Maggie pulls out the keys to the Astin Martin. As she approaches the vehicle TK comes up to her from the
side. "Girl that is one sweet ride… Astin…. You like MI-6 or something?" Maggie glances up at him
amused by the James Bond crack. "Bond, Jane Bond." TK laughs as he heads into the building. As she
turns back towards the car, she freezes at what she sees. Dangling from the rear view mirror is a
necklace… her necklace. She backs away from the car with her eyes darting in all directions. As he
approaches her, he can see Maggie's weird reaction. He can see her backing away from the Astin
Martin, Marshall's Astin Martin.
Nico comes up behind her grabbing by the shoulders. With Maggie in her current mindset, she reaches
for her weapon in an automatic reaction. "Damn it Maggie, it's me." She releases her hold on the 9mm
in her holster. He spins Maggie around. The look of her face is a mix of fascination, fear and tears.
"What in the hell is going on with you?" Nico's voice comes out with the force of a hurricane which
catches Maggie completely by surprise. All Maggie can think to do is point. She points towards the car.
Nico looks at her and then opens the car door. He sees catalyst to Maggie's reaction. He pulls the
necklace down. He too recognizes the necklace. It was a gift to Maggie. It was a very personal gift to
Maggie from Marshall. "Where was this." Nico is still as forceful. It is the only way he can get Maggie
to respond. Maggie is pacing in a circle in front of him. She is like a caged animal who wants to run. "It
was at my apartment. My apartment in Virginia." Nico looks down to see another fortune cookie on the seat. He picks it up. "This
yours?" Maggie shakes her head. Nico breaks it open.
I watched the world tear us apart…a stoic mind and a bleeding heart….
Nico shows it to Maggie. Maggie practically falls to her knees reading it. "Get in… Maggie… NOW."
Maggie is numb to the point where she is not going to argue with Nico. Nico drives to a secluded spot
where they can talk. Maggie gets out and instantly starts pacing like a cat on a hot tin roof.
Nico stands in her path. "Why did you blow your Jeep?" Maggie looks up surprised by Nico's choice for
the first question. "Damn it Maggie, the only person on God's green earth that could take that thing
away from you… is you." Nico is uncharacteristically yelling at Maggie. "I had too." Maggie's voice
roars from her lips. She drops to her knees sobbing which is not a reaction that Nico expected from
Maggie and he has seen only once before. He kneels down in front of her. "Is he alive?" Maggie looks
up at Nico. "I don't know." Nico stands back up and begins pacing himself. "Maggie don't lie to me."
Maggie stands back up but is uncharacteristically on the verge of hysterics. "I have never lied to you in
my life… and this is where you think I would start? I don't know, Nico… I don't know." She is screaming
at him. "You saw his body, Maggie, you identified the body… what the hell did you see?" Nico stops
and allows Maggie to circle him. "You know damn well what I saw. I saw a body that had been through
a plane crash and had been in the water for two days. I saw a shredded bloated bloody mess and you
know it. I was the second hardest thing I ever had to do… and you know damn well what the hardest
thing was" Nico suddenly realizes the truth in her words. "How long did it go on." Maggie is stunned by
the question. "How long, Maggie." Maggie does not immediately answer. "Damn it Maggie." She turns
to him with tears still running down her face. "A long time Nico… a very, very long time."
"Why didn't you tell me you were having an affair with Marshall?" Maggie looks up at him. "Because it
was none of your damn business." Nico looks at her unsure of what to do. "I don't know if he is alive…
all I do know is that someone is seriously screwing with me and if he is alive… I'm going to f'ing kill him
myself."
