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Chapter 28

"Regina I would love to stay with you a little longer but I really have to go now, Fred is probably outside by now waiting for me." Kathryn said.

"It's ok, thank you for coming, I missed you." Regina said while taking hold and squeezing Kathryn's hand.

Getting up from the bed and kissing Regina's forehead she said "I missed you too, I'll be back as soon as I can, I promise." Looking at Henry that was still lying on top of his mother's legs she said "I won't forget our lunch young boy."

He smiled at her and answered "You better."

"Love you, my sweet family." And she waved at them from the bedroom's door. As she was opening the door she found Emma on the other side of it.

"Leaving so soon?" Emma asked.

"Sadly yes, Fred is waiting for me."

"Ok, hope to see you soon."

"You will." Kathryn said winking at the younger blonde and she quickly made her way to the stairs.

Entering the room, she couldn't avoid smiling at Henry and Regina, moving towards the bed and sitting on the edge of it she asked "How are my two, three, favorite people in the whole wide world?"

"Good." Mother and son said in unison and at the same time Regina placed her left hand on top of her belly.

"Henry, Purple needs your help in the kitchen can you go help her out, please?"

"Yeah, sure Ma." And with that he jumped off the bed and ran to the bedroom door, where he stopped and looked at Regina saying "I'll be back soon mom."

"It's ok honey, take your time." Regina answered him. Looking closely at Emma after Henry had closed the door, she immediately noticed that something was bothering the blonde "Emma what has happened?"

Emma sighed and shook her head while saying "You know me to well." And she took the folded paper from her jeans back pocket.

"Whatever it is, just tell me Emma."

"Ok. Sandra, the nurse that was kidnapped, was able to identify the man that is haunting us, she made us a drawing of his face." And she showed the folded paper at Regina.

"Good, let me see it."

"Regina." She sighed "She says that you know him."

Frowning at that statement Regina simply added "Better yet, that way I know against who we are fighting and probably his weaknesses too. Give it to me." And she extended her hand so Emma would give her the paper.

Seeing the certain and decided look on the brunette's face Emma gave her the paper and waited for Regina's reaction to it.

Unfolding the paper and taking a good look at the picture on it Regina shook her head and sighed heavily before whispering "God damn it."

"Beautiful, can you tell me who he is and what the hell happened between you two?"

"What happened was that he was supposed to be my friend and he stabbed me on the back and after I became the 'Evil Queen' I… I got my revenge against him, by taking away the only thing he loved the most like he did to me." Tears were now flowing down her cheeks "He, Whale and Rumple took away my last hope of having Daniel back, they tricked me into doing what they all wanted and that was the final drop, that was when the last bit of hope died inside of me and I truly became the 'Evil Queen', so in return and after I discovered what he had done I tricked him too and left him, Jefferson, stranded in Wonderland unable to reach or take care of his little girl, Grace, the only thing he loved the most."

"Where is she now?" Emma asked.

"She is with the family that I left her with, she has been well cared for all these years, I might have been a monster but I never hurt children, at least I tried not to. After the curse broke I talked to her parents and they said that Jefferson had been there, trying to take Grace away from them, but he scared his own daughter and she said that she wanted to see him but that she didn't want to live with him, she wanted to live with her family." At that point she looked at Emma and added "That is why he is coming after me now because his daughter doesn't want him and he blames me for that."

Coming closer Emma hugged the brunette and whispered "All is going to be ok beautiful."

Hugging the blonde back she asked with a shaky voice "You're not mad?"

Without breaking their connection Emma said firmly "No beautiful, I'm not. All that is in the past and I already told you that I don't care about your past, I only care about our present and most importantly our future."

Breaking their embrace so she could look Regina in the eyes, she placed a hand on her cheek and the other on top of her belly and without breaking their eye contact she spoke with all her heart "I love you and I love both our children and all I want is to protect you and make you happy, sometimes I wish I could erase your past and make you forget all the painful moments that you had to go through but I can't and even if I could, I wouldn't because all that made you the woman you are today, made you the woman I love with all my heart and soul."

Regina had tears falling from her eyes just like a waterfall in a rainy day, so Emma cleaned them all away while the brunette whispered "I love you so much Emma, I don't even know what I did to deserve you."

With a gentle smile Emma looked at her and simply said "You fell in love with the real me not the savior, you adopted my kid and made of him an awesome boy and now you are giving me another baby, a sweet baby girl that will be a new light in our lives, so all and all you have given me everything I ever wanted so I would say you have done more than enough to deserve this little messy me."

Sighing Regina said "Emma…" and after that she pulled the blonde's face closer to hers and simply kissed her, gently and lovingly, just wanting to feel their love for each other through a single kiss that could convey all the words that she was unable to express in that extremely emotional moment.


Henry was observing all the adults walking back and forward in the kitchen and he could tell that something was going on, they had made him set the table so they could have lunch, he had already placed the salad and the bread on the table too, so now that he had nothing left to do he was paying more attention to them.

Clearing his throat he asked "What's wrong?"

The three adults in the room quickly looked at him and almost in unison answered "Nothing."

Looking seriously at all of them he said "With that answer I am totally sure that something is going on. What happened? You all know that if you don't tell me I will eventually find out on my own, right?"

Purple looked at David and Snow before looking back at Henry "You are a really smart boy Henry, indeed something has happened, we now have a picture of the man that is trying to hurt your mother and I guarantee you that we are all doing our best to find him."

Looking at the fairy Henry simply told her "Thank you for being honest with me. I'm going to wait for all of you at the table." And with that he exited the kitchen, refusing to let his family see that he was scared of losing is mom in case they couldn't get the man in time.

"He looked sad." Snow stated.

"It's true, but it is better that he knows the truth." David said looking at her.

"He is a strong boy, just like his mother's." Purple said to the couple before adding "Let's place the food on the tray, the girls are coming down." And as she spoke she started placing the food on the respective tray.

Snow looked confused at the fairy but before she could ask how did she know that Regina and Emma were coming their way Purple simply said "I can sense Regina's presence and that feeling becomes stronger as she comes closer to me, I started using it ever since I appeared in this new land, there was a time that I took her presence in my life for granted, now I am not taking any chances…" she ended with a sigh.

Snow simply caressed the fairy's arm showing her that she understood because if she could she would always try to sense Emma. She knew that in life we can't take anything for granted, including the presence of our most dearest in our lives.

"Let's go to the table." Snow finally said giving her a small push in the doors direction. Purple smiled and they all made their way to the table.

They had just finished sitting down when Emma and Regina entered the dining room and took their places at the table too.

Purple was getting ready to start serving everyone when Regina looked at Henry and as soon as she saw Henry's face she knew that he had been crying "Henry what's wrong?" she asked, the concern she felt becoming known by the timbre of her voice.

Without looking at his mother he immediately answered with "Nothing." His head lowering as he fixed his eyes on his plate that still held no food.

Before speaking again she took a deep breath "I thought we had agreed on never lying to each other again."

The boy quickly looked at his mother and with his eyes filling with tears he said "I'm sorry mom…" his heart was beating fast and all he wanted was to hug his mother so he swiftly got up from his chair and went to his mother and did just that.

Regina was caught off guard, her heart was shrinking inside her chest, she felt lost not knowing what could've possibly have happened to make Henry act this way, so she did what came naturally to her, she pulled him into her lap and hugged him tightly against her, like she was protecting him from all the evil in the world, as she started whispering sweet nothings into his ear so he would calm down and stop crying.

She looked at Emma and silently asked her to give them some space. The blonde woman received her message loud and clear and signaling the others they all left the dining room, leaving mother and son alone, giving them the privacy they needed for the conversation they were about to have.

Five minutes had passed when Henry's cries finally subsided, he had nestled his head between Regina's neck and shoulder and was refusing to move away.

"My little prince, please tell me what is weighing so much in your heart?" she asked gently while pressing soft kisses on his head.

"I don't want to lose you, mom." He managed to say with a scratchy voice.

"Henry…" she whispered out but had no time to continue because her little boy started speaking again.

"I know that there is a picture of man that is after you and I know that everyone is doing their best to protect you but I also know that no one can promise me that nothing will ever happen to you but can you at least promise me that you will always do your best to never leave me, never leave us?"

Kissing him again she whispers "I promise Henry. I promise you that I will always do my best to be with you and our family. I love you so much my sweet boy."

"I love you too mom." He affirmed has he nestled even closer to her.

"Are you ready to have lunch now?" she asked him.

"Yeah, just give me one more minute." He said almost in a whisper.

"Of course sweetie, you can have all the time you need."