Authors Note: UPDATE! :D I hope you enjoy it, i was going to jump straight into OQ but changed my mind. Felt a little weird for him to hit on her after what happened to her. The next chapter will be a Robin PoV. About his outlook on Regina. This chapter is shorter, the next one will be longer, i found the spot i wanted to stop at sooner than i meant to :P And also, FangurlOfOUAT i was not going to put his death scene in this story. But i you really want to know what happen i could write a One Shot on his death scene.
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He was tall, brown hair, and muscular. He has this way about him, like he knew all your secrets but he wanted you to tell him them. He had this walk that said i'm in charge but you may take the lead. When he smiled his smile said that he was kind but he was also protective. Regina could read him like a book and she only just met him. She always could read people. Daniel use to tell her that she used her big heart to see the good in people. But she could also she the bad.
Regina smiled at Robin, trying to look less like a victim and more like a woman. Not because he was an attractive man, but because she didn't want to see pity in his eyes. "Hello. I'm Regina." She said and shook his hand. She loved that he wasn't treating her like some broken little thing. That he was treating her like a person. A human being. He smiled a kind smile at her "Brother, i'm going to use your captains office." Brother? Were they not close?
Was that an inside joke? Riley nodded at Robin and then Regina and Robin were soon walking into the office. Robin sat behind the desk, strange thing to do if you ask Regina, and Regina sat in the chair. Robin laid the folders on the desk, put on his glasses and started to open them "So, As my brother has told you, you are in Leopold's will." Regina shifted uncomfortable. Robin took notice and cleared his throat, looking away from the folder and focusing on Regina. "Ms. Mills, if i may, i must say why are you so uncomfortable to hear his name?" Regina was about to snap at him when Robin continued
"You seem like a strong woman, Yes i'm aware of what this, lets call him a man, did to you. But you can't let that ruin the rest of your young adult life. So, yes, you were kidnapped, among other things-" Regina swallowed and Robin winced. "-But don't let him take over your life, he's gone. He can't hurt you ever again. I may be being insensitive but you can't always live your life in fear of the next Leopold around the corner. If will worry you right into the grave."
Regina's brow nitted together in confusion. She hadn't expected anyone to be so straight with her. She liked that he was the only person not walking on egg shells around her. She cleared her throat and sat up straight "I am a strong woman, i survived that man for 3 years. It may take some time to not flinch every time i hear his name. Which i just learnt by the way." Robin nodded "Understandable." Was the only word he spoke then he went back to the folder.
"Now here it says you are entitled to his estate in the time of his passing. You get everything on that estate as well." He keeps reading when Regina interrupts him "Couldn't i just sell it all, i know what he is doing. He wants me to have this place to remind me that i was his, that i was his pet." She snarls at the last word. He looks and takes off his glasses, holding them in one hand. "Yes, you could try to sell the estate. But, if i were you i would tear down the house that is there and sell the land."
Regina shifts, she knows why he left this to her. He wanted her to be reminded of what happened to her, of what he did. This thought leads her mind to wonder. Wonder how he died. She hadn't heard any screams, or any shuffling. Which must mean that he was killed and then placed in the house. Why would someone go to such efforts to- and then it hit her, like a ton of brinks. Someone knew she was down there. Someone wanted him to be found. Someone wanted her to be found. But who?
Who in the world would care? Who would know? Why go to all that trouble? Why not just go down to her- that room and break her out? Was it someone who knew Leopold? If it was then why would they want her free? Maybe none of his friends knew about her and then one day they heard her? It would explain the random beating she had gotten about 3 weeks ago. But Who. She had to know. The cops of course wouldn't question it. They had no leads on who would want him dead.
Regina had heard a cop say 'Other than keeping a woman in his basement for 3 years he was a stand up guy.' If it were possible Regina would have thrown a fire ball at them at that exact moment. Assholes. Regina was snapped out of her thoughts when Robin spoke again "Or, you could just give the land to his daughter." He suggested. He had a daughter? Who would- Ava! That must've been his wife. Poor woman, no telling what happen to her. "Who is Ava?" Regina asked, she had always wanted to know.
She was never once called Regina, She wasn't even sure if that man knew her name. He always called her Ava. Why? Was she a previous woman he kept in his basement but she escaped? But then theres the kid. Maybe he got her pregnant and then took the child and killed Ava? The man had a temper. Or, he could have actually had a wife and been a normal nice guy at one point in his life.
"I don't know. But, Regina we do need to sort this out. What would you like to do? Do you want the land or are you declining it? It would go to his daughter then." Regina narrowed her eyes in thought looking at the ground. "Who is his daughter, is that the woman who screamed?" Robin looked through the folder "Yes, Mary is her name. She is 15." 15?! She had never heard a 15 year old there before. No music. No screaming at her dad. She must live with her mother. "Was she there the whole time i was?" Regina asked. She wanted answers, so many answers.
But, Robin had none. He was just a lawyer. He didn't know must about the case, he brother called in a favour. Asked Robin to help him out. And Robin, being the nice guy he is, said yes. "I really don't know, Regina." He looked at her, his head tilted to the side. There it was. The sympathy. Something she did not want, nor as for. She stood up. "I'll take the estate. What do i need to sign?" She would figure out all the answers on her own.
The cops would most certainly not tell her, and if Robin didn't know she was on her own. She would figure out why her, why he picked her. Was she the easiest target? Was he the one who killed Daniel? Who was it? Was his daughter somehow involved in it? Did she know about her? Regina just wanted the answers and she was going to find them. So she took the estate. She wasn't going to sell it. No she was going to snoop around it. Even if it meant she had to go back into that house.