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
