The Scandal That Shocked A Texas Town

A bored housewife made a decision that changed many people’s lives forever.

Edward Anderson
CrimeBeat
Published in
7 min readJul 8, 2020

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Many stay-at-home moms are busy. They take care of the children, do laundry and keep the house, as well as cooking dinner for the family. There is very little downtime for them to do anything for themselves.

During the summer months, the time constraint becomes even tighter. The kids are at home and need to be taken to their various activities. It can be overwhelming.

Candy Montgomery was no ordinary housewife though. While she has been called “a bored housewife,” that misses the point of who she was. Montgomery was an ambitious woman, she knew what she wanted and would do anything to make sure she got it.

And what she wanted was a rich husband. A very rich, handsome hubby.

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Growing up, Montgomery was used to getting what she wanted. People had trouble telling the precocious little girl no. This would train her to never take no for an answer as an adult. It would shape the way she viewed things, and how people should respond to her.

Before she finished high school, she moved out of her parents’ house. Her goal was still to be a wife and mother but she didn’t want to…

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Edward Anderson
CrimeBeat

Edward writes queer led stories that show that the LGBTQIA+ characters lives are multifaceted.