She knows he's searching her out for an answer. Those gray-green eyes of his, the ones that remind her so much of Green Lake, are focused and imploring, and she doesn't know what to tell him. She... doesn't know if she would have understood or not.

"I would have never allowed myself to get so close to you, if I'd known you had a family," she says quietly, because at least that much is true. It's not regret in her voice, however. No matter how much she wishes it could be.

She shakes her head sadly, looking away from his eyes. His last statement wrecks her.

"Doc. How could you ever have me in the first place, if I never knew who you were?"

The question is heartbreaking.