, drenched in sweat, and unable to speak. At the hospital, doctors discovered he’d been poisoned—traced back to a “natural” tea given to him by a coworker.
The tea was laced with foxglove, a toxic plant. Police found the coworker, Evan, had been obsessively in love with Thomas and poisoned him out of jealousy. Thanks to Toby’s quick call, Thomas survived after a long recovery.
Now safe and healing, we’re closer than ever. Toby’s vigilance and bravery saved our family—he just might grow up to be a doctor… or a detective.