A/N: Thank you for comments! Bgjk5272 that seems rather impossible, as there are at least about 4000 miles between us! *wink* I am glad you are enjoying the story, though! :)

Talking to Toni turned out much more difficult than he thought it would be. And it wasn't because he was afraid to bring up the topic or she didn't want to talk at all cost. On the next day, she didn't show up at all and whenever he tried to call her, he got straight to her voice mail what meant that she must have turned off her phone.

He thought about waiting a day; it wasn't like her not to come, so something must have happened, but he wasn't convinced. The truth was, the reason for her absence could be that she didn't want to face him, talk to him because she knew that he would expect answers, which she could be unwilling to give. Still, he couldn't think of any other way to contact her than her cell phone and he didn't really want to make a scene in the company. Yet, the more he considered the option, the better it seemed and eventually, he checked the address, got dressed and left the house.

He didn't have bigger problems with finding the company's office. He walked inside and was somewhat surprised by how small it seemed, but he could understand why. Most probably for the very same reason why they were doing all the work themselves, what he asked Toni about. The company was small and even though they worked on that, it was still pretty unknown and most of their customers were family, friends or acquaintances of others, who they worked for and praised them. It was perfectly enough to get them by, but they couldn't afford spending a lot of money, so whatever they could, they did by themselves. Toni was hopeful with the increasing number of orders, but it was still in the future.

He looked around and saw a very neatly arranged space. The walls were decorated with the pictures of the gardens, which the company must have worked on; there were a few doors, leading to the workers' offices, as he assumed and on the opposite of the door, there was a receptionist's desk. His eyes landed on a young girl with light blonde hair, which he guessed had to be Sarah. She smiled widely, when he approached and immediately asked how she could help him.

"I'm actually looking for Toni Rodriguez." he stated, and the smile faded from her face.

"I'm afraid Miss Rodriguez is absent right now, but…" she didn't get to finish, when one of the door opened and Myles looked up to see Rebecca.

"I thought I heard your voice." she spoke to him, motioning with her hand to follow her. "I talked to her yesterday, so I know what happened." she continued, when they entered the room, which he quickly realised was Toni's office. He looked around, searching for pictures and the only one he noticed was of her and Rebecca during their high school graduation. "I guess your presence here speaks rather well about you."

"Perhaps, but could you tell me where to find her?" he asked, knowing that if there was any person in this building, who knew where Toni was, it had to be Rebecca.

"I'm not sure. She didn't tell me what she would do, when she called that she's not coming to work…"

"There can't be a lot of places, where she would have to turn off her cell phone..!"

The woman looked at him, obviously hesitating but in the end nodded her head. It was clear that he really wanted to talk to Toni, he seemed rather desperate even, and she couldn't think about it as something bad. Her friend could have been afraid of what he would say to her if she decided to go to him, but Rebecca didn't think she had a reason to. She could see that he was somewhat angry, but her intuition was telling her that this anger was more focused on the fact, that he didn't know anything than that it actually happened.

"She's going to kill me, but I think that the two of you really should talk." she sighed, giving up and wrote something on a small piece of paper. "This is her home address, but before you go there, I'd check the Mount Olivet Cemetery first. If her phone is off, then she's most probably there."

"Thank you." was all he said before he turned around and left, leaving Rebecca slightly surprised.

"I thought he'd want directions where to look for her at the cemetery…" she remarked to herself, shrugging and returned to her work.

Myles didn't have any difficulties finding the cemetery. He has been there a couple of times, attending a funeral of someone he knew from work and when he parked his car, he immediately recognised Toni's. There was no doubts she was there, but how was he supposed to find her inside? She could be pretty much anywhere and there was a chance that she would leave before he found her. Feeling inappropriate, he bought a flower and started to look for her. It really wasn't the best place for the sort of conversation, that he wanted to have with her, but perhaps she would allow him to take her for lunch or even a walk, so they could talk.

He was starting to lose hope, when he finally spotted her. It was the last section, which he would expect to find her in – the children's section. His heart skipped a beat; was it possible that the person she was visiting was their child..? He knew that it was, but he didn't really want to consider such an option. He has just found out about their existence, he couldn't lose them before he even had the chance to meet them..!

He slowly approached with his hands shaking and feeling like his stomach was squeezed to the limit. Toni startled, when she felt someone's presence next to her and turned around. Her eyes widened, when she spotted Myles; what was he doing there?! He didn't notice that she was looking at him, though; he didn't see that her eyes were all red and puffy, her cheeks still glistening with tears, which didn't manage to get dry, yet. His eyes were glued to the small monument, which she was sitting in front of. It belonged to a Tomas Rodriguez, who was born a little over half a year after he left for college and died on the very same day.

"Is it..?" he started, turning to look at her, but found himself unable to finish.

She could see tears filling his eyes, as he looked at the monument and they fell, when he closed his eyes after she had nodded her head. He let out a sob, dropping to his knees. It did happen, then. He got to know that he had a child only to find out, that he wasn't going to get a chance to meet them. He would be happy even if he got yelled at because of being absent for such a long time, if he heard that he appeared too late. Everything would be better, but this.

Toni's vision got blurry, as she watched him. She could understand what he felt and reached out her hand, touching his shoulder. She was surprised to feel him wrap his arm around her waist and pull her close, but she didn't find it unwelcome. She rested her forehead against his shoulder, thinking that it actually felt quite right and started to cry once again. No matter how many years passed, she didn't really get over this loss, even if she was able to make everyone think so. The pain was still there and in moments like this one, practically equal to what she felt all those years ago.