All soapy opera series need a contrived feud, preferably many, that escalate , into an over the top battle, sometimes involving a planned murder. Chapter 5 of my Soapy,"A Soap Opera: MY Year Of Living Dangerously (with Asian women)" has its first feud end in conflict. Not murder but a sexfight between my Vietnamese wife, Nguyet and my Vietnamese secretary, Mai, whom she humiliated in chapter 1. Mai swore revenge, promising to herself to replace Nguyet in my life, and make Nguyet her sex slave. Will she achieve her revenge in this chapter?
https://storiesonline.net/n/53702/a-soap-opera-my-year-of-living/5
Of course, starting at the Chapter 1 makes sense, but like all TV soap operas you can jump in and play catch up on what went before.