A/N: Did you really think I would forget to update? Nop, never. I'm just going crazy between 3 jobs and school, but here is an update well deserved. Thank you so much for the support!

-Gab95lin.

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Crazy enough, the time had passed by in the blink of an eye, it was 10 a.m and Emma was still waiting for Regina to come to her office, as she looked up, almost by coincidence the elevator door opened.

Emma stood up from her chair to get a better view of the people coming out of it. No Regina, there were a few people who work on the same floor as her and a tall, well dressed man who was walking her way, he stopped right in front of her office and knocked, he had already seen Emma standing, watching him,

"Detective Swan, may I come in?" The man asked as he took a few steps in.

"Well you are already in, aren't you?" she was annoyed and she didn't know why, "Are you here for Ms. Mills?" as she signed for him to take a seat.

"Yes, I see you catch up fast. Let me introduce myself," the man said, extending a hand towards Emma, so she could shake it "My name is Sidney Glass, I am Ms. Mills lawyer," Emma shook his hand and gave him a forced half smile "She called me this morning to inform me that you wanted to see her and well, judging from the mess the people before you made, I was not about to let my client come and waste her time. If you aren't aware she's a very busy woman. Running a town is no walk in the park" He said as he finally took a seat in front of her.

Emma sat as well as she studied the man in front of her. Tan skin, salt and pepper hair, brown eyes and a suit that screamed expensive, to the last button that held it together. She could already see that he was cocky and rich. Maybe a daddy's little boy. Then Emma started to wonder who was Regina Mills, she knew she was a billionaire and a mayor. Who by luck, was still running the town. Was she the murderer of the men she was found with? And if she was, why had she done it? Emma had so many questions that needed an answer and she knew better than to trust a lawyer. They are sneaky and they know how to play with your mind.

"So, what exactly is it that you want to talk about?" Sidney said as he crossed his leg.

"I just wanted a one to one with Ms. Mills, hear her side of her story"

"I could tell you everything you need, that's no problem"

"Let's hear it then, but if I'm not pleased with whatever information you have, we would be forced to call Ms. Mills in" Emma was not about to give in.

"Well, my client, Ms. Mills was found barefoot, outside of Ponte Vedra, she had been attacked, which caused her to lose consciouness. Whatever happened, she has done nothing wrong. Why would she? She is a well respected woman who has no business with these kind of men. She respects the law and hardly has any enemies. I would say the real victim here is she and not the dead criminals" Emma rolled her eyes as Sidney kept defending Regina and hardly ever saying anything important to the case. Well accept one thing.

There was a knock on her door,

"Swan" that snapped Emma out of her trance

"Sir" Emma said standing up,

"How's the investigation going? Have you found anything new? Anything beneficial to the case?"

"Yes sir, her lawyer came today, Sidney Glass, he wasn't much help, he only restated the information we already had, but he did say something that came to mind sir"

"What is it?" He arched his brow. Some times Emma wondered how old this man was exactly. When she first met him, she got the impression that he was in his sixties, with the energy of a twenty year old. If it wasn't for his grey hair and wrinkles, she wouldn't believe it.

"Mills was found at the crime scene, but she was barefoot,"

"That's not in the record," he said as he tilted his head, processing the information he had just received.

"Exactly sir, I have a strange feeling that this whole case, is not what it seems"

"Well Swan, it's yours and Diaz responsibility to solve it. We need to know who killed those two man, and how exactly was Mills connected to them? Do whatever it takes Swan, but I want this case solved before the end of next month."

"On it sir"

Emma kept calling Regina, but overtime she tried calling her office, her home or her personal cellphone she was met with the voice mail, or with her assistant. Emma was quickly growing frustrated, this was not the way a person should behave when they are being framed for murder.

Nonetheless Regina Mills was a public figure, a politician. She had an image to maintain, and this was definitely not the way to do it. So Emma did what she thought was best.

She knew it was wrong and that there were many other ways to do this, she could of simply gone to her office to see her there. But Emma knew that Regina would find an excuse to not see her. So she went for it. Emma had been spying her for the last week now, she knew every move the woman made. Every single day Regina did the same thing, go to work, stop at some fancy restaurant, indulge with some blonde chick and then come back home.

After a whole week of spying Emma decided that it was time she take matters into her own hands. She was sure Mills was not dangerous, she seems so calm, so different than Emma had thought at the beginning of all of this, yet she needed to be ready for anything. But Emma had a gut feeling telling her that Regina wasn't dangerous.

Which is the reason why she is now breaking the window from Regina's back door. She wrapped her hand with the scarf she had brought, and punched the window. Glass pieces falling everywhere and a smirk played in Emma's face. She went in with her gun in her hand. She searched for anything that looked out if place. Nothing. Everything looked so clean, so organized. Emma kept walking and studying room by room, until she got to Regina's. For a second she thought she had traveled back in time. The room look exactly like..

"Oh god no" Emma almost cried out. Looking at the room was painful, the walls. The bed. Everything made her remember Angelica. Is not that it was the same room, but it was the style. It was too classy, too clean, too organize, Emma was sure Angelica would have enjoyed it. She had to get out of that room before she did more damage to herself mentally.

She went into the living room, lowered her gun on the living room table that sat in front of the couch. She sat right in the middle and tried to make herself comfortable. She crossed her leg on way, the minute after she changed her position, then again, and again; she took her jacket off and sat again. There. She checked her watch. Regina would come home any minute now, Emma smirked again and stretched her arms on the back of the couch. She could hear her own breathing. There was steadily something was telling her that things could go perfectly fine, or things could really go to hell. Whichever it was, Emma was hoping to stay as calm as she could.

She kept waiting. She was growing impatient.

She checked her watch again, that was when she heard the door knob moving. She's coming! Emma thought to herself anxiously. She saw the door break open, the light from the sun shining through, she saw a stiletto come in, followed by a long, olive leg, then the other, Emma trailed her eyes over the body that was coming in. A black dress; Emma remained sitting down, waiting for Regina to spot her.

If Emma was being honest with herself, she could swear that Regina Mills was some kind of model or goddess Two seconds into her presence and Emma was already hypnotize by the attractive woman. For a moment Emma lost herself in the presence of the woman. She needed to be alert in case anything didn't go as she had planned, she brought herself back to her senses.

Regina hadn't notice the body sitting on her couch. She closed the door behind her as she placed her purse on the coat hanger and her keys on the table next to her door. She checked her hair in the mirror and as she fixed her lipstick, then she noticed the blonde woman sitting in her couch. She didn't get scared. If anything she felt the opposite. There was something so welcoming about this woman sitting in her living room. She also knew Emma had been following her for the past week.

"Detective Swan" She said as she kept playing with her hair.

Emma got up almost startled "Ms. Mills" She knew me? Emma asked herself.

"And to what do I owe the pleasure of you breaking into my house? I could call the police and have you arrested. I could file harassment charges." Regina said as she made her way into her own living room, her eyes never leaving Emma's cocky stare. "You know that right?"

"They won't arrest me, I work for them," Emma said mockingly. "You have been evading every attempt to make contact. I could have arrested you for interfering in an investigation"

"If you insist, would you like something to drink?" Regina walked towards the kitchen "Some water, coffee, tea, something stronger perhaps?"

"No thank you, I don't drink when I'm on duty"

"Fine by me, I'll get some water for myself if you'll allow me"

"Go for it" Emma said signaling with her hand. "Do you know why I'm here?" she followed.

"I'm guessing this has something to do with Mr. Glass and our little meeting" she took a sip of her water. Emma studied the woman who was standing in front of her. Her looks. Her voice. The way she carried herself reminded her of a queen. An evil one Emma thought, as she remembered why exactly she was here. She needed to find out exactly what Regina had done the night of the murders. Why her finger prints where everywhere.

"Yes, and no" Emma said, she cleared her throat. "I want to know what you know. What is it that you are not saying about the day you were found"

"And if I don't say anything?" Regina was challenging her. A daring look in her eyes told Emma this wasn't going to be easy.

"If you don't cooperate we would go to the media and give them something I'm pretty sure they would enjoy about the beloved Mayor Regina Mills" Emma said giving Regina a smirk. Emma actually had nothing incriminating. Just her cocky bullshit smirk to back up her threat.

"Very well then, we shall take a seat as this would take a while for me to explain" Regina said as she started walking to her office. Emma followed her, keeping her eyes open for any surprises.

"I guess I can't keep pretending that day didn't happen forever, can I?" Regina said turning on the fire place.

"No, you can't, not if you want to be proven innocent" Emma said sitting in one of the chairs.

"You are keen to make yourself at home dear," Regina said as she took a seat herself. "Well I guess I shall start from the beginning and explain this disaster."

Emma listened carefully as she also took notes.

"I'm very aware that everything points to me as the murderer, but that's not the case. I can assure you, I am a woman of my word and I have a prestige to protect, along with my political career. But like any other person, I do have feelings, and feelings make you weak and stupid."

Emma could tell Regina was beginning to tense. The topic was something that made her uncomfortable and Emma had yet to discover why. She payed closed attention.

"I was secretly married to a woman. Danielle was her name. We meet when I was in my last year of University, and since we first met we had an incredible attraction. A very strong connection actually." Emma could see Regina's eyes light up during the mention of Danielle. "We got married in secret because, as a politician I could not be involve in any rumors and if people knew their Mayor was married to another woman, well let's just say it would not be well received. Besides it was something my mother had yet to approve of my relationship. So the circumstances were not the best for Danielle and I" Regina said, her eyes saddened. "Somehow Danielle got involve with Killian Jones, I do not if it was because I was hardly home or being married secretly was harder on her. I just… I do not posess the knowledge as to what led her to fall into his claws, but she got involved with him. And that cost her her life."

"What you mean?" At this point Emma was curious and concerned

"Killian Jones, is a human trafficing criminal, he tried to sell Danielle and when she refused to be sold like an animal. She resisted and punched one of his clients in his groin. The man shot her in the head" Regina allowed a tear fall down, quickly whipping it away. She couldn't break down in front of a stranger "I never saw it coming, it was not until her body was delivered to my front door, with a letter attached, that I knew what had happen. My career advisor did a great job at keeping the media away from this." Regina repositioned herself, sitting straight, her features hardened. Her mask falling once more.

"Ms. Mills did you kill them?" Emma asked almost in a whisper. There was something about seeing Regina vulnerable that made Emma ache. But at the same time there was something about Regina Mills trying to act hard, that told Emma that perhaps she wasn't at all guilty. "Did you kill Killian Jones and Rupert Gold?"

"No. I wish it had being me. I wish it would of been me who shot them. Just so I could have the satisfaction that my Danielle was avenged from those repulsive pieces of human trash! But no. After Danielle's passing I told them I was going to tell the police about them, and that they would rot in jail, and they threatened to kill me if I said anything. A week later there was a break in at my house, and not too long after that, they were found dead and I was next to them. The prime suspect."

Emma watched Regina carefully, processing everything she said, but she didn't dare to speak, not yet. She had her own storm in her mind. If Regina Mills hadn't been the one to kill them, then who had? And why incriminate her? Emma hadn't even thought about the part where Regina told her she was a widow too. Emma didn't want to acknowledge it, just yet.

"Thank you for your time Ms. Mills. If we need more information I will call you directly, and ask you to into the office the next time, as for right now I think I have all I need"

"Very well then, I will be expecting my window to be fixed by tomorrow" Regina said crossing her arms as she observed Emma outside of her porch.

"Don't worry, I'll get the best to do it" Emma said smirking.

"I wouldn't expect less" Regina said as she stepped back and started to close the door. Well that's a first Emma said, as she turned around and started to walk away, she turned around and shot a small smile in Regina's direction.