Jake strolled out of the barn sometime after two A.M., his body physically exhausted but his mind in overdrive. All he'd do if he tried to crash was lie awake and think of Serena, tucked in her bed just across the way, so he decided on a walk to clear her from his mind. Not that it would work.
There was never an escape in his mind. Only her.
Hadn't he stood on his porch not two hours ago, watching her bedroom window until she turned out the light? Having her home only resurfaced all the pain he'd struggled to ease these past three years. It was killing him. And damn it, he wanted to go over there and kiss all sense out of her like he used to do, when things were normal. When his world was right.
Only an acre away and it seemed like miles. He pictured her in her room, the shades she nev
