She and She Agreed

Jeanne hoped her intimacy with Patrice would inoculate her from ever succumbing to Kevin. Wearing sunglasses, the mothers swayed waist deep in the O’Meara’s swimming pool and watched the toddlers float, water wings on their little arms. Half-hypnotized, Jeanne talked about marrying Paul because his love had seemed friendly and safe. [Click here to read the first episode, or here to read the previous one.] At the end he wasn’t so friendly. “After Colette was born he was more about making rules for me,” Jeanne said. “Like, don’t think so much; don’t feel so much. ‘You’ll get farther skimming the...