Soap Opera?

So there are these two women, both have long term partners and they are good friends.
One day, one of these partners left his partner for a third woman.
This third woman's husband is away at the moment, and he is very sick.
This first woman's friend has a son. The catch? He is employed by the third woman.
Also, the son's father has gone and bought two non-refundable tickets to Melbourne with his son.
Again, catch. The son secretly hates his father and cannot stand to be in close proximity to his father for more than a day or two at a time.

You may have guessed by now that I am not, in fact, making this up, although you are avaliable to buy the rights to this story to use as a script/novel if you wish.