Finding You Always

Secrets and Confrontations

Finding You Always

Chapter 61: Secrets and Confrontations

Eva completed her rounds as usual that morning at the hospital and filed her patient charts at the nurse's station. It was odd, for this time of the morning, Paul was usually waiting for her so she could shadow him during the afternoon on more serious cases or even assist with minor surgeries. But today, she didn't see him and hadn't in fact seen him all day.

"Kelly...have you seen Dr. Sakura?" she asked the nurse at the desk politely.

"Oh, I'm sorry hon, I thought one of the other nurses told you. Dr. Sakura called in. He said he had a bad case of the flu," she informed. Now Eva found that really odd.

"Okay...thanks," she said, as she pulled out her phone and sent him a text to ask how he was feeling. It was strange, because he was fine the day before. She supposed it could have come on suddenly, but something felt off. If Paul was sick, she knew he would have at least called or texted her personally. When she received a vague "I'm fine" text in return, she decided that she should probably check on him.

Grabbing her coat, she decided she'd stop at the pharmacy and have Sneezy help her with a care package and then stop at Granny's for some chicken soup. Then she'd take it to him. If there was one thing she knew about Paul, it was that he was a terrible patient and she felt that she needed to make sure he took care of himself.

"David..." Snow called, as she ran to keep up with her husband's strides.

"Charming stop!" Snow called, finally halting him and getting him to turn to her.

"He was there," he cried. She cupped his handsome face in her hands, seeing the anguish in his eyes.

"I know...I'm so sorry," she soothed, as she kissed him passionately. She knew this wasn't something she could kiss away, but she had never let it stop her from trying; from letting him know that she would always be by his side.

"Why? Why did he wait so long to tell me he was alive? What else hasn't he told me?" David rambled.

"I don't know, my love...but I think we should ask him," Snow said, as she saw him on the deck with Clayton aboard his ship.

"You deserve answers, but we are doing this together," she insisted, as she laced her fingers with his and they marched up the ramp and onto the ship.

"David..." Xander greeted, but this smile melted when he saw the serious expressions worn by his son and daughter-in-law.

"You were there that night..." David hissed.

"What are you talking about?" Xander asked.

"Boston...New Year's Eve, 2001. Apparently there was a tape and it surfaced. We saw everything," David explained. Xander paled slightly.

"Son...let me explain..." Xander pleaded.

"You were there...you could have told me you were alive that night and you chose not to! Why?" David demanded to know.

"Things were extremely complicated. I wasn't even supposed to step in...but I had to protect my family," Xander replied.

"What are you talking about? They weren't a threat anymore! You didn't have to kill them!" David exclaimed.

"They were a threat!" Xander roared back, as he dug in his pocket and pulled out Ruth's locket. David paled considerably.

"Mother's charm...how do you have that! Emma was devastated to think that she lost it," he uttered.

"Emma didn't lose it. That little tramp that pretended to be her friend stole it. After you left her and her mother go that night, they planned to use it to get back into Storybrooke. And believe me, they would have brought reinforcements. I stopped them," Xander explained.