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I know, Diane. I just really need to know if there’s any news. Am I worried? Ha. A little worried, but I do know if there’s anyone who can keep me from going to prison, I know that that’s you and… Um, I have to go. [ Sighs ] Thanks for the update. Okay. Don’t make me ask. Okay. I really wanted to protect you from this. I know I don’t have to, alright? But this is one I really wish you were still little. Well, I’m not. So what is going on? Okay. Here’s the deal. The only way to get Jason out from under the FBI is if I risk going to prison.
Well, this is gonna surprise both of you, but I actually agree with Lucy. Well, thank you. See? Sometimes I am right. I’m not finished. I agree that Deception needs to make it clear we do not stand with Natalia and her views. But we’re not gonna fire Blaze. Ohh! Okay. But what does that say about our company if we keep Blaze as Face — Face — of Deception? By keeping Blaze on, keeping her as the face of our product, that will show the world that we stand by her right to define herself. Which means coming out on her own terms, in her own time. Absolutely, Maxie. I agree with you 100%. Thanks, Lois. T-That’s swell. But you know what? You are a spokesperson, not a partner. You don’t really get a say in this. Then make it 200%. I mean, come on! As for keeping Blaze on… [ Sighs ] …you’re right, okay? I’ve been sitting here thinking like a total corporation and not a person. Okay. Uh, now that we’re all on the same page, should we talk about damage control? Hey. I heard the recording. Oh. Well, your ears must have been burning. It’s a disaster, especially for Blaze and Kristina. And what does The Invader have to say for itself? I will get to that in a moment. Right now I’m here regarding your company. Another hit to Deception is the last thing that you need. We were just about to discuss damage control. Good. Then I showed up just in time.
Stop torturing yourself. I’m only getting what I deserve. What do you deserve? Oh, my God. Okay. Uh, so, people are garbage. And I’m a coward. I wanted to come out. I wanted to tell the world about us, about me, but, no. I’m a grown woman, a bad-ass rock star, but I let my mother pressure me into staying in the closet, and now my weakness ended up hurting you. You done? Kristina, I — No. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean for that to be a question, actually. Uh, let me try this again. You’re done. You’re gonna stop apologizing, and you’re gonna listen to me right now.
We need to have a conversation, one that won’t be recorded. Alexis, you’ve already scolded me for telling the truth about your perjury incident. You can’t possibly have anything more to say. Stop it, Ava. DeWitt already gave you up. And all I had to do was threaten a lawsuit that would leave him destitute. I don’t know what you’re talking about. I know that you turned over that recording of Natalia to The Invader. Hurting me is one thing. Hurting my daughter is another. That was a big mistake.
You’re saying it was Ava? I had what I thought was a private conversation with her, but she evidently took great pains to edit out her part of the conversation, and then she used my words to ruin my daughter’s career. And Kristina. W-Why? What happened? You know how hard it was for Kristina to — to create this foundation for the kids? Did something happen to the center? Let me tell you something. Because of what you said, the activists, they don’t want her anywhere near what she created because they think that she’s, you know, ashamed of being gay. Oh, my God. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. I didn’t realize. I’m sorry. No, no. You may have said the words… but it was Ava who delivered that recording. And now she’s gonna pay for it.
Your life is your own, and you are not obligated to share your personal business with anybody, no matter how many songs you sell. That’s easy to say, but — Allie. You owe them great songs. You owe them a great show. But you do not owe anybody anything else beyond that. Hell, neither do I. People don’t have a right to know who we’re dating or even if we are dating. So to the people who think that they have a right to say I am unworthy to run my center that I built from the ground up or the people calling you a “hypocrite,” they don’t know why we made the decisions we made, and they’re not entitled to know that. They are the ones who are in the wrong. I know you’re right. I do. But it’s just — But nothing. But nothing, Allie. You have nothing to be ashamed of, and neither do I. If anything, the person who should be ashamed is the one who violated your privacy and mine a-and leaked that recording of your mother to The Invader. That’s who should be ashamed. Tell me you know that. Out loud. Please tell me you know that. I know that. Okay. Okay. I still wish I came out the minute I knew that it was real between us. Well, you didn’t. You didn’t. But now we only move forward. Okay? Okay. [ Knock on door ] You don’t think the reporters got past the doorman, do you?
This issue of Crimson has a two-page Deception spread, as you know, and it features Blaze. Well, I was able to hold the print run as a favor to you, because I can’t imagine that you’d want Blaze for Deception on the newsstands this week. First of all, Deception 100% supports Blaze. But you’re right — it would be a disaster and probably just draw more outrage. Right. Lucy? Thank you. I get a say? Of course you do! You’re a partner. Look, you know that I support Blaze. I do. It’s just that — [ Chuckles ] You know, really, this is gonna take away from the product, which is what the spread was all about. Alright. You’ve already bought the space. What do you want me to run instead? Okay. What about this? We, um… We do a brief history of Deception. A-And, of course, I-I would be more than willing to give an interview. Oh. Would you? Or we could print a two-page transcript of your viral “Home & Heart” appearance where you talk about you, you, you, and you. Okay. Okay. You know what? I happened to be magnificent that day. I was articulate and concise and informative, charming — You were a talking test pattern. Lucy, the last thing we need is to not sell product in two mediums. You know what? I-I may be a lowly employee, but I do have a suggestion.
Oh, yes! I heard that recording. The Internet was all abuzz about it. I had nothing to do with it. Why would DeWitt lie? Who’s DeWitt? You know who DeWitt is. You know he’s the gossip columnist at The Invader, Ava. The Invader? Come on, Alexis. Connect the dots. Nina, the publisher, decided out of the blue that she hates me, and now she’s conspiring with this DeWitt person to frame me. Okay. Why don’t we prove it? Why don’t I subpoena your phone service provider? They keep all that data transfer. I mean, I’m sure that file you recorded on Natalia is pretty hefty. My lord, Alexis. A subpoena. Based on what? Has it really been so long since your dishonorable discharge from the law that you have forgotten how things work? Well, good. Good thing I’m taking all these refresher classes to catch up. Why? You didn’t know? Nobody told you? Oh, I got my law license back. Well, how long until you’re done with your remedial law school and you can hang your shingle? Well, I’ll be working at Diane Miller’s firm, but I won’t be taking on any clients yet. That’s alright. Baby steps. Yeah, because I’m gonna be so busy on this big case. It’s really — It’s big. It’s huge. It’s brutal. It’s bloodbath. Care to guess what it is?
iend, Special Agent John Cates, and his superiors have been pulling Jason’s strings for the past two and a half years by threatening me. With what? Is this about the insider-trading thing? [ Chuckles ] They have a recording of me. When Sonny was in Nixon Falls and we all thought he was dead, I went to a meeting and I announced that I was running the Corinthos organization. Oh, my God. Tell me you didn’t.
Sasha. Hi. Hi. I would ask if this was a bad time, but that’s… kind of why I’m here. Come in. Come in. Sorry. The reporters and paparazzi are outside. One of them recognized me. But not before your doorman did. He’s — He’s doing an amazing job. [ Sighs ] How are you doing? Better now, but still not great. Not that we don’t always love to see you, but — No. I get it. I get it. You’re not in the mood for company. This is just a drive-by. I, um, I was out shopping for the Quartermaines when the story hit, and… Well, as someone whose life has been blown up in the press more than once, I, um — I wanted to give you the benefit of my, uh, hard-won experience. Maybe instead of running the spread featuring Blaze, we give Blaze those two pages to make a statement, get her truth out on the record. I like the spirit of the idea, but — But the timing isn’t ideal. Lucy: No, it’s really not. And we’re also supposed to be spending, you know, our money on selling our products, those advertising dollars, not wading into some scandal that I know is gonna divide our customer base. Okay, whatever you decide to do, we have no time for anything as elaborate as a photo shoot. Okay? This issue needs to go to print now. I’m sure that you have old shots of Sasha that we could pull from your photo archives. No, no. Absolutely not. We do not want to make it look like Deception is dropping Blaze. No, we can’t, because the Internet would have an absolute field day. Okay. How about this? Across both pages, a simple message in bold type. “No one cancels love.” Underneath that, our company name, Deception. Black pages. White letters. That’s it. Nothing else. That’s perfect, Maxie. It is. It’s genius, if I do say so myself. Lois: I don’t like it. I love it! It takes the pressure off of Blaze, and we steer the conversation in the right direction! Uh — [ Clears throat ] Excuse me. What is this “we” again? The “we”? I mean, Maxie, you have thought of everything! Thank you, Lois. Okay, Nina. Let’s run with it. Yeah, I’m on it. Lois: Ooh! Wow. Okay. My work here is done. Okay. Wait. Again, what is your work here? I mean, why are you even here today at all? Oh, Lucy. Ohh! Ciao! Ciao. What’s next? Well, I can tell you who’s next. Adrian DeWitt. He’s gonna answer for what he’s done.
It was that day that I stopped by your apartment to bring you that single malt scotch as a thank-you gift. Yeah. I recall. Do you remember? And, um, you weren’t home, so Ava invited me in to wait, which — which should have been my first clue. And then she just started some small talk, and she wanted to talk about Brook Lynn’s wedding and the reception. And she — Then she started talking about Kristina. What about Kristina? Well, she was talking about how, you know, you’re very comfortable with Kristina’s sexuality. And so then I admitted to her that I’m struggling with Alison’s, um, which, I mean, obviously, you and I have talked about many times. Yeah, I remember. And I — Yeah. I should have known better than to… talk about my daughter’s personal life with a relative stranger, but how was I gonna know that she was recording the conversation? Who does that? There is no limit to how far Ava will go. I should have told you earlier. Yeah, well, I should have also trusted my gut instinct with her. But to be honest, I… [ Scoffs ] I just — I think I was too arrogant. I was too sure that I could handle anything that anyone threw at me. Until this morning. And I just… I don’t know why someone would do something like that. Why would she do it? I never thought that she’d… come after my daughter like this. lindsided when Maxie played that recording. I-I didn’t even recognize my own voice at first, and then I — I realized, “Oh, that’s me,” that my private thoughts were out there. And then… to see, like, the pain and the… shock and the betrayal on my daughter’s face a-and the realization of what I’d done and the — how that recording was gonna completely ruin her career and all of that hard work and all of that — the negotiating and the — and the networking and — let all of it just up in flames. Did you really think about what she felt about that recording? Yeah. Of course, I did. Because I never wanted my discomfort over my daughter’s personal choices ever to distract her or to hurt her. So I always kept those things to myself, you know? And she was never supposed to hear… What you’re like? I just went through something with my daughter Kristina. Um, she saw something she wasn’t supposed to see. She saw a side of me… I never wanted her to see. And I was terrified that I was never gonna see her again. Exactly.
Ms. Reeves. Ladies of Deception. Sir. I must tell you how gratifying it was to see The Invader’s jump in Web traffic today. Can I assume that that is what this little tête-à-tête with our favorite advertiser is all about?
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