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Emma time.

Emma Swan couldn't say she hated Storybrooke any more than she already did. The town drunks, the breaking and entering, all little stupid things, she wanted so much more. Every night, she wished on a star that she could move on to bigger and better things. Something, hopefully in the New York City police office. That's where the action was.

She reentered the sheriff station, ready to deal with the Jones siblings. Only neither of them were there. Both doors were wide open and Tara's clutch was gone. She was barely gone; they could not have gotten far.

Emma bolted out of the station and looked around at the quiet streets. She decided to check the diner first. She ran over and threw open the front door.

"Did they come in here?" She asked the woman behind the counter.

"Who?"

"Jones and the woman he left with last night? Did they come in here?"

"Emma, you mean them?" The waitress pointed up to the TV screen over their heads.

"Good afternoon. I would like to thank you all for attending this press conference. As you all know by now, my brother Liam was shot and killed yesterday."

Tara was on the screen with Killian standing next to her. They looked so professional. Their brother had been murdered… Jewel of the World… Wait, were they the people Emma read about in the newspaper? All she knew for sure was that they were down at the town hall.

It took what seemed like forever to get inside. Not even showing her badge helped with the security. Emma thought that Tara had warned them about her. That woman was high on her list of people she disliked.

She was only allowed inside when the conference was over. She escorted to a back room when Tara and another woman were talking. Killian was on the phone in a corner.

"Tara and Killian Jones, Jewel of the World, as in the second largest shipping company on the Eastern seaboard?" Emma knew her stuff.

"Third largest and thank you so much for that wonderful reminder." Tara said.

"And you are?" The other woman asked.

"Sheriff Emma Swan."

"Regina Mills, the Jewel's public relations officer." Regina introduced herself.

"You don't get paid enough." Emma commented.

"Tell me something I don't know. Can I help you with something, Sheriff?"

"Third largest? What happened?" Killian was finally off the phone and stared at Tara confused.

"Yeah, like I said, a lot has happened while you were gone." She couldn't meet his eyes. "What did Roxanne say?"

"Oh, she saw the conference and wanted to say thank you for my speech about family and can't wait to see me at home." Killian handed his sister her phone back.

"Home? You two are not going home. You have fines. He was disturbing the peace…" Emma began.

Regina looked at Killian who instantly defended himself. "I was only getting breakfast. Honest truth."

Emma continued. "And she pulled a knife on someone."

Regina then turned to Tara who did not defend herself. She was not ashamed of what she did.

"Just pay the fine, Regina. Forget this ever happened." Tara told her.

"Really, you think you can shell out money and all your problems go away?" Emma asked, shocked.

"Actually, that's how this family works…" Killian jumped in.

Tara whirled on him. "Really, you have to bring that up?"

What happened in the past? Who did they try to pay off?

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