Chapter 10

Maggie had finished getting ready and was heading for the door when she heard a knock just before the entrance of Victor.

"You ready to go?" Victor questioned as he saw her turn away from the full length mirror she had just been fixing her outfit in.

"I think so."

"You look stunning. I thought this was just dinner with Julie and Alice? Should I be concerned?"

Maggie began to think he may be onto her so she put on her best smile and strutted across the room finally reaching Victor. She placed a hand on his cheek and looked into his eyes. She knew evert move to make him melt in her hands.

"You know you have nothing to worry about. Can't I look good for dinner?" Maggie said in an innocent voice knowing she had him right where she wanted him.

"You look all the time, it isn't just for dinner." Victor grabbed her hips and shifted Maggie closer. Leaning down he whispered in her ear in a seductive voice, "You won't have that on very long when you get home, I promise." He kissed her head and left the room.

Maggie sighed with relief that once again she had gotten by him without asking any questions about the spur of the moment dinner and why she was so overly dressed for a simple dinner at the Horton House. Little did he know this was no simple dinner at the Horton house. This was dinner at the house she and Mickey had raised their two daughters, where so much of their undying love had been made, and where their amazing reconciliation had happened. She had tried all evening to look her best for the man she truly loved. She spent twice as much time doing her hair and makeup, picking out her outfit, and perfecting her final look then normal.

The Lake House

Maggie finally made it to the Lake House where Mickey had been preparing the place for dinner. Maggie had stopped at Chez Rouge and picked up dinner. She made her way to the front door only to be greeted by Mickey.

"Maggie I didn't hear you pull in or I would have come and got those bags."

"Mickey its fine. There isn't much here, besides I have been on delivery some nights when we are short staffed so this was simple." Maggie chuckled.

After he and Maggie got the bags settled in the kitchen and was placing the food on the counter he finally had time to notice Maggie. She was gorgeous. He couldn't take his eyes off her. She was wearing a beige pencil skirt with a matching blazer. The skirt rested just above her knee making Mickey weak. She had a cream colored blouse on under the blazer with a deep V in the neck revealing just enough cleavage to make Mickey's head spin. Her hair was curled and fixed just how he like it, down and resting against her shoulders. Her heels made her calf muscles tight making those knock out gorgeous legs that much sexier. Mickey couldn't believe his eyes.

"Mickey, is something wrong?" Maggie asked noticing Mickey was staring at her.

"How in this world did I ever get so damn lucky. Maggie you are absolutely breathtaking." Mickey walked to the other side of the counter and took her into his arms. He dropped his head level with hers. Their eyes met and passion filled their bodies. Mickey took Maggie's face in his hands and closed the gap between them. Their lips met and lust filled their minds. Maggie went for the buttons on his shirt when thoughts as Mickey was having before entered her mind. Maggie was weak just thinking of the sexy handsome man that had her wrapped in his arms. The button up shirt Mickey had on was tight around the shoulders showing his tight muscles. Mickey was wearing jeans which was something that was rarely done for the fact he was a lawyer and mostly wore suits but Maggie loved him in jeans. His dark wash jeans were just tight enough to show off all the right places making Maggie weak at her knees. His sandy hair, tousled from running her fingers through it made him that much sexier.

A knock on the door rang through the kitchen breaking their passionate embrace. Knowing it was Julie, Doug, and Alice they fixed their selves and Mickey ran off to the bedroom. Maggie made her way to the door. Maggie began to prepare herself for what was about to come. It was not going to be an easy task breaking the news to Julie and Doug but Alice was going to be the challenge. How do you tell someone their son is not really dead?

"Hi guys, come on in!" Maggie greeted them with excitement leading them into the house.

"Maggie, the place is absolutely beautiful. It looks as good as when you and Mickey lived here." Alice said thinking back to the good ole days of Mickey and Maggie living in this house with the girls.

"It really does Maggie, it almost seems like it is the 1980s and you, Mickey, Sarah, and Melissa are living here." Julie said almost getting emotional thinking of Mickey.

Maggie thought to herself, Julie had set up the perfect moment for her to let them know about Mickey.

"Well Julie I guess two out of four isn't bad." Maggie said almost snickering.

"What do you mean is Melissa moving in?" Doug asked.

"Nope."

"Sarah?" Alice asked.

"Nope."

When a no was answered to both children it left Doug, Julie, and Alice stunned. They weren't sure what to think.

"Then what do you mean by two out of four isn't bad if the girls aren't moving in?" Alice asked concerned.

"Well Melissa and Sarah already have places here they don't want to live with their mother. I will tell you what I mean if you each promise to not over react and let me explain."

"Okay, we promise." Doug, Julie, and Alice all agreed in unison.

"Okay, well you see…" Maggie began to say only to be interrupted.

"Maggie, maybe I should be the one to explain." Mickey said rounding the corner in the kitchen. The faces of everyone in the room well except Maggie dropped. You would have thought they seen a ghost. Well they kind of did.

"It can't be." Alice said speechless. She didn't know what to think. Her son she thought was dead had just walked into the room and was standing before her.

"Mick, is that really you?"

"Sure is Doug."

Julie was still stunned sitting on the couch when Mickey walked up to her and grabbed her hand.

"Julie, you okay?"

"Not really. You're supposed to be dead."

"That's true, but I like this a little better."

The silence broke in the room as laughter filled it. They all knew at that moment it was Mickey, only he could make jokes at a time like this.

"I just don't understand Mickey; how does this happen?" Alice asked.

"I will do my best to explain it's a long story. This all started about three months before I 'died'. I was at the office working on a case. I had been in my office all day but I went into the front office to get some papers from the secretary and when I came back the window was up and someone had come in my office. When I walked to my desk I was grabbed from the back and pulled through the window. After that an imposter was brought in that had had extensive plastic surgery and vocal lessons to look and sound exactly like me. After I was kidnapped I was taken to an Island I don't even know the name of where I was held until I was finally able to escape and return to Salem about a few days ago."

"Oh my god Mickey. That is terrible but I still don't understand why? You and Maggie wasn't in any kind of danger and no threats had been made that I knew of so who and why did they do this?" Julie asked. They were all shocked.

"Well this is why you cannot tell anyone I am alive and in Salem. See Victor was behind all of this. Victor was falling for Maggie and I guess he wanted a chance to be with her. When he figured he had no chance he had to eliminate the problem and in this case the problem was me."

"So Victor was behind all of this?"

"Yeah it was him. It was hard for me to wrap my mind around all of this too but when Mickey told me that Victor had said he had been in love with me for a while I recalled a conversation I had had with him. We were at home talking and Victor told me that he had been in love with me since the first time he saw me in Salem. He had just moved here and Mickey and I was in the park sitting on a bench when he saw me. He also told me he wished he would have had a chance in the past to be with me but he knew he didn't because he and everyone else knew how much I loved Mickey."

"Now that you know the truth you must promise that you will not tell anyone else I am alive. I mean no one. Not Jennifer, Hope, or Lucas. I mean Melissa and Sarah have not even been told yet. We plan on telling them once we talk to Roman. So please keep this to yourself. No one can know I am alive."