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A couple more steps back and Piper jumps into the water.
She hits with a splash, then swims up to me in a second.
We wrap our arms around one another. Her legs go around me.
Here we are again in this pool, soaking and smiling.
“I freaked out,” she whispers.
“You should have.”
“You’re not that kind of guy.”
“Never have been. Never will be.”
“It’s not only my heart I have to worry about in these situations.”
“I know that. Piper, I should have said it earlier, but I didn’t. I love you. I didn’t come to this town looking for anything or anyone, but here you were.”
“I’m in love with you too, Cutter. That scares the hell out of me.”
“So you’re going to be stubborn and defensive forever then?”
“Yes. Can you live with that?”
“There’s nothing else I could ever ask for in life. Well, maybe a quickie in the pool?”
“Sure,” Piper says.
“Really?”
“Yeah. I’ll go get one of the ladies from the locker room. Sound good?”
I open my mouth to say something back and Piper kisses me.
That’s good.
No more talking. No more stories. No more jokes. No more worrying about the past.
Piper and I just float in the water.
We steal kisses from one another.
And we whisper to one another ‘I love you’ over and over.
Epilogue
Ninth inning. The game is tied. I’m at the plate, pinch hitting. The count is three and two. Martin is throwing with heat right now. There are two outs. It’s my first plate appearance since getting injured. The crowd keeps going nuts for me. Pitch after pitch. I’ve worked the count to ten pitches.
Martin is tired. And he’s pissed.
I’m predicting a sinker I can get a piece of and foul off…
Martin winds up.
The pitch comes in.
It’s a sinker and I foul it away.
