Chapter 9

Maggie and Mickey were still at the lake house.

"Mickey, I need to get going. I need to see Victor and tell him that I am having dinner with Doug, Julie, and Alice tonight."

"Okay, good idea. What are you going to do if he asks where you are having dinner or better yet if he asks to join you?"

"Okay new plan I am having dinner with Julie and Alice. That was he is less likely to want to join or ask questions. If he does want to join I will just say Julie needed to talk to me and Alice in private and we are having dinner at Alice's."

"Good cover. I didn't know you could be such a good liar."

"I learned from the best." Maggie winked.

"You'll think you learned from the best." Mickey growled reaching for Maggie but she had ran from his reach. Mickey chased her around the couch before finally catching up and collapsing with her on the couch. Mickey had Maggie pinned to the couch with both hands above her head. He held onto her wrists with a tight grip and proceeded to kiss her. He made his way from her lips to her neck covering every inch of visible skin. Maggie was almost breathless. Mickey knew just the right places to take her breath away and he was hitting each one.

"Mickey as much as I love the position we are in and as much as I would love for it to end up where we both know it will, I need to get going." Maggie saw the disappointment in Mickey's eye when she broke their embrace. "Oh but don't worry honey, I will make it up to you… tonight." Maggie whispered.

"You better." Mickey ticked her causing her to squirm and finally out of his clutches.

They both stood next to the couch trying to catch their breath.

"So I guess I will see you tonight?"

"Sure will. I will be back here around 6:00. That will give us plenty time to get everything ready before Doug, Julie, and Alice get here."

"Okay, I will see you then. I love you Red." Mickey kissed the top of her head.

"I love you too Mickey."

At the Mansion

"Hello, anyone home?" Maggie yelled walking into the mansion.

"Hello Mrs. Kiriakis." Henderson greeted Maggie as she stepped into the foyer.

"Hello Henderson. Is Victor home?"

"No he isn't ma'am. He left about an hour ago he should be back soon. He had to take care of some business at Titan."

"Thank you Henderson. I am going to be in my office if you need me."

"Okay Mrs. Kiriakis."

Maggie made her way to her office. She sat at her desk in her tall back leather desk chair with her head rested against the seat. She racked her mind trying to find an excuse of why she wouldn't be home for dinner and Victor not become suspicious. It wasn't that rare that she had dinner with Doug and Julie it was actually quite normal but Victor was usually present. She was hoping he would buy the short story that Julie and Alice needed to talk to her and he wouldn't become that suspicious. Within a few minutes she heard Victor with Henderson and her stomach began to knot.

"Henderson is Maggie home?"

"Yes sir, she is in her office."

"Thank you."

"Hi sweetheart!" Maggie squealed with fake excitement. She was trying her best for Victor to not notice she was acting differently.

"Well hello yourself. It's been a long time since we have been together you seem to be working all the time lately."

"I know we are short on staff at Chez Rouge. We had three workers quit on the spot last week."

"I am sorry I had to see you so over worked. How about taking a mini vacation?"

"That sounds wonderful but there is no way I could leave we are barely making it through the dayshift without needing extra help, there is no way I could leave on a mini vacation."

"I guess you're right. Are you working tonight?" Maggie's heart dropped with the sound of tonight. This as it the moment of truth.

"Actually I am not. I am having dinner with Julie and Alice. Julie called and said something about needing to talk to me and Alice. I never found out what it was about but it seemed important."

"I see, so I guess I will see you tonight when you get home."

Maggie could hear in his voice he wasn't happy so she said the first thing that came to mind.

"I promise I will make it up to you tonight, but I have to go get ready." Maggie kissed him on the cheek smiled and walked out of the room.

When Maggie had made her way out of the room she leaned against the large wooden office doors and released a sigh of relief; he bought it.