She Tried to Seduce Every Husband on the Street— Until the Women United

When Kayla Brooks moved into Sycamore Hollow, her bright smile and designer leggings quickly gave way to something more unsettling. She began “accidentally” meeting Tom Lewis every morning, spinning harmless requests into private encounters. But Hannah Lewis wasn’t fooled — and neither were the other wives. One evening, they united, crossing the street as a quiet force. When Kayla opened her door in a silky robe that left little to the imagination, she was horrified…

I’m Claire Martin, and I used to believe that family loyalty was a shield. That if you loved someone enough, you could trust them with anything. Even your children. But all it took was one weekend to show me how wrong I was.

It began the day my mother-in-law, Evelyn, came back from her so-called “awakening retreat” in Briarwood. She’d been gone six weeks, searching for something she couldn’t seem to name. When she returned, she looked transformed — her hair chopped into choppy layers, her sweaters replaced with swirling scarves and chunky jewelry. She practically danced into our living room.

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