Darlene Gardner - The Hero's Sin

Yet she hadn’t even opened the door to him Friday night. He didn’t voice his reservation, but it must have been obvious.

“I can explain about Friday night.” Her lower lip trembled. “I would have asked you in, but my bridge group was here.”

“I understand,” he said, his voice monotone.

“No, you don’t,” she said. “Jill Coleman’s in my group.”

Jill Coleman. Quincy’s wife. Chrissy’s mother.

“I thought it would be…” She stopped, searched for a word. “…awkward.”

He almost asked her awkward for whom, but he wouldn’t like the answer. He started to refuse her invitation, but the prospect of another night in a hotel depressed him.

Besides, there was plenty at his aunt’s house to keep him occupied. The loose handle on the cabinet door, for starters.

“I’ll put this box in the car and be back with my bag,” he said. “You don’t need to show me the room. I remember where it is.”

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