Author's Note: This Chapter contains Domestic Violence and Partner Rape so go forward cautiously
Chapter Seven
"Great thanks, Henry is just going to love being surprised," Emma told them over the phone. Neal had set her up with a fake background and everything to pass the background checks as she was now listed as Violet's father's girlfriend.
"No, I'm just so glad that you could be there for Henry's birthday after all," He told her. "And my little Violet is all too thrilled to be a part of this extra special gift." Soon she had hung up with them as she sat back in her chair. She couldn't believe her luck that Regina was really going to be at the Underworld Resort. From what Violet and her father knew, it was only a vacation spot, but that was good enough, as long as she could confront Regina. She sighed as the front door opened to her apartment, she knew it could only be Lily. How was she going to explain why she was going to some resort with some guy and his daughter? Lily wouldn't like it, hell she still had no idea that she'd even been in contact with Henry or met him twice. She would jump to conclusions about her cheating.
"Hey there's my starlight," Lily greeted. She bent down and kissed her. Emma kissed her back with a smile. Lily of course immediately picked up on when something was wrong. "Did you order dinner?" Emma's smile faltered.
"No, I'm sorry, I was handling some business, I thought you wouldn't be home for another two hours, I was just about to start." Lily looked down for a moment as if she were upset and nodded. "I'll start now love, why don't I run you a nice bubble bath bring you something to snack on while I cook. I was planning on your favorite anyway." Lily squinted at her.
"Cook?" Lily asked. "You don't cook, you can't cook, the best meals we ever had have been take out."
"I know, but you know I'm feeling like we can do better than grilled cheese all the time when we actually cook." Lily looked suspicious.
"What's this sudden new love of cooking, who have you been talking too, because it's not one of your lazy friends from Interpol," Lily replied sounding upset. Emma pushed herself back into the chair.
"No one, it's just…" Lily slapped her across the face.
"Emma don't fucking lie to me, you know I don't like it when you lie." Emma looked down as she held her face.
"I wasn't going to lie, I just wanted to do something special for you. And I wanted to tell you I found out my son is alive, that he came here to see me." Emma wouldn't mention she was in Florida to see him. Lily would just focus on the part where she lied about her whereabouts.
"What?" Lily asked. "When?"
"A few weeks ago, while you were away, but then his adoptive mother snatched him away as fast as he showed up. I've been trying to find an address; I was so focused on that I forgot to celebrate with you to tell you somewhere out there we have a son."
"Hmph he's not adopted, he's our son and he should be living here with us, you didn't give him away not like my mother," Lily told her bitterly. "Or abandon him like your mother did to you."
"No, we didn't," Emma told her. "He really likes different kinds of foods, and I wanted to try out cooking for you, I mean really cooking so that we could welcome him home properly." Lily smiled.
"In that case we're both doing the cooking." Lily pulled her up from her seat. "Come on now, show me what you bought at the store." Emma smiled and Lily and her started to cook a stew, it was very simple and easy for them both which was a plus to how much they enjoyed cooking together. Emma was setting the table when her phone rang, but from a number she didn't recognize but the caller ID said Brazil. She immediately picked up.
"Henry?" Emma asked excited. "Are you all right, where are you?"
"Hi Emma, I'm fine, I just wanted to invite you to our home for my birthday," Henry told her.
"I would love to come give me your address," Emma said quickly as she searched for a pen.
"I have a request though first before I do that, because Mom's going to be upset that I did this without talking to her first. You know she doesn't want you to know where we spend a lot of time," Henry told her as if he was just being so careless. Regina however was right next to him giving him a thumbs up along with his Aunt Maleficent. He thought he was helping create a surprise for Emma's girlfriend.
"Name it," Emma said as Lily came in watching her.
"I saw on your background check that you are living with someone, and I would really like to meet her too. Mom always says that the day someone lives with us, is the day she'll be in a serious relationship. So that must mean you're in a serious relationship, and that means she's family and I would like all my family at my birthday." Emma to say the least wasn't surprised that Regina somehow knew more about her than she did about Regina.
"You don't want me to bring my parents do you?" Emma asked hoping he wouldn't. Henry was silent for a moment.
"Um…no, not yet, I want to meet them when we've had more time to work on us," Henry told her.
"Henry who are you talking too?" Regina purposely called.
"No one!" Henry yelled away from the phone. "Emma, fly to the Capitol of Chile, I'll have someone meet you there. Five days from now." Henry hung up.
"What he didn't want to talk to me?" Lily asked.
"He wasn't supposed to call, apparently we're both going to Chile in five days. I told you I was doing some digging, and I know that one of his school friends is also going to Chile in five days. From there I believe we'll be heading to a private island resort." Lily looked excited.
"A vacation in the South Pacific, yes this is definitely what I need and couldn't have come at a better time. I need a fence a few diamonds and why not in some third world country before we get back."
"I didn't hear that," Emma told her. It had always been this way, Lily would get into trouble and she would have to save her or look the other way. Her career was over as soon as Lily was caught that much she knew. They sat down to dinner, but they were both disappointed.
"Extra sausage on your pizza tonight?" Emma asked.
"No, actually I think I'll go vegetarian with extra cheese, I'm off meat tonight," Lily said making a face that said she might vomit.
"Agreed," Emma told her before she went to order a pizza.
"What's gotten into you?" Red asked as she got dressed slowly. Regina lay in bed still just watching her.
"Stress about this Emma and Lily thing. I worry that Lily is going to compromise Maleficent and in doing so Emma will find out about everything and compromise everyone. This place works because it's safe, we're all very happy here, we do our crime out in the world, but when we come back here we're like everybody else, no one is different we've all sinned." Red looked thoughtful.
"I know what you mean we're a well-oiled machine, but I wouldn't worry, they can't touch us, you have several private armies in nearly every country under Evil Regal Corp. The only way they're going to be able to get us is if they catch us when we travel, but we are masters at avoiding customs and defeating facial recognition or at least already being gone by the time they think to search for us.
"We'll be on our best behavior as long as she can't link us to any of the criminal behavior that happens here, we're good." Regina nodded and pulled Red back into bed.
"I still have an hour; we could use it wisely." Red chuckled and kissed her.
"Unfortunately I don't, Granny will be angry if I'm not on top of the Dog's schedule." Regina released her and she finished getting dressed. "Come on get up do your morning run, because today Killian picks up your baby Mama." Regina threw her pillow at Red making her laugh before she finished getting dressed and left. Regina got up for the day and did her exercise routine before she made sure everything was in order. There could be nothing amiss during Emma's stay.
"Welcome all of you to the Jolly Rodger, I am your Captain, Captain Hook." He held up his hook making them all laugh. "Now alongside myself and the Jolly Rodger, my good friend Pan here will be responsible for making sure you have the loveliest journey to Neverland and back again."
"Excuse me, but I thought this was going to Underworld," Emma spoke up. Killian looked at her and grinned.
"Madam Underworld is for our VIP guests and if you're meant to be there you will see it. However, if you are not a VIP guest, you will be enjoying the part of the island that we call Neverland complete with an indigenous Maori tribe we paid to move there." The crowd gasped in delight. "Also apart of Neverland are many Disneyworld attractions that you should not shy away from ladies, gentlemen, children," Killian told them.
"Now if you're not quite ready to grow up, follow me into the Jolly Rodger," Pan called out. For show he was lifted by rope as if flying onto the Jolly Rodger. They clapped and cheered as everyone walked aboard. Soon they were sailing away from Chile and into the South Pacific.
"Now I'm afraid we've never met before love." Emma looked up from her phone and trying to text Henry back on the Brazilian number. She hadn't been able to call back on it or trace it to no surprise from her.
"Back off she's taken," Lily told her. "Now tell me more about this underworld. I looked it up, people say it's a place where you can get stuff done."
"If I were to know what you were talking about, I would need to see some proof of what it is you're trying to get done," Killian told her. Lily looked around there were very few other shady looking people in the boat. She pulled out a fake tooth and popped a diamond out.
"I would need these cleaned you know, the code would need to be written off." Killian took the diamond.
"That would be impossible without a special laser," Killian told her. "Where did you get these?"
"Does it matter?" Lily asked him annoyed.
"It matters a lot actually, I would keep that hidden, I don't know where you could find someone to clean that up, didn't think you were holding real stolen goods." He gave her back a diamond, but it wasn't her diamond. He walked away.
"What are you smirking at?" Lily asked her. Emma looked down.
"Nothing, I'm sure you can find someone to clean them up, you just asked the wrong guy," Emma told her. The trip took twenty-four hours before they saw anything.
"If you look to your left you will see our Ocean Conservatory and museum. We also breed marine animals there whose populations have dwindled from over fishing or whales. Whales are our national animal. Soon they had arrived at the island and everyone was just absolutely floored by the luxury and modern feel of it all. They were taken by various pods to their destination. Emma and Lily were put in a pod with Violet and her father.
"Oh I'm so excited. Henry is going to be so happy to see you," Violet told her. Emma smiled at her. They all viewed the city through the pods before they were stopped at a hotel and taken to their rooms. Emma was amazed at the underground suite and so was Lily.
"Incredible now if I can just find someone to take these diamonds," Lily muttered. The bell boy turned around.
"Dinner is in an hour and a half, a pod will be around to pick you up then, please do not be late." He closed the door and left.
"You're sure it was Lily who had this?" Regina asked. Killian nodded.
"Yes, these are straight out of an armor truck, freshly cut, and with fresh tags. I don't know how she got a hold of them. I heard there was a job done on an armored truck in Boston, and no one knew who the players were, but it looks like we've got one of them here."
"How many does she have?" Regina asked him.
"She had this one hidden in a tooth, I heard it was a six-man crew and twelve diamonds were stolen."
"So my daughter is looking for someone to make these sellable," Maleficent stated. Killian nodded. "It's good you decided to tell her you couldn't help her. I'll help her quietly keep it from Emma. I'll make sure she thinks this guy is here temporarily and a good friend of mine. She won't want to betray me when she knows she'll also have a contact." Regina handed her the diamond.
"That's your approach then, I leave you to handle Lily, and hopefully we'll keep Emma distracted." They nodded. Killian returned back home to his wife Mila. And Regina went to meet Emma with Maleficent. Unfortunately, she was stopped by some Koreans just as Emma walked in with Lily.
"Please if you go down to the hostess, she can direct you to my secretary who will set up a meeting but right now I'm late for a business dinner." They bowed to her and walked away.
"Ms. Swan that's your dinner attire, jeans and t-shirt." Emma frowned as she looked down. Her and Lily had known immediately they were very underdressed for the restaurant.
"Well I thought we were going to dinner at your house and to see Henry," Emma told her.
"Henry is on a date with Violet, he's been planning it for months and although he was very eager to meet your significant other the boy has got it bad for Violet." Emma couldn't help but grin at that as Regina pointed over to a corner where Henry and Violet were all dressed up on a date.
"He's putting his skills to use." Regina nodded at her words before she looked at Lily.
"I'm Regina Mills it's nice to meet you." Lily shook her hand.
"I would say nice to meet you but you're holding our son hostage," Lily told her bluntly. Regina was a little taken aback.
"No, I went through all the legal channels and no parent could be found so legally he is mine," Regina told her. "Anyway please come meet our dining companion and my friend, she's my business partner and Henry's Aunt." They went over to a table that surrounded a grill. They shook hands with Maleficent.
"Maleficent Padovani," Maleficent introduced herself. They sat down with Maleficent sitting across from Lily and Regina from Emma.
"Do you have a staring problem?" Lily asked unnerved by Maleficent. Regina and Maleficent looked at one another.
"Well I thought we could eat first, but obviously not, so I guess we should just get straight to the point. We believe that Lily is Maleficent's long lost daughter. She's been searching a very long time for her and it was only by chance that she saw Lily's mugshot and the star birthmark on her wrist." The table was very silent.
"That phone call from Henry was totally staged wasn't it so you could be sure I'd drag Lily into this lie," Emma told her upset.
"It's not a lie, Regina has no reason to play with either of you like this, I know you're my daughter how many other little girls have star shaped birthmarks on their wrists?" Maleficent asked. "And you look so much like my mother." Lily was shaking with anger. "I know you're upset, but please hear me out, I didn't mean for us to be separated like this." Lily stormed out and Maleficent hurried after her. Regina stopped Emma from following.
"Let them go, Maleficent has been looking for her a very long time, I know you can understand that, can't you?" Regina asked appealing to Emma's feelings. Emma's shoulders slumped as she looked towards the corner where Henry was laughing with Violet.
"Yes, yes I can," Emma told her. Regina waved a waitress over. Once they had ordered the silence fell in around them.
"So, is this where you live Underworld?" Emma asked.
"No, actually your hotel suite is technically underworld, I have a home here on the island that Henry and I quite enjoy." Regina sipped a cup of tea gingerly. "So now that you know where I live I won't tolerate you showing up at random, and I will know if you do."
"I don't tolerate you disappearing without a trace, although I see why now, the rumors about this place being a hub for crime is just insane. You probably have a record."
"You have yet to find one on me, Ms. Swan," Regina told her. "In any case what goes on behind closed doors and in meetings is beyond my control."
"Wasn't your secretary coming here to deliver some diamonds to you?" Regina grinned.
"Now I do believe the only person who brought illegal diamonds on this island is your girlfriend." Emma didn't even pretend to be shocked. "You'll find that news travels fast around here."
"Seems to me news travels to you fast wherever you are." Regina only shrugged as their meal was brought over. She had of course ordered a tuna roll for Emma when she'd had no idea what to eat. Well she had ordered a variety of rolls for them to share so Emma could taste them all.
"So when is Henry's birthday Party?" Emma asked her.
"In three days, oh and I'm sure he didn't mention it but we have a rule on birthdays."
"What's that?" Emma asked.
"We give back, so tomorrow on his actual birthday, we're flying to do some relief work in Bolivia and bring food to some poor villagers. Henry also gives away stuff he hasn't used in a year to help declutter his room. And if you give money we ask instead that you donate it to charity."
"The one day it's supposed to be all about him, you make it about someone else?" Emma asked.
"I'd rather Henry were selfless than selfish. Henry is going to be a rich man someday and he can have whatever he wants, but I would fail him as a mother if I didn't teach him to give. What's the point of having everything if you don't share it?" Regina asked her seriously. Emma didn't have an answer. "Look I get it, you're a cop you don't make a decent living, but you come from a background where for a long time the basics were provided for you at all times, until it wasn't and you lived on the streets and you did what you had to do. But that's not Henry's life, what he gives away he can always get back tenfold if I gave it to him. He's not missing out on anything but learning something."
"You've really surprised me, I thought all rich people were like my parents, they only give if it looks good, and until I made something of myself they hardly acknowledged me." Regina tried to look surprised, but in reality she was not.
"Well there won't be any cameras around to report it to the world only collect memories." Emma nodded. "Oh and another thing, I did my research on how Lily ended up separated from her mother. I'm not a fan of your parents, don't ever bring them here. And I don't want Henry around them ever, he knows that now. And he's agreed that as long as I'm a little bit nicer to you, he won't complain."
"I don't see how that could be a problem, the last thing they want is it to get out that I'm sharing my son with another woman. To them it's bad enough that I live with a known criminal." Regina nodded as she ate.
"Yes, well that was surprising to learn, you're so concerned with right and wrong," Regina commented. "Tell me did you know about the diamonds before you got here or after?"
"I knew before, I can't turn her in, she's my weakness, and I reasoned that I should ignore it and let her do what she will with the diamonds without my knowledge and honestly after the rumors I heard I had truly hoped she'd find someone safe to fence them too. It's extremely hard to move diamonds that have already been tagged. She's gotten busted before at sixteen with diamonds. She didn't know who a safe mover was and she still doesn't. She's never been a good criminal." Emma looked around when she said that out loud. "Don't tell her I said that. "
"Your secret is safe with me and her record speaks for itself," Regina told her as she watched Emma stick with just the tuna rolls.
"You know ever since the squid nothing tastes bad anymore in comparison." They both chuckled remembering Henry's dirty trick.
"It was octopus actually," Regina corrected. Since they weren't too full Regina ordered some teriyaki chicken over rice to Emma's relief. They talked about Henry's schooling and Emma tried to figure out how much time exactly they spent in this island paradise.
"It's a good place really," Regina told her as they followed a bit behind Henry and Violet as he took her for a walk. The place was not overly crowded on the streets Emma realized. While it appeared all small town and quiet, she could see many open places with plenty of patrons inside enjoying themselves. And it didn't seem to matter if you were an adult or a kid, you had places to go.
"Why so many rumors about the criminal activity then, don't you think that's a bad influence on Henry?" Emma asked her.
"Not at all, he's not privy to such things," Regina lied. "Like I said I don't know what goes on behind every closed door."
"But Henry might someday, and get the wrong idea?" Emma asked.
"About what, for what?" Regina asked her. "He's got everything he will ever need. A life of crime would be pointless. I try to set Henry's sights on the good things about this island like it's Huge Ocean conservation program, did you know that our island is responsible for the removal of two tons of waste each year, which is more than anyone else in the world is doing?"
"No, I had no idea," Emma admitted truthfully.
"Not to mention we've helped increase the sea life of the area, it wasn't easy but we bred whales, krill, plankton, various fish. We replant trees in the Amazon rain forest. Next summer we'll be planting trees in Africa and building a nature conservation building to perhaps help restore the land. They will also be working on solutions for providing not only clean water, but finding water. That trip is not even hosted by the government; it's hosted by Henry's school. The entire year, they'll be raising funds, going on fund raising trips and talking to guests."
"You never think that he won't find a certain thrill in stealing something he could just buy?" Emma asked her. Regina didn't speak for a moment as she thought.
"No," She answered truthfully. Regina didn't generally steal herself that had been more of Killian's thing when he had joined up her. Henry had fun with Killian, but she was grooming him to play a subtle game of chess in a suit if that's what he chose or to be a gentleman of society that no one could hate, and maybe he'd be something in between it was hard to say. So far he hadn't taken it upon himself to use his skills for anything bad.
"All right so how did you find this place?" Emma asked. Regina shrugged.
"I wanted to disappear and I heard about this place being built. I decided to check it out. When I got here it was nothing, but then more people came and this place grew.
"Emma there you are!" Lily yelled. She shoved passed Regina grabbed Emma hard by her arm. "I've been waiting for you to come back to the room for over an hour and I find you out here having a moonlit walk with another woman." Emma just hid a gulp.
"No, no Lily it's not like that, look your son is on his first date, we were chaperoning them, I'm sorry we thought Maleficent had gotten you to talk with her and I didn't want to intrude on that while you said what you've wanted too for years. I knew how important that was for you, and I didn't want to miss Henry's date a chance to do something as his mom, be his chaperone."
"Is there a problem?" Regina asked clearly making a mental note of the way Lily gripped Emma's arm. Lily released her.
"No, we're chaperoning Henry's first date, like we should be," Lily told her with an emphasis on the we, as if to exclude Regina. Regina however wasn't threatened by Lily now, until she assessed what kind of hold she had on Maleficent. If Lily proved to be too dangerous, it would be hard to get rid of her without killing her, and then that posed other problems as that was a deal breaker in her partnership with Maleficent.
"Right well they're getting ahead of us a bit." Regina continued walking and Lily put a protective arm around Emma's shoulder as if to claim her. Regina ignored it though as she talked more about how they produced their own fresh water and utilized vertical crop growing. She also talked about how thanks to her initiative on the school board this was now part of the school curriculum.
"School seems too good to be true," Lily told her in a suggestive tone.
"A year ago it was," Regina told her unfazed. "Before there were no school laws, you could do what you liked, and most people here have the means to send their kid away to boarding school. I confess Henry was one of a handful of children here and he was home schooled most of his life. That's partially why we were in Florida Ms. Swan and Henry chose your school to have something in common with you."
"They were in Florida before?" Lily asked her.
"Yes, that's where we all met," Regina told her as if she were being stupid, but when she looked back she only saw quiet fury in Lily's face and Emma looked distressed that Lily now knew they were in Florida.
"I was only there like two days," Emma told her. "I didn't know what Regina would be like so I had a secret meeting with Henry or rather tried before Regina caught us. She invited me to dinner, but then skipped town that same night." Regina noticed she didn't add that she had drugged her, but from her point of view she was sure that wouldn't have mattered to Lily until she was finished with Emma. "I came back right after to try and find her, and I pretty much didn't leave work."
"It's okay love, I know you had to see him," Lily told her as if she were so forgiving that Regina nearly scoffed, but kept it to herself. Regina glanced back ahead of them Violet and Henry were stopped outside the ice cream parlor. She watched him send her in alone before he beckoned over to her frantically. She hurried over.
"What's wrong Henry?" Lily asked pushing her out of the way. Henry looked at her confused and took his hands out from Lily's.
"Hi Emma," He said before he glanced in quickly hugged her before turning to Regina who was resisting the urge to kick Lily forward. "Mom I lost my wallet and she wants ice cream." Regina nodded knowingly and opened her purse and produced enough money, but she didn't give it to him right away.
"We'll call the restaurant tomorrow and look for your wallet." He nodded before hugging her and Emma one last time and running in.
"Why doesn't he know who I am?" Lily asked her upset.
"He probably didn't realize, you are overstepping yourself before you've even been properly introduced as the girl whose fucking his second mother," Regina told her sounding bored, before she walked into the ice cream parlor to get her own cone. It wasn't long before Emma came in with a quietly seething Lily.
"What flavor would you like Emma, I do recommend the apple pie one it's to die for," Regina said licking her own scoop. Lily glared at her but she pretended not to see. Everything was a threat to Lily.
"Regina stop playing with the poor girl," the woman behind the counter lightly scolded. "And Emma's favorite is rocky road." Emma looked surprised.
"What, how did you…. Ingrid?" Emma asked. Ingrid smiled at her. "How, what?"
"Whose Ingrid?" Lily asked.
"I was the scientist who took you two in, well I was there for the birth of Emma, but not you Lily, you arrived a few days later. You had just been born. I was in charge of your care for a few weeks, until you went home with Dr. Page, and I had Emma until she was off to school and a little bit in between that."
"Why didn't you come get me after, after it was all over, I thought you loved me?" Emma told her.
"Oh I did sweetheart you were the best foster kid anyone could ask for, but after the program and I was no longer working there, I was ordered never to go near you again. Your biological mother wouldn't give me custody of you she said you were your own problem, but that she was taking care of you. I had no way of finding out different. All my letters I could never mail personally and I was under the impression your last name was Blanchard. I searched once and couldn't find you anywhere. I didn't stay in the company forever, I saw some things I shouldn't have, done some things I shouldn't have. They paid me off long before I met your mother again and I heard about your grandfather's death. I wanted to know what happened to you, but never got such answers."
"You knew my last name, why not find me?" Lily asked. Ingrid looked at her.
"You were in a good home, Dr. Page and his wife were loving parents, they had officially adopted you. They did their job, loved you unconditionally, and brought you in for medical tests." Lily looked furious. "Please we'll talk about this over the next few days, have a cone on me, before your son gets too far ahead of you." She indicated Henry walking out with Violet still eating their ice cream. Regina followed as Emma grabbed her Rocky Road and Lily didn't even bother.
"You shouldn't take her stupid ice cream." Lily took it and threw it on the ground leaving Emma disappointed. A whistle blew and an officer stepped out of the shadows.
"Littering is a class four ticketing charge, clean it up now," She ordered with authority. Regina groaned as both Henry and Violet turned around as well as herself.
"I'm not doing anything who…" Emma put a hand on Lily's chest making her look at her.
"We don't want trouble," Emma told her. "I'll clean it up, no harm no foul, I'm an officer too." She picked up the cone and used her napkin to dump the ice cream in the trash. The officer fetched a scrub brush and bucket.
"The nearest shop will give you hot water and soap we don't want things sticky here." Emma nodded and went back to the ice cream parlor as Lily glared at the officer who wasn't in the least intimidated by her. Regina had handpicked her cops from the prison systems of the world. She had picked tough women who had gotten locked up standing up for themselves. Officer Rodriguez by far was her favorite recruit and the head of her police officers. She was also ex-military. She had been court marshalled for supposedly filing a false rape report when that was not true. Soon the stones were all cleaned up and Officer Rodriguez had produced a ticket for them.
"One hundred thousand dollars for littering!" Lily yelled. "That's a rip off."
"I'm sure you're good for it," Officer Rodriguez told her "You have until the end of your stay to pay up or I will be putting you into our jail cell."
"Do you know who my mother is?" Lily asked her. "She'll have your head when she finds me in jail for not paying this outrageous fee." She got in her face, but the officer didn't flinch.
"No, and I don't really care, but if your mommy is important around here that you think I should be afraid of her, then I expect this ticket to be paid in three days or you're going to jail." The Officer turned on her heel and disappeared into the shadows. Lily growled in frustration.
"Lily, come on let's just finish the night, Henry's watching," Emma told her just low enough Regina could hear. She was worried that Lily would show her bad side and ruin her chances of getting Henry. If Regina ran again, after she finally found the place where they most frequented she didn't know what she would do.
"Don't tell me what to do," Lily growled but she turned to keep walking, they all did. Henry took Violet home after that to her hotel. He didn't go pass the lobby in this case as her father came to collect her. They waved before Henry came back outside where Regina was calling for a pod.
"Emma, how do you like our home?" Henry asked her excited. "Is your suite okay, I asked only for the best." Emma smiled at him.
"Yes, it's perfect, and very beautiful," Emma told him. He nodded.
"Good, are you excited for tomorrow, we're going to Bolivia," He told her. "I'm excited, because we get to give them filters for clean water."
"That's very cool, I can't wait to see it in action," Emma told him. Lily elbowed her. Enough to get her attention but not really hurt her. "Henry this is Lily, she's your third…" Lily cleared her throat. "Second mom, she's been my family for as long as I can remember." Henry nodded.
"Are you married?" Henry asked them. He got bad vibes from Lily and he didn't know what to think of her yet.
"No, I mean does it bother you at all that Lily's a woman?" Emma asked concerned.
"Why should that matter?" Henry asked her seriously now looking confused. He looked at Regina. "What does being a girl have to do with marriage?"
"Sometimes people think that when a woman likes another woman romantically that it's wrong, that people were only meant to be male and female couples. And it's so bad that in some places they cannot get married, not like here." Henry made a face. "It's kind of like how some people think brown people are beneath them because they aren't white."
"That's completely stupid what's wrong with people?" Henry asked. They all shrugged having no answer for him on that. He turned to Lily. "It's nice to meet you Cousin Lily."
"I'm not your cousin, I'm your mother sweetheart," She told him.
"No, your mom is my Aunt, that makes you my cousin," Henry corrected as the Pod arrived. "See you both in the morning, I can't wait to get to know you Lily." He ran off after a hug to both of them. Soon Lily and Emma were standing alone in front of the hotel. They went inside to their rooms, and once behind closed doors, Lily yelled at Emma about the entire night.
"I can't believe you just left me alone to deal with this. I waited and waited and you just sat there eating not caring if I ate or not. Then I find you walking on the beach like a couple!" She punched her hard in the eye. Emma fell onto the bed, and Lily grabbed her by the arm
"We were just following Henry," Emma told her sadly as Lily gripped her arm hard. "I honestly thought you'd talk to her."
"What, why would I talk to that bitch?" Lily asked. "She left me to those monsters."
"She didn't mean too, and to be honest I was kind of hoping she would help you sell the diamonds. She seemed pretty important here." Lily released her for a moment.
"Well you got your wish in that, she's helping me out of guilt." Emma nodded. "And you had better do more to convince Henry of who his two mothers are. I won't have him calling me his cousin, understand?" Emma nodded.
"I will Lily, I'll talk to him, but maybe it's a bit much he just met us…." Emma was cut off as Lily slapped her cheek.
"If it wasn't for that bitch not properly reporting him alive, he'd be calling me mother now. Do not let her get in the way, you spent all this time trying to hunt them down, and now you wanna shrink back because you finally have a permanent address?"
"No, it's just, I have to gain her trust…."
"Are you saying you can't do that because of me?" Lily asked her. Emma shook her head.
"No, no never I'll gain her trust and I will get our son, but I know nothing about her and knowing nothing has not worked well for me in fighting against her. She knows everything about us and she's always a step ahead. So I'm sorry if you think I'm being a bitch to you, but it's not on purpose I'm doing this for us and Henry." Lily released her.
"Order me some room service, I'm fucking starving in case you forgot," Lily told her. "And tomorrow you make sure that fucking ticket is dealt with I'm not shelling out one hundred thousand dollars." Lily stomped into the bathroom and Emma's shoulders didn't relax until she heard the shower turn on. She went to the phone and ordered room service for Lily. When it was delivered Lily came out in just a towel and ordered her in the tub to get the smell of another woman off her. Emma only let a few tears fall when she was in the tub.
"Emma get out here and come make up for today." Emma sighed. She didn't really want to touch Lily after she had hit her. She never did, but refusing would result in an even bigger fight, and she had left Lily. She should have gone after her, but instead she had stayed planted in her seat talking to Regina and she hadn't even thought of Lily once when Regina didn't bring her up.
"Emma!" Lily pounded on the door and Emma jumped coming out of her thoughts.
"Oh I'm sorry baby, I'm coming, I was just tired from the trip, I must have fallen asleep," Emma called back. She quickly finished was bathing before she got out of the tub. She dried off and let her hair down. Lily was already waiting for her on the bed. She hadn't even bothered getting dressed from her own shower.
"I'm sorry I hit you earlier, that wasn't very nice of me, I didn't mean too, it's just a bad response I learned from those Monsters." She stroked the side of her face where she had punched her in the eye. Emma nodded.
"Of course baby I understand," Emma replied.
"I'm getting better you know, I haven't punched you in months, and one day not at all." Emma didn't mention it was because she had been gone trying to steal the diamonds. "I tell you what I'm not interested in standing around with disgustingly poor people. So while you go there I'm going to take care of the sale of these diamonds and buy you something real nice. We might even be set for life. You can quit Interpol, we can move to Malta with Henry, and we can even do some treatments so you can have my baby. Won't that be lovely?" Emma nodded as she looked in Lily's eyes. It seemed she had their whole lives planned out for them.
"Yes, that would be great," Emma told her. Lily pulled the towel away from her and kissed her. she kissed her back out of habit and touched her only where Lily indicated until she was satisfied. As usual Lily teased her until she was uncomfortable before going to sleep if she was intent on punishing her. Emma barely slept that night, and decided to make good on her thought to rise early.
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