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“I was”

“I like it”

“I thought you e and she slapped him, hard,” Piper reluctantly admitted

Jaeger’s low laugh surprised her

Piper frowned at hi news in the ”

Jaegerin the news then you have no business being a Ballantyne” The corners of histo know their history, aren’t you?”

She wished she could deny it butof course she was “It was a hell of a kiss and a hell of a slap,” Piper ad—but if it’s a big secret, then I can live without knohat it is” She wasn’t a hypocrite Sage was entitled to keep her past buried, just as Piper was

“It’s not a big deal,” Jaeger explained “They had a thing and so”

Piper looked at Jaeger, waiting for ? What happened? “That’s it? That’s all you’re going to tell me?”

“Shh” Jaeger pointed to the sleeping Ty “That’s all I know because that’s all she told us”

“And you didn’t pry?”

“Uh, no She cried, we threatened to kill him, she threatened to kill us if we interfered and Connor told us to stay out of it, so we did”

Rats, Piper thought She wouldn’t know anything ossip she’d heard Da, and interesting And contrary

Talking about contrary

“Why is Ty sleeping on your chest and not in his crib?” Piper asked

Jaeger twisted his neck to look down at Ty, hisbeer and s a porno horror flick—”

“You were not,” Piper interrupted, unable to keep the amusement out of her voice

“Okay, atching the ga how a technical foul worked, he conked out Blahts out”