PIPER'S POV:

I came to the next morning, stretching and reaching for Tyler, my hand hitting the cold mattress where his body should've been. Opening my eyes, I found the bed was empty and there was no him or Eden, only a note with my name on it on his pillow in his handwriting…

"Pipes, had to go out early before work. Eden's dressed, had breakfast and is with Paige and Mark. See you later, love you x"

Smiling warmly, I climbed out of bed and made my way out of the bedroom and down the hallway, Eden squealing loudly from her highchair as she saw me enter the room…

"Morning, lazybones." Paige greeted me as I took Eden from her highchair

"Morning." I mirrored "Is that really the time?"

She nodded her head… "You must've needed the sleep."

"Yeah," I replied "hey, you saw Tyler this morning, right?"

"Yeah. He left early, like super early," she informed me "any idea where he was going?"

I shook my head… "That's what I was just about to ask you. He says whatever he's doing is a surprise, but he knows I hate surprises. I'd just rather know because I can't help being paranoid."

"C'mon, you know he'd never do anything to hurt you." she replied, nudging me playfully

"I know." I sighed "But I can't help wondering why he's hiding stuff from me all of a sudden. We've never been secretive with one another."

She smiled at me warmly and wrapped her arm around my shoulder… "Could he be organising your Christmas present?"

"Maybe, but I hope not." I replied "We said we weren't getting each other anything."

"Okay, why don't you get in the shower and have a day to yourself?" she suggested "And I'll take Eden to nursery and head to the garage to see what I can find out from Tyler?"

"You'd do that?" I inquired

She nodded her head… "You deserve it."

"Thank you!" I replied, smiling at her warmly as I hugged her

TYLER'S POV:

"Hey." I greeted Paige as she made her way up the forecourt "I wasn't expecting to see you today; is everything okay with Pipes and Eden?"

She nodded her head… "Apart from the fact that I'm lying to my sister. I know it's for a good cause but I hate it."

"Does she suspect anything?" I asked

She shook her head… "How did it go with the estate agent this morning?"

"Good," I replied "really good. Everything's as it should be and I'm just waiting on the paperwork to go through."

"And then you can tell her, yeah?" she inquired, raising an eyebrow at me

"I want to wait till Christmas Day." I informed her "Make it really special…"

"I wish I didn't know." she sighed as she buried her head in her hands "Can't you just tell her?"

I shook my head… "I'm sorry that you know, Paige, but you were the one who went snooping on my laptop without asking."

She smiled at me weakly and punched my arm… "What if it had of been Piper?"

"I'm just thanking God it wasn't." I replied "Right, can you go? I need to get back to work…"

"Charming!" she proclaimed

"Hey, I'm soon gonna have a mortgage as well as bills to pay," I informed her "I can't afford to miss work, not even for my favourite soon to be sister-in-law."

"Nice save." she replied "See you later."

PIPER'S POV:

"Hey," I greeted Paige as I made my way through from the laundry room "did you manage to get anything out of Tyler?"

She shook her head… "Sorry. He's like a vault."

I sighed and ran my hands over my face… "I'm just gonna have to wait and find out then, aren't I?"

"Yeah, I'm afraid so." she replied "Anyway, what happened to a day to yourself?"

"I needed something to take my mind off the fact that Tyler's keeping secrets." I admitted

She smiled at me sympathetically and rubbed my arm up and down soothingly… "I'm sure it's something good."

"Yeah, well if it is, why does he have to keep it from me?" I asked

She shrugged her shoulders… "How about we head to Eden Hills and do some shopping? You can berate me for having not started my Christmas shopping yet…"

"You've not started your…?" I began "Paige, Christmas is a week away!"

"I know, I know," she replied "but in my defence, I have been busy with uni and work."

"Okay," I sighed "fine, let's go."

She smiled at me warmly… "Great, I'll just grab my bag."

So Paige is in on Tyler's secret and is lying to Piper about it too – and now you guys know too. How will Piper take the news when she finds out, I wonder?