Behind Closed Doors
Lucas X. Black

The next day, Wendy falls on a hike, planting her face into the mud, and Jim giggles, then is slapped by a furious and humiliated Wendy. Alex takes Jim home, withdrawn from Scouts and blocks Wendy every way he knows how, hoping to be done with her once and for all. But Wendy is persistent, and sends her persuasive cousin Caroline to accost Alex at work, pulling really long strings. Alex finally relents, agreeing to meet Wendy. He has no idea about the major alterations about to come to the landscape of his life as, shocking him, Wendy admits she's widowed, not married, and wants to be his, even if she worries she burned that to the ground ...