"Maybe it's destiny"

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Her cheeks were burning in anger and embarrassment. She wanted to run to her bed, hide underneath the covers and stay there forever. She couldn't move. She couldn't move a muscle. She remained still looking at Henry looking back at her in shock.

Emma yelped in surprise and looked at Regina terrified and then back at Henry. She had no convincing explanation about this. Maybe it was about time she finally admitted the truth.

"Regina! Gosh... I didn't expect you to come back so early."
She managed to say through a fake smile on her face. Regina shook her head.

"Well I'm sorry I came back to my room. Won't happen again."

"For fuck's sake what's going on?!?!"
Henry screamed at the two women looking at each other shocked and slammed his hand on his desk.
Emma turned around now looking back at him and cleared her throat as she was desperately trying to come up with a good excuse..

There was no point. Regina took a few steps back avoiding any eye contact with him, trying to convince herself that she was asleep and that it was all a bad dream.

"Mum what's going on?"
"Look kid... ugh... there are a couple of things that I didn't get to talk to you about since I've been extremely busy here with the case. I forgot to mention a tiny detail."

"You think that not mentioning that you're working with Regina is a tiny detail? I'm not 5 years old anymore mum! I'm smarter than that!"

He crossed his hands under his chest and raised an eyebrow looking at Emma pissed. He had all the rights to be pissed at Emma to be honest!
She had lied at him. Or she hadn't lied... but she had hid the truth.

Listening at Henry's words made Regina's heart shrunk. Did he really call her Regina? What about mum? She was already a stranger for him... he was not her little boy anymore... he obviously wanted nothing to do with her.

"I'm so sorry kiddo! I was planning to tell you but I had no idea how to do that. I was afraid."

"AFRAID OF WHAT? What would I possibly do? Murder you? Yell at you? Curse you? NO!"
Henry screamed at the top of his lungs and huffed. He sighted and drunk a sip of his juice looking away.

"Henry... I know you're overreacting right now since I truly understand that there are so many things that you need to process, but I've been working with Regina for the past couple of weeks... and trust me honey but she's changed! She's a changed woman."

Emma said and her lips trembled in sadness. She knew Regina was still standing behind her. She couldn't dare turn her head around and look at Regina's face. She was 100% sure that she was devastated.

Henry cracked his knuckles uncomfortably and then played with his fingers.

"Do you have any idea how many times I heard people say that about her? Were they correct? No!"
He lowered his voice.

There goes the tears. Her vision turned blurry as soon as a wave of hot tears flooded her eyes and escaped them right away, flooding down her cheeks like small crystal clear rivers. She bit her lips in order to hold back her sobs and covered her face with her hands.

All these years she needed a reassurance that Henry still hated or loved her. Here is her sign... he just admitted it.

"I should better go."
The brunette managed to say through greeted teeth and exited the living room heading towards the bathroom. Emma held her forehead and looked back at the computer..