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 I don’t understand that. I thought I was gonna be c e O. I mean, sunny made it sound like it was a done deal. Sunny doesn’t get to decide, but I’m the logical choice. I took over from my brother when he was recovering from being attacked, and I did a damn good job. Uncle Vic even said so, right? Well, up until an hour ago, he was all set to hand you the job, and then he received a very unsettling call from someone.

Who changed his mind? What are you talking about? Who the hell is it? Leo Stark.

Ah, Gwenny. Is this a dream come true or what? Our first issue coming out tomorrow. I am Piloxing and call me over Confident, but I believe that my Lady Whistleblower column where we come, the talk of the town, in no time you think, did I ever tell you that Lady Whistleblower was my nickname in. Although that had nothing to do with gossip or whistles.

QUni, did you hear what I said? He has something about you being a whore at University of something. Well, yeah, I was the gist of it. But I need your full attention and I could tell you’re still thinking about Xanders Twist. You’re so frustrating. You know, because what’s it. What does it mean? Him wanting to define our relationship?

Not now, but after his, his divorce is through. It means that you have to find a way to live in the moment. What if that’s just an excuse? What if his heart will always belong to Sarah? I guarantee you he will come to his senses any minute. Now he’s gonna come walking through that door to declare his luck for you.

That is probably your hot daddy right now.

Hell wrong, daddy.

I don’t understand. How could there be a problem with the divorce? I signed those papers weeks ago, as did Sarah. Exactly. Shouldn’t it have processed by now? Yes, but things didn’t go exactly as planned. Now there’s an issue. Are you telling me that you and Sarah are still very much husband and wife?

You’re you’re pregnant? Yeah. I, um, I wasn’t feeling well, so I had some blood work done and the results just came back in and yeah, I. Um, with child, oh my God. Uh, this, this is amazing. We’re, we’re ha we’re having a baby. We’re having a baby.

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

Leo Stark is a worthless, conniving, little troll. No arguments here. I mean, why would Uncle Victor ever listen to a word he says, let alone anybody what is it? Because he got a new little media platform, his sleazy gossip column for the Spectator. You guessed it. He called your uncle to comment on a story that he’s running about you tomorrow.

He regaled your uncle with this lurid tale about you having a threesome with two bisexual women. So what we’re all consenting adults. Leo is also alleging that, um, your affair with Allie Horton destroyed her relationship with Chanel Dupree. It wasn’t an affair, it was a drunken one night mistake. No. Is that supposed to make you seem more stable?

Is this serious right now? Who cares about my sex? I could have sex with half of Salem, it would have no bearing on my ability to be a successful c e O. It’s the optics of it. Optics, yes. In this climate, one might read your actions as misogynistic. Oh my. Come on. Nobody loves women more than I do. Okay. It’s your personal life as a liability.

Alex and your uncle is not willing to take that risk. This is wrong. I’m sorry.

Sure. Well then who is it? You said he picked another Kariya soul. Which one is it? How could Sarah and I still be married, aren’t you? Wait, who? Sarah changed her mind. Is she having second thoughts about ending our marriage? As far as I know, Sarah’s been steadfast in her decision to dump you, but then. Why is there a hold up in the divorce?

Me, Sarah and I both did what we needed to do. Why are we still married? . Oh my god. I mean this, my God, a baby. I mean, they, heck, you know that the timing, this couldn’t be anymore Perfect. I, I was just having a conversation with Emily about this last night and she, she kept going on and on about how she wanted a little brother, a little sister, and, you know, I didn’t wanna get her hopes up, at least not, you know, in the near future anyway.

And,

You know, I’m happy.

I mean, is it, is it because you don’t want to be committed to me, and this could change things for us, right? I mean, us having a baby together, we’re not,

we’re not having a baby. Um, I am pregnant, but not with your child. It’s not yours.

Oh, Julie, when did you get back on your cruise? . Oh, just now. Aww. Uh, Doug’s upstairs unpacking and, uh, aloha. Hello? Ha . I thought I would just peruse the spectator and see what I had missed while we were away. You missed quite a bit, so it seems, imagine my surprise when I saw your husband’s farewell article.

You have handed the newspaper over to Zander and Gwen. We did come see. Well then. I guess my next question has to be, have you lost your mind? Keys to the spectator main door editor’s desk printing room. Finally, we have to prep our entire first issue from home. Dear, what, normally, I don’t mind working remotely in my PJ’s, but as you can tell, things will cramped in these parts.

I see. I assume there is room for me to have my own office complete with an ergonomic chair and my own cappuccino. You can’t possibly think I care about anything you just said. I’m just trying to make polite conversation. You’ve handed over the keys. You can leave anytime you like. I leave that, but I speak to Gwen, my daughter and I have some unfinished business.

I think you’re gonna enjoy working under the new person that your Uncle Vic has chosen to be. C e o. Please do not tell me it’s Joseph or. I love my brothers to death, but that was pretty much a multi-car pile up in Arizona. I can’t stomach reporting to either of them. It’s not the twins, is it my dad? No.

And much to your uncle And my dismay. Justin’s desire to run the company fizzled out years ago. He apparently likes being a lawyer. Uh, go figure. Yeah, I, I, I don’t, I don’t understand. I don’t get it. Uh, who’s left? . Oh my God. Please do not tell me that Uncle Victor rehired. Xander. I realized this morning that I hadn’t received the final decree on your divorce from the court, so I checked in and lo and behold, the courts had no record of it.

What. How is that possible? Well, apparently one of the clerks misplaced the paperwork and it never got filed. It’s the first time in all my years that I remember this happening. So what do we do now? Well, I printed the papers once again, and so if you and Sarah just sign these, I will personally make sure that the paperwork is properly process.

And then, and then my marriage will officially be over.

So the, the baby is, the baby’s not mine.

You and I slept together the night before Valentine’s Day, and according to the tests I am. Further along than that. So the timing doesn’t work.

I guess I just, I just assumed that I’m idiot. Just rattling on and on, like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You are not an idiot. You got carried away. Yeah, . That’s because I did.

If I’m not the father, does that mean

it does

Xander’s the father, I’m pregnant with his baby.

The last I heard. Jack had disowned Gwen because she refused to testify against Xander. Well, yes, that’s true. And, but he did end his friendship with Xander. Okay. Okay. Is handing him off the spectator supposed to be a farewell gift. I mean, what? Well, why, why is he rewarding with Unhand and punishing with the other?

You don’t understand. He, he didn’t have a choice. What do you. I, I mean that Xandra and Gwen blackmailed him into turning over the paper. I don’t see how that’s possible.

Oh my God. This is about you running down Gwen, with your car, isn’t it?

So what is. Unfinished business that you speak of, we have between us. Then you can run the paper now any way you wish. You are the freedom. Just like I did. Just know that Jennifer and I spent decades building trust for the public. I would hate to see that all wasted by turning the paper into a cheap tabloid.

Oh please, everybody knows tabloid cell. Nobody was reading your stuffy old newspaper. Oops.

I will do my best to live up to the standard that you and Jennifer said, and not because you just asked me, but because I believe in it too. I’m glad to hear that, and despite everything, there is a part of me that is grateful. Still my children is looking after something that has meant so much to me. You disowned her, Jack.

You don’t get to play daddy now. She is still my daughter,

I promise. I will take good care of the paper.

Ah, very well. I suppose we should let you know,

Jennifer and I are both leaving town tonight

and you’re sure that the baby is, and. So many men, do you think I’ve suffered with ? I didn’t. I didn’t mean it like that. I, I guess I’m just surprised you how long as the two of you have been broken up for a while. Yeah. Apparently one of the last times we were together, we conceived a baby. He’s probably celebrating his fake job at the redneck corporation’s.

What do know.

I, I don’t know. I mean, obviously I wasn’t expecting this when I signed those divorce papers. I thought that Xander would be out of my life forever, and this was supposed to be a fresh start. Well, um, if it’s a fresh start, you’re looking for. I think I might have one for you. What are you talking about?

It’s actually the reason I came to see you in the first place. There is a job opening at my hospital in Chicago. I thought you’d be perfect for it. So I talked to you after the chief of staff. You did? Mm-hmm. . And the job is yours. If you want it, you’re.

Sarah hasn’t signed yet. No, she doesn’t know about the paperwork issue. I came to you first. Okay. I’ll, um, I’ll let you know once I signed. Why don’t you just sign them right now while I’m here? Oh, I, I just wanted to look them over. You always taught me never sign anything unless I fully vetted it first.

So, uh, yeah, I’ll spend some time with these and get back to you. Bye. Sit yourself.

Look, I know Xander used to be in charge, but that was a disaster, was it not? I mean, the guy is a loser. I you, nobody else will even hire him. The last company he worked for, he like made up himself. Do you wanna talk about optics? Calm down. It’s not z. But who is it? Um, Brady, Sean, Sierra. It’s not any of those people you would’ve forgotten.

A very important member of this family. Who else is there? Me.

You gonna be CEO, won? Come on, be. Oh no. And why can’t I be? What experience do you have running a business? Well, I have owned several very successful restaurants over the years. Tuscany, she rouge. Yeah. Running a restaurant is a little bit different than running a multinational corporation. I understand that.

But I’ve also been married to your uncle for over a decade. and you don’t think I picked up a thing or two. Now I know I have a lot to learn, but that’s where you come in. Me. Mm-hmm. , I’m hoping you’re gonna be my number two in command to bring me up to speed to offer counsel whenever needed. I hope you are interested.

You knew about the accident. She threw it in my face last Christmas Eve. We were having an argument about her figgy pudding and she said, I should be respecting her because she’s the person who kept you out of prison. She told you all that on Christmas Eve? Oh, I didn’t believe it at first. Of course. Then I remember that you had been taking pills and driving.

It just fell into place. You never said anything to me, darling. I knew you would come to me if you needed to. Oh, sweetheart. It must have been just terrible for you. I didn’t remember it after it happened, but when I did, the guilt was over. I offered to turn myself in, Jack. He wouldn’t hear of it. Well, it, it’s not as though you did it on purpose, did you?

No. No, of course not. So Glenn is just patting herself on the back for not blackmailing you. Then she turns around and forces you to give. Beloved paper. Well, I guess it was just a matter of time. Hmm.

I won’t stand for it. She’s not getting away with it. Where, where are you? Where are you going? Oh, I’m gonna find Gwen, get in my car and finish the job.

You and Jennifer, you are headed back to Boston tonight. We still have another paper to run.

Yeah, of course. Well, in that case, I’m sorry that things ended up this way. So am I. You made your choices and I made mine, and now we have to find a way to live with them. I dunno what else to do. You gave me an ultimatum. And you decided that your loyalty to Zander was more important than your loyalty to me.

Hang on now. That is not fair. Maybe not. And maybe Gwen did make the right choice the very least. It finally put an end to the horrible cycle of me being disappointed in her and her being disappointed in.

We can’t be disappointed in each other if we’re nodding each other’s lives. Right. Right.

I just, I want you to know, I love that you came into my life. I. I love you. I always will love you. I just hope it’ll be easier for us to love each other with a little distance between us.

I hope so too, and I hope that you find the love that you,

the happiness that you always wanted, I said, certainly mean that.

I love you too.

No, you’re. It sounds like the perfect job for me. Right. And the salary is more than what I’m making here. Mm-hmm. . So is that a yes? I just, I don’t want you to get the wrong idea What? That You’ll move back to Chicago and we’ll suddenly become a couple again. I saw how excited you got when you thought we were having a baby.

Look, I get it. You’re not looking for a relationship right. . Totally understand. I just put in this good word for you cuz I thought it would be a great opportunity. Well, I believe you and I, I do appreciate you recommending me. It’s just, wow, things are complicated now. Right. So you and Xander are obviously not a couple anymore, but I’m assuming that he’s gonna want to be a part of his child’s life.

So does that mean. Staying here in sound. I mean, how you gonna break the news to him that you’re having his baby?

Hello, sir.

Yeah. Well, auntie Maggie suggested that I call you Uncle Vic to confirm with you that I heard this news correctly. Yeah, right. Well, obviously I’m a little disappointed, but, okay. Okay. Alright. Yeah, you don’t need to raise your voice. I hear you fine. Yes, I understand why you didn’t choose me to take over right.

Now. I get it. Okay. Yes, I will. Yes, I will. Yeah, I will give Maggie your love. I will Uncle Vic have a safe trip back. All right. Okay. Take care. He sends his love. So I gathered. Well, now that you’ve heard the news from your uncle, I was, I’m hoping that it’ll be a little easier to accept or maybe not.

Auntie Mag, I love you and I think you are an amazing person. What.

Nevermind. No, go ahead. Say what you want me to say. No, it’s just that you hunt Maggie. You bake lemon bars, you collect porcelain figurines, you volunteer at hospitals, and a, all of those things are very important and special, but none of which have anything in common with being a titan of industry. Alex May not have occurred to you, but I have defined people’s expectations my entire life.

Do you know where I spent my childhood? No. I grew up on a small farm in Brookville, and when my parents passed away, I was pretty young. Everyone said I should sell the farm, but I, I refused because it was our family’s legacy. I had no idea what I was gonna do at first when I stuck. And it turned out to be a success, so that’s why I believe, no, actually I know that if I put my mind to it, I can be a very successful c e o.

Richard said I, I have great instincts.

Do you have killer instincts? Well, how is this for killer instincts? You’re fired.

Yes. You are not going after Gwen. Why not? Somebody has to teach her a lesson. It’s not worth going to prison over. Look, Julie, I love that you wanna help us and I hate that we have to give Gwen the paper, but. Jack and I have decided to cut our losses and move on.

You know, this is all Jack’s fault. None of this would’ve happened if he just kept it in his pants. Oh, Julie, how I’ve missed you.

Something wonky with your food. Ooh, if we find a hair in here, we can get the home meal for free.

I’m worried. I’ve made a huge mistake. I told you to go with the fish. No, I’m, I’m talking about this whole situation there. What I father said he was right. I chose Zander over him and, and for. I mean, I, I don’t even know where we stand with each other. Hey, like I said earlier, that big lug loves you. I’m certain of it that makes one of us, Sonny have faith.

You and Sandy will be together as soon as those divorce papers come through. It should be any day now. I wouldn’t count.

What are you doing here? Well, I needed to talk to you about something and I know his named Amko said that you’re in this room. I see. Am I interrupting something? I, I was consulting Rex on a case. Don’t you have a moment to chat alone? It’s uh, it’s quite important. Yeah. We’re kind of in the middle of something right now, so it’s okay.

Rex. We’ll talk later. You sure? Yeah.

I’ll, um, I’ll be outside if you need me.

Listen, I, I know that things got heated between us earlier and I, I just try, I don’t feel like fighting. I don’t wanna fight. That’s not why I’m here. Why are you here? Justin came to see me after you left, said our divorce didn’t go through. No, I filed the papers weeks ago. Oh no. Yeah, I guess some clumsy clerk lost them.

Fair? Not Justin printed out more. Oh, okay. Before we sign them out. I wanted to ask you something. What is it? Is this really truly what you want? We’ve been over this. Oh, I know. I know. I don’t, I wasn’t thinking of revisiting it either, but I mean now it just feels like, I don’t know, maybe a little sign from the universe that maybe we should give our manager another.

What’d you think?

You’re firing me af after all that, what? What happened to me? Teaching you more about the business? What happened? Relax, Alex. I was kidding. . You were kidding. It was a joke. and a pretty good one too. You should have seen the look on your face. It was priceless. . Haha. Ah. Oh. Lighten up. Will you? Mm mm . Oh, this is just, this is just really unexpected.

Yeah, I know. Mm. I realized that, but it’s okay. Mm. I know. I’m not your conventional. You have doubts and you won’t be the only one, but, but this is my family too, and I’m prepared to do whatever it takes to keep Titan on top. Yeah. Yeah. And auntie, I know how smart you are. You are. You’re a smart woman, truly.

But what are you gonna do when you gotta go up against something or somebody? Ruthless. Like a, like an EJ damara. Well, we’ll find out, won’t we? Alex? Listen, I’ve heard your concerns. I hope I’ve addressed them to your satisfaction, but we really do need to move on. There’s lots to be done and I need to know that I have the support of my right hand man.

So, are you on board or not?

So how’d it go with Gwen? I, I gave her the keys to the spectator and advice on how to run it. I’m sure that went over well, actually, she was surprisingly receptive. Oh, Jack. She’s playing some sort of an. I don’t know. Maybe, maybe not. She was experiencing some sentiment. I told her that, that Jennifer and I are leaving town tonight.

So soon. I hope you’d stay a little longer. No, we wish that we could, but we have to get back to Boston. There’s a little local paper that is counting on us to help ’em out, but you will be visiting. Soon, please. Of course. Of course he will

Tell Jack in your absence. I will keep my eye on that. Daughter of yours, I expect nothing less. Mm. If she does anything to hurt anybody, I love, she’ll answer to me. Jack. So you are telling me that some twit at the courthouse lost Xander’s divorce papers. Mm-hmm. , he and Sarah will have to refile them. No biggie.

I’m sure this happens all the time. Honestly, I have never seen this happen in all my years, but still I’m sure ts you enough problem to fix. Zandy and Sarah will be divorced in no time. Assuming they don’t change their minds. Okay, counselor, you’re really not helping here. Why wouldn’t they change their.

You’ll have to ask them, but when I stopped by to have Xander sign the new papers, he seemed a little hesitant. Hesitant. You said he wanted to read them over before he’s signing them, but aren’t they? He’s happy. The same as before. They are, which is why I had the distinct feeling he was stalling. Anyway, nice catching up.

Have a lovely evening.

Since when did you start believing in fate and signs from the universe? Oh, I don’t generally, mate. Even Justin said he’s never seen divorce papers go missing like that before. How do I know it wasn’t you? Sarah, this isn’t a scam, but believe me, I was. I was ready to try and move on, but, and now it just feels like we’re given an opportunity to rethink our decision.

My decision. Yes. Well, maybe for some reason that’s bigger than both of us. We’re, they were supposed to stay together. You Right.

Maybe the universe is sending us a message. Do you really believe that?

You could say that? I, I got one right before you walked in. Really? What was it?

Rex recommended me for a job at his hospital in Chicago.

I decided I’m gonna take it.

It’s off in Chicago, so it, it seems that the universe is sending. Us a message and telling us that we did the right thing. It’s going our separate ways.

You actually leaving Salem?

Yeah, I just, I think it’s um, s for everybody involved.

Just hand me those.

I will, uh, I will, I’ll make sure that these get filed properly before I leave.

Glass post is goodbye.

Okay. I guess so.

Sarah, we,

we did have a good runway that lasted, didn’t we?

Yeah, we did.

Good luck in Chicago.

And one sparkling cider for our new c e o. Thank you, Alex. Thank you for agreeing to be my second in command.

Oh, am I arriving just in time to celebrate my son’s new job as c e o. Actually, dad, I didn’t get it. What? Uncle Victor chose somebody. Take over the new position. Who?

Maggie Horton. Kikis, c e o,

the suite of Doug and Julie to give us their lays. Yes. Uh, I don’t know what it represents. Boston and March and all. But, uh, like Julie said, maybe it’s our turn for a little adventure. I know it can’t be easy leaving under these circumstances with the way things are with Glen on the Spectator, I am living with you.

That’s what matters. I love you, Jennifer. I love you too.

We’ll come back here Sunday soon. You welcome will. After all this will always be our home.

Do you think Justin’s right? Do you think son is really having second thoughts about divorcing Sarah? There’s only one way to find out, hey lover. Get your fine ass over here.

What’s going on? Well, you tell us. You heard about the little ssoo down at the courthouse. Oh, you heard about that? Mm-hmm. . Yeah, we did. So what’s the deal? Why haven’t you signed the new papers? It was a matter of fact. I just did. Did you? I did. So did Sarah right in front of me. Okay. Well good. Good cuz I’m tired of you playing games with Gwen’s heart.

What? You shouldn’t have to constantly worry that he’s gonna go back to his ex. That’s not gonna happen. Especially now that Sarah’s leaving time for X bro. Do you cheers? So divorce is finalized. Any connection Sarah and I ever have will be gone for good.

So you’re taking the job. Yeah. And you didn’t tell Xander about the baby? No. No. It’s just a full complication. I just do not need right now out. Look, I’m no fan of Xanders, but are you? About this. I mean, Mimi tried to keep Emily a secret from me, and you saw that turned out and I made a huge, huge mess when I did the same thing to Eric.

Um,

I know what I wanna do about the baby, you know, this gives me. An opportunity to think about it without Xander breathing down my neck. Okay, I understand. How did it come to this? A few months ago, he and I were married and happy and in love, and now

I’m leaving town all by myself. He doesn’t know that I’m pregnant with his baby.

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Nine 50. Alright, I’m coming. Get your pants on.

Well, by all means, come in. How could you do this? Perhaps you give you more specific. Don’t play dumb with me. You knew exactly what you did and I am not going to let you get away with this time.

Funk could be a bit bigger. Here she is hot off the press. And by press I mean the printer downstairs. Can you say ancient? It took forever to print one page, but she is so worth doing. What’s this? The first lady? Come again. The premier edition of Lady Whistleblower’s Gossip column. You realize you could have just emailed me.

I could have yes, but I wanted to see the look on your face while you take in my literary prowess. Read it and gag. One highly placed source tells Lady w Sunny Kakkis contracted scabies following a raging gay Ory attended by his own father

again. And how was Henry on the flight? Hello, trooper. Hey, um, uh, Chad just got here, will, so I’m gonna call you back. I’ll see you tomorrow. I love you. Bye. Hey. Oh, I got your text. What’s up? Yeah, uh, I have some news. Ooh, that’s good news, I hope. Yes, definitely. Uh, will and I were not. Gonna be doing the long distance thing anymore.

Yeah, yeah. Hey, congrats. I know, uh, I know how hard that was for you guys. So what is will gonna be, uh, here working remotely then? Uh, no, he’s, he’s still gonna be traveling and, um, I’m gonna be traveling until kind of, Extended trip. Well, what does that mean, Chad? I’m leaving Salem.

Jackson. Kikis, c e o.

Not anymore.

I am gonna miss you, bro, but I could get used to this.

Someone’s getting comfortable. Stephanie. Hey, I didn’t see you come in too busy trying out the Iron Throne. You could say that. Yeah. Grace . So it’s true. son. He resigned from Titan. Yeah, he’s moving to New Zealand with Will and Allie and Henry. Wow. So I guess things are gonna be different around here for sure.

And for starters, you’re gonna be stuck with me.

Like sand through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.

That was fast. Sunny hasn’t even left town yet. And your uncle already named you c e o? Well, it hasn’t been announced officially yet, but I’m the obvious choice. Why is that? Well, for starters, the whole reason why I came back to town was to help out Titan specifically to help out Sunny boy. How so? Look, I love my brother, but he isn’t exactly a killer.

That’s where I come in. There were times where I just had to give him a little extra support. So he benefited from your expertise? Exactly. And then when I covered for him after he was attacked by Clyde West, and that’s when I really got to show my stuff. You know the Kiki Drive, the Thes business acumen, though.

The Kriyas ego. Careful. Ms. Johnson, you are talking to your new boss. I am my own boss, Alex will. You’d be smart to remember that

Titan cuts you some pretty large checks. You’d be smart to remember that. Checks Sunny’s been signing. Sunny’s gone. You just said Victor hasn’t decided who’s taking over for him yet. I said it hasn’t been announced officially. Okay, so if you’re name’s CEO e o, then yes, you’ll be in charge of one of my clients signing some of my, when I’m named C e o, I’ll be in charge of your biggest client.

Cutting you your biggest checks. Alex, I’m not denying that Titan is great business for SJ p r. Well, good. Now, will that still be the same when Uncle Vic announces that I’ll be taking over for Sonny? What do you mean? I mean, are you gonna be. Working as closely with me as he did with my brother.

Well, what do you think? Oh God. It just keeps getting worse. I know, right. Wait, what are you doing? I wanted to save that for posterity. I can’t print this. What? Why? Because it’s not true. The truth is, so 2015, I’m sorry, Mattie Guinevere, the spectator is a snooze. It needs life energy buzz. I was giving that to you.

Item by juicy item. Guess in each one of those items is a liable suit waiting to happen. Oh, Jackson is not going to sue. Right? Cuz the Kes don’t have their own army of lawyers or. I am not loving this new professional you. She’s less three sheets to the wind, more wet blanket. Look darling, I know that son hurt you, but you cannot use your poem through exact revenge.

But I worked so hard on that. Do you know how long it took me to come up with scabies? I applaud your creativity. I do. But this is a n. And we have standards to uphold standards that were set by my father and my late sister. I am very determined to prove I am every bit as good of an editor as same one.

Geez, I had no idea you were so serious about. Maintaining these lofty journalistic principles. See anything about principles you did Gwyneth Pulitzer. Ah, now don’t you misunderstand me. I am fine with you going after every pious Salem that you want, but you have to write the truth, not something that’s made up.

Great. So what do I do now? You go out there and you get me some dirt. I can actually run. Go on chop. We’ve got a deadline. Thank you. Bar.

Look, if this is gonna be another lecture about me kidnapping, Bonnie and Susan are sleeping with Gwen. You can just, I ain’t come here to talk to you about that. Then why are you, Sarah made it very clear that we have nothing to discuss ever. There wasn’t. That’s how I heard about your latest stunt. So I heard on this time to deserve your righteous indignation.

You stole the spectator from Jack and Jennifer. You son of a bitch,

Maggie. Hi, uh, Henderson. Let me in. Sarah here. Um, I’m afraid not. Oh, well I need to, um, I need to speak with her. It’s kind of important. What a coincidence, because there is something very important that I’d like to discuss with you. Yeah, yeah, sure. What is it? Well, for starters, how about the fact that you’re sleeping with my daughter?

You’re moving to New Zealand? Yeah. You know that Will’s new project is out there and he’s, he’s really excited about it and I just, I want to be there to support him. What about Ari? Just come with us. I mean, Gabby wasn’t thrilled about the idea, but. She realized Ari wanted to come with us, so she’s gonna visit us there and, and we’ll come visit here and, and Allie’s gonna come with us too.

Her and Chanel just broke up, you know, she has a lot of changes going on and Henry’s so young. I know this is a lot. I’m just dropping on your lap at once. Jenna, I’m, I’m, I’m really sorry. Don’t. Don’t be. I think this is gonna be really good for everyone, especially for you. And Will, I’m happy for you, for all of you.

Thank you. When you leave, I am, uh, I’m going straight to the airport from here. What? That soon? Yeah. No, I, I mean, I, I would’ve left with everyone else, but I had some, uh, loose ends. Tie up the titan. How did Victor take exactly how you would, uh, you’d think he would like trash will and then screamed a bunch of curse words.

Pretty much. Yeah, pretty much. But you know what? He’ll get over it. And it’s not like I’m leaving in the lurch. You know, Alex has been dying to be c e o of Titan ever since Uganda into.

Okay with Alex step for you. I guess that means, uh, Stephanie’s gonna be reporting directly to him.

We’re both adults. Alex, I don’t foresee any problem with us working together, especially since we’re no longer romantically involved, but if you do. No, of course not. I mean, we both want the same thing, right? For Titan to thrive. Absolutely. So as long as we keep that in mind, stay focused, mutually respectful, mindful of each other’s.

Boundaries and we should get along just fine.

Wish I got it? Sure, why not?

I take it. Sarah told you about what happened between us. No, Henderson did. He saw you leaving Sarah’s bedroom the other day? , yeah. Ah, okay. Henderson. Yeah. Should have known that he would spread the word Rex. Sarah’s going through a divorce. She’s very vulnerable. Good. And, and I, I would never take advantage of that, Maggie.

I promise you. I have no intention of ever hurting Sarah again. Well then what exactly are your intentions for my daughter?

Didn’t realize you had such strong opinions about the fourth estate. I have very strong opinions about you stealing from my family. I’m not sure what you mean. I’ve read Jack’s farewell editorial. It says that he and Jennifer are giving you and Gwen the paper with her as editor-in-chief. Is that a problem?

Yeah, there’s a huge problem because there is no. that they would ever do that by choice. Why not? They was planned on giving the paper to one of their. Navil. God rest her soul’s no longer with us. JJ J’s not interested. So Gwen is the obvious choice. She hears Jack’s daughter too. You know Gwen is nothing but an evil bitch who has only ever brought misery to me and my family.

Right? Think about all of the lies. She’s turned upside down. Now all you Hortons were perfect saints until Gwen Rusche came long. Huh? I just save it. I called Jennifer. I told her that I didn’t believe any of this time for change nonsense, and I wanted to know the real reason that she gave up the. And what did you or do your cousin have to say?

She said she couldn’t get into it, but I had the very distinct impression that it was a decision made under duress. So is this how your twisted little partnership with Gwen works? She covers for you when you commit felonies and you help her find new ways to hurt Jack? Jack made a choice. Oh my God, do you really expect me to believe that this is what he.

That he chose of his own free will to hand over the reins to one of the most revived women in Salem who has exactly zero journalism experience. Explain this, your explanation is bull. What did you do, Xander? How did you force my cousins to hand over the paper that they put their blood, sweat, and tears into for 30 years?

Sarah? No. Answer me now. Fine. I’ll tell you, I blackmailed Jack and Jennifer into signing over the Spectator, and it’s all your bloody fault,

Chad. I’m telling you, there’s nothing to worry about. Okay. Alex and Stephanie are over. Yeah, I know. I know. Well then why do you seem so disappointed that the two of them are gonna be working so closely together? I wouldn’t say disappointed. I wouldn’t, I wouldn’t use disappointment. Okay. , well then what is it?

It’s just that, you know, Stephanie forgave him Right. For, for turning off her phone the night kill died. So, you know, they’re on decent terms now. Okay, great. And that’s, that’s so great of Stephanie to do that. She was big. To forgive Alex, but I’m telling you, they’re not getting back together. I mean, from what you’ve told me, you’re the one that Stephanie wants to be with.

Yeah. No, that’s true. And then what are you feeling insecure about?

It’s just, I really like her. My kids really like her. That’s shocking to hear, son. I never thought I’d feel this way again.

Stephanie showed me that it, that, that it was possible that you could start over after such a horrifying loss, moss.

And, um, and I don’t know, maybe it’s because the horrifying loss that I’m just, I’m, I’m a little bit desperate. To, to not lose her. That makes sense. I mean, you went through a terrible traumatic loss. Yeah.

On a lighter note though, I am, uh, I’m very grateful that she is in my. And in my kids’ lives, I’m a lucky man.

Greetings party people. How the hell did you get in here Stark? Um, the door was open. Oh, that’s unfortunate. If you’re looking for sunny, I’m not. You’re the riyas. I’m after. Excuse me. How spare me the macho posturing for your girlfriend. I know you’re hopelessly hetero. I’m not his girlfriend. We work together.

Oh, you hold hands with all of your colleagues. Honey, who? I’m here in my official capacity as Lady Whistleblower. Lady Who? Whistleblower. It’s my Nam de plume. Oh. Are you a writer or No, not just any writer Sweet cheeks. You are looking at the new gossip columnist for the Spectator. Great. And what does Lady Whistle whatever have to do with me blower.

And I thought you’d never ask. So tell me, is it true that you had your paid pack abs broke up, Salem’s favorite bisexual bakers?

How is it my fault that you are blackmailing Jack and Jennifer? Because I wasn’t gonna do it. I all change your heart and then I saw you without Cretin Rex Brady, and you just couldn’t help it. rub. The fact that he had sex with him all in my face. Oh, just like you did, was sleeping with Gwen. Oh, I didn’t.

And that was different. How? Because No, stop. I do not care about your convoluted Neanderthal logic. I just wanna know how you and Gwen forced Jack and Jennifer to give up the spectator. No information is on a need to know that. I, I hope to know now. No can, I’m afraid.

Jack is your best friend. He’s Gwen’s father. How, how could you two do that to him? He makes me sick.

So

Maggie, I assure you what happened between Sarah and me. It was a one time. . In fact, she was very clear about not wanting to jump into a relationship with anybody right now. All right. We’re just friends. Okay. And you can accept that? Of course I can. I see. Well, so if you didn’t come back here to pick up where you left off with my daughter, why do you need to see her so urgently?

I’m heading back to Chicago, and then you came to say, No, I want Sarah to come with me.

So you and Sarah aren’t getting back together, but you want her to move away with you? Well, I mean, not. With me, but yes to the same city . Look, I want Sarah to work at my hospital. We have state-of-the-art equipment and facilities and technology, and we have access to the latest medical research and to attract the best doctors.

We pay well, very well, and I think it would be a great opportunity. . I see. Well, that’s very kind of you to extend yourself this way. I’m, I’m extending myself from my hospital. I think she would be a tremendous asset to our surgical staff, and I think it’d be really good for her given everything she’s been through.

You look skeptical. Hmm. Well, I just. I hate to think of her leaving. Mm-hmm. again, but my daughter, she’s a grown woman. She makes her own decisions, and I just pray that she tunes out the noise and listens to her gut.

Sarah, I are you all right in there?

I’m. It must have been something I ate. Can I get you some water or some ginger or something? Oh, I said I’m fine. I just wanna know what you’re holding over. Jack and Jennifer, Sarah, I sincerely doubt that they would want me to share that information with you or anyone else.

I cannot believe that. I actually thought you changed.

I’m fool. You are just the same low-life thugs you’ve always been. I am so glad that I signed those divorce papers so that I don’t have to sit here and listen to my husband rattle off another round of excuses about why he committed yet another crime against the people I. Sarah, can you just No,

I’m done.

Goodbye.

I hope you and going enjoy your stolen paper.

I am gonna miss this. Hang with my best friend, having a beer. Gonna miss it too. Hey, hey. Hello boys. So what are we drinking? Don’t worry, I already ordered you one. That’s my son. Always thinking about everyone else except this, uh, whole leaving Salem and moving halfway across the world thing that is incredibly selfish.

Selfish as hell. Okay, come on guys. It’s not that far. Okay. Yes, it’s, it’s, it’s pretty far, but you know, now, come on. You can come visit me anytime. Well, Bonnie and I will definitely do that. In fact, she just told me that she wants to. Kick it with the Kiwis. Ooh, I’m down for that. . Yeah, I was, I was just telling Chad how bad I feel.

Just dumping this on everyone out of the ball. I got some. And as much as I will miss seeing you every day, I’m thrilled that you and Will are going to be reunited. Yeah, me too. It’s, um, it’s been pretty rough being a part. Mm-hmm. for a minute there. I. Thought that Snake Leo Stark would get his fangs into you again, but we don’t have to worry about him anymore.

Leo is someone else’s problem.

It’s a simple question. Did you or did you not bust up Shalley? Yeah, I don’t know where you’re getting your information, but you’re way off base. sucking lemons and other things with one Alice Caroline Horton at a local bar before stumbling back to her place for night of raunchy sex. You and Allie, it’s not how he’s making it sound.

Are you telling me that Allie’s former live-in lover Chanel Dpri didn’t show up unexpectedly at the SAF sanctuary? They one shared to find the two of you in the throws of passion. Chanel caught you. She showed up the next. Sounds like confirmation to me. That’s not confirmation. Leo. I didn’t confirm anything.

No comment. Too late. So tell me how awkward was it for Chanel when she found the two of you together? Maybe not at all, considering that you’d already had a threesome with her and Ellie. A threesome. That’s it.

You want to comment? Leo, here’s one. Take your whistle and shove it up. Your blower.

Ugh. Look what you did. You’re lucky I didn’t do it to your face. You’re lucky I have a memory, like a steel trap among many other fine attributes. Leo, get the hell outta here before I actually lose it, okay? Okay. But be sure to pick up a copy of Tomorrow’s Spectator. I hear it’s going to be a must read.

About what he just said. Um, you do not have to explain. Your personal life is none of my business. Yeah, but the way he just made that whole thing sound, Steph, he made it sound a lot more salacious than what it actually was. Alex, really say no more. You, Allie and Chanel are all consenting adults. What you do with them has nothing to do with me.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have more work to do before calling in.

How’s it going, partner? It’s uh, it’s going. Um, I just thought I’d stop by, see if you have any last minute concerns about the paper. I mean, can you believe it? We’re actually gonna put our first issue of the spectator out. We did it, Sandra. We’re, we’re actually running a newspaper.

We don’t seem very excited. Is, um, is everything all right? Sarah just left. Oh, did she have to scold you about this time then blackmailing the paper away from Jack and Jennifer? How did you find out? No, no. She just, she just didn’t believe that her cousins would willingly give us the paper. So she asked Jennifer why they really did it.

Jennifer told her, no, no, no. Thank God she kept a trap shut. She was smart enough to do that, but Sarah came here to get it out of me. You didn’t, she’s relentless when I said No, no, no. I, I didn’t tell her. I just told her that we blackmailed them. I didn’t say with what?

Well, I will bet that Little Miss Perfect won’t be some bloody sanctimonious if she found out that her cousin was the one who move me over when she was high on painkillers.

Sorry, I shouldn’t speak Sarah. Love Sarah. Especially when it’s obvious for the look on your face that you were still in love with her.

Dr. Horton, are you okay? You look a little green around the gills. Yeah, I’m fine. Um, it’s just a touch of food poisoning I think. Are you sure that’s all it?

I guess we’ll have to figure out the time difference with New Zealand so we know when to call you. I’ve already committed it to memory. Okay, so New Zealand is 17 hours ahead, which means if it is 9:00 AM here, It is 4:00 AM there. So then don’t call at 9:00 AM No, do never call . Hey big bro over here.

There he is

not. This is family only. Come on. Okay. Chad is family. So can we just play nice please? Yeah, sure. No problem, Alex. Tough day. No, papa. It’s all good. So New Zealand, huh? It’s a pretty radical move. Yeah. You should come visit. That is, I mean, if you have any time off being the CEO of Titan, it’s a stressful job and big bro.

I think you’re gonna kill him. You think so? Yeah. You were born to be a ceo E o. It’s true of all my sons. You are the most like Victor . He wishes, okay, Chad, what did I say? Play nice. I mean, the old man couldn’t have made a better choice. Thanks that.

I’m gonna miss you. You big dummy . I’m gonna miss you too. You big dummy. I’m be a stranger, okay? Okay. I love you. I love you too.

All right dad. See you later, Chad. See you guys.

Hey Steph. If you’re looking for Chad, he’s right over there. Hey, he made it. Yeah. I wasn’t gonna miss saying goodbye to my favorite cousin. Okay. I hate to cut this short, but I have to take care of something for a client. Of course.

Oh, I love you. I love you too. Hey, hey, look, we’re on Easter. If you and Bonnie want to come up and uh, no, kick it with the Kiwis, we will definitely see you down under. Take care, Chad. Stephanie. Take care. Yeah, see,

so I finally moved back to Kelo and now you’re leaving. Yeah. Seriously, we need to, uh, Work on our timing and you need to promise you’ll be back. Just try and stop it. I’m sure that, uh, whatever it is, is gonna pass in a minute. I don’t know. There are a ton of bugs going around. Let me go. I I’m a doctor. I know the difference between a bug and nothing and this, this is nothing.

Maybe we should let the LA run a few tests just to be safe. Yeah, I guess it, it probably couldn’t hurt.

You are, aren’t you? You are, um, still luck with Sarah. It’s complicated and confusing

and it’s just that the other night when.

We were together, you seemed to indicate that you’d prefer to be with somebody like me. You actually said we’d belong together,

but then the next morning you woke up having dreamt to Sarah, and I realized that whether your marriage may be over, it may not still be over. I said I wasn’t, I told you that I dunno if or when ever will be I, right? And then we were gonna go talk and have breakfast and figure this out, which I just assume meant figure us out.

But then we bumped into Sarah in the squares, you remember? And we didn’t get to have that conversation. So, I guess I’m just a bit unclear as to where we stand. I mean, everything that I said, I, I really do care about you a great deal. I just can’t believe everything that you sacrificed for me, and I’m so grateful for it.

I just, I am still coming to terms with the very recent end of my marriage and just don’t have any answers for you.

Of course. Yeah, I completely understand. I mean, maybe once the divorce is finalized, I can start thinking about what I want for the future, but right now I’m just not ready.

Yeah, I know. That makes absolute total sense. Yeah, I understand.

So look, until then, I think that, um, I think we ought to keep things strictly professional between us and after all, we are running a newspaper together, aren’t we? Sounds like a plan.

Right? Well, I, I best be off. I’ve got a million things that have to do before I put the spectator to bed, so. All right. Thank you. Um, so, um, do you have any, um, last minute thoughts or, I dunno, concerns about the layout on headline? Oh yeah. I mean, not that I can think of. No. Something comes up just let me know.

But otherwise I’m, I’ll see you tomorrow. Partner? Yes, tomorrow.

I owe you a huge thank you son for taking a chance on SJ p r for giving me such a huge opportunity in Titan. Are you, are you kidding me? I owe Pauline a price for bringing you to doubt. And when you come back, which we’ve established that you will, I will be saving you a seat at the bar.

I hate to interrupt, but uh, you have a plane to catch. You missed that flight then. Then my husband will kill all of us. Yeah.

Okay, we,

Hey. Ah,

I love you guys. We love you too. See you

around’s. So great, isn’t he? He’s the best.

Sucks. He’s leaving. Yeah, that’s um, It’s a big change for you, Titan. I mean, you’re, you’re gonna have a new boss. Hey. Okay. As soon as I got your text, is everything okay? Oh, everything is fine. Uh, I asked you over to discuss some business, Titan business. Of course. Oh, okay. Where’s Uncle Vic? I assume this is always taking over for Sunny, right?

Uh, it is. Uh, your uncle is out of town. He asked me to handle. Handle letting me know. He chose me to take over. I’m assuming he didn’t. He didn’t. What?

He’s giving the job to a different ke hawk,

Justin and it’s late knows. Fine. Come.

Well, uh, it’s a nice surprise favorite cousin popping by for a visit. Yes, this isn’t a social visit.

Perfect timing. I just finished my rewrite.

These sauces on. This is solid. Got it. Straight from the studs mouth. I tell you what, that man whore, Alex Kiki, is going to be the gift that keeps on giving to Lady Whistleblower. Wonderful. Pointier. I thought you would be overjoyed. We have a hit gossip column on our hands. I know. And I am Mattie. I’m really impressed.

Really? Oh, here comes the big butt and don’t you lie. No, it’s um, not about the.

You just had a chat about where we stand romantically and he doesn’t want to think about the future until his divorce is finalized, which should be soon, right? Let’s not soon enough. As far as I’m concerned,

I’m here on behalf of my. So, sir, I want you to hand deliver the decree that formally ends our marriage. Go on, hand it over. I can’t. Why not? Because there’s a problem with the divorce.

Come in.

Hey there. Thanks. How’d you know I was in here? Amigo told me. Hey, there’s, um, something important that I need to talk to you about. Yeah, me too. Okay. You first.

I am pregnant.

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