"Bye Mom, bye Aunt Jenny! Have fun at the spa!" Lyla hollered, chuckling and blowing big mock-dramatic kisses out of the car window while Mike backed out of Jennifer's driveway.

As Julia smiled and shook her head at her eldest daughter's whimsical theatrics, she couldn't help but let her eyes stray to her beloved son and lock gazes with him. For a moment, she thought she saw Mike winking at her, but then again she knew it was probably just in her head, a byproduct of her simmering, ever-burning and forcibly hidden desire for him. Still, there was no mistaking the love and longing radiating from Mike's beaming smile as...