Cynthia joined the prominent Powers
family when she married Bobby five
years ago, but now they’ve lost their
house to the bank because daddy-in-
law has stopped feeding their savings.
Cynthia is ripshit at having let herself
be tricked into living the high life. She
makes a beeline out of the 1% to rejoin
the 99%. She loves her husband, but
can’t stand to live with him anymore.

Across town, Melissa is married to the
slick and successful Jonathan Spencer, a
Brit who works for the Powers financial
empire. Innocently, she logs onto her
husband’s computer and stumbles upon
a note that says, “Key left in the usual
place.” Trying not to flip out—which is
difficult to do with a baby on the way—
she hires a couple of young techies to
poke around. The diagnosis is a clear
pornography addiction.

Both women leave their husbands and
end up moving in next to each other in
a funky neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia, where pierced and tattooed