As long as Regina was discussing with Vanessa, Emma had already payed a visit at Rodolfo's and Alessandro's former hotel room. She didn't have the skills of a profiler like Regina did but at least she was able to look around for any possible evidence.

When she first walked inside the room she frowned in confusion. Everything was surprisingly decorated nicely and neatly. The entire room looked like the couple never even entered the place. The pillows and sheets were carefully placed on the bed neatly, the remote controllers were placed next to each other onto the wooden desk in the middle of the living room and the floor looked like someone had recently cleaned up.

The cleaners were ordered to leave the room in the exact same way the couple left it back then. They weren't even allowed to mop the floor till Emma and Regina would get the chance to take a look inside.

Emma wondered around the room scanning the area carefully in order she wouldn't forget to check any spot.

It was weird... They couldn't be that neat! Everything was way too clean and decorated carefully back in place... She kneeled down looking under the coffee table searching for their phones and any kind of personal item but there was nothing except their clothes.

Theirs clothes wouldn't help the two agents that much. They might had their DNA on them but nothing else that could be useful. The blonde woman made sure to open every single suitcase and backpack but there was literally nothing important in there. Clothes, perfumes, toothbrushes, and shoes were inside every single box and backpack.

She huffed and shrugged her shoulders a little disappointed and placed her hands on her hips. She looked around preparing herself to leave and go tell Regina the news when she noticed a small door underneath the sink in the kitchen.

She approached the door and kneeled down curiously. How come she hadn't noticed that? She bit her lips annoyed as soon as she realized that the god damn door needed a key but she was the former savior... of course she had a solution.

She took off two Bobby pins from her hair and smiled evilly. Thankfully growing up on the streets helped her earn a couple of useful skills. She placed the first Bobby pin on the upper area inside the lock and pressed her fingers slightly on it. She then made room for the second one and slowly pushed the pin inside the tiny whole inside the lock. She moved her finger to direct the pin towards the lowest part of the lock and smiled triumphantly as soon as she heard the sound of a click and then opened the lock.

The lock fell down on the floor making an irritating sound and the door was now free to open. She pulled the tiny door and opened it widely. Her jaw dropped... her stomach turned. WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? She might was a professional after so many years of dealing with crime scenes but this time it was different.

This one was brutal. She swallowed hard and held her nose in an effort to stop breathing the nasty smell. She could see the rotten body laying in front of her now and she knew exactly who that man was...

It was Alessandro Russo! She remained calm and slowly took her phone out of her pocket. She had to call Regina and ask for backup.

They had to take the body for investigation... As much as she wished for the case to be easier this time and turn out to be a scam she wasn't that lucky.. there was a dead body! And that made everything even more serious.

There was a murderer out there and who knows if Fiona, Sarah and Rodolfo were killed as well? The possibilities were slowly increasing. She took a closer look towards the body and noticed a couple of scratches and bruises onto Alessandro's wrists. He was probably attached to a rope that made his wrists bleed.

She pressed Regina's phone number and soon she managed to listen to her voice coming from the other line of the phone.

"Swan?"

"Hey! Where are you?"

She asked in shock.

"I'm in our suite. I just got off the phone with Killian. I called him in order to let him know about my chit chat with Vanessa. I think we got a suspect."

"Whoever he is, he better has an alibi cause things are getting serious."

Emma said in serious voice and cleared her throat. Regina's tone immediately changed. She knew that emma found something.

"What did you find?"

" A dead body. It's Alessandro and he was hidden underneath the sink. There was a small door next of them plumbing area and he is laying in there."

"Holy shit..."

She sounded disappointed. They were so foolish and naive to believe that the couples run away or at least they were alive somewhere else. Of course there was a fucking dead body! Regina bet it wasn't the only dead they were gonna meet in this case...

"I'm gonna call the crew. We need to make sure that they will manage to transfer the body outside of the hotel and right in the van without anyone noticing. We need to be low profile swan. We can't ruin our cover and we can't spread fear around the rest of the residents."

"You're right! I'll be waiting here for the crew. In the meantime you better make sure that the person you're suspecting is indeed a worthy suspect. We can't lose time."

Regina agreed and hung up the phone. She rubbed her face and decided that a cold shower and another cup of coffee would be her medicine right now. She needed something to wake her up and help her concentrate. The nightmare she had wouldn't leave stop storming around her head...

She desperately needed to forget about it and focus on work. She entered the hotel room and took off her slim red dress. She took off her panties slowly and held her hair up into a high pony in order they wouldn't get wet.

She was ready to enter the shower when a cellphone started ringing. She rolled her eyes annoyed and walked back into the living room searching for the device. Surprisingly emma had brought two cellphones with her. She huffed and then grabbed a towel and grabbed Emma's purse.

She opened Emma's purse and found the the cellphone at the bottom of it. She held it and narrowed her eyes to read the small letters on the screen.

"Henry Daniel Mills".

At that moment she felt like blood stopped running inside her veins. Her heart skipped a beat. It was him! She had no idea why she felt that surprised... The former savior was his biological mother after all! Of course he was fucking calling her.

She rubbed the screen with her thumb in sadness and swallowed hard nervously. What if she answered the call?

What if she actually dared to answer the call and talk to Henry! Maybe he would react all excited and cheerfully like he used to react when she would

Come back from work!

A smile formed on her lips without herself realizing when she slowly pressed her thumb onto the answer button. She tucked her hair behind her ear and sat down on the sofa bitting her fingernails nervously.

What a stupid idea? What a terrible idea? He would just curse her and hang up! After so many years.. after so many mistakes she made she was pretty sure that Henry hated her.

"Hello? Mum?"

He asked in concern and repeated two more times. The shock in her eyes turned into hot tears... she hadn't listened to that voice for so many years. He had grownup... his voice was lower than it used to be and sounded like a man's voice now.

She covered her mouth with her hand and sobbed.

"Mum? Can you hear me?"

He continued raising his soothing voice nervously when Regina hung up the phone. She couldn't... she couldn't bare it! She couldn't keep listening to that beautiful sound when she knew she wasn't the one he was calling for. She wiped her tears and bit her lips in an effort to keep the bad thoughts away.

She had plenty of time to blame herself about what she did back then later on, but for now she had to make sure that the backup crew would succeed at transferring the dead body outside of the hotel secretively.

The phone started ringing again while she was still squeezing it inside her palms to see Henry's name again written on the screen. She huffed and placed the phone back inside Emma's purse.

"Sorry kid..."

She mumbled and walked in the shower. The pain was too much... it was barely bearable. But she couldn't break now. She couldn't give up! She had to get used to feeling like this for now.

She walked in the shower and slammed the door behind her.

30 minutes later she rushed downstairs to meet Emma in the dinner. Emma wouldn't stop being irritating and a pain in the ass.

"I'm here! What happened?"

"The coroner took the body to the lab and now we have to wait till he's done with the examination. They said that they would call us as soon as they are done."

Regina nodded and cleared her throat. Looks like they had some time to kill now. Of course, she wouldn't get the chance to spend some time with herself since the case was still open. They would have to get to that couple therapy classes and participate for the very first time.

"Alright Swan come on. The couple therapy classes won't be waiting forever."

Emma agreed with a nod of her head and followed Regina downstairs. There was a big room surrounded by mirrors at every corner, and a bunch of people sitting crossed leg on colorful mats on the floor.

They were all holding hands with each other and there was a woman sitting in the middle of the circle talking to them.

"You gotta be kidding me."

Regina whispered.

"Move your royal ass Regina and stop whining."

She pulled Regina's hand and pulled her inside the vast room.

"Sorry we are late! I'm Chloe Davis and this is my wife Trina Moore!"

So many pair of eyes focused on them, examining them from head to nails. The woman was had been sitting in the middle of the circle stood up and approached with a bright smile on her face.

"It's a pleasure to meet you both girls! My name is Stella! Stella Gomez and I'm here to help you fix your relationship and discover your inner world. It's really important to love yourself before you decide that it's time to love someone else as well."

Regina rolled her eyes and sat down on a light blue mat next to the two blondies that they had met a couple of days ago. Both of the girls smiled at them excitedly and then hushed. Silence covered the room. Emma sat behind Regina supporting her back trying her best not to laugh. The entire situation looked like it had just came out of a parody.

"I want you to hold hands with your partners, look inside their eyes and admit your biggest fear. Briana would you like to start dear?"

Briana smiled broadly and brought Sabrina's hands close to her mouth. She placed a kiss on the smooth fingers and cleared her throat.

"When you first told me that you wanted to have a kid with me I was petrified... I'm really scared that since you're the only one who can carry the baby that the baby is gonna think of me as a total stranger. I don't wanna feel left out!"

She managed to say and looked inside her partner's eyes lovingly. Sabrina smiled shyly and held Briana's hands right inside her own.

"Honey I love you! We are doing this together! You have no reason to feel left out since it's gonna be our baby! We are gonna be both mamas and I bet that you're gonna be the coolest one. I'm here to fight any kind of obstacle with you dear! I wouldn't trade you for the world! I love you."

Sabrina replied and kissed Briana's lips lovingly and in lust. Everyone in the room started clapping and cheering except Regina. She rolled her eyes disgusted and turn her head around from the other side.

"Gross."

She mumbled through her teeth.

"Very good Briana! Sabrina care to try?"

Stella continued and Sabrina nodded agreeing with her right away.

"My biggest fear would be losing you! I know my parents can be a little mean sometimes considering they haven't fully accepted my sexuality yet, and I don't think they ever will but I can't lose you Briana! I'm so scared that you're gonna hate me for my family sometimes... it keeps me awake in the night."

She admitted and wiped away a couple of tears that escaped her lips. Briana jumped on her hugging her and soothing her while whispering encouraging words at her. They were made for each other for sure!

Regina looked at emma annoyed and raised grimaced her face in irony.

"Chloe! I think it's your turn dear."

Emma looked at Stella with wide eyes and then back at Regina. She had no idea what to say... the entire lesson was touching. It was touching and overwhelming to watch other people fighting their fears and bonding with their significant other but there was no way that she could open her heart at Regina and Regina take her seriously.

"Really? Oh! I can try..."

She held Regina's hands and watched Reginas shifting uncomfortably on her seat.

"Trina... since the very first day I met you I always felt fear inside. I realized back then that I had something extremely precious in my life and I had to take care of it as much as I can. What scares me a lot is the fact that you keep all your feelings inside of you.. sometimes you're drawing alive because of that pressure in your chest but you choose to feel the pain instead of opening up to me. I'm worried about you."

Regina narrowed her eyes looking at emma with a death stare. What the hell was she doing?

"Honey we have talked about this so many times! I am a loner... and you better accept it."

Regina pointed out and remained calm. Her voice soothing and charming until Stella interrupted them.

"Trina... this is not the proper way to give this issue a solution!"

"You're not gonna tell me how to solve my problems! Plus why is my way to express my feelings your business?"

She raised an eyebrow looking at Stella and then looked back at Emma.

"If you got a problem with this Chloe you better get used to it. Let me remind you one last thing! I'm not here to play!"

"Okay okay no need to argue! Trina why don't you say what scares you the most then?"

Stella crossed her hands under her chest and looked at Regina awaiting for her to answer. All people were staring at her waiting to listen to a good excuse. She swallowed hard and looked at Emma pissed...

HEYYY GUYS! this chapter is over as well! I'm gonna update soon though love you all!!