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He’d told her the truth Wasn’t it tie to open up, to lay his cards—battered, ripped and stained—on the table Could she be as brave? Maybe it was time for her to try

“I can’t believe that I a this!” The words sounded harsh on his lips, but Piper understood that feeling angry was better than feeling sad “I trust you will keep this to yourself? I’ve never told anyone, not even s, about that attempt at reconciliation”

“Why not?”

Jaeger shrugged, and the smallest smile touched his lips “Those two months with Andy and Jess, they were—” he tipped his head up and looked for a word “—ical I just wanted to keep those ain, to myself”

Piper nodded She understood the need to hold a ic That was the way she felt about Milan and the tiether last summer It didn’t ic they’d shared

It was enough that she did

She had to tell him She would tell him She just had to find her words

“Jay, I—” God, this was so hard Tears burned her eyes and she looked at the ground, softly blowing air over her lips “God, I—that is”

Jaeger bent down and placed Ty back in the stroller, pulling the straps over his sleeping fraht and looked up at her “Can alk and talk? I need to head back to Manhattan I’ve got to whip Beck’s ass at racquetball”

Piper jerked her head back “Oh! Well, u about Ty would take some time, and it wasn’t a conversation they should have while rushing No matter what his reaction was, he’d have, at the very least, questions

“I interrupted you,” Jaeger said, using his free hand to hold hers “What were you going to say?”

“It’ll keep,” Piper replied