Chapter 10
Fast forward a handful of years. Kids are in elementary school. We have better jobs and have moved to a bigger house. Things are great.
But we’re already bored.
Gwen’s parents, still together but not really, wanted to have the kids over a long extended weekend when they were on vacation from school.
We were both ready for a break in parenting.
It was when we dropped the kids off at her parents’ place that things took a turn. Gwen’s mother mentioned that Loren had moved into the house just down the street.
“Is she a friend of yours from high school?” I asked.
Gwen laughed nervously. I hadn’t heard that laugh in years, but it was her mother that answers my question. “Loren is her old boyfriend.”
I gave Gwen a look. She looked back.
“Let’s go meet him,” she said.
On the
