Together

Family Ties, Part One

This chapter, and the next was originally one chapter, but I decided there was too much going on, so I split it up, hence part one and two. Enjoy!

The picture that you see is Nick from
Young and the Restless, so y'all can put a face to the name 😊

A few days later, Emma was reading Victoria's reply email at work. It didn't say much – only that everything would be explained in person. This did nothing to ease Emma's mind. She took a deep breath before she closed out her email and said to David, "I just wanted to run by this idea by you of taking off work on Friday."

"Well, since we finally caught who was behind all those mysterious robberies, I'd say you deserve a day off," David began as he smiled. His expression turned to serious as he asked, "Is everything okay with the baby?"

"Of course. Remember the letter I told you I found in Mom's stuff?" Emma replied.

"Yeah, what about it?"

"Well," Emma began slowly, "I was able to contact Victoria. Evidently, she has some explaining to do that has to be done in person."

"And you're going to go to New York to see her," David supplied.

"Yeah, since it's such a long trip, Killian and I thought we would just stay the weekend up there – he was able to take a day off as well," Emma said.

"So, it looks like him finally deciding to listen to you and hire some help last year is going to pay off," David said as he grinned.

Emma grinned in response as she added, "That, and he never takes sick days – even if he really needs too."

David chuckled at that before he teased, "Sounds like someone else I know." He then asked, "Do you guys need Mary Margaret and I to watch Anna Elizabeth?"

"Well, we actually thought we'd bring her with us. It'll give her a chance to actually enjoy seeing a big city – unlike when Killian brought her to Boston. And Belle has plenty of room in her apartment," Emma replied.

"Anna Elizabeth will love that. Kids love experiencing new things anyway, and Anna Elizabeth is easily excited," David laughed as he spoke. Then, a thought occurred to him, and he said more quietly, "It's also where her parents met and fell in love."

Emma smiled sadly at him, and they sat in silence for a few minutes before Emma heard her stomach growling. She knew David couldn't hear it from his desk, but he apparently read her mind.

"You want me to call in something from Granny's for lunch?" he asked.

"Uh, yeah. I'm starving," Emma replied.

"You did eat breakfast, didn't you?" David asked.

Emma resisted the urge to roll her eyes as she said, "Yes, David. I ate a bowl of cereal with some orange juice. I always eat breakfast, and besides, Killian wouldn't let me skip it anyway – if he could actually cook, we'd probably have a full course meal every morning."

"Well, at least breakfast is covered – so it's my job to make sure you eat lunch," David said to her. Emma thought he was joking, but his expression was serious.

"You do know I can take of myself, right? You don't have to hover over me because I'm pregnant," Emma pointed out.

"I am well aware of that, Emma. But I also know how wrapped up you get with work, and now you're trying to find your parents – whenever you get zoned in on something, that's all you think about. I just want you to take care of yourself – and so does Killian," David defended.