Flashbacks

Adam was brought out of his thoughts when he heard his name called. He turned around and saw two police officers and a social worker. His heart was pounding so hard that he was sure it would explode. Police he can handle, social worker makes it real.

"Mr. Gold, we're detectives Hanes and Carl. We need to ask you a few questions." Adam nodded and followed them to an empty room. "Mr. Gold, do you know why we were called?"

"Because of my daughter. She had F.A.S. and doctors have to call when that happens."

"That's right. Were you aware your wife was drinking?"

"I did everything I could to keep her from drinking when she was home. However, I learned today however that she quit her job some time ago and was going to bars drinking when I thought she was at work."

"Have you known her to be big drinker?"

"Yes, but I never thought she'd drink while she was pregnant."

"Your daughter isn't your first child, correct?"

"No, we also have a son who's three."
"Did she drink during that pregnancy?"
"No, she worked at my mother's diner for that pregnancy so I would have known if she did." Adam said running a hand through his hair.

"What do you do for a living Mr. Gold?"

"I'm a history professor at Storybrooke University."

"Mr. Gold, do you understand what is going on here? You have a reason to take your children away from you. There will be a full investigation of both you and your wife. If there's anything about you that you don't want us to find on our own now is the time to own up to it."

"There's nothing about me that I can think of off the top of my head. Ask my wife though, I've heard quite a couple things about her."

"We'll also have to question your son." The social worker said. Adam's heart dropped. Neal was too young to go through that.

"Is that really necessary? He's only three years old."

"We also question a child if they're old enough to understand what we're asking." The social worker explained. Adam just nodded trying to not let the tears show. "We can do the questioning at your house so it's more comfortable for your child."

"Thank you. When will you be coming?"

"We'd like to do it before your wife is released. I know you'd like to get back to your daughter as soon as possible so we'll do it fast. Tomorrow around noon." Adam nodded. "Have a good night, Mr. Gold." The social worker and officers left. A good night. Yeah right." Adam went back to Miranda's room and saw that she was up. By the looks of her she had been up for a while.

"You're up?"

"They said you were talking to a social worker and officers. They said they had to call DYFS. What's going on?"

"What's going on? Miranda, we could be looking at losing our children. They called DYFS because our daughter has F.A.S. do you what that is? Fetal Alcohol Syndrome! She could die! You drank so much that's she's in an incubator right now. She can't breathe on her own and her heart rate is extremely and dangerously low! Miranda, they think that we're hurting our children. They want to question Neal tomorrow. He's three years old Miranda. This is going to scar him for life."

"I would be very worried if I were you. Adam, I can tell them anything and they'll believe me. I can tell them that you forced those drinks down my throat. I could tell them you made me quit my job so that you could keep a better eye on me. I could tell them so many false things about you and they would believe me."

"That plan might work but I already gave them my side. They know my side of the story. Your plan will fail. You're a pathetic woman Miranda and when all this blows over, I want a divorce. I know you've been having an affair and due to that pre-nup I had you sign you won't get a thing. That includes the children."

"I should have gotten an abortion. I drank because I wanted that thing to die. I didn't want her she shouldn't exist."

"Are you serious? Miranda, do you hear yourself when you talk? You drank because you thought you would kill the baby. You better pray she makes it out alive. Guess what, she drew a breath so if she dies that means you can be charged with murder." Adam left without another word and went down to the NICU. Adam wanted to cry when he saw his little girl crying in her incubator. He pressed his hand against the glass and sighed a shaky breath. "You'll make it baby girl. Don't give up. You're my daughter, you can't give up. Please, God, please, don't take her."

End flashback

"So they only talked to you the first day?" Lucas asked.

"Yes, they talked to Miranda the next day."

"How long was Hannah in the incubator?" Bria asked.

"About four weeks." Adam answered. "I met your mother when she was two months old." Belle smiled at the memory of meeting Adam in the park. Hannah was silent and had silent tears running down her face. Bae looked over after pulling his head out of his hands. He reached over and brought his sister into his arms. Hannah leaned against him and clutched his shirt in her hand. He rubbed her back and kissed her head.

"Miranda was an idiot, we've known this. She had no right to do those things to you. You don't need to worry about her again." Bae whispered in her ear. Hannah curled herself more into him and wrapped her empty arm around his waist. He tightened his arms around her. He shifted and put his arms under her knees and back. He got up with his sister in his arms and walked out without a word. Belle and Adam looked at each other.

"Time for bed guys." Belle said. Bria and Lucas slowly got up and went to bed. Belle looked at her husband and paced for a minute.

"What are you thinking about?"

"How much I want to punch my sister. How much I wish she wasn't in prison so I could. How much she hurt my daughter. How much she hurt you. Mostly, how much I wish I didn't share her DNA."

"I did this. Mom and Ruby warned me about her and I ignored them. I married her, I got her pregnant twice, and she almost killed my baby girl. She wanted to. She wanted to kill my princess." Adam said. Belle's pacing became faster and she harshly raked her hands through her hair. Adam could tell she was attempting to keep tears at bay. She grabbed a glass and threw it at the wall. She finally collapsed in Adam's arms, both of them crying into each other's shoulder.

Upstairs, Bria and Lucas were in their room lying in their beds.

"Lucas, listen." They both held their breath and listened. They could hear Bae talking to Hannah. "She's really beaten up about this."

"Well, she just heard that her mother tried to kill her before she was even born."

"I know. I wonder if she'll be okay."

"She'll be okay. Maybe we should suggest to dad that we skip a night of the story."

"I think we should stop all together. I mean both Bae and Hannah have gotten hurt Bae ran away after we heard his part and Hannah hasn't let go of Bae since he hugged her." Lucas sighed and looked at his twin.

"I think we should talk to Dad. Tomorrow though, I doubt he's sleeping but we're all exhausted." Bria and Lucas laid down and fell asleep. Adam peeked into Bae's room not too soon after. He saw that Hannah was still curled up with Bae and he had his arms wrapped around his sister protectively. He walked in and sat on the bed being careful not to make it move that much. He brushed some of Hannah's light brown hair out of her eyes.

"I'm so sorry baby girl. I never meant to hurt this much. I promise I'll always be here for you. You're my baby girl and I love you so much. You really are my miracle child." He pressed a kiss to her forehead through his tears and left the room. Bae raised a hand to wipe away a tear that fell down his cheek listening to his father while pretending to be asleep. He never his father loved them all and what just happened proved it even more.

A.N. I'M GIVING ALL OF YOU A FAIR WARNING, THE NEXT COUPLE OF CHAPTERS (ABOUT TWO IF NOT THREE) ARE NOT TO BE VERY HARD ON HANNAH. THAT'S WHEN WE ARE GOING TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WHILE HANNAH WAS IN HER INCUBATOR. HOW ADAM AND MILAH HAD TO DEAL WITH DYFS AND HOW THEY ALMOST LOST HANNAH ABOUT TWICE. HANNAH'S GOING TO LEARN HOW LITTLE HER REAL MOTHER REALLY CARED ABOUT HER. HOW MILAH NEVER CAME TO THE HOSPITAL TO SEE HER, HOW ADAM HAD TO TAKE CARE OF BAE (NEAL) AND HANNAH BY HIMSELF UNTIL RUBY TAKES A LEAVE AT THE DINER TO HELP. THESE NEXT COUPLE CHAPTERS WILL BE ROUGH ON THE WHOLE GOLD FAMILY.