August is at the hospital. He is seeing Melissa and bought some more squirrel.
"Make sure no one is looking." Melissa said
August check outside the hallways and shuts the door.
"It's clear." August said
"Ok. You might not want to see this. (August turns around. Melissa is seeking her teeth the rat and drinking its blood. Her eyes turn veiny and bloody red. He sneak a peak when he turns back around. He looked at her. She turn her face in the right direction so that she wouldn't be a shamed. He came closer.) Please don't look at me. (He touched her face and turned it towards. He touched the veins.) I just didn't want you to..." Melissa said as August interrupt her sentence
"It's ok. I'm not afraid." August said
Motel
Granny was holding Jenna. Melissa came in.
"I heard what happened. I've been taking care of your daughter." Granny said
Granny hands Jenna to Melissa. She was holding her daughter
"Thank you." Melissa thanking Granny
Next day
At the pier.
Emma is sitting on a bench and reading through Henry's book. Both August and Melissa are holding hands and walks up to her.
"Boo." Melissa said as she scared Emma
Emma gasps.
"Don't scare me like that. (Emma hugs Melissa and stops hugging her.) I can see you're feeling better." Emma said
"Yep. So what are you doing?" Melissa asked Emma
"Grasping at straws." Emma said
"Still trying to find a way to prove your friend's been framed?" August asked Emma
"Every time I go down a path I think leads somewhere, it ends up being a dead end. I used to think I had these great instincts… Superpower. Ah, I don't know." Emma said
"It sounds like you got a case of writer's block. Only without the whole writing part." August said
"Maybe." Emma said
"You know, when I get struck by a block, I usually reread what I've done, rather than plow ahead blindly. Sometimes, I find there'll be a little nugget of inspiration left behind." August said
"You mean start over?" Emma asked August
"I mean, when I start writing, I usually have one idea. And then, in the middle, I may get another idea, and things are different." August said
"So, your perspective changes." Emma said
"Exactly. When you and Margaret right here started this investigation, what was it about?" August asked again
"A missing person. Then, it became a murder, and then a cover-up." Emma said
"If you knew that then, maybe you would have approached things differently. (Emma gets up.) Where are you going?" August asked again
"Scene of the crime." Emma said
"I'll drive." Melissa said
They drives in Melissa's truck to the Toll Bridge. They walk down an incline to the spot under the bridge where the heart was found.
"Ruby found the box with the heart right over here, just by the shore." Emma said
August grimaces in pain.
"What's wrong?" Melissa asked August as she was worried
"It's Nothing." August said
"It doesn't seem like nothing." Emma said as she was worried
"Let me look." Melissa said
"No, it's okay. It's just a shin splint. Just…let me walk it off. Sorry. I know this must be hard on you two." Emma said
"Yeah, that's an understatement." Emma said
Melissa begins to clear rocks away from the heart site.
"Look.(Melissa pulls a piece of metal out of the sand where the heart was buried.) It's a shard. From a shovel. Must've broken off when it hit a rock." Melissa said
"If we can find the shovel that it broke off of, we can prove that Mary Margaret didn't bury the heart. We can prove that she's innocent." Emma said
"We can start by the one person who wants to get you out of town." Melissa said
At Regina's house.
Emma, Melissa, and August are outside the house awaiting instructions.
"The eagle is in the nest, and the package is secure." Henry said on the walkie talkie
"Henry. I left the code book at home." Emma said on the walkie talkie
"She's getting in the shower and the keys are under the mat." Henry said
Emma takes the key from under the mat and the three of them enter the garage.
"Don't touch a thing. (Emma, Melissa, and August search Regina's garage with flashlights. Emma comes to several shovels, one of which is missing a piece in the corner. She calls both August and Melissa over.) Hey. (She tests the shard they found, and it ends up being a perfect fit.) We got her." Emma said
"I've believe so." Melissa said
Emma knocks on Regina's door. Regina answers.
"Can I help you, Sheriff Swan? And Deputy Flair, I can see your feeling better." Regina said
"We need you to unlock the garage for me." Emma said
"And, why would I do that?" Regina asked both Melissa and Emma
"Because we have a search warrant that says that you have to." Melissa said
Emma hands Regina a piece of paper.
"On what grounds?" Regina asked again
Melissa holds up a bag containing the metal shard.
"We found this near where the heart was buried. Figured whoever buried it might have left something behind." Emma said
"Then, we got an anonymous call from someone who said they saw you digging near the Toll Bridge the day the heart was found." Melissa said
"An anonymous call?" Regina asked Melissa
"Yeah. Well, we can't control the fact they didn't leave a name. I suppose they didn't want to risk pissing you off." Melissa said
"Now, open the garage, or we'll find a way to do it ourselves." Emma demands
Regina leads both Emma and Melissa to the garage. They go over to where the broken shovel previously was, but instead finds a shovel that's completely intact.
"Where is it?" Melissa asked Regina
"Where is what?" Regina asked again as she was playing stupid
"You knew we were coming." Melissa said
"How on earth would I know that?" Regina asked again
"Mary Margaret is a good person. She doesn't deserve this." Emma said
"Miss Blanchard is a liar and a murderer. No matter what accusations you both throw my way, that won't change. She's going to pay for what she's done. That woman has destroyed the last life she is ever going to destroy." Regina said
"You're a real bitch." Melissa said
"Excuse me." Regina said as she get offensive
"She didn't do nothing to you. You're the one who framed her. And me and Emma are not going to stop until we find a chance of stopping you." Melissa said
Motel.
Emma knocks on the door of August's room at the inn. August answers.
"Hey." Melissa said
"How could you do this? How could you do this to me? To Mary Margaret?" Emma asked August
"Whoa. Slow down. Do what?" August asked Emma
"The shovel was gone when I got there. Regina knew I was coming for it." Emma said
"You… You think that I told her?" August asked again
"He didn't take it." Melissa said as she is defending him
"You were the only other person who knew about it." Emma said
"He didn't do anything." Melissa said as she keeps defending him
"You're taking his side now?" Emma asked her in frustration
"I'm on both of your sides." Melissa said
"I would hope that you would have enough faith to know that I would never betray you. Neither her." Emma said
"Why should I? How do I know you're not lying about this? About everything?" Emma asked again
"I'm not a liar." August said as he was telling the truth
"That is exactly what a liar would say." Emma said
"He's not lying." Melissa said
"How would you know?" Emma asked again
"Because I believe him." Melissa said
At the station.
Mary Margaret is being handcuffed by the police. Emma, Melissa, and Gold watch.
"Mary Margaret… (Mary Margaret is led out of the room.) You told us you could fix this, that's why we came to you. So that you could make sure Regina didn't win." Emma said
"She hasn't, yet." Mr. Gold said
"Well, she's going to. And now, my friend is going to pay for us trusting you." Emma said
"Look, Sheriff and Deputy. I know this is emotional, but it's also not over. You must have faith. There's still time." Mr. Gold said
"Time for what?" Melissa asked Gold
"For me to work a little magic." Mr. Gold said
Gold leaves, both Emma and Melissa goes into the office. Emma leans against her desk, and then picks up the vase of flowers that Sidney brought. She smashes it against the wall, but then notices a wire tap among the debris.
Both Emma and Melissa is waiting for August as he exits Granny's Diner.
"Hey. I'm sorry." Emma apologized
"For what?" August asked Emma
"For doubting you. I made a mistake." Emma said
Melissa hands August a bag containing the bug from the vase.
"What's that?" August asked again
"Evidence. Evidence that proves that we've been trusting all the wrong people. I should have listened to you. This bug was from Sidney." Emma said
"The newspaper guy?" August asked again
"I should've seen it." Emma said
"We should've seen it. He was the mole who's still working for Regina." Melissa said
"Well, don't beat yourselves up about it. Sometimes, it's hard to see what's right in front of us." August said
Suddenly, a scream is heard from behind the diner. Emma, Melissa, and August go to investigate. They see Ruby walking in the opposite direction.
"Ruby! What's going on?" Melissa asked Ruby
"She… She… She's in the alley." Ruby said
"Who, Ruby? What happened?" Emma asked Ruby
Emma, Melissa, and August goes around to the parking lot in the back of the diner. There is a body laying face down on the ground. Emma leans down to turn the body over, revealing a conscious and very alive Kathryn.