A/N: MY OC Cassandra is mentioned in this. She's 19 in this moment (Between Jan and June 2016) and she's Maura's sister as you will gather from reading.

Angela was sitting down on the sofa, looking through past family photo albums she had kept from when her kids were young. She looked through slowly, turning each page gently – taking in all the memories prompted from the photos she was seeing.

Turning to the page of a photo from a family vacation she remembered so clearly the time when Tommy purposefully threw his ball in the water and Frankie and Jane both ran into the water to rescue it, thinking it was an accident despite how cold the water was that summer only to find that he didn't want it anymore and that's why he threw it in the water.

She remembered to clearly their annoyance at what had happened and how it was something they never seemed to forget. She remembered when they used to be one big family, when they did everything together. When she was still married to Frank. They were a picture perfect family.

A tear rolled down her cheek, remembering the past just as someone knocked on the door of Maura's guest house. "Maura?" Angela asked, opening the door and trying to pretend that she hadn't been crying.

"Angela are you okay?" Maura asked concerned.

"I'm fine Maura, I've just been looking at old photos." She answered. "Why are you here?" She asked.

"We planned to plan Jane's 40th party tonight, while she's out. If that's still okay with you?"

"Yes that's fine. I forgot that's all." Angela answered. "Must be getting old." She excused.

"Yes, memories do deteriorate as we get older." Maura answered as they sat down together on the sofa. "Were these the photos you were looking at?" Maura asked, picking up the album and looking at the holiday pictures that Angela was just looking at. "You all look like the perfect family." Maura observed, having had her childhood and family upbringing been completely different from Janes. "I always wanted a family who went on holidays and did everything together." She answered. "And I always wanted siblings to play with."

"Jane, Tommy and Frankie used to fight like cats and dogs." Angela responded. "You couldn't even imagine it if you tried." She responded. "You have siblings now." Angela continued.

"I know, but I don't think Cailin likes me much and Cassandra is a lot younger than me, we wouldn't have been able to play had we been bought up together." Maura answered.

"Yes, I know that." Angela answered. "Is she enjoying travelling?" She asked, knowing Cassandra had taken a second year to travel.

"Yes, she is. I was talking to her this morning actually."

"Oh good." Angela responded, having a soft spot for Cassandra herself. "Shall we get on with planning the party now?"

"Sure." Maura agreed and got some paper and a pen to write down what they would need for the party as they talked.