The harsh fluorescent lights hummed as my son, Leo, struggled for breath, his skin a terrifying blue.
"Anaphylactic shock," the doctor declared, holding the only available auto-injector – our son's last hope.
But then, my husband, Matthew, burst in, dragging his whimpering mistress, Tara Lawrence, who claimed she had a minor food reaction.
He demanded the life-saving epipen be given to her, shoving me aside, dismissing Leo's critical state as mere "drama."
I watched in cold horror as my child's only chance was wasted, his tiny gasps fading, my world crumbling around me.
