If there was one thing that made Regina Swan-Mills mad, it was seeing her baby girl cry. So when Lola came home with tears streaming down her little cheeks, Regina was ready to kill whoever had caused it.
"What happened?" Regina asked, kneeling down to Lola's level.
"Is Sanna real?" Lola asked.
"Of course he is," Regina said, wiping some of the tears off of Lola's cheeks. "What would make you think otherwise?"
Lola sniffed. "Billy said that believing in Sanna is for little kids. But I'm not little, I'm a big girl!"
"You are," Regina agreed. "Billy had no right to say that to you. Santa is very real, and I can guarantee that Billy is getting coal for sure this year."
Lola giggled, making Regina's anger fade a little. "That's my girl," Regina said. "Now why don't you go get a snack? I bet Ava will help you."
"Otay," Lola said. She happily skipped to the kitchen, all thoughts about Billy and non-existent Santa completely gone.
Regina, however, was still feeling livid. Who did this kid think he was, going around telling other kids the secret about Santa? True, they would have to tell Lola eventually, but right now she was still young enough to believe.
Regina stormed into the bedroom before grabbing her cell phone, ready to call Snow and ask for the contact information of this Billy kid when Emma walked in.
"Whoa, what happened?" Emma asked.
"Who said that anything happened?" Regina asked, pausing in her dialing.
"Because you have that look in her your eyes that indicates that you want to kill someone, which usually isn't good. At all," Emma said. "So what happened?"
"Some insolent child told Lola today that Santa isn't real and that he's for little kids. She was crying, Emma. Crying," Regina said. "So I'm calling your mother and asking for a number to contact his mother."
Emma quickly walked forward and plucked the phone from Regina's hands. "No way. You are not doing that."
"Why not?" Regina demanded. "This child needs to be reprimanded for his actions!"
"She's bound to find out sooner or later anyway," Emma said. "I know that it's not in the best way possible, and I know that you want to protect her forever, but this is a good lesson for her. Not everyone is going to be nice just because she's our daughter. Threatening his mother isn't going to do anything."
"Who said I was going to threaten her?" Regina asked, feigning innocence.
Emma rolled her eyes. "Don't even."
Regina laughed. "What would I do without you?"
"You'd kill the whole entire town," Emma said. "There would be no one left."
"Huh," Regina said. "That actually sounds quite peaceful."
Emma sighed before turning to leave the bedroom. "You're hopeless."
Regina just smiled. "I know."