A few minutes later, I heard Amanda and the kids come in. I was thankful for the distraction. The kids were hot from the bike ride and wanted to go for a dip in the lake. I volunteered to go with them. For the rest of that afternoon, I stuck close to the kids, using them as a shield to avoid any more opportunities for s****l encounters. I needed to get my head straight.
No doubt sensing my inner turmoil, Serena came up to me a few hours later, as I was firing up the grill for dinner. She said, "don't beat yourself up, Jake. There's an easy way to fix this."
"How?" I asked, but I already knew what she was going to say.
"You just let Eric f**k Amanda, of course."
"And you'd be okay with that?"
"It's only fair." She said it so matter-of-factly.
"But how do I bring that up without tellin
