Sloane Parrish has been married for 10 regrettable years now. If she wasn’t in such a rush to escape her home life at 18, maybe she wouldn’t have married the first man to show her an iota of kindness. However, that kindness did not last long. After the wedding—during the honeymoon—her husband, James, immediately changed. He wanted babies, cooked meals, and a subservient housewife, not the court stenographer who worked 9–5 every day and couldn’t bear the thought of bringing children into a situation even remotely close to her own childhood. After a certain point of ignoring his wishes, James abruptly stops bothering her. He visits his parents more often; he’s eating dinner with them and helping them around the house, only to spend the night there. Or he’s spending the day with their close friend Kelly and her 4-year-old son Adam, who they happen to be godparents to. It doesn’t seem alarming; he loves spending time with his godson; it fills the childless void in his own life. And Kelly’s husband doesn’t mind it either, being out of the state most days for work. Erik Hawthorne likes the fact that his son is growing up around people who love him so dearly. Everything changes when Sloane comes home early to see Kelly’s minivan in the driveway. She rushes inside, expecting to get a big hug from Adam and spend some quality time gossiping with her long-time friend. Instead, what she finds changes her life forever.
Sloane Parrish has been married for 10 regrettable years now. If she wasn’t in such a rush to escape her home life at 18, maybe she wouldn’t have married the first man to show her an iota of kindness. However, that kindness did not last long. After the wedding—during the honeymoon—her husband, James, immediately changed. He wanted babies, cooked meals, and a subservient housewife, not the court stenographer who worked 9–5 every day and couldn’t bear the thought of bringing children into a situation even remotely close to her own childhood. After a certain point of ignoring his wishes, James abruptly stops bothering her. He visits his parents more often; he’s eating dinner with them and helping them around the house, only to spend the night there. Or he’s spending the day with their close friend Kelly and her 4-year-old son Adam, who they happen to be godparents to. It doesn’t seem alarming; he loves spending time with his godson; it fills the childless void in his own life. And Kelly’s husband doesn’t mind it either, being out of the state most days for work. Erik Hawthorne likes the fact that his son is growing up around people who love him so dearly. Everything changes when Sloane comes home early to see Kelly’s minivan in the driveway. She rushes inside, expecting to get a big hug from Adam and spend some quality time gossiping with her long-time friend. Instead, what she finds changes her life forever.