But his fingers curled against the door — and then he pulled back.

Homecoming jitters.

Tonight, he was a single man and she was Damien's widow. One door between them, and yet it might as well have been mountains and oceans and the judgment of the entire world.

Slowly, Jeremy lowered his hand.

He stood alone in the dark for a long time before he finally turned and walked away.

On the other side of that door, Scarlett leaned ...