Two and a half months had passed since Sean’s wedding and her memorable encounter with Fred and Charles. The experience remained vivid, and she embraced these memories without reservation, comfortable with the choices she had made and the newfound sexual freedom she felt. Throughout this time, Carole found herself free from regret and often reminiscing about that night, replaying the events in her mind with a sense of exc...

Carole’s divorce from Richard two and a half years ago left the forty-seven-year-old single for the first time in twenty-six years. Growing up in a strict Baptist environment, where her upbringing was shaped by firm religious values and expectations, her marriage to a devout Baptist was in keeping with her family’s values, so the eventual divorce came as a great shock to those closest to her. Throughout her formative and...