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Ari didn’t dignify the question with a reply Instead, she pointed out what any rational person would already have noticed "That’s a long way for a five-year-old to fall"

Irene tsked "You’ll keep him safe when you’re up there with him That’s what Matt pays you to do, isn’t it?"

"Yes, that’s exactly what Matt paysto put Noah on a traht worry too much, but in this, he would be perfectly justified "It’s too tall for hi blue eyes "There’s a rope ladder Besides, you can boost hi"

One of theon the trampoline Noah shouted in exciteet out the word yes, Ari said, "No"

"I’ll help hih, she wasn’t exactly kicking off her heels anda run for the trampoline

"Not while I’lue if that ift "He could fall off before you had a chance to grab hier at the delivery et down He rolled off the side, his heavy work boots thudding on the ground

"Party pooper," Irene said "You’re just like Matt He took away the skateboard I gave Noah last year And the kiddie parachute I bought hiave Noah a real parachute?"

"Haven’t you ever ju, and they had the best ti sensations ever" She sighed like she’d just had an orgas onlike that, especially not around Matt’s ex!

She turned her focus back to the issue at hand "That’s crazy Children shouldn’t be ju out of airplanes"

"Spoilsport" Irene scrunched her nose Even then she was stunning "I can see you’re the perfect nanny for Matt, just as overprotective as he is And here I thought he only hired you because you’re cute Coet on the tra the word cute had sounded, as though Ari were nothing more than a new pet meant to entertain the family, she reiterated, "Not without a net"

"I’m his mother"

"And I’hed "All right, Mary Poppins, you win"

Ari hunkered down in front of Noah, who looked like his world had just ended "It’s too big for you, honey You could bounce off and land on your head" She se on his forehead Irene hadn’t even asked about it