The Lake Escape

“I’m a thirty-six-year-old woman and I’m hiding in the pantry.”

Erika feels like she is drowning in her own life. Sometimes a fancy lake house is just a different place to feel stuck.

“In a town this size, the walls don't just have ears. They have megaphones.”

Small towns keep secrets better than cities do. Everyone knows your business but nobody says the truth out loud.

“I was a person before I was a carpool driver.”

Living for your kids can make you lose yourself. Erika forgot who she was before she became just a mom.

“Cassie was the person who knew where all my bodies were buried.”

Old friendships can be the most dangerous. They know exactly where your soft spots are and how to hit them.