"What's going on with you? You have that thing in an hour," Victor asked Maggie as she kissed him.
"Nothing, and we have time," Maggie nuzzled her fiancée's neck."I just love you and you are so sexy right now…."
"Maggie! You're using sex to avoid the Tommy situation," Victor exclaimed, laughing.
"I'm just…damn it, just have sex with me!" Maggie ordered.
"You're the boss," Victor smirked, kissing Maggie.
Maggie laughed as Victor unbuttoned her shirt.
"Maggie, what time is the appointment…oh, I'm sorry…" Marie blushed as she walked in.
"It's o.k. It seems unless we're in our locked bedroom with phones off, something interrupts us," Victor said.
"I told Melanie to meet us at the hospital in an hour," Maggie said buttoning her shirt.
"I'll let you two go back to…"Marie said.
"Marie, its o.k. I was just using Victor as stress relief. Later, sweetheart?" Maggie kissed Victor lightly.
"Looking forward to it," Victor smiled.
"Did you tell Melanie what you need from her?" Marie asked when they arrived at Lexie's office.
"No."
"And this girl is just going to give up blood?" Marie looked skeptical.
"Yes, she will," Maggie smiled as Melanie came over to them.
"Why did you asked to meet at the hospital? Are you having a relapse? Did Victor do something stupid? Because if he did, I'll kill him and call Hope and Jen to dispose of the body…."Melanie said.
"Ok, I was wrong," Marie said.
"My darling girl, I need you to take a blood test and not ask why," Maggie said.
"You aren't sick, right? Because I already put down a down payment on chairs for the wedding and flowers…"
"Honey, I'm fine, Victor's fine, and wedding's still on. But I just need you to do this," Maggie said.
"Ok. Who's doing the test?" Melanie asked as Marie looked surprised.
"Lexie. And I would like to keep this just between the four of us, o.k.?" Maggie asked.
"You'll tell me what I need to know when I need to know it?" Melanie asked.
"I promise."
"O.k. where's Lexie?" Melanie asked.
"Thank you, my darling girl. Lexie's in her office." Maggie kissed Melanie's head. Marie tried not to stare at Melanie, looking for Horton features in the girl.
"So that's Melanie," Marie said.
"Yeah. That's my Melanie," Maggie said, lightly.
"She has blue eyes. I thought our granddaughter would have brown eyes," Marie said.
"Well, her mother has green eyes and Mel has the strawberry blond hair you guys have. Daniel has brown eyes," Maggie said.
"Does she act like a Horton?"
Maggie laughed. "Melanie acts like Melanie. Honestly I can't see her as anything but Melanie. Um, Daniel reminds me of Bill sometimes, with the cockiness."
Marie looked wistful.
"I missed so much when I went away. To find my granddaughter living with you…"
"She is a wonderful person, Marie. I'm lucky to have her in my life," Maggie said.
"Does Melanie have a good life?"
"She has had some bad things happened to her but right now she's doing all right. Melanie's graduating from nursing school in two months," Maggie said.
"So right in the family tradition," Marie smiled.
"Marie, if she's your granddaughter, it doesn't means you'll automatically bond with her. Melanie's skittish about new people, especially family members. And she's protective of Daniel," Maggie said.
"What's Daniel like?" Marie asked.
Maggie sighed. "He isn't humble. He falls in love with every female patient he has. He has no grace or class. He slept with Chloe while she was married to Lucas. Then whined when Chloe cheated on him with Phillip. And frankly I don't like him. I tolerate him, for Jen, Melanie and Victor's sakes. But he does love Melanie."
"Who loves me?" Melanie asked.
"Well, I do for one," Maggie smiled.
"Will you tell me what's going on now?" Melanie's eyes sparkled.
"Let me the results first o.k., sweetie?" Maggie said.
"But you're o.k., right?"
"I'm perfect," Maggie said, "I just had a check-up and I'm fine."
"O.k. I just worry about you. Want to do lunch later this week?"
"Absolutely. Call me. Love you," Maggie said.
"Love you, too. Nice to see you, Marie," Melanie said.
"You, too. Bye," Marie laughed.
After Melanie left, Marie went in for her test. When she came out, Maggie smiled at her.
"When did Lexie say the results would be in?"
"She put a rush on them, so in a couple hours. Maggie, I think I want to be alone, right now," Marie said.
"I'm not sure that's a good idea," Maggie said.
"I just need to think."
"O.k."
"Aunt Maggie, where's Aunt Marie? She's not answering her phone," Jennifer said over the phone.
"I don't know. Why?"
"There's a messanager from Lexie's office with something for Aunt Marie, but I can't sign for it. He's saying only you or Aunt Marie can sign…." Jennifer said, sounding confused and frustrated.
"O.k. sweetie. Send him here," Maggie instructed her niece.
"What's going on?"
"It's o.k. Don't worry about it. Love you," Maggie said.
"Love you, too," Jennifer hung the phone. Suddenly a chill swept over her.
"Ms. Margaret Horton?" The messenger asked.
"Yes, that's me." Maggie hurriedly scrawled her name on the paper.
"Thank you. And here's the receipt."
"Fine."
"Have good day," The man smiled.
Maggie held the results in her hands. I could destroy this and no one would know. She opened the envelope and scanned the information, her heart sinking with each word.
"Oh, Alice, what do I do now?"
"Why did Aunt Maggie want us to come over to Victor's? Wouldn't it be easier if she came over to your house? "Hope asked.
"She said, and I quote, 'the Kiriakis have much better alcohol.' Which is very weird for Aunt Maggie to say," Jennifer said.
"She also wanted Aunt Marie to drive separately. Jen, there's something going on," Hope said.
"She found Thomas! That has to be it!" Jennifer exclaimed.
Hope was skeptical. "Then why all the cloak and dagger? She could just say she found him."
"Maybe…." Jennifer trailed off as they walked into the living room.
"Hi. Did Maggie let you know what's going on?" Marie asked.
"No. But I assume it's about Thomas," Jennifer said.
"Yes, it is. Hi. It was what we suspected, Marie. The DNA test was positive," Maggie said, gently.
"Oh…Oh, God. I didn't know…."Marie said
"Marie, it's going to be o.k. Girls, what I'm going to tell you is going to affect the family. But I promise, no matter what, we'll deal with it. We love each other and we'll deal with this," Maggie said.
"Wait! If you found Thomas, isn't that like great news?" Jennifer asked.
"Maggie, who's Thomas?" Hope said.
"Victor said friends of his adopted a baby boy with the same birthday as Thomas. It turns out there was only one baby boy born that day. May…."Maggie started out.
Jennifer paled. "May 15, 1969…oh my God….no, no, no. Please tell me it's not Daniel."
"I'm so sorry, Jennifer. Daniel is Thomas," Maggie said.
Hope immediately held Jennifer. "Are you sure? This is one hell of coincidence, Maggie."
"I did a DNA test with Melanie. It was positive," Marie said, gently.
"So maybe Daniel isn't Melanie's father," Jennifer shot back.
"Honey…." Marie said.
"No, I just found out I slept with my cousin. You have no idea what I'm feeling right now," Jennifer cried as she felt a slap on her cheek.
"That was out of line. If anyone knows what you're going through it's me. Except I loved Mark and you're just using Daniel while you're waiting for Jack to grow up. Maybe you need to grow up too," Marie said as she left.
Jennifer suddenly felt ashamed of her actions. Hope looked at Maggie, helplessly.
"What do we do now?"
"I have no idea. But I wouldn't start any new investigations anytime soon," Maggie said.