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“I took a break last night,” Piper said, staring at the floor

“Is there a law sohts in a row?” Jaeger asked

“Butyou could be watching basketball!”

“I could also be at a cocktail party, having dinner, seeing a show on Broadway” Jaeger held her eyes “If I wanted to be there, I would be I choose to be here”

“But why?”

Jaeger shrugged, and Ty loved the up-and-down s on any other night What you can’t do every night is be one of the first people in the world to see Latimore’s neork I like his art, but you love it You appreciate it at a depth I don’t So, I’d like you to go, even though you had a—” the corners of his ht”

Piper looked froain Could she leave Ty with him? Could she trust him?

On the other hand, she didn’t have a reason not to trust hih he didn’t know it, and if he came to like Ty a little, maybe that would dilute his shocked reaction when the time came to tell him the truth

If the time came to tell him about Ty, she silently amended

“I’ve got this, Piper Really”

Ty looked happy enough with Jaeger, she thought He was a pretty easygoing child and as sociable as a golden retriever Provided he was fed, was clean and had coone only two hours, three at the most For most of those hours Ty would be asleep Rainn was five seconds away if soer found himself out of his depth

She could be hoht How often did one get to meet the reclusive artist, be the first to see his neork? She was also quite curious to er’s sister

If their lives hadn’t taken such a U-turn, if they had been two norer would have been like? Spontaneity and fun? The giving and receiving of pleasure, both in bed and out?