" I should go," I said thickly. " Let me know when you want to start practice again. And thanks for...talking." I started to turn; then I heard him say abruptly, " No." I glanced back. " What?" He held my gaze, and something warm and wonderful and powerful shot between us." No," he repeated. " I told her no." " I..." I shut my mouth before my jaw hit the floor. " But...why? That was a once-in-a-lifetime thing. You could have had a baby. And she...she was, you know, into you..." The ghost of a smile flickered on his face. " Yes, she was. Is. And that's why I had to say no. I couldn't return that...couldn't give her what she wanted. Not when..." He took a few steps toward me. " Not when my heart is somewhere else. "