Chapter 22

(A couple of hours later Jefferson drops Henry off)

Emma: Thanks again, for looking after him Jefferson

Jefferson: Oh its fine, well I gotta go, Grace is in the car.

Emma: Okay, bye

Henry: Bye

Jefferson: See ya

(Jefferson leaves and Emma closes the door)

Snow: Hey, Henry did you have a good time today?

Henry: Yeah, it was great Jefferson set up a treasure hunt in the forest.

Charming: Wow, sounds like you had a busy day

Snow: (whispers to Emma) You gotta do it now

Emma: (whispers back) I know

Henry: Is everything ready for tomorrow?

Charming: Huh!

Henry: Moving day, don't say you forgot?

Charming: No, I didn't forget

Emma: Hey kiddo, come and sit on the couch, I got something to tell you.

Henry: What is it?

Emma: Just come and sit down

(They go over to the couch and Snow and Charming look on)

Emma: It's about your dad

Henry: What about him?

Emma: He's not really dead Henry

Henry: WHAT!

Emma: Henry I'm sorry

Henry: Why did you lie to me?

Emma: Because it was easier to say than the truth

Henry: Why, what is the truth?

Emma: When I first met him I'd stolen his stolen car.

Henry: Huh!

Emma: You know that yellow bug I drive

Henry: Yeah

Emma: I stole it from a your father who had also stolen it

Henry: What happened after that?

Emma: We fell in love, living on the road, surviving on stolen food from the market. Then we decided that we should stop moving around and find a place to stay for good, so he showed me a map and told me to point somewhere and that's where we would go.

Henry: Tallahassee

Emma: Yeah, anyway it turns out he'd gone there before and was a wanted criminal for stealing watches and rather than go to jail for the crime, he set me up for it and I went to prison which was where I found out I was pregnant with you.

Henry: I was born in jail!

Emma: Yes and believe me I really wanted to keep you, as soon as I set eyes on you I fell in love with a beautiful baby boy, but jail was not the right place for a baby so I put you up for adoption.

Henry: So what's my father's name?

Emma: Neal, Neal Cassidy

Henry: Baelfire is my dad, but that makes Mr Gold my grandfather.

Emma: Henry I'm so sorry

(Henry runs off to his room)

Emma: Henry!

Snow: Leave him, it's a lot to process

Charming: He'll come down when he's ready

Emma: I just feel like I should do something

Snow: He just needs to process everything you told him, besides he'll come down for dinner if he's hungry

Emma: Yeah, I suppose you're right

End of Chapter