Funny How Fast Life Changes

The Stakeout

Emma ignored Killian for the rest of the day. She did work at her desk and left Killian to roam the halls unsure of what to do. During lunch, Emma went out to sit in her yellow car to make sure she didn't bump into him. As soon as she stepped in she dialed Marry Margaret. She picked up on the second ring.

"Emma! How'd it go with Mr. Hottie?"

Emma groaned remembering. "Terrible! He deleted the evidence!!! And do you know what that means?? For the first time since I entered this company, I am going to have an unsolved case! He ruined my reputation."

Mary Margaret was confused. "So he purposely deleted the files?"

Emma sighed. "Well...no. He said it was an accident, but he's probably lying. He wants to sabotage me."

"Come on, Emma. He's new. He doesn't know how  everything works. Why would he do something that sabotages him as well."

For a moment Emma was quiet then replied, "That's what he said."

"You see? He was just trying to help. What's done is done. You can't just ignore him because you're mad. Your boss will see that as worse than one unsolved case."

Emma was taken aback. "How do you know I'm ignoring him?"

Mary Margaret laughed. "Because I know you, Emma and I knew that's what you would do. Now get back in that office and let it go. Move on to another case."

"You're right. Why are you always right?"

"Your best friend knows best." And both laughed.

After the phone call Emma felt much better. When she sat back at her desk she noticed as Mr. Jones walked in with Killian right behind him.

"Hey...umm father? I have to tell you something." He called out.

Mr. Jones turned around with a huge grin on his face.

"Killian! How was your first case with Emma?"

Emma watched as Killian scratched nervously behind his ear.

"Umm actually it was-"

Emma interrupted. "Mr. Jones! The case went well except we ran into some trouble and the evidence we had was uhh...misplaced so sadly we couldn't solve the case." Emma said trying her best to keep calm.

For a moment she thought she saw disappointment on Mr. Jones face, but he smiled.

"Well we can't solve all of them can we? I just hope Killian was the cause for the misplaced evidence."

Emma smiled falsely, "Not at all."

Killian waited until his father left to say, "You didn't have to do that. I was going to tell him the truth."

Emma shrugged. She walked towards back her desk and Killian followed.

"I knew you didn't want to disappoint your father and you weren't sure how to work the machine so I can't blame you forever."

"Well then, thank you."

Emma nodded then turned around to continue with her paperwork. Realizing that he was not needed, Killian left the room.

At the end of the day came the moment Emma dreaded since that morning. All the employees had to fill out logs of the cases they've worked on.  With a feeling of defeat she opened up her daily log, typed a description of the case and slowly moved her mouse over to the button that read "Unsolved." She sighed.

The next morning Emma drove into Jones & Co parking lot at 7:00am. She had arrived specifically much later than her usual time so she didn't have to spend that much time alone with Killian.