GH Short Recap Wednesday, May 10, 2023

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Marie is sick with a sinus infection and has to ask Sasha to go on the Home and Heart channel again.

Ned swears on the life of his grandmother Lila that he did not turn Carly and Drew into the SEC. Brook Lynn believes her father, but Drew says that if he wants a war he has one now.

Tracey tells Brook Lynn there is one way that she can repay the favor she did for Chase.

Diane tells Robert not to call her until he knows if he wants to be with her or Holly.

Spencer tells Trina he wants to fight for custody of Ace.

Taggert persuades Portia not to tell Trina that she doesn’t approve of her relationship with Spencer because that will only drive Trina farther away from her. Trina is reunited with Portia and Taggert at the hospital and they hug each other.

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Y&R Short Recap Thursday, May 11, 2023

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Sally and Nick argue because he doesn’t think that she should take the job with Adam because Adam is only trying to control her. Chloe agrees with Nick and tells Sally that if she takes Adam’s job offer she won’t go with her because she doesn’t want to work with Adam again.

Ashley and Jack argue about Diane and Tucker again and Jack tells Ashley that he thinks she has trust issues that is why she can’t fall in love with anyone.

Adam tells Nick that he loves Sally and he will do anything to help her. Adam asks Nick if he loves Sally or if he only likes her because he wonders what will happen when he stops liking her.

Daniel and Summer argue because Daniel wants to tell the truth so Diane won’t go to jail. Summer wants to wait until they figure out a way Phyllis won’t go to jail.

Tucker tells Diane he will give her a new identity and help her run so she won’t go to jail. Diane tells Jack she considered Tucker’s offer, but Jack tells Diane that she doesn’t need to leave because they will prove that she is innocent.

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Days Short Recap Monday, May 8, 2023

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Marlena noticed that Eric had a black eye. He told him about the fight he got into with EJ because he slept with Nicole. Marlena thought that it meant more than he was telling her. He blamed it on the drugs. Marlena researched the drugs and said that it wouldn’t cause an increase in libido. She wanted to take him to the E.R. for stitches. EJ was upset about the way Gabi was acting about Nicole being in the hospital. He grabbed her arm as she was about to leave, but Stefan walked in the room. He demanded that EJ take his hands off of her. Gabi noticed EJ’s red knuckles. EJ said it was an accident and left for the hospital. Gabi hoped that Nicole was seriously sick. Kayla reminded Nicole that the pill isn’t completely effective. She advised her to go to her OBGYN since she’s had trouble carrying to term. She said the pregnancy is dangerous and she doesn’t know who the father is. Kate recognized her captor. She knew him based on his reputation. He introduced himself as Dimitri von Leuschner. She realized that he was Carly and Frankie’s cousin. She remembered that he posed as an ISA agent named Kyle Graham. He thought Billie told her about him. He told her everything that happened. Kate wondered why he wasn’t in jail. He didn’t tell her.

EJ went to Nicole’s exam room. Kayla left the room. Nicole lied to EJ and told him that she ate something that didn’t agree with her. EJ found it hard to believe that she rushed to the hospital for a stomach ache. She wanted to know if he was accusing her of lying. He said it was possible since she lied about sleeping with Eric. Nicole tried to deny it, but he knew everything. He admitted that he took his anger out on Eric. He said he went home to confront her about it. His anger disappeared when he found out she was in the hospital. He wanted to know if she was okay. She assured him that she was fine. Dimitri told Kate that she’s valuable as a hostage. She told him to call Roman or Chad to get the ransom money. He wasn’t ready to make demands yet. He told her that her being there was part of a bigger plan. He wanted to dance with her, but she pulled a knife on him. Kayla hid a file under her arm as Eric and Marlena came off the elevator. He was happy to see Kayla. Marlena was happy to see her too. She hugged her and the file fell on the floor. Eric was about to pick up the file when Kayla told him to leave it. She called someone to do Eric’s stitches. Eric ran into EJ at the hospital. He told Eric that he and Nicole worked things out. He wanted to pretend her one-night stand with him didn’t happen. Kayla went back to Nicole’s exam room. Nicole wanted to know how long it would be before she found out the father of her baby. Kayla thought they should do a blood test in a few weeks. She said they will need a DNA sample from one of the possible fathers. She said that no one could know about her pregnancy until she found out who the father is.

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Days Short Recap Tuesday, May 9, 2023

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Recap written by Michele and Cheryl

Colin called Talia and asked her about her date with Chanel. He said while she is getting Chanel to fall in love with her, he will be focused on Paulina. Talia asked him what he meant by that. Jada showed up and asked who she was talking to. Talia said she was talking to Chanel about her mother’s panic attacks. Jada told her she was being defensive. Talia ended up leaving. Abe and Paulina went to Rafe’s office. She wanted to know why Sloan hasn’t been arrested yet. When Rafe didn’t say anything, Paulina wondered if there was another suspect. He said Jada suspects Talia. Paulina said she couldn’t believe Talia would be involved in something like that especially since she is dating Chanel. Johnny went to see Chanel. He told her he was worried about losing Wendy to Tripp. He thought he should go to Seattle to woo Wendy. Chanel advised him not to smother Wendy. He agreed with her. She told him about her date with Talia. She said it started out great, but things were awkward. She said she hadn’t heard from Talia since their date. He suggested she take her own advice and play it cool. He said Talia was a fool if she didn’t see how amazing she was. She wished him luck with Wendy. He left.

Talia went to Colin’s room. She was worried about his plans for Paulina. He said he wanted her to trigger a panic attack in Paulina. Talia refused to do it. He said he would come up with something else while she is getting Chanel to fall for her. He said they could be happy once they made Chanel and Paulina pay. He said he loved her. Xander and Chloe saw Jada at the pub. He asked if she arrested Sloan for the poisoned biscuits. Jada said she couldn’t talk about the investigation. She asked why he was so interested. He said he felt bad about Chanel’s bakery being closed down. He said her employee was living in a seedy motel. Jada said Talia was her sister and she lived with her. He was shocked that she was the one living with the Brit. Jada asked for the room number. When he refused, Jada showed him her badge. He told her the room number. Jada left. Chanel left a message for Talia. She said she had a great time, but they could go back to being friends if she didn’t feel the same way. Talia showed up with flowers. When Colin was about to use his phone, Jada showed up. Paulina got a text message warning her to watch her back because the person was still coming after her.

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Y&R Transcript Tuesday, May 9, 2023

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Victoria: We’re focused strictly on work for now. I can only imagine how conflicted you must be, and I just want you to take time before you figure out what comes next.

Elena: So, this is what traveling on a business trip alone looks like? Looks like it’s been very productive.

Sharon: Refill?

Nate: Sure. Um, thanks, sharon.

Sharon: Wasn’t that a beautiful celebration of neil’s life tonight? Just all the memories, the people gathering to honor him, and devon’s mother made an appearance. That was a nice surprise.

Nate: Yeah.

Sharon: Okay. What’s wrong?

[ Elena sniffles ]

Nate: I wanna get back to what we had. Everything was so right. But we both have to be willing to try.

Elena: I came here to congratulate and support you. And I know I have to let go of my suspicions about your motives. And I want to believe that you’re back on the right path.

Nate: I am. If you give me the opportunity, I’ll show you. Let me prove to you I am still the man you fell in love with. Stop worrying. Okay? You will never lose me. I love you. Yes, I lost my way for a little while there. But now I am here, okay? The man you love is back. And yes, I’ve been working hard, but I’ve been doing that for us, for our future, together.

[ Inhales sharply ]

Diane: I wish we could stay like this forever. Just wrapped in each other’s arms. Not worrying about what the next day might bring.

Jack: I will tell you your being home has made this day the best I’ve had in a long time.

Diane: It’s wonderful for me, too. Although, I drove our poor daughter-in-law from the house.

Jack: No, don’t blame yourself. She was shocked to see you. She just needs time to process.

Diane: You know, if it would make things easier on her, I would move out. But, you know, my options are limited.

Jack: We’ll find our way through this. I promise.

Diane: I hope kyle found her. And then we can convince her that we can all live under one roof. Happily might be a stretch, but civilly.

[ Door opening ]

Ashley: Oh, my god. What are you doing here?

Kyle: Summer, it’s me. Uh, call or text me back. The way you ran off, it’s got me worried.

Mariah: Hey, stranger.

Kyle: Hi.

Mariah: Hi, I’m– I’m just here picking up takeout. But do you want to get a drink with me while I wait?

Kyle: I can’t stay.

Mariah: I was just at neil’s memorial and it was so beautiful. It was so moving. It really reminds you what’s important in life, you know? Family. And now I can’t wait to get back to mine. And because I am an excellent wife, I decided to stop by and pick up tessa’s favorite spicy noodle bowl.

Kyle: That’s sweet.

Mariah: And because I am an excellent friend, I’m gonna stop talking now so you can tell me exactly what’s going on with you.

Summer: We can’t tell people that mom is alive. That would destroy her.

Daniel: No, it won’T. We will help her get through whatever is ahead.

Summer: What, like life in prison? Forever on the run? In hiding? No, until we have a plan that guarantees mom’s safety, we can’t risk announcing to the world that she didn’t die.

Daniel: It’s the right thing to do, summer.

Summer: What, because you say so? Why do you get to decide?

Daniel: If you didn’t want me to have a say in this, why did you tell me?

Summer: Because the secret was too big for me. I had to tell you for my own sanity. And seeing you grieving like that, I– I couldn’t take it, daniel. I had to tell you that mom was alive, but I am not gonna let you blow everything up. Strong enamel is your best defense

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Daniel: I know that you want to protect mom, but this isn’t the way. We need to tell the truth.

Summer: No, I’m not gonna let you do that.

Daniel: You can’t really stop me, summer.

Summer: Don’t be so sure about that.

Daniel: [ Sighs] I would prefer if we agreed that this was the right decision.

Summer: It’s not. Daniel, mom faked her own death. She framed diane and she killed stark. What if the police don’t see that as self-defense and she goes to prison forever? Do you really want that on your head?

Daniel: Of course not.

Summer: Okay. We’re gonna tell the truth. We will. We just need to figure out a way to keep mom safe first.

Daniel: Sitting on a lie never solves anything. I was talking to lily earlier tonight–

Summer: You didn’t say anything to her about this, did you?

Daniel: No, of course, I didn’t say anything to her. But something she said to me just really resonated. It– it was something about the decisions you make, the ones you can live with and the ones that you can’T. I can’t live with this secret, knowing how many people it’s hurting.

Summer: So, you’re willing to jeopardize our mom’s entire future because of… your conscience?

Summer: Yes, summer. My conscience. That thing that helps guide me through life and determining right from wrong.

Summer: Oh, my god. Get over yourself. This isn’t about you. This is about mom and what she needs and what she needs is us. We have to help her. We are the only chance she has at coming back home.

Daniel: Look, I understand that you are angry about–

Summer: Oh, don’t do that condescending big brother thing to me because it’s not like you have all this wisdom. You blew up your own family, remember? So, what makes you think that you can make the smart, sensible choice in all of this–

Daniel: You’re right, summer. You’re right. I blew up my own family. You know why? ‘Cause I was so damn busy worried about my own pain that I forgot to put heather and lucy first. But you know what, I fixed it and I learned from it.

Summer: Wow. Good for you.

Daniel: You really sound like mom, you know that? You really do. Let me ask you something. What’s it like when kyle holds you in his arms and he’s trying to comfort you because he thinks that you’re grieving and he loves you.

Summer: Don’t do that.

Daniel: No, no, no, no. And what’s it like knowing how upset he is about his mother? His mother that he just started to rebuild a relationship with. How can you look him in the eyes knowing that you could take all that pain away? But instead, you just keep choosing to lie to him.

Kyle: Thanks, but I’m good. I gotta go.

Mariah: No, no, no. The hell you are. Your life is a mess. I say that with love. But this thing that you’re doing, kyle, this stiff upper lip thing, it’s not good. You need to be able to get this out and not with another abbott. There’s plenty of stiff upper lips in that family. So, spill.

Kyle: There is some good news. My mom got out on bail today.

Mariah: That is amazing. So, why don’t you look happier? And why are you here instead of with diane?

Kyle: Well, summer walked in the front door, saw her, there was a confrontation, and she couldn’t get out of the house fast enough. I’ve been looking everywhere for her.

Mariah: Ah. Uh, well, I gotta say, I think that I’m team summer on this one. It’s gotta be hard living under the same roof as the person who was accused of killing your mom. Not that I think diane did it.

Kyle: No, my mom is innocent. Summer just can’t see it. Even worse, I swear that when she looks at me, she doesn’t see her husband, she sees the son of her mother’s killer.

Mariah: As sure as you are of your mother’s innocence, you have to understand that summer sees it differently. Her mom was killed. She is grieving and she’s angry and she has to have a place to put all of this blame. And who better than the person that all of the evidence points to?

Kyle: No, I– I get why summer feels the way she does. But I don’t know how much longer I can stand having my wife believe I am defending a murderer. Just the idea that she thinks that of me, it hurts like hell.

Ashley: How the hell did you get out of jail?

Jack: Calm down, okay?

Ashley: What’d you do, jack? Did you dig a tunnel? Did you blow a hole in the wall?

Jack: Don’t be ridiculous, you knew this was a possibility.

Ashley: Well, she’s already got you committing grand larceny. What’s a little jailbreak? Right?

Jack: Would you keep your voice down? My grandson is with his nanny right now–

Ashley: You should be more concerned with exposing him to a murderer than the tone of my voice.

Tucker: This place is crazy, man.

Jack: Yeah.

Diane: I heard you joined the household.

Tucker: Yeah, the more the merrier, right, jack?

Jack: I’m finding it increasingly claustrophobic.

Ashley: Well, I wonder why? You invite whoever you want to come live here. I can, too, right? At least my guest hasn’t killed anybody, though.

Diane: Tucker, I suppose a welcome is in order. And congratulations. You must have redeemed yourself if ashley’s giving you another chance.

Tucker: She has given me another chance.

Diane: Well, that’s wonderful. You know, it’s just great knowing that ashley has the same big, warm heart that her brother does.

Ashley: So, how’d you do it, jack? How did you manage to get this homicidal flight-risk fiancée of yours out of jail? – “Best thing I’ve ever done.”

Jack: Luckily for us, michael was able to get us another judge.

Ashley: Uh-huh.

Jack: One that leaned toward fairness.

Ashley: Fairness? Or bribery? Because I can’t imagine any judge letting her go. I mean, you’ve gone on the run before.

Diane: Why would I want to leave my home, when I have everything I could possibly want right here?

Ashley: You had everything you could want before and you still walked away.

Jack: That was a completely different situation and you know damn well.

Ashley: So, what if she gets bored and she wants to leave again? It won’t be just kyle who’s left with a broken heart. It’ll be you left holding the bag for a, what, seven-figure bail payment? Not to mention the fortune you’re spending on her defense.

Jack: Enough, ashley.

Ashley: You’re so quiet, diane. What’s up with that?

Diane: [ Sighs ] Ashley, I know you hate me, but we need to figure this out if we’re going to be under the same roof.

Ashley: Why don’t you find your own roof? The two of you. Find something you can move into. A little love nest maybe. Let the rest of us live our lives in peace. No chaos.

Diane: Oh, trust me, I would love to be as far away from you as possible. But…

Ashley: Ankle monitor.

Diane: Yeah, it’s a condition of my bail agreement. I’m forbidden to leave the grounds.

Ashley: You are both so disgusting and incredibly selfish. Can you imagine what damage you’re doing to poor summer? You’re forcing her to live with the woman who’s charged with murdering her mother. Have you no shame? [ Sighs ]

Mariah: I can’t imagine how hard this is for you and summer. But I know how much you love each other.

Kyle: What if love isn’t enough?

Mariah: You’re gonna find a way, you know, with– with patience and faith.

Kyle: No, patience isn’t an option. I’m losing summer a little bit more each day and talking isn’t enough. I have to find proof that my mother is innocent. That is the only way I will get summer back. Even if I have to find the evidence myself, there is no way in hell I’m losing my wife.

Mariah: I wish there was something I could do to help.

Kyle: You already have. By listening. Being a good friend.

Mariah: You know, earlier when I said that I was team summer, the truth is, I’m just team love. So, I hope you find her and I hope you find the proof that you need to clear your mom.

Kyle: So do I.

Summer: That isn’t fair.

[ Sighs ] I love kyle. I wouldn’t hurt him.

Daniel: You’re lying to him.

Summer: Only until we can help mom.

Daniel: [ Scoffs ] While we’re waiting to help mom, his mom is rotting in a jail cell for something that she didn’t do.

Summer: Diane’s out.

Daniel: How? How is that possible?

Summer: I don’t know. Uh, michael did some sort of lawyer move, I guess. And she’s home. So, see? Diane’s okay.

Daniel: Yeah, but she’s still charged with murder.

Summer: For now. Only until we come up with a plan.

[ Daniel sighs ] Daniel, mom’s alive. We get a second chance at this. Please just help me find a way to bring her home that doesn’t put her behind bars. Because that’s what’s gonna happen if you come forward now. That’s– that’s what’s gonna happen. Look, I hate lying to the people that I love, too, just as much as you do. But this? This is the only thing standing between mom and a prison sentence.

Daniel: And you’re okay with it? Even at the risk of losing your marriage?

Summer: There’s gotta be a way to protect everybody, including mom. And I know if we just have some time, we’ll be able to find a way.

Daniel: No, summer. Kyle deserves to know the truth. Mom is alive and diane is innocent.

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Sharon: I saw you speaking with devon and lily earlier tonight. That must have been encouraging.

Nate: In some ways it was. You know, for the first time in months I felt like I might have a real shot at reconciling with my family.

Sharon: But?

Nate: The tension. It’s still there. And maybe it always will be. It’s a reminder that success sometimes comes at a cost. But I won’t apologize for being ambitious. I just didn’t realize how much I’d– I have to give up. Especially recently.

Sharon: I’m well acquainted with the difficulties of working at newman. Victoria puts in 110% and she expects everyone else at the company to do the same. And it makes it hard to find balance.

Nate: It’s more than the work itself. I haven’t managed my priorities as well as I should have. And I’ve made some real mistakes. And now my personal life is suffering as a consequence.

Sharon: You came to the party alone tonight. Um, is everything okay with elena?

Mariah: Thank you so much.

Elena: Hi. Can I get a whiskey, neat?

Mariah: Hey, you.

Elena: Hey.

Mariah: I missed you at the party.

Elena: What party?

Mariah: Uh, the one for neil’s celebration? I’m surprised that nate didn’t tell you.

Elena: He was there?

Mariah: Uh, yeah, the whole winters family showed.

Elena: Hmm. Devon, lily, and nate. They actually got along?

Mariah: Seemed to. No punches were thrown. I’m surprised nate didn’t tell you about it.

Elena: Yeah. We’re not really on speaking terms right now.

Mariah: Speaking terms? What happened?

Elena: You know, nate and his lies. I got played. I just really wanted to believe that nate was still the man that I loved.

Mariah: I’m so sorry.

Elena: One day he’s trying to take me on a romantic getaway. And the next, I learn that he’s just manipulating me. Trying to keep me quiet. Well, I’m done being quiet.

Kyle: [ Sighs ] There you are.

Summer: Did you talk to daniel?

Kyle: Daniel? I haven’t heard from him.

[ Summer sighs ] I take it you have. Is that the text you got when you flew out of the house?

Summer: How’d you find me?

Kyle: Looked all over town. And I’m beginning to realize this is one of your favorite spots.

Summer: You didn’t have to go searching for me.

Kyle: Oh, but I did. You see, I… am crazy in love with you. So, I can’t help but worry when you take off.

Summer: I didn’t mean to worry you. I just… ooh, I had to get out of that house.

Kyle: The way you keep running away scares me.

[ Summer sighs ]

Summer: I love you.

Kyle: What I said earlier… there’s nothing you can’t tell me. You understand that, right? I know you want your space to grieve on your own terms. I have tried to honor that, but all I want to do is hold you and tell you everything is gonna be okay because we’re in this together. So, please, talk to me, summer. Whatever it is, we’ve got this.

Summer: It’s just… seeing diane at home like that, out on bail, it’s just– it was the last thing I expected.

Kyle: I wanted to give you a heads-up about that.

Summer: I saw how happy you were that she’s free. I’m happy for you. But I can’t– I can’T…

Kyle: Hey, hey, hey, hey. You’re upset mom’s back in the house. I get that. But I swear we will find a way through it.

Summer: What if that isn’t possible? She found it.

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Elena: Power and success. It’s all nate cares about now. It’s all about winning.

Mariah: Oh, no. I can’t believe that.

Elena: Oh, believe it. And the part that kills me is that we worked so hard to get through things after he screwed over devon and lily at chancellor-winters. And I was the idiot who believed him when he said he wanted to change. That he wanted to be the compassionate man that I fell in love with.

Mariah: Maybe this is just a phase.

Elena: I don’t think so. I think this is who nate is now. And I just have to accept it.

Mariah: Are you really ready to do that?

Elena: I don’t think there’s any coming back from this. Nate made a decision and now I have to make mine.

Nate: You’re really good at this therapist gig. Spotted my issue right away.

Sharon: Well, you were out tonight without the woman you love by your side. And now you’re here alone with nothing but a sad face and a cup of coffee to keep you company. So, it doesn’t take a professional to put those thoughts together. I’m sorry you’re going through a rough patch.

Nate: It’s more than a rough patch, and it’s all on me.

Sharon: Why do you say that?

Nate: I’ve changed a lot since elena and I met.

Sharon: Well, I imagine losing your ability to perform surgery had something to do with that.

Nate: It does. I struggled to– to redefine myself. To find work I could be passionate about. Now, I found that passion and business. It’s created… issues in our relationship.

Sharon: Makes sense. You and elena bonded over your shared careers in medicine, now you’ve lost that common ground.

Nate: And it seems we’ve been moving in different directions ever since.

Sharon: Hmm. When you look in the mirror, do you like the man you see?

Nate: Not tonight.

Sharon: Well, in general?

Nate: I do. I feel an excitement I haven’t felt in a long time. I look forward to every day, every challenge. You know, in the past, uh, I could share my excitement with elena. She would encourage me. We encouraged each other. But now it’S…

Sharon: How does that make you feel?

Nate: I never resented elena. I love her too much. But, um, I hurt her, very deeply, and I feel terrible about it.

Kyle: Look, summer, if it’s too hard for you to be at the house, I understand. We don’t have to be, we can go on a trip. It might be good for us all. Look, any place you want to. Back to milan. You love costa rica, and so did harrison. Any place you feel safe and can heal.

Summer: That sounds good.

Kyle: Then let’s pack our bags.

Summer: I can’t– we can’T. It’s not fair to you. I know how important it is to you to be here for your mom.

Kyle: Look, I am out of my mind with worry for my mom. But you are my priority. So, whatever you need, you say the word.

Summer: One, um… one priority that we both should have is explaining to harrison that deedee is back.

Kyle: He’ll be thrilled. I’m not looking forward to the other conversation. When we tell him phyllis is gone.

Summer: No, we can’t– we can’t do that. It’s– it’s too– it’s too soon. We’ve– we’ve got to wait.

Kyle: Summer, wait for what? And why?

Summer: Harrison is so young.

Kyle: We told him about ashland and he handled it. Look, it’s not gonna be easy, but I think he’s ready.

Summer: Maybe I’m not ready. Kyle, can you just respect me on this, please?

Kyle: I’ll do whatever you want, on one condition. Come back home with me.

[ Sniffs ]

[ Ice clinking ]

[ Phone ringing ]

[ Sniffs ]

Daniel: Hello. Hello? Mom, is that you? Type 2 diabetes?

Diane: I care a great deal about summer. I know how difficult this must be for her.

Ashley: And yet you’re still here.

Diane: And I will do everything I can to make her comfortable.

Ashley: Find another place to live. Please, call michael. Get a judge to give you a change of residence.

Jack: This is diane’s home, she stays, and I won’t have you attacking her.

Ashley: She’s not the victim here. Summer is.

Jack: Oh, you’re summer’s champion now?

Ashley: Somebody has to be. Her mother’s dead, jack. And yeah, phyllis and I had a common goal the last few months of her life. And I do feel like I need to stand up for summer.

Jack: Your common goal was destroying diane’s life. It was a hate campaign. It was ugly and personal. It had nothing to do with summer.

Ashley: We were trying to protect the people that we love from her. And the fact that she’s standing here, wearing your ring, obviously, we failed miserably.

Jack: And love won. How about that? Not that you’d know anything about love.

Ashley: Oh, come on.

Tucker: That’s a matter of perspective.

Jack: You stay out of this, and you give diane peace.

Ashley: Or what? Are you threatening me? She’s gonna slip up. She will violate the terms of her bail and I will call the D.A. And she’s gonna be back in jail before you know it.

Jack: Oh, you would do that, wouldn’t you? Even if she’s innocent.

Ashley: She’s not innocent.

Jack: I thought you hit rock bottom when you brought tucker into this house.

Ashley: Oh, look who’s talking.

Jack: Apparently there are no depths to which you won’t stoop.

Ashley: What you’ve done to summer is unconscionable, jack.

Kyle: That’s enough! If any of you give a damn about summer, you’ll leave her the hell out of your feud.

Daniel: Well, you haven’t hung up, so I’m guessing it’s you. Don’t be mad at summer for telling me. I’m glad she did. Means you’re alive, right?

[ Sighs ] And the thought of getting to see you again, and getting to talk to you, actually talk to you…

[ Sighs] Summer told me why you left. You can’t just disappear, mom. You can’T. And we love you and we need you. Summer needs you and you can’t just put her in that position. It’s not fair to her and it’s cruel. And look, I know– I know that you love us too much to keep hurting us. So, just please come back. Come home and we will fix this. We can figure this all out. Just come back and we can be a family again.

[ Phone ringing ]

[ Call disconnecting ]

[ Door slamming ]

Sharon: Long-term relationships are difficult. Hurting your partner is, sadly, pretty much inevitable. That doesn’t mean it’s not fixable.

Nate: People warned me that power could be intoxicating. Elena said it louder than anyone. I denied it, but they were right. The feeling of being in control, making decisions that result in millions of dollars in profit, leading teams of employees who look up to me, who want to impress me, gave me a new confidence. And it made me reckless. And it led to me making some big mistakes.

Sharon: Everyone screws up sometimes, nate. Elena loves you. Maybe if you talk to her the way you’re talking to me, apologize, you can repair the damage.

Nate: Hmm.

Elena: And I defended you. I tried to encourage you to take the higher path and to fix things with your family, because deep down, I thought the man that I was in love with still existed.

Nate: I am still that man.

Elena: You can’t possibly believe that. Look at yourself, nate. You have changed, and not for the good. Unless this is who you’ve always been. Selfish and ambitious.

[ Elena scoffs ]

[ Glass smashing ] (Cheering)

Jack: Summer, I am very sorry you witnessed that. I–

Diane: We’re glad you’re home. Are you all right?

Kyle: No, she’s not. And this isn’t a home, it’s a battleground. You have your issues with my dad. But I was really hoping you’d be considerate enough not to involve summer. Apparently, my expectations were too high.

Ashley: I apologize. Summer, I’m so very sorry that I let my anger get the best of me. It will not happen again.

Jack: I was out of line, too. We can all do a lot better.

Kyle: Yeah, you do, because this, it has to stop. Do you understand me? Summer needs a safe space, and right now, this sure as hell isn’t it.

Diane: Summer, I’m sorry, too. I– I know that until there’s proof that I’m innocent, it’s going to be difficult for you to be in the same room with me. But like I said before, I will give you all the space you need. You will hardly know I’m here.

Kyle: Hey, you okay?

Summer: I can’t take this anymore.

Kyle: You don’t have to. Forget it, you can battle it out all you want. Summer and I are taking harrison and we’re moving into the pool house. It’s the only way we’re gonna get some relief.

Ashley: That’s probably a smart idea.

Nate: An apology and an explanation won’t fix this. I’m ashamed to say this isn’t the first time I messed up. So, whatever forgiveness elena found in the past, it’s definitely not happening now.

Sharon: Whatever it is you did, it sounds like you knew the potential consequences and you chose to take the risk.

Nate: And here I am, the point of no return, with no one to blame but myself.

[ Clasps clicking ]

[ Sobbing ]

[ Sniffling ]

[ Gasping and crying ]

[ Sobbing ]

Kyle: Are you good with taking up residence in the pool house?

Summer: I wish that moving 100 feet away would actually solve something. Thank you for trying to protect me, though.

Kyle: I love you. There’s nothing in this world I wouldn’t do for you. You know that, right? And we’ll make an adventure out of it. Tell harrison we’re going camping.

Summer: Staying in the pool house isn’t exactly roughing it, but you’re right. Harrison will like that idea.

Kyle: And I like that you won’t have to go to the park to get peace and quiet so you can heal.

[ Daniel sighing ]

Kyle: I want to help you through this. If you’ll let me. Hey, you okay?

Summer: Yeah. I just… we need to tell harrison about deedee.

Kyle: Come here. [ Exhales ]

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I cannot believe I slept so late. That was a great decision on those mattresses. Oh, well I can’t sleep on a limpy mattress, so could hardly expect my roommate too either. Well, I really appreciate that. It was very comfortable. I’m glad you’re well rested. I have to say I’m getting a little peckish. Okay.

Yeah, I’ve been up for a couple of hours and all I’ve had is some coffee and a bit of a donut. Right. Time for a hearty breakfast, so, What’s on the menu?

I made breakfast. Put this ungodly hour be really hard. Morning person, huh? Oh, well med school will do that to you. Yeah. It’s my, uh, my mom’s peppers and eggs.

Hmm. Oh my God. Mm-hmm. But that’s delicious. Yeah. Not too spicy. No, they’re perfect. Just what I needed to. Wake me up. And at home I usually just grab a protein bar or smoothie, but um, I gotta say the Coke could get used to this

morning. Morning, sweetheart. Once the pancakes, it’s Abe’s secret recipe. Sounds good. But coffee first. Mm-hmm. So, How was your date day? What date? Says, uh, you didn’t tell him? Was it my news to tell? Like that’s ever stopped you before? Oh gosh. Shit. We can all turn over one new leaf like you’ve just done, baby.

Getting back out there in the dating pool. Wait, a wait, wait, wait. Anybody wanna tell me what’s going on here? Fill me in. Who’s this state with Chanel? Who’s the lucky guy? Uh,

Kind of early for you to be checking in, isn’t it? What if I was with Jada? Well, I knew you wouldn’t answer if you were. Is that, come on then. How was it Dave?

It was fine. Just fine. Come on. I need more ds. The meal was great. Service was good. Conversation flowed. No one cares about all that. What I wanna know is, did you melt the girl’s heart? Is she in love with you yet?

Like sand through the hourglass. So are the days of our lives.

It’s cool too soon for her to be falling in love with me. Don’t you think? I mean, it’s only been one date. Yeah. But uh, what’s that joke about lesbians? They bring the U-Haul to the second date, something like that. Chanel’s not a lesbian. She’s bisexual. Okay, whatever. Well, the matter is that she falls head over here, is in love with you so that you can break her little bisexual.

Ha again. And in the meantime I’m gonna focus on the plan for her mother. For her mother. What are you planning to do to Paulina?

You’re dateless with Talia, isn’t she the woman that works for you? Yes. And don’t gimme that look, unlike you, mayor Carver. I don’t have a policy against coworkers fraternizing, as long as it’s consensual. Of course. But is the city council’s policy and I simply enforce it. Mm-hmm. But businesses, private businesses have more leeway OB, obviously.

Yeah. Well, I don’t even know if that matters since my business is still shut down. Well, has the health department given you any idea about when you can reopen? No. They, they said that until the police find out who’s behind those tainted biscuits. They won’t even consider it. Oh, the hell with that. Come on, Abe, let’s go and light a fire under that commission of yours.

Hey, can I finish my pancakes first? Huh?

Okay, now that was an amazing breakfast. No, don’t get up. Don’t get the fire at the plates. Uh, no. Uh, you cooked and you’ve been a great host in every way. Why we’re friends? So, you know, I don’t think of myself as a host. Right. Well, you’ve been a great friend and you, I’m actually really, really glad you decided to visit Seattle and me.

I really enjoyed you being here.

I should probably get that. Mm-hmm. Yeah. It might be Lee

Johnny.

Hey. Hey, Johnny. Uh, hey, I, I just talked to your brother and you said you’re still in Seattle. I am. Are you avoiding me? I mean, Wendy, I thought you said that you believe me when I said the only reason I proposed to Chanel was because of those damn biscuits. Yes, I believed you. I, I told you I did. But Trip just brought Joey home from the hospital and, um, I felt bad leaving, so I stuck around a hell pound.

Okay. All right. Well, good to know. Um, So when are you coming back?

Did you just ask me what’s for breakfast? Yeah, I mean, honestly, Chloe, I mean, I’m a little bit disappointed. For some reason I got it into my head that you were like an early riser and you would’ve had breakfast on the table hours ago. Wow. Well, you assumed wrong. No, Chloe. I thought this was all part of our agreement.

Well, don’t tell me you’ve forgotten already. No, I have not forgotten. When we decided to move in, I said I would pick up some of the slack of the household chores. I didn’t sign up to be your full-time housekeeper and cook. I never said anything about full-time. No, you just want me to have breakfast ready on the table for when you roll out of bed.

Chloe, I knew this was a bad idea. Brady said it was a terrible idea. I should have listened to him. Where are you going to pack?

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Please. What do you wanna put in your lunch order before I leave? Or was I late picking up your dry cleaning? I’m sorry. For some reason I assumed this was some kind of, I dunno, all inclusive deal. I shouldn’t have expected you to make me breakfast or anything else. You’re right.

That wasn’t part of our agreement. No, it wasn’t. And if I agree to stay here, we need to figure out what this arrangement is, right, which we can hash out over breakfast, which I will happily prepare for us both right now. Oh, so you cook now? I do indeed. And one day I will delight your palate with all the Scottish favorites, Haggas, blood pudding, neeps, and Tatties.

But for today, I’ll just scramble some eggs.

Or at least I would if we had any eggs to scramble. Don’t suppose you, uh, went to the grocery store, did you?

What? Am I coming back? Yeah. I mean, I know Damara has a pretty liberal vacation policy, but my dad and Uncle Stephan need you. In between you and me, the place is kind of falling apart with you gone. I doubt that and uh, I, I, yeah, I haven’t made any travel plans yet, but I’ll be back soon. Well, I’m glad.

Because I really miss you, so let me know when you know for sure. Okay? Of course. Talk to you soon.

Answer me What is happening to Paulina? I told you, I’m still working out the details, but it’s all part of my plan. What’s the, sorry, my sister’s

morning. Morning. Who were you just talking to?

So maybe when we draw up this agreement, we can add grocery shopping to the list. We can just order an online delivery. Actually, you could do that if you don’t mind. I just thought, you know, you do have a little bit more time on your hands right now because you are. Between jobs. I’m gonna go get my suitcases.

Alright, fine. We’ll, we’ll both do it. We’ll alternate. I’ll do one week, you do the next and it’ll be great. Look, we need to draw out the rest of this agreement, but. I can’t do it over an empty stomach. So how about take you out for breakfast please? Will you let me do that? Okay, I’ll go get dressed in the meantime.

Can you dust those blinds? The blinds? Yeah. The last tenants left and pretty dirty. Right. But we don’t have any dust cloths cuz you didn’t go to the, because we didn’t go to the store. But I’ll figure out. I’ll just use a t-shirt or something. You do that?

Come in.

We need some talk Commissioner. I hope this isn’t a bad time, uh, for my boss. Never. So what can I do for the two of you? Yes. If you don’t know, you can get on the stick. Excuse me. My poor daughter can’t reopen her bakery until you arrest Sloan Peterson. So why the hell is it taking so long you shoulda arrested her the minute that someone took a bite of those bad biscuits?

Sweetheart, RA can’t arrest Sloan just because she has an animosity toward you and Chanel. He has to follow the evidence. Well, unless I’m missing something, the evidence all points to that.

Why aren’t you saying anything? Are you going to tell us that the evidence now points to someone else? Not exactly. What do you mean not exactly?

I was just talking to Chanel. Chanel, yeah. Remember I told you I recommended some breathing and meditation exercises for Paulina when she has panic attacks? Yeah, well, I was just checking in with Chanel to make sure her mom was okay. Because I was concerned. Right. Any other questions, Jada, or should I get a lawyer?

Since you’re just so interested in my private phone conversations, I just asked you who you were talking to. A very simple question, and yet you get all defensive. Why

enjoy your coffee?

Johnny, Hey, um, I’m sorry. Just stop by like this. I, I, I checked the bakery first, but that’s still not open yet. Well, I think yet, might be a bit optimistic. Really Sorry you’re going through this. Thanks. So, What’s so important that you had to see me face to face? Um, it’s about Wendy and I’m really hoping I can get some of your advice because I feel like I’m losing her.

What did Johnny Wall? No, he was just wondering when I was coming back to Salem. Right.

Which made me think. Um,

maybe I should go back today and book a flight. I mean, that, that seems kind of sudden. Well, Joey’s getting better and I do have a job, but you can work remotely, right? I can, I mean, that’s what I’ve been doing. I’ve been here as I’m sure you’ve noticed,

you’re upset,

Wendy.

We said that we would go on one day and if there was nothing between us, then we just. Be friends, but

I felt something on our one date, something pretty well great actually, and it seemed like you did too,

so. I don’t want you to leave. I really don’t. I, I really,

I want you to stay.

So why do you think you’re losing Wendy? Uh, well, for one thing, she’s still in Seattle and doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to head home. Okay. Wait, she’s not still upset about you proposing to me. She knows that we were both high on those peanut biscuits, right? She does, yeah. Okay, so then that can’t be the reason why she’s staying.

No, which is why I’m starting to want, you know, no, I’m not, I’m not just wondering. I, I’m pretty sure that the reason is Trip. You want me to stay in Seattle? I’m trip. Are you nothing here? No, no, no, no. I’ll, I’ll be back and save them soon. I just promised my dad and Kayla that would look after Joey until he got back on his feet.

So it should only be a few more weeks. So if you did stay, we could see where this thing goes. You know, without all the typical Salem distractions, we could go see the sites, just be. Together. I can’t, yeah, I can work re remotely and now for weeks on end, and also

my brother’s been final loss lately now that he’s given up on Gabby and I need to be there for him. And for Johnny,

so I assume since you know this is his phone call, I got you so anxious to get back there today. It’s because of Johnny

that you’re choosing him.

So why do you think that Wendy is staying in Seattle because of Trip? Is that what she told you? Uh, what she told me was that she is staying to help him take care of Joey. Well, that sounds reasonable. Yeah, a little too reasonable. And Trip, once again comes off looking like the Boy Scout look, it’s the perfect way for him to just weasel his way into Wendy’s heart.

I dunno. Maybe I should fly out there and try and woo her back. Okay. Wooing is one thing, smothering is another. You’re the big movie buff, right? Maybe you should just take a page outta West Side story and play it. Ooh boy. Right? Except that’s not me. I am the opposite of cool, as you know. Yes, I do know that.

But can’t you just fake it? Right. Just if, if you don’t come off as needy and desperate, then I promise you that if you lie low that Wendy will be much happier when she does get back. You’re right. You’re right. And thank you, um, for the advice. And I’m sorry that I just came in here and dropped all my problems on you.

Especially when you’re going through a tough time yourself. Eh? I can use the distraction right now. And actually there is one positive thing in my life right now. You mean other than Other than me? Yes. Other than you. I actually had a date last night. Oh, nice. Yeah. And, and look, I, I know that it seems soon since Allie and I just broke up recently, but I found out that she’s seeing someone in New Zealand, and so if she’s moving on, then why shouldn’t I?

You didn’t know about it, did you? That Allie was seeing someone? You kidding? She didn’t even bother to tell me when she left town. You think she’s gonna keep me up to date on her love life? Yeah, I guess not So, You are gonna keep me in suspense. You’re gonna tell me who this date was with last night.

Next time. Text when you’re close. All right. I don’t want you hanging around in the hallway. Relax. I was waiting all of five seconds. Still better not take any chances. Speaking of, did your sister hear you say anything? Yeah, she heard me talking about Paulina. Which I said I was talking to Chanel and I’m pretty sure she bought it.

But speaking of Paul, you didn’t tell me what you planned on doing about her or to her. Wow. I actually have come up with a plan. Yeah. Okay. Go on. You know those, uh, panic attacks you said she has? Yeah. What about ’em? Well, I was hoping that since you’re a doctor, you might No way to cause one.

Oh. Hi, detective Hunter. Hi Ms. Lane. Hi. Xander. Oh, well this is a happy coincidence, isn’t it? Really? Why is that? Because you can update us on your investigation. Have you arrested Sloane Peterson yet? Xander? I think we’re interrupting because Chloe here almost ingested one of those poisoned biscuits.

Luckily like them a long time. Otherwise things could have gotten ugly. Actually, things did get ugly for a lot of people. I am so sorry that that happened to you, Ms. Lane, but I’m afraid that I am not a liberty to discuss an open investigation. Well, I hope that doesn’t mean that it’s progressing slowly. I would think that you would wanna solve this sooner rather than later.

Right? You know, you have a lot of opinions for a case that seemingly does not concern you. I’m just speaking as a concerned citizen. Chanel de Priest’s Bakery was shut down by the health department’s. Terribly sad for Chanel. And her employee per thing, who’s now shacked up at the same CD motel I used to call her.

Wait, which employee? There’s only one, isn’t it? What was her name? The bakery girl. Uh, Talia. That’s right, Talia.

Come on. Rape out with it. Do you have another suspect in mine?

Not a liberty to say. Brief as mayor of Salem and your boss, I’m granting you that liberty. So is there another suspect?

At one point Jada suspected Talia. Talia, what? That’s her sister. How could you even think that? Well, because, um, when, um, Ty and Chanel told us what happened the night before the biscuits were poisoned, there was, uh, a discrepancy in Talia’s story. She said when she left your place after dinner, that she went straight home, but she remembered that she came home a few hours later.

Natalia later said she misspoke. So you suspect Talia because she lost track of a couple of hours. We also learned when you thought that Sloan had stolen your keys, that Talia was there as well. Well, don’t you think I’d notice if Taja had stolen my keys? Well, you didn’t notice when Sloan did it. Talia also had a QM mate that day.

Plus she forgot to turn on the security camera, and as a doctor Talia would’ve had access to the drugs that were used.

So considering those discrepancies in Talia’s story and the. Fact that she’s an md. Well, you can understand why we believe that she might have had something to do with the poisoning, but when we question Talia, she had an explanation for everything. Of course she did. Talia couldn’t have had anything to do with something so, so Sarah’s sinister, so downright shameful.

And not to mention, so criminal, she’s, she’s a lovely girl with a good heart, right? Yeah. We couldn’t understand why she would’ve had anything to do with it either. Especially with no motive. Exactly. I can’t believe you even suspected her re is simply conducting a thorough investigation. Yeah, well, I, I do, I understand that, but Oh, oh, it just would be so awful if Charlie had something to do with this.

Especially, especially now. Wait, why now? Because she and my daughter are dating

Talia. Huh.

So how was the date? Did she sweep you off your feet? We had dinner at the bistro. Okay. And it started off great. Something go wrong? Well, no, but it, it just got awkward and then I haven’t heard from her since, which is driving me crazy. Well, maybe before you do anything, you should take some of your own advice and.

Play. Cool girl. Yeah, yeah. You’re probably right. I think I’m just, I’m in my head about it because Talia has only everyday to guys before, and I, I just keep wondering if maybe she’s just not that into me. Are you and her? Yeah, I, well, I thought I was, I mean, I definitely find her attractive, but, um, I don’t know.

I. I, after everything that happened with Allie, I’m just, ah, look, you don’t want to get her again. I get that. This is all I’m gonna say. If Talia can’t see. How amazing you are and how lucky she would be, how lucky anyone would be to be with you. She’s a damn fool.

Thanks.

Well, I have pinch your ear long enough. Hey, what are ex-wives for? Ah, Good luck with Wendy. Thank you.

No, no. I mean, I’m not choosing anyone trip. I mean, it’s weird to even think of it like that. Like I have to make a choice.

Look, both you and Johnny, they’re great guys. Maybe very different of course, which is why I like you both in different ways, okay? Okay, so bottom line, when I get back to Salem, you and I might still have a chance. I mean, unless you meet someone else, not gonna happen. Actually, I kind of hope it does. Cause then we’d be even, you know, how would we be even, because then you’d have to make a choice too.

I am already mak. Now I choose to have hope that the girl that I find great in every way that I feel really comfortable with, who I also find very funny, smart, beautiful, full. I choose to have hope that she’ll come around to see that she and I are right for each other. Well, hey, uh, I can’t predict the future, but maybe she will come around to see that.

As long as I’m not outta the running, definitely not

a way to cause panic attacks. Yeah, if there was some sort of medication to induce them. No, it doesn’t work that way. Okay. Well then I’ll have to think of another plan. You’re not planning on hurting Paulina, are you? You don’t need to worry about that. You just focus on turning up the heat level on Chanel.

Stop batting your eyelids. Touch her gently in strategic places and find ways to get closer by someone as beautiful and sexy as you. I guess she’s falling in love with you, just being in your presence. And babe, don’t worry, it’s not gonna be much longer. Alright, once Paulina and Chanel have paid for what they did, To my mother.

Then we can move on with our lives. We can focus on making each other happy.

I love you so much.

You saw Talia at a motel, the white do. Yeah, we ran into her when she was leaving her room, but she doesn’t live at a motel. How do you know? She’s my sister? Ah, she actually lives with me upstairs. Oh my mistake. Ugh. That means she must be just hooking up with that obnoxious Brit. Who are you talking about?

What? Brit? Yeah. What Brit. When I went back to the motel to pack up my stuff, I bumped into this guy. Absolute joke by the way. And when I mentioned to him that I’d seen Talia coming out of his room, he denied even knowing her. Did you get his name? No, nor did he get mine. You said your room was close to his, do you remember his room number?

Look, I, maybe I shouldn’t have brought this up. I mean, it’s just sister’s business, isn’t it? You know who she hooks up with. You’re right. It, it is. But I’d really appreciate it if you can make it. My business room 1 0 6.

Hey, so your flight leaves in two hours. Lucky you were able to put it the last minute. Yeah. Well, after I spend four hours in a middle seat, then ask me out. Lucky I am. Okay. Lemme just toss some clothes on and I’ll take you to the airport. No. Definitely not. You Stay here. Take care of Joey. I already called a ride.

Share what? No. Joey can be alone for a little while. Our ride is only two minutes away. Oh, I was thought we could say goodbye there. At least not just saying goodbye. Not okay. Louis. Actually, I was planning to have a whole romantic airport scene, you know, like Casablanca. Bogart says Birdman, you know, he is looking at you, a kid.

And then he kisses her. At least I think he does, doesn’t he? I’m not sure who’s seen the movie, which I love. I mean, who doesn’t, right? Mm-hmm. But yeah, I can’t specifically remember if he kisses her in that scene. Me neither. It was. Early romantic regardless. Oh, definitely. That makes me think, yeah, our romantic scene.

Yours of mine. Why does it have to be at the airport? Why can’t it just be right here, right now? Yeah. Why not?

That’s my ride. Should probably go.

Long ways have Seattle.

Got a plate pool. Cool. Cool. Is the way to go.

Hey, Tolia, it’s me, Chanel. I just wanted to tell you that I had a really nice time last night. Uh, but, um, no pressure. If, if you’re not into it, we can just go back to being friends. No harm, no foul, no harm, no foul. Okay. Could I have said anything dumber?

You know, when I started to take you for breakfast, I wasn’t expecting you to order the lumberjack special with extra bacon. Huh. Well, in spirit of our new arrangement, I’d be happy to share. Very generous of you. Hmm hmm.

Poor a detective onto, didn’t even get to finish her breakfast. She raced out here so quickly. Do you think she went straight to that gross motel? No, she doesn’t strike music. Over protective type, but she just seem awfully interested in that guy. Her sister’s been spending time with.

Who’s there? The police.

Oh, well, you know, I think I am late for a city council meeting, but can I drop you off somewhere? Well, Rafe said he was gonna check in with the forensics lab and see if they managed to uncover any new evidence. With any luck that that snake slung slipped up and left some DNA n a evidence behind. Yeah, right here, sweetheart?

Mm-hmm. Oh, hmm. Oh, well, I just got off the phone with forensics. Unfortunately, they didn’t find anything. Are you okay?

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THIS STILL NEEDS EXTENSIVE EDITING!

 [Soft dramatic music]

[Knocks]

Yeah, come in.

You asked to see me. I’m assuming it has something to do with a plea deal for the Randall case?

I recused myself from that. You’re going to have to deal with ADA Lansing-Davis on that one. No, no, no, I want to talk to you about something else, something a little more sensitive.

Going somewhere?

Uh, the office. Got a lot of damage control to do.

Hmm, sure you’re not going to meet with the SEC, you know, to follow up with them after you gave up Carly and Drew for insider trading?

I wish we could stay like this forever

maybe not forever, but for an afternoon.

[Chuckles]

Except I cannot turn my mind off. I keep wanting to hear from Trina again, or something about Drew and Liesl or something about Willow’s bone marrow transplant.

It might help to have something else to focus on.

Any suggestions?

I know Dr. Randolph has gone over all this with you, but I have to remind you that Willow now needs to undergo a strong round of chemo to destroy her diseased bone marrow so that it can be replaced by Dr. Obrecht’s healthy marrow.

I also know that during this process, my immune system will be completely compromised.

You’ll have to be in isolation.

So I was just talking to Nina.

Really? How’d that go?

Well, you know, Nina and I, we have, like, a not so great history.

Since when, she came to Port Charles?

Yeah, she was kind of obsessed with her first husband, but he was a big support for me when Danny was sick. Anyway, that’s ancient history. I just–I feel like I have to step carefully around Nina.

Hmm.

But Sonny loves her. So for his sake, I’m willing to make the effort.

That’s great.

Mm-hmm. I wish Michael and Carly would do the same.

You know, that’s kind of ironic, because I just told Nina that she should make an effort with Carly.

Carly, please, can I have a minute?

I was wrong…

and I’m sorry.

Sorry for what?

For all the blame that I heaped on you, for trying to make it your fault that I’m estranged from Willow.

I didn’t get along with her when she was Charlotte’s teacher. I didn’t get along with her when she became Wiley’s stepmother. And at my best, I was critical. And at my worst, I was combative. And I regret my actions more than I can say.

But I’m standing here, desperately wanting a connection with my daughter.

Please, Carly, will you help me?

[Laughs]

[Dramatic music]


We’re going to move you to an isolation room. Everything will be wiped clean daily, you’ll be given a low bacteria diet, and anyone who comes in contact with you will need to be gloved, gowned, and masked.

Is, um– is Willow allowed visitors?

There’ll be a protective barrier between Willow and the door. You can’t go past it. It’s very important that friends and family keep their distance. No physical contact to avoid the transmission of bacteria.

I remember all this from nursing school. I never thought it would apply to me.

Hey, um, could–could Willow and I have a minute alone?

Of course. You’re going to do great, Willow.

We, uh– we knew this was coming. Isolation is pivotal to the transplant’s success.

I know… but it scares me thinking this could be the last time I hold your hand.

[Dramatic music]

You want to cook for me?

No, I want us to cook together.

Oh, well, that sounds good. But there’s a problem. I don’t cook.

Not at all?

I can scramble eggs or make a sandwich, sometimes bake some cookies. Other than that, that is the limit of my repertoire.

Well, that’s more than I could do when I started. I was limited to grilled cheese sandwiches and anything I could pop in the microwave.

[Laughs]

That’s why I wanted to learn how to cook, so I could actually enjoy what I was eating. So when I started following online tutorials and following recipes, I started to actually enjoy it, both the process and the result… and a few disasters.

[Laughs]

I’m learning as I go.

Well, it sounds like you’re enjoying yourself.

Cooking takes me out of myself. Instead of worrying about what’s going to happen next and creating contingency plans to deal with that, just in the moment, hopefully enjoying what I’m making.

It sounds like just what I need right now.

All right. Well, let’s figure out what we want to make together.

Ok.

I, uh–I want to apologize for using you during that, uh, Holly business. But I know you– you know that.

Thank you.

For me personally, it snowballed into something else quite different. But then again, you were unaware of that.

Interesting.

I want to thank you, though, for stepping in the other night and helping me during that, uh, that bureau business.

My pleasure.

Yeah, I know. I–you get that twinkle in your eye whenever you use the law to mess with people.

[Laughing] Present company very much included.

Anyway, that, uh– that brings me to this little get together now. I’m the DA, and you’re the highly respected defense attorney. We’re dancing very close on ethical lines here between sparring and flirting, unless of course, we agree to do it by mutual consent.

I will tell you as many times as you need to hear it. I was not the one who turned in Carly and Drew to the SEC.

Well, you threatened to.

More than once.

I’m a Quartermaine! And chairman of the board. I make threats all the time, but I don’t always carry them out. And I especially wouldn’t turn in Drew and Carly while Willow was fighting for her life. I’m not that heartless.

No, not heartless, but you are a world class rationalizer. I could see you telling yourself that with a little pressure on Drew from the SEC, he wouldn’t be around much at ELQ, and that would ultimately be a good decision for the company. It was just a tip, Dad, right? It wouldn’t generate more than a phone call or two. I’m sure you never intended for it to go as far as, you know, Carly getting picked up at Michael and Willow’s wedding.

It was after the wedding, and I was just as shocked and upset as everyone else.

Especially the groom.

Michael–Michael was completely out of line, assuming that I was responsible.

Michael was out of his mind with worry over Willow. By the way, he has no reason to trust you. And it kills me to say this, Ned, but you sold out Drew and Michael to Valentin Cassadine. What would stop you from selling out Carly and Drew to the SEC?

Can’t a man get any peace and quiet in his own house without being hounded by his family?

[Sighs]

Where is the coffee? And the croissant? Have the standards in this house fallen that far?

Tracy, your breakfast niceties are going to have to wait. We’re in the middle of something right here.

Another crisis nobody told me about.

Olivia and Brook Lynn still think I’m responsible for turning in Drew and Carly.

Well, of course you did. And good for you.

Are you ok? Let me look at you. Oh, my god.

Thank god and my rescuers, especially Drew.

What happened?

When Victor’s demented plan started to unravel, he tried to escape with me as his hostage. It was Drew, with an assist from Holly Sutton, who stopped that from happening. I use this word sparingly, but Drew is der held, a hero.

That’s no surprise there.

[Chuckles] Scout can’t wait to see her hero dad.

Oh, I can’t wait to see my daughter. I cannot wait.

Welcome home.

Hey, thanks, man. Thanks. And I appreciate all the kudos, everybody, but obviously I was part of an amazing team, so let’s just–you know.

You can be modest later. Without you, I would not be here, and Willow would not have a chance at life.

Elisa, let’s– let’s talk over here.

Hey, are you ok?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I’m fine. I’m fine. Hi.

Hi. Um, you know, there’s been a lot going on.

Are you ok?

Yeah, I’m ok.

What’s going on?

Drew Cain?

We’re with the security exchange commission. We were told we’d find you here.


What’s this regarding?

We have some questions for you regarding allegations of insider trading.

This is outrageous. Don’t you have eyes? The man just returned from a dangerous rescue mission. Why don’t you take your bureaucratic drivel and be gone?

You have the option to refuse to speak with us, but we can get a subpoena, and if necessary, a warrant. So if you want to clear this up, you’ll come with us voluntarily.

You know, if you want to fight this, I’ll back you all the way.

Oh, thank you, Sam, but there’s nothing to fight.

We have a credible allegation that says otherwise.

How do you know the allegation is credible? By its very definition, an allegation is something which has not yet been proven. You are wasting our time with this lacherlich doublespeak.

Don’t let these government drones bully you.

Liesl, it’s ok. I can handle this, all right? You need to focus on Willow. It’s fine. Guys, let’s go. Come on.

It wasn’t me. However, Carly and Drew did commit insider trading. The date of Carly’s huge stock purchase pretty much speaks for itself. All anyone had to do was realize the two of them were in a personal relationship. Not hard to pick up on. Anyone could have turned them in.

Oh, really? Name one. Yeah, exactly. Look, Carly made an investment months ago. Why would the SEC only start caring now?

They’re bureaucrats. It took ’em a while to get around to it.

It took you pointing them in Carly and Drew’s direction.

If Drew gets investigated, it could spill over onto ELQ, where he is a major shareholder. Now, you can accuse me of any nefarious thing, but do not accuse me of being a bad strategist!

That is your defense?

[Chuckles] Despicably turning over your cousin Drew and your other cousin Michael’s mother to the SEC is bad strategy?

Technically, Michael’s my second cousin.

That’s not the point!

Sweetheart, I applaud your technique, deny, deny, deny. And when that doesn’t work, obfuscate. Daddy would be proud.

That is exactly what I’m afraid of! He’s turning into Edward right in front of my eyes.

Robert, do you regret kissing me the other night when your car broke down?

Hell no. Just the opposite. In fact, I’d kind of like to see where this can go. But not if you feel that I’m using my position to pressure you.

Well, I appreciate your sensitivity. But no, I don’t feel pressured in the slightest. In fact, I’m intrigued by the prospect of spending more time with you. We are two sophisticated adults who understand boundaries, and I’m sure we can keep our private and professional lives separate.

I was hoping you’d say that.

Well… on that note… why don’t we celebrate our newly formed social status?

[Laughs] Well, while I appreciate you waiting until we came to terms to bring out the champagne, I’m going to point out that it’s noon.

Yeah, well, that’s the great thing about Champagne, you can drink it any time.

[Laughs]

[Tender music]

Right.

To us.

[Phone ringing]

Excuse me.

[Phone ringing]

It’s a client. Yes, what can I do for you?

I promise you, this is not the last time that we’re going to hold hands. Ok, you’re just going to be in isolation until your body accepts the new transplant and you start producing healthy cells, ok?

Listen to you, overnight medical expert.

Nah, you’re the nurse. You’re the expert here. I’m just parroting back what the doctor said.

[Heart monitor beeping]

Michael… you know how weak I am. There’s a chance I won’t live through–

Oh, hey, whoa.

[Soft dramatic music]

You’ve beaten the odds already. You’re going to beat them again, ok?

Your love is what’s gotten me this far. I don’t need to hold your hand to feel it. I can feel it in my heart.

I want you feel it too.

I do feel it. So do our children.

Your love is the most precious thing that we have.

Now would be a really good time to kiss me so I can take that with me.

It’s time.

Butter lettuce.

Lettuce.

Make sure it’s butter lettuce. It’s what the recipe calls for.

Ok. And raspberries and avocados.

And don’t forget the radishes.

God, there’s a lot of fresh ingredients on here.

Normally, I get my produce at the farmer’s market.

There’s a farmers market here?

Yeah, right next to Rice Plaza.

Oh.

We can go together.

You’re right, we can go together. Now that Sonny knows about us, there’s no reason to hide anymore.

Ok, tell the truth. How freaked out were you when Sonny busted us after the Nurses’ Ball?

Oh, I think paralyzed by fear would be accurate. I didn’t know what to say. Thank god you did.

Well, it was no use denying it. He had us dead to rights.

It’s a poor choice of words.

That’s the part about Sonny that’s so tough. Ok, we lied to him for months about being together, and he knew all along, but he didn’t retaliate. He just–he gave me credit for covering him during the warehouse ambush.

Sonny gave you credit for saving his life?

Yeah. And then he just let it go. He said it was up to your mom and he didn’t want to be the romance police.

Sonny said that?

He did.

Well, then we can take him at his word. We don’t have to hide anymore.

Unless you don’t want people to know that we’re seeing each other, which I would totally understand.

[Phone ringing]

It’s Michael. Michael, what can I do for you?


This is outrageous. How can government flunkies show up at the hospital and drag Drew off? For what, insider trading? Why were they not investigating Victor using those resources instead of letting him to come within a hair’s breadth of taking out half the world? This world has gone crazy. Question a man who saved lives, who risked his own life so that Willow could live. But no, the SEC only cares about going after a good man who made this world a better place.

Oh, Liesl, enough!

I’m sorry. I’m sorry.

You know, it’s– it’s what Drew said. Let’s just focus on Willow. I mean, she’s a priority.

Of course.

Why don’t we go and see her and tell her you’re back.

Yes. Absolutely.

Come on.

Yes, yes, yes.

Drew’s coming into this blind. He had no idea the SEC was investigating him.

Drew is going to keep a cool head. He’s not going to give the SEC a reason to use anything against him.

Dante, would you mind going to the PCPD and see what’s going on with him?

Yeah, I was planning to do that anyway.

Thank you.

Ok, see you.

You know, it’s ironic. Drew asked me over and over again not to buy any Aurora stock. I didn’t listen.

[Both laughing]

Oh god, what happened to Willow?

My father was a wonderful man.

He was also a liar, a cheat, and a serial philanderer.

I loved Grandpa Edward to pieces, but he kind of was. That’s why we’re all related to Austin. Jimmy Lee Holt, remember?

Oh, don’t mention that name. The too-tight pants, the unfortunate hairstyle still makes me shudder.

Ok, we are getting off topic! The subject is Ned and the unconscionable, underhanded way that he behaved toward Drew and Carly.

Really not cool, Dad. After all of those lectures about family loyalty?

I swear, it wasn’t me! Call the SEC. They’ll tell you.

Well, what, it was an anonymous tip? Anonymous just means that they won’t reveal your name. And you know that. You’re counting on it! Look, the more you try to get us to believe that you’re innocent, the guiltier you look!

When are you going to learn it’s not the crime, it’s the cover up.

It’s not a crime to tell the SEC about insider trading.

Ah-ha!

Which I did not do! But if I had, it wouldn’t be a crime.

[Dramatic music]

Oh good lord, what are they doing here?

Our inquiry concerns the failed Aurora ELQ merger and the inflation of the ELQ stock immediately prior to the merger falling apart. Now, you’re a majority shareholder in Aurora. You own a large block of voting stock in ELQ, but you’re not the majority shareholder.

Your point?

Carly Spencer, formerly Carly Corinthos, had never owned stock in Aurora prior to the failed merger. Is that correct?

Well, hello, agents. How unfortunate we have to do this all again.

My client has nothing further to say.

[Sighs] Waste of good Champagne.

[Soft dramatic music]

Holly?

Well, looks like I’m just in time to celebrate.


Has Monica instituted an open door policy, anyone can just walk right in?

I apologize for my mother-in-law’s rudeness. Sweetheart, you are always welcome here.

Since when?

Since she’s Michael’s sister and a part of our extended family.

I don’t like your tone.

Mother, Josslyn was at the wedding.

Her hair was different. And who is he?

It’s Dex. He works for Sonny.

Oh! Well, that’s better. Now we can all be relieved that he’s gainfully employed, carrying brass knuckles and a gun for Sonny.

Who happens to be the father of my first born son.

And you were a teenager! Otherwise, you hopefully would have had better judgment and maybe even better taste.

I think Olivia showed great taste. Uncle Sonny’s the best.

The best at what, racketeering, extortion? And when did we start welcoming his employees in this house?

Don’t worry, we’re not staying.

Because you’re not invited.

All right. We’re here to pick up Wiley and Amelia. Michael wants to see them at the hospital.

[Soft dramatic music]

Willow’s been moved to isolation on the third floor, but she’s starting– she’s starting chemo to kill her diseased bone marrow and ready for the transplant.

Oh, I knew that had to happen. I’m so sorry that I panicked.

Hey, it’s ok.

Willow’s doing her part. It’s time I did mine. I will confer with Dr. Randolph and get prepped for my donation procedure.

I’ll walk with you, ok?

Liesl… what you’re doing, giving Willow a chance at life, it means everything to me and my children.

It is my privilege. Willow is family.

I just can’t believe that something that started with the best of intentions turned out so badly. All I wanted to do was support Michael and Drew. And suddenly, Ned turned it into insider trading. It’s crazy!

I know. I think it’s incredibly harsh considering everything that’s going on with Willow. But I guess when it comes to Ned, nothing else matters but ELQ.

SEC’s still in there, huh?

They are. Shouldn’t be in there long. The guy they’re questioning is represented by Diane Miller.

Yeah, Diane will have him out of there in 10, 15 minutes. I don’t think they’re going to get anything out of him.

Should you choose to move forward with this matter, you will have to calendar an interview and submit all of your questions to me in writing.

We already have enough to issue a subpoena.

[Chuckles] By which I gather you do not presently have a subpoena for my client in this matter.

No.

No. Then this interview is over.

[Dramatic music]

Not that I ever had a problem with it before, but when did you go back to drinking in the middle of the day?

Go back?

The ’80s, we were married. Do you recall?

I remember that, yeah.

Well, we drank a lot of Champagne at all hours.

It was your favorite.

Still is. So you won’t mind if I help myself?

Have a glass. Have the bottle. Just tell me what happened in Greenland.

It was quite an adventure.


[Police radio chatter]

Hey.

Hey. So Diane’s representing Drew. Agents left a little while ago. From the looks on their faces, they got nothing.

Short term, that could be great. But long term… Drew could be in a lot of trouble.

Well, your timing was impeccable. Thank you.

You can thank your ex-wife. It was Sam who called and alerted me.

I will do that. You seem to have a really good handle on this case, so I’m grateful that you’re representing me.

This was a one-off, my friend. We will have to discuss further representation down the line.

First, I got to figure out what the hell is going on.

What’s going on is you and Carly are alleged to have a personal relationship, and Carly took advantage of said relationship to make a stock purchase in anticipation of the Aurora ELQ merger.

Who brought these allegations to the SEC’s attention?

We don’t know. It was an anonymous tip.

I was on the first flight back with Drew and Obrecht. And the WSB are organizing additional flights to get the rest home.

But–I– I don’t care about the travel arrangements. I want to hear about Victor and how you stopped him.

He was running away with Obrecht as his hostage, but I was waiting there.

And you shot him.

No, I couldn’t because he was using Obrecht as a shield. However, I distracted him with the unwelcome news that he could no longer father children. You may ask how I know that, but last time I was here, I arranged for him to drink a special cocktail as punishment for kidnapping me and Ethan and forcing me to frame Anna.

Payback really is a bitch.

It was obviously a sensitive subject because Victor lost it. He tried to take a shot at me. And that gave Drew an opportunity to jump him and take him down. But during the struggle, Obrecht fell. But whilst Drew and I were focused on her, Victor ran away.

She all right?

She bumped her head. But when she came around, she was able to tell me how to save Valentin and Anna.

Save Anna?

Michael confirmed that Dr. Obrecht is back. Willow is being prepped for her bone marrow transplant.

So why do you look like you just lost your best friend?

Well, the chemo that Willow is on is really strong. Next few days are going to be tough.

But once the treatment’s over, she will be in remission, yeah?

Fingers crossed. But I’m thinking what Brook Lynn is thinking. Willow is very weak. She might not recover.

I am banning all dark thoughts from this house. The right attitude can make all the difference. Willow has so much to live for. She is going to beat this.

She has held on longer than anyone would have predicted. She can make it through.

Thank god Drew was able to find Liesl Obrecht and rescue her from Victor Cassadine and bring her back home.

Yeah, would have been a real bummer had the SEC picked up Drew before he left for Greenland.

Hey. Well?

Willow has been moved to isolation and Liesl has been admitted. She’s getting prepped to donate her bone marrow.

Oh, my god, this is what we’ve been praying for. A miracle is happening.

I know. It’s going to work. She’s going to live. Just–just the hardest part of the treatment, you know, the heavy chemo, the isolation. I just wish I could hold her and comfort her.

Hey, Willow knew it was going to be hard, but she also knew it was going to be worth it.

Yeah, and I think I found a way to show her.

Daddy!

[Laughs]

Hey, buddy.

Hey!

I see you have a new friend.

He’s Aunt Josslyn’s friend. His name’s Dex, and he was a soldier. Isn’t that cool?

Yeah. Yeah, that’s very cool. I didn’t realize aunt Josslyn was going to bring Dex along.

Well, I just wanted a little extra help with Wiley and Amelia.

Where is Mommy? Can I see her?

Well, that’s why I had Josslyn and Dex bring you and Amelia along so you can see Mommy, and so Mommy can see you.


Valentin was infected with the pathogen. Anna took a huge risk going to him and staying with him. Obviously, she could have been infected too.

[Sighs] Damn that woman.

Luckily, Obrecht was able to hide the antidote nearby, and I managed to find it and get it to Anna and Valentin.

Well, thank god for you, but what was she thinking?

Well, obviously, she loves Valentin very much, enough to put her life on the line.

Tell me something I don’t know.

Are you upset?

Only that she’s so reckless with her life.

It doesn’t bother you? You’re not jealous?

I wish her well. And Valentin, he’s her mistake to make.

That’s a relief.

Why?

[Soft dramatic music]

There were a few moments… in Greenland where I was pretty sure I was going to die.

And there was only one thing I wanted to do.

This.

So that was your family.

Extended family. One branch of it anyway.

Oh, jeez. How are you all connected?

Well, remember I told you about Tracy, Michael’s great aunt? Michael’s biological father, AJ, and Ned were first cousins. So I guess that makes Michael and Ned second cousins.

Will there be an exam on this later?

I know, it’s a lot.

That’s only one branch. What are the others?

The Spencers, the Corinthos. I might not like Sonny that much right now, but there’s this big blended sibling group and then various assorted nieces, nephews, and cousins.

And you’re ok with all those people knowing we’re together?

I want them to know.

Is that why you brought me along today to get the word out?

No, Wiley’s a lot on his own, and then we had Amelia. We had to get Amelia into the car seat, and then the car seat into the car, and then getting her back out again.

If you can stitch up a bullet wound in the middle of your brother’s living room, I’m pretty sure you can handle two kids in a car seat.

Did I put you on the spot? Did you not want to come?

No, I loved it. Getting to meet Wiley. Getting to hold Amelia while you wrestled that car seat.

I told you, it’s complicated.

I just wonder if you brought me along for help or if you were trying to make a statement.

Carly is convinced that Ned is the one that turned her and Drew in.

[Sighs] Ned reports Drew to the SEC with Carly as collateral damage? That sounds extreme.

Bu t who even knew that Carly and Drew were together? And of all the people who knew… who stands to gain the most from exposing them?

Heroism is one thing. Business is quite another. And since Drew was foolish enough to confide the merger plans in Carly, and Carly was greedy enough to try to cash in, they brought the SEC on themselves.

No, they did not. Ned brought the SEC on them when he turned them in.

For the thousandth time, I did not turn them in!

It was a smart business tactic.

It was a gross betrayal.

I didn’t do it!

You double crossed Michael and Drew with Valentin when you tanked the merger with Aurora by becoming chairman of the board of ELQ. Why do you expect us to believe you now?

Ok, I admit, I threw in my lot with Valentin, but that is standard Quartermaine family politics. It’s a far cry from turning Drew and Carly into the SEC. Drew is family. The A’s stay loyal to each other.

You talking about me behind my back?

Drew, I heard you brought back Dr. Obrecht from–

[Groans]

[Gasps]

[Gasps]

[Dramatic music]

Ok, you got me. I wanted Michael to see us together out in the open. It was bonus that my mom was there. She’s known for months about us, but I think she was hoping I’d change my mind.

Why?

When she was my age, she had someone like you. And she said that he was the best thing to ever happen to her. Losing him almost killed her. She doesn’t want that for me.

What do you think?

[Sighs] I think that history doesn’t necessarily always repeat itself and what happened to him doesn’t have to happen to you. I mean, I’d rather be happy now than give this up because I’m scared of what might happen in the future.

So you’re happy now?

I could be happier.

How?

[Tender music]

I’ll show you.

[Heart monitor beeping]

Say hi. Hi.

You see, your mommy’s awake.

Hi, Mommy! We love you.

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[ Crickets chirping ]

Liam: Okay, how much time until the kids get home?

Hope: Two words for you: Sleep. Over.

[ Exaggerated gasp ]

Liam: Both of them?

Hope: Mm-hmm. Yup, so…

Liam: [ Whispering ] Yes.

Hope: We have the entire night to ourselves. And I plan on devoting that to my very handsome husband.

Liam: Oh, no complaints here.

Finn: Hey. Thanks again for taking on bedtime duties solo.

Steffy: Hey, my husband wants an after-dinner dip in the ocean and I make that happen. No ulterior motives here, I swear.

Finn: No?

Steffy: None whatsoever. No.

Finn: Oh, okay, okay.

Steffy: Mm. You’re just so sexy. And I’m so lucky to be your wife. Not because of… all of this. I mean– I mean, yes, but… but this. I’m so blessed to have you in my life.

Finn: I think I’m the lucky one. I’m married to a woman that’s such a beautiful force of nature. Come here.

[ Pencil scratching ]

R.J.: You’re always sketching, aren’t you, thomas?

Thomas: What’s that?

R.J.: Oh, you know. Just you and a sketchpad, never far apart. Is dad that much of a tyrant, you know? He’s got you designing 24/7?

Thomas: No.

R.J.: Okay. Never mind. Seems like you’re in some sort of artistic trance. Well, I’ll let you be.

Thomas: Hang on, R.J. I’m sorry, I’m sorry. Hold on.

[ Laughs ] I just… yeah, you know what? I should– I should take a– a minute away from this. I’ve been working on it for a while.

R.J.: Wow. Looks great.

Thomas: Thanks.

R.J.: Can totally see hope wearing it. That’s the whole point, right? Why you two are so successful? You know, her visions coming to life through your hands?

Thomas: My hands.

R.J.: Yeah, I’m assuming that’s how you, uh, normally hold a pencil, unless you’ve been designing by foot, all of these years. ‘Cause if so, dude, you gotta let me record that. We could go viral.

[ Thomas chuckles ] Yeah.

R.J.: So, you seriously seem to be working a lot. You ever get bored of being in the office?

Thomas: No, not really. I– I– I like it. I love being here and being productive. But what about you? Why– why are you here at this hour?

R.J.: Oh, I was just having dinner with mom across the street. Thought I’d pop in, see if hope was still here. Do you know where she is?

Thomas: No. Should I?

R.J.: Uh, yeah.

[ Chuckles ] From what I’ve heard, it sounds like hope spends all of her time with you.

Liam: Well…

Hope: Hmm.

Liam: This night certainly took a turn. Here, I thought I was gonna be home alone with the kids, while you were working late.

Hope: Yeah. I think there have been too many late work nights lately. And I– I need some much-needed hubby time. And, uh, I think we need to make more nights like this a priority. I really wanna spend more time with each other, focusing on us, our relationship, and I’m, um… I’m sorry that I haven’t been there for you as much as I would like to be right now.

Finn: Hayes get his 10 kisses?

Steffy: Oh! More like 12.

Finn: 12?

Steffy: Yeah.

Finn: Oh, the boy’s upping his game?

Steffy: He certainly knows how to work me.

Finn: Yeah, well, like father, like son.

Steffy: [ Laughs ] Yeah, that is true.

[ Groaning ]

Finn: You okay?

Steffy: Yeah, no, it’s just, um… ah…

Finn: What?

Steffy: Something happened at the office today.

Finn: Something that worries you? Feeling sluggish or weighed down?

[ R.J. Chuckles ]

R.J.: You know, I think it’s pretty cool, that my half-brother, through my father, is designing for my half-sister through my mom. Makes me feel like I’m a part of it all. You know, like I’m this thing connecting everyone together.

Thomas: But?

R.J.: But, you know one of the reasons I was out of the country for so long, thomas? I don’t necessarily like being the one connecting everybody. It’s a lot of pressure. I– you know? It’s– and it’s just asking for trouble. Especially when someone is bringing on a lot of drama.

[ Thomas chortles ]

Thomas: Yeah. Someone. I know that someone is me.

R.J.: Thomas, you’re my brother. Okay? I’m always going to care about you. But… you crossed lines that should have never been crossed. And you didn’t just do it one time, thomas. You did it multiple times.

Thomas: You’re right. I did. Look, I– I’ve been working on myself and I think I’m finally the kind of brother you can actually be proud of.

R.J.: We’re good now, thomas. I’m– I’m taking you at your word. Okay? But you understand why I’ve been away for so long, right? Like, you get it?

Thomas: Yeah, I get it. And I promise I don’t want to meddle in our dad’s love life ever again.

R.J.: I mean, that’s– that’s good. I’m glad to hear it. If our dad decides to get back together with my mom or your mom, or… I don’t know, someone else entirely, it’s– it’s their business. It’s not ours, right?

Thomas: 100%.

R.J.: Yeah.

Thomas: Yeah. I’ve interfered for the last time. All right? Their– their relationships, their problems. It’s their business.

R.J.: Facts. And, you know, I’m assuming it’s the same deal with hope. Right? No more interfering there. Thomas, where do things stand between you and my sister?

Liam: Ooh, what do we got? What do we got? What do we got? What is this? Is this the, um… is this that cab we got from the winery last summer?

Hope: Yup.

Liam: Wow. You know something? I kind of thought you were saving it for our anniversary.

Hope: Saving it for a special occasion. Which this is. A toast. To what really matters. I– I know I have been pretty focused on work lately, but at the end of the day, nothing matters more to me than this family. My handsome husband. Our beautiful children. This house that we’ve made a home. So, here’s to us.

Liam: To us.

[ Clinking ]

Finn: Honey, what’s going on? Hmm? A situation at work? Is it something I can help with?

Steffy: No. But it’s really sweet of you to offer. And I’m not entirely sure if it’s even a situation or… maybe I’m reading too much into it. God, I hope so, because there’s so much riding on the line.

Finn: A while ago you were worried about hope for the future. And whether or not thomas should work on the line again. Does this have anything to do with that? With hope and your brother?

Steffy: Yeah.

If you have this…

Thomas: Hope and I are doing really well now. As co-parents, as coworkers. I mean, look, we’ve got a strong and solid and platonic relationship.

R.J.: And you’ve accepted that’s just all it’s ever gonna be?

Thomas: Yeah. Look, I– I get it. She’s your sister. You’re protective. I know exactly how that feels. You love her.

R.J.: Yeah, of course. I mean, she’s amazing. She deserves the best.

Thomas: She does.

R.J.: You thought that was you for a long time, didn’t you, thomas?

Thomas: Look, I came back from new york and I was a single dad. I– I didn’t know how to fill my son’s life and– and– and he needed a mother and he connected with hope. And it was a beautiful thing and she really, really filled that role in his life. And for that I will always love her.

R.J.: I get it. Hope is a very caring, kind person. But she’s married to someone else now, thomas.

Thomas: I get that. And I didn’t respect that marriage in the past. I did a lot of things that hurt a lot of people. Especially in our family and… I don’t know how, but at some point, I was able to earn back some of their forgiveness. I don’t think I deserve it. But I think I finally got to the point where I realize in myself, I– I’m not that person anymore. So, I can promise you, hope and her marriage to liam, they have nothing to worry about.

Liam: I hope you know… how much this means to me. How you’ve invested in us, I-in our marriage. Um, ’cause I admit, I– you know, I was worried when you said that you would work with thomas again. I just kind of assumed it would put a strain on the relationship, especially with you spending the majority of your time at– at the office. But, you know–

Hope: Liam, can we–

Liam: Yeah?

Hope: — Maybe not talk about thomas? Tonight is supposed to be about us.

Liam: Yes. Yes. That’s way better, way better topic. Us. Uh, um, much more interesting.

Hope: Yeah. And, uh, sexier, too.

Liam: Yeah. Yeah.

Finn: So, this problem weighing on you, it’s– it’s about hope for the future, isn’t it?

Steffy: Not only is my husband incredibly sexy, he is very perceptive. I– no, seriously, you are, like, the smartest man I know.

Finn: So, that means I’m right.

Steffy: The line is doing well. The preorders are doing better than expected.

Finn: Yeah?

Steffy: Yeah.

Finn: Okay, well, that’s– that’s great.

Steffy: It is great. It is. Uh, but–

Finn: Well, so, if you aren’t concerned about the line itself, that must mean that… you’re concerned about the people behind it. Was it a mistake letting hope and thomas work together?

[ Steffy laughs softly ] Life… doesn’t stop for diabetes.

R.J.: I’m impressed. You made some serious improvements, man. And I’m– I’m genuinely proud of the person you’re becoming.

Thomas: Hey, right back at you.

R.J.: Oh, come on, you don’t mean that. You’re just happy that I’m wasting my life away on the internet.

Thomas: Um, I don’t know if I would define lining up sponsorships and traveling all over the world on those sponsorships as “wasting time.”

[ Soft chuckle ]

R.J.: I just got a great idea.

Thomas: What?

R.J.: You should explain that to dad.

Thomas: Nope.

R.J.: Why not?

Thomas: Come on.

R.J.: Please?

Thomas: No. I just told you that I am not getting involved in anybody’s business or meddling around. Okay? And I don’t think anybody could tell dad that, uh, ridge forrester, jr. Is not supposed to be a fashion designer. It’s not happening. But, you know what? If you ever feel like you wanna come in here, you wanna work on some designs with me, or just see the process, you’re always welcome. I’m– I’m right here.

R.J.: Thank you, thomas. I appreciate it.

Thomas: Glad you’re back, R.J.

R.J.: Well, hey, that makes two of us.

[ Contented sighing ]

Liam: Wow. Okay. Wow. That was, uh… that was, uh… that– that ju– that was, um… I don’t know what’s gotten into you lately, but you have– you have never been more passionate or– or in the moment. Oh, my god, I– I love it. It’s amazing.

Hope: Yeah, I just, um… just want you to know how I feel. It’s important for me to… to show you how much I love you.

Finn: You’re concerned with your brother collaborating with hope?

Steffy: Yeah, you’re right.

Finn: Well, have you not been reassuring liam about all this? Just tell him that there’s no reason to worry?

Steffy: Yes, I have.

Finn: Look, I– I know he’s not crazy about the idea of thomas and hope spending so much time together.

Steffy: Mm-hmm. Mm, that’s– that’s putting it mildly.

Finn: And despite all the work and therapy thomas has put in, he still thinks that– thomas is obsessed with hope and that he’s gonna make a move and– and try and do something. And I thought at least, well, until tonight, that you felt the opposite. I th-thought you believed in thomas.

Steffy: I– I do. That hasn’t changed.

Finn: Okay. Well, so much for being the smartest man. You know, ’cause I– I thought that’s where you were–

Steffy: No, no, no, I– look. Thomas is better. And I– I trust him completely. And I won’t let anyone or anything derail the progress he’s made.

Finn: Uh, okay. So, you’re– you’re concerned with liam and his negativity? Try not to worry. Okay? Liam will figure it out for himself. H-he will see that there is no problem and that there’s no reason to be worried.

Steffy: Let’s not waste any more time talking about hope or liam.

Finn: Got something else in mind?

Steffy: Yeah, I have something in mind. Doesn’t involve talking.

Steffy: Do you have

feelings for thomas?

Are you actually turning

into your mother?

Hope: You know, moments like this are so important. And I– I know I’ve been really distracted with work lately and I just– I hope you know how much you and our family– I mean, you come first, always. I– I love you and you’ll never doubt that, right?

Liam: I don’t doubt you. I have never doubted you. I have never questioned your feelings or your loyalty, and I never will.

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Y&R Best Lines Monday, May 8, 2023

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Mariah: I am, a very nice time. Uh, but I was hoping that you could enlighten me.

Sharon: Well, you’ve come to the right place.

Mariah: So, I obviously know about harmony from Devon. Um, but this is the first time we’ve met. What I don’t understand is Ashley. She seems to be staring daggers at harmony every time she thinks somebody isn’t looking.

Sharon: Uh, good observation skills.

Mariah: It’s a gift.

Sharon: Back when tucker and Ashley were married, he and harmony had a moment.

Mariah: Got it, got it. So, harmony is not Ashley’s favorite person. Well, that certainly makes things interesting.

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Devon: Yeah, I was just thinking about how almost everything in my life I have today because Neil was gracious enough all those years ago to welcome me into your family. And you and I are running a company right now that only exists because he was willing to create it with me. And I’ve never imagined being able to do enough in life to thank him or honor him properly. And I don’t know why it took me this long to think of doing this because it makes so much sense to me, but… I wanna take Neil’s last name and legally go by Devon Winters.

[Lily exhaling] Would you be okay with me doing something like that?

Harmony: That’s exactly how it should be.

Devon: Yeah? Malcolm, what do you think?

Malcolm: Hey. You know what he would say, right?

Devon: I think he’d say, “my man.”

Malcolm: My man. Devon, he would love this. Now, you know him. He’d try to keep it all cool on the outside when on the inside, he’d be a mess. You’re doing the right thing. Look at you. My boy is finally part of the family. You’re a Winters now and you’re my brother.

Devon: Thank you. Thank you, man.

Malcolm: Yeah.

Devon: Lily, do you approve of me doing this too?

[Lily chuckling]

Lily: Of course, I approve. I– I love this. I mean, what a beautiful way to honor dad. And you’re already my brother, in every way. Devon Winters. Devon and Lily Winters.

Devon: Sounds– sounds good.

Lily: Yeah


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GH Short Recap Tuesday, May 9, 2023

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Drew and Liesl return home and Liesl gets peeped for the bone marrow transplant but Nina feels guilty when Liesl tells her Drew saved her life and he is a hero. Diane helps Drew when he is being questioned by the SEC. Diane tells Drew that someone called the SEC and tipped them off about he and Carly. Drew assumes Ned tipped off the SEC and punches Ned when he arrives home.

Robert and Diane decide to pursue a personal relationship but when Diane goes to Robert’s office later she sees Robert kissing Holly. Nina apologizes to Carly for blaming her for her strained relationship with Willow. Nina asks Carly to help her build a relationship with Willow. Willow’s family and friends worry that Willow’s body is too weak and her body may reject the transplant but they hope she will survive.

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Elena tells Audra that her relationship with Nate is over, and Audra tries to persuade her to do the podcast with JT to stick it to Victoria.

Chelsea tells Billy she is worried that Connor is sad since he found out he is having a baby sister. Billy tells Chelsea that they should arrange a get-together with Connor and Johnny to cheer up Connor.

Nick and Nikki both worry that Victoria’s relationship with Nate could hurt the company. Nick doesn’t trust Nate because he betrayed his family and his girlfriend.

Adam and Nick stand up to Victor and tell him that since Sally passed his test and didn’t take his bribe he should leave her alone. Adam tells Victor he will only take the CEO job at McCall Unlimited if he is allowed to run the company the way he sees fit and he is going to hire Sally for a job of her choosing. Adam also tells Victor that he will ask his advice when he needs it and if he can’t accept these terms he can find another CEO. Victor accepts Adam’s terms and they shake hands.

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Chloe wakes up in her new apartment and joins Xander in the living room. Chloe praises the mattress and says she appreciates it. Xander mentions that it’s time for breakfast and asks Chloe what’s on the menu.

Tripp makes breakfast for he and Wendy in Seattle. Wendy tells him the eggs are delicious and just what she needed to wake her up. Wendy adds that at home, she usually has a protein bar but she could get used to this.

Chanel comes out from her bedroom as Abe and Paulina are having breakfast in the living room. Paulina asks Chanel about her date. Abe questions what date this is. Chanel asks if Paulina didn’t tell him. Paulina says it wasn’t her news to tell. Chanel jokes that it hasn’t stopped her before. Paulina comments on Chanel getting back in the dating pool. Abe asks to be filled in on who this date was with and asks Chanel who is the lucky guy or gal.

Talia is having breakfast at the Brady Pub while on the phone with Colin. Talia calls it a bit early for him to be checking in. Colin asks how her date was. Talia says it was fine but Colin wants more details. Colin then asks if Chanel is in love with Talia yet. Talia says it’s a little soon for her to be falling in love with her after just one date. Colin jokes about lesbians. Talia points out that Chanel is bisexual, not lesbian. Colin argues that all that matters is that she falls head over heels in love with Talia, so that she can break her heart all over again. Colin adds that he will then start working on the plan for Paulina. Talia questions what he is planning on doing to Paulina right as Jada walks in to the Pub.

Abe questions Chanel’s date being with Talia when she works for her. Chanel argues that unlike Abe, she doesn’t have a policy against co-workers dating. Abe points out that it’s the city council’s policy and he just enforces it but private businesses obviously have more leeway. Chanel doesn’t know if that even matters since her business is still shut down. Paulina asks if the health department has given her anything on when she can re-open. Chanel responds that until the police find out who tainted the biscuits, they won’t even consider it. Paulina tells Abe that they should go light a fire under his commissioner. Abe asks to finish his pancake first but Paulina insists so Abe decides the pancakes can wait. Abe kisses Paulina goodbye and exits.

Wendy tells Tripp that breakfast was amazing. Tripp offers to clean up but Wendy says he cooked and was a great host. Tripp says they are friends and adds that he’s really glad that she decided to visit as he really enjoyed her being there. They almost kiss but Wendy’s phone rings and interrupts them. Wendy sees the call is from Johnny and answers. Johnny says he just talked to Li, who said she is still in Seattle which she confirms. Johnny asks if she’s avoiding him because he thought she believed him when he told her that he only proposed to Chanel because of the drugged biscuits. Wendy assures that she does believe him but says that Tripp just brought Joey home from the hospital, so she felt bad leaving and stuck around to help out. Johnny says that’s good to know and asks when she is coming back.

Chloe questions Xander asking her what’s for breakfast. Xander jokes that for some reason, he assumed she was an early riser that would’ve had breakfast on the table hours ago. Chloe informs him that he assumed wrong. Xander thought it was part of their agreement and asks if she’s forgotten already. Chloe assures that she hasn’t forgotten as she said she would pick up some of the slack of household chores, not that she would do everything and be his cook. Chloe complains that she knew this was a bad idea like Brady said. Chloe then declares that she’s going to pack. Xander stops her and apologizes and agrees that he shouldn’t have expected anything. Chloe says if she agrees to stay, they need to figure out what this arrangement is. Xander suggests they discuss it over breakfast which he will cook for them. Xander says he will scramble some eggs but then realizes they don’t have any.

Johnny tells Wendy that EJ and Stefan need her at DiMera as the place is kind of falling apart with her gone. Wendy doubts that and says she hasn’t made any travel plans yet, but she’ll be back soon. Johnny says he’s glad because he really misses her. Johnny tells her to let him know when she knows for sure and they’ll talk soon as they hang up.

Jada listens in from behind as Talia asks Colin what is happening to Paulina. Colin responds that he’s still working out the details but it’s all part of his plan. Talia starts to ask what the plan is but Jada interrupts so she hangs up. Jada asks Talia who she was just talking to.

Xander comments on Chloe having more time on her hands because she is currently without a job. Chloe threatens to go pack again, so Xander decides they will alternate weeks on who does the grocery shopping. Xander says they need to write out their arrangement but he can’t do it over an empty stomach, so he offers to take her out for breakfast. Chloe accepts and says she will go get dressed, while telling Xander to dust the blinds.

Paulina and Abe go to Rafe’s office. Paulina tells Rafe that they need to talk. Abe hopes it’s not a bad time. Rafe says never and asks what he can do for them. Paulina complains that Chanel can’t reopen her bakery until he arrests Sloan Peterson. Paulina questions what is taking so long and argues that he should’ve arrested Sloan as soon as someone had a bite of the biscuits. Abe states that Rafe can’t arrest Sloan just because of her animosity towards Paulina and Chanel because he has to have the evidence. Paulina argues that the evidence all points to Sloan. Rafe doesn’t respond so Paulina asks if he’s going to tell them that the evidence now points to someone else. Rafe says not exactly. Paulina questions what he means.

Talia claims to Jada that she was just talking to Chanel and that she was just checking to make sure Paulina was okay because she was concerned. Talia asks if Jada has any other questions or if she should get a lawyer since she’s so interested in her private phone calls. Jada points out that she just asked who she was talking to and yet Talia gets all defensive, questioning why that is. Talia tells Jada to enjoy her coffee and walks out of the Pub.

Johnny shows up at Paulina’s place to see Chanel, noting that he checked the Bakery but it wasn’t open. Johnny says he’s sorry that she’s going through this. Chanel asks what was so important that he had to see her face to face. Johnny responds that it’s about Wendy and he was hoping for Chanel’s advice because he feels like he’s losing her.

Tripp asks Wendy what Johnny wanted. Wendy responds that he was just wondering when she was coming back to Salem, which made her think that maybe she should go back today and book a flight. Tripp feels that’s kind of sudden. Wendy points out that Joey is getting better and she does have a job. Tripp notes that she could continue working remotely. Wendy feels he’s upset. Tripp brings up that they said they would go on one date and if there was nothing between them, they would just be friends but he felt something on their one date that he thinks is great. Tripp adds that it seemed like she felt it too, so he doesn’t want her to leave and he really wants her to stay.

Chanel asks why Johnny thinks he’s losing Wendy. Johnny points out that Wendy is still in Seattle and is in no hurry to come home. Chanel questions if she’s not still upset about him proposing to her and says that can’t be the reason she is staying. Johnny explains that is why he’s pretty sure the reason is Tripp.

Wendy questions Tripp wanting her to stay in Seattle and asks if he’s moving here. Tripp responds that he’ll be back in Salem too but he promised Steve and Kayla that he would look after Joey until he got back on his feet, so it should only be a few more weeks. Tripp says if Wendy stayed, they could see where things go without all the typical Salem distractions. Tripp states that they could just be together. Wendy responds that she can’t because she can’t work remotely for weeks on end. Wendy adds that Li has been lost lately now that he’s given up on Gabi, so she needs to be there for him. Tripp assumes she needs to be there for Johnny too and that Johnny is why she’s so anxious to get back to Salem now. Tripp guesses it means that Wendy is choosing Johnny.

Chanel questions why Johnny thinks Wendy is staying in Seattle because of Tripp. Johnny says that Wendy told him that she was staying to help Tripp take care of Joey. Chanel feels that’s reasonable. Johnny complains that it’s the perfect way for Tripp to weasel his way in to Wendy’s heart. Johnny wonders if he should fly to Seattle to try to woo her back. Chanel advises against him smothering her. Chanel compares it to West Side Story and suggests Johnny play it cool. Johnny argues that he’s the opposite of cool. Chanel asks him to fake it so he doesn’t come off as needy and desperate. Chanel promises if Johnny lies low, Wendy will be happier when she does come back. Johnny decides she’s right and thanks her for the advice. Johnny apologizes for just coming in and dropping all his problems on her, especially when she’s going through her own stuff right now. Chanel says she could use the distraction but notes that there is one good thing in her life right now and reveals that she had a date last night. Chanel knows it seems soon since she and Allie just broke up recently, but she found out that Allie is seeing someone in New Zealand so she feels she should move on too. Johnny asks who the date was with last night.

Talia goes to Colin’s motel room. He tells her to text when she is close because he doesn’t want her waiting in the hallway. Talia tells him to relax as she was only waiting for five seconds. Colin feels it’s better to not take any chances and asks if Jada heard anything. Talia says she told her that she was talking to Chanel and she thinks that she bought it. Talia then points out that Colin still hasn’t told her what he plans to do about or to Paulina. Colin informs her that he has come up with a plan. Colin brings up Paulina’s panic attacks and hoped that since Talia is a doctor, she might know how to cause them.

Xander and Chloe go to the Brady Pub where they see Jada. Chloe greets her and Xander calls this a happy coincidence since Jada can update them on their investigation. Chloe doesn’t want to interrupt while Xander asks if Jada has arrested Sloan yet because Chloe almost ingested one of the biscuits and things could’ve gotten ugly. Jada responds that things did get ugly for a lot of people. Jada tells Chloe that she’s sorry that happened but she is not at liberty to discuss an ongoing investigation. Xander hopes that doesn’t mean it’s moving slowly as he would think she would want to close the case sooner than later. Jada comments on Xander having a lot of opinions on a case that seemingly doesn’t concern him. Xander says he’s just speaking as a concerned citizen and says he’s terribly sad for Chanel to have her bakery closed. Xander remarks that Talia is now shacking up at the same seedy motel that he used to stay at, which surprises Jada.

Paulina questions if Rafe has another suspect or not. Rafe responds that he’s not at liberty to say. Abe grants Rafe that liberty as his boss. Abe asks if there is another suspect. Rafe then reveals that at one point, Jada suspected Talia. Paulina is shocked and questions how Jada could even think that of her sister. Rafe explains that when Talia and Chanel told them what happened the night before the biscuits were poisoned, there was discrepancy in Talia’s story since she said she went straight home after leaving Paulina’s but Jada remembered she came home a few hours later and Talia claimed she just misspoke. Abe questions suspecting Talia just because she lost track of a couple of hours. Rafe adds that they also learned that when Paulina thought Sloan had stolen her keys, Talia was there as well. Paulina argues that she would’ve noticed if Talia took her keys but Abe points out that she didn’t notice if Sloan did it. Rafe continues that Talia also had a key made that day and then forgot to turn on the security camera. Rafe notes that as a doctor, Talia would have had access to the drugs that were used. Rafe says considering all of that, that is why they believe she might have had something to do with the poisoning but when they questioned her, she had an explanation for everything. Paulina argues that Talia couldn’t have been involved in something so sinister, shameful, and criminal. Paulina calls Talia a lovely girl with a good heart. Rafe says they couldn’t understand it either, especially with no motive. Paulina can’t believe they even suspected her. Abe understands that Rafe is simply conducting a thorough investigation. Paulina remarks that it would just be so awful if Talia had something to do with this, especially now. Rafe asks why now. Paulina then informs Rafe that Talia and Chanel are dating.

Chanel informs Johnny that her date was with Talia. Johnny asks how the date was. Chanel says they had dinner at the Bistro and it started out great but got awkward and she hasn’t heard from her since, which is driving her crazy. Johnny suggests Chanel take her own advice and play it cool. Chanel agrees and is just in her head about it because Talia has only dated guys before, so she’s wondering if Talia is not that in to her. Johnny asks if Chanel is in to her. Chanel says she thought so and definitely finds her attractive, but after everything with Allie. Johnny understands that she doesn’t want to get hurt again. Johnny declares that if Talia can’t see how amazing Chanel is and how lucky anyone would be to be with her, she’s a damn fool. Chanel thanks him. Johnny decides he’s bent her ear long enough. Chanel jokes that’s what ex-wives are for. Chanel wishes Johnny luck with Wendy. Johnny thanks her and then exits.

Wendy tells Tripp that she’s not choosing anyone and says it’s weird to even think of it like she has to make a choice. Wendy states that Tripp and Johnny are both great guys and very different which is why she likes them both in different ways. Tripp asks if they might still have a chance when he gets back to Salem. Wendy says unless he meets someone else. Tripp says that won’t happen. Wendy hopes he does because then they’d be even as he would have to make a choice too. Tripp responds that he’s already made one. Tripp chooses to have hope that Wendy will come around to see that they are right for each other. Wendy says she can’t predict the future, but says maybe she will come around to see that. Tripp says as long as he’s not out of the running. Wendy assures he’s definitely not.

Colin asks Talia if there is some kind of medication to induce panic attacks but Talia says it doesn’t work that way, so Colin decides they’ll have to think of another plan then. Talia questions if he plans on hurting Paulina. Colin tells her not to worry about that and to just focus on turning up the heat level on Chanel. Colin encourages her to touch her gently and find ways to get close to her. Colin bets Chanel will fall in love with Talia just by being in her presence. Colin assures that it won’t be much longer as once Paulina and Chanel have paid for what they did to his mother, then they can move on with their lives and focus on making each other happy. Colin tells Talia that he loves her so much as they kiss.

Jada questions Xander seeing Talia at a motel. Chloe confirms that they ran in to her when she was leaving her room. Jada says that Talia doesn’t live in a motel. Xander asks how she knows. Jada explains that Talia is her sister and actually lives with her upstairs. Xander remarks that it must mean that Talia is just hooking up with that obnoxious Brit. Chloe and Jada question who that is. Xander explains that when he went back for the rest of his stuff, he ran in to this guy who was an absolute jerk and when he mentioned that he saw Talia coming out of his room, he denied even knowing her. Jada asks for his room number. Xander says maybe he shouldn’t have brought this up since who Talia hooks up with is her business. Jada agrees but says she would really appreciate if he could make it her business. Xander then informs Jada that it was room 106 so Jada then hurries out of the Pub.

Wendy books her flight to leave in 2 hours and packs her bags. Tripp offers to take her to the airport but Wendy tells him to stay and take care of Joey as she already called a ride share. Tripp says Joey can be alone for a bit as he thought they could say goodbye there. Tripp then admits he was planning to have the whole romantic airport scene like Casablanca. They talk about not remembering if there was a kiss in that scene but they agree that it was romantic regardless. Wendy asks why their romantic scene has to be at the airport and why it can’t just be right here, right now. Tripp agrees and they kiss until Wendy gets a text that her ride has arrived. Tripp says he hopes to see her soon. Wendy responds that they’ll always have Seattle and kisses him goodbye as she then exits.

Chanel tells herself that she has to play it cool but then she gives in and calls Talia. Chanel leaves a voicemail, saying she just wanted to tell her that she had a really nice time last night but there’s no pressure if she’s not into it and they can just go back to being friends. Chanel hangs up and Talia then shows up at her door with pink roses.

Xander and Chloe have breakfast at the Pub. Xander comments on not expecting her to order the lumberjack special with extra bacon. Chloe agrees to share with him. Xander points out that Jada didn’t even get to finish her breakfast since she raced out so quickly. Chloe wonders if Jada went straight to that gross motel. Xander says Jada doesn’t strike him as the overprotective type, but she did seem awfully interested in the guy that Talia has been with.

Colin sits in his room and sends a text until there’s a knock at the door. Colin asks who is there. Jada says it’s the police.

Abe and Paulina talk at the police station about Rafe checking with forensics for any new evidence. Paulina hopes Sloan slipped up and left some DNA behind. Rafe comes back and announces they unfortunately didn’t find anything. Paulina is then shocked by a text message she received that reads “Watch your back because I’m still coming for you” as Rafe asks if she’s okay.

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Oh my God, it’s you. I take it. You know me. By reputation as we’ve never been formally introduced, allow me to remedy that. Eight Roberts Brady. My name is Dimitri Vanner. And I assure you the pleasure is mine,

Roman. That’s wonderful news. Oh my gosh. That’s great. I’ll tell everybody for you. Yeah. Wait, wait. Okay. You still have to find Kate, but, but now we have reason to hope. I know. I’m so pleased. I’m so pleased. I’ll, I’ll, I’ll, I’ll get back to you. Yeah. Bye-bye.

Oh, hi there. Hey, I was just talking to your dad. Wonderful news. Um, it, it appears that Kate got away from Bo and Roman thinks that she’s alive. That’s that scream. It is great. That’s incredible. I mean, dad must be happy. He’s happy. What, uh, What’s going on with you? Look at me.

Oh my goodness. Uh uh. How did that happen? No, it’s nothing. Mom. It, it’s nothing. I don’t think it’s nothing. I ran into a door.

Okay. I ran into E j’s fist.

Nicole went to the hospital. Why didn’t you say that in the first place? Because I’m still not sure. She wasn’t faking the whole thing. What whole thing? Well, we were arguing and then all of a sudden she grabbed her stomach and claimed that she was having these terrible cramps. Why didn’t you say that to me when you first saw me?

What kind of coldhearted person are you? Hey, I’m the one who took her to the er. Okay. Um, was she seen to, is she all right now? How the hell should I know? Wait, you didn’t even wait with her? Well, Nicole and I are in best season. Come on. Don’t get all bent outta shape. I told her it’s probably gas. He’s a drama queen.

What? Him? God’s name is wrong with you. Whoa. Get your hands off of her.

How can I be pregnant? I’m on the pill. Well, the pill is highly effective. But I’m sure you know that it doesn’t prevent a hundred percent of pregnancies. But the the cramps, why was I having cramps? They were probably just little contractions, which is normal in early pregnancy. They stopped on their own and you’re not spotting.

So I’m not concerned at the moment, but I do think that you should do a follow up exam with your ob gyn given your medical history, especially in light of the fact that you’ve. Had difficulties going full term with your pregnancies and all the risks that go along with that. Oh my God, I did not see this coming.

It’s a lot to take in. Ah, obviously was unplanned. Yeah, it was unplanned and, and, and not just because the pregnancy is dangerous for me and the baby, but also, so what, Kayla, I don’t even know who the father is.

Like sand through the hourglass. So are the days of our lives.

Just keep the ice on it.

Was this the result of a ballroom fight? No, I gave those up. AJ punched me. And it took all my restraint not to punch him back. Well, there’s a comfort. Why did he hit you? Come on, please let it go. That means it was Nicole. Now I know why they pay you the big bucks. So tell me what happened. You’re not gonna like it.

I don’t expect to like it. EJ sucker punched me when he found out that Nicole and I slept together.

Save your righteous indignation. Nicole fell ill while she was alone with your beloved, and now she’s making jokes about it. Nicole didn’t fall ill. We were arguing and I was winning, and all of a sudden she got the vapors let her go. Who are you to flinging accusations at? Anyone else? Your knuckles are all red.

Ej. How’d that happen? It was an accident. What’d you knock out this time? No one. Hmm? Were you gonna need to start playing? My cj You have a performance review coming up? I’m not wasting any more time with the two of you. I’m gonna the hospital. Oh, Eric bastard. So is Nicole faking or is she actually in pain?

I don’t know. I, I don’t know. But you know what? If she is sick, I hope it’s serious. So you were with more than one man recently? Yeah, and I’m in a committed relationship with ej. Then why would you do that? I’m sorry. I’m sorry. It’s not of my business. I dunno know why I said that. Kayla, I, I want you to know, do you remember those magic.

Biscuits. Well, Eric had one too. Are you saying that? Yeah. Eric and I were eyes guides and we had a one night stand.

You just have to be firm with him. Julie, tell him, tell him that if that he can’t wiggle his tooth. I know. Tell him if he keeps wiggling it, then uh, then the tooth fairy is not gonna show up. And, and do me a favor and tell him and Charlotte that I, that I love them and, and I miss them both very much. And, And I’ll be home soon.

Um, look, there’s somebody at the door. Julie, I gotta go. Thank you for everything and uh, I’ll, I’ll call you again in the morning. Okay, I will. Bye bye.

Hey, hey, uh, anything new about Bob? Uh, not since he squeezed hope’s hand. Oh, hey, come here. Sure. Kayla said it’s gonna be a long road back for him. Hope and I have been talking about moving him to a long-term care facility. Right. Well, it’s, it’s good to have him back in the land of the living. It’s a shame he’s not recovering faster.

Yeah. Well, my brother’s tough. I’m not counting him out. No, no. Anybody who knows about Brady wouldn’t count him out. That man’s a survivor just like Kate is. Yeah. I knocked on Steve’s door. He wasn’t, theres he, uh, looking for, uh, yeah, he took off a, a little while ago. Did he say where he was headed? I can catch you.

Uh, look. Yes. Um, but, uh, there’s something that you should know, okay? Uh, and I’m, I, I’m not sure you’re gonna like it.

I know who you are. Mr. Vam. Leischner, you’re the fancy cousin to the low lives, Carly and Frankie. He also posed as an I s A agent named Kyle. Somebody. Graham. I take it. Agent Reid refilled you in. Billy told me you had an accent. Yes, but Kyle Graham doesn’t, and I find myself reverting to his voice whenever I speak to Americans.

Tell me how is Agent Reid? I have such fond memories of romancing her as we jetted around the globe about the Issa’s money. Yeah. I know all about the tango in New Orleans, the hot kiss in Amsterdam. The fact is she knows that she was played by you. Actually. She’s forgotten all about you. Wow. I guess I had that coming.

You totally did. Still, I found her quite captivating and now I see where she gets it. Okay. So you know, don’t even bother. You’re immune to my charts. Mm-hmm. Just the way Billy was at the end when she took you down. Agent Graham, your plot blew up in your face. Why aren’t you in prison? That’s my business.

Hmm. Okay. So if you can answer that, answer this, why am I on this lousy boat gutting fish when I could be home in Salem with my loved ones? So you’re telling me that you slept on the coal because? Because we were both under the influence of the tainted biscuits. It was one time thing. We both knew it was a mistake.

Did you tell Sloan? I didn’t have to. She was the one that walked in on us. I thought she’d be quiet about it because she said she totally understood. Like she knows ej. I don’t know why she would bring it up to him, but she did. Yeah, she did total blow to his fragile Malee ego. And he found out about it. I told him it meant nothing and he just wouldn’t believe it.

And did it. Did what did it mean? Nothing to you? Nothing to Nicole.

Eric and I were hallucinating when we were having sex. Kayla, we didn’t know what we were doing. Mm-hmm. Oh my God. Could the drug hurt the baby? I think it’s too early to know that

this is such a mess.

Oh, hi. What are you? What are you doing here? I had to know if you are all right. Didn’t I? Is she.

You know, the least EJ could have done was, thank you for taking a call to the hospital. Yeah, no kidding. She’s working day and night to have us canned. You should had her take a cab. Yeah. Well, I’m not a horrible person. Can’t do that. Even to her. I mean, I was hoping to earn some brownie points with whom?

Cj, what the hell was I thinking? He ball me off for not staying there with her and holding her hand. I mean, obviously that was a big mistake. Mm-hmm. You gonna add that to your scaling performance review? Of course I am. Oh, that reminds me, MI was about to send yours when she started writing in pain. What you mean she didn’t send it?

Yeah, she was just getting her laptop out of her bag. When That laptop? Yeah. That

You thinking what? I’m thinking.

I was high as a kite mom. So was Nicole. What happened was the last thing either of us wanted, look, I’ve been researching the ingredients in those biscuits, and I should tell you there’s nothing in them that would increase libido. Okay, so what are you insinuating? Well, just that you and Nicole have always had a very strong attraction to each other, and you would mean you wouldn’t necessarily regret of co mom.

Of course. Regret as soon as to cold. She’s with ej now I’m with Sloan, and please don’t, don’t ask me why. I think I know why Mom. Nicole doesn’t know that EJ knows about us. Are you sure? Yeah, of course. I’m sure. I’ve called her and she hasn’t called me back. And ej, he was irritated. He was, he was enraged.

I’m afraid that Nicole’s gonna get blindsided. Ej, you can’t just barge in here. Kayla, I thought you were in Greece. I was, but as you can see, I’m now with a patient who happens to be my girlfriend. Gabby said that you suddenly started feeling terrible pain. Wasn’t that terrible? And it’s, it’s over now. You don’t have to worry.

Ej, Kayla could, could you give AJ and me a few minutes alone? Um, sure. Okay. Just make sure you see me before you leave because I wanna discuss your, uh, follow-up care. Okay. Uhhuh. Okay. Let me get dressed now.

Ej, I’m sorry, Gabby scared you and, and she. Should have made so much out of it, but I’m fine now. Well, that’s a relief. Um, does Kayla know why you had this pain? It’s just something I ate. I didn’t agree with me. Obviously a delayed reaction to the biscuits maybe? Yeah. That. That might have been it, but like I said, it was, it’s nothing.

It couldn’t have been nothing Gabby despises you, yet she was worried enough to drive you here and now you are fine. And it was just a tummy ache. I’m, I’m sorry, I, I, I find that hard to believe. What are you saying in light? Well, it’s possible, isn’t it? After all, you lied to me about sleeping with Eric.

God, I’ve kind of called Nicole Honey. I’m sure she will call you back as soon as she gets your message. All right, mom, please don’t try to shrink me. I know you don’t like ej and you don’t like Sloan. I we’re not. Talk about what I’m feeling. I’m curious. How are you feeling at the moment? Not great. Uhhuh is your head throbbing?

Hold still. Let me look at that. Oh, honey, that is not gonna close without stitches. Let me take you to the hospital. Mom, look, you know what? You’ll end up with a scar if you don’t. I don’t care. Or you’ll end up with an infection. If you don’t, you’re a doctor. Stitch it up. I don’t have my bag. This is not exactly a sterile environment and an ER is, it’s full of sick people.

Yeah. But I have some connections there. I could probably get you into an exam room. You’re not gonna let this go, are you? No, I’m not. Let’s go.

So what do you think her password is, Holly? No, that’s, that’s too obvious. Uh, hold on a second. I remember she was typing it in when she was grabbing her stomach in pain. Yeah. Oh, I love your memory. Okay. You do realize that it is highly unethical for me to access and alter an evaluation by job performance, right.

Like it’s not unethical for her to lie about you. That report of hers is probably calling you everything in the book you want. You wanna let that go in. I mean, I know I, I started this whole thing when I hired you to do these job performances, but what a crockett’s become, huh? No, Stephan, listen, everything that I wrote about either Damer is accurate.

Okay. From his annuity attitude for, to his nasty colon, to him letting his mistress from this company for him. You are one of the most ethical people I know. I bet Nicole did put that in her report. Oh, wow. Okay. So she must have actually been in pain because she left the file wide open. Seriously read it.

Scattered, inattentive, possibly brain damaged. What the hell? Okay. Insist on using plural. They in business correspondence. What? What is she even talking about? They is plural. Also fails to use inclusive language such as Latin X. Wow. Okay. Here you go. He’s completely unfamiliar with social media apps and pop culture references, which severely undermines his ability to understand new markets.

For example, he has no idea who the singer Lizzo is. Lizzo Lizzo. It’s Lizzo. Okay. This is not unimportant. Influencers like H can dramatically impact a company’s profit margin. Are you? Kidding me. Wait, wait. You seriously don’t know who Liz is? I, I don’t know. Okay. We’ll have to work on that, but just keep, keep reading.

It’s fine. You’re not gonna believe this. What? What is it? In summation, the Demer family is overjoyed at Stephan’s Recovery, but I regret to say that after four years of being kept alive by artificial means, Stephan is no way prepared to run a multinational corporation. Oh, and here’s a lovely comment. She included from an unnamed employee, wish he’d stayed dead.

Fat bitch.

I am surprised at your reaction, Kate. I made sure that this vessel was both seaworthy and comfortable, and as I was told, that you have spent years of your life studying the finer points of fish. Chopping enough. Okay. Just tell me why I’m here. Hmm. Let’s just say that. Um. You’re of great value to me as a hostage.

Okay, then call my husband and demand a ransom from Roman Brady. Where would he get the money? Is police pension or the proceeds of his cd? Little tavern. Okay. Believe me, he’s quite resourceful and he will find a way, whatever it is, to pay what he needs to to get me back. Are you sure about that? Yeah, I am sure about that because I have friends and I have family that can help him.

Oh, friends and I places Chad Dira is like my son. So why don’t you call him so we can end this first and I can go home.

Okay. So, uh, Harris Michaels is on the case now. Whose idea was that? Andrew Donovans, he thinks that Michaels is our best hope to find Kate and Kate was was taken off the island on a boat. Michaels is a Navy Seal and apparently an expert at tracking ships that have gone missing. All right. My problem with this is I’m not convinced he’s fully deprogrammed, so I’m not convinced we can trust him.

Look what the hell he did with Steven Cal. I understand he kept him in a damn cell. I understand that, but because of him, they were rescued the very next day, okay? I get that you are willing to give him the benefit of the death. If it helps find Kate. I don’t care where that help comes from.

Kayla, huh? Oh my God, I can’t believe it. Oh, I’m so happy to see. What about you? What happened to your face? Oh, it’s nothing. Nothing. You’re bleeding. Mm-hmm. Thank you. That’s what I’ve been saying. Stitches, doctor’s orders. Ah. Mm-hmm. I, uh, I didn’t know that you were home. Yeah. I can’t tell you how good it’s to see you here.

Yes, it’s good to be back. I really thought I, I wouldn’t see this place again. I understand. Have you seen both? Yes. He’s showing some signs of awareness, but it’s gonna be a long memory. We’re all praying for him. Uh, uh, update on Kate. No, and uh, Roman is not gonna give up until he finds her. Stephen Chad stayed behind in Greece.

I just wish that there was more to go on. I do too. Well gotta get this one stitched up. Yeah. Oh, get care of yourself. Yeah. Oh. Oh. Eric, please just, just leave it.

It’s no secret that. I slept with Eric, but that was before. Don’t waste your breath. I ran into Sloane Peterson earlier and she was delighted to tell me every, everything. Well, she’s lying and she hates me, and she would do everything. Confronted what? Why would he? I confronted him on it and he spilled the beans.

I also overheard you on the phone with him the other night. Swearing into secrecy about something. Now I know where that something is.

I would’ve told you, but, but you were high as a kite on those biscuits and it was one off thing that meant nothing. Yes. Yes. That’s what Eric said. But I’d also built up a head of steam and I took it out on him. Oh. And I came home to confront you on it, and that’s when I found out that you were sick and all my anger just dissipated and all I could care about was finding you.

I just. Didn’t think that you would understand

Nicole.

The only thing I don’t understand is why you felt the need to lie to me

because I knew how upset you get it. Given my history with Eric and your history. With Eric. Look, I understand that you may have been afraid, but I got it outta my system when I punched Eric. Gee, did you hurt him? Ah, he’s fine. More or less.

What about you? Just some skin knuckles and a new awareness that life isn’t always under my control, but I am more concerned about you right now. Are you really? Okay. This all feels like quite a lot just for a tummy ache.

What do you mean? I heard Kayla say that she wanted to discuss your follow up plan for IgEs. Really,

Nicole, look at me darling. Are you seriously ill?

No, and, and don’t think that for a minute.

That’s relief. But I know you and I know there’s something you aren’t telling me.

You’re right, ej. There he is.

To this, through no fault of his own, Stephan was completely out of touch with the real world for at least four years, but here’s my part, okay? But in spite of this, he shows amazing attention to detail. He’s also a joy to work with and has fostered a very positive office culture. I hope he stays with the company.

Permanently. Hmm. So what do you think? I think you’re brilliant.

Oh, do we have to finish this now? Well, Nicole could walk in any minute, so, yeah. Work fast. Okay. But I have to get all your good points. Mm-hmm. See, I have to tell them how smart you are and how good you are in business matters. And how sexy and how handsome. Okay. Forget it. Screw

um, it’s a, it’s a patient’s record. You can’t really see that. And you know what? We’ve gotta get you treated. Hmm. I could do it. I, I just can’t do it right this minute. Oh, well I can stitch ’em up, right. Let, let me text the attending physician. Thank you. Yeah. Sale wasn’t the same without you. Thank you. So when the attending, uh, uh, turns up, will you let him know that we’ll be waiting in my office?

I’ll, I’ll do that. Thanks. Take care. Thank you. Mm-hmm.

Ej, I don’t know why this is so hard to tell you. Tell me what.

Kayla. Thanks that I’m in the early stages of menopause. Oh,

and that’s it.

That’s it. And you’re upset? Well, yeah. Because it’s came as such a surprise and I’m not ready. I want to let you know that there is nothing that will make you less beautiful or desirable to me. Right? Until you’re fanning me with magazines because I’m having hot flash. Stop it. Stop it. Stop it.

I am just relieved that it isn’t anything more serious.

You have told me everything. Yes.

Yes. Don’t worry about me, ej. I’m healthy and that is the truth.

You know, Chad, damn. I mean, I, I drive myself nuts trying to figure out what the hell happened to Kate. And then I have thoughts like, damn, it’s windy out on that ocean. What if she’s in a small boat at Capsized and San? You can’t go down that road. What if she’s marooned out there by herself? We don’t even know where in the hell to start.

Look, okay, listen. Michael’s has old friends that are coast guards. They’re helping him. Okay, good. Good idea. I like that. Roman, you can do things that we can’t. Okay. We’re gonna find her. All right. She’s cheated that three times since this nightmare started. She’s alive. Okay. I can, I can feel it in my bones.

Thank you for saying that, and I hope you’re right. But I wanna say something to you, Chad. I’m sorry. I have no right to lay my troubles on you of all people, John, Steve, and I. We have had a chance with the women. We love Roman. Listen to me. I need you to keep the faith nice. Try Kate. But I’m not calling Chad Dira or anyone else who can track me on my phone.

You haven’t heard of a burner phone? I’m not ready to make my demands known. There’s still many factors at play. Much factors. You being here is not just a random occurrence. You do know that Well, I know that now. Good, good. You escaping that island and winding up in this little fishing boat with yours.

Truly, it’s all part of a much larger plan.

Well, why can’t I be in on that much larger plan? I mean, who am I gonna tell the fish all in good time? But for now, how about a. Tango. Let’s see how you measure up to your lovely Don at the Don’t touch me. I wouldn’t dance with you if you were the last person on earth. Okay. As you wish.

Back to the fish you go.

Okay. Well, looks like I’m ready to send you. Same. Go for it.

All right. Looks like the board is gonna get a glowing review of your work from Nicole an a scathing thumbs down review of AJ’s work from me and in the board’s, endless dysfunction. They’ll probably ignore both. Hopefully not, but you know what? At least we’ve taken the first step. You and I are gonna run this company now.

Where were we?

I think we should do this in private. Yeah. Mm-hmm.

Oh, Eric, what are you doing here? Reading stitches match. Remember when you sucker punch me, it brings you here. Oh, I had my hand looked at anyways. I’m sure you’ll be glad to hear that Nicole and I talk things through. We both understand that your little one night stand meant absolutely nothing to her. So let’s just pretend it.

Didn’t happen, shall we? Sounds good to me.

Thanks for warning me, Eric. That is too late. Well, I should probably delete this.

Hey, uh, how did it go with ej?

He knows I slept with Eric. How did he find out? Eric’s new girlfriend, Sloane Peterson. I see. Did you tell him you’re pregnant? No. No, I, I told him I was going through early stages of menopause and I won’t tell Eric either. And as of now, this has to be my decision. Just so you know, I just ran into Eric in the nurse’s station.

He’s here. Yes. But I didn’t even hint that you were in the building. Thank you, Kayla. I, I went through my calendar and I still don’t know who the baby’s father is. How long until I can find out? Well, we could do a vaginal ultrasound, but I don’t think it’s gonna tell you anything different. In a few weeks we could do a blood test that would be definitive, but you’re gonna have to get a DNA sample from one of these perspective fathers.

Okay. How you holding up?

There are so many things. Going through my head, not until I find out whose baby I’m carrying, aside from you and me, no one can know that I’m pregnant.

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Kyle: Mom? Mom?

Diane: Kyle.

[ Kyle laughing ]

Kyle: I’m so glad you’re home.

Diane: Oh, me too.

[ Diane laughing ]

Harmony: It’s so wonderful to see you, son.

Devon: It’s amazing to see you.

Harmony: Let me take a look at you. Just as handsome as ever.

Devon: You look beautiful.

Harmony: Oh, well, thank you for saying so.

Devon: How did this happen? I didn’t know you were in town.

Harmony: Oh, it is the most incredible thing. I was in chicago working at a conference for the last few days and as I was leaving, tucker reaches out to me. Yeah, told me about this lounge and neil’s name and how you and lily were gonna put together this event to celebrate his memory. Yeah, he even sent a fancy car to bring me here.

Devon: Tucker did that?

Harmony: Yeah.

Diane: Thank you both for never giving up on me. Even when I thought it was hopeless. And how lucky am I that michael was my lawyer? He managed to pull off the impossible, getting me out of that jail, at least for now.

Jack: No, forever. We are in this with you for the long fight.

Kyle: Mm-hmm. Dad and I are not going to give up until we prove your innocence.

Diane: Well, I know the two of you believe that I had nothing to do with phyllis’s murder, but there’s a lot of people in this town who feel differently, including your wife. How is summer going to react when she sees me here in her home? I don’t want to cause any tension in your marriage.

Kyle: I am going to do everything I can to help summer accept that we are all back under this roof, together. Because you need to be here. This is your home too.

Jack: That’s exactly what I told your mother.

Diane: It’s almost like the two of you rehearsed that.

Kyle: Uh, does she know about, um…

Diane: Know about what?

Jack: I think he is referring to a new house guest we have who is complicating things a bit.

Diane: Someone else moved in? Who?

Jack: Brace yourself. Tucker.

Diane: Tucker mccall is living here?

[ Diane scoffing ]

Devon: So tucker, you invited my mom here.

Tucker: I did. Yeah, I thought it would be nice for her to be here and to see you.

Devon: Well, that was an incredible gesture.

Tucker: I’m just glad it worked out.

Diane: Why on earth would tucker… it was ashley, wasn’t it?

Jack: My sister claims she has every right since I brought you into this house without her approval. She’s just trying to prove a point. But worse, I think she actually has feelings for the guy.

>>Kyle: He’s taken over our guest room, for now. And smartly, stayed out of summer’s and my way. Last thing we need is the aggravation.

Jack: I will do everything I can to contain this for all our sakes.

Kyle: Especially summer’S.

Summer: Diane. What are you doing here?

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Devon: I can’t even believe I’m looking at you.

Harmony: I know. It’s crazy.

Devon: Yeah.

Harmony: Oh, too bad ana wasn’t available, but she’s touring with jett, so.

Devon: Yeah, I would have loved to have seen her too.

Harmony: Right?

Devon: But I’ll take what I can get. Phone calls and text messages don’t compare to being with you.

Harmony: No, you’re so right. And I am long overdue for some one on one time with my little grandbaby. Cannot wait to wrap that little baby in my arms.

Devon: Yes. We will make that happen as soon as possible.

Harmony: Yes.

Devon: ‘Cause dom would love to meet his amazing grandma.

Harmony: Oh, well, I don’t know how amazing I am but I sure am eager to meet him.

Devon: I think you’re amazing. Look at everything you’ve accomplished in the last few years. You have a degree and you’ve been clean and sober for almost two decades. There’s nothing easy about any of that. I’m very proud of you.

Harmony: Mm. Well, to hear you say it like that, I’m proud of me too.

Devon: Good, you should be. How’s your job?

Harmony: So far so good.

Devon: Yeah.

Harmony: Yeah, I love what I do. I do, I do. I just, uh, I get to contribute to the community. I get to help people in need. I remember what it was like to be in their shoes, you know. So, it’s just so much more rewarding.

Devon: Good. It’s amazing.

Harmony: Yeah. But look who’s talking, you know. I’m sorry, it makes my heart want to burst seeing how well you’re doing, you know. Your son, abby, and– and– and, oh, I’m so relieved that the two of you, you and lily resolved your issues. The two of you working side by side again.

Devon: I know. It feels like everything in my life is moving in the right direction.

Harmony: Yes. Well, even with tucker? Seems like he’s trying to make up for lost time.

Devon: He is. He really is. And I think that making this happen is a great start.

Tucker: Hey, victor.

Victor: Tucker.

Tucker: Enjoying your expanded empire?

Victor: I have big plans for your company, you know.

Tucker: I should hope so.

Victor: By the way, it’s very touching what you did. Bringing harmony to see devon.

Tucker: Well, anything for your son, right?

Victor: Right.

Abby: Hi.

Nikki: Hi, abby. What a great job you did of planning this. It’s a wonderful evening.

Abby: Oh, thank you. That means a lot coming from a party planning expert like yourself.

Nikki: Oh, I don’t know about that.

Abby: Please, what you did with that bicentennial gala? It was an unforgettable night.

Nikki: It was a lovely evening until…

Abby: Right. Yes, let’s hope tonight has a much better ending.

Nate: This is a wonderful surprise. So, are you two the welcoming committee?

Nikki: Hi, nate.

Nate: Abby, nikki.

Nikki: I didn’t realize you and victoria were back from the west coast.

Nate: Yes, we just got back and I came straight here.

Abby: Oh, I didn’t realize you were out of town until I texted you the invite.

Nate: It was kind of a last minute trip.

Abby: Where’s elena?

Nate: Um, elena couldn’t make it. Is that harmony?

Nikki: Tucker’s surprise for devon.

Victor: May I have your attention, please? We’re here to celebrate a man who was my friend. Not only on a personal level, but I trusted him implicitly in business. One of the few people I ever trusted, it was neil winters. Now, we can talk about a lot of his accomplishments, but one thing stands out to me as a father who’s concerned about family, is how he dealt with raising devon and lily. Every parent hopes to pass on to his offspring a solid foundation with which the children who go out into the world and deal with all the slings and arrows. Often outrageous fortune. Neil did that. The fact that both devon and lily are here tonight, honoring the memory of the man who raised them, says everything about my friend. And says everything about family because after all has been said and done, it is family that holds us together. So cheers to neil and his memory.

All: To neil.

Summer: I– I– I don’t understand. Did the– did the D.A. Drop the charges?

Kyle: Michael was able to get mom out on bail. Dad and I tried to reach you.

Summer: Did the cops find out any new information?

Kyle: Unfortunately not.

Jack: Summer, I realize this is going to be difficult for you, but diane is innocent. She didn’t kill phyllis and it’s only a matter of time before we find evidence that proves that. Hi.

Devon: Mr. Newman, thank you so much for what you said about our dad.

Lily: Yeah, truly. That was so beautiful.

Victor: My pleasure, I meant every word, you know that.

Lily: I do. Thank you.

Abby: Dad.

Victor: Hi, sweetheart.

Abby: That was a beautiful speech. It brought me to tears.

Victor: It was spoken from the heart. Uh, by the way, I’m very glad that I have you two by yourselves for a moment.

Devon: Oh, yeah.

Victor: Devon, I want to tell you how proud I am that you’re now becoming a part of my family.

Devon: Thank you.

Victor: I know that you make my daughter very happy. That means a hell of a lot to me, okay?

Abby: I am.

Victor: So cheers to both of you.

Abby: Cheers. Everything feels right and it’s all because of this guy.

Nikki: It was very brave of you to come tonight, to this room, the last place you saw your mother.

Daniel: I actually think I’m handling it okay.

Nikki: Well, I see that you are, but still, it must be a terrible struggle for you and summer.

Sharon: A loss that big, it can take a while for life to feel normal again. In some respects, it never goes away.

Nikki: And I know I’ve said this to you before, but I am deeply sorry for what happened. I just want you to know that you have my full support and victor’S.

Sharon: And mine. Whatever you need, daniel. If you want someone to talk to or just listen. I’ll pour your favorite coffee for you, on the house, any time.

Daniel: Thank you. It’s very kind of you both. Um, I need to just excuse myself for a moment.

Nikki: Yeah, yeah.

[ Nikki sighing ]

Devon: Thank you very much.

Nate: Four years. Hard to believe.

Devon: I know exactly what you mean. I am, uh, happy that you showed up though.

Nate: Glad I got the invite.

Devon: Yeah, that’s what neil would’ve wanted. Could, uh, elena not get off work?

Nate: I, uh, came here straight from the airport. Elena had a long, tough day. I’m pretty sure she’s already crashed out at our place. You know, um, I think I’m gonna grab another drink and say hi to lily. I haven’t spoken to her yet.

Devon: Yeah, man. Enjoy the party.

Nate: Thanks.

Sharon: Are you having a good time?

Mariah: I am, a very nice time. Uh, but I was hoping that you could enlighten me.

Sharon: Well, you’ve come to the right place.

Mariah: So, I obviously know about harmony from devon. Um, but this is the first time we’ve met. What I don’t understand is ashley. She seems to be staring daggers at harmony every time she thinks somebody isn’t looking.

Sharon: Uh, good observation skills.

Mariah: It’s a gift.

Sharon: Back when tucker and ashley were married, he and harmony had a moment.

Mariah: Got it, got it. So, harmony is not ashley’s favorite person. Well, that certainly makes things interesting.

Harmony: You know, I can’t thank you enough for contacting me.

Tucker: The smile on devon’s face is all the thanks I need.

Harmony: I am so in awe of that young man, everything he’s accomplished. But even more importantly, who he is. With little to no help from the two of us.

Tucker: Probably just as well.

[ Harmony chuckling ] I’m still not very good at doing the right things for the right reasons, but ashley’s helping me get there.

Harmony: I’m really glad that you two got back together. I hate the mistake we made that hurt her. But hopefully, you have learned your lesson and you don’t screw things up again.

Tucker: You and me both.

Abby: Hi.

Ashley: Hi.

Abby: So, when we spoke earlier, you knew about tucker’s big surprise.

Ashley: I did. He’s making a real effort with his son.

Abby: Well, I have to hand it to the guy. He found a way to make tonight even more special for devon. Although, I’m sure you’re wishing that he found another way to do it.

Ashley: I think it’s time I said hello.

[ Abby sighing ] We’re done.

[ Summer sighing ]

Diane: Summer, I know my being here comes as a shock to you. You, uh, you still believe I’m responsible for phyllis’s death and I– I can understand why you feel that way, but I also promise you it’s not true.

Summer: Because your promises mean so much?

Diane: No, because I would never, ever have taken your mother away from you.

Summer: You are responsible, diane. Since the minute you lured jack to L.A., You set off this whole chain of events that has put us where we are now and after everything you’ve done, after all the lies you told, it’s not fair. It’s not fair that you get to be here with the people that you love and my family has been ripped apart. I– I’m sorry.

[ Summer sighing ] I’m happy for you guys, but I won’t be celebrating this return. I– I– I can’T.

Kyle: Maybe we should go out, take a walk, get some air.

Summer: That sounds like a good idea.

Kyle: Okay.

Diane: Um, hang on, summer. Uh, there’s something I need to explain to you.

Ashley: Hello, harmony.

Harmony: Oh, hi, ashley. So nice to see you.

Ashley: You as well. So nice you could be here for devon.

Harmony: Ah, well, it’s even more meaningful to me since I wasn’t able to attend neil’s original service.

Tucker: Yeah, I wasn’t either.

Harmony: Oh, it’s so strange being back here after all these years have gone by. So much has changed and yet, so much has kind of stayed the same.

[ Harmony chuckling ]

Ashley: Oh, yeah. Such as what?

Harmony: Well, the connection between the two of you for one. I really do wish you all the best. For the two of you to have found your way back to each other after dealing with so much pain and anger, it’s such a gift. It’s something to be cherished and admired.

Ashley: That’s a lovely thing to say.

Nate: The whole event. It’s great. You, abby, devon, you’ve really outdone yourselves. I mean, the music, pictures. What a perfect way to keep neil’s memory alive. Not that anyone needs reminding.

Lily: Yeah. Well, thank you. It, uh, definitely worked out. And thank you for coming on such short notice. Devon and I thought it was important that you were here.

Nate: I wasn’t in L.A. Long, but, uh, I was ready to leave.

Nikki: You must be over the moon having little aria living so close by.

Sharon: I cannot get over those cute baby cheeks and I love having mariah and tessa nearby too.

Mariah: Yeah. Yeah, I know exactly where I fall on the priority list now.

Nikki: Now, now, don’t blame sharon. Grandchildren are life’s greatest blessings.

Victor: You and tessa and aria take full advantage of the grounds.

Mariah: Oh, thank you. Well, you know what? We will– we will keep that in mind.

Victor: Good.

[ Daniel exhaling ]

Summer: I’m not crazy. I know what happened to stark because I heard it from the only other person who was there. The person who stabbed him to death. Mom. She’s alive.

Lily: Hey, you okay?

Daniel: Yeah, you? Party’s great. Everything seems to be going really well.

Lily: Okay. Don’t do that. I can see that you’re upset.

Daniel: I’m not upset. I– I’m just thinking.

Lily: About what?

Daniel: It’s not important. Tonight, I’m here for you, remember?

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Sharon: Thank you so much for inviting us.

Abby: Oh, thank you for coming.

Mariah: We really wish we could stay longer, but–

Devon: You gotta get home to that baby.

Mariah: Yep, you got it.

Abby: Those two A.M. Feedings come mighty early.

Mariah: They do. Thank you so much for understanding.

Devon: Of course.

Mariah: Goodnight. See you soon. Good night. It’s so nice to meet you.

Nikki: It’s been a wonderful evening. Thank you again for including us.

Devon: Please. Thank you both for being here. You were two of my father’s closest friends, so we would have moved the day if you couldn’t have been here.

Victor: We wouldn’t have missed it for anything.

Nikki: And harmony, enjoy the rest of your visit.

Harmony: Oh, I’m sure I will.

Nikki: Oh, I don’t want to intrude on daniel and lily.

Victor: They seem to be in deep conversation.

Nikki: Can you say good night for us?

Devon: I absolutely will.

Victor: All right.

Devon: For sure.

Victor: Okay.

Lily: I knew you shouldn’t have come here and you definitely shouldn’t have stayed. Not here.

Daniel: I’m fine. I promise.

Lily: Okay, then why are you upset?

[ Daniel sighing ]

Daniel: Look, my conscience is bothering me. I can’t tell you why. I just– I can tell you, I don’t know what to do.

[ Lily sighing ]

Lily: Look, I know what it’s like to grieve and to feel lost, and then you feel this shame because you feel like you’re not living up to your ideals, but what really matters are what decisions you can live with and which ones you can’T.

Ashley: I really feel like it was an honor to be here tonight.

Tucker: Yeah, that makes two of us.

Abby: Well, we’re delighted you could come.

Devon: Absolutely. And I haven’t had a chance to say thank you for what you did, tucker. Because having my mom come, that was very, very special.

Tucker: You’re most welcome. I’m happy to see you two reunited.

[ Daniel inhaling ]

Daniel: Thank you for listening and for the good advice. You always seem to know what you’re talking about.

Lily: Look, I know it’s hard, okay? But you’re gonna get through this.

Daniel: I know, I will, I will. Um, I gotta– I gotta take off, but you’re heading to new york tomorrow to see charlie, right?

Lily: Yeah. Yeah, yeah, I’ll be there for business, but mostly to see charlie.

Daniel: Good. Um, I guess this will be it for a while, huh?

Lily: Well, I’m not gonna be gone that long and I will be thinking of you. And just remember that whatever you decide, it’s gonna be the right thing.

Daniel: How can you be sure?

Lily: Because I know you. Bye.

Diane: Summer, I give you my word that I will do my best not to crowd you. So take all the time and space you need and I will do my best to stay out of your way. Although, I can only do so much with my present circumstances.

Summer: Which are what?

Diane: I– I have to wear this ankle monitor. It’s a– it’s a condition of my bail agreement, so I– I can’t leave the property.

[ Summer exhaling ]

Summer: So, you’re– you’re gonna be here where I live, 24/7. I– I can’t– I can’t avoid you?

Kyle: Hey, I’m sure we can all find a way to coexist. For harrison, if for no other reason.

[ Phone chiming ]

Summer: I have to go.

Kyle: Now? Why?

Summer: I just, I can’t be here right now.

Kyle: What? Summer. Hey, wait, wait. (Vo) no matter what type of severe asthma you have…

Lily: Abby, honestly, I cannot get over how you and your family created this lounge after my dad. I mean, this is amazing.

Abby: Oh, thank you.

Lily: I mean, he loved music so much. He could have had a career just owning a club.

Devon: Oh, yeah. But he still didn’t care about anything as much as you and me.

Lily: No, family always came first.

Malcolm: For my brother, family was everything.

Lily: Oh, my!

Devon: Malcolm, what you doing here, man?

Lily: Hi. I thought you were in the maldives. What’s going on?

Malcolm: Come on, now. Like I would miss all of you in one place, paying tribute to the man himself.

Lily: Yeah.

Malcolm: There he is. Besides, you all know me. When it came to the great neil winters, I show up. Whatever it takes.

Devon: Hey malcolm, you remember my mom, harmony, right?

Harmony: Also known as yolanda, once upon a time.

Malcolm: I do, I do. It’s nice to see you again.

Harmony: You too.

Malcolm: You know that young man right there? He’s a blessing to all his parents. You should be proud.

Devon: Thank you, man.

Nate: You missed it, malcolm. There was a lot of love here earlier.

Lily: Well, there’s even more now.

Malcolm: Oh, look at this space, it’s got neil written all over it. Like he designed it.

Devon: Right. Nah, this was all abby, victor, and nikki’s vision.

Malcolm: Well, you did the damn thing. Well done.

Abby: Thank you. It was my pleasure.

Harmony: Neil manages to inspire people, even after he’s gone.

Lily: So, I guess it means he’s never really gone, right?

Nate: He was so supportive of me being a doctor. I wonder what he’d think now?

Malcolm: Are you following your heart?

Nate: I am.

Malcolm: Well, there it is. Neil would be the last one to tear you down for that.

Abby: Yeah.

Harmony: That was neil, trying to lift people up, right?

Malcolm: Yeah.

Harmony: Reminding people that there’d always be a better tomorrow, no matter how bad today was. He learned from his own mistakes, was able to find forgiveness and hope when you didn’t think it was possible. Devon and I owe so much of who we are now to neil. He raised devon as if he was his own after I failed my son. He never stopped believing in you, devon. Devon?

Devon: I’m sorry.

Lily: What were you thinking about?

Devon: I– I just made a decision about something that I need to do for myself and for neil.

[ Kyle sighing ]

Kyle: Still nothing from summer. I shouldn’t have let her go.

Jack: Look, she needed some fresh air and some time to think. You handled it very well.

Kyle: You know, maybe– maybe it’s nothing, but she disappeared earlier without telling me where she’s going. Now, she gets a text and she’s off again.

Jack: Do you think somehow they’re linked?

Kyle: I– could be, I don’t know. Where does she go? She keeps running away. I am trying so hard to reconnect with her in the middle of all this chaos, but she just keeps taking off. She pushes me away.

Jack: Sometimes in situations like this, the best you can do is be there to welcome her home with an open heart and open arms.

Kyle: I can’t wait that long. I need to find her.

[ Daniel sighing ]

Daniel: Hello? Somebody there?

Summer: Relax, it’s just me.

Daniel: You got here fast.

Summer: Yeah well, I wish you’d picked a different spot.

Daniel: This is your spot.

Summer: I don’t want to keep meeting here. It feels risky.

Daniel: You know what summer? I really don’t care what you do and what you don’t want right now. This is gonna be about what I have to say.

Devon: Yeah, I was just thinking about how almost everything in my life I have today because neil was gracious enough all those years ago to welcome me into your family. And you and I are running a company right now that only exists because he was willing to create it with me. And I’ve never imagined being able to do enough in life to thank him or honor him properly. And I don’t know why it took me this long to think of doing this because it makes so much sense to me, but… I wanna take neil’s last name and legally go by devon winters.

[ Lily exhaling ] Would you be okay with me doing something like that?

Harmony: That’s exactly how it should be.

Devon: Yeah? Malcolm, what do you think?

Malcolm: Hey. You know what he would say, right?

Devon: I think he’d say, “my man.”

Malcolm: My man. Devon, he would love this. Now, you know him. He’d try to keep it all cool on the outside when on the inside, he’d be a mess. You’re doing the right thing. Look at you. My boy is finally part of the family. You’re a winters now and you’re my brother.

Devon: Thank you. Thank you, man.

Malcolm: Yeah.

Devon: Lily, do you approve of me doing this too?

[ Lily chuckling ]

Lily: Of course, I approve. I– I love this. I mean, what a beautiful way to honor dad. And you’re already my brother, in every way. Devon winters. Devon and lily winters.

Devon: Sounds– sounds good.

Lily: Yeah.

Devon: Thank you. I think he’d be all right. I love you.

Harmony: You too. We live our lives on our home’s fabrics.

Jack: Oh, I can’t tell you how good it is to hold you in my arms again. Feel you like this.

Diane: Jack, are you okay? Really? You were always so worried about me, but this constant turmoil, I– I know it’s taking a toll on you.

Jack: I’ll be okay. I keep hoping that once we find out what really happened to phyllis that night, things will start turning around for all of us. And not that summer’s loss is going to be felt any less. It’s just I– I hope with time she can start to heal, that we all can.

[ Diane sighing ]

Daniel: Went to the jazz lounge tonight for a tribute to neil. You know, the same place where our mother died, where we had her memorial. Where everyone had a good cry over it.

Summer: Yeah, okay. What happened?

Daniel: What happened? What happened was every time I turned around, people were offering me their condolences. People were wondering how the two of us were coping. Now, lily, who stood by me through this whole thing, tonight, while she was consoling me, I just sat there with this big fat lie hanging over my head. And you know what? I hated myself for it.

Summer: Daniel, there is no reason for you to feel that way.

Daniel: I can’t keep lying, summer. I can’t keep deceiving people that care about me. I can’t think about diane being tried and convicted for something that she didn’t do. And I’m not gonna do it anymore.

[ Summer sighing ]

Summer: What does that mean?

Daniel: What do you think it means? We’re gonna go tell everyone the truth, that mom is alive. Then, we’re gonna go find her and we’re gonna bring her home.

[ Summer exhaling ]

Abby: Uh, well, I declare this party officially over.

Lily: Whoo! And cheers to abby for doing such a great job.

Abby: Oh, well, it was so much fun. I had a ball doing it.

Harmony: Yeah. So let’s touch base in the morning, okay?

Devon: That sounds perfect.

Lily: And where are you staying?

Harmony: Right here in the hotel.

Lily: Oh, okay. You too?

Malcolm: No, I actually got to catch a flight up out of here.

Devon: Leave already?

Malcolm: I may have gone awol on my assignment.

Lily: Oh, okay. You left that part out.

Malcolm: Yeah, it’s no big deal. I’ll get back before they ever knew I was gone.

Nate: Well, you gotta come back soon. And stay longer next time.

Malcolm: I will. You good?

Nate: Yeah, yeah, of course. Just, uh, good to see you. Well, uh, I think I’ll, uh, get a room here too. I’m wiped out. Elena has an early shift and I don’t want to disturb her. I’ll walk you to the elevator?

Harmony: Oh, sure. Yes.

Nate: Goodnight, y’all.

Harmony: Good to see you.

Malcolm: Good to see you.

Harmony: Yeah. Oh, and good night, mr. Winters.

Devon: Good night, mom.

Abby: Well, I am gonna wait for you out front, whenever you’re ready.

Devon: Okay. Love you.

Abby: I love you. Good night. Good night. So good to see you.

Malcolm: Great to see you, take care of yourself.

Abby: You too.

Lily: Oh, man, I am so happy, I am. Devon winters. I love this place. And you, you always show up in the nick of time. How do you do that, huh? You’re here. Look at you.

Malcolm: I’m here. I show up for neil. You know why? Because if things were reversed and it all ended a little differently, he’d be showing up for me, I know he would.

Devon: Yeah, you’re right about that.

Malcolm: It looks like tonight was a beautiful evening.

Lily: Yeah.

Malcolm: You did that man proud. Tonight and always.

Devon: I love you, dad.

Lily: We miss you more than you know.

Malcolm: Your star keeps shining, my brother. It keeps shining.

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[Knocking on door] – You said it was urgent. I cleared my calendar. – Thank you. – So what sort of charges might be pending against you? – Uh, it’s not me. It’s carly. – Ah. – Yeah. I want to know what the sec has against carly. – Yeah. Well, that is privileged information. And as such, I cannot disclose it to a third party. – Diane, since when am I a third party? – Since your divorce. You are no longer entitled to or protected by spousal privilege.

[Dramatic music] – Hey. – Hey. You wanted to see me? – Yeah. I know I’m putting you on the spot. But do you have any information or any details about the sec’s case against me? – Carly, I don’t– – oh, wait. I already know everything about your dad, so there’s no reason to waste your time. – What about my dad? – Look, the feds were prepared to hold me for 24 hours. The only reason I was allowed to go home was because of sonny.

– Sam. – Nina. – Hi. – Did you come to check in with michael? – Yeah, I wanted to see if he or willow needed anything. – That’s very kind of you. – Hey, sam, i was just wondering if I could talk to you for just one second. I– – yeah, sure. What’s up? – I was hoping you could tell me about… my daughter’s wedding.

[Gentle music]

[Machine beeping] – [Sighs] – What are you so happy about? – Well, being married to you has a lot to do with it. – Good answer. – And the fact that drew and liesl are on their way back, and you’re gonna get your bone marrow transplant. You’re gonna live, willow. – Say it again. – You’re gonna live.

[Knocking on door]

[Somber music]

– What’s wrong? – They can’t find spencer.

[Wind blowing] – The wsb doesn’t mess around, huh? It feels like they got this place set up in seconds.

[Sighs] Don’t worry, ace. They’re gonna find your big brother. They have to. Any word on spencer?

[Dramatic music]


This is where you get to say “I told you so.” – What, me? No, no, never. – What you never did was give up hope or stop believing we’d get a miracle. And it worked. Our miracle’s on its way. – Now you’re the miracle, willow. And you fought so hard to hold on. And now we get to spend the rest of our lives together. Actually, a fact that we get to properly celebrate in paris. – Paris? – Yeah. Remember? Before the whole nightmare began, we were planning a trip to paris. – I couldn’t find my passport. That’s what started the search for my birth certificate in the first place. Wow. It feels like a lifetime ago. – So when you’ve recovered from your transplant and you’re up for travel, our first stop will be paris. – How is that french coming along? As I recall, you were working pretty hard on it. – Oui, oui, mademoiselle. – [Laughs] So you’re in the exact same spot? – Pretty much. Yeah. – [Laughs]

[Sighs] You and me in the city of lights. I can just picture it. – Well, even better, we’re gonna live it.

– So I guess we’re done. – You know what, diane? You have been my and carly’s lawyer through two divorces and one remarriage. – And? – Don’t you think it’s a little too late to be a stickler for rules? – Sonny, I was born a stickler. It’s the knowledge of those rules and the adherence to them that gives me the power to maneuver within the legal system. – You can maneuver all you want. I just want to know what carly is up against, and how do we get her out of it. – Can I ask you a question? – Shoot. – Why do you care? – Why do you think my dad is the one who got you released? – Because the sec wants drew’s location. And he’s magically located on a flight manifest from san diego to hawaii? – Yeah. Yeah. He was actually in greenland on that rescue mission. – Yeah. Well, someone sent the feds on a wild goose chase to buy drew more time. We both know it was sonny. – You were the officiant at the wedding. – I was. – So any details you feel comfortable sharing, I would love to hear them. – Well, sonny didn’t tell you about the ceremony? – Oh, yeah. He did. But you know how guys are. I asked him about the flowers and the dress, and he said they were nice.

[Chuckles] – Nice? Well, that’s–

[Laughs] That’s an understatement. – It’s what I was imagining. – You know, willow, she was a vision. – She was? – Yeah. Come here. Her dress was understated, but very elegant. – Yeah, just like her. – Just like her. And the bouquet of flowers was just beautiful. – What about the kids? – Oh, the kids.

[Chuckles] Wiley was the cutest ring bearer you would ever see. – So proud! – So proud. And–and avery and donna, they were the most amazing flower girls. And they had these flower crowns on their head. – Oh, donna loves a good crown. – Yeah. And the vows, they were… heartfelt. – Was it sad? – Sad? No, no. If anything, I would say that it was real. I think it was– it was hopeful. I mean, you’ve never seen two people more in love. And I would– I would think that michael and willow would both say that the wedding was perfect. Until, of course, the sec showed up and ruined it. – So spencer? – [Sighs] Trina called me from a wsb satellite phone. – From greenland? – Mm-hmm. – How was that connection? – About as good as you would imagine. We only talked for a minute, but she said everyone’s safe. But the haunted star exploded and they can’t find spencer. – Was he on board at the time of the explosion? – It’s unclear. They’re still searching for him. I could just hear it in her voice. I mean, she’s so terrified that he’s dead. – When a buddy’s missing, we don’t say out loud if we think they’re gone. It’s like a–a superstition. – Why? Because then it’ll make it true? But what if it is?

[Tense music] – I’m sorry, trina. There’s no sign of spencer. – I’ll be back. – Sit down. Let me tell you everything I know.

– How are you feeling? – I’m feeling better. Thank you. Say what you will about liesl, but she was able to outmaneuver my father and get me the cure. She saved my life. – Thank goodness. That’s–that’s amazing. Um, is there any update on the haunted star? – Wsb is searching the wreckage and all the nearby shoreline. Anna devane is in london meeting with the director, and senior officials, and a number of disgruntled diplomats who want to know of victor cassadine’s affiliation with the bureau. Curtis is being debriefed. And as soon as that’s finished, there’s a plane waiting to take us all home. – What? No! No, I’m not leaving without spencer! He’s still out there. I can feel it! – We’ve recovered a body from the wreckage.


Uh, look. Things have been strained between you and my father since even before your divorce, right? – Things have been strained since sonny came back from nixon falls. – Right. Ok. Let’s not re-litigate who did what to who and why. But bottom line is, you expected him, what, to step back and let you handle your own problems? – Something like that. Look, sonny doing what he did last night, you know, that just kind of showed me that sonny may be different in many respects. But at his core, he’s still the man he’s always been. – I–I heard carly had some trouble after the wedding. – Well, whoever decided to tip off the sec has the most heartless timing. – No, martin. I haven’t changed my mind. Just the opposite. I want you to go all out and expose drew and carly for engaging in insider trading.

Just make sure to keep my name out of it – at least the ceremony was over, and michael and willow were officially husband and wife by the time the feds showed up. – Was willow really upset? – Um, I mean, how could she not be? – Your most recent divorce, while legally straightforward, was… [Chuckles] Acrimonious, to put it mildly. – I’ll give you that. – When carly severed ties, she meant it. She waived her right to millions of dollars in shared assets. All she wanted, all she would accept, was her home and joint custody of donna. – You just answered your own question. – How so? – Carly and I share donna. She is donna’s mother. You think I’m gonna allow donna’s mother to go to prison? – So all this is being done for donna? – Yeah. – Well, then, I got to hand it to you. I’m very impressed, you know, considering the temptation. Because don’t tell me you haven’t thought about it. Come on, sonny. If carly goes to prison, you now have sole custody of donna. Not only that, but you can share her with nina.

[Dramatic music]

[Monitor beeping] – Is there an eta on drew and liesl? – Um, they are still en route, but they will be here at some point today. Actually, in the meantime, though, how about we look at some potential accommodations in paris? So what do you think, how about a five-star hotel, where all of our needs are taken care of? Or we can do the whole authentic parisian route and rent an apartment. Let’s see. – Michael? – Yeah? – Do you still have the footage on there that incriminates your father? – I do. – But have you turned it over to the fbi? – No, not yet. – Good. I want you to delete it.

[Tense music] – [Sighs heavily] Oh, it’s not him. It’s not him. It’s not him. It’s not him.

Ah!

It’s not him. It’s not spencer! He could still be alive!


I love nina. – That much is apparent. – And you know I’m thrilled that the– nina and my girls have a relationship. But for me to be thinking about that we’re gonna raise donna, that’s a nonstarter. – Because carly is not going to prison? – Well, that’s why you’re here, so we can strategize and figure out how we can ensure that. Are you done poking around in my personal life? – [Laughs] Ok. I can talk about carly’s case in the hypothetical. How’s that? – I’ll take it. – Ok. Hypothetically speaking, the sec is putting together a strong case against carly. – How strong? – It is my belief that the sec can prove insider trading. And all of that is to say that if the case goes to trial, carly will lose. – Well, the case can’t go to trial. Can it? – I really hate that my family’s divided. But I won’t pretend to be ok with sonny’s choices. I mean… – I–I–I get that. – Yeah. I mean, specifically the way he sided with nina, going after michael and willow– I know, I know. You don’t want to get into it, right? We don’t want to talk about that. – Look, everything went downhill pretty much from the visitation hearing, right? – Right, and then I didn’t tell willow that nina was her mother. And sonny got all upset about that. – Well, that’s understandable. Regardless of how you feel about nina, sonny cares about her. And if she’s hurting, then he’s gonna be hurting, too. – She’s hurting. Yeah, ok. Well, sonny and i are pretty far apart. But when I realized he was the one that helped me last night… I wasn’t really surprised. – Willow was worried sick about carly, but not only for michael’s sake. But willow and carly forged a relationship. Carly’s become a friend, a mentor. – Carly’s become the mother that willow has never had. – Willow, I went through a lot of trouble. And somebody in particular took a lot of risk to get this footage. – I understand. – I mean, this isn’t doctored. This isn’t a setup. It’s–it’s–you know, it’s proof that my father was involved in an illegal arms deal, a violation of federal laws. Why shouldn’t he be brought to justice? – Because it will hurt a lot of people you love, specifically your little sisters. – Yeah, I– I thought about that. – Have you, really? What will avery and donna do if their father is in prison, especially if carly’s there, too? Avery will have ava, but donna will have no one. – That’s not gonna happen. – You don’t know that. – But I– I will move heaven and earth to ensure that my mom does not go down to insider trading charges. Donna will not be alone, ok? Not for anything. If sonny’s in prison, my sisters are gonna be a lot safer. – You truly think they’re in danger? – Everybody in sonny’s orbit is.

[Sighs] And, yes, I know that my father, he does everything in his power to protect his family. And more often than not, he’s successful. But even if donna and avery are physically safe, eventually, they’re gonna find out that their father– – who they love. – Is breaking the law, and he’s doing things that they have to pretend they don’t– they don’t see or hear. – They’ll become complicit in sonny’s way of life. – Just like it was with morgan and I. And I don’t want that for my sisters. – Ok. Those are all valid points. – Ok. I’m sensing a but here. – But if you turn sonny in, donna and avery don’t only lose their father. They lose you, too.

[Tense music]

– I’ve known spencer for such a long time. And for most of that time, we were fighting.

[Chuckles] – About what? – Everything. He was… an entitled, spoiled kid who liked things his way. – No wonder you clashed. You were two of a kind. Kidding. – Excuse me? – Kidding. I’m kidding. – I will admit, I was indulged as a kid and I liked things my way. And I still do. But at my worst, I was maybe a seven. – Ok. And spencer? – Off the charts. – [Chuckles] But you liked him. – Yeah, I couldn’t help it. When spencer wasn’t spencer, he was… fun. He kept things entertaining. – I could see that. – I just can’t wrap my head around the fact that that funny, infuriating kid I grew up with could be gone.

[Somber music]

– I knew it. I knew it. Ok. I knew spencer was still alive. Can I tell you something about your big brother? He can be a real pain in the a–

[Laughs] Butt. But he’s definitely worth it.

My only wish for this christmas is to wake up and have these last few days just be a bad dream. – The past few years for me. I would change everything, except coming back to port charles, because then I wouldn’t have met you. I’d ask if you’re stalking me, except I’m happy to see you. – Here for me? – Always. And the only thing that I know for sure is that I want you in my life. – I mean, I don’t know who I am anymore! – I know who you are. You’re the sweetest, smartest, and bravest person who I know. Will you promise me that you’ll be careful? – Of course I will. – I can’t stand to lose you, too. – You can’t get rid of me if you try. Definitely.


[Tense music] – [Exhales sharply] I’m standing here, wondering what I’m supposed to say to you. A word of regret? Some wish that things could have been different between us? Nah, I don’t think so. You always told me that you watched over me from afar while I was young. I’m grateful– grateful you stayed away. I was a full-grown man by the time I learned I was your son, and I’m grateful– grateful I wasn’t raised by you. Victor, I’m grateful for the family name, which, as of today, is no longer yours. It’s mine. And I’ll make sure that it’s one that future generations of cassadines can be proud of. But mostly, I’m grateful I never have to think of you again, and that this is the last time I say… goodbye, father.

[Dramatic music]

– Tony and I have always come through for each other. – Even when you can’t stand each other. – It’s comforting to know that that hasn’t changed, that I can count on sonny if I need him. – It still boggles my mind. – Wait a minute. Wait, wait. Which part? – The whole thing! I mean, willow’s devotion to carly, even though carly withheld information that could have spared willow this entire ordeal– I mean, think about it. If carly would have told willow and I the truth, that we were mother and daughter, we could have started testing for donors when she was diagnosed with leukemia. And then my aunt liesl would have been identified as a match months ago. And, willow, she wouldn’t be on death’s door. – Ok. Listen, I understand that– that you see it that way, but willow doesn’T. I mean, in–in willow’s eyes, carly has been nothing but kind, and loving, and supportive. She accepts her just as she is. – And I haven’t? – From willow’s perspective, no. – I made mistakes. I made a lot of mistakes.

But I am still willow’s mother. – Sometimes knowing that, it makes things worse. – If you turn sonny in and he gets arrested, are you planning to hide your involvement? – No, no. I’m not a hypocrite. I’m gonna tell sonny and my family that I was responsible. Yeah. – That’s what I thought, and that’s exactly why you can’t do it. Because when sonny gets sent to prison, your siblings are going to blame you and hate you for it. All right, maybe not dante. He understands the complexity of the situation. But christina? – Yeah. Christina adores our dad. He can do no wrong, as far as she’s concerned. – And then avery and donna, all they’ll understand is that daddy’s gone and it’s your fault. At best, they’ll be conflicted and confused. And at worst, they’ll turn away from you. Michael, that can’t happen. Those little girls need you too much. Your whole family does. – At this point, no charges have been filed. No arrests have been made. Right? – Because the feds want to wait to move forward until they have had a chance to talk to drew. – Right, so there’s still an opportunity to make this go away. I’ll–I’ll–you know, I’ll put out some feelers and I’ll contact some and people and I’ll do whatever I’ve got to do. – You have contacts with the ability to suppress a federal case? – Well, it’s not a case yet. We’re still in the preliminary investigation stage. Right? – Ok. So you think that, you know, with just the right amount of pressure the feds will just say, forget it. We’ll make this go away. – It’s possible. – It’s not possible– – why? – Sonny, because it’s way too late for that! The feds were acting on a tip from a legitimate source. And now they have uncovered evidence to corroborate the allegations. You can’t walk that back. – You do if you discredit the source. – Well, of course, but we don’t know who the source is. – So let’s find out.


Look, whatever strings that sonny had to pull on my behalf, I don’t expect that from you. But if you have any information you can share, that would be great. – Well, I don’t have the sec’s notes or know what evidence they have, so I can’t say anything with certainty. – But if you had to guess? – Well, if I had to guess, they’re moving pretty fast. I’d say maybe they got a case. – Oh, man. All right, well, I guess I need to talk to diane and hope that she can beat this thing. – Well, you know, for the record, I– I hope she can, too. And if there’s anything I can do legally, I’d be happy to help. – Thanks. – When I found out that alexis was my mother, let’s just say it wasn’t welcomed news. – Oh, you and alexis, you didn’t get along? – No. No, not–not at all. In fact, I resented the implication that just because we were related, that I had to instantly love her. – Well, you love each other now. How did you get there? – Mm. Time. Shared experience. A lot of trial and error for alexis and me to form that mother-daughter bond. – Time might not be something that willow and i will ever have. – I bet you carly could help you with that. – We talked about this when I suggested you invite sonny to the wedding. – Yes, I remember. – And do you remember what you said? – Yeah, that donna and avery are more important than anything going on between me and my father. – Has that changed? – No. No, it hasn’t, just the opposite. I mean, can’t you see? I–I’m doing this for them, my sisters, to protect them. – And I can understand the argument that they’re better off without sonny, but you will never convince me that they’re better off without you. They count on you, michael. – Yeah. I–I’m not going anywhere. – Physically, maybe. But in order to lean on you, your sisters need to trust you. They need to know that you would never do anything to hurt them. – I wouldn’T. – And no matter how you look at it, sending their father away will hurt them. Not only that, it will draw a line in the sand that can never be erased by making donna and avery feel that by loving sonny, they’re betraying you. Don’t do that to them. Don’t make them choose between you and their father. – Sonny, you cannot compel the sec to reveal the source of their tip. – So this person screws over carly and drew and just gets off scott-free? – Ok. The bigger problem is the timeline and the corroborating evidence. Carly made a substantial purchase of aurora stock right before the proposed merger with elq. She drove the stock price up. And had the merger gone through, she would have made a fortune. – But it didn’t go through. – Doesn’t matter. Carly was in possession of privileged information, thanks to her personal relationship with drew. And that can be corroborated. And that is the textbook definition of insider trading. – I don’t see how it benefits the sec to take carly down. She lost a lot of money with the deal, and she’s not like a hedge fund manager or a corporate ceo. But drew is. – Thank you for listening. I know you don’t exactly have fond memories of spencer. – [Chuckles] We couldn’t stand each other. But I understand there’s a side of him that I didn’t get to see. – God, are we really talking about him in past tense? – Tell me about when he came back. – To port charles? – Yeah. – Oh, he was a real peach.

[Chuckles] No. He was… cynical and bitter, almost willfully shallow. He had put up this wall around him. Trina was able to break through it. – Brave girl. – Right? Trina saw another version of spencer. She gave him chance after chance. She believed in him, so much so that she followed him onto the haunted star. And now we’re here. She’s gonna be so devastated if he’s really gone. And I just can’t help thinking, why do I get to be the lucky one? – It’s time to go. – Where? – Mr. Ashford has been debriefed and is waiting on the plane. – We’ve been cleared to leave for port charles. – We can’t just take off without spencer! – [Sighs] Ms. Robinson, the odds that your friend– – we searched the wreckage. – Then search it again. – There are no survivors. There are just bodies waiting– – no. – To be identified. – No, you’re wrong. You’re wrong! Spencer’s alive. They have to keep looking for him! – Of course, the bureau will keep looking. – Good. Then we’ll wait. – Trina, you need to take ace back to his mother. Your loved ones are waiting for you as well. – I can’t leave. I can’t leave him. He made it. I would feel it if he didn’T. Spencer’s alive. – There’s nothing more to do here. It’s time to go home.

[Somber music]


Carly would never help me. – But have you ever asked? I mean, instead of constantly being on the defensive and going tit for tat over who’s more wrong, have you ever thought about just, like, stepping back and saying, “I’m sorry. I need your help”? I don’t know. It’s just my opinion, but good luck.

[Somber music]

– Are those sec guys still there? No, huh? Any idea where they went? All right. Thanks. Yeah. – Hello. – Hello. Mm. – Who were you talking to? – The other woman. – Oh. What? Aka, the station? – Yeah, I’m helping carly out with something. – That’s nice of you. – Yeah, it is nice. Well, I’m a nice guy. You know, I mean, her and my dad may be at odds. But family’s family, you know? – I love that. – I love you.

[Gentle music]

– You also need to consider your own children. Don’t you want wiley and amelia to grow up with donna and avery? – Of course I do. – Then don’t create a rift between them. I’m not asking you to forgive sonny or even make peace, but I grew up without a family, which makes me recognize how precious ours is. And I realize that might make me sound hypocritical, given my stance on nina– – no, the situations are completely different. – Nina and I have never had a relationship. Not a good one, anyway. Us being estranged doesn’t affect anyone. There’s no collateral damage. But with you and sonny, it affects everyone you love. And I truly believe that keeping our family whole is more important than bringing sonny to justice.

[Knocking on door] – I have good news. Drew cain and dr. Obrecht just landed and are on their way to gh. – Really? – Time to get you prepped for the first step of the transplant. – It’s time to save your life. – The feds are after drew. Carly’s the leverage. – Well, that would explain why they were so willing to release her last night, once they got a location on drew, who, let us not forget, is the ceo and major shareholder of aurora. You know, he’s the one who broke confidentiality. He’s the one who violated the sec rules when he told carly about the merger in the first place. – You think–you think they’re going to offer carly a– a deal to give up drew? – If they do, do you think she’ll take it? – One step at a time. First things first. Let’s wait to see if that deal is on the table. – Once again, sonny, I am representing carly, not you. – [Scoffs] Anything I do is in carly’s best interest. – I have to wonder. If the situation were reversed and you were the one facing federal charges, do you think carly would be doing all this for you? – No doubt. – Trina and I both took chances this year. Big ones. Trina fell for spencer. – And? – Oh, you’re gonna make me say it? – Oh, yes, ma’am. – Then I fell for you. – I think that makes me the lucky one. – I think that makes us both lucky. And once michael turns in the evidence that you got him against sonny, then he’ll be arrested. – We both know that’s not gonna happen overnight. And I doubt michael is thinking about anything except willow undergoing her transplant. – Well, I will wait as long as it takes. Because at the end of it, you’ll be free. And then we can finally figure out what we mean to each other out in the real world. – Oh, out in the wild? – Yeah. – [Laughs] – A chance that trina and spencer never will.

[Somber music]

– Huh? Spencer? Spencer! Spencer! – Oh! Oh.

[Uplifting music] – [Panting]

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Steffy: Hope, I know what I saw. You, caressing thomas’ hands, staring into his eyes, saying all the things that you were saying. You have feelings for him. Hope, tell me the truth. Now.

Thomas: There’s no way.

Ridge: No way what, thomas?

Waitress: Your brother said to give this to you.

[ Scoffs ]

Liam: Of course he did. Thank you.

Taylor: I called your office, and they said you would be here. May I join you?

Liam: I… hi. Yes. Yes. Uh, please, please sit. Hi. What’s up, taylor?

Taylor: I just wanted to speak to you. About… your wife and my son.

[ Liam chuckles ]

Liam: Uh, I feel like you might want to talk to me about hope and thomas working together.

Taylor: Oh, you are correct.

Liam: Ah.

Taylor: You’ve had a lot of strong objections.

Liam: I… I have. Yeah. But you already know what they are. I mean, I’m just– I’m concerned that thomas is gonna do what he’s already done–

Taylor: He won’T.

Liam: Okay. Listen–

Taylor: Thomas is not gonna cross any lines. And… I’m not just saying that because he’s my son. I’m saying that because I know he won’T. He’s not gonna throw away all the work he’s done and risk his career and family… for something that can never be.

Ridge: Something wrong?

Thomas: No, it’s just, um…

Ridge: Just talking to yourself.

Thomas: I was thinking out loud.

Ridge: Thinking out loud about what?

Thomas: This, uh, the sketch is just, like… there’s something off about it.

Ridge: Mm. That’s what it’s about?

Thomas: Yeah, I appreciate your concern. But, um…

Ridge: But what?

Thomas: You know what? Um… maybe it would be good to talk about it. And I don’t want to fall back into old patterns.

[ Clearing throat ] It’s– it’s about hope.

Steffy: My brother is doing everything he possibly can to redeem himself. Not only here at work, but with douglas. And the rest of the family.

Hope: No, I know. I– I know.

Steffy: Do you know that? Because what I just saw, was you flirting with thomas. And I know that sounds so crazy because thomas is the one we’re supposed to be worried about. Not you. Not sweet hope. Hope who never misbehaves. But you are now. Because I saw you flirting with my brother. When it comes to your hair, ingredients matter.

Liam: You’ve always had a lot of faith in thomas, haven’t you?

Taylor: Are you– are you saying I shouldn’t have?

Liam: No, I’m not saying that. I’M… what am I saying? I guess I just– I think he’s lucky to have a parent who believes in him as much as you do.

Taylor: I’m lucky to have thomas as a son. And yes, I do believe in him. But if he was playing as I–

Liam: Which, he’s done before.

Taylor: Yeah, he has. Boy, he was good at it, wasn’t he? And as good as he was at it, I am now better at spotting his tells. And he is– he is still making progress with them.

Liam: I mean, yeah, that’s good. That– that is good. That’s a good thing. But can we– elephant in the room? Taylor, you’re a psychiatrist. But in this context you’re not just a psychiatrist. You’re also thomas’ mother. So, how–

Taylor: How could i be unbiased?

Liam: Yes.

Taylor: That is– that is a fair question. You know, um, I wouldn’t be fighting so hard for thomas if I wasn’t absolutely certain he’d changed. You know, I– I have a lot more invested in thomas getting better than you do. He’s my son.

[ Stammering ] I just want the best for him. So– so being biased in this situation, it would be the worst possible thing for him. And for hope.

Ridge: So this is about hope. What about her?

Thomas: It’s about hope. It’s about, uh, hope for the future. And… have you seen the preorder numbers?

Ridge: I have not.

Thomas: Okay. Well. They came in.

Ridge: Okay.

Thomas: And… let me see. Here you go. They exceeded our expectations.

Ridge: Well, this is amazing. You should be really happy.

Thomas: Well, hope is ecstatic.

Ridge: And she should be happy too, because her line’s been struggling a little bit.

Thomas: Uh, well, you know, a lot has changed since then.

Ridge: Really? The only thing that’s changed is she has a new lead designer.

Thomas: Yeah. And I– I’m really lucky to be here.

Ridge: Luck has nothing to do with it. You did the work. You worked on yourself. You worked on your craft, and… here we are. Son, I am so proud of you.

Thomas: You should be proud of hope too.

Ridge: Okay. I’m so proud of her too. She did what she did to save her line. She did everything she had to.

Thomas: It’s– it’s not just that, though. It’s not just her doing what she had to. Like, she, she… after everything I did, she… was able to forgive me and that’S…

Ridge: That’s what she does. She gives second chances. It’s nice.

Thomas: It’s not just what someone does. This is… after everything I did, that’s a new level of forgiveness. And I, I don’t know. Look, I… me being back, it can affect her marriage with liam.

Ridge: I think they’re fine.

Thomas: Maybe they are, but liam doesn’t trust me. He doesn’t have any reason–

Ridge: What are you doing right now? What is this? You should be over the moon. You just showed me these numbers. You should be doing backflips. Instead, you’re standing here doing… this. What’s going on?

[ Thomas grunts ]

Hope: Misbehaving? Steffy, this– this is an overreaction. You are reading too much into what you saw.

Steffy: Am I? I want to believe that’s the case.

Hope: It is.

Steffy: I hope to god it is. I hope you’re being honest with me and yourself. Thomas has been acting like a gentleman. He has been behaving himself. He has not crossed any lines with you. He is making strides in his life.

Hope: I know that. I have seen the work that he has done. I believe that he is a changed man.

Steffy: Yeah, he’s been fighting those demons and he’s winning. Why can’t you be sensitive to that?

Hope: I am. I am proud of him, steffy.

Steffy: Really? Because what I just walked in on, what I just saw, was you laying it on thick. You flirting with my brother. Saying all the things that you were saying, looking into his eyes, and caressing his hands. You were flirting with him. Wow, I can’t even believe I am saying this. Are you actually turning into your mother? My a1c was up here; now, it’s down with rybelsus.

Thomas: Has anyone ever told you you worry too much?

Ridge: All the time. I’m not worried about you. Not anymore.

Thomas: Really? You mean that?

Ridge: Oh, I mean that. It’s who you are. You, you did it. You fixed whatever the problem was. And you’re back. You’re a great father to your son. Your skills are improving all the time. And I don’t know that I’ve said it, and I’m gonna say it again. I’m gonna keep repeating it. I am so proud of you.

Thomas: You know I’m actually kind of proud of me too.

Ridge: Good! You should be! Because you earned this.

[ Sighs ] All right. If you ever need anybody, I hope you know this. If you ever need to talk to someone about anything, I’m here. I’ll listen. And I will give advice. If you ask for it.

Thomas: I, I appreciate that. I, um, I’ll keep that in mind.

Ridge: So where is hope? I want to congratulate her too.

Thomas: She’s over in the design office.

Ridge: She has to be so impressed with you.

Thomas: Yeah. You know, dad, um… I– I’m glad that hope has brought herself to forgiving me and, and the rest of the family is moving in that direction, but… it means the world to me that you are willing to give me another chance, and– and forgive me. And… I promise, I know that I’ve– I’ve done some dark things in the past, but, um… I am never gonna become that person again. You have my word.

Liam: I do actually appreciate your concern for hope. I do.

Taylor: Well, I appreciate hope’s capacity for forgiveness. She didn’t have to allow thomas to come back to be her lead designer, but she did.

Liam: Yeah. But she also didn’t forget about all the things that he’s done in the past, like none of us have.

Taylor: No, but… she was willing to trust that thomas wouldn’t revert to his old ways. And he hasn’T.

Liam: Yet. That we know of. That doesn’t mean he hasn’t or couldn’T. And if that does happen–

Taylor: If that happens, hope is gonna put a stop to it, and thomas will be gone. And thomas knows that. He could lose everything, and– and everyone that he loves. His career, everything. He’s not gonna allow that.

Liam: What if it’s not up to him, taylor? What if– what if the impulse is just too strong? What if he literally cannot help himself?

Taylor: What if he can? Therapy is giving him incredible coping skills. He is– he is healing through the very things that cause the triggers. And now he’s able to spot them as soon as they come up. Come on, liam. That is huge. Can you not see that?

Liam: Here’s what I see. I see, and I mean this, that the people who love him, are invested in his growth. And that’s a good thing. It means you and ridge and steffy all have confidence in him. And that’s your job. But my job is to stay on guard.

Taylor: Okay. But remember, hope is smart. Give her some credit. And try to– just try to believe that I– I would never want hope and thomas working so closely together if I wasn’t absolutely certain that thomas… wasn’t that old thomas.

[ Liam chuckles ]

Liam: You sound like steffy, actually. She said the same thing to me. She’s been trying to drill into my head that… that I have nothing to worry about when it comes to her brother and hope.

[ Sardonic chuckle ]

Steffy: You’re really turning into your mom.

Hope: What? No. No, steffy. And I think you’re making way too much of this.

Steffy: I know what I saw.

Hope: We were excited about the numbers. We were celebrating. And we did get caught up in the moment, steffy. But I love liam. My family and my marriage mean everything to me. Please do not interfere with that.

Steffy: I’m not. But if you’re developing feelings for my brother, I’m gonna have an issue with this.

Hope: Steffy, can you please just try to listen to me and see it from my point of view? Thomas and i have been working really hard on this line together. We have been spending a lot of hours together. We also share a son together. But that is it. That is where it stops. Liam is my husband. And I love him and I am committed to him. (Buzz) morning!

Liam: Well, steffy is right. But then again, steffy is always right. And don’t you forget it.

[ Liam chuckles ] Come on, if you could just..

Liam: Have the kind of faith in your son that you do?

Taylor: Well, I– I would never expect you to do that. No.

[ Chuckles ] I’m just asking for… just a modicum of faith. You know? Thomas can’t– can’t change what he did. But he can change the way that he does things from now on, and that’s exactly what he’s doing. The efforts he’s making are real. And hope sees that every day, we all do. Present company excluded. So what do you say? Think you can give him just a little benefit of the doubt?

[ Liam groaning ]

Liam: I want to believe you, taylor, for all our sakes. Especially hope’S. She’S… she’s a good person, you know? She’s– she’s kind, and compassionate and sincere.

Taylor: And smart.

Liam: And smart. Yes.

Taylor: Yes. And she forgave thomas. But she also put very firm boundaries in place. You have nothing to worry about, liam.

Hope: Working with you this time around, it’s been amazing. I mean, it’s like we are in sync on everything. It’s been magical. And now, I mean, there’s no limit to where we can take hope for the future.

Steffy: I want to believe you, hope. I never questioned your love for liam.

Hope: Then don’t start now.

Steffy: I have spoken to him. You asked me to do that, remember? He loves you so much.

Hope: Steffy, I know that.

Steffy: He’s been concerned about you and thomas. He trusts you. He just doesn’t trust thomas. But I think you’re the one he needs to be concerned about.

Hope: No, steffy. I am completely devoted to liam.

Steffy: And he is completely devoted to you. Do you realize how lucky you are? Liam is completely supportive and understanding. But if he were to walk in on what I just did, he would have freaked out.

Hope: Steffy, please… please don’t say a word to liam.

[ Steffy scoffs ] He’s already sensitive enough about thomas and me working together, and I swear to you, there is nothing going on between the two of us.

Steffy: Do you miss it?

Hope: Miss what?

Steffy: His affection for you.

Hope: How could you even ask such a thing? No. No, steffy. I love my husband. I love my family. They mean everything to me. So, please… don’t overreact to a situation that you are misunderstanding. Please do not tell anyone about this. I swear to you. There is– there’s nothing going on.

Steffy: Okay. So you’re telling me the truth. You have no feelings for thomas. None at all.

Hope: No.

Steffy: Good. Because you can’t be leading him on. Reigniting his obsession with you. I’m serious, hope. Do not lead thomas on. Or undermine the progrs my brother has made. I’ll be watching you.

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Y&R Short Recap Monday, May 8, 2023

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Malcolm surprised everyone by appearing at the tribute for Neil at the jazz lounge named in Neil’s honor. Devon, in a touching moment, announced he was changing his name to Devon Winters. (Perhaps Devon will also keep his mother’s name, Hamilton, to become Devon Hamilton Winters, reflecting the name of the business he and Neil started?)

Victor, who hired Neil fresh out of Harvard, paid tribute to him, noting that Neil was one of the few people Victor respected and trusted. Seeing Abby with Devon pleased Victor, who said he was proud to have Devon becoming one of the family.

Devon’s mother, Harmony, credited Tucker for arranging for her to attend the event. That scored points with Devon, but Ashley barely withheld her fury, seeing the woman Tucker cheated with while she and Tucker were married. Harmony said she was happy that Tucker and Ashley found their way back to each other other, but Ashley still seethed. Tucker, of course, was delighted.

At the Abbott house, Jack and Kyle welcomed home Diane, who was out of prison on bond and wearing an ankle monitor. Diane’s happiness was dampened when Jack told her Ashley had moved Tucker into the Abbott home. Summer was furious when she walked in to see Diane. Soon after, Summer received a text from Daniel, summoning her to Chancellor Park.

Daniel, who confided to Lily that his conscience troubled him about something, later told Summer that he could no longer keep the secret that Phyllis is alive. He hated himself because people were offering condolences and asking how he and Summer were doing, and there was this big fat lie hanging over his head. He told Summer that they needed to tell everybody that Phyllis is alive and bring her home. Summer appeared terrified and desperate. Meanwhile, Kyle is searching for his wife and might find her, overhearing the conversation.

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Y&R Best Lines Friday, May 5, 2023

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Ashley: I’m just gonna be very honest with you. All right? He was serious about leaving town and I knew that he wanted to be close to Devon and Dominic and frankly, Abby, I wasn’t ready to see him go.

Abby: Oh, my god.

Ashley: So, I came up with this idea that maybe we could work it out.

Abby: So, it was you. You were the one who convinced tucker to stay.

Ashley: I’ve got my eyes wide open.

Abby: I have to tell you, mom, I think this is ridiculous and
honestly, a little pathetic.

Ashley: Abby, I’m still your mother. Watch your mouth.
[Abby sighing] Look, I see a good man who’s trying to do the right thing, but he– he always does the wrong thing.

Abby: And you can’t change him.

Ashley: I’m just giving him a little room to give it a shot.

Abby: To give it a shot.

Ashley: That’s it. All right. Now, are you angry because Devon invited tucker to Neil’s tribute tonight?

Abby: I think that’s a little bit different, don’t you? I mean, that’s a father and son thing, asking him to come to an event for one night, but you, you are asking him to move into our family’s home. Are you serious? Oh, my gosh

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Mariah: Tessa sends her love, by the way. She’s at home with the baby. Probably giving her a bottle as we speak.

Devon: Aw. I’m sure when she’s a little closer to dom’s age, her schedule will mirror yours a little better.

Mariah: A little? Oh, my goodness, you’re scaring me.

Devon: Maybe, not at all. I don’t know. All babies are, you know.

Mariah: They’re different. Yes, we keep hearing that. Every day is a new experience. It’s a good thing that we like surprises.

Devon: Isn’t it crazy to think about our kids growing up together?

Mariah: They’re gonna be best friends. Forever. Just like us.

Devon: That’s right.


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Y&R Short Recap Tuesday, May 9, 2023

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Elena talks to Mariah and tells her that Nate lied to her and he isn’t the man she loved. Elena later goes to Nate’s place and packs her things and moves out of the apartment. Nate talks to Sharon and he realizes that he has changed and that is why he lost Elena but he also realizes he likes the man he is now.

Summer tries once again to persuade Daniel not to tell Kyle that Phyllis is alive. Daniel is still conflicted about what he should do and when Phyllis calls him he asks her to come home so they can fix this mess.

Kyle tells his family that he Summer and Harrison are moving into the pool house so that Summer has a chance to heal from her grief.

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Days Update Monday, May 8, 2023

 

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Kate meets the boss of the boat and it turns out to be Dimitri Von Leuschner, who says that Kate must know him by reputation because they’ve never been formally introduced but the pleasure is all his.

Marlena goes to the Brady Pub while on the phone with Roman. Marlena says that’s great news and she’ll tell everybody. Marlena knows he still has to find Kate but now they have reason to hope. Marlena says she’ll get back with him soon as they hang up. Marlena then finds Eric seated alone and excitedly tells him that Roman found out that Kate got away from Bo, so he thinks that Kate is alive. Eric says that’s great but Marlena can tell something is wrong. Eric slowly turns towards her, revealing the cut on his face. Marlena asks how that happened but Eric claims it’s nothing and that he ran in to a door. Eric then admits it was EJ’s fist.

At the DiMera Mansion, EJ questions Gabi not telling him in the first place that Nicole went to the hospital. Gabi talks about being not sure that Nicole wasn’t faking the whole thing of having cramps. EJ questions what kind of cold hearted person she is. Gabi argues that she’s the one who took Nicole to the ER. EJ asks if she’s alright now but Gabi doesn’t know since she didn’t wait there. Gabi calls Nicole a drama queen and goes to leave but EJ grabs her and questions what is wrong with her. Stefan then walks in and tells EJ to get his hands off of Gabi.

At the hospital, Nicole asks Kayla how she can be pregnant when she’s on the pill. Kayla responds that the pill is highly effective but doesn’t prevent 100% of pregnancies. Nicole questions why she was having cramps. Kayla guesses they were little contractions which are normal in early pregnancy, so she’s not concerned at the moment. Kayla suggests a follow up with her OB/GYN due to her medical history and past pregnancies. Nicole admits she did not see this coming. Kayla understands it’s a lot to take in and that it was unplanned. Nicole adds that it’s not just because the pregnancy is dangerous for her and the baby, but she doesn’t even know who the father is.

Marlena asks if Eric had a bar room fight with EJ. Eric says he gave those up and that EJ punched him while it took all of his restraint not to punch him back. Marlena questions why EJ hit him. Eric asks her to let it go. Marlena guesses it was Nicole and asks what happened. Eric says she won’t like it as he reveals that EJ sucker punched him when he found out that he and Nicole slept together.

EJ complains to Stefan that Nicole fell ill while alone with Gabi and now Gabi is making jokes about it. Gabi argues that it only happened after she was winning their argument. EJ grabs Gabi and questions her flinging insults at anyone else while Stefan warns him again to let her go. Gabi notices EJ’s knuckles are all red and asks how that happened. EJ claims it was an accident. Stefan asks who he knocked out this time. EJ claims it was no one. Stefan reminds EJ that he has to play nice because he has a performance review coming up. EJ declares that he’s not wasting any more time with them as he’s going to the hospital and exits. Gabi calls EJ an arrogant bastard. Stefan asks Gabi if Nicole was faking or actually in pain. Gabi says she doesn’t know but if she was sick, she hopes it’s serious.

Kayla asks Nicole if she was with more than one man recently. Nicole admits that she was but she’s in a committed relationship with EJ. Kayla asks why she would do that then but apologizes and says it’s none of her business. Nicole says it’s okay as she wants her to know. Nicole informs Kayla that she and Eric were high on the drugged biscuits and had a one night stand.

Chad remains in Greece while on the phone with Julie, talking about his son Thomas losing a tooth. Chad tells her to tell his kids that he misses and loves them very much and he’ll be home soon. Chad thanks her for everything and says he’ll call her again in the morning as they hang up. Roman shows up at the door, so Chad asks if there’s anything new about Bo. Roman says not since he squeezed Hope’s hand but Kayla said it will be a long road back for him. Roman adds that he and Hope have talked about moving Bo in to a long term care facility. Chad says it’s good to have him back in the land of the living even if it is a shame he’s not recovering fast. Roman states that Bo is tough so he won’t count him out. Chad agrees that anyone who knows Bo would not count him out because he’s a survivor just like Kate. Roman mentions that Steve wasn’t in his room and asks if he’s out looking for Kate. Chad confirms that Steve left a little while ago. Roman asks if he said where he was heading so that he can catch up to him. Chad says he did but notes that there is something Roman should know and he’s not sure he will like it.

Kate informs Dimitri that she knows he’s the cousin of Carly and Frankie, who posed as an ISA agent named Kyle Graham last year. Dimitri guesses that Billie filled her in which Kate confirms. Dimitri talks about having fond memories of romancing Billie. Kate says she knows all about it but Billie knows she was played by him and has forgotten all about him. Dimitri guesses he had that coming but says he found her quite captivating and now he sees where she gets it. Kate tells him not to bother as she is immune to his charms, like Billie was when she took him down in the end and his plot blew up in his face. Kate questions why he’s not in prison. Dimitri says that’s his business. Kate then asks him why she’s on this boat, gutting fish, when she could be home in Salem with her loved ones.

Eric tells Marlena that he slept with Nicole as they were under the influence of the tainted biscuits and assures that it was a one time thing. Marlena asks if he told Sloan. Eric responds that he didn’t have to because she was the one who walked in on them. Eric thought Sloan would be quiet about it since she said she understood, so he doesn’t know why she would bring it up to EJ. Eric calls it a total blow to EJ’s fragile male ego and that EJ wouldn’t believe that it meant nothing. Marlena questions if it did mean nothing to Eric and Nicole.

Nicole tells Kayla that she and Eric were hallucinating while having sex and didn’t know what they were doing. Nicole stops and worries if the drug could hurt the baby. Kayla thinks it’s too early to know that. Nicole calls this such a mess. EJ then arrives. Nicole greets him and asks what he’s doing here. EJ respond that he had to know if she was alright and asks Kayla if she is.

Stefan tells Gabi that the least EJ could’ve done was thank Gabi for taking Nicole to the hospital. Stefan points out that Nicole is working day and night to have them canned, so she should’ve had her take a cab. Gabi says she’s not a horrible person and thought she would earn brownie points with EJ, but he just yelled at her for not staying with Nicole. Gabi mentions adding that to her scathing performance review and then tells Stefan that Nicole was about to send his when her pain started, so she didn’t send it and was just getting the laptop out of her bag. Stefan points out that Nicole left her laptop and asks if Gabi is thinking what he’s thinking.

Eric assures Marlena that he and Nicole were high and what happened was the last thing they wanted. Marlena points out that research on the drug showed it doesn’t increase libido. Eric asks what she is insinuating. Marlena states that Eric and Nicole have always had a very strong attraction to each other. Eric insists that he and Nicole regret it as he’s with Sloan and she’s with EJ now. Eric adds that Nicole doesn’t know that EJ knows about them and she hasn’t called him back. Eric worries that EJ was enraged so he’s afraid that Nicole will get blindsided.

Kayla tells EJ that he can’t just barge in here as she’s with a patient. EJ points out that Nicole is his girlfriend and says that Gabi said she was in terrible pain. Nicole tells him that it wasn’t that terrible and it’s over now, so he doesn’t have to worry. Nicole asks Kayla to give her and EJ a few minutes alone. Kayla tells Nicole to see her before she leaves to discuss her follow up care. Kayla then exits the room. Nicole apologizes to EJ for Gabi scaring him and says she shouldn’t have made so much out of it, but she’s fine now. EJ calls that a relief and asks if Kayla knows why Nicole had this pain. Nicole claims it was just something she ate. EJ questions if it was a delayed reaction to the biscuits. Nicole says that might have been it but that it was nothing. EJ argues that it couldn’t have been nothing since Gabi despises her but was worried enough to drive her here and now she’s just fine. EJ finds it hard to believe. Nicole asks if he’s saying that she’s lying. EJ responds that it is possible, since she did lie to him about sleeping with Eric.

Eric feels he has to call Nicole. Marlena assures that she will call him back when she can. Eric mentions knowing that Marlena doesn’t like EJ or Sloan. Marlena says she’s curious how he’s feeling and checks out his cut. Marlena worries that it won’t close without stitches so she wants to take him to the hospital, or else he’ll end up with a scar or an infection. Eric argues that Marlena is a doctor so she can stitch him up. Marlena points out that she doesn’t have her bag and they are not in a sterile environment. Eric complains that an ER is full of sick people. Marlena says she has connections and can get him in to an exam room. Marlena adds that she’s not letting this go so Eric leaves the Pub with Marlena.

Stefan wonders what Nicole’s password is. Gabi remembers that Nicole was typing it in when her pain started, so they are able to log in. Stefan acknowledges that it’s highly unethical for him to access and alter a performance review on his own job. Gabi argues that it’s unethical for Nicole to lie about him too and asks if Stefan’s going to let that go. Stefan knows he started this whole thing by hiring Gabi to do these job evaluations. Gabi argues that everything she wrote about EJ is accurate while Stefan is one of the most ethical people she knows. Stefan sees that Nicole left the file wide open. Stefan reads that Nicole wrote that he was scattered, inattentive, and possibly brain damaged. Stefan laughs over Nicole writing that he fails to use inclusive language and that he’s unfamiliar with social media and pop culture like not knowing the singer Lizzo when influencers like her can impact a company’s profit margin. Gabi jokes that they’ll work on that. Stefan reads that Nicole wrote that Stefan is not prepared to run a multi-national corporation and that an unnamed employee said they wished Stefan stayed dead. Gabi calls Nicole a bitch.

Dimitri is surprised at Kate’s reaction when he made sure the boat was comfortable while he knew she was familiar with fish chopping. Kate stops him and asks again why she is here. Dimitri responds that Kate is of great use to him as a hostage. Kate tells him to call Roman and demand a ransom then. Dimitri questions where Roman would get that money. Kate insists that Roman is resourceful and he will find a way to get her back, adding that they have friends and family that can help him. Kate adds that Chad DiMera is like her son, so she suggests calling him so they can end this farce and she can go home.

Chad informs Roman that Harris Michaels is on the case now. Roman questions who’s idea that was. Chad explains that Andrew Donovan thinks Harris could be their best bet in finding Kate since Kate was taken by boat while Harris was a Navy SEAL and an expert at tracking down missing boats. Roman says his problem is that he’s not fully convinced that Harris is deprogrammed or that they can trust him, bringing up what he did with Steve and Kayla. Chad points out that they were rescued the next day. Roman understands Chad is willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Chad declares that if it helps find Kate, he doesn’t care where the help comes from.

Marlena brings Eric to the hospital. Eric is shocked to see Kayla and hugs her. Kayla asks what happened to his face. Eric claims it’s nothing while Kayla points out he is bleeding. Eric reluctantly asks for stitches. Marlena didn’t know Kayla was home and tells her how good it is to see her here. Kayla admits she never thought she’d see this place again. Marlena asks if she has seen Bo. Kayla confirms that she has and he’s shown signs of awareness but it’s going to be a long road to recovery. Eric notes that they are all praying for him. Marlena asks if there’s any update on Kate. Kayla says no, but Roman will not give up until he finds her. Kayla adds that Steve and Chad stayed behind in Greece but she wishes there was more to go on. Marlena hugs Kayla and tells her to take care of herself. Kayla accidentally drops her folder on Nicole so Eric goes to pick it up but Kayla quickly tells him to just leave it.

Nicole tries to lie to EJ but he tells her not to waste her breath because Sloan was delighted to tell him all about it. Nicole argues that Sloan is lying because she hates her but EJ reveals that he confronted Eric on it and he confirmed it. EJ adds that he also overheard her on the phone with Eric the other night, swearing him to secrecy on something and now he knows what that something is. Nicole says she would’ve told him. EJ goes over what Eric said about them being high and it being a one time thing that didn’t mean anything. EJ explains that he had built up a head of steam and took it out on Eric, then he came home to confront her about it when he found out she was sick and then all his anger disappeared and he only cared about finding her. Nicole admits that she just didn’t think that EJ would understand. EJ responds that the only thing he didn’t understand is why she felt the need to lie to him. Nicole says she knew how upset he would get given their history with Eric. EJ understands she may have been afraid but he got it out of his system when he punched Eric. Nicole asks if she hurt him. EJ says he’s fine. Nicole asks what about him. EJ says he just has skinned knuckles and a new awareness that life is not always under his control. EJ adds that he’s more concerned about her and asks if she’s really alright as this all feels like quite a lot just for a stomachache. Nicole asks what he means. EJ mentions hearing Kayla say that she wanted to discuss her follow up plan and questions that being for indigestion. EJ asks Nicole if she is seriously ill. Nicole says no and tells him not to think that for a minute. EJ calls that a relief, but he knows there’s something she’s not telling him which she admits.

Gabi alters Nicole’s evaluation of Stefan to praise him as showing amazing attention to detail, being a joy to work with, and having a positive office culture. Stefan calls her brilliant and kisses her. Stefan asks if they have to finish this now. Gabi points out that Nicole would walk in at any minute. Stefan tells her to work fast and kisses her neck as Gabi continues praising him. Gabi then says forget it and continues kissing Stefan instead.

Kayla tells Eric that it’s a patient’s file so he can’t see it. Marlena points out that they still need to get Eric treated. Kayla says she can do it, just not at this very minute. Marlena offers to stitch him up. Kayla agrees to text the attending physician. Eric hugs Kayla and says it’s good to have her back in Salem. Marlena says they will be waiting in her office as she and Eric then walk away.

Nicole doesn’t know why this is so hard to tell EJ. Nicole then lies and claims that Kayla just thinks she’s in the early stages of menopause. EJ questions that being it. Nicole says she was just upset as it came as such a surprise and she’s not ready. EJ tells Nicole that there is nothing that will make her less beautiful or desirable to him. Nicole jokes about having hot flashes. EJ is just relieved it’s not anything more serious. EJ asks if Nicole has now told him everything. Nicole claims she has and tells him not to worry about her because she’s healthy and that’s the truth. EJ is thankful as they hug.

Roman tells Chad that he drives himself nuts trying to figure out what the hell happened to Kate and then he worries that she’s out on a boat by herself and they don’t know where to look. Chad encourages that Harris has old friends that are coast guards helping him. Chad adds that Harris can do things that they can’t. Chad encourages that Kate has cheated death three times since this nightmare started and that he feels it in his bones that Kate is alive. Roman thanks Chad and hopes he’s right. Roman then apologizes, saying he has no right to lay his troubles on Chad of all people since he, John, and Steve got another chance with the women they love. Chad urges Roman to just keep the faith.

Dimitri tells Kate that he’s not calling Chad or anyone else that could track him on his phone. Kate asks if he hasn’t heard of a burner phone. Dimitri says he’s not ready to make his demands now as there are still many factors in play. Dimitri adds that Kate being here is not just random and is all part of a much larger plan. Kate asks why she can’t be in on the plan since she can’t tell anyone. Dimitri says all in good time, but for now, he suggests they tango. Kate pulls a knife on him and warns him not to touch her as she wouldn’t dance with him if he was the last person on Earth. Dimitri then opens the door and tells her to go back to the fish.

Gabi and Stefan finish their job evaluations and send them in. Gabi remarks that the board will now get a glowing review of Stefan from Nicole and a scathing review of EJ from her. Stefan jokes that the board could ignore both. Gabi calls it the first step in them running the company as they resume kissing until they decide to go upstairs.

EJ runs in to Eric at the hospital. Eric mentions getting stitches and asks what brought him here. EJ claims he was just getting his hand looked at. EJ adds that he and Nicole talked things through and both understand that their one night stand meant absolutely nothing to her, so they will pretend it didn’t happen. Eric says that sounds good to him.

Nicole listens to her voicemail from Eric and says his warning was too late, but she should probably delete it. Kayla then comes back and asks how it went with EJ. Nicole informs her that he knows she slept with Eric thanks to Sloan, but she didn’t tell him that she was pregnant and just claimed it was menopause. Nicole adds that she won’t tell Eric either because as of now, this has to be her decision. Kayla mentions running in to Eric at the nurses station but she didn’t even hint that Nicole was in the building. Nicole thanks Kayla and says she went through her calendar but she still doesn’t know who the father is, so she asks how long until she can find out. Kayla says in a few weeks, they can do a blood test but she will have to get a DNA sample from EJ or Eric. Kayla asks how she’s holding up. Nicole says there are so many things going through her head, but until she finds out who’s baby she is carrying, no one can know that she is pregnant aside from them.

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Brooke: [ Sighs ] I– i haven’t been able to wipe this smile off my face since R.J. Came home.

Ridge: I know the feeling.

Brooke: I don’t think I let myself really feel how much I missed him.

Ridge: I get that, ’cause it, uh, it hurts too much, doesn’t it? But you gotta let ’em go. Let them be who they are.

Brooke: As opposed to who you want them to be, right? I can’t believe you’re actually saying that.

Ridge: I can’t believe you’re saying that. All I did was nudge him in what I think is the right direction. I got him to put pencil to paper, and he’s, uh– he’s talented.

Brooke: Show me. Oh! Uh-huh. That’s, uh– wow!

[ Chuckles ]

Ridge: What, you don’t think it looks like me?

Brooke: Uh, let’s see. Yeah. Yeah. Actually, it does, it looks just like you. That’s, uh– that’s what’s so funny.

[ Chuckles]

[ Sighs ] Mm.

Liam: So, I don’t know. I mean, assuming dad signs off on it, I think we could– we could finalize the deal in a matter of days.

Wyatt: Really? Yes! See? This is what I’m talking about. See how productive we can be when you actually show up to meetings?

Liam: Oh, my god. You’re just– you’re– you’re gonna hold that over my head forever. You’re just– okay, fine.

Wyatt: Pretty much, yeah.

Liam: I’m ready for it. No, it’s great. It’s great.

Wyatt: Hey, I do have a question for you, though.

Liam: Yeah.

Wyatt: What is happening with the thomas and hope situation? Any updates?

Thomas: Okay, so what do you think? Should we take the hemline up a little bit or do you wanna leave it where it is?

Hope: You know what? I think in order to show off the shoes, we should bring up the hemline in the front just a little.

Thomas: Of course, that was, um… that was my instinct as well.

[ Chuckling ]

Hope: Of course it was.

[ Chuckles ]

Petra: There’s no doubt, you two make magic together.

Steffy: I agree. Hope and thomas are great business partners.

Wyatt: Look, obviously, I know you’ve been struggling with the idea of hope working so closely with thomas.

Liam: Oh, I’m struggling? Have I been struggling? Like I’ve been struggling in school or like I struggle for the driver’s test–

Wyatt: I know.

Liam: That’s very diplomatic of you. I appreciate that.

Wyatt: I’m just wondering, is anything concerning happened?

Liam: Uh, concerning? Did–

Wyatt: Yes.

Liam: Not technically, but that doesn’t mean there’s not gonna be something. I mean, this is how thomas works, right? It’s like nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing. And then, oh my god, he was obsessed with hope the whole time, right? I just don’t– I don’t want her and douglas dealing with that again.

Wyatt: I feel for you, man. I’m– I’m sorry.

Liam: Well, don’t, because that’s who hope is and she’s very trusting and that’s one of the things I admire about her, and paradoxically, it also creates a huge blind spot, which is why I’m keeping my eyes peeled in her stead. Uh, make sure nobody takes advantage of it, including and especially “tom*S.”

Brooke: I– I must say, R.J. Really has talent. I mean, this is incredible. Look at how he’s captured your– your mannerisms. Your essence. Look at the hair! Oh, my gosh– no, no.

[ Laughing ] The hands. The hands!

[ Overlapping chatter ]

Taylor: Okay, okay, what is so funny?

Brooke: Oh, my gosh. Okay. I guess you better be careful what you wish for. Because ridge took a pencil and put it in R.J.’S hand, was hoping that he would deliver a brilliant design, and voila.

[ Laughing]

Taylor: Oh, it is– it is the spitting image.

Ridge: What are you laughing at? Why are you piling on? What– what’s happening?

Taylor: Because it’s so easy.

Brooke: Yes, it is.

Ridge: Okay well, I don’t even know why you’re here. Looking for thomas? He’s in a meeting with hope and steffy.

Taylor: I am actually looking for thomas, but okay, fine. I– I– I love that everyone is getting along. I– I love it. The three of us, our daughters. You know what? We’re finally acting like the extended family we should have been all along.

Brooke: Mm.

Taylor: Right?

Brooke: Yeah.

Hope: I don’t know. I still think maybe we should raise the waistline a little bit, you know, and make it more marketable to a broader audience?

Thomas: Yeah. Create a better silhouette. Okay. Yeah, great. Petra, thank you so much. You have been wonderful as usual.

Petra: You should see me after work. Really, though. Any time.

Thomas: I’ll remember that.

[ Hope clearing throat ]

Steffy: Well, congratulations, both of you. Looks like hope for the future is back on track. Hopefully that will be reflected when the preorders are released today.

Hope: [ Sighs ] Yeah, I’m kinda nervous about that.

Thomas: Not me. We’re gonna kill it.

Hope: Well, of course you aren’t, you weren’t here when hope for the future was in a downward spiral. And believe me when I tell you, it was not fun. But luckily you’re back now. You’ve given new life to the line and I couldn’t be more grateful. (Buzz) morning!

Wyatt: I mean, I gotta hand it to him. Deacon has done a great job with this place. I mean, this pizza is phenomenal.

Liam: Totally. And vegetarian.

Wyatt: Yeah.

Liam: It’s still good. Right?

Wyatt: All right, it’s okay.

Liam: Mm-hmm.

Wyatt: I think deacon’s surprising a lot of people lately.

Liam: Yeah. But not hope. Because she always believed in her dad and she’s all too happy to rub in our faces that she was right about him.

Wyatt: Yeah. Well, let’s just hope that she’s right about thomas and that he’s got a handle on things. You know what I mean? But I do think it’s a good idea to keep a watchful eye on him.

Liam: I went and talked to him.

Wyatt: What?

Liam: Yeah.

Wyatt: What did he say?

Liam: Uh, what did he say? What do you think he said? He– he admitted that he’s made mistakes in the past but he’s not that guy anymore. He’s been working on himself. He’s a changed man. He’s definitely, definitely, definitely not obsessed with hope. And I don’t have to worry. You know, it’s all that.

Wyatt: So, you believe him.

[ Liam snorts, giggles ]

Taylor: You know, this is kind of like a– a dawn of a new era. Both our families standing together, supporting each other.

Brooke: Well, what makes me happy is that our daughters followed in our footsteps and ended their rivalry. Maybe they’ll become best friends, like we are.

Taylor: Wouldn’t that be something?

Brooke: It would.

[ Chuckling]

Ridge: I guess that makes you guys trailblazers, right? Because our families are finally together and not fighting anymore.

Taylor: And you know what? I– I know that you don’t fully believe in thomas yet, but I think in time you will. He really is in a good place.

Brooke: I hope he is. For your sakes, as his parents, and for– for hope, too. She has invested a lot in thomas.

Thomas: Hope, I– I can’t tell you how much your faith and your belief in me has meant. It’s incredible. After everything that I did. I hurt you and your mom and I even brought our son into it, and it– it pains me that I did that, but I did and… you somehow were able to see past that and see a future that didn’t involve thomas becoming that person, but being a much better person, and you granted me this opportunity to come back and help design for this line, which I love so much and I know means so much to you. And I just– thank you for that.

Hope: Thomas, you have to stop thanking me. I mean, you’re doing it basically every time you put a pen to a piece of paper and create a new design. But that, that’s you. That’s all you. I mean, thomas, this collection wouldn’t be the same without you, and we know that’s the truth. Uh, look, I think those preorder numbers are in right now, so I’m gonna go check on them.

Thomas: Okay, hold on. Hold on.

[ Chuckles ] You don’t need to cross your fingers. It’s all gonna work out, I promise.

Hope: Okay.

Thomas: What?

Steffy: You are just doing an amazing job, you really are. And I can see that you are turning your life around. Um…

Thomas: It seems like there’s a “but” coming.

Steffy: I just watch you and hope working together. I see how devoted you are to the success of hope for the future, and I know you’ve been focused on it for months, working with hope to save the line.

Thomas: That’s the goal.

Steffy: Yeah, but what about the personal side? I love you, thomas. So, I have to ask. Are you still fixated on hope?

[Bones cracking]

Liam: Listen, the fact of the matter is thomas has shown us all, more than once, how unstable he is. And I just– I don’t– I don’t know, I don’t want hope getting caught up in all the crazy.

Wyatt: But she’s still, like, on the lookout, right? Even though she’s given him the benefit of the doubt.

Liam: Yes. And I– I’m just– I’m just trying to practice letting that be enough. You know, let– letting her exercise her own judgment. It’s just difficult because I– I know how manipulative thomas can be, you know?

Wyatt: Not to mention the blind spot that you were talking about earlier.

Liam: There you go.

Wyatt: Look, man. I get it, all right? Hope’s your wife and your first instinct is to just protect her. Right? But I just want you to be careful. I don’t want you to talk too much about thomas when you’re spending time with hope.

Liam: I will say this. Hope has been working pretty hard to make sure that doesn’t happen. Like, as– as many hours as she’s been putting in–

Wyatt: Yeah?

Liam: She’s consciously carved out time for just the two of us. Her and me, husband and wife.

Wyatt: That’s– that’s great. Love it.

Liam: It’s– it’s been really nice. I– truth is, I don’t know what I did to deserve a woman like hope.

Taylor: Well, it means a lot that you’re willing to see thomas differently. You know, he just– he just wants to make everything right.

Ridge: And I think he is, right? He’s making some really good choices. Personally and professionally. I mean, his– his designs are great. Just full of positivity, right?

Taylor: Yes. Yes. It makes me feel so proud. It makes us proud as parents. And I think in time, thomas is gonna earn your trust, too, just like he did hope’S.

Brooke: That would make me very happy. And so far so good. He seems to be making changes. Let’s just hope it sticks.

Taylor: Oh. I think it will, I really do. He’s doing the work. He healed his relationship with you. He healed his relationship with steffy. That’s a lot. And now steffy and thomas are– are back to annoying each other on a daily basis as it should be.

[ Both chuckling ]

Steffy: Look, I’m not accusing you of anything.

Thomas: I get it. I appreciate your concern.

Steffy: Really?

Thomas: Really. Look, I– I’ve been going to therapy. I’ve been working on myself and digging through the– the darkness in my past, which led to my behavior. And I’m keeping my priorities straight this time. ‘Kay?

Steffy: Yeah. It certainly seems that way.

Thomas: It is. I mean, every morning I wake up, I have all these designs that just are flooding my brain and I have to get them out onto paper. You know, that’s my focus. And then also, you know, being a great dad to douglas is the most important thing in the world and being a good son to mom and dad, and being a great brother to you. Look, I’m– I’m not thinking about hope, and honestly, if she even threw herself at me, I would say no. Not that she would ever do that.

Steffy: No, that wouldn’t happen.

Thomas: No. [ Chuckles ] That’s what I said. It’s just– just a joke.

Steffy: Too soon, bro. Too soon.

Thomas: Okay, fine, fine. It was too soon. I’m sorry. But look, I promise I have all of my priorities straight and I’m in control of my life. You got no reason to worry.

Steffy: Okay.

Thomas: [ Chuckles ] Okay, come on.

Steffy: Okay.

[ Sighs ] Thank god. (Lucky) uh-oh the magic’s disappearing!

Thomas: Get the preorder numbers yet?

Hope: Yep.

Thomas: No, hope, no, no, it can’t be. Are– okay. All right. You know what? Um, I take full responsibility for everything. All right? We’ll– we’ll start over from the ground up, brand new designs.

Hope: Thomas, the numbers weren’t good.

Thomas: I’m getting that.

Hope: They were great.

Thomas: Are you– you joking?

Hope: Off the charts!

Thomas: Why would you– why would–

Hope: Exceeded our expectations! I don’t know, I couldn’t resist. I couldn’t resist.

Thomas: I’m so happy for you.

Hope: No, you should be happy for yourself. I mean, thomas, this comeback wouldn’t have happened without you.

Thomas: No, no, no, it was a team effort.

Hope: Well, yes, but you led that team, thomas. I mean, eric, zende, ridge, those– those are amazing designers, but it never was successful because no one has understood me the way that you do. I mean, working with you this time around, it’s been– it’s been amazing. I mean, it’s like we are in sync on everything. It’s been magical. And now, I mean, there’s no limit to where we can take hope for the future.

Thomas: You’re my inspiration. You know, it’s like it’s– it’s going from your head through these hands, out into the world.

Hope: Well, thank goodness for these hands, then.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Heartbeat thudding ] And thank goodness for you. Thank you for seeing me.

[ Thudding continues ]

[ Thudding fades ]

Thomas: Yeah, I’m so excited. This– this is just the beginning for hope for the future. Yeah, I’m excited for the journey ahead.

Hope: Me, too.

Thomas: Okay, I gotta head across the hall and grab something. Congratulations.

Hope: Back at you.

[ Chuckling ]

Hope: It’s been amazing.

I mean, it’s like we are

in sync on everything.

It’s been magical and now,

I mean,

there’s no limit to where we

can take hope for the future.

[ Door closes ]

Hope: Steffy. Hey, I didn’t realize you were still here.

Steffy: It looks like you were, uh, lost in thought.

Hope: Well, the preorder numbers are in.

Steffy: Yeah, I heard. I saw.

Hope: Saw?

Steffy: Look, my parents and I, we’ve been, uh, very proud of thomas. Obviously, his obsession with you led him to very dark places. But he rose above it. And we thought we could trust you and thomas to be able to work together without it having a bad effect on him.

Hope: And you’ve been right.

Steffy: Absolutely right about thomas. He’s changed. I see that. He realizes what he’s done with you was inappropriate and I know he won’t do that again. What I didn’t know, which I– I never would’ve thought, is that it would… it would be you.

Hope: Me?

Steffy: Yeah. Flirting with thomas.

Hope: What?

Steffy: I saw you, hope. You were looking right in thomas’s eyes, laying it on pretty thick.

Hope: All right, it’s not what you think–

Steffy: I know what I saw. I will not let you derail thomas.

Hope: Steffy, I would never try to–

Steffy: I can’t even believe we’re actually having this conversation. Things were going so well for all of us. Our moms are actually getting along. Thomas finally sees his full potential as a designer and a father. I will not allow you or anyone else to set him back. Do you hear me? So, I’m gonna ask you and ask you once. Do you have feelings for thomas? Hope, I want the truth. Do you have feelings for my brother?

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[ Lily clears her throat ]

Neil: Ever since your mother got a promotion and I went back to work, it’s tough to catch up with you. I don’t get to spend as much time as I’d like to with you.

Lily: Well, it’s okay. It seems like I haven’t had much time for myself these days too, so. School is so much harder this year.

Neil: Yeah, we all get caught up with our busy routines sometimes, don’t we?

Lily: Yeah.

Neil: Hey, you know, I was thinking–

Lily: Uh, oh. Well, I know how dangerous that can be.

Neil: Very funny, young lady.

Lily: Yeah.

Neil: What are your plans for the rest of the day?

Lily: Um, usual stuff. Nothing special.

Neil: Yeah. Nothing special. I like that, because I cleared all the work off my desk, I was hoping that we could spend the rest of the day together.

Lily: Just you and me?

Neil: Of course, you and me, bozo. What are you talking about? I figured we could go to the genoa city athletic club, get a quick workout in. And then, maybe grab a bite, a movie. How about it?

Lily: All right, let’s do it.

Neil: Okay. Come on.

Lily: Hey.

Daniel: Hey.

Lily: What are you doing here?

Daniel: I’m coming to the event tonight. Celebration of your dad’s life.

Lily: No, daniel. You– you shouldn’t be here.

Devon: Hey.

Abby: Hi. Mission accomplished.

Devon: Yeah, everything set?

Abby: Yes, I told the lounge exactly how he wanted everything.

Devon: Oh, perfect.

Abby: It’s gonna be a phenomenal party.

Devon: Oh, I know it’s gonna be phenomenal because all of your parties are phenomenal.

Abby: Well, this is in neil’s honor, so it has to be extra special. You sure you’re ready for all of this? I mean, I know it’s a celebration, but it’s still the anniversary of neal’s passing. So, there’s bound to be some difficult moments.

Devon: Yeah, I know that. It comes with the territory, but I’m more than ready for it. I am. I’m very happy with everything we’ve put together. I think it’s perfect exactly the way it is.

Abby: Did someone suggest otherwise?

Devon: No. But, uh, tucker came by earlier with a big idea for a tribute that he wanted to pay for and produce and announce tonight.

Abby: What kind of tribute?

Devon: It was an international jazz festival with neil’s name attached to it.

Abby: Wow.

Devon: Yeah.

Abby: Okay. Yeah, that’s a major overstep.

Devon: Well, it’s just his way of trying to make amends with me, which I appreciate. It’s just awkward timing.

Abby: Yeah.

Devon: I know.

Abby: I agree.

Devon: I did invite him to the party though.

Abby: That’s a surprise.

Devon: Yeah, I just hope he listened to me and remembers that the night is not about him. It’s about neil and nothing else.

Abby: [ Whispers] Yes.

Ashley: So, this big “surprise” you’ve got going tonight. No going back.

Tucker: No. It’s sad. You don’t have a problem with it, do you?

Ashley: Well, I would probably have handled things a little differently. I understand why you did what you did though, and I hope it works out for you the way you want it to. And that devon realizes that you’re serious about wanting to reconnect.

Tucker: Yeah, I hope so too. I just want him to be happy. What impact this will have on how he views me remains to be seen, but I think it’s worth the chance.

[ Chelsea sighing ]

Chelsea: I’m curious as to why you wanted to meet. Everything all right?

Adam: It’s just peachy. Well, other than dad causing his usual drama, but, uh, it’s nothing I can’t mitigate. I, uh– I wanted to talk to you about the baby.

Chelsea: Oh? I hope everything’s going well with the pregnancy.

Adam: Yeah, sally is doing great. She, um, and our little girl.

Chelsea: Adam… you’re having a daughter.

Adam: Um, yeah, it’s– it’s– it’s incredible. It’s get, uh– getting more real by the second.

Chelsea: Yeah. I know the feeling.

Adam: Which brings me to why I’m here. Um, I think it’s time that we tell connor about the baby.

Sally: Woo. Hello to you too, baby girl.

[ Breathes deeply ] Sorry, I’m just trying to wrap my head around things ’cause you said that you want your granddaughter to be a part of the newman fold.

Victor: I do. I want her to grow up on my ranch, surrounded by uncles, aunts, cousins, anything she wants would be hers.

Sally: But not me. My baby stays and I go.

Victor: You’re very ambitious. You’re very gifted. You can build a company of your own wherever you want to. I’ll fully finance it. I leave you with that thought. Okay? And I have a feeling you will make the right decision, not only for yourself but for your baby.

[ Knock on the door ]

[ Sally sighing ]

Sally: Hi.

Nick: Hey.

Sally: Wow. I did not expect you to come by.

Nick: Yeah, I just wanted to see if you were okay.

Sally: Uh, generally speaking or?

Nick: I understand my father summoned you to meet with him. I can only imagine how it went.

Sally: It was not what I expected.

Nick: Well, if you’re up for it, I’d like to hear everything he said to you. Up at 2:00am again?

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Lily: Daniel, you really should leave. I did not think that you were gonna come here tonight.

Daniel: Why wouldn’t I?

Lily: Because this is where your mom collapsed.

Daniel: Lily, it’s fine. I can deal.

Lily: Are you sure?

Daniel: Yeah. You know, I can’t stay away from this place just because of a bad memory. And it’s the coolest, most inspirational place in town. I gotta be able to come here.

Lily: Yeah, I, I understand that, but maybe not tonight.

Daniel: Especially tonight. I wasn’t there four years ago for neil’s funeral. I’m just glad that I get to honor his memory tonight.

Abby: It’s very generous of you to invite tucker tonight.

Devon: Well, I just thought, what would neil do?

Abby: The classy thing.

Devon: Exactly. And plus, it seems like, uh, tucker may be sticking around town for a little longer.

Abby: Was there a chance he could be leaving?

Devon: I mean, I thought so. Maybe after I didn’t buy his company and he sold it to victor.

Abby: Oh, I’m sure my dad is very pleased with himself for getting tucker’s company.

Devon: Oh, I’m sure he is. That’s what he wanted. And then tucker said that he thought about starting fresh in a new place, but decided to stay here for me and dominic.

Abby: Hmm. Well, I’m gonna bet that he’s being sincere.

Devon: Only time will tell that.

Abby: It must mean a lot to you. You know, that he’s making an effort. Maybe he could actually step up and be a father figure. Not like neil, not even close. But maybe he does deserve a second chance.

Devon: Would be nice. And you’re not the only one who thinks that tucker is redeemable.

Abby: Oh?

Devon: Yeah. Have you talked to your mom lately?

Abby: No. I mean, she texted me that she wanted to talk to me, but I just figured I’d see her at the party tonight.

Devon: Uh. She has invited tucker to move in with her at the abbott house. I didn’t want to be the one to tell you this. I just didn’t want you to get blindsided in front of everybody tonight.

Abby: Okay. Please, uh, tell me everything that you know.

Devon: He didn’t tell me any details, but I think that you should probably talk to your mom.

Abby: Oh, yeah, I intend to.

Ashley: So, when I bought your debt and then I wanted devon to buy mccall, you know, it was because I wanted to bring the two of you closer and that didn’t work out. But I just wanted to tell you that I’m really, really proud of you for taking the steps to make it happen now.

Tucker: Thank you. Your fingers crossed about tonight?

Ashley: Yeah, for both of us.

Tucker: Yeah. Any response from abby?

[ Ashley sighing ]

Ashley: No. I have all these scenarios going off in my head. You know, that she got the text, but she’s too busy or she got the text and she’s angry and–

[ Phone chiming ] Ah, finally. “At home. Come asap.”

Tucker: She knows.

Ashley: Yep. She knows. Diabetes can serve up a lot of questions,

Sally: Look, there’s no need to panic. As you can tell, I’m not drowning in a puddle of tears.

Nick: The fact that you even have to say that means I was right. He obviously gave you a hard time, which he had no business doing.

Sally: Would you mind telling me how you found out about our little heart to heart? Because I’m guessing victor did not advertise it to you, so it must have been adam?

Nick: Yeah, it was adam. He tracked me down. He thought I should know what was going on. We’re both very concerned about you, sally.

Sally: Yeah. Well, I can’t blame either of you. I’m actually surprised that you did not come storming down to society.

Nick: I wanted to. That was my first impulse, but adam advised against it.

Sally: Well, thank you both for staying out of it. You know, I– I didn’t need rescuing. I can handle victor all on my own. Although, I will admit it was definitely not the most fun conversation I’ve ever had. Your father has a real gift for intimidation. He just stares at you, and you want to run and hide. It’s like a superpower.

Nick: Did he threaten you? Go off on you?

Sally: No, it was actually all quite civil. Actually, was a little bit friendly when I first joined him.

Nick: Putting you at ease.

Sally: Yeah. But I’m not stupid. So, I stayed on my guard, and it didn’t take long for him to drop the act. I knew it was coming because he started talking about how important family was and you know, eventually he laid out his real agenda.

Nick: Which was what?

Sally: Your father will do whatever it takes to keep me away from you, adam and the rest of his precious family.

Chelsea: Obviously, we need to tell connor about the new baby at some point. Um, I’ve been wondering when that should be.

Adam: Well, I guess I picked the right time to bring it up then.

Chelsea: Is sally on board with this?

Adam: She encouraged me to share the news. Give connor some time to get used to the idea.

Chelsea: Smart thinking.

Adam: Mm-hmm. But also, she’s in her second trimester. She’s starting to show. Word is starting to spread and I sure don’t want connor to figure it out by seeing sally or finding it out from somebody else.

Chelsea: You’re absolutely right. He needs to hear it from us.

Adam: Well, good. I’m glad you agree.

Chelsea: Okay. So… how do we approach the topic? I mean, even if he’s okay with this, it’s– it’s gonna be a shock to him.

Adam: Yeah, and he’s been in such a great place. With us, at school. He’s comfortable with johnny being his brother. Um, we do not want to rock the boat.

Chelsea: So, what do you suggest?

Adam: Before I called, I remembered what you said to me when I told you that I was gonna be a dad again. You said that connor would be an amazing big brother and that this could be something really beautiful for our family.

Chelsea: And I meant that. This isn’t what any of us expected, you know, but it’s gonna be great. It’s gonna be great. We just have to make sure connor knows that it’s not gonna make us love him any less.

Adam: Mm-hmm. So, what do you think? How soon would you be comfortable doing this?

Chelsea: Well, connor should be back from soccer practice any minute. No time like the present.

Abby: Come in.

Ashley: Hi, honey.

Abby: Hi.

Ashley: Is devon here?

Abby: No, he thought we could use some privacy.

Ashley: Oh. So, I take it, he passed on tucker’s news.

Abby: He told me the basics and now I want to hear from you. What could you possibly be thinking?

Lily: Hello?

Devon: Hey, what’s up?

Lily: You look nice. Thank you. So do you.

Devon: How are you doing?

Lily: Good.

Devon: This is gonna be a great night tonight.

Lily: I know. I’m so glad we’re doing this. You ready?

Devon: I am. I’m ready. I get emotional a little bit from time to time. It’s gonna be a– a lot of love in the neil winters jazz lounge tonight. I just can’t believe how much time has gone by. You know?

Lily: I know. Our lives were so different from back then and yet it still feels like it happened just yesterday.

Devon: There’s still so much that I wanted to say to him that I never got a chance to.

Lily: Well, you can do it tonight. I know he’s listening. And I know that he’s looking down on us and he is very proud of us.

Devon: Amen. Good checkup?

Ashley: I’m just gonna be very honest with you. All right? He was serious about leaving town and I knew that he wanted to be close to devon and dominic and frankly, abby, I wasn’t ready to see him go.

Abby: Oh, my god.

Ashley: So, I came up with this idea that maybe we could work it out.

Abby: So, it was you. You were the one who convinced tucker to stay.

Ashley: I’ve got my eyes wide open.

Abby: I have to tell you, mom, I think this is ridiculous and honestly, a little pathetic.

Ashley: Abby, I’m still your mother. Watch your mouth.

[ Abby sighing ] Look, I see a good man who’s trying to do the right thing, but he– he always does the wrong thing.

Abby: And you can’t change him.

Ashley: I’m just giving him a little room to give it a shot.

Abby: To give it a shot.

Ashley: That’s it. All right. Now, are you angry because devon invited tucker to neil’s tribute tonight?

Abby: I think that’s a little bit different, don’t you? I mean, that’s a father and son thing, asking him to come to an event for one night, but you, you are asking him to move into our family’s home. Are you serious? Oh, my gosh.

Ashley: What?

Abby: I know what this is about. This is about uncle jack.

Ashley: Oh, lord.

Abby: It is, isn’t it? Because I told you, you should move out because you guys are arguing over diane. But no, you doubled down and you asked tucker to move in.

Ashley: It’s not about jack. Okay? That wasn’t the primary reason. The reason was tucker.

Abby: Okay. Well, I think you’re gonna regret this. I hope I’m wrong, but I think you’re gonna regret this in so many ways.

Ashley: I hope you’re wrong too. And I also hope this doesn’t come between the two of us.

Abby: Of course, it won’t, mom. I love you.

Ashley: I love you too.

Abby: And it’s your life. You can make your own decisions. I’m just–

Ashley: I know, you’re concerned. I get it. Can I please say hello to my grandson?

Abby: Well, dominic is sleeping right now, and I really have to get ready. Louise is on her way to watch dominic tonight.

Ashley: All right. Okay. I’ll see you at the tribute.

Abby: Yeah.

Ashley: Okay.

Lily: Oh, thank you so much for coming. I know it’s hard to get away when you’re working and you have a new baby.

Mariah: No, no. Tonight was worth the effort.

Lily: And congratulations on aria. I know you and tessa are excited.

Mariah: We are. It was just so weird. We came back and we were so joyous and everyone’s dealing with this tragedy. I know that we’re not well acquainted, but everyone here seems to love you and I just wanted to say that I am so, so sorry for your loss.

Daniel: Thank you. It’s very kind.

Mariah: I know it’s been a lot of years, but, um, is it so weird to look at me and be reminded of cassie?

Daniel: Well, it does make me think of her every time I see you, but I wouldn’t say that’s weird.

Lily: Well, it took us a while to get used to it, so.

Daniel: You know, why don’t I make myself useful? Would either of you ladies’ care for a drink?

Mariah: Oh, no, no. I’ll get one a little bit later.

Daniel: Lily?

Lily: Uh, yeah. I’ll do a glass of wine.

Daniel: One glass of wine coming up.

Lily: Thank you.

Sharon: Lily, I’m so sorry about moses.

Lily: Oh, thank you.

Mariah: What? What happened to moses?

Sharon: Uh, well, he and faith were supposed to be here tonight.

Lily: But they’re busy studying for finals and they couldn’t make it, so.

Mariah: Oh. Thank, goodness. Mom, you really shouldn’t phrase things like that. I mean, we got back from our trip and phyllis and uh, just– I’m glad moses is okay.

Sharon: Yeah, I understand. I’m sorry, sorry.

Mariah: Uh, on that note, I am gonna join daniel for that drink.

Nikki: They certainly bring back a lot of memories, don’t they?

Victor: Yeah, certainly does. One of the few guys I ever trusted, you know? He’s a good friend.

Devon: You know what? The feeling was definitely mutual.

Victor: Hey, devon.

Devon: Mr. And mrs. Newman.

Victor: How the hell are you, bud?

Nikki: Hi, devon.

Devon: Thank you so much for being here tonight.

Nikki: Oh, we wouldn’t have missed it.

Victor: So nice of you and lily to do this.

Devon: Yeah. Well, thank you to you both for making this lounge so special. ‘Cause he would have just loved every bit of it.

Victor: He certainly would have. Not the same without him, is it?

Devon: Not at all.

Sally: I’m okay telling you what happened with victor, but will you be okay listening to it?

Nick: What did he say?

Sally: Okay, nick, please calm down. I can literally feel the tension rolling off of you.

Nick: No, I’m cool.

Sally: You promise?

Nick: Yeah, I promise. I’m good. Please continue.

Sally: Okay. So, during the initial ingratiating phase, he congratulated me on having the baby, sweet as pie. He actually seemed genuinely excited about having a granddaughter.

Nick: Well, I’m sure he meant that. You know, family is everything to him. Although at times, he has a warped way of showing that.

Sally: Yeah. Um, anyway, so far so good. Right? Then he asked me about my past.

Nick: Oh, damn him.

Sally: Look, at first it was fine. You know, we talked about how he was sure that I wanted more for my child than I had growing up and how she would have the best of everything and not just material things, but you know, care and affection and being a part of all these lovely traditions and a big warm family and that she would never feel alone like I did as a kid.

Nick: Well, I’m sure those words coming out of anyone else’s mouth would be comforting. It was a real smooth way to set you up.

Sally: Yeah, I was suckered into thinking for a minute there that maybe he actually was gonna, I don’t know, give me a chance now that I’m carrying one of his grandkids. And then he apologized for tanking the negotiations with jill and he… offered to make it up to me.

Nick: Really? What was the catch?

Sally: You saw that coming too, huh? Yeah. He went in for the kill. Victor offered to set me up in business anywhere in the world, success and riches beyond my wildest dreams, but the baby would stay here with the real newmans.

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Adam: How was practice?

Connor: Good. I didn’t know you’d be here. This is great. Are we doing family stuff?

Chelsea: Sort of.

Adam: Uh, we are having a little family meeting.

Connor: Oh, okay. That’s cool. As long as it’s not about my history project again. I’m almost done. I swear.

Chelsea: It’s not about school. It’s a family meeting to talk about our family.

Connor: The three of us?

Adam: That’s right. That’s why we wanted to talk to you. We are adding a new member to the club soon.

Nick: Okay. So, my father tried to pay you off. Bribe you to leave town, but the baby stays here. Awesome. I got it.

Sally: You don’t seem too surprised.

Nick: This is vintage victor newman.

Sally: I mean, your dad only sees me as the person that I used to be, someone from a poor background who’s desperate to get ahead, but he– he’s never grasped that I’ve changed because he’s never even bothered to get to know me. He never stopped to think once, “hm. Maybe there’s a reason why both of my sons actually care about this woman.” And he definitely never considered that being a mom and being a part of my daughter’s life would mean more to me than anything that he could tempt me with.

Nick: I just don’t get how he could get so far in life with zero understanding of people.

Sally: I mean, victor never thought I was worthy to be a part of the newman circle and I suspect he never will. But hey, at least one good thing came out of it. He’s shown his hand. So now, I know exactly what my daughter and i will be up against.

Nick: I’m so sorry that he disrespected you like that. You didn’t deserve it. But I have your back and so does adam. And he’s not gonna get away with treating you like a second-class citizen.

Sally: Well, thank you for listening. It’s very sweet of you. But I really don’t want to talk about it anymore because it’s just exhausting thinking about what happened and worrying about what victor might pull next.

Nick: Well. Um, I’m gonna have some, uh, room service sent up to you, all right? Then, you can get some rest.

Sally: Wait a second, you’re leaving?

Nick: Yeah. Yeah. I just want you to relax and, uh, enjoy some peace and quiet.

Sally: So, you can go confront your father because I know that’s exactly what you’re planning. No. No. I’m not letting you leave.

Victor: Hello, my sweetheart. I wondered where you had been.

Abby: Uh, something came up last minute.

Victor: Oh.

Nikki: Nothing serious, I hope.

Abby: It’s all taken care of. I’m really happy that you’re here.

Victor: We wouldn’t miss it for anything.

Abby: Well, if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go check in with, devon.

Victor: All right.

Nikki: Okay.

Abby: Hi.

Devon: Hey. Mm. You look beautiful.

Abby: Oh, thank you. How’s everything going?

Devon: It’s all right. I just got a message from jack saying he’s not gonna be able to make it. He said he’s sorry. As if he has to apologize for anything with everything he’s dealing with.

Abby: And now my mom and tucker too.

Devon: How did your talk with her go?

Abby: I’ll fill you in later.

Devon: Are you guys all right?

Abby: For the most part. But you know, coming in here given the occasion and well, now seeing daniel, the last thing I want to do is complain about a difference of opinion that I’m having with one of my parents. Right now, all I care about is you and what tonight means for your family.

Devon: Thank you. That’s me before dawn powerwash.

Connor: I’m not sure what you mean. Who’s joining the family?

Adam: Um, sally is expecting a little girl.

Connor: Sweet. I’ll have another cousin since sally’s with uncle nick now.

Adam: Yeah. They are dating, but I’m the baby’s father.

Chelsea: Which means you get to have a baby sister.

Connor: Oh. Um, okay.

Adam: Look, I know that this is a lot to take in.

Connor: Yeah. You guys aren’t a couple anymore, but you’re having a baby together.

Adam: Well, families come in all shapes and sizes, as you have learned recently, so we’re gonna work it out.

Connor: How are you with all this? Are you okay?

Chelsea: Oh, sweetheart, I’m– I’m fine. I’m– I’m excited to bring this new little baby into our lives. Plus, if she’s your little sister, I like her already, so.

Connor: Okay. Is that it? Can I go upstairs now?

Mariah: Finally. Got you all to myself.

Devon: Hey, you. How you doing? I didn’t know I was so hard to get.

Mariah: I was just looking at the photos that you and lily put together of neil.

Devon: Yeah.

Mariah: I was very, very moved. He had a well lived life.

Devon: He really did.

Mariah: Tessa sends her love, by the way. She’s at home with the baby. Probably giving her a bottle as we speak.

Devon: Aw. I’m sure when she’s a little closer to dom’s age, her schedule will mirror yours a little better.

Mariah: A little? Oh, my goodness, you’re scaring me.

Devon: Maybe, not at all. I don’t know. All babies are, you know.

Mariah: They’re different. Yes, we keep hearing that. Every day is a new experience. It’s a good thing that we like surprises.

Devon: Isn’t it crazy to think about our kids growing up together?

Mariah: They’re gonna be best friends. Forever. Just like us.

Devon: That’s right.

Sharon: I’ll speak to you soon.

Abby: Yes.

Daniel: Abby, how’s it going?

Abby: It’s a great night. I hope being here isn’t too difficult for you.

Daniel: Getting used to hearing that tone of voice from people. Can we actually skip the next part where you ask me how everything’s going, and I reassure you that it’s going to be fine?

Abby: Done and done.

Daniel: Thank you. Great. Place looks amazing. Very elegant. I heard you had a lot to do with it.

Abby: Uh, no. This was all lily and devon. I just lent a helping hand where I could.

Daniel: Mm-hmm, I’m sure you’re being modest.

Abby: I enjoyed helping out. I felt like it was the least I could do.

Daniel: Yeah. They’ve been to hell and back. It’s nice to see them getting along again, focusing on what matters most.

Abby: So, will devon and I be seeing more of you now?

Daniel: Well, I do work under the chancellor-winters umbrella now and lily and I are old friends. So yeah, maybe you might be seeing more of me.

Abby: Hm.

Nikki: I always said neil and dru were made for each other.

Sharon: It was a love for the ages.

Victor: Unfortunately, they left us all too soon.

Lily: Well, is anyone ever ready?

Sharon: What’s most important is the memories that they leave us with and the way that they shape us growing up. Neil and drucilla were extraordinary people. It’s no wonder that you and devon turned out to be the kind of leaders who everyone trusts and looks up to. Just between us, you know what’s better than mopping?

Chelsea: Are you sure you don’t have any questions? Because you can tell us anything. You can ask us any question you got? We will not judge you.

Connor: I really don’t have anything else to say right now. I gotta finish my history project.

Adam: Okay. And that’s okay. Your mom and I will be here to talk whenever you’d like. But look, before you go up, I just, I wanna tell you one more thing. I will always love you. Nothing and no one will ever change that. This little girl, she will never take your place in my heart.

Chelsea: I second that. We adore you, sweetheart.

Connor: Cool. I love you guys too. Can I go?

Adam: Sure, buddy.

Chelsea: Yes, you can, but you know what I’m about to say. Homework first and then computer.

[ Chelsea sighing ]

Adam: I’m not sure if that was good or bad.

Chelsea: Well, it could have gone worse. So that’s something. Just give it time, adam. He’ll warm up to the idea.

[ Adam sighing ]

Adam: I just can’t help but picturing it. Connor meeting his sister for the first time, wanting to show her off, teach her things. You know, the three of us starting this new adventure.

Chelsea: One big, extended family. You and the kids. Me, sally and nick, right?

Adam: Did I say otherwise? We’re all in this together.

Nick: If I was planning to go and have a word with my father, what makes you think you can do anything to stop me?

Sally: Well, for starters, I would ask you not to go charge into battle and escalate things. And if that didn’t work, then I might have to use my feminine wiles on you.

Nick: You– your, uh… your what? Did you just use the word wiles?

Sally: You know, I could pretend to be super sexy and enticing, but instead, I’m going to insist that you spoon me so I can close my eyes and lay down for a bit.

Nick: I can do that.

Sally: Okay.

Sally: Everything’s better when you’re around.

Nick: I feel the same way about you.

[ Guests whispering ]

Nikki: Victor, whatever questions you may have about ashley’s interest in that man, now is not the time. Tonight is about neil.

Victor: I won’t bother them for now.

Lily: Everyone, can I have your attention, please. Devon and I want to welcome you to tonight’s event. We are celebrating the life of neil winters. The man that we all love and the man that we all miss.

Devon: Yes. And we’re gonna keep tonight simple. We have some cocktails and some mock tails, which were some of neil’s favorites and those are all thanks to the lovely abby newman.

[ Applause ]

Lily: We also have an amazing pianist here from the winters mood label, lester thomas, who will be playing our dad’s favorite songs.

[ Applause ]

Devon: And we would like to honor neil winters tonight with stories and memories and with joy and with music, of course, and with recognition of his lasting legacy here in genoa city.

[ Applause ]

Harmony: I’m so glad I made it in time.

Devon: Next week on the young and the restless.

Tucker: You need a way out of here. I can give you that.

Daniel: What’s it like when kyle holds you in his arms and he’s trying to comfort you because he thinks that you’re grieving? And what’s it like knowing how upset he is about his mother? His mother that he just started to rebuild a relationship with. How can you look him in the eyes knowing that you could take all that pain away, but instead, you just keep choosing to lie to him?

Adam: I’m not offering you cash. I’m offering you a job, working for me.

Malcolm: And for my brother, family was everything.

Devon: Malcolm, what are you doing here, man?

Lily: Hi.

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THIS STILL NEEDS EXTENSIVE EDITING!

I’m – we heard about willow. How’s she doing?

Michael’s with her now.

What happened?

She collapsed, and we’re waiting to hear from dr. Randolph, but we talked to tj, and her condition is deteriorating.

How bad?

Hopefully, drew can find your aunt liesl and bring her back here in time to have the bone marrow transplant. But until then, willow has to stay in the hospital.

Thank you for agreeing to stay at the hospital.

Well… the whole, “if you go home, you won’t make it back” argument was pretty persuasive.

Guess I pulled out all the stops.

You were right, too. You made me see I need a controlled environment for now so I can go home to you and our kids later. And michael… I’m fighting with everything I have to stay with our family.

[Dramatic music]

Jordan? Jordan, can you hear me?

Yes, I can hear you. Where are you?

On the haunted star with spencer and ace.

Trina, listen to me. You have to get off that boat now.

Yes, we know, but–

– no buts. There are drones on the way with orders to drop bombs on the entire island, and we have no way to stop them. Take the baby and get to the seaplane before it’s too late.

[Whispering] I can’t leave my grandmother behind.

Or curtis. Jordan, what about the others?

Every second counts. Take the baby and get off that island now.

Trina, you take ace, and you try to get to the seaplane. I’m gonna try to warn my grandmother.

No. What if you run into victor or his guards? I’m not leaving you.

– Spencer, it’s felicia. You and I both know that your grandmother would want you and ace to be safe.

Exactly. Your job, both of you, is to get yourselves and the baby to that plane

before it takes off.

Drop the gun, victor.

Now, why on earth would I do that? Especially as you’re gonna drop your gun and let me pass.

Why would I do that? Obviously, you’d shoot me if I did.

Stop talking, and shoot him!

Oh, careful, miss sutton! You might hit liesl.

I accept the risk. Now, shoot him!

Well, now, what about poor willow? Anything happens to you, and she’ll die.

I’ll instruct you how to harvest my marrow from my dying body. Now, pull the trigger!

Okay!

Anything happens to me, we all die.

 

[Gasps] Valentin! Oh, my god!

[Monitor beeping] What– talk to me!

Anna. No, you’re not real. You’re an illusion.

What? What?

[Sobbing] You’re just like helena. I’m imagining you.

No, no, you’re not. No, I’m here. I’m absolutely real. Valentin, you have to hang on.

God… if you can hear me… please keep trina and curtis safe. Just bring my family home.

[Knock at door] Come in.

[Clears throat]

Hi. Hope I’m not interrupting. I just wanted to check on you.

Marshall was here with me earlier. [Chuckles] But, I, uh–I sent him home ’cause he needs his rest.

He’s not the only one.

Yeah, I know. I’m so tired. But I just can’t stop thinking about… what if I never see curtis and trina ever again?

– Wait a minute. The displayon this computer, the–

[Computer beeping] The program that it’s running, I’ve seen that before.

You’ve seen it where?

Oh, my god. 40 years ago, in another underground bunker also owned by mikkos cassadine. Wait a minute. Look at this. Look at this. The displays–

“temperature,” “target area.” “New york, new j–” it’s a map of the mid-atlantic states.

It’s all the same.

Same as what?

I think there might be another weather machine.

[Sighs]

[Dramatic music]


Okay, we get what you’re saying, but the others have to be warned.

I promise you, we’ll find a way to tell everyone in the bunker about the drone strike.

You need to get to the seaplane now, otherwise you’re putting yourselves and ace in grave danger.

They’re right.

Jordan… please tell my mom and dad I love them.

I will, and then you can tell them yourselves when you get home. Now get yourself to the plane. Good luck, and stay safe.

Okay, we have to hurry. Let’s bundle ace up the best that we can, and– trina–

right, okay.

Trina, we can do this.

Together.

It’s one thing for trina not to speak to me. I get that she’s angry. She should be. I’ll take the silence. But for her to listen to spencer, someone who’s been known to hurt every single person that’s cared about him–

spencer can be difficult.

All I was trying to do was give trina some time, some time and some space to process everything that had happened. And now, the window that I had to make things right– it might be gone forever.

Portia, no, no.

I just don’t know why I waited. Why didn’t I just go to her? Go to her and done everything in my power to make things right while i still had the chance to do it.

Trina is as big-hearted as she is stubborn. And when she gets back– when– two of you will be able to work things out.

[Knock at door]

Come in. Is there word?

We just heard from trina and spencer.

[Dramatic music]

Valentin, focus! Look at me, valentin.

The real anna’s in a hospital. My father shot her. She told me to come and get him.

I know I told you that. But I came after you.

God, I wish you were really here so I could hold you against me one last time, tell you how much I love you.

Hey. I love you, too. Listen… valentin… I love you. That’s why I’m here… to help you. I’m gonna get you out of there, all right?

No. You can’T.

Hey, hursley!

Da scorpio. Very brave of you to speak to me without your lawyer present.

Unless you’re here to tell me that the bureau now realizes how stupid it is to bomb an island with ten people on it, then get out of my face.

Eh, but I’m under orders to stay and monitor the situation.

Do it where I can’t see you.

Let’s keep each other posted, shall we?

I’m gonna talk to this director myself, see if I can get through to him.

I had heard stories that the cassadines had a machine that could control the climate, but I thought it was just an urban legend.

No. No, it wasn’T. It was absolutely real. It was based on something called carbonic snow. You see, the weather machine was capable of creating an artificial blizzard in a targeted area, and in the summer of 1981, mikkos cassadine aimed that thing right at the city of port charles. A group of us–luke, robert, tiffany hill, and I– we all managed to stop him, and that weather machine was destroyed. But this is the same program.

Okay, well, the computer’s from the same era. If it’s the same program… is it hooked up to another weather machine?

Hey, brook lynn told me willow was here.

Thanks for coming.

[Sighs] Nina.

I am so scared.

 

Michael is not going to like that sonny and nina are here.

No. Let’s hope they have sense enough to keep their distance.

Thank you.

How is willow? Any updates?

Well, the updates are not good. Her condition is getting worse.

I know that this must be agony for you, for everyone. Is there any word on liesl?

Nothing.

Give up, victor. Backup is on the way. There’s nowhere to run.

Come on, holly. That old trick? You disappoint me.

It’s not a trick.

Look, you’re wasting your time here. Just let me go, and then you can get on with looking for your son, ethan.

Ethan’s perfectly fine, thank you. Felicia and I found out about the auction– sick, little affair that it was– and ethan is now safe and far from your reach. You failed, again.

Well, it doesn’t matter. Once I release this pathogen, it has an 80% mortality rate, and I’m the only one with the antidote.

At this point, victor, why bother?

Why bother? Try to save the world? Why bother living?

But what’s to live for for you, bearing in mind your unfortunate condition?

What do you mean by that?

I’d have thought by now you’d have figured out, victor, that it was me who arranged for a little addition to your cocktail.

And a lot of good it did. He’s still alive and kicking.

Yeah, well, alive? Yes. Kicking? Not so much. And I’m glad we’re finally face-to-face, victor, ’cause I really want you to know that it was me.

You don’t mean–

no more heirs for uncle victor. In fact, victor, you can’t even… try, can you?

You bitch!

[Grunts]

[Gunshot]

[Struggling efforts]

[Victor groans] Ah!

[Dramatic music]


You’re awake?

I am.

I don’t wanna interrupt.

You could never.

Oh, I could. You should ask him.

Yeah, yeah. She definitely could.

[Laughs]

So, what’s up?

Sonny and nina are here. They heard what happened.

You know, I don’t really think I can think about them right now. Could you tell them to just–

michael, wait.

Drew!

Liesl, no, no, no, no! No!

Liesl, can you hear me?

Was she–was she hit?

[Dramatic music]

 

You can’t open that door, anna. I’m infected.

I know. We’re here to help you.

Where’s victor and obrecht? They have the cure.

I don’t know where they are. The others are looking for them.

The others? Oh, my god. [Sobs]

Just don’t worry about them. All right? God. Um– what I’m gonna do is, I’m gonna try to find you a hazmat suit or something that we can put on you, and then we can get you to safety, okay? I’ll be right back.

No, don’t go!

No, you don’t understand! We don’t have time!

No, I love how you never give up, but it’s already too late.

You know, we could be looking at an electronic ghost– an old program that started up when the computer booted up. Well, as long as it’s not connected to an actual weather machine, should be harmless.

Except that mikkos cassadine was never harmless. He was relentless. He was obsessive and absolutely thorough. And he knew– he absolutely knew that there were agencies, including the wsb, tracking him, trying to stop him.

Seems like a guy like that would have backups.

I think you’re right. Oh, my god.

Well, then, that explains this. Why would mikkos cassadine equip a bunker in literally the middle of nowhere without telling his brother? So he could retreat, if he needed to, with two weapons, two ways to hold the world hostage: The pathogen and the weather machine. Laura, this is real, and it’s running. We gotta stop it. I’ll find a way to kill the power.

No, no, wait, don’t do that. We can kill the power to this computer, but that doesn’t mean that we can kill the power to the weather machine.

You’re right. If we interrupt the power, the computer might shut down and lock us out entirely, and we’ll never find them.

Yeah. It’s calibrated its target. It’s the same as last time.

Port charles.

[Dramatic music]

Trina and spencer agreed to head straight to the plane. With any luck, they should be home before daybreak.

[Laughs]

Oh, and… trina says she loves you.

Thank you, jordan.

[Distant siren wails]

Is that snow?

[Ominous music]

Oh, my goodness.


Willow seems stable. Everything– so can we just go?

No, I wanna just stay a little bit longer, sonny, just in case.

Michael? How are you doing?

I’m okay, all things considered. Nina–

I’m not gonna– I’m not here to cause trouble.

No. Willow wants to see you.

[Melancholy music]

Come on, liesl. Liesl. Please!

She’s got a pulse.

All right.

Liesl, can you hear me?

How bad is it?

[Dramatic music]

There must be a way to stop the process.

It’s already begun. And it will only get worse as it slowly works its way up to full power. See, the longer the machine is in operation, the greater the devastation will be.

All right, well, we have to try something. I got an idea.

Okay.

Suspend… operations.

[Computer beeping] “To terminate functions, enter chemical formula in operation.” Chemical formula for what?

Carbonic snow. I told you, that’s how the machine works. The–it creates a blizzard by using carbonic snow.

Who has the formula to carbonic snow?

[Dramatic music]

I do.

Okay. Are you sure this is the right way?

Yeah, we’re heading east.

Didn’t take you for a boy scout.

Sailing at prep school.

Of course.

Someone’s coming.

Maybe it’s curtis.

Maybe it’s not.

 

It’s okay. It’s all right.

It’s okay. It’s all right.

Uncle victor still has the pathogen.

Where’s curtis?

I don’t know. But I need to go after victor.

Spencer, you can’T.

Any luck?

Yeah, all bad. Hursley was right about one thing: This new director is definitely not gonna take any of my calls. Anybody who I manage to get through to pretty much said the same thing.

They have to follow protocol in the event of a bioterror threat. I got the same drill.

Yeah, we’re dealing with… ten people here, as far as the bureau’s concerned, rather than billions.

Even if those ten are our friends.

Speaking of which, I was hoping to have heard from anna by now.

Well… she’s a little busy.

Will you please tell charlotte how sorry I am and that I love her and she was always the best thing in my life?

She still is!

[Heart monitor beeping]

I should’ve known better.

What?

When I looked into alex’s eyes, I should’ve known that she wasn’t you, because there’s no kindness there. You have compassion in your eyes. Even all those years ago, when you rejected my affection…

oh.

You still knew my heart. You still had compassion in your eyes. And I wish I had held on to that. And alex couldn’t have poisoned what we had. But she did, and I let her. And I wish that I hadn’t let anger and spite control me, because then, maybe we would’ve found each other so much sooner and I could’ve been the man that I am with you, and I like the man that I am with you. So, if this is how I die–

no, this is not how you die!

It’s okay, because you redeemed me.

[Dramatic music]

[Sobbing] Thank you. I love you, anna devane.

I will always– I’ll always love you.

[Gasps]

Valentin!

Valentin!


So I will check on wiley and amelia and make sure brook lynn and tracy aren’t teaching them really bad habits.

[Knock at door]

[Laughs]

[Desolate music]

Michael said that you wanted to s ee me?

Uh, I do. Um, carly, thank you for everything.

Yeah. Remember, you need to rest. No excitement.

 

How are you feeling?

The fluids are helping.

That’s good.

Nina… I want you to do something for me.

Name it.

Leave carly alone.

It’s not a bullet wound. She must have hit her head when she fell.

Okay, okay. Liesl? Liesl, I need you to open your eyes.

Mm…

open your eyes. Oh, there she is.

[Groans in pain]

Thank god. Thank god. Okay.

Okay.

Okay, take it easy. Easy, easy.

There you go.

Victor…

there you go.

Where’s that vile insect?

He’s right…

[Dramatic music] Wait, wait, wait. Wait, he’s gone! He’s gone, and so is the canister. He’s gotta be headed back to the “haunted star.”

I’ll go. You get liesl to the plane.

Nein! Valentin is dying. He needs the antidote.

 

What happened? Where’s spencer?

Some guy showed up out of nowhere. We did our best to fight him off. He took out ivan and knocked me out.

So you’ve no idea where he is? What about, er, ace?

I checked the stateroom. The baby and the nanny are both gone.

Oh, to hell with the nanny. Search the ship. Find my nephews. No, wait. Get the ship under way first. We’re leaving, with or without my family.

[Sighs, winces]

You cannot go after victor. We agreed to get ace to the plane. That’s the plan. Now let’s go before one of victor’s men sees us.

You go. I can’t let my uncle victor escape, not when he has the pathogen that he intends to release and kill half this planet.

Spencer!

Trina, take my brother and go. I will be right behind you. Okay?

You promise?

I promise. I promise.

[Sighs]

 

Snow in may.

It happens. Last time was, like, three years ago. Aiden did a report on it. But this is especially bizarre. It was in the 70s this afternoon.

What you said about aiden and the report– I mean, that makes me think about trina. All the reports and all the homework…

[All laugh] That we helped them with over the years. Well, until trina said that she’s old enough and she can do it by herself.

[Laughs]

You both are mothers, so I know that you understand that even though trina’s in college, she’s always, always gonna be my little baby girl.

[Wind whistling] Every time I look at her, I just see this little trace of a grin that she had when she was in her terrible twos.

[Laughs] And sometimes, I think she never grew out of them.

[Laughs]

But that smile… no matter how old she gets, that’s what I’m gonna see.

[Eerie music]

– Right after we stopped mikkos, I… I found the formula in a stateroom, and I studied it as I was falling asleep. And then, when I woke up, I realized that no one should ever have access to that information, so we burned the paper, but… the formula is seared into my memory.

[Dramatic music] Robert was always afraid about that. He was afraid that if someone found out, that they might come after me for it.

Listen, that’s not the kind of information you should have rattling around in your head. It could be dangerous.

But this might be the very thing that saves… everyone.

 

[Heart monitor beeping]

Valentin.

Anna.

Hi.

What are you doing? You can’t be in here.

I know. It’s too late.

Why would you do that?

‘Cause I love you.

I’m contagious. I’m infected. My god, what have you done?

[Soft dramatic music]

 

Laura, that was over 40 years ago. How sure are you that you memorized that formula exactly?

[Dramatic music] If we guess improperly, this whole system could lock us out. We got one shot at this.

I know.

Do you trust me?

Absolutely.

 

[Computer beeps]

[Sighs] Oh, my god.

It worked.

It worked.

It worked.

It worked; we did it.

Oh, my.

Oh.


oh, holly, how I wish I had been able to kill you myself after what you did to me. But I suppose you’re just gonna have to take your chances with the rest of humanity. Right. Let’s get this pathogen somewhere safe and the antidote somewhere safer.

[Dramatic music] No!

Okay, okay, take it easy. Good.

I stole the antidote while victor wasn’t looking, so if he releases the pathogen, there’s an 80% chance he’ll be killing himself as well.

Do you think that would stop him?

Victor’s both an idealist and an extremist, and cassadines are often willing to go down with the ship, so to speak.

Okay.

 

I think this is the way out.

Okay, good. Holly! It’s holly. My god, what are you doing here? What’s going on?

Here, you need to call robert and jordan, tell them that victor’s getting away. He’s got the pathogen with him. Last I saw, he was headed towards the “haunted star.” Where’s valentin?

What have you done?

I don’t know. I mean… I thought maybe I could find some kind of… suit or protection, but…

[Soft dramatic music] I just didn’t want you to be alone.

I don’t know that dying together is all it’s cracked up to be.

[Laughs] I… hey. Hey, look at me, right here. I want you to listen to me. I wanna tell you about someone: Valentin cassadine.

Oh, I–

no, listen. He’s a man that is not going to die in some obscene plot of his father’s, because he–you– you have a destiny. You’re gonna be an even greater father to charlotte. You’re gonna be my partner. Because… you know my darkness. You know what I’m capable of, and you’re capable of those things, too. I know that sounds a little twisted, but it’s not, really, because I think that kind of connection– it sort of elevates us, in a way. You know? It allows us to… love the people we love without any kind of restraint or restriction, including each other.

[Tender music]

I think that’s why I– I came into this room.

[Sighs]

But you’ll die.

I… not necessarily. I mean, there’s, like, a 20% chance that I’m immune to this thing. I can beat those odds. I’m willing to risk them…

just to be with you.

 

We’re sure everything is fine.

Really?

No. But we haven’t heard any yelling yet, and nina hasn’t bolted out of the room in tears, so…

I appreciate your optimism, sasha.

[Tense music] But… when my dad was at turning woods… I hate to wait. I hated it. We would pace back and forth. We’d wait. We’d hold his hand. We would wait.

We just felt hopeless.

 

Even though he didn’t know that you were there, I think you just being there helped mike.

 

I hope so.

I just don’t know what willow could possibly have to say to nina.

Maybe I made a mistake, letting nina in there.

Hey. Hey. You did exactly what your wife asked you to do. You did the right thing.

My wife. Now willow and I are married.

 

[Sighs] I just the day hadn’t been so hard on her.

Well, next time, I promise to wait till after the reception before I’m hauled in for questioning.

What next time?

I don’t know. Birthdays, anniversaries, vow renewal. You have a lifetime of celebrations ahead of you, michael. You do. I know it. And as for your wedding day, willow doesn’t regret a second of it.

Even now?

I’m sorry, you want what?

I want you and carly to make peace.

I can try.

I know you won’t ever be friends, or even friendly, but promise me you’ll at least keep your distance, stop keeping score of who wronged who when and just… let it all go. Wow.

[Laughs weakly] You–you haven’t changed at all, for all you claim to care about me?

No, I do, I do. I care. I care a lot about you. I–

then promise me, regardless of whether I survive this or not, to drop your vendetta against carly.

 

Oh.

Any word?

Not yet.

[Phone rings]

Excuse me. Commissioner ashford.

Jordan, it’s curtis. I got you on speakerphone.

– Curtis. I’m putting you on speaker.

Curtis, curtis, it’s portia. Is trina with you?

Not at the moment, but I’ve seen her. She’s okay.

Curtis, you need to get out of there. The wsb has ordered a drone strike on the island. Both: What?

– They can’t risk the pathogen getting released into the world. The drones are already on their way.

But the pathogen isn’t here.

Where is it?

– We just saw holly. She said that victor’s trying to escape on the “haunted star” and he took the pathogen with him. Bombing the island is not going to do any good.

You’ve gotta stop

the airstrike.

Hursley!

[Dramatic music] Tell your boss to call off his airstrike.

Da scorpio, for the millionth time, there is not–

change of circumstances. Victor’s left the island. He’s taken the pathogen with him. All you’re doing now is killing innocent people and covering his escape.

Okay.

Okay?

Okay. I–I won’t get into it with carly anymore.

Thank you.

Uh, nina? Willow needs her rest.

[Soft dramatic music]

I’m not perfect. I make mistakes all the time. I’m gonna be–I’m gonna try to be a better person, okay? If there’s anything else you need, just…

keep your promise.

 

Come on, will you?

The drones are already on their way. We don’t know exactly when the strike will happen, but it could be anytime, so you need to get out of there.

Laura.

Yes, robert.

You’re okay. The bureau listened this time. The strike’s been called off.

[Sighs]

What about victor?

Liesl. You double-crossed me. I am not having a very good day.

[Sighs]

[Footsteps clacking] You need to turn the ship around. We have to go back.

I don’t take orders from you anymore.

Spencer!

I thought you might come crawling back. If you think I’m gonna forgive you–

I’m not here for forgiveness.

It’s over, uncle.


Curtis, laura. Oh, thank god. Thank god I found you.

Trina, what are you still doing here?

Is the baby all right?

Yes, yes, I… listen. We gotta get out of here. There’s gonna be an airstrike.

We know all about the airstrike. We got it under control.

Yeah, it’s okay. We got in touch with the wsb. We told them that victor’s trying to escape on the “haunted star.”

Spencer and I saw him, but we gotta go.

The drone strike has been redirected. We’re safe.

Redirected where?

The new target’s the “haunted star.”

But spencer’s on that ship!

Oh, calm down, dear boy.

I’m not your boy. Give me the pathogen, and we can both walk out of here alive.

[Scoffs] How dare you threaten me? I’m the head of our family. This is finished when I say.

I said hand it over.

You’ll have to rip it out of my cold, dead fingers.

Fine.

No– ow!

[Dramatic music]

 

[Cell phone rings]

Hello?

Carly! Carly, can you hear me?

Drew? Are you okay? What happened?

So, how was your talk with nina? Did you get what you wanted from her?

I hope so. Who knows? I wanna believe that nina’s sincere.

Okay. Michael, willow, there’s someone who wants to talk to you.

Hello?

Yeah.

– Willow?

Drew–drew? Are you all right?

Not only am I okay…

I’m okay, too, not that anyone has asked.

[Laughs]

Dr. O– great-aunt liesl! I’m so glad you’re all right.

We are on our way back. Then you can literally suck the life from the bones.

Oh, we can’t wait.

Okay, so liesl and i are on our way back. Not sure who’s joining us, but everyone should be back soon.

I can’t wait to see you.

Me too. Let’s get out of here.

Anna…

I love you, too.

 

[Door thumps open]

Anna!

Get out! You’ll get infected.

Kind of you to care, but don’t worry. I’ve got the antidote.

 

Our satellite has eyes on the “haunted star.” It’s on the move.

Victor’s trying to escape, and you guys are gonna stop him.

[Dramatic music]

 

I’m glad I didn’t kill you, though I’m not sure that’s a good thing.

[Jet engines roaring]

What do you mean, he’s on the “haunted star”?

Spencer went to go after victor. We have to call the wsb so they–

[Explosion] Spencer.

Oh! Oh!

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Uh, this is just surreal. Honestly, I, I, I didn’t think that I would ever see this place again. Wait until everyone sees you. I mean, I’m sure most people know that you’re alive and well, but. Still, just to have you back here. It’s great. It is. Although, I have to say, I am not thrilled that we left your father and the others in Greece, especially since your Uncle Bo’s future is still up in the air and Kate’s missing.

And Mom, this is exactly where you need to be. I mean, how could you just sit on the sidelines when Seth Burns fired you? Yeah. He’s such a little weasel. I mean, we are out there fighting for our lives, and that’s the time he decides to get rid of me. But don’t worry, we’re gonna march into his office and we’re gonna raise some hell.

And meanwhile, Papa, uncle Broman and Chad, they’re gonna find Kate wherever she is.

Hey Steve, where’s uh, where’s Roman? Well, he’s, uh, back at the hospital with Hope. They’re talking to Bo’s doctors about moving him into a long-term facility. No, damn that, that poor guys going through it. Brother. His wife’s missing. Yeah. Well, we need to lighten his load. Right? Come up with a plan to find and rescue gate.

So what’s that? As you know, breakfast, really, you expect me to eat that, so I don’t expect you to do anything but you want to die of starvation. That’s fine with me. The choice is yours.

Is there a problem, ej? Now, why would you think that? You know, I don’t have time for Briddle school. I’m gonna go inside. But do me a favor, try not to annoy our customers on their way in. I, I, I’m not so fast. You and I have a few things that we need to get straight.

What, what is wrong, Nicole? What’s happening? Oh, I felt a, a bad cramp and I, oh. Oh, it’s happening again, Gabby. I need help. Ah, God. Nice try, Nicole. Oh, what are you talking about, Gabby? Can’t you see him in pain? Mm. Actually what I can see is that Meryl Streep you ain’t, what the hell? I definitely don’t see any Oscars in your future because your performance right now totally fake.

Oh, come on.

Like sand through the hourglass. So are the days of our lives.

I can’t think of anything you or I have to say to one another. I’m not sure Sloan and Peterson would agree. What you human. Wait a second. Are you talking about those lace biscuits? Sloan had nothing to do with, you know damn well it’s not those biscuits I’m concerned about. Goodbye, Jay. You have the temerity to stand here and pretend as though you don’t know why I’m calling you out.

Pretending. I have no idea what you’re talking about. I know Eric, you know what? That you had sex with Nicole. You’ve sank Pon son of a bitch.

Oh my God. I can’t believe you’re insulting me when I’m doubled over in pain. I didn’t insult you. I just said that you’re nom me street. That’s all. Oh God. That’s great, Debbie. Okay, now that that’s done, can you at least, oh, I don’t know, just help me before I pass out and die. You’re not gonna die. I’m glad you’re so sure.

Can we just drop this because I know what this is about. You want me to let my guard down so that I forget to send my evaluation of EJ to the Demer board, right? Is that what it’s, no, it’s not right. Ah, you want your snake of a boyfriend to remain in charge of Dera Enterprises valiant effort, but it’s not gonna happen.

Sister. I don’t care, Gabby, I need to get to the hospital now. Oh,

oh, oh. The look in his face. I’m never ever going to forget that. Ah, he did look pretty shocked. And all because of Wait, wait, wait, wait. How did you put it? Mr. Ferret? If you don’t reinstate Dr. Johnson immediately, I am going to unleash a viral PR campaign against you in this hospital from which you will never recover.

And I would’ve done it too. I mean, you come back from the dead and the guy decides to sell you out to the board. Well, Seth’s never been that loyal, and I talked to someone in the business affairs office and they said that he spent a friction on a head hunter trying to find my replacement. Seriously.

Mm-hmm. Talk about scummy. Remind me to never get on your bad side as if you ever could. Hmm. I bet he did not expect me to hop on a plane and come here and call him out. Especially with my shark PR daughter by my side no less. I’ll always have your back. Mom and I will always have yours. Ah, thank you. Well, I better go do the job that, uh, we both saved.

Ah, I’m so happy for you and I’m so proud of you. Ooh, ooh. Maybe you wanna go home and get some rest, huh? Oh, I will. I will. But first I have somebody finished business to tend to

whatever it takes to find Kate. I’m game well. That’s good. But, uh, buddy, I thought she’d be heading back to Salem with Stephanie and Kayla. You must be anxious to see your kids. Yeah. Yeah. I miss him like crazy. I’m not gonna leave her without Kate now. She’s like the closest thing I have to a mother. I know.

Well, hopefully we can bring her home safe to all the people who love her.

Is that Roman? He’s probably finished at the hospital.

Michaels.

What the hell are you doing here,

Steph? I didn’t know you were back from Greece. Yeah, we just got in a little while ago. Dr. Johnson. My god, I uh, I heard that you were alive, but to actually see you Yeah, it’s um, going to be back for sure. My dad’s gonna be really pumped that you’re back home. I hope he and Bonnie are doing well. They are, they’re fine.

And, um, I just wanna take a second to tell you how truly sorry I am. What, well, I don’t know if Stephanie told you or not, but, um, I was the reason why she wasn’t there for your last moments that I just thought, um, You know, it really doesn’t matter what I thought. I, uh, I did something really selfish and I’m gonna feel guilty, and I’m gonna feel terrible about it for the rest of my life.

Well, Stephanie told me what happened that day, how she missed the call about me and. How Ill I was, but it turned out that those were not my last moments that she missed. And now thank God I have time to share lots of moments with my family. But I, I, I appreciate your apology and, um, accept.

Is it all ready for come in,

answer my question. Why are you here? Agent Donovan sent me, he thought I could be, uh, of help with the search for Kay. Well, he thought wrong, we don’t want you here and we don’t need your help.

Oh

yeah. You’re really enjoying this, aren’t you? Yeah. Seeing a richer me kind of living like a peasant. Yes. I enjoy very much. Wow. For your information. I haven’t always been rich and I’ve worked my ass off for everything I’ve gotten. See, see, I’m sure you know I don’t have to explain myself to you, do I?

When you gonna let me off? The stupid shit? You has too many questions. That’s because I don’t get any answers. Let’s just say, how do I put, I don’t have the to give you answer. You can bring me to someone who does.

You should really be talking to Nicole about this. Yeah, while I’m talking to you right now when I want answers, ej, is this the part where you lie to my face, where you tell me that I’ve got it all? Ronco ahead. Eric Colo a liar. Is this where you got your information? I should have guessed Lisa girlfriend had the decency to tell me what was going on.

Sloan doesn’t know what she’s talking about. There’s nothing going on between me and Nicole. So you deny that you had sex with I’m not denying anything. Do you wanna know the truth? Alright, fine. Yeah, I did have sex with your girlfriend.

Ah, God, Gabby, if you don’t have the decency to take me to the hospital, I will call an ambulance myself. Ah, wait. Hold on Nicole. Come on. Are you really sick? Really? You’re sick? Yes. I am really, really sick. You Harless box. Ah, okay. Okay. I believe you. Come on, we gotta get the hospital. Oh.

So why haven’t I ever met your boss? Because my boss, he doesn’t want to meet with people. Could you at least give me a name? Finish your breakfast. Would you like me to bring you more fish to clean? No. I’ll pass. Are you looking at this? Looks good on me, eh? Ah, you’re set bastard. Hey, fair is fair. You got your phone call?

I got the ring, my phone call. All didn’t go through the deal is a deal, lady. You know, I still haven’t figured out if I’m going to keep it, so maybe give it to one of my girlfriends or maybe, oh, maybe I’ll cut that ring. Hey, y’all figure, so you’re the reinforcement. Andrew told us he was sending, I’m sorry to disappoint you.

Where is he? He got called when in another case. So you’re here in his stead. I don’t know why my nephew thought we’d ever accept help. From the likes of you, I know that I’m not your first choice. You’re not any choice because you’re the guy who knew Bo was alive and you kept it to yourself. I, Steve, it’s okay.

No, no, no. Just let him say his peace. It’s fine. And Kayla and I were locked up in that carry swine cellar. You didn’t lift a finger to help, right? I didn’t know you were down there. You knew we were missing. And you knew Bo had to be involved. But you didn’t care. Let’s forget about me and Kayla for now.

Let’s talk about hope, about how you didn’t tell her that the father of her children, the man she loved for her entire life was alive. Steve. No, no, no, no. Why don’t we just, no. Bottom line. If this jerk had come forward sooner, my best friend wouldn’t be lying in a coma right now.

Well, it looks like word of my triumphant return is spreading. I already have a patient and that patient is so lucky to have the best doctor on the planet. Oh, you’re a doll baby. I love you. I love you. Thank you again, Alex.

So, so it was good of you to apologize to my mom? Yeah. I don’t expect for it to make up for what I did, but it meant a lot that she forgave me.

So what are you doing here? Is everything okay? Yeah. Yeah, everything’s, everything’s fine. Just going to my appointment with Dr. Evans started therapy, decided to work on my issues. Oh, wow. That’s great. Big step. Yeah, it is.

Well, I should get going. I let a lot of work pile up while I was in Greece. I bet. See you around Alex.

Stephanie. Okay, wait a second.

Such bloody hypocrites. You Brady’s. Sneering at anyone who doesn’t share your middle class values. Your Catholic piety went all the way. You’re just as connell and corrupt as the rest of us. Yeah. Well, if you’d shut it for five minutes, just let me explain. Explain what you’ve already admitted that you slept with Nicole ej.

We were both highest kites after we ate those lace biscuits. We weren’t thinking clearly. We were out of our mind. You of all people should know what had happened to you, and we knew it was wrong as soon as it happened. If it was indeed a harmless drug-induced mistake, why did you keep it a secret to?

Because we knew you’d blow it out of proportion because you’re an insecure asshole.

Hello? Oh my God. Kayla, it’s, it’s you. Uh, yes. It’s Hello, Nicole. I I, I’m sorry if my eyes are bugging out. It, it’s, I mean, I heard you were alive, but to see you I know. It’s strange. I’ve been getting that a lot today. But listen, let’s, let’s talk about you. What’s, what’s going on? Yeah. Uh, well, I, I got these really bad.

Cramps earlier, and I don’t think it’s a bug because I’m not nauseous or anything and I’ve had food poisoning before several times and I don’t think it’s that. So you’re having cramps? Mm-hmm. Do you think they could be menstrual cramps? Oh God, no. I mean, I don’t really get cramps, you know, not like this anyway, but I am due to, to get my period.

Uh, and I have this app that turns my cycle, so we’ll see.

Well, that’s, that’s weird. What.

Hi. This is really strange because my, my ob gyn gave me a new birth control last year, and it’s been like clockwork ever since. Are you experiencing any undue stress? Oh, yeah, for like the last 25 years. I mean, something a little more recent. Uh, well do you, do you think helping EJ scheme against his brother Stephan and the woman he loves is stressful?

Probably more for them. Hmm.

I dunno about you, but is it, isn’t it really hot in here? Nope. I, I feel comfortable. Yeah. Well, not me. Oh my God, I think I’m starting to sweat, huh? Huh? What? Oh, well, uh, your period is late. You’re having cramps, hot flashes. Oh, God, no. No. I am not having hot flashes. And clearly the hospital has thermostat turned out too high.

Uh, well, you know, it’s the first week of May and heat is not on, so I, I think it is. You what? Well, what are you getting at? I think maybe you are entering into menopause.

Oh, I guess I had that coming and then some. You’re talking what happened? As I told you, Nicole and I were both loosing. When we slept together. You did something else to deserve to get punched. Well, I did circuit punch you a few weeks back. So I guess that makes us even, oh, oh, we are far from these. Really, you, uh, you want to keep this going?

In fact, I do. Really?

All right then. That first punch was for free. The second one’s gonna cost you.

You want to do this? Oh, I do. Oh, I really, really do. No, it turns out that the skills required, the sever our finger our fish had are similar.

What do you want? I want an audience with your boss.

I totally understand how you feel. That’s big of you. So I’ll go. Best of luck with the search. Wait, wait, wait. Just wait. No, no, no. Chad. Let him go. We can’t trust him and we don’t need him. What if we do, look, I understand you have your reservations, but what if he’s our best chance to find Kate? If it weren’t for him, me and Stephanie would be as good as dead.

Right now. Thomas Banks would’ve killed us. I think that we should reconsider with all due respect.

Now, before you go, I’d like to ask you something. And I know what it is. You’re wondering if my mom letting you off the hook about that phone call I never got. If that means I’ve done the same. Actually, no, it’s not what I wanted to ask you see, Steph, um, me pressuring you the minute you got back into town trying to guilt you into letting me off the hook as you put it.

That’s what the old Alex would’ve done. Oh, right. And the new Alex. The new Alex is learning that just because I have remorse for all of my actions, it doesn’t mean that the people I hurt need to forgive me. I see. So why did you stop me just now? Because I need your help.

You know, I don’t like to admit when I need help, but this is kind of a special case. What’s going on? My Aunt Maggie’s heading to Greece with my Uncle Vic to go be with Ball. Of course, God, they must be out of their minds with worry. Right? And while my aunt is gone, she left me in charge of this crucial deal for Titan that we have been working on for months.

Okay?

I’m a little anxious about it, Steph. I really can’t afford to screw this up. Like I really can’t. No, I understand. What’s this gotta do with me? How can I help? I have a meeting tomorrow to pitch all of our strategies to all the parties involved. Now, I have been cramming my brain for the data, Steph, but I would feel a lot more confident.

If I had a world class communications expert by my side,

listen Michaels. I am grateful to you for stopping that maniac from hurting my little girl. You, you don’t have to, but it wasn’t long ago that you were responsible for putting her life in danger. If you remember the exploding pizza box, I’m still haunted by what I did to your family and to John Black and his son.

Look, Steve, he wa he was under Megan’s control when he did those things. Like just like you and John were when she ordered you to hijack that dam, Margo on Hong Kong. We’ve both been there. I shot Brady and, and you guys almost hurt your wife’s trying to secure those prisms for Megan, but what about the things he’s done since then?

When he was in possession of his free will. You’re right, you’re right. I knew what I was doing when I, I didn’t tell hope the truth about Bo, and, and I can’t forgive myself for that. So is that why you’re here? To make amends? Andrew thought helping you find Kate, Mike, gimme a small chance at redemption, but I understand why.

You wouldn’t want my help?

Fuck, Steve. I’ll be honest. I I, I, I don’t care if the guy’s handle Hector. If it helps us find Kate. He’s a Navy Seal for God’s sakes, if Kate’s lost that sea, he’s gonna be our best hope to find her.

He’s right Steve. My, uh, my skills can be valuable. So what do you say?

He’s not gonna do thisk. You think I’m blessing? I’m not bluff. You don’t take me to your boss. I’m gonna cut off this finger and okay. Wait, wait, wait. My boss, he’s a very dangerous man. He does not want to be disturbed. Okay. Okay. Okay. I will beg you to him.

More lives and a litter of cats. Sharper claws too. Nicole. Nicole, are you in there? I saw your car in the garage. Hello, ej. Nicole. Nicole? Uh, no. Use yelling. You’re co-conspirators not here. What? Where’d you go?

Menopause. I mean, I’m, I’m not too young for menopause, right? Well, not necessarily. I mean, yes, you would be on the younger side. I mean, the media age is about 51, 52, but there are many women. It’s not uncommon to be in your forties to go through it. Right. Yeah. I, I guess I knew that. It’s just, it’s just what,

I guess I’m just. It’s not ready for it psychologically. I understand what, you know what, maybe these cramps have nothing to do with menopause, so what, maybe we could run some tests. May be okay with that. Yeah. Okay. Sure. I should be comfortable. I’ll get the nurse, we’ll draw some blood and we’ll look to the bottom of this, okay?

Okay.

Alex, if you are wanting me at this meeting, if it’s another one of your schemes to bring us closer together, it isn’t. Steph, I swear to you, it has nothing to do with. That. Look, Maggie and I have been butting heads like crazy, and sooner than later she’s gonna have enough of it. And I feel like this might be my last chance to prove myself to her.

Stephanie, I promise you my needing your help is totally legit. It is strictly business. Hey, I know you’re with Chad. I respect your relationship and your boundaries. Okay, so what exactly what’d you need from me? I would need you to attend this meeting with me tomorrow. Just like I said, just be by my side.

Keep me on track, make sure I hit all the talking points that Maggie already approved, and there’s nobody else for the job stuff. You’re the best. That’s it. And I truly think that my career at Titan depends on it.

Well, Titan is still one of my top clients. I mean, it would, if you close this deal, it would be a big win for SJ p r. It’s a big win. All right. I’ll help you, Stephanie. Oh my God, thank.

Thank you. You are the best. Did you see that? I’m learning step by step. Boundaries. I’ll see you tomorrow then. I will see you tomorrow and you’ll not regret it, I promise. Thank you.

Well, I guess we’re in no position to turn down help. Considering how shorthanded we are, does that mean I’m part of the team? That means you’re working with the team, okay. For now. Got it. But Michaels, I got my eye on you. Any funny business, any double dealing, and I swear I’ll take you down myself.

Nice place. Your boss has. Here.

Who are you son of?

Oh my God, it’s you.

Come on, go pick up.

Oh, uh, that was fast. Well odds that news,

Nicole, it’s me. Listen, call me as soon as you get this. CJ knows he’s on a war path.

Do you know where Nicole is? Hmm. Well, there are so many possibilities. She could be reminiscing about old times with my big brother rave, or she could be sharing hot steamy chowder with Eric Brady at the Brady Pub. I mean, she’s got so many exes, it’s hard to keep up. I’m glad you find this sort of funny.

Oh no, don’t bother calling her the way she’s feeling. I doubt she’ll pick up. What the hell are you talking about? Why wouldn’t she pick up? Well, she’s at the hospital. Poor thing,

Kayla. I mean, you’re making me nervous. Here. Say something. What is it? Well, you’re not going through menopause. Oh gosh. That’s a relief. I suppose, I mean, like I said, I wasn’t, I wasn’t ready for it and my gut told me that it wasn’t, and for some reason I was just like, no, I’m menopause. In no way. Right. Uh, no way.

Because you’re pregnant.

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Stephanie brings Kayla back home to the hospital in Salem. Kayla calls it surreal to be there after thinking she’d never see the place again. Stephanie tells her to just wait until everybody sees her. Kayla calls it great to be back but admits she’s not thrilled that they left Steve and the others in Greece, especially since Bo’s future is in the air and Kate is still missing. Stephanie encourages that this is where Kayla needs to be. They talk about Seth Burns firing her while she was fighting for her life and plan to storm in to his office. Stephanie assures that Steve, Chad, and Roman will find Kate.

Chad reads a text from Stephanie that she landed safely in Salem and misses him already. Steve shows up at his door. Chad asks where Roman is. Steve says he’s at the hospital with Hope as they are talking to the doctors about moving Bo in to a long term facility. Chad feels for everything Roman is going through with his brother in a coma and his wife missing. Steve states that they need to lighten his load. Chad agrees that they need to come up with a plan to find and rescue Kate.

The man keeping Kate on his boat brings her breakfast and tells her to either eat it or die of starvation.

EJ runs in to Eric outside the Brady Pub. Eric asks if there’s a problem. EJ asks why he would think that. Eric tells EJ that he doesn’t have time for riddles and plans to head inside but EJ stops him and says they need to get a few things straight.

At the DiMera Mansion, Gabi checks on Nicole, who complains about cramps and says she needs help. Nicole says she’s in pain but Gabi accuses her of faking it.

Eric can’t think of anything he or EJ have to say to one another. EJ is not sure Sloan would agree. Eric asks if he’s talking about the laced biscuits and says Sloan had nothing to do with it. EJ shouts that Eric knows damn well it has nothing to do with the biscuits. EJ questions Eric acting like he doesn’t know why he’s calling him out. Eric says he has no idea what he’s talking about. EJ then reveals that he knows Eric had sex with Nicole and calls him a sanctimonious son of a bitch.

Nicole can’t believe Gabi is insulting her while she’s in pain. Nicole asks Gabi to help her before she passes out and dies. Gabi laughs it off and argues that Nicole just wants her to let her guard down so she forgets to send in her performance review of EJ. Gabi tells Nicole that it’s not going to happen. Nicole shouts that she doesn’t care and she needs to get to the hospital now.

Stephanie and Kayla come out from Seth Burns’ office and joke about Seth’s reaction to Stephanie warning Seth to reinstate Kayla. Kayla bets Seth did not expect her to fly in and call him out. They talk about having each others’ back. Kayla decides she better go do her job that they just got back. Stephanie says she’s happy for her while Kayla says she’s proud of her and they hug. Kayla encourages Stephanie to go home and rest which she agrees to do. Stephanie stops and says that she first has some unfinished business to tend to as Alex approaches.

Chad tells Steve that he’s game for whatever it takes to find Kate. Steve says that’s good but he thought Chad would’ve gone back to Salem with Stephanie and Kayla because he must be anxious to see his kids. Chad admits he misses them like crazy but declares that he’s not leaving without Kate because she’s the closest thing he has to a mother. Steve hopes they can bring Kate home safe to all the people who love her. There’s a knock at the door, so Chad answers it and is surprised to see Harris Michaels. Steve asks what the hell he is doing here.

Alex tells Stephanie that he didn’t know she was back from Greece. Stephanie says she just got in awhile ago. Alex mentions hearing that Kayla was alive. Kayla says it’s good to be back. Alex says that Justin will be pumped that she’s back home. Kayla hopes Justin and Bonnie are doing well which Alex confirms. Alex tells Kayla how truly sorry he is because he was the reason that Stephanie wasn’t there for Kayla’s last moments as he did something really selfish and he will feel guilty and terrible about it for the rest of his life. Kayla informs him that Stephanie told her what happened that day, but it turns out those were not her last moments that she missed and now she has time to share lots of moments with her family. Kayla appreciates and accepts Alex’s apology.

Harris asks to come in which Steve and Chad allow. Steve asks him again why he’s here. Harris responds that Andrew sent him as he thought he could be of help with the search for Kate. Steve remarks that he thought wrong because they don’t want him and they don’t need his help.

Kate reluctantly eats the food brought to her which the man on the boat laughs at. Kate asks when he’s going to let her off the ship. He responds that he doesn’t have the authority to give her an answer. Kate tells him to bring her to someone who does then.

Eric tells EJ that he should really be talking to Nicole about this. EJ says he’s talking to him and he wants answers. EJ asks if Eric is going to lie to his face. Eric questions EJ getting the information from Sloan. EJ remarks that at least Sloan had the decency to tell him what was going on. Eric argues that Sloan doesn’t know what she’s talking about as there is nothing going on with he and Nicole. EJ asks if he’s denying having sex with Nicole. Eric shouts that he’s not denying anything and then admits that he did have sex with EJ’s girlfriend.

Nicole tells Gabi that if she’s not going to take her to the hospital, she will call an ambulance. Gabi questions Nicole really being sick and decides to help her to the hospital.

Kate questions why she hasn’t met the man’s boss. He responds that his boss doesn’t like meeting people. Kate asks for a name but he tells her to just finish her breakfast. He shows off wearing Kate’s ring. Kate complains that her one phone call didn’t go through. The man remarks that he hasn’t decided if he wants to keep the ring, sell it, or give it to one of his girlfriends. Kate then grabs his hand and threatens to cut the ring off his finger.

Steve questions Harris being the reinforcements that Andrew said he was sending. Harris apologizes for disappointing him. Steve asks where Andrew is. Harris responds that he got called away on another case. Steve doesn’t know why Andrew thought they’d ever accept help from Harris. Steve complains that Harris is the guy who knew Bo was alive and kept it to himself. Chad tries to intervene but Harris says to let Steve say his piece. Steve argues that when he and Kayla were locked in the wine cellar, Harris didn’t lift a finger to help. Harris points out that he didn’t know they were down there. Steve says he knew they were missing and that Bo had to be involved, but he didn’t care. Steve says they can forget about he and Kayla and talk about Hope and how Harris didn’t tell her that Bo was alive. Steve declares that if Harris came forward sooner, his best friend wouldn’t be lying in a coma right now.

Kayla says the news of her return is spreading as she already has a patient. Stephanie says that patient has the best doctor ever. Kayla hugs her and says she loves her as she then walks away. Stephanie tells Alex that it was good of him to apologize to Kayla. Alex doesn’t expect for it to make up for what he did, but it meant a lot that she forgave him. Stephanie asks what Alex is doing at the hospital and if everything is okay. Alex responds that everything is fine and he was just going to his appointment with Marlena as he started therapy to work on his issues. Stephanie calls that great and a big step. Stephanie says she should get going as a lot of work piled up while she was in Greece. Stephanie tells Alex that she will see him around. Stephanie goes to leave but Alex stops her and asks her to wait a second.

EJ mocks Eric and the Brady family as being just as corrupt as the rest of them. Eric tells EJ to shut up for five minutes and let him explain. EJ questions what’s to explain when he already admitted to sleeping with Nicole. Eric tells EJ that they were high after eating those biscuits and weren’t thinking clearly. Eric argues that they were out of their minds and EJ should know since it happened to him. Eric adds that they knew it was a mistake as soon as it happened. EJ questions why they kept it a secret then. Eric responds that they knew he would blow it out of proportion because he’s an insecure asshole. EJ then grabs Eric and punches him down.

Kayla goes to see her patient which turns out to be Nicole. Nicole is shocked to see her despite hearing she was alive. Kayla knows it’s strange and says she’s been getting that a lot today. Kayla asks what’s going on with Nicole. Nicole tells her about the cramps and she doesn’t think it’s a bug or food poisoning. Kayla asks if it could be menstrual cramps. Nicole says she doesn’t really get cramps like these but she is due for her period. Nicole checks her calendar and realizes that she’s late. Nicole calls it really strange since her OB/GYN gave her a new birth control last year. Kayla asks if she’s been under any extra stress recently. Nicole admits to scheming with EJ against Stefan and Gabi. Nicole starts to complain about feeling hot and that she’s starting to sweat. Kayla goes over Nicole’s period being late, having cramps, and now hot flashes. Nicole asks what she’s getting at. Kayla thinks Nicole may be entering menopause.

Eric guesses he had that coming and repeats to EJ that he and Nicole were hallucinating when they slept together. Eric brings up punching EJ a few weeks ago so he guesses this makes them even. EJ responds that they are far from even. Eric asks if he wants to keep this going. EJ says that he does. Eric remarks that his first punch was free but the second one’s going to cost him. Eric then heads inside to the Brady Pub.

Kate threatens to cut the man’s finger with the knife she used to cut the fish. He pleads with her and asks what she wants. Kate responds that she wants to see his boss.

Harris tells Steve that he totally understands how he feels, so he will go. Harris wishes them luck in the search. Chad stops Harris but Steve says to let him go because they can’t trust him and they don’t need him. Chad asks what if Harris is their best chance to find Kate. Chad adds that if it wasn’t for Harris, he and Stephanie would’ve been killed by Thomas Banks, so he thinks they should reconsider.

Alex tells Stephanie that he’d like to ask her something before she goes. Stephanie guesses that he wants to know if she’s let him off the hook since Kayla did. Alex says that’s not what he wanted to ask. Alex says pressuring her or trying to guilt her in to letting him off the hook is what the old Alex would’ve done, but the new Alex is learning that just because he has remorse for all of his actions, doesn’t mean that the people he hurt need to forgive him. Stephanie asks why he stopped her just now then. Alex responds that he needs her help. Alex doesn’t like to admit when he needs help, but calls it a special case. Stephanie asks what’s going on. Alex informs her that Maggie is heading to Greece with Victor to be with Bo. Stephanie understands they must be out of their minds with worry. Alex says that with Maggie gone, she left him in charge of a crucial deal that they have been working on for months and he’s a little anxious about it. Alex says he really can’t afford to screw this up. Stephanie asks what this has to do with her and how she can help. Alex informs her that he has a meeting tomorrow to pitch all of their strategies to all the parties involved. Alex says he’s been cramming his brain full of data but he would feel a lot more confident if he had her by his side.

Steve tells Harris that he’s grateful to him for stopping Thomas Banks from hurting Stephanie, but it wasn’t long ago that Harris put Stephanie’s life in danger with the exploding pizza box. Harris responds that he’s still haunted by what he did to Steve and John’s families. Chad reminds Steve that Harris was under Megan’s control when he did those things, just like Steve and John were in Hong Kong. Chad says they have both been there. Steve asks what about the things that Harris has done since then when under his own free will. Harris admits he knew what he was doing when he didn’t tell Hope the truth about Bo and has to live with that regret. Chad asks if Harris is here to make amends. Harris explains that Andrew thought if he helped find Kate, it could give him a small chance at redemption but he understands why they wouldn’t want his help. Chad doesn’t care if it helps them find Kate. Chad points out that Harris was a Navy SEAL so he could be their best bet to help. Harris agrees that his skills could be valuable and asks what Steve says.

Kate continues threatening to cut the man’s finger off if he doesn’t take her to his boss. He warns that his boss is very dangerous and does not want to be disturbed but then agrees to take her to him.

Gabi sits at the DiMera Mansion, reading an article about Kate being alive but missing. EJ comes home and calls out for Nicole, asking if she’s there because he saw her car in the garage. Gabi informs EJ that Nicole is not there so EJ asks where she went.

Nicole tells Kayla that she’s too young for menopause. Kayla says not necessarily since it’s not uncommon in your 40s. Nicole guesses she knew that but that she’s not ready for it, psychologically. Kayla encourages that maybe it’s not menopause and offers to run tests to get to the bottom of this which Nicole agrees to.

Stephanie questions Alex if wanting her at this meeting is another scheme to get them closer together. Alex swears it has nothing to do with that. Alex says that he and Maggie have been butting heads like crazy so he feels like this is his last chance to prove himself to her. Alex promises that him needing Stephanie’s help is legit and strictly business. Alex adds that he knows she is with Chad so he respects her relationship and boundaries. Stephanie asks what she would need to do at this meeting. Alex says he would just need her by his side, to keep him on track and help make sure he hits all the talking points that Maggie already approved. Alex declares that there’s nobody else for the job because Stephanie is the best. Alex truly thinks that his career at Titan depends on it. Stephanie acknowledges that Titan is still one of her biggest clients so this deal would be a big win for SJPR. Stephanie agrees to help him. Alex excitedly thanks her and stops himself from hugging her, then says he’s learning about boundaries. Stephanie says she will see him tomorrow. Alex promises she won’t regret it and thanks her again as she walks away.

Steve guesses they are in no position to turn down help, considering how short handed they are. Harris asks if that means he’s part of the team. Steve states that he’s working with the team for now, but warns that he will have his eye on him and swears to take Harris down, himself, if he pulls anything.

The man on the boat brings Kate to see his boss and tells her to wait there as he exits the room. The door then opens and Kate is shocked by who she sees.

Eric sits in the Pub with an ice pack on his face from EJ’s punch. Eric calls Nicole, but she ignores it because Kayla comes back to her hospital room and announces that she has news. Eric leaves a voicemail for Nicole to call him as soon as she gets it because EJ knows and he’s on a warpath.

EJ asks Gabi if she knows where Nicole is. Gabi responds that there’s so many possibilities as she could be reminiscing on old times with Rafe or sharing hot steamy chowder with Eric at the Pub. Gabi jokes that Nicole has so many exes that it’s hard to keep up. Gabi tells EJ not to bother calling Nicole because with how she’s feeling, she doubts she will pick up. EJ questions what the hell she is talking about. Gabi informs EJ that Nicole is at the hospital.

Nicole asks Kayla what the news is. Kayla announces that Nicole is not going through menopause which Nicole calls a relief. Kayla then reveals that it’s because Nicole is pregnant.

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