All I ever wanted was to be a wife and mother. I thought I was lucky. Thought all my dreams would come true when I married my husband. Spoiler, they didn’t.

You could say my nightmares came true, though. He did replace me with a woman that was more boobs, booty, and blonde than I’d ever be. So much for forever.

Encouraged by a new push-up bra and a heck of a lot of liquid courage, I do what I’ve never done. I have a one-night stand with the hottest man in the hotel bar. Why have I never done this before?

He made me feel things I’ve never felt in my ten years of marriage. He did things to me I’ve never had done. He made me feel heard and seen and…he took his knees for me.

My husband didn’t even take his knee when he proposed. There were signs.

I fled before morning light, as any sane woman does. Right?

Now, I’m starting over in a new town. New house. New job. I want a new me.

Then I see the man from the bar…

And he’s my new neighbor.