The sun had barely risen when the tranquility of our home was shattered by the shrill ring of my phone. Still groggy from sleep, I stumbled out of bed and fumbled for the receiver.

“Hello?” I muttered, my voice thick with sleep.

“Mrs. Thompson?” a voice on the other end asked.

“Yes, speaking,” I replied, suddenly wide awake as a rush of adrenaline coursed through my veins.

“It’s the hospital. We need you to come in right away. It’s about your son, Jack.”

My heart skipped a beat as fear gripped me like a vice. Without a second thought, I threw on some clothes and raced to the hospital, my mind racing with a million terrible possibilities.

When I arrived, I found Jack lying pale and still in a hospital bed, surrounded by wires and machines. Tears stung my eyes as I rushed to his side, clasping his hand tightly in mine.

“What happened?” I asked, my voice trembling with emotion.

The doctors explained that Jack had suffered from acute poisoning, likely from something he had ingested. My mind reeled at the thought of someone deliberately harming my sweet boy.

As Jack began to stir, I felt a surge of relief flood through me. He was going to be okay. But the thought of someone intentionally hurting him filled me with a white-hot rage.

Determined to get to the bottom of what had happened, I combed through every detail of the days leading up to Jack’s birthday. And then, I found it—the package of poison hidden in the garbage outside our home.

My blood ran cold as realization dawned. Someone had deliberately poisoned my son, and I knew exactly who it was. But when I tried to tell the authorities, they dismissed me as paranoid, refusing to believe that someone could be capable of such a heinous act.

But I refused to give up. With every fiber of my being, I was determined to get justice for my son. And if the authorities wouldn’t listen, then I would take matters into my own hands.

Because no matter what it took, I would stop at nothing to protect my son from harm. And whoever had tried to hurt him would soon learn that a mother’s love knows no bounds.