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Kiernan, mother of two with marital trust deficits, and Daliah, a grade-school teacher with infertility woes, have been acquainted for sixteen years vis-à-vis their husbands, Jake and Kevin-longtime friends since college-now, in all, neighbors living in an upper-crust gated community in the suburbs of Burlington, Vermont. Starting in 2013, they experience the gilded cage of marriage with all the suspicions attributed to their Theory of Mind perch. Unbeknownst to the wives, their husbands haven't been playing it straight. Jake Montgomery (Kiernan's husband), a life insurance salesman and keeper of secrets until he sleep-talks one night, and Kevin Moran (Daliah's husband), an owner of a fleet of car dealerships first in his name and a womanizer-turned-psychopath, have slyly led double lives all these years. This pulls their family life with a fingertip's grip on the edge down a decade-long scandalous vortex of lies, sex, and betrayal-even murder. The catalyst and breaking point? Kevin Moran has had an extramarital affair, not the first time. However, Shannoah Blakely, his mistress, a casino card dealer-turned-serial opportunist, no longer hedges her bets with Kevin, which challenges him to call her bluff after she goes all-in with the power of just two words... Flashbacks from the past, a decade ago, inform present circumstances unraveling, but not well enough for Chase, whose dogged pursuit of the truth herefrom amid the lies hasn't miscalculated, as state police may believe. Because in this ghastly tragedy: B.O.L.O.1+1-3...