Summary:

Shane had researched many flowers and plants that were native to Russia, and he had settled on two different ones, the fern leaf peony, and chamomile, which is Russia's national flower. He had placed the peony root, and chamomile seeds carefully into a shoebox on the passenger seat next to him, as he drove in silence. He thought that maybe he was doing too much, that he was overstepping. But he would have to wait until the summer to find out.