LADY ON THE BEACH.....PAGE 7

 LADY ON THE BEACH.......PAGE 7

LUCY AWAKENS, SEEING PEOPLE LOOKING DOWN AT HER

"SHE'S ALIVE, SHE'S ALIVE"

SOMEONE YELLED,

LUCY LOOKED AROUND, "THINK I WISHED I WAS DEAD"

A HAND REACHED OUT TO HER, TO HELP HER UP.

SHE DIDN'T TAKE IT.  "WHAT'S GOING ON?  WHY ARE YOU ALL HERE?"

MAGGIE WAS CONFUSED.  SHE LOOKED DOWN SEEING SHE IS STILL IN HER

WEDDING DRESS.  NOW SHE REMEMBERS.

"BACK OFF!  I AM FINE, AS HER HEAD POUNDED AND FELT LIKE THROWING UP

"OH MY GOSH!  IT'S MAGGIE MARTIN WHO GOT LEFT AT THE ALTAR"  SOMEONE YELLED

A MAN PUSHED THROUGH THE CROWD. HE DIDN'T SPEAK. HE BENT DOWN, PICKING HER 

UP WITHOUT ASKING.  HE HEADED TOWARD THE BEACH HOUSE, WITH SALLY FOLOWING

THE TWO OF THEM

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"  MAGGIE ASKED.

"SAVING YOU FROM THE MEDIA, THOUGH YOU DON'T DESERVE IT."

HE DROPPED HER ON THE LIVING ROOM RUG WHICH WAS OUT DATED AND STAINED

MAGGIE HIT THE HARD FLOOR, LOOKING UP AT THE MAN.  "NO, NO, NO!  MICHAEL,

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"  MAGGIE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS MICHAEL.  THEN

A WOMAN, HANDED HER A GLASS OF WATER.  "WELCOME HOME  I KNEW YOU WERE NOT 

DEAD.  I AM SALLY, NOT THAT YOU WOULD KNOW ME.  I HAVE BEEN TAKING CARE OF THE

HOUSE WHILE YOU WERE GONE.  WELCOME BACK.  AND YOU KNOW MICHAEL....YOUR

FIANCE."  SALLY RAMBLED ON.

MICHAEL SPOKE UP.  "SHE THINKS YOU ARE THE LADY ON THE BEACH.  SHE ISN'T QUITE

ALL HERE."

"I AM RIGHT HERE."  SALLY SAID. "I WILL DRAW YOU A BATH.  IT WILL BE GREAT HAVING

YOU AS A ROOMMATE."  SALLY SAID AND THEN WENT UPSTAIRS.

"WHAT IS GOING ON?  AND WHY ARE YOU HERE?"  MAGGIE ASKED

"YOU NEED TO GO AND CLEAN YOUSELF UP.  I'LL ORDER BREAKFAST AND THEN

WE WILL TALK."  MICHAEL SAID

"SALLY LIVES HERE?"  MAGGIE ASKS

"NOT LEGALLY, BUT I AM LIVING HERE, TILL I FIX UP THE PLACE FOR YOU."

MICHAEL SAID SMILING

"WHO IS THE LADY ON THE BEACH?"

"GO GET CLEANED UP AND THEN WE WILL TALK"  MICHAEL SAID

MAGGIE HAD BRAIN FOG.  HOW DID HER LIFE GET SO MESSED UP, SHE THOUGHT

MAGGIE STOOD UP.  "HELP ME OUT OF THIS."  MAGGIE DIDN'T ASK, IT WAS A COMMAND

MICHAEL UNBUTTONED ALL THE BUTTONS ON THE BACK OF HER DRESS, LAUGHING

"WHAT IS SO FUNNY?"  MAGGIE ASKED

"EVERYTHING, RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS FUNNY"

MAGGIE STEPPED OUT OF THE DRESS AND WALKED TOWARD THE STAIRS

"MY SUITCASE IS IN THE CAR"  MAGGIE STATED, AS SHE WALKED UP THE STEPS

MICHAEL CONTINUES TO LAUGH. "THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN."