Chapter 4

Emma had returned home and relieved the babysitter, she sat on the floor with Henry and watched him as he played. Henry was always able to make her smile no matter how she was feeling, he was just so carefree in life and never had a worry in the world. This is why she didn't give him up, her parents had abandoned her so why should she have to subject Henry to such pain. Now she just had to break it to Henry that Killian wasn't going to be visiting anymore, which was going to break his heart. She kissed Henry's head and got up to make him dinner, she was already concerned since Henry was so quiet.

"Hey kid, go wash up for dinner please." She smiled at him as he ran to go do as asked.

Just then there was a knock on the door, Henry quickly ran to the door but Emma picked him up before he could open it. Her hopes were high that Killian had managed to get himself out of jail, she opened the door only to have her heart sink and her mind go a million miles an hour. The man at the door was no pirate, no was he any good for her family.

"Neil. Leave." She held Henry tighter trying to hide him from Neil.

"Common Emma, aren't you glad to see me? Mmm, I smell dinner, what did you make?" Neil pushed his way into the apartment and helped himself to anything and everything that he wanted.

"Neil, you cannot be here." Emma sat Henry in his chair and gave him something to eat but still standing between him and Neil.

"Emma, I thought you would have been happy to see me. I got out on 'Good Behavior'." Neil laughed. "What idiots, but I swear Emma I have changed just not as they wanted. I won't steal or lie anymore. I'm here to support my family"

"Neil you don't have a family here, and I don't believe a word that is coming out of your mouth." Her skin began to crawl and all she could think about was how much Henry didn't need to know everything that was happening. "Henry go get ready for bed I'll be in there soon okay" Again, Henry listened and ran to his room.

"He sure is adorable, he looks just like you Emma." Neil tried to get back on Emma's good side.

"He's not yours and never will be. Neither of us will ever be yours, Neil. You need to leave and never come back." She hissed at Neil trying to not be heard by Henry, she was also more than ready to forcefully throw Neil out of her apartment.

"What do you mean he isn't mine? How big of a slut have you turned into since I left?" Neil went there, she couldn't believe it. She punched Neil square in the face breaking his nose and pushed him out of the apartment.

"I said leave." Emma slammed the door and locked it with all the locks she had, she leaned against the door and slid down to the floor. She was wondering what all Henry was able to hear and she didn't know how to explain any of this, he was too young to understand. Her life had become a complete disaster in a matter of a couple days and she had no control over any of it.

"Mommy?" Henry looked around the corner for her and found her sitting in front of the door.

"Hey, kid. What's wrong?" She opened her arms and picked him up and held him in her lap. He had drug his favorite blanket with him, she wrapped his in his blanket and rested her head on top of his.

"Who was that guy?" One thing Emma loved about having a child, they can spot the good in any person. From what she could tell, Neil scared Henry to a point. Usually, Henry is always pestering guests but tonight he never said a word and didn't give her any sass when she asked him to do something.

"I'm sorry Henry, you shouldn't have had to see that mean man. He was someone I knew a long time ago before you came into my life, but I don't regret it because without him I don't believe I would have had the chance to have you in my life." This wasn't a lie, if Emma wasn't helping Neil she wouldn't have gotten stranded at the pier and she wouldn't have met Hook. She couldn't complain about the way things played out one bit.

"Oh." Henry yawned.

It was way past his bedtime and she knew that everything she just said went right over his head, he was still too young. She stood with henry in her arms and carried him to her bedroom and laid him on the bed and tucked him in, she didn't want him to sleep alone tonight. She changed into her sleepwear and crawled into bed with Henry and held him close to her.

"Is the nice guy coming back?" Henry looked up at Emma. She honestly had no answer for him yet again.

"I don't know."

"I hope he does. Maybe he can kick the mean guys butt like the superheroes do on TV." Emma had to laugh at this, her son had a wonderful way of looking at things.

"That would be pretty cool wouldn't it." Emma couldn't help but smile.

"Yeah, then you both would be superheroes." Henry yawned again and slowly began falling asleep.

"Maybe, kid." She smiled and watched Henry fall asleep.

Killian didn't want to stay the night in jail and he sure wasn't going to sit around and wait for his fate to be decided. He knew that he was going to be able to buy his way out, anyone was able to and all he needed was Smee and a reasonable judge.

"Hey, I want to use my one phone call!" They may have been pirates but it was the 21st century and well they kept up with the times. Hopefully, Smee had actually remembered to charge his phone for once.

"Alright, just this once Jones." Graham came to let Killian use his one phone call.

"Thank you. Now please get me in touch with my judge, I have a preposition for him." Graham nodded and left to let Killian make his call. Luckily Smee actually answered.

"Hello?" Smee had a groggy voice, he must have just woken up.

"Smee, its Hook. Grab the savings and come to the jailhouse. Also you may need to tell the crew to start getting normal jobs and clear their names. We are becoming fisherman after this Smee." It was the only reasonable job Killian could think of so they could all still enjoy the sea from time to time.

"Of course Captain." With that Smee hung up. Killian let out a sigh as Graham came back to retrieve him, they both walked into one of the stations small offices where Killian was sat once again in front of a man in a suit. Only this was a normal suit not a uniform of the police, Killian figured he was in front of the right person finally. The man was looking over Killian's file just like Emma normally did, reading every little detail and observing every little mistake he ever performed.

"So, Killian 'Hook' Jones. You requested to see me?" The man didn't bother to look up from the file.

"Yes, mate I did." He tried to not seem rushed about his plan this time. "I want to know what I can do to erase that file of mistakes and, well, to be honest, get out of here."

"I see. Well you stole a ship, killed a bunch of people, and stole from multiple shops on the coast of Maine. How do you plan on repaying all of your crimes? You have multiple counts of theft and different degrees of murder on your hands Jones." The man finally put the folder down and looks at Killian, his eyes were filled with judgment.

"Aye, I know that I have done wrong and I know I more than deserve to be locked in here forever but I'm willing to give everything back. The ship is docked at the pier and I can pay as much as needed, everything is still on the ship." He wasn't even going to pull the child card, as sure as he was that Henry was his he still was unsure.

"I see, well with the ship returned along with all its goods and royalty your bail would be still unfathomable for a pirate."

"Wait for my right hand man and then see what I have to offer. Send your men to the pier and claim the ship, I have a feeling I won't be needing it anymore after this." Now Killian felt he was getting somewhere and was actually going to win this, there is no way they could turn down such amounts that he was willing to give. The ship had been the major part of his crimes and he knew it that alone was high in price.

"Fine, I will." The man smiled until Graham knocked on the door. "Yes, deputy?"

"There is a Smee here for you and Jones."

"That's a good mate," Killian whispered.

"Fine bring him in."

The deputy left and went to get Smee, the man gave Killian a look that let him know he was playing with fire but may have succeeded in getting his ducks in a row first. Smee followed Graham into the room and sat by Hook with a rather large box in his hands.

"If you don't mind" Hook smiled as he reached for the combination lock on the box. The judge looked away until he heard the click of the box unlocking and the hinge squeaking open. Killian smiled as he pushed the box towards the judge. "I believe this will be enough."

"How much is in here?" The judge looked into the box and pulled out several stacks of bills bundled into thousands.

"More than enough" There were three stacks with three bundles of $10,000 in the box.

"Indeed there is. You will stay here for the night till things are cleared, in the morning Deputy Graham will release your belonging to you and you will be free to go and your ship will be seized. Goodnight Jones." The judge took the box and left the room, Killian and Smee looked at each other and smiled. Tomorrow was a new day for them and the crew.