Working remotely has freed me to lead an untethered life. That’s how I wound up spending a month in a beach house hundreds of miles from home.

The community was sleepy and quiet — except for the home next door. My neighbor was a smoking hot single mom with a few kids known in the neighborhood for their harmless but noisy antics.

Early one evening, Jessica leaned over the railing of her deck, which was barely one car width away from mine. She wore a long linen robe and held a glass of wine in one hand and a bottle in the other.

“For the first time in a long time, I am alone,” she drawled, drawing out the word “alone” as if it tasted particularly delicious. “Want to join me?”

Of course, I accepted her invitation. Though we’d shared plenty of... Leer Más