Unmasking The Truth

Chapter 21

Robins POV:
She hasn't stopped crying since I got back. I have been rocking her back and forth while rubbing her back. So I started to play with her hair and running my fingers through it. This slowly calmed her down.

"Was that the first time you tried leaving since you got here?" Granny asked.

"Yea, now we know if I leave it sends her into a panic attack." I said looking down at Regina, she was slowly closing her eyes but also fighting it. "Go to sleep babe. I'm right here. You are ok." I told her. She gripped my shirt before pushing her head more into me neck, sighing in content and falling asleep.

"Poor girl," Granny said before taking a seat in a chair.

"I know. I just wish I was here to protect her from Gold," I said honestly.

"Robin there was nothing you could have done about that," Granny said.

"I know but I wasn't here to protect her," I told her sadly.

"Look at her Robin. She has a death grip on your shirt because she is afraid. Not of losing you but of being taken away from you. Losing you also might be part of the reason but it isn't the full reason." Granny said. "Robin she is terrified when you aren't around her. That right there should tell you, you protect her more than you think."

"It's just-" I was about to continue but she cut me off.

"It's just nothing. When Regina is in your arms she feels safe and protected. So stop downing yourself and saying your a bad boyfriend for not be here to protect her. You can't protect her from everything. No one can." She told me.

"Maybe you're right," I said while looking down at Regina peacefully sleeping right now.

"Of course I'm right," she said. We both laughed but stopped when we heard Regina whine. I look down and her eyes fluttered open. She looks up at me before whimpering.

"Shh we didn't mean to wake you. Are you hungry?" I asked her. She shook her head before putting it back on my chest. "You have to eat, lovely." I told her.

"Oh right I brought some food just in case you guys got hungry. That was the main reason I stopped by." Granny told us.

"Thank you Granny," I said.

"No need to thank me," she said. Regina lifted her head and pointed to the bag.

"You hungry?" I asked. She slightly nodded her head.

"I'm going to leave now. I left Ruby in charge of Granny's." She said.

"Thank you again Granny," I said. She smile before we said goodbye and she left. I went to grab the bag of food but Regina started to cry again and tightens her grip around me.

"I'm just getting the food, baby." I told her.

She lets go a little and I know she isn't going to go any further so I do the rest myself. She is crying hard by now. I grab the food and set it in the chair that was right next to her bed.

"Babe, I'm right here I'm not going anywhere," I told her. I hug her and run my fingers through her hair knowing that would calm her down. And it did. "You want to eat now?" I asked her. She nodded her head.

I grabbed the food and there was hamburgers and fries. I handed her the fries and she took them. She takes one out and holds it up to my mouth for me to take a bite. I give her a confused look because she has never done this before. She sighs knowing she is going to have to tell me, she looks for pen and paper and grabs it.

'Gold and Leopold would put stuff in my food when they made it. Sometimes it made me sick to my stomach I would throw up then they would hit me for throwing my food up.' The note said. I looked at her with a sad look. She then takes the fry and puts it to my mouth once again. I take a bite and smile at her.

Henry's POV:
Emma and I are arguing about my mom. She won't let me go and see her.

"She is my mom!" I yelled.

"Henry I know that, but I don't want you going to the hospital and seeing her right now!" She yelled back.

"I have every right right to see her. You can say whether or not I get to see her!" I screamed.

"Henry do not raise your voice at me," she said.

"Why are you so against it?" I questioned.

"Because you are my son," she said.

"I'm also Regina's son. You can't keep using that as a way to get me to listen to you Emma." I told her.

"What are you two arguing about?" Grandma says as she walks in.

"She won't let me go see my mother," I said.

"Why not?" She asked Emma.

"Because he is my son, I don't want him at a hospital in a room when Regina can't even take care of herself right now." She said.

"Wow. She took care of me for 10 years after you gave me up for adoption because you couldn't take care of me! Regina taught me everything! She was there for everything! And where were you? Nowhere! So you have no right to say my mother can't take care of me! And as far as I know Regina is more of a mother than you will ever be!" I yelled before leaving the loft and going to the hospital.

Regina's POV:
I ate a few fries before I was finished eating and I also took maybe two bites off of his hamburger because I wasn't going to eat my own. There was a knock on the door. I looked at Robin terrified.

"Come in," he said as he stood to stand next to me. Henry walked in with tears in his eyes. "What is wrong Henry?" Robin asked.

"Emma and I got into an argument," Henry said.

"Why?" Robin asked.

"No reason," he said. "Can I stay here for a little?" He asked.

"Henry," Robin started.

"Please Dad," Henry said. Wait Dad? When did that happened?

"You can stay for a little. I don't want you here for long because it is getting late," he told him.

"Got it Dad," he said smiling.

We watched tv for awhile and played a card game. Till he had to leave, he said goodbye and left. I looked up at Robin.

"Yes my love?" He asked. I pointed to him then the bed. He lays down next to me and I put my head on his chest before slowly falling asleep peacefully.