Her eyes, staring wide out of the empty doorway, came back to his face.

Laurie kept her eyes on the empty doorway for a moment after Peter had left.

"You are most welcome," he said to the empty doorway.

As he spoke, the dark man nodded toward the empty doorway at his back.

He looked at me, then his eyes slid back to the empty doorway, as though unable to keep away.

For long moments, she stared at the empty doorway, the things he had said playing over in her head.

When he left, she continued to stare at the empty doorway.

I stood in the darkness, my eyes on the empty doorway, thinking hard.

She couldn't help glancing at the empty doorway behind him.

She stared at the empty doorway, suddenly wishing she'd not turned down his offer.