CAP 14

I go back to the apartment and there's this Snow.

- "They have me worried." –

Says my wife. It's the first time in a long time that I don`t share what I know with her.

-"Whom?"-

Ask Henry. How happy my grandchild would be if their mothers had the courage to accept what they feel for each other.

Everything will depend on what happens on Wednesday night.

- "Emma and Regina." –

I can`t help smiling. If my wife knew that there is a possibility that those two names will be bound in the future.

- "And now I`m worried about you too." –

She tells me `because she got me smiling.

- "What happened with you today that you have been so intimate with Regina?" –

-"I won`t said intimate is the word. I just think it`s time we treat each other with more confidence, she is part of this family after all. "-

I say, getting serious.

- "I know that. Whether I want it or not, she's my stepmother and the mother of my grandson. "-

I more than anybody knows what kind of memories calling Regina her step mother brings for Snow.

-"I know. But there has always been a certain distance. Distance that she doesn`t dare to eliminate, but simply because I think she doesn`t know how. "-

I say sitting down in front of her. Henry sits next to me.

- "Tell me about it, I know how distant my mother can get." –

Says the little teenager.

-" Maybe you're right David. Maybe we are the ones who have to try to get closer to her. "-

She says thoughtfully. I know it's hard for her, but Regina has proved again and again she isn`t the same person.

- "Even so, I`m still worried. Emma seems to have had an improvement. But we really don`t know what's wrong with Regina. That woman has worked tirelessly and we haven`t seen her for several days. "-

- "I thought you went to the mayor's office a week ago." - I ask her.

-"Yes, I went. I wanted to ask her myself if she knew where Emma had gone, it was the day after Emma didn`t come back until we were all asleep. But she wasn`t there. Erin, her secretary told me that she was not feeling well. She also told me that Emma had been looking for her too."-

Henry looks at his grandmother and it seems that he is also notice something.

- "What if they meet?" –

Henry asks.

- "Ma seemed fine when she left me here with you, and the next day she was another person. And for Mom not going to work always means something very serious must have happened. "-

Says my grandson.

- "If they meet would they had a fight?" –

Snow is left thinking.

- "Naaa, the arguments between them are as common as the sun in the day. It must have been something else. That is in case they have meet and it was the same thing that affected them both. "-

Henry says deviating a bit from the subject.

I don`t want them to disperse. These two have a great imagination; together they could reach any conclusion.

- "Emma told me that she went to see Regina to her vault, to talk to her." –

I slip a comment trying to make them focus. It's not as if Emma had asked me to keep the secret, and I'm not telling much either.

- "Then something happened to them." –

Snow says back on the right path again.

- "Or between them." –

Corrected my grandson, closer still.

- "It could not have been something bad. Lately the two have got along very well. "-

Snow says.

- "They`ve hardly seen each other." –

Says Henry

- "What you mean?" - Snow question confused.

- "Well yes, they have seen each other, what I mean is that they hardly spoken much since Mom speech to ma before she faced Gideon. After that, so many things happened that we didn`t even realize they didn`t talk to each other. "-

Continues my grandson.

-"Maybe, I haven`t noticed. I didn`t paid them much attention, I was distracted by the wedding."-

Says my wife. It's very funny to see them act this way. It's almost like I'm not in the room.

- "And then the Black Fairy`s curse." –

- "No; Mom was already odd before that."-

Henry states

- "What do you mean by odd?" –

I ask and they both look at me as if I had appeared by magic. They also recover quickly.

- "Yes, weird. I don`t know. Sad. I haven`t seen her like that in a long time. I think since she lost Robin. "-

- "Or since Hook came back from death." - I said between my teeth.

- "Do not name that not good old pirate. Because I'm really restraining myself from going to look for him and clear up a couple of things."-

Snow says and Henry laughs.

- "What do you find so funny young man?" –

She asks him.

- "Mom said almost the exact same thing this afternoon at Granny`s." –

Snow smiles.

- "Yes well, we are more similar that you would think." –

- "You're right grandma. The 2 of you are queens from the same kingdom; the 2 of you would do anything for your children and you both would defend Emma if the pathetic pirate wanted to return. "-

Says Henry with a smile.

- "You can bet on that; and I dare to say that the two would make a tremendous team."-

I continue the idea of my grandson.

Suddenly they are silent; and I can literally see how each one of them realizes the reality of the situation.

The door opens and Emma enters the house.

- "Henry, what are you doing awake? It`s school night. Bed now."-

Emma says.

- "It was our fault. We lost the notion of time chatting. "-

I say smiling.

- "And what were you talking about?" –

She asks without much interest as she takes off her coat and pours herself a cup of coffee.

- "Your mother is right Henry. It is late, you should go to bed. "-

Neal starts crying again in his crib.

Henry says goodbye and goes to bed.

-"I'll take it."-

Snow says finding an escape.

-"Dad? What is it that you aren`t telling me? "-

She asks now interested and intrigued.

-"you didn`t tell them, right? –

She tells me in a low voice.

- "I haven`t told a thing." –

And it's true. They drew their conclusions. I see Emma look at her coffee cup and then to the coffeepot.

- "What happens dear?" –

I ask

-"You. You don`t drink coffee. Usually when I arrive I have to make myself some, but today it was made."-

While she`s talking, I'm approaching my room. By the time she`s done, I'm in it.

-"Oh yeah. Regina stepped by and I leave greetings. See you tomorrow honey. "-

Even with the room`s door closed I can hear my daughter drowning with coffee.

I go to bed and I hope my wife comes, because I know that now that she has realized she will want to talk.

Fifteen minutes later Snow gets under the sheets and I`m pretending being sleep.

- "David?" –

She says slowly touching my shoulder.

- "David I have to tell you something" –

She insists so I turn to show her that I'm awake.

-"What`s happening dear?"-

- "Do you think something happened between Emma and Regina?" –

- "We just talk about that" –

I need to know if I`m right and she has noticed.

She has to draw her own conclusions.

I know Snow; If someone told her, it wouldn`t matter and she would say it's a crazy idea. Now if it is she who comes up with the crazy idea is something else.

-"David wake up and look at me when I tell you that I think something happens between Emma and Regina." –

She tells me more firm and without so much sweetness.

-"Shhh. You'll wake Neal! "-

And that`s how a know that I'm in trouble. Snow's face confirms it.

-"You knew."-

She slashes my chest with her finger as I try to lean on the back of the bed.

- "Why didn`t you tell me?" –

There is anger in her voice.

- "All the women in this family are the same."-

I say without realizing it.

- "Excuse me! What`s that suppose to mean?" –

I`m digging my own grave.

- "To be honest honey I don`t understand how you did not realize it by yourself." –

I begin.

-"Haven`t you see how they look at each other? "-

I point out.

- "They fight as a married couple." –

- "Emma gave the dagger to Regina without thinking. Regina exposed herself to feel again the pain of Daniel's death in the hope of freeing Merlin to help Emma. She took cared for her in Camelot, pretending to be Savior "-

I can tell how my wife realizes how many sacrifices they have made for each other. And her eyes are getting bigger and bigger.

-"Of course they argue. They share a son, and it is for the love of that son that they have made the sacrifices they have made. "-

She tells me looking excuses for the undeniable.

-"If you want to see it like that, well then. But when Regina gave Emma happy memories to escape from Pan's curse, she didn`t have to."-
I tell her.

-"Didn`t you notice that when Henry hugged Regina to say goodbye Emma could not take their eyes off them?" –

- "Of course she couldn`t stop looking at them. Her son was saying goodbye to his mother."-

My wife tells me still denying what she already knows.

- "Honey Emma was also saying goodbye to all of us; to her parents; of Henry's dad; and from Hook. And yet she couldn`t take her eyes off them both. Like trying to print that image in her brain. If I had been in Emma's place I would only have eyes for my family. "-

- "Have you ever seen someone successfully undo a spell from a Dark One?"-

I continuous.

- "Only Regina." –

She says firmly.

-"Exact. Because those spells are impossible to undo. However with a snap of Regina`s fingers the dwarf that Emma had turned to stone being the Dark One snoozed again."-

- "Right ... .. but Regina is a powerful sorceress."-

-"And Merlin wasn`t? However he couldn`t undo any of Nimue's spells."-

I answer.

-"But Merlin was in love with Nimue, and she wasn`t."-

And at the end of these words she keeps her mouth open and she has no excuses.

-"That means….."-

If I had my phone with me I would push my luck and would take a picture to my wife's face.

-"That they love each other. True love has to be reciprocated. "-

I say hugging her and laying her on my chest.

-"But, but…."-

I understand how difficult it is for her, but eventually she will have to accept it.

- "It's late darling, why don`t you close your eyes and your mouth and try to sleep. Let's talk tomorrow."-

- "But David!" –

She says.

- "But what Snow?" - I say a little annoyed.

-"Emma is our daughter and Regina is ... is ..." –

She says lifting her head from my chest to look me in the eyes.

-"You can`t even say it right? Regina is no longer the Evil Queen. Even you saw that Regina's forgiveness and love made the true Evil Queen a heroine when she sacrificed herself to give us time to fix things. "-

I know this is a sensitive issue. She knows more than anyone what the Evil Queen was capable of. That's what I tell her.

-"Baby, more than anyone else, you know what the Evil Queen was capable of, but you have also witnessed all that Regina has done to escape, not escape is not the word I seek. To amend the past mistakes. "

- "You can`t believe it was the Evil Queen who helped you with Neal tonight. Or that it was the Evil Queen that made us to share a heartbeat. "-

She simply remains silent looking at nothing.

- "We have been so unfair to her."-

Says suddenly.

- "That's what I think as well. She has been trying to correct her mistakes for years and we haven`t realized how hard we made things for her."-

- "When I killed Cora and went to her home to ask her to forgive me or kill me, she took my heart out and put it on my face. She showed me that my heart had a black part and told me that it would only get blacker. It was a horrible experience and now I can see that we have done the same thing to her over and over again. David, how could we be so wrong? Oh my God."-

If someone had told me a couple of years ago that I would have to comfort Snow White who is crying for wronged the Evil Queen I would never have believed it.

Although I wouldn`t have believed that my daughter would fall in love with the Mayor of the town. But things are like that.

- "Don`t you think is poetic justice?"-

My wife tells me once again lying on my chest.

-"What do you mean?"- I ask.

- "That the Evil Queen ends up in love with the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming? The product of true love."-

She tells me.

-"At the same time it makes all the sense in the world. Regina only seeks love, the love she never had, only with Daniel. She is full of love, so she had the need to adopt Henry, to learn to give all that she was, IS able to give. Falling in love with the product of true love is proof that she is full of love to give."-

I say as I stroke her head.

- "And Emma is the Savior. What other more poetic salvation could Regina have?" - I finish.

- "I hadn`t thought of it that way. I feel so silly. "-

She says frustrated.

- "Surely if you had more time you would have reached the same conclusion love." –

I hug even stronger. It has been a very emotional day for everyone. I'm falling asleep and I feel my wife's voice

-"You're right; Regina is an important part of this family. "-

And she falls into a deep sleep and it doesn`t take much time for me to do the same.