Chapter 4

Maggie stretched and raised up from old blankets and chair cushions her and Mickey had made into a bed. She grabbed her phone and noticed it was 8:00 o'clock… in the morning.

"Oh my god! Mickey!"

Mickey practically jumped from his skin hearing Maggie screaming. "Maggie, what's wrong? Are you okay?"

"No, I fell asleep! We stayed the night in the Club! What am I going to tell Victor?"

"Oh my we did and I have a meeting with the real estate agent this morning to close the deal on the house. Listen, calm down. That's the first thing you have to do." Mickey noticed Maggie was practically shaking because of how scared she was to deal with Victor about not coming home.

"Mickey he has called me 25 times since midnight…"

"Red, listen to me." Mickey said cutting Maggie off. "When you get back just tell him something came up at Chez Rouge and you had to stay and work it out. When he asks you about the calls just tell him your phone died and you didn't have a charger. If he ask why you didn't call him tell him you were so busy and caught up in your work it never crossed your mind. I promise you everything is going to be okay."

"Wow, I forgot how good of a liar you could be!" Maggie chuckled.

"Well I am a Lawyer." They both laughed.

"Well I better get going before someone tells Victor I wasn't at work; like my staff."

"Okay, I love you Maggie."

"I love you too Mickey."

Maggie kissed Mickey and then nervously headed back to the Mansion.

At the Mansion

"Victor, I'm home." Maggie said as she came in the mansion and put her purse.

"Maggie, where have you been? I've been worried to death about you!"

"I was at the restaurant all night. They had a mix up in the kitchen and we all had to stay and try to work it out. We still didn't get completely done; we have to finish tonight."

"Why didn't you answer when I called you? I called you almost 10 times."

Maggie had to hold herself from rolling her eyes and saying something because he had called a lot more than 10 times. More like 25.

"I'm sorry, my phone died and I didn't have a charger with me."

"Well why didn't you call me? Maggie I thought you were dead!"

"Victor, I was so busy and caught up in work it never crossed my mind." With every question Victor asked her she was remembering her and Mickey's conversation and repeating everything he told her to say.

"I'm sorry I was just so worried. I thought I had lost you!"

Maggie's eyes widened as she thought to herself, you will lose me just as soon as we figure out how to prove you faked Mickey's death.

"Maggie, I've been thinking. Maybe we should let the staff take care of Chez Rouge."

"They staff already does. What are you talking about?"

"I mean I don't think you should work there as much as you do. You are so…"

Maggie cut Victor off, "Listen I am going to work at Chez Rouge as much as I can. It is the one of the only things I have left that reminds me of Mickey."

"Okay, I'm sorry I wasn't thinking. I just don't want you to overdo yourself."

"I know and I'm sorry I snapped at you. I'm tired so I think I'm going upstairs to lie down, I'm running on around 2 hours of sleep. And that was from night before last." Maggie knew everything she was saying was a lie; she just couldn't believe Victor was buying it.

"Okay, I'll be up in a little bit. I need to make a phone call."

Maggie smiled and gave a gentle nod and headed for the stairs.

Couple hours later

"Victor? Where are you?"

"He went out a little while ago. He should be back in a little bit." Henderson said waling into the living room where Maggie was.

"Okay thank you Henderson. Will you tell him I am going to Chez Rouge but first I'm going to drop by the spa and check on things there?"

"Sure will Mrs. Kiriakis."

Maggie cringed at the sound of 'Mrs. Kiriakis'. She hated the thought of her being just that 'Mrs. Kiriakis'. Without letting Mickey know she blamed herself. She couldn't believe she had lived with the man that took the love of her life from her and she never even noticed something was going on.