"52 to 53; target's on the move, I repeat; target is on the move!", the female officer said into the speaker while the male officer was driving after the small female figure. The figure, obviously a girl, ran in between two buildings and the man stopped the car and they both ran out of the car and after her. The male ran after her in between the buildings while the female decided to run different court and ran around the building, knowing the criminal would soon run out of options and run towards the other end of the alley.

"STOP!", the male officer yelled, but the girl just kept going and ran to her right, the male officer right on her trail. The girl ran and ran and kept looking back, but noticed the cop was moving closer and she quickly looked forward and saw some dumpsters and when she reached them, she used the opportunity to move the dumpster in the middle of the way and stood waiting for the cop to near her. When the cop reached her the girl smashed it open and hit the man right in his face making him fall backwards.

The girl ran again and the cop see her running to her left. The man sighed and stood again after taking his hand to his head and groaning deep.

"Stupid young criminals! Become a cop, they said. It will be fun, they said"

The man started to run again and ran to her left already seeing the alley with all the dumpsters in the way. He sighed and ran and jumped over the dumpsters, only to failing on the second one and landing right on the ground, face first. The man groaned now furiously and stood right back up and ran after the girl once more. Said girl was now more ahead of him and she smiled as she saw a way out, but just as she neared the end of the alley the female officer came running from the side and raised her gun.

"NYPD STOP"

The girl stopped as the flashlight of the gun hit her eyes and she panicked and turned around only to be met by the male officer with his own gun in hand.

"NYPD GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES AND YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR HEAD!", he yelled and the girl panicked even more and could feel tears in her eyes. Because of her panic attack, the female officer was able to walk towards the girl and takes her from behind and taking her in cuffs.

"Emma Swan, you are under arrest for theft and possession of multiple sort of drugs. You have the right to remain silent, should you, however refuse this right, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney, If you can not afford an attorney, one will be provided to you by the court"

"Thank god it's over", the male officer said as her bend over putting his hands on his knees before taking a deep breath. The female officer chuckled and stood with the girl in cuffs.

"Oh don't be so fast Nolan, we only have 50%. We still need the other one who ran away", the female officer said and walked towards the cruiser. Nolan sighed and rolled his eyes before following his partner taking the girl by her other arm, so they both held her arms.

"Yeah. Let's just get this girl back to the station"

They walked to the cruiser and put the girl in, the female officer carefully holding her head so she won't hit it at the door.

"She's not made of glass Blancherd", Nolan said as he walked pass his partner and sat in the drivers seat. Blancherd chuckled as she shook her head and walked to the front seat.

"She may not be made of glass, but we still have to keep her safe"

"She's a criminal Blancherd"

"So? That doesn't give you the right to hurt her. She hasn't hurt us, so we won't hurt her", Blancherd said and Nolan chuckled and looked back at the girl, who sat quietly with her head down.

"Not hurt us, eh?"

Blancherd furrowed her eyebrows and looked at her partner.

"Nolan? Why are you saying it like that?"

Nolan just sighed and looked back to the road starting the cruiser.

"What did she do?"

Nolan just looked out of the window, ignoring his partner completely, and Blancherd immediately figured it out.

"She got you didn't she?", she said laughing. Nolan groaned and turned to his partner.

"Ugh, she moved the dumpster in the way and when I neared her, she threw it open and hit me with it"

At that Blancherd laughed making Nolan groan in frustration and driving to the parking lot. The trip was only a minute long, as their location of the famous criminal and her partner only weren't even a half a mile away from the station.

"Let's get this over with", Nolan said and got out of the car and opened the passenger door and brutally pulled the girl out of the cruiser. Blancherd was about to protest against the action when somebody bet her to it.

"Not so rough Nolan. She may be a criminal, but she's still a little girl", Detective Lucas said smiling at the partners. Nolan groaned ignoring the brunette's comment and walked towards the building with the girl.

"Hey Ruby", Blancherd said and smiled at her new found friend. Ruby smiled back and gave her a hug.

"Hey Mary. I see you finally found her. What about the other one? The boy"

Mary sighed and shook her head.

"He got away. I think he left her as a bait to get away"

Ruby shook her head and turned to the girl who was being pulled inside the building by her ex partner.

"How is he doing?", she asked quietly and looked sadly at the mans new partner. Said new partner sighed and shrugged.

"Well, he's doing better than I expected, but I understand his anger. I would be angry too, if I were in his position"

Ruby sighed and looked down.

"Mary you know that I am sad for him, but I can't really apologies"

Mary smiled and nodded in understanding.

"I know Ruby. I know and he has no right to claim it. It was you or him. You didn't choose you. Lieutenant did"

Ruby sighed and turned to the building, the man himself and the girl now gone.

"I just wish I could do something"

"I know", Mary said and brought a hand to the brunette's shoulder trying to comfort her. Ruby took a deep breath and held her tears back smiling faker than ever.

"Anyway I gotta get back to my office. Got a murder on the loose", she said and faked a laugh before walking towards the building easily showing the officer drying her eyes from the tears. Mary sighed and stood for minute before walking towards the building as well.

Inside the building Nolan just walked through the door towards the office and everybody watched the man with astonishment and some of them nodded in pride and others smiled and wished him congratulations. Nolan smiled at all the cops in the room, obviously proud. He walked to the small prisons in the building and put Emma inside one of them.

"This cell has been calling for you for a long time. It even has your name on it", Nolan said and smiled before locking the door and walking back upstairs. Emma sighed and walked to the small bench and sat down, waiting for her punishment, which she already knew what was.

Nolan walked to his table and sat down sighing heavily.

"Nolan", a voice said and the officer turned and saw his lieutenant standing in the doorway to the woman's office.

"A word?", she asked, but every officer and detective knew it wasn't a question, but rather a statement. Nolan sighed and stood from his comfortable chair and walked to the office closing the door behind him.

"Lieutenant?"

"Please sit officer Nolan", the woman said and the officer did just that. The lieutenant walked out of the office and a couple of seconds later she returned with Blancherd and the woman sat down as well beside her partner. The lieutenant sat down in her own chair and smiled at the partners.

"Good job today officers. You caught the bad guy. I'm proud", she said smiling at both at them. Blancherd smiled at her boss and for the first time that day, Nolan did as well.

"But I can see that she was the only one you got", he said earning a sigh from both partners.

"What happened?", she asked calmly as she leaned back in her chair.

"We had been keeping an eye on Emma Swan And Neal Cassidy for a little over thirty minutes, before we wanted to make our move. We wanted to make sure we had a good vision of the drugs before we moved. But we couldn't really go out on them as we saw them with some other people, as we may believe to be their connections to the drugs. So we waited till they were alone, but Neal saw us before Emma did, so he ran away and Emma still stood for a couple of seconds before she saw us and ran. When we got her, she had it all on her, so we believe he left her to take the fall", Blancherd said and Nolan sighed. The lieutenant sighed as well and looked down.

"Alright, I understand your actions, but next time I want you to just move in. No matter what. Don't hold up. Just because miss Swan and mr. Cassidy is our main priorities, it doesn't mean we can't leave everybody else out of the picture. You see someone during something they can't do, you get them"

Both officers nodded and lieutenant nodded in satisfaction.

"Alright. Now off you go. You got a dealer to catch. I will take care of miss Swan"

Both officers nodded once more and walked out of the office.

The next day after mountains of calls and many hours without sleep, the lieutenant walked to cell and saw the girl sitting on the bench looking down.

"Emma?"

It took a couple of seconds for the girl to look up and looking at the woman up and down, obviously judging her already. Said woman sighed and took a chair from the corner before walking to the spot where she were closets to the girl without getting inside. The girl automatically moved further away from her and the lieutenant sighed and sat down on the chair.

"Emma. It's a lovely name. Who gave that to you?"

Under normal circumstances, the question would be the stupidest questions ever, but in this case, not so much. Emma is a foster child and has been for as long as she can remember. She doesn't know anything about her birth parents. Only that they named her. But she wouldn't tell the woman that. So she stayed quiet and looked down. The woman sighed and looked down as well for a moment before looking back up at the girl.

"My name is Milah. Milah Gold. I'm the woman who's in charge here in this station"

Emma stayed quiet once more making Milah sigh. A couple of minutes passed before the woman started a conversation once again.

"Emma I have an offer for you"

That made Emma turn her head to the woman and eyed her curiously. Said woman smiled and nodded.

"Now I caught your interest", she said and smiled and Emma just kept looking at her. Milah cleared her throat before moving on.

"I have made some calls and I have made a deal with one of my finest detectives", he says and smiles at the girl.

"His name is Rex Mills. Perhaps you've heard of him?"

Emma hesitated but nodded making her first move in the conversation and Milah smiled at the progress.

"He has a sister. She works for the government and is one of the finest. She and her husband have agreed to take you in. They will take care of you and provide you with school and teaching you in how to become a better person"

Emma eyed the woman like she was stupid. She didn't want to go to some strangers and live with them like were suddenly a big family. She didn't need a family.

"It's either that or prison. And if I remember correctly, your time in prison wasn't the best time in your life"

Emma sighed and looked down. The woman was right. It was definitely better than prison. Last time she was in the prison, she was beaten up and no one would give a damn thing about her. Even in the large prison with all the young girls, she had never felt more alone.

"What do you say Emma?", the woman said bringing her back from her horrible thoughts. She turned to the woman and looked at her for a moment before nodding. Milah smiled and stood from the chair.

"But before you leave, we need to interrogate you", she said and with that she walked away leaving Emma who swallowed a lump in her throat. She didn't want the interrogation. She didn't want to bail on her friend. A friend who bailed out on her. She felt anger rise in her and decided to lay down and get some sleep. And sure enough only after a minute of eyes closed she drifted off to an uncomfortable sleep.

A couple of hours later she was woken by a loud bang and a door opening. She blinked her eyes open and before she could see anything, she felt two hands on her, a hand on each arm, who pulled her out of the cell and up the stairs. She noticed all the officers and detectives was staring at her and silently judging her as they walked through the main office. They walked to an interrogation room and pulled Emma inside the small room and pushing her down on the chair. Emma eyed the man till he left with the other one and the silence overtook her world once more. On the other side of the window, the two partners Blancherd and Nolan stood and looked at the girl.

"She is awfully quiet", Mary said as she looked at the girl. Nolan nodded and turned to his partner.

"You weren't here when she was arrested the first time", he said and sighed turning back to the girl. Mary furrowed her eyebrows and turned to her partner.

"What do you mean?", she asked, but Nolan kept quiet and kept looked at the girl.

"David"

David closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He hated when she called him by his first name.

"She's not like the other girls. She's... Different", he said and sighed looking at her. Mary furrowed her eyebrows. But before she could ask, someone interrupted her.

"Alright. All you need to do is go in there and ask her a few question", lieutenant Gold said and the woman nodded before walking towards the door. Emma rose her head and looked at the unfamiliar face.

"Hello Emma. How are you?", she asked and smiled at the girl. Emma eyed the woman, but kept quiet. The woman smiled even though the girl didn't answer. She sat down in the other chair and opened her file.

"Alright Emma. First, my name is Belle, and I'm a physiologist here at the NYPD, I'm here to get to know you a little better before you go home to the Mills, okay?

Emma nodded and looked down at the table noticing a black dot on the light blue table. She eyed the dot for a couple of seconds before a voice broke through her thoughts.

"So Emma Swan. Forgive me for being so forward, but you have been in the foster system, correct?"

Emma nodded and Belle smiled at her.

"And how long have you been that?"

Emma looked at the woman for a couple of seconds, but she didn't answer.

"Alright. You have also been arrested before, correct?"

Again Emma nodded and Belle smiled at the girl.

"Was that with drugs as well?"

Another nod was received.

"Alright. It stands here in your file that you have been living with several foster families in all types of foster homes. How was that for you? Were they nice to you?"

For the first time during the conversation, the girl looked down and stayed that way. Belle sighed and looked back down at the file.

"I know this is a sensitive spot Emma. And I am sorry to bring it up, but I need to know how you ended up in this is business. How you ended in this mess"

Emma kept looking down as she felt tears threatening in her eyes. There was a knock on the window and Belle sighed and closed the file.

"Excuse me", she said and walked out of the room. Once out she saw the two officers and the lieutenant.

"So?", lieutenant Gold asked.

"Well what I do know is that, her early years, being abandoned by her parents, living in the foster system, moving from home to home has been very though for her and it's a very sensitive spot for her. She clearly closed off the second I mentioned the foster families"

"Alright, so the foster system is a soft spot, what else?", Mary asked crossing her arms. Belle sighed and turned to the obviously still panicking girl.

"As you obviously have noticed, she doesn't talk very much"

"Very much? She hasn't said a single word since we caught her yesterday!"

"David, relax", Mary whispered and David immediately relaxed and sighed looking down.

"Sorry", he muttered and Belle smiled before nodding and turning to her boss.

"As I was saying, she doesn't talk very much. As there's a reason for that. What the reason is though, I have yet to find out. But for now I can clarify her as mute. And I think she has been for many years"

"How can you tell?", Milah asked and looked at the physiologist.

"When you speak to her, she knows how to react. No matter what you say or how you react yourself. She knows how to react on the right time and that shows, she has been mute for many years now. If you ask me, I would say at least 10 to 12 years"

Both Mary and David looked shocked at the woman and turned to the girl who surprisingly still sat looking down.

"I think she needs to get out of here. She doesn't feel comfortable around this place and it isn't good for her. Especially when she can't express herself through words", Belle said and Milah nodded before turning to the officers.

"Alright, you two. Take her to my office. I will go get Mills so he can drive her to his sisters house"

The two officers nodded and both walked inside the interrogation room and took the girl out. Mary eyed the man for a second before shaking her head. David noticed and eyed her as well.

"Is something wrong?"

Mary shook her head, but David gave her the look and Mary sighed before taking a deep breath.

"Not here", she whispered as they walked inside the lieutenants office and sat Emma down in one of the chairs. David nodded and walked with his partner to the other end of the room.

"You said she is different from other girls. At first I thought it was the mute thing you were talking about when we were told about it, but then I saw how surprised you were, so now I'm curious about what you meant by that", Mary said in a hushed tone and David turned to the girl and looked at her for a couple of seconds before turning back to his partner.

"Look this obviously isn't something she's proud of and I don't want her to feel more uncomfortable than she already is", David said and looked at the woman. Said woman looked at him, obviously waiting for him to continue. "She's inter sexed"

"It's one of the main reason she was beaten in the prison. She was different and the other prisoners took her as a girl who thought she was better than anyone else"

"But how can they think that?! She doesn't even talk for Christ sake!", Mary said suddenly angry and obviously became a little too loud for her partners liking and they both knew the girl had herd her. But Emma didn't even react. She was used to this. People talking about her private parts behind her back. That's how she lived in the prison.

"Officer Nolan, officer Blancherd?", a voice said bring in all three heads in the room turning to him.

"Mills. Nice to see you again. How are you?", David asked as he smiled and walked to his good friend and hugged him.

"I'm good David thank you. And you? How is you and Kathryn?", Rex asked and David smiled and nodded.

"It's going great Mills. Really great. So I hear your sister is taking Emma in?"

Rex smiled and nodded turning the girl.

"Yeah she is. I was actually surprised she said yes. It was really a long shot, but she said yes and I couldn't be more happy", Rex said and walked to the other chair and sat down looking at the girl.

"Hello Emma. I'm detective Mills, but you can call me Rex. Or Mills. Whatever suits you", he said shaking his head, and Emma couldn't help but crack a smile. Rex saw the smile and wanted to say something, but thought better of it. He pulled out a piece of candy from his pocket and handed it over to the girl.

"I know candy is normal for kids and you are certainly not a kid, but we don't get young people over here so often, and well... It's kinda boring sometimes", he whispered the last part, making Emma smile wider and taking the candy. Now he couldn't help but saying something.

"See? Smiling isn't so hard. There's always something to smile about in this world. No matter how awful your life looks. There's always a reason to smile. No matter if it's a inside joke, a piece of candy, or for the beautiful girl in your life", he said making Emma smile once more before looking down at the candy in her hands.

"Remember that Emma. You always have a reason to smile. Even on your darkest days"

Emma nodded a small nod, but Rex didn't notice as he was disturbed by a voice.

"Detective?"

"Lieutenant", he said and stood from the chair. Lieutenant Gold smiled and nodded.

"Our Emma Swan is ready to go. Say hello to your sister will ya?"

Rex smiled and nodded.

"Of course. Come on Emma", he said and turning to the girl. Emma stood from the chair and walked out of the office, Rex following suit.

"This way Emma", he said and motioned with his hand to their left. Emma walked left and together they walked down the hall. Emma couldn't help but look at the man every once in a while. Rex smiled at the attention, but didn't say anything. But he didn't have to. Emma knew he knew. They walked out of the building and Rex gently lead her to his car. He opened the door to the passenger seats and Emma sat inside. Rex smiled and got in the car himself and drove off to his sisters house.

"How are you feeling?", he asked as he looked at he via the rearview mirror. Emma turned to him from the window. She hesitated, but nodded. She still didn't know if she could trust this guy. Yes he's friendly, but it doesn't mean it's all a game.

"Good. But I need you to tell me Emma, that if you ever feel uncomfortable around something, you tell me okay? Even if you feel like it's nothing. You need to tell me. And don't be afraid if it's about my sister. Yes I love my sister, but I don't want you with her if you feel uncomfortable okay?"

Emma was surprised by the mans concern for her. No one has ever been concerned about her. And to be honest, she didn't know what to do about it. But right now, she just nodded and looked back out of the window. Rex sighed and drove to his sister in silence rest of the way.

Once at the house, Rex stood out of the car and walked to the passenger seats door and opened it, letting Emma get out of the car. Emma's eyes widened as she saw the house. A big and grey house. It looked like a huge mansion. Like a one of the rich celebrities lived there. It was huge.

"It's a beautiful house isn't it?", Rex said behind her startling her a bit. Emma turning to him and nodded. Rex smiled and walked towards the entrance.

"Come on. It's a little long way", he said over his shoulder and Emma shook her head from her thoughts and started to walk towards the entrance, only a couple of feet away from the man. She couldn't help but looking at the huge garden as she walked. A huge playground with a castle and lots of toys were laying around the incredible green grass. Emma was surprised and astonished that grass could be this green. She turned her head and saw a huge swimming pool with a tilt and lots of huge beach toys and some small ones as well, probably for the kids that were living here. A couple of steps further was three cars. A matte black Aston Martin Vanquish, a white Audi R8 and a another black Porsche 911. Emma widened her eyes and stopped as she saw the cars. They were beautiful. Especially the Aston Martin. Emma just wanted to take the car and drive away.

"That's my sisters", Rex said and Emma once more jumped and Rex smiled at her.

"I'm sorry. That ones my sisters", he started once more and pointed at the Aston Martin. He pointed next at the Audi and said "that's her husbands. And that one is for an emergency, if one of their own cars gets broken", he said and pointed at the last car, the Porsche. Emma turned to the man with widened eyes and Rex smiled at her.

"Rich people. Now come on. We are jus there", he said and walked towards the entrance. And sure enough, the entrance was only a few feet away. Once at the door Rex patiently waited for the girl to finish looking around the house front yard. Emma noticed the mans waiting and blushed before walking to the man standing a little behind him.

"It's okay. She won't hurt you", he said and smiled a little. Emma noticed the she and not a they, but thought better of it. Rex nodded and waited patiently. A couple of seconds later a man about 6 feet tall, opened the door and smiled at Rex.

"Rex my man! How are you?", the man asked as he smiled and took the man into his grab and hugged him.

"Daniel", Rex said coldly and Daniel smiled at the man before turning to the girl behind his brother in law.

"And you must be Emma", he said with a smile and Emma hesitated but nodded a small nod.

"Well it's lovely to finally have you here. My wife has been very excited to have you here. She's always wanted a daughter, but unfortunately God hasn't given her one yet", he said and smiled at the girl. Emma suddenly already felt quite uncomfortable and Rex could practically feel it.

"Daniel could you give us a minute?"

"Of course Rex. Whatever you need", he said and smiled before walking inside once more, but not closing the door, not letting the girl feel unwanted. Rex turned to the girl and squatted down.

"It's okay Emma. They will not hurt you. I assure you of that"

Emma looked down and a tear escaped. Rex sighed and stood and brought the girl in for a hug. Surprisingly the girl hugged him back and even more surprising, she clung to him like he was her last string of hope.

"It's okay Emma. Take your time", he said and held her. A couple of minutes later they both heard a tiny voice and small feet running towards them Emma opened her eyes and saw a little boy with brown hair and before she knew it, he screamed out.

"Uncle Res!', the boy said and Rex let go of the girl and turned to his nephew.

"Hey big boy. You have become to big! How are you champ?"

The boy smiled wide and brought his arms in the air smiling wider. But suddenly he stopped and laid his head on his uncles shoulder.

"This is my nephew", Rex said and smiled at the girl.

"Who this?", the little boy suddenly asked whispering to his uncle and Rex couldn't help but smile.

"This is Emma. She's going to stay with you for a while. Has mommy not told you that?"

The boy nodded and once more buried his face in his uncles neck.

"You criminal?", he asked in a tiny voice and Emma couldn't help but feel like a monster. The boy looked scared of her and she couldn't do anything about it. So she just nodded and looked away. Rex saw the uncomfortableness and turned to his nephew.

"Hey champ, what about you go get your mother okay?"

"Okay, come in", the boy said and calmly walked inside and Emma was surprised by his manners at his age. Her and Rex walked inside and Emma's jaw practically hit the floor as she saw the big room. The room had a huge table with about 12 chairs and a tiny baby stool at the end of the table. To its left was a huge living room with a huge couch, enough for more than 10 people and a pool table stood in the middle of the room and all the accessories to the game was placed perfectly at the wall. There were some kids toys at the floor and you could easily see the corner for the small children to play. To the dining tables right was the kitchen and damn it was huge. All white kitchen with some black some places. There was a bar with 5 bar stools and a huge amount of alcohol. It was like a club. Emma had never seen so much alcohol before. She didn't even know so much alcohol existed. To the right for the kitchen was a staircase which probably lead to the first floor.

"It's beautiful right?", Rex asked chuckling as he saw the girl in wonder. Emma nodded and couldn't help but smile.

"Rex? Is that you?", a voice said breaking Emma out of her thoughts. Emma turned and was met by a beautiful brunette with long brown hair and a long black dress. The woman smiled wide and went to hug her brother for dear life. Emma smiled at the two siblings. She could easily see how close they were and she was kinda relieved that they were. Why she didn't know.

"Hey sis, how are you doing?", Rex asked and kissed his sisters forehead. The woman smiled and nodded.

"I'm amazing Rex, and how are you?", she asked. Rex smiled and hugged her once more.

"I'm great. I'm here with your girl", he said and winked at her. The woman smiled and turned to Emma. Who just blushed and looked down.

"So you are the famous girl I have been hearing so much about", she said and smiled a true smile to the girl. Emma turned back up to the woman couldn't help but smile as she took the offered hand and shook it. She nodded at the woman and smiled.

"Gina, can I uh, talk to you?", Rex asked and Regina turned to her brother and smiled.

"Of course", she said and turned to Emma.

"You can just do whatever you want Emma. Make yourself at home", she said and and smiled at her before walking with her brother to the other end of the large room. Emma turned around and looked around the house. She felt quite out of her element, but she supposed it was better than prison.

"Hi", a voice said and Emma turned to see no one but when she looked down she saw the little boy from before sitting on the ground looking strait forward. She noticed his eyes were different from all other kinds of eyes she has seen and realization hit her hard in the gut. The kid was blind.

"Wanna play with me?", the kid asked and Emma felt herself panic. She didn't know how to act around children. She didn't know how to take care of them. She never really had a good experience with them. The young kids from the foster systems and homes had always left her be, because of her being mute. The little boy could feel the girl hesitate and furrowed his small eyebrows.

"You okay?"

"Dustin?", Regina called out and the little boy turned by the voice of his mother.

"Yes mommy?"

"It's time to eat your lunch baby, come on", she said and carried her boy to the dining table and sat her two year old son in the baby chair before walking to the kitchen and preparing his lunch.

"Oh Emma, are you hungry? Do you want me to make something for you?"

Emma blushed hard and turned to look at the woman's brother and said brother immediately understood.

"Uh Gina, I think Emma needs to lay down for a bit. She's had some rough days and needs to relax. I will make her something later, okay?", he said and Regina nodded before looking down at the food once more. Emma sighed and looked away. Rex walked to her and put a hand on her shoulder.

"It's going to be okay Emma. Come on, I'll show you to your room", he said and smiled at her. Emma nodded and let herself being followed towards the stairs. Once up there they turned to the left and walked inside the first door to the left and was met by what looked like a guest room.

"Emma?"

The girl in question turned to the man and saw said man smiling worried at her.

"You okay?", he asked and Emma nodded fast not wanting to disturb the man. The man smiled and nodded.

"Alright, so-"

A ringtone interrupted him and he sighed before pulling out his phone. He sighed as he saw the caller id and answered.

"What's up Lucas?"

Emma decided to use the opportunity to look around the room. The bed was huge. Like not double, but like King size bed. There was room for at least 5 people in that bed. She walked a little further and saw the huge open walk in closet. It was beautiful and Emma already fell in love with it. She heard the man behind her sigh and she turned to him immediately seeing his worry.

"That was my partner. She might have found a lead in our murder investigation", he said and sighed. He walked to the girl and smiled at her.

"Emma I have to leave now. Do you feel okay enough for me to leave you here for the rest of the day?", he asked and he could see Emma hesitate. She might just have met the man, but right now, he was the only thing that made her feel safe. The only man she trusted. Not fully, but it was enough for now.

"I will be here tomorrow and see how everything goes, okay?"

That made Emma relax a little more, but Rex could still feel her hesitate.

"It's okay Emma. Like I said before, my sister won't hurt you. She's good at taking care of others", he said and smiled before bringing the girl into a hug. Emma relaxed a little and hugged the man back, burying her face in his chest.

Together they walked down to the kitchen and dining room once more and saw Regina and Dustin at the table, Regina feeding Dustin his lunch. The woman turned to them and smiled.

"So I have made lunch if you guys are hungry", she said and smiled at them. Rex smiled and nodded.

"Thanks sis, but I unfortunately have to go. Lucas called and she might have found us a lead, so", he said and Regina smiled at him.

"Sure. Let me follow you out. you can just sit next to Dustin, Emma. I will bring you your lunch in a minute", she said and smiled at the girl. Emma froze and turned to the man as she suddenly realized he was actually going to leave her.

"Calm down Emma, it's going to be okay", he said and before he knew it, Emma clung to him. She held him tight as she once more buried her face in his chest. Rex sighed and hugged her tight giving her a minute.

"Emma", he whispered and pulled back from the hug.

"Remember what I said. If you ever feel uncomfortable, no matter the reason, you call me okay? And remember that no matter what, there's always a reason to smile. No matter what the reason is. Just smile at the reason no matter how stupid it might be", he said and smiled at the girl. Emma nodded and smiled back at the man as she let a tear fall. Rex sighed and leaned in kissing her forehead before pulling back and turning to his sister.

"Please take care of her", he whispered and Regina could see the care her little brother already felt for this girl.

"Of course", she said and smiled at him. Rex smiled back and hugged her tight, kissing her forehead as well before turning around and walking out of the house leaving Emma alone in her new home.