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looked astonished. Was he surprised she’d been so honest? Maybe that was what they needed between them, some old-fashioned honesty. Just how far was she willing to go with it?
    “You didn’t have to face me,” he said evenly.
    “We live in a small town, Logan. I knew eventually I’d run into you.”
    “Why didn’t you send someone else from Baby Grows to evaluate Daniel?”
    She expected this question had been bothering him since the night she’d appeared at his house. “As I told you, I do all the evaluations. I wasn’t going to shirk my responsibility.”
    He seemed to mull that over. “You’re an expert in your field.”
    “Some people would say that.”
    “And now that we have come face-to-face?” he asked, his voice challenging.
    “I’d like you to forgive me,” she blurted out, without considering the consequences.
    There seemed to be a sudden hush all around them. Then Logan shifted, adjusting the toy under his arm. “I don’t know what to say to that. When you left, the bottom dropped out of my world in more ways than one. I’ve never forgotten how that felt. I’ve never forgotten how you didn’t even have time to have a conversation when I called you in Connecticut.”
    She couldn’t deal with this here. What had she expected when she’d started this? That it would be easy? That he’d forgive her and they’d go on being friends?
    “Logan, things had happened…”
    He gave a short laugh. “Yes, I’m sure they had. You probably met someone at school and—”
    “No, nothing like that.”
    He looked startled at her vehemence. “You’re not the same Gina you were fourteen years ago.”
    “I certainly hope not.” She tried to keep her tonelight. They hadn’t spent enough time together to know how each other had changed.
    Logan cocked his head, studying her with those penetrating eyes that had so often seen right through her. But not tonight. She held secrets he’d never know about unless they could find more common ground than this.
    If she brought the conversation back to Daniel, maybe the tension between them would ease. “I was thinking…” she said slowly.
    He waited for her to go on.
    “Can you bring Daniel to Baby Grows on Saturday? I’d like to ask Tessa to stop in with her two children and I want to watch Daniel react with them, play with them. We have more equipment there, too.”
    “Tessa won’t mind giving up her Saturday morning?”
    “After rounds, she usually takes the kids to the library. She said she’d just bring them to Baby Grows instead.”
    “All right, I can do that. Do you have appointments before Daniel, or do you want me to pick you up?”
    Logan had always been a gentleman, and thoroughly polite. He was being courteous now and she shouldn’t read any more into his offer than that. “I do have other appointments, but thanks for offering.” Before she saw more recriminations in his eyes, she pointed to the shelf. “So, which one are you going to buy?”
    “You have a car when you work with him. I think I’ll go with the truck.”
    “What about Hannah?”
    He rewarded her with a small smile. “Maybe she’d like the motorcycle.”
    Gina laughed. “She probably would.”
    After he stacked the motorcycle on top of the truck, he asked her, “Are you finished shopping?”
    “Yes.”
    “I’ll walk you out.”
    More courtesy? Her heart was already in overdrive and now it sped up a little more.
    Walking beside Logan, she was reminded just how tall he was, just how broad his shoulders were, just how slim his hips were in his black jeans. He kept enough distance between them that their arms wouldn’t brush. She didn’t glance at him, but she felt him looking at her. She pretended not to be affected either by his presence beside her or his gaze on her, but she was.
    At the checkout line, they didn’t speak as she used her credit card, then picked up her packages. He went through and paid in cash.
    Then he took her bag from her. “I’ll carry