Finding You Always

Here Comes the Sun

Finding You Always

Chapter 25: Here Comes the Sun

Eight weeks later...

Since their wedding, nearly an entire fifty-six days ago, nothing horrible had happened, but they weren't ready to breathe a sigh of relief yet. Regina had been leaving them alone, though that only made Snow and David more nervous that she was scheming away at something big. However, the rumor mill was going strong as well that the Mayor had been seen several times in the company of local barkeep Jason Locksley and his son.

It was a shock to both Snow and David, but gave the former hoped that perhaps the unthinkable was happening; that maybe Regina was finally healing.

Charming was more skeptical. He wasn't quite sure he could forgive Regina for everything. If she truly was trying to change, then he thought he might be able to consider it someday, but he wasn't ready to put any kind of faith in Regina.

His faith was in Snow and so, per usual, he tentatively went along with whatever she was feeling or thinking. But he was always ready to defend and protect his family if Regina slipped.

Unfortunately, Principal Jenkins was doing everything she could to keep Mary Margaret from coming back to her job at school. Snow wasn't surprised. Since the night Ella's baby was born, the hate Rebecca and Zelda had for Ashley had transferred to Mary Margaret.

She didn't worry too much. In their cursed states, Snow felt she could handle them.

Lady Tremaine, if she were to get her memories back, was a different story, as was her eldest daughter, especially given Zelda's frighteningly unhealthy obsession with her husband. If there were two people she didn't care for to get their memories back, it was them.

The curse seemed to contain their cruelty, at least to a bearable level. But she knew what Rodmilla Tremaine and Drizella would be capable of in their non-cursed states and it made her shudder.

Regina was evil, no question. But she had not always been that way. The same could not be said for Rodmilla Tremaine. Usually evil was not born, but rather made. There were exceptions to this rule though and one of those was Rodmilla Tremaine.

Back in their land, the horror stories were well known.

For a woman with no magic, she had an impressive body count. Most were dead husbands, their wealth stripped from them upon mysterious deaths, in which the grieving widow took possession of.

Ella's own father had mysteriously fallen ill while away on a voyage. But if the rumors were true, then Snow was certain that Ella's father had been poisoned by Rodmilla herself.

The evidence of her penchant for sadistic physical abuse could be found in the scars on Ella's back. But Snow tried to put worry about the Tremaine's new found hatred for them out of her mind. She and David could handle anything, she was confident in that.

Good always won in the end, despite the hard road to get there. And she knew David would go to any lengths to protect her and Emma. His body also had the scars to prove it.

For the most part, she banished those worries to the back of her mind.

To occupy her time, she had accepted a part time position at the hospital. It was mostly filing and data entry, but it was a paycheck and they allowed her to use part of her time to interact with some terminal or long term patients. She found it rewarding if she was able to bring a little cheer to their otherwise depressing days. They seemed appreciative of her efforts as well.

Her schedule allowed her to be done by the time Emma was done with school and she took great joy in picking her up every day. The last two days, they had spent the after school hours going around and selling candles for the upcoming Miner's Day festival, which was now tomorrow.