Special thanks to LSU15 for betaing!

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Prologue…

Mother's Day - 2015

My home overlooks the bay of the Long Island Sound. I am a native of Manhattan but I always preferred the Hamptons and its proximity by the water. Having lived in San Francisco in my youth, I got used to seeing the bay every day. When I first moved back to New York, it was almost claustrophobic. It was this view, overlooking the Sound from my dining room, that I could see my kids and grandchildren starting to drive up for Mother's Day Brunch. It was a beautiful sight to see.

My life could have been completely different. If it hadn't been for an impulsive decision to go with my instincts, I could have missed all of this, the beautiful life I have had for the last forty eight years. My husband broke my reverie, slipping his arms around my waist. I inhaled his scent, a scent that I had known intimately for over four decades.

"You ready to let in the madness," he asked, kissing my neck pulling me close to him. I blushed a little thinking about the madness we had enjoyed a couple of hours ago before getting up. And hopefully again tonight once we were alone again.

"Bring it," I teased, remembering a different type of madness almost 50 years ago.

AN: Yup – back again with my latest story. This one is something completely different from what I have done in the past. This is one going to be a period piece and it's not going to be pretty. There is a lot of emotional abuse in the beginning of this story.