Kirsten Storms made her long-anticipated return as Maxie Jones on General Hospital on Thursday, February 12, six months after stepping away from the soap.
Last July, Storms announced that she would be temporarily leaving the show to relocate to Nashville with her 12-year-old daughter, Harper Rose, whom she shares with ex-husband Brandon Barash (Johnny Zacchara, GH; Stefan DiMera, Days of Our Lives), who also moved there.
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