The please let Belle go will work if he only knew Regina had him. It is like any hostage situation. It never works out for the taker. Gold can never know where she is or who has custody of him. Yet, without Gold knowing about it makes Belle a useless pawn. The please throws the pawn thing out of play. I think she is going to escape. That is the only scenario that changes the game.
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