He smiled, when he walked out of the house, carrying a tray and noticed Toni staring at the amaryllis, which right next to his roses was the most important for him. The selfish part of him was certain, that her thoughts were focused on their first meeting; the main reason why he actually liked the flower was exactly this memory. He placed the tray on the table, taking off the plates and drinks, and slowly approached her, touching her shoulder to get her attention. She jumped and gasped, startled; she was so lost in thoughts that she completely didn't realise he was anywhere close.

"Lunch is ready." he spoke, and Toni raised herself to the standing position.

Soon they found themselves sitting behind the table, eating lunch and talking. It was a routine they worked out and fell into quite easily. While she worked in the garden, he occupied himself with all the tasks, which he planned to do during his holidays, but he spent the lunch break with her. Despite her protests, that he didn't have to, he prepared some sort of a meal for them and they would sit together in the garden and talk a little. On the days, when it was raining, she was going to the office instead of his place, because she wouldn't be able to do anything at all. It was a very comfortable routine, and Myles hated the thought that he was going to have to break it, when he would return to work.

Even though another days passed, he still didn't find enough courage to ask her the questions, which were bothering him. It was obvious that the safest thing to do was to avoid the topic of their past and he was willing to do that. He probably would have continued like this for at least the rest of the time, which was needed for Toni to finish the work, if it wasn't for Anne. Since the memorable moment, when they decided to try to build some sort of a bond, they grew much closer than they have ever been. They were eating dinner together at least once in a month and visited each other every now and then. Now, she came using the opportunity that he was on holiday and she just finished working on a case, and had the afternoon completely for herself.

She was of course aware of the fact that her brother needed to move and the house needed renovation, but she didn't know that Myles decided to hire a gardening company in order to take care of his garden. The last time they spoke, he was still very insistent on working on it himself, so when she spotted a woman's figure in the garden, she was very surprised. It was only then, that he explained the reason to her and he definitely had a point in his reasoning. She couldn't stop thinking that the woman seemed sort of familiar, but she wasn't able to remember , who she was resembling. She probably would have never realise it, if Toni didn't need to approach Myles.

The moment she realised that the woman standing with Myles was his younger sister, she could feel her stomach twinge. It was difficult to speak about any relationship between the two, because it was practically nonexistent. Even back in the past, they were both simply aware of who the other one was; they never even exchanged a word. Still, Toni knew that Anne was aware of much more than her brother probably knew, when it came to all the mess connected to her family's moving out of Boston and could turn out to be a problem.

"Ah, here you are!" said Myles, when he saw her walking in their direction and a very panicked look appeared on her face, while he turned to his sister. "Do you remember Toni? Her father was a gardener in our family home about twenty years ago and she used to help him."

It took all her willpower not to show her feelings. She wasn't sure which one of the main two was stronger – fury at Myles or the paralyzing fear about Anne's reaction. They were both overwhelming and she found herself unable to say even a word, while the other woman stared at her as if she has just grew another head.

"I knew you looked familiar!" she finally spoke. "Of course, I should have thought about it, although I would have never thought that I could meet you here, in DC!"

"From what she says, she moved here straight after leaving Boston." reported Myles and Toni simply nodded her head, confirming it.

"That's definitely unexpected… Still, did you talk to him? Did you tell him?"

"There is no need for me to tell him anything." stated Toni, and she wasn't surprised to see the man look at her in confusion, while Anne's eyes narrowed.

"Don't you think that this is actually quite an important matter? Don't you think that he should actually know?"

"If you believe it to be such an important thing, why didn't YOU tell him all those years ago? Or even now, that you actually speak to each other and everything! You had quite a lot of opportunities, so how it is that then, he didn't have to know, but now he does?!"

"Could you tell me what are you talking about?" Myles tried to interrupt the two, but quickly realised that it was a very bad idea, when both of them sent him furious glares and he raised his hands up, giving up.

"How was I supposed to bring the topic up? This is something, that doesn't concern me in any way!"

"The very same way that you obviously expected me to bring it up now! And I didn't do it because there is absolutely no need for me to! The end of the topic!" she shouted and made her way to the door, ready to storm out of the building and completely ignore whatever Anne still had to say.

"He deserves to know and if you don't talk to him about it, I will!"

This comment made Toni stop and turn around to look at the two Lelands. She could feel her hands shaking and her heart thundering in her chest, and she lost any control over her own emotions that she had.

"There is nothing to talk about!" was the last thing she yelled, before she got into the car, slamming the door shut and drove away, making the decision that she would never show up in the place again. She didn't care about Myles' reaction anymore, she would simply hand the work to someone else and wouldn't need to see any of them again.

"Will you enlighten me what were the two of you talking about?" he asked, crossing his arms on his chest. "What is it that she should have told me about?"

"Eighteen years ago, when she was leaving Boston… She was pregnant with your child."