No More Games
Prologue
"I decided to stay."
Those were the four sweetest words Jack Hudson had ever heard. Sue wasn't moving to New York. She was staying in DC. She was staying with him.
At those words, he's suddenly become energized. He'd pushed away his exhaustion and worries and allowed himself to enjoy the morning's festivities.
Lucy and Tara had decorated the bullpen very early in the morning, complete with streamers, balloons and the humungous "Goodbye Sue" banner that was still wet from the paint they'd used to add a slash and the words "Welcome Back" at the end.
They'd all known before him that she was staying. And of course, if he would have bothered to enter the bullpen instead of roaming the halls to find her, he would have known too. But, his mind had been set. After a long night of deliberating with himself, he knew he had to tell her everything—what she meant to him, what she meant to the team, how much they would miss her, how much he would miss her… how he loved her and never wanted to let her go…
And if Myles hadn't chosen to interrupt when he did, he would have told Sue that he loved her right out in the hallway. He'd never been more thankful for that man's inept timing.
It wasn't that he didn't want to tell her.
He did.
But, now he knew the truth. Now he could tell her what was in his heart.
He wasn't going to let another opportunity slip away.
No more turtle Jack.
No more back pedaling.
No more games.