Chapter 6

As Mickey and Maggie sat on the couch entwined in each other's arms Maggie's worry and stressed feeling began to vanish. In his arms she felt so safe and secure, like nothing could ever hurt her. She was right about that but only in a sense.

A loud knock came to the door startling both of them who seemed to be dazed in another world.

"I'll get it. Dead people aren't supposed to open the door." Maggie chuckled and winked at Mickey.

"That was a low blow." Mickey began to laugh along with Maggie. They both had a great sense of humor, which was one of the things that made them such soul mates.

Maggie opened the door and saw the same worried and stressed look on Bo and Roman's face that she had just a little while ago.

"Bo Roman, come on in. We have a lot to talk about."

"Maggie is everything alright, you really have us…." Bo paused when he looked up and saw the one person he never imagined to see. He was lost for words but he finally pulled together and finished his sentence. "…worried."

"Hi Bo, it's good to see you." Mickey said a reach out his hand to Bo but Bo had another idea. Bo grabbed his hand and pulled him into a tight embrace.

"Mickey, is that really you?"

"Yeah Roman, in the flesh!" Mickey said hugging him too.

"Well man it's good to have you back. But I would like an explanation to this before I fully believe it! Man you're supposed to be dead." Roman chuckled. While laughter broke out among them all.

"Yeah, so would I. I'm a tad bit confused!"

Mickey walked over to Maggie who was standing next to the couch and put his arm around her as they both sat down.

"Sit down guys, this will take a while." Maggie said motioning them to take a seat.

"When I died from the heart attack, as you can tell I didn't actually die it was faked. Victor had an imposter of me fake my death. I was switched with the imposter one day at my office. It was probably about three months before 'I died'. So Maggie lived with an imposter about three months before 'I died'. When he switched me with the imposter he had me held captive and shipped off to an island. The island was fenced in and was surrounded by guards inside and outside the gate. I tried since the first day I arrived on the island to find some way to escape but was never successful until now. I was bugged with an ankle cuff and it would alarm even if it got within a fifty foot radius of the gate. After so long I learned the shift changes and the time of day each guard was on duty and where they were on duty at. The day I escaped I was finally able to pick the lock on the ankle monitor with a piece of wire that I found on the ground outside of the house I was being held in. When I picked the lock I was able to sneak to the front gate and watch a guard enter the code to the gate. Security was a little down that day, most of the guards were inside the basement. I was thought to be in my bedroom sleeping because I didn't feel very well. The joke was on them since I was feeling better than I had in weeks due to the fact I was finally going to blow that joint. When I saw the code I hid until the guards had cleared from around the gate on their shift change and I made my move. I entered the code slipped through the gate, shutting it on my way out, and made my way through the woods to the nearest convenient store and I was able to call a cab to the nearest airport and get the next flight back to Salem."

Roman, Bo, and even Maggie sat in shock while listening to Mickey's story.

"So all of this was Victor's doing?" Bo asked slightly confused of why Victor would have done it since he hardly even knew Mickey or Maggie before Mickey died.

"Yes it was." Maggie answered.

"But why? What was his motive? He barely even knew you guys before you died Mickey." Roman finally asked the question to clear up his and Bo's confusion.

"You would have to ask Maggie that one, she is the one married to him." Mickey chuckled as he made fun of Maggie for being married to the man that faked his death.

"You think you are so funny." Maggie shot back. "I'm actually not 100% sure why Victor done it. I have a theory that he wanted to be with me but he knew if Mickey was in the picture he didn't have a chance. Victor did tell me once that he has been in love with me since he first came to Salem. He said he saw Mickey and I sitting on a park bench and he said from that moment on I was the one he wanted to be with."

"So Victor done this to get what he ended up getting, Maggie."

"Basically. Victor succeeded. But please tell me you can do something and he won't get away with it." Maggie asked with a worried tone I her voice. Maggie had been through a lot within the last couple of days and she didn't know how much more she could take.

"Maggie don't worry. When we get proof he done that it was Victor behind Mickey's 'death' Victor will be history." Bo reassured Maggie.

"Bo, I am so sorry this must be hard on you I know Victor is your father but I didn't know who else to call."

"Maggie, don't worry Victor may be my father but what he done was wrong and he should pay. Besides you and Mickey have been like parents to me for years I will not let him get away with this."

"Thank you Bo. It means a lot." Mickey thanked him.

"So how are you going to keep this a secret? Are you going to tell any of the family he isn't dead?" Roman asked.

"I don't know we haven't thought about that. Mickey what are we going to do. You know Julie will find out. She is like a detective!"

"Maggie, right now I think we should keep it between us four. If it gets to a situation where we have to tell people we will deal with it then, but I think it is too soon to tell anyone. We can't let Victor know I am back in Salem or all hope will be gone."