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“No worries,” Jaeger replied, his tone relaxed He turned away and walked toward the kitchen, stopping in the doorhen he saw the mess “That was your dinner, Ty? Yuck Let’s order pizza Pepperoni, anchovies, olives? What’s your poison?”

“There’s so to eat pizza,” Piper said, still hovering at the bottom of the stairs

Jaegerhis eyes “Your mommy thinks I’m an idiot Of course I know babies can’t eat pizza But Chinese—you can eat Chinese, can’t you?”

Jaeger, his hands cla shallow, decided to keep his eyes on Ty for every second he was in charge If he did, then nothing would happen to the kid

When Ty fell asleep, he’d keep watching hi Ty would be safe on his watch

He’d debated long and hard whether he wanted to do this—whether he could spend concentrated alone-time with a baby But the excitement he’d seen earlier on Piper’s face orth a little cold sweat

He likedPiper happy, both in bed and out, and that factcold Between Piper and her son, Jaeger was six-foot-plus of scared

One step at a time, Ballantyne Keep Ty safe for the next couple of hours

He could do that if he didn’t panic Rainn was his safety net, just as much as he was Piper’s If Rainn hadn’t been a yell away, there was no way Jaeger could have sat here with Ty, on his own

But he could do this; he had to do this The chances of this happy, healthy little boy dying of SIDS, or anything else, were a gajillion to one His ht mode

Calm the hell down, Ballantyne You can do this