Chapter 2

"It can't be you. This is it I'm losing my mind. I'm becoming senile at 50." Maggie said becoming faint.

She had a good reason for it depending on the fact she was looking at her dead husband.

"Maggie, it is me. Now I can't be seen so I have to go. Meet me at Doug's old club and I'll explain everything." Mickey said as he put the beard back on looked around to see if anyone had seen him and took off.

Maggie stood in shock. How could that man be her husband? eer Herher Her husband was dead. At least that's what she though.

At the club

Maggie walked in the front door and it was like her life flashed before her eyes. She seen the place filled with family and friends all having the time of their lives. She could see her and Mickey dancing and the red shoes making their way across the floor. How could so much have changed in just a few years?

"Maggie, it's so great to see you."

"Hold, up." Maggie said stopping him from hugging her. "I want the truth and nothing but. Who are you? And where did you come from?"

"Maggie, you have to believe me. I am Mickey."

"That would be a lot easier if you weren't supposed to be dead. I can't believe I am even considering this but I miss you so much and you do look and sound a lot like Mickey. So before I can even consider thinking it's you I need you to tell me something only the real Mickey and I would know." Maggie's heart was breaking right now she tried so hard not to but her hopes were so high. She couldn't take heartbreak right now. Her heart kept telling her t was in fact Mickey but deep down she doubted it.

"Well one thing would be that you went skinny dipping with your best friend Beth in high school. And if that isn't good enough, I also know what you wanted to name Sarah. You wanted to name her Allison after mom but I liked Sarah better. And we never told anyone because it was going to be a surprise but when we saw Sarah for the first time Sarah fit her better."

Maggie stood in shock. Her hopes had just went through the roof and turned into fireworks. He was right about everything. Her skinny dipping and Sarah's name, it had to be Mickey. She didn't know how but if that wasn't Mickey he is the best imposter there could ever be.

"If that still didn't change your mind maybe this will." Mickey looked into Maggie's big brown eyes with the look of love and serenity. He put his hands on her face and pulled her close. Maggie got weak at her knees as they gazed into each other's eyes. Mickey moved a small piece of hair from Maggie's face and tucked it behind her ear. He leaned down and kissed her. When his lips touched hers all of Maggie's doubts vanished. There is only one person I this world that could kiss her and make her feel like the world had stopped turning, Mickey.

When the kissed finally ended Maggie knew she had to tell him the truth.

"Mickey, I have to tell you something." "Maggie..." "Wait, Mickey let me finish. I'm married to Victor Kiriakis."

"Maggie, that's what I was trying to say. I already know that."

"What do you mean?"

"I think this is a perfect time to explain why I am not dead."

"I would appreciate it!" Maggie chuckled.

"Sit down this may take a while." Mickey pulled up a chair for Maggie. He was so nervous about telling her afraid she wouldn't believe him.

"Maggie, as you can tell my death was faked. But it's the person who faked it that you need to know about. It was Victor." When Mickey said that he could see the shock in Maggie's eyes but he had to continue she needed to know everything.

"He had me kidnapped. He hired an imposter to trick you and the whole family into thinking I was dead. Maggie, for about 3 months you lived with the wrong man. When he kidnapped me he took me to one of his islands where I would be guarded by an army of his men. Red, I know you don't want to believe me but Victor hasn't changed like you think he has. He is the same Victor Kiriakis that he's always been."

Maggie didn't know what to feel. She didn't know whether to feel used, angry, hurt, or happy. Even with all those mixed emotions her happiness was getting the best of her. When she heard Mickey call her Red her head began to spin. She had missed those moments the most; the little moments. Mickey was the only man who has ever had that kind of effect on Maggie. She can't help but to glow when she sees him. With all that being said Maggie was still in a state of shock.

"Mickey, I really don't even know what to say. I guess that would explain why Victor never let me plan our vacations." Mickey reached out and pulled Maggie into a warm embrace. He hadn't been around in a while but he still knew Maggie like the back of his hand. He could see in her eyes just how much she was hurting.

"It feels so good to be in your arms again Mickey."

As Mickey held her in his arms it seemed all of her problems vanished. She just couldn't believe that what she had dreamed, wished for, and prayed for had come true. Mickey had come back to her.