Wonderful posts my friends. I was thinking of when Neal was with Emma back in their “Tallahassee” days, he was good to her and she was good to him. She was happy and He was happy. They were making a home together. Neal was not abusive or cruel to Emma during the entirety relationship. The only thing we know that he did, was leave, Emma. And I think because Neal was so good to her and they were so in love, that she was so hurt about losing him. Him leaving her came total left field for her. And now she realize that like her Parents, Neal abandonment of her was not out of spite or because he didn’t love or didn’t want to be with her. It was because he was trying to give her best chance And sadly, like her parents it caused Emma a lot of pain and hurt. But now she is aware of this and has to come to terms with this, not for Neal nor her parents but for her self.
THIS^^^^^
People complain that they think Neal and Emma’s past relationship brought out the worst in them because they were stealing and moving around and living in motels. But they were surviving at that time. They didn’t have anything else. But they were making plans to start a real, permanent life. Which is why she was so hurt. Just like Ranisha said, everything was great and then suddenly, out of nowhere, Neal is gone and she’s going to jail.
And then I read people saying that Neal abandoned Emma to have Henry by herself and they hate on him for her having Henry while she’s in jail. But Neal did NOT KNOW she was pregnant. And again, I will say that he would have NEVER left her if he knew. No way. He wouldn’t have cared about her “destiny” at that point. He would have only cared about his son and Emma.
"We were happy."
"Because... it was born out of true love."