Days of Our Lives Transcript
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[sighs, chuckles] Mm. Oh, my! Oh, my! Valentine’s Day is just two weeks away! Oh, oh. So much to do, so little time. OK, OK. I made a spreadsheet of everything we still need to accomplish for your wedding. So let’s get started. Where’s Johnny? I thought he was coming.
Oh, he said he would catch up with us later, that he had something to take care of.
Oh, hmm.
Come on, guys! Let’s go! We’re running late! Get dressed! Brush your teeth! Thomas, don’t forget your rain forest diorama!
[knock at door] And wear matching socks, please! Hey, Uncle Chad, I hope I’m not interrupting anything.
No, just, you know, trying to get the Buttons and Bows out the door for school.
Buttons and Bows?
That’s what Abby used to call the kids.
[sharp thud, kids screaming]
Was that Buttons or Bows?
I don’t know. I don’t know. I’ll be right back.
OK.
Hey, what’s going on up here?
[dramatic music]
[panting]
Hey, Alex.
Hey.
Hey, how you doing? How’s Theresa?
She’s hanging in. She was actually gonna leave town, but I talked her into staying.
Good. I’m glad you got through to her. Sometimes Theresa has a mind of her own. Theresa knows best, you know?
Yeah. Well, she decided to stay in Salem with me.
Mm.
And she sure as hell regrets that kiss with you.
Yeah? Yeah, that’s what she said. That’s what she said. Why would you bring that up, man?
Well, you didn’t really apologize, if my memory serves me correctly, for your part in it, you know.
My part in it? Alex, Alex, she kissed me. I didn’t kiss her. We made that pretty– she made that clear, right? I didn’t apologize ’cause I didn’t feel there was a reason to. But I also don’t take advantage of anyone who’s in pain like that.
Oh, so you’re telling me you didn’t want anything to do with that kiss?
Oh, that felt good!
Oh, sure did! Real good.
Man, I needed that bust to pay off after that disaster at the Bistro.
Well, it more than paid off. We nearly got , opioid pills, / kilo of powder, some coke, some meth, and now two dirtbags in custody. Phillips, let’s get our new friends processed. And, Goldman, if you can get the evidence logged in and squared away.
You got it.
Hey, you got a minute?
Sure, what’s up?
[clears throat] Rafe told me what happened after the interrogation, how you kissed Ava and she slapped you. I mean, what were you thinking?
Clearly, I wasn’t.
Listen, Harris, please don’t resent me for saying this. I like you. It’s just that, you know, I’m getting a little worried that you can’t seem to get Ava out of your head. I mean, you got it bad for a woman who’s, well, bad news.
[doorbell rings]
Xander, what are you doing here? What the hell are you wearing?
Looking for EJ.
What is this, your new business attire?
Where is he?
I have no idea. Probably left for the courthouse. Have you tried calling him?
No, I need to meet with him in person.
What about, exactly?
[sighs] A very mysterious phone call. * *
[soft orchestration] announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “Days of Our Lives.”
Come on. Are you kidding me? I thought we were past this. Look, I have no interest in getting back together with Theresa, trust me. She’s all yours.
Oh, thank you. So you just expect me to, what, dismiss the fact that I saw the two of you kissing?
[sighs] Alex, all right, I’m gonna try this another way ’cause it’s not sticking. The kiss meant nothing. As far as I’m concerned, I just want Theresa to be healthy and strong and good for our son. That’s all I want ’cause we need to be united right now ’cause my boy is going through probably the worst thing you could possibly go through in his life. So please, I think you need to get over this jealousy thing because if you’re gonna be with Theresa and, by extension, my son, I’m gonna be around. You better get used to that.
[dramatic music]
[sighs]
Crisis averted?
Yeah, they were, you know, fighting over a hairbrush, knocked something over. Thomas thinks it’s his. She thinks it’s hers.
You know, color coding used to work for Allie and me. My stuff was always brown or blue. Her stuff was always green or red.
Yeah?
Yeah.
That’s a good idea. I’ll give it a shot. So what’s up? You want to talk?
Yeah. Yeah, I do.
[clears throat] Chanel and I are engaged.
That’s–congratulations.
Yeah. Thank you.
Yeah.
Thank you. We’re getting married on Valentine’s Day.
That’s two weeks away. That’s very–very fast.
[chuckles] Yeah. No, believe me, I know. Chanel and Paulina are madly planning.
OK, good. Well, yeah, I’ll mark it on my calendar, and the kids are gonna be really excited. I mean, they can– can they come?
Yeah. Yeah. No, absolutely, the kids can come. But I was hoping that maybe you would attend as more than just a guest. I was hoping you’d stand up there with me, be my best man.
OK, that’s not– that’s not the face I was expecting.
Look, you know, it’s one thing to just attend and I can keep my mouth shut. It’s another thing to be a part of it.
Keep your mouth shut? About what? Come on, Uncle Chad, spill.
All right, look, if I’m standing up there with you, it’s like I’m giving you my blessing to bring some innocent woman into the DiMera family.
What are you talking about? You just married my dad and Nicole, like, what, November?
Exactly, and look how that turned out. They just lost a child, Holly OD’d on drugs, and now EJ’s, you know, running around trying to make the whole town pay. And look at Stefan–Gabi’s in prison for murdering Li. And if that’s not miserable enough, she just got her leg broken.
[sighs] Look, I get it, OK? I get it. That’s terrible, all of it. But I’m still failing to see the DiMera connection here.
That’s ’cause you’re not– you don’t get it, Johnny.
Look, when people marry into this family, you at best end up hurt and, at worst, dead. Look what happened to Abby.
Mysterious phone call, huh? Let me guess, it was a scary robo voice hawking energy-saving solar paneling.
This isn’t a joke.
I have no idea where EJ is. So if you want to share this information with me about your mysterious phone call, if I can help you, great. If not, I’ll pass the information along to EJ, or if you don’t want to share, so be it.
Well, I’d rather not run all over town trying to find EJ. So yeah, you can relay the message.
Spill.
The call I got last night was from a blocked number. When I answered, the person on the other end, they– they asked me to kill somebody.
How do you think this is gonna end?
Well, I don’t really have an answer for that. But truthfully, I’m hoping that Ava and me can, I don’t know, be together. I don’t even know if that’s a possibility, but–
I mean, what, you guys dated for, like, what, like, five minutes. I mean, is this something really worth fighting over, let alone jeopardizing your career for?
It’s just– it’s complicated, OK?
OK.
I just–I hate to see you go through this, Harris, as a partner and as a friend. I mean, especially, you just got your life back on track after that whole Megan DiMera psycho brainwasher nightmare. I mean, you are a kick-ass cop. You have so much potential. And I would just hate for you to throw all that away on a woman whose rap sheet is a mile long, you know?
Hey, you two. I was just talking to Detective Hunter here and suggested that we all go to breakfast to celebrate this victory. It’s on me. What do you guys say?
Sounds good.
I’m in.
[dramatic music]
[clears throat]
[coughs]
Mama, are you sure that you’re OK to be out and about worrying about my wedding plans? I mean, you were just in the hospital this morning.
I am fine, darling. I told you. And I am not worrying over your wedding plans. I’m excited about them and, oh, loving every minute of helping you with them. Oh, and did I tell you the dress consultant called? She’s located the dress we want. It’s on its way. I’m just worried we won’t have enough time for the alterations.
[sighs]
OK, Mama, just breathe, OK? Did you take your antianxiety pills this morning?
Yes, yes, I took my happy pill. Thank you very much. I just want my baby girl’s wedding to be beautiful, especially since I missed the last one.
OK. And it will be. Don’t worry. OK, so what is next on your spreadsheet?
Ah, guest list. I know, I know you two want a small service. Oh, I just wish– I just wish that Eli and Lani could be there.
Yeah. Me too, with little Jules and Carver.
But with Lani’s release moving at a snail’s pace and Eli swamped with some new FBI case…
OK, well, they’ll be there in spirit. OK, so let’s move on for now.
So this– this is my favorite option for your veil. Oh, isn’t it stunning?
[chuckles] What do you think?
Nice.
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
[chuckles]
And we cannot have you making your own wedding cake. So I thought– I thought we could order this, with that beautiful latticework.
Mm.
Oh, and these cascading centerpieces, oh, they would be beautiful.
Wow. They’re…big.
Mm.
I love them.
And, you know, I thought we should include a little nod to you being a baker.
Mm.
A bridal bouquet… made out of pastries. See? See? All stuffed inside a giant waffle cone. Uh-huh.
Mm.
Pastry bouquet.
A pastry bouquet. Oh, boy.
I think you’re missing your wife this morning.
Yeah, I miss my wife every morning, every single minute of every single day.
OK, and I understand, Uncle Chad, but with all due respect, I still don’t see the DiMera connection. Clyde Weston said Aunt Belle was his target that night, not Abigail. She was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Yeah, exactly, she was in the exact wrong place. All right, she was at the DiMera mansion. And if she wasn’t at DiMera, she’d still be alive right now, Johnny.
OK, that’s a stretch.
Really, it’s a stretch?
It’s a stretch.
It’s a stretch?
Yeah.
What happened in your first wedding?
Oh, come on. What happened to me had nothing to do with me being a DiMera. If anything, it had to do with my connection to my Grandma Marlena. Besides, I’m not even a part of the DiMera family business. I never have been. I’m a filmmaker. I’m an aspiring filmmaker, anyway, OK? And look, I do, I appreciate the fact that you’re trying to be helpful here. But honestly, I got to say I think you’re overreacting.
Overreacting? You want to be like me, Johnny, huh? You want to be putting flowers on your wife’s grave ’cause she was murdered in her own bed? Listen, becoming a DiMera is a dangerous thing, all right? We are a spiteful, vindictive, mean group of people. And we were raised by an unscrupulous man. Or not raised. I mean, I wasn’t even– I wasn’t even brought up as a DiMera, and somehow I still got sucked into the web. You, you were born into it. And I think you’re a hell of a lot more of a DiMera than you let on. So if you really love Chanel, then you will keep her as far away from you as possible.
Huh, so what’s next? You moving in with me and Theresa?
[laughs] That’s funny.
Mm.
No, you’re definitely gonna have your space, and I’m gonna have mine, but… Alex, I got to check up on her a lot ’cause she’s the mother of my kid and she had a big slip. And the stressors that caused that slip are still there, you know? She could easily have another one.
You really think so, like– ’cause I’ve been watching her, man. I mean, she started meetings. She’s focused on working at “Bella.” It looks like she’s on the road to recovery.
That’s great. But it’s a process. There is never gonna be a magical day where Theresa is “cured.” But it’s good that she’s busy in more ways than one. You know, she’s going to meetings, that’s– that’s good. And now that Tate is actually safe, it’s gonna be good to have a little normalcy back in our lives.
Yeah, there’s definitely been a whole lot of drama.
Yeah, too much for my blood.
Yeah.
Anyway, I’m gonna finish my run and get to work, so I’ll catch you later.
Hey, Brady. Before you go… I’ve been meaning to ask you something.
[sighs] Who do they want you to kill?
I have no idea. They didn’t say.
Was the voice male or female?
Well, it sounded male, but it was distorted. So it could have been anyone. They told me that they had a job for me. When I asked what it was, they said that they wanted me to eliminate someone. And before I could say anything else, they said they’d be in touch soon and hung up.
Hmm, and they haven’t called you back yet?
No, I wish they would. If I had the chance, I would have told them no straight out. I mean, look, yeah, I may have spent most of my life on the wrong side of the law, but I’m not an assassin for hire.
OK, for hire, maybe not, but… as I’ve heard, you did try to kill Nicole and Eric by locking them in the furnace room of Titan Industries.
That was a long time ago, and I deeply regret it. And more recently, when Ava Vitali was trying to pressure me into killing EJ’s mom, Susan, I refused, flat out. So look, I’ve never actually killed anyone in cold blood, and I’m not about to start now.
OK, so maybe it was a wrong number.
A murder for hire wrong number. Come on, no. They asked for me by name. Whoever it was, they know who I am.
Welcome, Officers. What brings you here at this hour?
Mm, well, we just pulled an all-nighter, and we’re just here reaping the spoils.
Another drug bust?
Yeah.
That’s right. And we are about hours overdue for a hot meal.
OK, well, nothing would please me more than to serve a hearty breakfast to my brothers and sisters in blue, on me.
OK.
[laughs]
Thank you.
[chuckles] Chanel and I already lost each other once, OK? There is no way in hell that I’m gonna lose her again, ever. OK? So we’re getting married on Valentine’s Day with or without your blessing. And we couldn’t be happier about it, so… sorry. Sorry to have come here and waste your time. Say hi to Buttons and Bows for me.
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, wait. Look. When I have a tough day, you know, tough morning, like today, it does– it hits me all over again, OK, of just how much I miss Abby. You know, and then for the kids, you know, they don’t talk to me about how much they miss her. You know, not anymore, at least. You know, so when they act up, I know it’s really because that she’s not here to guide them. And they’re angry that they don’t have Mom. OK? And for me…
[dramatic music] Man, some days, I’m fine. And then other days, it just– it hits me like a tidal wave…
That she’s gone for good.
And it rips my heart out all over again.
[clears throat]
[clears throat]
[sighs] Aunt Abigail was–
[clears throat] She was a special person.
Mm.
[chuckles] We all miss her so much.
And I am so sorry for what… has happened to you. I’m sorry for everything you’ve been through. I’m sorry for Thomas and Charlotte. So sorry.
Yeah, and honestly, I–
[clears throat] I don’t mean this to come off as callous.
I was kind of hoping, you know, that you were getting to a more solid place with Stephanie.
No, that’s not callous. And… yeah, I was hoping the same thing, but… just wasn’t the right time. My heart still belongs to Abigail.
I still do believe in true love, though. And if you have that with Chanel, then you hold on to it. You keep it safe, ’cause it’s a very hard thing to do as a DiMera.
You really do believe that our whole family is cursed, don’t you?
Whatever it is, Johnny, you should run. Take Chanel. Go back to Italy. You know, get married. Stay there. Be happy.
[sighs]
Look at me. You should stay as far away from the DiMera family as you possibly can for your safety and for Chanel’s.
I don’t know what to say. And I don’t understand why you would think EJ is behind that crazy call that you got.
What’s to understand? Just think about it. Just a while back, EJ hired a hit woman to take out Ava Vitali, did he not? And I’m sure that’s just the tip of the proverbial iceberg when it comes to the hit man, or should I say hit people, that EJ has hired over the years. So I thought I’d come down here and see what he had to say for himself.
OK, so you think EJ is the only person you know to have ever hired a hit person. Xander, think. Think a little closer to home, will you? The Kiriakises have done just as many nefarious things as the DiMeras, have they not? And I’m gonna be honest with you. I don’t appreciate you coming after my family.
[sighs] What’s on your mind?
OK, since you swear that you, you know– I was just wondering if maybe you could give me some advice on how to, you know–
How to complete a sentence?
Smart-ass. No.
[laughs] Theresa and I have only been together a short time. We’re living together, and… it’s still all very new. And look, man, I’m just trying to figure out if there’s anything else I need to know about this girl, you know, other than what I already do know and what smacked me between the eyes when she relapsed.
Yeah. I hear you. It’s just–Alex, it’s been a long time since we’ve lived together, Theresa and I, and even– even a longer time since we’ve been able to be in a room comfortably with one another.
No, no, I know. But I’m talking about, like, in the past when you were together. What was it like being married to her?
[chuckles] You know, for those couple months…
Yeah.
Alex, you got to understand, I don’t– I don’t even remember marrying her.
[scoffs]
I was wasted in Las Vegas when we got hitched and we–
Wait, hold on. Are you thinking about marrying Theresa?
Now, let’s talk color schemes.
[chuckles] Now, my favorite option for you is… seafoam. Oh! I just love seafoam, don’t you?
Yeah. Yeah, seafoam, love it.
No, you don’t. You hate seafoam. I put you in a seafoam dress when you were nine years old. You spit venom and swore you’d never wear seafoam again if you lived to be .
OK, OK. I don’t like seafoam.
Uh-huh. Uh-huh. And don’t think I don’t know how much you hate that pastry bouquet.
Fine. I just–I just want you to be happy, Mama.
But pretending to like stuff you hate?
Yes, I’m just trying to be nice because it’s like you said before. You missed our first wedding.
Mm-mm. Uh-uh. Nope. Nope. That is not it. Uh-uh. We both know why you’re humoring me, Chanel. It begins with a C. Now, baby girl, I– I don’t want you treating me any differently because I have cancer. I can take anything you dish out. I won’t break. So come on, now. If you see something you don’t like, speak up. Come on. Well, let’s have it.
Fine. Those hideous centerpieces look like a giant bouquet of whale spouts shooting over the table. And I don’t want lattice on my wedding cake. No offense, Mama, but I’m nowhere near joining AARP.
Oh, oh!
And as far as that veil goes–
[coughing]
Oh. Mama, Mama, Mama, are you OK? Mama.
Gotcha!
[laughs]
Oh, that is so mean. Why would you do that to me?
Oh, because I really love that wedding veil. Oh. So, you know, maybe you could just take another little peek. It might grow on you.
[laughs]
Can’t stand you.
[dramatic music]
We’re not gonna run, Uncle Chad. Chanel and I are getting married here. And as messed up as we all are, family’s important to me. Family’s important to Chanel. And I can’t just ask her to leave her mother when she’s just been diagnosed with cancer. I’m not a kid anymore. I can’t just run from every problem. All right, I’m committed to Chanel. I’m committed to marrying her on Valentine’s Day. I’m committed to starting a new life with her here in Salem.
Yeah, you really grew up, didn’t you?
[scoffs] Not much of a choice.
OK. If you’ll have me still, I’d be honored to be your best man.
I’ll have you. Yes. Thank you. Seriously?
Yeah. Come here.
Thank you. Thank you. It means a lot to me.
OK.
[sighs]
Hey, let me ask you a question. If you knew what you know now, if you knew everything that was gonna happen, would you still have married Abigail?
If I– if I had known then what I know now…
Yeah, I would have– I would have taken her by the hand and… went running for the hills.
I’d have done anything in my power to save her, have her here with me right now.
Yeah.
Marriage? No, no, no, no, definitely not. We are not even close to being there yet.
All right, all right, well, you’re living together.
As roommates.
Yeah, roommates with benefits.
Roommates with benefits and separate bedrooms. Regardless, everything that has happened, Brady, I’m telling you, it just made things feel a lot more serious. And we’re in a good place. At least, I think we are.
[chuckles] I just–I need to, like, know more about her. I want to know many more levels to Theresa before marriage is even close to being on my radar.
I hear you. That’s smart. If you’re serious about her, you should take it slow.
To be honest, man, that whole relapse situation really was a shock to me. Now I’m just worried that, you know, that could happen again or what else is gonna come down that could possibly throw me off.
You asked for my advice. I’m gonna give it to you, OK? Here’s the deal. Theresa can be wonderful. She can be fun and loving. She’s got another side to her, very wicked, very wild side that can be unleashed at any moment. I am living proof that it’s real hard not to follow her down a destructive path and get sucked right into it. Alex, I think you’ve only started to scratch the surface of who Theresa really is.
Xander, let’s just stop and think about this for a second, OK? You don’t have a reputation for– how do I put this nicely– thoroughness, reliability, being a game player and not completely falling apart in the face of pressure and humiliating himself.
But tell me what you really think about me, Stefan.
I’m just saying, Xander, why would EJ hire you, of all people, to kill someone?
I have absolutely no idea. I’ve worked for you DiMeras before, much to my eternal regret. I was employed by your sister for a while, Kristen, as you may or may not know.
Mm-hmm.
And I helped your brother EJ through his recovery at the DiMera Nashville labs before the fire, as you also may or may not know. So your insulting and disparaging assessment of my character notwithstanding, maybe EJ sees me as a competent person with an impressive work ethic, which I damn well am.
Sorry. You’re right.
No, I’m sorry. I’m sorry that I started this conversation. But I’m gonna end it now by saying that I do believe it was the dishonorable DA DiMera that was behind that phone call, or he put somebody else up to it. And if that’s the case, then he’s out of luck because I’m walking the straight and narrow now. I have a beautiful daughter that I’m father to, and I’m half owner of a respectable newspaper. So you tell your brother that he’s gonna have to find somebody else to be Salem’s neighborhood hit man ’cause I’m not interested.
This was a couple decades ago. This woman called me. She’s in hysterics, swears there’s this weird guy watching her from a window in the building across the street. I investigate. Turns out to be a cardboard cutout of… Jack Nicholson.
[laughter] Yeah. Well, that was a few years ago. But if you’re lucky like me, you’ll wind up happily married, running your parents’ pub. But I guarantee you this. You will never forget your time on the force.
[chuckles] Well, that calls for a toast.
OK.
To Roman, for your decades of service to the Salem PD, thank you, and for paving the way for the next generation.
Yes. To Roman.
To Roman. both: To Roman.
To Roman.
See, Mama, I like this one with the square tiers. And then each layer has a ribbon on the bottom.
It is beautiful. I agree. We can order the ribbon in seafoam.
Ma!
[laughter] No seafoam, OK? No seafoam.
OK. Oh, here’s our groom-to-be.
Hello, hello, hello.
Hey, Johnny, we were just going over the wedding cake.
Mm-hmm.
Oh, wedding cake. Yeah, terrific, great.
Mm-hmm. Well, I have mayoral duties to attend to. Johnny, here, take my seat. Oh, yeah, Chanel, she can show you everything that we’ve landed on so far.
I can’t wait to see. All right.
Ta-ta, lovebirds.
Bye, Mama.
Uh-huh.
OK, so what do you want to see first, the wedding cake or the centerpiece?
Whatever you want to show me is good.
Uh-oh. Are you feeling overwhelmed? Hey, I know that there’s only two weeks until the wedding, but Mama is helping a ton. And I think we’ll be fine.
Overwhelmed is part of it. I don’t know, I’m thinking maybe we should postpone the wedding.
[dramatic music]
Get a grip, Xander. EJ is the new DA, so I seriously doubt he is your mystery caller.
Hmm, or maybe you’re involved somehow and you’re just covering for him.
Xander, I know nothing about this. I think you’ve cooked this whole thing up in your head. I think you’re losing it. Then again, that would imply that you would have had to have had it in the first place. So you know what? I am needed elsewhere. So if you don’t mind.
Oh, I’m leaving but not until we get one thing straight in case this ever comes up again.
OK, so Chad told you that we shouldn’t get married here in Salem and that you should grab me and run for the hills.
Yeah.
Mm.
And he just seemed super intense about it too. He said being connected to the DiMeras is basically hell on Earth and that… you and I should stay as far away from the family as possible.
Mm. And what do you think?
Mm. I think that he’s still grieving the loss of his wife. I think the pain comes and goes in waves. That’s what he said. Honestly, it’s more about what you think. I mean, you’re the one who is apparently risking your life just by marrying me, so…
Mm, well, I think that it’s all a bunch of hooey. And even if it wasn’t, I would risk my life a thousand times over to be with you.
I feel the same way.
[dramatic music]
So are you sure that you still want Chad standing up for you?
Yeah, I do. I do. It’ll be good for him, I think.
Yeah. Yeah, I’m sure it will be.
Yeah.
And, Johnny, you are not your father or your uncles, and you’re sure as hell not Stefano. And I know that you love them. But you’re your own man. And their issues have nothing to do with us.
Thank you. Thank you for being the voice of reason.
Mm-hmm.
I think I needed to hear that.
I love you so much.
I love you too.
Come here.
Well, you gave me a lot to think about. Thank you for giving me the advice, though– or that warning, rather.
Yeah. Well, we’re family. You ask me for advice, I’m gonna give it to you straight. All right?
I appreciate it.
At the same time, look, I know you’re your own man and you’re gonna make the decisions that are best for you. But I hope– I really hope that it turns out the way you want it to.
Thank you, man.
Thank you for keeping me posted on Theresa. And if you need help, just give me a call, all right?
All right. Yeah. I think I got it from here on out. But I’ll see you at the office.
All right, man.
[sighs] She kissed me. I didn’t kiss her. We made that pretty– she made that clear, right? I didn’t apologize ’cause I didn’t feel there was a reason to. But I also don’t take advantage of anyone who’s in pain like that.
Oh. So you’re telling me you didn’t want anything to do with that kiss?
[sighs]
I told you, your money’s no good here.
Just take it; I told them I’d buy them breakfast.
Yeah, and I told them it was on me.
Well, thank you.
My pleasure. I enjoyed the conversation.
Yeah, me too. So how’s our mutual acquaintance doing?
Well, he’s thrilled to be out of the joint and up in your room. Kate’s up there with him now. She took him breakfast and some necessities.
OK, what about his injuries?
Healing slowly but surely. The beating was pretty rough. By the way, I’m sorry the cot’s not more comfortable. It was the best I could do on short notice.
Ah, it’s no worries. I’ve slept on worse.
How long are you planning on keeping Lucas here?
As long as it takes… or until we know for sure that nobody’s watching.
[laughter]
There was a time, Stefan, where… I might have been desperate enough to become a murderer for hire. If I kept walking the path I was on and the money was good enough, yeah, maybe I would have stooped that low. But as I said before, and I think it bears repeating, I am a changed man. I have a wonderful daughter in my life now, and she means the world to me. I’m not just gonna throw my life away. My time as a criminal, that’s over. Victoria deserves the best dad in the world, like, somebody she can look up to. So I’m not gonna put myself in a position where she might be looking at me behind bars or, worse yet, in a casket. So I need you to understand that, mate. And I need you to make your brother understand it too.
Mm. Oh, I understand that loud and clear, mate.
But now you listen to me. Whatever’s going on here, the DiMeras have nothing to do with it.
Well, I’m not convinced of that.
Mm.
So give your brother a message for me, yeah? You tell EJ to go to hell. Oh, and you can go there too. Although I guess it’s kind of redundant telling DiMeras to go to hell since that’s where you’re all headed anyway, in due time.
[door slams]
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