Maxie walked off the elevator and stood there for a second. The last time she had been at this Penthouse she had to give everything up. Now she was here to ask Spinelli why he told her she couldn't come home. She hadn't been so hurt in her life then to hear the words from Mac the Mob war was over and Russian where gone weeks ago, when weeks ago Spinelli told her she couldn't come home. Maxie took a deep breath and walked to the door.

"No one is allowed without clearance from Mr. Corinthos" The guard said stopping Maxie from going to the door.

"If you let Mr. Spinelli know Maxie Jones is here to see him I'm sure we can make an exception." Maxie said. She knew If Spinelli knew she was here, that he'd let her in.

"I will let him know." The guard said. He then turned and walked into the penthouse, closing the door so Maxie couldn't sneak her way in.

"Mr. Corinthos a Maxie Jones is here to see Mr. Spinelli" The guard said to Sonny.

"Maxamista" Spinelli said softly when he heard the guard said Maxie's name.

"There is no time for visitors, send her away" Sonny said to the guard. He had Spinelli working on away to get Jason free without having to get Diane to bring it to trail.

"With all due respect Mr. Sir, but the Jackal must take this visitor" Spinelli said to Sonny getting up from the couch.

"Spinelli there is no time. You need work. Jason isn't going to free himself" Sonny told him. Sonny never really liked Spinelli, but they both had Jason in common and didn't want to lose him to a jail cell.

"This is the utmost importance. The Jackal and Stone Cold sent the fair Maxamista away for her own safety" Spinelli started to tell Sonny.

"Stop babbling and get to the point" Sonny commanded.

"The Jackal must up hold Stone colds plan and protect the fair Maxamista" Spinelli told him. He didn't want to see Maxie hurt.

"Fine, I have to be somewhere anyways." Sonny said. He then walked over to the chair and picked up his coat. He then turned to Spinelli. "I come back, she must be gone" Sonny told him. He then put on his coat and left. The guard then let Maxie in closing the door behind him.

"So Sonny now gives you the order?" Maxie asked him as she walked in. Spinelli walked over to give her a hug but she moved back. Spinelli looked at her confused.

"Maxamista?" Spinelli said to her, wondering why she pulled away.

"It's Maxie. No actually it's Mariah thanks to you and Jason" Maxie snapped at him. Hoping he'd see she was mad at him. She never thought she could be mad at him, but he had lied to her and that was one thing she couldn't forgive.

"Maxa…" Spinelli started to say he wasn't really sure what to say.

"Save it Spinelli. I trusted you with my life. And you lied to me." Maxie told him finally. She just had to say it. She had to know why Spinelli lied to her.

"The Jackal would never lie to Maxamista" Spinelli told her. He was hurt she thought that.

"Two weeks ago you told me I couldn't come home, Spinelli. Mac just told me Jason was arrested for Kate's murder right around the same time you called me. Also told me when Kate was killed the Russians left. If the Russians where gone then why couldn't I come home?" Maxie told him. She knew he couldn't lie. A phone call was different, because now they face to face and she cold be able to tell if she was making it up.

"The Murder of the fashionista opened up a whole new war because Mr. Sir and Stone cold. The Jackal couldn't let you come back to that. If the Fashionista could go down, so could Maxamista and the Jackal needed to protect you" Spinelli told her. Hoping she'd see why he did what he did.

"See the difference is Spinelli… I'm not in love with anyone from the mob. I was just your friend." Maxie said to him. Even though she told tell he did it for good reason, because that was who Spinelli was. It didn't change the fact he lied to her.

"Maxamista said was?" Spinelli questioned. Hoping he hard wrong.

"I made a choice and for the first time this choice made me happy. I'm going to lose it all, but at least I got to enjoy the choice without anyone ruining it. You know I thought this would be hard, but it doesn't compare to saying goodbye to my family while they thought I was dead." Maxie told him. Spinelli was still a little unsure to why she told him was. "So when I walk out this door Spinelli, I won't be coming back. My friendship with you almost cost me the people who have loved me forever and I couldn't bear to make them lose me all over again because I chose to stay in your lifestyle." Maxie told him.

"The Jackal understands" Spinelli said. He put his head down and walked back over to his computer the one place he could go and the one thing that couldn't leave him.

"I'm sorry Spinelli, but this is way it has to be." Maxie told him, she could stop her eyes from started to water. She then quickly left and headed to the elevators. As soon as it opened she got on and waited for the doors to close before she let any tears fall from her eyes. It hurt her to choice everything over Spinelli, her best friend, but she knew this was the way it had to be.

Maxie made her way to her room at the Metro Court. When she opened the door she slightly expected Matt to be sitting on the couch waiting for her to come home so he could asked her why she lied about who she was. But when he wasn't there, Maxie was a little shocked. She closed the door and then walked over to the bed and sat down. She let out a few more tears. Maxie heard the door open and she quickly wiped the tears away. And put on a fake smile when she saw Matt walk in the door.

"Is everything okay?" Matt asked as he closed the door. He could just tell something was wrong and her running out of the hospital so fast didn't help.

"Not really" Maxie told him honestly. "I owe you an explanation I know. Heck I've owed you the truth for a long time really"

"What is going on Mariah" Matt asked her as he walked over to her. He sat down next to her and took her hand. She pulled away and got out.

"It's Maxie. Mariah Maximilliana Jones" Maxie told him as she turned to face him. She waited to see what his reaction would be.

"So that doctor was right" Matt said. He slightly felt like a fool.

"Robin, yeah. She's my cousin who's married to your brother" Maxie said to him. He got up from the bed and Maxie could tell he was upset.

"So Noah told him. And he sent you to find me didn't he? He sent you to find me and bring me to Port Charles. And I thought our father was low" Matt asked at her.

"No… No I wasn't sent to find you. Honestly I didn't even know who you were when we met" Maxie said. She had some low things over the years, but this wasn't one of them. At least what he thought wasn't it.

"So then what? Why put on this whole thing?" Matt asked her, wondering what this was all about.

"Because I got messed up with the wrong people and my life was put in danger. To the point my only choice was to have everyone think I was dead. So I was ship out to Nowheres Ville and Mariah was born." Maxie explain to him. Knowing when she got to the part about Port Charles he was going to hate her. "I planed on just getting through the life I was living there till I got the all clear from the people who sent me away."

"So you got the all clear and thought instead of going alone you what? Join me? Why Mari…. Maxie, why me?" Matt asked her. He slightly didn't want to know the answer.

"Because I never got the all clear, but I couldn't stay away from Port Charles any longer. It's been a year" Maxie told him, knowing he'd hate it.

"So you used me? I was just your ticket back wasn't I?" Matt snapped at her. "You are no better than my good for nothing brother and father" Matt said he then started to walk to the door.

"Matt that's not how it is. It's not like that." Maxie said, she hated how she at ruined everything once again. She was just hoping he'd be able to forgive her.

"Then what's it like Maxie?" Matt said to her as he turned and faced her.

"It's true when I first heard you were being too transferred to Port Charles I jumped at the chance to go back. But what I feel for you isn't a lie. Good guys don't come around often in my life. And when they do, I tend to do something stupid and ruin it like this. But I promise you the time I have spent with you isn't a lie. My life I told you, some of it I made up, but a lot of it's true. My sister was killed and so was my cousin BJ and the story about BJ's parents giving me her heart. And I really don't tend to open up about that." Maxie told him. She was trying to get him to see she did care about him even if she did do something's for the wrong reason. "Please you have to believe me"

"Right now, I don't think I can." Matt told her. He then turned back around and headed out of the room slamming the door on his way back.

Maxie stood there; she couldn't help but let the tears fall. She had just lost someone else she knew was good for her. She wasn't sure how she was going to fix this one, like she was about to after Cooper caught her with Logan. All she could think at the moment was she wished she could do the whole year over and just listen to Mac to being with. She would never have to hurt her family; she wouldn't of meet Matt when she did or at all. She would have been safe in her own room, instead of being sent to nowhere Ville.