After an automobile accident renders Trevor Wainwright temporarily immobile with a broken leg, his sister comes to stay with him for the next few weeks of autumn.
On Halloween night, while Trevor is working in his office, he is surprised by a visit from his very recent ex-lover, Jonah Baker. Back in September, Jonah broke things off between them. Now he arrives with a pumpkin scone as a treat not a trick for Trevor and Trevor can’t help but wonder what Jonah really wants.
Chapter 1“Trick or treat.” Trevor Wainwright smiled faintly as he heard the children at the front door. He sat in his office, working on his computer, while his sister, Constance, manned the candy for the kids showing up for Halloween. “Oh, look,” Constance said. “A princess, an astronaut, and a…what are you supposed to be?” “A seahorse.” “Right. Here you go.” And a moment later, she closed the door again. Seconds later, Constance, Trevor’s older sister, appeared in the doorway of his den-turned-office. She was staying temporarily with him while he recovered from an automobile accident he’d been unfortunate to have two weeks earlier. In fact, her gaze fell on the cast of his broken leg, which she’d propped up on an ottoman. “How’s the leg feeling?” “Compressed, but okay. I’ll be gl