Episode
2.17
Maggie and
a realty agent walked into the three-bedroom house, directly into the spacious
living room. “Oh, this looks way too big for my price range.” Maggie
immediately said, even though she knew she was falling in love with the house.
“Actually, its not.” The realtor told her as she took out the information sheet,
“The owners lived her for twenty five years, they’ll be moving to
Maggie took
the information sheet and looked it over, “Wow, this isn’t too expensive at
all.” She looked around, seeing the hard wood floors, the large fireplace, the
sliding glass windows leading out to the patio and a large backyard. This was
only the living room and she was in love with the house, “What’s the kitchen
look like?”
“This way,”
the realtor lead her into a large kitchen, with plenty
of storage area and work space, “And the bedrooms and bathrooms are all very
well spaced as well.”
As they
walked up the stairs, Maggie got a glimpse of what her view would be, the mountains towards the west, and downtown towards the
east. It was perfect. “When do you think I could sign a lease?”
The realtor
smiled, “I think we can get one arranged this afternoon, how does that sound
for you?”
“Perfect, absolutely perfect.”
Hallow
Hills—The Study
“No Mr.
Jackson, I just want her body cremated and then delivered to me here at Hallow
Hills. No service of any kind. This is what my sister would’ve wanted.” Adel
spoke into the phone as she tapped her pen on the desk, “This afternoon would
be perfect. No, nothing special for the urn, she wanted her ashes scattered in
a specific place, that I was only trusted with.”
Doug
entered and over heard Adel’s phone call, “Disposing of Carla so quickly?”
Adel
smiled, “Of course.” She hung up the phone, “Why prolong it. She’s dead, no
need to continue to treat her as though she’s very much alive reeking havoc on
this family.”
Doug leaned
over the desk and kissed his wife, “I’m glad you’re handling this, I wasn’t
sure how well you’d be able to deal with it.”
“Yes well,
she acted as though she was dead for Kip’s entire
life, only to try and come back into OUR son’s lives when they were grown. No
thank you, I might not have been able to conceive a child, but I love those boys
as if I had, I would love any child we would adopt.” She began going through
the caller ID and stopped when she saw an unfamiliar number, “Doug who called
from
“Laura,
there is something she can’t handle so I need to go out their and deal with it.
I’ll only be gone a few days. No long term visits I promise.”
Adel
nodded, “Alright, but I want you to call when you get there, and let me know
you arrived safely, when do you leave?”
Doug
sighed, “I’m having the company jet fueled right now, Gretchen
is packing my things. I was coming in here to tell you.”
“So no chance of getting you to stay huh?”
Doug
nodded, “If Laura can’t handle something you know its
bad, She’s not Jeff, she won’t screw up the way he tends to.”
“I know, I just hate that you have to go to
“I know,
but I really won’t be gone long.”
Adel stood
up and put her arms around Doug, “You better not be
gone for long at all.”
The Java
Jet
Siobhan and
Becker sat down at a table, each with their respective coffee drinks, “How’s
your brother doing now that Maggie’s left him?”
“He’s
handling it pretty well actually, he said they spoke and decided to get a
divorce. He’s having the papers drawn up and sent to her. He didn’t mention if
she was still in
“The trials and tribulations of being married. Reminds me why it took me so long
to even think about admitting to myself how I feel about you.” Becker brought
the coffee cup to his lips and caught the blush coming over Siobhan.
“Well, I’m
glad you finally admitted it, I was suspicious and it was a little weird at
first, but then I started to realize that I liked the attention…a lot.”
Conner came
in with a sheet of paper and spotted Siobhan, “Hey Siobhan!” he came over and
gave her a squeeze. “What’s new with you?”
Siobhan
looked up and gave him a very warning glance, “I’m in the middle of something
McKay.”
Conner
looked over at Becker, “Are you two on a date?”
Siobhan
nodded, “Yeah, we are.”
Conner
pulled a chair up, “So, what were you two talking about?”
“Siobhan
was just telling me about her brother’s impending divorce.” Becker said as
Siobhan kicked him under the table.
Conner
looked over at his best friend, “Kevin and Maggie are getting a divorce?”
Siobhan
nodded, “Yeah, that doesn’t mean she’ll come back to Pinõn Hallow though. She
might stay in
“Yeah,
probably
Siobhan
shook her head; “If your so afraid he’ll burn the place down why don’t you send
him for coffee?”
Conner
laughed, “I want to make sure I get my coffee and not some weird drink his
little, ‘I think I’m a Hippie’ mind will come up with.”
“Good
point, good luck.” Siobhan said as he left.
Becker
looked over, “Alright, explain why you kicked me?”
“Conner’s
in love with Maggie, if she and Kevin are really over she’ll come back to town,
and probably right into his arms, unless theirs someone to stop her. Yes I
think they belong together but they both need time to heal, from everything.”
Hallow
Hotel—Room 6
Maggie
entered her room and found Luke wasn’t there. His bags and clothing was still
around but his body was missing. She tossed her bag on the bed and begins to
change into a sundress.
The door
opened and Luke came in, wearing Khaki’s and Hawaiian print shirt. “Hey Magpie,
so I was thinking we could go out for dinner, or do you have a hot date?”
Maggie
looked up as she hooked the back of her dress, “I was thinking you and I could
go to dinner, is that such a bad thing? I’m in a
really good mood for the first time in months, I think we should celebrate.”
“Great!
Where should we go?”
“How about
Maggie and
Luke had finished their meal, and were working on their final glasses of wine
as they sat in the dark corner.
Luke took
Maggie’s free hand in his, “Maggie, you are an amazing woman you know that?”
Maggie
blushed, “Luke, come on now, I’m just a simple
Luke shook
his head, “No you’re not just a simple
“I am not,
what makes you say that Luke?”
Luke looked
down and swirled the last bits of his wine before replying, “Because Maggie,
that’s what I do.”
Maggie
froze and just started at Luke, “What are you saying Luke?”
Luke
released her hand and sat back, letting his hazel colored eyes focus on her
blue ones, “I’m saying that I never stopped loving you.”
Maggie was
quite for a few minutes before nodding, “I never knew Luke, I never even
imagined. I mean when we broke up all those years ago, we vowed to be just
friends. Is that why you never said anything?”
“Because we
said we’d just be friends. Besides, I was graduating and going to get my PHD,
and you were transferring to Metro. After that, I moved to
“Luke, you
know I love you, but I haven’t even gotten divorce papers.” She lifted her
glass to her lips and took a sip, “of course Kevin was just a band aid when I
couldn’t have Conner.”
“The ever
illusive Conner, oh how I’d love to meet him.”
Maggie
thought for a moment about seeing Conner with the redheaded woman. It made her
blood run cold to even think of them kissing, was this how it felt for him to
think of her and Kevin making love?
“Earth to Maggie.” Luke said snapping his fingers.
“Sorry, I
just zoned out for a moment, thinking of something.”
“Conner?”
Maggie
looked up, “You.” She stood up and went to his side of the table and leaned
down and kissed him.