[ Better for it to come out now than later, or even from Regina herself. He could only imagine how that would have gone, with her twisting the facts just enough to make it sound a thousand times worse than it had been, just to dig them apart. To isolate Emma and maybe punish him, yanking that invisible chain. Their pasts were littered with such landmines, and unearthing them before they could do any damage was a little easier than he'd feared it might be.
Of course, the worst hadn't yet come to light. That, he was in no hurry to share. ]
Damn.
[ His fingers snap as he draws back, enough to finish off that lick of brandy left at the bottom of his glass and set it aside. ]
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Of course, the worst hadn't yet come to light. That, he was in no hurry to share. ]
Damn.
[ His fingers snap as he draws back, enough to finish off that lick of brandy left at the bottom of his glass and set it aside. ]
I guess I'll have to live with it. Somehow.