AU: Hi guys! I quickly wanted to say I love all the feedback I got on this story it's been so encouraging. That being said I seriously went back over the chapter and saw how bad the grammatical errors are and I am so sorry! Unfortunately I can't fix them on but I did fix most of them on AO3 so go reread if need be! Enough rambling by me it's time for another twister!

Trigger Warning: Mention of human trafficking

Robin runs up to the ambulance ready to scold Roland for leaving the car, but is taken aback by what he sees. Regina and his boy are sitting there having a conversation as if they have known each other for the longest time. They are smiling and somehow laughing after everything that just happened. How can they be so calm after going through so much? They don't even know each other.

"Roland, what did I tell you about staying in the car?" Robin says quickly.

Regina and Roland look back startled at the sound of his voice. Roland turns to his papa with a sympathetic look on his face.

"I'm sorry papa but I had to see if she was okay." Roland looks back at Regina and she gives him a reassuring smile.

"I will be okay Roland. It's just a few bumps and bruises. But you shouldn't run off from your papa unexpectedly. You could have been hurt."

Robin looks at Regina and mouths thank you to her. She seems incredibly kind but sounds stern with Roland which makes him think her instincts must have kicked into overdrive when she saw Roland for the first time.

"Ro say goodnight to Regina and then head back to the car. I will be there in a minute."

"Yes sir." Roland turns back to Regina and gives her a light hug, "Goodnight Regina. I hope you feel better and we can meet again. I am glad you are safe."

Regina hugs Roland back, "Thank you for being there for me tonight Roland. You are a true hero."

She gives him a pat on the shoulder and Roland starts walking towards the car bidding her one last goodnight.

Robin watches his son walk to his car and then turns to see Regina watching him as well.

Clearing his throat, "So it seems my son has taken a liking to you."

She smiles a little bit and starts twirling the charm on her bracelet. "Yes well I have taken a liking to him as well. He has a very wild and carefree imagination. He says he saw me being killed in his dream and that he convinced you to come and save me."

Regina looks up to him with a million questions running through her mind. He answers the one he thinks she wants to here first before she can even ask it. "As crazy as this may sound, he was telling the truth. I can't explain this situation at all. I can't figure out how my son could have dreamt about somebody he has never met but he did somehow." He sighs and rubs his hands through his hair. "He really scared me and then when it happened my heart stopped. I was hoping the dream was really just that, a dream. But it wasn't."

Regina hesitates when she looks up to see Robin holding back tears. She can't explain what possesses her to reach for his hand, but she does and he looks to her, gently wrapping his hand around hers. "I am so sorry. I don't know why this happened but I am so grateful to you and your son for saving my life. You put your lives at risk to save me and I don't know how to repay you."

He looks at her and gives her a soft smile. "There is nothing you have to repay me for. Saving your life and making sure my son saw you saved is payment enough." He looks at her and realizes he is still holding her hand. He pulls back and can't explain the feeling of loss he gets as he lets go.

He starts to walk away as he says goodnight but he turns back with one question he still wants answered. He doesn't even know her and has no right to ask her but he can't leave her until he at least asks her.

"I do have one question though. If you don't mind me asking that is?" Robin looks back at her as she looks up from her bracelet she has been toying with since he came over to get Roland.

"Sure. Ask away. It's the least I can do for all the trouble you and Roland went through," she says to him.

He sighs quietly, "I really hope one day you realize that I really am happy to have saved your life and am grateful Roland helped protect you. But anyways I was going to ask you if you knew why someone would attack you and try to harm you so aggressively, or harm you at all?"

Regina looks away from him and swallows thickly. She doesn't answer for a few moments and he begins to regret asking the question in the first place. He wants to back track his question but she looks up to him and he decides to keep his mouth shut. Her eyes are overflowing with tears but she still answers. His heart breaks for her.

"I escaped a human trafficking ring about 6 months ago. I guess they found me again." She looks away from him after answering his question.

He feels his heart breakeven more at her answer and tries reaching for her hand again but she pulls away quickly. "Anyways thanks for saving me again. And please tell Roland I hope to see him again one day." She starts to sit up as the EMT comes to check on her again.

He knows he has opened a wound that she never wanted opened. This is not how he was expecting his morning to go. Feeling like the biggest jerk on the planet, Robin walks back to the car and drives home with Roland fast asleep in the back seat of the car.

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3 weeks later

It's been 3 weeks since the incident and her paranoia has still not left her. She wanted to run again but her best friend and roommate convinced her to stay put. Her reasoning was running never was going to work as was proven by the ring finding her.

She will say ever since she moved in with Emma, she felt a sense of peace and comfort that she hadn't felt in many years. Not only was Emma the detective that had found her in the apartment she was trapped in; but she also took her in and promised to protect her. Emma was now the only family she had left in this godforsaken world.

Emma opens the door and kicks off her boots at the door. It must have been a long day when she hears her jacket hit the floor instead of being put on the coat hanger. She walks into the living room and Regina looks up from the book she was reading to see Emma's exhausted features across her face.

"I'm guessing that you still haven't found the couple yet?" Regina asks as Emma plops down on the couch across from her.

Emma coughs out a dry laugh, "That would be an understatement. Every time I am anywhere close to catching these bastards, they end up kidnapping yet another girl right from underneath my nose. This is the third girl in a month. If we don't catch them soon I fear we may never save them."

Regina reaches over and takes her friend's hand, "I'm sorry Emma. You saved me and so many others. Surely you can find these criminals soon. They are bound to slip up at some point."

Emma squeezes her hand and then pulls away, heading towards the kitchen.

"Enough about me. How was work today Gina?"

She looks back down at her book knowing Emma would be disappointed with her answer.

Emma turns back around into the living room when she hears silence. She raises her eyebrow at her.

"You didn't go did you?" Emma says matter of factly.

Regina sighs and puts her book down. "I really did try but I stepped outside and had a panic attack as I was shutting the door. I don't know if I even have a job anymore at this point. Jeff is so pissed off at me for calling out again."

Emma leans against the wall and crosses her arms looking over at Gina. As much as she loves her, sometimes a best friend needs some tough love.

"Listen Gina. You know I love you, but this hiding behind closed doors is never going to help. I have locks on the doors and have had security stepped up on your job to make sure you are as safe as possible. But at some point you have to realize that you will only feel protected once you stop looking over your shoulder every 30 seconds because you are scared."

Regina scoffs and is about to make some snide remark but Emma just continues, "I'm not here to say that it will be easy, because it won't be. You have been through more things than most people will see in their lifetime," she walks over to the couch and sits next to her, " But Gina when will you ever feel protected when you won't even go outside the apartment to work?"

Regina knows she is right but even though the bruises have faded she can still feel the hands around her neck and the needle on her skin. If only she could feel as safe as she did when that little boy Roland came and held her hand that night.

That's however just a dream and she won't dwell on it. "I'll make you a deal Emma. If you do the dishes for the next week I will go see that therapist you have been bugging me about for the last 3 months."

Emma smirks and does a little hop of joy on the inside. She has wanted her friend to see Dr. Hopper for a long time. He is the best in his field and she really just wants to see her friend stable and happy for once in her life.

Emma went and grabbed two wine glasses and a bottle of pinot noir. "That is definitely a deal I am willing to accept."

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It may have been only 3 weeks but he can't get Regina out of his mind. Is she ok? Does she have someone taking care of her? Does she have a place to stay?

It doesn't help that Roland brings her up all the time hoping he will get to see her again. He says he hasn't had any nightmares since that night but his instincts have told him otherwise. At night when his son is fast sleep he will slip in his room and watch him sleep. Most nights his sleep seems peaceful, but there have been nights when Ro just tosses and turns in his sleep.

Whatever it takes, he hopes his son get to see Regina again someday. Not only will it help put his mind at ease but it will help Ro sleep better as well. And if he gets to see those beautiful brown eyes again, well that is just a perk for him.

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Author's Note: Well it has been a bit but this chapter kind of put me in a very big writer's block pit. But I finally have an idea of where I want this to go! I'm also in the middle of writing drabbles for InspiredByOQ week so I have been a little swamped! I hope y'all are still wanting to stick with this story! Much love XO! ~Emmie