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Chad: Uh, thanks r tataking the kids to ice cream, jennifer. How do they y seem? Have they asked about the funeral at all? Ah, I think it’s good for them to be there too. I’m fine. I just need a little bit, uh, uh, time to myself. But if thomas or charlotte asks for me, I’ll come over right away. Okay. Thank you.

[Somber music]

Clyde: I don’t mean to be rude, commissioner, but my girl and I are having a private conversation here.

Nancy: I just asked clyde to move in with me.

Rafe: Well, I’m sorry to interrupt. Nancy, I need to know where you got that bracelet.

Nancy: Oh, isn’t it gorgeous?

Rafe: Yeah, so did you, uh, buy it in a store or online?

Nancy: Oh, it was a gift.

Rafe: From whom?

Marlena: [Scoffs] You want me to be the baby’s godmother? Are you sure?

Ben: Absolutely. I mean, unless it would it be weird because you’re my psychiatrist? But I mean, I think of you as family at this point.

Marlena: Well, I do too. Do we think that ciara would be on board?

Ben: I mean, why wouldn’t she be?

Marlena: Well, for one thing, I did–I did try to steal your baby.

Jan: I don’t know what you’re talking about, evan. Since when do you have a baby?

Evan: Since you gave birth to him. Little shawn christian? Obviously, you named him after me. Christian’s my real name.

Jan: I named him after our lord and savior. Look, I don’t know if you’re having some mental breakdown or what, but you are definitely confused.

Evan: Actually, I’m crystal clear on what happened. We crossed paths in the prison infirmary. You said you were having the worst christmas ever. I asked if there was anything I could do. Turns out, you asked me to do you.

Jan: Beg your pardon?

Evan: You seduced me, hoping I’d knock you up.

Jan: Why would I wanna get pregnant by a homicidal maniac?

Evan: [Laughs] So you could pass off the kid as shawn brady’s, which is exactly what you’re doing.

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Ben: You didn’t try to take our baby, dr. Evans. The devil did.

Marlena: Yeah, still. I can see how ciara might feel uncomfortable with me being bo’s godmother.

Ben: Trust me, ciara loves the idea. She’s the one that pointed out that you went up against satan, and you beat him twice. I don’t think there’s another person in this world who could be a better spiritual mentor for our son.

Marlena: Well, if you’re both sure–

Ben: We’re sure.

Marlena: [Laughs] Oh, I would love to. I would love to, thank you.

Shawn: Well, I’m headed to get jan a buddy’s burger. Would you do me a favor? Would you–would you keep her company while I’m gone?

Ciara: Ugh, shawn, does she really need a babysitter?

Shawn: She’s just a little bit bummed out today.

Ciara: Is it because of the baby?

Shawn: No, no, he’s actually–he’s good. I mean, he’s gained weight. We got to hold him.

Ciara: Wow.

Shawn: He’s great.

Ciara: Good, good. Well, that’s good news, right?

Shawn: Well, for jan, it’s–it’s bittersweet. I mean, of course, she’s happy that he’s okay, but she– she knows as soon as he gets released, that she’s gonna have to go back to prison.

Ciara: Mm-hmm, right, prison. Exactly where she belongs.

Shawn: I know, I know, but she’s barely had any time to bond with the little guy. And come on, imagine–imagine you having to leave little bo after, like, what, two weeks.

Ciara: Well, you know what? I don’t have to imagine that, shawn, because I am not a total psycho.

Shawn: Our son does not know jan’s history. All he knows is that she is his mother, and that he needs her.

Ciara: Okay, I-I just– I don’t know if I like this.

Shawn: Like what?

Ciara: You being all concerned about jan.

Shawn: I’m concerned about my son.

Ciara: Okay.

Shawn: If there’s something that you wanna say, ciara, why don’t you just say it?

Ciara: Fine. Shawn, are you or are you not starting to have feelings for jan?

Jan: There’s no denying that we shared a hot and steamy encounter when I first arrived at statesville. And while it certainly was an enthusiastic greeting, you are mistaken in thinking you planted your seed inside me.

Evan: That’s a strange way of putting it.

Jan: I’m trying to keep it classy.

Evan: We hooked up in a prison infirmary. It’s a little late for classy. Why don’t you be honest instead?

Jan: I am. I have no idea why you think you’re the father of my child.

Evan: Because my father told me the truth.

Jan: And who’s your father?

Evan: Some people call him milo harp.

Jan: Never heard of him.

Evan: Ever heard of orpheus?

Jan: The notorious criminal is your dad? Why didn’t he tell me?

Evan: There’s a lot he keeps close to the vest. He didn’t tell me until recently that you had my baby, and he switched the paternity test for you.

Jan: Jeez, you really can’t trust anyone in prison. So what, you two are in cahoots now?

Evan: He doesn’t know I’m calling you. But jan, the jig is up.

Jan: What does that mean?

Evan: It means I know shawn christian is my son. And I want you to bring him to me right now. My asthma felt anything but normal.

[Somber music]

Chad: Still smells like your perfume.

Leo: Ugh, these drinks were not cheap. Of course, I’m worth it.

[Suspenseful music]

Will: Well, this is interesting.

Leo: What? I’m not allowed to enjoy a happy hour?

Will: Sure, you are, but last I heard, you had no job, no sugar daddy, and no other source of income.

Leo: So?

Will: So where did you get all that cash?

Rafe: Who gave you the bracelet?

Nancy: Uh, chloe.

Rafe: Really? What was the occasion?

Nancy: Uh, n-no occasion. She just saw it and thought of me.

Rafe: And when was that that she, uh, thought of you?

Nancy: A couple weeks ago.

Rafe: I see.

Clyde: Hey, what’s with all the questions?

Rafe: Oh, are you looking for a gift for your bride? Ah, I heard that you and nicole just tied the knot. Congratulations.

Rafe: Thanks. But my interest in your bracelet is related to a police investigation.

Nancy: What do you mean?

Rafe: I mean I have reason to believe that the piece of jewelry you’re wearing is stolen.

Shawn: Oh, my god, ciara, how could you even ask me that? I mean, of course, I don’t have feelings for jan. No, I am in love with my wife, and her name is belle. All right, I love her, and I’m never gonna stop loving her.

Ciara: Okay, good, thank god.

Shawn: Yeah, but jan–jan is the mother of my son. So whether I like it or not, she and I are permanently connected.

Ciara: Yes, and she is very willing to exploit that connection. Shawn, I told you so many times you have to watch out for her.

Shawn: Yes, I know, because she’s devious, she’s manipulative, and she is violent. Do you think I don’t remember? You think that I just completely forgot?

Ciara: Well, you’re not really acting like it.

Shawn: Just because–because there is a baby involved, and that baby is my son.

Ciara: Yes, and that baby only exists because she teamed up with the devil to trick you into sleeping with her.

Shawn: Okay, and you’re reminding me of that, why? What–what–what–what is the point, ciara, huh?

Ciara: Shawn, the point is, I’m just–I’m worried. I’m worried that you are gonna get caught up in all the good that comes with having this miraculous bundle of joy, and you will forget that jan’s reason for all this is to try to replace belle.

Shawn: Look, ciara, I–

Ciara: Look, shawn, I’m just saying this lunatic has tried to come between you guys so many times, and now, this is the closest she’s ever been. You don’t think she’s gonna stop, do you? Shawn, this is the woman who tried to kill your wife multiple times because she’s convinced that she belongs with you.

Shawn: Look, there is no doubt that jan’s feelings for me are–are–they’re sick and they’re twisted. But the feelings that she has for our son, they’re pure, and they are sincere. I mean, she–this baby means the world to her.

Ciara: Good, good. So when she serves her time, she can see him, but right now, she needs to go back to statesville.

Shawn: Look, as a cop and as a citizen, look, ciara, I cannot agree with you more. But as a father, I know– I know how heartbreaking that’s going to be for her. And it’s not gonna be good for the baby, either, to not have its mother.

Jan: Evan, prison is no place for a baby.

Evan: I’m his father. I wanna see him, damn it!

Jan: And how would I explain this little visit to shawn?

Evan: Just tell him the truth–the kid isn’t his.

Jan: Oh, right, great idea. Except for the fact that it would completely ruin my life!

Evan: Well, I don’t care how you swing it, but I wanna meet my little boy, and if you don’t get him here in the next 30 minutes, my next call is to detective brady.

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Jan: [Sighs] Relax, jan. There’s a solution to every problem. You just have to find it. Maybe if I take shawn christian to visit evan, I could reason with him and convince him to keep his stupid mouth shut.

Evan: That’s right, little man, I’m your dad.

Jan: Okay, we need to wrap this up. I need to get back to the hospital before anyone realizes that I’m gone.

Evan: Fine. I love you, sweet boy.

[Suspenseful music]

Jan: Okay, I’ve done my part. Now it is time for you to do yours.

Evan: Which is?

Jan: No one can know that shawn christian is your son. That has to stay strictly between us.

Evan: I’m sorry, jan, but I just can’t do that.

Jan: Why not?

Evan: Because I love you, and I want the whole world to know it! That’s why I got this tattoo!

Jan: Is that supposed to be me?

Evan: I’m gonna get our son on my other pec.

Jan: Evan, you can’t!

Evan: Well, that way, I’ll have my family with me wherever I go. And that’s what I want us to be, a family.

[Panting]

Jan: Oh, no.

Evan: You’re not just over my heart, jan. You’re in it. So will you please do the honor of becoming mrs. Jan spears-frears?

Jan: Ugh. There is no way I am going to become mrs. Jan spears-frears. I am destined to become jan brady. But if shawn finds out the baby isn’t his, I’ll lose him forever. And I can’t let that happen.

Ciara: Can’t let what happen?

Ben: Thank you. Mmm.

[Both chuckle] Dr. Evans, do you remember when you came to bayview to evaluate me? See if I was fit to return to society?

Marlena: Of course.

Ben: And you took some flak for it.

Marlena: Not as much as you took.

Ben: Yeah. That’s because nobody wanted me in salem, for good reason. Chad gave me a handful of cash. He drove me to the edge of town and told me to keep going. I was so lost, overwhelmed. But then that’s where I found ciara after she crashed her bike. That is when my life began again. I still can’t believe how lucky I am, really.

Marlena: It wasn’t luck, ben. You have worked very hard to prove that you deserved a second chance.

Ben: That chance wouldn’t even be possible without you. Dr. Evans, your guidance, your support, that is what made me into the man I am today. I have a job. I have a wife. I have a baby. I owe everything to you. And I don’t know if I am ever gonna be able to repay you.

Will: So where’d you get all the money?

Leo: You really need to get a life, wilhelmina. Your obsession with me is disturbing.

Will: Hmm. It’s possible that you went back to prostitution. But who would pay for a washed-up, old twink?

Leo: Ah! Am I washed up? Take that back, you bitch!

Will: Hmm, I hit a nerve?

Leo: You’d best walk away before my last cosmo ends up all over that cheap suit. Why are you so dressed up anyway? You look like you’re going to a funeral.

Will: Just came from one. We buried my cousin abigail today.

Leo: I didn’t realize.

Will: Yeah, like you give a damn.

[Somber music]

Chad: I have to get out of here.

Nancy: There must be some mistake. My daughter would never steal a bracelet.

Rafe: Well, maybe she bought it from someone who stole it.

Nancy: Chloe would not get me a gift from a disreputable source. That’s not something you do to someone you care about.

Rafe: Hmm. Did she tell you where she got it?

Nancy: I didn’t ask.

Rafe: Well, it’s a pretty distinctive piece, and it matches the photos I got from chad.

Nancy: Chad dimera?

Rafe: Yeah. As you know, his wife was murdered recently.

Nancy: I know. I was at the funeral earlier. It’s a terrible tragedy. But what does that have to do with my bracelet?

Rafe: Well, we have reason to believe that the person who murdered abigail also stole some of her jewelry, including that bracelet.

Clyde: You gotta be kidding me.

Rafe: No. I’m gonna call chloe and have her meet us down at the station.

Nancy: Clyde!

Clyde: Uh, no need to do that. Chloe didn’t give her the bracelet. I did. My asthma felt anything but normal.

Rafe: Then why did you say that chloe gave you the bracelet?

Clyde: That’s my fault.

Nancy: Clyde’s a very private person.

Rafe: I don’t understand.

Clyde: Of course you don’T. You’re a cop. But I’m a parolee. Even though I bought that bracelet with money I made from a legit job, folks are gonna doubt that ’cause of my past. I didn’t want nancy to deal with all the suspicion and snide comments, so I told her to say that she’d gotten it from somebody else. Now, after all, what I do with my money is my business, nobody else’S.

Rafe: Hmm. Except when it ties you to a murder case.

Nancy: No, it doesn’t tie clyde to anything! He would never kill abigail! Would you?

Clyde: Of course not.

Rafe: Then where’d you get the bracelet?

Clyde: I bought it off a guy.

Rafe: What guy?

Chad: [Panting]

[Tense music]

Leo: Wait, chad, chad, wait.

Marlena: Ben. You don’t have to repay me.

Ben: I just–I don’t think I could ever thank you enough.

Marlena: You know what? Just seeing you happy, in love, that’s all the thanks I need. I’m just so–ah! I’m so proud of you.

Ben: Thank you, thank you. And, um, I’m very serious about keeping up with our sessions. No matter where in the hell we are in the world, I wanna continue working on myself. I wanna keep making progress.

Marlena: I’m so glad to hear that. And I will always be here for virtual visits whenever you need me.

Ben: Thank you. I appreciate that. It’s definitely not gonna be the same as being in the room with you, though. I’m gonna miss you a lot.

Marlena: I’m gonna miss you, too, ben.

[Chuckles]

Will: Oh, I’m sorry. Am I interrupting?

Ben: Hey.

Marlena: No, no, not at all. I was just talking with ben. He shared some–some very good news.

Ciara: What were you saying when I walked in?

Jan: I was, um, I was just saying that I might have to go back to prison soon. And I’m worried that my son will forget me. And I can’t let that happen.

Ciara: [Sighs] Right, well, shawn understands the importance of a son having a relationship with his mother, so I wouldn’t really stress about it if I were you.

Jan: You’re right. Your brother is a saint. He’s taken such good care of me.

Ciara: Yeah, I actually just ran into him when he was out to go get some food for you. He told me that I should keep you company.

Jan: You see that? He’s so thoughtful. Do you also wanna see your nephew?

Ciara: Yes, I would love to, um, to say goodbye, actually.

Jan: Goodbye?

Ciara: Yeah, well, ben and i are gonna go sail around the world with little bo. Yeah, we leave tomorrow.

Jan: How marvelous. I assume you’re–you’re taking the boat that your mom gave you?

Ciara: What, you know about that?

Jan: Your delightful grandmother julie came by yesterday to visit with the baby, and she mentioned it. The “fancy face V.”

Ciara: Hmm. Wow. Actually, it’s called “living in cin.”

Jan: That’s an odd name.

Ciara: Yeah, yeah. It’s spelled c-I-N. It’s short for ciara and ben.

Jan: Oh, like bennifer.

Ciara: Yeah.

Jan: You must be super excited.

Ciara: Yeah, we are, we are. Uh, it’s gonna be really nice to get away for a little bit and spend some quality time as a family, you know?

Jan: That does sound perfect. My a1c stayed here,

Clyde: Some guy came in here a couple of weeks ago, paying in cash. And I admired his money clip.

Rafe: Well, interesting. A money clip was one of the things that were stolen from the crime scene. Can you describe it?

Clyde: Expensive. When I admired it, he asked me if I wanted to buy it. I said no. Then he told me he had some other items for sale.

Rafe: And that didn’t seem at all suspicious to you?

Clyde: Well, he said his aunt had passed away, and he was just trying to liquidate her assets, per her wishes.

Rafe: Huh. In a pub?

Clyde: Well, maybe it wasn’t the most appropriate venue, but he was just trying to do right by his kin. I didn’t see any harm in looking at what else he had to offer.

Rafe: Uh-huh. So he showed you that bracelet, which you bought for nancy?

Clyde: Yeah. I thought it would make a nice gift. I had no idea it was stolen.

Nancy: Well, that explains it. I mean, he wa–he was tricked. He was victimized by a crook!

Rafe: Well, why don’t you tell me more about this guy you supposedly met? What was his name?

Clyde: I don’t know. I didn’t ask him.

Rafe: Uh-huh. Can you describe him?

Clyde: He was, um, average-looking.

Rafe: Can you be more specific?

Clyde: I wish I could, but i was looking at the bracelet, not him, you know. And as I told you before, I paid in cash, so–

Rafe: So there’s no way you can prove that he actually exists.

Nancy: Stop it! You know, this is exactly what clyde was talking about! People being suspicious when he’s done nothing wrong! Rafe, you have to see that he’s telling the truth. You just have to know that.

Rafe: Well, all I know is that he was in possession of an item that was stolen from a woman who was recently murdered. And that’s all I need to place him under arrest.

Chad: What do you want?

Leo: I-I just heard that abigail’s funeral was today, and I wanted to offer my condolences.

Chad: Wait, you? You hated abigail. You blamed her for breaking up you and craig.

Leo: Well, I-I didn’t appreciate the way the two of you worked together to torpedo my relationship.

Chad: Didn’t appreciate? You–you co–you considered us enemies! You vowed to get your revenge!

Leo: Well, I’m–I’m done with all that. I was just telling someone the other day that it weighs on me a lot, what I did to you and abigail.

Chad: Wait, in–in that interview you gave with that– with that trashy magazine? The one where you told all those disgusting lies about how I wanted to cheat on my wife with you? You came after my wife! Okay, the woman that I love!

Leo: You have no idea how much I regret that.

Chad: Did you know that people would–would–would come up to her and tell her how–that they thought that she was clueless? She was being harassed in horton town square! Now–now, abby, as always, she handled it with grace and dignity. Me? I wanted to sue you. Hell, I wanted killed you.

Leo: Look, I will admit that when my one chance at happiness was gleefully and deliberately destroyed, I was angry at a lot of people, and–and that included abigail. But I did not want her to die. I am really sorry that she’s gone. I hope you believe that.

Chad: Sure. Yeah, whatever you say.

Leo: I mean it, chad. I am so sorry for you and your children. I-I can’t even begin to imagine what they’re going through, losing their mom at such a young age. Thomas, he’s such a sweet boy.

Chad: How do you know my son?

Will: So should I call you captain weston now, or…?

Ben: You know, let’s give it a month. If I don’t sink the ship by then, maybe we’ll consider it.

Will: All right, yeah. You know, I hope, um, sleeping in tight quarters doesn’t remind you of our time as cellmates.

Ben: Well, thankfully, ciara doesn’t snore like you did.

Will: I don’t snore.

Ben: Like a chainsaw. I went to the commissary to get earplugs. It didn’t even work.

Will: Excuse–re–remind why I was your best man again?

Ben: I think you took pity on me because I had no friends.

Will: Yeah, exactly, so maybe keep that in mind next time you wanna spread a vicious rumor about me.

Ben: Oh, my god, all right. Well, you know what I do remember? Being floored the first time you said you considered me being a friend after everything I tried to do to you.

Will: Well, I mean, like I said then, that’s water under the bridge. Now we’re good. You know that.

Ben: Yeah, all right.

Will: And, I mean, look how far you’ve come. You–you have a son. And I am really glad I got to meet the little guy before you took off.

Ben: Me, too, man. You know, there is something we could use, though, before we take off on our trip.

Will: Oh, name it.

When you agreed to stand up for me, I told you that when ciara and i eventually decided to have kids, we’re coming to you and sonny for the parenting tips. So lay ’em on me.

Will: Well, you figured out how to get that thing on. That’s, uh, that’s, like, genius level.

Ben: This wasn’t easy. But, uh, maybe–maybe something I can use when he’s not sleeping 18 hours a day, you know?

Will: Okay. Um, well, kids love stories. So you should tell bo all about his cousin arianna. And when you come back, they can be friends like us.

Ben: It’s a deal.

Will: I don’t snore.

Ciara: You seem a little nervous, jan.

Jan: No, just hungry.

Shawn: I hope so ’cause I got you a double chili cheeseburger. Here you go. Hey, sis.

Ciara: Hey.

Shawn: Is, uh, everything okay?

Ciara: Fine.

Jan: Ciara was just, uh, telling me about her plans to travel the world. Little shawn is gonna miss his auntie, uncle, and cousin so much.

Ciara: Yeah, well, we’re gonna miss him too.

Jan: Shawn, why don’t you, uh, take ciara to go see the baby?

Ciara: Oh, no, that’s fine. I can just sneak a peek on my way out.

Jan: But if your brother takes you, then you can actually hold him.

Ciara: Wait, that’s allowed?

Shawn: Yeah, I mean, I-i don’t see why it’s not, yeah.

Ciara: Okay. Yeah, I would love that.

Shawn: Uh, you gonna be okay on your own?

Jan: Yeah, I’m about to wolf this entire thing down, so it’s probably best if I don’t have an audience. It’s gonna get ugly.

Shawn: All right, um, all right, we’ll be back in a little bit then, okay?

Jan: Give him a kiss from mommy.

Shawn: Will do.

[Tense music]

Jan: Sorry to hijack your plans, ciara, but I need this getaway way more than you do. The only people who will be living in cin will be me, shawn, and our baby. I was taking my antidepressant daily,

Jan: How’d it go?

Ciara: My nephew is absolutely adorable. Um, please don’t forget to send me those pictures that you took of me holding him.

Shawn: Ahh…

[Phone chirps] Done.

Ciara: Perfect.

Shawn: There it goes.

Ciara: Thank you.

Jan: He looks so much like your brother, right?

Ciara: Um, actually, I don’t–I don’t see it.

Jan: What?

Ciara: Mm.

Jan: Of course he does. The chin, the nose.

Ciara: Okay. Um, I actually have to get going, so.

Shawn: Uh, I’ll walk you out.

Ciara: Yeah. Bye, jan.

Jan: Bon voyage.

[Tense music]

Ben: Well, I should probably get the little dude home. We got a big day tomorrow. First, his christening. And then our big sendoff from the docks.

Will: Well, um, good luck with everything.

Ben: Thanks, man. Dr. Evans, we’ll be seeing you tomorrow, yeah? St. Luke’s?

Marlena: I can’t wait.

Ben: Oh, me either. All right.

Marlena: Bye.

Leo: Well, obviously, I-i don’t know your son personally. Thomas and I have never met. Uh, but gwen–gwen told me stories from when she was your nanny. He seems like a sweet boy.

Chad: Yeah. He’s a lot like his mom.

Leo: Do the police have any leads on abigail’s killer?

Chad: Not yet.

Leo: Well, I hope they bring whoever did this to justice. Again, I am sorry for your loss.

Chad: Thanks.

Nancy: Rafe, you can’t be serious! Clyde is innocent!

Rafe: Well, then he should have nothing to worry about.

Clyde: Hey, will you hold the dog and pony show till we get outside? It wouldn’t be so great for roman if his patrons saw me hauled off in cuffs, you know?

Rafe: Yeah. Yeah, fine. Nancy, I’m gonna need the bracelet.

Nancy: This–this just–ah, this just can’t be happening!

Clyde: I am really sorry i got you mixed up in this thing, but I swear to you, I did not kill abigail.

Nancy: Oh, of course not, but tell me what I can do.

Clyde: Oh, don’t you worry about a thing. I’m gonna have this taken care of in no time.

Nancy: Okay, but call me if you need me.

Clyde: Thank you, sweetheart. I will.

[Tense music]

Limu emu

Evan: Jan should’ve been here by now. Where the hell is she?

Shawn: I have to show you these pictures that I just too– jan? Where’d she go?

[Device chirping]

[Tense music]

Damn it.

Jan: Mommy has exciting news, shawn christian. We’re going on an adventure far, far away from salem.

Ciara: I can’t believe this is our last night in salem.

Ben: I know. That’s why I figured we’d go with the chinese, because who knows when we’re gonna be able to get general tso’s again?

Ciara: Mm. Ben, are we crazy for doing this? Picking up our entire life and, like, leaving with a newborn?

Ben: This is what you wanted to do, right?

Ciara: Yeah, no. This is what I wanted. But, like, what if we’re just being way too impulsive, and this is gonna end up to be a really bad decision?

Ben: Hmm. Um, there’s only one way to find out.

Both: Oh!

Ben: [Laughs] Oh.

Ciara: Open it. What does it say?

Ben: Tomorrow, the adventure of a lifetime begins.

Ciara: Huh. Well, I guess I can’t really argue with that one.

Ben: Hmm.

Will: It really is crazy that ben and I are friends.

Marlena: Well, your friendship is a testament to how people can change.

Will: Yeah. Well, not all people. I ran into leo stark earlier.

Marlena: Yeah? Did you two have words?

Will: It wasn’t too bad, but, um, I get a distinct feeling he’s up to something.

Both: Oh!

Nancy: Get out of my way!

Leo: Whoa, what’s the rush, nance? Gabi chic having a sale on cheap wigs?

Nancy: No, you little creep! My boyfriend just got arrested!

Rafe: I’ll be back to take your statement.

Clyde: Yeah, looking forward to it.

Rafe: [Sighs]

Chad: Rafe, I got your, uh, I got your call. Is this about abby’s case?

Rafe: Yeah, good news. I think we got our first real break.

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Marlena: Nancy? Are you all right?

Nancy: Oh, yeah. It was a beautiful funeral, wasn’t it? You must just think I’m so silly falling apart like this.

Marlena: Not at all.

Nancy: I, um… I just keep thinking about my girls, chloe and joy, and how much we owe abigail. And now I’m never gonna be able to tell her how grateful I am.

Julie: Thank you for bringing us home, rafe.

Rafe: It was my pleasure.

Julie: Though I still feel guilty about leaving the wake so early–especially since we were hosting it.

Doug: Everyone will understand, honey. Although, I don’t think it was necessary to have two escorts home.

Ciara: Well, I wanted to see you guys home. Also, I wanted a moment to talk alone with the three of you. I have some news to share.

Julie: Ciara, darling, I can’t stand any more bad news today.

Doug: We don’t know that it’s gonna be bad news, honey.

Ciara: No, no, it’s not bad news–at least ben and I don’t think so. We’re leaving salem.

Julie: What?

Jan: How was abigail’s funeral? I’m so sorry you had to be there all alone. You know I would’ve been there with you if I could’ve.

Shawn: I wasn’t alone, jan. I was with my family. But I did just get some good news–I ran into dr. Goldfarb out in the hallway and he said little shawn has gained weight. Two ounces. And he’s been doing really well maintaining his body temperature and his oxygen levels. So that means we get to hold him.

Jan: Shawn, that’s the best news ever! Oh!

Orpheus: I didn’t mean to startle you, son. Still giving me the silent treatment, huh? I see. Okay, well… in that case, I’ll take my cards back.

Evan: I don’t care about your stupid cards.

Orpheus: Gotcha.

Evan: You’re unbelievable, you know that? This whole time you knew i was having a kid with jan spears and you kept that from me. What the hell would make you think I’d want to talk to you?

Orpheus: I’ve already explained it to you, son. It’s for your own good. I need something from, uh… from jan. And once I get it, we’ll be out of here. So, sue me. I was afraid that if you knew that she was having your kid you’d get too emotional and you wouldn’t be able to keep your mouth shut and play the game.

Evan: This isn’t a game. Zoe took my son, my first son, to the other side of the world. Something else you kept from me! And, yeah, you’re right, if i can’t be with david, I’d like to be a father to my other son. Because that’s what fathers are supposed to do, dad– take care of their sons!

Orpheus: And you will. And I’ll help you. Which I have, by not telling you. You’re welcome. Look. Now that, uh…now that the baby’s born, we don’t need jan spears. We just need to get something from her. One little thing. And, boy, let me tell you, once we get it…

[Shuffling cards] It’s gonna rock people’s worlds.

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Ciara: Well, I was kind of hoping you guys would be happy for us.

Julie: Happy that you’re leaving salem?

Rafe: Yeah, and since when do you have a boat?

Ciara: Well, since mom just gave us one. And, yeah, and I was telling ben all about how mom and dad used to sail the world with shawn and how shawn and belle did the same thing with claire when she was a little girl. It’s kind of a family tradition at this point. And, I don’t know, we just thought we would keep the tradition going. I mean, you guys spent half your lives cruising around the world. You know exactly what I’m talking about. I mean, I’m pretty sure you’re the ones who started it.

Julie: No. No, we did not start it. Your father started it. He was in the merchant marines, he had a wanderlust. We’re from salem. We’ll always come back to salem.

Ciara: And so will we, grandma julie. I promise.

Clyde: So you’re just gonna take my baby grandson and sail away?

Ben: Dad, I know this is kind of out of the blue, but ciara and I really want to do this. And you’re upset.

Clyde: Well, how am i supposed to feel?

Ben: I know you’re just getting to know the baby and all, but–

Clyde: Well, that’s not the only reason I’m upset.

Evan: But you’re still not going to tell me what info jan has or what you’re planning to do with it?

Orpheus: Okay. But this stays between us. You got it? I mean it.

Evan: Yeah, of course.

Orpheus: Okay, sit down. Jan’s sidled up close to shawn, right? She’s gonna get the password– she’s gonna get the password to the salem pd mainframe and give it to me.

Evan: What does that get you?

Orpheus: Once my guys get into the system, we’ll have access to everything. The whole shebang. The da’s office, the mayor. I’ll be able to get my hands on files that not even the commish and detective brady himself can touch.

Evan: Well, tell me, what’s in the files?

Orpheus: Best you don’t know the details.

Evan: Here we go again.

Orpheus: All you need to know, boy, is that once I get what I need, we’ll both be out of here and you’ll be where you want to be. Where you ought to be. With your son.

Jan: Shawn, I’ve been dreaming of this moment since i first found out I was pregnant. Our son.

Nurse: Are you ready to hold him?

Jan: Are you kidding me? Oh. Hello. Hello, little shawn. I’m your– it’s me, mommy. Do you see how he’s looking at me? We can’t keep our eyes off each other. Ohh… and look, look, little one, daddy’s right here too. And daddy and mommy love you so much.

Shawn: Yeah, we do. As sensodyne scientists

Ciara: We are planning on taking the same route my parents did. First down the salem river, chicago, then up the st. Lawrence seaway. Yeah, and then ultimately out into the wide open sea, nothing but sky and the water. And our first stop is mom. She absolutely cannot wait to meet little bo.

Julie: Perhaps you could interest her in paying us a visit? Maybe on some less exotic form of transport? Perhaps a first-class airline ticket?

Ciara: Well, maybe she will come back with us.

Doug: Hear, hear.

Julie: I suppose we have plenty of time to be together as you’re planning for this great endeavor. When are you going to leave?

Ciara: Uh…tomorrow.

Julie: Tomorrow?

Doug: What’s the rush?

Ciara: Will, little bo is at his most portable form right now, and the older he gets, the harder it’ll be to do this and we’re afraid that if we put it off we’ll never be able to get to do it. The way that ben and I see it, we’re at a crossroads right now. Either I get back to work and we put little bo in a daycare or we set sail for a grand adventure.

Doug: Well, I do love a grand adventure.

Rafe: Yeah, it sounds like you got it all figured out.

Ciara: Yeah, well, there is one loose end we have to tie up.

Clyde: Well, I hate to put a damper on your excitement, but I think you’re forgetting something.

Ben: What’s that?

Clyde: Me. You know it’s a condition of my parole that I live with you. So while you’re sailing off into the sunset, they’ll be hauling my butt back to statesville.

Ben: Dad. Ciara and I did not forget about you, okay?

Clyde: You didn’t exactly welcome me with open arms to begin with, and ciara’s been counting the days till she’s rid of me, I know that.

Ben: Ciara and I made a promise to take care of you. And we will.

Clyde: You gonna take me with you? I don’t know how the man might feel about that, though, technically, I suppose, I would be living on some houseboat or something with you. But what will I say to my new girlfriend?

Marlena: Why do you want to thank abigail?

Nancy: Abigail and chad interrupted craig and leo’s wedding. They helped save craig from marrying that money-grubbing, slimy bigamist.

Marlena: Yes, that’s right.

Nancy: I, um, I also want to thank you, marlena, for all the help you’ve given me in our therapy sessions.

Marlena: Well, you’ve worked hard–I think you made a lot of progress.

Nancy: Thank you. I also have something else that’s helped me accept what happened between craig and me.

Marlena: What is that?

Nancy: I have a new boyfriend.

Marlena: Oh! I’m– I’m glad, I– I guess i thought that might’ve come up in our therapy sessions.

Nancy: Truthfully, I thought maybe you would judge him. I mean, he’s a wonderful person. He’s kind, he’s family-oriented, he’s employed. But he, um, just got out of prison recently. His name is clyde.

Marlena: Clyde weston?

Nancy: I-I see you know he’s an ex-con.

Marlena: I do.

Nancy: But marlena, isn’t prison about redemption? I mean, just because you did something wrong in the past doesn’t mean that you’re condemned to be a bad person for the rest of your life, right?

Orpheus: Jan’s going to be heading back to the big house soon… and when she does, you’ll be the only parent that little boy has.

Evan: Assuming good ol’ reliable jan comes through for you. You know that she’s living with a police detective. How do you plan on getting in touch with her without shawn brady knowing and bring down the hammer?

Orpheus: You’re forgetting your father’s A… what’d they say? Criminal mastermind. Yeah. I like that. That’s got a nice ring to it. I mailed jan a burner phone disguised as junk mail. And now I’m gonna signal her to get herself alone and wait for my call.

Jan: Oh my goodness, he’s got my finger. What a grip. Ohh… look at these little hands. His little fingernails. His skin is so soft. Shawn, he’s just–he’s perfect. He’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. Our little miracle. And I know I told julie that he looks just like me, but really, he looks just like you.

Shawn: I’m not sure I see it.

Jan: Well he’s, you know, he’s a preemie, so he looks a little bit like an alien right now, but a little preemie alien version of you. And soon he’ll be a big, healthy, strong version. You’ll see. Like pulsing, electric shocks,

Marlena: Clyde is working very hard to turn his life around.

Nancy: Oh, he is. I’m so glad that you see it. He really, really is. And, well, roman says that he is the best cook the pub has had since caroline brady. And you know that’s high praise. I just know you do. And, well, marlena, I haven’t had this much fun since… well, never. And…

Marlena: I’m happy for you.

Nancy: Thank you. And I…I know that if his son, who was the necktie killer, can be reformed and accepted, well, then anyone can.

Ben: So you and nancy are getting pretty serious, huh?

Clyde: Well, uh, let’s just say I wouldn’t want to up and leave at this juncture.

Ben: Well, that’s good to hear, pop. Because I’m sorry… you can’t leave. You’ve been working really hard trying to prove yourself, and I’m proud of you. I wouldn’t want to see you violate your parole, dad. You come with us, that would easily be misconstrued as you skipping town.

Clyde: [Sighs] So what’s the alternative? I need you here, but you’re leaving. I can’t skip town with you guys. So what do you got?

Ben: You don’t necessarily need me here. You need a responsible party to vouch for you.

Clyde: Ha ha ha. We both know how popular I am in salem, right?

Ben: Why don’t you just live here?

Julie: But what happens if roman does not agree to let clyde stay at the pub?

Doug: Julie, if you’re thinking of lobbying roman to torpedo ben and ciara’s plans, I don’t–

Julie: Torpedo? Me? Torpedo?

Ciara: I don’t think that uncle roman will say no, and if clyde doesn’t like the idea–

Rafe: Well, I can think of one place that will welcome clyde back with open arms. They even offer three hots and a cot.

Ciara: Rafe.

Julie: Talking about prison.

Doug: Oh, thanks a lot.

Ciara: I actually don’t think it’ll come to that.

Rafe: Just trying to help.

Ciara: Ben really loves his dad, and he would do anything to help him, but we agreed that our own family comes first.

Doug: As well it should.

Julie: Well, all family is important. I mean, I’m just saying.

[Laughing]

Doug: Ciara, we understand being young and in love and wanting to see the world. It’ll be a magical time for the two of you. Now the three of you. But while you’re out there conquering the world, we’re gonna be back here missing you terribly.

Julie: Counting the days till you come home.

Doug: Yes.

Ciara: [Sighs] I love you both. Thank you so much for understanding.

Doug: [Murmuring]

Ciara: [Murmurs response]

Julie: Understanding. Yeah, well, I wouldn’t exactly say I’m understanding, but I’m not gonna try to talk you out of this because you’re your mother’s daughter, and you’re both stubborn.

Ciara: Yes, we are.

[Sniffles]

Rafe: And I’m gonna expect frequent updates on my godson.

Ciara: Oh, you’ll absolutely be getting them because the boat has wi-fi, so expect a constant bombardment of pictures and videos.

Rafe: You better send ’em. I’m telling you, okay?

Ciara: I will, I promise.

Rafe: Okay, good. We got it cleared up.

Ciara: Yeah. Also, there’s one more thing. I kind of wanted to have bo’s christening before we left. I know it’s short notice and you have a lot on your plate–

Rafe: No, no, listen, when it comes to baby bo, my schedule is wide open. Any time works.

Ciara: Thank you, rafe.

Rafe: Yeah.

Ciara: Oh, you have always been there for us.

Rafe: And I always will.

Ciara: And that is why you are the godfather.

Rafe: And for that, I… I’m honored. I’m so honored. I love you.

Ciara: Love you. Oh, my god, and now I have to go tell shawn. I have to tell him about our plans. Wish me luck.

Jan: I think shawn christian is going to look just like you. His chin, his fingers.

Shawn: Ha. His fingers?

Jan: Yes, they’re so long. Which is why he’s gonna be a concert pianist. And we will be so proud. But we’ll be so proud of our little guy no matter what, right? Oh…shawn.

Shawn: What? What is it?

Jan: I’m so happy that our son is getting healthier and that he’s going to be leaving the hospital, but… when that happens…shawn, i don’t want to go back to prison.

[Phone rings] Who is it?

Shawn: It’s statesville. Detective brady. Yeah, I’ll accept the call.

Evan: Detective brady? It’s evan frears.

Shawn: Evan? I have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.

Clyde: You want me to live here? In the pub?

Ben: Why not? Maybe you could roll out a little sleeping bag behind the bar, make a little fort out of table cloths? You and nancy, huh? It could be kind of fun. You know there are rooms upstairs, right?

Clyde: Yeah. Also, that’s where roman lives, with his girlfriend, who happens to be my ex. And what makes you think roman will ever agree to such a thing in the first place?

Ben: Ciara’s gonna talk to him. She’ll set it all up. And as far as kate goes, you’re a spoken-for man now, anyway, right?

Marlena: You know, you’re right. Ben has worked very hard to overcome his illness and get his life back on track.

Nancy: And so has clyde.

Marlena: Mm. H– how serious are the two of you?

Nancy: Well, we really haven’t put a label on it. Oh, but… marlena, he did give me this beautiful bracelet. Oh. I didn’t want to wear it to the funeral because it was too flashy, but… I could put it back on now. Marlena… I, um, I can’t go back in there. That’s all right, isn’t it? I mean, you can tell abigail’s family that I’m so sorry.

Marlena: Sure. I can do that. Nancy, it’s a beautiful bracelet.

Nancy: It is, isn’t it? Oh, I am one lucky lady.

Shawn: What the hell do you want, evan?

Jan: Hang up! He’s a maniac!

Evan: I know this might be inappropriate, but I just didn’t know how else to go about it.

Shawn: Spit it out or I’m hanging up.

Evan: I wanted to apologize for what I did to your sister and your nephew. I feel awful. I wasn’t in my right state of mind.

Shawn: Oh, because the devil made you do it?

Evan: I’m sorry.

Shawn: You’re sorry? Oh, that’s all you have to say?

Evan: I guess I’m just… I’m just looking for some sort of redemption.

Shawn: Yeah, well, find it someplace else and lose my my number, okay?

Jan: Shawn, what did he say?

Shawn: Look, he– he wanted to apologize for what he did to ciara and bo.

Jan: That’s it? He said he was sorry?

Shawn: I don’t– I don’t know what his deal is, but he…he said he was looking for redemption.

Jan: Did you say redemption?

Orpheus: You’re gonna have to find a way to–

Jan: I’ve been around the block a couple times, all right? If I said I can get it, I’ll get it.

Orpheus: Good, jan. That’s good. I’m gonna… I’m gonna mail you a burner phone. Find a safe place to hide it. And then I’m gonna signal you with a word, a magic word. When you hear the word, you have five minutes to get the phone, get yourself alone, and wait for my call.

Jan: So? What’s the magic word?

Orpheus: “Remption.”

Jan: [Sighs] I don’t know why evan frears thinks he deserves redemption.

Shawn: Listen, can we not talk about evan? Is that okay? All right.

Jan: Yeah.

Shawn: Come on.

Jan: I’m actually starving. Nursing will do that to you. So, do you mind if you can once again save me from the slop in this place and get me a chili cheeseburger from buddy’s?

Shawn: Yes, okay, yeah, I’ll, uh, I’ll be right back, all right?

Jan: Oh, god, come on. Come on! God. Oh. What did orpheus tell evan? Oh, you’re going to ruin everything. I didn’t win the lawsuit, but everybody knows I wrote that song.

Julie: I just can’t believe this. Ciara is leaving town too? I mean, after losing eli and lani and the twins and abigail?

Doug: Well, ciara now is a grown woman, honey. With a family of her own. She has her whole life ahead to settle down. Which she will, eventually. In the meantime, you got me, baby, you got me.

Julie: Oh, of course. Thank god I do.

Doug: Rafe, we won’t keep you any longer. We know you have a lot on your plate.

Rafe: Thank you. Yes, I do.

Julie: Speaking of that, could you tell us has there been any progress in this search to find out who killed abigail?

Rafe: Well, uh, all we know so far is that the killer was able to get into abigail’s bedroom, despite the dimeras’ tight security. There were no signs of forced entry. And, um, we don’t know how the perpetrator got on or off the grounds, and there was no weapon left behind. The only solid clue that we do have is of the jewelry and the money that was stolen. Now, fortunately, chad took pictures of the jewelry, which was quite distinctive. So, we find the jewelry, and we’ll be able to find the killer or person that will lead us to them.

Nancy: Oh. Hello, ben.

Ben: Oh, hey.

Nancy: It’s so nice to see you again.

Ben: Hey, nancy, nice to see you too.

Nancy: Oh.

Ben: Well, I actually have some errands I need to run. Should probably get going. But I just wanted to make sure that you’re okay with all this, dad.

Clyde: Yeah, yeah, it sounds like a hell of an adventure. I’m happy for you. But I’m not gonna lie to you. I’M…gonna miss you and the little one something fierce.

Ben: We’re gonna miss you, too, pop. I know, uh… we spent more time apart than together over the years, and the times that we did have together weren’t always the best…but we’ll be back. And you and I are gonna pick up right where we left off.

Clyde: I’m gonna hold you to that.

Ben: Bye, nancy.

Nancy: Bye. Clyde, what was that all about?

[Phone rings]

Jan: [Gasps] Oh, god. Hello? Yes, I’ll accept the call. I thought you were gonna call me and give me the magic word.

Orpheus: Hello to you too, jan.

Jan: What the hell did you tell evan? Why are you even talking to him anyway? He’s not supposed to know anything about the baby being his–you promised me.

Orpheus: Calm down, jan. He doesn’t know a thing. He’s just a means to an end. I used him to call shawn because he had a plausible reason to call him. And don’t worry about the paternity of shawn christian. It’s a well-kept secret.

Jan: How do you know my baby’s name?

Orpheus: I know all, jan. So don’t cross me. Because I’ll know that too. I kept my end of the bargain. So, did you get shawn’s password to salem pd?

Jan: Yeah. I have it. I have it memorized. And I know things too. So don’t cross me either.

Orpheus: Noted. Let’s have it.

Jan: Okay, ready? It’s lower case x, 92, f as in frank– wait a minute–maybe it’s upper case x, lower case F.

Orpheus: I thought you said you knew things, jan.

Jan: Yeah, just hold on a sec–you’re making me nervous. Um… okay, I got it, I got it. It’s x, 92, f, 5, smiley face emoji, 29.

Orpheus: Smiley face emoji?

Jan: Yeah. You know, the little sideways smiley face?

Orpheus: You mean a colon and a closed parenthesis?

Jan: Yeah. That. The curvy one at the end, not the curvy one at the beginning.

Orpheus: You’re sure? The smiley face isn’t winking, is it, jan?

Jan: I’m positive. No winks.

Orpheus: Okay. Pleasure doing business with you. Time to get to work. My moderate to severe plaque psoriasis…

Nancy: So, out of nowhere, your son decides he’s going to be captain ahab, and he didn’t even consult with you first or officially set up a workable situation for you?

Clyde: He said that ciara would talk to roman.

Nancy: When?

Clyde: They wanted to tell their nearest and dearest first.

Nancy: Okay, so…what if– what if roman decides he doesn’t want to take responsibility for you?

Clyde: I guess it’s back to the slammer for me.

Nancy: Oh, no it’s not! Um…if it turns out that you can’t stay here at the pub, then…

Clyde: What?

Nancy: Maybe you can move in with me?

Marlena: Ben. What a nice surprise. Come in. And hello, little bo.

Ben: Yeah. Fast asleep, as you can see.

Marlena: Hmm. What a shame you couldn’t get a cute baby.

Ben: Oh, thank you. I’m glad you’re home. I know today’s been, uh…

Marlena: A rough one for everybody. I can’t even imagine what abigail’s family is going through, it… can’t be easy for you either.

Ben: I just felt it’d be inappropriate for me to attend the funeral. Can’t help feeling somehow selfish for wanting to grieve her.

Marlena: Of course you would grieve her. Why would that be selfish? Ben, you are such a good and kind man. Believe that, all right? And if I can do anything at all to help, please let me know.

Ben: Thank you. Dr. Evans, that’s actually what I wanted to come talk to you about. Do you offer any type of, um… virtual therapy?

[Elevator bell dings]

Shawn: Oh, hey, sis. What are you doing here?

Ciara: Well, I came to see you.

Shawn: Uh, why? I mean, I just saw you an hour ago.

Ciara: Yeah, well, abigail’s funeral didn’t really seem like the place to tell you.

Shawn: Tell me what?

Evan: So you got what you needed from jan?

Orpheus: Oh, I think so. She knows there’ll be hell to pay if she screwed this up.

Evan: So when you hack into the mainframe or whatever, how long will it be until I see my baby?

Orpheus: In a couple weeks. Months, max.

Evan: Months?

Orpheus: We’re playing the long game, son. 3d chess takes time. I’ll get my guys on it right away. Be patient, my boy.

Evan: [Sighs] I don’t think I can do that.

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Evan: Weeks? Months? He can’t expect me to wait that long to see my son, no way. Where the hell did he put that number? Yes!

[Dark music]

[Line rings]

[Phone rings]

Jan: Hello? Yes, I’ll accept the call. Orpheus, I told you, sideways smiley face, no winks. I’m sure that’s right.

Evan: This isn’t orpheus. It’s evan.

Jan: Evan?

Evan: You remember. Your old friend from prison.

Jan: What do you want?

Evan: I want my baby.

Ciara: Please don’t be mad.

Shawn: Look, I’m not mad, all right? I mean, how could i be mad when I did the exact same thing with belle and claire? And you know what? I don’t regret a single second of it–some of the best times of our life were on the “fancy face iv.”

Ciara: Look, I know you’re going through a lot right now, and trust me, I want to be there for you more than anything, but I– I’m just a video call away. You know that, right?

Shawn: You know what? I’m gonna take you up on that, so watch out.

Ciara: Good. You better. And please come see us off tomorrow. And I promise, watch, I’ll be back before you know it–we’re not gonna spend nearly as much time as you guys did out there. I’m very looking forward to watching baby bo and baby shawn grow up together side-by-side. But in the meantime, I’m really gonna miss you.

Shawn: Not as much as I’m gonna miss you.

Doug: Somehow, I know everything is gonna turn out all right, my darling.

Julie: I just can’t get over so many goodbyes.

Doug: Yes. Eli and lani and jules and carver, and now ciara and ben and little bo. But, honey, they’ll all be coming back.

Julie: Abigail won’t come back. I know I should be grateful. I know I should be counting my blessings for all the years I’ve been here, for all the time with my family, for all the time with you. But I can’t help but think that chad will never have those years with abigail.

Doug: Well, that’s another reason I’m here. I’ll be counting the blessings for both of us. And top of my list is you. I love you. I love you so much, my darling… julie olson williams banning anderson.

[Both laughing]

Julie: I love you, doug. You are the captain of my heart.

Clyde: You want me to move in with you?

Nancy: Oh, that was kind of forward of me, wasn’t it? I mean, we’ve just been seeing each other for a short time and all, and then… why don’t we just forget i mentioned it?

Clyde: No, no, no, it’s very kind of you, I just– I’m a little surprised, is all. You’ve just come through a really difficult divorce.

Nancy: Well, these are extenuating circumstances. I mean, clyde, if things don’t work out with roman, then, well, maybe you’d consider me your backup plan?

Clyde: [Chuckles] Nancy, I would be honored to have you as my backup plan.

[Nancy giggles]

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Jack: [Sighs]

Steve: Jack, I thought we were meeting you at the church.

Jack: [Sighs] Yeah, yeah, I just–I had to get out of the house.

Steve: What happened?

Jack: Gwen called and offered her condolences, and jj… jj didn’t react well.

Kayla: What did he do?

Jack: I don’t really wanna go into it. I wanna talk about abigail.

Kayla: That’s what we’re here for.

Jack: Good, all right, so where are you at? Well, come on. Come on, I’m ready to hear it. Tell me what your latest thinking is.

Steve: Jack…

Jack: Please, steve, talk to me. Tell me who killed my daughter.

Anna: Ej, you were here the night that abigail was attacked. Did you see anyone skulking around, perhaps a british brunette with a very large chip on her shoulder?

Ej: [Clears throat] I, um– no, I was out most of the evening. Shortly after I got back, I heard chad screaming for help and found him holding abigail as she was slipping away.

Anna: Oh, that poor man. I can’t even imagine how awful that must’ve been, walking into his room, finding his wife bleeding to death on their very own bed. I was taking my antidepressant daily,

Lucas: Why would your mother’s kidnapping have anything to do with abigail’s murder?

Will: Because she reached out to me.

Lucas: Who did?

Will: Abigail. She was doing an investigative piece for “the spectator” and asked if we could compare notes.

Lucas: But why would she think you’d know anything?

Will: Because my mom was the victim, and since I’m a reporter too, she probably figured that I’d wanna find out the truth.

Lucas: Wait, so I still don’t get the connection between the murder and the kidnapping.

Will: Abigail called me the night before she died.

Lucas: So?

Will: So I’m sure I’m not the only person that she called. What if someone she tried to tap as a source wasn’t happy that she was looking into this?

Lucas: I guess they wouldn’t talk to her.

Will: And what if word got out to someone directly involved in mom’s kidnapping?

Lucas: I still don’t know where you’re going with this.

Will: Dad, whoever kidnapped mom obviously had a very personal reason to wanna shut abigail down. What if they did? What if they were so desperate to keep her from finding out the truth and putting it out there that they killed her?

Jack: You must have a lead, a suspect, something.

Steve: I’m sorry, jack. Nothing yet. You told me that you were gonna lend your expertise to the police, use your extensive experience as a pi to help them solve this case.

Steve: I am.

Jack: Really? Well, it looks like you’re just sitting here casually just drinking coffee while the rest of us are out there trying to actually find the animal who killed my daughter! Steve, I–you know, I’ve–

Steve: It’s okay. Hey, it’s okay.

Jack: I just–I need something, please. Give me something, something, anything, please.

Kayla: You know, I read that some jewelry was taken from abigail’s bedroom. I mean, don’t they think that maybe it could’ve been a robbery?

Steve: Well, rafe is trying to track down what was taken and see if that leads anywhere.

Jack: But you don’t think it will.

Steve: I think the jewelry is significant, but my instincts are telling me that robbery was not the motive.

Jack: Why not?

Steve: Because nothing else of value was taken from the house, and–

Jack: And? And what?

Steve: Never mind.

Jack: Oh, please, please, no. Steve, you got to tell me. Please?

Steve: The way she was attacked, it seems personal.

Kayla: You think that the person who did this knew her?

Steve: That is what the knife suggests to me.

Kayla: [Sighs]

Steve: It wasn’t random or circumstantial. I think she was targeted.

Jack: Why? If abigail wasn’t killed because she walked in on a robbery, then why? What reason would someone have to want to hurt her?

Ej: [Sighs]

Tony: [Sighs] I’m so sorry about abigail.

[Sighs]

Anna: Mm.

[Sobs] I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry for what I said just now.

Chad: Ah, it’s fine–

Anna: No, it’s not. It was really insensitive. But I didn’t realize you were standing right there.

[Sniffles] How are thomas and charlotte doing?

Chad: They seem okay. I have a number for a therapist if they need to talk to someone. They’re at john and marlena’s right now, getting ready for the funeral.

Tony: They’re coming?

Chad: Yeah. Marlena thinks that it’ll be a good idea mainly because they’re… they’re having a hard time accepting the fact that their mom’s gone. So, um… you know, it’ll just–marlena thinks that it’ll help with the grieving process for them to be able to say goodbye.

Jj: Damn, I sh–I shouldn’t have said that about gwen.

Jennifer: Oh, no, jj, it’s okay. Emotions are running very high right now–

Jj: Which is why I should’ve kept my mouth shut. I didn’t mean to upset dad.

Jennifer: I know, I know, I know.

Jj: It’s just, she called. It set me off. She was horrible to abigail.

Jennifer: Yes, she was.

Jj: Well, at least she’s in a cell now.

Jennifer: Yes, and that is absolutely where she deserves to be. But it makes your father very sad because he really wanted abigail and gwen to make peace so he could have both his daughters in his life, and now…

Jj: He still has me. You both do.

Jennifer: I know. Of course we do, and thank god for that. Anyway, after gwen’s wedding went all to hell, I told your father that I would support whatever he decided he wanted his relationship with gwen to be, but that I would never trust her again.

Jj: And you still feel that way?

Jennifer: Well, yes. I would support your father no matter what.

Jj: I swear, mom, you are a saint.

Jennifer: Oh, no.

[Chuckles] Hardly. But I do try to put myself in your dad’s shoes, and he loves gwen, and when you’re a parent, nothing your child does will ever make you stop loving them.

Jj: I’ve come close a couple times.

Jennifer: Oh, no, no, no, no. Parents may feel anger or disappointment, but that doesn’t change the love. That is forever. When your child is born, they take a piece of your heart. Everything that they feel– pain, joy, love– you feel that right along with them… and when you lose your child, you lose that piece of your heart.

[Crying]

[Dramatic music]

Limu emu

Kate: Jack, I’m so sorry about abigail.

Jack: Thank you, thank you.

Kate: You know that chad is like a son to me, and abigail made him so happy. She was a loving mother and such a loving wife. She’s a wonderful person. I admired her. My condolences to both of you as well.

Steve: Thanks.

Kayla: Thanks, kate.

Kate: So I just couldn’t help overhearing, as I was walking up, you are investigating what happened?

Steve: Well, not officially, just helping out.

Kate: Mm-hmm. Your brother or the police?

Steve: Both.

Kayla: Steve, and roman, and all of us are determined to find out who did this and get justice for abigail.

Kate: Of course. I’m just a little surprised that you’re discussing it today.

Steve: Well, everyone is anxious to get answers. I’m sure you understand, given what you’re going through with your son, with philip.

Kate: Yes–well, yes, but I guess I just assumed that you would be focusing on celebrating abigail’s life, honoring what she meant to all of us, being grateful for all of the people who understand what a tremendous loss it is, and sharing in our grief.

Jack: You’re right. I should be going. I’ll see you all at the service.

Kayla: We’ll see you there.

Lucas: If you think the kidnapper and the murderer are the same person, that means ej killed abigail.

Will: Wasn’t ej’s conviction overturned?

Lucas: Doesn’t mean he’s innocent.

Will: Didn’t the devil plant evidence on his computer?

Lucas: Listen, he framed an already guilty man, okay? This whole thing points at ej. It does; he’s ruthless, he’s heartless. He wanted your mother to pay.

Will: I know you hate him, but do you really think ej would stab abigail to death? Abigail was his family.

Lucas: You’re right. You’re right, okay? Maybe that’s a little bit too far, even for him, even if he was in a dark place, and his back was against the wall.

[Sighs] You know what? We should get to the church. Why don’t I give you a lift?

Will: No, I’m, uh, I’m meeting sonny. I’ll see you over there.

Lucas: You sure?

Will: Yeah.

Lucas: Okay. I love you.

Will: Love you.

Lucas: Hey, listen, about your theory about ej, son, I wouldn’t tell chad about this.

Will: Dad, the man’s about to bury his wife. Do you really think I would just tell him that maybe his brother was the one who killed her?

[Dramatic music]

Chad: Will’s in town, so he and sonny drove me over here so I could get dressed for the funeral.

Ej: We have a little time, so why don’t you visit with tony and anna, then I’ll have harold press your suit.

Chad: I’m sure that it’s fine.

Ej: I was gonna have him freshen up some of my wardrobe anyway, so why don’t I get him to bring your suit to my room, and–

Chad: Stop, all right? I know what you’re doing, and I appreciate it, but I have to go in the room at some point.

Anna: But it doesn’t have to be today.

Chad: I’ll be all right. I can do it.

We really had our hands full with our two-year-old.

Kayla: I don’t know why I agreed to do this. I should’ve told jack to find somebody else–find somebody who can write.

Steve: [Sighs] Baby, you’re overthinking it.

Kayla: No, I don’t want to disappoint anybody.

[Sighs] Especially abigail, not the way I disappointed her that night.

Steve: Sweetness, please.

Kayla: I know that I did everything in my power to save her. But I couldn’t! I mean, the least I could do is let everybody know how much she means to me. I just don’t know how.

[Chuckles] What are you doing?

Steve: Telling you how much you mean to me. You understood that, right?

Kayla: You said you loved me.

Steve: I didn’t say anything. But I did speak from my heart. I expressed myself. That’s all you need to do. Nobody knows how to do that better than you.

Jack: Where’s your mother?

Jj: She’s upstairs trying to find the necklace abigail gave her.

Jack: I should help her find that.

Jj: Hey, dad, I’m sorry about what I said before. I shouldn’t have blown up like that, especially today.

Jack: I shouldn’t have stormed out.

Jj: Well, you’re angry. I’m angry too.

Jack: You are certainly entitled to your feelings about gwen after everything that she did to this family.

Jj: I’m not angry about gwen. I’m angry about abigail.

[Sniffles] Why did this happen?

Jack: I don’t know.

Jj: I miss her. I miss her.

Jack: Me too, son. Me too.

Anna: Jennifer wrote such a lovely tribute to abigail.

Ej: Mm, she really did.

Tony: But how sad for a mother to have to write her own daughter’s obituary.

Anna: Oh. It’s an unimaginable loss, mostly, of course, for abigail’s immediate family, but for all of us really. I honestly don’t know how we’re all supposed to go on without her.

[Soft music]

My asthma felt anything but normal.

Steve: All done?

Kayla: I think so. Thank you. You really helped me.

Steve: Good, I’m glad.

Kayla: You know, when you signed to me, I realized that I was limiting myself, thinking there was only one way to express my feelings about abigail. But that’s not true. There are words that I can use that say how much I love her without writing a eulogy.

Steve: What do you mean?

Kayla: I have been a part of so many ceremonies where somebody read something beautiful, and moving, and so suited to the occasion, but they didn’t write it themselves.

Steve: You mean like a song?

Kayla: Or maybe a poem. I remember abigail telling me that she loved E.E. Cummings. So I thought who better to help me express how much I loved her. You wanna hear it?

Steve: Yeah.

Kayla: “I carry your heart with me. I carry it in my heart. I am never without it. Anywhere I go, you go, my dear, and whatever is done by only me, is your doing, my darling.”

Jennifer: [Crying]

[Sighs]

[Soft music]

Kayla: “I fear no fate…” “for you are my fate, my sweet.”

“I want no world, for beautiful you are my world, my true… and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you.”

Tony: [Sighs]

Kayla: “Here is the deepest secret nobody knows. Here is the root of the root, and the bud of the bud, and the sky of the sky of a tree called life, which grows higher than a soul can hope or a mind can hide, and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart. I carry your heart.”

“I carry it in my heart.”

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[Dramatic music]

Paulina: How are you doing, baby?

Lani: I’m holding on. Justin told me how you put the screws to trask to get this plea deal. Thank you.

Paulina: No need to ever thank me. I spent 30 years pretending you weren’t my daughter. No way I’m letting trask or anybody else take my baby away from me.

Julie: Eli, it’s time. I’m gonna dress jules and carver right now.

Eli: Okay.

Julie: Sweetheart, statesville is just a short drive away, and you and I, and all the people that love her are gonna take the twins to visit lani every chance we get.

Eli: Yeah.

[Doorbell rings] Hey.

Rafe: Hey, man. Yeah, listen, I’m sorry to do this, but about lani’s deal, there’s a problem.

[Quiet dramatic music]

Kristen: [Sighs]

Guard: Dimera, you have a visitor.

Kristen: A visitor? Who is it?

[Dramatic music]

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Eli: Don’t tell me trask is backing out of the deal. She just signed off on it a few hours ago.

Rafe: Lani’s problem isn’t with trask or with the deal.

Eli: What’s going on?

Rafe: The problem is with the prisoner we already have in custody.

Kristen: I am surprised to see you.

Brady: Well, you used your only phone call to reach out to me, didn’t you?

Kristen: I was hoping you’d bring rachel to visit me.

Brady: Well, I didn’T.

Kristen: Yeah, I can see that.

Brady: Just trying to protect her. As she gets older, it’s getting harder and harder to keep the truth away from her.

Kristen: And what truth is that, brady?

Brady: That her mother has done horrible things and that her mother is a criminal.

[Dramatic music]

Xander: Oh, there’s my favorite ex-wife.

Chanel: Right, your ex-wife with the big mouth. Sorry about the other day. I thought for sure sarah knew we were married.

Xander: Oh, don’t worry about it. She’s fine with it.

Chanel: Really? Like, fine-fine?

Xander: Sarah has absolutely no problem with you at all.

Chanel: Oh.

Sarah: Get the hell away from him, you bitch!

[Tense electronic music]

Migraine attacks?

Chanel: I thought you said she didn’t have a problem with me.

Xander: That’s what she told me.

Sarah: I warned you. Stay away!

Chanel: What the hell?

Xander: Sarah, what the hell are you doing?

Sarah: I’m saving you from kristen dimera. I’m saving your life!

[Dramatic music]

Kristen: So you came down here to what, insult me? You didn’t think I was suffering enough, so you came down here to remind me what a terrible person I am?

Brady: No, kristen, I came here to ask you one question. Did you frame me for what happened to philip?

Kristen: How–

Brady: And do you know if he’s dead or alive?

Kristen: Oh, my gosh.

[Laughs] How many times do I have to say it, and how many different ways? I had nothing to do with philip’s disappearance, and why do you even care?

Brady: Why do I even care? Why in the hell would you even ask me that?

Kristen: Oh… [Chuckles] Right. It’s really obvious why you care, because if philip is alive, he might just come between you and chloe.

Lani: Listen, I–I know you risked everything for me, and my confessing can put you in trouble, so I will tell them that I asked you to lie.

Paulina: Oh, here we go again. Look, like I told you, I’m going to be fine.

Lani: Yeah, but trask is not gonna let this go.

Paulina: Well, I’m not afraid of her. What I’m afraid of right now is that my daughter, instead of being proud of herself for what she did–instead of making peace with her decision, she’s worrying about her mama.

Lani: How can I not worry? I mean, ugh, what you did for me–my god, I couldn’t take it anymore. Like, you understand why I confessed?

Paulina: Yes, yes.

Lani: Don’t you?

Paulina: Yes, baby. I understand, I understand. You’ve explained it all to me. We’ve been over this–

Lani: I tried to keep quiet, and the more that I stuffed it down, the more that tr kept haunting me, and everywhere I went, I saw him, and he just kept reminding me of what I did, and I knew that it would not stop unless I did something about it.

Theo: Maybe I shouldn’t leave today.

Abe: No, mm-mm. Son, you have to live your life. Your sister understands.

Theo: You know, when we found out that lani’s not really my sister, I thought things might change.

Abe: But they haven’t, have they?

Theo: If anything, we’ve grown closer because we chose it, you know? And I know it’s the same for you.

Abe: Yeah, it is. You know, I’m blessed to have two wonderful children– you and lani. I could not love you more.

Rafe: Yeah, so it’s no secret that there’s some bad blood between your wife and vivian alamain.

Eli: So what? What does that old bat have to do with lani’s plea deal?

Rafe: Well, I just got word from one of our prison informants that vivian knows that lani is set to enter statesville.

Eli: Oh, my god.

Rafe: Yeah, and she has made it clear that lani is on her hit list. Now, vivian’s been thrown into solitary, but she’s a–you know, she’s got some dangerous allies on the inside, people who would not hesitate to hurt lani. It’s not safe for her there.

Eli: What’s the alternative?

Rafe: Well, the alternative is that she serve out her sentence at another facility.

Eli: Where?

Rafe: Right.

Eli: Rafe, these are all out of state.

Rafe: I know.

Eli: Then how are we supposed to visit? I mean, lani will go crazy if she’s not close to the kids.

Rafe: Yeah, I, uh– I don’t know man, I just– I don’t see any other way.

[Uneasy music]

Eli: Wait a minute. I think I have an idea how this will work. Time. It’s life’s most precious commodity,

Xander: Sarah…

Sarah: What are you doing?

Xander: That–that is not kristen dimera.

Sarah: What?

Xander: It’s chanel.

Chanel: What is going on?

Sarah: Oh, my god. Chanel, I’m so sorry.

Chanel: Uh, yeah, no worries. I got someplace I need to be.

Sarah: What did I do?

Xander: Hey, it’s okay. Nobody got hurt.

Sarah: Why do I keep– I can’t believe that this is still happening. Oh, my god, xander.

[Sniffles] I can’t get away from her. I can’t get away from kristen dimera.

[Dramatic music]

Kristen: So you and chloe are together, aren’t you?

Brady: How did you know that?

Kristen: Oh, I make it my business to know what or who the father of my child is doing. What, are you gonna stand there and deny it?

Brady: No, I won’t deny it. We are a couple. We are together despite your best efforts to try to keep us apart.

Kristen: Well, it turns out I was right, wasn’t I? All that time you claimed to be in love with me, you were just angling to be with her. Here’s something you need to know, brady. I’m not giving up, not on our daughter, and not on you. Chloe may have won this battle, but I will definitely win the next.

Brady: No, no, no, this is not a war. This is not a battle, kristen. This is my life. How many people do you wanna make collateral damage by trying to insert yourself into my life and rachel’s? It’s never gonna happen. It will never happen.

[Intriguing music]

Theo: Mom’s side of the family is far from traditional. But I saw how my nonno loved kristen and peter just as much as his biological children.

Abe: Well, there’s not much I agree with stefano dimera on, but in this, he was right. Family is what you make of it.

Theo: Oh, we better get to the station so we can see lani.

Abe: Right, yeah, and uh, we need to make one stop along the way.

Lani: I watched you and dad, so happy and hopeful about your future, and I realized that I couldn’t live with this lie any longer.

Paulina: Oh, poor baby, it must’ve been eating you up.

Lani: Do you understand why I had to take responsibility for my father’s murder?

Paulina: Oh, I understand better than anyone. I know all too well what it’s like having that man haunt you.

Lani: Of course you do.

Paulina: But because of you, lani, he won’t be able to hurt anybody anymore. You saved us, and I will forever be grateful. Come on, honey. Oh… you know I’m gonna be the first in line every day when they allow visitors and on some of those days that they don’T.

Lani: [Laughs] So what, are you gonna just talk your way into the state penitentiary?

Paulina: Girl, girl, have you met me?

Lani: [Laughs]

Paulina: [Sighs]

Eli: So what do you think of my idea?

Rafe: I, um, think I hate it.

[Chuckles] But I’ll make some calls and see if I can make it happen.

Eli: Thank you.

Rafe: Yeah, buddy. You hang in there, pal, all right?

Eli: Yeah.

Rafe: It’s all gonna work out.

Eli: I hope so.

Rafe: Yeah. Talk to you soon.

Eli: Okay.

Julie: Eli, was that rafe?

Eli: Yeah, yeah, that was rafe. I was just talking to him about some stuff– just about today. Grandma, I need to talk to you. Why don’t you have a seat?

Julie: What’s wrong? Is lani okay?

Eli: Yeah, lani’s fine. Please, have a seat, grandma. So it looks like lani’s gonna have to spend her time a bit further away from home than we expected.

Julie: Oh, no, that’s terrible. Well, my heart would break in two if you and the twins had to move far away.

Eli: Well, I hope you don’t mean that, because the twins and I–we can’t be far away from lani. We may have to leave salem. And tonight’s winning numbers are 18,

Kristen: What is this collateral damage you’re talking about?

Brady: [Scoffs] You want me to run down a list of the people that have gotten hurt in your cross fire? Wanna start with sarah?

Kristen: Oh, what about her?

Brady: What about her? You stole her life, kristen. She’s an innocent victim in one of your damn schemes.

Kristen: Oh, whatever, brady. I heard that she and xander are back together again, so no harm, no foul, right?

Brady: Wrong. Even from in here, you are still torturing her.

Sarah: I’ve been on the adjusted dose for two weeks, and I just thought that this was going to stop.

Xander: Um, well, they had said it might take some time. Just take a breath. I’d hate for you to, you know, do something you might later regret.

Sarah: Ugh, you mean, like, murder your ex-wife?

Xander: Yeah, like that.

Sarah: [Sighs] No, you’re right. Ugh, kristen’s probably, like, a million miles away from salem right now anyway.

Rafe: Well, I’m afraid that’s not true. Kristen is currently down at the station.

Xander: Wait, she’s in custody?

Rafe: Yes, she is, till they transfer her back to statesville, where they will hopefully lock her up and throw away the key.

Eli: So if rafe can make it happen, there’s a minimum security facility in maryland. It’s about a 30-minute drive from my mother’s house in D.C.

Julie: What about your job?

Eli: Well, a good cop can always find work. You remember my old fbi mentor, billy?

Julie: Uh, yes, of course I do.

Eli: Well, he’s always asking me to rejoin the bureau. I’m sure he can find me a job in a office in D.C.

Julie: Sounds like a plan.

Eli: I hope so.

Julie: Yeah. Yeah, I hope it all works out. Well, I’ll get jules and carver–

Eli: Oh, grandma…

Julie: It just–I knew I was going to be saying goodbye to lani today. I… I didn’t expect I’d be losing you and the twins too.

Paulina: Mm.

Abe: Oh.

Paulina: [Chuckles]

Abe: Can I get in on this?

Paulina: Oh, abraham! Oh, no, no–abraham, now, uh-uh. Don’t you start crying now. We’ve already finished with that part already.

Lani: And, dad, I am not going that far, and it’s not forever. So save your tears.

Abe: What if I told you these were happy tears?

Lani: [Laughs]

Abe: Well, before you go, could I get you to sign these papers for me?

Lani: What is it?

[Dramatic music]

Oh, my god.

Paulina: What? Wh–what? What is this all about?

Lani: Dad, are you serious?

Paulina: Abe?

Lani: You wanna adopt me?

Paulina: Oh!

[Both chuckle]

Abe: You’re my daughter in every way that counts. I just– I just wanna make it legal.

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Brady: Thanks to the drug that you injected sarah with– not to mention the extra dose that your friend gwen gave her– she’s having hallucinations still. You know, she had an episode the other day where she attacked victor.

Kristen: Well, you don’t have to be hallucinating to wanna do that.

Brady: This is not a joke.

Kristen: [Sighs] I am just saying that your grandfather has always had a way of bringing out violent impulses.

Brady: [Sighs] You just don’t get it, do you? You can’t take responsibility for your actions.

Kristen: Well, I’m in here, aren’t I?

Brady: But you have zero empathy for the people that you hurt, and I have to think long and hard as to whether it’s even a good idea for you to see rachel ever again.

Kristen: You don’t get to decide that. I am her mother, brady.

Brady: [Sighs]

Kristen: What is this?

Brady: This is a valentine that your daughter made for her mother.

Kristen: [Sighs] You–you’re about 4 1/2 months late, brady.

Brady: I didn’t know where to send it. I held onto it so I could get it to you.

[Tender music]

Kristen: [Laughs] “Will you be my valentine, mommy? I love you, and I miss you.”

Brady: After they transfer you to statesville, we’ll talk again.

Xander: Oh, no, where are you going?

Sarah: To see kristen.

Xander: Oh, I don’t think that’s a very good idea.

Sarah: She and gwen are the reason I’m like this.

Xander: At least let me come with you.

Sarah: No. I need to do this alone.

Xander: You know how dangerous she can be.

Sarah: She’s locked up. There are guards and iron bars between us. There’s nothing she can do to hurt me anymore.

Xander: But what about what you can do to her?

Julie: You know, even now, when I look at you, I see traits of your father. You have–you have david’s slow, wonderful smile, and–and the way you love, eli–so fiercely and so true.

Eli: He must’ve got that from you.

Julie: My son, david, was so young when his life was cut short. But then– then you came to salem. What a gift. What a wonderful gift for me.

Eli: For me too.

Julie: [Chuckles] Almost like having another son. Of course, I didn’t raise you, and valerie did this terrific job because you’re an extraordinary fella, and we really bonded, didn’t we?

Eli: Yeah.

[Chuckles] Yeah, pretty much.

Julie: [Laughs] Pretty much. And we’re so completely different, but we’re kindred spirits, and even if we disagree about things–important things–I know that you know we’re always on each other’s team.

Eli: Like right now.

Julie: Like right now. All I wanna do is lock you in a box and keep you in salem forever.

Eli: [Laughs]

Julie: I’m not gonna do it… ’cause you leaving is right. It’s what’s right for your family.

[Dramatic music]

[Crying] It’s gonna hurt like hell to let you go.

[Crying]

Chanel: Hey, you.

Theo: Hey, chanel.

Chanel: Hey. What’s going on in there?

Theo: Um, my dad brought a surprise for lani: Adoption papers.

Chanel: Really?

Theo: Yeah, he wants to make it official. He’s gonna ask your sister to be his lawful daughter, which means that she’s gonna be my sister again too.

Chanel: She was always your sister.

Theo: Yeah.

Chanel: So what does that make us?

Theo: [Chuckles] Uh, family.

Chanel: Family.

Theo: [Chuckles]

Lani: I–I had no idea you were doing this.

Abe: Well, it was kind of a last-minute thing, and–

Lani: [Laughs]

Abe: So, um…

[Sniffles] If you would just sign this, and I will file it with the county clerk, and we’ll be good to go.

Lani: [Chuckles] It’s already a done deal in my heart, dad.

Abe: [Chuckles]

Lani: Let the record show that I am your daughter.

[Both laugh]

Paulina: Amen!

Lani: [Laughing] Um… there’s one other thing that needs to be made right before I go. I have made it a point to always let you know that tamara would always be my mother, and that you would just be my auntie P. But now I’ve seen all that you have done for me and all the sacrifices that you have made for me, and I can say for sure now that you are my mother too.

[Chuckles]

Julie: Okay, no more maudlin moments.

Eli: [Chuckles]

Julie: Time to get you and the twins ready to go to the police station to be with lani.

[Sniffles]

Eli: Uh, grandma, I’m not ready yet.

Julie: Oh, why not?

Eli: I’d like to spend a few more moments with a woman I love and admire–my hero.

Julie: [Chuckles]

[Record scratches]

[Old blues music plays]

Eli: Grandma? One last dance before I go?

[Both laugh]

Julie: Why, of course, sir. Glad you picked a slow one.

[Both laugh] I think this is one of david’s favorites.

Eli: I picked it out of the collection you gave me when I first came to salem.

Julie: Perfect. I’m gonna miss you… a lot.

Eli: I’m gonna miss you too. But hey, I’ll be back before you know it, and you and doug better visit.

Julie: [Laughs] Visit? Visit–my gosh. We’re gonna be the houseguests from hell–never leave.

[Both laugh]

Eli: Well, I’m looking forward to it, because I want you to be a part of jules and carver’s lives.

Julie: Don’t say another thing. I’ll start crying again.

Eli: You and me both, grandma. I love you.

Julie: I love you so…

Singer: Come home, yeah!

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Paulina: You made a couple of slips and called me mama, but this isn’t that, is it? This is–this is for real? You really think of me as your mama?

Lani: Since the day I was born, you have tried to protect me and keep me safe even when I didn’t know it, and that is what a mother does. You sacrificed your own happiness for mine. You fought for me, and I am so thankful to have you in my life. I love you, mama.

Paulina: I love you too, baby.

Lani: [Chuckles]

[Sniffles]

Paulina: Oh, baby.

Lani: [Sniffling]

[Dramatic music]

Sarah: Looks like somebody finally has a heart.

Chanel: [Sighs]

Lani: Thank you for being here. I love you two so much.

Chanel: I love you, too, and I hear congratulations are in order–for all of you.

Abe: Oh, thank you. Thank you, chanel.

Lani: Turns out this day isn’t all that bad.

Eli: Did I miss some good news?

Lani: Uh, dad surprised me. Um, he’s adopting me.

Julie: No kidding?

[Laughter]

Abe: Yeah, it’s–she’s already my daughter, and we’re gonna make it official–again.

Lani: Pretty great, huh? And how lucky am I?

Julie: Oh, I think it’s clear that abe has gotten the good end of the deal.

[Laughter]

Abe: Oh, yeah, you don’t have to tell me.

Eli: That’s–that’s good news. Nah, I’m sorry, that’s great news. But I have some news as well.

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Paulina: Just give me five minutes alone in a room with this vivian alamain, and we’ll see–we’ll see if she still wants to mess with our daughter.

Eli: As entertaining as that sounds, I’m afraid lani going to statesville is not an option.

Lani: Wait, what? Then where am I going?

Eli: There’s a minimum security facility in maryland. Rafe’s trying to work out a transfer.

Abe: Maryland?

Eli: It’s a short drive from my mother’s house. Baby, if rafe can make this happen, the twins and I are going with you.

Lani: You’re gonna–you’re gonna move to D.C.?

Paulina: With the twins?

Lani: Honey, should– shouldn’t we talk about this before you decide on it?

Rafe: It’s done.

Eli: You got the approval?

Rafe: I did, yeah. Lani can serve out her sentence at the facility in maryland, and well, as far as prisons go, it’s a nice, safe place.

Lani: I can’t believe you are doing this for me.

Eli: Lani, everything that I do is for you.

Lani: [Sighs]

Rafe: Hey, I’m glad it worked out for you.

[Indistinct] It’s a drag to be losing two of my best cops, though… and my best friends.

Lani: Thank you, boss.

Rafe: Yeah. Hey, you take care of yourself, all right?

Lani: Mm-hmm.

[Sniffles]

Eli: I’m gonna miss you.

Rafe: Yeah, man. Same here. Go ahead.

Sarah: Thanks to you and your partner in crime, I’ve been seeing your face all over town.

Kristen: Mm, I heard about your hallucinations.

Sarah: You destroyed my life, kristen. I’m doing everything I can to get it back.

Kristen: Good luck with that.

Sarah: [Chuckles] Well, at least I know that the real you is in here, and you can’t hurt anyone else. I hope they never let you out.

[Door clicks shut]

Rafe: Well, I will let you all say your goodbyes, and I’ll ask detective grant to take you to transport, all right?

Eli: Thank you.

Rafe: Yeah.

Lani: Thank you.

Rafe: All right.

Julie: You’re the last person in the world that even needs to hear this– but you must be strong for your husband, for your babies.

Lani: I will do my best, and if I start to wear down, I’ll just ask myself, “what would julie do?”

[Chuckles]

Julie: What a great notion. Do you suppose we could make that a rule for everybody to follow?

[Laughter] I love you so.

Lani: I love you.

[Chuckles]

Chanel: I just got used to having a big sister around.

Theo: I know what you mean.

Lani: [Sniffles]

[Sighs] You’ll still have a big sister, and don’t think that I’m not gonna be calling you both and giving you grief and asking you all the annoying questions about your love life.

[Laughter]

Chanel: Oh, girl, don’t even.

[Both siffling]

Lani: Make me proud, you two, okay? Come here. I know we just made it official–

[Chuckles] But I–I really don’t know what I would’ve done if I didn’t have you these past few years.

[Both laugh]

Abe: Oh… you know, I, um… I suspect–I know that you would’ve done all right. You’re a wonder. You’re a wonder, lani, and uh, my world is a better place because you’re in it, and I love you.

[Sniffles] I love you forever… and a day.

Lani: [Sniffles] I love you, too, dad. I love you so much.

Abe: Oh…

Lani: [Sniffles]

Abe: I know I don’t have to tell you this, but take care of my little girl, all right?

Eli: There’s nothing more I’d rather do.

Paulina: And if you don’t, you’re gonna have to answer to me too.

Eli: [Chuckles] Yeah, I’ve been listening to you ever since you came to salem, paulina.

Paulina: [Laughs] A man who knows his place– he’s a keeper.

[Laughter]

Lani: Don’t I know it?

Paulina: [Laughs]

Paulina: Lani, I–

[Both sigh]

Lani: There’s something new– paulina price, speechless.

Paulina: Ooh, I got plenty of words, little girl.

Lani: [Laughs]

Paulina: It’s just that none of them change the fact that this all ends in us saying goodbye.

Lani: Yeah.

Paulina: Could you just– could you say it–say it for me one more time? Just, you know, say it slow, but I know you mean it.

Lani: Mom.

Paulina: Yeah, could you say it louder?

Lani: Mom, mom, mom.

[Laughs]

Paulina: Oh…

Lani: I love you, mom.

Paulina: Oh, I love you too. Oh, I love you so much, lani, and I’m just–I’m so–I’m so proud of you every second of every day! And just know that I promise– I promise I’m gonna see you. I’m gonna see you. I’m gonna see you soon.

Abe: You know, we’ll all– we’ll all get through this together.

Lani: [Sniffling] Yeah.

[Sighs] Oh, my sweet carver and jules. Ah, look at you two. My babies, mama’s going on a little trip, okay? But daddy promises to bring you to see me as soon as he can, okay? And I will never, ever stop thinking of you, and even when we’re apart, we’re gonna be together, okay? Right here. Right here. I love you, my angels. Mama loves you so much. I love you. Okay, okay. I love you. I love you.

Paulina: Hello.

[Baby talk]

Eli: Ready?

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Theo:You didn’t have to buy my coffee.

Chanel: Well, I owe you. I didn’t wanna be alone with big mama all the way to o’hare.

Theo: [Chuckles] You know, I didn’t mind going. Big mama’s–she’s funny. Everything she thinks comes straight out of her mouth.

Chanel: Mm-hmm, and she wants to be in everybody’s business, especially mine. I don’t think she’s ready for a fluid granddaughter.

Theo: You know, I don’t think my folks are ready for a kid on the spectrum, but I think it worked out. They got used to it.

Chanel: Thanks for saying that.

[Sighs] I got enough to worry about right now. We both do.

Theo: [Sighs] I still can’t believe that lani, at our dad’s wedding, stood up and said that she was the one who shot that guy.

Chanel: Yeah, I knew something was bothering her, but I didn’t think it was that.

Theo: How’s paulina taking it?

Chanel: [Sighs] It’s killing her that she couldn’t protect lani. That’s why I said I’d take big mama to the airport. Her and abe deserve at least one morning together. That’s probably all the honeymoon they’re gonna get.

[Both moaning]

Abe: [Chuckles]

Paulina: [Sighs] Ooh, I woke up this morning, and for a minute, I thought that our wedding was just a dream, and then I saw you beside me.

[Both laugh] Oh, I feel truly blessed, abraham.

Abe: Oh. Two dreams came true in the park yesterday.

Paulina: [Laughs] Oh, look, this is our first morning as married people, and your breakfast is already on the table!

Abe: Oh, cooked, huh?

Paulina: Uh-huh, indeed I did. My world-famous omelets.

Abe: Uh…

Paulina: Voil!

Abe: Yeah, they, uh–they look great. They look great.

Paulina: [Chuckles]

Abe: All right. Let’s see here.

Paulina: Uh-huh. [Chuckles]

Abe: The proof is in the egg.

Paulina: [Laughs]

Abe: Mmm.

Paulina: Mmm– oh, that’s terrible! Mm-mm!

[Gags] It’s all dried out! I must’ve cooked it too long.

Abe: [Chuckling]

Paulina: Oh. Ooh. Oh, no.

Abe: It’s all right. It’s all right. Your mind is on lani, and so is mine.

Paulina: Oh, abe. Oh, I worked her whole life to protect her from ray coates, and he got to her anyway! Oh, abe, what’s gonna happen to my little girl?

[Whimpers]

Julie: So tell me about lani. How is she holding up?

Eli: She’s strong.

Julie: I know that.

Eli: And she has justin for a lawyer.

Julie: And he’s the best.

Eli: Yeah, but he has to get the da to agree to a plea deal, and I’m praying that he can keep lani from doing any prison time.

Julie: Every single person at that wedding was ready to take a vow of silence about her confession. She did not have to go to the police and turn herself in.

Eli: I told her that.

Julie: Well, she should’ve listened to you.

Eli: Yeah, she should’ve, but she figured she has to go through this to get past it. My wife’s a better person than I am.

Julie: Don’t say that, sweetheart.

Eli: Justin has to cut that deal for her.

Julie: With melinda trask.

Eli: Yeah, I know, grandma. I know.

Justin: Thank you for making time for me today. I just wanna finalize lani’s plea agreement before the hearing today.

Melinda: Sit down.

Justin: Thank you. I thought we made some real progress last night on the phone. Let’s see here–one count of involuntary manslaughter, two to three years, minimum security facility. I’m pretty sure the judge will sign off on this.

Melinda: Maybe she will, but I won’T.

Justin: That’s not what you said last night.

Melinda: I know what I said. But then I gave it more thought. Lani grant shot her own father to death–an unarmed man who had done nothing to her. If you think I’m gonna let her skate, then you don’t know me that well.

[Door clicks open]

Lani: What’s up, pete?

Pete: You have a visitor.

Lani: That’s why they brought me down? Who is it?

Kristen as susan: Hey, it’s me! [Laughs] Ooh, wait, you know, I know this is a surprise, and I know you don’t know me from a bale of hay, but, detective lani price, I need to talk to you.

Lani: Why?

Kristen as susan: I had me one of my premonitions.

Lani: About me? What? What is it?

Kristen as susan: Well, something told me that you needed to see your best friend.

Lani: Kristen?

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[Soft orchestration]

Justin: If this is your idea of a joke, it’s not funny.

Melinda: I’m not known for my sparkling sense of humor.

Justin: [Chuckles] Ray coates may not have done anything directly to lani on the day that he died, but lani’s husband had just remembered that it was ray who shot him. So lani left eli’s hospital room and went directly to her mother’s apartment, where she found her father lying on the ground unconscious. For all she knew, abe was dead, and her mother was next.

Melinda: Okay, save all of this for your summation. Detective grant should’ve arrested coates and run him in. You know I’m right.

Justin: Which is why I agreed to two to three years. Look, detective grant turned herself in.

Melinda: Yeah, took her long enough.

Justin: She is a decorated police officer with a spotless record.

Melinda: Spotless? Are you kidding me?

Justin: I went over it last night!

Melinda: Some things don’t make it on the record. Things get whitewashed.

Justin: Are you talking about stefan dimera? You know damn well that lani only fired that shot because vivian alamain pulled a gun on her. Stefan took that shot for his mother. Ia ruled that it was a clean shoot.

Melinda: This isn’t about stefan dimera. I’m talking about detective grant and what she did for her friend kristen dimera.

Lani: You do realize you’re in a building full of cops, kristen?

Kristen: Yeah, but the getup fooled you, didn’t it?

Lani: It won’t fool them. You used the same getup to walk out of here. You think they don’t remember that?

Kristen: Seems to me you need to worry about yourself.

Lani: I am. I’m scared to death.

Kristen: I know you are. I heard that coates guy shot eli. There was no way I was gonna leave you in here to deal with this alone.

Lani:Ot with it alone.

Kristen: You got me out of here once, and now I’m gonna return the favor.

Lani: Wait, what?

Kristen: Mm-hmm. Everything is all set, and that is no joke. By tonight, you won’t have to worry about spending one minute behind bars.

Abe: Oh, waffles. My favorite.

Paulina: They’re frozen, and the syrup is sugar-free.

Abe: Ah, don’t worry about it. You know, I am having as hard a time getting into the spirit of the honeymoon as you are. But in every way that counts, lani is our daughter.

Paulina: Oh, abe. She is, isn’t she?

[Knocking at door] Mm, now who could that be?

Abe: Don’t know.

Paulina: [Coughs] You?

Abe: Beth? What are you doing here?

Paulina: I thought you left town.

Beth: I heard about what happened to lani. I had to come back. I had to tell her how sorry I am.

Abe: About what?

Beth: For not stopping ray coates when I could have. I have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.

Chanel: [Sighs] You finding anything?

Theo: Bunch of stuff about lani’s arrest. Nothing about her getting a deal.

Chanel: Yeah, me too.

Theo: Maybe we just give it a little while. My dad said the hearing’s not even until this afternoon. Look, I’m worried about her too. But the press isn’t gonna have anything to report until the da signs off on a deal.

Chanel: You’re right. You’re better at these things than I am.

Theo: No, I just know salem better than you do. But I’m just as worried about her as you are. That little thing olivia did, getting everybody together down at the station to show our support for lani? It meant a lot to her.

Chanel: It did. I could tell.

Theo: And even with everything that happened, yesterday was amazing. First day that salem had ever celebrated juneteenth, and your mom and my dad were the ones who did it.

Chanel: They did.

Theo: And the wedding was great, including your catch of the bouquet.

Chanel: Uh, just because I caught that thing doesn’t mean I have to be the next person to get married.

Theo: No, but you could be. You just have to decide which twin you wanna spend your life with.

Eli: Grandma, jules is probably gonna be a handful. I’ve had trouble getting her down. Lani’s the one who had the magic touch with that.

Julie: Now, sweetheart, I want you to remember justin is as good as it gets, and I want you to be confident, and I want you to forget about blaming yourself for letting lani turn herself into the police.

Eli: It’s not only that, grandma.

Julie: What do you mean?

Eli: Look, when I remembered that it was tr that shot me, I blurted it out to lani when I should’ve kept my mouth shut and called rafe.

Julie: You had just come out of a coma, sweetheart.

Eli: Yeah, but I told her right before she went to paulina’s house and shot tr.

Julie: Well, you had no control over that.

Eli: Grandma, there’s more. I was okay letting paulina go to prison for lani.

Julie: You were trying to protect your family, darling.

Eli: So was lani. She confessed because she wants the kids to be able to have a mother that they can look up to. I gotta get to the precinct.

Julie: Okay.

Eli: Grandma, thank you for watching the kids on such short notice. I know you got a lot going on.

Julie: Don’t even think about me. You go and see lani, and be sure to tell justin that he’s got to get the best deal he possibly can for her out of melinda trask.

Eli: Thank you.

[Door clicks shut]

Justin: What does kristen dimera have to do with this?

Melinda: Surely you haven’t forgotten that kristen stabbed your uncle victor and escaped custody. She didn’t do that on her own. She was aided and abetted by her friend, detective grant.

Justin: Where did you get that?

Melinda: If you really didn’t know about it, it’s because abe carver made sure the police department closed ranks around the person he believed was his daughter.

Justin: [Sighs] Where’s your proof?

Melinda: Oh, I can prove it. Trust me. Spotless record, you say. It has more spots than a freakin’ dalmatian. Detective grant has been taking the law into her own hands whenever she feels like it, and she’s been getting away with it. But that is going to stop today.

Lani: You gotta get out of here while you still can. It is not your job to save me.

Kristen: Oh, so you’re gonna let the da railroad you?

Lani: No, I’m not. I hired justin. He is trying to get the charges reduced to involuntary manslaughter with the minimum sentence.

Kristen: And one minute away from your children is one minute too many, speaking from bitter personal experience.

Lani: Kristen, I know how much you miss rachel.

Kristen: No, you don’T. No, you don’t–not yet. But if you get sent to prison, you are gonna find out the hard way.

Lani: I am at peace with my decision. Look, I know you risked everything coming here, and I love you for it. But I am asking you to go–now.

Abe: What could you have done to change what lani did?

Beth: All I had to do was speak up. Tr made me tell everybody that he was clean and sober and not violent anymore.

[Sighs] I knew better, but I did it anyway, and as usual, he had a way to make me keep my mouth shut.

Abe: And what was that?

Beth: [Sighs] A part. A lousy part in a movie, and god help me, I went for it.

[Sighs]

Abe: What made you come by eli’s hospital room when I met you? You said you wanted to talk to lani.

Beth: I was gonna tell her about tr. But I chickened out.

[Scoffs] But seeing her sitting there just waiting for her husband’s eyes to open, I just–

[Sighs] I couldn’t get it out of my head. Tr figured out he couldn’t count on me anymore, so…

[Sighs] He beat me black and blue and told me to leave town. After that, I was too afraid to do anything.

Paulina: I know what it’s like to be and live in fear of that man. You can’t blame yourself for anything you did or didn’t do after he beat you. You were just trying to stay alive! He got me pregnant with lani, and I gave her up because I was so afraid of him.

Beth: You did the right thing.

Paulina: Well, she didn’t think so when she found out, but thank god it’s all cleared up now and I can tell the world that she’s mine.

Abe: You know, paulina’s right. You weren’t in the right frame of mind to come forward.

Beth: Everybody’s being so nice to me–you two, eli…

[Sighs] I’m telling you, I don’t deserve it.

Paulina: No, you stop. You stop saying that.

Beth: No, it’s true. I knew what tr was gonna do to you, and I didn’t warn you.

Paulina: Child, what are you talking about?

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Justin: If all you have on lani is something you think happened, you’re gonna have a tough time with the judge.

Melinda: Eli grant knows lani let kristen escape. Oh, I see he kept that from you. Think about what that’ll do to his career when I make him testify under oath about his wife’s activities.

Justin: Why have you been sitting on this all these years? Doesn’t seem like your style.

Melinda: I do have a heart, counselor. I gave lani a pass because I do believe in second chances, and it did seem like she was the kind of cop that salem needs. My instinct was wrong, and now I have the chance to correct that error in judgment.

Justin: Is manslaughter off the table?

Melinda: You bet it is.

Justin: So what’s the charge going to be?

Kristen: Fine. Fine, take the da’s lousy deal and tell yourself that it won’t be long before you’re back together with your family. But do I have to remind you what happens to cops when they’re sent to prison?

Lani: You’re just trying to scare me.

Kristen: No, I want to keep you alive. Why won’t you let me help you?

[Door clicks open]

Eli: What the hell?

Kristen as susan: Ah, shoot! Detective grant! I–oh, my goodness! Thank the lord you are here, because I had a dream about your poor wife–

Eli: Just shut up, kristen! I know it’s you!

Kristen as susan: [Stammers]

[Baby crying]

[Doorbell rings]

Julie: It’s okay, jules. Grammy will be right back. Who could that be at the door now?

[Gasps]

Paulina: I–I can’t believe this!

[Scoffs]

Beth: I am so sorry.

Paulina: Oh.

Abe: Paulina. Look, sweetheart, you need to– you need to take a breath. So do I.

[Cell phone rings] Oh, excuse me. Oh, bill from the da’s office.

[Cell phone beeps] Bill, look, I am sorry, but I’m right in the middle of something.

Paulina: Something’s wrong. What–abe, what is it?

Abe: All right. Yes, okay. Well, thank you, bill. Thanks. Thanks for letting me know.

Paulina: Know? Know what?

[Cell phone beeps]

Abe: Da trask is on the war path. Lani’s deal went south.

Paulina: Yeah, but justin said–oh, no. Let’s go.

Beth: Go where?

Paulina: Well, we gotta make this right.

Kristen as susan: Detective eli grant, whatever do you mean? I’m susan banks. Let me just tell you ’bout my dream!

Eli: Do I need to snatch that damn wig off your head to end this?

Kristen: [Sighs] Fine. Fine. Yeah, it’s me.

Lani: Eli, I had no idea.

Kristen: Yeah, I know. Best friends don’t abandon friends in a situation like your wife is in. Listen, I’m ready to help you. I don’t care what happens to me.

Eli: Yeah, well, you better care, ’cause you’re a fugitive. Turn around. Put your hands behind your back.

[Dramatic music]

Lani: Eli. Eli, wait.

Eli: I don’t have a choice. You know how bad it’ll be for you if I let her go?

Justin: Susan banks? What are you doing here?

Kristen as susan: [Gasps] I just had a powerful vision. Yeah, and–and I came here because I had it in the night, and they won’t listen to me. But will you listen to me?

Justin: I’m sure I’ll regret this, but go ahead.

Kristen as susan: Okay, okay. Well, today is gonna be a very, very good day for detective lani grant.

Lani: Justin, what happened?

Justin: I need to speak with my client alone.

Lani: No, no, it’s fine. Just say what you’re gonna say.

Justin: I thought I had a deal with the da last night, but this morning, she did a complete 180.

Eli: What? What’s the charge?

Justin: Murder one, life without parole.

Julie: Well, I’m surprised to see you here. I thought you said you were gonna spend time at home today because of jack and jennifer.

Doug: Yeah.

Julie: Because of abigail. Oh, this is so bad.

Doug: It’s as bad as it gets. But jack and jennifer needed some time alone this morning.

Julie: You sure?

Doug: Yeah.

Julie: I always think when something like this happens, you should let people know that you’re there, so they can lean on you.

Doug: That’s why I’m here.

Julie: Oh, darling, eli’s already left.

Doug: Not eli, honey. I’m here for you.

Abe: I just heard a rumor that you rejected the plea deal that justin proposed.

Melinda: [Chuckles] You have a spy in this office?

Paulina: So is the rumor true?

Melinda: Yes, it is. I intend to ask for a verdict of murder in the first.

Paulina: Murder in the fir– no damn way!

Melinda: All I’m interested in is justice for tr coates.

Abe: Murder one requires that you prove premeditation. You can’t do that.

Melinda: Watch me. This is my decision, not yours.

Paulina: Well, look at her. Well, she’s just lovin’ this. Well, let me tell you something. Both sides can play hardball.

Melinda: What’s that supposed to be, some kind of threat?

Paulina: You think I’m just gonna stand by and watch you railroad my daughter?

Melinda: Yeah, and what exactly are you gonna do to stop me? Wha–what’s this? Who is she?

Paulina: [Chuckles] Madam district attorney, I want you to meet the ace up my sleeve. I was taking my antidepressant daily,

Doug: I know how much you love eli, honey, and he’s never had to face anything like this before.

Julie: No, he hasn’t, and he doesn’t deserve it, and lani doesn’t deserve it, and those babies… oh, god, doug, why do good people have to deal with so much suffering?

Doug: I do not know. But when they do, they’re lucky if they have someone to lean on as strong as you are.

Julie: Oh…

Doug: But you need someone to lean on too, and baby, that is specifically why I’m here.

Julie: Just when I thought there was no way I could love you anymore…ooh.

Doug: [Chuckles]

Julie: [Inhales deeply]

[Sighs] Well, lani doesn’t just have me and eli. She has justin too.

Doug: Yes, thank god for that.

Julie: Yeah, thank god for that, and if he can’t get her off, I’m sure he’ll be able to get her back to her family as soon as possible.

[Sighs]

Eli: Murder one? How’d this happen?

Justin: Remember when I asked you if there was anything in your past that I should know about?

Lani: Yeah.

Justin: You left something out, and trask knows what it is.

Kristen as susan: Oh, I don’t like the energy in this room.

Justin: Trask is planning to tell a jury that whenever it works to your advantage, that you are willing to take the law into your own hands.

Lani: Oh, my god.

Justin: Lani, lani, I am not giving up. I’m gonna do everything I can to help you. But I am starting from square one. I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.

Lani: [Sighs]

Eli: You know what he’s talking about? That time that lani helped you escape!

Kristen: Okay, instead of screaming at me, why don’t you let me help your wife?

Eli: Let you help my wife? Just what do you have in mind?

Kristen: You know, I didn’t come here to risk going back to prison just for moral support. I came here to break her out.

Eli: [Scoffs] Oh, my god.

Kristen: All right, I need you to hear me out. I need you to hear me out. This is how it’s gonna go. Kay, no, listen. Trask is gonna ask to get you remanded immediately to statesville, and the judge is gonna grant it.

Lani: Oh, I cannot believe you are talking like this–

Kristen: Okay, but I need you to listen to me. I’m gonna finish this.

Lani: [Sighs]

Kristen: Then they’re gonna– they’re gonna order a van, and you are gonna get on that van, and I am gonna take it from there, and you, you are gonna stay out of my way.

Eli: You’re not gonna tell me what the hell I’m gonna do.

Kristen: Do you want your wife back or not?

Lani: Oh, my god, kristen. Kristen, you need to–you need to stop. Do you hear me? Stop. Please.

Kristen: Hey. Please, I just need you to think this through, honey, please. You know what? You gave tr coates what he had coming to him. Why should that cost you the rest of your life?

Beth: Tr told lani he was a changed man, and she believed him. Everybody did. But I knew he hadn’t changed one bit.

Melinda: I am sorry for what you’ve been through, but your experience changes nothing. We have a saying in the police department. “You don’t get to pick your vic,” and tr coates may have been a reprehensible man, but he is still the victim here, and it is my duty to prosecute his killer.

Paulina: Okay, well, if you will just let us just finish, then, you know, see how you feel about the rest of that pretty little speech. Go ahead. Tell her the rest.

Beth: Tr was getting desperate. He was running out of money, and he said he could still make paulina do anything he wanted. So he was going to romance her, marry her, and then take her somewhere and kill her so he can inherit all her money.

Melinda: [Stammers] How do you know all of this?

Beth: He told me.

Abe: Sounds like premeditated murder.

Melinda: Okay, a crime that mr. Coates did not live to commit. Again, legally, my hands are tied here.

Abe: We are not here to parse the letter of the law, ms. Trask.

Melinda: And why not?

Abe: Do you like your job? Because you are on the fast track to throwing it away. Feeling sluggish or weighed down?

Melinda: It sounds like you’re threatening me, mayor carver. If I don’t let lani grant off with a slap on the wrist, then you’re gonna take away my job?

Paulina: Let me spell it out for you. First, there’s a court of law, and then there’s a court of public opinion.

Abe: Ms. Trask, when the good people of salem realize that you had a chance to stand up for abused women but chose a violent drug addict who beat those women, a man who shot a police officer in cold blood, you know the city council will insist that I demand your immediate resignation.

Melinda: We only have the word of this young woman for most of it. I mean, how am I supposed to– how am I supposed to know she’s reliable?

Beth: I still have the selfies that I took after he beat me. You wanna see them? I warn you, you might lose your breakfast.

Paulina: Those pictures could cause quite a stir if they wind up on page one.

Abe: Well, then, it’s all up to you, ms. Trask. It’s in your hands.

[Baby cooing]

Julie: So, little jules, what do you say? It’s a better place for a nap? You know your daddy wants you to have a nap even though you don’t want to have a nap. You just want a little heart-to-heart.

[Chuckles] Loves to chat. Wonder where she gets that.

Doug: [Chuckles]

Julie: Well, sweetheart, what if we put this nice blankey on you, and you stretched out, and you can just go off to dream land.

[Baby cooing] No. What on earth have I got to do to get you to go to sleep?

Doug: I know.

Skeeters am a hummin’

on a honeysuckle vine

sleep, kentucky babe

Both: Sandman am a comin’

to this little babe of mine

sleep, kentucky babe

silvery moon am shinin’

in the heavens up above

bobolink am pinin’ for his

little lady love

you is mighty lucky

babe of old kentucky

close your eyes and sleep

fly away, la-la-la-la

Chanel: I mean it. I’m not leaning either way.

Theo: Maybe because if you actually picked one, you wouldn’t be the center of attention anymore.

Chanel: That’s mean. This is hard.

Theo: Hard is when the woman you love leaves you at the altar–literally. You have a choice.

Chanel: Yeah, a complicated one. It’s not like if I choose one of them, that the other one’s just gonna go away. They’re twins. They are going to be in each other’s lives no matter what– and mine.

Theo: And you don’t think maybe you’re making this bigger than it is?

Chanel: Theo, I have been in a lot of relationships, but this is different. I have to hurt somebody that I really care about and then keep on seeing them forever.

Theo: [Sighs] You know, I bet there’s one solution to this that you haven’t thought of.

Chanel: Yeah? What?

Theo: Dump ’em both. Get back together with me.

Kristen: If we work together, we could pull this off.

Lani: I want this over.

Kristen: So are you in?

Lani: And if I go on the run, kristen, it will never be over. I will drag eli, our two little kids through hell. The four of us will always be looking over our shoulders thinking that maybe this is the day that they finally catch up with me. I won’t do that to them. Even if my life really is done, I’m not gonna end theirs too. Let me ask something, kristen. Are you really happy with your life right now? Are you really free?

Eli: Hey, something’s going on. Hey, we gotta get out there. We gotta get out there. You stay your ass right there. Consider yourself under arrest.

Lani: Justin…

Eli: Who were you talking to on the phone?

Lani: Did something happen?

Justin: I don’t get it. Trask is backing off. The deal I negotiated with her last night is back on– involuntary manslaughter, minimum time.

Lani: Oh, god.

Justin: You can breathe again.

[Both laugh]

Lani: [Sobbing] Like pulsing, electric shocks,

Both: [Verbalizing guitar]

Close your eyes

in sleep

[Soft music]

Chanel: Theo, that’s– that’s sweet, but–

Theo: I’m kidding. Chanel, I’m kidding. No, I’m with claire.

[Both laugh] Things are really good.

Chanel: Oh, I’m glad.

Theo: No, no, me and claire were together before ciara, and claire’s grown up a lot now.

Chanel: Must be nice to know you’re with the right person. I would give anything if my life wasn’t so complicated.

[Cell phone beeps] It’s johnny and allie. They both want to know if I saw their text.

[Sighs] You know what? I’m gonna take you up on your offer. Let ’em have it.

Abe: You did the right thing, ms. Trask.

Melinda: You both are blackmailers. I won’t forget that.

Paulina: Oh, are you kidding? We just saved you from yourself. So do yourself a favor: Don’t ever mess with my family again or I’ll be right back in your face. Let’s go.

[Chuckles] Ugh.

[Door clicks shut]

Melinda: [Sighs]

Lani: [Sighs]

Eli: It’s gonna be hard for a while, okay? But we’re gonna put this behind us. It’s gonna be over, baby. Justin, thank you. Thank you so much.

Justin: I don’t think I should take the credit.

Lani: I do. I have some really hard goodbyes ahead of me, but I still have a future, and we have something to look forward to.

Justin: I have to prepare for the hearing, but I’ll call you as soon as everything’s official.

Lani: Thank you.

Eli: I got some unfinished business in there.

Lani: I know. I’ll be right here. I’m sorry it has to be this way.

Eli: But we both know it does. I was expecting a fight.

Kristen: What, you think I’d make a run for it? See, then I’d have to walk right past you.

Eli: Well, if anyone could pull that off, it’s you.

Kristen: I heard what lani said before, and she’s right. I am so tired of running. So…put on the cuffs. I’m ready to face the music.

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Evan: What the hell are you talking about?

OrpheusI thought I was quite clear.

Evan: Clear? Didn’t even make sense. You said I had another son with jan spears. What does that even mean?

Orpheus: Look, thought I made it plain enough even for you, but okay. Jan spears gave birth to your son. She’s the mother of the baby. You’re the father. That’s it.

Evan: Can’t be.

Orpheus: Are you saying you did not have sex with that woman? It’s a sin to tell a lie.

Evan: [Sighs]

Jan: It’s just so cruel that they won’t let us see the baby. I thought I might finally get to hold him.

Shawn: You will.

Jan: Are you sure?

Shawn: What, you don’t believe me?

Jan: Of course I do. I know you won’t let them send me to prison without holding him first. Shawn, what would I ever do without you?

[Romantic music]

Ej: Babe, wait, wait. Are you sure this is what you want?

Belle: Make love to me.

[Knocking at door]

Jj: Hey.

Chad: Hey.

Jj: I can’t believe it, chad. I can’t believe abigail’s really gone.

[Sobbing]

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Chad: There’s beer in the fridge.

Jj: Uh-huh.

[Clears throat] I’ll pass.

Chad: When’d you get in?

Jj: I flew in this morning with theo.

Chad: Have you seen your folks? How, uh… it’s a stupid question– how are they?

Jj: Pretty bad.

Chad: They came by to see the kids–I wasn’t here. I should go see them.

Jj: Well, they’re at the– at the funeral home making arrangements and–

[Knocking at door] I think that’s them now. I’ll get the door.

Chad: I will. Hey.

[Chuckles]

Jennifer: [Chuckles]

Orpheus: Come on now. Your romantic life can’t be so chock-a-block that you don’t remember whether you slept with her or not. She is a woman. Maybe that’ll set her apart– prick your memory, as it were.

[Door clicks open]

[Door closes]

Jan: Wow, I appreciate the privacy.

Evan: This is statesville. There’s no such thing.

Jan: You work here?

Evan: Yup. I pull down an 8 per hour. I’m goin’ up to 10 once I figure out how to work the floor polish here.

Jan: I like a man with drive.

Evan: I’m evan frears.

Jan: Jan, jan spears.

Evan: We rhyme.

Jan: Clearly, we were made for each other.

Evan: Cheer up, okay? This place isn’t so bad once you get used to it.

Jan: It’s not prison that’s got me down. I just lost the love of my life. It was the worst christmas ever.

Evan: Anything I can do?

Jan: Actually, there is.

[Tense music]

Evan: Okay, yeah. I did have sex with that woman.

Orpheus: And a new life was created. Oh, happy day.

Evan: [Sighing]

Shawn: Janet, what the hell was that about?

Jan: An expression of how much I love you.

Shawn: We talked about this. You know where we stand.

Jan: You’re the father of my baby. We belong together.

Shawn: Jan!

Brady: Whoa. Jan, it looks like you’ve made a full recovery.

When moderate to severe

ulcerative colitis persists…

Jennifer: Kids seem to be sleeping peacefully.

Chad: Go on–I’ll check on them in a little bit. Jj said you guys went to the funeral home. Sorry, I should’ve done that.

Jack: Chad, you be here for your children.

[Sighs] We’ll–don’t worry about anything else.

Chad: Thanks.

Jennifer: Sweetheart, sit, please. Um… so the service is the day after tomorrow, and the funeral director wanted to know if there was something that we wanted abigail to wear. I wondered if you wanted to pick something out.

Chad: Ah, I don’t–

[Chuckles] I don’t think– I don’t think I could do that.

Ej: That was wonderful. You are wonderful.

Belle: [Chuckles] Thank you. I mean not “thank you” for thinking I’m wonderful.

Ej: [Chuckles] I didn’t think that’s what you meant.

Belle: I meant…

[Clears throat] Thank you for a lot of things. You know, these last few weeks– few months–have made me feel really out at sea and alone. But not when I’m with you.

Ej: I think–I think we both want to shut out the outside world. But there’s also this real pull here that has nothing to do with running away. I want to be with you– get to know the real you.

Belle: [Chuckles] Well, when you find out, will you let me know?

[Both laugh]

Ej: It’s true. You come across as confident and straightforward. But you’re actually quite complicated. Like now, for example. You’re here with me, but something else is going on– something you’re not telling me.

Belle: [Sighs]

Ej: See? I am getting to know you.

[Both chuckle] So why don’t you tell me what it is? Trust me. Tell me how you feel right now.

Belle: Happy… and also very, very guilty.

Jan: What the hell are you doing here? No one asked you to come.

Brady: Shawn, do you mind if we talk privately? I think it’s important.

Chloe: Don’t worry about jan. I’ll stay here and keep her company.

Shawn: I’ll check back with you before I leave, okay?

Chloe: [Clears throat]

Jan: I don’t need company, okay? I need peace and calm. One’s emotional state is very important when one is breastfeeding.

Chloe: Mm, and one can drop the madonna act. You know that I know exactly what you’re doing.

Evan: You’re saying I got jan spears pregnant? We only slept together once.

Orpheus: Did you sleep through health class too? Once is all it takes.

Evan: Wait a minute. Even if I did get her pregnant, how the hell would you know?

Orpheus: Because I met ms. Spears myself not long after your little tryst.

[Suspenseful music]

Orpheus: Oh, didn’t know anybody was in here.

Jan: You can go ahead. I’m just waiting for some test results.

Orpheus: Oh?

Jan: I might be pregnant.

Orpheus: Is that right?

Jan: Fingers crossed.

Orpheus: And if the results are positive, that’s good news?

Jan: It would be like a dream come true.

Orpheus: Well, who’s the lucky father?

Evan: She told you it was me?

Orpheus: No. No, she said the father was detective shawn brady. Once upon a time, before jill said yes.

Ej: I knew it.

Belle: No, no, it is not that I didn’t want this to happen. It’s–this is probably gonna amuse you to no end, but I made vows and I promised shawn that I would never break them again, and I have.

Ej: Mm, and what about him? He slept with jan spears, knocked her up and moved her into your house and became her full-time caretaker. He vowed to stand by you through better or worse, or was there some special exemption in his vows?

Evan: She said shawn was the father?

Orpheus: Yeah, but it wouldn’t be the first time in that whack-job’s life that she lied. You got knocked up by a cop?

Jan: Not just any cop– detective shawn brady.

Orpheus: It’s too easy.

Jan: The love of my life.

Orpheus: Uh, lucky guy.

Jan: Was that supposed to be funny?

Orpheus: Realistic. I mean, it’s not like the two of you are gonna run off to some ivy-covered cottage and await your little bundle of joy.

Jan: You know what? You’re a jerk.

Orpheus: And you’re a stupid woman with a big mouth.

Jan: Why don’t you get the hell out of here? I don’t have to take any crap off of you.

Orpheus: Actually, you do. You have any idea who I am?

Jan: Some loser washing the floor.

Orpheus: My name is orpheus.

Jan: Oh.

Orpheus: Oh. You’ve heard of me?

Jan: Yeah, I’ve heard of you, and I don’t care that I told you. I want the whole world to know that I’m carrying shawn’s baby.

Orpheus: I know you do. I also know it’s not true. The truth is, you’re trying to pass off another man’s child as his.

Jan: You can’t know that.

Orpheus: I know everything that goes on within the prison walls, just like I know what’s going on in that twisted little mind of yours.

Jan: So you’re gonna rat me out?

Orpheus: No. I’m gonna help you.

Evan: So you’re planning on helping her pass off my kid as shawn brady’s?

Orpheus: Mm, not planning to. Mission accomplished.

Chloe: You know, I’ve never really had a high opinion of you, jan. But using your own child to get your hooks into shawn? That’s a new low.

Jan: Well, even though your opinion means nothing to me, you’re wrong. Having a baby has changed me and shawn. He senses that change, and look, I’m sorry, but I gave him a son, and every man, no matter what they say, wants a son. It’s not my fault belle wasn’t up to the task.

Chad: I haven’t been in that room since…

[Sniffles] I had to go in there with rafe, so–

[Sobbing] And, um…

Jack: Chad, chad. You don’t have to talk about it.

Jennifer: And you don’t have to deal with the dress either. Jack and I will take care of that.

Chad: Thank you.

[Somber music]

Jack: You stay with him.

Jj: Yeah.

Jack: You okay?

Jj: No.

Jack: Me neither.

Jj: [Sniffles]

Jennifer: Come on, come on. Have you–have you–have you had anything to eat?

Chad: No.

Jennifer: Oh, come now. Listen, listen to me. You have to take care of yourself, okay? You promise me you’re gonna take care of yourself. Okay, okay, good.

[Sniffles] Jack, let’s get this over with. Oh, jj, you make sure he eats something, okay?

Jj: Mm-hmm.

Jennifer: Okay? Okay. All right, let’s go.

Jack: [Sighs]

Chad: Ugh, they’re taking care of me. That’s not right.

Jj: No, it is right. They take care of you so you can take care of your kids. We all do whatever the hell we can to get through this.

Chad: All this pain–that look on your mom’s face, just– who would do this to us? No, you know? Who would do this? I assumed dust always stayed put.

Chad: It shouldn’t be like this, you know? I–I–I just keep–you know, I just keep thinking about the fact that the person who did this is walking around out there, you know, knowing that they got away with it.

Jj: So far–but just so far. We’re gonna find out who did it, and they will pay.

Chad: No, rafe’s been straight from the start. You know, there’s not much to go on. There’s some stuff that was stolen, but that could just be to make it look like a burglary. If that’s true, then whoever did this… then they wanted to kill her. You know, they set out to kill her.

Jj: Gwen?

Chad: No, gwen was at statesville, it couldn’t have been her.

[Sighs] You know, this was– I thought that…

[Sighs] I thought that it was over. I thought that we had gotten through all of this crap. It was supposed to be over. I told you she was happy. Okay? You know, we were happy. I…we were finally happy.

Jennifer: And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

Now I understand why chad couldn’t come back into this room. Jack, I don’t know if I can do this.

Evan: Stop playing games. Just tell me what’s going on.

Orpheus: I already did. I gave my word to ms. Spears that I’d help her pass off your baby as detective brady’s, and that’s what I did. I heard the good news. You’re enceinte.

Jan: Huh?

Orpheus: Pregnant.

Jan: You bet I am, and once I start showing, I’m gonna call shawn’s insipid wife over for a little visit.

[Chuckles] She’s gonna have a total cow.

Orpheus: And you’re gonna have a total baby, just not shawn brady’S.

Jan: You said you weren’t gonna rat me out.

Orpheus: I’m not, I’m not. Don’t you think your detective’s gonna ask for a paternity test?

Jan: I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it.

Orpheus: You’re gonna get to it sooner than you think, and you’re gonna need me to get you to the other side.

Jan: You know, I can’t help wondering what’s in it for you?

Evan: Good question– what’s in it for you?

Orpheus: Oh, you know me, I’m just a romantic at heart.

Evan: So you switched the tests for her?

Orpheus: You’re beginning to catch on.

Evan: And now shawn thinks jan’s going to give birth to his baby.

Orpheus: Mm. Did I not mention it? She already has.

Chloe: That is a stupid, offensive thing to say, even for you.

Jan: It’s the truth. Shawn and I, we have a son together. That’s an unbreakable bond. God has made us a family.

Chloe: Ha ha, god? God has nothing to do with it. Besides, you sold your soul to the devil. How does that even happen? I mean, you never had a soul to begin with.

Jan: I think you should leave and not come back.

Chloe: Aw, and I thought we were bonding.

Jan: And I’m going to tell shawn all of the horrible things that you’ve said to me. It’s not good for me to be upset. It’s not good for the baby.

Chloe: Listen, you can literally milk this situation for all it’s worth, but you know that deep down, this isn’t gonna turn out any differently than all the other stunts you’ve pulled over the years. Also deep down, you know that shawn will never stop loving belle.

Jan: But he might stop forgiving her. See, shawn knows that I’ll always be faithful. He’ll never have to forgive me for an indiscretion. But that’s always been an issue for our belle, hasn’t it? Philip, her little dalliance in maine? You know, I get so worried about belle. She gets so restless when shawn’s busy elsewhere. I hope that she’s found someone–I mean something– to occupy all those empty hours while shawn’s here with me at the hospital.

Belle: After the baby was born, I went to ej’S.

Chloe: Really?

Belle: Mm.

Chloe: You stayed there?

Belle: Mm-hmm, yeah.

Chloe: And?

Belle: And it was very comforting.

Chloe: Oh, my god, you slept together? No, I’m sorry. It’s none of my business.

Belle: No, its fine, it’s fine. But no, we actually didn’t, but we came close.

Jan: Maybe she could knit something for the baby.

Belle: Shawn was tricked into sleeping with jan. That’s not an adultery. This, this is.

Ej: No, it’s not. You and shawn are legally separated.

Belle: I’m not talking about a legal technicality. I’m talking about what marriage means–what commitment means–

Ej: Damn it, belle. What marriage? What commitment? He caved to that woman and basically told you that she’s calling the shots, and you had nothing to say about it. Again, what marriage? That is abandonment. You weren’t even living together, and he signed those separation papers willingly. You didn’t have a gun to his head.

[Sighs]

Belle: He said that I filed those papers so that I could sleep with you.

Ej: [Laughs]

Belle: Maybe he was right.

Ej: Oh. Announcer: Type 2 diabetes?

Evan: She already had the baby?

Orpheus: That’s how I knew he was a boy.

Evan: Wait a minute. It’s too early.

Orpheus: He was premature.

Evan: Is he okay? You gotta get me back into the infirmary–I gotta see him.

Orpheus: They’re not there. They’re at university hospital.

Evan: She’s out?

Orpheus: That’s the whole point. I need her on the outside.

Evan: What are you up to?

Shawn: So if you’re trying to save our marriage, you should be talking to belle and not me. All right, the fact is, she has shut me out at every single corner. I mean, the fact that I thought I was making love to my wife, that meant nothing to her. The fact that–brady, I basically did nothing wrong. That meant nothing to her. So–look, if you’re trying to help us, you should not be talking to me. You should be talking to your sister.

Chloe: Um, that went well, did it?

Brady: [Sighs] He’s right.

Chloe: About what?

Brady: I need to talk to belle now.

Ej: You know, you and i had a very honest talk about our motives. We were both upfront that there was an element of sticking it to shawn and sami. But that was just an element. I’ve wanted you, belle, for a very long time, and I know you feel the same.

Belle: I do.

Ej: Then let’s stop talking about guilt, which is basically talking about them. I want this night to just be about us. I want to spend the night with you by my side, and I want your fabulous face to be the first thing I see when I wake up in the morning.

Chad: Now I know what magical thinking means. I keep going back in my mind, trying to rewind the tape, so that we left the night before to go to boston just like she wanted to before I talked her out of it.

Jj: Come on, chad, there’s no way you could’ve known what would happen.

Chad: Yeah, but I can still see it… your dad’s party, the kids running around like maniacs.

[Laughs] Me freaking out, and abby just laughin’… telling me that there’s nothing to worry about. I get to hear her laughing, jj. I can see her.

[Chuckles] That smile…

[Somber music]

Jack: Why don’t you go downstairs, and I’ll pick something out, and I’ll be right down?

Jennifer: No. No, I couldn’t do that to you. We’ll do this together. Fishing helps ease my mind.

[Somber music]

Jennifer: I was with her when she bought this dress on newberry street. She was staying with me because she and chad were separated.

[Chuckles] She wanted to go to lunch, go shopping, anything but mope around the house. She made me promise not to say chad’s name.

[Sniffles] Oh, when she saw this dress, she said, “chad would love me in this.” And that’s when I knew.

[Sniffles] She was ready to forgive him, and they were gonna find their way back to each other. She told me I was making much too much about a dress, but when we got back to the house, chad was there waiting for her.

[Sniffles] They went back to salem the next day.

Jack: Then that’s it. That’s the dress, and I think when chad is ready to hear it, you should tell him that story.

Jennifer: [Sighs]

Orpheus: I made a deal with ms. Spears. I help her dupe her detective, she helps me with a little favor.

Evan: What’d you tell her? How did you convince her you were willing to screw over your own son to help her?

Orpheus: Tell her? I didn’t have to tell her anything. She has no idea we’re father and son, just like shawn brady has no idea he’s not that baby’s father.

Jan: Chloe was awful to me. She said the most horrible things.

Shawn: I’m sorry–

Jan: No, you need to tell brady to keep her away from me.

Shawn: Okay, fine. I will tell brady to have her back off. But you need to listen to me, okay? You have to hear what I have to say.

Jan: You’re mad at me?

Shawn: No, jan. I’m frustrated. You should not have kissed me. You cannot turn this into something that it isn’T.

Jan: Shawn, I’m not trying to. When I kissed you, I found out something very important– that it’s not just my imagination– that you felt something for me too. I know that now.

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Jj: I– [Sniffles] I gotta say I feel a little weird being here.

Chad: Why?

Jj: I don’t know, maybe– maybe you want your brothers or something. I know that I wasn’t always a–

Chad: My biggest fan?

[Chuckles] You never thought that I was good enough for her.

Jj: I’m sorry.

Chad: You were probably right.

Jj: No, no, I wasn’T.

Chad: You know, the thing is, is– see, my brothers, they would probably just try to say the right thing. You knew her better than anyone. You loved her. They can’t understand how much I lost. You do.

Jj: [Sniffles]

[Sobbing] Look, I want you to know that I changed my mind. After a while, seeing you two together, I thought maybe he is good enough for her. Anybody who’s good enough for abigail is pretty damn good in my book. My parents only had one son. But I have a brother.

Chad: [Sobs]

[Groans]

[Somber music]

Jack: Well. We did it.

Jennifer: Thanks to you. Now we just have to get through the funeral.

Jack: We’ll do that the same way we just did this– together.

Jennifer: Yes, we will.

Belle: I can’t stay here.

Ej: Why not?

Belle: I’m just not ready, you know, for spending the night and waking up with you.

Ej: Okay.

Belle: Yet.

Ej: And I will hold onto that “yet.”

[Pensive music]

Belle: [Clears throat] I meant what I said. It was wonderful.

Ej: Good night, belle.

Belle: Good night, ej.

Chloe: I don’t think that you should go over there right now.

Brady: No, I need to talk to belle now to see if what shawn is telling me is true.

Chloe: No, don’t go–at least not tonight. Why don’t you wait until the morning or so?

Brady: Wait, wait, wait. Are you telling me that–

Chloe: I am not telling you anything.

Brady: Oh.

Chloe: Except you should not go over there tonight.

Brady: Son of a bitch.

Jan: You can deny it all you want, but I know you felt the exact same way I did when we kissed.

Shawn: Jan, I will not listen to this. You know what? I won’T.

Jan: We’re gonna be a family, shawn. You’re gonna come around. I just know it.

Evan: You knew I had sex with jan spears and didn’t tell me? You knew she got pregnant and didn’t tell me? You switched the paternity tests and you won’t tell me what you’re getting in return?

Orpheus: I know it may seem like I don’t trust you–

Evan: That’s putting it mildly.

Orpheus: But I’m in the middle of a high-stakes game. I need to keep my cards very close to the vest.

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[Tense music]

Orpheus: Well, look what the cat dragged in.

[Chuckles] Out of solitary so soon? How are you doing, son?

Evan: Fantastic. Nothing like a little me time in a deep, dark hole. Just rest, relaxation, and oblivion.

Orpheus: Well, your little vanishing act left the warden quite red-faced– mm, bad press and such– so I guess he figured a slap on the wrist just wouldn’t do the trick.

Evan: Yeah, I guess not.

Orpheus: Well, at least tell me you got the most out of your little vacay outside.

Evan: Well, I did get to catch up with some old friends.

Ciara: It was so great catching up with you too, mom. All right. Love you too. Bye. Whew!

Ben: Wow.

Ciara: Wow, what?

Ben: I may need to get guinness on the phone because that has got to be some kind of a record.

Ciara: Oh, really?

Ben: Really; you were on the phone for hours, babe, possibly days.

Ciara: Wow, does my little hubby wubby need some attention?

Ben: Maybe, but it’s okay because bo needed help packing for college anyway, so…

Ciara: Mm, wow. Okay, so first it was hours, then days. Now, it’s years?

Ben: Seemed like it, but it’s okay. I’m glad you two had a chance to catch up. What’d you talk about?

Ciara: Well, mostly we talked about what a big goofball my husband is. And then, we also talked about how jan just gave birth to shawn’s baby.

Jan: Oh, my god. Mmm, this is amazing! Mmm. You know what they say with chili burgers– the messier the better.

Shawn: Yeah, well, then that must be the best chili burger ever.

Jan: Oh. Thanks again, shawn, for saving me from another night of hospital gruel.

Shawn: Mm-hmm.

Jan: Shawn, what’s wrong? You’ve been totally emo ever since you got back with the food.

Shawn: [Sighs] Look, I– look, I ran into belle earlier.

Jan: Oh. I’m guessing it didn’t go well.

Shawn: Well, I didn’t think it was possible, but yeah, she’s more upset with me now than ever.

Ej: I was hoping you and I could pick up where we left off before we were so rudely interrupted.

Belle: You can’t be serious.

Ej: Why not?

Belle: Because we were about to go to your bedroom.

Ej: [Chuckles] I’m well aware of that.

Belle: No, we can’t, ej, not after what just happened with sami.

Lucas: Mmm, I’m so glad. I’m so glad you said yes.

Sami: Did you have any doubts?

Lucas: A little bit. You know, I think I was traumatized from what happened in the past– you know, all those times I proposed. And it took you a while to say yes– I was thinking about investing in a kneepad company– but then, I went for that one, final gesture.

Sami: I don’t even remember which time you’re talking about.

Lucas: What, you don’t remember when I sang to you “when a man loves a woman”?

Sami: Oh, of course, at…

Both: The penthouse grill.

Luke: And that lady booed me.

Sami: She did not. That’s not true. Nobody booed you. Everyone saw how sweet you were. They all clapped.

Lucas: Yeah, because I stopped.

Sami: Doesn’t matter. This is the most perfect time. We’re together again. Lucas, I love my engagement ring.

Lucas: You do? You like it?

Sami: Yes, and it’s the best one you’ve ever given me.

Lucas: Good, ’cause it’s the most expensive. We’ve just been down this road so many times.

Sami: It doesn’t matter. We’re doing it right this time ’cause, you know what, I’m not keeping any secrets from you, so it’s really gonna work out.

Lucas: Yeah, it is. This time, it’s gonna be forever.

Sami: Yay.

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Ben: So how does mom feel about jan spears joining the family? Sort of.

Ciara: Uh, well, obviously she’s not so thrilled about the jan part, but she is excited to meet her new grandson, shawn christian, and to meet our little, sweet baby angel, of course.

Ben: Hmm.

Ciara: How is our son anyway? Has he graduated from harvard yet?

Ben: Yes, two degrees. And it only took him half of your phone call to finally fall sleep, so I think we’re in the clear at least for a couple hours… unless you got any other phone calls to make.

Ciara: Well, actually, I was thinking that we have some making up of our own to do.

[Knocks on door]

Ben: Mm. Remember all those years ago, we were just a young, married couple with all the time in the world to ourselves?

Ciara: Hmm.

Ben: Really miss those days.

Ciara: Hmm.

[Sighs]

Allie: Hi.

Ciara: Hi.

Allie: I know I should have called first, but I just was scared I would chicken out if I didn’t come over and do this right now.

Ciara: Um, do what?

Allie: Apologize for kidnapping your baby. Ciara, do you think that there’s any way you could ever forgive me?

Ej: I know neither of us were expecting samantha to show up on my doorstep today, but I don’t see how that changes anything.

Belle: Of course it does! Come on, ej, you know as well as I do that things were different when she was out of town. She was out of sight, out of mind.

Ej: She’s out of sight now, and she’s certainly out of my mind.

Belle: You keep saying that, but I think jumping into bed with me after ending your marriage just– it seems like a bad idea.

Ej: Oh, on the contrary, I think it’s a great idea. What better way to celebrate my freedom?

Belle: Grandmother, what big teeth you have.

Ej: Oh, so I’m the big bad wolf, am I?

Belle: No. But, ej, if we went upstairs right now, it wouldn’t be about us. It would be about you sticking it to my sister, and I’m not gonna be used like that.

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Orpheus: So ben and ciara got the best of you once again, huh?

Evan: I’ll admit, I probably should have given my battle plan a little more thought.

Orpheus: Well, you know who could have helped you with that? Dear ol’ dad. Next time you get it in your head to bust out of this place, maybe you won’t leave your old man out of the loop.

Evan: It was more of a spur of the moment kind of thing. Marlena’s granddaughter showed up out of the blue and snapped her fingers and made the whole thing happen, like, literally. She snapped her fingers and the whole place plunged into darkness. That should have been my first clue who allie really was. I made a deal with the devil.

Ciara: Allie, of course I forgive you. Are you kidding? None of what happened was your fault. You had no control over any of it.

Allie: I know, but I still feel responsible. And my family told me everything–like, everything that I did–and I wouldn’t blame you if you never wanted to talk to me again.

Ciara: Allie, please don’t be ridiculous.

Ben: Ciara is right. We don’t blame you at all. Please, come on in.

Ciara: Yeah.

Allie: Well, thank you, guys. I can’t tell you how many times I had to talk myself into coming over and doing this. Like, I was really scared you were just gonna slam the door on my face.

Ciara: Oh, my god, allie, we would never do that. I love you; you know that.

Allie: I know. I love you too. And I’m really relieved. I’m happy. Oh, and I almost forgot. I bought this. It is for bo.

Ciara: Baby, that is so sweet. Thank you. Bo’s actually inside taking a nap right now.

Allie: God, you’re like a superhero, like a super-mom. One second, you’re putting your kid down for a nap, and then the next, you’re saving his soul from the dark lord.

Ciara: Mm. Yeah, well, all in a day’s work, I guess.

Allie: I mean, it’s just incredible. Like, how did you defeat the devil?

Ciara: Well, actually, I had a little bit of help from my dad.

Allie: Mm.

Sami: [Groans] I can’t believe that belle was there at the mansion. She basically said straight out to me that she doesn’t believe he’s guilty.

Lucas: Well, she’s his lawyer. What else is she gonna say about that? You know, she’s not gonna say that…

Sami: But don’t you think that’s crazy? She’s my sister and she was defending the man who kidnapped me, letting him go free. I think that’s pretty screwed up.

Lucas: Well, you know, your relationship with your sister has kind of been screwed up from the very beginning– you know, ever since she was a baby and when you tried to sell her on the black market.

Sami: Are you seriously throwing that in my face right now? Are you kidding me? How come people can’t just move on from that? That was a long time ago. I was a kid. And they got her back. They did get her back. Ugh, and now she uses that as an excuse to blame me for everything wrong that ever happens in her life.

Lucas: And you set jan spears loose.

Sami: Okay, well, that was extreme, but come on, I needed to do it. I had to get custody of our grandson. I was desperate.

Lucas: Yeah, so desperate that you had no concern how this was gonna affect your sister at all. So you brought jan back into belle’s life, and then what happened? Her husband, he fathers a son with what? With her worst nightmare? So I don’t think that’s gonna work. I mean, yeah, she’s gonna hate you for messing up her marriage. I think she has a right to be pretty ticked off.

Ej: Belle, I assure you, if we go upstairs now, make love, it won’t be because I want to hurt sami. It’d be because I want to do the opposite to you.

Belle: I want to believe that, very much so, but it’s really tough when I know that you’re pretending that you don’t care your marriage just ended.

Ej: [Chuckles haughtily] Who’s pretending?

Belle: You are, and you’re very good at it, but, ej, you loved sami.

Ej: Loved. Loved; past tense. I’ve moved on with you, or so I thought.

Belle: [Chuckles weakly] I just–I don’t know if I can trust your motives.

Ej: [Sighs] You’re being ridiculous.

Belle: My father told me that you were using me to get back at sami. At the time, I totally blew up at him and told him he was completely off-base, but maybe he was right.

Ej: Hmm, or maybe you’re projecting. Maybe you think I’m using you because, this whole time, you’ve been using me to get back at shawn.

Jan: I don’t mean to pry, but what happened?

Shawn: I don’t want to talk about it, jan.

Jan: Of course you do. It doesn’t seem fair that you have no one to confide in. Meanwhile, you know belle is spilling her guts to ej dimera. I promise I won’t offer my opinion or anything. I’ll zip it right up. Only listening from now on.

Shawn: Look. I mean, at first, things were– they were going well. I mean, we both admitted that there was–there was still hope for the two of us.

Jan: Really?

Shawn: But then, I told her that the warden had extended your house arrest and that I was the one that advocated for it, and that’s when things took a turn for the worse. And she was just– she was fed up, and…

Julie: And can you blame her? This is the sound of nature breathing.

Orpheus: So allie horton really was possessed by the devil?

Evan: Yeah. Glowing eyes, creepy voice. And I totally blew it. I never should have let satan put me under his spell. One look at him, and I should have turned and ran, but I let hate get the better of me.

Orpheus: Hmm, well, I suppose that was the devil’s plan all along.

Evan: The second I saw that innocent, little baby, I should have been stronger, but instead, all I could see was revenge. All I could see was hurting ben and ciara in the worst way possible. It was a test, and I failed. If I was a better man, I’d be with my son right now, but no, I had the opportunity to get to david, and I wasted it.

Allie: So uncle bo just kind of appeared to you?

Ciara: Yeah. Well, I sort of felt his presence at the cemetery, and then ben and I actually spoke to him at the hospital.

Allie: Wow, that’s amazing. I would almost say I don’t believe it, but after I’ve been through, I know literally anything is possible.

Ciara: Yeah. Yeah, I’ve–I just– I miss my dad so much. There’s literally not one day that goes by where I don’t long to see him or talk to him one last time. And all of a sudden, there he was in the hospital, waiting to meet my little bo.

Allie: That’s amazing, and I’m so happy for you, ciara.

Ciara: Thank you. Um, speaking of dads, how is yours doing?

Allie: Oh, I don’t know. I’m actually going to go see him after this. The first time since abigail died.

Ciara: It is so awful, what happened to her.

Allie: Yeah, it’s the worst, I mean, especially for chad and the kids, and my aunt jennifer and uncle jack, and my dad. I don’t–like, I don’t know what I’m gonna say to him.

Ciara: Well, I’m sure something will come to you when you see him, you know?

Allie: Yeah.

Ciara: And even just you, like, being there to comfort him will mean the world to him. Please give him our best, will you?

Allie: Yeah. Yeah, I will.

Ciara: Yeah.

Sami: Wait a second. Shawn-douglas’ behavior is not my fault. He cheats on his wife, and all of a sudden–

Lucas: Settle down; let’s not focus on belle and shawn. Let’s focus on us and our future and our happiness together, and exes be damned.

Sami: That sounds good to me. In fact, don’t you think we should go share our happy story with our family?

Lucas: I think that’s a great idea. I think we make a great team.

[Laughter]

Shawn: Hey, grandma. I didn’t hear you come in.

Julie: I know. You were too busy sharing your feelings about your wife with this prison pinup.

Jan: [Scoffs] Excuse me, granny williams, but I am the mother of shawn’s baby. I’m family.

Julie: No. No, you’re not family. You are a conniving, little snake who tricked my grandson into getting you pregnant. Now, the baby is born. It’s time for you to slither back to where you belong– behind bars.

Jan: I can’t believe you would be so coldhearted about your own great-grandson. Don’t you want shawn christian to be raised by his mother?

Julie: Not when his mother is a murderer.

Jan: Oh, please, I did the whole town a favor by getting rid of charlie dale. And may I remind you that I did it to protect claire. I’m basically a hero. You should be thanking me.

Julie: [Scoffs] You’re not a hero. Heroes don’t have ulterior motives, schemes, plots. You just wanted belle out of the way so you could frame her for murder.

Jan: Well, aren’t you a negative nelly.

Belle: Don’t you dare try and turn this around on me.

Ej: You questioned my motives. It’s only fair that we examine yours. Why is it that every time you had a fight with shawn, you came running over here?

Belle: Because I needed someone to talk to!

Ej: You could have turned to chloe or brady or just about anyone else, but instead, you came here. You specifically sought me out, and you knew it would get back to your husband.

Belle: Okay, yes, I knew it would bother shawn, but that’s not why I confided in you.

Ej: It was more than confiding, belle. You directly involved me in your separation.

Belle: You’re a lawyer.

Ej: You stayed the night here; you could have stayed at the inn. And we’ve kissed. We’ve kissed more than once. Now, was all of this because of shawn, or do you have real feelings for me?

Belle: I wouldn’t have asked you to go upstairs if I didn’T.

Ej: Except now, you’re pulling away, so I can’t help but wonder if, this whole time, you were playing this game that suddenly got out of hand.

Belle: Okay, you know what, just because you’re articulate doesn’t mean you’re not also petty as hell for calling a conflicted woman a tease.

Ej: Well, you have been throwing yourself at me.

Belle: [Scoffs]

Ej: And then, you go–

Belle: Oh, my god! You are unbelievable. You know what, we should just end this conversation before you make more of an ass of yourself than you already have.

Ej: Belle, don’T. Please don’t go.

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Julie: Shawn, why are you helping this person stay out of prison?

Shawn: She’s the mother of my son. I’m doing it for him.

Julie: I’m sure that’s what you think, but this little viper is just using you.

Jan: Hello, the viper’s right here.

Shawn: Listen, I have the situation under control.

Julie: Shawn, darling…

Shawn: But grandma–

Julie: I wish I believed it. Okay, okay. Talk about it another time. Actually, I just came here to congratulate you, to see the new baby, which I have in the nursery. He’s beautiful.

Jan: Thank you. And he looks a lot like me, right? At least the big, soulful eyes anyway.

Julie: Time for me to go before I do something I won’t regret.

Jan: Aw, I’m so sorry to see you go so soon.

Julie: Yes, I’m sure you are. Anyway, I’m on my way to see ciara because I’m going to give her, from your mother, the most wonderful gift. I’m more than excited about it.

Shawn: Yeah? What is it?

Julie: Oh, darling, you’ll never guess.

Ciara: Aw. Look at how adorable.

Ben: Oh, my god. Come on. Oh, are you kidding me? Check this out. You know how much fun little bo and I are gonna have sailing the treacherous bubble-bath seas in this?

Ciara: Well, I’m glad you like it because I actually have a little surprise for you.

Ben: I love surprises.

Ciara: Okay, easy. It’s not that kind of a surprise, sailor. It’s from my mom. When I spoke to her earlier, she said that she had a very special gift for us.

Ben: Oh, yeah? What is it? Some more bath toys?

Ciara: No. Actually, you and i are now proud owners of a boat, a real one.

Allie: Mom!

Sami: Hi, allie. We were just coming to see you.

Allie: Thank god, and I was just coming to see dad. When did you get back in town?

Sami: You look beautiful. I just got back today, but I’m sorry I couldn’t be here sooner.

Allie: No, no worries. I mean, you had good reason. I heard you gave the doctors hell for not letting you fly.

Sami: Yeah, I did because I was worried about you and johnny. I wanted to be here. I wanted to see for myself that you both are okay.

Allie: Well, I’m fine. I’m totally fine, although, for some reason, I can’t stop listening to “sympathy for the devil” by the rolling stones.

Sami: Oh, you’re making jokes now.

Allie: Yeah.

Sami: Hilarious.

Allie: Sorry. Listen, johnny and I are really into possession jokes now. It’s become, like, a coping mechanism.

Sami: Yeah, got it. Okay, well, I guess I shouldn’t have worried.

[Laughter]

Lucas: Now that you guys are properly reunited, shouldn’t we tell her the news?

Allie: Oh, god. Who’s possessed now?

Lucas: Allie, come on.

Allie: Sorry. Okay, too soon? Too soon? All right, okay. So what’s the news?

Sami: Your dad proposed to me and I said yes.

Allie: Oh, my god! Oh, my god! Mom, dad, congrats!

Lucas: Bring it in.

Allie: Mom, I’m so happy for you.

Sami: Aw!

Belle: I don’t think there’s anything left to say.

Ej: You can’t walk out now. It would be cowardly.

Belle: Excuse me?

Ej: [Sighs] What I meant was we should talk this out honestly. We owe each other that.

Belle: Fine. You want the truth? Maybe a small part of me was trying to get back at shawn through you.

Ej: As I suspected.

Belle: All right, your turn. Let’s hear it.

Ej: Well, it has crossed my mind that being with you would upset samantha, and I can’t say I don’t find a certain satisfaction with that.

Belle: And there you have it.

Ej: Belle, there’s more to our attraction than just our desire for revenge. You and I do have a real connection.

Belle: Do we, or are we just fooling ourselves?

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Evan: I hate that I’ve missed so much of my son’s life. I wish I would have just turned my back on this town, headed straight to him– just picked him up from zoey’s and gone on the run, just me and him.

Orpheus: Yeah, that wouldn’t have worked. Your sister wouldn’t have approved, for one thing, and you and the boy would have struggled on the run.

Evan: Yeah, I guess you’re right.

Orpheus: And there’s something else, something you don’t know.

Evan: What?

Orpheus: I’m sorry. I’m sorry, son, but zoey got back together with her ex-husband, and they moved to new zealand with their son and yours. David’s on the other side of the world.

Ben: Your mom is giving us a boat?

Ciara: Mm-hmm.

Ben: That’s a little extravagant, no?

Ciara: Yeah, well, boats are sort of a thing in my family. And I think she kind of feels guilty about being away for so long.

Ben: What do you mean “boats are kind of a thing”?

Ciara: Well, my dad had one for a really long time, and he actually named it after my mom.

Ben: Ah, hope the boat?

Ciara: Mm, no. The fancy face. Yeah, that was his nickname for her. He bought it right after they had my brother, shawn, and then they spent years traveling the seas.

Ben: Mm, sounds kind of amazing.

Ciara: Yeah, it was. They would tell me all about their boating adventures. And then, my brother got inspired to do the same thing when claire was a kid. Yeah, he lived on the fancy face iv for a really long time.

Ben: What? The iv?

Ciara: Mm-hmm.

Ben: What the hell happened to fancy face I, ii, and iii?

Ciara: It’s a long story, but the point is, now you and i have our very own boat, babe. We can travel wherever and whenever we want and make some amazing memories on our own.

Shawn: That is awesome. Ben and ciara, they’re gonna love having a boat.

Jan: Uh, hello, shawn and i also just had a baby. Where’s our boat?

Julie: The titanic would be appropriate.

Shawn: I–

[Sighs] I remember how excited belle and I were to travel around the world, you know, on the fancy face iv with claire. Those were some of the best times of our lives. God, it feels like it was just yesterday.

Julie: Darling, don’t worry. You and belle are gonna have lots of wonderful adventures. You’ll see. I know things might seem a little thorny at the moment, but don’t worry. There’s no power in the world that’s gonna stop the two of you from being together.

Ej: Belle, you and i have something special. These past few months, getting to know you, growing closer, it’s meant a lot to me, and I want that to continue.

Belle: It’s just–the problem is just–it’s so mixed up. It’s so complicated. How much of this is about sticking it to our exes and how much of it is actually about us?

Ej: Well, think of it this way– if I cared more about hurting sami, wouldn’t I have told her that you and I had kissed? When she said that she was getting married to lucas, wouldn’t I have thrown it in her face that you and I were about to go upstairs together? But I didn’t do those things because, when it comes down to it, this has nothing to do with samantha. It’s none of her damn business. It’s ours because this is about you and me. Belle, what you and I have is complicated, but we’re not kids anymore. Life is complicated. We’ve got baggage, as they say, a lot of it. But I don’t care about that. I want this to work. I want you.

Allie: So when are you guys getting remarried?

Sami: Oh, we haven’t had a chance to talk about when.

Lucas: I vote for as soon as possible, you know? Even tonight would be nice.

Sami: Well, I have to file the divorce papers, you know?

Allie: Oh, ej signed those?

Sami: Yeah, it went really well.

Allie: You’re kidding, right?

Sami: Right, I’m totally kidding, but at least it’s done.

Allie: Yeah, that’s great. I mean, you guys should get remarried while you’re both in town, and henry can be your ring bearer!

Sami: Oh, I love that idea.

Lucas: Yeah.

Allie: I guess the only thing would be figuring out how to be sensitive to aunt jennifer.

Sami: Yeah. Yeah, of course. I still can’t believe what happened to abby.

Allie: Yeah, it’s really awful. That’s actually why I was coming to see you, dad. How are you holding up?

Lucas: Um, I’m fine. I’m just–you know, I’m worried about your aunt.

Allie: Yeah. I just hope that they find the monster who did this and lock them up forever.

Sami: Mm-hmm.

Lucas: Yeah. Yeah, we all do.

Allie: Well, I’m sorry that I kind of brought the mood down, but let’s go celebrate!

Sami: Yes. You know what, let’s go to the pub and break the news to kate and my dad.

Allie: Okay. So what kind of dress are you thinking, mom?

Sami: Something very expensive. Just kidding. I mean, not really, but sort of kidding.

Lucas: You can’t blame this on losing adrienne or your sons. It’s all on you, you complete loser. You’re weak, you’re pathetic, and you’re a complete embarrassment. Ow! Ow! Ow! What the hell happened to my hand? I can’t remember. I can’t remember anything after I polished that bottle off. Think. Come on, think, you idiot. Think. I can’t remember anything after I fell off the wagon, but obviously, I hurt my hand. Please, god, don’t let me have hurt anyone else. If your moderate to severe crohn’s disease

Evan: I can’t believe zoey would move my son halfway across the world and not consult me! What the hell was she thinking?

Orpheus: Well, she probably was thinking you’d react like this.

Evan: How should I react? She took my son away!

Orpheus: Look, I’m not defending your sister, but she does have full legal custody and she was under no obligation to get your approval or, frankly, even tell you.

Evan: I’m gonna call her. I’ll get her to bring him back. She’ll listen to reason.

Orpheus: Yeah, I wouldn’t hold my breath for that, but I think you should focus on a family matter that’s a little closer to home.

Evan: What does that mean?

Julie: Hello, lovebirds.

Ciara: Grandma julie.

Julie: I come bearing gifts from your mom, who said she was going to call you.

Ciara: Yes, and she did. I was actually just telling ben about the boat.

Ben: Yeah, we’re excited. It’s so generous.

Julie: Yes. Well, there you go, sweethearts.

Ciara: Wow.

Julie: Well, it’s ready when you are. It’s in the marina. It’s in the water.

Ciara: Ah, so these are the keys to the fancy face v?

Julie: I think your mother has another name in mind, which I don’t understand because it’s misspelled and you two are married.

Ciara: Oh, grandma, it’s a play on our squish name.

Julie: Your squish name?

Ciara: Yeah, you know, when couples combine their names. You know how angelina jolie and brad pitt were known as brangelina?

Julie: Oh, yeah. That’s called a portmanteau, honey.

Ben: Ah. Well, then you and doug would be jug. Not a–not a fan?

Ciara: Mm, what about dulie?

Julie: What about doug and julie? I mean, it’s been catchy for over 50 years.

Ben: All right, all right. Dulie noted.

[Laughter]

Ciara: So what do you think, you big goof?

Ben: I think I am going to love “living in cin.”

Belle: I don’t know, ej. This all just feels like a big mistake.

Ej: You’re legally separated. I’m essentially divorced. There’s nothing stopping us from giving into our feelings. Hmm? Unless you don’t feel the same way as I do.

Belle: [Sighs] I feel the same. I just–I don’t want us to get together for the wrong reasons.

Ej: All right. I understand. I don’t want to put you under any pressure or make you feel used. Maybe we can–maybe we can take some time to think this over.

Belle: You know what? I have spent my entire life thinking things through, and look at where it’s gotten me. I know what I want.

It’s started. Somewhere between a cuddle

Ben: Give our best to lani.

Ciara: Yeah, I really hope the judge goes easy on her.

Julie: Oh, please, god. And give little bo a great, big kiss from his great-grandmother.

Ciara: Okay, will do.

Julie: Love you both so much.

Ciara: Aw, love you.

Ben: Bye.

Ciara: [Sighs] Okay, ben. It is so tempting to just run down to the marina right now to go check out the boat, but we should probably wait till the morning, right?

Ben: I mean, unless you’re too excited to wait.

Ciara: Oh, no, I can wait. It’s just–we should probably plan a little trip soon.

Ben: Why a little trip?

Ciara: What do you mean?

Ben: I mean, your parents took shawn sailing around the world, and then shawn and belle took claire. What if we did the same thing with bo?

Sami: Can’t decide how I feel about your mom’s reaction to our news.

Lucas: What do you mean?

Sami: Well, she was a little subdued, don’t you think? I mean, I thought we had gotten past our…

Lucas: What, little thing where you hate each other to death?

Sami: I was gonna find a nicer way of putting it, but yes.

Lucas: Well, you know, I think that she kind of knew I was gonna propose anyway, so she wasn’t that shocked. I wouldn’t read too much into it.

Sami: I guess.

Lucas: Plus, I have enough enthusiasm to go around anyway.

Sami: I bet you do.

[Tender music]

Ej: Wait, wait, wait. Are you sure this is what you want?

Belle: Make love to me.

Jan: Do you think that we can go down to the nicu to visit shawn christian again? I know that it hasn’t been that long, but I already miss him.

Shawn: Yeah, yeah. Yeah, of course. I mean, I miss the little guy too. You want me to get this for you?

Jan: Shawn, I promise you, I’m going to be a great mother to our son. And I’m aware that I’ll probably have to go back to prison and it’ll kill me, but at least that he has you to look after him. You’re gonna be a great father to our son.

Evan: I don’t know what other family matter you’re talking about, but nothing is more important than my son.

Orpheus: I am talking about your son. Your other son.

Evan: What other son?

Orpheus: The one you conceived with jan spears.

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Marlena: Chad… I just spoke to belle.

[Sighs] She said that you had told the children about abigail.

[Knocking at door]

Rafe: Yeah?

Nicole: Hi.

Rafe: Hey.

Nicole: Sorry to interrupt.

Rafe: No.

Nicole: I was just wondering if you had any luck on abigail’s case, and to bring you some sustenance, of course.

Rafe: Thank you. I could definitely use it. And no, I’m just poring over these photos again and again, just…wanna see if I’ve missed anything. But, uh, so far, no. Haven’t been able to zero in on a suspect.

Sami: He has to know there’s no way I’d stay married to a man who lied to me about kidnapping me.

[Knocking at door]

Kate: Well, what the hell happened here?

Ej: So shall we?

Belle: I thought you’d never ask.

[Doorbell rings] Ignore it.

Ej: It could be the police. Maybe they made some progress with the investigation.

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[Soft orchestration]

Kate: This looks like a room in high school.

Lucas: Yeah, yeah, not quite.

Kate: I assume you were looking for something.

Lucas: Yeah, I, um, I heard that abigail’s killer may have taken some jewelry from her room.

Kate: Thank god. And you just thought that maybe that it was in here?

Lucas: I hoped not. But I couldn’t find it anywhere. So now I’m thinking–I’m hoping that maybe I didn’t do it.

Kate: Oh, god, lucas. I really wish we could base that on a lot more than just an absence of jewelry.

[Sighs] You can’t remember anything about that night?

Lucas: No, unfortunately, I can’T. But the rumor is, whoever killed abigail took the jewelry.

Kate: Okay, which you don’t have.

Lucas: Right, right. So that’s what I’m thinking, you know? If it wasn’t me, gotta be somebody else.

Kate: Okay. Well, let’s hope.

Lucas: I’m gonna do more than hope. I have to stay positive through this. It’s the only way I can stay sane. Yeah, look at this. Speaking of positive, look. Ow, ow!

[Grunts] Look.

Kate: Oh, my god. Is that what I think it is?

Lucas: Yeah. I’m finally gonna propose to sami.

Sami: I need to talk to you.

Ej: Samantha…

Sami: Belle, what are you doing here?

Ej: Your sister is my attorney. We were just discussing some legal matters.

Sami: Oh, fantastic. What trouble have you gotten yourself into this time?

Belle: Ej hasn’t done anything, sami.

Sami: Really? Are you kidding me right now? Of course he has. Nobody just has their lawyer hanging around for no good reason. As much as I hate to admit it, I am still his wife. So I have a right to know what mess you’ve gotten yourself mixed up in this time.

Belle: He hasn’t, sami. Um, the truth is, I am staying here. I have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.

Kate: So sami’s back in town?

Lucas: Yeah, yeah, she got back a little while ago.

Kate: Where is she right now?

Lucas: She went to go see ej to get him to sign the divorce papers.

Kate: And you were okay with that?

Lucas: No, I wasn’T. Of course not.

Kate: Well, then why didn’t you stop her?

Lucas: I tried to stop her. I told her to let the lawyers handle it. But she wouldn’t listen to me. She was adamant–she wanted ej to sign the papers today. I mean, I’m not happy at the fact that they’re both alone together right now. But you know what? It’s okay. It’s okay if it means that she’s finally through with that bastard once and for all. I’m good.

Kate: [Scoffs] Well, that’s assuming that he signs those divorce papers. Lucas, when has he ever, ever done anything of benefit to you? What if he decides, “no, instead of signing these, I’m gonna convince sami that I’m innocent of her kidnapping”? You’re not a little worried that he might point his finger at you?

Sami: So let me get this straight–you and shawn are separated, and jan spears had his baby? Kay, I understand why you don’t wanna stay with shawn, but why aren’t you staying with mom?

Belle: Oh, I was until mom decided to be jan’s therapist. So couldn’t really stay there anymore.

Sami: Of course she is. Got it. So there’s no room in any hotel in town? You had to bunk in with your client? That’s your only option?

Ej: Actually, belle’s more than just my attorney.

Roman: A lot on your mind, huh? Why do I get the feeling this has something to do with nicole? And look, if you’re hidin’ out up here because of what kate said, that’s just kate being kate. Look, I am sorry that she put you on the spot.

Eric: Yeah, I get the feeling she’s not.

Roman: Yeah, no. I’ll never understand why she just loves stirring up trouble. If it were an olympic sport, she would definitely take the gold.

Eric: Nice to hear she has a hobby.

Roman: Yeah. I just wish it were more like, you know, learning a second language or gardening. And though it is not a hobby of mine to stir up trouble, you are my son, so I do think I am justified in wanting to know–

Eric: What’s going on with nicole and me.

Roman: Care to share?

Nicole: It must be so hard working on this case while you’re still grieving abigail.

Rafe: It is, yeah. But also, whoever did this left two children without a mother. So I am more than motivated to get the son of a bitch and make him pay. And, uh, I’m not gonna be able to live with myself if I don’t get this maniac off the streets.

Nicole: And you will. I have every bit of faith in you.

Rafe: Thank you. Okay, enough about me.

[Chuckles] How was your day? Hopefully, less eventful than mine. What’s going on at basic black?

Nicole: Um, actually, I didn’t come from the office.

Rafe: No?

Nicole: No.

Rafe: Had a meeting?

Nicole: Well, uh, I was lucky. I went to abe’s impromptu wedding. I got to spend the day celebrating life and love.

Chad: Yeah, I read a few articles, um, about how to tell a child that a parent has died. Yeah, I tried to use some of that advice, but it all went out the window as soon as I sat down and I looked at their little faces.

Marlena: Of course it did. Look, I know a few things about you. Among those things are that you are a fabulous dad, and I’m sure you’d do the very best you could for them.

Chad: Yeah, I don’t know about that, I, uh– you know, I just–I just said all the, you know, the usual cliché things, like, “mom had to go to heaven,” and “even though, you know, she’s not gonna be here on earth anymore, she’ll always be in your heart.”

[Scoffs]

[Sighs]

Marlena: Chad… yes, it’s a cliché. But it’s also very true. I think you said the right thing.

Chad: I don’t know. I mean, thomas gets it. Charlotte, she just kept saying, “when’s mom coming back?” And I had to tell her, “mom isn’t coming back. She’s not coming back.” Now, I don’t know how the hell I’m supposed to expect her to understand it when I don’t understand it myself.

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Rafe: So abe and paulina finally tied the knot? That’s great news.

Nicole: Yeah, it was spur of the moment. Otherwise, I would’ve asked you to be my plus one.

Rafe: Oh, I–no, I couldn’t have gone anyway. I mean, wouldn’t have felt right taking time off from work, but I’m glad that you went to support them.

Nicole: Yeah, so am I. But I have to say, I mean, the ceremony was fine, but the reception got cut short– I mean, lani confessing to having shot tr…

Rafe: Yeah, I just got the paperwork about lani confessing to killing tr. Didn’t realize she did it in the middle of the reception, though.

Nicole: Yeah, everything came to a screeching halt as you can imagine.

Rafe: Yeah, I’ll bet. And you probably didn’t get anything to eat, and from the size of that bag, you brought enough for two of us. So why don’t you join me?

Nicole: Um, actually, I did have lunch. I ended up at the pub.

Rafe: Oh, you did?

Nicole: Mm-hmm.

Rafe: By yourself?

Nicole: No, I–I ate with roman and kate and eric.

Rafe: Huh.

Eric: Great. You wanna talk about nicole too.

Roman: Look, I don’t want to pry. But you two obviously have a history together, and believe me, I know how much it hurt you when you found out nicole slept with xander. But now that some time has passed…

Eric: What? Go ahead, finish the sentence.

Roman: Well, I just wondered if maybe two of you might be able to work things out.

Eric: Work things out?

Roman: Mm-hmm.

Eric: You make it sound like it’s so easy. Nicole, she’s moved on. She’s with rafe now, and apparently very much in love. Not to mention, they’re actually engaged to get married.

Roman: They’re not married yet.

Lucas: Of course I’m worried about ej pointing the finger at me. But I would’ve needed a physical barrier in the doorway to stop sami from going over there.

Kate: What, are you kidding? You can’t stop a woman on crutches from leaving you? Because if that’s true, it doesn’t bode well for your future together, believe me.

Lucas: You know, she can use those crutches as weapons. But it’s not the point. The point is, even if I managed to stop hurricane sami from blowing over to ej, she would’ve–she would’ve realized that it would’ve made me look suspicious. Don’t you understand that? She would’ve wondered why I care what ej says. Well, all the more reason to think it’s true if that happens.

Kate: Okay, I see your point.

Lucas: You see, this way– this way she knows, sami knows that I’m not threatened by anything that ej says. But I’m just hoping that, you know, whatever he does say, she’s not gonna take much stock into it, because today, I’m gonna propose to her.

Kate: Okay, um, about that…

Lucas: What, what?

Kate: Do you really think this is the right time to push the wedding?

Sami: What exactly do you mean that she’s more than just your attorney?

Ej: We’ve become friends. Belle’s been a great support to me since she came to stay here– especially the night of abigail’s murder.

Sami: You were here when that happened?

Chad: Help! Somebody help!

Belle: What happened?

Ej: What the hell?

Belle: I was, yeah. We tried to do everything we could, and–so chad obviously didn’t want the kids in the house.

Sami: Oh, my god, of course not.

Ej: So we–belle and I–got them out of the house, and took them to marlena and john’S.

Belle: Yeah. Chad’s there with them now. He just told them that their mother died.

Ej: [Sighs]

Marlena: Chad, I’ve had a few patients over the years that have had to tell a child that a parent wasn’t coming home, and what I can tell you is, there is no right or wrong way to do that, and I would never presume to tell you how to tell your children. What I do know is that you are a kind, intuitive man… and you’re a wonderful father… and thank god they have you.

Chad: Thank god I have them.

Marlena: Would you like me to talk to them?

Chad: Yeah, if you wouldn’t mind.

Marlena: I wouldn’t mind. I’d be very glad to do whatever I can to help.

Chad: [Sniffles] I think, um–I think they’re in with john right now. Jack and jennifer brought over a little race car track, so they’re probably playing with that right about now.

Marlena: Oh–

John: Hey, sweetheart. I didn’t know you were home.

Marlena: Yeah. I hear there’s some racing going on in the other room.

John: Mm, yeah. Thomas and charlotte are on lap 500 of the dimera grand prix.

[Chuckles]

Marlena: Sounds like you’re ready for a pit stop.

John: Mm.

Marlena: Why don’t I, um– I’ll take a few rounds.

Chad: Thank you.

Marlena: Of course. Of course.

Sami: No matter how I may feel about the dearly departed, abby–my heart breaks for those kids. I know what it’s like to have to tell your kid that their parent isn’t coming home, and face a future raising your children alone, which is actually reminding me of why I’m here. I have divorce papers, ej, and I would like you to sign them.

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John: Been a long day, kid. Get you a beer?

Chad: No, thank you. I should probably stay present for the kids.

John: Yeah, I understand that. Chad… I know that it’s not always helpful to tell someone who’s suffering that they’ve been through a similar situation. I know that, um–I actually used to resent it when people did that to me. I don’t know, I just kind of felt like that maybe they were being dismissive of my pain, you know?

Chad: No, I would never think that about you, john, and I know that you went through something similar– losing your wife.

John: Isabella, yeah.

John: Did you know we had just gotten married? Just–just had a baby–brady– when we found out that she was sick–cancer, and at the end of our fight, I took her to venice, and she died in my arms.

Chad: How–how do you go on?

John: Well, you know, initially, I just knew that I had to be there for brady. I mean, it’s not like I was ever gonna stop missing isabella. That was never gonna happen. But, you know, slowly, my life started to fill up–obviously, bill, doc, and her kids– and now, when I remember isabella, I just think about how lucky I was to have had her before I had to say goodbye.

Chad: See, that’s the difference, though. You got to say goodbye. I never did.

Ej: It’s not that I can’t wait to sever our marital bond, samantha. But there’s a lot going on right now. Abigail’s death, the birth of shawn’s baby–

Sami: Wait, wait, wait. Sorry, what does shawn’s baby have to do with whether or not you sign these papers today?

Ej: My point is that it’s obvious I have a lot on my plate. So maybe we could table this for the moment? There’s no pressing need to finalize the divorce right now.

Sami: Yes, actually, there is. Lucas and I are getting married again.

Lucas: Are you saying i shouldn’t ask sami to marry me?

Kate: No. No, I’m not saying that. I’m just saying that you have a lot going on right now, and you might not be able to focus on the wedding when you’re worrying about whether your bride is going to find out that you were the one behind her kidnapping.

Lucas: What, is this your way of suggesting I tell sami the truth?

Kate: No, it’s my way of suggesting that you get rid of this debilitating stress. You’ve already blown your sobriety to hell, lucas.

Lucas: You know what? There’s not gonna be any more stress. As soon as I marry sami, the stress will be gone! I mean, there’ll be stress, but it’ll be a different kind of stress–it’ll go away!

Kate: I know you know better than this. You know better than to pin your emotional well-being on sami brady. Lucas, look at your brother. Look at philip. He allowed himself to be consumed with his feelings for chloe. Did it make him happy? No. It didn’t relieve his stress. All it did was release this– this terrible stream of dark impulses.

Lucas: So you’re comparing me to philip? You think I’m gonna snap, right? You think I’m gonna end up in a mental institution like my brother?

Kate: Lucas, stop, don’T. Don’T. Philip did not snap. He had issues. He had issues that he needed to get help for.

Lucas: Issues that caused him to fake his own death.

Kate: I’m just so– I’m worried.

Lucas: Stop saying that! Stop saying you’re worried about me, okay? You have no reason to be worried about me! I would never do anything to abigail! I would never–I would never k– I can’t even say it. She’s my niece. I would never do anything wrong. I would never hurt her like that. I respect her! I loved her! She was a great mother! And to think I had anything to do with her death– I couldn’t go on.

Kate: Oh…

Lucas: I’m telling you right now, I couldn’t go on.

[Dramatic music]

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Kate: Honey, I know how hard this is for you, okay?

Lucas: Especially since i feel ashamed about what I did. I feel horrible about kidnapping sami. But, you know what? She’s never gonna find out that I kidnapped her. She won’t–she won’T. It’ll be a whole new chapter in my life–you know, in our lives.

Kate: Mm.

Lucas: And I know I can’t take it back. I can’t take back what I did, but I can promise to be the best husband I can possibly be. I mean, that’d be a good way to make it up to her, right?

Kate: Yeah, yes, yes, yes, yes. Yeah, no, honey, I want that for you. I want that for you.

Lucas: [Sniffling]

Kate: Your happiness means everything to me, lucas.

Lucas: Sami means everything to me.

Kate: I know, I know.

Lucas: So does that mean I have your blessing?

Kate: You have my blessing, yes. You have my undying support, and you’re gonna need it. Believe me. Baby, I love you. I love you so much.

Lucas: I love you too.

Kate: Okay. Okay. I’m sorry. You take care of yourself, please, okay?

Lucas: Yeah, I will, I will.

Kate: Okay.

Lucas: [Sighs]

Ej: [Scoffs] So this is what you really want? To spend the rest of your days married to your very own kidnapper?

Sami: [Scoffs] Actually, I’m divorcing him.

Ej: My conviction was overturned.

Sami: Oh, please. That doesn’t prove that you were innocent.

Ej: Oh, samantha, when are you going to wake up and see what’s staring you right in the face?

Sami: You’re staring me right in the face with your crazy conspiracy theories about lucas. Listen, we can all see that you’re just doing that to deflect from your own guilt. You’re the psychopath who kidnapped me and then lied to me about it.

Belle: Sami, I think you’re wrong.

Sami: Of course you do. You’re his lawyer. You’re the one who got him off of the charges.

Belle: Ej was framed by a very powerful force.

Sami: Yes, of course, old scratch at it again. But all he did was make sure that a guilty man was sentenced to prison. In fact, it was the one time he was on the side of the angels.

Ej: Samantha, you have to see reason.

Sami: No, I don’T. I don’t have to see anything. What I know for sure–no one will ever change my mind– you are the one who kidnapped me.

Eric: Dad, I am not about to meddle in nicole’s relationship.

Roman: Nobody’s saying you should do that, okay? I’m just saying you need to make a decision about what you want–

Eric: Dad, I’ve already made my decision.

Roman: You sure about that? Because from what I can tell, you’re still thinking things over. Maybe you need to take a page from sami’s book–broken legs, broken planes–nothing comes between that girl and whatever she wants, and look, okay? Don’t get me wrong. I like rafe a lot. He is a good guy–a really good guy and a really good friend. But that doesn’t mean he is who nicole’s supposed to be with.

Eric: Nicole and I have already had our chance, and you see how that ended up?

Roman: Yeah, well, rafe and nicole had their chance to get married too, and they didn’T. Okay, now they postponed the wedding because rafe is leading the investigation into abigail’s death.

Eric: Which means he has his priorities in order.

Roman: Which also means that if you still have feelings for nicole, you got time to do something about it, and if it were me, I wouldn’t wanna miss the chance to say something– to talk to her about it, because I wouldn’t wanna regret it later down the road because I didn’T.

Rafe: Well, I think it’s great that abe and paulina grabbed the opportunity to get married when they could, because…you know, with lani confessing, you never know when life can change in an instant.

Nicole: I know. Life is uncertain. That is for sure. But our situation is nothing like abe and paulina’s, and, like, you’re under enough pressure as it is to get this case solved. So I don’t want you to feel like you have to make big plans for our wedding.

Rafe: Well, I’m definitely not feeling the pressure about that. Or is this about something else?

Nicole: Well, rafe and i plan on rescheduling our wedding soon.

Kate: Hmm, well, that wasn’t what I was getting at.

John: What are you getting at?

Kate: Well, eric, I’m sure you believe in signs.

Eric: Yeah, signs?

Kate: Yeah–you came back to salem, right? You were forced out of the priesthood, and then nicole postponed her wedding.

Roman: Kate, what are you doing?

Kate: I’m asking questions.

Roman: No, you’re not. You’re stirring the pot. We talked about this. It’s none of our business.

Rafe: Nicole, what are you saying? Are you avoiding making wedding plans because you don’t want to get married?

Chad: I never got to take abby to venice or any of the other places that we wanted to go. Either she couldn’t get away or I couldn’t get away or the kids were in school. Though, we always just put it off. You know, thinking about it, we had all this time. You know, the last conversation we had was about taking the– taking our kids to a movie, and taking that trip to boston to go see jack. You know, surprise him for his birthday. She wanted to go at night. But…

John: But?

Chad: It just seemed so last-minute, you know? And I just thought it would’ve been too much work to get the kids together and get to the airport. So I said–so I said why don’t we go the next morning? And she s–agreed. She said, “yeah, you know, what difference would a day make?”

[Chuckles] Well, you know, it turns out that it makes all the difference in the world.

[Sniffles]

[ Screaming ]

Chad: If we had gone to boston that night, abby would still be alive.

[Sniffles] I took the–I–I took the kids to a movie, and I left her alone.

John: No, no, no, chad, you didn’t have any idea what was gonna happen. There’s no way you could’ve known what was gonna happen. You just said that you were gonna take the kids to the movies that night?

Chad: Yeah, I was with abby in our room. I was getting ready before i went to go–I went to go get the kids.

[Sniffles]

John: Before you left… what was the last thing you said to each other?

Chad: [Sighs]

[Laughs] She told me that she loved me.

[Sobs]

[Sniffles] And I told her that i loved her too.

John: Mm-hmm.

Chad: I mean, the way that she looked at me and said it, it melts my heart, I mean, that smile… everything about her, I just, I– I took for granted.

John: What do you think you took for granted?

Chad: The amount of time that I would have with her.

[Sniffles] If I had only known, I wouldn’t have–I wouldn’t have wasted so much–so much time.

John: What do you think you wasted time on?

Chad: [Sniffles] Doing anything but loving her, and letting–letting her know how–how–how much she meant to me, and that she was my everything–telling her that she was my everything.

John: She knew. She knew, kid.

Chad: [Sobbing]

Ej: Fine, you want to be an idiot? Be my guest.

Sami: Oh. Thanks.

Ej: Satisfied?

Sami: Yes. Actually, I am. It’s exactly what I wanted. So belle, word of warning if you plan on staying in this house much longer: Just make sure you don’t get chained up in the basement. No, no, I’ll get the door myself, thanks. You’re gonna have to close it, though.

Ej: Okay. Like pulsing, electric shocks,

Marlena: I hope I’m not interrupting.

Chad: No, you’re not. Did you talk to ’em?

Marlena: I did. Thomas is pretty focused on that race car set.

Chad: [Chuckles] And charlotte?

Marlena: She asked me if it were true. She asked me if her mommy had died. I told her it was true, and she cried, and I rocked her and held her, and a moment later, she was back in denial, said she knew her mommy was going to be coming home.

Chad: Well, I should probably go get–

Marlena: Chad.

[Sighs] Look, they’re playing so well, and they’re distracted, and it’s nearly their bedtime. Why don’t you let them stay with us one more night?

Chad: Are you sure?

John: Yeah, yeah, absolutely. We love those kids.

Chad: [Chuckles] Thank you.

Marlena: Of course. Chad. I think you should stay as well.

Chad: No, I’m not–I don’t want to impose.

John: You’re not an imposition, you know that.

Marlena: No, you’re not. No, we would love to have you.

Chad: [Stammers] Thank you–okay. Thank you. That would be good.

Nicole: Eric.

Eric: Nicole, I–

Nicole: What are you doing here?

Eric: I came by because I wanted to ask you something.

Nicole: Well, can it wait? I’m sorry you came all the way over here, but it’s not a really good time, so…

Eric: Yeah, sure. Is everything okay?

Rafe: Hey! I got champagne. Hey, eric.

Eric: Rafe. Champagne? You guys look like you’re gonna celebrate something.

Rafe: Well, as a matter of fact, we are.

Nicole: [Giggles] We got married.

Eric: Married? Marri–married?

Rafe: Mm-hmm.

Eric: When?

Rafe: Yeah, we just snuck in right under the wire.

Nicole: Yeah, we just came from the courthouse.

Eric: Yeah, that’s great.

[Chuckles] Congratulations.

Rafe: Thank you.

Eric: Yeah, well, I’ll leave the two of you to celebrate your wedding night.

Rafe: Right.

[Both laugh]

Lucas: How’d it go?

Sami: Success!

Lucas: Yeah?

Sami: Yup!

Lucas: He signed ’em?

Sami: Oh, yeah, I got him to sign the papers.

Lucas: Perfect. Well, in that case…

[Hums] I had a whole big speech planned, but considering how long it took us to get to this point, I figured I’d just cut to the chase.

[Sighing] Samantha gene brady, will you marry me again?

Sami: [Laughs] Yes, lucas.

Lucas: Yes?

Sami: I will. You want to put it on?

Lucas: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let me do that. Ow.

Sami: Ooh, watch your hand.

Lucas: That’s all right. That’s all right.

Sami: Aw…

Lucas: It fits. It fits perfect.

Sami: Just like you.

[Laughs] Yay!

Ej: Now that I’ve signed those blasted divorce papers, I suppose all that’s left is for samantha to file them, and then–

Belle: And then you’ll be divorced.

Ej: And she’s lucas’ problem. I could–I could almost pity him. So where were we?

Belle: No. Hold on a second. What are you doin’?

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Maggie: Maybe I should play mozart’s “requiem mass,” and you could be even more depressed.

Victor: Well, if you think you’re going to cheer me up, you’re wrong.

Maggie: Oh, I’m not gonna even try to cheer you up when you’re in this kind of a mood. Victor, I know you’re upset, but one, there’s nothing you can dobout it and, two, it’s not the end of the world.

Victor: Thank you, mary poppins.

Maggie: Victor, this situation is complicated and it’s upsetting. But we’re talking about a baby. A new life.

Victor: A new life that was spawned by a woman who tried to electrocute me in my own bathtub. And now my grandson is going to have her hanging around his neck for the rest of his life. Get me another drink.

Belle: Were you leaving?

Shawn: I mean, not now that you’re here. I’m glad that you came. Should we grab a coffee or something?

Belle: Oh, I didn’t come to see you.

Ej: Looks like you’ve been caught red-handed, clyde. What are you up to?

Leo: You can help me with the jewelry? Clyde: Well, I’m on parole and i need to keep my nose clean. But I do have friends who deal in this kind of thing all the time. I can you get you 50 cents to the dollar for all this stuff, no questions asked. Just hanging out.

Ej: Oh. So what’s in the bag?

Clyde: Nothing you need to worry about.

Ej: Then you wouldn’t mind I take a look then.

Chloe: What kind of a savage would brutally murder the mother of two young children?

Brady: Someone who has no heart. The scum of the earth, the lowest of the low.

Leo: Who are you calling “the lowest of the low”?

Chloe: We’re not talking about you, leo.

Brady: Unless you were the sob who killed abigail.

Lucas: Oh, my god, this is great. You’re here. I really wasn’t expecting you.

Sami: Yeah, obviously not. What the hell happened in here, lucas?

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Maggie: Victor, you have every right to be upset. But it’s just not good for you to feel sorry for yourself, to brood. That’s not who you are.

Victor: You said there was nothing I can do about it. I hate that.

Maggie: Yes, well, of course you do. And yes, there’s nothing we can do about that baby being born, but you can– you can stand by shawn. You can let shawn know that you’re by his side when he’s trying to put his life back together. And, victor, I know you hate looking at the bright side, but won’t jan be going back to prison again? And then– and then maybe shawn and belle can–can work it out.

Victor: [Harumphs]

Maggie: Oh, no, you didn’t just harumph at me. Shawn and belle, at least they have a chance. They still have their lives ahead of them. Sorry.

Victor: No, I’m sorry, maggie. I’m real sorry. I know–I know how much you loved abigail.

Maggie: Those sweet children without a mother. I’m sorry. Listen, whoever did that to abigail, they have to pay.

Leo: Yeah, I heard about abigail. What happened?

Brady: She was stabbed.

[Tense music]

Leo: Why would anybody want to hurt abigail?

Brady: The police think it might’ve been a robbery.

Leo: Oh, please. Please still be here. Oh. Yes. I’d have preferred an alamainian emerald, but you will do just fine. What a tragedy. Can’t imagine how hard this has been on her family.

Brady: Come on, stark. Cut the crap.

Leo: What is that supposed to mean?

Brady: It means that you went to a lot of trouble to inflict pain upon chad and abigail. Maybe you felt that they didn’t pay enough.

Leo: What the hell are you accusing me of?

Lucas: Here, here, let me help you. Sit down.

Sami: Oh, okay. Thank you.

Lucas: What are you doing here? I thought your flight was delayed.

Sami: It was, but then we made up time in the air.

Lucas: I really wanted to pick you up. I wanted to be there for you.

Sami: I know you did, but you have a lot going on, and you’re still grieving about abby. Hey, tell me how jennifer is doing.

Lucas: Oh, she’s barely hanging on, like we all are.

Sami: Which is why I took a cab. And I just left my luggage downstairs.

Lucas: All right, let me grab it for you.

Sami: What? No, no. Hey, wait a second. You’re not going anywhere until you answer my question, lucas. What is going on in here? It looks like a tornado hit this room.

Lucas: Um…

Belle: I’m actually here to see my mom. Chad’s at the house right now. Thomas and charlotte spent the night last night, and he’s telling them about abigail.

Shawn: Well, god help him.

Belle: Yeah, so I thought my mom could recommend a children’s counselor in case chad thought they needed one. Anyway, I should go.

Shawn: Look, belle…look, please, please wait. Moderate to severe eczema

Maggie: We’re somewhat in the same situation. I know what to do for chad and for jennifer and jack down the road, to be there, to listen and talk about abigail whenever they’re ready. But it won’t be for a while. And you can be there for shawn and belle when they’re ready. But not now.

Victor: No, we’re worthless.

Maggie: Well, to them. But hopefully not to each other. We can–we can to–we can try to treasure whatever time we have together.

Victor: I do. I do.

Bonnie: Come on in, honey.

Victor: Oh, god, spare me.

Bonnie: Oh, hi.

Victor: And it gets worse.

Bonnie: Maggie, I was just telling nancy about your figurines. Do you mind if she takes a peek?

Maggie: No, of course not.

Nancy: Oh. Oh, oh, maggie, this is lovely.

Maggie: Hello, nancy.

Nancy: Hi. Hello, victor. I guess the sun’s up over the yardarm somewhere, right?

Victor: Hmm.

Nancy: I do think this one’s my favorite, though.

Maggie: Oh, mine too.

Victor: Of course we value your opinion so much.

Bonnie: Nancy and I were just going to play some cards, so I just came in to get the pinochle deck. Honey, nancy, we can play in the conservatory.

Nancy: The conservatory? Ah, like “clue.”

Victor: Anybody seen my lead pipe?

Bonnie: Okay, so well, we’re just going to leave you two at it, unless you guys like to play. I mean, four-handed is much more fun.

Victor: No, we’re good.

Bonnie: Great.

Maggie: You know what? I would love to.

Bonnie: Really?

Victor: Really?

Maggie: Yes, victor, really.

Bonnie: [Chuckles]

Clyde: Why would you care what’s in this bag, ej? You know it ain’t none of your business.

Ej: Come on, clyde, I think you might have an illegal weapon in there.

Clyde: Well, now, that would violate my parole.

Ej: Oh, yes, of course, I forgot. You’ve been rehabilitated. You’re a new man.

Clyde: Absolutely.

Ej: So the way you just reacted right now, you know, like a low-life scum with something to hide, that was just reflex. That’s your lunch in the bag. Or maybe your knitting.

Clyde: Did you hear me say it’s none of your business?

Ej: Au contraire, it’s very much my business. You see, I think you’ve acquired said weapon in order to finish me off.

Clyde: It’s always about you, isn’t it, ej?

Ej: Well, you did try and have me killed once before.

Clyde: You need to let things go.

Ej: I really recommend you drop that glib crap with me. Before I got out of prison, you threatened to hurt my family. And my family was hurt. I’m not part of the legal system, so I don’t care about due process. If I think that you stabbed my sister-in-law, well, my last name is dimera. And we’re totally an eye-for-an-eye kind of family.

Brady: I’m accusing you of being a cold, heartless creep.

Chloe: You forgot cowardly.

Brady: You’re right, my bad. You’re a cold, heartless, cowardly creep that has zero, zero compassion for anybody but yourself. So this whole, “it’s to tragic. I can’t imagine how hard it this is on their family” makes me want to puke. You hated chad and abigail, you made him out to be a cheating husband, and you rubbed abigail’s nose in it. So don’t pretend to me that you’re grief-stricken.

Leo: Once again, I get blamed for things, even things that aren’t my fault.

Chloe: What are you talking about?

Leo: I don’t want to speak ill of the dead or her grieving husband, but they started it. When they destroyed what I had with craig, they made an enemy for life.

Sami: Lucas, what happened? Did you call the police? Were you robbed?

Lucas: No, no, it wasn’t anything like that.

Sami: Well, then why don’t you tell me what it was like?

Lucas: I–it was– it was me, all right? I–I did this.

Sami: You did this? I know you can be a slob, but this is ridiculous.

Lucas: I was looking for something.

Sami: Okay, what?

Brady: The cops think it could’ve been a robbery gone wrong.

Lucas: A robbery?

Brady: It was in the paper this morning. They found some jewelry and some cash that was taken from the house. The cops think if they can find the jewelry they’ll find the person who killed abigail.

Lucas: I was looking for some jewelry.

Sami: Jewelry? Okay, what jewelry?

Shawn: Look, I just–I want to thank you for being here when jan was in labor.

Belle: Well, I knew that the baby might not be make it. And I know how hard that would be for you. Because I know better than anyone what being a father means to you.

Shawn: Yeah, but belle, you– look, you waited. You waited with me. And–and I know how hard that was for you, so–so thank you.

Belle: No need to thank me.

Shawn: Look, when I–when i thought that the baby wasn’t going to make it, look, you were there, and you– belle, you held me, and I felt like there was hope for the two of us, and… look, I’m just hoping that you felt the same way too. Fishing helps ease my mind.

Maggie: You know, this is nice. I don’t know why, but sometimes time just kind of sits heavy in late afternoon.

Bonnie: I’m sorry. Are you guys up for this? I mean, I know you have a lot on your mind and everything.

Maggie: Maybe, maybe too much.

Nancy: I was so sorry to hear about abigail.

Maggie: She was a wonderful young woman. You know, she helped me bring sarah back.

Bonnie: Thank god.

Maggie: Poor jack and jennifer. I know how hard it is to lose a child.

Nancy: And, victor, I was so sorry to hear about philip.

Victor: He’s not dead.

Bonnie: He’s not? You guys have heard from him?

Maggie: No, but we just haven’t given up hope.

Nancy: Oh, that’s good. I know my chloe still misses him terribly.

Victor: It’s a good thing she can expunge her grief in brady’s bed. You dealt, right? I’ll open for 500.

Brady: “They started it”? What the hell is this? Third grade? You realize I’m not talking about getting pantsed in the hallway, leo.

Leo: Yeah, I know you’re not. I found the love of my life, and on a whim chad and abigail set out to destroy my once chance at happiness.

Chloe: No, I think you destroyed your one chance of happiness when tried conning my father into marrying you even though you already had a husband.

Leo: Getting married was your father’s idea. It would’ve crushed him if I turned him down.

Brady: Once again, reality just escapes you. Everything is everyone else’s fault, and you were never to blame.

Chloe: You think that sonny would disagree with that. I think that sonny would blame leo for drugging him and then publishing pictures of the two of you together in bed.

Leo: That was consensual. Once again, sonny is lying.

Brady: You know what I don’t get, though? You’ve spent all this time and energy into getting back at chad and abigail and sonny and will but not me. I’m the one who blew up your sham of a wedding. And I was very proud to do it.

Belle: I did feel it too.

Shawn: I knew it. Belle, this–we could–

Belle: And the baby was born, and you went straight to jan.

Shawn: Yeah, well, that’s because I knew that ej was there to hold your hand.

Belle: Don’t make this about ej.

Shawn: Belle, of course I went to jan. I mean, she just– she just gave birth. All right, the baby was premature, and she was scared. I couldn’t just leave her there wondering whether or not the baby was alive or dead. Hey, but then I came back here. I came back here, and you were gone. And I cannot help but think that you–you left here with ej, and you went back to his place.

Belle: I just want to forget about everything. I want this. I want you. Take me to bed. I did, and then we heard chad screaming. And I saw abigail lying there.

Shawn: I know. I know. Look, I’m sorry. Look, I know what you’ve been through.

Belle: Well, it’s nothing compared to what chad’s going through. Who would do something like that?

Shawn: Look, I swear to god we are going to find out.

Belle: We?

Shawn: I spoke to rafe. I asked him to put me on the case. Look, we’re going to find out what happened that night.

Clyde: I don’t know what the hell you think you’re talking about.

Ej: Oh, I’m pretty sure you do.

Clyde: Don’t you try to pin this on me. I did not kill your sister-in-law.

Ej: And your word is your bond, isn’t it? Only a low-life scum would stab a defenseless woman, and god knows you fit the bill. And as I said before, whoever did it is not going to get away with it.

Lucas: I–I don’t want to say.

Sami: You don’t want to say what kind of jewelry you were looking for? Lucas, okay, what’s going on?

Lucas: Nothing. There’s nothing going on.

Sami: No, obviously there is something going on. You’re a wreck. And I know it’s not just because of abby.

Lucas: Listen, I can’t, all right? I can’t say.

Sami: You can’t tell me what it is? Are you serious? After everything that I have told you? I’ve told you–I–I mean, I can’t even list it all. I told you about what a disaster my marriage to ej was. And you know what? It’s a good thing I did tell you, because telling you, talking to you helped me move on with my life. Lucas, I love you, and I’ll love you no matter what. So come on, just tell me.

Lucas: Okay. All right. I have something to confess. My asthma felt anything but normal.

Belle: You’re going back to work?

Shawn: Yeah, of course I am.

Belle: Well, there’s no “of course” about it. Jan’s going back to statesville. Even with help, you’re going to have your hands full just with the baby.

Shawn: Look, jan’s not– not going back.

Belle: What?

Shawn: At least–at least not right now.

Belle: Okay. All right. She has already played her whole high-risk pregnancy get-out-of-jail-free card, and she’s not pregnant anymore. And she is still a dangerous, violent psychopath. She’s not pregnant.

Shawn: Look, the warden–the warden extended her release just so that she can be with the baby a little bit longer.

Belle: What? How did that happen?

Shawn: Because he’s premature, and he needs–he needs jan’s breast milk.

Belle: And the warden just knows that? What, he’s like a really woke warden?

Shawn: No, kayla, she spoke to him, and she explained the situation.

Belle: Kayla? Well, I think she and i are going to have to have a nice a little chat.

Shawn: Look, she–she did it because I asked her to.

Belle: W…wow. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. Jan always has an angle to work, and she always knows how to get you to work it for her.

Shawn: Look, belle, this is for the baby’s sake, all right? It’s temporary. It’s only until the baby gains a little bit more weight; that’s all.

Belle: Right, and then until the baby’s christened, and then until he goes to school, and then until he gets his driver’s license.

Shawn: Look, we’re talking about my son.

Belle: Yes, your son, the living ammunition jan uses to make you dance attendance for the rest of your life.

Shawn: I’m just trying to do what’s best for him. That’s all.

Belle: And she knows that. I’m sorry, I– I really try– struggle to not let my feelings about jan spill over onto your son.

Shawn: I know it isn’t easy.

Belle: So… did you decide on a name yet?

Shawn: Yeah. Look, we– we I named him shawn.

Nancy: The fact that chloe is now with brady does not mean she doesn’t care deeply for philip.

Victor: I agree, like she cared deeply for brady all the time she was with philip.

Nancy: And what exactly is that supposed to mean?

Maggie: It means that victor is doing his best to make everyone wildly uncomfortable. He’s so good at it.

Victor: I thought I was giving chloe a compliment. She seems to sense that whether she’s with my son or my grandson, eventually she’s going to drive that lucky young man to drugs, distraction, or out the door.

Bonnie: Okay, all right, you know what? Nancy, just ignore him; he’s trying to bait you.

Nancy: He’s insulting my daughter. And I’m sorry, but neither your son nor your grandson has led a blameless life.

Victor: “Neither my son nor my grandson has led a blameless life.” When “neither” is in the third person plural, it’s takes “have.”

Bonnie: He likes to torture people with grammar. Please.

Maggie: Well, I guess he also likes sleeping in the guest room, because that’s where he’s headed.

Victor: What do you know? We won, red. What a good idea you had, bonnie. Pinochle, a pleasant way to spend the afternoon.

[Laughter] Don’t you think?

Clyde: For the last time, I did not kill your sister-in-law. And if I had wanted to send you a message, believe me, you would have gotten it, and you would have known it was from me.

Sami: Okay. Just tell me.

Lucas: I was looking for a ring.

Sami: A ring?

Lucas: Yeah. Yeah, I didn’t want to tell you like this after everything that’s happened, but I was going to ask you to marry me.

Sami: [Gasps]

It’s started. Somewhere between a cuddle

Clyde: You know, right now I’m wondering why you’re so paranoid.

Ej: Paranoid?

Clyde: Yeah. Why would I want to hurt anyone in your family? You gave me your word that you’d keep your mouth shut about our little arrangement. As far as I know, you have, unless you have told someone.

Belle: Everyone said that you were shot by a mugger in the park. You’re saying clyde did it?

Ej: He didn’t pull the trigger. He lured me to the park and threatened me. When things became heated, his man shot me, and then they left me there to die. No, I haven’t told anyone.

Clyde: Well, then, you got absolutely nothing to worry about. And I got a date.

Victor: You sure you don’t want to play some more? We’re having such fun.

Nancy: I’ve had more fun doing laundry.

Victor: Oh, you found a new career?

Bonnie: Oh, my gosh.

Nancy: I am so sorry to leave you alone with him, but I have a date.

Victor: How brave of you to try to put your shattered life together again.

Bonnie: Say hi to clyde for me.

Victor: What? You’re not talking about clyde weston.

Maggie: Victor.

Victor: Look, I know you’re desperate, but this is the bottom of the barrel.

Maggie: Okay, victor, that’s enough.

Victor: Maggie, the man had sonny stabbed in the back. Even she deserves better than that.

Nancy: I’m sorry, mr. Kiriakis, but given your history I don’t think you have the right to pass judgment on anyone.

Victor: I was just trying to help you out. I’m worried about you. I understand it’s very difficult to get a relationship going with a sociopathic criminal.

Maggie: Nancy, I’ll walk you to the door.

Nancy: Thank you. How do you put up with that?

Maggie: Massive denial.

Victor: You know, I always thought that dr. Wellsley was the bottom of the barrel.

Bonnie: Oh, wesley!

Victor: Oh, whatever. She sure can pick them.

Bonnie: Well, not everybody can be as lucky as maggie.

Victor: You know, when you’re right, you’re right.

Bonnie: [Scoffs]

Shawn: Look, the name was jan’s idea.

Belle: Yeah, of course it was. And then you went along with it.

Shawn: I guess, yeah, I did I–

Belle: So much for our moment of hope.

Shawn: Look, come on, belle, I just–

Belle: You know, I have to go, okay? I have to go talk to my mom. I hope you and jan and little shawn are very happy.

Brady: I mean, I’m the one that recruited sonny and will. I was the one that brought them to town, had them tell craig about your past. I mean, he would’ve never known about your other husband if it hadn’t been for me, so why don’t you just let everybody else alone and focus on me?

Chloe: I think that’s a great idea, except you should think of something new this time. I think the whole scandalous photoshop sex selfies are getting old.

Brady: Agreed. I think we should do this the old-fashioned way. Just a bare-knuckle fistfight. How about right here? How about right now?

Leo: Ugh. It would hardly be a fair fight. You’re bigger; you’re stronger than I am. Besides, you’re wrong; I’m no longer interested in revenge, I’ve given it up.

Chloe: Yeah, right.

Leo: I mean it. It weighs on me that those photos of chad in drag and the little memoir I wrote upset abigail, and now she’s gone, and I can’t tell her that I’m sorry.

Chloe: Well, that’s very sad for you.

Leo: I can’t change the past, so all I can do is look forward. I’m trying to move on with my life, I would appreciate it if the two of you would let me.

Chloe: Did you believe that?

Brady: Not one word.

Lucas: Before you came back, I asked your father for his blessing.

Sami: What?

Lucas: And I got a ring. And I was going to give it to you when you came back. I was going to surprise you, but I–I– I don’t know what I did with it. I think I lost it.

Sami: So you tore this room apart?

Lucas: I panicked, okay?

Sami: It’s okay. Lucas, you shouldn’t be doing this right now anyway. You’re still dealing with everything that happened with abby. And I can see that you haven’t been sleeping.

Lucas: I just– I feel bad, okay? I feel bad about everything and things that have happened, and I–I made a mess out of everything.

Sami: It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter. I don’t need a ring on my finger as long as I know what’s in your heart.

Lucas: You know what’s in my heart. I want you to be my wife.

Sami: Lucas, I know you don’t want to hear this. Right now my answer is no. I can’t marry you.

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Lucas: Why not? Why can’t you marry me? You just told me you loved me and you know how much I love you.

Sami: It’s not about that. It’s I’m still married to ej. Remember? He tore up those divorce papers.

Lucas: Yeah, yeah, okay, fine. That bastard.

Sami: Yeah, but I sent them, and I re-sent them, and he never signed them and I don’t know why. He has to know there’s no way I’d stay married to a man who lied to me about kidnapping me. But you know what? You keep looking for the ring, and I am going to go talk to ej in person, okay?

Lucas: All right.

Sami: I think that I’ll be able to confront him face-to-face, and then he won’t be able to weasel out of it.

Lucas: Well, I just– I’m not wild about you being alone with the guy, so why don’t we just let the lawyers handle this, okay?

Sami: I tried that. It didn’t work. No, I think I have to go with the direct approach. Don’t worry about me. But will you get the door for me?

Lucas: Yeah, yeah.

Belle: Mwah! See you later.

Lucas: All right.

Ej: So if there’s anything I can do… right. Tell charlotte and thomas I love them. And, chad, I love you too. Right. He sounded awful.

Belle: Oh, well, my mom cancelled all her appointments. She’s going to go home, spend some time with chad and the kids.

Ej: So what is it you’re not telling me? This is about shawn, isn’t it?

Belle: I ran into shawn at the hospital. Guess who’s not going back to prison.

Ej: You’ve got to be kidding me.

Belle: No. We knew she’d find a way to keep her hooks in shawn. And that’s where they’re going to stay for the rest of his life.

Bonnie: Ooh. You owe me 15 bucks. Want to play again?

Victor: Sure.

Bonnie: Cool.

Victor: I don’t think maggie’s talking to me.

Bonnie: [Chuckles] No.

Victor: Well, sorry if I offended your friend.

Bonnie: Well, she’s tough. And besides, I don’t think you can date clyde weston and not expect a little blowback, you know?

Victor: I’m in a foul mood.

Bonnie: Well, victor, who could blame you? I mean, you have a new baby in the family; everybody should be over the moon. But instead it’s like, “my grandson is going to have to deal with that woman for the rest of his life.” Jan spears. Ugh.

Victor: My sentiments exactly.

Bonnie: I mean, right? The woman has had way too many sequels. It’s like “alien 47.” The alien is still disgusting, but now she’s also boring. Because you know the alien’s never going to have a change of heart. The alien is never going to say anything funny. It’s just going to sit there waiting for that next crappy thing to happen. And you? You can’t share a nice meal. You can’t have a happy thought, because in the back of your mind it’s just sitting there. Whose chest is she going to pop out of next? Sorry. I know. Bonnie lockhart running her stupid mouth again.

Victor: What you said, it’s exactly what it’s like. Bonnie lockhart, unexpected depth.

Nancy: [Laughs] I don’t care if leo stark put his hand on ten bibles and swore that he’s seen the light. He is like– he’s like florence nightingale when it comes to nursing a grudge.

Chloe: Amen to that.

Nancy: Oh, and by the way, he told me to tell you that you’re on “his list.”

Brady: What list?

Nancy: I don’t know; he wasn’t specific. But it sounded like it was an enemies list.

Brady: Well, I’m sure as hell on that then.

[Tense music]

Need long-lasting freshness?

Clyde: Well, you look beautiful as always. Are you ready?

Nancy: As ever.

Clyde: Nice to see you two again.

Chloe: Ugh. I find it very, very, very not fun to be civil to that man.

Brady: With very good reason.

Chloe: It’s not only that he creeps me out, belle told me to keep my mom away from him. She said that he’s definitely bad news.

Clyde: I have something for you.

Nancy: Really?

Clyde: I didn’t get it wrapped, because I wanted to put it on you myself.

Nancy: Oh, my god, clyde. It’s lovely.

Clyde: Just like you.

Chloe: So belle me that you two are legally separated now. I’m so sorry.

Shawn: Thanks. It–it wasn’t my idea. I was actually hoping that we would be able to– to work things out once the baby was born.

Brady: Doesn’t seem like you think that anymore, though.

Shawn: I’m just afraid that– I’m afraid this whole situation is just pushing us further and further apart.

Belle: So shawn arranged for the warden to let her stay in the hospital with the baby, shawn brady jr.

Ej: They named the baby shawn?

Belle: It wasn’t bad enough that my worst enemy has my husband’s only son, but now the baby is his namesake.

Ej: I’m so sorry. What can I do?

Belle: Well, we could finish what we started the other night. Let’s go upstairs right now.

Sami: He has to know there’s no way I’d stay married to a man who lied to me about kidnapping me.

Ej: You sure this is what you want?

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Ben: Nice work. He’s sound asleep.

Clyde: Yeah. I wish I could stick around till he wakes up, but grandpa has got to get to work.

Ben: You are really good with him, grandpa.

Clyde: Pretty surprising, huh? Yeah, I just stand back and watch you and ciara. Learned from the best. But, you know, being around baby bo so much, seeing how much he needs both his parents makes me think of abigail dimera’s children losing their mom.

Ben: Those poor kids.

Clyde: Yeah. I mean, it’s a tragedy for the whole family, but for those kids. Well, I gotta go.

Ben: I’ll see you, pop.

[Soft dramatic music]

Lucas: Oh, what the hell? What the hell did I do last night?

Brady: Lucas.

Lucas: Hey, what’s going on?

Brady: You got a minute to talk?

Lucas: About what?

>>Brady: About falling off the wagon.

Lucas: What are you talking about, brady? I was in a meeting this morning. I’m 100% sober.

Brady: Why do you look so guilty then?

Ej: Chad? Did you sleep down here?

Chad: I didn’t sleep.

Ej: Well maybe you could try now.

Chad: No.

Ej: Come on, I’ll take you upstairs.

Chad: Ej, stop. I tried. Every time I got to the doorway and looked inside, I saw abigail. The way that I found her slipping away from me.

Belle: Thomas, I can’t believe you won again.

[Person knocking]

Charlotte: Mommy, mommy.

Belle: Chloe, hi.

Chloe: Hi.

Belle: Uh, come in. Charlotte, thomas, you remember my friend miss chloe, right?

Thomas: We thought it was our mom.

Jan: Our baby is the smallest one in the nicu by far.

Shawn: Yeah, but he’s doing really well, and he’S…

Jan: And he started crying.

Shawn: He put on weight.

Jan: And he, he… I couldn’t even comfort him. I just wanted to take his little hand so that he knew I was there.

Shawn: Hey, he knows, jan. All right, he knows.

[Phone beeps]

Jan: [Sobs softly] Who’s that?

Shawn: It’s nobody.

Jan: Well your whole face just changed. Who was it?

Shawn: It’s the warden. He’s asking when I’m gonna bring you back to prison.

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Belle: Why don’t you two run into the kitchen and I think my dad is about to pull some chocolate chip cookies out of the oven.

Thomas: Come on, charlotte, let’s go.

[Soft dramatic music]

Chloe: They still don’t know about their mom?

Ciara: Off to dreamland.

Ben, what’s wrong?

Ben: Just thinking about abigail. Just how sad it is that she’s really gone, especially for her kids.

Ciara: Yeah. It’s–it’s really heartbreaking to think about thomas and charlotte growing up without a mother.

Ben: I tried to do that. I tried to take abigail away from her family.

Ciara: No. Ben, that was a long time ago. You were a different person back then. You’ve changed. You’re better now.

Ben: Yeah, well not a day goes by that I don’t think about all the people that I hurt.

Ciara: Yeah, but you’re with me now and our son, and everything’s gonna be okay.

Ben: Not for chad. His whole world just fell apart.

Ej: Harold told me you sent the staff away.

Chad: Yeah, there’s no reason for them to be here.

Ej: [Sighs] Chad, I don’t think it’s a good idea for you to be all alone in this house.

Chad: Well, guess what, ej, I’m alone.

Ej: That’s not true.

Chad: Really? Abby’s gone. She’s not coming back. Some evil son of a bitch decided to take her away from me.

[Dramatic music]

Leo: I can’t get caught holding that jewelry. I’ve gotta find someone to take it off my hands.

>>Lucas: Look, man, I’ve got nothing to feel guilty about, okay?

Brady: You–you walked out of the meeting this morning.

Lucas: You were there?

Brady: You looked right at me.

Lucas: Sorry. It didn’t register, okay?

Brady: Lucas, come on, man. We’ve been to dozens of these meetings. You saw that I was there, and you left.

Lucas: Listen to me, I didn’t see you, okay? And I had somewhere else more important I had to be.

Brady: Really? Where was that?

Lucas: Not that it’s any of your business, but I’ll tell you, I had to go pick sami up at the airport. She got in from italy this morning, and I checked on her flight, and it was cancelled, so I came back. Any more questions, detective brady?

Brady: Just one. What are you not telling me?

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[Upbeat rock music]

Clyde: Oh, relax, friend. I was just admiring your money clip. I’m not looking to rob you.

Leo: You sure about that? What you charge for a bowl of chowder here is criminal.

Clyde: It looks like you can afford it. If I’m not mistaken, that clip is solid platinum and gold. It’s a handsome piece.

Leo: I could be persuaded to part with it. Make me an offer.

Clyde: [Chuckles] No, thanks.

Leo: Just between us, I do have some other items for sale.

Clyde: Is that what you are, a salesman?

Leo: No. My dear old aunt eloise recently passed away. I’m the executor of her estate.

Clyde: So sorry for your loss.

Leo: Thank you. We were very close, aunt eloise and I. And as much as it pains me to part with her prized belongings, it’s what she wanted. She told me. She said that when the time came, I had to set sentimentality aside and focus on finding quality people who were willing to pay a fair price.

Clyde: So you’re liquidating her assets?

Leo: Specifically some jewelry. Do you like jewelry?

Clyde: I’d have to see it.

Leo: Not here. The park, ten minutes?

Clyde: Sounds like a plan.

Lucas: Look, brady, I’m just trying to sit here and enjoy my coffee in some peace, all right?

Brady: Sorry. I’m not trying to pry into your personal business, lucas. I was genuinely worried when you walked out of that meeting, all right. To be honest with you, you don’t look too good, man.

Lucas: Thank a lot, I appreciate it.

Brady: I would hate to think that you skipped out on a meeting that you may have needed because of me.

Lucas: Look, you’re right, okay? I went on a bender. It was one night, one night. That’s it.

Brady: Did it have anything to do with abigail?

Chloe: I came here to find brady. I just assumed he was here. Belle, I’m so sorry. I should’ve called first.

Belle: Oh, no, no, no, don’t be, listen, the kids are with my dad, let’s sit.

Chloe: Okay. Wow, those, those poor kids.

Belle: I know, I know. I’ve been trying to hold it together, but you just look in their sweet little faces and you know what’s coming, just…

Chloe: And speaking of kids, I, I heard that jan had the baby.

Belle: Shawn’s baby? Yeah.

Chloe: I’m so sorry that I wasn’t here for you to support you.

Belle: It’s okay. Actually I had a big broad shoulder to cry on. After the baby was born, I went to ej’S.

Chloe: Really? You stayed there?

Belle: Mh-hmm. Yeah.

Chloe: And?

Belle: And it was very comforting.

Chloe: Oh, my god, you slept together? No I’m sorry, it’s none of my business.

Belle: No, it’s fine, it’s fine, but no, we actually didn’T. But we came close.

Ej: I, um–I stayed at john and marlena’s last night. Belle was there.

Chad: How are the kids?

Ej: Fine. Fine. We kept them occupied. But chad, at some point soon…

Chad: Yeah. I know. I know.

Ej: They’ve been away from home for two nights already.

Chad: Ej, I said that I know! You said that they were fine.

Ej: Yes, but they’re asking for their father.

Chad: Well, I can’t really see them right now like this. Or I should tell them that I’m–I’m sick or that I’m slammed at work. You think you could do that for me?

Ej: Yes, of course. But they’re asking for their mother too.

[Soft dramatic music]

Ben: When I think how close I came to being where chad is right now… I just wish I could tell him how sorry I am.

Ciara: What do you have going on this afternoon?

Ben: Not much, babe.

Ciara: Okay. Well, I am going to the hospital to meet our new nephew. Would you like to come with me?

Ben: I would love that.

Jan: You can’t let them do this. I haven’t even held our son.

Shawn: Look jan, I don’t think the warden is gonna see that as a good enough reason for you just to not go back to prison.

Jan: Tell him that our baby needs my milk.

Shawn: But jan…

Jan: Premature babies are at a far greater risk of infection. Nothing compares to breast milk for strengthening our son’s immune system.

Shawn: Okay, look, listen, we’re gonna figure it out.

Jan: How? Do you expect me to pump in that dirty, disgusting hell hole? And what, you’re just gonna– you’re gonna bring the bottles back and forth every day? That’s ludicrous. I need to be here. Our son, he needs me here. And I need you to make that happen right now.

When you really need to sleep.

Lucas: Why would my drinking have anything to do with abigail?

Brady: Lucas, your niece whom you loved very dearly was brutally murdered. I wouldn’t blame you if you wanted to numb the pain, a little bit of that. I mean, I spoke to jennifer, you understand, she is devastated. I’m worried about her having a slip up. Are you kidding me? To lose your child like that suddenly and so horrifically and violently I mean, my god…

Lucas: You’re right, okay, you’re right. This is about abigail.

Chad: I’m sorry for lashing out.

Ej: You don’t have to apologize.

Chad: I know that I have to do this, but I have no idea how I’m going to. How do you tell your children that they’re never gonna see their mother again?

[Soft dramatic music]

Abigail was reading… “the hobbit” to thomas at bedtime. She had funny voices for each of their characters.

[Chuckles] Thomas just couldn’t get enough of it. And then charlotte is just… she’s a daredevil all of a sudden. And last week, she wanted to– she wanted to climb the tree outside of her window. You know, the big one? You know which one I’m talking about?

Ej: Yeah, sure.

Chad: So we took her out there and abby boosted her up thinking that she would get half way up and then wanna stop. No, I mean, she climbed almost to the top of it. And then abby, you know, kept telling her to come down…

[Chuckles] And she refused. Dared her mom to come up and get her.

Ej: [Laughs]

Chad: And abby did. She did even though she was absolutely terrified of heights.

They were so happy together. They were in heaven.

Ej: You’re not alone. You have your family.

Chad: [Gasps] I can’T. I can’t do this. I can’t do this without her. I…

Ej: I know it seems impossible right now, but you will find the strength to go on. You’ll finish that book with thomas. You’ll climb trees with charlotte. And everyone who loves you will help and support you, but you’re their father, chad, and they need you now more than ever, okay?

Chad: [Sobbing]

Belle: Well, as you know, ej has been really supportive through this whole nightmare with jan, and he knew I went to the hospital when jan was in labor, and came to check on me, and then after the baby was born, I asked him to get me the hell out of there.

Chloe: I don’t blame you.

Belle: So we went to dinner and had a couple of bottles of wine and ended up back at the mansion, and we were almost at the point of no return when we heard chad screaming for help.

Chloe: And if that hadn’t happened…

Belle: Oh, well, we’d have ended up in bed together. No question.

Chloe: So does that mean that you and shawn are over?

Jan: So?

Shawn: So I spoke with kayla, and she agrees. She agrees you should stay here with the baby, but just, you know, for a little while longer. So she’s gonna call the warden right now.

Jan: Oh, my god, shawn, thank you. Thank you so much.

>>Ciara: Hey, big bro.

[Chuckles] Centrum multigummies aren’t just great tasting…

Shawn: Sis. Ben.

Ben: Hey.

Ciara: Hi. What’s–what’s going on here?

Jan: Just got the most amazing news. I don’t have to go back to statesville.

Shawn: She doesn’t have to go back right away.

Ciara: And why is that?

Shawn: Well, the doctors feel that it would be best for the baby if she stays here for a little while longer.

Jan: Being a new mother yourself, you know how much a child needs its mother, especially in the beginning. I haven’t even gotten to hold our baby yet. I can’t even touch him.

Ciara: That–it must be really hard.

Jan: It’s torture. If I wanna see him, I have to walk down the hall and look at him in a glass box. That’s the closest I can get to our son, but yours is right there. So if it’s not too much trouble, maybe–maybe I can hold him?

[Soft dramatic music]

Belle: So jan is living in my house, and she just turned my office into a nursery, and my mother has just signed on to be her therapist.

Chloe: You’re kidding.

Belle: Oh, no, no she’s even making house calls because, you know, jan has an ankle bracelet. So I just couldn’t take it anymore. No, I had to create some distance.

Chloe: I’m so sorry, but do you see where this is going at all or?

Belle: Honestly, I really don’t know. So much has happened so fast, and I’m just feeling really just torn. You know, obviously, I still love shawn, but I just hate that he’s let this conniving, manipulative lunatic just take over.

Chloe: How can he not see how wrong this is and how incredibly hurtful? Jan has been trying to come between you guys for years.

Belle: Well, looks like she’s finally succeeded.

Chloe: So does that mean that you’re moving on with ej dimera?

[Door clicks]

Lucas: What happened to abigail was horrible. Ever since I found out yesterday, I can’t stop thinking about the terrifying possibility that maybe I…

Brady: You what?

Lucas: Maybe I won’t be able to help my sister. I mean, I saw her yesterday, and I tried to comfort her, but I don’t know, man. I don’t know if she’s ever gonna recover from this.

Brady: Lucas, lucas, she will be fine, all right? She’s tough. She’s strong. She has people around her to support her.

Lucas: I know you’re right, you’re right. I mean, I’ve been in the same hell that she and jack are in now with will–you know, will, he was a miracle, will came back to us, but abigail’s not coming back to us, not after what that monster did to her, god knows what reason.

Brady: The cops think it could’ve been a robbery gone wrong.

Lucas: A robbery?

Brady: It was in the paper this morning. They found some jewelry and some cash that was taken from the house. The cops think if they can find the jewelry, they’ll find the person who killed abigail.

Leo: Right on time, mr… I didn’t catch your name. Hey well for starters we… somebody’s a little grabby. That’s okay. I don’t mind a man who’s eager. You see anything you like?

Clyde: This stuff is hot, isn’t it? My asthma felt anything but normal.

Ciara: You want to hold my son?

Jan: The whole supervised babysitting idea never happened, so I thought it would be good practice for when I get to hold my own son. What do you think?

Ben: Well, that is up to ciara.

Shawn: I’m with ben, sis, it’s up to you.

Ciara: Sure. Yeah, you, you can hold him.

[Soft dramatic music]

All right, here we go.

Jan: Wow.

Ciara: Make sure you support his head.

Jan: He’s precious. Oh, my gosh.

Ciara: Just like that. That’s perfect.

Jan: Hi, little bo. Hi. I’m your auntie jan. I can’t wait for you to meet your little cousin. You guys are gonna grow up together. You’re gonna be best friends. Ciara’s little bo and my little shawn.

Ciara: I’m sorry, you named your baby shawn?

Chloe: Chad, I am so sorry about abigail. She was a really wonderful woman. I’m praying for you and your family.

Chad: Thank you.

Belle: Chloe just stopped by to see if brady– we were just chatting. The kids are in the kitchen with my dad having cookies.

Chloe: I should probably get going.

Belle: Sure. I’ll walk you out.

Chloe: Please give jack and jennifer my love.

So, you and ej, that’s quite some chemistry.

Belle: We didn’t even say a word to each other.

Chloe: Yeah, and i could still feel the heat between you two. Just be careful not to get burned.

Belle: Oh, speaking of, ej and I ran into your mom the other night on a date with clyde weston. Did you know that they were dating?

Chloe: Yeah, and I am not happy about it.

Belle: Everyone said that you were shot by a mugger in the park. You’re saying clyde did it?

Ej: He didn’t pull the trigger. He lured me to the park, threatened me. When things became heated, his man shot me, and then they left me there to die.

Belle: I was at statesville a lot when ej was there, and I can tell you clyde is exactly who he’s always been. I mean it was a huge mistake to let him out on parole.

Chloe: But there’s nothing we can do about that, right?

Belle: Well, no, but what we can do is whatever it takes to convince nancy to break it off with him. Chloe, I’m telling you, clyde weston is just as dangerous as he’s always been.

Leo: Hot? I don’t know what you mean. Now, if you are talking about yours truly…

Clyde: Hey, cut the crap. You didn’t get this from some dying old lady. You stole it.

Leo: Sir, you offend me and aunt eloise. God rest her soul. Wait! You’re right. This stuff is, as you say, “hot.” I’m looking to unload it as quick as possible.

Clyde: Well, I just might be able to help you with that.

Lucas: A robbery? So it’s possible that abigail didn’t know this person, that it wasn’t personal at all.

Brady: It’s possible. It’s possible that the things that were taken and the murder are completely unrelated. But either way, I know– I mean, rafe is gonna be working around the clock to figure out who did this.

Lucas: Yeah, yeah. I know.

Brady: And lucas, I know you wanna be strong for your sister, but you’re obviously hurting as well. If you feel that urge to pick up that bottle again, man, I just…

Lucas: I won’T. I won’t do it.

Brady: Just know that I’m here for you, okay? If there anything you wanna get something off your chest, whatever you say to me will stay between us, okay?

Lucas: Thanks… but there’s nothing more to tell. I just drank one time, you know, and I’m gonna regret it for the rest of my life.

Belle: Chad, I’m so sorry. We all loved abigail so much.

Chad: Thank you. Thank you for taking such good care of my kids.

Belle: Yeah, of course. Anything you need, we’re here. Is there anything that we can do for you now?

Chad: Yeah, can you go get my children for me? It’s time for me to tell them. Lemons.

[Soft dramatic music]

Brady: It was in the paper this morning. They found some jewelry and some cash that was taken from the house. The cops think if they can find the jewelry, they’ll find the person who killed abigail.

[Eerie music]

Lucas: I don’t remember anything from that night. Is it possible that I took abigail’s jewelry? If I did–if I did, maybe I stashed it in here.

Leo: You can help me with the jewelry?

Clyde: Well, I’m on parole, and i need to keep my nose clean, bt I do have friends who deal in this kind of thing all the time. I can get you fifty cents on the dollar for all this stuff no questions asked.

Leo: Discretion, that’s key. Because I, like you, need to keep my nose clean.

Clyde: But I don’t work for free.

Leo: No, of course not. You’ll get a cut.

Clyde: I’ll get one third of your cut, and that’s non-negotiable. If you don’t like it, you can go try to lowball somebody else.

Leo: One third it is.

Clyde: I need to hold on to these, give it to my friends so they can appraise it, but I do get the feeling you’d rather me have it anyway, right?

Leo: Uh, I suppose that would be best. I can trust you to hold up your end of the deal and not, say, disappear without a trace? You did mention that you were on parole. If you were to take off, I’d have to tell the police my version of what happened and, well, that could get messy.

Clyde: Are you threatening me?

Leo: No. No. I just wanna know when I’m gonna get my money.

Clyde: Check back in a couple of days. You know where to find me.

Brady: Hi.

Chloe: Hi.

Brady: Welcome back.

Chloe: Thanks. I missed you.

Brady: I missed you too. Did you come from my dad and marlena’s?

Chloe: Yeah, I just assumed that you were there, but when I walked in, I saw belle playing with charlotte and thomas. They don’t know about their mom yet.

Brady: Oh, man.

Chloe: Yeah. I was leaving. Chad showed up. I just pray that he finds the strength to be able to tell his kids.

[Soft dramatic music]

Belle: Look who’s here. Go.

Charlotte: Daddy.

Chad: Hey, hey. Oh, I missed you guys so much.

Thomas: We missed you.

Chad: Yeah? Hey, hi. How about the three of us spend some time together right now?

Thomas: Are you and mommy still taking us to boston?

Chad: You wanna go– go to fenway park? Sit on top of the green monster? Maybe catch a home run ball?

Thomas: Yeah.

Chad: Yeah? How does that sound?

Charlotte: Good.

Chad: Okay. Well, we’re definitely gonna do that at some point, okay? I promise, but right now, we need to stay here in salem.

Ej: Would you like to get some air? I’d like to stay close in case chad needs me, but perhaps we could take a walk in the park?

Belle: You know, I’d love to, but I actually think I’m gonna to the hospital and see my mom. See if she can refer a counselor for the kids in case they need it–not in case they need it, of course, they’re gonna need it.

Ej: That’s very thoughtful of you.

Belle: Well, we’re in this together.

Ej: Yes, yes, we are.

Shawn: This is the first I’m hearing about a name for the baby.

Jan: I think it suits our son perfectly. He’s handsome, just like his daddy, and for his middle name, I want him to have a good christian name, and what’s more christian than christian?

Shawn: So we’re going with shawn christian.

Jan: Brady. I think he should have your family name. God knows, there’s no one in my family worth honoring so… is that okay?

Shawn: Yeah. Yeah, sure, that’s fine.

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Ciara: [Sighs] Well, I’m sorry, ben. That visit was supposed to lift your spirits, and that was just weird.

Ben: Very weird.

Ciara: Very weird.

Ben: But at least we know our nephew’s doing well.

Ciara: Yes, yes, I agree. I just–I still cannot believe that jan spears is the mother. Speaking of mothers, my mother has been asking me to give her an update so I really should…

[Phone ringing] Oh my god, it’s her. Hi, mom. Yeah. I was actually just about to call you to tell you about your new grandson, shawn christian brady.

Ben: [Chuckles]

Jan: Can I see those photos that you took of shawn earlier?

Shawn: Yeah. Yeah. Ah, there they are.

Jan: Oh, my precious little angel. I’m so grateful to you for making it possible that I can stay here with him. I’d be even more grateful if you could run out and get me a chili cheeseburger with fries. I don’t know if I could survive another hospital lunch.

Shawn: Yeah, okay. No onion, extra pickle, right? Yeah, okay. I’ll bring it to you.

[Soft dramatic music]

Chad: So you guys know how much I love you, right? And that I’ll always be with you, no matter what? You know that? You know that? I need you– I need you to remember that. There’s something that I have to tell you about mommy.

Chloe: I can’t stop thinking about those kids.

Brady: Oh, I– I’ve had some conversations with rachel about her mom, but this.

Chloe: I know. It’s bad enough if it’s an accident or an illness or something, but what kind of a savage would brutally murder the mother of two young children?

Brady: Someone who has no heart. The scum of the earth. The lowest of the low.

[Ominous music]

Ej: Looks like someone left you holding the bag.

Lucas: The jewelry isn’t here. So what? So I still could’ve taken the jewelry and stashed it somewhere else. I could still be the one who killed abigail.

Sami: Lucas?

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Eli: Lani. Hey, you don’t have to do this.

Lani: I’m sorry, but I can’t lie anymore.

Chanel: Would you put down that camera?

Johnny: Oh, right.

Paulina: My sweet, sweet girl. I know. I know what you’re trying to do. She’s trying to take the burden off of me, but I did what I did and the truth is I would do it again.

Lani: Paulina, you don’t have to cover for me anymore. Dad, I’m telling the truth. Pulled the trigger. I’m the one who should suffer the consequences.

Julie: It doesn’t matter who pulled the trigger. The bastard got what he deserved.

Olivia: Amen.

Lani: [Sighs] Big mama, I know how much– how much ray hurt paulina…

Paulina: Yes, and he was about to hurt me again.

Lani: But his actions should have been decided by a court of law and not by me.

Abe: You know, if you were shooting him in self-defense or to defend your mother, then that’s a justifiable shooting.

Lani: That’s not how it went down that night at paulina’s apartment.

Paulina: Please, please, lani, stop.

Lani: I walked into the apartment just as ray was about to hit you. I looked over and I saw my father lying on the floor. You son of a bitch. I had just found out that tr shot my husband.

Tr: I can explain.

Lani: And all those things just came together at once. And the next thing I knew…

[Gunshot fires]

[Tense music]

Eli: Lani, you don’t have to say any more.

Lani: I do.

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Lani: Paulina went to check on dad while I went to help ray, but it was too late. He was gone. And I realized that I killed my father.

[Sobbing]

Paulina: Here, here. Here, baby, here.

Lani: Ugh, ever since that moment, ray has been haunting me day and night because I have been carrying in the secret with me. And I didn’t want paulina to take the rap for me.

Abe: How did this happen?

Lani: That was the same night that ciara’s baby was kidnapped. Dispatch took forever to respond because half the force was on smith island.

Julie: I was so concerned that I sent steve over to paulina’s apartment to check on her.

Lani: When steve walked into the apartment, paulina just blurted it out. She said that she did it, that she shot ray.

Paulina: Look, please. Lani, don’t say anymore.

Lani: I tried. I tried to come clean there, but I was in such a daze. And I was so worried about you, dad. And then, paulina just said that I should keep my mouth shut and that I should just go to the hospital with you.

Abe: So she took– she took the heat for you.

Lani: Out of love. And now, I am telling the truth out of love for you. And the truth is I shot my father. I am guilty.

[Sobbing]

[Dramatic music]

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Lani: I’m sorry. I know you wanted me to keep this a secret.

Eli: We’ll figure it out.

Lani: Dad, paulina, I–I didn’t mean to do this in the middle of your wedding. I just–I couldn’t keep it inside any longer.

Johnny: Are you okay?

Allie: Of course she’s not. Lani, honey, we’ve got your back. We love you.

Abe: Yes, we do. All of us.

Kate: Maybe we shouldn’t be here.

Roman: We’re all in this together now.

Lani: No. Please, everyone. This is–this is supposed to be a celebration for my mom and dad’s marriage. Please just stay for them.

Paulina: But what are you going to do?

Lani: I’M… I’m gonna go down to the station and turn myself in.

Eli: I’ll take you down to the station myself.

Julie: No, you’re not.

Lani: Julie.

Julie: Not now. No, not ever. Darling, I know you’re doing this because you love your mother, but think, just think of your husband, of your children. Do you really want little jules and carver to be raised without their mother?

Lani: Of course I don’t, but–

Julie: Well, the first, most important thing a mother does is protect her children.

Paulina: And I can protect you from this. Now, let me do this for you, please.

Lani: I’ve already confessed.

Julie: Yes, just in front of us, just in front of your family. There were no outsiders here, and we all love you so much. And we love paulina and abraham, the whole family. And listen, you two just took a sacred vow. I propose that all of us take another vow.

Eli: We vow to keep this secret.

Julie: And to keep it our secret to our graves. All right. Who’s with me? Raise your hands.

Kate: Who would’ve thought honest abe?

[Tense music]

Lani: [Sobbing] Migraine hits hard, so u hit back with ubrelvy

Lani: I’m deciding for myself. Whatever tr did or didn’t do, I am an officer of the law and I shot an unarmed man. And I have to answer for that.

Julie: No, you don’T.

Lani: I love you. I love you all. And thank you for–

Olivia: And we love you, baby.

Lani: No, I love you. And thank you, everyone, for your offer… dad.

Abe: Sweetheart.

Lani: But coming clean today and speaking my truth is the first time that I have felt right since the night of that shooting. I love you guys. Baby, will you drive me to the station?

Eli: Yeah.

Lani: [Sniffles]

Abe: Sweetheart.

Paulina: Oh. I should go with them.

Abe: No, no, no. There’s nothing you can do right now. There’s nothing any of us can do.

Paulina: Oh, abe.

Allie: Hey.

Chanel: Hey.

Allie: Nobody touched the cake except for your mom and abe. Should we box it up? Bring it home in case they wanna celebrate later?

Chanel: Yeah, I think they would appreciate that. But the cake movers, they took the truck back to the bakery, so…

Allie: Okay. Well, that’s okay. We can do it ourselves.

Johnny: Uh, I can help. Whatever you guys need.

Allie: Great.

Eric: Hey.

Nicole: Hmm?

Eric: You okay?

Nicole: Yeah. Just thinking about lani. I grew up watching my father abuse my mother almost every single day. And that’s when abe came into my life. All those calls he took, coming to my house. And I know lani didn’t grow up watching that, but in the end, we both made the same decision.

Eric: Okay, but you didn’t kill your father.

Nicole: Yeah, but I willed him to die. And the only difference is I have no regrets.

Eric: So what happened here today brought up all those emotions.

Nicole: It did.

Paulina: I had to watch my baby girl grow up from a distance. I wasn’t there for her, not as a mother. Lani has to do the same thing if those babies are forced to grow up without her.

Julie: Oh, my word, the babies.

Olivia: They’re with the babysitter, aren’t they?

Julie: Well, yes, but the babysitter is expecting eli and lani to be back by now.

Theo: I’ll go relieve her. I’ll watch the kids for as long as they need me to.

Julie: Please let me go with you. I could use a little carver and jules time.

Abe: All right, thank you. Thank you both. Thank you.

Paulina: [Sighs] So how you doing, mama?

Olivia: I still have something to say about what you did.

Lani: Please have this typed up for me and then I’ll sign it. Why aren’t you saying anything?

Eli: Because I don’t know how to live without you.

Lani: Please don’T. Please don’t make this harder than it already is.

Eli: Am I making it harder on you? Good. Lani, once you sign that statement, there’s no going back. Look, maybe I don’t have the right to ask you this, but if you won’t to do it for paulina, will you do it for me? Will you do it for our kids? Baby, I can take this statement and I can rip it up right now. We can pretend that none of this ever happened. I have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.

Roman: Okay, put that stuff in the corner there. Kate and I will take it back from the back there later.

Eric: You got it, dad.

Roman: Thanks for your help, nicole.

Nicole: Yeah, of course.

Eric: Hey, thank you for helping us take the leftovers to the shelter so it wouldn’t go to waste.

Nicole: It’s my pleasure. I used to go to st. Luke’s almost every day when I was a secretary there. Feels like six lifetimes ago.

Eric: Yeah, try two priesthoods ago for me.

Nicole: Well, at least you can joke about it after how things went down.

Eric: Yeah, well, I didn’t really have a choice but to accept it and move on. I keep reminding myself it was just god’s will.

Kate: Well… so abe and paulina have another wedding debacle.

Roman: Yeah, but at least they got to make it official before lani’s confession.

Kate: Yeah, I know. I feel for her, though. I mean, that’s an impossible situation: Facing prison or your mother does.

Roman: Yeah, those are two gutsy women.

Kate: So what do you think is going to happen to her?

Roman: To lani?

Kate: Mm-hmm.

Roman: I don’t know, but at the very least, it is gonna be hard for her to keep her badge. She did shoot an unarmed man and lied about it afterward.

Kate: Yeah. Yeah, but I mean, he was an abuser, a criminal.

Roman: Yeah, and that should mitigate the charge, but it all depends on whether trask wants to make an example of lying. I mean, nobody wants to look soft on police shootings.

Kate: No. You know, I understand it isn’t technically self-defense, but she just didn’t seem aware of what she was doing, you know, when she pulled that trigger. So wouldn’t that be considered exculpatory?

Roman: Exculpatory?

Kate: Yes. Yes. I mean, if someone is not in, you know, the right state of mind–say they’re under the influence– wouldn’t that indicate that they didn’t have intent?

Roman: Have you been secretly studying law books at bedtime?

Kate: You know exactly what I’ve been doing at bedtime.

Eric: So…

[Awkward laughter]

Nicole: Oh, well, I guess if that’s all, I should get going.

Eric: You know what? We didn’t eat. Why don’t you stay here with us and have lunch? You know, that is, if you don’t already have something planned.

Nicole: Well, I mean–

[Stomach growls]

[Laughter]

Eric: Is that your stomach I hear rumbling?

Nicole: Maybe.

Eric: Then stay, eat.

Nicole: Okay. Yeah, I guess I could use a bowl of that clam chowder. Thank you.

Eric: All right.

Nicole: Yeah, of course.

Chanel: [Sighs] Okay, you could put it right on the table.

Johnny: Look, I’m really sorry about all this.

Chanel: Why? You had nothing to do with it.

Johnny: I mean, I’m the whole reason tr even came to town. If I hadn’t been working with him on my movie–

Chanel: You had no idea who he was. Nobody blames you.

Allie: Yeah, and nobody blames lani either. I mean, that’s why we were all so ready to keep that secret.

Chanel: I was so upset when I thought my mom might be going to prison, but now I don’t feel any better. It could be my sister.

Theo: Every time I thought they were going to sleep, the other one will wake ’em up.

Julie: Mm-hmm. Welcome to the wonderful world of twins.

Theo: [Chuckles] I don’t know how eli and lani do it. And how is he gonna manage on his own if lani goes to prison?

Julie: Darling, we all have to pray that lani’s gonna be exonerated. And if she isn’t, I think there are enough hands and hearts in this family to get the job done until our darling girl comes back to us.

Paulina: Mama, I know you have something to say about all of this, but I just can’t hear it right now.

Olivia: Oh, you will hear it. I have never been prouder of you.

Paulina: Proud?

Olivia: Yes. You made the biggest sacrifice a mother could make when lani was born. You gave her up to protect her.

Abe: And now–now you’ve done it all over again.

Olivia: I’m sure lani is proud to have you as a mother.

Paulina: That’s–that’s kind of you both to say, but it sure didn’t turn out to be the right thing now, did it? Oh, not to mention I lied to the police and to our family. And out of all the promises that I made to you that I would never lie to you again, I just left you completely in the dark.

Abe: I wasn’t exactly in the dark.

Lani: [Exhales sharply] If you tear up my statement, eli, you’ll be tampering with evidence.

Eli: I’m not worried about that right now.

Lani: If I– eli, if I keep going on with this lie, everyone at that wedding will have to lie for me.

Eli: Lani, they all raised their hands. They said that they would.

Lani: But even– even if I let them do that, eli, do you really think that there is any way in hell that this lie could stay a secret? I mean, with all those people knowing? And johnny dimera was recording it, for god’s sake. Eli, there’s no– there’s no turning back. I have to face the truth and deal with the consequences.

Paulina: What do you mean you weren’t in the dark?

Olivia: Honey. Honey, I’m gonna give you two a little alone time, okay?

Abe: When I woke up in the hospital, I knew that I remembered something that happened when I was semiconscious after– after tr’s attack. I heard you say, “what have you done?”

Paulina: Oh, I thought you were out.

Abe: Look, I just didn’t understand, but the more I thought about it, the more–the more I thought that lani was the one who really shot tr.

Paulina: So you knew all this time?

Abe: No. I talked to eli about my suspicions, and then he spoke to lani. And when he came back, he assured me that I was wrong, that lani was innocent. But you saw the way he acted today.

Paulina: Mm-hmm.

Abe: I think he knew.

Paulina: You think that lani told him the truth?

Abe: Yes. Yes, I do. That eli lied to me to protect his wife. And, well, I believed him because I didn’t want to imagine the outcome that–the outcome lani’s facing right now.

Eli: Baby, do you have any idea how long you can be locked up? How hard it can be for you inside as a cop?

Lani: Of course I know.

Eli: And do you know that by the time you get out, our children could be teenagers.

Lani: Part of the reason I am doing this is for jules and carver. You know, honey, I wanna be an example that they can be proud of.

Eli: You are, lani! You are! You don’t have to go to prison for that.

Lani: Eli, don’t you– don’t you see? Ever since the moment I pulled that trigger, I have been living in my own prison. Seeing tr everywhere that I looked. Hating myself.

Eli: You’ve told the truth to everyone that matters– your friends, your family.

Lani: And what about my responsibility to the badge?

Eli: [Sighs] Baby, we’re cops, but we’re human beings first. Sometimes the choices that we make are to put the people that we love above the law.

Lani: Mm. You’re talking about when I helped kristen.

Eli: Yeah. What’s the difference this time?

Lani: It was wrong for me to do it then, and it is wrong for me to do it now. Eli, I should have told the truth from the beginning. I–I wouldn’t have ruined another wedding, I wouldn’t have let another lie fester between my dad and paulina. I just–I hope that they can forgive me.

Johnny: What are you doing?

Allie: It’s tradition to freeze a piece of the wedding cake.

Johnny: For what?

Allie: So the bride and the groom can eat it on their first wedding anniversary. You never heard of this?

Johnny: Actually, no. No, I haven’T. Chanel, do you think they have that tradition in italy?

Chanel: I–I don’t know.

Allie: Why would you say that?

Johnny: Because, well, it just would’ve been nice to relive our wedding day one year later. We had our wedding dinner in this little osteria, and the owners were husband and wife. They’ve been together, like, 75 years. They made us this tiny cake. It was so delicious. You remember that?

Chanel: Mascarpone and lemon curd.

Johnny: Yeah, I wonder if they got a slice in the freezer somewhere with our names on it.

Roman: You know, one of the things that I appreciated about salem is that no matter how many wedding disasters we witness, hope springs eternal. We never give up on love, right?

Kate: Well, speaking of, there’s another salem wedding coming up, right? When’s a big day, nicole?

Nicole: Well, rafe and i were planning to get married this week, but we postponed it.

Kate: Really? Why?

Nicole: Because he’s leading the investigation into abigail’s murder.

Kate: Oh, god. Of course. That was so, so tragic. Has he zeroed in on any suspects?

Nicole: He hasn’t said anything to me yet. I don’t know.

Eric: Just doesn’t seem real.

Roman: I wish to god it weren’T.

Kate: Yeah. Well, maybe it’s just another reminder that life is short and you should be getting your happiness when it’s right in front of you.

Nicole: Well, rafe and i plan on rescheduling our wedding soon.

Kate: Hmm. Well, that wasn’t what I was getting at.

Roman: What were you getting at?

Kate: Well, eric, I’m sure you believe in signs.

Eric: Um, signs?

Kate: Yeah. You came back to salem, right, you were forced out of the priesthood, and then nicole postponed her wedding.

Roman: Kate, what are you doing?

Kate: I’m asking questions.

Roman: No, you’re not. You’re stirring the pot. We talked about this. It’s none of our business.

Kate: Well, actually, I’m just noting that when nicole accepted rafe’s proposal, she didn’t have all the facts, like the fact that eric is now back on the market.

Nicole: I am in love with rafe. We are very happy.

Kate: If you say so.

Nicole: You know, aside from the fact that this is embarrassing, I can’t believe you brought this up, kate. You’re presuming that eric wants to be with me, which he does not.

Kate: Well, how do you know that? Have you asked him?

Nicole: [Scoffs] We hit the bike trails every weekend

Nicole: Of course I haven’t asked eric that.

Kate: I’ll ask him.

Nicole: Oh, for god’s sake.

Kate: Eric, would you like to get back together with nicole?

Roman: Kate, stop it, all right? You’re embarrassing them both.

Kate: Okay. You haven’t given your answer.

Eric: Nicole’s capable of making her own decisions, and I’m sure she would appreciate if you would just drop this.

Nicole: Yes, I would. Thank you.

Kate: So you’re not going to answer the question. Duly noted.

Paulina: Big mama, you must be exhausted. Let’s get you back to my apartment.

Olivia: I don’t wanna go back to your apartment.

Paulina: Why not?

Olivia: For one thing, it’s your wedding night.

Abe: Oh, it’s still daytime.

Olivia: And there’s someplace else that we’re needed right now.

Johnny: Why are you giving me the patented allie horton death glare?

Allie: Because you’re being extremely annoying and insensitive. Reminding me that the two of you were this beautiful, married couple who was gonna be together for, like, 75 years?

Chanel: I don’t know about you two, but I am starving, and there is this giant cake just sitting here.

Allie: You want some cake?

Chanel: I don’t think my mom and abe would mind.

Johnny: It’s like you’re reading my mind.

Chanel: I’m gonna go grab some plates.

[Cell phone chimes]

Allie: What’s wrong?

Chanel: Uh, you two can stay as long as you want. Enjoy the red velvet, but I have to go.

Theo: I am so sorry about abigail. I mean, it’s just horrible, not only that she died but how she died.

Julie: It was shattering. That beautiful, young mother. I adored her.

Theo: If you wanna go be with your family, I’ll be fine. The kids are asleep.

Julie: No, darling. I would prefer to stay here and be useful, take my mind off things.

[Cell phone chimes]

Theo: Actually, would you mind if I stepped out for a little while? There’s somewhere I need to be.

Lani: I should have arrested tr. Instead, I went for my gun and I shot to kill, which not only makes me a murderer but a hypocrite. Do you know how many times I condemned trigger-happy cops for making us all look bad?

Eli: Baby, this is different. Tr hurt your family. Baby, he was about to do it again.

Lani: If I am serious about holding cops to a higher standard, making them accountable, then I need to do the same for myself.

Eli: Baby, you are a great cop. Look at me. Lani, look at me. You’re an even better mother, wife, daughter. We love you. We need you.

Lani: I don’t– I don’t want to be separated from you or the kids. But like I said, I…

[Sighs] I want jules and carver to be able to say that their mother did the right thing.

Eli: And you’re sure this is the right thing?

Lani: Yeah. That doesn’t mean that I’m not terrified. And the thought of being…

[Sighs] The thought of being away from you…

[Sniffles] I love you so much.

Eli: Come here.

Lani: [Sobbing]

Eli: I love you. I’ll be by your side the whole time. We’ll get through this together.

[Somber music]

Fishing helps ease my mind.

Nicole: Thank you for lunch, but I have to go pick up holly.

Eric: Hey, I’ll walk you out.

Nicole: Okay. Bye.

Roman: Bye.

Kate: Okay.

Roman: Kate, do you want to tell me what the hell that was all about?

Kate: What do you mean? Everything’s so gloom and doom these days. I just decided to try and be a matchmaker.

Roman: Okay, but why push my son to be with a woman you don’t even like?

Kate: Because it’s obvious he’s still in love with her.

Roman: How is it obvious?

Kate: Come on. It’s obvious to you. It’s obvious to me. And if nicole wasn’t trying to pretend, it would be damn well obvious to her too.

Eric: Nicole, I promise I did not put kate up to whatever that was she was doing, aside from being awkward and embarrassing.

Nicole: Okay, look, of course you didn’T. I know you well enough that you’d never stoop to that.

Eric: No. No, I wouldn’T. I mean, I would’ve never asked you to stay if I did.

Nicole: Well, I’m glad you did, you know, ’cause the chowder was amazing as usual.

[Laughter]

Eric: Good. Hey, and thank you for helping us earlier.

Nicole: Any time. So I’ll, um– I’ll talk to you soon.

Eric: Soon. And I’ll look out for the wedding invite. Bye.

Allie: You might be losing your touch.

Johnny: I don’t know what you’re talking about.

Allie: Oh, come on, getting yourself hired as the videographer for the wedding and then inviting yourself over here.

Johnny: I was just helping you with the cake.

Allie: Yeah, and then you “helpfully” inserted some romantic memories of your beautiful, italian, fairytale wedding.

Johnny: So what, I’m not allowed to talk about our past?

Allie: What if I was constantly bringing up my past with chanel whom I’ve known a lot longer?

Johnny: It’s not about quantity.

Allie: All right, well, your quality isn’t so great either. She can see right through you.

Johnny: [Chuckles] You think she can’t see through you? “Oh, I wanna work in sweet bits again.” “Oh, let me bake your mom’s wedding cake.” I mean, come on, and the way– and the way you looked at her after she caught that bouquet.

Allie: Oh, that reminds me. I have to put this in the water.

Johnny: Mm-hmm. You know, I’m surprised you didn’t knock somebody over trying to catch that for yourself.

Allie: Why bother when chanel was motivated enough for the both of us? I mean, you notice how she talks about keeping her distance and taking things slow, but she did not hesitate to line up with the single ladies.

Johnny: You think that was all about her catching it so that she could marry you one day?

Allie: She’s a very superstitious person, okay? She doesn’t take that stuff lightly.

Johnny: Look, if chanel wants to marry anybody, it’s me. Again.

Allie: You tell yourself whatever you need to, johnny, but I’m gonna be cool and mature and not turn this into some juvenile competition. Okay? Whatever happens happens.

Johnny: I agree. And may the best twin win.

[Tense music]

Julie: [Sighs]

Lani: Are you gonna– are you gonna take it?

Eli: Rafe gave me the okay to escort you to booking myself.

Lani: Okay. Eli, thank you.

Eli: You’re ready to do this?

Lani: [Inhales deeply] As ready as I’ll ever be. What are you all doing here? Dad, mom, it’s your wedding day.

Paulina: We are where we all want to be. And big mama reminded me of what family does when the going gets tough– we cover you in love and in prayer, baby.

Chanel: We’ve got you, lani.

Abe: We all love you.

Lani: I’m so sorry.

[Chuckles weakly] This was supposed to be a day about celebration. Juneteenth. Your wedding. I know how much you were willing to sacrifice for me, paulina. Mama.

Paulina: Mm…

Lani: [Chuckles] I hope you don’t think that I just threw it all away.

Paulina: Mm-mm. Oh, no baby. No, I understand.

Olivia: We all do.

Abe: We are very, very proud of you.

Theo: You’re living your truth.

Olivia: Only way to live free.

Lani: That’s what you taught me, big mama. Thank you. All of you, thank you. I love you. I love you all so much. I love you so much, daddy.

Abe: Oh, yes.

Theo: I love you, sis.

Lani: I love you too. I love you, mama. Okay.

Paulina: Oh.

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Roman: [Sighs]

Kate: Hey, are those for the hortons?

Roman: They are–couple quarts of chowder and two sandwiches.

Kate: I feel so badly for them, and for chad and thomas and charlotte. There’s just been so much suffering this year.

Roman: You are right about that, which means that we really need some happy news.

Paulina: Did I hear someone say in they’re in the market for some happy news?

Kate: [Laughs] Well, you’re pretty chipper for someone who just got bailed out.

Paulina: Well, why shouldn’t I be? Today is juneteenth, and i can’t think of a better way to celebrate freedom than by marrying the man I love.

Kate: [Laughs] Well, I guess that depends on how you feel about marriage.

Roman: Wait a minute. You and abe are getting married for real?

Paulina: For real, for real this time. We are finally jumping that broom today, and we want you both to be there.

Abe: Mm, all right, check on the cake, get my clothes from the cleaners…

[Laughs] Oh, yes. They got the rings.

Allie: Well, this is perfect timing. I just finished one juneteenth wedding cake– rush order.

Abe: Aw, you are a angel, a angel, allie. Oh, thank you so much. Thank you for doing this on such short notice.

Allie: No problem. It’s not like I was up until 4 A.M. Finishing it. Okay, I was up until 4 A.M. Finishing it.

Abe: Aw, well–[Chuckles] Oh, and chanel helped, I hope.

Allie: Actually, no, but only because she was so busy helping her mom with last-minute wedding prep.

Abe: Yeah, of course, of course. Well, I can’t thank you enough, allie.

Allie: Yeah, of course. It was my pleasure, and I really loved researching all the juneteenth traditions. Um, it’s red velvet with butter cream frosting, just like the kind chanel’s big mama used to make when she was little.

Abe: Yes. I mean, you probably learned from all your research that red foods traditionally have special meaning for descendants of african slaves.

Allie: Yes, I did learn that.

[Both laugh]

Abe: So what is in the box?

Allie: Um, tea cakes. Um, another juneteenth staple, right?

Abe: Yes. My mother used to make tea cakes for me and my siblings, and they were–they were a delight.

Allie: Well, I’m just hoping that paulina and all of your guests like them.

Abe: Well, come and find out for yourself.

Allie: Oh, no, we’re having cake movers deliver everything to the wedding.

Abe: No, I mean as a guest. We would love to have you there.

Allie: Oh, I thought it was family-only.

Abe: And you are family, allie, and I know chanel would love to have you there.

Allie: Well, in that case, I’m in.

[Both laugh]

Abe: Good, all right.

[Both laugh]

Johnny: Well, I’m glad you and aunt belle are keeping the kids busy. How’s uh–how’s uncle chad holding up? Yeah. Well, let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.

[Chuckles] No, I haven’t heard from chanel.

[Door clicks open] Dad, I told you–

[Door clicks shut] Chanel asked me to– um, dad, let me call you back. Something just came up.

[Cell phone beeps] Hi.

Chanel: Hi.

[Dramatic music]

Julie: Ms. Price, I heard so many wonderful things about you.

Olivia: Thank you. Please, call me olivia, or better yet, call me big mama. After all, we’re family.

Julie: [Sighs] Yes, we are family, and our family’s expanding this very day.

Olivia: Yes!

Julie: With the wedding of your daughter–the long-awaited and anticipated wedding to abraham.

Eli: I cannot believe it is finally happening.

Julie: Thank god it is. That’s what we all need– something hopeful to look forward to.

Lani: Damn.

[Sighs] Okay.

[Exhales deeply] Get it together, girl. Get it together.

[Exhales deeply]

[Knocking] Coming.

Tr: Hello, lani.

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Tr: You didn’t think you could get rid of me that easily?

Lani: Okay, okay, okay. He’s not real. This is not real. This is not real, lani. There’s nobody at the door. There’s nobody at the door.

[Exhales deeply] Okay, girl. You gotta get it together.

[Exhales deeply] There’s no one at the door.

[Knocking] Go away!

Theo: Lani? It’s me.

Lani: What?

Theo: Are–are you okay?

Lani: Okay. Theo?

Theo: Um, what’s goin’ on?

Lani: Oh, my god. Oh, my god, it’s really you. Oh, my god. Thank god. Thank god.

[Sighing]

Olivia: Eli told me about your family’s loss. I’m so very sorry, julie.

Julie: Abigail was a wonderful woman, and…

[Sighs] She was taken far too soon.

Olivia: I’m praying for all of you.

Julie: Thank you. One thing her death has taught me is that no future is guaranteed. You just have to reach out and grab all the happiness that comes your way right now, in the present.

Paulina: Oh, we don’t want anything fancy, just some picnic food–hamburgers, hot dogs, all the fixin’S.

Roman: We can handle that.

Kate: Are you sure?

Roman: Yeah, kate, I can cater a picnic.

Kate: Yeah, oh that’s– I mean you. Are you sure about that? Do you really wanna have hot dogs at your wedding?

Paulina: Well, normally, I would not, of course. But, you know, since, you know, most of salem will already be cooking out for the town’s first annual juneteenth extravaganza, I decided, “go with the flow.”

Roman: Okay. Well then, not only am I honored to provide the food, but kate and I will be thrilled to attend.

Paulina: Oh, that will make abe so very happy.

Roman: Well, you two have been through so much to get here, you deserve a celebration.

Paulina: Amen to that. Speaking of which, you know, I still haven’t found someone to perform the ceremony.

Roman: What about marlena?

Paulina: [Grunts] Yeah, I gave that some thought, but after what happened the last time she officiated, I don’t wanna take any chances.

Roman: Understandable.

Kate: Well, who are you gonna get to marry you at such a late date?

Paulina: Mm, you know…

Eric: What?

[Upbeat music]

Moderate to severe eczema

Chanel: Doughnuts made fresh this morning.

Johnny: Thanks so much.

Chanel: Johnny, I am so sorry about abigail. I can’t even imagine what your family must be going through.

Johnny: [Sighs] Yeah. Yeah, it’s been really tough, especially on chad and the kids. She was a great person.

Chanel: Yeah.

Johnny: Well, hey, I heard your mom made bail. That’s excellent news.

Chanel: Thanks, and believe it or not, she’s getting married to abe today.

[Both chuckle]

Johnny: Really? Wow, that’s amazing. Tell her I say congrats. Not that she wants to hear that from me.

Chanel: Nah, she’s okay with you these days. Ah, but anyway, I should get going. I still have a ton to do if we’re gonna pull this thing off. So…

Johnny: Oh, what’s, uh– what else is on your list?

Chanel: Oh, what isn’t on my list? I have decorations, music, and mama wants the whole wedding recorded, so I have to find a videographer before I go over to help her get dressed.

Johnny: Uh, hello?

Chanel: Hello.

Johnny: No, no, I mean, what–what about me?

Chanel: You wanna help mama get dressed? Oh! [Laughs] You mean you could video the wedding?

Johnny: Yeah, I mean, “possessed: The marlena evans story” might not be making it to a streaming service near you, but I think I could probably manage to shoot a wedding. That is, if you’re okay with me being there.

Nicole: Aw, abe, I am so happy for you–for both of you.

Abe: Aw, thank you so much. Me too. So what about you?

Nicole: What about me?

Abe: I heard that you and rafe have postponed your wedding.

Nicole: We did.

Abe: Because?

Nicole: Because rafe is swamped with this investigation into abigail’s murder.

Abe: I understand. I did speak to jack and jennifer, by the way. We were wondering if– if this would be a good time to have the wedding. But they gave us their blessing, and they thought it would be– it would be a tribute to abigail’s memory.

Nicole: Yes–would be a lovely way to celebrate. I couldn’t agree more.

Abe: Good. Then that means you will join us in the celebration.

[Both laugh]

Nicole: I wouldn’t miss it.

Abe: Ooh, good, good.

Nicole: Yes.

[Both laugh]

Paulina: Who’s this handsome devil?

Roman: Oh, this is my son, eric. Eric, paulina price.

Eric: Oh, it’s nice to meet you, ms. Price.

Paulina: Oh, wait, wait. Eric? As in father eric brady, the priest?

Kate: Well…

Paulina: Oh, this is perfect! Talk about a sign from the good lord above.

Eric: Am I missing something here, dad?

Paulina: Oh, father brady, father brady, I need you to marry me and abe!

Eric: [Laughs]

Julie: I have to tell you, ms. Price. Your daughter paulina has been an inspiration to me– well, that she’s going forward with this wedding after everything she was put through with lani by that awful tr coates.

Eli: Grandma, please, let’s– let’s not talk about him today, all right? Today is a good day. It’s a good day.

Julie: Agreed, agreed. And I hope paulina doesn’t lose a second of sleep over that monster.

Olivia: I just wish I had done something sooner to get her out of that situation.

Julie: I’m sure you did the best you could.

Olivia: I just wish paulina would’ve let the police handle ray. Then my baby wouldn’t be facing a prison sentence for murder.

[Dramatic music]

Lani: I can’t believe you got here so quickly.

Theo: Um, gabi sent the dimera jet to johannesburg for me and jj.

Lani: Oh, that was–that was good of her.

Theo: So are we gonna talk about what just happened?

Lani: What do you mean?

Theo: You seemed really freaked out when I knocked on the door. Who’d you think it was?

Tr: Go ahead, lani.

[Echoes] Tell him.

From prom dresses

Chanel: Oh, I don’t know if it’s such a good idea for you to film the wedding.

Johnny: Why?

Chanel: You know why, johnny.

Johnny: Look, chanel, I promise this is not about me trying to get you back, okay? I just–I wanna help you and your mom out. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry. I won’t even charge you.

Chanel: This video better be ava duvernay level good.

Johnny: You won’t be sorry.

Chanel: All right, johnny. See you at the wedding.

[Dramatic music]

Eli: Big mama, what were you telling us on the way over here about how you and your family used to celebrate juneteenth back in texas?

Julie: Oh, I’d like to know more about that. I’m afraid that’s a holiday that I’m not as familiar with as I would like to be. Uh, for starters, why is it called “juneteenth?”

Olivia: Well, honey, in june 19, 1865, a union general gave the order to free the slaves in texas.

Eli: Yeah, almost two and a half years after abraham lincoln had issued the emancipation proclamation.

Olivia: Texas slaves were in bondage that whole time, and that’s why for us, juneteenth is as important as the fourth of july.

Eli: It started in texas, but eventually, the descendants of slaves started celebrating everywhere.

Olivia: And my mama made sure to carry on the tradition when we left texas for miami.

Julie: What are some of the traditions?

Olivia: Well, there’s rodeos, cookouts, church services, and honey, let me tell you, the food…

Julie: Sounds like I’ve been missing out.

Olivia: Oh, you have.

Eli: Yes, it’s a good time, grandma.

Olivia: It is. But we’re always mindful of what our ancestors endured and how much more we have to overcome.

Paulina: So they defrocked you for saving your mom and your niece’s mortal souls?

Eric: Mm, pretty much.

Paulina: Oh, under the heading of “no good deed going unpunished.” Oh, I guess I’ll just have to find someone else.

Kate: Hey, eric, you performed this ceremony for rex and sarah, didn’t you? And you weren’t a priest then, right?

Eric: I–I did.

Roman: Well, that means you’re still licensed.

Eric: Well, in the eyes of the state.

Paulina: Oh, well, that’s good enough for me! So can you do it? Can you do it? Can you–can you marry abe and me today?

Eric: Today? Uh, yeah, you know, abe’s like an uncle to me. I’d be honored to.

Paulina: Oh, well! [Laughs] Ooh. Priest or not, you’re a lifesaver.

Eric: My pleasure.

Paulina: [Laughs] And not bad on the eyes either.

Roman: Easy, easy.

Kate: Hey, hey, hey, don’t you think you have a wedding to get ready for?

Paulina: Oh! Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, oh, yeah. Right, right, right, okay. I’ll see you guys later at the park, okay?

[Laughs]

Lani: Um, when you were– you were at the door, I–I thought you were my downstairs neighbor who is always complaining about the twins making too much noise.

Tr: I don’t think he believes you.

Theo: How’s paulina holding up?

Lani: I mean, she’s– she’s getting married today.

Theo: But she’s still facing murder charges.

Lani: Paulina–she did what she did to protect me and dad, and she is confident that justin is gonna get her off.

Tr: But you aren’t, are you? Because you know the truth. Why not tell your fake brother?

Lani: Listen, do you mind hanging here and watching the twins until the babysitter comes? I need to head over to paulina’s and help her get ready.

Theo: Of course. I’ll see you at the park?

Lani: Thank you. I–I…

[]

Paulina: So, ladies, how am I looking?

Chanel: Well, I think that your personal glam squad did a mighty fine job.

Paulina: Mm-hmm, and I am so grateful.

[Laughs] Oh, lani, chanel, my sweet angels, you can’t know what it means to me to have you both here with me.

Chanel: Uh, listen, mama, I know I gave you a lot of grief last time about lani being your matron of honor. But I want you to know that this time, I’m totally cool with it.

Paulina: Oh, well I’m glad to hear that, chanel. But I’ve decided that a wedding this fabulous needs to have both a matron and a maid of honor.

Chanel: Really?

Paulina: Oh, yes!

[Laughs] I want you both to stand up for me when abraham and I are joined in holy matrimony.

Lani: Are you sure?

Paulina: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, if you’re willing to share.

Chanel: Well, of course I am. I love it. Lani?

Lani: [Chuckles] Sounds great.

[Laughter]

Paulina: Well, yay. Well, group hug.

[Laughter] Aw… mm…mm.

Eli: Well, I’ll be damned. Kid’s in town for a few hours, and he’s already raiding the fridge.

Theo: Busted.

[Both laugh]

Eli: It’s good to see you, man. Here, bring it in.

Theo: Hey, you too.

[Both sigh]

Eli: How you been?

Theo: Uh, well, my dad’s getting married, so no complaints. Oh, um, the babysitter just got here. She’s giving the kids a bath.

Eli: Oh, good. Where’s lani?

Theo: She went over to paulina’s to help her get ready.

Eli: Oh, yeah, that’s right.

Theo: Hey, is she okay?

Eli: What do you mean?

Theo: Well, when I first got here, she was acting really weird.

Eli: Weird, how?

Theo: Like, scared? She said that she’s been hassled by some nosy neighbors, but I don’t know. It felt bigger than that.

Eli: Well, yeah, you know how your sister is. She’s always got the weight of the world on her shoulders. I’m sure she’ll be back to herself soon.

Theo: I hope so.

Eli: Look, I’m gonna go say bye to the twins, and then we’ll be off to get your pops married.

[Dramatic music]

Chanel: And just a little gloss to finish off your makeup.

Paulina: [Laughs] Well, thank you, darling. Do me a favor, would you? Grab me a sparkling water.

Chanel: Uh, be right back.

Paulina: Mm-hmm.

Well, how are you feelin’, baby? Be honest with me.

Lani: Honestly, I’m–I’m having a really hard time being cheery when I know that you’re taking the heat for a crime that I committed. You and dad should be planning your future together instead–

Paulina: Lani, lani, listen to me. This is my wedding day, and the only thing I want for my daughter and matron of honor is for her to keep her mouth shut.

Abe: Well–oh, eric.

Eric: Hey, there he is.

Abe: Thank you for doing this.

Eric: Of course. Yeah, you kidding me? It’s an honor.

Kate: Oh, my gosh. Well, anyway, I’m going to check out and see how roman’s doing with the grill.

Abe: Ah, all right, all right. Um, well, have you met paulina yet?

Eric: She’s a force of nature, that one.

[Both laugh]

Abe: She is. Well, I am going to take my pre-wedding tea cakes, and I will see you at the altar.

Eric: All right, I’ll see you then.

Abe: Thanks a lot.

Eric: Hey there, nephew.

Johnny: Eric, I didn’t know you were invited.

Eric: Actually, I’m officiating today’s proceedings.

Johnny: Oh, well, then I will be sure to frame you well.

Eric: Frame?

Johnny: I’m also here to do a job.

[Both giggling]

Nicole: [Clears throat]

All: What are you doing here? We hit the bike trails every weekend

Johnny: Chanel needed a videographer, so I offered my services.

Allie: How convenient.

Johnny: I’m just trying to do a nice thing here. What about you? What, she invite you?

Allie: I baked the wedding cake.

Johnny: You just thought you’d put on that fancy dress and come drop it off?

Allie: Actually, abe invited me as a guest.

Johnny: Ah, now that is convenient.

Allie: Excuse me, abe is like family to me.

Johnny: And I suppose you’ll be sitting next to chanel?

Allie: Make sure you get a lot of close-ups.

Johnny: Mm.

Nicole: Um, I didn’t expect to see you here.

Eric: I was a–I was a last-minute addition. Paulina wasn’t too keen on my mother performing the ceremonies.

Nicole: Oh, well, that was nice of you.

Eric: Is this gonna be too hard?

Nicole: Why would it be too hard?

Eric: Well, I mean, with you and rafe, you know, canceling your wedding.

Nicole: We didn’t cancel it. We just postponed it. I told you that.

Eric: Oh, right, that’s what I meant.

Abe: Excuse me, the ladies have arrived, so we’ll be starting the ceremony very soon.

Nicole: Okay.

Eric: Okay, showtime. Um, I’ll see you after the ceremony?

Nicole: Sure.

[Elegant music]

Johnny: Nice dress.

Chanel: Thank you. Hey.

Allie: Hi. You look amazing.

Chanel: You too. You came to drop off the cake?

Allie: Abe invited me to be a guest.

Chanel: Oh, he did?

Allie: Is that a problem?

Chanel: No, no, of course not. Um, I know how close you guys are. Thanks for making the cake. It means a lot to my family.

Allie: Yeah. You know, it’s my pleasure.

Lani: Oh, hi, brother.

Theo: Look at you.

Lani: You look so handsome.

Theo: Thank you.

Lani: [Laughs]

Eli: You look great.

Lani: Aw, you don’t look so bad yourself.

Eli: How you doin’?

Lani: I’m fine.

Eli: You’re sure?

Lani: Yes, why?

Eli: Theo mentioned that you seemed a bit jumpy. You said something about a nosy neighbor?

Lani: Oh, baby, you don’t– you don’t need to worry about that right now.

Eli: Well, I am worried. I mean, I know how guilty you’ve been feeling, and now to be here at paulina’s wedding?

Lani: She made it very clear that she wants me to keep it a secret.

Eli: And you agreed?

Tr: [Echoes] I just love a good wedding. Don’t you?

Olivia: [Laughs]

Paulina: Oh, I’m glad you’re here, mama.

Olivia: I’m so happy for you. Now stop talking and go get married.

[Laughter]

Abe: How you take my breath away.

Paulina: Right back at you, mayor carver.

My asthma felt anything but normal.

Eric: Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate the union of abraham carver and paulina price. It’s been brought to my attention that this day was not chosen randomly, for today is not just any day. Today is june 19, 2022. On this day, back in 1865, in galveston, texas, the last of the confederacy’s slaves were proclaimed free. On this meaningful day, abe and paulina tell me that they wanna share a message of faith and freedom and abiding love. I understand that you two wrote your own vows. Abe, would you like to start?

Abe: Yes, I’d love to. Paulina, from the moment you sashayed into my life, I knew nothing was ever going to be the same again, but our road was not an easy one, was it? There was always love, the sacrificial love of a mother for her daughter, the daughter’s love for a family that she had come to know, and there was– there was our love, paulina, a love that simply could not be denied… and we know that because a good friend gave me a swift kick in the behind when–when I almost let it slip away.

Julie: You’re welcome.

[Laughter]

Abe: Paulina price, by the time I met you, I had–I had thought that I had experienced the last great love of my life. But every day, every day you prove that love is not in my past. It’s in my present. And most importantly, it’s in my future. And so I hope to share that love to our children and our grandchildren as long as god blesses me to be by your side.

Eric: Beautifully said, abe. Paulina?

Paulina: What? You expect me to top that?

[Laughter] I mean, the man is a politician. So I won’t even try. I haven’t written some big speech or some fancy speech, but instead, I wanna speak from my heart.

Abe: Well, I would expect nothing less.

Paulina: And what I wanna say is that abraham carver, you were a problem for me.

Abe: A problem?

Paulina: Yes, you were. You were a complication that I didn’t need or didn’t even see coming. I came to salem to sneak some time with my–my niece and her babies. I was so desperate to keep my true relationship to lani a secret, and I would have. I would have if I hadn’t fallen in love with you. But fall, I did. And before I knew it, all my secrets were laid bare, and that’s what I want us to be–honest, raw, real, and in love. From this day on, and for all the days of our lives.

Eric: If there is anyone who has just cause that these two should not wed, speak now or forever hold your peace.

[Suspenseful music]

Olivia: Uh, preacher man, hurry ups, yeah? Before the devil decides to make a return appearance.

Eric: All right, you make a good point, ms. Price.

Olivia: Big mama, please.

Eric: Okay, big mama. All right, here we go. Do you, abraham carver, take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife, to love and cherish in sickness and health, till death do you part?

Abe: I do.

Eric: And do you, paulina price, do you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband, to love and cherish in sickness and health, till death do you part?

Paulina: I do.

Eric: Can I have the rings, please? All right, give you a hand. This is yours. There you go. This would be yours. Mm-hmm, okay. Repeat after me: With this ring…

Abe: With this ring…

Eric: I thee wed.

Abe: I thee wed.

[Dramatic music]

Paulina: With this ring, I thee wed.

Eric: Here comes the best part. By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife. Abe, you can kiss your wife.

Abe: Ooh.

Paulina: [Squeals]

[Cheers and applause]

Ubrelvy helps u fight migraine attacks.

[Laughter and applause]

Eli: Here you go, big mama.

Olivia: Thank you. And I would like everyone to know that this broom has been in our family line since the 1800s. May it bring abe and paulina as much wedded bliss as it has all our loved ones.

[Applause]

Paulina: All right, all you single ladies, line it up!

Roman: All right, you better fight like hell for that thing. Fight like hell.

[Laughter]

Olivia: Well, you all had better watch out, because I have sharp elbows, and I just might be looking for a sexy senior here in salem. All: Ooh!

Paulina: Okay, you see where I get it from? You see?

[Laughter]

Olivia: Just throw the damn bouquet, okay?

[Laughter]

Paulina: Okay, okay.

Roman: All right.

Kate: Here you go.

Paulina: One, two, three!

[All scream]

All: Oh!

[Applause]

Johnny: So it looks like you’re the next one to get married. Now, all you need is a groom.

Allie: Or a bride.

Paulina: Mmm…mmm…

[Laughter]

Abe: We’ll put that one over here.

Tr: Yeah, let them eat cake now. It won’t be long till paulina’s eating stale bread in prison.

[Dramatic music]

Lani: She’s not going to prison.

Tr: [Laughs] All of y’all are kiddin’ yourselves. You know that, right? They don’t have a future. It’s a mirage, and you know that as well as I do–

Lani: I would like to make a toast to the bride and groom. Um, my father and mother.

Paulina: Oh, thank you, sweetheart.

Lani: I wanna say something about my father, abe carver, the best person I’ve ever known. You came into my life when I was already grown, but I have never received a greater gift. I love you so much, dad.

Abe: I love you so much, sweetheart.

Lani: And to paulina, my mother…

[Sighs] You made so many sacrifices for me, just– just to protect me, and I love you. I love you, mom.

Paulina: I love you too, baby.

Lani: But I–I can’t let you protect me anymore.

Eli: Lani, why don’t we toast to the happy couple–

Lani: No, I’m sorry, I cannot. I can’t go on like this. You and dad–you deserve to have a future together. You deserve to have your lives together.

Paulina: No, no, no, we’ll be fine. Everything’s gonna be wonderful.

Lani: No, it is not– not unless I do something.

Eli: Lani. Lani. Don’t do this.

Abe: What’s–what’s–what’s going on here?

Eli: Lani’s just feeling emotional right now.

Lani: No, eli, please. Please, okay? Just let me do this. I need to–

Eli: Baby, please, can we–

Lani: I need to–

Eli: We need to talk.

Olivia: Let the child speak, eli.

Lani: Big mama, I’m so sorry.

Olivia: About what, baby?

Lani: Paulina didn’t do it. She didn’t–she didn’t shoot tr. I did. [Sighs]

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Tr: What about justice for the person who murdered your father?

Chanel: Mr. Kiriakis, this is chanel dupree, and as you know, my mother has been locked up for weeks now. So I understand that you’re doing your best, but it’s just not good enough. All mama did was stop her abuser from hurting more people. He–he tried to kill my brother- in-law eli, and if you can’t find a way to free my mother, then I am going to find her a better lawyer. She’s a great person, and she doesn’t deserve this.

[Cell phone beeps]

Paulina: I guess you told him.

Chanel: [Sighs] Am I dreaming?

Paulina: [Laughs] No, baby, you’re not! I’m home!

[Laughs]

Both: Oh…

[Door beeps]

Xander: Picked up your new prescription.

Sarah: Oh, thank you so much.

Xander: I wish you told me you were still having these hallucinations.

Sarah: [Laughs] Well, I just–I didn’t know if that’s what they were at first.

Xander: You were looking at victor with a pen and saw kristen with a syringe.

Sarah: Yeah, I think, um… kristen just must be still in my subconscious. I didn’t wanna worry you.

Xander: I get more worried when I don’t know what’s going on. Please, promise me you won’t keep things like that from me anymore.

Sarah: I promise. Then I probably should tell you…

Xander: Tell me what?

Sarah: Um, I went to see gwen in prison.

Ava: I just heard about abigail. That’s horrible news. My god.

Gwen: And you came all this way to offer your condolences?

Ava: No. I came to ask you a question. Did you do it?

Gwen: Did I do what?

Ava: Oh, come on, gwen. You know what I’m asking. Did you kill your sister?

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Chanel: Mama. So did they drop the charges?

Paulina: Oh, not yet. But I finally made bail. Mm-hmm. Thanks to justin getting through to the judge.

Chanel: Ooh, I guess maybe I should call him and give him an apology for that nasty voicemail that I left him.

Paulina: Mm, well, I’m proud of you for standing up for your mama. But you don’t owe justin kiriakis anything.

Chanel: But he got you out of jail.

Paulina: Mm-hmm, and you can save that apology for when I am permanently free.

Chanel: Do you think they can send you back?

Paulina: I don’t know. All I know is ray was an evil man, and I am not sorry that we will never see him again.

Lani: Mm, mm-mm, mm-mm. Get out of my head, ray. Get out of my head. I do not wanna see you.

Tr: And yet, here I am. Look at you–talkin’ about making a murderer pay, and you lettin’ your mama take the rap for what you did to me.

Lani: [Breathing deeply] You’re not real. You’re not real. You are not real.

Tr: What I am saying is very real. How do you live with yourself? You took an oath to uphold the law.

Lani: But you tried to kill eli!

[Shouts] Okay? I had to try to stop you from hurting anyone else.

Tr: You shot me in cold blood, lani! You’re the one who should be facing justice! You’re the one who needs to pay.

Lani: [Grunts] Leave me alone. Leave me alone. Get away! Go! Just don’t–don’t come back! Go! Get out of my head. Get out of my head.

Eli: Lani, lani!

Lani: Please–why am I–

Eli: What–what’s going on?

Lani: Ah, I…

Eli: What’s wrong?

Lani: Wha–

[Sighs]

Xander: You went to statesville? Why would you put yourself through that?

Sarah: I wanted to see that woman face-to-face since she’s the reason that I’m having these side effects in the first place. Gwen rizczech knew that there was an antidote that could’ve cured me, but she was determined that I wouldn’t have it.

Xander: True, but sarah, what was the point of the visit?

Sarah: After everything that that woman put me through, it was very satisfying to see her behind bars where she’ll never hurt anyone again.

Gwen: So you came here to accuse me of murder?

Ava: Well, it’s not that far-fetched. Your resentment of your sister has been the driving force for most of your adult life.

Gwen: Okay, I had motive, yes. But you are forgetting means and opportunity.

Ava: Yeah, I’m not so sure about the means, but you certainly had opportunity.

Gwen: Really? Even though I was locked up here last night when the murder happened?

Ava: [Laughs] Gwen, you and i both know that is not true.

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Eli: Baby, what’s wrong? Lani, what’s wrong? You’re shaking.

Lani: It was ray. It was ray. He–he–he–he was here.

Eli: What? No, lani–

Lani: No, no, no, it was like he was standing right where you are, eli. It’s like he was standing right here, and he was bleedinin in his jacket and–

Eli: Baby.

Lani: No, and he was telling me that I need to pay for what I did. And he is right, because I pulled that trigger, eli.

Eli: Keep your voice down!

Lani: I don’t care. How am i supposed to live with myself, huh? What is my dad gonna think when–when he finds out what I did? And then when he knows that– that I–oh, my–that the woman that he loves is going to prison for me? Hmm?

[Murmurs]

[Crying] I can’T.

[Crying] I don’t know.

[Dramatic music]

Abe: I am so sorry, dear, about abigail.

Julie: [Sighs] Thank you, abe. Thank you.

Abe: It’s a terrible, terrible tragedy.

Julie: It just doesn’t even seem real. That marvelous young mother with her whole life before her, and my heart’s breaking for the children, and for chad, of course.

Abe: Mine too. Are, uh…are jack and jennifer around?

Julie: Oh, they’re resting. Before they went upstairs, I heard jack saying he’s been to see gwen in prison.

Abe: Yes, well, she is his daughter, and I’m sure she’s upset about abigail.

Julie: Upset? Upset? Abraham, remember what she did to abigail, what she did to– to sarah too? She’s a despicable person. I wish– I really wish she would just disappear out of our lives forever.

Sarah: I have to admit I really enjoyed telling gwen that you and I are back together.

Xander: Oh, thank god we are. Mmm. You know, darling, you and i have a lot of lost time to catch up on.

Sarah: [Giggles] Well, technically speaking.

Xander: What do you mean?

Sarah: I mean I was the one that was stranded on a desert island with kristen dimera. You, on the other hand, had a fiancée and a lovely young wife.

Chanel: [Sighs] That must’ve been so awful, being in jail. It made me sick to think about you being in that cell, surrounded by criminals.

Paulina: Your mother is a survivor, and I told you. I told you everything would be fine, and here I am.

Chanel: Yeah, but you said it’s not over yet. You still have to go to trial.

Paulina: And I will win. We just to have a little faith.

Chanel: Faith.

Paulina: Mm-hmm.

Chanel: [Sighs] So mr. Kiriakis, he’s confident that he’ll convince the jury that you’re innocent?

Paulina: I am confident enough for the both of us. But right now, I’m just happy to be home with my baby girl! Mm, ooh.

[Chuckles]

Nicole: Right. We–we have a lot to work out, and–and we will. Anyway, um, I know you have a lot on your plate, so I’ll– I’ll let you go. We’ll talk later.

[Cell phone beeps] Eric, I didn’t see you there.

Eric: I’m sorry. I didn’t wanna bother you. Didn’t mean to eavesdrop.

Nicole: But you heard what I said to rafe?

Eric: I did. You’re calling off your wedding?

Nicole: Yeah.

Eric: Wh–what does that mean? Did you and rafe split up?

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Julie: Abe, whoever did this to abigail deserves to be locked up–locked up for their rest of their lives. It’s not like paulina’s situation. I mean, that’s completely different. How–how is she doing? Do you have any idea?

Abe: It is great news. She made bail.

Julie: [Gasps] They let her out?

Abe: Yes. I was in court with her this morning.

Julie: Oh, abe. Oh, that’s wonderful. I don’t mean just that she’s free now, but that you were there. That–does that mean what I hope it means?

Abe: Well, I took your advice. I told paulina that I still love her.

Julie: Oh, I’m so glad– so glad you took the advice.

Abe: Of course I did. I mean, you’re always right.

Julie: That’s true.

Abe: [Chuckles] You know, it didn’t quite go the way I planned it. But I don’t know that there’s a bad time to tell someone you love how you feel.

Julie: Exactly right. There’s no bad time to tell the person you love you want ’em to be happy.

Paulina: Okay, enough. Enough crying about me. What’s the latest on you, sweet girl?

Chanel: Me?

Paulina: Mm-hmm. When you came to visit me in jail, you only wanted to talk about my situation. Well, now that the devil has gone from salem–thank the lord–I need to know where your head’s at.

Chanel: In regards to…

Paulina: In regards to you being in the middle of a love triangle with a couple of crazy twins.

Chanel: Oh, that. Um, well, johnny and allie, they’re–they’re both still in love with me. Ugh, but does–does that sound egotistical or what?

Paulina: Mm, not if it’s true. So what did you decide?

Chanel: I haven’T. I just don’t want to hurt either one of them. But it’s not fair to leave them hanging either, is it?

Paulina: Oh, they’ll wait because they know what you’re worth. And, uh, maybe, you know, maybe you should just move on altogether. Try–try finding someone who doesn’t have a history of devil possession.

Chanel: You know what? I don’t wanna talk about me right now, kay? I know it’s out of character, but I just–I miss you, mama.

Paulina: Aw…

Chanel: And I’m just– I’m so happy you’re home.

[Both laugh]

Paulina: Ooh.

Chanel: But I wish you would’ve told me. I would’ve planned a big homecoming celebration for you.

Paulina: This–this is plenty, big sweetheart– just being here with my lovely daughter. And you know how long I’ve been dreaming of taking a bath in my own tub, sleeping in my own bed, eating at my own dinner table? Oh.

Chanel: All right, well, you have plenty of time for all of that. But right now, you go get some rest, and I am going to plan you a homecoming celebration.

Paulina: Mmm.

Chanel: I’ma make all your favorites.

Paulina: Ooh.

Chanel: I’m gonna make cassoulet, green beans…

Paulina: Mmm, and those soft buttery rolls?

Chanel: Oh, even the rolls.

[Both laugh] I promise you, mama, that this is going to be the best welcome home ever.

Xander: You can’t really be jealous of chanel dupree.

Sarah: Well, I don’t know. I was just remarking that you were quite busy while I was “away,” getting engaged, getting married–

Xander: I told you the marriage to chanel was never real. I–she and I met right after I lost you. I was completely at sea. I was dead broke and dead drunk when I apparently agreed to marry her.

Sarah: So there was nothing romantic?

Xander: Not in the slightest. She was after my nonexistent money, and I was after her mum’s actual money.

Sarah: Hmm. Did you sleep with her?

Xander: Not even on our wedding night.

Sarah: It’s kind of hard to imagine you passing up sex.

Xander: [Sighs] Well, I would never pass up the opportunity to have it with you.

Sarah: [Giggles] Mm, wait.

Xander: What’s wrong?

Sarah: Mm, my medicine. The sooner I take it, the less likely I am to have any more hallucinations. But I can’t take it on a empty stomach.

Xander: All right, let’s get you something to eat. Come on.

Sarah: Yeah. [Laughs]

Xander: Is everything okay?

Sarah: Yeah, I think we better hurry.

[Dramatic music]

Ava: You know, gwen, I was surprised to get your call yesterday.

[Cell phone rings]

[Cell phone beeps] Hello? Yeah, I’ll accept the call. Hello?

Gwen: It’s gwen. I need your help.

Nicole: Ah, hey, gwen. How’s life on the inside?

Gwen: Do you remember when they first brought me into the station, and–and you offered to bust me out?

Ava: Yeah, I do, and i remember you turning me down.

Gwen: Yes, well, I’m rethinking that decision.

Ava: Oh, is that right?

Gwen: Yes. Does your offer still stand?

Ava: Am I misremembering, or did you not ask me to break you out of prison on the same day that your sister ended up dead?

Nicole: [Sighs] Rafe and i are not splitting up.

Eric: But you’re not getting married?

Nicole: We’re not getting married this week. We’re just postponing the wedding.

Eric: Oh. I must’ve misunderstood.

Nicole: Rafe’s leading the investigation in abigail’s death, and we just didn’t feel like it was right.

Eric: It’s hard to imagine even celebrating right now. It’s hard to imagine she’s gone.

Nicole: Abigail was such a good person, and after everything that she and chad went through to find happiness…oh, and those sweet babies…it breaks my heart to know that charlotte and thomas are gonna grow up without their mother.

[Sobs]

Eric: Hey.

Nicole: [Sobs]

Sarah: Get off him, you conniving bitch!

Nicole: What the hell–wha– hey! Right now, we’re all feelin’ the squeeze.

Nicole: Let go of me.

Sarah: You ruined eric’s life before–I’m not gonna let you do it again!

Eric: Enough!

Nicole: What the hell are you talking about?

Sarah: You know exactly what I’m talking about.

Nicole: What is happening?

Sarah: Get out of my way, xander!

Xander: Please let me handle this. Sarah, sarah, darling, look at me. That is not kristen dimera. It’s nicole.

Sarah: What?

Xander: Please, just take a good look at her.

Sarah: Oh, my god.

Eric: What is going on here?

Nicole: W-what the hell is this?

Sarah: [Whispers] It happened again… nicole…nicole, I’m really sorry, I didn’t– I didn’t know what I was doing. I’m sorry.

Xander: Since sarah got a second dose of the drug that kristen injected her with, she’s been having these… residual hallucinations.

Eric: Must be terrifying.

Sarah: A couple days ago, I, um, I thought I saw kristen coming at me with a syringe, but it was just–it was just victor with a pen.

Nicole: Please tell me you strangled the old goat. I’m sorry. A girl can dream.

Sarah: No, it’s okay. I’m the one who owes you an apology.

Xander: It’s not your fault, sarah.

Sarah: No, you’re right. It’s gwen’S.

Gwen: Why are you being so hostile? I thought we were friends.

Ava: Yeah, friends are honest with each other, and you asked me to bust you out of prison.

Gwen: I simply asked you for a favor, and you obliged.

Ava: Yeah, but the thing is you never told me why you wanted out. Look, gwen, I offered to help you get away from the salem pd, not pull off a prison break.

Gwen: Is it that different?

Ava: Uh, yeah, because this is gonna draw a lot of attention.

Gwen: Look, I’m not asking you to bust me out for good. I don’t want to be a fugitive for the rest of my life. I made that decision when I took the plea deal.

Ava: Okay, so you just wanna get out temporarily?

Gwen: Yes, that’s right. I have every intention of serving the rest of my sentence.

Ava: Okay, so how long we talkin’ about?

Gwen: Just a few hours.

Ava: A few hours to do what?

Gwen: What does it matter? Surely you must know some guard on the take–some desperate, stupid loser who’s gonna walk away and leave a gate unlocked or something. I promise I will be back before bed check.

Ava: And like a fool, I agreed without asking any questions. I figured, oh, maybe you wanted a few hours out in the real world to–I don’t know– take a shower? Have a nice meal? I didn’t really think about it. But now, it’s pretty obvious that you were planning to commit murder.

[Cell phone rings]

Abe: Oh, it’s chanel.

Julie: Go ahead and take it. It might be about paulina.

[Phone beeps]

Abe: Hello, chanel?

Chanel: Abe, mama’s home.

Abe: Oh, I know. That’s wonderful. How’s she doing?

Chanel: Great. But she’ll be even better if you came over. Are you sure she just doesn’t wanna rest?

Chanel: When has mama ever rested?

Abe: Excellent point.

Chanel: Anyway, I am fixing a very special dinner and I hope you can come. No, no, no, scratch that. You are coming. You don’t have a choice.

Abe: Oh, yes, ma’am.

[Chuckles] Have you talked to lani and eli?

Chanel: Oh, they’re next on my list. Oh, lani is going to be so excited to see our mom.

Lani: I can’t let paulina suffer for something that I did.

Eli: You’re doing the right thing for us–for our family. Once you make peace with that, tr will stop haunting you.

Lani: I can never make peace with this, eli. Not when I am letting my own mother rot in a jail cell for something that I did.

Eli: She’s not in jail, not anymore.

Lani: What?

Eli: I just left the courthouse.

Lani: Wait, she–

Eli: She made bail.

Lani: She’s free?

Eli: Yes, she’s free.

Lani: For how long? I mean, she confessed.

Eli: Yes, she confessed, but a judge granting her bail, that’s a good sign. The jury is bound to show sympathy, and once justin tells them how much that tr abused and traumatized her, they’ll see it wasn’t premeditated murder.

Lani: But it was still murder.

Eli: She might not have to do any jail time at all.

Lani: You can’t guarantee that. The only one who can guarantee that is me if I confess. Lemons.

Eli: Lani, we’ve been through this before. You cannot confess to shooting tr.

Lani: Well, I can’t let paulina go to prison for me.

Eli: Even if she was to confess, she’d still be in trouble for false confession, and then you could lose everything. Your job, your freedom, our kids– you know paulina doesn’t want that.

[Cell phone rings] Hey, chanel. Hello, brother-in-law. What are you and your lovely wife and your beautiful kids doing tonight?

Eli: Uh, tonight? Why do you ask?

Chanel: Well, I am planning a very special dinner for mama, and I hoped you guys could come over.

Eli: Dinner?

Chanel: A celebration for her making bail, and I know she would love to see you guys.

Eli: I’m not sure that dinner tonight is a good idea.

Chanel: Why? Is something wrong?

Eli: No, nothing’s wrong. Lani, she just–she’s just not feeling well.

Lani: Eli, stop.

Chanel: Is she okay?

Eli: Yeah, she’s fine. She just needs a quiet night at home with the kids.

Chanel: Okay, if you say so.

Eli: Please give paulina our love and tell her we’ll see her soon.

Chanel: Yep.

[Cell phone beeps]

[Cell phone beeps]

Lani: Why did you do that?

Eli: Baby–

Lani: No, no, no you need to call her right back. Now, eli, and tell her that we’re going.

Xander: Sarah, I’m not defending gwen, but it’s not all her fault.

Sarah: Then whose fault is it?

Xander: [Sighs] Well, I mean, abigail was stupid enough to leave the drug lying around.

Nicole: Hey, don’t talk about abigail like that. What’s your problem?

Xander: [Scoffs] Can’t say something negative about saint abigail?

Eric: Why not try being a decent human being?

Xander: I’m only trying to be honest. I mean… sarah’s condition is due in no small part to abigail’s carelessness. I just hope she’s more careful next time.

Nicole: Next time?

Xander: [Sighs] What is it?

Eric: Obviously, you don’t know. You haven’t heard the news.

Sarah: What news?

Eric: Abigail… she was murdered.

[Dramatic music]

Gwen: Whatever it is that you think you know–

Ava: Okay, don’t play coy with me, gwen. You obviously left here. You went to the dimera mansion. You snuck up into abigail’s bedroom without ever being seen, and then you stabbed her to death–

Gwen: Now you wait a minute–

Ava: And then you slipped back in here as if you never left. And suddenly, I am an accessory to murder. I have moderate to severe ulcerative colitis.

Gwen: Right, let’s say your theory is correct.

Ava: Oh, let’s say. Hmm.

Gwen: Well, then I suppose you would be an accessory to murder if you had busted me out of prison and if I had gone to abigail’s and stabbed her to death.

Ava: So is this a confession?

Gwen: No. I said “if” I did that.

Ava: So are you denying it?

Gwen: I’m saying you’re getting worked up over nothing.

Ava: Your sister was killed, and everyone knows she ruined your life.

Gwen: Ava, look at my face. Do I look worried to you?

Ava: Actually, you look rather calm.

Gwen: Yes, exactly. I’m not worried. So why should you be?

Sarah: Abigail’s dead?

Eric: I’m sorry you had to find out this way.

Sarah: Wha–what happened?

Nicole: Uh, she was stabbed in her bedroom.

Sarah: Who would–who would do something like that?

Nicole: As far as we know, the police don’t have any suspects.

Xander: Well, don’t look at me.

Nicole: Well, you sounded awfully angry just now when you said abigail left a syringe lying around.

Xander: I had no idea the poor woman just lost her life. Abigail is the person who– was the person who brought sarah back to me. I’ll be forever grateful for that.

Sarah: That’s true. Yeah, if it weren’t for abigail, I might not have made it home. She’s the only person that didn’t give up looking for me. And I didn’t get a chance to– to thank her properly or to say goodbye. God, this is so…

Xander: What a tragedy to her little kids.

Eric: It’s been hard for everyone.

Sarah: [Sniffles] That’s really–

[Sniffles] That’s really awful.

[Sniffling]

Xander: Darling, we gotta get you some food so you can take your meds.

Sarah: Yeah.

Nicole: Will the medication prevent these hallucinations?

Sarah: Um…hopefully, and nicole, I am–I’m so sorry again, I’m–I’m so sorry about abigail. My heart goes out to chad and the kids.

Xander: Yeah, mine too. Sorry, excuse us.

Eli: We cannot go to that dinner tonight.

Lani: Is this how it’s gonna be in our family from now on– just lies and more lies?

Eli: I told chanel that you weren’t feeling well, and that is not a lie. You’re in no shape to be there tonight.

Lani: Oh, is that why you don’t want me to go, or is it just because that you’re afraid that I’m gonna have a breakdown and just tell everybody the truth?

Both: Oh!

[Both laugh]

Abe: I cannot tell you how happy I am to see you.

Paulina: And you–you–you’re a sight for sore eyes, abraham carver.

Abe: Oh, thank you, thank you. Hey, you.

[Laughs] Hello, chanel.

Chanel: Hi, abe. Ooh, you know what? I just realized I am totally out of butter.

Paulina: Oh, I thought I saw plenty in there.

Chanel: Oh, you know what? But you can never have too much. I’ll be right back.

Abe: [Chuckles] That is very considerate of your daughter.

Paulina: [Laughs]

Abe: Leave us some time alone.

Paulina: [Laughing] I’ve taught her well.

Abe: You know, I know I’m repeating myself, but I am so happy to see you here.

[Both laugh]

Paulina: It’s great to be home. Oh–ooh, it’s even better in your arms again.

Abe: Oh, yes, yes, yes, you know what?

Paulina: Hmm?

Abe: I was thinking…

Paulina: About what?

Abe: Ah, to get that feeling going, and since we are alone…

Paulina: Abe, abe, what are you doin’?

Abe: Well, I’ve been– I’ve been waiting to put this ring back on your finger.

Paulina: Wha–even– even with me being out on bail and you being the mayor?

Abe: Well, yeah, even that. You know, I really don’t give a damn what other people think.

Paulina: Well, me neither, darling. I only care what you think, and if you think now is the time–

Abe: Oh, I sure do. So there we go, and let me–

Paulina: Oh, now, wait– no, no. No–oh, lord, don’t, don’T.

Abe: What, don’t you want me to put this ring on your finger?

Paulina: No–I don’t want you to bust a knee.

Abe: [Laughs] All right, all right. I’ll stay–I’ll stay right here. I’ll stay right here and ask you the question: Paulina price, will you marry me… for sure this time?

Paulina: Hell to the yes.

[Both laugh]

Abe: Oh, there we go.

Paulina: Oh…

Abe: Yes…

Paulina: Aw…

Abe: [Chuckles]

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Abe: [Chuckling]

Paulina: [Sighing]

Chanel: Hey, so I’ve got the butter. What did I miss? Did I miss anything?

Paulina: Well, you know, not much.

Chanel: [Screams] Oh, my god! You guys are engaged again?

Abe: Yes, and it is going to stick this time.

Chanel: Oh, I am so happy for you–both of you. So when’s the big day?

Paulina: Well, we haven’t discussed it yet. But I don’t wanna wait too long. I wanna be married before my trial starts.

Chanel: But–but you said that you think that you’re gonna be free, right? That you have faith?

Paulina: And I do. Oh, speaking of free, you know what tomorrow is? Juneteenth.

Abe: Oh, juneteenth. That is a perfect day for a family celebration, or a wedding.

[Laughs]

Chanel: Wait, are you saying that you wanna get married tomorrow?

Abe: Yeah, what do you think, fiancée?

Paulina: Well, fiancé, I think it’s a fabulous idea. Tomorrow it is!

[Laughter]

All: Ooh!

[Laughter]

Eli: Yes, of course I’m worried that you’re gonna tell abe and chanel the truth.

Lani: Oh, god, eli. You don’t understand the guilt.

Eli: No, I know.

Lani: No, you don’t understand!

Eli: We have to find a way to deal with it for paulina, for me, and for the kids– mostly for them. Okay?

Lani: Mm. Okay. Okay. Just give me a moment, please, before we have to go home.

Eli: All right, I’ll pull the car around the front.

[Door clicks shut]

Lani: [Sighs] Ugh. Okay.

[Dramatic musical sting]

Tr: I’m not letting this go, lani. The truth will come out. It needs to come out. The only question is when?

Eric: I better get going. I was actually on my way over to the hortons to check in on jack and jennifer, see how they’re doin’.

Nicole: Please give them my love, and let them know I’m happy to help with thomas and charlotte anytime.

Eric: Of course I will.

Nicole: Okay.

Eric: Nicole, when you were planning on getting married this week–I’m assuming I wasn’t on the guest list.

Nicole: Well, we just didn’t get that far yet.

Eric: I understand. Hey, you know what, not to be pushy or anything, but when you do decide on a date, I hope to get an invite.

Nicole: Yeah, sure.

Eric: You seem a bit conflicted about that. I mean, we’re still friends, aren’t we?

Nicole: Of course we’re friends, but–

Eric: Good, because there’s nothing more I want than to see you happy.

Nicole: [Sighs]

Xander: I still can’t believe that someone would murder abigail. Who would do that? Everyone in this town loves her.

Sarah: Not everyone.

Xander: True. Not gwen.

Sarah: She was obsessively jealous of her sister. She did all kinds of horrible things to ruin abigail’s life. Not to mention what she did to me, and isn’t she responsible for laura’s death?

Xander: Ah, that was an accident.

Sarah: Xander.

Xander: I’m not defending gwen, sarah. I’m not. But she’s in prison, locked up. I mean, she couldn’t possibly have anything to do with abigail’s death.

Sarah: [Sighs] I guess you’re right.

Ava: I’m usually pretty good at reading people. But I can’t decide whether you’re telling the truth or not.

Gwen: Why would I lie?

Ava: Why indeed. But I certainly don’t want this on my conscience.

Gwen: You once told me that guilt is a waste of time.

Ava: Okay, so maybe it’s not my conscience that I’m worried about. But rafe is looking for any excuse to lock me up, and I sure as hell am not gonna give him one. So the next time you think about calling me for a favor, don’T.

[Door slams shut]

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Li: Good work on the press release, lia. Please send it out asap. I’ll be in touch if there’s a follow-up. Oh, I’m sorry if I woke you. I wanted to let you sleep in, considering how late you worked last night.

Gabi: It was worth it. I managed to close on the oakdale project. Is that what the press release was about?

Li: No, gabi, there’s something you should know.

Gabi: What is it?

[Cell phone chiming] Oh, never mind, I probably got it.

Li: Before you read that, I just need to tell you something.

Gabi: “Board of directors of dimera enterprises is sad to announce the death of abigail dimera”?

Gwen: Dad. I didn’t know you were in town.

[Soft music]

Jack: It was a last-minute trip. I have some bad news about abigail.

Gwen: Yeah, someone already told me. Is it true then? My sister was murdered?

Jack: I’m sorry. I meant to tell you myself. I guess the news is getting out there.

Gwen: Well, I didn’t get all the details. Do they know who’s responsible?

Chad: Kate, how much did you tell lucas? Did you tell him that abby knew he was sami’s kidnapper? Answer me!

Kate: Please, you really have to try to calm down.

Chad: Calm down? My wife is dead! Someone stabbed her to death in our bedroom, and you want me to calm down? If you told lucas that abigail knew his secret, he could be the one.

Jennifer: My sweet girl. She was so kind. So much to live for, especially her precious children. Who would wanna hurt her, lucas? And why?

Lucas: I don’t know, jenn. I just don’t know.

Jennifer: To attack her so, so brutally in her own home. What kind of monster would do that?

Lucas: Jenn, I’m so sorry. This is all my fault.

Jennifer: Your fault? What do you mean?

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Jennifer: How could abigail’s death be your fault?

Lucas: I should’ve protected her. You were in boston; I was here. I should’ve kept a closer eye on her.

Jennifer: Lucas, no, no. You could not possibly know that some maniac was gonna break into her house and attack her. Oh, honey, lucas, don’t do this to yourself.

Lucas: Stop, I should be the one comforting you, not the other way around.

Jennifer: Oh, listen to me. You listen to me. You loved her.

Lucas: Yeah.

Jennifer: She knew that. You are not to blame for any of this.

Chad: Don’t you get it? If lucas thought that abigail was gonna expose his secret, then he might’ve–he might’ve wanted to kill her to shut her up, okay? He would’ve had motive.

Kate: I didn’t tell him. I didn’t tell him. He didn’t know that abigail knows the truth, chad.

Chad: You didn’t?

Kate: No, I didn’T. But it doesn’t matter. Even if he did know the truth, he would never ever hurt abigail, not in a million years.

Chad: But then who did? Who did? Who would’ve done something so horrible to my wife?

Steve: Rafe, you let me know if there’s anything I can do to help with the investigation, all right? We need to find whoever did this to abigail and bring them to justice, okay? Whatever it takes. All right, thanks, man. I’ll talk to you later.

Jake: Hey, steve? I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to eavesdrop, but did something happen to abigail?

Gabi: Is this some kind of sick joke?

Li: I’m afraid not.

Gabi: No, you’ve got this wrong. You’ve got all of this wrong. You need to retract this statement because this is obviously–this is wrong.

Li: Ej gave me the information himself.

Gabi: Ej, okay, there you go. That’s it. He gave you some false information because he wants to make us look bad, he wants to embarrass us, and you fell for it.

Li: Gabi, I double-checked with the salem pd. Abigail’s dead.

Gabi: What–no, are they sure? Because a while back, we thought abigail died in a plane crash, and it turned out that andre was just faking her death. This is probably a trick too.

Li: It’s not. I’m sorry to say this, but abigail was murdered.

Gabi: Wh… migraine hits hard, so u hit back with ubrelvy

Jake: Oh, my. Abigail was murdered?

Steve: Yeah. And chad found her.

Jake: My god.

Steve: Yeah. Someone from your family will probably contact you and fill you in on the details, right?

Jake: Not likely. Abigail was really the only dimera I got along with. Police have any leads?

Steve: Not yet. Listen, I need to get inside. Jennifer’s waiting for me.

Jake: Oh, yeah, go ahead. Of course, please give her and jack my condolences.

Steve: Yeah.

[Tense music]

Kate: I wish that I could give you the answers that you need, but I can’T. I can’T. I just wish I could. I have no idea why anyone would do this to abigail, but I do know that my heart is broken for you and for your children.

Chad: I’m just grasp–I’m grasping at straws right now, so I’m not thinking straight. I’m so–I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to lash out at you.

Kate: Don’t apologize, okay? Don’t do that. I’m sorry–I’m sorry that I can’t be of more comfort to you.

Chad: Nobody–nobody can be. And nothing…

Kate: I know, I know. Maybe you should get some rest.

Chad: I can’t rest. I can’t rest. Every time I close my eyes, I just–I see her laying there. Covered in blood. I just keep remembering the last thing that she said to me.

Kate: She talked to you? Did she give you any clue of what happened?

Chad: She just said that they had a knife.

Kate: I see.

Chad: I keep racking my brain trying to think about who would do this to my wife. What kind of sick and sadistic person would do something like this? And the only person I can think of is gwen. But she’s in prison, obviously, so she couldn’t have done it.

Jack: The police don’t have any suspects at the moment.

Gwen: Is that why you came here, to ask me if I had something to do with it?

Jack: Of course not. My god, why would you even think that?

Gwen: I mean, it crossed my mind, that’s all, especially because of everything that happened between abigail and I in the past. I just really wish that the last time that I saw her hadn’t ended the way that it did.

Jack: When was the last time that you saw her?

Gwen: Yesterday. She came to visit me.

Jack: She did? Why?

Gwen: I guess you could say that our last encounter sealed both of our fates forever. Are you one of the millions of americans

Ava: So you’re gonna spend the summer with joey and stephanie?

Tripp: You know, it’ll be a little while before my ankle heals and I can get back to work, so I figured I might as well enjoy a little change of scenery until then.

Ava: But you’re coming back, right?

Tripp: Yes. At least I think so. I gotta clear my head, you know? Process everything that’s happened.

Ava: You’re talking about what happened with allie?

Tripp: That among other things, like almost dying, being possessed by the devil. I mean, you can understand why I might need to get away, can’t you?

Ava: Of course I can. What am I gonna do without you, hm?

Jack: I don’t understand. How did abigail’s visit here seal your fates?

Gwen: Well, I just meant that because of how things ended so badly between us, and now that she’s gone… I won’t ever have a chance to reconcile with her. Although, maybe that never would’ve happened anyway.

Jack: I would like to think that you would have eventually, that you both would’ve gotten past the anger and the resentment.

Gwen: Well, I guess now we’ll never know.

Gabi: You probably don’t know this, but abigail and i used to be best friends.

Li: I didn’t know that, no.

Gabi: She was my ride or die. Even after everything blew up, we had this connection. It’s like she could see the real me. She could see what I was hiding, see through my defenses. It was kind of annoying sometimes, but it was also very comforting.

Li: It’s a shame you two had a falling out.

Gabi: Yeah, yes, it is. And we spent a lot of time battling each other, tearing each other down, but every once in a while, we’d find some common ground, like we did with gwen rizczech.

Li: Hm, the infamous nanny?

Gabi: Yeah, abigail and I, we teamed up to bring her down. It didn’t go as planned, but it felt nice to be on the same side again. It’s funny, that was one of the few times that I had to stop abigail from making things worse. Usually, it was the other way around.

Li: It sounds like she was the yin to your yang, as my father would say, complete opposites who balanced each other out. You know, they say, “the shadow cannot exist without the light.”

Gabi: Yeah. Now that light is gone. What are we gonna do without her?

Kate: I know that you want justice for abigail. I do, but you have to let the police find out who did it, okay? You really need to focus on yourself and your children now.

[Soft music]

Chad: Ugh, I haven’t told them yet. I don’t know–i don’t know how I’m going to.

Kate: Charlotte and thomas, they’re strong, okay? And they’re resilient.

Chad: Just like their mom.

Kate: Where are they right now?

Chad: Ej and belle took them to marlena’s last night.

Kate: Okay, that’s good. You know it’s really–it’s a good thing that they have people who love them–so many people who love them and are gonna be there for them.

Chad: Yeah.

Kate: Is there anything that I can do right now for you, for the kids?

Chad: No, not at the moment.

Kate: Okay. You’ll let me know, right?

Chad: Yeah, I will. Thank you.

Kate: I love you.

Chad: Okay, I love you too.

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Kate: Jake, this isn’t a good time.

Jake: I know. I heard. That’s why I’m here. I came to offer my condolences.

Kate: I’ll see you later.

Chad: I wasn’t expecting to see you here.

Jake: Yeah. Can I come in?

[Soft music]

Gabi: You probably think I’m the world’s biggest hypocrite. I’ve done so many awful things to abigail; I don’t have the right to cry over her like this.

Li: It’s like you said, she may have been your enemy, but she was also your friend. I honestly doubt abigail would begrudge you your tears.

Gabi: Thank you. This is more than you bargained for when you hooked up with me.

Li: Gabi, I thought I was clear. I’m all in. Through the good, the bad–

Gabi: Don’t say “the ugly.” Don’T.

Li: You? Never. You’re the most beautiful woman I’ve ever laid eyes on.

Jack: So why did abigail come to visit you?

Gwen: I asked her to. See, I’d made you a gift, and I wanted her to deliver it to you. Flying to boston to surprise you for your birthday.

Jack: I didn’t know that. Well, obviously, I can’t ask chad to go through her things, not right now. For your gift.

Gwen: No, don’t bother. You won’t find it.

Jack: Why not?

Abigailil

Gwen: I dropped it. And it shattered to pieces.

Jack: That’s too bad. You couldn’t fix it?

Gwen: No. Much like my relationship with my sister, it was broken beyond repair.

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Jake: I’m not sure if you remember, but back when I first found out that I was a dimera, abigail had just come home from florida, right? And I fixed her car.

Chad: I remember.

Jake: Anyway, she had this book in the back seat by some writer, something ishiguro.

Chad: Kazuo.

Jake: That’s the one. “Never let me go.” Abigail, she asked me if i wanted to borrow it, and I said, “I’m not much of a reader.” But she insisted. And I ended up liking it. Anyway, the thing is, abigail barely knew me when she insisted that I borrow that book. And I always saw that as her reaching out to me, you know, sharing a part of herself. And that meant a lot. She made a real effort to welcome me into this family.

Chad: Unlike me.

Jake: I didn’t say that.

Chad: You didn’t have to. I don’t know if i ever made this clear. I hate that I made assumptions about your friendship with abby. I was an idiot to fall for gwen’s lies and to betray abby in the worst way possible. I hurt her badly. And I thought I had… I thought I had lost her for good. But we worked things out. We were happy. We were planning to have another baby.

Jake: Hey.

[Soft music]

Tripp: Well, I should probably get going.

Ava: Oh.

Tripp: Dad’s taking me to a farewell lunch before I go to the airport.

Ava: All right. You two have a good time.

Tripp: I’ll admit, I do feel a little guilty leaving right now; I mean, the timing isn’t ideal.

Ava: Why is that?

Tripp: I guess you haven’t heard. My cousin abigail, she died last night.

Ava: What–what happened?

Tripp: Someone broke into her house and stabbed her. Her husband, chad, found her lying there, and he got her to the hospital, but it was too late. It’s such a terrible tragedy. I mean, she’s got two little kids. She was such a wonderful person. I still can’t believe it.

Ava: That’s just horrible for her family. Do they have any suspects?

Tripp: No, not yet.

Gwen: So you and jennifer had to go and view abigail’s body? I mean, that seems rather cruel to make you do that. Couldn’t they have had chad do the necessary identifications?

Jack: Nobody made us do it. We wanted to do it. I wanted to see her. I wanted to tell her so many things that I’d wanted to say before she… anyway, her mother and me, as hard as it is, it’s nothing compared to what’s happening with thomas and charlotte, our grandbabies. They’re gonna grow up without their mother.

[Sobbing]

Gwen: Dad. Dad, listen, abigail knew how much you loved her. She did, she knew. And she knew how lucky she was to have a father as wonderful and caring as you, as am I.

Jack: Thank you. Thank you for saying that.

Gwen: It’s the truth, it is. It’s the truth. I’m so sorry. I’m sorry you’re going through this. I’m so, so sorry.

Jennifer: Okay. That’s the best I can do.

Steve: Well, in that case, why don’t you let me take you home now?

Jennifer: Okay. That’d be great.

[Soft music]

Goodbye, lucas.

Lucas: Bye. I promise I’ll check on you later, okay?

Steve: Here you go.

Kate: Jennifer.

Jennifer: Hello, kate.

Kate: I’m so sorry about abigail. She was a beautiful person. I respected her, her strength, and her love of family. I guess she got that from you.

Jennifer: Thank you.

Lucas: I hate to see jenn going through all of this.

Kate: And chad. I just left him.

Lucas: How’s he doing? Forget I asked. It’s a stupid question, okay?

Kate: I tell you, it’s so difficult. It was so difficult. He’s in so much pain. And, out of grief, he accused me of killing abigail.

Lucas: He what?

Kate: Yeah, yeah. To keep her quiet because she knew about you kidnapping sami.

Lucas: What are you talking about–that’s ridiculous. You would never do anything to hurt abigail.

Kate: Yeah, of course I wouldn’T. But, you know, I can’t help thinking, would you? So I said, “yeah you’re saving hundreds

Jack: I’d better get back to jennifer; she doesn’t know where I am. I didn’t tell her I was coming to see you.

Gwen: Please give her my condolences.

Jack: I will, thanks. Please take care of yourself, gwen.

Gwen: Dad, wait. Happy birthday.

[Soft music]

Gabi: What are you doing here?

Jake: I came to see chad.

Gabi: How is he?

Jake: How do you think? He just lost the love of his life.

Gabi: I know what that’s like. I’m talking about stefan, of course.

Jake: Of course. Look at you now. You’ve bounced back. Right into shin’s bed.

Gabi: Excuse me, how did…

Jake: So what, are you guys like a thing now?

Gabi: Why do you care? Especially since I hear you and ava are no longer “just roommates.”

Jake: Looks like we’ve both moved on, so I guess we have nothing else to talk about. See you at the office.

Lucas: So my mother–my mother, who’s supposed to have faith in me, you actually think that I killed abigail, really? Mother to two young children? Beautiful person that abigail was?

Kate: It crossed my mind, yes, but most importantly, it crossed chad’s mind.

Lucas: Oh, my god. You can’t be serious.

Kate: Okay, don’t worry. Don’t worry, I covered. I covered. I told him that you had no idea that abigail even knew, so you wouldn’t have a motive. But we both know that you could because you were very, very upset when i told you about abigail. And then you didn’t show up for dinner.

Lucas: I didn’t show up for dinner–

Kate: What did you do to your hand?

Lucas: I don’t know what i I did with my hand, all right?

Kate: What does that mean?

Lucas: After we talked last night, I fell off the wagon.

Kate: Oh, god, lucas.

Lucas: I blacked out. I have no memory of what I did last night.

Kate: Oh, god.

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Tripp: Are you sure i shouldn’t stick around? I mean, given the circumstances, everyone being in shock about abigail, I can put off leaving.

Steve: No, no, come on. We’ll all be all right. I’m just sorry I couldn’t give you a bigger sendoff.

Tripp: Are you kidding me? This is perfect. I mean, it kind of reminds me of when we first started getting to know each other, bonding over fries with hot sauce.

Steve: Yeah. This is the way real men eat fries.

Tripp: And do real men drink beer this early in the day?

Steve: How else was I gonna give you a goodbye toast? Lift that bottle. To the best son a man could ever ask for. I’m gonna miss you, tripp. Promise me you’ll come back soon.

Tripp: I promise.

[Soft music]

Jack: I’m sorry I didn’t tell you that I was going to see gwen. I just–I didn’t know how you’d take it.

Jennifer: Oh, it’s fine. I’m glad you did. I mean, she’s your daughter and abigail’s sister. No matter how I feel about her, she deserved to hear the news from you.

Jack: Actually, I didn’t tell her. By the time I got there, she had already heard.

Jennifer: How did she take it?

Jack: Well, obviously, there’s no love lost between her and abigail, but I could tell. Much as she tried to put up a good front, I could tell that abigail’s death shook her more than she was letting on.

Ava: Gwen. I’m glad I caught you.

Gwen: Ava.

Ava: I just heard about abigail. It’s horrible, oh, my god.

Gwen: So you came all this way to give me your condolences?

Ava: No. I came to ask you one thing. Did you do it?

Gabi: I’m so sorry, chad. This is such a terrible tragedy. I just–my heart goes out to you and your children.

Chad: Thank you.

Gabi: I know you’re skeptical about my feelings for abigail. Yeah, we had a lot of problems. I loved her. I loved her very much. And it’s just complicated.

Chad: Yeah, that’s one word for it.

Gabi: You know, over the last year, I’d like to think that we’d gotten to an okay place. I hope she thought so too. You know, whoever did this made a huge mistake because nobody but me gets to mess with abigail deveraux dimera, all right? So we’re gonna find the son of a bitch who did this, and we’re gonna make them pay.

Kate: How could you have done something so stupid after working so hard to get sober?

Lucas: Maybe the pressure of keeping my secret finally got to me, all right?

Kate: Oh, god, lucas. So what did you do? So you just start drinking when I left the pub?

Lucas: Yeah, yeah, when you left, I stole a bottle from behind the bar, and i got totally wasted. I woke up with a massive hangover, and I have no memory of what I did after i left the pub.

Kate: You have no idea of where you went, what you did?

Lucas: I have no idea. I just woke up with this cut on my hand, which could have been from a knife.

Kate: Oh, my god. You don’t think that you–that you could have…

Lucas: Killed abigail? I wish I could say, “of course not.” But honestly, I’m not sure.

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[Cell door opening]

Gwen: [Sighs] Well, they told me I had a visitor. Didn’t expect to see you so soon.

Leo: I have something to tell you.

Gwen: About what?

Leo: Your sister.

[Tense music]

Lucas: [Exhales deeply] Ow. Ah. Ow, my head.

[Groaning]

[Dramatic music]

What the hell– what the hell did I do last night?

Kayla: How can abigail be gone?

Steve: Doesn’t seem real.

Kayla: She was just here– she was just here for a physical. She was–she was– she was in perfect health. Our sweet, beautiful niece was so full of energy and enthusiasm for life. And she wanted to have a baby. Now– [Groans]

Steve: I know. I know.

[Soft dramatic music]

Kayla: Oh, jenn. Oh, jenn, I’m so, so sorry. I am so sorry. I’m sorry.

Jack: [Sighs]

Kayla: I’m sorry. I’m sorry.

[Somber music]

Abigail: Well, look what the cat dragged in.

Chad: Abby?

Abigail: Honey, where you been? I was waiting for you. What’s wrong? You look like you just lost your best friend.

Chad: That’s because I did.

[Crying]

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Lucas: You can’t blame this on losing adrienne or your son. This is all on you, you complete loser. You’re weak. You’re pathetic. You’re a complete embarrassment. Ow! Ow. Ow! What the hell happened to my hand? I can’t remember. I can’t remember anything after I polished that bottle off. Think. Come on. Think, you idiot. Think. I can’t remember anything after I fell off the wagon, but, obviously, I hurt my hand. Please, god, don’t let me have hurt anyone else.

Kayla: We can’t begin to tell you how sorry we are.

Steve: Listen, we’re here for you. Whatever you need, okay?

Kayla: Right. I mean, do you– do you want to go sit down, go to my office?

Steve: I could get you some tea, something to eat.

Jennifer: Could we see her? I’d like to see my daughter.

Kayla: Of course, honey.

Jennifer: God.

Kayla: I got you.

Jennifer: Okay.

[Soft dramatic music]

Chad: [Laughing softly]

Abigail: You really look like hell.

[Doorbell rings] You better get that.

[Doorbell rings] I don’t think they’re gonna go away. It’s all right, honey, I’ll wait for you.

Chad: [Sniffles] Abby? Abby, come back, please!

[Doorbell rings]

[Dramatic music]

Rafe: Chad. I hate to bother you at a time like this. I’m so sorry for your loss.

Chad: I don’t want your sympathy, rafe. I want you to tell me who did this to my wife.

Gwen: Abigail’s dead?

Leo: She was murdered. Someone stabbed her to death in her bedroom.

Gwen: Was it you?

Chad: Who did this to my wife, rafe? I need you to find who did this.

Rafe: And we will. Csu was here all night gathering evidence; that’s why you couldn’t get back in until this morning. Everything is at the lab right now. It’s being tested as we speak.

Chad: Did you find a murder weapon?

Rafe: Not yet.

Chad: Do you have any suspects?

Rafe: Chad, listen to me, we have every available officer out there right now looking, chasing down leads, searching. We don’t have anyone in custody yet.

Chad: Then what are you doing here?

Rafe: Chad, I came here because I wanted to see the crime scene. I had to ask some questions myself.

Chad: Ask them.

Rafe: Okay. I want you to go with me up to the bedroom. Listen, you can take your time. Whenever you’re ready.

Chad: If I go up there, is it gonna help you catch the person who did this to my wife and send them straight to hell?

Rafe: Yes.

Chad: Okay, then I’m ready.

[Tense music]

[Laughter]

Abigail: Harold was looking at us kind of oddly.

Chad: He’s never seen two people kissing before.

Abigail: In this house, maybe not.

Chad: Mm.

[Laughs softly]

Rafe: Take your time.

Chad: Hey, baby, you missed the best “minions” movie yet. Abby? Abby!

[Tense music]

Jennifer: [Exhales sharply]

[Breathing shakily]

[Soft dramatic music]

[Gasps] No! No! No! No! No!

Jennifer: [Breathing shakily] Can we have a minute alone with her?

Kayla: Take all the time you need.

[Somber music]

Jennifer: [Sobbing]

Leo: Why would you think that I killed abigail?

Gwen: You were in her house last night.

Leo: But you sent me there.

Gwen: I sent you directions to the secret room, where you were obviously lying in wait.

Leo: Um, no, I was drinking mimosas and working out a plan for revenge, which did not include me going all norman bates.

Gwen: Listen, if anyone understands, it is me. I understand the resentment and the rage that you felt when you crept out of that room and into abigail’s bedroom and you got that revenge that you so bloody well deserved.

[Dramatic music]

Rafe: Csu took the bedding for analysis. What’s in this box?

Chad: Some of abigail’s jewelry and some cash.

Rafe: Uh-huh. It looks like the lock’s been tampered with. Was it always that way?

Chad: No.

Rafe: No?

[Mysterious music]

Yeah. Can you give me a list of things that were in there?

Chad: Yeah, and–and, um, I’ll send you some photos that we had taken for insurance purposes too.

Rafe: Okay, great. That would be helpful.

Chad: Do you think this is a robbery gone wrong?

Rafe: It’s hard to say. Some other pricey items were here, like abigail’s laptop, so maybe someone just wanted to make it look like a robbery.

Chad: There was so much blood.

Rafe: Yeah. Well, maybe not all of it was abigail’S. The lab will check to determine if some of it belonged to someone else. We both know that abigail was a fighter, so whoever did this, well, they probably have wounds of their own.

Lucas: Hey, roman. Is my mom here?

Roman: No, she went to see chad.

Lucas: Good. That means I got a little time before she kills me for standing her up last night.

Roman: You haven’t heard?

Lucas: Heard what?

Roman: Lucas, you better have a sit.

Lucas: Please, tell me this has nothing to do with the devil and one of my kids. I can’t take that right now.

Roman: Look, this isn’t easy to say, so I’m just gonna say it. Abigail was murdered last night.

[Tense music]

Jennifer: Abigail johanna, my sweet child, my firstborn. You look so peaceful, like you’re sleeping. You never slept when you were a baby. You insisted on keeping those big, beautiful eyes wide open so you wouldn’t miss a thing. That was you, curious and alert from the moment you came into this world. You were this tiny, tiny little soul, so very fragile, and yet so incredibly strong. And you used that strength to fight. Whatever challenges life threw at you, you faced them. You overcame them with courage and with grace, just like your grandma laura. You always reminded me of her in that way, that strength, that fighting spirit. My extraordinary daughter, nothing I have ever done or will do will make me as proud as I am to be your mother. Take care of her, mom. You take care of my baby. ‘Cause I don’t know what I’m gonna do without her. Oh, jack! Oh, god!

[Sobbing]

Leo: That is a really nice story, guinevere, but it’s fiction. I did not kill abigail dimera.

Gwen: Really?

Leo: Really.

Gwen: Sorry. I just had to ask since you were in her house last night. So tell me, did you see anything?

Leo: What do you mean?

Gwen: I mean, you said that abigail was attacked in her bedroom. You weren’t up there at all, were you?

[Dramatic music]

Leo: Of course not. Now, if you’re done grilling me, I have a question of my own I’d like to ask.

Gwen: By all means.

Leo: You called me yesterday all hot and bothered because abigail had broken your little arts and crafts project.

Gwen: It was a mug that I made for my father for his birthday.

Leo: You asked abigail to deliver it. Instead, she dropped it on the floor, on purpose, which made you real mad. Mad enough that you told me to, and I quote, “find the nearest sharp object and use it to stab abigail through the heart.”

Gwen: Okay, you said you had a question?

Leo: Oh, right. Those instructions you gave me about the sharp object, any chance you followed through with them yourself?

Gwen: I haven’t a clue what you mean.

Leo: Oh, well, then allow me to rephrase. Did you kill abigail? My asthma felt anything but normal.

Chad: So what’s your take? You think it’s a robbery?

Rafe: Well, like I said, it’s possible. Robbery or no robbery, we will find them. We will follow every lead. We will pore over every shred of evidence. We will not stop until we get justice for abigail. If there’s anything you need, you call me.

[Somber music]

Gwen: How could I possibly have killed abigail?

Leo: From all reports, with a very sharp knife.

Gwen: You do realize that I am here in prison, don’t you? I’m locked up 24 hours a day.

[Mysterious music]

Guard: Hey! Rizczech!

Gwen: Oh. Hi, roy.

Guard: You missed bed check. Where the hell have you been?

Gwen: I have a pass to use the library. You can ask the matron.

Guard: We searched the library.

Gwen: Well, I fell asleep in a corner. I just woke up. Come on, roy. Where else could I have been? This place is surrounded 18-foot walls. There’s razor wire and guards with guns.

Leo: Yes, yes, dear, I know. But of all the ways abigail could have died, it happened exactly the way you wanted it to. And you sure did want it to happen.

Gwen: Okay, I will admit, yes, I did have a motive. But I did not have the means. And as far as opportunity, I mean, look around, matty. It’s just not possible.

Abigail: Come here, my love. Let’s make a baby.

[Somber music]

Chad: We can’T.

Abigail: I thought that’s what you wanted.

Chad: It is. I want that so much. But you’re gone. I need you to tell me what to do. How am I gonna tell the children that we do have that they’re never gonna see their mother again?

Jennifer: Go to her, jack.

Jack: I–I– I don’t want to say goodbye.

Jennifer: You don’t have to. Just say whatever’s in your heart.

[Soft dramatic music]

Jack: Abigail, my dear, sweet, precious girl… I’m sorry. For so many things, I’m sorry. I know you’d tell me not to– not to be, but I can’t help it. I am. I’m sorry for never being the father you deserved, for being selfish, for always falling short. All of it. I– I will always regret that. More than anything, I will regret taking you for granted, for assuming we had all the time in the world. I–I was starting to get the hang of it, you know? Being a good dad. And we were getting closer. And, oh, did you make me proud as a journalist, a mother, a human being. You inspired me. You taught me. In your all-too-short life, you gave me so much. Most of all, you gave me– you gave me hope. You were my light, abigail. In my darkest days, the light of your love kept me going and helped me find my way. And now some– someone cruel and dark has taken your light away. I don’t know if I’ll ever find my way out of this darkness.

[Dramatic music]

Are you one of the millions of americans

Abigail: Honey, it’s okay. Come here. Please.

Chad: Maybe–maybe I could just hold you one last time.

[Sobbing]

[Soft dramatic music]

Leo: Oh, come on. Like people haven’t busted out of here?

Gwen: Yeah, sure, people with cash, connections, the last name dimera. I am naught for three.

Leo: I suppose that’s true. So if you didn’t do it, and I didn’t do it, it would appear that somebody else did our dirty work for us.

Gwen: Hm.

Lucas: [Crying]

Roman: Lucas, I am so sorry. I know how much you loved your niece.

Lucas: Abigail was an angel. What happened to her is unimaginable. It takes me back to losing will. You know, no parent should ever have to feel that pain.

Roman: No, no. Is there anything you need? Anything I can get you? What did you do there?

Lucas: It’s nothing. It’s nothing to worry about. I have a splitting headache right now. I’ll take an aspirin if you’ve got one.

Roman: Sure. Be right back.

Kate: I just had a talk with chad.

Lucas: So what? What’s the big deal?

Kate: So the big deal is that he thought I should know that he told abigail that you’re the one who kidnapped sami.

Lucas: What? Oh, what did I do?

[Doorbell rings]

Kate: Oh, god. I’m so sorry.

Chad: Are you?

[ Screaming ]

Kate: Of course, I’m sorry. I’m heartbroken.

Chad: Shh!

[Tense music]

Kate: Where is this coming from? What did I do wrong?

Chad: You tell me.

Kate: I–I’m lost. I’m lost.

Chad: Really? Remember our–our conversation yesterday where I did you the enormous courtesy of telling you that I had told abigail the truth about lucas, hm? And you completely lost it?

Kate: Chad, I was–I was shocked, I was surprised.

Chad: No! No! No! You lost it! And then you ripped into me for not keeping my mouth shut!

Kate: Because I was concerned about my son, that’s why!

Chad: No, you were scared out of youmind that abigail was gonna share what she knew! Even after I told you that you had nothing to worry about, that she wouldn’t tell anyone! You said that that wasn’t good enough! That you–look at me! That you needed assurances that she wouldn’t tell anyone that lucas was the one that kidnapped sami!

Kate: [Spluttering]

Chad: Oh. Oh, what? Am I–was I–oh, shh. Was that too loud? Did you want me to keep my voice down? Huh? No one is here! Ej is at marlena’s with the kids! Tony and anna are gone! Harold is off! And my wife is dead! Is that good enough for your assurance?

Kate: Oh, my god, you think that I killed abigail to keep her quiet? Is that what you think?

Chad: Look at me. Did you?

Leo: I am so sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Although, you don’t seem that broken up about it.

Gwen: I do feel bad for jack.

Leo: Uh-huh.

Gwen: But you– well, you must be ecstatic with the unexpected assist.

Leo: Perhaps I wasn’t clear earlier. I wanted revenge against abigail badly. But I think what happened to her is horrible. It makes me sick, actually.

Gwen: Excuse me, but this might be just a tad revisionist, given as you were right in this very room just the other day joking about how you wanted to slit abigail’s throat.

Leo: Exactly. I was joking. I have to go.

Gwen: Thank you for filling me in.

Leo: I’m sorry for your loss.

[Mysterious music

Roman: Jennifer, I am so sorry.

Jennifer: Lucas, I’m so glad to see you.

Selling your car

doesn’t have to be hard.

Kate: I can’t begin to imagine the pain you’re going through right now, but I know that you can’t possibly believe that I could have had anything to do with abigail’s death.

Chad: I don’t think–I don’t think you planned it.

Kate: Okay, I– what does that mean?

Chad: I–I think that after our little talk, I think that you–you couldn’t shake your worry about lucas. So you came over here to have a–a little chat with my wife to impress upon her the importance of staying quiet. And my abby, she was taking offense to that, so I think that things maybe–maybe got out of hand a little bit.

Kate: Okay. I understand. But it doesn’t matter how worried I was, I would never ever–

Chad: Would never what? Never what, kate? Go to extremes to protect your kids?

Kate: I know you’re upset. I know that you’re exhausted. And I know that you’re not thinking straight, okay? I know that. But look at me. Look at me. Chad, look at me! I would never kill abigail to keep her quiet, and neither would lucas, okay?

Chad: Lucas? Why would you mention lucas?

Kate: Because that’s what this whole conversation is about. Because you told abigail that lucas was the one that kidnapped sami.

Chad: Yeah, but lucas didn’t know that. Or did he?

Steve: Hey, baby.

Kayla: Oh, hi.

Steve: Are you leaving?

Kayla: Yeah, I–I have to go back to the hospital. But lucas is in there with jennifer. Where’s jack?

Steve: He had something to take care of.

Kayla: What?

Steve: He didn’t say.

[Dramatic music]

Gwen: You didn’t have to bloody break it!

Abigail: Honey, you’re lucky that’s all I broke.

Gwen: It’s okay. I’ll just make another one.

Abigail: Great! Make a whole damn set. Lord knows you’re gonna have plenty of time for it.

Gwen: You selfish bitch! I am going to make you pay for this!

[Cell door opening]

[Suspenseful music]

Leo: Please, please still be here. [Sighs] Yes. I’d have preferred an alamainian emerald, but you will do just fine.

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Tripp: Two pair, kings and fives.

Steve: Well, dude, now I see why you’ve been making all those reckless bets. Because you thought you were gonna win this hand. Read ’em and weep. Royal flush, baby.

Tripp: Some father you are. I’m over here recuperating from near-death injuries and you won’t let me win one hand.

Steve: Now, son, would you realeel good about yourself if I just let you win?

Tripp: I wouldn’t feel broke.

Steve: Oh, money isn’t everything. Here’s to more than one full pot.

Kayla: Ooh, how’s it going in here?

Tripp: I owe him 32 bucks. And I thought insurance companies were running up hospital bills.

Kayla: Well, if you switch your stuff to gin rummy, I think the tables might turn.

Steve: Oh yeah, good old gin rummy. Kayla: It’s your favorite game. Steve: So, what do you say? When do you think this superhero can get out of here? He’s going a little stir crazy.

Kayla: Oh, well funny you should ask. I just checked your latest scans and how does tomorrow sound?

Tripp: Oh, that sounds great.

Steve: That is great. By tomorrow night you’ll be sleeping in your own beddie bye.

Tripp: Actually, there’s something I wanted to tell you. I’m not coming home with you guys.

Chanel: I cannot believe we pulled this off. Our biggest cupcake order coming in ten minutes after the bakery’s oven goes down.

Allie: What I don’t get is who knows they needs 300 cupcakes early in the morning and places the order at 5:00 P.M. The night before? Like, they had no advance knowledge that they were gonna need 300 cupcakes? Was it, like, a spur of the moment craving?

Chanel: I think it was some weird cupcake emergency. But luckily, sweet bits was up for the job.

Allie: Well, when the going gets tough, the tough get baking.

Chanel: Yeah, well I don’t feel so tough right now. What I feel is bone-tired. I really do appreciate you coming by to help me after hours.

Allie: Well, I really appreciate you giving me my job back after everything.

Chanel: I love how we now call getting serially possessed by the devil “everything.”

Allie: Well, I mean after everything you went through, okay. I wouldn’t blame you if you wanted me to just be someone you used to know.

Chanel: Well, I did get rid of any devil’s food from the menu.

Allie: I noticed. Although I’ve, like, barely had a moment to breathe today. I don’t remember the bakery ever being this busy. Seriously, how did you manage this all on your own for weeks?

Chanel: Honestly? I’m not sure how I did it without you.

Susan: Oh, goody. Oh sweet bits, they are my weakness.

[Gasps] Ooh. Maybe I shouldn’t have said that.

Johnny: Why not? A weakness for sweet bits seems to run in the family.

Marlena: Susan, it was so good of you to invite johnny over to have supper with his grandmothers.

Susan: Well, even if I had to invite you to host it.

Marlena: As long as you cook it.

Susan: Well, you know what? I know how much you two love my gumbo.

Johnny: No one makes it like you do, grandma.

Susan: Well, you know what? I figured that you wouldn’t want to set foot into that creepy dimera house, not with–aren’t these the prettiest cupcakes you’ve ever seen?

Marlena: Not with what, susan?

Susan: Uh-oh.

[Clears throat] I just didn’t want–i didn’t want to force you two to bear witness to something that you don’t approve of.

Johnny: What? You mean like threats, blackmail, bad decor?

Susan: Well, those too. But, no. What I was speaking of, dr. Marlena evans, is–and you might as well know, I think there’s something going on between my son and your daughter.

Ej: Belle, I just wanted to say how sorry I am for the thoughtless thing I said today. I never should have been so unfeeling about a child’s life. All I have to say for myself is that it was a ham-handed attempt to make you feel better.

Belle: Well, I do so want to.

[Tender music]

Make me feel better.

Ej: Belle, we shouldn’T.

Belle: Why shouldn’t we? Take me upstairs. Take me upstairs and make love to me.

Chad: I got to tell you, baby, you missed a great movie. It was the best “minions” yet. Abby? Abby? Oh, my god! Abby? Abby! Abby! Hey, what happened? Abby! Abby!

Abigail: Chad.

Chad: Hey, it’s okay. Hey, I’m–I’m here, okay. You’re gonna be fine. Abby, you’re gonna be fine, baby, okay? Hey, just hang on. Abby? Abby? Hang on for me, okay?

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Johnny: What, you think that my dad has a thing for aunt belle? And that’s why she moved in with us?

Marlena: No, but you know that shawn and belle were having some problems lately. Shawn thinks he has to be responsible for jan, and belle can’t bear the idea of being under the same roof that she is.

Johnny: Got it. I can’t blame her.

Susan: And the fact–and the fact that–that belle had a very good reason for leaving her husband’s house, and she had another good reason for leaving her parents’ house. It just doesn’t explain why she went to elvis’s house. I mean, she could have went to the salem inn. She could have went on a spiritual retreat. But no, no. She went straight into–

Marlena: The fact that she went to the dimera mansion does not mean there’s something untoward going on. Belle loves shawn.

Susan: Well, I never said that she didn’T. And I didn’t say that she loves elvis. All I am saying, dr. Marlena evans, is that she is not camping out at chez dimera for the ambience.

[Soft dramatic music]

Ej: Belle, you’re upset. I don’t want to take advantage.

Belle: You wouldn’t be. I just want to forget about everything. I want this. I want you. Take me to bed.

Chad: We’re gonna get help, baby, okay.

[Phone beeps]

[Line trilling] Yes, hello? This is chad dimera. I need an ambulance at 430 lakeview drive. No, I don’t know. There’s a lot of blood. I–I don’t know what happened. I don’t–no, I don’t–i don’t see any kind of weapon.

Abigail: A knife. They had a knife.

Chad: Who–a knife? Who had a knife, baby?

Trelegy for copd.

[Soft dramatic music]

Marlena: Susan, I think we’re making johnny uncomfortable.

Johnny: No. No. I’m not uncomfortable. I’m scared. If mom ever finds out that aunt belle likes my dad, I’m not sure either one of them is gonna make it to their next birthday.

Susan: Oh, yeah. Nobody has to be psychic to know that sami brady dimera would just flip her lid.

Johnny: And we should change the subject. My grandma marlena’s already worried enough about belle, with jan having her baby tonight, and–well, everything, you know.

Susan: Oh, you know what? You’re right. You’re right. You’re right. You’re right. You know what? Dr. Marlena evans, I have been so insensitive. Can you please just forgive me? I’m sorry.

Marlena: Why don’t we just have some cupcakes?

Susan: Okay. Oh, what–these are just–what’s in this? I mean–oh, you know what i like the most is the chai ones that–that–that chanel does.

Johnny: Yeah, I don’t know. I-I just asked allie to give me an assortment, so…

Susan: Oh, so allie’s back at the bakery?

Johnny: Oh, yeah, yeah. That was super fun. Allie acted pretty cool towards me, but chanel pretended like she didn’t even see me.

Susan: Oh, I’m sorry.

Johnny: You know what, grandma susan? You’re better than a ouija board. So why don’t you tell me who chanel’s gonna end up with? Me or allie?

[Dramatic acoustic music]

Chanel: My god, listen to me. “I don’t know how I made it without you.” I mean, that’s a little over the top, even for me.

Allie: Well, actually, it was nice to hear that you missed me. At the bakery, I mean.

Chanel: I didn’t just miss you at the bakery. I’m–I’m sorry. I-I’m sending mixed signals.

Allie: No. I’m sorry if I read too much into what you said.

Chanel: Okay. Yeah. This–this is–this is awkward.

Allie: Yeah. But we found out that we still work well together. So maybe we can find out that we’re still friends.

Chanel: Yeah. And I hope I didn’t come off too obnoxious yesterday when I said “I choose me.”

Allie: No. No. I totally get it. I mean, you need to be the one to decide if you want to be with me or johnny.

Chanel: Yeah. But I was being a little “captain of my own fate” about it.

Allie: Oh, my god, did you notice johnny “dropping in” during our evening rush? It was like he was little red riding hood getting goodies for his grandma.

Chanel: Yeah. I–I saw him, but I didn’t get a chance to say “hi.”

Allie: I mean, he was totally checking in on us. Like, he was talking to me but the entire time, he was looking over my shoulder, obviously looking for you.

Chanel: I didn’t notice.

Allie: I’m really surprised that he left without trying to say, “hi.”

Chanel: You know what? I-I think he understands that–that I need time and space to figure out what I want.

Allie: I guess.

Chanel: And honestly, horton, you were just ready to marry tripp. I think that maybe you need the same thing.

[Soft dramatic music]

Tripp: I hope you’re not upset with me.

Steve: No. No. I’m not upset. You’re single again. You staying with dad and step-mom, it’s gonna cramp your style, right?

Tripp: Well, the thing is, dad, it’s not that.

Kayla: Then what is it?

Tripp: Well, first of all, you’ve both been amazing, letting me stay with you all this time.

Kayla: Well, you’re our son. So of course, we love having you there.

Steve: And it was no big deal because you’ve been spending most of your nights here in the on-call room instead of in your own bed.

Tripp: Yes. But I won’t be doing that anymore, either. I’m not moving across town to a bachelor pad. I’m leaving salem.

Chad: I am applying pressure, but it’s not–nothing’s working! No, just hurry up, please!

[Dramatic music]

Hey, hey, hey, abby? Abby? Hey, listen, I need you to stay with me, okay? I need you to open up your eyes for me, okay. Hey, hey, abby. I need–baby, I need you to tell me what happened, okay?

Abigail: [Mumbles softly]

Chad: What?

Abigail: The kids. Take care of the kids.

Chad: Help! Somebody help!

Belle: Oh, my god.

Ej: What the hell?

Chad: I don’t know what happened. I think–I think somebody stabbed her, but they must still be in the house. I don’t know where the kids are. Please find thomas and charlotte, okay? Please find my kids.

Ej: Have–have you called the police?

Chad: Yes, I called them. Just find my kids!

Belle: We will!

Chad: Baby, baby, the kids are gonna be fine, okay. Hey, the kida are gonna be okay. And so are you. I promise, okay? Hey baby, baby, baby, I just need you to hold on, okay? Okay? Hold on, please. Abby, please. Okay, snacks and popcorn are gonna be expensive.

Johnny: So grandma, how does the story end? Does chanel end up with allie or me?

Marlena: I don’t think it’s fair to put susan on the spot.

Susan: It’s okay. It’s all in good fun. If you get the answer you want. Okay. Well, I’m gonna need something personal. I guess this–this will do just fine. Okay?

[Exhales deeply]

[Clears throat]

[Breathes deeply] I’m getting something. Hold on. Hold on. I’m getting something.

[Chuckles]

Johnny: What?

Susan: Oh, it’s dark chocolate with hazelnut filling.

Johnny: Come on, grandma,

Susan: All right. Just for you, I will do .

[Breathes deeply] Oh, my goodness!

Johnny: Grandma, what–what–what do you see? What do you see?

[Dramatic music]

A long time ago.

Chanel: I know, but he did almost die for you.

Allie: Yeah, and I will always be grateful for that, but that’s all, and tripp knows that. And now I know exactly who I want to be with.

Chanel: Yeah. So–so you said.

Allie: Hey, how’s your mom, by the way? I should have asked.

Chanel: Um, well, you know her. She’s trying to be brave, but I know deep down she is terrified of going to prison for the rest of her life.

Allie: I’m so sorry she’s going through this. How are you doing?

Chanel: Well, you know, mama has a really big personality, so it’s–it’s really quiet without her here. Empty. Lonely.

Allie: Hey.

Chanel: Until tonight.

Steve: So you’re leaving salem?

Tripp: Not forever. It’s just, you know, it’ll be a couple of months before I’m ready to get back to work, so–

Steve: Yeah. So you need a–you need a break. How about you and i take a little road trip?

Kayla: So, tripp, what are you gonna do? You gonna go to the beach, or you’re gonna work on your tan or what?

Tripp: Actually, I talked to stephanie and joey last night about maybe spending some time with them in seattle this summer.

Steve: Oh.

Kayla: I think that is a great idea. I know they would love to spend time with you and see you and–right?

Steve: Yeah. Yeah. I think–I think it’s a great idea. Yeah. Just caught me by surprise, that’s all.

Tripp: Kind of surprised me too. I think it’s that near-death experience kind of thing.

Kayla: I can understand that.

Tripp: Yeah. It got me thinking, you know, about what really matters. For me, that’s family. I really like steph and joe, but I want to get to know them as my sister and my brother.

Steve: Well, that makes me happy.

Tripp: I’ve been thinking about going out there for a while, you know, but it was always, you know, “later, when I have the time.” You know, lying in this bed has made me realize that you never really know how much time you actually have,things that really before it’s too late.

Abigail: Chad.

Chad: Hey, baby. No, it’s okay. Shhh, I need you to save your energy, okay? The ambulance is gonna be here any minute. I promise you.

Ej: We found the kids. Belle’s taking them to her mother’S.

Chad: Are they okay? Hey by, do you hear that? The ambulance is here.

Ej: I’ll go down, show them up here.

[Siren blaring]

Abigail: Chad.

Chad: Yeah, baby?

Abigail: I’m so cold.

Chad: Oh. Hey. Hey, hey, abby, abby? Hey, hey, abby? Abby, I need you to open up your eyes. Abby? Abby? Hey, abby? Abby, don’t you die on me, abby. Abby, don’t you die on me, okay?

Steve: Well, I understand why you’re leaving, but we’re really gonna miss you.

Tripp: I’ll be back.

Kayla: Well, I hope so. Just know that there is a place for you with us and with the hospital. You can come back anytime you want.

Tripp: Thank you for everything. You’ve been amazing.

Kayla: Amazingly selfish. No, really, you are the best intern in your cohort. I mean, you are such an asset to this hospital. You–you just make me look good.

Tripp: Yeah, well, we both know that it was you who made my life easier. I mean, those late night intubation lessons.

Kayla: Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, excuse me, I got to give him a little hug on that. Oh, baby, good luck, all right? Oh, wait, wait, wait. Sorry. Incoming. Oh, oh, I got to go.

Steve: What is it?

Kayla: It’s the er. They’re understaffed, and there’s a stabbing victim coming in. So I’ll see you, okay?

[Soft dramatic music]

Steve: Well, whoever it is, I hope they’re okay.

Chad: They never got her pulse back in the ambulance. So she probably didn’t even know I was there.

Ej: Hey, hey, I’m sure she did.

Kayla: Chad! Chad, are you hurt?

Chad: No, it’s not mine. It’s–it’s abigail’S. Can you please help her?

Steve: So buddy… you sure you want to do this?

Tripp: I know what you’re thinking. That I’m running away.

Steve: No, I’m not thinking that. I think you need to regroup, right?

Tripp: Yeah. That’s–that’s what I’m doing.

Steve: Okay. Have you told your mom about this?

Tripp: No. I–I wanted to tell you and kayla first. I think I’ll tell mom with the car running and my suitcases in the trunk.

Steve: Oh, so you think she’s gonna have a big reaction?

Tripp: Nah. Nah, you know how stoic she is.

Steve: Oh, yeah. Good luck with that. And what about–

Tripp: Allie?

Steve: Yeah.

Tripp: Yeah. That is a good question.

Allie: Well, if you ever want to get out of here for a night, we could go bowling or something.

Chanel: Bowling? Mm-mm, maybe we could go do, like, goofy golf or something.

Allie: I was trying to come up with something neutral, okay? All right, you, me, and johnny can go axe throwing together.

Chanel: Yeah. That’s more like it.

Allie: Okay.

Chanel: Mmm, chef’s kiss. It is the perfect ratio of cardamom and lavender. Did you try it?

Allie: No, I don’t like cardamom.

Chanel: Hm, and here I thought I knew everything there was to know about you.

Allie: But I have learned that I love lavender.

[Tender music]

[Phone ringing] Hey, tripp.

Tripp: Hey, allie, I was just wondering, are you busy right now?

Allie: Not really. Chanel and I were just finishing up work for the day.

Tripp: Is she with you now?

Allie: Yeah. Why?

Tripp: There’s just something I wanted to talk to you both about. Do you think you could come over to the hospital?

Allie: Sure. When?

Tripp: Now?

[Soft dramatic music]

Susan: Hmm.

Johnny: What do you see?

Susan: Honey, it’s just blurry. It’s blurry, and I–i just don’t see allie.

Johnny: What? What is it?

Susan: I–I really–i really–I really need to call elvis.

[Knocking] Oh, here it goes.

Marlena: Oh, belle. You’ve come back.

Susan: Oh, boy, this is bad.

Marlena: What’s going on?

Belle: Uh, charlotte and thomas are in the car with the nanny. Can I bring them up?

Marlena: Of course you may. What’s happened?

Belle: Someone broke into the mansion.

Johnny: What?

Marlena: Okay. Tell me what happened.

Belle: It’s abigail.

Chad: Why won’t anybody tell me what’s going on? I’m gonna go to check to see how she’s doing.

Ej: They told you they need room to do their work.

Chad: Ej, I just–I wanna be with her.

Ej: Chad, come on. Hey, kayla. Hey.

Kayla: I’m–I’m sorry, chad.

Chad: No.

Kayla: We did everything we could, but we lost her. The world is full of make or break moments.

Chad: No, that’s not true.

Ej: Chad, I’m so sorry.

Chad: No, I’m gonna–I’m– you don’t know what you’re talking about. No, dr. Rolf is gonna fix this. You got a phone?

Kayla: No, no, no, chad. Chad, chad, you need to listen to me for a second, okay? You did everything right. You put–put pressure on the wound, you called 911. The emts and the er staff did cpr for over 60 minutes. She lost too much blood. Dr. Rolf cannot help her.

Chad: I can’t give up on her. I can’t give up on her.

Ej: Chad, come on. Let’s sit down.

Chad: No. Ej, it can’t be right. It can’t be. It can’t be.

Ej: Let’s sit down.

Chad: It can’t be.

Ej: Come on.

Allie: Hey, tripp.

Steve: Hey.

Chanel: You’re looking a lot better than the last time I saw you.

Tripp: Yeah. I feel a lot better too. I’m actually getting discharged tomorrow.

Allie: That’s great.

Steve: Hey, does anybody want some coffee? I’m gonna go get some.

Chanel: Oh, hospital coffee? No thanks.

Steve: Fair enough.

Allie: So is everything okay?

Tripp: Yeah. Yeah. No. Everything’s fine. I just wanted to tell you something, and I thought you should hear it from me.

[Soft dramatic music]

Belle: I’m sorry to have to tell you.

Marlena: I’m glad you brought the children here. Are you all right?

Belle: I’m fine. Numb.

Johnny: Belle, what happened?

Belle: I don’t know. The police are at the house right now trying to figure out who got in and how.

Susan: And elvis?

Belle: He’s fine. He’s fine. He went to the hospital with chad and abigail.

Marlena: Is there any word abigail’s condition?

Belle: Not yet.

Johnny: I–I gotta go. I need to be there.

Marlena: Of course. And tell chad we’re praying for them all. Susan, are you all right?

Susan: I just got a terrible chill.

[Ominous music]

Chad: I need to– I need to be–I need to see–be with my wife. I need to see her.

Kayla: Of course.

Ej: I’ll be here.

Chad: Abigail was worried sick about the kids. Will you please go and make sure that they’re okay.

Ej: Belle’s with them. I’m not going to leave you right now.

Chad: Ej, I–I need to be alone with my wife.

Ej: Okay, but if you need anything–anything, you’ll call, right?

[Somber music]

Chad: Where is she?

Kayla: This way.

One prilosec otc in the morning

Chanel: So, let me get this straight. Just when you finally stop hating me, you decide to up and leave town?

Tripp: I never hated you. Okay, okay, I strongly disliked you there for a while, but now I hope we’re friends?

Chanel: Yeah, we are. I mean, you may be the only friend that I’ve made in salem that I haven’t slept with. Oh. Too fresh?

[Chuckles] Sorry. But I really do wish you the best, and don’t stay away too long, okay? And make sure you bring me back a bumbershoot souvenir or something, okay?

Tripp: Will do.

Chanel: All right. Now I’m gonna discreetly exit like your dad did.

[Soft dramatic music]

Allie: You’re leaving because of me, aren’t you?

Johnny: Dad!

Ej: Johnny.

Johnny: I–I heard about abigail. Belle said she was stabbed?

Ej: That’s–that’s right.

Johnny: How? I mean, that–that house is supposed to be like–like a fortress. Do we know who did it? How they got in?

Ej: It’s–it’s harold’s night off. Tony and anna are away. Belle and I– we didn’t see anything. The–the police are searching the house for evidence.

Johnny: Okay. So–so–so how bad is it? Does she have to stay– stay overnight?

Ej: Johnny.

Johnny: No. No. No. It’s–it’s abigail. She can’t–

Ej: Johnny, she died.

Johnny: But–chad, the kids–

Ej: Hey, I know.

Johnny: This can’t be.

Ej: I know. I know.

Johnny: Where’s uncle chad?

Ej: Uh, he’s in there with her. I wanted to stay, but he wanted me to go check on the kids. How in the name of god are we going to tell them about this?

Johnny: Uh, what– what can I do?

Ej: What can any of us do? Help chad. Help the kids get through this. I better go.

Johnny: Yeah. I’ll–I’ll stay. See if chad needs anything.

Ej: Okay, I love you, son.

Johnny: I love you too.

[Exhales deeply]

[Somber music]

Chanel: Oh, this isn’t the lobby. Gio, what are you doing here?

Marlena: Okay. The nanny’s getting the children settled in. Where’s–where’s susan?

Belle: She’s making tea. Why won’t anyone call?

It was just so awful. Abigail was so pale, and there was blood everywhere. And chad–

Marlena: God.

Belle: And the kids. They don’t know, and i didn’t know what to say to them. And the longer we don’t hear anything, the more scared I am that abigail’s–

Marlena: Sweetie, oh, I’ve got you. I’ve got you.

Chad: Can I be alone with her?

Kayla: Yeah. Take all the time you need.

Chad: I love you, baby.

I love you so much. I will love you forever.

My moderate to severe plaque psoriasis…

Tripp: No. I’m not leaving because of you. I can’t go back to work right now, so I’m gonna do some things I never had time to do before.

Allie: You’re gonna go somewhere a little calmer than salem?

Tripp: That place doesn’t exist. Allie, I mean this. I want you to be happy. I really do.

Allie: Hey. Right back at you. And I’m going to miss you more than you know, and so is henry.

Tripp: I’m just going to seattle.

Steve: Oh, I can come back later.

Tripp: No, no, no. We’re good.

Kayla: There you are.

Steve: Sweetness?

Kayla: You know, the patient that–the stabbing?

Steve: Yeah.

Kayla: It was abigail.

Steve: Abigail? Is she all right?

Kayla: No, she–she died. She died.

Steve: Oh. Oh, no, no.

Johnny: Abigail. I don’t think I ever told her I loved her, but I did.

Chanel: I didn’t know her very well, but she was always really nice to me.

Johnny: Yeah. I don’t know if chad, the kids–oh, my god, aunt jennifer, uncle jack. I don’t know how they’re gonna get over this.

[Somber music]

Marlena: Oh, thank you, susan.

[Sighs] Do you–do you think we should call ej?

Belle: Oh, I don’t know. He’s with chad.

[Knocking] Ej. She’s gone, isn’t she?

Ej: Yeah.

Marlena: [Sobs]

Chad: You are my whole life. Thomas and charlotte… you’re everything to us.

[Sobs] Why?

[Sobbing] Why?

[Sobbing]

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Belle: I can’t believe you. You’re just calmly saying that shawn’s baby might die and that that would be, what, a bright side to this?

Ej: Well, isn’t the child jan is carrying the reason you and shawn are separated? So if worst comes to worst–

Belle: Just stop it. Stop it.

Ej: Oh, come on.

Belle: No, you come on. Why are you saying this? What is wrong with you?

Jan: [Gasping]

Shawn: Come on, it’s okay, it’s okay, jan, it’s almost over, it’s almost over.

Jan: [Gasping] Oh, god, they’re coming so close together.

Shawn: They’ve given you an iv to slow it down, all right? It should kick in soon, all right?

Jan: Oh, god, what if it doesn’t? Oh. What if the baby comes today? It’s too soon.

Marlena: Oh, hi, sarah.

Sarah: Hi. Is kayla on duty?

Marlena: She is. I think she might be in surgery.

Sarah: I need help. I think the antidote is wearing off.

Kate: Lucas? Answer me, are you drinking?

Lucas: Look, that’s not mine.

Kate: Oh, my god. Okay, I think you can do better than that.

Lucas: I am telling you the truth, okay? That glass belongs to your ex-boyfriend, clyde weston. He just left here. I didn’t take a sip of it. I promise you. I swear.

Kate: Okay, I did see clyde leaving when I was coming in.

Lucas: Oh, great, thanks for trusting me, I appreciate that. Oh, wait, you don’t want to do that–no, no, no! Clyde drank out of that glass.

Kate: Trust me. I need it. I just had a talk with chad.

Lucas: So what? What’s the big deal?

Kate: So the big deal is that he thought I should know… that he told abigail that you’re the one who kidnapped sami.

Lucas: [Whispers] What? You got to be kidding me.

Chad: So when you say gwen wasn’t too happy–

Abigail: That I accidentally broke the stupid mug she made for my dad? Ha. It’s an understatement. She also said that she would “make…me…pay.”

Chad: Did she…say how she was…gonna do that?

Abigail: No. No, she was just trying to scare me. Could you not look so worried? The woman’s behind bars. There’s nothing she can do to me.

[Line ringing]

Gwen: It’s gwen. Who else would be bloody phoning you from prison? Look, I need to talk to you about abigail. If I don’t get to spend my father’s birthday with him, then neither does she.

Leo: Don’t you think you’re being a little dramatic?

Gwen: No, leo, I don’T. I asked her for one tiny little simple favor. I just wanted to make sure that my father would receive the gift that I made for him for his birthday. And you know what she did? She smashed it into tiny million pieces.

Leo: That was rude, but–

Gwen: Shh. This is what I want you to do. I want you to find the nearest sharpest object and I want you to stab her in the heart with it.

[Ominous music]

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Marlena: What makes you think the antidote is wearing off?

Sarah: Xander and I, uh, went to see my mom to tell her that I had gotten my memory back and that we were together.

Marlena: I know, I was happy to hear that news.

Sarah: Thank you. And while we were there, I– I had a hallucination.

Marlena: What kind of hallucination?

Sarah: I saw kristen…and she had a syringe in her hand. And, marlena, it was so real. And I thought that she was coming after me again and then I realized that it wasn’t kristen, it was victor and he was just holding a pen in his hand.

Marlena: How did they react?

Sarah: They didn’T. They don’t know. I– it happened so fast that they just didn’t catch on, thank god, because I don’t want them to worry, but I– I’m scared to death. Do you know what’s happening to me?

Marlena: The important thing is for you to not to panic.

Sarah: How do I do that? I-I’m seeing things that aren’t there. Am I losing my mind? What did gwen do to me?

Leo: Gwenevere, this sounds a little extreme, even for you.

Gwen: Leo, do you remember our double wedding? You remember that was supposed to be the day that would change our lives forever? And then do you remember being dumped by xander and craig? So here’s the burning question. Why is it that you and i are always the ones who suffer when abigail and chad get to go on living their perfect, happy little lives together?

Leo: I am just infuriated as you are, but–

Gwen: Why is there even a but in this? My god, don’t tell me you’re folding. What happened to the bloke who said he wants to inflict pain on all the ones who hurt him?

Leo: I am that bloke. I told you what I did to sonny and chad.

Gwen: Pfff. Please. Come on, planting sleazy rumors in a tabloid that everybody knows is just chock-full of lies. No, we need to do what they did to us. We need to hurt them the way that they hurt us.

[Beep beep]

Leo: Gwen, I gotta go. My phone is about to die.

Gwen: And hopefully, so is abigail because if she doesn’t–

[Beep] Leo? Leo!

[Huffs]

Abigail: Gwen’s just going to sit around hating my guts like she always does. What’s new?

Chad: Well, while we’re on the subject of people who hate our guts–

Abigail: Oof. Did you talk to kate?

Chad: Yeah, I told her that you know lucas is the one that kidnapped sami.

Abigail: How’d she take it?

Chad: She was not pleased.

Abigail: Well, you told her I was going to keep my mouth shut, right?

Chad: Yep. Pretty much those exact same words.

Lucas: Why the hell would chad do something like that?

Kate: He didn’t have a choice, okay? Abigail got it into her head that she wanted to solve the mystery and she was planning on publishing the article about it in “the spectator.”

Lucas: Oh, my god.

Kate: Yeah, well, she’d already dug up your little friend pete.

Lucas: How? How’d she do that?

Kate: Well, apparently he got himself arrested again, so she was determined to go to wisconsin and interview him.

Lucas: Oh, my god, just what I need. This is great. Perfect.

Kate: Yeah, well, chad tried to talk her out of it, but he couldn’t do it and, you know, he was worried about what could happen to her if she went down to investigate. So…[Sighs] Well, he thought the best way to get out of it was to tell her that it was her beloved uncle lucas who kidnapped sami and frankly, sweetie, I can’t blame him.

Lucas: Well, I can blame him. What if chad or abigail tells ej? What if they tell ej or anyone else for that matter? I’m screwed!

Ej: Didn’t you say that if shawn told you immediately after he slept with jan that you would try and convince her to take the morning after pill?

Belle: Well, yeah, I did say that, but that’s not the same thing. The morning after pill prevents pregnancy–it doesn’t end one. This is a life we’re talking about, okay? And I do not, nor have I ever, wished this baby dead. But it could. It could die. Oh, my god. I am sitting here feeling sorry for myself, and shawn’s probably at the hospital right now freaking out, so I have to go.

Ej: Why would you do that?

Belle: Because whether I like it or not, this is shawn’s baby and this child could– I would never forgive myself if I wasn’t there. The lows of bipolar depression

Marlena: You are not losing your mind.

Sarah: Then why do I think that I saw kristen? The antidote is supposed to reverse the effects of rolf’s drug, right?

Marlena: And it has set aside a lot of the damage you’ve been through. But because of the dosage you have, well, there might… might be flare-ups. I know kayla has prescribed the medication for you.

Sarah: The one that helped abigail.

Marlena: But the dosage may have to be increased.

Sarah: Um… let me ask you something. If we do increase my meds, are these hallucinations something that I’m just going to have live with for the rest of my life?

Marlena: I certainly hope not. But you did have such a large dose, it’s hard to give you any guarantees.

Sarah: Oh, my god.

Marlena: We can… adjust the dosage of your new medication, but…it’s been so effective. You know, I think we have reason to be optimistic.

Sarah: If you say so.

Marlena: I also think you might want to talk to abigail. She’s been through all this.

Sarah: Yeah, that’s a great idea. Thank you so much for talking me down, marlena.

Marlena: Any time at all.

Sarah: [Sniffling]

[Elevator bell dings] Belle, hi, honey, what are you doing here?

Belle: Hi. I was with shawn when you called to say jan was in labor.

Marlena: Yes. Well, she was, uh, admitted a little while ago.

Belle: She can’t have the baby now though, right? It’s so soon.

Marlena: Yeah, it is soon. They’ve have her on some medication to slow down the contractions or even stop them, hopefully.

Shawn: Jan just passed out.

Marlena: Sorry, honey.

[Edgy music]

Ej: I was too direct with belle just now. I thought I was comforting her, but she left deeply offended. You wouldn’t have cared about that, as long as you made your point. I, however, do care. So I suppose I should find a way to…make this right. With no help from you.

[Deep sigh]

Leo: Good lord, I thought he’d never shut up and leave. Seems like everyone around here uses you as some kind of sounding board. So, pops, what do I do about abigail? Or…to her?

Chad: Well, you’re right. Kate and lucas have nothing to worry about. Have I thanked you enough for agreeing not to say anything?

Abigail: I can always stand to hear it again.

Chad: Yeah?

Abigail: Mm-hmm.

Chad: Well, I’m sorry for putting you in that position. I never want to ask you to lie to anyone, especially a member of your own family.

Abigail: Lucas is my mom’s half-brother. I’m not related to sami by blood, not like you and ej.

Chad: Ha ha. Keeping secrets from each other is part of my family’s favorite pastime. Keeping secrets from my wife is not something I’ll ever do again.

Abigail: There’s nothing you can’t tell me. I’m always gonna be on your side.

Chad: You’ve always stood by me.

Abigail: You’re my husband and the father of my children, and I also happen to love you a whole damn lot.

Chad: Oh yeah?

Abigail: Yeah. Uh, speaking of our children, I took my temperature this morning.

Chad: Oh yeah. Are you sick?

Abigail: No. What I am is ovulating.

Chad: Well, okay then, maybe we should probably get out of here.

[Soft, light music]

Time. It’s life’s most precious commodity,

Shawn: Hey.

Belle: Hey. How is she?

Shawn: They, uh… they rushed her to the or.

Belle: She’s in surgery?

Shawn: They said that she had something called a placental abruption.

Belle: A woman in my office had that. It’s where the placenta separates from the uterine wall.

Shawn: What happened to her?

Belle: She lost the baby. I’m sorry.

Shawn: No, it’s all right, I…I asked, so–

Belle: Well, what did my mom say?

Shawn: She said that she’d stay with jan. And I tried to go with her, but they wouldn’t let me. They just– they were all so serious when they rushed her out of there. I have no idea what’s gonna happen to her. Or to the baby.

Kate: Okay, look. Chad gave me his word abigail is not going to say anything.

Lucas: And you bought that?

Kate: Yes, I bought it. She’s not going to send her uncle to prison, lucas.

Lucas: Why not? She sent her own sister there.

Kate: Okay, all right. That’s completely different and you know it is. My point is, abigail hates gwen. She loves you. And she would understand that you were so desperate to keep sami from going back to ej, you–

[Sighs] Oh, my god, you did a bone-headed thing.

Lucas: I know that–thank you for addressing that now.

Kate: My point is, she’s not gonna send you to jail just because she feels like it. She’s a good person, lucas.

Lucas: She’s a good person. She’s an editor at a newspaper, and you told me yourself she was working on sami’s kidnapping story. What if she decides to run the story anyway? What happens then?

Kate: Oh, my god, I mean, god, I… maybe you should just…

Lucas: What? What? Spit it out, I know you’re gonna say it anyway, just say it.

Kate: Well, you’re not gonna like it.

Lucas: What’s new?

Kate: Don’t you think it would solve all your problems if you just told sami the truth?

Lucas: Oh, yeah, that would really work out great for me. Nice idea.

Kate: You don’t know! I mean, how many times over the years have the two of you forgiven each other for doing horrible things? Why wouldn’t she eventually understand and forgive you? Lucas, if you’re thinking of marrying sami, you can’t live with this secret between you.

[Distant background chatter]

Gwen: What are you doing here?

Sarah: We haven’t been properly introduced. I’m sarah horton. Oh, come on. My face has to seem a little familiar. Seeing as how you borrowed it to break up with xander as me. Gotta be a little strange for you, huh? It’s like looking into a mirror.

Leo: Hello?

[Distant laughter, chatter]

Chad: He’s never seen two people kissing before.

Abigail: In this house, maybe not.

Chad: Mmm. So is this whole, uh, whole temperature thing, is it real?

Abigail: It’s pretty reliable. I have some other signs too.

Chad: Yeah?

Abigail: Mm-hmm.

Chad: Well, then, let’s seal the deal.

[Intense percussive music]

It’s started. Somewhere between a cuddle

Gwen: Look, sarah, I-I… I really don’t want to get into this now.

Sarah: Oh, you don’t? That’s too bad. You knew that kristen was holding me prisoner on that island, and you left me there. Stranded. I’d probably still be there if it weren’t for abigail.

Gwen: If it weren’t for abigail, you probably would never have been sent to that bloody island.

Sarah: Oh, yes, please, please tell me–how is it abigail’s fault?

Gwen: That syringe that kristen jabbed you with… she never would’ve gotten her hands on it if abigail hadn’t have left it in the good old dimera secret room. You know she was planning to use it on me.

Sarah: Oh, that’s right. You’re the victim in all of this.

Gwen: I didn’t kidnap you, did I? So why don’t you just go find kristen a-and tell her all your troubles?

Sarah: Oh, I plan to. But I thought I’d start with you first. When they finally got back here, when xander got me the antidote that would end the hell I had been living in, that didn’t work for you. So you made sure I got a double dose of that crazy-making drug.

Gwen: You got the antidote, didn’t you? I mean, look at you. You’re…you’re good as new. You’re perfect. So why are you here bothering me?

[Intense, dark music]

Chad: Do you think today’s the day that we made a baby?

Abigail: I mean, if we didn’t, it wasn’t for lack of trying.

[Giggles] But I feel like we did.

Chad: What? Wow.

Abigail: What are you hoping for? Another girl or another boy?

Chad: Hmm.

[Sucks tongue] Twins.

Abigail: Twins. You realize we’d be seriously outnumbered.

Chad: Even with one more, we’d have to switch to a zone defense. At least thomas and charlotte are old enough to help out.

Abigail: You mean the kids who have clogged literally every single drain in this house with glitter slime?

Chad: Fair. Okay, so maybe another year or two. Our kids are… pretty precocious, aren’t they?

Abigail: That’s what the plumber said. Uh…speaking of our kids, what do you think about taking a little trip with them tonight?

Chad: Tonight?

Abigail: Mm-hmm.

Chad: Where?

Abigail: Well, tomorrow’s my dad’s birthday. I think I’d really like to be with him. So…we could all fly to boston together. What do you think?

Chad: I think that it is a great idea. Seems pretty sudden though. Think that maybe we could maybe leave in the morning? If we leave early enough, we’ll still have plenty of time to celebrate.

Abigail: Mmm… sure. Why not? I mean, what difference does one night make?

Shawn: So what, uh…so what are you doing here anyway?

Belle: I was worried about the baby. And you. You must be scared.

Shawn: Yeah. Yeah, I am.

[Sighs] It’s the baby that I never wanted to happen. And then I started thinking about…’bout whether or not it’s going to be a boy or a girl and…what it would be like to take care of a new baby and–

Belle: Yeah, well, there’s the best doctors here, right? And you said my mom’s with jan. She’ll make sure gets the very best care. She likes her obstetrician, right?

Shawn: You know, this-this thing that… this thing that happened to her, they said that the baby might be-might be deprived of oxygen and nourishment, and that it’s just going to be touch and go and–

Belle: Come here. Come here. You just… you have to keep believing the baby’s going to be okay.

Shawn: I just wonder how long it’s going to be until I hear something.

Belle: No matter how long it takes, I’ll be here with you.

Lucas: Maybe you’re right. Maybe I will tell sami the truth.

Kate: Will you?

Lucas: Of course not! No way. What do you think she’s gonna do when she finds out that i I kidnapped her? What is she gonna say, “let bygones be bygones”?

Kate: Well, no, not right away.

Lucas: No, as soon she finds out that I’m the guy who’s responsible for holding her against her will for months, you know what she’s going to do? She’s not going marry me. She’s gonna send me to prison. And then she’s going to go back to ej. She’s going to go back to ej so fast, our heads will spin.

Kate: Okay, look. Fine. I get it. I get it, I get it, I get it. And honestly it’s not like I want this information to come out either, you know? I mean, if roman finds outut I kept the information from him, that you had kidnapped sami, he’s never going to forgive me.

Lucas: I know, I know. Holding is a grudge is in the brady dna.

Kate: Oh, god, tell me about it. So it’s fine. Don’t tell sami. I mean, truthfully, lucas, I just hated seeing all of this eat away at you.

Lucas: You think I like it? I don’t like it either, you know? I got no choice.

Kate: I know. Tell you what, why don’t we… why don’t we meet here for dinner tonight? What do you say?

Lucas: Together?

Kate: Yes, together. Who knows, I’ll probably annoy you so much that you’ll forget all about abigail.

Lucas: Fine. Fine, I’ll meet you here later.

Kate: Thank you. All right, see you later.

Lucas: All right.

Chad: Keep doing that and I’m going to have to start trying for those twins.

[Abigail giggles]

[Door opens]

Abigail: Hey!

Chad: Hey!

Abigail: Done with your swimming lesson already?

Thomas: Mom, it was over half an hour ago.

Abigail: Oh, my gosh.

Chad: Yeah.

Abigail: It was. Pfft.

Chad: Time flies when you’re having fun.

Abigail: So, what do you guys think about going on a little trip to boston to surprise your grandpa for his birthday?

Charlotte: Can we go on grandpa stefano’s airplane?

Chad: I think the chances of that are excellent.

Charlotte: Yay!

[Both laugh]

Abigail: What do you think, honey?

Thomas: What if my loose tooth comes out? Will the tooth fairy find us in boston?

Abigail: Of course she will.

Thomas: It’s a he. And what about “minions”?

Abigail: Uh…what?

Chad: Uh, mommy has had a lot on her mind. Dimera’s doing a special screening of the new “minions” movie, and I said that we could go.

Abigail: Oh, well, what time is the screening?

Chad: It is…in like an hour. We can still make it, right, guys?

Thomas: Can you come too?

Abigail: I would love to–

[Beep beep] But, uh…oh, boy. I still have to approve the layout for the style section. My assistant’s going to send it to me in one hour.

Charlotte: So we can’t go to the movie?

Chad: Well, is it okay if I take you?

Charlotte: Yeah. We’re going to see “minions.”

Chad and abigail: Yes.

Abigail: But first you gotta change your clothes, okay? So I laid some things out on your bed.

Thomas: Cool!

Abigail: Yeah.

Charlotte: Bye, mommy.

Abigail: Excuse me! Hugs. Give me a hug here, you. Get over here, you. Mm-mm-mm-mm! Okay, I love you. Have fun at the movie.

Thomas: Bye.

Abigail: Bye. Mwah. May it always be that easy to make them happy.

[Both chuckle]

Sarah: You ask why I’m bothering you? Do I really have to spell it out?

Gwen: You got what you wanted, didn’t you?

Sarah: I had to relive the death of my baby! Do you have any idea what that’s like?

Gwen: Yeah, actually, I do.

Sarah: Try doing it twice. And, yes, I got my memory back. Thank you for asking. But even with that antidote, I still have hallucinations. I thought that victor was kristen, and I nearly attacked him.

Gwen: Oh, wow, wish i could’ve been there to see that.

Sarah: You are a miserable human being.

Gwen: I am paying for it now, aren’t I? I’m here, I’m stuck in this horrible hellhole. I have lost everything. I have lost my family, I have lost my freedom. I lost xander.

Sarah: You did it all to yourself. Xander and I are back together, by the way.

Gwen: That is only because my darling sister stopped the wedding. He loved me. He did. We were going to be married. That’s how much he grieved for you.

Sarah: Yeah, we sorted all that out. We’re very…very happy. So, think about that when they take you back to your cell.

Belle: Ej.

Shawn: What are you doing here?

Ej: I wanted to inquire about the baby.

Shawn: You couldn’t care less about my baby.

Ej: I understand how worried you must be.

Shawn: Yeah, you know what? I am worried, and the last thing I want to deal with is you, so why don’t you get the hell out of here? Well, what are you waiting for, huh?

Belle: Mom.

Shawn: Marlena. What happened in the or? Did they stop the bleeding?

Marlena: Yes. They did. Jan is going to be fine. But they had to deliver the baby.

Shawn: They did?

Marlena: He’s small, but he’s alive.

Shawn: He?

Marlena: Oh, yes, you’ve had a son.

[Emotional music]

Shawn: So the baby, he’s, uh, he’s all right?

Marlena: Yes. They rushed him to the nicu. He’ll be there for quite a while.

Shawn: Can I see him?

Marlena: No, no, they’re still evaluating him.

Shawn: Okay. Uh, a-and what about jan? Where is she?

Marlena: They’ve taken jan back to her room. She wasn’t completely out of the anesthesia yet.

Shawn: Okay. Uh… I should… I should probably be there when she wakes up, I think. Um… look, thank you. Thank you for staying with me.

Marlena: Well, I think I’ll go back to the nicu and see if I can get any information for shawn. Honey.

Ej: That must’ve been a lot to take in. I wish you’d say something.

Belle: Just get me out of here.

Ej: Where would you like to go?

Belle: Anywhere.

[Sniffling]

[Distant chatter]

[Line rings]

Gwen: It’s gwen. I need your help.

Chad: Are you skipping the brand-new “minions” movie to scroll through your feed?

Abigail: Pfft. Trust me, if I didn’t have to check this page layout, my butt would be right there in the front row right next to you.

Chad: It’s okay. You’re not really well enough informed of whether or not the minions know spongebob.

Abigail: We got great kids, don’t we?

Chad: We sure do.

Abigail: We’re lucky.

Chad: Yes, we are. Oh, uh, what was the whole tooth fairy thing about?

Abigail: You better get the kids rounded up. I’ll tell you when you get back.

Chad: All right.

Abigail: Hey. I love you.

Chad: I love you.

Lucas: For all I know, abigail could be writing that story right now. By the morning I’d be finished. Will and allie are going to hate me. Sami’s going to hate me for sure, I know that. And I might be headed for prison.

[Intense percussive music]

Moderate to severe eczema

[Beep beep]

[Dark music]

[Lucas groans] Ohh…

Ej: Are you feeling any better?

Belle: Even a gourmet dinner can’t erase this day, but the second bottle of wine definitely took the edge off.

Ej: I just wanted to say sorry for the thoughtless thing I said today. I never should’ve been so unfeeling about a child’s life. All I can say for myself is that it was a very ham-handed attempt to make you feel better.

Belle: And I do so want to. Please…make me feel better.

Hey! Rizczech!

Gwen: Oh. Hi, roy.

You missed bed check. Where the hell have you been?

Gwen: I have a pass to use the library. You can ask the matron.

We searched the library.

Gwen: Well, I fell asleep in a corner. Just woke up. Come on, roy. Where else could I have been?

Chad: Abby, you missed the best “minions” movie yet. Abby? Abby!

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Kate: You told abigail that lucas was the one who kidnapped sami?

Chad: I did.

Kate: Why did you do that?

Marlena: It was so good to see will. I miss him already.

Lucas: Yeah. Well, he’ll be back soon. It’ll be nice to have the whole family together.

Marlena: , That’s– that’s exactly what he said.

Lucas: Did he?

Marlena: He did.

Lucas: Hm.

Marlena: Yeah, before he left for the airport. And, in fact, he used that exact phrase, “the whole family.”

Lucas: Ah-huh.

Marlena: Uh-huh. And then roman gave you a wry little smile and said something about planning a party?

[Cell phone buzzes] Oh, looks like I have to get to an appointment. So you’re off the hook– for the moment.

Lucas: [Laughs]

[Sneaky music]

Shawn: Is there a problem with the couch?

Jan: It’s okay, I guess.

Shawn: Well, you’ve spent entire days on it before and you haven’t had a problem.

Jan: Today is different. Today, I have my first appointment with marlena.

Shawn: So?

Jan: So normally a patient travels to their therapist’s office, not the other way around. Of course, I can’t do that because of the bed rest and high-risk pregnancy, not to mention this lovely piece of jewelry.

Shawn: Look, if you think I’m taking that thing off of you–

Jan: No, I fully accept that I’m under house arrest. Houseas not designed for a person who’s about to undergo a major psychological breakthrough. With that said, I can make sure that the conditions are as close to perfect as possible.

Shawn: Well, like you said, it’s your first session, so I’d keep my expectations low.

Jan: I know I won’t become mentally healthy overnight. But mark my words, I will get there. I will be the mother our baby deserves.

Belle: I was just returning your robe. I didn’t know you were in here.

Ej: Obviously not.

Susan: Oh! Well, I’ll be. Th-there it is again.

Abigail: There’s what again?

Susan: Abigail, I just got this feeling, you know, this very powerful feeling that there is a foreign presence among us. Yeah, there’s someone here that’s not supposed to be in this house.

Abigail: Huh. Well, maybe it’s the tooth fairy.

Susan: Say what?

Abigail: Well, thomas said he was down in the basement playing hide-and-seek with his sister, and he ran into the tooth fairy.

Susan: [Groans] She and I are not on good terms.

Abigail: You had a falling out with a fairy?

Susan: She owes me a buck fifty for my wisdom teeth. Hmph. Do you think she’s flittering around down there still because, you know what, I’d like to have a word with her.

Abigail: You know, I think I’m gonna go down there and I’m gonna take a look.

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Shawn: Thank you for making time to see jan.

Jan: Yes, dr. Evans, thank you so much. I have a really good feeling about this. And I promise I’m gonna be the best patient you’ve ever had.

Marlena: We’ll take it one step at a time and see how it goes.

Shawn: I’m gonna head out. I’m gonna, you know, give you two some privacy, okay?

Jan: Will you be at the police station? I’m not stalking him. I just like to know where he is in case something happens with our baby.

Shawn: Actually, I was gonna head to your place, marlena, see if belle’s there. See if I can get her to reconsider the separation papers that she had me just sign.

Marlena: Um, belle’s not at our place.

Shawn: Where is she?

Belle: I should go, and you should get dressed.

Ej: Did harold send up that breakfast tray? The steak and eggs I can’t wait for you to try.

Belle: Uh, no, actually, it seemed to have disappeared.

Ej: Disappeared?

Belle: Yeah, cook said he prepared the tray, and harold went to go get it, but it wasn’t there.

Ej: How odd.

Belle: Yeah. I don’t know what happened.

Ej: Perhaps a hungry little fairy stole it.

[Both laugh]

Abigail: I’m gonna go see if I can find this tooth fairy.

Susan: In that creepy basement?

Abigail: Yeah, thomas said he ran into someone who made him promise to keep quiet.

Susan: That’s very strange.

Abigail: It is, which is why I’m gonna go and I’m gonna check it out. So will you just let the nanny know where I am?

Susan: You sure you don’t want me to go down there with you? Like I said, I do feel a presence, and it could turn out to be mean, mean, mean.

[Cell phone rings]

[Shrieks] Jeez louise! That thing scared the dickens out of me! Ooh!

Abigail: Ugh. Statesville. Hello? Yeah, I’ll accept the charges.

Gwen: Abigail, I’m so glad you picked up.

Abigail: What do you want?

Gwen: I need to see you.

Abigail: Well, I don’t ever want to see you again.

Gwen: Look, I know that you hate me, but I’m hoping you’ll still come to see me today anyway. Please, it’s extremely important. With relapsing forms of ms,

[Smooth rock music playing]

Lucas: Hey, can I get a refill?

Clyde: Oh, sorry, man, I’m just about to take my lunch break. Care to join me?

Lucas: No. No, I don’t drink. But I thought that was you. I thought I saw you sneaking around the kitchen last night. I said to myself, “no way clyde weston works here, no way.”

Clyde: Well, gainful employment is a condition of my parole, and roman needed a cook.

Lucas: He couldn’t find someone more qualified to fill the position? He had to pick someone who terrorized the whole damn town?

Clyde: Nah, that’s all behind me. I’m a family man now. And from what I can tell, so are you. Saw you in here with your daughter last night.

Lucas: Yeah, that’s right. You can stay the hell away from allie, all right?

Clyde: No, no, I just meant to say that I couldn’t help but overhear part of your conversation. Sounds like you had a little dustup with ej dimera.

Lucas: Yeah, I did. What’s it to you?

Clyde: [Laughs] I ain’t defending the guy. In fact, you might say that any enemy of ej’s is a friend of mine.

Lucas: Really? Why would you say that? You had a problem with ej?

Ej: It seems the morning is quickly getting away from us.

Belle: Yeah, you know, I should get out of your hair. I’m sure you have a busy day.

Ej: Not as busy as I’d like since gabi is still in charge of dimera.

Belle: Ah. Yeah, I can’t believe your sister voted to retain her as ceo.

Ej: And chad and I have no intention of letting that stand, believe me.

Belle: Good. Well, maybe we can strategize about gabi and clyde weston?

Ej: You haven’t told anyone, have you?

Belle: What, that clyde weston had his sidekick shoot you, leave you for dead, and then let everyone believe some random mugger did it? No, I haven’t told anyone.

Ej: Good, because as I’ve told you, turning in clyde isn’t an option.

Belle: I know. I understand.

Ej: But I do have a plan to exact my revenge.

Belle: Yeah, so you say. But I think you should scrap that plan and let me come up with a way to bring clyde to justice legally.

Ej: Of course, of course. Tell you what. Since you’ve missed out on breakfast, perhaps we can scare you up some lunch.

Belle: Or we could call it brunch, and I could try that steak and eggs after all.

Ej: You won’t regret it.

[Soft dramatic music]

Marlena: Belle and I had a bit of a problem last night.

Jan: Oh, dear. Not about me, I hope.

Marlena: Yes, in fact, it was. Belle found out that I was treating her, and she was upset, and she didn’t come home last night.

Shawn: Where did she go, the salem inn?

Marlena: Uh, no. Actually, she spent the night at the dimera mansion.

Shawn: I got to go.

Marlena: Wait, shawn, wait!

Kate: Did we not just have a conversation about this where I said “do not say anything about the kidnapping?” And then you tell your wife?

Chad: I didn’t have a choice.

Kate: Don’t give me that. Don’t give me that. This is all about your guilt over the fact that you let your brother take the blame for a crime he didn’t commit, and then, what, it doesn’t matter at all what happens to lucas?

Chad: It’s not like that.

Kate: Okay, okay. So why don’t you tell me what it’s like then, why you would do something so incredibly stupid?

Chad: Because abby wanted to find out who really kidnapped sami. She wanted to make it her next investigative piece.

Kate: Okay. Why didn’t you just talk her out of it, chad?

Chad: I tried, but she refused to let it go. And then one of her leads panned out, she was able to track down the other henchman that lucas hired to kidnap sami.

Kate: The one who left town?

Chad: Yeah. He was arrested in wisconsin, unrelated charges. Abby had planned to go to milwaukee today to talk to him. I wasn’t gonna let her just leave the state to go find out the truth when I could tell her myself.

Kate: You just don’t know that she was going to find out the truth.

Chad: The guy was gonna talk, kate.

Kate: No. You don’t know that. You don’t know that he would open his mouth. Why did you?

[Scoffs]

Gwen: Abigail, please, I’m begging you. Can you please come out here today? I never would’ve phoned you, I promise. I never would’ve if it wasn’t really urgent.

Susan: Oh.

Gwen: H– hello?

[Sighs]

Susan: You didn’t say goodbye.

Abigail: [Sighing] Hmm. No, I didn’T.

Susan: May I ask who was on the horn?

Abigail: It was my sister, gwen. She wants me to come down and visit her in the prison, says it’s important.

Susan: It’s a good thing you put the kibosh on it. I wasn’t getting a good feeling.

Abigail: No, neither was I, but I never do with her. Damn it.

Susan: What? What’s wrong?

Abigail: She’s just– she’s in my head now, and I can’t help wondering what it is she wanted.

Susan: [Spluttering] You’re not gonna go down there, are you? Remember, curiosity killed the kitty cat.

Abigail: Well, then I guess it’s a good thing I’m not a “kitty cat.”

Susan: Oh, yeah, that’s what they all say.

Marlena: Shall we begin?

Jan: We shall. Can I ask you just a– a very quick question first?

Marlena: Go on.

Jan: Are belle and ej officially together now?

Marlena: Jan, if you’re not gonna be serious about this, I will not be treating you.

Jan: Oh, no, no, I am very serious. I just–it’s what you said before about belle spending the night at the dimera’S. I assumed she’s with ej, and so I was just curious how you felt about it.

Marlena: This conversation is about you, not about me, and certainly not about belle. Do you understand?

Jan: Yes. Forgive me, I’m just a little nervous. I just really need this to work, so I can be a good mother to my baby.

Marlena: Is that the reason you’re doing this?

Jan: Of course. I told you that. I thought you believed me.

Marlena: Well, I’d like to, but a part of me is afraid this might be a performance on your part, that you might be pretending to want therapy in order to appease shawn. And of course using me in the meantime to further that relationship.

Jan: No. I’m doing this for myself and for my baby. That is it. I swear, no other reason.

Marlena: Given your obsession with shawn and your attempts to try to break up shawn and belle, you can understand why I might be a little reluctant to believe you.

Jan: I do. But I can assure you, dr. Evans, that is over.

Marlena: All right. Well, if I see any sign at all that you are up to your old tricks, these sessions will end.

Jan: There will be no signs, I promise. All I want is to get better, just like ben weston did. And he told me that being in therapy with you was what really helped him more than anything.

Marlena: Ben’s worked very hard.

Jan: Right. And he explained to me that in order to get past the terrible things he did, he had to face them head-on.

Marlena: That’s true. And it wasn’t just a matter of ben thinking about what he had done. He had to think about how he’d hurt people. He had to empathize with them. He had to feel their pain. Are you willing to do that?

Jan: Yes. I’m more than willing to–

[Cries out]

Marlena: What is it?

Jan: Oh!

Marlena: What’s wrong? Jan–

Jan: I’m feeling their pain, and mine too. Oh, god! Oh, god!

Ej: [Clears throat] Uh, mother?

Susan: Huh?

Ej: Mother.

Susan: Oh, what? Oh, you don’t–don’t mind me. I’m just–I’m feeling for tooth fairy vibes.

Ej: Naturally.

Susan: Now, belle, I understand that you stayed over last night.

Belle: Uh, yes. I–how did you know that?

Susan: Oh, it wasn’t premonition, I can tell you that, but no, it was harold. Harold told me. Wh–ooh. Hoo. Ah, sheesh. I’m sorry, just getting–

Ej: Now what? Mother, what are you doing?

Susan: I’m sensing something. Just hold on.

Belle: Tooth fairy vibes?

Susan: Oh, no.

[Laughing] A different kind! Whoo!

Ej: And what kind is that?

Susan: The kind that tells me that something is going on between the two of you. Is there something going on between the two of you?

Shawn: You know, I’d like to know the answer to that myself.

Chad: Yeah, you’re right. I should’ve just stood by and done nothing while my wife went off to confront a violent felon about his role in a criminal conspiracy. What was I thinking, putting a stop to that?

Kate: Okay, okay. I get your point.

Chad: Thank you.

Kate: Don’t thank me yet though because I am going to need assurances that she doesn’t tell a soul.

Chad: She won’T.

Kate: All right, I– that’s not enough.

Chad: Kate, I need you to trust me on this.

Kate: Well, I need more then.

Chad: Like what? What, do you want me to have my wife sign a nondisclosure agreement?

Kate: Hm.

Chad: I was joking.

Kate: Well, I’m not joking, because it’s about lucas’ freedom. He could go to prison, chad.

Chad: For the last time, abby is not gonna say anything to anyone.

Kate: How do you know that?

Chad: Because she promised me she wouldn’T.

Gwen: Abigail. You came.

Abigail: Yeah, you know, it was the strangest thing. After I hung up on you, I realized I really did want to see you. I kind of missed you, gwen.

Gwen: Really?

Abigail: Of course not. What could I possibly miss about you? Your vicious lies? The endless number of ways you hurt people that I care about?

Gwen: Then why did you come?

Abigail: Because you said it was important. So I thought maybe you were gonna finally tell me what actually happened with my grandmother.

Gwen: That’s still eating away at you, is it?

Abigail: Whether or not you murdered her in cold blood? Yeah. It is, because I, unlike you, have some sense of humanity and decency.

Gwen: Well, sorry, sis, this isn’t about laura. It’s about somebody else who’s very, very important to you, someone that I’m sure you would not want to get hurt.

Abigail: I have zero interest in playing games, gwen. So tell me why I’m here or I’m gone.

Gwen: It’s about jack.

Abigail: What did you do to my father?

Gwen: Our father.

Abigail: What did you do?

Gwen: Oh, god, relax.

Abigail: Relax? You just– you just said he could get hurt.

Gwen: Yes, well, he can if he’s not properly celebrated.

Abigail: What?

Gwen: If I’m not mistaken, tomorrow is his birthday.

Abigail: And?

Gwen: Well, I can’t exactly throw him a party, can I? Or take him out for a nice meal. But I just–I– I want him to know how much I care for him and that I wish I could be with him and send him my love. So I made him a gift. And I’m hoping that you can deliver it to him.

Lucas: What’s your beef with ej?

Clyde: Did I say we had a beef?

Lucas: You implied you were enemies, so–

Clyde: Well, that’s probably too strong a word. See, I brought him a business proposition a little while ago, a very lucrative one. He turned me down cold, so I guess you could say I’m deeply disappointed.

Lucas: You’re tight enough with ej that you can pitch him business ideas?

Clyde: Well, we were cellmates at statesville for a while, got to know each other pretty well. That boy’s a talker, he is.

Lucas: Oh, I’ll bet. Bet he talked about himself the whole damn time, didn’t he?

Clyde: Actually, he talked a lot about you. He didn’t have a lot of nice things to say either.

Lucas: He talked about me? Why?

Clyde: He had to vent.

Lucas: About what?

Clyde: About your wife’s kidnapping. Wouldn’t shut up about it. Day and night, swore he was innocent. Said he shouldn’t be in prison. But that you should be… since you’re the one who really did it.

Belle: Shawn, what are you doing here?

Shawn: What, me? What are you doing here? Your mom said you stayed the night.

Belle: Well, she shouldn’t have; it’s not your concern.

Shawn: You’re my wife.

Belle: Well, we’re legally separated, so I’m under no obligation to tell you where I sleep, especially when you have a psychopath living in our house.

Susan: A psychopath?

Belle: Oh yeah. Jan spears. Haven’t you heard? She’s pregnant with shawn’s baby.

Shawn: It’s not what you think, okay? Look, belle, I know– I know that you’re upset.

Belle: No, I was fine until you barged in here and started interrogating me.

Shawn: Nobody is interrogating you. But, you know what, susan just asked a very good question. What’s up with you and ej?

Ej: You don’t have to answer him.

Shawn: Do you mind? I’m speaking to my wife here.

Susan: In my son’s house.

Ej: Thank you, mother, but I can handle this. You want to know what’s going on? Well, I’ll tell you. After a series of deeply upsetting events, belle needed a place to be to feel safe and comfortable. She chose to come here. And you’re welcome to stay for as long as you like. Now we were about to have brunch, so you can see yourself out.

Shawn: I was right.

Belle: About what?

Shawn: About why you wanted to get separated. You said that this had nothing to do with you and ej. And then five minutes after I sign those papers, boom, you move in with him.

Belle: I did not move in with him; I’m just staying here.

Shawn: Oh, are you seriously trying to argue semantics, counselor? Belle, you and I both know damn well what’s going on here.

Belle: Nothing is going on here except me trying to find a place I can stay where I don’t feel betrayed and/or insulted!

Shawn: Oh, and you sure figured that out, didn’t you? Oh, or maybe ej figured that out. Oh, and I’m sure that he is so pleased with himself, ’cause I know that he’s been trying to steal you from me for a while now. And you know what? He succeeded.

Belle: Shawn, you are so wrong.

Shawn: No, I–no, I am right on the money. Come on, let’s face it. All right, you go from– from working with him to living with him, and now? And now you’re sleeping with him, aren’t you?

Jan: Ah! Oh, god, it hurts! It really hurts!

Marlena: Can you describe the pain?

Jan: It’s terrible pain. Like nothing I’ve ever felt before. Help me, please.

Marlena: Jan, try to stay calm.

Jan: How can I stay calm? Dr. Evans, I think I’m in labor.

[Crying out] We hit the bike trails every weekend

Abigail: You made dad a gift? Hm, well, here I thought you were only capable of making trouble and misery.

Gwen: I happened to work very hard on this gift. I had to start it over three times just to get it right.

Abigail: You’re serious? You actually made something? What the hell is that?

Gwen: What’s it look like, abigail? It’s a mug. You know, for tea, coffee?

Abigail: Poisoned champagne?

Gwen: I made it in art therapy. Look, it says “dad” right there.

Abigail: [Laughing]

Gwen: Really? Really, you’re laughing?

Abigail: It’s just so pathetic.

Gwen: Will you give it to jack or not?

Abigail: Why don’t you just mail it to him?

Gwen: Mail it to him from here? Really? It would take months if I did that. Or he might not even get it at all.

Abigail: Something tells me he might be okay with that.

Gwen: Look, it might not be a cashmere sweater or a gold watch, but this was the best that I could do, okay? And jack has been very kind to me. He’s gotten justin to help reduce my sentence. So I just–I just want to show him my gratitude.

Abigail: Well, you know, you could always try not committing more crimes or not being the biggest bitch who ever lived.

Gwen: My god, you are doing this all just to punish me, aren’t you? You want our dad to think that I forgot about his birthday while you, what, get to all celebrate together in the horton house?

Abigail: Dad’s in boston.

Gwen: Oh. Well then, you being the perfect, lovely, great daughter of his then aren’t you gonna go fly out there and be with him on his birthday?

Abigail: You know, actually, I was thinking about flying up there to surprise him.

Gwen: Well, that’s great then. You can just put my gift in your carry-on bag, can’t you? Look, I know you hate me. But jack doesn’T. And he’s all I have left. So it would absolutely mean the world to me if you could just please just do this one favor for me. Please give him the mug.

Abigail: Okay. Yeah, fine. I’ll take your mug.

Gwen: Thank you.

[Tense music]

Abigail: Whoops.

Kate: Okay, so abigail promised you that she wouldn’t say anything. Why didn’t you tell me that right away?

Chad: Look, she hates lying. But in this case, she understands that it’s for the greater good. She doesn’t want to destroy my relationship with ej, and she doesn’t want to send her uncle lucas to prison. She knows it would destroy her mother.

Kate: Well, I mean, that’s an assurance, but it’s not a guarantee, right?

Chad: Well, it’s as close as you’re going to get.

Kate: Oh, my god.

Chad: You’re lucky I told you. I didn’t even have to.

Kate: Why did you tell me, chad?

Chad: Why else? Because I’m an amazing guy, heart’s as big as all outdoors.

Kate: Actually, that’s true, you know.

Chad: Yeah, right.

Kate: No, it is. I know that I’ve given you a number of reasons not to give a damn about me and, well, it seems like that you still do.

Chad: Yeah, I do. And I know this involves your child, and I can relate to that, so I want you rest assured you don’t have to worry about lucas. Okay?

Lucas: Ej told you I kidnapped sami, huh?

Clyde: Oh, yeah. Said it was a frame job. No doubt about it in his mind.

Lucas: Well, you know what? I’m not surprised, because when a person can’t live with their own guilt, they project their feelings onto others. So, you know.

Clyde: You could always sue him for slander. That is, if what he says is not true.

Lucas: I’m not taking ej to court. I don’t need that messy court battle. Plus, I don’t need the money right now anyway.

Clyde: Hm. Must be nice. You know that business opportunity I mentioned earlier, might be a blessing that ej turned me down.

Lucas: Why’s that?

Clyde: ‘Cause I think you’d be a much better partner.

Jan: [Groaning] Oh, god! This is the worst. Please help me.

Marlena: Okay, well, just try to stay calm. We’ll figure out what we’re dealing with. That’s good.

Jan: [Groaning]

Belle: I am not sleeping with ej. I’m sleeping by myself in a guest room. And the only reason I am is because I can’t spend another night at my mom’S.

Shawn: Okay, look, I get that you’re upset with marlena. But belle, you could’ve gone to the salem inn. You could’ve gone to any hotel. You knew that coming here would send a message.

Belle: Oh, well, I’m sorry I wasn’t really thinking about messaging. I was too busy dealing with the shock of being utterly betrayed by my entire family!

Shawn: Oh, belle, come on! Everybody is on your side. You’ve got to know that.

Belle: Oh, really? How would I know that? I mean, I was already living my worst nightmare. You know, the woman who has been terrorizing me for decades is having my husband’s baby and living in my house. And now my mom wants to be her therapist. And my husband and my father just go along with it.

Shawn: Jan needs help. She needs it. And if she doesn’t get it, that innocent baby is gonna suffer. Look, as hard as it is, I’m praying–I’m praying that your mom succeeds– for everyone’s sake.

Susan: And she will, she will. Dr. Marlena can work miracles. Okay, I’m sorry. It’s none of my business.

Belle: All right, fine. Let’s look at a fantasy future where jan is all better and isn’t a homicidal maniac anymore. What then? What? We’re all just gonna live happily ever after?

[Cell phone ringing] I’m sure that’s her now.

Shawn: No, it’s actually your mother. When I left the house, they were just starting their first session.

Belle: Oh. Well, maybe she’s calling to say she’s all cured.

Shawn: Marlena, hey. What’s going on? Is everything okay? Yeah. Okay. Yeah, I’m on my way. Okay. All right. I got to go to the hospital.

Belle: What? Why? What’s wrong?

Shawn: Jan’s in labor. We women are in the know about everything.

Clyde: You know that opportunity I mentioned. It’s very lucrative. You put a little money in, you take a whole lot out. You interested?

Lucas: I’d say there’s no way this opportunity is legal. So I’d like to stay out of prison.

Clyde: So far, so good, huh?

Lucas: Sorry, what was that?

Clyde: I’m just saying that if you change your mind, you know where to find me. And I got to say, if ej were going around saying that I’d committed a crime and I didn’t, I wouldn’t be too happy about it.

Lucas: I’m not happy about it either, but there’s nothing I can do.

Clyde: Oh, there’s always something you can do. You might just need a little help doing it. So who knows? Maybe we could help each other.

Lucas: Maybe.

Clyde: You think about it.

Gwen: What the hell did you just do that for?

Abigail: You should be thanking me; I put that thing out of its misery.

Gwen: That thing was a gift for our father, and you just deliberately destroyed it.

Abigail: You destroy everything that you touch! You hardly have a right to complain!

Gwen: What is wrong with you?

Abigail: With me? Are you joking? You tried to ruin my life! And when it didn’t work, you decided to torment me forever about the death of my grandmother! And you have the audacity to ask me for a favor?

Gwen: You didn’t have to bloody break it!

Abigail: Honey, you’re lucky that’s all I broke.

Gwen: It’s okay. I’ll just make another one.

Abigail: Great. Make a whole damn set. Lord knows you’re gonna have plenty of time for it.

Gwen: You selfish bitch! I am going to make you pay for this!

Abigail: Hm. Mm-hmm.

[Laughs]

Belle: Did he just say jan’s in labor?

Ej: I’m so sorry, belle.

Susan: I think I’m gonna shove off now.

Ej: What do you have planned for today, mother?

Susan: Uh, nothing.

Ej: Then you should join us for brunch.

Susan: Uh, no, thank you.

Ej: Not hungry?

Susan: Oh, no, I’m–I’m as hungry as a horse. It’s just I don’t want to be the third wheel on the buggy, if you catch my drift. Oh, elvis, I–I’d like to remind you of something, you know, the same thing that that dreamy detective reminded you of before. Huh? Belle brady– you know, mrs. Belle brady here, is still married, and you are still married to her sister. And I know, I know–I know your samantha has moved on, but I don’t think you have, son. And I am not the teensiest bit convinced that you are over her. So there. So.

[Playful music]

Shawn: Yeah, that’s right, ms. Spears didn’t violate the terms of her arrest. Her ankle monitor went off because she was admitted to the hospital. I’m on my way to see her right now. Yeah. Yes, I will– yes, I’ll clear everything up with her probation officer as soon as possible. All right. Thanks. Where’s jan?

Marlena: She’s just been admitted. She’s in a room up the hall.

Shawn: Okay. Thanks. With depression, you just feel…blah.

Kate: Lucas? What the hell are you doing?

Belle: [Sighs] God. No matter how hard I try to wrap my head around it, I just– I just can’t believe that jan is at the hospital right now about to deliver my husband’s baby.

Ej: It does seem as though you just learned she was pregnant.

Belle: Yeah. I’ve known longer than I’d like. But she went into labor a lot sooner than she was supposed to. This baby’s gonna be very premature.

Ej: Well, then, maybe there’s a bright side. Maybe this child won’t survive.

Jan: Shawn, thank god you came.

Shawn: Yeah. Of course I did.

Jan: It’s too soon. The baby can’t come yet.

Shawn: Look, it’s okay, all right? The doctors are gonna take good care of you.

Jan: And what if something happens? I already love this baby more than anything in the world. And I’m scared. I’m so scared, shawn.

Shawn: Everything’s gonna be all right, all right? I’m here. I’m right here.

Chad: So gwen asked you to bring a mug to your father, and you smashed it to bits?

Abigail: I dropped it. You know me. Butter fingers. It was an accident.

Chad: Really?

Abigail: Nope. Nope, did it on purpose. Gwen was not too happy about it. In fact, I would say she was positively horror-struck.

Chad: I bet. What’d she say?

Abigail: Only that she would, wait for it, “make me pay.”

Gwen: [Breathing heavily] It’s gwen. Who else would be bloody phoning you from prison? Look, I need to talk to you about abigail. If I don’t get to spend my father’s birthday with him, then neither does she.

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Sonny: Will, I forgot my– what the hell?

Leo: Hello, sonny.

Abigail: That’s great. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you so much. Hi, so, um, I just got some great news.

Chad: You’re pregnant?

Abigail: No, no. Not yet. No. We’re gonna have to keep trying.

Chad: Well, it’s better than digging ditches. So what’s the great news?

Abigail: Well, you know, I’ve been working on sami’s kidnapping story, and I finally have a solid lead. I think I’m actually getting close to who’s actually behind it all.

Marlena: Belle, I know you’re upset with me, but please call me. We have to talk about this.

[Knocking on door] Oh! Kate.

Kate: Hey.

Marlena: Hello.

Kate: So sorry just to drop in like this.

Marlena: No. I’m always glad to see you.

Kate: Okay. Did you know that will was going back to arizona today?

Marlena: Well, not that it was today, no. That seems rather sudden.

Kate: I know. Anyway, so roman and I are gonna throw him a little going away breakfast, and we were really hoping that you and john could come over.

Marlena: Oh. Well, john’s working, but– let me think, I–oh. I can make that. I’d be glad to be there.

Kate: Okay. Are you all right? You just don’t seem quite like yourself.

Marlena: Oh. I’m a little worried about belle.

Kate: Yeah. Yeah, I heard that she and shawn are having problems.

Marlena: That’s putting it mildly.

Kate: So is she still staying here with you?

Marlena: Well, she was until last night, and then she got upset with us– she got upset with me, and stormed out and hasn’t come home.

Ej: [Chuckles] There’s that beautiful smile. What are you thinking?

Belle: I am thinking that this is the best I’ve felt in a long time and that–

Ej: That what?

Belle: That for the first time since shawn and i separated, as painful as it was, I feel like it happened for a reason.

Ej: Mm-hmm. So you and I could be together like this. And just so you know, when I said you could stay here last night, I swear I didn’t plan for you to wind up in my bed.

Belle: [Laughing] I didn’t either, but I’m glad I did. I’m really glad I did.

Both: Mm-hmm.

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Roman: Hey. What happened to you?

Lucas: [Sighs] Ej dimera.

Belle: I can’t believe sami let you get away.

[Echoing] Ej. Ej?

Ej: Oh. [Grunts]

Belle: I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to wake you.

Ej: Oh, it’s okay. I should have been up an hour ago. Did you sleep okay?

Belle: Yeah. I slept fine. Um, since I didn’t make it to my parents last night, I was wondering if you thought abigail might have some clothes?

Ej: I have a better idea. I’ll lend you a robe to wear down to breakfast, and we’ll have harold send for your things.

Belle: Oh. No. I’ve, um–I’ve already been too much of an imposition.

Ej: Belle, don’t you know you could never be an imposition?

Sonny: Will. Will, are you okay? You drugged him too, didn’t you?

Leo: I didn’t need to drug him. He couldn’t wait to get out of your bed and into mine.

Sonny: But this is my bed.

Leo: Not anymore. Right, pookie?

Will: Yes, pookie.

Sonny: Ah! Oh.

Will: What? What? What’s wrong?

Sonny: Oh, my god.

[Panting] Oh, my god. I just had the most awful dream that I walked in on you and leo having–in bed together.

Will: I’m sorry. Yeah. That qualifies as a nightmare. Sonny, that’s all it was though. It was just a dream, okay? It’s obviously never gonna happen in real life.

Sonny: I know. I just– I never thought that would happen to me again too, so–

Will: He really did a number on you, didn’t he?

Sonny: I don’t know. I’ve been trying to let it go.

Will: Sonny, he drugged you, and he took degrading pictures of you. Of course you can’t just let it go. That’s gonna take time.

Sonny: I know.

Will: But you know, as crappy as it was, it didn’t– it didn’t change things, right? It didn’t change us.

Sonny: Well, I thank god for that. I just– I can’t help but think he’s not done getting revenge.

Will: Yeah. I know. I mean, he said himself that he had other fish to fry. He has a long list of people he blames for craig leaving him.

Sonny: Yeah. Everyone but himself.

Will: He published those pictures of chad, and he did the same to you. I wonder who he’s going after next?

[Cell phone rings]

Leo: Hello? Yes, I’ll accept the call. Guinevere, thank you for checking up on me. Thanks to your directions, I’ve been able to wend my way through these tunnels. I was very robert donat, very “prisoner of zenda.” Ah, you are a film illiterate. Well, it’s not the ritz, but it beats sleeping on a bench in prospect park. Plus, there are some very nice amenities here at chez dimera. And best of all, your sister is right upstairs.

Abigail: So you know how i said I was gonna find sami’s kidnapper by tracking down the other guy, the one who got away?

Chad: Right.

Abigail: Well, I thought it was gonna be like trying to find a needle in a haystack, but turns out the guy just got arrested in wisconsin on completely unrelated charges.

Chad: How in god’s name did you find that out?

Abigail: [Scoffs] I just–I realized that salem pd stopped looking for him as soon as ej was released. And I reached out to this contact I have in milwaukee to help me track wisconsin arrest reports, and– it was a total long shot, and it paid off. This right here, this is where you would say, “hey, great work, abigail.” And then you’d compare me

Chad: No, it’s–it was grt. You–you found him. But was it worth it?

Abigail: Excuse me?

Chad: I mean, abby, do you really think that this guy’s gonna tell you a different story than the other guy, the one who testified that ej was the one that hired him?

Abigail: I don’t know. I guess I’ll find out. I’m going to milwaukee today.

Chad: No you’re– no you’re not. No matter who you are,

Marlena: So when belle heard that I had agreed to treat jan, she became furious, and she took off.

Kate: [Scoffs] Well, do you blame her? I mean jan is pregnant, and belle’s husband is the father of the baby. For years, jan has tried to kill belle. I mean, most recently, she kidnapped her daughter.

Marlena: I know all that. I do know all about all that, but truth of the matter is that, no matter what jan has done, she does deserve to get good mental health care.

Kate: Well, yeah. But it doesn’t mean that you have to be the provider. I mean, I think this would be the perfect time to make a referral to another qualified professional who perhaps doesn’t have personal ties to the fruitcake who’s trying to ruin your daughter’s life.

Marlena: Maybe so, but I am uniquely qualified to treat jan, and maybe if I can do that, maybe I can end this reign of terror she has against my daughter.

Kate: So you want this more than anything.

Marlena: Oh, I do.

Kate: Hm. Good luck. Although I have to say I think moses leading his people into the promised land was probably easier than you trying to lead jan to mental health.

[Cell phone beeps]

Marlena: Oh. It’s from belle.

Kate: Maybe she stayed with shawn last night.

Marlena: No. She’s with ej.

Kate: [Huffs] Really? I mean, I know that’s none of my business, but do you think something’s going on between those two?

Belle: Okay, I just texted my mom to let her know I’m here so she doesn’t worry. Hopefully, they don’t come storming the gates trying to rescue me.

Ej: You’re a grown woman. You’d think they’d respect your wishes.

Belle: Yeah, you’d think they would, but they don’T. Probably because I’ve been such a constant disappointment to them.

Ej: What? Belle, how could you say that? You’re a successful lawyer. You’re a wonderful wife and mother.

Belle: Oh, please. You know that people can look good on paper, but when you learn about how they got where they are and all of the mistakes they made along the way…

Ej: You mean to tell me you’ve made mistakes? Well, I’m shocked.

Belle: Well, you might be if I actually told you about all of them.

Ej: No, I’m sure I would not be, because I know you as an exceptionally smart, caring, and honest person whom I greatly admire and is too hard on yourself.

Belle: Well, thank you for saying that, but from my parents’ perspective, I think that they haven’t really approved of all the decisions that I’ve made. Like, for example, how I handled my daughter’s mental illness.

Ej: You couldn’t have handled it too poorly. Claire’s doing very well now, from what you’ve told me.

Belle: Oh, yeah. No. She is. Thank god. But I don’t give myself credit for that. You know, I was really in denial for a long time, and I think– I think that caused her and a lot of other people a lot of pain. And I think my mom still holds that against me.

Ej: There you go being hard on yourself again. And do you really think your mother holds that against you, that you didn’t have all the answers in a very terribly difficult situation?

Belle: I don’t know, okay? I just worry that she doesn’t think that I’m capable of making good decisions. And that is why I am here looking so sloppy.

Ej: No, you look beautiful as always.

Belle: Well, it’s definitely not how I want to look when I go crawling back to my parents.

Ej: I’ll ask abigail to loan you something.

Belle: Would you? That would be great. Thank you.

Ej: But first, I would like to ask you a question.

Belle: Okay.

Ej: Belle, do you really want to go back to your parents?

Roman: So you and ej got into it? Couldn’t have possibly been about sami, could it?

Lucas: Ej still thinks that I’m the one who kidnapped her. He’s still pushing that big lie, which is ludicrous, because everybody knows he did it.

Roman: Charges against him were dropped.

Lucas: Yeah, ’cause he’s a dimera, and dimeras don’t ever pay for anything they do. You know that. I mean, what I don’t get is, now that he’s gotten away with it, why doesn’t he just let the matter drop?

Roman: If he got away with it.

Lucas: I think he got away with it; he’s a free man.

Roman: Yeah, but I’m not sure it was ej to start with. I still have a lot of unanswered questions about what actually happened.

Leo: Ugh, can you hear my stomach growling out there in statesville? I need some breakfast to go with this fine bottle of champagne. Mm, I don’t know how long I’m gonna be here. I’m still working out my plan. But when I am through, chad will know exactly how I felt when I lost the love of my life.

Abigail: What do you mean, “no, you’re not going?” Please tell me that was not an order. Please tell me you’re not telling me not to do my job.

Chad: Okay. I’m–I’m sorry. That came out the wrong way. How about–look, how about– can we just talk about it, because I’m worried about you?

[Tense music]

Look, I just got you back from kristen, and now you want to track down some guy who kidnaps women for a living, and for what? The story’s old news. Ej’s out of jail. Sami is out of town. Nobody really cares who kidnapped sami, and ej just wants to move past it all.

Abigail: Has it ever occurred to you that if ej’s innocent that sami could still be in danger?

Chad: Lucas found her months ago, and nothing has happened. And like, what, you’re gonna put your life on the line for a chance at, like, maybe–

Abigail: I’m going to a supervised visitation procedure at a police station. It’s hardly putting my life on the line.

Chad: What if the real kidnapper finds out?

Abigail: Okay. Great. We’re in agreement. Whoever hired these goons could be dangerous.

Chad: Oh–you’re relentless.

Abigail: I am. Yes. And besides, don’t you want to clear ej’s name?

Chad: Yeah, but–

Abigail: Okay, look. You’re not gonna talk me out of this; I’m going to milwaukee. I’m going today. I’m gonna find out the truth.

Chad: Wait. St–just– okay, just listen. Okay, look, you don’t have to go anywhere to find out who really kidnapped sami. I know. It was lucas. With relapsing forms of ms,

Will: Okay, so we know leo’s gonna go after brady and chloe, right, and god knows who else. But the good thing is, the more people he goes after, the more likely it is that he’ll get caught.

Sonny: Well, I don’t know about that. I mean the drugs he gave me were completely out of my system by the time I took my blood test. You know, I–gosh. I just–I hate the way he gets away with things. That’s why I think I went so crazy when I found out about craig wesley, you know. I couldn’t stand him doing what he did to me to someone else and just getting away with it.

Will: Well, he didn’t get away with it, right? You saw to that. You rounded up your band of merry men and women, and set out to free craig wesley and, by god, you freed craig wesley.

Sonny: Now I just got to free myself. I got to get this little creep out of my head.

Will: I think I can help with that.

[Tender music]

Leo: [Sighs] I don’t suppose door dart delivers to secret dungeons when they could barely find craig’s room at the salem inn. I guess I’ll have to go hunt down my own breakfast.

Thomas: Who are you? And what are you doing in my house?

Kate: I don’t know. I mean, don’t you think it’s telling that, of all the people belle knows in salem, she went to ej’s last night?

Marlena: No. No. Belle and ej work together.

Kate: Ah. A business sleepover.

Marlena: They’re only friends, kate.

Kate: Mm-hmm. Well, from what I know of ej, he doesn’t have friends. Predators seldom do.

Marlena: No, trust me. I–I do know that. But belle is in no mood for any kind of advice from either one of her parents.

Kate: Ugh. It would be so much more simple if children just did what their parents said.

Marlena: I can’t even imagine how sami would react if she thought that ej was going after her sister.

Kate: Well, why would she even care? I mean, she’s with lucas now, and they’re very happy.

Marlena: Well, yes. I know they’re happy together, but it would still drive her over the edge if she thought that ej was pursuing her sister, even though ej had kidnapped her, and she was afraid for her life.

Kate: Indeed.

Marlena: I will forever be grateful to lucas for rescuing her from those kidnappers and for the friendship they’ve had all these years, through thick and thin, good and bad, up and down, ever since they were teenagers.

Kate: Yeah. Well, onward and upward, right? Let’s get over to the pub. What do you say?

Marlena: Let’s go.

Kate: Okay.

Belle: No. No. I don’t want to go back to my parents, but I also don’t want to hurt them. You know, they’ve been through a lot too. I just think right now I need to take care of myself and preserve my sanity as much as I can.

Ej: Absolutely none of my business, but I think that’s the right way to go.

Belle: Yeah, it’s the only way to go. So I think I’ll just do what everyone else in salem does when their life falls apart, and I’ll go get a room at the salem inn. I hear they have a very good rate for losers.

Ej: You’re not a loser, belle. You’re a strong woman who’s been put in an impossible position. You’re regrouping.

Belle: Ah. Euphemism for “falling apart.”

Ej: Well, given that your marriage has fallen apart, and in a very unexpected and painful way, I see someone who is dealing with an impossible situation with a great deal of dignity, character. You’re a lot stronger than you think.

Belle: Well, I guess I feel a lot stronger when I know you see me that way.

Ej: I always have.

Belle: Well, in spite of that, you definitely don’t need this, you know, some random, heartbroken woman showing up on your doorstep.

Ej: Damn it, belle. You are not some random, heartbroken woman. You are my friend. Now, I can’t change what’s happened to you. I can’t make your husband stand up to that lunatic woman, and I can’t put that lunatic back in the asylum. But what I can offer you is a guest bedroom, privacy, autonomy, and time to think. As much time as you need.

Belle: Okay.

Ej: Then it’s settled. I’ll tell harold to have your things brought here.

Belle: Ej, I–thank you.

Ej: Think nothing of it. And if you ever question the magnitude of what you’re dealing with, let me just say that this is the first time in my entire life that I have ever thought that this madhouse could be anyone’s oasis of calm.

Lucas: Well, what do you mean you have unanswered questions? Like what?

Roman: Well, like who framed ej by planting those phony transactions on dimera computers? And why bother to frame him if he actually was guilty? I mean it’s usually innocent people who get framed.

Lucas: Do you think ej’s innocent?

Roman: He’s not usually, but in this case, the cop part of me says it just doesn’t add up.

Lucas: Well, the guy who held sami captive said that ej hired him, so for me, that’s pretty much all the proof I need. You know, and now that ej’s got a walk, I’m gonna make sure he stays away from sami for good.

Roman: Okay, if you need help with that, let me know. I may not be sure that ej kidnapped sami, but I’m damn sure he is a creep.

Lucas: Well, amen to that. Thank you. So, uh, roman–

Roman: So, uh, lucas?

Lucas: Um, well, sami and I, you know, over the years, you know, through all the weddings and the divorces– I just want to make sure that I get things right from the start this time.

Roman: Uh, good idea.

Lucas: Right, so, um, I’m asking your permission to marry sami.

Abigail: You’re telling me that it was lucas who kidnapped sami? No. No, no, no. Dimeras kidnap people, but not hortons.

Chad: It’s the truth.

Abigail: How can it be? Why would lucas kidnap sami?

Chad: To keep sami from going back to ej.

Abigail: You’re sure?

Chad: I caught him planting fake financial reports on my computer to frame ej. And then he–lucas basically admitted everything and begged me to keep my mouth shut, to let ej take the fall.

Abigail: And you just went along with it?

Chad: Well, I didn’t want lucas to go to prison, and ej wasn’t exactly my favorite person at that time.

Abigail: Wait a–okay. Wait. So that was months ago. You’ve known all this time?

Chad: There were so many times that I wanted to tell you the truth. And I knew that ej could go to prison for years for something that he didn’t do. I was gonna come clean about everything, testify at the trial.

Abigail: But then you thought that he kissed me at the courthouse, so you kept your mouth shut and watched as he was shipped off to prison.

Chad: And then I found out that it wasn’t him, so I was going to come forward again. But then belle got the charges dropped and got him out of prison, and then kate convinced me that lucas wasn’t a threat to sami. But since ej was released, telling the truth wasn’t gonna help anyone, but it would screw up my relationship with ej big time, probably permanently.

Abigail: I can’t believe this.

Chad: I’m sorry. And I know that I have no right to ask you this, but can you please keep this between us?

Ej: Keep what between you?

[Dramatic music]

My moderate to severe plaque psoriasis…

Roman: Okay, so you are asking me for my daughter’s hand in marriage?

Lucas: Yeah. That’s right.

Roman: Okay, like we have suddenly hurtled back a couple centuries, and like sami wouldn’t do exactly what she wants to do, whether I bless her or not?

Lucas: I know. You’re right. You’re right. She would. But this isn’t about you and sami. It’s more about you and me. Um, I was just wondering if it’s okay, you know, if, um, if you think I’m good enough for your daughter. I mean, your opinion matters to me, so.

Roman: Okay.

Lucas: And I know that my history isn’t the best in the world right now, so–

Roman: You mean you’ve screwed up a lot.

Lucas: Yeah. Yeah. You could say that.

Roman: Well, you have. But you’ve also been a great dad to will and allie, and you’ve been a really good friend to sami. And you know, I love sami very much, but you? You’re good for her. I think you understand her in a way that nobody else does. So yes. You do have my blessing.

Lucas: Thank you.

Roman: Just keep her safe, okay?

Lucas: I will.

Roman: And visit often.

Lucas: You got it.

Kate: Are we interrupting something?

Sonny: As much as I hate to leave, I think your family’s expecting us at the pub, like, now.

Will: Well, that can wait. This can’T.

Sonny: [Laughs]

Leo: Who am I? I think the better question is who are you?

Thomas: I’m thomas dimera.

Leo: Well, young thomas, what are you doing down here all by yourself?

Thomas: My sister and I are playing hide-and-seek.

Leo: I guess you’re found now, aren’t you?

Chad: So belle, what are you doing here?

Ej: I’ve invited her to stay here with us for a while– in the guest room, of course.

Chad: That’s very hospitable of you.

Ej: It’s the least I can do after she helped me get out of prison on those false kidnapping charges.

Chad: Right.

Ej: Yeah, so what were you asking abigail to keep between the two of you?

Chad: It’s a private conversation.

Abigail: Oh, no, chad, I– I think we should tell him. We hit the bike trails every weekend

Roman: Uh, no, you’re not interrupting anything. Just guy talk.

Kate: Oh, yeah. What about those cubs?

Roman: Yeah, along those lines. Marlena, glad you could make it.

Marlena: Thank you for asking me.

Roman: Yeah, I was hoping that you’d bring john and belle along.

Marlena: John’s at work, and belle and I aren’t getting along right now.

Roman: Sorry to hear that.

Marlena: Yeah. Thank you. I’m actually a little bit worried that she and shawn might not be able to get through all this.

Roman: Come on. Look at lucas and sami. If they can get through what they’ve gotten through, then hope for everyone.

Kate: I know that you think you’ve worked everything out with sami, but–

Lucas: Don’t do it, all right. Don’t start in on her.

Kate: Okay, I’m not starting in on her. I’m starting in on you, because I know you think you’re going to just walk off into the sunset with her. And I’m telling you right now, if she finds out from anyone other than you that you’re the one who kidnapped her, there’s no coming back from that.

Lucas: Don’t you think I know that?

Kate: Well, then why don’t you tell her yourself? Tell her it was you.

Lucas: Are you nuts? She would kill me. Don’t be like that. She wouldn’t understand. You know what? It doesn’t matter, because she’s never gonna find out, because you’re not gonna say anything, and chad’s not gonna say anything. And no one else knows.

Kate: I hope you’re right.

Roman: Kate, you know what’s keeping will?

Sonny: I wish you didn’t have to leave today.

Will: [Sighs] I know. But ari and I will be back before you know it, as soon as she’s done with school.

Sonny: Well, it was nice just to see you, even if it was ’cause of leo.

[Sneaky music]

Leo: I could lock you up down here, and your parents probably wouldn’t notice for months. Or years, for all the attention they pay. But I’m a good person. I couldn’t do that, could I?

Thomas: Why are you talking to yourself? And who are you anyway?

Leo: I’m the tooth fairy.

Thomas: I didn’t lose a tooth.

Leo: Get me a pair of pliers, and we can take care of that.

Thomas: What?

Leo: Nothing. Just kidding. I-I must have the wrong house.

Thomas: How could you be the tooth fairy? Fairies are girls.

Leo: [Snorts] You have a lot to learn, kid. But you are a very lucky little boy. Nobody is supposed to see the tooth fairy. So now you get to keep a very big secret. You can’t tell anyone about me, especially not your parents. So can I count on you or not?

Abigail: Chad and I have decided to try to have another baby.

Belle: [Gasps]

Abigail: Yes. He wants to keep it between us. I’m excited to share it. Of course, you know, with any luck, everyone’s gonna know soon enough anyways.

Ej: Oh, that’s wonderful.

Belle: Aw, that’s some baby news I can actually be happy about.

Chad: Yeah.

Abigail: And chad wasn’t able to be present with my other pregnancies from the very beginning, so this is gonna be different. These days we just share everything.

Ej: Congratulations. I’m thrilled for the both of you.

[Dramatic music]

I was on an antidepressant,

Belle: I mean, how did harold get my stuff here so quickly?

Ej: He’s magical. And I figured you’d want to unpack, so I asked him to bring up breakfast on a tray. Steak and eggs. Better than the pub.

Belle: Well, I could get used to this. I mean, it is just so different than how I grew up.

Ej: Well, sometimes I wish I grew up like you, in a normal home with two parents.

Belle: And a big sister who hated me and carrie with every fiber of her being.

Ej: That’s what it means to be a brother or sister. Hey, three months ago, chad and I wanted to kill each other, but now? We’re like– we’re like brothers.

Belle: It is good to see you two worked it out.

Ej: I don’t think it would be an overstatement to say that I was a real jerk when I came back to salem.

Belle: Yeah, I think chad might be the first to agree with that.

Ej: And now that he’s found some way to get over it, I’m gonna make sure that I don’t screw things up with him anymore.

Chad: Oh, I thought for a minute there that you were gonna tell ej everything.

Abigail: No. I mean, I felt like I had to say something, otherwise he was gonna think we were keeping secrets from him.

Chad: Which we were. I’m sorry for dragging you into this.

Abigail: I hate lying. But I think you’re right. I mean, I don’t want to mess up your relationship with ej. I don’t want lucas to go to prison. My mom would be crushed.

Chad: I should have known you’d understand.

Abigail: I’m on your side. I love you. And we’re a team, now and always.

[Tender music]

Leo: If you say anything, kid, it means no more tooth fairy money for the rest of your life.

Thomas: But I have two loose teeth.

Leo: Then you better keep your trap shut.

Thomas: Okay.

Leo: Now, I know you come from a family full of liars, creeps, and sneaks.

Thomas: What?

Leo: So I hope I can trust you to keep your word.

Thomas: Well, I don’t want to lose my 50 bucks.

Leo: 50 bucks?

Thomas: Per tooth.

Leo: In my day, it was 50 cents. Inflation. So can I count on you? Good, ’cause I’m gonna be watching you.

Thomas: You sound like santa.

Leo: Who says I’m not? Santa, easter bunny, tooth fairy. You want the magic to continue, I’m gonna need you to bring me some breakfast. So why don’t you head up to the kitchen and scare me up a tray?

Thomas: The tooth fairy eats people food?

Leo: Mm-hmm. And drink, so can you bring me some orange juice too, for my mimosa?

Thomas: What’s a mimosa?

Leo: Oh, don’t worry about it; just go. Chop-chop. Go.

Lucas: Hey.

Marlena: Oh!

Roman: Where have you two been?

Will: Uh, sorry. Something kind of came up.

Marlena: Well, as long as you’re here now.

Will: Yes, and I’m sorry for the combined hello and goodbye, but I’m gonna be back soon.

Kate: Okay, well, we’re gonna hold you to that, so.

[Cell phone beeps]

Lucas: What’s wrong?

Kate: Uh, I got to go.

Lucas: Everything okay?

Kate: Yeah. I hope so. Ubrelvy helps u fight migraine attacks.

Roman: Well, sorry we didn’t have more time together.

Will: I know. Yeah. I know I kind of blew into town, and now I’m blowing back out, but I promise I’m gonna come back soon.

Marlena: Allie told me that she had a very helpful conversation with you, so thank you for that.

Will: Oh, yeah. I mean, I was just trying to be there for her like you were there for me when I was figuring things out. I love you.

Marlena: Oh, darling.

Sonny: Well, I hate to cut the reunion short, but we should probably get going–

Will: Right. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. So I’ll be back soon. Love you, dad.

Lucas: Love you.

Will: And the whole family will be back together again.

Roman: Yeah, well, we’ll have to have a big party. What do you say, lucas?

Lucas: I was just thinking the same thing, yeah.

Chad: Thanks for meeting me.

Kate: Okay, so what’s this important information you need to share with me?

Chad: I thought that you should know I told abigail that lucas kidnapped sami.

Abigail: Thomas? What are you doing in the tunnels?

Leo: I was playing hide-and-seek with charlotte, and she never found me.

Abigail: Well, that’s because she knows you’re not supposed to go down there. Honey, promise me you’ll never do that again. It’s dangerous.

Thomas: Why? No one’s down there except–

Abigail: Except who? Did you see somebody down there?

Thomas: I promised not to tell.

Abigail: You promised who? Honey, it’s okay if you tell me.

Thomas: It was the tooth fairy.

[Tense music]

Leo: Mm. Best mimosa of my life. But I can’t drink too much. I have a big day ahead of me.

[Dramatic music]

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Jan: Okay. This looks… interesting. Spinach?

Shawn: Yeah. It’s topped with feta cheese.

Jan: And this delicious looking concoction?

Shawn: It’s a smoothie made with avocado, oat milk, ginger, and kale.

Jan: Wow. Super healthy. It’s just I was craving one of those fat, greasy burgers from the pub.

Shawn: What, so–what, so instead of folic acid and vitamins, you want grease and salt?

Jan: I’m sorry. I know you’re just looking out for the health of our baby.

Shawn: And I’m looking out for your health too, jan.

Jan: Really? Wonder what belle would think about that.

Ej: Why don’t you stay for dinner? We can talk, share a bottle of wine. Relax. You look like you could really use it.

Belle: Can I have another glass of wine? Actually, you know what, will you just bring the whole bottle over?

Ej: Hello, lucas.

Lucas: Ej.

Ej: I heard you were back in town. How’s allie?

Lucas: You really care?

Ej: Actually, I do. No matter how I feel about you, I’ve always had affection for your children.

Lucas: All right.

Ej: For what it’s worth, I’m glad she is no longer possessed by the devil.

Lucas: Well, that’s mighty big of you. I’m glad johnny’s not possessed by the devil too.

Ej: Thank you.

Lucas: I guess that’s one more thing that allie and johnny have in common, isn’t it?

Ej: Hmm. You mean besides being in love with the same woman?

Allie: I heard that the devil quit my job. I was hoping you might take me back.

Chanel: You mean at the bakery. Right?

Allie: Not just at the bakery. Chanel, I want to get back together.

[Footsteps approach]

[Throat clears]

Johnny: Ha. As if I needed any more proof this twin intuition thing was real.

Allie: What does that mean?

Johnny: Well, sis, it looks like we’re both here for the exact same reason. We both want my wife back.

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Allie: Ie: Uh, excuse me, but chanel is nobody’s wife.

Johnny: Yeah. Because the devil forced me to divorce her. Look, if I hadn’t been possessed, you and i would still be happily married.

Chanel: You may be right.

Johnny: I know I’m right. Which is why allie should bow out gracefully.

Lucas: I guess johnny confided in you about his renewed feelings for chanel.

Ej: Renewed? According to my son, he never stopped loving her.

Lucas: Well, too bad for your son. He dumped her, so chanel went to allie for comfort.

Ej: Do I need to point out that your daughter also broke chanel’s heart?

Lucas: Yeah, yeah. She was under supernatural influence at the time. Yeah.

Ej: Exactly. So as far as I’m concerned, the last half year is a wash. Which means the best thing for everyone would be for allie to step aside and give johnny and chanel a chance to rebuild their relationship.

Lucas: No way in hell that’s gonna happen. You’re delusional. My daughter is not gonna roll over for your son.

John: Hey, tink.

Belle: Dad, what are you doing here?

John: Well, I got your message that you wouldn’t be home for dinner. I just thought maybe you’d like a little company.

Belle: How did you find me?

John: Mmm. I have my ways.

Belle: Uh-huh. You talked to shawn?

John: He said that you–

[Sighs] You filed for a legal separation. You sure you want to take such a drastic step?

Belle: He and jan really left me no choice, dad.

Shawn: Listen to me, jan. You don’t need to concern yourself with my marriage. I need you to be focused on that baby. And that means eating healthy. So come on.

Jan: Is that your way of saying I’m not gonna get that cheeseburger?

Shawn: Just try it, all right? Come on. It’s good. Here. See?

Jan: Mmm. It is good!

Marlena: I hope I’m not interrupting. Moderate to severe eczema

Sarah: I forgot how much I missed this.

Xander: But you remember everything else, right?

Sarah: Mm-hmm. No, I do. I remember that…I forgave you for what happened with mickey and that we were happy and we were planning our wedding when kristen… when she stole my life.

Xander: If only I’d known sooner that she kidnapped you.

Sarah: Can’t imagine what you must have thought when i disappeared right before the wedding.

Xander: I was frantic. And then I found you in bed with rex brady.

Sarah: Yeah, but that… wasn’t me.

Xander: My whole life disappeared in that moment, thinking you’d chosen that dunderhead over me.

Sarah: I’m sorry that you went through that. I hate that you had your heart broken and that I was gone and you were all alone.

Xander: Yeah.

Sarah: What? What is it?

Xander: Sarah, I– I was heartbroken. But I wasn’t alone. Not the whole time.

Shawn: Marlena.

Marlena: Shawn. Jan.

Shawn: Uh, jan and i were just having a discussion about her diet.

Jan: He wants me to eat like I’m in training for the triathlon, and I want a big juicy burger.

Shawn: Okay. I just want her to at least try the food that I made.

Marlena: Well, I know jan’s on bedrest. But I think she’s completely capable of feeding herself.

Shawn: Duly noted.

Jan: Dr. Evans, are you here because you’ve made a decision about being my therapist?

Marlena: Yes, I am.

Jan: Great.

Marlena: I’m afraid I can’t help you, jan.

Ej: So you’re encouraging your daughter to help herself to her brother’s wife?

Lucas: I encourage my daughter to follow her heart.

Ej: I don’t know why I should be surprised. It’s not like you value the sanctity of marriage.

Lucas: What are you talking about–sami and me being together? Because when you guys were together, you were estranged.

Ej: Samantha was my wife! In fact, she still is.

Lucas: Well, johnny and chanel aren’t married anymore.

Ej: So let the best twin win? Is that it?

Lucas: I think we both know who that is, don’t we?

Ej: I’m onto you, lucas.

Lucas: You’re onto me? Really?

Ej: Mm-hmm. It’s only a matter of time before I prove to samantha and everyone else in this town that you kidnapped her. And when I do that, there won’t be a rock big enough under which you can hide from my wrath.

Allie: I don’t understand your reasoning, johnny–why should I be the one to bow out?

Johnny: I’m sorry. Did you miss the part where I said that chanel was my wife?

Allie: Yeah, “was,” as in past tense. And I don’t know if I need to remind you, but chanel and I had feelings for each other long before she even knew who you were.

Johnny: Not strong enough to keep you from being with tripp.

Allie: Hey, don’t talk about him, okay? This has nothing to do with him!

Chanel: Enough! Will you guys stop talking about me like I’m not standing here and my opinion doesn’t matter?

Johnny: You’re right. I’m sorry.

Allie: Me too. We’ll stop.

Chanel: Thank you.

Allie: So?

Chanel: So?

Johnny: Tell us.

Chanel: Tell you what?

Johnny: Which one of us do you want to be with? With depression, you just feel…blah.

Jan: There goes my last chance at being a good mother to this baby.

Shawn: Oh, jan, there are other therapists out there that can help you. I’m sure–I’m sure marlena can recommend someone.

Marlena: Yes, I can if jan is sincere about wanting the help.

Jan: Of course I’m sincere. Nothing is more important to me than this child and turning my life around so he or she can be proud of me. Why are you looking at me like that, dr. Evans, like I’m some kind of pariah?

Marlena: I’m sure you understand that I’m concerned that you’re pretending to want my help when, in fact, you’re just concocting a plan to hurt my daughter.

Jan: No! No, no. I swear that isn’t what’s happening here. I swear that I just want to be a good mom to my baby. I think you could really help.

Marlena: I’m sorry. My decision stands. Sorry.

Jan: Bull!

Marlena: Excuse me?

Shawn: Jan, what are you doing?

Jan: She isn’t sorry, shawn.. Marlena evans thinks I’m irredeemable.

Belle: There’s no way that I can live in that house every day and watch shawn take care of jan spears.

John: There’s got to be another solution here.

Belle: Well, none that I can think of, dad. Not as long as jan and that baby are in the picture.

John: So this, uh… separation– it’s a done deal?

Belle: I had ej file the paperwork.

John: Yeah. Yeah, I heard that you and elvis have been spending a lot of time together.

Lucas: You know, I hope johnny is more gracious in defeat than you are. I’d hate to see him turn into a bitter old shell like his old man.

Ej: He’s not going to lose.

Lucas: Well, think what you want. But chanel will choose allie over him. I know it.

Ej: I understand you’re standing up for your daughter. But there’s no way that chanel is going to pick a fragile woman-child over my red-blooded virile son.

Lucas: Fragile? Really? My daughter? My daughter has been through more in her young life than you and I could possibly fathom. She has tackled every challenge head on. And you know what, if you ask me, I’d say my daughter is twice as red-blooded and virile as johnny dimera will ever be.

Allie: The ball’s in your court, dupree.

Chanel: Oh, way to put a sister on the spot, horton.

Johnny: That’s not our intention.

Chanel: Oh, are you sure? Because that’s how it feels to me. And let me just say that the two of you “fighting” over me like some spoiled little kids and I’m some expensive-ass toy, it’s–it’s embarrassing, actually. I mean, are we not all grown up here? Are we not?

Allie: Most of us are.

Chanel: Look, I love you both, okay? And the three of us have been through some strange and pretty terrible times. So for you to ask me to choose between the two of you… I’m just not gonna do it.

Johnny: You’re gonna have to eventually.

Chanel: I don’t “have to” do anything, johnny dimera. And if you want to try to force me to make a choice, then I’ll tell you who I choose. I choose me, damn it!

Sarah: Okay. Well, I was gone out of your life for…a long time. And for most of that time, you believed that I had left you and, um, and I wasn’t coming back. I know you’re not a monk, xander, so if you dated other women–

Xander: There was only really…one woman. But we didn’t just date.

Sarah: What does that mean?

Xander: We were engaged to be married. We women are in the know about everything.

Sarah: You were engaged to someone while I was gone?

Xander: It’s like you said, sarah… I thought you didn’t want me anymore, that… I was at an all-time low when I met her.

Sarah: Who is she?

Xander: Gwen. Gwen rizczech.

Sarah: Jack’s daughter?

Xander: Yeah. That’s the one.

Sarah: Didn’t I, um, run into you two when I first came back to salem?

Xander: You remember that? That was when you still thought you were renee dumonde and you thought gwen was some other gwen from renee’s past.

Sarah: You were in love with her?

Xander: Sarah.

Sarah: No, no. You were engaged to another woman while I was languishing away on an island. That’s what you’re telling me?

Xander: Yes. That is what I’m telling you.

Allie: Hold on. “I choose me”? That is a line from that ’90s show you’re obsessed with.

Johnny: What show?

Allie: “Berly hills 90210.” She made me watch, like, 20 episodes with her last summer.

Chanel: Okay, so I quote the queen kelly taylor when I get stressed out. Sue me!

Johnny: The last thing I wanna do is stress you out.

Allie: Yeah. Look, it’s not what either one of us wants.

Chanel: Um, too late, twinsies.

Allie: Chanel, I know that this is hard.

Chanel: Hard is baking a croissant. But this is impossible. Being torn between two people is one thing, but between a man and a woman– but y’all are brother and sister. Twins!

Johnny: That–that shouldn’t haven’t any effect on your decision.

Allie: Yeah. Really, it shouldn’T. I mean, johnny and i both being possessed taught us– and I can’t believe that I’m saying this– but it taught us that our bond is unbreakable.

Johnny: Truth.

Allie: Okay, we might bicker and talk trash…

Johnny: And compete over everything from scrabble to mini-golf.

Allie: My brother is the one constant in my life.

Johnny: And she’s my ride or die.

Lucas: I wonder how sami would feel about you belittling allie like this.

Ej: I’m not in any way doing that. I’m just stating the obvious differences between our children. One twin has the blood of kings, conquerors, and captains of industry coursing through his veins. The other…

Lucas: I’d watch it. It’d watch what comes out of your mouth right now. Watch what you say.

Ej: The hortons are a perfectly lovely family full of doctors, donut makers, drunkards, grifters.

Lucas: You elitist jerk. You know what, I’d rather have horton blood coursing through my veins than dimera blood any day. And you know what, I know sami feels the same way. I’m sure of it.

Ej: And where is samantha anyway? Have you kidnapped her again?

Lucas: Not that it’s any of your business, but during our romantic ski getaway, she fell and broke her leg. She’s in the hospital.

Ej: Is she all right?

Lucas: She’s fine. She just can’t leave the italian alps. Doctors won’t let her.

Ej: Mm. Mm, no, of course not, no.

Lucas: What, do you think I’m making this up? You think I’m lying? I wouldn’t hurt her the way you do. I wouldn’t do that.

Ej: I was exonerated in samantha’s kidnapping. Someone framed me. But, of course, you know that, don’t you?

Lucas: Were you exonerated though? Really? Maybe the devil decided to dabble in a little corporate espionage, but that doesn’t make you innocent. No, no. I think satan… I think satan framed an already guilty man.

Belle: Yes, I have been spending some time with ej. He is my friend. And he is letting me use office space in his house.

John: So how do you think your sister would react to you getting close to her ex?

Belle: Yeah, well, she wasn’t too concerned about my feelings when she unleashed jan spears on my entire family.

John: Okay, so this is payback.

Belle: It’s unrelated. Besides, she’s with lucas now. She doesn’t have any claim on ej.

John: Oh, come on, sweetheart. You and I both know that samantha will always have a claim on ej.

Jan: I’ve read the intruder articles. They say your patients are dropping you left and right since the whole possession scandal got out.

Marlena: I would hardly call that a scandal.

Jan: I’m just saying. I thought you’d welcome new business.

Marlena: My loyal patients know that I was not responsible during that time.

Jan: Well, what about what happened to me and my actions while you were possessed?

Shawn: Jan, come on. We don’t need to do this.

Marlena: No, no, no. That’s all right. What did you want to say?

Jan: You woke me up from the coma to go after belle and shawn.

Marlena: You know I don’t remember that.

Jan: Right. The devil made you do it. Well, guess what, dr. Evans? You’re not the only one with demons.

Marlena: I suppose you mean that figuratively.

Jan: From the moment that paul mendez raped me, there has been a constant battle between good and evil in my head. That violation left me hopeless and angry. It robbed me of my faith in humanity. And it has affected every decision I’ve ever made since.

Marlena: I understand that. It still doesn’t give you the right or permission to hurt people.

Jan: I know. And I have to live with what I’ve done. I just want the same chance you gave to ben weston, the opportunity to prove that I can be a better person, not just for me but for this baby.

Shawn: Look, jan, you… you’ve done some really horrible things, especially to marlena’s daughter.

Jan: And I’m sorry about that. But doesn’t my innocent baby deserve the chance to have a mom who’s mentally healthy?

Marlena: Yes. It does. All right. I will see you in treatment.

It’s started. Somewhere between a cuddle

Sarah: Tell me how it happened.

Xander: How what happened?

Sarah: How you fell in love with gwen.

Xander: Why does that matter?

Sarah: I need to know, xander.

Xander: All right. When I lost you, I lost hope. I…I was a drunken mess. If I–if I wasn’t at rock bottom, then I was very close. And jack was the only person who took pity on me. He gave me a place to stay and… gwen was staying there too.

Sarah: Close quarters.

Xander: Yeah. And we couldn’t stand each other at first. She was so impulsive and stubborn and her own worst enemy. And I don’t know, eventually we just came to realize that we were kindred spirits, fellow…pariahs. And jack was the only person in the whole town that believed in either of us.

Sarah: So your feelings for her must have been strong.

Xander: I came to realize, in your absence– and sure that you wanted nothing more to do with me– that gwen was the person I was meant to be with.

Sarah: [Sniffles] Okay, so…you said you were engaged, then, um… what happened? Did one of you call it off or–

Xander: Actually, we made it all the way to the altar.

Sarah: So why didn’t you get married?

Xander: Because I found out what she did. To you.

Chanel: Look, I’m glad you guys are solid, but I still need time to figure out who and what I want for my life.

Allie: I understand.

Johnny: Take your time.

Chanel: All right, I–i should get back to the bakery. I need to close up, so–

Allie: Hey, um, speaking of sweet bits, could I at least get an answer on if I can have my job back?

Chanel: You can start back in the morning.

Allie: Yeah?

Chanel: It’s not sweet bits without you.

Allie: Okay.

Chanel: All right. See you in the morning. Good night, giovanni.

Johnny: Night, chanel. Well played.

Allie: What are you talking about?

Johnny: You’re back in the bakery, which means you’re spending all day with the woman that we’re both crazy about.

Allie: I’m back at the bakery because I love my job.

Johnny: You love chanel.

Allie: I thought we were not gonna let her get between us.

Johnny: And how do you suppose we do that?

Allie: Well, how about we start by heading over to the pub and splitting a plate of fries, all right, like we did when we were kids?

Johnny: Extra crispy?

Allie: Always.

Johnny: I could go for that.

Allie: Okay.

Jan: Thank you. Thank you, thank you, dr. Evans. You have no idea how much this means to me.

Shawn: Yes, thank you, marlena.

Marlena: Let me be very clear about something. This therapy is only on a trial basis. The moment I have any suspicion that you’re up to your old tricks or that you’re not taking it seriously, the sessions will end.

Jan: Understood. So should we get started?

Shawn: Jan, what are you doing?

Jan: Diving in. So how does this work? Do I just tell you about my childhood?

Marlena: I think we’ll start tomorrow.

Jan: Oh, okay. That works.

Marlena: Okay. I will see you then.

Jan: You won’t regret this.

Marlena: I really hope not.

Shawn: Here, I’ll walk you out. Thank you. Thank you for again for doing this. I know that this–that this wasn’t an easy decision for you.

Marlena: Will not be easy to tell belle that I’m doing it either.

Belle: Dad, for the last time, sami does not have anything to do with my connection to ej.

John: Mmm, I wouldn’t be so sure about that, kid. You see ej and sami are forever intertwined.

Belle: So you think that he’s not over her?

John: I think that ej has a huge ego. And your big sister throwing him over for lucas had to hurt like hell.

Belle: What are you saying?

John: Well, I’m saying that what better way to get back at samantha than for ej to start sniffing around her baby sister?

Lucas: It’s funny ’cause one of the guys who was holding sami said that you were the orchestrator of sami’s abduction.

Ej: That’s because you put him up to it.

Lucas: We’re gonna do that again, that old song and dance, really? It’s getting old.

Ej: You obviously paid him off, you bottom-feeding little weasel.

Lucas: I’ve about had enough of your mouth for one night.

Ej: Oh, yeah? What are you going to do about it, loser?

Lucas: Loser? What am i gonna–I’ll show you what I’m gonna do about it. With relapsing forms of ms,

Allie: Oh, my god! Dad! Ej!

Johnny: Hey, what the hell is going on?!

Allie: Hey, hey!

[Ej groans]

Ej: You’ll pay for that cheap shot!

Lucas: Any time, you arrogant bastard! Let him go, johnny! Let him go. Come on. Come on.

Allie: Dad, that’s enough!

Johnny: Stop it! Both of you!

Allie: All right–rain check on the fries?

Johnny: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on, dad. Let’s go.

Ej: This isn’t over!

Lucas: Good! You know where to find me any time, big guy! Any time!

Allie: Hey, have you lost your mind?

Belle: You know that’s offensive, right?

John: I’m not worried about offending ej.

Belle: I mean to me.

John: What did I say?

Belle: You just suggested that a man like ej couldn’t be interested in me unless he was trying to get back at his ex.

John: Oh, no, no, no. Come on, you know that’s not what I meant.

Belle: Then what did you mean?

Marlena: Well, it looks like I got here just in time.

Belle: Yeah. Just in time to tell your husband he’s being totally insensitive.

Marlena: What’s going on?

John: No, no. She’s upset because I just merely suggested that maybe ej’s trying to get close to her as a way to stick it to sami.

Marlena: Oh, I see.

Belle: Yeah, well, he didn’t just “suggest” it. He just proclaimed it as the gospel truth.

Marlena: Well, it seems to me that…

Belle: That would be offensive?

Marlena: Well, I was actually going to agree with you and say that it was pretty insensitive.

John: What do you say we change the subject here? How was your day, dear?

Marlena: Well, it’s been slightly stressful. But after consideration, I have come to the opinion that it is best for everyone, especially for shawn, if I go ahead and treat jan spears.

Sarah: So your fiancée at the time knew what kristen did to me?

Xander: Yes.

Sarah: And then she made sure that I got a double dose of the same drug?

Xander: She did. But then abigail exposed her at the wedding.

Sarah: That must have been quite a scene. And where’s gwen now?

Xander: She pled guilty and they sent her to statesville.

Sarah: Oh. You really know how to pick ’em.

Xander: I’m so sorry, sarah. If I’d known what she was up to… but the important thing is that you and I found our way back to each other, right? That’s what matters.

Sarah: Of course.

Xander: Hey. Why don’t we go see your mom? Maggie hasn’t heard the good news that we’re back together.

Sarah: Yeah. That would make her really happy.

Xander: So we’re okay?

Sarah: I’m still trying to… wrap my head around what you just told me that you were engaged to someone else while I was gone. But, um, yeah. Yeah, we’re okay. I should be grateful that you and gwen didn’t actually tie the knot, so….

Belle: You’re treating jan?

Marlena: Belle, before you get yourself all worked up–

Belle: How could you, mom? How could you treat the woman who amongst many other horrible offenses just pretended to be me and got knocked up by my husband?

John: Hey, keep it down.

Belle: Answer the question!

Marlena: All right. The reason that I’m treating jan is because I… I feel party responsible for what she did.

Belle: You did not wake her up from that coma.

John: Just try to see it from her perspective.

Belle: No! I’m so sick of being the reasonable one here when all you care about is sami. And now mom wants to take on jan spears as her new–new rehab-a-psycho pet project.

Marlena: That’s not fair.

Belle: Screw fair! What has fair ever gotten me?

John: Tink–

Belle: You what it’s gotten me? It’s gotten me my stalker living in my house. And now she’s pregnant by my husband. And now she’s gonna be all healed by my own mother. Well, here’s an idea. Why don’t you two just go all the way and adopt jan since you feel so responsible for her?

Marlena: Oh, belle, please–

Belle: You know what, actually, I think that’s a brilliant idea. She can be your new daughter. And then–then you’ll have your own new grandbaby. Oh, won’t that be so fun? I’m done!

John: No, no, no. You’re not going. No, give me your key. Give me–you’ve drank too much.

Belle: Fine. I’ll get a cab. Tell sami and jan I said hey.

Marlena: I don’t know what happened.

[Ice clattering]

Johnny: You barely said a word on the ride home.

Ej: What’s to say?

Johnny: Oh, I don’t know. Maybe you could explain why you and lucas were pummeling each other in front of grandpa’s restaurant?

Ej: It’s nothing for you to concern yourself over, son.

Johnny: So it was about mom.

Ej: As I just said, it’s not your concern. I want to hear how things went with you and your young lady.

Johnny: Me and chanel?

Ej: Of course. How soon before I have to put down the black card to pay for your second wedding?

From prom dresses We have to get going, so–

Chanel: Xander, hey!

Xander: Hey.

Chanel: And you must be sarah.

Sarah: I am. [Giggles]

Chanel: I see you managed to win her back without my help.

Xander: Yep. Actually, we have to get going, so–

Sarah: Do I–do I know you?

Xander: This is–sarah, this is–

Chanel: Chanel. Like the luxury brand. Chanel dupree.

Sarah: Oh, right. It’s nice to meet you.

Chanel: I’m xander’s ex-wife. Though don’t worry, it was very brief and pretty meaningless.

Sarah: Ex-wife?

Chanel: Oh, man. You didn’t tell her?

Sarah: No. He didn’T. He didn’t say a word.

Lucas: Ow.

Allie: Grandpa had this in the freezer.

Lucas: I don’t need ice.

Allie: Your hand’s gonna swell.

Lucas: Fine, I’ll take it. I’m sorry that you and johnny had to see that. I am.

Allie: Yeah, well, I’m just happy that we got here before the two of you killed each other. I mean, what was that about anyway?

Lucas: Your mother, of course.

Allie: What about her?

Lucas: Ej thinks that I’m the one who kidnapped your mother. I mean, can you believe that, the nerve of that guy?

Johnny: [Sighs] Uh, hold off on the wedding planning for now.

Ej: Why? Did chanel say she doesn’t want you back?

Johnny: Not exactly, but… she said she needs time to think.

Ej: What’s to think about? You were both in love before the devil got involved.

Johnny: Look, chanel asked allie and me to give her space, and that’s what I’m gonna do.

[Door opens]

Ej: Just be careful, son. Don’t lose out on the woman you want out of some misguided sense of loyalty.

[Laughter on tv]

Shawn: Oh! Ha ha. I see you liked it.

Jan: Not so much, honestly. But wanted to prove how serious I am about taking care of our baby’s body while working on my own body and my soul too.

Shawn: I appreciate that.

Jan: Shawn, I know this is gonna sound pollyanna, but I really think that my therapy with dr. Evans is gonna make me a better person.

Shawn: Well, if anybody can help you, it’s marlena. So I’m gonna take these and put them in the kitchen, and I’m gonna head to bed.

Jan: Okay.

Shawn: All right, let me know if you need anything else, okay?

Jan: I will. Shawn… thank you for everything.

Shawn: Good night, jan.

Jan: You hear that, little one? Your mommy and daddy are getting closer. Once marlena gives me a clean bill of health, well… who knows what can happen?

Marlena: We shouldn’t have let belle go like that. I’m gonna call her.

John: Oh, no, no. What’s the point? She is an inebriated grown woman who obviously is upset with both of us right now.

Marlena: Then I’m going to cancel jan’s sessions.

John: Doc, don’t do that. Please. Just trust your instincts. A sane, healthy jan is better for all of us. And as far as our daughter goes, she’s tough, she’s strong. She’s gonna get through this.

Marlena: I hope you’re right.

Johnny: Uh, I’m gonna head upstairs. I got a friend from ucla that sent me a script he wants me to read, so…

Ej: Good night, son.

Johnny: Good night, dad.

Ej: Mm-hmm.

Johnny: Belle.

Belle: Good night.

Ej: Are you all right?

Belle: Uh, no. I’m not.

Ej: What happened?

Belle: I just had a really big fight with my parents. Um…could I stay here tonight? In one of the guest rooms, I mean.

Ej: Of course you can. I’d love to have you.

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Tripp: It was really great of you guys to check in. I’ll see you soon, I hope.

[Knock on door] Hey!

Chanel: Who were you talking to?

Tripp: My half-sister and brother.

Chanel: Oh, sorry to interrupt.

Tripp: No, that’s okay. We were just saying goodbye.

Chanel: Oh. Well, you know, I had to wait in line out there to say hi to the local hero.

Tripp: Oh, come on.

Chanel: Can you eat real food?

Tripp: Yes. Yes, but they don’t serve that her so…

Chanel: Well, I have come to the rescue.

Tripp: Would that be ham and cheese on a croissant?

Chanel: Would I bring you anything else?

Tripp: Okay, okay, you can stay. You can stay, but no pictures or autographs, please.

Chanel: Aw. I don’t care what you say– you really are a hero. Mine at least. You saved allie’s life. You gave henry his mom back. Gave me my best friend back.

Allie: Will!

Will: I leave you alone for five minutes and you get possessed by the devil?

Allie: Well, it got you to come visit, right?

Will: Okay. What was it like?

Allie: Actually, I don’t remember any of it. But I heard I was a total bitch to almost everyone.

Will: So it was like your teenage years,

Allie: Pretty close. Yeah.

Will: Yeah. Honestly, though, I-I was very scared for you and johnny, so… thank god you’re both okay.

Johnny: Was aunt belle just here? I thought I saw her driving off.

Ej: Hmm. I’m doing some legal work for her.

Johnny: Oh. You gonna be a practicing lawyer again?

Ej: Just doing belle a favor.

Johnny: Heard your takeover of the company tanked.

Ej: Hmm. Thanks to your aunt kristen, but I haven’t given up on running dimera enterprises.

Johnny: Well, let me know if you need any help.

Ej: I will. What’s with the laptop? Doing some writing?

Johnny: Yeah, that was the idea, but, uh, all the noise is kind of making it hard to concentrate.

Ej: What noise?

Johnny: You don’t wanna know.

Both: Ahh!

[Both laughing]

Chad: That was–

Abigail: I think making love means even more when you’re–

Chad: Making a baby?

Abigail: Yeah.

Chad: Think we did it?

Leo: Ooh, thanks for the tip, gwennie. I hope this means you’ve decided to help me get revenge against abigail. Fine. You keep thinking it over, but I am not letting this go. I am going to get back at every single person who broke up craig and me. I don’t care if it takes me the rest of my life.

Sonny: What the hell are you planning now, you disgusting little creep?

Male announcer: Like sand through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Leo: Do you always eavesdrop on people’s personal phone calls?

Sonny: No, just the ones who slip me drugs and then send dummied up photos to the tabloids.

Leo: Those pictures were for real. You looked very happy and very satisfied.

Sonny: I look unconscious, which I was. Did you carry me to bed or did you drag me?

Leo: If you’re worried about will calling his lawyer, just tell him we didn’t go all the way.

Sonny: I know we didn’t because I was literally unconscious!

Leo: Maybe he’ll believe you, even if nobody else does.

Sonny: My lawyer is already in touch with the editor of “the intruder,” okay? I’m gonna do whatever it takes to set the record straight.

Leo: Good luck with that. Because these pictures are the talk of the town. Some people are even saying you might lose your job over them, which would be such a tragedy.

Allie: It was so sweet of you to come all the way here to check in on me.

Will: Well, it wasn’t just that. I’m–I’m dealing with the fallout from leo’s cookies.

Allie: Leo has cookies? Is he gonna open a rival bakery?

Will: You must be the only person in salem who hasn’t read “the intruder.”

Allie: No, I don’t read that rag.

Will: Okay. Well, forget I said anything.

Allie: No, come on, now you have to tell me.

Will: No, it’s just like… it’s another one of leo’s stupid stunts.

Allie: Oh, he’s still at it?

Will: Yeah, but, you know, we’re handling it and, um… I wanna–I’m here to talk about you. And I wanna hear about what happened. Are you sure you’re okay?

Allie: Physically, yeah. Mentally, um… it’s a lot to deal with.

Will: Mm.

Allie: You know, I heard i did some really awful stuff.

Will: Like what?

Allie: Um, I… chained johnny and ben up in the dimera family crypt. I kidnapped ciara, and she went into labor. So I delivered her baby and then went on the run with it.

Will: Um…wow, yeah that’s– that is pretty bad stuff, but, I mean, at least it wasn’t you, right? Did you talk to grandma?

Allie: She said what you said.

Will: Exactly, right? She would know. She went through it.

Allie: Still, it’s hard not to take responsibility. I mean, people are still hurting from everything I did. People I really care about, like chanel.

Tripp: Thanks for coming to see me again.

Chanel: Yeah, we didn’t really get a chance to talk the last time I was here.

Tripp: Yeah, it was a little crowded. It was like allie was the bachelorette and you and I were at the rose ceremony.

Chanel: Oh, it was not like that, and you know it.

Tripp: Kinda was…until johnny showed up at least.

Chanel: Johnny and I, uh… we ran into allie after you two had a chance to talk alone. She said you made it really clear that you weren’t getting back together.

Tripp: Yeah.

Chanel: But why? I know you love allie. Are you really ready to let her go? I was on an antidepressant,

Sonny: My uncle vick is still in charge at titan, and he’s backing me. So I don’t care what the, uh… “the rumor mill” says. My job is not in danger.

Leo: I couldn’t care less what happens to you now. I made a bundle off those pictures.

Sonny: Oh. It’s always about money for you, isn’t it?

Leo: You can be high and mighty–you’ve had money since you were born.

Sonny: Oh, my god, boo-hoo. I’ve heard this sob story before.

Leo: I wouldn’t have had to sell those photos if you and your friends had left craig and me alone! I’m on my own now because of you! And a girl’s gotta eat.

Sonny: That’s how you justify drugging me with laced cookies?

Leo: The note with the cookies said they were from your husband.

Sonny: Will just got back today–I know for a fact he has nothing to do with the fricking cookies!

Leo: So will is here already? How did he like the photos?

Will: So when the devil was running johnny, he told chanel he wanted a divorce…

Allie: At their wedding reception.

Will: And when the devil was running you, you…

Allie: Dumped chanel too. In the meanest way possible, according to her. So now do you see how I feel so bad about it?

Will: Yeah. I’m sorry–I didn’t even know you and chanel were dating. I mean, you told me you had feelings for her.

Allie: Yeah, well, I did a lot of thinking after our talk…

Will: Mm-hmm.

Allie: I don’t know. My life started to make a lot more sense once I realized I was bisexual. And I-I always thought I loved chanel as a friend, but now I realized I just loved her. Period.

Will: That’s great, allie.

Allie: It would be. If our brother wasn’t also in love with her.

Johnny: Chad and abigail… how do I say this delicately? They’ve been at it for a while.

Ej: [Chuckles] Well, now that our takeover plan has failed, I suppose chad’s turning his attention to his personal life.

Johnny: Easy for you to say. You don’t have the room next to theirs.

Ej: There are lots of other bedrooms in this house.

Johnny: And I’ll be moving into one of them. Otherwise, I’m not gonna get any sleep, let alone write.

Ej: Are you working on anything in particular?

Johnny: [Sighs] Well, now that my producer is dead, so is my movie about grandma, which is fine by me. I have a whole new perspective on devil possession.

Ej: Any new ideas?

Johnny: Yeah, mm-hmm, one that, uh…I mean, it’s pretty close to home.

Ej: May I know what it is?

Johnny: Why not? It’s about fraternal twins who are in love with the same girl.

Abigail: You know, if you really wanna be sure we made a baby–

Chad: Okay. Honey…mmm…I need a break. I need a break.

Abigail: Oh. Okay. What do you wanna do instead?

Chad: Well, if we’re gonna have another mouth to feed, I should probably start looking for a job.

Abigail: Yeah. I’m sorry that didn’t work out. I cannot believe kristen stabbed both of her brothers in the back.

Chad: Nothing she does surprises me anymore, especially after what she did to you and sarah.

Abigail: Well, I survived, and so did she–it looks like she’s going to anyway.

Chad: Mm-hmm.

Abigail: I’m just really glad that you and ej are getting along again.

Chad: Yeah. I, uh, I really didn’t like being on the outs with him.

Abigail: I mean, it wasn’t your fault. It seemed like he came back to town just trying to push everybody’s buttons. Mainly yours.

Chad: It wasn’t one-sided. I mean, I did some things I wasn’t proud of.

Abigail: Really? Like what?

Kate: Hey. Is roman babysitting henry?

Lucas: Yeah. They’re video chatting with sami right now.

Kate: Oh, great. So she has better reception, I guess, huh? Did she say when she’s gonna be able to fly back?

Lucas: No, mom. Not yet. The break is-is very bad.

Kate: Yeah, I heard.

Lucas: You know what–

Kate: W-what are you doing?

Lucas: Now that we’re alone, I think it’s time–I think it’s time. I want my apology.

Kate: [Exhales] For what?

Lucas: For accusing me of kidnapping the mother of my children. This is the sound of nature breathing.

Chad: I, uh…you know, I’m the one that testified against ej. So I’m basically the one that sent him to prison.

Abigail: Yeah, but, honey, you were under oath. You didn’t have a choice but to tell the truth.

Chad: Yeah, but I was wrong.

Abigail: Yeah, but at that point you thought you had proof that he was guilty.

Chad: Right.

Abigail: And the man–he was in your face all the time.

Chad: The important thing is that, um… him and I, we’re on the same side now. I mean, he’s a completely different person since he got out of prison.

Abigail: I do wonder though…

Chad: Okay. Come on, I can see those wheels turning. What?

Abigail: Well, the kidnapping. I wanna believe that ej’s innocent. But if he didn’t kidnap sami, then who did?

Chad: I don’t know. Guess we’ll never know.

Abigail: Not necessarily.

Chad: What do you mean?

Abigail: I think I just found “the spectator’s” next investigative report. I’m gonna find out who kidnapped sami brady.

Kate: Darling, why wouldn’t i accuse you of kidnapping sami since you had already done it once?

Lucas: I regret it, okay? And I’m never gonna do it again.

Kate: Hah. Well, I can’t believe you went to that extreme in the first place.

Lucas: It wasn’t my proudest moment, all right? I think about it every day. I regret it, I do. But a lot of good has come out of it, because now sami wants nothing to do with ej. And we have never been closer.

Kate: Okay. Does she know that he’s been released from prison?

Lucas: Yeah. Yeah, she does.

Kate: Okay. So she knows he’s innocent.

Lucas: Not exactly.

Kate: Oh, my god. Okay. So what does that mean?

Lucas: Well, you know, it took a little doing, but, uh, sami still thinks that ej is guilty as hell.

Kate: Oh, my god.

Ej: But you and chanel were married. You were in love.

Johnny: Yeah, I thought so.

Ej: And I thought allie and chanel were just friends.

Johnny: Before I was even in the picture, I think they’d begun to figure out they’re more than that.

Ej: Have they–

Johnny: Yeah.

Ej: Oh, I see.

Johnny: Your step-daughter’s bisexual, dad.

Ej: Right. Right. And so is chanel?

Johnny: [Inhales, exhales] Let’s just say that if she had to pick between the two of us right now, I don’t know if she’d choose allie or me.

Tripp: You’re right, I do still love allie. I mean, you don’t do a header through a stained glass window for someone you feel lukewarm about.

Chanel: Okay, then–then why did you tell her that you don’t wanna get back together?

Tripp: Because if I told allie that I wanted to start over, she’d say that she did too.

Chanel: And the problem with that is?

Tripp: I would never know if I’m the one she really wants or if she just feels obligated.

Chanel: Trying to be fair here. She does love you.

Tripp: Maybe. And maybe we’d be happy for a while, but… in the end, I know it wouldn’t work out.

Chanel: Why?

Tripp: I know for sure that I want to spend the rest of my life with allie, but only if allie knows for sure that she wants it too. And how can she know that? The love of her life is… it’s you.

Allie: You know, the worst part is we all thought johnny was being not just a jerk–

Will: Yeah. I mean, I thought he went from being like my cocky younger brother to a sadistic bastard.

Allie: Yeah, everyone did. I mean, you should have seen the things that he said to chanel in front of their families. You should have seen the way he talked to me. I mean, right after tripp proposed, johnny strolled in and told him that I slept with chanel.

Will: Is that what happened?

Allie: When the devil was done with johnny and johnny came back to his senses, he thought that everything could just go back to normal, that he could be happily in love and married to chanel.

Will: Yeah. Wow, that… that is a huge mess.

Allie: Tell me about it.

Will: So the only person in your quadrangle that the devil didn’t mess with is chanel?

Allie: Not directly anyway.

Will: Okay. And who does chanel wanna be with?

Allie: I don’t know. I mean, she kind of got bounced all around, so I’ve just been giving her space. I don’t think she even knows how I feel.

Will: Then maybe you should tell her.

Allie: Well, there is also another option. I could let her go.

Leo: I hope will isn’t too upset.

Sonny: Oh, bull! You would love that!

Leo: We both know he’s not one to point the finger. As I recall, he’s cheated on you more than once. Turnabout is fair play.

Sonny: Will knows I didn’t cheat on him, and the whole world’s about to know. ‘Cause I reported you to the cops.

Leo: [Fake gasp] Really? No messages from them yet.

Sonny: Mm. That’s ’cause I haven’t gotten my test results back yet.

Leo: What test results?

Sonny: Oh, the blood tests I took this morning. The one that will prove that you drugged me.

[Phone rings] Speaking of, there’s my aunt kayla, the one who administered the blood test this morning. Yeah, you might wanna stay there. You’re gonna wanna hear this. Okay, snacks and popcorn are gonna be expensive.

Sonny: Wait. But I–but i thought that– are you sure? Okay. Thank you. Bye.

Leo: Well? What did the good doctor have to say?

Sonny: What the hell did you do to me?

Leo: I hesitate to be specific here in public.

Sonny: Kayla said that there are drugs that can leave your system very quickly. That’s–that’s what you gave me, isn’t it?

Leo: Is this your cute little way of telling me she didn’t find anything?

Sonny: You drugged me, and I know it!

Leo: You might wanna stop saying that–you don’t have any proof. I think that’s called slander. Or is it libel? I always get those two mixed up.

Sonny: Libel is when you put lies into print, and that’s exactly what you did!

Leo: It’s not a lie, babe, and we both know it. You’re a cheating slimeball. Poor will and little arianna–

Sonny: Keep my daughter’s name out of your filthy mouth!

Leo: You didn’t think it was so filthy last night. Or maybe you did.

Sonny: You know what? Go for it, leo. You wanna get rolled back in a rug again? Keep saying garbage like that.

Kate: Lucas, ej is out of prison. So…how did you manage to convince sami that he’s her kidnapper?

Lucas: Well, ej wasn’t found innocent. They just threw the case out.

Kate: Yeah, but what difference does that make?

Lucas: Well, you know, the payments that were sent to the kidnapper that were found in ej’s computer might’ve been there–

Kate: Yeah. Yeah. Because you put them there.

Lucas: Right. Right. But all the other evidence points at ej 100%.

Kate: Lucas, what evidence?

Lucas: Motive. Ej was really upset when sami cheated on him. He was in a rage. He was going crazy. He wanted to kick her out of the house. He would do anything to get her back. And means. We all know the means. You know, the guard who was watching sami said that ej was the boss. So, you know, why would he lie about that?

Kate: Because you ordered him to–that’s why.

Lucas: Yeah, but sami doesn’t know that. And she never will.

Kate: But chad knows. Chad knows that you planted the phony evidence. So what if he decides to tell the truth?

Lucas: No, he won’T. He’s never gonna say anything. He wouldn’t, would he?

Kate: Ohh…

Abigail: I don’t know why i didn’t think about this before. If I can figure out who kidnapped sami brady, our circulation is gonna double. I mean, everybody in the area wants to know what happened.

Chad: Abby–

Abigail: I could get us into one of those true crime podcasts–I have been dying to get us into that market.

Chad: Shouldn’t you ask your mom–your mom and dad first?

Abigail: Why?

Chad: “Why?” They still own the newspaper, don’t they?

Abigail: Yeah, but they left me in charge because they trust me. Besides, it’s a great idea.

Chad: Sure. The cops have probably exhausted all their leads, though.

Abigail: I don’t know. I’m gonna start looking for new sources tomorrow, and maybe I’ll find something new.

Chad: Like what?

Abigail: Like the second kidnapper. They never tracked him down, right? I mean, that is a huge loose end!

Chad: The kidnapping happened six months ago. I’m sure the trail’s gone cold already.

Abigail: Well, it’s worth a shot. Besides, what if it clears ej’s name? Then shin’s gonna be back on his side.

Chad: But honey, ej’s already been cleared.

Abigail: His conviction was overturned–it’s not the same.

Chad: You know, ej’s fine to move past all of this. I mean, don’t you think that you should ask him if it’s okay to do a story?

Abigail: I don’t– I don’t get you right now. Why are you so against this?

Ej: Have you spoken to chanel?

Johnny: Yeah. Yeah, I even, uh, I even asked her to marry me again.

Ej: And?

Johnny: She said she needed time, which I get. She’s still dealing with the idea that I never stopped loving her, that I didn’t break up with her, but neither did allie. Plus, there’s this small problem of paulina being in jail for killing tr.

Ej: Mm. She does have quite a bit to deal with.

Johnny: Yeah. So I told her to take all the time she needs.

Ej: Why would you do a thing like that?

Chanel: Tripp, I’M… sorry.

Tripp: You don’t have a damn thing to be sorry about. It’s not your fault that you’re sort of, you know, irresistible.

Chanel: “Irresistible”? Don’t give me that. I didn’t set out to steal allie away from you.

Tripp: But you have years of history as friends. And now… you know, you’re more. I can’t compete with that. And, honestly, I shouldn’t have to. And that’s why I shut down us getting back together.

Chanel: Couldn’t have been easy.

Tripp: Well, one thing I’ve learned about the devil in all this is that the guy’s good. He knows exactly what to say to make you do whatever he wants. And when I told him to take me instead of allie, he pointed out that I was… always her second choice. I’ve decided I’m okay with it.

Chanel: What? Why?

Tripp: Because I love her enough to want her to have a long and happy life. Whether I’m part of it or not.

Chanel: Do you really mean that?

Tripp: You and allie want to be together. You’re not gonna get any flak from me. I’m in your corner.

Chanel: I…I don’t know what to say. I don’t even know if allie wants us to get back together.

Tripp: I’m pretty sure she does. So I guess now it’s just up to you to decide if that’s what you want. With depression, you just feel…blah.

Leo: Careful, jackson. People are starting to stare. Somebody might snap a phone photo and sell our lovers’ quarrel to the “the intruder.”

Sonny: You’re not gonna get away with this.

Leo: Kinda feels like I already have.

Sonny: If you ever come near me or my family again, I will end you.

Leo: Save your threats, tough guy. I’m gonna focus my energy elsewhere.

Sonny: What the hell does that mean?

Leo: Like I’m gonna confide in you? Let’s just say I’m not done with this town yet.

Will: Why would you give up on chanel? You just told me that you love her.

Allie: I do, but I also love johnny. And I don’t– I don’t wanna hurt him. Jonny and I have been on the outs for a long time now, and this whole situation made us realize that we still really love each other.

Will: I mean, that’s great.

Allie: Yeah, it is.

Will: But does that mean you should sacrifice your own happiness just so johnny can get what he wants?

Allie: You didn’t see johnny and chanel together, okay? They were crazy about each other, and they probably still would be if it wasn’t for… you know. And chanel and I never would have been together.

Will: Well, but you were, right? And, from what you tell me, it was real. So don’t just pretend that it didn’t happen.

Allie: Oh, I don’t know, this is all so confusing.

Will: Yeah, I know. It’s confusing. I-I know the feeling. I was confused. I slept with gabi to prove to myself that I was straight and all it did was, you know, convince me that I was gay. And I got her pregnant.

Allie: Yeah, but you got arianna, and you guys worked it out.

Will: Yeah. But a lot of bad things happened, mostly to gabi, because I was too afraid to go after what I wanted. And I feel for johnny, right? It’s not his fault that his marriage blew up, but that does not mean you just need to step aside. I think it might be best for everyone, for johnny and chanel, if you’re just–you’re just honest.

Allie: Really?

Will: Yeah. Don’t you think chanel deserves to know the facts before she decides what she wants to do with her life?

Chanel: To be dead honest, I don’t know what I want. I used to wish that I had never met allie and johnny. I felt they both played me for a fool. And then I find out that it’s the damn devil!

Tripp: I hear you. It’s unreal.

Chanel: I just… god, we all got played. Allie and johnny never meant to hurt me. I’m so, so confused.

Tripp: I can see why.

Chanel: It’s a huge mess. I was in love with both of them. And–and then I–now, I just–I don’t know who I should be with. Maybe I should just walk away from the whole thing.

Tripp: You could also just give yourself a little time.

Chanel: Yeah, that’s what I told johnny when he said he wanted us to get remarried.

Tripp: Wait, he proposed?

Chanel: He wants us to pick up right where we left off, but I said that I wasn’t ready to make any decisions right now. And so he backed off, and I guess he won’t be putting on the pressure, thank god.

Ej: If you truly love chanel, you can’t just sit back and wait and hope things go your way. You have to fight for her.

Johnny: She’s been through hell, dad.

Ej: It’s not your fault.

Johnny: I’m just trying to think about what she needs.

Ej: And while you’re thinking about what she needs, your sister could be trying to fight and win her back. Is that what you want?

Johnny: Why are you telling me to go after chanel, and when I told you I’d married her, you said she was just after my money?

Ej: I may have judged her too harshly.

Johnny: You did.

Ej: Mm-hmm.

Johnny: What made you change your mind?

Ej: When we rescued you that night, I realized how close I was to losing you. I haven’t been the best father to you lately. I’ve gotten a lot of things wrong. I was too focused on what I wanted for you rather than listening to what you wanted for yourself. If you want chanel, you have my full support. I must say, she’s conducted herself with dignity throughout this whole painful ordeal.

Johnny: Well…thank you for saying all that. But I still think I should back off for a while.

Ej: If I may say one more thing. I have many regrets in my life. And one of the biggest ones right now is not fighting for your mother.

Johnny: Well, I’m surprised to hear you say that.

Ej: We both know I spent years pushing her away. And now she’s with lucas. I don’t want you to live with the same regret. If you truly love chanel, do whatever it takes to be with her. Otherwise, you’ll end up like your old man.

Johnny: Maybe you’re right. Maybe I should fight for her. We hit the bike trails every weekend

Chanel: The last thing you need right now is me unloading my problems on you.

Tripp: Well, if you remember, I asked you how you were doing.

Chanel: I know it hurt you to tell allie it’s over. I know it’s not what you want. It’s because of me. Are we…okay?

Tripp: We’re good. I promise.

Chanel: I’m glad. Being friends with you, it means a lot to me. I haven’t had someone like you in my life in a long time. If you need to lean on me, you go ahead.

Tripp: I feel the same way. We will always be friends. Don’t worry. As long as you keep feeding me, of course.

Will: I should go. But you should take my advice.

Allie: I’ll think about it.

Will: You are so stubborn.

Allie: Okay, well, you’re no pushover yourself.

Will: Well, I guess it runs in the family.

Allie: Yeah. Hey, speaking of family, have you seen dad?

Will: No, is he in town?

Allie: Yeah.

Will: Is he with mom?

Allie: No. I guess she broke her leg skiing, so she can’t fly yet.

Will: Can you believe those two are back together?

Allie: I know.

Will: I mean, they used to fight like cats and dogs.

Allie: It’s crazy. But, hopefully, they’ve learned how to treat each other better, you know? No more plotting. No more secrets.

Will: Yeah. Well, we’ll see how long that lasts.

Allie: Yeah.

Lucas: Chad’s really thinking about ratting me out?

Kate: Well, I mean, he says that he’s going to keep your name out of it, that he’s planning on taking the blame for planting the phony evidence.

Lucas: Okay.

Kate: But the thing is you know ej is going to have a lot of questions.

Lucas: So you think chad will be willing to stir up a little trouble?

Kate: Well, he said that ej is a changed man. Since he got back from prison, the two of them actually made peace. And now I think that, for chad, the guilt is really weighing on him, you know?

Lucas: Oh, great. Just what I need.

Kate: Oh, yeah, principled persons–they’re really a pain, aren’t they? But, trust me, I think I convinced him to keep his mouth shut.

Lucas: Wait a minute, you think you did or you know you did? Did you get through to him or not?

Kate: I told him that ej would be furious. I told him that the reconciliation would be history, and also that he would be admitting he planted the phony evidence, and also that he perjured himself, so…

Lucas: Right. Right. He’d be looking at jail time too, right?

Kate: Right. I think he knows it’s not worth what he’d get for clearing his conscience.

Lucas: So it sounds to me like I’m good, like I’m in the clear, like I got nothing to worry about.

Kate: I think so, honey. For now. But do you really think you’re going to be able to keep a secret like this from a nosy woman like sami?

Chad: I just don’t think it’s safe for you to be hunting down some clown who kidnaps women for money.

Abigail: I’m not stupid. I know how to be careful.

Chad: Yeah, but you have to–you have to say that you’re a reporter when you’re asking questions, right? What if that gets back to the wrong person?

Abigail: Why are you borrowing trouble?

Chad: Because I saw what happened when you started looking into sarah’s disappearance–I could’ve lost you.

Abigail: But you didn’T. Everything turned out okay.

Chad: We got lucky.

Abigail: Look, for a story this big, I’m gonna have to take some risks.

Chad: Even if it turns out that you’re–that you could be pregnant? Fishing helps ease my mind.

Will: I can’t believe the drugs were already out of your system.

Sonny: And the cookies are gone too, so there’s no way to actually prove that leo drugged me.

Will: I am so sorry. I hate that guy so much.

Sonny: Yeah, me too. It took everything inside of me not to just deck the guy.

Will: Do you think he’ll try something else?

Sonny: I don’t know. He said something about focusing his energy elsewhere.

Will: Yeah. I wonder what that’s about.

Sonny: I don’t know. But I don’t like it.

[Edgy music]

Leo: Guess what. Uncle leo has a big surprise for the two of you.

Abigail: Okay. Well, now you’re not fighting fair.

Chad: Why? Because I’m trying to proct you and the baby that you may be carrying?

Abigail: I’m probably not even pregnant.

Chad: Well, I can tell you one thing. I am ready to put my shoulder to the wheel…and we will not give up until I put a baby inside of you.

Abigail: You’re just trying to change the subject.

Chad: Is it working?

Abigail: You know it is. But just for now.

Lucas: You know I feel rotten about what I did to sami. And if she finds out, she’d hate me.

Kate: Forever.

Lucas: Yeah, I know forever. That’s why I gotta live this lie for a while.

Kate: [Whispers] Oh, my god. Lucas, please, you know these secrets have a way of coming out. You know that.

Lucas: Don’t do that to me. Now you’re stressing me out. Thanks a lot. Now I need some air.

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Allie: Hey, dupree.

Chanel: Horton. What are you doing here?

Allie: I was told that the devil quit my job, and I was hoping that you would take me back.

Chanel: You mean at the bakery, right?

Allie: Um… not just at the bakery. Chanel, I-I wanna get back together.

Johnny: [Ahem]

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EJ: This is a surprise.

Nicole: Oh, I’m sure it is. It’s been awhile since you kicked me to the curb, trying to get sami back. Remind me again, how did that work out for you?

EJ: So you decided to drop by to say, “I told you so”?

Nicole: No, actually I need a favor. Okay, so remember you filed my divorce papers when I split from eric?

EJ: I do.

Nicole: Do you happen to have a copy of those? Because I can’t seem to find mine anywhere.

EJ: I’m sure I have a copy somewhere. Is there a problem? Eric isn’t disputing the divorce, is he?

Nicole: No, not at all.

EJ: So why do you need those papers?

Nicole: Because rafe and i are engaged.

Rafe: He’s the most beautiful baby boy.

Ciara: Mm-hmm.

Rafe: Wow. It’s a good thing you and ben were able to bring him home safe and sound, huh?

Ciara: Yeah. Yeah. And after everything we’ve been through, it’s really nice to focus on the sweet, lovely things. Like how much he eats, how much she sleeps, how much he doesn’t sleep. And now we are introducing him to the most important people in his life.

Rafe: Oh, well, I’m flattered I made the list.

Ciara: Are you kidding? Rafe, you are, like, at the top of the list.

Rafe: Oh.

Ciara: In fact, well, ben and I were wondering if you would consider being bo’s godfather.

Jan: Hmm. Sonny, sonny, sonny. Such a naughty boy. How did you get in here?

Ben: Sorry to startle you. The door was open. Is shawn around?

Jan: He’s still at work, but he’s just a phone call away.

Ben: Okay. Could you just let him know that I stopped by? I know he wanted to speak to ciara and me about something.

Jan: Oh, you’re ben weston.

Ben: Yeah. And I will let you get back to whatever you were doing.

Jan: No, no, please don’t go. I’m sorry for acting so cold before, but you can’t be too careful. No offense.

Ben: None taken. I’ll speak with shawn later.

Jan: I know why he called. It was about me.

Ben: You?

Jan: Where are my manners? I’m jan spears. And I’d love to babysit your precious little angel.

Shawn: I can’t believe this.

Belle: You can’t really be surprised.

Shawn: That you want a divorce? Of course, I am.

Belle: Shawn, those aren’t divorce papers. What I want is a legal separation.

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Shawn: You’re jumping the gun here. No, we need to discuss this.

Belle: Everything I need to say is in that document.

Shawn: Look, I know that things have been difficult.

Belle: Difficult? They’ve been impossible. And I just think that a legal separation will bring us both some clarity.

Shawn: Some clarity about what? I mean, jan? Jan, she’s gonna have the baby then she’s gonna go back to prison. And then–and then you’re gonna move back home.

Belle: And do what? Raise jan’s baby with you?

Ben: You want to babysit my son?

Jan: I’m sure you must have heard that shawn and I are about to have our own little one.

Ben: I have heard.

Jan: So your child and ours will be cousins.

Ben: Okay.

Jan: And I really need to practice taking care of a baby before ours arrives. And, you know, I thought with little bo, we’d be keeping it all in the family.

Ben: Right. Except ciara and I really aren’t in the market for a babysitter at the moment.

Jan: No? I mean, don’t you think you’ll want a little quality time, maybe a date night out?

Ben: Maybe. Eventually. Yeah. But, you know, right now we just really love spending time with our little boy. Plus he sleeps a lot. So we got plenty of quality time together, my wife and I.

Jan: Ben, I wouldn’t be alone with the baby if that’s what you’re worried about. And shawn, he would be here with me every second.

Ben: And thank you for offering, jan, really. I think we’re good right now. I’ll let you know if we change our minds.

Jan: Our minds, plural? But you haven’t even asked ciara how she’d feel about it.

Ben: Obviously not, but I’m quite sure that ciara won’t like the idea either.

Rafe: Godfather.

Ciara: Godfather.

Rafe: Me?

Ciara: You.

Rafe: Okay? I’m honored. Okay. But are you sure about this? What about shawn?

Ciara: Well, shawn kind of has his hands full with his own baby coming and that’s–well that’s a wee bit complicated.

Rafe: Mm-hmm. That’s an understatement.

Ciara: Yeah.

Rafe: Yeah.

Ciara: And besides you were always our number one choice anyway. I mean with you, we get a godfather and a baseball coach all in one.

Rafe: Yeah. He does look like a fielder.

Ciara: Doesn’t he? Right? There we go.

Rafe: And I guess you guys probably want to get him baptized by eric before he goes back to africa, right?

Ciara: Oh, you didn’t hear the news?

Rafe: Uh, well, what news?

Ciara: Well, uncle roman stopped by today to say hi to little baby bo.

Rafe: Yeah.

Ciara: And he told us that eric is no longer a priest.

Brady: How could the vatican expel you?

John: If they have no reason to justify that kind of decision?

Eric: They actually have two. Two unauthorized exorcisms I performed is enough.

John: Oh, come on. That’s crazy. You were doing that for family. You not only saved doc’s life but allie’s too.

Brady: Isn’t that what the church is all about? Fighting satan, saving souls?

John: Oh, yeah. Well, what did they want you to do? Just let the devil win?

Marlena: This is all my fault.

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EJ: You’re marrying rafe hernandez?

Nicole: Yes.

EJ: You know I don’t–

Nicole: Yes. I know you hate him. The whole town knows that you hate him. But it’s funny ’cause it’s reciprocal since he hates you too. But it doesn’t seem to change the way I feel about him.

EJ: And I do respect your choice.

Nicole: Thank you.

EJ: And I’m just curious, but does father eric know that you are getting married again?

Nicole: Well, he is no longer “father eric.”

EJ: What are you talking about?

Nicole: Well, I went to see him early this morning at the pub, ’cause I wanted him to hear from me that I was engaged and that’s when he told me that he was expelled from the priesthood.

EJ: Oh, so you found out about eric after you accepted rafe’s proposal?

Nicole: Yes. Why?

EJ: Whoa. I can’t help wondering–nevermind. None of my business.

Nicole: Oh, you know, no, no. I know what you can’t help wondering. And the answer is yes. If I had known that eric was out of the priesthood beforehand, I absolutely would’ve accepted rafe’s proposal.

EJ: [Chuckles]

Rafe: Eric’s really not a priest anymore, huh?

Ciara: Mm.

Rafe: That’s–wow.

Ciara: I didn’t expect the news to hit you so hard.

Rafe: Hmm. It didn’T. It’s just a surprise. That’s all, you know, it’s big news.

Ciara: Yeah. Yeah.

Rafe: I got some big news of my own, by the way.

Ciara: Oh, bigger than being bo’s godfather.

Rafe: Mm. Nicole and I got engaged.

Ciara: What?

Rafe: Yeah.

Ciara: Are you serious? Rafe, that’s wonderful. I’m so happy for you. Wow.

Rafe: Yeah.

Jan: So you think ciara wouldn’t be comfortable with me babysitting her son?

Ben: It’s nothing personal.

Jan: Well, I take it very personally.

Ben: I’m gonna leave now.

Jan: And what about you, ben? Are you, a serial killer scared to have me watching over your son? A woman with ankles the size of basketballs who has to pee every 15 minutes. Yeah. I’m terrifying.

Ben: It’s not that we’re scared of you, jan.

Jan: Well, you of all people, I mean, you shouldn’t be after what you’ve done. The pain you’ve caused, but everyone, everyone forgave you, accepted you, embraced you.

Ben: Yeah. That’s not what happened at all.

Jan: Well, that’s what it looks like to me.

Ben: Well, not that I give a damn what it looks like to you, jan, but for the record, not everybody just accepted and forgave me. There are still plenty of people in this town who haven’t and I don’t blame ’em. But the people who have accepted me it’s because I’ve worked my ass off at trying to become a better person, and I am still working on it.

Jan: Yeah. Well, same as me. I am also trying to be a better person just for the record. So why can’t everybody just show me some compassion, you know, some understanding?

Ben: Jan, I’m sorry. I’ve been where you are. And I get it, but–

Jan: But I’m still too scary to be around your son. And has it ever occurred to you, ben, that if you hadn’t been forgiven for what you did, you wouldn’t even have a son? But you’re happy and married and you have a baby and you have this wonderful, perfect life. Why do you get to have that but not me?

Belle: You can’t seriously expect me to raise jan’s baby.

Shawn: It would be my baby, too.

Belle: Do you really think that she won’t be involved in this child’s life in some way, even from prison?

Shawn: But we can control that.

Belle: Really? ‘Cause we’re not controlling anything right now. You’re turning my office into a nursery. There is nothing that is ever gonna be normal about our life ever again. In fact, it’s not getting easier. It’s getting harder every day.

Shawn: Listen, for that, I’m sorry. Okay. I’m sorry. I have handled this. I’ve handled this badly and I know I have. Look, I lie in bed awake at night just hating myself for the things I’ve put you through. But belle, you gotta know, you know that I never meant to hurt you.

Belle: What I know is I cannot go on this way. I really think that it’s the best thing for us to just draw this line.

Shawn: So this document that’s so important to you, can you honestly tell me that this is only about you and me?

Belle: What kind of question is that? What else would it be about?

Shawn: It’s not about what else. It’s about who else.

Belle: What are you saying, shawn?

Shawn: Look, I’m saying that I have a feeling that EJ has got a lot to do with this. My asthma felt anything but normal.

Ben: I think some of this anger that you’re directing to me, jan, it’s coming from the stress and the fear of you bringing a child into this world. And I get that because I went through it.

Jan: You did?

Ben: Yes. I had a lot of anxiety worrying about, you know, my child and what possible “problem” genes that he might inherit of mine.

Jan: How did you get over that?

Ben: Ciara. She showed me that being a good parent, loving and supporting our baby, no matter what is what matters the most. It’s way more important than whatever genes he may inherit or not. Look, all I’m saying is, jan, as long as you love that baby, and you devote yourself to him or to her, you can be a good mom.

Jan: Even without any practice.

Ben: Even without any practice. Trust me, I’m doing it.

Jan: How? How did you get there?

Ben: With a lot of work. I had to work on myself. Of course, my little stint at bayview helped, but I think what helped me the most was my therapy with dr. Evans. Had a lot of things that I had to come to terms with, as you know. But eventually, I was able to learn from the terrible things that I did. And I was able to realize that in order for me to truly redeem myself, I had to become a better person.

Jan: I want that, too. I wanna be a better person for my baby. Ben, could you ask dr. Evans if she would help me, too?

Eric: It’s not your fault, mom.

Marlena: Look, I know you don’t want me to feel guilty. But the truth is that this wouldn’t happen if it hadn’t been for me, because I was the one the devil came looking for.

Eric: Mom, I knew the risk I was taking without going through and getting that permission with the proper channels. I made that choice.

Marlena: Because of me. You did it for me.

Eric: It would have taken me months to get permission from the vatican. And time is not what we have.

Brady: Eric, you saved her life.

John: She knows that. Just like everybody in town knows that and they’re grateful for it.

Eric: Exactly. And if I would’ve known what I know and had to do it all over again, I would’ve done it again without any hesitation.

Marlena: Thank you. I’m just so sorry that you sacrificed the priesthood for me.

Eric: It wasn’t a sacrifice. It was all worth it.

Nicole: Eric leaving the priesthood doesn’t change a thing between rafe and me. And what is this concern about my relationship? Hmm. I thought you’d be more focused on whatever woman is in your life now.

EJ: You’d be wrong. There’s no one.

Nicole: No one, huh? No one since sami ran off with lucas, come on? It’s not like you to be alone for very long. So who is it? Who do you have your eye on?

EJ: There isn’t anyone.

Nicole: You remember I can always tell when you’re lying or at least evading?

EJ: Would you kindly stop looking at me with those ex-wife eyes?

Nicole: Not until you answer the question honestly.

EJ: I’ve been spending a bit of time with belle.

Nicole: Wait, you’re seeing belle?

EJ: We’re not seeing each other. We became close while she was representing me. And now we’ve become friends.

Nicole: Friends.

EJ: Yes. Friends.

Nicole: So you’re pursuing a happily married woman.

EJ: For one thing, I’m not pursuing belle. And for the other, she’s not happily married. In fact, her marriage is falling apart.

Belle: Do you know how insulting that is? That you think that I want you to enter into a separation agreement because of EJ?

Shawn: I mean, well, he’s a lawyer. For all I know, you know, this could be his idea.

Belle: Have you forgotten that I am a lawyer and I am perfectly capable of assessing a situation on my own? No, shawn, this is not about EJ. This is about one person and one person only. And that is jan spears.

Shawn: I hate this so much.

Belle: You think I don’t?

Shawn: You know what? Fine. Fine. Fine, belle. Here you go. Oh, you want my signature? There it is, right…

Belle: Shawn.

Shawn: There. There you go.

Belle: I didn’t want things to turn out like this.

Shawn: Yeah. Well, I didn’t want this to turn out this way either. But this is very clear to me that that’s how you feel. So this isn’t working out. Right?

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Ciara: So have you and nicole set a date yet?

Rafe: No, not yet. I mean still figuring out the details.

Ciara: Okay.

Rafe: Right.

Ciara: Well, just keep in mind, bo isn’t up for ring bearer duty for a couple of years.

Rafe: Oh, my god. I wish we could wait that long. But I’m not a patient person.

Ciara: I completely understand.

Rafe: Yeah. And I don’t think that eric’s gonna be officiating the ceremony.

Ciara: Oh no, definitely not. No. Rafe, you don’t think that the news about eric will affect you and nicole in any way, right?

Rafe: No.

Ciara: No.

Rafe: No. Why would you–no. Okay. We are strong. We’re so happy. And we’re excited because we finally figured out that we are meant to be together.

Ciara: Oh, that’s amazing. And I only hope that you and nicole are as happy as ben and I are. Oh, come here.

Ben: If you want dr. Evans to treat you, you’re gonna have to ask her yourself.

Jan: But I asked her once before and she blew me off, which is why I need you to ask for me.

Ben: Yeah. I can’t do that, jan. You just said you wanted to become a better person. This is where it starts.

Jan: I guess that makes sense.

Ben: Yeah.

Jan: I’ll muster up the courage eventually. And if she rEJects me, I’ll just–I’ll damn well deal with it.

Ben: That’s the spirit.

Jan: And speaking of courage, I’m gonna fight hard and courageously for this baby. I want this child to be raised by both parents, which is why I will do whatever it takes to make shawn realize that he and I are meant to be together. Same as you and ciara. Just like you two, shawn and i have made a perfect baby. And we’re gonna be a perfect family, too.

Ben: Yeah, um– jan, I know we just met and all, and I am not in any position to be giving you any kind of advice, but–

Jan: But you’re going to anyway.

Ben: Ciara was able to help me with my fatherhood issues because we both wanted a child so much. You snuck into shawn’s bed and pretended to be belle. And now this baby is a complete surprise to him. And it’s not a happy one, apparently.

Jan: No, that’s ancient history. He couldn’t be more excited for the baby now.

Ben: Right, that’s because he’s a good guy and he’s trying to do right by you and by your baby. But this whole happy family scenario, jan, is not real.

Jan: Not real? I’m caring shawn’s baby and living with him. I mean, it couldn’t get more real than that.

Ben: Actually, it can get more real because he is married to somebody else.

Jan: Well, he won’t be for long. Belle moved out and I don’t expect her to be moving back in any time soon.

Nicole: Does sami have any idea of what good friends you and belle have become?

EJ: Samantha’s feelings are no longer my concern. She’s made that very clear.

Nicole: You’re right. And now that I think about it, the real silver lining of getting a divorce from eric is that neither one of us have to give a damn about sami’s feelings. So if belle’s marriage is over and you’re into her and she’s into you, I say go for it. Looking to get back in your type 2 diabetes zone?

Belle: I hope I’m not interrupting.

EJ: Oh, you’re not. I was just helping nicole with something which is now done. You’re all set, nicole. Please don’t let me keep you.

Nicole: Thank you, EJ.

Belle: Nice to see you, nicole.

Nicole: Nice to see you, too, belle. Even if it was unexpected.

Belle: Well, EJ and i are just discussing business.

Nicole: Okay. Well, then I’ll leave you two to your business.

Belle: Well, are you sure I wasn’t interrupting something?

EJ: I’m delighted you dropped by. Nicole and I were just discussing a minor legal matter. She and rafe are getting married. So she needed a copy of her divorce papers from eric. I was the one who filed them for her. Hence, why she stopped by.

Belle: Well, that’s kind of why I’m here too. I have some legal papers of my own that I was hoping you could file for me.

EJ: A separation agreement.

Belle: Yeah. For shawn and me. He just signed it.

Ciara: Hey, shawn. So I have some news. I just asked rafe to be bo’s godfather and he said yes. I, uh– I hope that you’re not upset about us not asking you.

Shawn: Upset? I mean, come on. Why would I be upset, you know? I mean, I get it. It’s like, why would you want your trainwreck brother to be the godfather of your baby, right? No, no, no. Listen, you know what you need? You need somebody who’s got their act together. You need somebody, you know, you need somebody like rafe actually.

Ciara: No, no, shawn. Oh my goodness. No, I’m so sorry. I did not want to hurt your feelings. That is not what I meant. I just–I–I think that–I don’t know. It just seems like you have a lot on your plate right now.

Shawn: I’m sorry. I’m sorry, ciara. Just something happened earlier and I’m taking it out on you. But to be honest, I think you made the right decision. You know, I think that rafe he’d be a good role model for little bo. And be someone for him to look up to.

Ciara: Hey, bo is gonna look up to you too. You know that right? You’re gonna be, like, an incredibly awesome uncle.

Shawn: Yeah, an incredibly awesome uncle that just destroyed his entire life and his marriage. Right?

Jan: Thank you for giving me dr. Evans’ number, ben. I’m sorry that I blew up at you before.

Ben: Told you I get it. I’ve been there before. I just hope dr. Evans is able to help you the same way she helped me.

Jan: So do I.

Ben: Take care of yourself and that baby?

Jan: Oh, I will.

[Devious music]

[Phone ringing]

Marlena: Hello, shawn.

Jan: It’s not shawn, dr. Evans. It’s jan.

Marlena: Jan spears?

Jan: Yes. I need your help.

Marlena: And, well, what do you need help with?

Jan: I’d rather discuss this in person. And as you know, I’m under house arrest. So since I can’t come to you you’ll have to come here. Sorry to have to ask you to make a house call like this, but I assure you it’s very important.

Marlena: Okay. I’ll be right there.

Jan: Oh, wow. Thank you so much. Oh, I’ll see you soon then.

Marlena: Oh, jan wants to see me.

John: What about?

Marlena: I don’t know. I really won’t know until I get there. So if you’ll excuse me.

John: Whoa, whoa, hold on. I don’t want you walking into that viper’s nest all by yourself.

Marlena: John.

John: Not negotiable.

Marlena: If you need anything–

Eric: I know who to call.

Marlena: Thank you, sweetheart.

John: Men.

Brady: Well, as much as I don’t like the vatican’s decision, I think there is a bright side to it.

Eric: I’d like to know what that is.

Brady: Is we get to keep you around town a little longer. I mean, for the people that love you around here, it’s kind of a silver lining.

Eric: Hm.

[Tense music]

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Nicole: Hi, brady. Eric.

Eric: Hi, nick.

Brady: Nicole. Uh, wow.

Nicole: Oh.

Brady: Does that ring mean what I think it means?

Nicole: Yes. Rafe and I are engaged.

Brady: Well, congratulations. That’s great.

Nicole: Thank you. Thank you, brady.

Eric: I know I’ve already congratulated you, but I just wanted to say that I’m happy for you and rafe and I wish you both nothing but happiness. You deserve it.

Nicole: That means a lot to me coming from both of you, so– okay. Well, I’ll see you soon.

Brady: Does she know that you’re not a priest anymore?

Eric: Yeah. Yeah, she does.

Brady: All right, come on, come on, come on. Be honest. You can’t be okay with her marrying rafe.

Eric: Nicole and I agreed that we’d always be friends. I’m not romantically interested in her, not anymore.

Jan: Oh, wow. It’s a party.

John: Well, I wasn’t about to let her be alone with you.

Jan: I didn’t realize you needed a bodyguard for your therapy sessions, dr. Evans.

John: Anything you say to her you can say in front of me.

Marlena: Jan, you’re not a patient and this is not a therapy session. So there’s nothing here that john can’t hear.

Jan: Well, that’s what I wanted to talk to you about, dr. Evans. I spoke to ben weston and I know he’s committed murder like me. I know he’s been in a mental hospital like me, and he told me that he was able to turn his life around by being in therapy with you.

Marlena: Well, ben worked very hard.

Jan: Well, I can too. And I promise I will. So would you–could you take me on as a patient?

Ciara: So you and belle are separated?

Shawn: Formally and legally, yeah, she– she had me sign a document.

Ciara: I’m so sorry, shawn.

Shawn: Yeah, well, since you’re here, I might as well tell you about what I wanted to talk to you and ben about. Jan asked to babysit bo.

Ciara: No, no, no, no. Shawn, no. Solid, no, no, no. Nopety, no.

Shawn: Okay. Listen, I know. I figured that would be your initial reaction.

Ciara: That is my final reaction, shawn.

Shawn: Okay. Just hear me out here for a second, okay. She would never be alone with him. I would be there the entire time. So–

Ciara: You can’t actually expect me to trust this woman with my baby.

Shawn: Ciara, I am only asking you because this is important to me. I want her to learn something, something about taking care of a baby before mine’s born.

Ciara: Mm-hmm, and i understand that, I really do, but I’m sorry, shawn. No. Maybe she can borrow a birthing doll from a birthing class, but I am not letting that crazy woman lay one finger on my baby. Truthfully, I’m not too crazy about her spending time with you either, but hey, that ship has sailed far, far away, hasn’t it?

Shawn: Do you really seriously think–you think that I’m–do you think that I wanted this? Do you think I didn’t fight for her? Do you think I didn’t fight for us?

Ciara: No, of course you did. But that only goes to show how devious this woman really is. Okay? When I said that she was crazy. I meant she was crazy like a fox. Be careful, shawn. Don’t let her screw up what you have with belle.

EJ: Of course, I’ll file the separation agreement for you. I’m a little surprised you took this step, though. You didn’t say anything about it earlier.

Belle: I know. Well, then jan sent that box of my things here and I realized she’s never gonna stop trying to come between shawn to me. And I realized that a formal separation is something I needed to do for my own sake.

EJ: I understand. And I think you’ve made a wise choice. Why don’t you stay for dinner? We can talk, share a bottle of wine, relax. You look like you could really use it.

Brady: Need I remind you, I’ve had a front-row seat to the nicole and eric drama for a long time now.

Eric: A drama that’s finally come to an end.

Brady: Yeah, but you’re not a priest anymore. Trying to tell me it’s never crossed your mind that you and nicole might have another chance.

Eric: No, it hasn’T.

Brady: So I guess it’s not a sin if you lie to yourself.

Nicole: Hi.

Rafe: Oh, well, well, well if it isn’t my beautiful fiancéE. Hi.

Nicole: Hi. I’m sorry to bother you at work.

Rafe: You’re not bothering me. You can never bother me. But I am sensing from the look on your face that you have something important to say.

Nicole: I do.

Rafe: Okay.

Nicole: I know we told holly that we would get married soon, but that’s a little vague.

Rafe: Do you know what, ciara was just teasing me about that.

Nicole: Right?

Rafe: Yeah.

Nicole: So then we agree. We need something a little more concrete, like an actual date.

Rafe: Okay. You have something in mind.

Nicole: How about next week?

Ciara: Baby, I’m telling you rafe was so excited about being bo’s godfather.

Ben: That’s wonderful. You know, I swung by shawn’s today to try to ask him what he wanted to talk to us about, but he wasn’t there. Jan was. She wants to babysit bo.

Ciara: Mm, I know. I heard. I stopped by the station and ran into shawn.

Ben: Okay. So you told him.

Ciara: Yeah. I told him it’s not gonna happen.

Ben: Mm-mm.

Ciara: Never, no. We did not save our baby bo from the devil to hand him off to jan spears’ diabolical grasps. No way. I mean, don’t get me wrong. This has nothing to do with her mental illness. I’m very aware that people can get better, just like you did. But underneath her mental illness, she’s still a greedy, manipulative woman who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. I mean, baby, she’s been trying to get in between shawn and belle for years.

Ben: That’s the impression that I got.

Ciara: And unfortunately this time I am afraid that she might be succeeding.

John: Oh, hey.

Shawn: Hey, shawn. What’s going on here?

Jan: I just asked dr. Evans to be my therapist, shawn. ‘Cause I wanna be a better person for you and for our baby. And I know that it’s a lot of work, but I am willing to do it. More than willing. I can’t wait.

Marlena: Well, I would have to check my schedule. And with, you know, jan being under house arrest, I would have to do it here. And that would–that would be a big-time issue for me.

Shawn: Would you be willing to do that?

Marlena: I–I can’t really promise it. But I’ll get back to you about that. Shawn, you might consider counseling, yourself. Marriage counseling, you know, for you and belle, I could recommend someone for you.

Shawn: Yeah, well, I don’t think that she would be interested in doing that. She wants a formal separation.

Marlena: Oh, she didn’t mention that to us.

John: And I’m sorry, kid. I can’t believe that she’d give up on the marriage.

Shawn: Yeah. I just signed the papers.

Belle: I hope you know how much I appreciate your very kind offer.

EJ: I hope you know how much I want you to say yes.

Belle: The idea of staying here and relaxing and sharing a meal and a bottle of wine is very tempting.

EJ: Dinner can be served in minutes.

Belle: EJ, I just don’t think this is a good idea. At least not tonight. I have to go, but thank you for filing that document.

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Sarah: When I said that we could go somewhere to talk, I didn’t think… see, this is weird. Why am I in a cemetery?

Xander: Well, because… look, after everything we’ve… after everything you’ve been through, and what I did to… all I did hurt you, it seems to me that here is the place we need to be.

[Dramatic music]

Sarah: Mickey. You brought me to see mickey.

Xander: Sarah… what we had, the love we shared, it… it all started with a lie.

Sarah: Xander–

Xander: No, hold on. I need to get all this out. I need to do it right this time. I was so stupid and selfish. I convinced myself that what I had done was… was what was good for me– what was best for me. I mean, I wasted so much time keeping up that lie, sarah. And then when we finally got you back, and you didn’t remember having lost your little girl, I did it again. Tried to keep you from the painful truth about her. I’m not gonna do that anymore. Never again, sarah. When I switched your baby with brady and kristen’s, I…

Sarah: [Sniffling]

Xander: I know. I stole your ability to mourn the loss of your child. And so I was hoping that maybe, now, being here and you– I’m conditioning you. Well, you might finally have the chance to… to grieve for her properly.

Sonny: I can’t believe– damn it! Do you know– I should have known this was coming. After the hatchet job he did on chad, I should’ve seen it coming.

Will: Well, at least we know why leo drugged you.

Leo: So little sonny boy now knows that I’ve still got it, and it was oh-so-fun reminding him. But then I thought to myself, “leo, you are handsome, talented, sexy, funny, young-ish.” Did I mention “handsome?” So I think to myself, “why should you enjoy the spoils of revenge all by your lonesome?” So what do you say? You and me, a little collab, destroying the life of another of my sworn nemeses?

Gwen: Matty, there is only one person that I have to settle a score with, and that is my dear baby sister, abigail.

Kayla: Well, I am happy to report that you are in perfect health.

Abigail: Oh, thanks. Well, I mean, I feel great. But it’s always a relief to hear.

Kayla: Yup. All right, let me just write your script to renew your birth control pills, and you can be on your way.

Abigail: Actually, I’m not sure I want that.

Kayla: Are you and chad thinking about having another baby?

Abigail: Well, I am.

Chad: Whoa. Oh, no. Okay, sorry. Didn’t mean to interrupt.

Belle: Oh, no, no. Chad, you’re not interrupting. Ej and I were just– we’re just talking.

Chad: Okay, great. Just–I’ma let you guys talk.

Belle: Wait, chad, no, I– will you let me explain?

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Abigail: I haven’t said anything about it to chad yet. But we have always planned on having a really big family, and recently, I’ve just had that feeling–you know, the pull, you know, so…

Kayla: I know exactly the feeling, yes. Of course, I do.

Abigail: I’m sure you do, and so anyway, there was a point in our marriage– or several points, actually– when I didn’t feel that way, because chad and I, we just weren’t in a good place.

Kayla: But you’re in a good place now, I assume?

Abigail: We’re stronger than we have ever been, and…

[Sighs] I feel guilty to say this, but I’m just really grateful that my sister is in prison. You know? And I think that has A… little bit to do with why I’m feeling the pull again– because I know gwen is locked up. I know she can’t hurt us anymore.

Sonny: I feel so violated. I never wanna see those pictures ever again.

Will: Really? I was hoping we would have a couple of them framed.

Sonny: That’s not funny, will. Especially since all of salem is looking at them right now.

Will: Yeah, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t joke.

Sonny: No, no. You shouldn’t have.

Will: I’m sorry.

Sonny: It’s just, I can’t believe this is all still happening. The fact that leo put some sort of sedatives in my cookies and then drugged me, and then undressed me and climbed into bed with me, and now everyone thinks we had sex?

Will: [Scoffs] Are you sure that you didn’t?

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Belle: Chad, there is just so much going on–

Chad: Belle, listen. You don’t have to. You don’t have to explain. Um, look, I know how upset you must be with shawn, and given that I’ve been in his shoes, I have to say that I do empathize with him a little bit. So I’m just gonna say this then. After everything that happened between gwen and me, abby and I, you know, we’ve found our way back to each other, and I–look, it’s none of my business, but I do think that– I do think that maybe you and shawn have a chance to do the same.

Ej: Chad, for the record, there is nothing going on between belle and me. I just kissed her. That’s all. She was feeling vulnerable, and… it was wrong of me to take advantage of that. I admit, I overstepped, and for that, I owe you an apology, belle.

Chad: Listen, no, you’re both consenting adults. You don’t have– neither of you have to explain anything to me. Okay? Just–I’ll leave you guys to it.

Belle: [Sighs] Thank you for taking responsibility for what chad just walked in on.

Ej: I take full responsibility, and I hope you accept my apology.

Belle: No, that–I meant I appreciate what you said to chad, but I mean, it’s not entirely true. Yes, you kissed me. But I kissed you back.

Ej: [Chuckles] Belle, what happened between us– it didn’t really mean anything.

Belle: You sure about that?

Sonny: I mean, I don’t remember anything after the cookies, but I mean, even the thought of the possibility that… leo and I– I can’t even say it.

Will: No, I–I’m sorry. I shouldn’t make you say that. I’m sorry for even suspecting that it was possible because you’d have no way of knowing, and–you know what? No. On second thought, it didn’t happen. It definitely didn’t happen.

Sonny: You don’t think so? You don’t think he’d go that far?

Will: No way. No. Well, first of all, leo’s made it clear that he doesn’t wanna sleep with you again, right? So he just wanted to humiliate you and trash your reputation. This is revenge for breaking up him and craig in black and white.

Sonny: So what do I do now?

Will: Well, leo might think this is all a game, and even though we are very confident that he didn’t take full advantage of you, he drugged you, he took off your clothes, and he took pictures of you without your consent. Those are criminal offenses. So what we do is we go to the police and we have his sorry ass arrested.

Sonny: Okay.

Leo: Come on, gwennie. I know you all too well, and I know that from the second those cuffs clicked onto your wrists, you’ve been thinking nonstop about how to smack that smug, little smile off of abigail’s face. She’s probably still smiling now, thinking about how she sabotaged your wedding–

Gwen: Oh, god, please. Will you just stop just twisting the knife?

[Sighs, sniffs] And don’t say his name. It just hurts me too much– especially being stuck in here with all these bloody maniacs. And the worst part is being…

[Sighs] Stuck in here, amongst the worst of them all… while the only man that I ever loved, the man I was supposed to marry, and… as stupid as it sounds, the man that I was supposed to live happily ever after with… is out there. He’s out there in the arms of his beloved sarah.

Sarah: [Sniffling] Mickey… my little angel. How could I ever forget you? Oh, god.

[Sniffling]

[Soft dramatic music]

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[Soft dramatic music]

Sarah: [Sniffling] These must be from mom.

Xander: Every thursday without fail. Maggie always brings daffodils.

Sarah: And the roses? Those are–those are fresh.

Xander: Well, after you forgave me, we came here every day together– brought mickey fresh roses.

Sarah: After I was gone? Every day?

Xander: I loved her too, sarah. She was mine–at least, to me, she was. I helped you bring her into this world. I was the first person to hold her, to… to look in her eyes, and now that she’S… I just wanted little mackenzie, your little girl to… to know that I still love her– that we always will.

Sarah: [Crying]

Xander: That she hadn’t been forgotten.

Sarah: [Sniffles] Thank you.

[Exhales] Thank you for bringing my daughter roses… and for remembering her. I’m sure that wherever mickey is, she’S… she’s forgiven you. I’m sorry. I just still don’t think I ever will be able to.

[Somber music]

Leo: Come here. Believe me. I know what a catch your hunky scotsman was. I can see you now, standing above a subway grate, trying to hold that kilt down over those muscular thighs. What were we talking about?

Gwen: You are unbelievable. I can’t believe you. I’m standing here with my heart torn out, beating its last beat, and you’re fantasizing about my lost love.

Leo: Oh, gwennie, come on! Where is your sense of humor? I’m hurting too, remember? I lost craig.

Gwen: [Sighs]

Leo: But it’s like I’ve always said, “it is better to have loved and lost a–”

Gwen: Okay, all right. Just…stop. Stop.

Leo: There she is. Okay, now that you’re back, let’s get to it. I can’t wait to hear what naughty ideas you have, and I promise to be somewhat respectful of your torn-out heart’s final beats. But more importantly, I promise to help you execute your sweet, sweet revenge.

Gwen: Okay then, how about this? An oldie, but a goodie. We drug abigail and we whisk her off somewhere private, and we take compromising photos–

Leo: My love, my love, my love. [Laughs] I’m just gonna stop you to tell you that I truly do love and adore you, mostly because egotistical as this may sound, you remind me of myself.

Gwen: Back at you, matty.

Leo: I know we have lost our loves. We will always have each other– not to mention, drugging, abduction, and illicit photography.

Chad: I definitely wanna hear about your checkup, but I just walked in on something back home, and I gotta tell you all about it.

Abigail: Oh, idle gossip. My fave. What happened?

Chad: My brother, ej, kissed belle brady, is what happened.

Belle: Look, as chad said, we’re both adults, right? We’re both highly-educated and articulate, and we should be able to talk about this kind of stuff.

Ej: Okay. Would you like to take the lead then?

Belle: [Laughs] Okay, well, um… there’s no denying that the attraction, the sexual tension has been growing between us for a while. Am I wrong?

Ej: No, no. No, you’re not. In fact, that’s quite accurate. So I guess the question is… what do you think we should do about it? My asthma felt anything but normal.

Chad: Yo, ej and belle both downplayed the kiss, and belle definitely seemed flustered.

Abigail: Well, she’s been through a lot lately. She’s feeling pretty vulnerable, I imagine.

Chad: Obviously. But ej took full responsibility. He said he took advantage of the situation.

Abigail: Well, I guess they have been spending a lot of time together lately. Right? And–which makes sense, because she just represented ej when he was accused of kidnapping sami, and we both know that ej’s always been really opportunistic– never really had your scruples, and in fairness to him, he’s just probably hurt too. You know, he feels betrayed himself by sami. So, what, do you think that he’s trying to get belle into bed to soothe his bruised ego?

Chad: What I’m thinking– and this is just my gut feeling, having just walked in on them– I think that ej doesn’t wanna just get belle into bed. I think that ej might be actually really falling for her.

Belle: Um, well, I think that… maybe we should, um… I–you know, I just, uh…

Ej: [Laughs] So much for the two of us being articulate on this issue.

[Both laugh]

Belle: Okay, ej, listen. You know that I’ve been unfaithful to shawn in the past, and I’ve come a long way since then. And yes, shawn hurt me, and he continues to with the way he’s letting jan come between us, but I don’t wanna retaliate, and I just know I can’t live with the guilt of an affair.

Ej: You sound like a woman who is determined to save her marriage.

Belle: I’m just not ready to give up on what shawn and I have– or had. Not yet.

Ej: I care about you, belle. But just like you, my heart still belongs to someone else– someone who hurt me. As much as objectively I know that my marriage is over, samantha is… she’s still my samantha. And you and I, we shared one innocent kiss.

Belle: [Sighs]

Ej: Belle, I’m– I’m sorry about before– my taking advantage of the situation. I promise I will never do it again.

Gwen: So then you didn’t actually touch sonny kiriakis– not in that way?

Leo: Right. I did not debase myself, you’ll be relieved to hear.

Gwen: So relieved.

Leo: [Chuckles] But thanks to my preternatural cleverness and my excellent photographic skills, all of salem believes that sonny debased himself, and we get to watch the kiriakis castle crumble.

Shawn: Sonny, if you were drugged last night, you still have traces of that drug in your system.

Sonny: Well, I mean, I already scheduled an appointment to get a blood test.

Shawn: Good, good, good. Go down there and get it done. Bring me back the results. If we can prove that leo drugged you, I’ll arrest him, and I’ll happily throw away the key.

Sonny: Okay.

Xander: I get it. What I did was– it was unforgivable. I just thought maybe, you know, coming here and, well… thank you, sarah, for coming here with me. I’ll let you have a moment.

Sarah: [Smooches]

I haven’t been able to bring myself to come here.

Xander: I understand.

Sarah: You did this?

Xander: I hope you don’t mind.

Sarah: Xander.

Time. It’s life’s most precious commodity,

Belle: Well, thank you for letting me keep my stuff here– my boxed-up life.

Ej: Well, your boxed life can stay for as long as you need. Oh. It’s for you.

Belle: For me? Oh, it’s from jan. She said I forgot some of my things.

[Soft dramatic music]

Chad: I swear to you, abby, ej was– he was gentle and respectful.

[Laughs] I know it sounds crazy, but I’m worried that ej might be the one that gets hurt here. We both know how much belle loves shawn.

Abigail: Yeah. Yeah, but I don’t know. You know, he’s not only having a baby with another woman, he’s actually living with her.

Chad: Right. You know, I think it’s definitely gonna be difficult for belle and shawn to work things out. You know, but, I don’t know. Maybe it’s because, you know, you and i were in a similar situation, and here we are stronger than ever. I happen to think they will at some point.

Abigail: I love your optimism. I hope you’re right.

Chad: Enough about all that. How was the checkup with kayla?

Abigail: Oh, I’m fine. I am happy to report I’m the picture of health. However…

[Chuckles] On the topic of babies– although picturing jan having– jan spears having a baby isn’t exactly the perfect segue here, um…

Chad: What are you saying? Are you pregnant?

Abigail: No. [Laughs]

Chad: No?

Abigail: No.

Chad: [Laughs] Okay.

Abigail: But I’m thinking I might like to be.

Kayla: Oh, will, it is so good to see you.

Will: You too. I wish we were seeing each other under better circumstances, obviously.

Kayla: Yes, I do too. So, sonny, you suspect that someone drugged you?

Sonny: I don’t suspect it. I’m sure of it. Um, I had some cookies last night that I thought were from will and arianna. But it turns out they were from leo stark and he must’ve put something in it ’cause they knocked me right out.

Kayla: And how are you feeling now?

Sonny: A little woozy… and a lot angry.

Will: Yeah. We talked to shawn and we need proof that sonny was drugged in order to press charges.

Kayla: Okay. Well, I’d like to give you the once-over just to be safe, and then we’ll draw your blood and see what we find.

Sonny: Okay.

Gwen: So moving right along now, the way I see it, I lost– I lost you-know-who, and you lost craig. So let’s see. If we do the math correctly, carry the one, and two negatives equal a positive–yep. X equals abigail loses chad.

Leo: [Sighs] You are a math whiz. Okay, so to get this equation where we want it, we need somebody to seduce chaddy-blue-eyes, correct?

Gwen: I succeeded at that myself a while back, as you know. Spent weeks sowing the seeds of distrust between him and abigail, and… got chad to cheat on my sister and get me pregnant.

Leo: Which ended tragically for you, I know.

Gwen: It did, indeed. God knows. I mean, if I hadn’t have lost that baby, perhaps things would’ve turned out quite differently for me.

Sarah: [Sniffling] You did this… for me. You put my little girl’s name on a stone so that she wouldn’t be forgotten.

Xander: You remember?

Sarah: Just– it hit me like a flash. We were here before. Together.

And–and I forgave you… after you did this.

[Sniffles]

Xander: Looking back, that was… when we started to heal, and then, slowly… you let me back into your heart.

Sarah: I still…

Xander: Oh, sarah.

Sarah: [Sobbing]

Xander: Well after 8:00.

[Sighs] I guess sarah isn’t gonna show.

Sarah: Xander, I am not just some bimbo who drops everything when you get lonely. I actually have a full schedule today.

Xander: Don’t you think you should eat something then? You know, keep your strength up?

Sarah: Oh, well, that’s a three-course meal. I was just gonna get a yogurt out of a vending machine.

Xander: Well, here’s a better idea. Why don’t we skip straight to dessert?

I’m on my knees, unemployed, apparently unengaged. I’m not really in a cake-kind-of-place right now–

Sarah: Will you just open the damn box?

Xander: This is really weird.

Sarah: [Sighs] Well? Will you? I want–I want you to go back to the salem inn room, and I’m gonna see you tomorrow at the wedding, and every day for the rest of my life.

Xander: Hm, you’re having your bachelorette party, aren’t you? Male strippers?

Sarah: Mm-hmm. No, I am not having a bachelorette party. I don’t have a maid of honor,and that’s who plans all that.

Xander: I should work on that too.

Sarah: Your maid of honor? You should. Go find her. Give me a kiss first.

[Both laugh]

Xander: I can’t wait to come back here tomorrow and see you in that dress, right before I make you my wife.

Sarah: [Crying]

Xander: Sarah, what is it?

Sarah: I remember. I remember everything. Psoriatic arthritis, made my joints stiff,

Abigail: [Sighs] I’m sorry to just throw that at you. I know we haven’t really talked about having kids for a long time now. I know we’ve just been through so much recently. I really, really– I don’t want you to think for a second that I’m not completely happy with my life right now. My life with you and thomas and charlotte– I am the luckiest person in the world.

Chad: No.

Abigail: No. No, like, no, you don’t–you don’t want me to be pregnant?

Chad: No. I am the luckiest person in the entire world, and nothing would make me happier than to make another baby with you.

Abigail: [Chuckles]

[Smooch]

Gwen: You know, the thing is, is I don’t think chad will really stray again– not after everything I put them through. It pains me to say this, but he and abigail seem to be stronger now than ever.

Leo: Boo. Well, if he won’t cheat, and she won’t cheat…

Gwen: Yeah. If we really want to punish abigail… we’re gonna have to take this plan to the next level.

Leo: Wait, are– are you suggesting we…

[Gags] You know?

Gwen: You think I’m capable of murder?

Leo: Well, you tell me, gwendolyn borden. You have been evasive and even been coy when it comes to telling me what really went down with old lady horton.

[Ominous music]

Gwen: You know, you’re right. I haven’t really been very straightforward with you– or with anyone, for that matter.

Leo: Well, dish, dish, dish, my love. You know your secret is safe with me.

Kayla: Okay, well, I am happy to report that your vitals are really in good shape.

Sonny: Okay.

Will: Oh, that’s good news, at least.

Sonny: Yeah, I mean, I feel fine now.

Kayla: Well, I think whatever leo gave you was just some kind of sedative, the effects of which have obviously worn off. Um, but I want to get you some answers and some proof, so I will get this sample to the lab and get ’em to rush on it.

Will: Okay. Hey, we are gonna make leo pay for what he did to you.

Belle: These things aren’t even from my office. They’re from shawn’s and my bedroom. So I guess jan has designs on taking over that room too.

Ej: I’m so sorry, belle.

Belle: You know, we were really happy then. Seems like a lifetime ago.

Ej: Belle–

Belle: No, thank you. You know what? I know what I need to do.

I was on an antidepressant,

Will: Hey. I’m so sorry this happened to you, sonny.

Sonny: No. Leo stark’s the one who’ll be sorry. Once we get those test results back, we’ll send him to a cold, lonely cell to rot… exactly where he belongs.

Gwen: After what laura horton did to me… she got what she deserved.

Leo: So does that mean that you did kill the old lady?

Gwen: That’s between me and her– maybe someday between me and abigail.

Leo: Okay, you have it your way, but you know what? I think it’s best we take murder off the table, given that we are both essentially decent, good-hearted people, yes? But still, there has to be some way to get back at that phony little actress for what she did to me.

Gwen: Mm, I assume we’re talking about abigail, yes? And if so, then I am sure that there is.

Leo: So does this mean you’re gonna help me figure something out?

Gwen: I’ll think about it.

Abigail: Oh, my god!

[Sighs] I can’t wait to go home and start planning for a new baby.

Chad: Well, there is no sense in planning… until we’ve put the work in.

Abigail: Uh-huh. Well, I say… lead the way, husband.

Chad: Oh.

Abigail: [Chuckles]

[Giggling]

Sarah: Something in me just wouldn’t let me remember everything that happened before. You know, everything that led up to me losing my baby.

Xander: Well, it makes sense. You were protecting yourself from the pain.

Sarah: Yeah. I guess that’s what it is. But it also made me forget all the good memories too. You know, when I was happy… with you.

Xander: You really remember it all?

Sarah: I do. And the memory of the last time that we made love is coming back right now. Do you remember?

Xander: Oh, I could never forget.

[Sensual music]

[Both chuckling]

[Soft dramatic music]

Belle: You need to look at these.

Shawn: What are they?

Belle: Uh, legal papers.

Shawn: Oh, god, belle. Please don’t tell me you’re petitioning the courts to keep jan away from her baby.

Belle: No, this is not about you and jan. This is about you and me.

Shawn: Oh, my god. Are you divorcing me?

[ Roaring ]

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