Graham opened the door to reveal Kaylee standing out in the hallway. He was least to say surprised to see the woman there, not forgetting how incredibly stubborn she was back in their homeland. He waved over to the living room as the woman stepped into his apartment, his nose catching the faintest whiff of her perfume as she walked past. He closed the door and walked over to Kaylee, not knowing what to expect as of this moment.
"I have something for you"
"I'm going to take a wild guess and say it's in that box" Graham pointed out, "What is it?"
"Ruby told me everything about what had happened" Kaylee spoke up as her voice cracked, "When I heard about its finding I didn't think it was just mere coincidence"
"What are you talking about?" Graham questioned, "Ruby was hired as a deputy for the day because I couldn't really go to work. I drank too much at Granny's the other night and it was sort of embarrassing when your student has to come in and tell you to go home and take the next day off"
Kaylee moved to speak up but then suddenly stopped as she realized that Graham had no idea about the heart. She gawked at him before she looked down to the white box in her hand, no trembling with what she was about to do. Kaylee looked back up with tears in her eyes as she opened up the box. Graham took a glance into it but then his eyes lingered on it as his eyes grew wide in shock. He took a step closer to the box as he almost felt like the heart was singing out to him.
"I believe you lost this a long time ago"
"Is that what I think it is?"
"Let's hope so" Kaylee smiled as a tear went down her cheek, "Otherwise I will let out a scream knowing I stole someone else's heart in the morgue"
"This was in the morgue? Why would my heart be there?" Graham questioned before he rolled his eyes and nodded, "Because that would make sense as to a land like this. The Mayor has absolute access to the morgue, I should've thought of that before"
Kaylee was about to move to object to the theory but then decided to hold back her tongue. If anything, she didn't want to give Graham more courage as to find the Evil Queen's actual vault and risk more of a damage to this town.
"I don't know how to rip out a heart" Kaylee mentioned, "But I do know how to set one back inside. The magic here is different but considering how my magic has been coming back I believe I could do it"
"Your powers are coming back?"
"I was surprised too"
"I guess there is a lot that I missed out on" Graham said with a sigh, "Are you sure you're going to be able to do this?"
Kaylee didn't say anything but took out the heart from the box and held it with her hands as she looked as ready as ever. Graham on the other hand was a nervous wreck, he shrugged off his jacket and let out a big sigh as he rolled his shoulders around and around as Kaylee slowly walked up to him. She held in her breath as she placed the heart over his chest, looked up into his eyes before she forcefully pushed the heart into his chest, making it enter his body instead of being a squishy, crushed object on his grey shirt. Graham let out a gasp as he took a step back and leaned on the back of the couch, his breath was shaky before he let out a sob, collapsed down to his knees and pulled Kaylee in a hug around her waist.
"Graham, what is it?" Kaylee asked him, "Are you okay?"
"I'm so sorry" Graham sobbed into her stomach, "I'm sorry for everything I put you through"
"It's not your fault" Kaylee said in a quiet voice, "It was the Curse... I realize that now"
"I should've told you the truth from the very beginning"
Kaylee slowly wrapped her arm around his shoulders as she placed her hand through his curly mass of hair. She looked down to him as she felt his shirt become warm and wet with tears.
"I forgive you"
"But I don't forgive myself" Graham objected, "I should've stayed and protected my family"
"I told you to go on as if the Curse was never broken" Kaylee told him, "I was selfish when I heard about the affair. It was me who should be apologizing"
"You did the right thing in pushing me away"
Kaylee then pried away his arms from her waist and bent down so that she was at eye level with him on the floor. She looked up to him carefully as she placed her hand on the side of his cheek. Graham took her hand and brought it to his lips as he hungrily kissed her palm. He eventually stopped but kept her hand close to his face as he looked down into her hazel eyes.
"That was the worst decision of my life"
"Telling me to live out the Cursed Life?"
"Pushing you away" Kaylee said to him, "I was alone before I met Humbert at the Enchanted Forest and it felt like I lost him again in Storybrooke when I shut the door on you"
"You will never have to feel that way again"
Kaylee brought her hand to the back of his hand as she smashed their lips together as she felt butterflies erupt inside of her stomach as a tear fell down her cheek.
