Missing Years, Healing Hearts... Missing Years, Healing Hearts... Missing Years, Healing Hearts...

This story originally started as a Ben/Meg/Maria story, centering on what happened during Maria�s missing years. That is still the main plot, but I�ve also come up with ideas to incorporate some other stories into this fan fiction as well.

Beginning shortly after Maria showed up refusing to sign the divorce papers, in this story she finally signed them but only after Ben agreed to help her uncover her missing five years. Ben and Meg are now married and both are trying to help Maria with those memories. There is no Tess or Benjy in this story. Maria has started having some disturbing nightmares about her missing years. She is no longer living at Carmen�s or Ben and Meg�s but is staying in one of the rooms at the Mission.

Sara and Casey are engaged, but will their happiness last? Sara is also still very suspicious of Maria. Tim went back to Kansas but he could return to the Beach at anytime! (Therefore he never threatened Sara to help him with the whole Palm Springs incident. Ben and Meg�s meeting at their adobe was purely chance, or fate.)

Gabi and Antonio already made love in the cave. What aftermath will follow?

A few old characters will return to the Beach, as will some new ones, including Josette (Josie) Cummings. She is Meg and Sara�s younger sister and she�ll come to town with a few secrets of her own.