Hi everyone, glad to see the story has some interest, hope you like this chapter and sorry for the spelling/Grammar mistakes.
The next day. Saturday.
Emma, 28, a kind, strong willed woman, with long blonde hair, green eyes and a toned body. Strolled along the park, with her eleven year old son Henry. He is a great kid, loves comics, playing Xbox and he has his father's features of dark hair and brown eyes.
However he is nothing like his father, in all other aspects. He had left, when Henry was a toddler, due to his crime habits and left them with all the bills and a debt. Emma had to move back in with her foster parents soon after because of it all.
Emma knew now it was best that Neal never got back in contact, but it still hurt her to think that he had just upend and left. without a word
She found herself in a bad place for a while. Before helping out at a community center that changed her life for the better. Helping other kids enjoy themselves and helping those who needed it. She herself, had spent her whole childhood on the foster system. Going from place to place, before getting a decent pair of foster parents who couldn't have a child of their own.
However the center didn't pay and she needed a job. One she hoped would make a difference make her feel of worth. She tried waitress work, bar work and recently spent some time at legal aid. Which had been the best one yet.
However, none of this is yet to make her feel as if she was making a real difference.
So now, she found herself held up in a one bedroom studio flat, that was like a box, in a slightly rough part of Boston. Trying to make a life for herself and her son.
Hoping that one day she and Henry, might be able to have a more stable, happy and fulfilling life.
"When do you start your new job ma" Henry asked, while fiddling with his Boston baseball cap as they walked through the park, on this sunny afternoon.
Emma smiled.
"This Monday" she draped her arm, over the kids shoulder.
"That's Cool"
"Are you okay with me working for the Mills Corporation?" she asked.
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" he replied, looking up at her.
"It's just your grandma, is against their organization"
"That's only because she's jealous" he chuckled and looked forward and at the dogs passing by.
Emma then laughed and nodded, before she spotted her parents at the entrance of the park.
"Hey look, their here" she pointed. "It's time for lunch" she added.
Ten minutes later and seated outside one of the cafes. Emma adjusted her grey t shirt and leaned back in the chair and said "I'm starving"
"You always are ma" Henry teased as he played with the salt pot on the table.
"I eat when I feel tense" she replied, thinking of her new job, that she had accepted the previous evening.
"You cannot work for that woman" her mother said firmly. She was a woman in her fifties, with short bobbed black hair, a tiny frame and a string of cardigans even for summer.
"She could do with the money honey, she's got Henry to think about" her father replied, was also in his fifties, dark haired, average sized but always very smartly dressed.
Emma frowned.
"It's the only way I can save that center and me and Henry wouldn't have to worry about my next rent bill. Henry would be comfortable and have a good life"
Her mother sighed and nodded hesitantly.
Two weeks later.
Emma was shuffling through the office of the eighth floor, with flies at her chest and a cringled blue shirt. When she spotted Miss Mills talking with another lawyer across the room. She headed over.
"Miss Mills.." she said, weakly.
Regina and the man she was speaking with, looked to her.
"I really need to talk to you about some files"
Regina ran her eyes over the blonde.
"Yes, well I am busy Miss Swan. Trying to decide which envelope is best to send some invitations in. One is water marked the other is called superior" she held them up and saw the blondes strange look and added "My mother and I are very precise about the smaller details, you probably think were crazy" she glanced away shyly, which was unusual and Emma smiled. She found Regina's oddness unique and her sudden shyness sweet. Maybe Regina wasn't such a hard ass.
Emma then put her files down on the nearest table and took the envelopes, from Regina's hands.
She licked the sticky part, of each one.
"This one..it tastes better" she said handing the it back to the brunette.
Regina gaped at the blondes actions momentarily, before saying "Thank you Miss Swan. Seems you are just as crazy as me" she teased then added "I'm getting you a bigger office" before walking off and Emma shuffled after her "No, no I'm fine with the one I got thanks"
A further month later.
Regina was sat in a local bar at 2am in the morning, slightly drunk and drowning her sorrows, because it was the anniversary of Daniels death.
She had been talking with a tall, leather clad, dark haired man at the bar, for ten minutes now, but her thoughts drifted to Emma and she called her.
However, Emma was fast asleep, when her phone rang and she moaned.
"Who the hell is phoning me at this hour" she reached out and picked her phone up, from the side table and put it to her ear and said "Hey"
"I'm glad your up, I wanted to talk" A husky voice said.
"Regina it's late" Emma replied, before suddenly hearing a man's voice say "I thought you was speaking with me, love" at that. she sat up and realized Regina must be at a bar.
"Who is that?" she asked, rubbing her eye.
"Oh, that is Killian, he thinks I'm hot" she smirked and Emma heard alarm bells.
"Let me speak with him"
"No"
"Let me speak to him now Regina" she said firmly.
Regina frowned and handed the phone to him.
"Hello" Killian said.
"Listen, the woman you are speaking with is deeply troubled. Yes she's hot, but she's married to this kick boxer who I know can be rather aggressive about her talking with other men. God knows what he would do if you did anything more than talk to her"
Killian eyed Regina worriedly.
"Thanks for letting me know love, you don't fancy meeting up do you?"
Emma scoffed.
"No, I'm gonna go"
He shrugged and handed the phone back to Regina and said "I've got to go" and Regina looked confused.
"What did you say?" she asked, starring into her drink.
"Nothing. Listen I'm going to call your driver to pick you up. Stay exactly where you. What bar you at?"
"Queens" she frowned.
"Okay, I'm going to go and call your driver and I will see you tomorrow, okay?"
"Fine"
"Night Regina"
"Night"
The next morning.
Emma was sat wearing a blouse and a black pencil skirt. As she was sat in an important meeting of Regina's to discuss a divorce settlement. However Regina was yet to arrive.
Emma looked around anxiously.
"I'm sure she will be here soon"
They glared at her, and two minutes later, Regina walked into the room and it was clear she had a hangover, but still dressed elegantly in a black pant suit.
"Sorry I'm late" she said, as she sat down next to Emma and looked at her client, then his soon to be ex wife.
"Since we are all here, I would like to point out the details are already lined out in the pre nup" she then said.
"She want's double the amount" her client said.
"That's not possible"
"It's reasonable, considering his infidelity, he was having sex with the woman in our bed for god sakes" the ex wife snapped.
Regina raised an eyebrow at her.
"Right..Your saying that infidelity is worth double the amount, so if in turn you had committed the same offense it would carry the same charge thereby cancel each other out" she smiled.
The woman shifted in her seat suspiciously.
"What are you getting at" her client asked.
"I'm going to be honest and say, your soon to be ex wife, did a little turn of her own. With one of my companies accountants and he is willing to testify"
Her client and Emma gaped in surprise.
The woman crossed her arms in defeat.
"Fine. The pre nop is fine" she muttered and glared at Regina.
"Good" Regina said with a smirk and after ten minutes of further discussion. She and Emma excited the room and Emma was shaking her head amusedly.
"You were brilliant" she told Regina, who put her sunglasses on, as they walked through the corridor.
"Thank you dear, it is my job"
"Yeah but wow"
Regina felt a warmth spread through her at the blondes words, but she wasn't going to let her see that.
"Did you write done the details" she asked.
"Yep, all sorted and ready to be filed"
"Good. I'm going to get some lunch now. Do you want to join me?"
"Oh, um...yeah" Emma replied, slightly surprised Regina had asked.
"Great, join me at the Limo in five minutes" she smiled and walked off towards her office and Emma watched her go with a goofy smile on her face.