Twenty eight years later Emma sat across the table listening as the woman who she now knew was her mother told her the story of how she had been conceived. Emma was of course looking at the woman she now called Mary with a look of horror.

"What Rumpelstiltskin is My father?" Emma cried, very surprised, not really upset about the man's identity but by the fact that this had been kept from her for so long.

Emma stood up from the table with a strange expression on her face and she headed for the door.

"Honey, where you going?" Mary Margret asked.

She looked at Mary and sighed;

"If my father is Rumpelstiltskin than I think it is time for me to go meet the man properly, and well I would like to get to know my father!" Emma responded softly.

She headed to the shop where she knew that he was working that day. She pushed open the door ignoring the closed sign as she could see him in there. She walked nervously to the counter, she had not at all thought about what she was going to say.

What did you say to a man that you have known for months and just recently discovered to be your father? Should she beat around the bush or should she just march right into the subject. Did he already know? And would he accept her as his daughter?

She swallowed and said

"Mr. Gold, I..uh, I wanted to talk to you about something, I know your closed today but I just discovered something, and well, it's important to me that I speak to you about it!" Emma said quietly still unsure how she was going to broach the subject.

She watched Gold sigh and motion to the door to his office.

"how would you like a spot of tea, dearie and we can discuss what ever is on you mind!" he offered Kindly.

Emma started trembling a bit but she entered the office and watched as Gold sat at his desk, so she took the seat that was directly across from it so that they were face to face. She watched for a moment as he poured the tea into two white cups.

Finally she knew that she needed to speak

"To be honest, I haven't the foggiest idea as to where to begin, I mean I don't know if you knew about it, or if you are just as clueless about it as I was until just now!"

Gold looked at Emma and smiled

"It's okay, dearie, take your time, I'm all ears, and I promise that I will try to help you with this issue!" He responded quietly.