After years as a single mom, I found happiness in a new marriage.

But one terrifying call from my son changed everything. My five-year-old, Toby, whispered that his new stepfather, Thomas, wasn’t acting like himself.

I rushed home from work to find Thomas bedridden, pale and unresponsive, and Toby describing him as “robotic.” Doctors discovered that Thomas had been poisoned with foxglove extract from herbal tea given by a coworker. Toby’s quick thinking saved his life.

The tea was laced with poison by a man named Evan, who had an obsessive crush on Thomas. After a month of recovery, Thomas survived, but the ordeal left us shaken. Toby, always observant, saved his father’s life, and I couldn’t be prouder.