Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-6175354-20161010033114/@comment-26340222-20161010071540

DatNuttyKid wrote: I feel like if it was just that his dad isn't dead, they wouldn't make it a multiple episode-long arc. They're going for a big reveal, like that one of the main characters is responsible for his death. Probably Hook. David says a Shepherd found it in the wreckage of a cart along with his father. I am thinking the information on this note, it was either Bo Peep or James.

James probably felt his father owed him for abandoning him for many years and we all know the Charming family were in debt to Bo Peep for many years for reasons unknown.