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Chapter 2

Emma bit at her lip as she looked at the time and looked towards the door for Lilly. She was late and Emma really needed her here right now. Tonight was her first night on stage and as if that didn't make her nervous enough, Lilly was late to help her with her make up. She was the reason her scars were still a secret and the last thing she wanted to do was give the other girls any kind of ammunition against her. She knew that so far, they were holding back because she was Lilly's friend, but she'd already heard them talking about her and how she already had her own "groupies" and didn't want to give them more. "Damnit Lilly, where are you?" She groaned as she looked at her phone.

"What's wrong, Sweets? Feeling nervous?" Mal asked as she came into the room and noticed Emma by herself in front of her mirror. "You're going to be just fine. I've honestly never seen anyone pick up on the moves like you have."

"Thanks." Emma said, blushing a bit. "It's not that though. I just need Lilly's help with my make up."

"Honey, you look beautiful."

Emma blushed a bit more and let out a breath. "I…thank you, but I don't mean for my face." She looked around and made sure no one was watching as she lowered her voice. "I um…see I didn't have the best childhood and I have some scars because of that. Lilly can cover them so that no one can tell, but she's late and I can't reach them."

For the first time, Mal saw a crack in Emma's exterior and realized she was making herself just a little vulnerable to her. Mal put her hand over Emma's. "I got you, Swan." She said with a wink. "I don't want to assume, but is it your back? That's the only place I can think that you wouldn't be able to reach."

Emma gave a little nod and slid her robe down her back as Mal moved behind her. "Thanks." She said quietly, not sure why her heart was pounding, though she figured it had something to do with the fact that Mal was the only one other than Lilly to ever see her scars – at least in her adult life. She had always been careful that others never saw because she just still couldn't handle talking about them.

Mal put a hand on Emma's shoulder. "Don't you worry, sweetheart, it's our secret. Now, I'm going to use waterproof stuff because the lights are going to make you sweat."

Emma pointed to the counter. "Lilly has been using that stuff. It was crazy expensive, but it's supposed to last long and is waterproof."

"This is good stuff." Mal said, looking at it and then looking at Emma's back. "You don't have to ever tell me, Emma, but if there does come a day you need to talk about anything, including these scars, please know that I'm here and it will go no further."

Emma nodded and swallowed. "Thanks." She whispered, again, not sure why she felt such emotion. When Mal was done, Emma hugged her. "Thanks so much."

Mal smiled softly and hugged her back before tapping her nose. "You're welcome, my Swan. Ten minutes until your grand debut." She then turned and saw Regina watching them with quite the jealous look in her eyes. She walked past her boss with a smirk.

Regina followed her. "What the hell was that about?"

"What was what about?" Mal asked innocently.

"You know very well and good what I'm talking about. You didn't want me to fuck her so you could!" Regina said, slamming her office door as they went in.

Mal rolled her eyes and turned around. "Regina, I am not fucking her at all. While this little jealousy thing is cute, it's not necessary. She needed help with something, and I helped her; that's all."

"Yeah, cuz you just tap everyone's noses and hug them." Regina said, gritting her teeth.

"I do when they need it. Regina, that girl…she's got a strong exterior, but there's more than meets the eye and I just gave her a little comfort." She gave Regina a look. "The fact that I even have to explain this to you is a bit worrying. Do you have feelings for her, Regina?"

Regina just ignored her and stood in front of the windows watching the club below. There was a good crowed tonight and the girls on the floor were doing a good job in making sure everyone was happy. "I don't possess feelings. You know that."

"Nah. What I do know is you have feelings; it just takes a lot for them to come out. The fact you're jealous of me hugging Emma just shows…"

"It shows nothing! Now go make sure the girls are working."

Mal sighed, knowing not to keep fighting with her boss. "Fine."

Lilly finally made it and apologized over and over to Emma who just shook it off. "It's fine. Mal took care of it."

"You told her?" Lilly asked as she quickly got ready. "You don't tell anyone or show anyone."

"Well I had to have someone do it and she was here. She was really nice and non-judgmental about it. She didn't ask and I didn't give details."

Lilly just shrugged. "Well, I'm still sorry." She took a breath and looked at Emma. "You ready for tonight? Remember, you don't have to get completely naked until you feel comfortable to – if ever."

Emma looked at herself in the mirror and gave a nod. "I'm ready and I know." She looked over. "Thanks, Lil."

"No thanks needed. After you're done, you'll be official."

"That's right. Here's to your big night!" Kenzie said as she and Sadie came over with two shot glasses each. Kenzie gave her extra to Emma and Sadie gave hers to Lilly. "Here's some liquid courage. Don't worry, boss doesn't care if we just have one."

Emma looked at Lilly who gave a little nod and then held her glass out before taking the shot. The music started and the four of them went onstage with wolf whistles and cat calls being heard over the music. The way the stage was lain out was that it was a long stage with five different "stations". They would come out and each take a station, dance for a fifteen-minute set, then rotate stations. Whomever was at station four would go to station one and this would go on four times until they all worked the stations and then their round was over. Each dancer could do up to four sets a night, but they preferred them to take a break between since an hour of dancing was a lot to ask for. They also had three individual stations around the place that were used if it was a bit crowded or if there weren't many who wanted lap dances.

Four stations had a pole while the one in the middle curved out as a bar top and whoever was there was mainly on their knees giving a show to whomever was sitting at the bar. Because that involved touching, Emma wasn't going to have to do that one. One thing Emma learned early on was that Regina was very understanding of those who didn't want to be touched and would never force them to do something they weren't comfortable with. Emma, Lilly, and Zelena were the three who didn't have to do any lap dances or the bar stage.

"For those of you that are regulars, you'll notice our newest entertainer is finally hitting the stage tonight. Let's hear it for our White Swan!" The D.J. Will announced. The girls didn't always use code names, but Mal liked it if they had them as it gave an air of mystery, though pretty much all the regulars knew her name was Emma.

Emma felt her nerves bunch up but smiled through it and did one of the moves she had just recently learned, causing the crowed to go wild. Mal watched from the corner and Regina watched from upstairs and they both knew right then that they had a little moneymaker on their hands.

After going through the four 'no touch' stations, working the pole, and even being brave enough to undo her hair and take her little skirt off – leaving her in a barely there thong bikini, Emma finally got to go backstage and sit for a while. Her feet hurt, her back hurt, and her calf muscles were burning, but she felt a kind of high she had never felt before. As four others went to take the stage, Mal came in the back with stacks of money in her hands. "Good round, girls. We've taken our cut and I have yours. Any bets on who the winner is?"

"The winner?" Emma asked Lilly.

Lilly rolled her eyes. "Mal likes to announce how much each person made. She thinks it's good to compete, but I think it's why there's so many cat fights." She whispered back.

Kenzie smirked. "Mal, it's always me." She looked at Emma. "No offense, but first timers are usually last."

Emma shrugged. "Doesn't really matter to me." She was not going to take the bait.

Mal grinned at the exchange and looked at the envelopes. "You all did amazing tonight and there is no real loser, but Sadie, you came in last. Don't be sad, you still made $1,800 for one round."

Emma was shocked as she knew Lilly had come home with over two grand, but that's usually after being on stage at least three times in a night. Lilly seemed to be reading Emma's mind. "Mal, seriously? That's like two rounds worth."

"Usually, yes. However, we have some top CEO's out there tonight who are drinking big and feeling generous. You, Lilly, came in third with $2,150. Congrats." She handed her the envelope.

Emma glanced at Kenzie and part of her hoped she had made more than the girl, but she wasn't going to show it.

"So, we have Emma and Kenzie at the top." Mal said, really enjoying this moment. She was glad there was someone else here to put Kenzie in her place, though she did also worry about what Kenzie would do; she felt like Emma could handle herself. "Kenzie, you came in second with $2,240 which means our White Swan came in first with a whopping $2,890! That is the most a newbie has ever made on their first round." She handed a stunned Kenzie her envelop and then handed Emma hers, giving her a huge smile.

Emma just stood there with her mouth open holding it. "Wait…seriously?"

"Seriously, my dear. I know you said you don't want to do anything with touching, but I'm telling you right now that if you worked a lap dance or center stage in, you'd triple that by the end of the night."

Emma shook her head, looking down. "I…I just can't."

"It's okay, Emma." Lilly said. "Besides, if they stick around and you do another round or two, you'll probably at least double that."

"She's not wrong." Mal said, looking at her clip board. "Would you want to do the next set? We're short two since Gia is happily giving lap dances and Ruby and Lacey are in the back room for a bit."

Emma gave Lilly a look and Lilly gave a small nod. Emma knew that meant she'd explain later. She looked at Mal and nodded. "Sure, I'll go next round."

"Great. Lilly you too? Let me talk to Regina and see if she wants you two to do your little double dance."

"Sure, sounds good."

Mal left and Kenzie stormed off to the other side of the room with Sadie following. Emma ignored them and pulled her feet up on the chair to rub them. "The back room is real?"

"Yes, but Emma, you never have to do that if you don't want to. I don't. The only ones that do are Kenzie, Lacey, Gia, Sadie, and Ruby."

"Is it just like hand jobs and blows?"

"Sometimes. Other times it's whatever the client wants. But it's all agreed upon beforehand and there's legal papers signed, and no one will ever know about it or there are high legal consequences. But like I said, you never have to do it if you don't want to. You may get customers who ask you to, but you just tell them you don't do that and if they keep bothering you, you tell Leroy and he'll get one of his guys to take care of them."

Emma nodded and then sighed as she looked at her envelope. "They're all going to hate me now."

"Who cares? Emma, you earned that money. I saw you from the corner of my eye and you're amazing. You can tell you were a dancer at one stage of your life."

Emma smiled a bit at the one good memory she had from childhood and then looked at Lilly. "You don't hate me, right?"

"I'll never hate you." Lilly assured her, fixing her make up. "And if the bitches give you a hard time, let me know."

Mal made her way upstairs and knocked on Regina's door. Usually, she'd just go in, but after their little tussle, she decided to play nice. "Come in." Regina called and Mal did so.

"So, our little White Swan just made a record breaking amount for her first round. After our cut, she was just shy of $3,000. We've got some top CEO's in the audience and even the lowest amount earned was high."

"Let me guess, the lowest was Sadie?"

Mal sighed. "Yes. Regina, I haven't fired her because she does the back room and we make a lot of money that way."

"So, how did Kenzie feel about Emma beating her?" Regina changed the subject simply because Mal was right.

"Oh, she's pissed. She didn't say anything, but she was pissed."

"We'll have to watch that, Mal. I don't need a repeat of Mandy. Emma's already proven to be quite the asset and I do not want a pissed off little wench taking that away."

"Agreed. Emma and Lilly agreed to go on next set and I was wondering if you think we should have them do their partner dance?"

Regina turned from the window. "Sure. Have them be the last two out and when they get to stage two and three, they can do it. When that happens, have no one on station five. I know it's odd for us to take someone off the bar but have them use that space. No touching, but I have a feeling it'll be a hit, and everyone will want to see it."

"You got it boss." Mal stated and headed for the door.

"Mal?"

Mal paused. "Yes?"

Regina turned back to the window. "She's going to be the death of me."

Mal smirked, knowing that was Regina's way of telling her she had been right about her feelings. "Oh, I know."

As Mal made her way across the club, she was stopped by a man she loathed. "Love? I've been waiting to see Swan out here. I have money burning for a lap dance."

"Well it'll keep burning love, because she's a no touch girl. You know this, Jones, we have lists of who can be touched." This was true as on the door and tables through out the club, there were lists with pictures of who could be touched and warnings that anyone else are strictly no touch girls.

"Oh, come on. Let me just talk to her and I'm sure she'll change her mind."

"No. Now, am I going to have to get Leroy?"

He rolled his eyes as he had just gotten off his three months ban and knew that one more issue and he'd be banned for life. "No." He then glared as he watched her leave. Kenzie had been watching and came over to him, pulling him to a corner. Regina's brow raised when she saw this, and she moved to the security desk and put the headphones on so she could hear what was being said. She zoomed in and turned the volume up. "Love, you and I have done this before and you were great, but…"

"Shut up." She said and rolled her eyes. "I know you want Emma like everyone else does. The shiny new toy, right? Well what if you could have her without paying for it?"

He looked around and looked at her. "What do you mean?"

"Let's just say I know where she lives and I know your number and I can tell you when she leaves. I can also tell you that there's an alley on the way to her place that has no security cameras."

He looked at her and was thinking before shaking his head. "Not worth it. I'll just have to charm her. But don't worry, I won't tell anyone about our conversation."

"Fine. Just let me know if you…" Kenzie stopped, turning white as she saw an angry Regina storming towards her. "Shit."

Killian turned around and put his hands up. "I told her no, Regina. I'm out of here."

"Good idea, Jones. Kenzie, go up to my office right now and wait for me." Regina said, storming past and going to the dressing room. "Mal!"

Mal, who had been talking to Emma and Lilly about their dance, turned around. "Yes, boss?" She asked, wondering what had the woman so mad.

"I need to talk to you right now. We have a serious situation. Emma, I want to talk to you later. I know I'm upset, but not at you, so don't be worried. Just please come see me before you leave tonight."

"Yes, ma'am." Emma said, though no matter what she said, she was a bit worried. She watched the two leave and looked at Lilly. "What the hell was that about?"

"I have no idea."

Regina pulled Mal into the storage room. "I'm fucking livid right now."

"I can tell. What's going on?"

"Kenzie. Do you know what that fucking tart just did?" Mal just shook her head. "After you had whatever conversation you had with Jones, she pulled him aside. Obviously, I was curious, so I went to the security system and started watching and listening. She told him that she knew he wanted to sleep with Emma so she said she knew where Emma lived, she could text him when Emma left, and that there was an alley by her place with no security camera. Mal, she was setting Emma up to be raped!"

"You're fucking kidding me, right?"

"I'm not. I have it recorded, and I have that bitch up in my office. I'm livid. Do I call the cops? I'm firing her, no question, but what else do I do?"

Mal sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose. "I think we leave that up to Emma. Fire her, yes, but let Emma decide if she wants to press charges. What did Killian say?"

"He said it wasn't worth it. He may have caused us trouble with touching, but he's never crossed that line. Damnit, why did she have to do this? She's a good dancer and makes us money."

"Yes, but if she's willing to put another dancer in danger, she's a liability."

"And you know I'd be this upset no matter what girl she put in danger."

"Yes, Regina, I know that. You have no reason to defend being upset. I think we should let Emma do this round and then talk to her."

Regina nodded and took some deep breaths. "I swear to god I'm going to kill her. And yes, that's because it's Emma."

Mal rolled her eyes and hugged the woman. "Just go get a drink, take a breather and we'll go up there together. I'm going to get the girls ready for round change." Regina nodded and headed off to the bar, ordering a club soda on ice. Mal took a breath and went back to the dressing room. She saw Lilly touching up the make up on Emma's back and then cleared her throat. "Okay girls, Ashley, you'll go first, Lilly second, then Emma, followed by Gia. The big wigs are still out there, so go make that money!" She gave Emma what she hoped was a reassuring wink as they walked out and then went to see what the last group made. After handing out their money (again, nothing under $1500, but nothing as much as Emma's), she went and found Regina. "Ready?"

"Yes." The two went upstairs and when they went in Regina's office. Mal noticed Kenzie had been crying and no part of her felt sorry for the girl.

"Regina, I'm so sorry, I know that was stupid, I was just so upset and…"

"No. I don't want to hear any excuses, Kenzie. You just offered to have another woman raped. Do you get that? Do you understand how horrible that is?"

Kenzie looked down. "Yes. I don't think I'd have actually gone through with it though."

"You don't think you would? Are you fucking kidding me? Tell me, Kenzie, what did she ever do to you to deserve for you to try and get her raped? Aww, did she make more money than you, pretty baby?" She asked with a mock voice. "Get over it, Kenzie. Shit happens in life, but you use it and you get better; you don't go and set someone up to be assaulted!" Regina sat down at her desk. "You're fired and banned from here and you be your name will be blacklisted from any other club, restaurant or even bar in this area. I'm going to talk to Emma and see if she wants to press charges, so you are to stay here until that is done." She pressed a button on her desk and Jennifer came in. "Take Miss Martine down to Leroy's office. James is there and is expecting her. Miss Martine, I'm severely disappointed in you."

Kenzie clenched her jaw. "You'll regret this. I made you money. I let people touch me, I went to the back room. Your precious White Swan won't do that. You'll be begging for me to come back."

"Get the fuck out of my office."

Kenzie kept her head up high as she left and made her way down to Leroy's office. Before either Regina or Mal could say anything, a loud cheer rang up from the club floor. "What is tat about?" Regina asked, going to the window.

Mal grinned. "Our dancers." She said as Emma cheekily took off Lilly's bikini top as the two danced. "They're good together."

Regina watched as Lilly did the same back to Emma. She was impressed as not many girls did even half nude dances on their first night on stage. "Look at that money come in." She said as hundred of notes were thrown onto the stage. She then smirked as she watched Kenzie watch before going to Leroy's office. "We don't need Kenzie anymore."

"Damn right we don't. I think we should look into more partner dances."

"I think you're right. I'll call up Grace now. Oh, and we need a tenth girl."

"On it. I'll bring Emma up as soon as the set is over."

"Thanks." Regina kept watching and couldn't take her eyes off the toned and beautiful body that was dancing with Lilly. "She's annoying and has bad jokes." She said, but still stayed a moment longer before going to call Grace.

When they were done, Emma and Lilly burst into the dressing room laughing and chatting about how much fun that had been while Ashley and Gia grumbled about not getting any attention. Mal came back and smiled wide. "Good set girls!" She had four large envelopes in her hands. "Ashley and Gia, you two did amazing and each made $2,500!" She said, handing the envelopes to them. Lilly, you made a whopping $3,260! Good job!" She then looked at Emma. "And you, my little rock star, made the highest amount any girl has ever made on stage. Even more than anyone has ever made in the touch zone or lap dances. I present to you, $4,940!"

Lilly happily hugged Emma. "Good job, Emma! That will pay for one of your online courses all on its own."

While Emma was happy, she hated that now she had three people mad at her for what she made if going by the faces of Ashley and Gia were any indication. She took the envelope and did quick math in her head. She gave Lilly $40 and then gave Gia and Ashley each $800. "There, now we're all even. We all worked hard out there, and we all earned this."

Ashley was surprised and looked at Mal. "Can she do this?"

"If she wants to." Mal said with a shrug, though she was truly touched.

"Emma, you don't have to…" Gia started but Emma interrupted her.

"Hey, I didn't come here to compete or make enemies or anything like that. I completely get why Mal does this competition thing, so we all go out and do our best, but honestly, I think we all deserve this. Take it."

Gia shook her head and handed it back. "Thanks. I mean, really, I appreciate this, but I can't take it from you. It's so sweet, but you deserve this. You're right that Mal does this to push us and well, I wanna out dance you fair and square." She gave a grin. "And don't worry about enemies; I've got your back."

Ashley smiled and did the same. "She's right. Thanks, so much for even thinking of it though."

Lilly shrugged. "I'm keeping mine. You owe me anyway."

Emma chuckled and put her envelope in her locker as she grabbed her robe. "Um, did boss lady still want to see me?"

"Yes. Don't worry, you're not in trouble." As they were heading to Regina's office, Mal stopped her on the stairs. "Hey, so I don't know if tonight is a fluke because of who we have in the CEO's here or if it's because you're new or if you'll always make this kind of money, but I want to tell you two things. One, don't worry about what the other girls think and two, get yourself a good accountant. I can give you the number of the guy most the girls here use if you'd like. You don't want tax time to come around and find you owe a bunch of money."

Emma gave a nod. "I'll do that, thanks."

They came into Regina's office and Regina gestured for her to sit. She sat behind her desk and rubbed her temples. "I really don't know how to tell you this, Emma, and to be honest, I don't want to."

Emma's stomach dropped at the tone. "Have I done something wrong?" She felt like that little girl who was being sat down and told she wasn't wanted anymore.

Regina noticed the way Emma suddenly looked rejected and sad and she wanted to wrap her arms around her and comfort her. "No, Emma. You've done nothing wrong." She took a breath as Mal sat on a chair next to Emma. "Earlier tonight, Kenzie did something that could have put you in danger. She has been fired, but we thought we should leave it up to as to if you wanted to press charges."

"Press charges? I don't understand. What did she do?"

"I think it would be easier to show you." Regina said and gestured towards the screen on her desk. Emma moved closer and Regina pushed play.

Emma watched the interaction and felt betrayed and angered by what she saw. When it stopped, she sat there for a moment. "I…did she just try to set him up to rape me?"

Mal noticed Emma's breathing increase and she reached over and put her hand on Emma's. "Yes, honey. I'm sorry and I wish we didn't have to tell you this, but we thought it best you know."

"What kind of person…and he even thought about it." She put her hand to her head. "I feel sick."

Regina came around and knelt in front of Regina. "I understand. We feel sick too. She's in the security office and we just want to know if you want it reported."

"I…what if that makes her more upset? What if she comes after me now or has someone else do it? What the hell did I ever do to her?"

"Do you want her up here so you can ask her?"

"I don't know. I don't know what to do. Has this ever happened before?"

Mal shook her head. "Not that we're aware of. Do you want me to get Lilly?"

"Yes please."

Mal nodded and headed out. Regina took her chair and looked at Emma. "Emma, I don't think there's any wrong answer here."

"What would you do?"

Regina took a breath. "I've been thinking about that. I think if it were me, I'd at least make a report so it's on file. They'll ask if you want to press charges, but personally, if it were me, I would leave it at the report. However, if you want to press charges, that's your call and I'd fully support you."

Emma swallowed. "But…I mean do the police care? I've seen the tv shows and I know that when it comes to…dancers, they kinda feel like they get what they deserve."

"I think mostly that's sex workers, but I happen to know someone on the force who would take this seriously and treat you with respect. I can call him and have him here in a half hour."

Before Emma could say anything, Mal came in with Lilly. "I hope you don't mind, but I told her what happened." Mal said.

"It's fine." Emma said and looked at her friend. "What do I do?"

"You make a report, Emma, and we take public transportation to and from work. We be more observant."

Emma sighed and gave a nod. "Okay." She looked at Regina. "Can you call your friend? Can I go get dressed?"

"Yes, sweets." Mal stated as Regina picked up her phone. "Go get dressed and come on back up here. You don't have to tell anyone anything, but you also don't have to keep it a secret."

Emma gave a nod and Lilly put her arm around her as they went downstairs. Once in the dressing room, Emma looked at Lilly. "What did I do wrong?"

Lilly hugged Emma close, keeping her arms around her. "You did nothing wrong, Emma. She's jealous and is obviously a horrible person."

Ruby came in and sighed as she sat at her station. "I heard I missed quite the night. Good earnings, Swan." She then looked over and noticed Emma was upset as she was getting her jeans on. "What's wrong? I heard you had an amazing night."

"Yeah, I did. I just…something happened and…well it doesn't matter. Thanks for the compliment."

Ruby looked over at Lacey who shrugged and then back at Emma. "Did someone give you a hard time? Some of these girls get really jealous, Emma, and you have to ignore them."

"Yeah, thanks." Emma said, slipping her shirt on.

Zelena came in and looked at Emma. "Is it true? Did Kenzie really try to get Jones to rape you?"

"What?!" Ruby asked, standing up.

"How did you hear about that?" Lilly asked as Emma slumped in her chair.

"Jones was telling everyone."

"Great." Emma said. "Maybe I should just quit."

"Oh hell no." Ruby stated. "You're not quitting because of this. Please tell me you're pressing charges."

"Regina's calling a friend of hers that's in the police force and I'm making a report. Do you guys know Jones? Do I need to be worried?"

"He's a flirt and a creep, but he won't come after you, especially not now that you're making a report." Zelena stated. "I think he likes the attention."

Emma gave a nod. "I need to go back to Regina's office. Thanks for the support guys."

"No problem. Hey, wanna go for a bite to eat when we close up?" Ruby asked. "Zee, Lacey, and I usually go to my gran's diner."

Emma smiled. "Sure, thanks."

Emma went up to Regina's office and knocked on the door. When Regina said to come in, she did and right away noticed the police officer in there. If she didn't know any better, she'd say he was her brother the way they looked alike.

"Emma, this is Officer Nolan. David, this is Emma."

The three talked and David watched the video. He wrote up the report and asked Emma more than once about pressing charges. She kept saying she didn't want to, but she wanted this all on record. He assured her it would be and that he'd talk to Killian as well. He gave Emma the report number and said he'd send a copy to her once it was all typed up.

When they were done and he'd left, Emma let out a sigh. "This was such a good night until this happened."

"Hey, it'll be okay." Regina stated. "You did amazingly well tonight and you should be proud."

Emma smirked a bit. "Thanks. You didn't think I had it in me, did you?"

Regina was taken aback by this but recovered quickly. "I did hire you, Miss Swan. Now, get out of here and be ready to keep proving yourself."

"Yes, boss." If Emma didn't know any better, she'd think Regina had a bit of a crush on her. The thought of that made her smile. She wasn't looking for a relationship or anything, but it could be fun to play with her boss.

After the group ate, Emma and Lilly went home where Emma put her money in her safe. She smiled as she went to bed as even after what happened, she felt on top of the world.