While Evie talks, Regina's perfectly content to listen. It's a pleasant afternoon, the air has a light, clear warmth to it, and Evie's happy. The boy's story is a bit unexpected, but she'd been bored in Storybrooke and read a lot, so it's not entirely unfamiliar.

It also explains his 'colorful' speech. Regina's nowhere near the snob her mother was, but she's still glad to know it's historical. Evie deserves the best of everything.

What she hears in Evie's voice when she talks about the Newsie is the same pure, almost innocent love she'd felt for Daniel and it makes her smile. A little wistfully, maybe, but not bitterly at all. Although the first thing she's doing if her own mother arrives is sealing that boy's heart in his chest. And Evie's next. Him first, because Evie will be interesting enough to survive the first assault. Jack would be dead before Cora learned his name.

She's surprised to hear the hint of uncertainty in Evie's tone when she says she thinks he loves her, and it's a hint that Regina's thoughts may have gotten away from her. She thinks back over what Evie said to find the thread and then nods knowingly. Not having heard the words yet, the uncertainty makes sense.

Regina pauses and turns to lift Evie's chin on her fingers. "Trust me, that boy is crazy about you," she says, and then she kisses Evie's brow unselfconsciously.