"Where does my dad think you are?" She asked as he flew them back home. She was curled up in the co pilot's chair, leaned back on her side. Her head was propped up on her arm with a book open and her hair down. He had snapped a picture when she wasn't looking.

"I told him I had to go to China and would be back in a week."

"Thank you." She smiled. "For not worrying him."

"You know. You never showed me your new tattoo…"

"I'll show you in a couple of weeks. Let's let it heal up first." She winked. "It's gonna be scabby and gross for a bit."

They touched down well after midnight and he wasted no time getting her home. As he sped to her home he could tell she was anxious, and ready to be back in her house. As his car stopped outside the house he saw all of the lights were out. "Will you stay with me?" She asked softly. "No sex. Just sleep."

He nodded as he turned off the car and came around to open the door. As she climbed out he reached behind her and grabbed his overnight bag. She unlocked the door quietly, locked it again, and put her code into the alarm pad. She armed the alarm again and they walked up the stairs quietly so as to not wake the house.

After they both showered he looked around her room and sighed. "Ok, where the hell is the bed? The beanbag was fun, but I can't sleep on that." She smiled.

She grabbed a bookshelf and started to pull, he went to help her but she pushed him away. "I've got this. I do it every night." As she moved the shelf into position and a bed was revealed standing in the wall. Reaching up she grabbed a folded leg and pulled it down. "And it's a king. Plenty of room for you Blue eyes." She locked the leg in place then standing, she placed a chaste kiss on his lips. "Thank you for coming to my rescue and giving me my self worth back."

"You are very welcome. Now, let's get some sleep. It has been a long few days." He watched as she shut the door and removed her contacts. "I like your glasses." He remarked and she froze. "Did I say something wrong?"

"No. My mother has drilled into me since I was a small child that 'boy's don't make passes at girls who wear glasses'. I guess subconsciously I still want to please her." She sighed. "Seto, are you sure you want to be here? I mean, I'm pretty well screwed up."

He walked to her. "Do you want me here?" She nodded as he took her in his arms. "Then yes, silly girl. I want to be here." He kissed her forehead. "Now again, let's get some sleep." She smiled as he laid her down and wrapped his arm around her.

"I love you Blue eyes."

"I love you too Maggie." He kissed her again as he pulled her gently to his chest. Trying to be cautious of the tattoo he could not wait to see.

"What the hell is he doing here?" She heard her father say and sighed, it was still dark outside. She groaned and rolled over deeper into his chest. She heard heavy steps on the stairs and her door was slung open. "Mr. Kaiba, what are you…Maggie? Magnolia, what are you doing here?"

"...Surprise, Daddy, I'm home?" She said in a questioning tone.

"Kitchen, both of you. NOW." The man demanded and Maggie squirmed.

"It's not often he uses that tone with me." She climbed out of bed and put her glasses on. "I will go down first. He's pissed, Give it a few minutes. It might be time to come clean." She sighed. "Welcome home Maggie Shaye."

The small group sat around the table all with coffee. Joey, Serenity and Mira had all been run off and out of the house by what Maggie had always jokingly called a 'Gibbs fit', meaning there was a big chance of a long, drawn out anger. Instead it was a long drawn out silence, neither of the teens wanting to talk, almost like they had been caught in the act in her bed. "Ok, Magnolia Shayne, spill it. I want everything and I want the TRUTH."

"Jethro," Seto began, but the man held a hand up.

"Right now, you are not my boss, you are the boy I just caught in my daughters bed. You are lucky I haven't thrown you out on your ass."

"Daddy, stop, please. You should be thanking Seto. If he had not brought me home, I…..I….I would have killed myself, in Boston." Both men looked at her in shock, she had tears in her eyes. "I just could not handle it anymore." She looked at her father. "It's over, I'm home and thanks to Blue eyes." She grabbed his hand "I am never going to go back."

"I need to know what happened." Her father said, grabbing her other hand.

"No you don't." Jethro looked at his employer. "Trust me, Jethro, you don't want to know."

"Maggie, did Tony hurt you?" Jethro asked his daughter gently.

"Daddy, please, don't make me say it." She sobbed, pulling from his grasp and covering her face with her hands sobbing. "I can't do this." She stood, "I'm going to lay down for a bit. I have a bit of jetlag." She walked over and kissed her father on the cheek, then moved to kiss her boyfriend.

"What do you know?" Her father asked as she walked out of the room.

"It's not my place." Seto said as he stood to fix himself another cup of coffee.

"Don't give me that bullshit. If you know what has happened, tell me."

Seto sighed and sat down. "From what I gathered it was not just Tony, and it has been going on for several years."

"AH Christ." he exclaimed. "Why didn't she tell me?"

"Apparently she thought you were happy and didn't want to worry you. Tony had her convinced that she was good for nothing but sex." He took a long drink of his coffee. "From what I've heard your ex-wife was not much better."

"Viv, wasn't always like that. But she always liked money. I didn't make enough for her, so she left and took my kid. I fought, but Tony had so much more than I did." Seto could see the tears in the man's eyes. "I failed my daughter."

"No, Viviane failed your daughter," Seto spoke softly.

"It started after Jenny died." Maggie said coming from the shadows of the doorway.

"I thought you were going to lay down?" Seto said, standing and reaching for her hand.

"No, I thought about it, he's right. He does deserve to know."