When Sadie, Lori, and their husbands go away for the weekend — eager to celebrate a birthday — Lori’s husband, Ben, gives Sadie a cryptic message about a secret he’s keeping. Sadie struggles between keeping the secret or telling her best friend — maybe some secrets aren’t worth keeping?

Since high school, Sadie and I have always been best friends. We grew up in front of each other, and we grew together. At home, Lori was regarded as another daughter.

“Lori,” my mother would ask every evening, “will Lori be joining us for dinner?”

So, we went through everything together, including the fact that we dated, and now are married to, two best friends — Benjamin and Keith. I still remember meeting them in school. I was convinced that I was going to end up with Benjamin, but Keith ended up winning me over, along with Lori and Benjamin finding their soulmates in each other.

Of course, we were each other’s maids of honor, our bond strengthening as our lives intertwined further. As time went on, Benjamin and I grew close too, forming a quartet of friendship and love with our spouses.

Now, we’re couples who love to do everything together — from birthday dinners to holidays. So, to celebrate Keith’s birthday, we rented out a little chalet because we wanted to celebrate somewhere else.

“Book a place, Sadie,” Lori said. “You do the accommodation, and Ben and I will do the food.”

We were both childless and more than excited to get away — even if it wasn’t far.