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“Honey. Where have you been?”
“I..I thought that maybe you’d..forgotten me. That I..” She forces back the tears that threaten to well in her eyes, swallowing as she curled her fingers around the fabric of her mother’s blazer. “I missed you.” She chokes.

“I could never forget you, dear. I love you. We just got lost in this mess I created,” she swallowed, cupping Elizabeth’s face in her hands. “I’m so sorry, dear. I’ve missed you, too.”
Regina tried to blink back more tears, but she flashed back to their last moments before the curse hit. She saw the dark...
It had been so long, since she’d been able to feel a mother’s touch - her mother’s touch. Her foster parents; they had...