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"Bae..." Gold smiled when he looked at his son, who was all grown up. "You came back for me." Gold smiled when he could not believe his eyes.

"No. I came to make sure you didn't hurt her." Neal said, pointing to Emma, who looked down. Gold looked between them, looking confused. "I've seen what you do to people who break deals." Neal sighed, making Gold look back up at him.

"Please, Bae, just let me talk." 

"I have no interest in talking to you. You can go." Neal said, trying to look anywhere but at the man who abandoned him many years ago. "I'm not going anywhere." Gold said, shaking his head. He was not leaving his son again. "Get out of my apartment!" Neal yelled when Emma sighed, stepping in between them.

"Neal..." She tried to say.

"Emma, I got this," Neal said when Gold figured out what was happening. Somehow, the two of them knew each other. 

They all went quiet when Emma looked down. "You two know each other?" Gold asked, scoffing a bit at them. He scoffed when he saw them look at each other. "You two know each other! How?" Gold asked them, making Emma turn to him, coming up with another lie. 

"You sent me chasing after him..."

"No, no, no, stop it! You're lying. How do you two know each other?" Gold asked, scoffing between the two of them.

Neal and Emma turned to come up with a lie when Henry came out of the bathroom. "Mom? What's going on?" Henry asked when he walked over to Emma, who bent down, trying to get him out of the room before something major gets outs. "Hey..." Emma went to say, but Neal spoke up.

"Wait, who's this?" He asked, looking at Emma.

"My son," Emma said when Neal looked confused. "What?" Neal asked when Henry turned to look at the man. "Is that Baelfire?" Henry asked when Emma tried to get him to look back at her. 

"I need you to stay in the other room for a little while longer, okay? Come on." Emma said, leading Henry towards the bathroom.

"Wait, how old are you?" Neal asked, looking at Henry.

"Don't answer him," Emma said to Henry.

"How old are you, kid?" Neal asked, raising his voice as Henry turned to him. "Eleven!" Henry yelled and stopped to look at him. "Now, why is everyone yelling?" Henry asked, turning to Emma, who scoffed to herself.

"He's eleven?" Neal asked, sighing to himself when he could not believe this. "Mom?" Henry asked, looking at Emma, who was looking at Neal. "Is this my son?" Neal asked Emma when Gold sighed to himself, realizing what Neal was, while Henry was confused.

"No... My dad was a fireman. He died..." Henry said to Neal before looking at Emma, who was walking over to him. "That's what you told me. You said..." Henry stopped when he turned to look at Neal.

"Is this my son?" Neal asked Emma one last time.

Emma did not say anything as she moved her hands to cup Henry's cheeks, looking at her son. "Yes..." Emma said, giving Henry a smile that it was gonna be okay. Neal and Henry both looked shocked when Henry moved away from Emma. Emma looked hurt as Henry shook his head, sighing to himself. Henry moved to go through the window onto the fire escape.

"Henry... Henry?" Emma sighed, going to follow him.

Neal was about to follow them when Gold stopped him, causing Neal to jerk his arm away from Gold's grasp. "Baelfire. Please, please... All I want is a chance to be heard." Gold tried to say, causing Neal to look at him. "Get out." Neal scoffed when Gold stayed where he was, sighing to himself.

"Look, you came back to protect Emma. To show that she had lived up to her end of her bargain with me..." Gold started to say when Neal scoffed at him.

"And now she has. So, you can go."

"No. Our deal was for her to get you to talk to me..." Gold said when Neal sighed to himself. "If you truly want her deal to be fulfilled, you have but one choice. You have to talk to me." Gold said when Neal looked up, scoffing at him. 

"You got three minutes," Neal said, walking back around the room.

~season 2, episode 14: "Manhattan"~

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