A/N: This is the second update after The Soundless Voice Chapter 2. So, you have one more upcoming update after this one.

Beta: Wazgood529.

Some of you were still hoping that Emma wouldn't say yes. There is a 'BUT'. You will understand how Emma react to that below.

Chapter 4

"Do you love me?" The blonde woman looked away at her ex-wife and stared. The brunette man looked away at his blonde mother with raised eyebrows. Regina held her breath and looked away at her. They waited for Emma's response. The silence took over, and Regal was whining. The sunset was settling down in the darkness. The orange sky was showing bright on the horizon. The horses were galloping away to the stables with the ranchers.

Emma got up from the couch and walked to the patio doors and answered her question.

"Yes, I do." The blonde woman closed her eyes and felt the tears dripping on her cheeks. Regal whimpered. Henry was silent after hearing his blonde mother's broken voice. Regina gasped and exhaled in the air then looked away at her ex-wife and spoke lightly.

"I'm s-" Emma turned around to stare at the brunette woman and cut her off with her sad tone.

"I had been enough to do everything for you in last seven years. I've built my business for you and Henry. You know what? I've been mad for all of seven years since I moved here. I started to build everything for the orphaned kids. My money went to the expanses and others I worked for five years while in our marriage. You hadn't been not there to see how I delivered my presence to them in last seven years. You didn't see how the kids were jumping for the joy when I brought them to the safe haven. Only Granny and Ruby knew how I was doing for them. And, I brought these fucking horses that you always wanted for your Christmas seven years ago. I did it for you. Henry wanted to see the world and I did buy the property here for him. It's a damned thing I had ever given to my family. But you were overreacting while you just thought that Ruby and I had been fucking while in our five years marriage. What did you think!? I promised you that I will be always be on your side no matter what. No matter what I was doing for you and Henry!? I'm here and alive right now. I'm mad at you because you just cut my conversation many years ago when I tried to explain everything to you but you didn't listen and ran away from me. How did I suffer for few weeks while we were process of the divorce? I CANT HANDLE IT!"

The blonde woman shook her head while she was crying and strode away to her bedroom. Emma didn't look back over her shoulders. The Mills widened their eyes with their mouths open. Henry slowly looked away at his brunette mother and spoke lightly.

"You…"

"Henry." Regina warned.

"No! You did all of this! You ruined it. I can't believe it. Ma did this because she loved you. But it has been seven years since we fought to ignore her all times. Forget it. I'm going to find Geoffrey to take me to my bedroom. You can take your bags up on your own." The brunette man got up and spoke lightly. He finally left the living room and searched for the butler until he found him in the kitchen on the opposite hallway from the home office. Geoffrey was glad to lead the young brunette man to his bedroom on the second floor.

It left Regina speechless after Emma and Henry left the living room. She got up and exhaled in the air until she stared at the patio windows and watched the horses galloping around on the prairie.

Geoffrey finished with his duty and came to find the brunette woman standing near the patio doors then spoke lightly. It startled her a little bit.

"Miss, are you coming for a rest?"

"Oh yes, please. Did Henry settle down?"

"Yes, Mr. Mills is in his bedroom. It is at the end of the hallway. Want me to lead you to your room?"

"Thank you and please do so." Regina nodded and walked away to the foyer then grabbed her luggage and followed Geoffrey on the grand staircase. The brunette woman sighed and took a view in the hallway.

The second floor was in the complete opposite from the first floor. It was private. Regina liked it so far and continued to look on the pictures which was Emma's successful business in the seven years. She looked at the picture when Emma was 33. The blonde woman was smiling while she was huddling with the orphaned kids outside at the new building, Swan's Ugly Ducklings. The staffs were included the photo.

From Emma's 33 to 40, the blonde woman surely looked beautiful while her age altered through the years. Emma looked like she was proud of her accomplishments through her business with her team. The orphaned kids were in the different pictures, some were adopted and didn't appear in some of the pictures. Others grew taller to be in their teenagers before they went away on their own for college or work.

Regina stopped by the last picture when Emma was 40. In the image, the blonde woman was laughing freely. The staff and orphaned kids were celebrating Emma's big 40th birthday. The brunette woman studied her ex-wife's face and thought of missing her birthdays since her 33th birthday.

Geoffrey cleared his throat by getting Regina's attention. The brunette woman looked at him after studying on Emma's face. He looked back and forth by the photo and her then spoke lightly.

"I'm sorry but I can't help it by asking you an question."

"It's fine and what is it?"

"Do you miss Emma? I mean, do you really love her?"

"Err…" Regina said. The butler shook his head and replied.

"Don't worry and you don't have to say anything. I apologize."

"No, it's really fine but the questions you asked me. It made me think of our marriage a long time ago. To answer your questions, yes I miss her lately since she left the town. Also, I'm still madly in love with her. To be honest, I regretted what I did to her, I mean our divorce had been hard on us since we were separated within two months. We've not spoken for seven and half years. It surely took me on these rough times since I signed my name on the divorce papers. I am regretting everything I worked to let her go." Regina retorted while she was looking back at the picture where Emma was laughing. Geoffrey gave a small smile and mumbled.

"I understand. Love is not easy way to take it but it would take a lot of time to be patient through the rough patch. My mom said that quote when I was a little boy. I started to believe that love is a form of something that we can't see but we can feel everything like the sparks."

"Your mom is right. It takes a lot of patience." Regina said. The butler nodded and gestured her to enter her bedroom. The brunette woman looked around inside her room and went slack-jawed.

The bedroom consisted the red mahogany wood wall, the black wooden beams on the ceiling and the elegant windows with the arch. The queen bed was in the middle and the vanity table was near the en suite bathroom. The walk-in closet was the opposite from the bathroom. The quilt and sheets were the country style. Every furniture was the brown oak wood.

The brunette woman absorbed the beauty of the bedroom and looked at the butler then spoke lightly.

"This room has charms. It's beautiful."

"Oh, Emma built this room and it was supposed to be Mr. Mills' bedroom but she decided to use this one as the guest bedroom." Geoffrey explained. Regina raised her eyebrows at the revealing information from the butler and nodded. The butler chuckled and spoke again.

"I will inform you and Mr. Mills when the dinner is ready."

"Great, what are we having for dinner?" The brunette woman asked. Geoffrey laughed and walked away from the bedroom where Regina stayed. She gaped open when the butler left her room and just laughed.

Regina blinked several times and looked away at the window where the prairie view came out. The brunette woman smiled at her memory about the horse riding with her daddy on the open field when she was a little girl. It felt like she was free from working up in her mother's dirty work. She sighed and crawled on the bed then kicked her shoes off and laid on the sheets. Regina finally stared at the ceiling and reminisced the memory between her and Ruby back in the diner. It was a war-rage day.

- Flashback -

After three days since Emma's departure, the townspeople started to not like Regina and Robin being a couple and they favored Emma instead of the forest guy. Henry seemed distant since last time, he saw his blonde mother leaving the town. Regina was in a snappy mode since her meetings got worse because she was in the relationship with Robin Hood within a week.

Snow and Charming were not in talking mode and they didn't want to speak with Regina at all since the brunette woman pushed them away. They knew that Regina was the one who put the divorce on the front and didn't ask the explanation about the why Emma did this. Most importantly, the royal couple wanted to know why Regina did this to their daughter.

For the brunette woman, she surely felt fine since she started to date the forest guy but her heart clenched when she dreamed of her ex-wife every time she went to sleep with him on the same bed when she was married to Emma.

It triggered her more enough than she thought it would be nothing but she was wrong. The memories and moments were still there in the mayoral mansion since Emma's spirit left. Regina looked around inside the room where Emma tended to be cooped with her book and reading glasses few weeks ago. It put a smile on her face and she didn't realize that she did it until she was snapping out of her zone when Robin called her.

It ended her memories and Regina stared at the blonde guy in her personal space. She tried to kiss him but she didn't feel anything. The brunette woman walked away to the kitchen and found her son who was focusing on his homework until he looked up at her and gave a blank face. In few minutes, Henry finally had nothing to say and just left the kitchen. Robin was just following her along until he waited. Regina just stared at the empty seat where Henry sat.

The brunette woman decided to leave home to get food from Granny's Diner. Robin was just standing there and watched her doing something that he couldn't interrupt it.

Regina was relieved that her boyfriend didn't follow her at all and finally arrived at her destination. She entered gracefully. Ruby was there, serving the plates to her customers and looked away at the mayor then turned away to the kitchen. Granny was there, counting the money and spoke lightly.

"Hello Madame Mayor, what can I get you?"

"Dinner, I just phoned few minutes ago and I'm going to pick up."

"Good, hold on and let me get Ruby."

The brunette woman winced at the brunette waitress's name and hesitantly nodded then sat down on the stool. Granny took a glance on Regina and yelled the brunette waitress' name. Ruby scattered back in the counter and raised her eyebrow at her grandmother then replied.

"Granny, you called me?"

"Regina is waiting for her dinner takeout bag."

The brunette waitress looked at Regina who was not using her eye contact with her and she was looking at the patrons. Ruby nodded and retreated back to the kitchen. The brunette woman sighed and looked back at the oldest woman who was still staring at her then spoke lightly.

"What?"

"Do you have issue with my granddaughter?" Granny asked.

"No." Regina lied. She knew that she did it on purpose but didn't want to do it worst since she spat at the brunette waitress few weeks ago after finding out that Ruby sacking with her ex-wife. The brunette woman looked away again.

The brunette waitress came back and smacked the dinner takeout on the counter in front of the mayor then stared at her. Regina whisked to look up at Ruby and felt anger inside her then slowly got up and spoke carefully.

"Miss Lucas, don't you dare to start this conversation with me. And, I'm going to take this one and thank you."

"Don't thank me. Just thank yourself, Mayor Bitchness." Ruby said with a sneer. Granny widened her eyes at her granddaughter and swallowed a lump in her throat then looked back at the mayor.

"You know what? You've been sacking with my ex-wife few weeks ago. You should thank yourself because you stole my Emma."

"That's not true!" The oldest woman yelled. The brunette waitress laughed and spoke in gravely tone.

"Don't believe this shit. We've been working on Emma's surprise present for you. You should know that she really loves you very much since you pushed her away. She came over at our place and sobbed over everything she had been done for you in the years. That's how you repay your thanks for her? I don't give a fuck. I know Emma well because she just wanted to give you and Henry to have a great Christmas present. Granny and I only knew her plans until you ruined her surprise by handing out the divorce papers the next day. That's wonderful to know our Mayor Bitchness."

Regina slapped Ruby's cheek and stared at her. Granny went slack-jawed. The brunette waitress looked at the floor and felt a pain on her cheek then looked back at the mayor with her tears. The brunette woman gazed at the brown eyed waitress and spoke in a gravely tone.

"How dare you to tell me. I shouldn't believe you but I don't know if you are telling me a truth. I felt like I'm lied by someone I loved. Don't throw everything at me like you knew my ex-wife. You should be happy that she is gone forever. I promise you that I wish Emma never exists."

"Take that back!" Henry shouted while he was standing in the front entrance and staring at the brunette ladies. Regina looked away at her son and widened her eyes then muttered.

"Henry."

"Don't you dare to say that, mom. I know inside your heart, you do surely miss Ma, don't you? Secondly, I believe that Ruby is telling a truth. Don't you forget that I have inherited from Emma? I think that you made a mistake by divorcing Ma. Even you didn't give Ma a chance to explain everything."

"Shut up!" The brunette woman screamed. The brunette boy shook his head and spoke again.

"Also, I don't like Robin Hood and I felt like he is a scumbag. I wished you never date him at all and stay together with Ma. I miss her so much since she left. I know you really love her and don't deny anything you want. Just think about it. I am going to take these bags and head back home." He walked toward the counter and took the bags then looked away at Ruby and spoke lightly.

"I'm sorry about my mom's fuss. Don't worry, I believe you. Have a good evening, Ruby and Granny." Henry nodded at the ladies then looked back at his brunette mother and finally left the diner. It left the silence in the building. The patrons slowly looked back at the brunette mayor. Granny and Ruby did same. Regina was silent and cleared her throat then spoke lightly.

"I think that I need to leave now and good night." The brunette woman left the diner and went on her way to the docks for a while."

- Flashback –

The brunette woman was curling under the quilt and slept through her memories back in Storybrooke. She furrowed her brows and scrunched her nose. Regina didn't know that Henry and Emma in her room and watched her taking a nap. The blonde woman sighed and informed their son.

"Henry, will you wait there in the kitchen? I will wake her up."

"Are you sure?" Henry asked. Emma nodded and flicked her hand. The brunette man nodded and kissed her cheek then left with Geoffrey who waited outside in the hallway. The blonde woman looked back at her ex-wife and strode toward the bed then sat down gently on the bed. She stared at the brunette woman who was making the facial expressions and knew that it was a guilty look. The blonde woman looked back at her ex-wife and reached her hand on the brunette woman then spoke gently.

"Regina, wake up. It's dinner time."

"Emma." Regina mumbled softly. The blonde woman was perplexed after hearing her name from the brunette woman's lips and stared. The brunette woman merely shifted in uncomfortable position and spoke lightly.

"Emma."

"Regina, it's a nightmare." Emma replied after realizing that the brunette woman had a nightmare. She decided to shake her shoulder gently and waited. Regina gasped after opening her eyes and looked around to find the blonde woman closer to her shoulder.

"What?" The brunette woman asked.

"You have a nightmare."

"Err.. how did you know?"

"I knew you well. Come on, it's dinner time." Emma said. Regina realized that she had tears on her face and whimpered. The blonde woman was perplexed again. The brunette woman went to lunge at the blonde woman and hugged her then nudged her face in the blonde woman's neck. Emma was surprised that Regina wanted a hug and slowly wrapped her arms around the brunette woman's waist.

"I'm sorry, Emma." Regina muttered softly. The blonde woman heart softened by hearing an apology from her ex-wife and tightened her hold. The brunette woman started to cry while she was leaning on her blonde ex-wife's neck. Emma closed her eyes and soothed the words in the brunette woman's ear then rubbed her hands on Regina's back.

A/N: Now, some of you wanted me to write that Regina and Henry have a lot of work to get Emma back to them. You are correct.

Next chapter: Regina and Henry's plans to get Emma back after seeing the paperworks in the file which Emma was working for five years in the business.

Again, I am still on the vacation with my family. Don't worry, I will be updating more chapters while I am with them. See you then.

By the way, I typed this chapter with 7 pages. I can do at least 10 pages to save your wait.

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