'Kate...I'm sorry I riled you up...I'm sorry I went through your stuff, if you could please just say you forgive me...just once...please' tony stared down at her grave, unwelcome tears trickling down his face. The flowers in his hands didn't seem bright anymore; they seemed drained of their colour, this graveyard no more than a pale echo of life. Still he placed them down, praying silently 'please Kate, I'm so sorry, it should have been me that got shot...it should have been me!' "No tony...it went down the way it was supposed to" his head snapped up, on the gravestone, on her gravestone Kate sat, watching him, an almost tender look on her face. The tears in his eyes burned fire down his cheeks as he be held her "I'm sorry Kate, I'm so very sorry, I didn't mean to insult you or offend you...please forgive me" "tony...it's okay tony, I forgive you, I know what you did, it wasn't out of malice or spite...I forgive you tony" he looked at her, staring at her. She smiled at him then said softly "you're a good person tony, I always knew that deep inside me I knew...you're like my older brother tony...you've always acted like that for me and I always appreciated it...even when I was annoyed at you" "I loved you like a sister Kate...and..I miss you so much" she smiled, reaching out and brushing her hand against his cheek, his eyes closed and he could almost feel her touch, it was like the touch of a soft breeze, when he opened his eyes again she was gone...but what remained behind...what remained behind as truth of his encounter was the single red rose amongst the flowers he had brought.