Regina now found herself sat at a table, her hands still bound. On the table there was a candle and two wine glasses. She looked around her trying to see if there was some way she could escape. She knew with her hands bound it would make things a little harder but if she could just convince her kidnapper to untie her she could try to run, escape from this nightmare. She tried to move her hands, tried to break free of the bind but she found it hard to even move her hands too much the bind rubbing on her wrists.
"My darling I have dinner ready for us."
Regina jumped as her kidnapper entered the room. She watched closely as he placed two plates on the table, holding herself up straight, trying to keep in her emotions. "I-I'm not really hungry." Regina replied.
The plates were placed on the table and then he thumped his hands on the table beside Regina making her jump, she bit her lip trying to keep herself in check. "I made this especially for you Regina. Your favourite food." He said, his face close to hers. She flinched as he placed his fingers around her chin, pulling her face round so that she was made to look at him. "I made this for you." His face was so close to hers, his breath brushing against her face.
O-okay. I'll eat it." Regina said quickly. "But…I can't eat if my hands are tied." Regina said.
"You don't need to worry about that." He said with a creepy smile as he moved to the seat next to Regina. "I'll feed you my darling."
Regina really didn't want to be fed by this man but she also didn't want to anger him. She wasn't quite sure what else he was capable of and it scared her to think of what could happen. She wanted to see Emma and Henry again and she knew Emma would do everything in her power to find Regina. Her best bet was to play along with this mans fantasy as much as she could. Go along with what he wanted as much as possible. Keep him happy until Emma found her because she knew Emma would find her. She knew Emma would save her. So she took a deep breath, squared her shoulders a little, plastered a smile on her face and prepared herself for a lot of acting. "Well that sounds even better." She responded, hoping that she sounded convincing enough. She presumed this man was completely out of his mind. He appeared to think they were in some form of a relationship by the way he had been acting since she woke up. He was convinced she loved him just as much as he loved her. She couldn't think of ever giving him this impression but she would play it as much as she could until Emma found her.
His creepy smile grew and he reached forward for the bottle of wine. "That's more like it Regina. We can have a nice dinner and see where the night goes, huh?" He said looking over to Regina.
Regina felt on edge with the mention of seeing how the night would go but she swallowed it down and smiled at the man as best she could. "That would be wonderful." She said hoping her acting was up to scratch.
"I really don't understand why you have brought me in here Sheriff." Leopold White said with a sigh. "I have nothing to do with Regina's disappearance."
"It's just formalities Mr White." Ruby said as she sat opposite the man. "Anyone who had anything to do with Regina will be interviewed."
"Well you will be here a while then won't you. Recently turned Mayor she will have had a lot to do with many people in this town." Leopold replied.
"You see right there is one of the reasons you have been brought in first Mr White." Ruby said leaning her elbows on the table. "How did you feel about Regina taking over from you as Mayor? Something tells me you weren't overly happy about it. Your ex wife taking over from you. Must have put a hit on your ego."
Leopold rolled his eyes and sat back in his chair. "You think because Regina took over from me as Mayor that I went out and kidnapped her?" Ruby just raised her eyebrows at him and shrugged her shoulders. She had never liked the man if she was honest. He was creepy and had wandering eyes. "Okay I admit I wasn't overly happy that I lost out to Regina for Mayor. I wanted to be Mayor again. But I would never do something like this to Regina. She's the mother of my child."
"The child you never see…" Ruby added.
"Your right I don't see him but she is still the mother of my child. I wouldn't do something like this to her. Despite what you might think I care for Regina. We might never have been in love but…I did care for her." Leopold said. "Yes I was angry that she became Mayor but I didn't do this. I wouldn't do this to her. I want you to find her as much as anyone else. Regina is a good woman."
Ruby nodded her head. As much as she didn't like the man sat in front of her she believed what he was telling her. He had nothing to do with the kidnapping of Regina. He had nothing to do with the notes. He was innocent. "Is there anyone you can think of that Regina would have worked with closely that would do something like this? Someone that you thought always seemed a little creepy around Regina? Think back to when she was working for you in the town hall too. Any odd behaviour or strange behaviour that you can think of."
Leopold sat for a moment and thought about all his employees. Anyone he and Regina had worked with. His eyes widened as one person came to mind. He had always been creepy. Very odd and a loner of sorts. "There is someone. He always…I don't know…I never paid much attention to it before but thinking back on it I always did find it odd."
"Who was it?" Ruby asked.
"Sidney Glass." Leopold said. "Being from the newspaper he works very closely with the Mayor. Makes sure good press gets out about the Mayor. No bad press. You know all those kind of things. Whenever Regina entered the room he would watch her every move. I don't know why I never thought more of it at the time but…I just ignored it I guess. I needed him for my press releases and things. He would bring her up in conversation and when she was in the room he would stand close to her, beside her, behind her, he would always be next to her."
"Thank you Mr White. This has been most helpful. You are free to go." Ruby said as she stood up and walked away from the table. She walked out of the room to Graham and Emma were sat at Grahams desk. "I think we might have a strong lead. Sidney Glass."
Emma's head shot up at the name, a frown on her face. "Sidney Glass." She whispered out. "That makes so much sense. Why didn't I think of this before?" She said.
"Don't beat yourself up about it Miss Swan. I didn't think much of his behaviour before either." Leopold said as he walked into the room. "You always put it to the back of your mind right? Didn't think much of it. He was just a creepy guy."
"Yea. I mean he really creeped me out sometimes. He was really odd with Regina…I can't explain it." Emma said.
"I think we need to head round to his house. He might have Regina held there." Graham said.
Regina shook her head to tell Sidney that she didn't want any more of the wine he was giving her. He had been feeding her, touching her leg, her arm, he wouldn't stop touching her and she felt even more on edge. She was trying to keep the act up but she was struggling.
"I can't believe we are finally together Regina. I told you I would make this happen." Sidney said moving his hand up and down her thigh, his hand slipping up her skirt a little.
"You did yes." Regina replied. "T-thank you for all of the notes." Regina said hoping to keep him talking. She wanted this dinner to last as long as possible. She didn't want to find out what he had planned for after dinner. She had a fair idea and she didn't want it getting to that point. There was no way she could keep up the act for that.
"I knew you would like the notes…and the gifts." Sidney smiled.
"Yes. I liked the gifts too." Regina said.
"I picked them all especially. Each gift made me think of you." He said moving his hand to her cheek. "I always think of you. Your stuck in my mind Regina. You have been for so long."
"W-why did you never say anything? I mean in person?" Regina asked.
"Because your were trapped. First my Leopold and then by Emma. Both had you trapped. Can't you see that?" Sidney said, anger rising up in him. "They don't deserve you Regina. You are too good for you. I don't know why you ever gave them the time of day."
"They never treated me badly. Emma loves me." Regina said.
"NO! No she doesn't." Sidney shouted making Regina jump. He stood up in a fit of rage and sent the table flying, everything crashing to the floor, glasses and plates smashing. "She doesn't love you Regina and she doesn't deserve your love."
"Okay. Okay your right." Regina said. She could hear her voice wavering and tried to keep herself together but she was scared. She couldn't predict what his next move would be. "Could you please untie my hands?"
Sidney moved away from her, pacing up and down the room. "I don't think I can do that Regina. I don't think your ready." He said.
"Ready?" Regina questioned. "What do you mean?"
"Your still delusional. You still think Emma loves you. Your not ready." He turned on his heel to face her. "But I am sure you will be soon." He said as he walked over to her, cupping her cheek with his hand.
Graham used his foot to kick down the door of Sidney Glass' house. They walked in, looking around them, Emma following close by. They had tried to get Emma to go home, telling her they would phone if they found anything but Emma had refused point blank. She was going to help find Regina if it was the last thing she did. "The house is empty. He must be keeping Regina some place else." Graham said with a sigh as they looked around.
"Yea…but the question is where? Where else could he have her?" Ruby said.
Emma wandered into his bedroom. Everything seemed so normal. It confused her. She expected his house to be filled with pictures of Regina, anything he assocaited with Regina, just like in the movies and TV shows but this house seemed perfectly normal. It confused her. Walking over to a cupboard she opened it and gasped as she found exactly what she had been looking for. There in the cupboard were hundreds, thousands even of pictures of Regina. There were pictures of Regina on her own, pictures of Regina with other people, with herself and Henry, with her parents, of her at the office, at grannies, everywhere in town. There was even a picture of Regina in their home, stood in their bedroom. She was dressed in her night gown and looked to be about to close the curtains. He had been watching Regina for quite some time. This creep had violated the woman she loved.
"Emma? You in here?" Graham asked as he walked into the room. "Emma?"
"He took pictures of her. He has watched her every move." Emma said as she stared into the cupboard.
Graham stepped over and looked into the cupboard, Ruby soon joining them to see what Emma had found. They had no doubt that Sidney Glass was the man they were looking for. They just hoped that they would get to Regina in time.
