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[Phone beeps]

Gabi: Hey, yeah, send her in.

Kate: Hey, sorry I’m late. I had breakfast with will and arianna this morning. He’s taking her back to arizona.

Gabi: Yes, I’m aware. I’m her mother.

Kate: Yes, of course. So what’s this about? I have an important meeting. I don’t have much time.

Gabi: This won’t take very long. You’re fired.

[Knocking on door]

Jake: Yo, hey.

Ben: Jake, what’s going on?

Jake: Did you talk to susan? Did she confirm that johnny’s possessed or what?

Ben: I’m sorry, man, we meant to call you earlier, but there was–

Ciara: Yeah, there’s been a lot going on, including an exorcism.

Jake: What?

Ben: Yeah, dr. Evans called last night, and apparently she and john were finally able to get rid of the devil for good.

Jake: So we were right. The devil was in johnny.

Ben: We were wrong. The devil was in belle.

Shawn: How you feeling?

Belle: Oh, I have a splitting headache, and I don’t know why.

Shawn: What do you remember about last night?

Belle: Not much. I remember you taking me to the car and driving and then putting me to bed. Were my parents there?

Shawn: Yeah.

Belle: Doing what? Did something happen?

Shawn: Your father performed an exorcism.

Belle: Oh, my god. My mom was possessed again?

Shawn: No, no, this time it wasn’t your mother.

Belle: Well, then who was it?

Shawn: Belle… honey, it was you.

Johnny: Hey, uncle chad, you have a second?

Chad: It depends. Do you want to apologize? Tell me that you got it now? That you know that gabi was using you to get me booted from dimera?

Johnny: It’s not about gabi.

Chad: Okay.

Johnny: It’s about my dad.

Chad: Well, what about him?

Johnny: Do you remember during his trial when you walked into the witness room and saw him kissing abigail?

Chad: How could I forget?

Johnny: Right, well, turns out that wasn’t my dad.

Susan: Oh, elvis! My sweet, sweet boy!

Ej: Mother, mother, oxygen. Oxygen, mother.

Susan: Oh, I’m so sorry. I missed you so much. And seeing you in here when you haven’t done a darn thing, it just breaks my heart.

Ej: I knew this would upset you; that’s why I said you didn’t have to come.

Susan: Oh, but I did, you see, I have some wonderful news. You’re not gonna have to sing “jailhouse rock” much longer because your mama is here to set you free!

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

[Soft orchestration]

Ej: Set me free?

Susan: Yeah, that’s right. I have a plan.

Ej: I hope you’re not thinking of breaking me out of here.

Susan: Oh, heavens, no. That would be illegal. No, my plan is 100% legit.

Ej: Well, in that case, I’m all ears.

Susan: All right, you see, we’re gonna get your conviction overturned, okay?

Ej: How?

Susan: Well, I think it’s what they call “ineffective assistance of counsel,” which means that your lawyer screwed up big time and gave you pathetic, pathetic defense.

Ej: I know what it means, mother, but it’s not true. Belle is an excellent attorney. She gave me superb advice that I failed to heed at every turn.

Susan: Oh, well, belle may be a fine, fine lawyer but the devil sure as heck isn’T.

Belle: So you’re saying that my head hurts because johnny had to knock me out? And then I was sedated and tied to a bed?

Shawn: Yes, that was only to keep everybody safe until your dad got back to salem so he could remove satan from your body.

Belle: And all of this started at the exorcism?

Shawn: That’s when the devil jumped over to you.

Belle: So I have been possessed since christmas. Did you have any idea?

Shawn: No, no, I had none. All right, last night the devil said something about keeping a low profile until he’s finished his work.

Belle: His work?

Shawn: I think he was just biding his time until my sister gave birth.

Belle: Oh, my god. Ben and ciara. So all this time, I have been plotting to steal their baby without even knowing it.

Ben: It turns out that belle was the one who was possessed.

Jake: Doesn’t make sense. We were convinced it was johnny.

Ben: I know we were, but then susan went and confronted the guy and she said she felt nothing, no bad vibes, nothing.

Jake: Okay, I sure as hell got bad vibes, like, a lot of them. Look, I know susan’s been there for you guys with her visions and whatnot, but she’s wrong on this. I’m telling you. I am convinced the devil was in johnny and working to tear me apart from the woman I love.

Kate: Is this a joke?

Gabi: I’m dead serious.

Kate: You can’t fire me.

Gabi: I just did. And if you’re wondering why, it’s because you’re a disloyal bitch.

Kate: Excuse me?

Gabi: You made your feelings clear, and I’m doing the same. I can’t have somebody working under me whom I can’t trust.

Kate: Okay, look, we’ll just discuss this over lunch because as I said, I have a very important meeting. I’m in the middle of a negotiation for a new acquisition–

Gabi: Johnny will take it over.

Kate: Ha! Now I know you’re joking.

Gabi: No, not even a little. You’re done, kate. So why don’t you go back, pack your stuff, and get the hell out? It’s my 4:05, the-show-must-go-on,

Gabi: What are you waiting for? I said leave.

Kate: Fine, I’ll go. But the minute I walk out that door, you’re screwed.

Gabi: I’ll be fine.

Kate: Mm-hmm. Well, to be a successful ceo, gabi, you need allies. And right now there’s no one here that you can count on. Chad hates you. Ej’s in prison. You blew it with jake, which was absolutely predictable. You are all alone.

Gabi: I’m not alone. I have johnny.

Kate: For the moment.

Gabi: What does that mean?

Kate: Isn’t it obvious? I mean, he ousted his uncle, he blew up his sister’s engagement, he dumped his wife at their wedding reception. How long do you think it’s going to be until he turns on you?

Chad: The person I saw kissing abigail was belle? How is that possible?

Johnny: Well, technically, it wasn’t belle. It was the devil. She’s been possessed since christmas. Apparently, when my uncle eric, was performing the exorcism on my grandmother, satan jumped into my aunt.

Chad: My god. And john did the exorcism this time?

Johnny: Yeah, yeah. He got rid of the devil for good, but before that, belle confessed what she did to abigail. Other people heard it, too. I mean, ask shawn if you don’t believe me.

Chad: So belle morphed into ej so I could see him make a play for my wife, why?

Johnny: Well, I asked satan that myself. And he said it was to rip apart the family, turn brother against brother.

Chad: And he knew that it would work because of ej’s history with abby.

Johnny: Look, I know that my dad has done some bad things, including kidnapping my mother, but he did not force himself on abigail. Just thought you might wanna know that.

[Tense music]

Ej: Oof, poor belle, that must’ve been terrifying for her.

Susan: And nobody would’ve known that satan snuck into her if it wasn’t for yours truly.

Ej: Is she all right?

Susan: Oh, well, she will be. I mean, mr. John black and dr. Marlena evans, they are taking very good care of your daughter.

Ej: They did an exorcism?

Susan: Well, mr. John black, he sure knows what he’s doing. I mean, he is an expert exorcist. Try saying that three times.

Ej: And you’re sure it was a success?

Susan: Yeah, oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I mean, the devil is back in hell where he belongs, and belle brady, she’s gonna be just fine.

Belle: I just can’t believe that I’ve been plotting to steal ben and ciara’s baby. That’s our niece, our nephew. What? What is it?

Shawn: What you just said reminded me of something. A few weeks ago, ben and ciara, they gave me an envelope with a printout of a sonogram that contained the baby’s gender and, I mean, they gave it to me because they wanted to be surprised, so I told them I would hold on to it.

Belle: And?

Shawn: And if the devil was after their baby, don’t you think he would want to know what’s in that envelope?

Belle: Well, where’s the envelope?

Shawn: I put it right here for safekeeping.

Jake: All right, look, it’s just all these bizarre things started happening, and every single one of them benefitted johnny and messed with me and gabi.

Ciara: What kind of bizarre things?

Jake: The meeting that i that I supposedly had with maggie kiriakis where gabi overheard me saying I was using her, right? Or how about the documents that I supposedly signed trying to steal gabi’s shares out from under her? Or how about the text messages that maggie, again, supposedly sent saying that we were working behind gabi’s back?

Ciara: And you think that johnny is behind all these things?

Jake: Look, I have been wracking my brain trying to figure out how any of this could’ve happened, right? And, like, how could gabi and I be so happy one minute and then just done the next? And the moment you guys told me that johnny could be possessed, that was the moment all this started making sense. It’s the only thing that made sense. It had to be johnny. We treat our faces to the best skin care.

Ej: You want me to argue that I deserve a new trial because my attorney was possessed by the devil?

Susan: Mm-hmm.

Ej: The judge will never buy it.

Susan: Well, why not? It’s the truth.

Ej: Because it will be seen as a stunt, a desperate attempt by a desperate man to get one over on the court.

Susan: But you’re not a desperate man. You’re an innocent man. And there’s gotta be something that someone can do to clear your name.

Chad: My god. Father. I sent ej to prison for something thought he did to abigail, and it wasn’t him.

[Line trilling]

Kate: Hello?

Chad: Hi, I need to see you as soon as possible.

Kate: Oh, I’m right here. I guess you heard the big news. Gabi fired me.

Chad: No, I hadn’T.

Kate: Ah, it’s fine. Two more days there and I would’ve quit anyway.

Chad: Gabi and johnny are going to run the company into the ground. I mean, it’s a joke. Gabi in charge and my nephew on the board. Speaking of johnny…

Kate: Yeah, what’s that?

Chad: You should sit down.

Demon johnny: Poor chad. He must be feeling so guilty right now. All because I told him that the person he saw locking lips with abigail wasn’t ej, it was belle brady. I’ve already convinced half these idiots that belle’s been wreaking havoc this whole time and not johnny dimera. It should be a breeze to get the rest of them to buy it, too.

[Laughs]

[Tense music]

Johnny: Well, now that I’ve planted the evidence to make belle look devilish, I can finally satisfy my curiosity about the bun in ciara’s oven. Are we having a boy or a girl?

Surprise, surprise. That’ll work.

Belle: I must’ve opened the envelope. I swear though I don’t remember doing that.

Shawn: Because it wasn’t you, all right, it was the devil. He must’ve been curious about what the baby’s gender was for whatever sick plan that he had.

Belle: But still–

Shawn: But now he’s gone. Okay, he’s gone.

Belle: I still think that you need to go and tell ciara. Really, and I think you need to do it right now.

Shawn: Are you sure that you’re gonna be okay alone?

Belle: Yeah, I’ll be fine.

Shawn: Okay, I’ll be back.

[Soft music]

Ciara: You’re right. All those things did benefit johnny, but belle still could’ve been behind them. I’m thinking johnny was in the right place at the right time. He took advantage of the rift belle created and tried to move in on your girlfriend and your family’s company.

Jake: So johnny’s a user and a jerk but not the devil?

Ciara: Exactly.

Jake: You could be right. But I gotta be sure.

Ben: Where are you going?

Jake: Getting to the bottom of this once and for all.

Is now a good time

for a flare-up?

Ciara: How is belle doing?

Shawn: She’s fine physically, but she’s a little concerned about the things she might’ve done to hurt the people that she loves, which is why I’m here. Look, you guys remember the envelope, the sonogram that you gave me because you didn’t want to know the gender of your baby?

Ciara: You opened it?

Shawn: No. The devil opened it.

Ciara: Oh, my god.

Shawn: Yeah. Listen, I know that you two want to keep this a surprise, but I’m trying to keep belle calm, so is there any way that you can–

Ciara: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, just leave it here with us.

Shawn: Thank you. Look, I gotta get back to belle. I know this is gonna make her heart feel good to know that you’re okay.

Ciara: Give her all of our love, okay?

Shawn: Take care of my sister.

Ben: Yes, of course, always. Let us know if you need anything.

Shawn: I will.

Ciara: Love you.

Jake: Look, I’m really sorry to bother you. I know you just went through a pretty terrible experience.

Belle: Yeah, it’s fine.

Jake: Well, listen, the last thing I want to have you do is relive any of it, but I do have a personal stake in what happened.

Belle: What do you mean?

Jake: Well, I’m trying to get to the bottom of something. And I need your help. See, if it turns out that my suspicions are correct, then I can help you out, too.

Johnny: Good morning, madame ceo. How’s your first day on the job?

Gabi: Well, I fired kate, so I’d say it’s off to an excellent start.

Johnny: Didn’t you used to be friends?

Gabi: Yeah, before jake and before she backstabbed me at the shareholders’ meeting. Why, do you have a problem with me giving her the ax?

Johnny: No, no, not at all. You’re the boss.

Gabi: You know, she thinks I can’t do this job and that I’m bad for the company. If I let her stay, I’d be worried she could turn on me at any time.

Johnny: Well, you shouldn’t have to work with anybody you can’t trust.

Gabi: Agreed. Which brings me to my next point. Johnny, can I trust you?

Kate: So it wasn’t ej who kissed your wife?

Chad: Right, it was belle, who was possessed at the time, obviously. Apparently, the devil admitted it last night before the exorcism.

Kate: Oh, my–I… okay, so why did satan make a pass at your wife?

Chad: According to johnny, it was to turn one brother against the other. And it worked. At ej’s trial, I was gonna testify that i planted the evidence against him, and then the devil made me change my mind.

Kate: Oh, my god, I’m sorry. Seriously, chad, it’s awful.

Chad: I was gonna set ej free, and I got played.

Kate: Look, you just have to take it easy.

Chad: I knew it wasn’t him that kidnapped sami. I knew that it was lucas, and i only helped with the frame-up because I wanted him to lose his job, but then when I heard that he was gonna get ten years, I couldn’t keep quiet, and I sure as hell can’t keep quiet now.

Kate: What you have to do is just like slow down–

Chad: My brother is serving a sentence for a crime he didn’t commit. What I need to do, kate, is make it right.

Ej: Mother, I love that you care so much, but as an experienced attorney, I can tell you that this devil possession argument is a total waste of time. I’m afraid it’s going to be a while before I get out of here.

Clyde: Well, if it isn’t my favorite cellmate? And who might this lovely lady be?

Ej: This is my mother, susan banks.

Susan: I know who you are. I saw your picture. You’re ben weston’s daddy. And you are a very bad, bad, bad man.

Clyde: Well then, I guess the pleasure’s all mine, ma’am. But I am expecting a call from my lawyer, so I guess I’ll just go wait over there.

Ej: That wasn’t very nice.

Susan: Elvis, elvis, you gotta listen to me. You stay away from that man. I mean, far, far, far away.

Your mission:

Ej: I can’t stay away from clyde; he’s my cellmate.

Susan: He’s done terrible things.

Ej: This is prison, mother. Everyone in here has done terrible things. But if I’m going to survive in here, I need someone to have my back.

Susan: Ooh, he’s got a secret.

Ej: [Sighs] What?

Susan: Clyde weston is hiding something from you. I can just feel it.

Ej: Don’t worry. I’ll be fine.

Susan: Well, I was gonna go back and see roger, but I’ll stay if you need me, honey.

Ej: That’s very sweet, but I can take care of myself.

Susan: Oh, I know you can. You’re a big boy. And I know that you’re gonna find a way to beat this bum rap, and get yourself out of this cursed place, and get back to your beautiful life. Oh, son. Oh, I just love you so much.

Ej: I love you, too. I love you, too. Mother?

Susan: What?

Ej: Mother.

Susan: Oh, oxygen. Gotcha, all right. I’m gonna go now.

Chad: I can’t let ej stay in prison knowing what I know. I have to get him out.

Kate: [Sighs] So what are you gonna do?

Chad: The same thing that I was gonna do before, say that I planted the evidence without implicating lucas. And, yes, I know that I’m gonna get charged with perjury.

Kate: And then you’re going to end up behind bars, too. Come on, chad, I know that you feel awful. I know that you do. But you’re gonna feel a million times worse if you’re separated from your wife and children. And, besides, honestly, looking at it, I mean, if the situation was reversed, do you really think that ej would do the same thing?

Chad: It doesn’t matter. What’s right is right. I have to call trask.

Kate: Okay, just wait, just wait. I think there may be another way.

Jake: See, I’m wondering if it was you who morphed into me for that meeting that i supposedly had with maggie.

Belle: When was it?

Jake: February 2nd.

Belle: I think I was at the prison with ej that day.

Jake: What time?

Belle: After noon.

Jake: All right, well, the meeting with maggie was in the morning, so, I mean, if you can prove that you were somewhere else at that time, then maybe we can prove that it wasn’t you you who morphed into me, that it was johnny.

Belle: Okay. Well, let me check my calendar.

Jake: Thanks.

Belle: What the…

Jake: What, it’s not your phone?

Belle: No. “If found, return to maggie kiriakis.”

Jake: Oh, my god. Maggie supposedly sent me a message after that meeting that made it look like we were conspiring behind gabi’s back. She swears she didn’t send it.

Belle: Yeah. It looks like it was me.

Jake: Look, belle, I’m sorry, I know this is all very upsetting to you, but if this is true, you have no idea what this could mean for me and gabi.

Johnny: You don’t trust me?

Gabi: Well, kate reminded me that you’ve stabbed a lot of people in the back, including your uncle, your sister, and your wife. So how do I know you won’t do the same thing to me, that you won’t use me, and get ahead, and once you do, cut me loose?

Johnny: I would never do that.

Gabi: Given what you’ve already done, I’m a tad hesitant to just take your word on it. So my question is, what is it you really want?

Ben: Guess I should probably put that away, huh?

Ciara: Wait, wait, wait. Before you do, should we look?

Gabi: Do you want to be ceo of dimera?

Johnny: Maybe, someday. I told you that.

Gabi: No, no, no, you told jake that when we were plotting behind his back.

Johnny: Look. I’m gonna be tied up with my movie for a long time. And even if I wasn’t, you’re the ceo of dimera. I kind of helped with that, you know?

Gabi: Yeah, maybe that was part of a bigger plan. Pretend you’re satisfied with a seat on the board, but really you’re plotting behind my back to get rid of me so you can take over.

Johnny: You’re very suspicious.

Gabi: Oh, I’m sorry, did I hurt your feelings?

Johnny: No, not at all. Because I can completely understand where all this is coming from. I mean, you loved a man, you trusted him, and he lied to you. He used you. He stabbed you in the back. I’m not jake.

Gabi: You hurt people you supposedly care about.

Johnny: Yeah, yeah. Look, I turned on chad because I wanted you to have this job. I spoke up about allie because I thought that her fiancé had a right to know that she slept with my wife. As for chanel, she and I would’ve never, ever lasted. She wants my sister, always has.

Gabi: If you knew that, then why’d you marry her?

Johnny: We were in italy. We got swept up in the moment, you know? As soon as we got back home, I realized she wasn’t the woman for me. You are.

Jake: I swear I did not sign that petition to steal gabi’s shares.

Belle: You know, I’m dimera’s general counsel, and I keep a copy of all the company’s legal documents on my laptop. Let’s just take a look.

Jake: What, what is it?

Belle: I created that petition. I must’ve forged your signature on it. Jake, I’m so sorry, I really–i don’t remember doing that. And I think it’s pretty clear that johnny wasn’t the one causing all those problems for you and gabi. It was me.

Jake: All right, well, look, it wasn’t your fault, right? And, honestly, you’ve done me a huge favor. Now I can go to gabi and prove to her that I didn’t betray her.

Belle: Glad I could help.

Jake: Look, I know this was not easy for you. And I need you to know I’m really grateful. I hope you feel better. I’m gonna take this back to maggie.

Belle: Yeah, just tell her I’m so, so, so, so sorry.

Jake: Belle. You’re one of the good ones. You got nothing to be sorry about.

Clyde: So that was your mama? Not exactly what I expected.

Ej: She’s a bit eccentric, but she loves me very much.

Clyde: She don’t think much of me though.

Ej: She’s just protective of ben and ciara, especially now that they’re expecting.

Clyde: Well, I’m the first to admit I wasn’t much of a daddy to ollie growing up, but, you know, we worked things out. He knows he’s got nothing to fear from me anymore. And neither do you, by the way, no matter what your mama says.

Ej: You heard that, huh?

Clyde: Yeah, but it don’t matter none; I’m in a very good mood.

Ej: I’m guessing the call with your attorney went well?

Clyde: That’s right. I may be getting out of here sooner than anyone expected.

Ben: Do you wanna look?

Ciara: Do you wanna look?

Ben: No…

Ciara: No, okay.

Ben: I guess I should probably put this thing away somewhere where we’re not gonna be so tempted.

Ciara: And where’s that?

Ben: I have no idea, but I will figure it out.

[Knocking on the door] Hey, susan, hey.

Susan: I just came to say farewell.

Ciara: Oh, you’re leaving?

Susan: Oh, well, the devil is gone now, and your baby’s safe. So my work here is done. And I just can’t wait to go see roger and get back to memphis.

Ciara: Yeah, well, I mean, thank you so much for everything.

Susan: Oh!

Ben: We really appreciate it.

Susan: Oh. Oh, sweet lord in heaven, I know what that is!

Ciara: You do?

Susan: I do, I do, yes, yes, yes, oh! Ciara and ben weston, it’s my distinct honor to announce to you that you’re gonna have a bouncing–

Ben: No, no, no!

Ciara: No!

Ben: Susan!

Ciara: No!

Limu emu

Susan: Oh, why are you yelling at me? I mean, haven’t I used my gifts for the good? And haven’t I protected you both from the devil at every turn?

Ben: Yes, you have, susan. We’re not angry with you.

Susan: You were not using your inside voices just now.

Ciara: No, I know. We’re sorry. We just–we wanted to stop you before you told us whether the baby was a boy or a girl.

Susan: Oh.

Ben: Yeah.

Susan: I see, I get it. I get it, oh, my god. You want it to be a surprise.

Ciara: Yeah.

Susan: Oh, don’t you worry, don’t you worry. All right, from this moment until the moment that bundle of joy springs forth from your womanly undercarriage, my lips are sealed.

Ciara: Okay.

Ben: Thank you, susan, thank you.

Susan: You’re welcome, you are so welcome–you know what? I gotta shove off now, so…

Ciara: Bye, susan.

Susan: Bye!

Ben: Bye, susan. Good to see you.

Susan: Good to see you.

Ciara: Well, babe, I love that woman, but that is not how I wanted to find out.

Ben: Agreed.

Ciara: Yeah.

Ben: How do you want to find out?

Ciara: Mm. I think I have an idea.

Belle: Were ben and ciara upset about the sonogram?

Shawn: No, not at all. They’re just really glad that you’re okay now. You are okay, right?

Belle: Yeah, I mean, I’m still a little shaken up.

Shawn: Did something happen when I was gone?

Belle: Jake dimera stopped by. Apparently, your sister and her husband aren’t the only couple I’ve tried to cause trouble for.

Johnny: I don’t want anything but you, gabi. We’ve already gotten everything we want. And we got it by working together. And together we can do so much more. Clearly, you’re attracted to me. I know when you were with jake, you were fighting it, but he’s out of the picture now. I’m getting divorced. We’re both single, available, hot. I think it’s time for us to–

Gabi: To what? To take this relationship to the next level?

Johnny: Yeah.

Gabi: And what level is that, johnny?

Jake: Maggie? Maggie, you here? Guess not. Dear maggie, found your phone. Call me to discuss. Jake.

Gabi: You think just because we’re single and hot–

Johnny: No, come on, gabi, we have so much more in common than that. We’re both ambitious, ruthless, incredibly passionate. We both go after what we want, and as I’ve said, what I want is you.

[Tense music]

[Cell phone buzzing]

Chad: You know a way to clear ej without incriminating me or lucas?

Kate: I think so.

Chad: Okay, I don’t know see how we can pull that off and keep everybody’s hands clean.

Kate: Well, i didn’t mention everyone. I mean, someone’s going to have to take the fall, just not you.

Chad: Okay, I’ll bite. Who?

Kate: I say we pin the crime on the devil.

Ej: You’re getting out of here?

Clyde: I got my hearing moved up. I’m before the parole board this afternoon, which means I may have spent my last night in prison.

Ej: You seem confident.

Clyde: Oh, man, I’m looking forward to a fresh start. It’s gonna feel real good walking out of here knowing that I paid for all my crimes.

[Tense music]

Anything wrong?

Ej: It was you.

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Sonny: Uh, right.

Will: Mm-hmm.

Chad: Okay, so how are you gonna get some real deal guy to come on to him?

Sonny: Well, it would have to be somebody who, you know, leo’s already expressed interest in. You know, somebody who wouldn’t have to sell himself.

Chad: Why are you guys looking at me like that? What do you want me to do?

Will: Something along the lines of making leo’s wildest dreams comes true.

Chad: And how am I supposed to do that?

Sonny: By going to bed with him.

Will: He’s thinking about it.

Chad: Thinking–thinking– thinking it over. How about plan b?

Sonny: Uh, what’s plan b?

Chad: I shoot him in cold blood in horton town square. That way, I can spend the rest of my life in prison, which will be vastly better than what you two are offering.

Will: All right, come on. You were in a bed with him in phoenix. That didn’t kill you.

Chad: You know the james bond movie when he wakes up with a tarantula next to his pillow? That was better than waking up next to him. My eyes! My eyes!

Sonny: You said you’d help us.

Chad: That was before the two of you were out of your ever-loving minds!

Craig: So you want me to go after kayla johnson’s job?

Leo: You’d be great at it.

Craig: Yeah, well, so is she.

Leo: Babe, think about it. You just said that because of nancy’s big mouth, you’re probably gonna lose your job in new york.

Craig: Okay. We’re gonna establish some ground rules right now. We do not trash nancy. We just don’T.

Leo: She’s trying to get you fired.

Craig: She is in pain, a lot of pain.

Leo: Well, I’m sorry, but I think she’s overreacting horribly to this turn of events.

Craig: Oh, well, her overreacting must really bother you, you being so buttoned down and everything.

Leo: Well, I’m sorry, I don’t mean to start a fight. I’m thinking about you. Craig, you know I would be happy to spend the rest of my life alone with you on a desert island. But your work is central to who you are. You’re a healer.

Craig: [Sighs] I can be a healer without taking kayla’s job.

Leo: You wouldn’t be taking it. If she refuses to fire dr. Beelzebub evans, she’d be losing it on her own. And as that was your former job, it’d be like “once more into the breach.” Craig. You can’t fight this. It’s fate.

Kayla: And I’m telling you that dr. Evans is completely recovered and fully competent. You know, I’m on duty right now. Do you think that we could talk about this in the morning? Mr. Hartley, I think you know me well enough to know that I do not take well to threats. Good night.

[Huffs]

[Muttering]

Abigail: Aunt kayla? Are you all right?

Kayla: Ah, abigail, yes. I thought I got off that stupid island that I would come back here to a little bit of sanity.

Abigail: I heard–I heard you talking about marlena.

Kayla: Yeah. It turns out that the board, egged on by their chairman, mr. Burns, is trying to get her fired. That woman has been through so much.

Marlena: You want me to leave?

John: You have to. So please, doc, just you go on downstairs and stay with johnny until this is all over.

Marlena: Belle is my daughter. There’s no way that I would leave her at a time like this.

John: Would you think about this? We now know that when eric performed the exorcism, yeah, he drove the devil out of you, but it took over belle because she was in the room. Now, he’s come after you twice. I don’t want to give him a third chance.

Marlena: Why do you think that he would try again?

John: I know that he won’t if you’re not here. The only way I can be sure the devil is really gone is if no one else is in this room.

Marlena: What about you? What if he decides to make you his next host?

[Ominous music]

[Phone line trilling]

Johnny: Uncle shawn. It’s me, johnny. Look, can you come over to my house right away? Something’s happened to aunt belle. No, no. No, I– look, I can’t say any more over the phone. Just get here as fast as you can. Okay. I’ll see you soon.

[Eerie music]

Demon johnny: Haul ass, shawn. You’re gonna get me into that room, so help you. I can’t have them figuring out that their precious belle isn’t the problem. I am.

[Eerie music]

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

[Soft orchestration]

Sonny: Look, it’s not that we don’t understand you might have some, um, reservations about the plan.

Chad: Sonny, sonny, reservations isn’t quite strong enough for how I feel about it. Try repulsion. Repugnance. Abject horror.

Will: I don’t think he wants to do it.

Chad: Look, I’ve–I’ve heard you both go on hour-long rants about leo and now you want me to make his “dreams come true?” I thought we were friends. Now, you want me to do– to do that for chloe’s father, who I barely know, so he doesn’t have a rude awakening?

Sonny: Okay, okay, how about we just talk about what–what, um, doing that actually entails.

Chad: For god’s sakes, I don’t need the details.

Sonny: When we say “go to bed with him,” that is what we mean, but that’s all we mean.

Will: Chad. Don’t worry. Your virtue is safe with us.

Sonny: Mm-hmm.

Leo: Craig, I’m sorry. Upon reflection, I see that I have been unfair to nancy. Yes, she has been possessive, aggressive, vindictive–

Craig: Is this you being fair to her?

Leo: But if I stop and put myself in her sling heels, I see that even I might react badly if I ever– lost you. I can’t even bear to think about it.

Craig: Well, I don’t think you need to worry about that.

Leo: And another thing. While you know that I am not really a religious person, I am deeply, deeply spiritual, and I believe that everything happens for a reason. Think about it. At the very moment that nancy is trying to sabotage your career in new york, the devil herself sends university hospital into a tailspin. It’s like some higher power wants–no, needs you to be the new chief of staff. Think about it. This could be the start of a whole new life for us.

John: Well, doc, you see, if I’m performing this exorcism, I’m gonna have god’s protection.

Marlena: Are you sure? You’re not even a priest, john. Technically, you never were.

John: But I know what I’m doing. And I believe in what I’m doing, and I’m doing this for my daughter.

Marlena: Belle’s my daughter too. Whenever two or more of you are gathered in his name, love is the only thing that will defeat this devil. Together we are stronger. I’m not leaving here.

Shawn: All right, where’s belle? Why couldn’t you tell me what’s wrong on the phone?

Johnny: There’s no good way to say this, uncle shawn. Aunt belle’s possessed. Migraine attacks?

Chad: I know my virtue is safe because I’m not doing it. Did it ever occur to you that maybe leo and craig should be together? That maybe leo actually does love him?

Will: Okay, leo’s not capable of love. In order to love, you need to have a heart, and he does not.

Sonny: Yeah. Okay. Do you remember him back in phoenix? He’s a mercenary, a narcissist who just throws himself at men with money.

Will: Exactly. In fact, I’m surprised he settled for craig. I mean, sure, he’s well off, but not by leo’s standards. And he’s good-looking, but he’s old enough to be leo’s father. What he really likes are young men with family money, with lots of family money.

Sonny: Yeah, I’m sorry to break it to you, chad, but it wasn’t just your inner beauty that leo was attracted to.

Chad: Oh, I thought it was true love.

Will: And, listen, don’t you see that with your looks and the dimera money, all you have to do is just crook your little finger and he’d be putty in your hands. Maybe I–maybe I should’ve put it differently.

Chad: I am not saying that I couldn’t do it. I am saying that I won’T.

Sonny: Okay, again, you didn’t let us finish. Because you will not have to do anything. The minute you two are horizontal, we’re gonna send craig in.

Will: Yeah, like the cavalry.

Chad: Well, I am sorry, “send craig in?” What, am I supposed to have an audience now too?

Sonny: Craig needs to know the truth about leo, okay? And one picture is worth a thousand words.

Chad: It is not my responsibility to open his eyes. I am sorry, but bottom line is craig’s bad boyfriend is not my problem! All right, there’s not one reason why I should do this for him.

Will: Okay. Okay. Chad, I’m not asking you to do this for wesley. I’m asking you to do this for sonny.

Leo: Oh, oh, oh! Light bulb over my head! Once you are the new chief of staff, put me in charge of hr. I am such a people person. I’d be great at it, and I could be your right-hand man, your enforcer.

Craig: [Laughs] Okay. I don’t know how to put this, but you don’t know what you’re talking about, how grueling that job can be. Chief of staff gets blamed for everything and thanked for nothing.

Leo: So are you saying the chief of staff job in new york was any better?

Craig: No. Worse. All the pressure and crazy times a hundred, just like everything else in new york.

Leo: I thought you loved your job.

Craig: I do, certain aspects, like the paycheck.

Leo: Being the boss?

Craig: Yes, and, well, helping people.

Leo: You could help people here. God knows salem needs help.

Craig: I am not going to help people by taking away someone else’s job. The last time I did that, I ended up with psycho nurses and seth burns.

Leo: Who? What?

Craig: Don’t ask. It’s like I told you, when I found out that chloe was my daughter, and then when joy was born and chloe got the bone marrow to save her life, I– I realized at that time that I didn’t want to be a money-grubbing, social-climbing weasel.

Leo: But you wouldn’T.

Craig: Are you– why are you pushing this?

Leo: I’m not!

Craig: Yes, you are! Is that what you want me to be? Is it? A money-grubbing, social-climbing weasel? Was I wrong, leo, about you wanting to change?

[Scoffs]

Abigail: So, how’s sarah?

Kayla: We are still waiting for her test results to come back before we can plan the next step.

Abigail: I don’t suppose she’s allowed visitors?

Kayla: No. I’m sorry. She’s pretty fragile. She’s extremely angry that she’s hospitalized against her will. And I’m afraid she will see you as a stranger at best, or enemy at worst.

Abigail: Well, I understand why she wouldn’t want to see me. I guess–I guess I was just hoping to ease my conscience.

Kayla: How would sarah have anything to do with your conscience?

Abigail: If I hadn’t gone after gwen with that syringe and left it lying there, kristen would’ve never been able to give her the drug and none of this would’ve ever happened.

Shawn: No, I know what susan said, all right, but I would’ve known, all right? I would’ve at least sensed it.

Johnny: Uncle shawn, I’m sorry. I saw her myself. And I wasn’t the only one.

Shawn: Tell me.

Johnny: Well, she attacked my grandma, marlena. She–she had the glowing eyes, the voice. Just like we saw at the exorcism. And I had to hit her over the head to stop her. Honestly, I think she would’ve killed my grandma if I hadn’T.

Shawn: Okay, where is she?

Johnny: She’s upstairs with grandpa john and grandma marlena. They’re about to perform an exorcism. You can’t go up.

Shawn: Why the hell not?

Johnny: Because grandpa john laid down the law. He said the fewer people that were up there the safer it’d be. I just– I thought you should know.

Shawn: Yeah, you’re damn right I should know.

Johnny: I’m really sorry. I–I feel terrible.

Shawn: Yeah? Well, you should feel terrible because this is all your fault, johnny.

Belle: [Groans]

Marlena: I’m right here, darling.

Belle: John.

Marlena: John, you– you mean your dad.

John: I’m right here, izzy.

Belle: No, not john. Johnny.

Marlena: Did she just say “johnny?” It’s my 5:52 woke-up-like-this migraine medicine.

Sonny: Will, don’T.

Will: I’m sorry, I– I have to. It took sonny a long time to get over what leo did to him. He was humiliated, he was betrayed by that little worm. And he did get over it. But then he found out that he’s doing it someone else. And chad, he can’t sleep. I know he tries to hide it, but this eating him up inside.

[Soft dramatic music]

Sonny: I’ll admit it, it’s true. When that disgusting creep caught us trying to warn craig, he said, “nice try, bitches.” He smiled, you know, smirked right at me. And then it hit me. He liked that we were trying to stop him. It turned him on to have me watch what he did to me and to do it with another man. I have to stop him.

Chad: Oh, sonny. This doesn’t sound like it is about wesley at all. This sounds like it is about revenge. Why didn’t you just say that?

Sonny: [Laughs] So you’re in?

Chad: I am a dimera. We invented revenge. Okay? But you, you owe me. You understand me? You owe me.

Sonny: I know, I know.

Chad: And I don’t even know if this is gonna work, okay? Sure, yes, I am irresistible. But leo knows that I am straight and that I am married and that I really love my wife.

Will: Well, that is where abigail comes in.

Kayla: Abigail, do you really think that sarah is here because you didn’t get rid of the syringe?

Abigail: Well–

Kayla: I have something to tell you. Kristen dimera kidnapped sarah because she wanted to save her own butt. And if she hadn’t found that syringe, she would’ve taken her out with a baseball bat or something. No, this is ridiculous. You cannot feel guilty about this.

Abigail: But I am the person who got the drug from dr. Rolf.

Kayla: In order to get to gwen, a woman who poisoned you, publicly humiliated your father, ruined your marriage or at least tried to, to get her to tell the truth. So here’s a news flash for you. You couldn’t do it because you are a good person.

Abigail: No, I couldn’t do it because of gabby.

Kayla: Well, that’s just details. Just details. How about this? The day that kristen dimera repents and atones for her sins, that’s the day that you can feel guilty about this.

Abigail: Okay.

Kayla: Okay. And, listen, thanks to you, we have some idea about what’s in that syringe, and that’s going to help sarah. So this is not your fault. End of discussion.

Leo: I have changed. I am a new man since I met you, craig wesley. But this isn’t about me. It’s about you, your career, and most of all, the good people of this town. Do you have any idea the terror kayla unleashed on the patients at that hospital because the devil was in their midst and she looked the other way? I mean, according to “the intruder,” kayla basically let the devil run amok in the icu where he–she–they woke up a crazy coma patient named jan spears and sicced her on marlena’s own daughter. You can’t make this stuff up.

Craig: I don’t think you can blame kayla for not knowing marlena was possessed by the devil. She’s not the only one that was tricked.

Leo: Oh, honey, there is so much more you don’t know.

Johnny: My fault? How is this my fault?

Shawn: It’s you and your– your damn movie, all right? The devil would’ve never come back if you hadn’t dared it to. Oh, god. You know what? Look, I’m sorry. All right, you know what? This is exactly what he wants. He wants to turn us against each other.

Johnny: It certainly is.

Shawn: Look, I–I’m just– I’m just angry with myself. ‘Cause your grandmother, she warned me and I just– I didn’t want to listen.

Johnny: It’s–I mean, it’s all just so hard to believe, you know?

Shawn: Well, you have to believe in him to get rid of him. But I don’t care what john says. I need to be with belle, I need to see her.

Johnny: Okay. She’s upstairs.

Shawn: All right.

[Eerie music]

Belle: Johnny.

Marlena: Yes. Yes, he was here. Honey, we’re all here for you.

Belle: It’s him. It’s him.

John: What’d she say?

Shawn: What the hell?

John: Whoa, whoa, whoa. What are you doing here?

Johnny: I’m sorry. Look, I called him. I know you said you didn’t want him here, but he has a right to know.

John: Damn it, I told you no one else could be in this room. Shawn. We’re gonna do an exorcism, but we need to make sure that if it works, the devil just doesn’t take over another person in this room.

Shawn: I’m not just another person; I’m her husband.

Marlena: No one was trying to exclude you, shawn.

Shawn: Yeah, well, it sure seems that way. Belle? Belle, I’m here. Come on, belle, say something.

Demon belle: Damn it! Would you stop calling me belle?

Kayla: I’m sorry. Sometimes when I get too tired and too mad, I overstate my case. And I didn’t mean to sound so imperious back there.

Abigail: No, you didn’t at all. No, you’re just trying to make me feel better, and you did.

Kayla: Well, then I did something good today.

[Laughs]

Abigail: You know, earlier, I heard you talking about marlena’s job. Would it be helpful if we ran an editorial in the paper?

Kayla: No, I think that would just inflame things. I think–I just–I think I need to calm down and I need to convince the board that this is all gonna blow over in time.

Abigail: I heard you say something about threats.

Kayla: Apparently, seth burns said that my job was on the line. I’ll tell you something. The way I feel right now, if somebody wants this damn job, they can have it.

Leo: You have no idea how university hospital has fallen since you left. Babies switched at birth and sold to the highest bidder. Ever hear of security, dr. Johnson? Background checks? Moving out of the nursery, live patients declared dead.

Craig: I wish I could say that was something new.

Leo: Speaking of dead, our waitress appears to have given up the ghost. Garconess! Un autre, s’il vous plait. Where was I? Oh, yes, university hospital, the kayla johnson administration. Homicidal doctors and vip lab space handed over to stefano dimera’s mad scientist, and, from what I am told, some very, very rude candy stripers. I’m sorry, craig, but it is your duty to take over as the new chief of staff. The sick and dying of salem need you.

Kayla: I’m sorry, but I need to get back to work.

Abigail: Oh, yeah.

Kayla: I will keep you posted about sarah, all right?

Abigail: Thank you.

Kayla: And don’t worry, she’s in good hands.

Abigail: I know that. And thanks for listening to me.

Kayla: Oh, gosh, any time. I mean it. All right, I’ll see you later.

Abigail: Bye.

[Phone ringing] Hey, what’s up? I’m on my way home.

Chad: I’m not–I’m not there. I’m with will and sonny at the kiriakis place. Would you mind meeting us here?

Abigail: Yeah. What’s going on?

Chad: Eh, it’s complicated. I’ll fill you in when you get here.

Shawn: Oh, my god, belle.

Demon belle: Don’t you say that to me.

Shawn: How long has she been like this?

Marlena: Since the exorcism.

Demon belle: Did you really think it would be that easy to get rid of me?

Shawn; no, I would’ve known.

Demon belle: I didn’t want you to. I was incognito so you wouldn’t interfere with my work.

John: What work?

Demon belle: I turned myself into ej at the courthouse and stuck my tongue down abigail’s throat. And my, wasn’t that a delicious treat.

[Eerie music]

We hit the bike trails every weekend

Johnny: I knew my dad wouldn’t do anything that stupid–right in the middle of his trial, just before my uncle chad was about to testify. You turned him against my father! Why?

Marlena: To destroy love. To tear families apart. To turn brother against brother.

Demon belle: Oh, marlena. You know me so well.

Johnny: Damn you!

John: No, johnny! No! No! It’s not belle!

Marlena: Belle! Belle!

John: It’s not–it’s not– damn it, stop!

Abigail: Mm-hmm. You know, I got to say, when you asked me to come over here, I just thought we’d be catching up with old friends. It just–it didn’t occur to me that all, uh, three of you were gonna ask me to sign off on my husband getting into bed with another man.

Chad: Yeah, it’s extreme.

Abigail: But you’re okay with this?

Chad: Well, I do not want to do this.

Abigail: Okay, that’s–that’s really very good for me to hear. Um–

Chad: But leo’s done some bad stuff and he’s dead set on doing it more, so–

Abigail: So it’s a far, far better thing you do, huh?

Chad: It’s your call.

Abigail: Hmm. Well, I guess I’d still be on lunatic island if it weren’t for you, so where do we start?

Chad: Well, as you might’ve guessed, I would like to get this over asap.

Will: Yes. Oh– I will call the inn.

[Phone line trilling] Hello, I would like dr. Craig wesley’s room please. Or maybe it’s under the name leo stark. Oh, right, okay. I’ll call back. They are out for the evening.

Chad: Well, they have to come home sometime. And when they do, abby and I will be waiting for them.

Leo: And think about it, what’s left for you in new york anyway? Parker and joy are away at school, and the two adults who love you most in the world, me and chloe, we’re right here.

Craig: Yeah. How do I put this delicately? You’re not the most popular person here.

Leo: Well, it matters to me not that I am liked so long as I am loved. Well, that was profound, don’t you think?

Craig: It was your depth that attracted me in the first place.

Leo: Don’t I know it.

Craig: Guess it would be nice to live closer to chloe. And I guess if they are gonna get rid of kayla anyway, I could just put my hat in the ring.

Leo: Unless there’s someone on the board who remembers the work you did. They could put your hat in the ring for you.

Craig: Maybe you’re right. Wonder where seth burns is.

Leo: This calls for tiramisu.

John: It’s not belle, kid.

Shawn: You’re not helping, you know.

Johnny: I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I just– what she said.

Marlena: It was very upsetting. But it wasn’t belle. It was him.

John: Now do you understand why I didn’t want anyone else in this room?

Shawn: I’m staying. Belle’s my wife.

Marlena: John, you know how I feel about this. The more people in this room that love her, the better.

John: No. Because if there are people in this room, we’ll never know for sure if the devil is really gone.

Johnny: You know what? I just got an idea. We treat our faces to the best skin care.

Will: All right. One, two.

[Both groaning] I wonder if leo’s taking the bait.

Sonny: There’s not much we can do now until chad and abigail have told us they’ve set the stage. I guess that means we’re done with our workout.

Will: Well, not necessarily.

Chad: Well, a night all alone and we’re doing this.

Abigail: Well, this was not my idea.

Chad: Here he comes.

Abigail: Okay, here we go.

[Clears throat] You’re never– you never listen to me!

Chad: Yes, I do!

Abigail: Okay, well, then what did I just say?

Chad: I–I don’t know. I can’t quote verbatim, but I’m sure it had something to do with how unhappy you are and how it’s always my fault, because that’s all you ever talk about!

Abigail: Well, you never say or do anything! And you haven’t touched me in months!

Chad: I have a had a lot on my mind!

Abigail: You think I don’t notice that the only time you light up is when you talk about going to visit will and sonny in phoenix? And that other guy, whatever his name is, leo stark.

Craig: It’s been a long time. Burns’ office is here.

Kayla: Dr. Wesley? +What are you doing here?

Johnny: I’ve been doing research for my movie. Hey, when you stopped at home to pick up your exorcism stuff, did you happen to–

John: Stuff?

Johnny: Yeah, the–the– did you get that– the medal, right? The medal thing that the gabe guy gave you, saint–

John: Benedict?

Johnny: Yeah.

John: Yeah. In fact, I’ve got it right–

Johnny: I don’t need to see it. I’m just saying, doesn’t it give you power over the devil so you can drive him away?

John: That’s a fact.

Johnny: So… grandma and uncle shawn hold onto it while you’re performing the exorcism, won’t they be protected too?

John: Well, I don’t know. I suppose so.

Marlena: Wow. Good thinking there.

Johnny: I only wish I would have thought of it last time.

Shawn: Okay, let’s do it.

Johnny: Well, I think I’m the one person that you guys don’t need in this room. So if you need me back for anything, I’ll just be right out here.

Marlena: Thank you, johnny.

Johnny: I just pray this works.

[Dramatic music]

John: All right, here we go. Put your hand on top of mine.

Marlena: Strange. She had no reaction.

[Eerie music]

John: In the name of the father, the son, and the holy spirit. Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. This is the sound of nature breathing.

Will: Uh, why don’t we take this upstairs?

Sonny: You know, actually, I feel kind of guilty, being here alone with you while chad and abigail are stuck with leo.

Will: Leo who?

Sonny: [Laughs]

Leo: [Clears throat]

Chad: Leo. We were just talking about you.

Leo: Really?

Chad: I didn’t know you were in salem.

Leo: I have a new boyfriend, a salemite boyfriend.

Abigail: Mm. Well, lucky him.

Chad: Right. Sorry. Um… leo, this is my wife, abigail. Abigail, this is–

Abigail: Yeah, the famous leo. I kind of figured.

Leo: Famous?

Abigail: Yeah. He never stops talking about you, so you obviously made quite an impression on him.

Chad: I wouldn’t– I wouldn’t go that far.

Abigail: I would.

Leo: Anyway, nice to see you again.

[Smooth jazz music]

Chad: Hooked.

Craig: Kayla, you are the chief of staff, and you’ve given yourself a graveyard shift.

Kayla: Can I help you with something?

Craig: [Laughs] Well, uh, as a matter of fact, you can. After leo and I ran into you and steve, we– well, we started talking and we thought maybe we’d kick around the idea of staying in salem and I wanted to find out from you if you had any positions here available on staff?

Kayla: I don’t think that I have any position available for someone with your expertise.

Craig: Ah, well, that’s all right. I mean, I wouldn’t be climbing that proverbial ladder. I’d be perfectly happy starting at the bottom.

John: Depart, then, transgressor. Depart, seducer, full of lies and cunning. Foe of virtue, persecutor of the innocent. Give place, give way, you monster, give way to christ!

Marlena: And stay away from all of us!

[Thunder rumbles]

[Dramatic music]

[Tense music]

Belle: Shawn?

Shawn: I’m right here. I’m right here, honey. I’m right here. Hey.

Belle: Mom? Dad?

John: Hey, baby.

Belle: What happened?

Marlena: You don’t remember?

Belle: Where am I?

Marlena: You’re at the dimera mansion. You’re in johnny’s bedroom.

Belle: I was– I was downstairs with johnny and something happened.

Marlena: You’re okay, darling. You were sick, but now you’re healed.

Belle: What? I love you.

Shawn: I love you too.

Marlena: Thank god. The devil is gone, forever.

[Dramatic music]

[Eerie music]

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Will: Ah!

Will and sonny: Hey!

Chad: What, the kiriakis can’t afford a home gym?

Sonny: Hey, what can we say? Times are tough.

Chad: When did you guys get in?

Will: A couple of days ago.

Chad: I’m sorry we couldn’t get together sooner. I was out of town.

Sonny: Yeah, we, uh, heard you found sarah horton.

Chad: Yeah, kristen had her this whole time. Abigail started asking questions and kristen grabbed her too.

Will: Are you freaking kidding me?

Chad: I wish I was. But we’re home, we’re safe.

Sonny: I mean, was it– was it scary on the, uh, dimera private island?

Chad: Yeah, but at least I wasn’t dealing with leo stark.

Sonny: Right.

Craig: Oh!

Leo: Oh. I thought you were asleep.

Craig: I was.

Leo: Well, come on. The night is young. And you’re not responding. Fine, take a nap. See if I care.

Craig: Baby, it’s been great, it’s just–we’ve been going all day. I need a break.

Leo: Can I help it if I can’t keep my hands off you?

Craig: Mm. I’m serious, leo. Come on. I’m not a spring chicken anymore. Besides, I’m hungry. Let me buy you some dinner, hmm?

Leo: Fine. But when we get back here, I’m having you for dessert.

[Tense music]

Marlena: You’re loving this, aren’t you, you old bastard? Twenty-five years ago, you unlocked the gates of hell. And now that demon has my daughter. Well, john is on his way over here. We have defeated you before, and we will do it again.

John: Doc?

Marlena: In here.

John: [Sighs] Oh, baby.

Marlena: I’m so glad you’re here.

John: Your message just said “emergency.” I was going out of my mind.

Marlena: I didn’t want to leave the information on the voice mail.

John: Okay, okay, so what’s going on?

Marlena: I think you better brace yourself.

[Foreboding music]

Demon johnny: Why, auntie belle, you seem to be in a bit of a bind. Well, it’s a good thing this bed’s comfy. If things work out, you’re gonna be here for a while.

[Laughing]

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

[Soft orchestration]

Brady: Come in.

Chloe: Hey.

Brady: You look tired.

Chloe: Ugh, I am. I haven’t really been sleeping very well lately, and I don’t think I will until I can get my dad out of leo’s clutches. Do you know that he called me today?

Brady: Your dad?

Chloe: Yeah. We spoke for over an hour, and he’s just furious.

Brady: Because we were trying to grill leo?

Chloe: Yeah, that, and also sending sonny and will to warn him about that creep.

Brady: Leo must’ve given him an earful.

Chloe: Yeah, and he bought it all. It’s just–it’s so crazy. I feel like I don’t know my own father anymore.

Brady: No, no, chloe, chloe. I mean, sooner or later your dad is gonna realize that you had his best interests at heart. Sonny and will are not giving up.

Chloe: I just wish I knew what this secret plan of theirs is. And hoping it doesn’t blow up in our faces–or my dad’S.

[All laugh]

Chad: The-the-the thing that drove me craziest about leo is that nothing fazes him. I mean, I told him that I was straight, that I was married. That I got two kids. And then the guy still doesn’t take “no” for answer.

Sonny: No, that’s–that is leo, all right.

Chad: I wonder what his latest caper is. Because I know there is one.

Will: Uh, yeah. Yeah, there is.

Chad: You’ve heard from the little troll?

Sonny: Uh, worse. We’ve kind of seen him.

Will: Yeah, the little troll is back in town.

Marlena: The night of the exorcism, I thought you had freed me from the hell that I was going through. And that we would return to our lives and everything would be normal.

John: And it has.

Marlena: No, no, it hasn’T.

John: What are you talking about? And what the hell are we doing here anyway?

Marlena: John, this is where it happened.

John: This is where what happened?

Marlena: I came here looking for belle.

John: Why would belle be here anyway?

Marlena: No, but wait. Please, please. Let me explain, okay? I came in, and I was attacked.

John: What? Okay, stop right there. Let’s just slow this down and start from the beginning. Just tell me what happened.

Marlena: You didn’t vanquish the devil that night. The devil just left my soul and went into somebody else’S.

John: You’re kidding me.

Marlena: I wish I were. Because john, it went into our daughter.

John: Belle? Oh, no way. Doc, no, it can’t be. No.

Demon johnny: You know, I knew I wouldn’t have any problem conning that airhead susan banks into believing the devil’s got you. But what really impresses me is that I did the same thing to marlena. I mean, your own mother thinks you’re possessed. It’s glorious. And as long as you keep making like sleeping beauty, no one will ever be the wiser. The thing to work on now is well, what to do when– when you wake up. If. If you wake up. It’s my 5:52 woke-up-like-this migraine medicine.

Kayla: Ugh. I’m sorry I’m late.

Steve: Oh, it’s okay, baby. I already ordered for you.

Kayla: That’s sweet of you.

Steve: I’d better be sweet after the day you’ve had.

Kayla: Yeah.

Steve: How’s eli doing?

Kayla: Well, we thought the surgery was a success, but he’s slipped into a coma.

Steve: Oh, man.

Kayla: Yeah. Steve, he’s got these two little toddlers, I just…

Steve: Have you seen lani?

Kayla: Yeah, yeah, of course. She’s there at the hospital with paulina and valerie, and julie’s there too, and you know, I just– they all love him so much.

Steve: I can’t believe a punk drug dealer shot a good cop in broad daylight.

[Sighs] Well, you need to eat. Let me get the waitress.

Kayla: No, no, no, not yet. You know, there’s something else. The board is pressuring me to fire marlena.

Steve: [Sighs]

John: So belle was the one who attacked you?

Marlena: She attacked johnny too. John, when I looked at her, her eyes were glowing.

John: Where is she now?

Marlena: Upstairs. Tied up like I was. This is all my fault.

John: No, it’s not. No, it’s not, no, it’s not.

Marlena: Of course it is. The devil came after me. He wanted to control me completely, and when he couldn’t, he went after our baby.

John: No, no, you can’t blame yourself, honey, you can’T.

Marlena: Who else is–

John: Just-just-just give me a second, I-I-I gotta think about this because– something about this doesn’t make any sense here. I’ve spent far too much time with belle the night after the exorcism. I mean, I would have seen the signs.

Marlena: He knew that. He stayed away from you.

John: Okay, so why show himself now?

Marlena: Well, it wasn’t voluntary. Susan came back to town. She warned me about him.

John: And what did susan say?

Marlena: She came here looking for johnny. When she got here, she saw belle, and belle was wearing a coat with “666” on it.

John: No, I can’t buy it. I need to see belle for myself.

Marlena: You can’t talk to her, john. I’ve sedated her.

John: She’s alone?

Marlena: Well, no, no, johnny is with her. Johnny was the one who kept her from hurting me.

John: How’d he stop her?

Marlena: I’m afraid he knocked her unconscious.

John: Oh, my god.

Marlena: I know. I don’t know what would’ve happened if he hadn’t been here.

Demon johnny: Things would definitely go more smoothly if you never woke up. The good people of salem would want to believe that the devil died when you did. Yeah, I like it.

John: Johnny! What in the hell are you doing? Super emma just about sleeps in her cape.

Johnny: Grandpa john, hey!

John: You had both your hands around her neck.

Johnny: I–she was so quiet. I swear I was–I was just making sure she was still breathing.

John: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Just get away from her. Belle? Izzy b? Sweetheart, it’s daddy. I’m right here, honey. Your mom’s here too, sweetie. Where’s shawn? Does he know about this?

Marlena: No, not yet, I– I wanted to talk to you before I told him.

John: Okay, well now I know. She’s gonna need him.

Marlena: But john, it’s been a horrible day. Eli walked in on a drug bust. The dealer shot him. He’s critical.

John: Oh, I don’t even believe this.

Marlena: And shawn is in charge of the case. And somebody has to be there for julie.

John: He needs to know right now.

Johnny: We-we just thought, uh, you know, the fewer people that got wind of this, the better.

John: Well, you’re not calling the shots here. And we don’t know for sure she even is possessed.

Johnny: Did grandma tell you what she did?

John: Yeah, yeah, yeah, kid. She told me. But before I accept the fact that we’re dealing with the devil again, I’m gonna make damn sure that belle’s behavior isn’t caused by something else.

Steve: And it’s bad enough the board wants marlena gone, but they’re asking you to fire her?

Kayla: Yeah.

Craig: Uh, excuse me. I-I don’t mean to interrupt, but the board wants to fire marlena? Why would they do such a thing?

Steve: This is a private conversation.

Craig: I know.

Kayla: Craig? Craig wesley?

Craig: Good to see you again, kayla.

Kayla: Wow. Steve, you remember craig. He’s chloe’s dad.

Steve: Right, right, yeah. I’m sorry, it’s been a while.

Kayla: Well, steve and i are married now.

Craig: Oh, congratulations.

Kayla: Yeah. Um, well, listen, that’s so nice of you and nancy to come in to see chloe.

Craig: We’re um, we’re both here to see chloe. But we’re no longer together.

Kayla: I’m sorry, I–

Leo: Well, I’m not. I’m his new boyfriend.

Chad: You guys expect me to believe that-that chloe lane’s dad is-is not only gay all of a sudden, but he’s also dating leo stark?

Sonny: Look, we’re not putting you on, man. Okay, I wish we were, but chloe’s really upset.

Chad: Okay, why–then why doesn’t she just tell her dad that leo is a total sleaze?

Will: Well, she tried. And when he refused to believe her, she asked us to talk to him. Which we did.

Sonny: And that did not work, either.

Will: Yeah, apparently, dr. Wesley hasn’t been a perfect person, so he’s willing to be forgiving.

Chad: I don’t care what dr. Wesley’s rap sheet looks like; it can’t be nearly as bad as leo’S.

Sonny: Well, we have to do something, you know, but it– it’s not gonna be easy ’cause, you know, wesley hasn’t been out that long, and leo is very, um, attentive.

Chad: Okay. I don’t need the details. I know–I know very well all about leo’s attentiveness.

Will: That–exactly. Which is why we need your help.

Chad: Me? What can I do?

Brady: Look, sonny and will, they know leo better than anyone. So if sonny says he has a way to get your dad to see leo’s true colors, I believe him.

Chloe: I want to, but you didn’t hear my dad on the phone today. He said that he’s never been happier in his life than when he’s been with leo.

Brady: Yeah, I know a little something about the illusion of happiness. Remember theresa? Or kristen? But we sometimes, you just want to–want to believe something so badly that you almost will yourself to think it’s true.

Chloe: Tell me about it. You ignore all the warning bells in your brain because you wanna believe the fairy tale.

Brady: Mm-hmm. And sometimes, the worst part is that the real thing is staring at you right in the face.

Chloe: And you don’t recognize it. I was on an antidepressant,

Kayla: The two of you are dating?

Leo: Oh, it’s more than that. We’re in love, aren’t we?

Craig: I know I am.

Steve: I’m sorry if i don’t say congratulations. I still remember what you did to my sister’s son.

Kayla: And my nephew, will.

Leo: Okay, look, I-I read about what happened to poor adrienne and–

Steve: Oh, no, no. No, you don’T. Don’t you dare talk about my sister.

Leo: Whoa. Touchy much?

Craig: Let me take care of this. Look, leo is a changed man. You have my word on that.

Kayla: You know, it was nice running into you, craig.

Craig: Kayla, just–about this marlena thing, being fired from the board. Why would they do that? I mean, she’s one of the most distinguished psychiatrists in the country.

Leo: But being possessed by the devil– gotta be a game changer. What, I-I read about it in the “intruder.” I have nothing but respect for the woman. That marlena devil is one fierce bitch.

Marlena: John. I know you hate this, but… she’s definitely possessed.

Johnny: She’s right, I– I saw those-those weird eyes, and–well, if that’s not proof, I don’t know what is. Very scary.

John: Yeah, well, I want to see for myself.

[Ominous music]

Oh, my god.

Marlena: What are we going to do?

John: I’ve been trying to get a hold of eric, but he’s not getting back, so. If there’s gonna be another exorcism here, I’m gonna have to perform it myself.

Johnny: You’re-you’re not really a priest.

John: The priesthood did not save marlena all those years ago. It was our love for one another. And now that same love is what’s gonna have to save our child.

Kayla: You shouldn’t believe everything you read in the “intruder.”

Leo: So they just made it up? Salem’s top shrink didn’t really go on a demonic rampage? Well, I hope the woman sues for libel in that case.

Kayla: I didn’t say they made it up.

Leo: Hmm, you kinda did.

Steve: Okay, that’s enough. Marlena and john are very close friends of ours. We’re not gonna discuss something you read about them in a tabloid.

Leo: Okay, okay. I’m-I’m sorry if I hit a nerve.

Craig: Kayla, I think it’s quite admirable how– how you’re sticking by your friend and colleague, but I just remember how tough the board could be when I was chief of staff.

Kayla: Thank you.

Leo: Mm-hmm, yes. Thank you, craig. For smoothing over an awkward situation like only you can. Isn’t he charming and adorable? Right. Well, though this convo has been a barrel of monkeys, we have got to get going. I just called the pub. Our table is ready, and they’re gonna have your dirty martini waiting.

Craig: That’s wonderful. Maybe we could all get together sometime?

Leo: Ooh! A double date, I love it! And I promise, the topic of old beelzebub will not come up. We can stick to global extinction crisis. Did you know that 22 animals and one plant can now be considered extinct and removed from the endangered species list?

Craig: Leo likes to read the scientific journals a lot these days.

Leo: So our date. How does this weekend look by you guys? If you don’t mind a little bit of a schlep, I was thinking we can go to my favorite french restaurant in chicago, pierrot gourmet. The confit de canard, superb.

Kayla: Well, you know, steve and I are really so busy right now. I–we’d have to check our calendars.

Craig: Okay, well, um, some other time.

Kayla: Yeah.

Leo: Ta-ta. A bientT.

Kayla: I guess what my mom used to say is true.

Steve: What’s that?

Kayla: There’s a lid for every pot.

Sonny: Craig isn’t gonna believe a word we have to say about leo. I mean, he won’t even listen to his own daughter. So we have to show him with his own eyes what a degenerate this guy is.

Chad: Okay. How do I fit in?

Sonny: Uh, well, if there’s one thing that leo likes as much as money, maybe more, it’s sex.

Will: Yeah, leo’s probably a sex addict. Which is a real thing. There is a 12-step program, so we read.

Chad: Okay, okay, but we’re not gonna get leo to go through those 12 steps or any other 12 steps for that matter, so why do we care?

Sonny: Because we have to understand this guy’s weaknesses if we’re gonna exploit them.

Chad: And how do you propose we do that?

Sonny: Uh, well, we thought we would offer leo two of his biggest temptations– sex and money– in one great-looking package. Migraine attacks?

Steve: I can’t believe that a man that age, a doctor, no less, would fall for a creep like leo stark.

Kayla: Yeah, it’s baffling.

Steve: I mean, even when the guy was babbling on and on, embarrassing himself, wesley just looked at him adoringly.

Kayla: No, I don’t–I don’t think that he was looking at him adoringly. I think that craig was, uh, you know, embarrassed about leo’s behavior.

Steve: That’s not what I saw. He seemed head over heels to me. I mean, oh man, I think he’s brave coming out at this point in his life. But to choose a guy like that?

Kayla: Yeah, it does seem like not a great match.

Steve: That’s an understatement.

Kayla: Listen, next time, please, please tell me to keep my voice down when I’m talking about work.

Steve: So craig overheard us. It’s no big deal.

Kayla: No, you don’t understand. I heard that craig pulled every dirty trick in the book to steal the chief of staff job away from mike horton.

Steve: You’re not worried that craig might come after your job, are you?

Kayla: No, but I don’t put anything past him. Especially now that he’s hooked up with a con man like leo stark.

Craig: I just can’t stop thinking about the board wanting to fire marlena.

Leo: A legend who turned into a complete monster, complete with glowing eyeballs and fangs.

Craig: Fangs?

Leo: That’s what some people are saying.

Craig: Yeah, well, whatever they’re saying, she’s highly respected. Like you said, a legend.

Leo: Well, people are fickle. You’re in like flynn one minute. The next, you can’t get arrested. Cancel culture and all that.

Craig: Yeah, you’re right about that.

Leo: Ooh, I think you should get a big steak and some home fried potatoes.

Craig: Yeah? And then I’d have to double up on my cholesterol meds.

Leo: You’ll work it all off once we get back to the hotel. I will see to that.

Craig: You will, won’t you? You’re too much.

Leo: You love it.

Craig: I do. And I love you.

Leo: [Sighs]

Craig: I just wish chloe would find a way to accept us.

Leo: She’ll come around. Let’s get you that martini.

Chloe: I don’t know if I’ve said this already, but thank you.

Brady: For what?

Chloe: For being my friend and being my sounding board through all of this.

Brady: You don’t have to thank me for that.

Chloe: Sure I do. I mean, none of this mess is your problem. And you know you can bail any time you want to, right?

Brady: Oh, thank you. I will never do that. How many personal dramas have you seen me through?

Chloe: I don’t feel like it’s that many.

Brady: [Laughs] All right, why don’t we go back to last summer when I just got out of the hospital? What did you do? You ran the office. You took care of me. You-you spent time with rachel. Who adores you, by the way.

Chloe: Well, I’m-I’m pretty crazy about her as well. And I’ll always be here for you.

Brady: I don’t know what I did to deserve having you come back into my life the way you have, but I’m so grateful that you have. Hey. How-how was san francisco?

John: Oh, hey, sorry, kids. I can’t talk about it right now.

[Suspenseful music]

Johnny: Where’s grandpa john?

Marlena: He went home to get what he needs for the exorcism.

Johnny: Who knew that stuff would keep coming in handy, huh? Uh, sorry. Bad-bad joke.

Marlena: I’m not really in a jokey mood. I’m a little concerned about her.

Johnny: Me too. I still can’t get over seeing her that way, you know? What she was capable of with the devil inside her.

Marlena: We have to get her back.

Johnny: I just hope grandpa john’s able to save her soul before it’s too late.

Is now a good time

for a flare-up?

Brady: Hey, dad, is everything okay?

John: Yeah, yeah. Everything’s fine. Just working on a case here. Here to pick up some stuff. You have yourself a good night now, okay?

Brady: Okay.

Chloe: Okay, good night.

Brady: Well, I’m pretty sure he wasn’t telling me the truth.

Chloe: I don’t think so, either.

Brady: Oh, what now?

Chloe: Uh, I don’t know, but maybe don’t borrow trouble, okay?

Brady: Okay. Hey, just before my dad came in, I hope you don’t think that I was coming onto you. I-I–you know how I feel about you, but I also know that you are hung up on philip and I…

Chloe: Maybe I’m not?

Brady: Not what?

Chloe: Still hung up on philip. I mean, I hope that he’s okay, wherever he is, but, uh, I think it might be time for me to let him go.

Leo: Another martini?

Craig: Mm-mm. Dinner will be here shortly.

Leo: You’ve been kind of quiet. Thinking about chloe?

Craig: Yeah, I have. She’s my daughter.

Leo: I wish she would give me a chance to prove how much I love you.

[Phone beeps]

Craig: Great.

Leo: What, what is it?

Craig: It’s a text from one of my friends at the hospital. “Hey, craig. Just to let you know, nancy’s been in touch with me and various others at the hospital, informing us that you’re getting divorced. She’s also told us the reason.”

Leo: Why would she do that?

Craig: Maybe she’s hurt, angry, wants sympathy. Which I can understand, it’s– gonna be a problem for us. For me, I mean. The hospital, she’s beloved there. They-they–she organizes the volunteers, she does the fundraising. They love her there. She’s great at that stuff. If anybody thinks that I treated her poorly, my career could take a hit. They could fire me for this.

Leo: They cannot fire you for being gay.

Craig: I know. But it could freeze me out of important social circles, which could end my career.

Leo: So who says we have to go back to new york?

Craig: I do. That’s where my career is.

Leo: But you said it started here in salem. And you said it was a promising start.

Craig: I did.

Leo: So what if you come back? Pick up where you left off?

Chad: Okay. So if I’m understanding you correctly, then you want to offer leo a chance at more money and better sex than he’s getting from chloe’s dad?

Sonny: Exactly.

Chad: Okay, so how do you, uh, propose we do that then? Hire someone and have him pretend to a be a rich guy who’s hot for leo?

Will: No. He-he would be on to that in a second, he’s not dumb. He would recognize a fellow prostitute or con man.

Sonny: Yeah, no, will’s right. This–this guy has to be the real deal.

Chad: Oh, that’s gonna be pretty hard to find, right?

Sonny: Mm, maybe not.

Johnny: You have to take care of yourself, grandma.

Marlena: No, I’m fine.

Johnny: I haven’t seen you eat anything. Why don’t you go down to the kitchen? Find something to eat.

Marlena: I’m not hungry. And I’m not leaving her until john gets back.

[Foreboding music]

Demon johnny: Maybe I should just get rid of marlena right now. She’s starting to bore me. It’d be easy. I could blame it on belle. Tell john that belle broke free of the restraints and strangled her poor old mother. I tried to help her, of course, but there was nothing I could do.

[Door opens]

Marlena: Oh. Thank god you’re here. Did you get what you wanted?

John: Yeah.

Johnny: I’ll-I’ll do anything I can to help.

John: Well, the best thing you can right now, johnny, is just leave us alone.

Limu emu

Johnny: You just said belle needs people around who love her.

John: I’m not asking you to leave because you’re annoying. I’m telling you that you have to leave because I don’t want the devil making you his next host.

Johnny: Yeah, well, I’m not afraid. Belle is my cool aunt. I love her.

Marlena: That’s very sweet of you, but john is right. The fewer people in this room, the better.

Johnny: What if–what if i just stand way over there?

Marlena: Out.

John: Why don’t you just go downstairs and wait for us.

Johnny: I can’t do anything to change your guys’ minds, huh?

[Tense music]

Marlena: Well, I’ve never actually seen this done before. I’ve only been on the receiving end. Just tell me what you’d like me to do.

John: Okay, I will. I want you to leave the room, too, doc.

Demon johnn: If I’m not there when the ritual starts, john is gonna find out that belle’s not possessed. Marlena evans and that ersatz priest husband of hers are gonna figure out the truth. I’ve got to do something to get back up in that room. Of course.

[Line trills]

Johnny: Uncle shawn. It’s me, johnny. Look, can-can you come over to my house right away? Something’s happened to aunt belle.

Brady: You’re really ready to give up on philip?

Chloe: Well, sometimes I– I think that we just have to face the reality. And the reality is, I don’t know where he is or when he’s coming back. Or if he’s coming back. You know, I think I just have to accept that maybe he’s dead. And I don’t know who got to him or why. Maybe it was kristen because she escaped around that time, but– I just, I know it wasn’t you.

Brady: Thank god.

Chloe: And I’m tired of living my life in limbo.

Brady: You’ve had so much to deal with lately.

Chloe: I-I know. But that’s what has made me think of this. I think about my dad and how he’s lived his entire life in denial. And if he would have just been honest with himself and my mom a lot sooner… you know, I don’t wanna live like that, I– I don’t live–want to live a life where I deny what I– what I feel for you.

Brady: Really? Do you have any idea how long I’ve been waiting for you to say those words? Chloe, I just–I need to know that you’re sure about it.

Chloe: You have been so patient and gentle with me.

Brady: Oh come on.

Chloe: No, it’s true, brady. It’s true, I think– I think it’s always been you.

Brady: Hallelujah. Come here.

Craig: I love new york, leo. It’s the land of opportunity. The pace, the diversity, it’s what I thrive on. I mean, why would I want to leave that to come back to the sticks?

Leo: So it’s a small pond. You’d be the big handsome fish.

Craig: And do what? Hang out a shingle so I could try and build a practice at my age?

Leo: You heard what kayla johnson said. The board wants her to can dr. Devil, and she doesn’t have the guts to do it.

Craig: What does that have to do with me?

Leo: Babe, you’re not seeing the big picture. If kayla stands her ground, her job could be in trouble.

Craig: Ah, now I hear what you’re saying.

Leo: If we play our cards right, you could be dr. Craig wesley, the once and future chief of staff at salem university hospital.

Chad: Leo is a creep.

Sonny: Uh, right.

Will: Mm-hmm.

Chad: Okay, so how are you gonna some real deal guy to come on to him?

Sonny: Well, it-it would have to be somebody who, you know, leo’s already expressed interest in. You know, somebody who wouldn’t have to sell himself.

Chad: Why are you guys looking at me like that? What do you want me to do?

Will: Something along the lines of making leo’s wildest dreams come true.

Chad: How am I supposed to do that?

Sonny: By going to bed with him.

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Chanel: Any news on your aunt belle?

Allie: My grandma marlena is keeping her sedated while she tries to reach my grandpa john.

Chanel: To tell them that their daughter is possessed by the devil?

Allie: It’s horrible, I know. But they’ve been through it. They’ll know how to help her. What about you? How are you doing?

Chanel: I mean, I’m still a little freaked out. The devil looked me in my eye and told me that he was going to kill me.

Allie: I’m so sorry, dupree, but just don’t tell anyone about this, okay? Because my grandma really wants to keep it on the dl.

Chanel: Oh, don’t worry. I have no desire to talk about johnny or what went down this morning.

Paulina: What happened with johnny?

Chanel: Horton, I gotta call you back. My mom just got here.

Paulina: What did that little creep do now?

Chanel: Oh, I went by there this morning to try to get him to let me and allie out of doing his stupid movie, and he said he would if I agreed to drop the lawsuit, meaning that I wouldn’t get a dime in our divorce.

Paulina: Well, I hope you told him to kick rocks.

Chanel: Well, I would have, but we got interrupted.

Paulina: Oh, well, maybe I should talk to ray about this.

Chanel: Oh, well, actually, mr. Coates said he’d be fine with letting allie and I out of the movie as a favor to you.

Tr: So we have a deal? You’ll keep your mouth shut about our past relationship?

Beth: Specifically, that you were a drug addict who beat the crap out of me?

Tr: And in exchange, I will give you a role in my upcoming movie.

Beth: Yes, god help me. We have a deal.

Tr: My girl, oh, you made the right decision, beth. You won’t regret this.

Beth: I don’t know about that.

Tr: Trust me, this could be your big break.

Beth: You always get your way, don’t you, tr?

Tr: Just lucky, I guess.

Beth: Right, it was just luck that the one person I told my story to, the one person who knows the disgusting truth about you, your son-in-law, gets shot and killed right after he met with me.

Tr: As I said before, I had nothing to do with that. But I freely admit that I am relieved that poor eli took my secret to the grave.

Shawn: Hey, grandma.

Julie: Oh, shawn douglas. What a nice surprise.

Shawn: Hope I haven’t caught you at a bad time.

Julie: Oh, not at all. My, you look so serious. Is something wrong?

Shawn: I’m afraid I have some bad news.

Julie: Is it ciara? Has something happened with the baby?

Shawn: No, it’s about eli.

Lani: I feel like he has been in surgery forever. Do you know how long it’s been?

Abe: I haven’t checked the time for a while. I’m sure we’re going to know something soon.

Lani: Yeah.

Kayla: Hi. Eli is out of surgery.

Lani: How did it go?

Valerie: Lani, abe, oh, god. How is my son?

Lani: He’s out of surgery.

Valerie: Okay.

Abe: Okay, ladies. You wanna tell us more?

Kayla: The surgeon removed the bullet without any complications.

Lani: Okay.

Kayla: And eli’s in stable condition.

Valerie: Oh.

Lani: So he’s okay? He’s–he made it out? He’s gonna be okay?

Kayla: He’s okay, but he’s not out of the woods. The next 24 to 48 hours are critical.

Valerie: Of course, of course.

[Tense music]

Eli: You’re under arrest.

Tr: Ahh! Eli: Ray.

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

[Soft orchestration]

Paulina: Back up. When did you speak to ray?

Chanel: This morning. He came by with the latest version of the script, and allie and I told him we don’t care that we signed contracts, there is no way that we are working with him or johnny. And he said he doesn’t wanna make us do anything we don’t wanna do.

Paulina: Because of me?

Chanel: I guess he’s trying to make amends with you and lani, and letting me out of the movie is a part of that.

Paulina: But you still have to get johnny to agree.

Chanel: Yeah, he has final say on the casting, but, knowing that, if he says it’s okay, mr. Coates is cool with it, that’s huge. I mean, he’s the producer. He doesn’t have to do this. I guess he really is trying to get back in your good graces.

Paulina: Yeah, well, ray, he’s made it clear he wants a chance to make things up to me.

Chanel: What did you say?

Paulina: Still thinking about it.

Chanel: I have to admit that he did seem like a decent guy, but I–

Paulina: But what?

Chanel: I’m just not sure I trust him. And how could I after all the hell he put you through?

Paulina: It was a long time ago. But, believe me, when it comes to ray coates, my eyes, they are wide open. I’m not gonna forget what that man did to me, but I told him forgiveness has to be earned.

Chanel: Oh, so you are considering forgiving him?

Paulina: I still have a lot of reservations, but given that everyone in this town, that they forgave me for what I almost did so it seems hypocritical not to believe in giving a second chance to others.

Chanel: I just–I don’t wanna see you get hurt again.

Paulina: Oh, no, don’t you worry about me, baby. Let’s just focus on getting you out of that movie. Now, ray, maybe he can read that fine print and find a way that will allow him to overrule johnny.

Chanel: Well, if he does, I’m sure it won’t be hard for him to find someone else to play celeste perrault.

Beth: He already has. I’m the new celeste.

Valerie: I understand the head of neurosurgery operated on eli. Did she express any concern about permanent brain damage?

Kayla: No, not at this point. Of course, we’ll have to wait and see.

Valerie: Yeah.

Lani: Can we see him?

Kayla: I think he should be in recovery now. I don’t think that the anesthesia has worn off, but you’re welcome to sit with him. Maybe we just keep it to two for now, okay?

Abe: Yeah. Would you give eli my love?

Lani: Yes.

[Soft music]

Eli, it’s me. I’m right here, my love. I am right here, and so is your mom.

Valerie: Hey, darling. Hey, baby, that’s right. You know, I came all the way from D.C. So don’t keep me waiting, baby. I want to see your beautiful smile and hear your voice.

Eli: [Grunts]

Valerie: What?

Lani: Eli, baby.

Eli: [Grunts]

Valerie: What is he trying to say? Eli? Oh, god, oh. This is the sound of nature breathing.

Chanel: So you’re the new celeste perrault?

Beth: Yeah, I was just cast. Oh, were you hoping to get the role?

Chanel: Oh, no, I already did, and I have been trying to get out of it for weeks.

Beth: May I ask why?

Paulina: Well, her soon-to-be ex-husband, he’s the director.

Beth: Ah.

Chanel: Yeah. So, mom, do you think maybe this means that johnny’s caved?

Paulina: Why would he do that?

Chanel: Well, I did help him with a family crisis earlier, so, you know, maybe this is his way of saying thanks? Have you talked to johnny dimera?

Beth: No, just tr.

Chanel: Well, I don’t care how you got the part or how it happened, I’m just glad that it did.

Beth: Not to pry, but your ex-husband…

Chanel: Mm-hmm.

Beth: Should I be worried about working with him?

Chanel: Oh, no, no, not at all. He is a very talented director, personal issues aside. He’s very passionate about this project. And when I agreed to do the movie, he had me trying on wigs and learning to read tarot cards. He wants it all to be exactly right and totally convincing.

Beth: Did you say tarot cards?

Chanel: Yeah, didn’t you read the script?

Beth: Not yet. Like I said, I just got cast. Oh, but tr did mention something about celeste being a psychic.

Chanel: Yes, and stefano dimera’s henchwoman, and his lover. My girl wore a lot of hats.

Beth: Wow. If you have time, I’d love to pick your brain about the role.

Chanel: Oh, what about now? This is my bakery. I can go inside and grab you a free pastry and we can chat.

Beth: Oh, that is so kind.

Chanel: Chanel. And this is my mother, paulina price.

Paulina: Pleasure to meet you.

Beth: I’m beth. Nice to meet you both. Thank you so much for doing this.

Chanel: Oh, no, don’t worry. You are the one who is helping me out. Later, mama.

Paulina: Mm-hmm. Bye, sweetheart.

Abe: Lani said that the shooter was a known drug dealer. Frank something or other.

Shawn: But he wasn’t working an active case that involved the guy.

Abe: Yes, she mentioned that.

Julie: Maybe he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Shawn: That’s possible. Look, from what I understand is that he was questioning someone, a woman, right before the shooting.

Abe: Well, that was part of a background check. She was at the station in the morning, and when lani arrived, she said that eli had stepped out in the middle of the meeting.

Julie: Why would he do that?

Abe: Well, that’s unclear. Lani was gonna ask that, and then shawn came in and said there was a shooting at the park.

Shawn: Listen, I’m gonna go look into these leads before they dry up, okay? And are you gonna be okay here if I take off?

Julie: Of course. You find out why this happened to eli, my eli. Abe will look after me.

Shawn: I love you.

Julie: I love you, too.

Shawn: I’ll see you.

Julie: Oh, how’s lani? How’s lani holding up?

Abe: She’s shook up, but she’s keeping it together. You know, I think she could use some additional support.

Julie: Hm.

Tr: Damn, I wish I’d saved some of that stash for myself instead of using it all on frank. It’s probably for the best, though. I got to keep a clear head.

[Tense music]

Eli’s death should have hit the news by now. What? How is that punk still alive?

[Phone line trilling]

Paulina: Hi, abraham. It’s nice to hear from you.

Abe: Paulina, there’s something you should know. Earlier today, eli was shot.

Paulina: Oh, my god. Is he all right?

Abe: At the moment.

Paulina: Does lani know?

Abe: Yes, yes, we’re here at the hospital.

Paulina: I’ll be right there.

Lani: I can’t make out what he’s saying.

Kayla: He’s probably just dreaming.

Lani: Hey, baby, you have to relax, okay? You’ve been through a lot, but you made it. And when you wake up, you will see that we are all here. Me, your mom, my dad.

[Tense music]

[Gunshot]

Eli: No, no.

Valerie: What?

Lani: He seems really agitated.

Kayla: Lani, honey, just keep talking to him and try to keep him calm.

Lani: Eli, baby, you have nothing to worry about, okay? Your family is here. Our babies are safe.

Valerie: Yes, yes, and the man who did this is no longer a threat to you or anyone else.

Eli: No.

Lani: Baby, please. Baby, please, you gotta relax.

[Monitors beeping]

Kayla: Okay, okay.

Lani: Eli, wait, what’s going–wait, eli, baby.

I may have moderate to

severe rheumatoid arthritis.

Allie: Tripp, hi, it’s me. I got your text, and I think I found everything you left here. I put it all in a box, so just–whenever you want me to drop it off, just give me a text, or a call, or whatever you want. I hope you’re doing well. Bye.

[Sighs]

[Soft music]

Beth: So celeste is a psychic, and she went up against the devil?

Chanel: Yeah, she was the first person to sense he was in salem. Sure wish she was here now.

Beth: Sorry?

Chanel: Oh, I was just saying that she was from new orleans and has a creole accent.

Beth: Ah. I’m gonna need to work on that. Wow, tr was right. This really is a great part.

Chanel: You said that he was the one who cast you?

Beth: Yes.

Chanel: Hm, interesting.

Beth: I take it you know him.

Chanel: I just met him recently, but he used to date my mom.

Beth: I see.

Chanel: Yeah, they actually have a daughter together, my half-sister, lani.

Beth: Are tr and your mother close?

Chanel: He’d like them to be, but he did some pretty bad stuff to her in the past, so she’s not sure she can trust him.

Beth: Right.

Chanel: He apologized to me for you know, the way he treated her, and he seems sincere, but he claims he put it all behind him and that he’s changed. I just–I don’t think men like that can change. But mama thinks that everyone deserves a second chance, so I don’t know, maybe she’s right.

Beth: Chanel, I have something I need to tell you.

[Cell phone rings] Oh.

[Cell phone rings] Hello?

Shawn: Is this ms. Howard?

Beth: Yes, who’s this?

Shawn: This is shawn brady, acting commissioner of the salem pd. Listen, I need you to come down to the station right away.

Paulina: Julie, I’m so sorry that this happened. I know how much you love eli. We all do.

Tr: Paulina, I just heard about lani’s husband. How is he?

Paulina: He’s in recovery. Lani’s in with him now.

Tr: Is he awake?

Julie: Not as far as we know.

Abe: You must be…

Tr: Tr coates, lani’s father.

Julie: I didn’t know you were in the picture.

Tr: It’s a recent development, and you are?

Paulina: Tr, this is julie williams. This is eli’s grandmother, and this is mayor abraham carver.

Tr: The man lani thought was her dad.

Abe: Is her dad.

Tr: I appreciate you looking after my little girl. I don’t know how to thank you.

Abe: I don’t need your thanks. Being lani’s father is the greatest gift to my life. Lani will always be my daughter, and I’ll do my best to protect her, and to that end, I’m afraid I’m going to have to ask you to leave.

Lani: Eli, baby, baby, please don’t die. Eli, we need you. Please, please, eli, please.

Valerie: Okay, the o2 levels are dropping.

Lani: What is wrong with him? Kayla, what’s happening?

Kayla: Okay, I need you to back up, okay? Can we get a mask in here? Lani, please, give us some room. Can you go outside, please?

Valerie: Okay, she’s gonna go outside, but I’m staying right here–I gotta help.

Lani: Please, you have to save him, kayla.

Valerie: We’re gonna do everything. We’re gonna do everything, I promise you that, I promise you that. Migraine attacks?

[Soft music]

Allie: Hi, dupree, what are you doing here?

Chanel: I think I have good news. I think I just met the new celeste perrault.

Allie: What?

Chanel: Yeah, apparently tr gave another actress the part.

Allie: Okay, so what does this mean? I mean, are we off the hook? We don’t have to do the movie?

Chanel: Well, that’s what I’m hoping.

Allie: Well, if that’s true, that would be very good news.

[Timer dings] And you made it just in time ’cause I made snickerdoodles.

Chanel: Working even when you’re not.

Allie: There for my brother, will; they’re his favorite.

Chanel: It was nice to finally meet him. He’s a hottie.

Allie: Okay, remember he is the gay brother, the married gay brother.

Chanel: Oh, listen, I am done dating your family. And did you guys have fun catching up?

Allie: We did. Actually, we spent a lot of the time talking about you.

Shawn: I appreciate you coming down here, ms. Howard.

Beth: No problem. What’s this about?

Shawn: Well, as you may recall, detective price and I ran out of here earlier because there was a report of a shooting. Turns out, the victim was her husband, detective eli grant.

Beth: Oh, my god, what happened?

Shawn: He was shot by a local drug dealer.

Beth: That’s awful, but what does this have to do with me?

Shawn: Well, you were the last person to see him before the shooting, and I was hoping maybe you could shed some light as to why he was at the park.

Beth: All he said was that he had something to take care of and it wouldn’t be long, but then he never came back. Now I know why. His poor wife. She’s so young to be a widow.

Shawn: Detective grant is still alive. When I left the hospital, he was just getting out of surgery. I’m hoping soon he’ll be able to tell me what really went down.

Beth: Detective, keep him away from your wife and kids. He is the devil incarnate. Detective grant is alive. This changes everything, doesn’t it?

Abe: Didn’t you hear me? I asked you to leave.

Tr: Now, why would I do that? I’m family. Maybe you two don’t know this, but my daughter and i have already started to bond, so I’m sure she wouldn’t have a problem with me being here.

Abe: I do. I know what you did to paulina. And I am not comfortable having you around her, or my daughter, or my grandchildren.

Tr: Mr. Mayor, I completely understand your position and why you wouldn’t want me around. But I assure you I have changed. And I would really like to have a chance to be here for my daughter.

Julie: Lani, honey. How’s my grandson?

Lani: I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know how to–i don’t know. I don’t understand it. I–we were talking to him about what had happened, and then he started to say that–

Tr: Well, I can explain.

Lani: Explain what?

Kayla: All right, val, let’s give him one milligram of lorazepam.

Nurse: On it.

Valerie: Still seizing.

Kayla: Okay, we need to get him intubated here. Let’s start him on propofol. Stat. Move it, let’s move it.

Valerie: Readjust that.

Trelegy for copd.

Chanel: So I don’t know if I should be flattered or scared that you were talking to your brother about me.

Allie: Maybe a little bit of both.

Chanel: Okay, so did you tell him that we–

Allie: Slept together? Yes. I wanted him to hear it from me, and I also wanted his help.

Chanel: With what?

Allie: With figuring out what my feelings for you mean, if I’m gay.

Chanel: And what did he say?

Allie: Well, he said that he cannot answer that question for me, but he did tell me about his experience, and it was very helpful.

Chanel: How so?

Allie: Well, I thought a lot about it, and I understand now that my experience and will’s are different. Will was in the closet, and he used to sleep with women, even though he wasn’t really into it. And then when he came out and he really embraced who he was, you know, he realized he’s gay. I’m not, and I know that because I am definitely attracted to men, but I also know that I’m not completely straight because, clearly, I’m attracted to you.

Chanel: So that means…

Allie: Well, will thinks that I’m bisexual.

Chanel: And what do you think?

Allie: I think he might be right.

Shawn: Changes everything?

Beth: I just meant for a detective price. She still has her husband, thank god.

Shawn: Look, lani told me that you met with eli to discuss your relationship with tr coates.

Beth: Past relationship, and yes, that’s right.

Shawn: Well, can you tell me what was said during that meeting?

Beth: Sort of a private matter.

Shawn: Okay, I understand. All right, but someone shot and gravely injured one of my officers today. And it’s my job to find out what happened to him. Right, in order for me to do that, I need to gather as much information as possible.

Beth: I mean, I doubt anything I would say would be relevant.

Shawn: You’d be surprised ms. Howard, even if it’s the littlest thing, something that you would think that is completely unimportant, that might be what cracks this case wide open. So can you please tell me what you told detective grant? And don’t leave anything out.

Tr: Sorry, I didn’t mean to jump in like that.

Lani: What did you wanna explain?

Tr: Why I’m here. I read about what happened to eli.

Lani: Dad, I thought you said that you asked shawn not to release any information to the media.

Abe: I did. But every amateur reporter is on social media.

Lani: Yeah, I understand.

Tr: Look, lani, I didn’t mean to intrude. I mean, I know that we’ve just started to get to know one another, but I wanted to come and show my support if that’s all right with you.

Lani: It’s fine.

Julie: Can we get back to the subject of eli? You said that he was telling you about the shooting. What did he say?

Lani: He wasn’t awake. He was just murmuring things in his sleep. And then he got agitated, and then all these alarms started going off, and I don’t know. I think he had a seizure.

Julie: Oh, my god.

Lani: And then kayla asked me to leave, and valerie stayed in there to help out. But I don’t know, I don’t know. I don’t know what’s happening. I don’t know.

Paulina: Oh, come over here. Oh, baby, I’m so sorry. Everything’s gonna be all right, baby.

Lani: How is he?

Kayla: Eli had a seizure caused by a subdural hemorrhage. We were able to get that under control, but I’m afraid that he is now in a coma.

[Soft music]

Why do dermatologists

use dove bar at home?

Kayla: As all of you probably know, it’s impossible to predict when a patient will come out of a coma. We are just going to have to let eli’s body heal itself, and then we’ll see what happens.

Lani: Can I see him?

Kayla: Of course you can.

Lani: Dad, can you please call and check in with the sitter?

Abe: Oh, yeah, don’t worry about the twins at all. I’ll make sure they’re okay.

Lani: Okay, thank you.

Paulina: Julie, julie, julie honey, I think you better sit down. Sit down. Oh, my. Everything’s gonna be all right.

Shawn: What’s going on?

Julie: Eli’s in a coma, darling.

Shawn: Oh, grandma, I’m so sorry.

Julie: Did you find out anything about the shooting?

Shawn: I’d rather not discuss this information in front of a stranger.

Tr: I’m not a stranger. I’m lani’s father.

Shawn: You’re tr coates?

Tr: That’s right.

Shawn: Shawn brady, salem pd. You know, I just interviewed your ex-girlfriend beth howard.

Paulina: Beth? I just met her earlier today. That’s your ex?

Tr: We dated a year ago. It’s been over for a while.

Paulina: Well, shawn, but why did you need to speak with her?

Shawn: Eli had just left a meeting with ms. Howard before he went to the park.

Paulina: What was the meeting about?

Shawn: Well, he had some questions about her relationship with mr. Coates here.

Tr: That’s what I figured. You told me that you got clean years ago after going to prison. You swore that you weren’t using drugs and that you had never never raised your hand again to another woman since. Well, I wanted to verify your story. Eli, he offered to help dig, take a deep dive into your past to see if you were telling the truth. Now, what did this woman have to say about her relationship with mr. Coates?

Abe: Well, I’d like to hear the answer to that myself.

Chanel: So are you comfortable identifying as bisexual?

Allie: I think so. I mean, it feels right. Is that weird? I know you’re not big on labels.

Chanel: Oh, that’s just my personal choice, but I would never judge you.

Allie: Thanks. You know, it wasn’t until i talked to will that I realized how much pressure I’ve been putting on myself. You know, to choose, to decide one or the other, gay or straight. And now I know I don’t have to do that. You know, actually, what helped me is remembering what happened with your mom.

Chanel: My mom?

Allie: Yeah, remember when she found out we kissed?

Chanel: How could I forget?

Allie: And you explained to her that you’re not gay.

Chanel: Yeah.

Allie: That sometimes you kiss girls, and sometimes you kiss boys, and I guess so do I, but some people like me, might call ourselves bisexual, and then some people like you might not. And that’s okay. I don’t know. I’m still, like, processing all this, but just seeing myself through a new lens, starting to embrace who I am. I feel good, more at peace.

Chanel: I’m happy for you, horton.

Allie: I just wish that i could’ve figured out my sexual identity before I hurt tripp the way I did.

Chanel: You didn’t mean to.

Allie: It doesn’t make it any less painful. He asked me to marry him and then found out that we’d slept together behind his back.

Chanel: Yeah, do you think there’s any chance that you–

Allie: No, no, like I said yesterday, tripp made it very clear that we are over. He asked for his ring back. And now he’s asked for all of his stuff back.

Chanel: I did talk to him. I made a plea on your behalf, but he wouldn’t listen.

Thanks for trying, dupree. You’re a good friend.

Shawn: I spoke at great length with ms. Howard, and she had a lot to say.

Abe: And?

Shawn: Well, she confirmed that last year during her six-month relationship with mr. Coates, there was no physical violence, and he was sober during the entire time they were together.

Paulina: Well, I’m very relieved to hear that.

Julie: Did this woman know why eli went into the park, why he faced off with a drug dealer?

Shawn: No, no, he just said that he had something to take care of and he’d be back soon, nothing to indicate where he was going or why.

Abe: Well, looks like we won’t have a full picture until eli wakes up.

Valerie: Come on, baby, sweetheart, you gotta stop scaring your mama like this. Come back to me, please, eli, come back. Oh, baby.

[Soft music]

Oh, baby. It’s my 5:52 woke-up-like-this migraine medicine.

Chanel: We’re in the same boat, horton. A part of me still loves johnny, but there is zero chance that he and I are getting back together.

Allie: So before I realized I was bisexual, I couldn’t really imagine you and me, us together as a couple. And usually, I’ll be the first one to say that jumping into a new relationship right after an old one ends is a terrible idea, but you’re my best friend, chanel. We know everything about each other, and we obviously have feelings for each other. So I don’t know, now that we’re both single, maybe this is our chance to give us a shot, you know, see if we have a future.

Chanel: As a couple?

Allie: Yeah, unless that sounds crazy.

Chanel: Oh, it definitely sounds crazy. But I absolutely love it.

[Soft music]

Shawn: Grandma, what do you say we go down the chapel and say a prayer for eli?

Julie: That sounds wonderful.

Paulina: I hope you understand why I had eli look into you.

Tr: Of course. In fact, I’m glad you did ’cause now you know I’ve been telling the truth that I’m a changed man.

Paulina: Listen–

Tr: Paulina, I’m gonna be in salem for a while. So I have plenty of time to earn your trust, which I fully intend to do, but right now we have to put our issues aside and be here for lani.

Paulina: Eli is her whole world. If she and those sweet babies lose him…

[Tense music]

Lani: Eli, baby, I love you so much, and so do carver and jules. But you take as much time as you need to recover, okay? We’re gonna be fine. The kids will be fine, I will be fine, and you will, too. I know it. I just know it. You’re gonna be okay.

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Lani: Um, they just took eli into surgery.

[Sniffles] I am so sorry, valerie.

[Sniffles] I’m so sorry.

[Sniffles] Mm-hmm. Okay, all right.

[Sniffles] I’ll see you soon.

[Phone beeps]

[Sniffles]

Abe: Aww, baby.

Lani: Hi.

[Sobbing]

[Suspenseful music]

Tr: Go ahead, make yourself comfortable.

Beth: I’m fine here. What do you want, tr?

Tr: Aw, relax. I’m not gonna bite.

Beth: You’ve been using. I can tell. You think I forgot how you beat me when you were high? No, coming here was a mistake.

Tr: Walking away from me would be a bigger one.

Maggie: Jake. Uh, maggie kiriakis here. I just got back from chicago and I was hoping that you could explain to me why there was a surprise dimera shareholder meeting yesterday, and how instead of victor joining the board, as we discussed, johnny dimera was installed in his place. So, um, please, call me. Call me.

[Knock at door]

[Exhales heavily]

Xander: [Clears throat]

Maggie: Oh, xander. What are you doing here?

Xander: Maggie, hello. I’m here because I wanted to, uh, tell you in person.

Maggie: Tell me what?

Xander: Sarah– she’s, uh, back in town.

Maggie: She is. Oh, well. I’m glad to hear that. I’m also surprised. When she was here a few weeks ago, uh, it was terribly hurtful as you well know. But, um… she was very clear that she didn’t want anything to do with any of us.

Xander: That’s because… that woman wasn’t sarah.

Maggie: What are you talking about? Of course it was.

Xander: No, maggie. That was ava vitali in a sarah mask. Courtesy of dr. Rolf. And it turns out that the woman who dumped me on my wedding day? Also not sarah. That was kristen dimera wearing the sarah mask.

Maggie: Oh, my god.

Xander: Sarah became a threat to kristen, so kristen kidnapped her. Made it look like she left town of her own accord so no one would look for her.

Maggie: So… so all this time? Where has sarah been?

Xander: Kristen’s been holding her captive on a deserted island. Luckily steve and kayla and abigail, they– they found her, brought her back.

Maggie: Oh, xander, I can’t believe what I’m hearing.

Xander: Yes, you can, ’cause it’s all true.

Maggie: [Gasps] Oh, my god. Oh, thank god, thank god! She’s safe. But, xander, wait– wait a minute. If this is true, then sarah– she never stopped loving you.

Xander: Maybe. But right now, she only has eyes for tony dimera.

Maggie: What? Tony dimera?

Anna: Well… aren’t you going to ask me how I slept last night?

Tony: How did you sleep last night, anna?

Anna: I didn’T. Not a wink. Because I was in the guest bedroom, wondering why my husband was not beside me.

Tony: Anna… you know exactly the reason why we had to sleep in separate bedrooms last night. It was either that or sarah pitch a fit and try to throw you out on the street. So, you know what? Enough with the outrage.

Anna: Well, tony, here’s why I’m outraged. You don’t have to let sarah do anything. This is your house. And mine. And yet you blithely indulge her delusion that she is… renee dumonde? And you let her call the shots? Oh, and then you play along with her fantasy that the two of you are madly in love.

Tony: Do you think I’m enjoying this? And there’s nothing blithe about what I’m doing here. You heard what kayla said. This was the right course of action.

Anna: Well, kayla is not a psychiatrist. And that woman is clearly out of her mind. We need marlena to talk some sense into that lunatic.

Sarah as renee: If you’re looking for marlena, she’s upstairs, although she is rather busy, dealing with a woman who’s literally tied to the bed.

[Tense music]

Abigail: Oh, well, hello, gwen.

Gwen: Abigail…hello.

Abigail: Why are you so surprised? Oh, surely you’ve heard that chad rescued me off that godforsaken island. Aren’t you gonna welcome me back?

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

[Soft orchestration]

[Tense music]

Beth: Are you threatening me?

Tr: Me? No. It’s like I told you on the phone, I have an offer you can’t refuse. I’ma make you a star, baby.

Lani: I am so glad that you’re here.

[Sniffles]

Abe: How’s eli?

Lani: They just took him into surgery not too long ago. How is he? Do you have any news?

Kayla: Eli’s in the very best hands. The head of neurosurgery is performing the operation, and there is no one better. As soon as I have an update, I’ll let you know, all right?

Lani: Okay. Thank you.

Kayla: We’re praying for him.

Abe: So are we.

Anna: Did you just say that marlena had someone tied up upstairs?

Tony: You know, renee, you’ve been through a lot. Do you think it’s possible tha–

Sarah as renee: That I’m hallucinating? Of course not. And I’ll assume that it is her influence that led you to suggest that anyway. Nor am I hallucinating, in the unfortunate case, that she is still here.

Anna: This is my home.

Tony: Uh, uh–

Sarah as renee: Not for long. Although my attorney did inform me that I will have to provide proof that I’m the rightful owner of this house before I can kick you out on your derriere. But obviously I’m a dimera.

Anna: [Chuckles] Oh, obviously.

Tony: Anna–

Sarah as renee: However, my driver’s license and passport seem to be long gone. And…our sweet tony here is much too gentlemanly to do the deed, so I will have my long-lost brother, chad, attest to my identity. In the meantime…

Tony: What’s this?

Sarah as renee: A contract. To retain my lawyer’s services so we can initiate the divorce from her. The woman whose very presence in this house makes my skin crawl. All you have to do is sign the dotted line.

Maggie: So sarah read renee dumonde’s diary. And now she thinks that she’s this woman who died 40 years ago?

Xander: Yeah, but only because of this damn drug that kristen injected her with. She’s completely delusional, maggie. She won’t listen to reason. I tried to show her a picture of the two of us together, and she didn’t recognize herself. And apparently, when she looks in the mirror, she sees this dumonde woman’s face staring back at her. And when she looks at tony’s face, she sees the love of her life.

Maggie: But–she– she must know that tony is married.

Xander: Oh, I mean, she knows. That’s why she’s hired a lawyer to get the two of them divorced, and anna evicted from the mansion.

Maggie: Well, I’m sure tony will have something to say about this.

Xander: Of course, but– no, tony’s been advised to treat sarah with kid gloves because of her mental state. And kayla tried to get sarah medical attention, but sarah refused.

Maggie: But there are treatments that can help her. I mean, they have– they helped abigail.

Xander: Yes, exactly. And that’s where you come in, maggie. That’s why kayla’s been trying to reach you.

Maggie: Yes, but I was out of town, you know that.

Xander: I know. And now you’re back, thank god, and we can help sarah together. All you have to do, as her next of kin, is sign right here, and sarah will get the treatment that she needs.

Maggie: Against her will?

Xander: Oh, maggie, it’s the only way, I mean… kayla attests here that sarah’s not competent to make her own medical decisions. Really, you’d only be giving your consent. That’s all you need to do.

Maggie: I have to sit.

[Tense music]

Xander: Maggie, I know how difficult this is. It’s an enormous amount to take in all in one go, believe me, I know. But if we want sarah back, this is the only way.

Maggie: [Sighs] No. No, xander. I won’t sign it.

Gwen: Everyone was so very worried about you. Myself included. And you’re–I’m very happy that you were rescued.

Abigail: Are you?

Gwen: Yeah, why wouldn’t I be?

Abigail: Oh, besides generally hating my guts?

[Scoffs] You know, I have been thinking. Thinking. Chad tried to get a name from ava of her accomplice in my kidnapping.

Gwen: No luck, I assume?

Abigail: No luck, no. But, one question– what possible reason could ava have for wanting me gone? You know, ava barely knows me. Or sarah, or kristen. So she didn’t want me gone. But you have all kinds of reasons for wanting sarah out of the picture. And then when you found out I was looking for her, you were desperate to stop me. So it is pretty damn clear to me, glaringly obvious actually, that you are the person who bashed me over the head at the airstrip.

It’s the most wonderful

time of the year,

Abe: Lani, sweetheart, why don’t you go home and get a shower, change? You’ll feel better.

Lani: Mm-mm. I am not going anywhere until I know that eli is okay.

Abe: Can you tell me what happened?

Lani: [Exhales heavily] Yeah.

Abe: Please, have a seat.

Lani: [Inhales and exhales] I was at the station, when shawn came in and said that there had been a shooting at the park. And he asked me to back him up. And um–

[Sniffles] And, uh, when we got there, eli was on the ground with a bullet in his head, dad. And–and there was a drug dealer just slumped over on the bench with eli’s gun in his hand, and a needle on the bench, and–

Abe: Drug bust gone bad.

Lani: I don’t know. The dealer has been on our radar, but he wasn’t an active case for eli. Eli wasn’t even working a case. He–he was doing a background search on my biological father.

Beth: You’re gonna make me as star?

[Scoffs] Right. I’ve heard that one before.

Tr: [Chuckles] I have the perfect role for you in the perfect vehicle, “possessed: The marlena evans story.” Perhaps you’ve heard of it?

Beth: Yeah, I saw something about it in the trades a while back.

Tr: Mm-hmm. One of my leads wants out.

Beth: Why?

Tr: Personal issues. Nothing to do with the film. But you would be ideal for the part.

Beth: A lead role, huh? Would I be playing marlena evans?

Tr: [Laughs] Your character is celeste perrault. Mm, she’s instrumental to the story. Psychic–whoo-ooo-ooo. Totally steals the show.

Beth: [Scoffs] Okay. But it’s not the celest perrault story. And if she comes off sounding like miss cleo–

Tr: You won’t let that happen. With talent like yours, you will… bring depth to the role, real soul. And I promise, you gonna make bank on this. Given recent events, word of mouth on this film is huge.

Beth: And I suppose you want me to…audition?

Tr: Not necessary. I already know what you can do.

Beth: But you want something from me, right?

Tr: Just…the courtesy… of keeping our private history private.

Beth: Oh. You’re a little too late for that. I already gave every little detail about you to that detective.

Tr: Yes, but… he’s in no position to repeat your story.

Sarah as renee: Let me find you a pen.

Anna: Come here. Since you are so intent on humoring her, maybe you were going to go ahead and hire this attorney and go through with the divorce?

Tony: Of course not.

Sarah as renee: [Gasps] Here we go.

Anna: Should I have harold bring in some popcorn for this show?

Sarah as renee: Here you are, my darling. Soon, you will be nothing but an unpleasant memory. Isn’t that right, tony?

Xander: You won’t sign it? Don’t you want sarah to get help?

Maggie: Well, of course I do. But I’m not gonna subject my daughter to being hospitalized against her will. I need to talk to her! I have to see her.

Xander: She’s at the dimera mansion. Let’s go, I’ll take you.

Maggie: Well, are you sure you should come with me?

Xander: Why wouldn’t I?

Maggie: You and gwen are engaged.

Xander: Yes?

Maggie: And you love her?

Xander: I do. And I also love sarah. I mean, if I had known, if I’d had any idea what was going on all those months ago, then–

Maggie: Then you’d still be together. What are you gonna do?

Xander: Right now, all I can think about is making sure sarah gets the help she needs.

Gwen: You think that I was ava’s accomplice?

[Chuckles] Oh, wow. That is ridiculous. ‘Cause I–I hardly even know ava vitali, and I don’t know kristen dimera at all.

Abigail: Do you think I’m grasping at straws?

Gwen: Well, that seems to be sort of a pattern with you, doesn’t it? ‘Cause the last time you were convinced that I was masquerading around as sarah, well, you turned out to look like an utter fool.

Abigail: But I wasn’t wrong that “sarah” happened to be someone in a mask. I was just wrong about the person who was wearing it.

Gwen: Yes, well this is all really very fascinating, but I do have somewhere I have to be–

Abigail: Mm. I am just getting to the very fascinating part. Okay, so turns out we have two different people masquerading as sarah who break up with xander on two different occasions. The first one is kristen. She’s covering up the fact that sarah has been kidnapped. Now, the second time… well, yeah, you know, I don’t really know of anyone who would have benefited from that very strange, complicated charade… besides you.

Abe: Eli was checking on ray’s background?

Lani: Ray– tr told paulina that he went to prison years ago for stealing from his clients to support his drug habit. But he got clean and he hasn’t used or raised his hand to a woman since.

Abe: So they all say.

Lani: That is exactly why eli wanted to verify his story. So he–he tracked down tr’s ex-girlfriend, a woman named beth. She was at the station this morning when I got there, and said that she had just talked to eli.

Abe: And what did she tell him?

Lani: I never even got the chance to find out. Right as we were about to get into it, shawn alerted me about the shooting. We didn’t even know that eli was at the park until we got there. I don’t–I don’t even know why he was there, dad. And…I wonder if I ever will.

Beth: My god. That shooting that they were talking about when I was at the station? That was your son-in-law?

Tr: I’m afraid so.

Beth: But that just happened. How could you know that? Unless… did you have something to do with that?

Gwen: Ooh, your clever little reporter brain is just working so hard to pin this on me, isn’t it? It’s not that I’m surprised. But it’s really obvious that it was kristen who was ava’s accomplice.

Abigail: I know for a fact that it wasn’t kristen. Because the pilot told me that she was there waiting for him when he brought me to the island.

Gwen: Well, there you go. Maybe it was the pilot. Maybe he’s the one who conked you over the head, abigail. Or maybe it was the–the guy that posed as ava’s lawyer and spirited her out of the police station.

Abigail: How do you even know about that?

Gwen: How do I–it’s all over the news. But, look, the bottom line is– is I don’t care what you think of me, because I had nothing to do with your kidnapping. And now that you’re back from your tropical interlude, what really does it matter?

Abigail: What does it matter? Sarah has lost months of her life. She’s drugged out of her mind. She’s a mess. Just like I was, after you slipped the drug into my drink.

Gwen: Which you almost injected me with. So sarah being “drugged out of her mind,” that is completely on you…

Abigail: [Scoffs] In my–

Gwen: Sister. I’m not finished yet, sister. If you hadn’t left that syringe lying around, she’d be perfectly fine.

Abigail: My heart does go out to sarah. But in the end, I made a full recovery. And I have every confidence that she will do the same.

[Doorbell rings]

Anna: Saved by the bell.

Maggie: Oh, sarah!

Sarah as renee: Maggie horton. Wow, you’ve aged.

[ Mid-tempo music playing ]

Abe: Sweetheart. You’ll get the whole story when eli comes out of surgery. You heard what kayla said. He’s in good hands. He’s young. He’s strong. And he has everything in the world to live for.

Lani: I know.

[Sniffles] But–

Abe: But what, sweetheart?

Lani: [Sniffles] He di– he didn’t have a pulse, dad, when I got to him. He– he was gone. He was gone, and I– I had to give him cpr, get his heart beating until the e– until the emts got there.

Abe: Lani… you saved his life.

Lani: But what if I didn’t?

[Sniffles]

Abe: [Sighs]

Tr: I had nothing to do with eli’s shooting. Seems a deadbeat drug dealer shot him and then od’D.

Beth: So the one person I told my story to ends up shot and killed right after I met with him?

Tr: He’s a cop. It’s a dangerous job. Coincidences happen, beth. And if you don’t believe me, wait until you read this movie script.

Beth: That’s fiction.

Tr: And it’s based on real life. And I’m waiting to hear your answer.

Beth: A psychic, huh?

Tr: Look, I got people beating down my door to be part of this project. So this is a limited time opportunity, sweetheart. You want the job or not?

Gwen: You are just salivating for that to happen, aren’t you? You want your cousin sarah to go back to her old, wonderful self, because you are cheerleading for xander to throw me over for her.

Abigail: Xander loved sarah before he ever even laid eyes on you. He never would have dated you, let alone propose to you, if he hadn’t believed that sarah broke his heart.

Gwen: There it is.

Abigail: You know it’s true.

Gwen: You know what else I know is true? You being so determined to find sarah for maggie’s sake is not about that at all, is it? No. It’s about you wanting to get your revenge on me.

Sarah as renee: I’m sorry, that was…so rude. I’ve–I’ve just– I’ve been trapped on that island for so many years. The last time I saw you, you were chasing after a toddler, who was throwing quite a tantrum as I recall. Alex, what are you doing here? I thought I told you I never wanted to see you again. Oh, please don’t tell me that you let this gold-digger drag you here with the ridiculous story that I’m your daughter. Obviously I’m not, as you can see for yourself.

Maggie: I–

Sarah as renee: And I heard that it turns out, neil curtis is sarah’s biological father. How is he?

Anna: He’s dead.

Sarah as renee: Oh. That’s quite a shame. I rather liked him. He’s a handsome devil, am I right? Of course, he doesn’t hold a candle to you, my darling. Well, since you’re all here, you’re just in time!

Maggie: For what?

Sarah as renee: Oh, well, tony has hired a divorce attorney– the same one that I’m using to divorce alex here– so he can extricate himself from an ill-advised marriage. Then tony and I are free to get married, and live our happily-ever-after that we’ve been denied for so long.

Maggie: [Sighs] Give me that pen. Do you have the papers?

Xander: Yeah.

Tony: What’s this?

Maggie: Oh, I’m gonna make sure that sarah gets all the tests and treatment that she needs.

Sarah as renee: What? No! You can’t do that.

Maggie: Oh…yes I can. And I’m about to.

Is now a good time

for a flare-up?

Abigail: As hard as it may be to believe, not everything is about you, gwen. I want sarah to get well because she’s my cousin, and I love her.

Gwen: More than your sister?

Abigail: She never tried to kill me before.

Gwen: Hmm. Right, if you’re so concerned about family, why didn’t you even bother to tell maggie that her precious daughter is back?

Abigail: Because she’s out of town.

Gwen: No, not according to xander. In fact, he’s with her right now.

Sarah as renee: You can’t do this–I won’t let you.

Tony: But what’s the harm in having a check-up? If the tests prove nothing’s wrong–

Sarah as renee: Nothing is wrong. Nothing at all. And I’m not gonna let you or any of you destroy my chance at happiness.

Maggie: Sarah!

Sarah as renee: That is it. I’m out of here. Don’t you dare try to stop me.

Anna: Good riddance.

Sarah as renee: Oh, kayla, thank god.

Xander: I called kayla before we left. Told her we might need some assistance.

Kayla: Did you sign the consent, maggie?

Maggie: Please, kayla, help my daughter.

Sarah as renee: For the love of god, I am not your daughter. And I do not need any help. Get out of my way.

Kayla: We are here to help you, sarah.

Sarah as renee: Treating me like a criminal. Last chance. Out of my way.

It would be best if you came willingly.

Sarah as renee: Or what? You’ll cuff me? Unbelievable! Tony, don’t just stand there. Do something. Help me.

Tony: I’m afraid my hands are tied.

Anna: Hmm. Lot of that going around today.

Kayla: We’ll take good care of her, I promise.

Let’s go.

Sarah as renee: Get off of me. This is all your fault, you bastard.

Xander: Sarah–

Sarah as renee: Stop calling me sarah! No! Stop it!

Kayla: Maggie, if you want to come to the hospital? Okay? It’s gonna be okay.

Sarah as renee: No!

Kayla: Sarah, it’s okay.

Maggie: [Whimpers]

Beth: [Sighs] So you’re bribing me with a movie role.

Tr: If you don’t believe in your own talents, well, that’s an issue between you and your shrink.

Beth: And if I say no? Is what happened to that detective gonna happen to me?

Tr: You want me to say it again, beth? I had nothing to do with that shooting. But…smart girl like you? I think you know that it would be in both of our best interests if you signed on for the role.

Lani: Every time eli and I walk out that door, we know that there is a chance something will happen to us. So that’s why every time we leave in the morning, we always make sure that we say “I love you.” I’m not even sure if I remember if that was the last thing that I said to him.

Abe: Eli knows how much you love him, sweetheart.

Lani: We didn’t even sleep in the same bed last night. I got home late, and I– I didn’t want to wake him and the kids were with you. And what if that was the last chance for us to be a family together?

Nicorette knows, quitting

smoking is freaking hard.

Lani: I know I should try to be positive, optimistic–

Abe: You can feel whatever you want to feel.

Lani: I think another reason why it’s so hard, I guess, is being here, back in this hospital, where eli and– where we lost our son.

Abe: This is also the hospital where your twins were born.

Lani: Yeah. I guess I should think about that, right?

[Sniffles]

Abe: You should, yes.

Lani: And he is the most amazing daddy to them.

Abe: He is.

Lani: [Laughs]

Abe: I’ve seen that.

Lani: It’s just–

[Sniffles] Dad, he was shot in the head, and he was– he wasn’t breathing for god knows how long. Like, I don’T…

[Sobs] God, please just let him live. Please.

[Sobbing]

Beth: Selling out isn’t exactly unheard of in this business, is it? The things I’ve done to get a foot or any body part through the door. A man gladly takes what I have to offer, and then slams the door in my face. Or puts a fist to it, if that man is you.

Tr: Are we having a #metoo moment?

Beth: [Scoffs] I was holding out hope that things were getting better. But I see slimy jerks like you still run the world.

[Sighs] And the biggest role I’ve had is woman #4 in a b movie.

Tr: My film will change all that. Make you the star you always wanted to be.

Beth: Yeah, well, maybe being as star isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Is it?

Tr: Are you saying no?

Beth: [Sighs]

Sarah as renee: How could you do this to me? I saved your life on that island. I kept kristen from putting drugs into your food. And this is how you repay me?

Maggie: We’re–we’re just trying to help you, sarah.

Sarah as renee: Renee, you bitch. For the millionth time, it is renee.

Gwen: Right, so why don’t you just go run along now and go tell maggie that her precious daughter is back, instead of popping out of bushes and harassing me.

Abigail: You had something to do with all of this, gwen, and I am going to prove it.

Xander: Something to do with what, abigail? What are you so determined to prove? It’s my 3:10, no-exit-in-sight,

Gwen: Abigail here has accused me of being involved in her kidnapping, even though she has no evidence whatsoever.

Abigail: Well, she sure as–

Xander: Hey, you’re in no position to be throwing stones.

Abigail: I knew that she was gonna do something.

Xander: I just came back from seeing sarah forced to be taken to the mental ward. She’s a pitiful shell of her former self, all because of some dangerous drug you left lying around?

Abigail: I’m–I’m so– I didn’t–it wasn’t intentional. I didn’t mean for sarah to get any–

Xander: Oh, now, you wanted gwen to be your victim. And then you couldn’t be bothered to clean up after yourself. What’s happening to sarah is your fault, abigail. So, no, you don’t get to stand on your moral high ground this time. Why are you still here? I can’t believe you’re related to that sanctimonious–

Gwen: Yeah, I know. She was on a roll before you got here.

[Sighs] Thank you. Thank you for defending me.

Xander: Of course. You’re the woman I– I love you.

Gwen: Are you all right? I mean, I–I know– I can’t imagine you seeing sarah like that. That must have been very difficult for you.

Xander: Well, I’m just, you know, glad that she’s getting the treatment that she needs. And I’m hopeful that she’ll be on the road to recovery soon.

Kayla: You are gonna feel better soon.

Sarah as renee: I was feeling just fine until you showed up. And you.

Maggie: Kayla, could you please give us a moment alone?

Kayla: Of course.

Sarah as renee: Get out.

[Eerie music]

Maggie: [Sniffles] Oh, sweetie, I know how difficult this is. But you–you have no idea how much I’ve missed you.

Sarah as renee: Well, I didn’t miss you at all because I hate you, maggie horton!

Maggie: [Gasps]

Anna: Well, thank goodness maggie and xander got here when they did. And now that woman will be locked away in a padded cell, and never darken our doorway again. So where would you like to have lunch?

Tony: Lunch? Anna, we just witnessed a mentally ill woman being dragged out of here against her will. Have you no compassion? And she poses absolutely no threat to you at all. And yet you were too selfish to even show her a modicum of kindness.

Anna: Selfish? Did you even hear how she talked to me? And the tone she used? Was I supposed to just grin and bear it?

Tony: Anna– I understand… how you must despise renee dumonde. But this woman I loved once, and I’ll never forgive myself the way she was murdered. And all this stuff just comes back and reminds me of how horrible it all was. So I’m sorry, I find you, frankly, to be cruel to poor sarah.

Anna: Poor sarah?

Tony: Yes. And as for lunch, I’ve lost my appetite. So I won’t be joining you.

[Uneasy music]

Tr: All this hand-wringing. You ain’t fooling me, beth. You wouldn’t be here if you weren’t buying what I was selling.

Beth: Your daughter deserves to know the truth about you.

Tr: But you’re not gonna tell her, are you?

Beth: No, I’m not. And I hate myself for it.

Tr: I knew you would see things my way. And you’ll have it in writing, beth. I’ll have the papers drawn up asap.

Lani: It seems like he has been in surgery forever. Do you know how long it’s been?

Abe: Uh, you know, I haven’t checked the time for a while. But we should hear some news soon.

Lani: Okay.

Kayla: Eli is out of surgery.

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Lani: I’m sorry. I was looking for detective grant.

Beth: Oh, sorry. You just missed him.

Lani: Did he say when he would be back?

Beth: He said he had something to take care of and that he’d be back soon to take my statement.

Lani: Did he call you down here?

Beth: Sort of. I came to talk to him about someone he’s been investigating.

Lani: And who would that be?

Beth: A man named tr coates. Do you know him?

Lani: Tr coates is my father.

[Suspenseful music]

Eli: Heroin. Isn’t that your drug of choice?

Tr: Is that one of the lies beth told you?

Eli: Oh, so then you never had a drug problem?

Tr: Like I told lani, I got help. I’ve been clean for years.

Eli: And I guess you don’t put your hands on women anymore either?

Tr: No, never.

Eli: Why don’t you start by showing me what’s in that bag… in your pocket?

Tr: Did you bring the works?

Frank: And as an introductory offer, they’re on the house.

Tr: I was with lani’s little sister, chanel, earlier. And she was kind enough to let me try one of the sweets from her bakery.

Eli: Doughnuts are my favorite. Do you mind if I take a look?

Will: You’re just gonna stand there and watch me eat this?

Allie: I want an honest review. A thumbs up. That’s it?

Will: No. No. Two thumbs up. Great doughnut. You really nailed great-grandma alice’s recipe. I think she’d be very proud.

Allie: Thank you. Okay. So now that I fed you, can you answer my question?

Will: You’re asking me if you’re gay?

Allie: Yeah. Yeah, you’re kind of the expert. But seriously. I mean, I need to figure out why I can’t shake these feelings about chanel and why I let them ruin my relationship with tripp. Am I–I am I gay, and I just can’t admit it?

Will: Why–I mean, I wish I could help you, allie, but those are questions you’re gonna have to answer yourself.

Chanel: Has she left yet? I left allie alone and I– johnny! G? G? Giovanni, can you hear me?

Marlena: It’s true. Ben told me, but I didn’t wanna believe him. Oh, my god.

Demon belle: Oh, why does everybody always have to bring his name into it?

Marlena: You, you stay away from my daughter.

Demon belle: Hmm…. nope, but I am glad you are here, marlena. Come on in. The fun’s just getting started.

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

[Soft orchestration]

Chanel: Giovanni, g, please, please wake up. Oh, please be okay, please. Oh, johnny. Johnny, you’re alive.

Johnny: Chanel.

Chanel: Oh, thank god. Oh, thank god.

Johnny: Oh, thank god.

Chanel: Oh, yes. Yes. It’s me. Thank god. What the hell happened? When I left you here, you were–you were talking to your aunt belle.

Johnny: Not belle.

Demon belle: You didn’t really think your little christmas miracle would send me back to hell for good, did you?

Marlena: My son eric and all the people that love me drove you out.

Demon belle: Only they didn’T. They made a lot of noise, but I left your body of my own free will.

Marlena: No.

Demon belle: Oh, yes. You see, as much as I’ve loved our time together, I’ve grown tired of our little dance. It was time for a new partner. So I just waltzed my way into your precious isabella, made of passion and infidelity.

Marlena: Leave my daughter alone.

Demon belle: Can’t do that, doc. I’ve got big plans for her. Ben and ciara are chasing their tails, convinced that little johnny is my new host. But you and I both know I prefer the female form.

Marlena: Susan told me that. I was praying that wasn’t true.

Demon belle: Yes. I’m well aware that the insufferable susan banks tipped you off, but what are you going to do about it? You’re powerless to stop me.

Marlena: Oh, no, I’m not, and I’m not afraid of you. I want you to leave my daughter immediately.

Demon belle: [Chuckles]

Beth: So you are tr’s daughter. Your husband told me about you.

Lani: Tr is my biological father. We actually just met.

Beth: I see. And you work here.

Lani: That’s right. Detective lani price.

Beth: I’m beth.

Lani: What made you come looking for eli?

Beth: I got a call from someone named billie reed. I was passing through chicago and figured I’d head down and tell detective grant what I know.

Lani: And how exactly do you know tr?

Beth: I used to be his girlfriend.

Lani: Used to be.

Beth: We broke up about six months ago. I told your husband all about our relationship.

Lani: Would you mind telling me? I have some questions.

Tr: I’m sorry, eli. I know you’re my daughter’s husband, and I’m not trying to get on your bad side.

Eli: Show me what’s in the bag.

Tr: I’d rather not.

Eli: And why is that?

Tr: Because I got the last brownie, and I don’t trust you not to snag it from me.

Eli: So you won’t even let me take a look, huh?

Tr: I’m not in the sharing mood, and I don’t know you that well.

Eli: Why don’t you and your brownie come on down to the station so we can get to know each other a little better?

Tr: No, thanks. Excuse me. Get your hands off me.

Eli: Is that what you told beth and paulina before you beat them?

Tr: [Scoffs]

Eli: Well, did I say something funny?

Tr: What the hell?

Eli: I tried to do this the easy way, but I’m kind of glad you gave your reason to put my hands on you.

Tr: You don’t wanna do this, man.

Eli: You don’t know what I want to do. ‘Cause what I want to do will make me lose my badge.

Tr: Is that how you operate here in salem? You just stop any brother who’s walking through the park with a bag?

Eli: Don’t play that brother card with me. All right? You know I don’t care what color you are. All I know is I’m keeping you away from my family.

Tr: You can’t keep me away from your wife and my grandchildren.

Eli: Watch me. You’re under arrest.

[Gunshot] Migraine attacks?

[Dramatic electronic music]

Beth: Why does this suddenly feel official?

Lani: I don’t wanna do anything that’s gonna make you feel uncomfortable. It’s just, I haven’t known tr very long, and my mother has said some very distressing things about him.

Beth: Your husband told me he abused her.

Lani: Yeah. Tr swears he’s changed and that he is no longer using drugs. Is that your experience? I swear, anything you say about my father will not leave this room.

Shawn: Oh, sorry. I thought this room was free.

Lani: It’s okay.

Shawn: I’ll leave you to it.

[Phone beeps] Oh, no.

Lani: What is it?

Shawn: There’s shots fired at the park. Detective, would you be available to back me up?

Lani: Yeah, of course. Will you please stay here until I get back? I really wanna finish this conversation.

Beth: Sure. I’ll be here.

Lani: Thank you.

Allie: Maybe I’m gay and I’m just in denial about it. I mean, that’s how it was with you, right?

Will: Well, even when I was closeted, I knew I was attracted to guys.

Allie: But you had a baby with gabi, so–

Will: That’s right. You know, I cared a lot about gabi. I still do. But if I’m being honest, I don’t think I was ever really sexually attracted to her.

Allie: Seriously?

Will: That surprises you?

Allie: I mean, it’s just, gabi is, like, super-hot.

Will: Are you attracted to gabi?

Allie: No. No. At least I don’t think I am.

Will: But have you been attracted to other women?

Allie: No. No. And I’ve had a lot of close female friends, but I’ve never felt that way about them.

Will: Except one.

Allie: Except one.

Will: Okay. Then maybe we should talk about chanel.

Johnny: [Groans]

Chanel: What the hell happened? You said it wasn’t your aunt belle.

Johnny: I need to explain something.

[Loud crash]

Marlena: Belle, fight.

Demon belle: Always fighting me, marlena. Aren’t you exhausted after all these years? Don’t you just want to give up and let go?

Marlena: Never.

Demon belle: Yet I can feel your life force slipping away. In a few moments, you’ll be dead. And with any luck, I’ll see you in hell.

[Laughing]

Tr: I warned you, but you wouldn’t listen. Now look what you did.

Frank: I got your text. You need more already? The bag I gave you had enough to kill a horse. What the–oh, god.

Tr: Look at me, frank. Look at me. Look at me.

Frank: Look, I don’t know what happened here, but I didn’t see nothing. It’s none of my business.

Tr: I just made it your business.

Frank: What is this? What are you doing?

Tr: As you can see, I’m in a little bit of a jam, and I need you to help me out.

[Dramatic music]

It’s my 5:52 woke-up-like-this migraine medicine.

Allie: When chanel first kissed me, I didn’t expect it. We were good friends, nothing more.

Will: Okay. You didn’t think about being with her?

Allie: No. No. Not her or any other woman. I mean, I’d only ever dated guys.

Will: Mm-hmm. But I mean, you liked it when she kissed you?

Allie: Yeah. Yeah. I really liked it.

Will: Okay. Well, what did you do after? Did you–did you freak out?

Allie: In the moment, I think I just tried to play it off, like there was no big deal, and I mean, maybe inside I was freaking out, but I just pushed those feelings aside. Like, I didn’t know what to do with them.

Will: Yeah. In my experience, pushing feelings aside isn’t usually, like, the best strategy.

Allie: Yeah, no, because they were always there. And after that, every time I thought about the kiss, I just would make excuses for myself. You know, like she caught me off guard or she kissed me, I didn’t kiss her.

Will: Mm-hmm. Did you talk to her about it?

Allie: Yeah. Yeah. I told her that I didn’t feel that way about her. And we moved on.

Will: Mm-hmm. Except you didn’t, not really.

Allie: Yeah. We kissed again on the 4th of july. And that time, I couldn’t pretend that I didn’t like it. I mean, actually, I think I might have been the one who initiated it.

Will: That was a big step.

Allie: Yeah. But then I pulled back again and I just threw myself into this relationship with tripp.

Will: What is it like when you–when you see her now? Is it weird?

Allie: No. No, it’s the opposite of weird. When I’m around her now, it’s like there’s this charge between us, this pull that makes me wanna kiss her and touch her all the time. It’s like I almost can’t breathe.

Demon belle: Oh, you had a good run as the heart and conscience of this town. But it’s time to say good night, marlena. Salem is mine.

Chanel: Jesus!

Demon belle: Guess again.

Chanel: No, dr. Evans.

Demon belle: What’s the matter, girl?

Chanel: I can’t move. My feet are stuck.

Demon belle: Wonder how that happened.

Chanel: Let me go.

Demon belle: Well, why would I do that? You’ve got front-row seats to the best show in town: The death of dr. Marlena evans. Plus, I want you to stick around so I can kill you next.

Chanel: No.

Demon belle: Don’t worry. I won’t drag it out. I’ve waited long enough. I can snap her little neck in an instant.

Marlena: Oh!

[Panting]

[Uneasy electronic music]

Tr: What did you do? What the hell did you do? You’re supposed to have your act together. You’re tr coates. You’re better than this. That was lani’s husband, your son-in-law, a cop. And I know–I know he pushed your buttons. I know he made you angry, but…

okay. Enough of that. I gotta clean this mess up.

Lani: Oh, god, eli. Eli. Shawn, he’s been shot in the head. Eli. Eli, baby. Hey. Hey, wake up, wake up. Talk to me. Eli.

Shawn: Lani, this guy has got eli’s service weapon in his hand. He looks like he just shot up with heroin. Talk to me about eli. What’s going on?

Lani: He has no pulse. He is not breathing. Come on, eli.

Limu emu and doug.

Lani: Come on, eli. You got this. Come on, come on.

Shawn: All right, I got an officer down. Gsw to the head and I’ve also got a civilian with a possible od. I need immediate assistance now. Now!

Lani: Eli, baby, baby. You got this. Come on. You got this. Please stay with me. Just stay with me. Stay with me.

Tr: Okay. No reason to panic. You did what you needed to do. You left the gun in frank’s hand, and he’s not talking. I’ll get dressed, and then I’ll find a place to burn those bloody clothes. And nobody will know I was there, especially not lani. Beth who?

Eli: Save it. She’s at the police station right now. She just finished telling me that everything that you’ve been telling lani and paulina is a load of crap. You’re still using. And you used beth as a punching bag last year.

Tr: She’s lying. I didn’t use her in my last movie, and she didn’t take it well. There’s always a woman that gets in the way. Guess I’m gonna have to do something about beth too. I’ll be damned if I let her or anybody else come between me and my daughter.

Marlena: Belle? Belle, can you hear me?

Chanel: What’s going on?

Marlena: It’s the devil. The devil is inside her. I don’t know how it happened. Why didn’t I stop it?

Chanel: She was trying to kill you, and she said she was gonna kill me next.

Marlena: It’s not belle. She’s not in control.

[Intriguing music]

Johnny: Grandma, I’m so glad you’re okay.

Marlena: Thanks to you. How did you know?

Johnny: Once chanel left belle and I alone in the study, her–her eyes, they just–they started glowing, and then she attacked me. I thought she was gonna kill me.

Marlena: Thank god you’re all right. It must have been terrifying.

Johnny: Never mind me. What are we gonna do to save her?

Together forever and

never to part

Will: These feelings that you have for chanel– they are not going away?

Allie: No. If anything, they’re getting stronger.

Will: Okay, so have you answered your own question?

Allie: I don’t know, because I’m definitely attracted to men. Like, what I had with tripp– that was real.

Will: Okay. Are you sure that you aren’t just trying to convince yourself or–

Allie: No, no, definitely not. I cared about him a lot. And when we were together physically, I mean, it was great. There was never a moment where I was faking it or pretending to like something that I didn’T. I really–I loved being with him until I screwed it all up.

Will: Well, you didn’t mean to hurt him.

Allie: Yeah, but I did. And I hate that. But the entire time that I was in that relationship with tripp, I was also battling my feelings for chanel. And then, one night, she was just there and so hurt and being so vulnerable. And I just wanted to comfort her, but more than anything, I just wanted to be with her. And we slept together.

Will: Was that your first time with a woman?

Allie: Yeah.

Will: And how was it physically and emotionally?

Allie: It was great in both ways. And ever since it happened, I can’t stop thinking about it.

Will: How did it compare to being with a guy?

Allie: Well, I mean, it was different obviously. I mean, for one thing, tripp and chanel are very different people. I guess it’s kind of like– it’s kind of like ice cream. Like, you can like two different flavors at once, right?

Will: Yeah. Sure.

Allie: Oh, god. Did I just compare sleeping with men and women to eating ice cream?

Will: Yeah. I believe that you did.

Allie: Do I sound ridiculous?

Will: Honestly, you sound bisexual. What? What are you thinking?

Allie: I… it’s just, I have a gay brother who I worship and adore, and, you know, I think I’m pretty woke. And I don’t know, I start talking about this, and I just feel really ignorant.

Will: About which part?

Allie: I don’t know. Is bisexuality a real thing? You know, is that not just something people call themselves so that they don’t have to decide or they can keep their options open?

Will: No, no, it is definitely not that. Bisexuality is very much a real thing. Yeah. I mean, in fact, bisexual people are a big part of the lgbtq community.

Allie: So you’ve researched this.

Will: Yeah, I mean, I’ve read about it, and we have bisexual friends we’ve talked to. I think being bisexual means you can fall in love with a man, woman, someone who’s trans or non-binary. It means you can be attracted to or love someone regardless of their gender identity.

Allie: Wow. So you know a lot about this. Well, thank you. It’s really helpful.

Will: I’m glad.

Allie: Okay. Well, I guess I’m bi.

Will: Yeah, I mean, if that’s what feels right to you.

Allie: It’s so weird, ’cause the feelings are one thing, but then finding a label that fits is just very confusing.

Will: Well, I mean, go easy on yourself. You don’t have to decide who you are today. I mean, when I was kind of trying to figure out who I was, I talked to a lot of people.

Allie: Mom and dad?

Will: Like, eventually. It took some time definitely. But, you know, they came around to try and help.

Allie: Yeah. You know, I love those two maniacs, but the last thing I need right now is them hovering on me.

Will: I don’t blame you. Yeah. Hovering aside, you know, they’re gonna love you and obviously be there to support you no matter what.

Allie: So if you didn’t talk to them at first, who did you talk to?

Will: Grandma marlena. Yeah. Honestly, she was a godsend. She helped me be proud of, like, who I was. You know, who I am.

Johnny: Is she all right?

Marlena: Yeah. She’s fine for right now. I just–I don’t know what to expect when she wakes up.

Chanel: We should call someone.

Johnny: Like who?

Chanel: I don’t know. The cops, a priest?

Johnny: Grandma, tell me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think we have time to wait. I mean, given that she tried to kill us both and threatened chanel’s life. I mean, we can’t take the chance of her coming to.

Marlena: I think you’re right. If we’re going to help belle and keep her from hurting anybody else, going to have to neutralize her.

Chanel: You’re talking about fighting the devil alone? Because I did not sign up for this.

Johnny: Chanel, wait.

Chanel: Let me go.

Johnny: Look, look, look, I know. I know that I hurt you and you have every–you have every right to hate me, but I know that you care about my sister. And belle is allie’s aunt, too. Please, she needs you. Will you stay and help us?

[Dramatic music]

[Cell phone rings]

Beth: Hello?

Tr: Hello, beth. Long time no speak.

Beth: Tr. I changed my number. How the hell did you get–

Tr: Bethy. Now, you know how I like to keep track of the people I share secrets with. You didn’t think I would just let you go, did you?

[Siren wailing]

Lani: I’m not letting you go, eli. Do you hear me? I am not letting you go. He–he’s–he’s not–he’s not breathing. Is he–is he–

Emt #1: Nice work, detective. Looks like you got his heart going again.

Lani: Oh, god. God, please let him be okay. Please let him be okay. How did olay top expensive creams?

Beth: I’ve got news for you. What you did to me isn’t a secret anymore.

Tr: I heard. You ratted me out to detective eli grant, right?

Beth: How did you know I talked to him?

Tr: That’s not important. What is important is for me to know if you told anybody else at the police station what you told eli.

Beth: Well, I mean–

Tr: Sounds like you didn’T. Good girl.

Beth: I just met your daughter.

Tr: What?

Beth: Lani. She seems like a good person. I was just about to tell her what a poor excuse of a human being you are.

Tr: What’d you say to her?

Beth: Nothing. She got pulled away for some shooting in the park.

Tr: Really?

Beth: But when she or her husband returns, I’m going to make an official statement. I’m gonna tell them everything you did to me, all the abuse. And then we’ll see about filing charges.

Tr: I’m not so worried about those charges, beth. You need to listen to me. Before you say another word to the cops, you need to talk to me first.

Beth: Why would I do that?

Tr: I wanna make you an offer. I promise, you won’t be sorry.

Emt #1: Do you wanna ride in the ambulance?

Lani: Yes, yes, I’m his wife, and we cannot lose him.

Emt #1: We’ll get him to the hospital as fast as we can.

Shawn: Just hang in there, eli. I’ll be praying for you.

Allie: Can you believe I’m someone’s mother when I’m so all over the place?

Will: Hey, first of all, you are a great mom. Secondly, you have so many people who love you and support you. And if and when you decide to come out and whatever you decide you are, we’re all gonna be there for you.

Allie: Thank you. Well, I guess I have a lot of thinking to do, huh?

Will: Well, I mean, eh, give your brain a rest and listen to your– listen to your heart. Gay, straight, bi, trans, pan, you know what they say love is–

Allie: Love. Yeah, I got that part down.

Will: Well, I’m proud of you.

Allie: You are?

Will: Yeah. I mean, this is–this can be really scary and emotionally heavy stuff. And I know that, but you are amazing and strong, and I love you.

Allie: Love you too. All right, bye. Thank you. God. I wonder what’s taking chanel so long. Hope johnny’s not being a jerk to her again.

Chanel: You think this will hold her?

Johnny: As long as we make it tight enough.

Marlena: I know the devil’s inside of her, but I don’t want her hurt. That’s my little girl.

Johnny: Look, grandma. I don’t have to tell you the devil is strong. We can’t be too careful. It’s for aunt belle’s own safety.

Marlena: I know. I just–I hate seeing her like this.

Johnny: Me too. Is there anything else we can do? She’s not gonna be happy when she wakes up.

Marlena: Well, my medical bag is in the car. I could–I could sedate her until we know what’s gonna happen next.

Johnny: Good idea.

Chanel: I should go. We’re supposed to be meeting with allie.

Marlena: Okay. I’ll go out with you.

Johnny: Chanel, thank you. I owe you.

Chanel: I’ll be in the hall when you’re ready.

Marlena: Okay. And thank you.

Johnny: Just glad I was here when you needed me.

Marlena: You’ll be okay alone with her for a few minutes?

Johnny: Yeah. Yeah. I’ll keep an eye on her. Are you okay?

Marlena: Yeah, I’m shaken, but I’m okay.

Johnny: I know how hard this is for you, considering everything you’ve been through. We are going to help belle. We can drive the devil out. I know we can.

[Eerie music]

Demon johnny: Alone at last.

To be a thriver with

metastatic breast cancer

[Uneasy music]

[Knock at door]

Tr: Beth, I’m glad you came. Come in.

Beth: Can’t we meet in the lobby? I’d like to be somewhere in public.

Tr: I’m afraid I can’t do that right now. I have something sensitive I wanna discuss with you.

Beth: Forget it. This was a mistake.

Tr: Now you’re gonna want to listen to my offer. Now, I get why you’re nervous. But I promise I will not hurt you.

Beth: I’ve heard that before. I have 911 keyed on my phone. All I have to do is press send.

Tr: That won’t be necessary. You’re safe with me.

[Uneasy music]

Emt #2: We lost this one, commissioner brady.

Shawn: Son of a bitch od’d, huh?

Emt #2: I’ll let the me make the final call on that. But it looks like what was in that needle was enough to kill three people.

Shawn: Right. Thanks. What the hell were you doing here, eli? How did you let some low-life drug dealer get close enough to grab your gun?

Lani: Hey, hey, I love you. I love you so much. Just hang on a little longer. Okay?

Emt #1: Sorry, detective price. We need to get your husband to a trauma room.

Lani: Okay. Okay. Okay. Of course. Hey, wait. Hey, I’m gonna let you go, but just for a little bit. Okay? You better come back to me, eli. Do you hear me? Because we need you, carver, jules. We need you. Please, please, please. Okay, okay, okay.

[Somber music]

Chanel: Hey, horton. What?

Allie: What do you mean what?

Chanel: What’s with the look?

Allie: What look? I’m not–I’m not giving you a look. What kind of look?

Chanel: I don’t know. You seem a little confused.

Allie: Dupree, I can assure you I am no more confused than I have always been. But maybe now I’m a little bit more aware of it.

Chanel: Am I supposed to know what you’re talking about?

Allie: Don’t worry about it. So are we out of the movie? Did you talk to johnny?

[Eerie music]

Marlena: Okay. I’ve given her a sedative. She should sleep for a couple hours.

Johnny: Maybe you should get some rest too. I mean, no pun intended, grandma, but you look like you’ve been through hell.

Marlena: Well, I feel like I have, too, but there’s no time. I need to try to reach john.

Johnny: Of course. I’ll stay with aunt belle while you look for him.

Marlena: And johnny–

Johnny: She’s tied up. She’s sedated. Like you said, she’s gonna be asleep for hours.

Marlena: Yeah. Listen, you call me if there is any change at all. The slightest twinge, you call me. Do you understand?

Johnny: I will. It’s all gonna work out. I know it is.

Chanel: Johnny and I– we didn’t get a chance to finish talking about the movie.

Allie: Why not?

Chanel: Well, let’s just say we got interrupted.

Allie: By what?

Chanel: Horton, you better sit down.

[Disquieting string music]

Demon johnny: Well, now that I’ve succeeded in convincing people that you’re the one who’s possessed, we need to make this look good. What do you say we practice a few moves, auntie belle? Oh, oh, she’s got the devil in her for sure!

[Laughing]

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Eli: Good morning.

Lani: Good morning.

Eli: Where’s your coffee? You don’t do anything without your morning coffee.

Lani: Oh, I guess I forgot.

Eli: Are you upset with me that I was asleep before you got home last night?

Lani: No.

Eli: Baby, I– I knew that you were dropping the kids off with your dad. I mean, I just assumed that you would be staying over there to hang out for a while.

Lani: Actually, I didn’t– I didn’t stay there very long.

Eli: Then where’d you go?

Lani: I was with tr.

Allie: Ugh, god. Incoming at nine o’clock.

Chanel: It’s too early in the morning.

Tr: Good morning, ladies. Good to see you’re already used to movie hours. You know, people don’t realize that the most glamorous movie stars are already on the set at six in the morning.

Chanel: I’m sorry, we’re working.

Tr: So am I, as your personal courier service, delivering the latest version of the script. I think you’re gonna like the rewrites.

Chanel: I don’t care if you turned it into “gone with the wind,” I won’t have anything to do with johnny dimera.

Allie: Yeah, me neither. And he’s literally my brother.

Johnny: Will, you look great. Married life seems to be agreeing with you.

Will: Well, no one could ever say that about you.

Johnny: Oh. You heard chanel and I weren’t able to make it work, huh?

Will: Yeah, I heard a lot of things, and none of them very good.

Johnny: It’s not like you to pass judgment based on hearsay.

Will: Well, I don’t think of something my grandmother said as hearsay.

Johnny: Has kate been bad-mouthing me?

Will: No, grandma marlena told me what you’ve been up to. And she’s being very rational, trying to see your side of things, but, johnny, I– I just want to take that smirk on your face and shove it down your throat.

[Knocking on door]

Ben: Hey.

Marlena: Oh, ben. Hi, this isn’t really a very good time.

Ben: I know and I’m sorry, dr. Evans. I’m not here to ask for any help. I’m here because I need to tell you something, something upsetting.

Marlena: All right. Well, just tell me.

Ben: I know we all thought that after the exorcism that we had gotten rid of the devil.

Marlena: [Laughs] What? You think I’m still possessed?

Ben: No. No, no, no, no, no. Of course not, no. I do think that he’s out of you. But I don’t think that he’s gone. He’s here, in salem.

[Ominous music]

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

[Soft orchestration]

Lani: Thank you.

Eli: So you and coates. How’d that happen?

Lani: It was a coincidence, kind of. I ran into him on my way to drop the kids off with my dad. And he asked me to have a drink with him at the pub. At first, I said no.

Eli: But then he got you to change your mind?

Lani: Yeah. And I’m actually glad I did. I mean, it– it ended up being not as intense as I–I thought it would be. And, um–

[Chuckles] He eats his fries with mayo too.

Eli: What more do we need to know, huh?

Lani: Okay, eli, this– this isn’t easy for me. So can you, like, ease up on the damn attitude?

Eli: [Sighs] I’m sorry.

Lani: I know you went through something like this.

Eli: Yeah, I did. And even though I didn’t know who my biological father was, I still wanted to know everything about him.

Lani: And this man, he’s the twins’ biological grandfather. I mean, just medically it matters. But then I think about my dad and then there’s everything that he did to paulina. I mean, just talking with him, with tr, it– it makes me feel guilty.

Eli: Well, it’s messy. And clearly there’s no right or easy way to go about it, so babe, whatever feels right to you.

Lani: It means a lot to me that you–that you see how hard this is for me. And that, you know, that you– if I do decide to get to know him, that you– that you trust me.

Eli: Of course I trust you. But I don’t trust him.

Lani: Meaning?

Eli: Meaning I’m investigating him. Babe, you have the right to know the truth about your father, whether he wants you to or not.

Tr: We already talked about this. I have signed contracts from the both of you.

Chanel: I am not doing that movie.

Allie: Me neither. And do you really want one of your major players of this epic going to the press and telling the truth about the director?

Chanel: Or me telling them the truth about you?

Tr: Hm?

Chanel: Yeah, it makes even more sense to me now that my mom was all “you go, girl” about the me too movement. Turns out, it was from her firsthand experience.

Tr: You know about that?

Chanel: Yeah. And I also know that you’re lani’s biological father. And she and I are real close. Imagine how she’d feel about you shoving her little sister around.

Tr: Look, I don’t want either of you doing anything you don’t want to do.

Allie: Then don’t make us.

Tr: It’s just not that easy. See, I am gonna try to make amends to your mother and to lani, but–

Chanel: But what?

Tr: But the director has final say in casting.

Johnny: Seems to me you’re rushing to judgment.

Will: Really? You want to give me your side of the story then? Why you found it necessary to announce the end of your marriage to a whole room full of people without even giving your bride a heads-up?

Johnny: Look, I’m sorry, could you–could you give me just a rough estimate of how long this sermon is gonna last? Because I actually have work to do.

Will: Oh, yeah, right, ’cause you’re mr. Corporate big shot now, running the show while your daddy’s in prison. How very, very dimera of you.

Johnny: And all of this righteous indignation feels very, very horton of you, but a little misplaced. Look, I might have embarrassed chanel a little–

Will: A little?

Johnny: But at least I didn’t knock her up then dump her for some dude. Hey, how is ari by the way? I’ve been–been missing that little tyke.

Will: Wow. You know, that man did a lot of despicable things. He caused a lot of suffering. But even he drew the line at torturing someone in his own family.

Johnny: Well, will, I’m sorry if I hurt your feelings, but you’re the one who’s on the attack. And to say that I’m torturing you is a little– what’s the–what’s the word I’m looking for? I–I don’t–

Will: Gay?

Johnny: Hyperbolic.

Will: Oh, I’m not talking about your sneering at me. I don’t give a rat’s ass what you think about me. I’m talking about what you’re doing to grandma marlena.

Johnny: You just said she sees things from my side!

Will: I said she’s trying to! The fact that you’re her grandson and she’s gonna love you no matter what does not change the fact that what you are doing to her is unforgivable.

Marlena: So you think the devil has taken possession of somebody else? Who? I mean, tell me who it is.

Ben: Belle.

Shawn: So I have–I have all this vacation time piling up. I was thinking if you could get away, we can go and have a little mini vacation. We’ll go skiing in colorado or snorkeling in belize?

Belle: Mm. Can we do both?

Shawn: Mm-hmm.

Belle: Susan? What are you doing with my coat?

Limu emu

Lani: You do see, don’t you,that investigating tr behind my back means you don’t trust me.

Eli: Baby, it’s not behind your back. I just told you right now.

Lani: Yeah, but you made that decision on your own.

Eli: Maybe you’re right. Okay, I should’ve cleared that with you first. But I’ve already contacted billie reed at the isa, and we should hear back from her later today.

Lani: What’s that saying? Trust but verify? Maybe you’re thinking more clearly than I am. It’s probably a good idea. So check him out.

Eli: Baby, I really hope that he’s changed and that we don’t find anything. For your sake.

Tr: So listen, talk to johnny. Tell him what you told me, that it’s better for him and it’s better for the movie to recast the roles. If he agrees, then I will let you out of your contracts.

Chanel: What do you think?

Allie: Worth a try.

Tr: All right, thank you. And good luck. And just so you know, I live with what I did to your mother. I mean, it’s not an excuse, but I was on drugs then. I’m clean now. And I am–I hope that I can prove to your mother and to your sister I’m not the same man.

Allie: Wow.

Chanel: Yeah. That was a lot. But moving right along, which one of us is gonna go talk to johnny?

Johnny: Did grandma tell you that I am contractually obligated to make this film? She understands that. I don’t know why you can’T.

Will: Do you understand this? She’s losing patients left and right. She thinks the hospital board’s gonna ask her to step down if this movie gets made.

Johnny: Look, will, the producer is in town. The table read is tonight. It’s too late. This film is getting made, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it.

Will: There is something we can do about it.

Johnny: We?

Will: Do a rewrite. Take the devil out of the story.

Johnny: I’m sorry, the devil is the story.

Marlena: Belle? Oh, no. No, it can’t be.

Ben: Susan saw belle leaving the dimera mansion. And she saw a 666 on the back of her coat.

Marlena: [Sighs] Susan– susan has seen these things from the very beginning.

Ben: I know she has. She’s been right. Dr. Evans, ciara and I were both convinced that, after him being at the exorcism and because of a few other things, that it was johnny.

Marlena: Johnny?

Ben: But when susan went to go check it out, she found out that it wasn’t him.

Marlena: It was belle.

Susan: [Spluttering] Is this your jacket? Oh, my goodness, I’m so sorry. I–I thought it was mine. You see, sometimes I get a little addled.

Shawn: Is something wrong? Susan, what are you–what are you doing with belle’s coat?

Susan: [Sighs] I am looking for evidence. Acting commissioner brady, I hate to tell you this, but you could be in grave danger, hm. See, the devil–the devil, he’s back here in salem, and you are married to her. Right here! Rob did his best to manage his constipation

Beth: Excuse me, I’m looking for a detective grant.

Eli: That’s me.

Beth: I got a call yesterday from a friend of yours, billie reed? She said you’re checking into tr coates.

Eli: That’s right. Do you know him?

Beth: In every sense of the word. I’m his ex-girlfriend.

[Soft dramatic music]

[Phone line trilling]

[Phone ringing]

Lani: Hello?

Tr: Hey, lani. It’s tr. I was just calling to say how much it meant to me to talk to you last night.

Lani: Um, it was– it was nice, I guess.

Tr: Yeah, yeah. And I’m hoping I’m not pushing too hard, but I was thinking that I want to get to know your family too. Maybe we can have dinner sometime. You, eli, me, the kids.

Lani: Um, you know, let me– let me talk to eli about that. I’ll get back to you.

[Phone bleeps]

Tr: [Sighs] I need to see you.

[Phone bleeps]

Johnny: Take the devil out of the movie. Hey, that’s a great idea, will. And then after that, why don’t we go ahead and remake “the godfather,” just do it without the mafia. And then we can go ahead and do “the titanic,” just blue pencil the iceberg.

Will: You are a funny man.

Johnny: And you’re a moron, cinematically speaking, that is.

Will: You were ready to do my script about mom. The sami brady story won’t destroy sami brady. The dr. Marlena evans story will destroy her.

Johnny: Okay, first of all, I think you’re underestimating grandma. She’s not gonna be destroyed. Second of all, your original script was very nice. It was never gonna sell. And finally, if I take a hot property and water it down, my film career’s gonna be over. It’s my job to take a script and make it better, not neuter it.

Will: Okay. I’m sorry. I didn’t realize how this could hurt your career. I didn’t realize how important it was for you to make yet another crappy devil movie. So yeah, screw grandma. The show must go on. He’d be proud.

Ben: So susan said that she’d go check it out. And when she did, she talked to johnny. She said she felt nothing. But when she left, she saw belle, she saw 666 on the back of her coat. And she said she felt the presence of the devil.

Marlena: Oh, belle. God help you.

Shawn: Hey, what– what are you talking about?

Susan: She had this coat on last night, and the number 666 was written on the back in black.

Shawn: No–no, susan, there were some soot or something on it, but there were no numbers.

Susan: Oh, shawn, I felt his presence just like marlena. And she was at the exorcism.

Belle: Hello. I am standing right here.

Susan: But you’re not belle.

Belle: I kind of think I am, susan.

Susan: And you’d lie about that.

Shawn: Okay, susan. Susan, you were right– you were right about marlena. All right, but when she was possessed, tons of people noticed that she was acting strangely. And belle, she and I live together. She’s the same woman she’s always been; I would notice.

Susan: Mm-mm, mm-mm. He tipped his hand with marlena. And he won’t do that again. He’s not gonna show himself until after.

Shawn: After what?

Susan: After he gets ciara’s baby. And you know what? I’m gonna stop him from doing that, and I am gonna stop you right now.

Allergies don’t have to be

scary.

Belle: Susan, you’re wrong, I swear it.

Susan: I–I am afraid of you. Yes, yes, I am. And, you know, you can turn me into a cat or even worse, kristen dimera, but I– I am not backing down.

Shawn: Look, susan, susan, don’t you see that this isn’t working? All right, she’s not afraid of that cross because this is belle.

Susan: Okay. You’re right. It’s not working.

[Laughs nervously] You know, so I’m gonna go. I’m gonna go, but just so you know, this is a strategic retreat. Mm-hmm. I’m gonna go head over to dr. Marlena’s, who is my friend and my ally. And just let me make this clear. I will not give up. You will be vanquished.

Belle: The problem is that she’s been right all along.

Shawn: Yeah, but she’s wrong this time.

Belle: No, I don’t think anything’s happened to me, but something has happened. It’s not over, is it?

Allie: Ugh. I’ll talk to johnny. He’s my brother.

Chanel: No, I’ll do it. I kind of enjoy getting in his face these days. You okay here?

Allie: Yeah, sure. Go. Give him hell.

[Both chuckle] Man, will, if you looks could kill.

Chanel: Oh, this is will?

Allie: Oh, yeah, sorry. Uh, will, this is chanel. Chanel, will.

Will: Hi, I’ve heard a lot about you.

Chanel: And vice versa. All right, I’m sorry, but I got to go.

Allie: Okay.

Chanel: Wish me luck.

Allie: Yeah. Stop short at homicide. She’s going to see johnny and let’s just say it wasn’t an amicable separation.

Will: Yeah, I just talked to him myself. And, I mean, allie, I love him, he’s my brother, but I wanted to– I wanted to deck him.

Allie: Yeah, welcome to my world.

Will: What?

Allie: I really thought that I was gonna be able to get over this and that it was all gonna be for the best, but I don’t think I’m ever gonna be able to forgive him. I can’t even forgive my own brother.

Will: Allie, I don’t–I don’t know what you’re talking about.

Allie: I’m really glad you’re here. I couldn’t do this over the phone.

Will: What? What is it?

Allie: Well, the reason that tripp and I broke up is because johnny told him that I slept with chanel.

Beth: So I was in chicago for an audition today. Figured it’d be easier to come talk to you in person.

Eli: Well, I appreciate that. You’re an actress?

Beth: Yes. I’m surprised you don’t recognize me from all of my blockbuster films.

Eli: So you live in la. Is that where you met coates?

Beth: Yeah, we met last year. We dated for six months. But it is over now because–

Eli: Listen, I’m sorry, but full disclosure, coates is my wife, lani’s, biological father.

Beth: Oh.

Eli: Yeah, lani and I know– or he’s admitted that he used to be an abuser and an addict. He abused lani’s mother, and that’s why they’re no longer together. And he swears up and down that he’s kicked all his bad habits while he was in prison and he hasn’t abused another woman since.

Beth: Ah, so now he’s here in salem?

Eli: Mm-hmm. And he wants to get to know lani and our twins. So I think you can see that I want to make sure that he’s telling me the absolute truth.

Beth: Oh, that is so not true. Not one freakin’ word.

Tr: Did you bring the stuff?

Frank: Right here. Very high quality china white. Veritable stairway to paradise.

Trelegy for copd.

Tr: And, uh, did you bring the works?

Frank: And as an introductory offer, they’re on the house.

Tr: Yeah? ‘Cause this gonna be my home base for a while. So you gonna be around when I want more?

Frank: You got my number. I live right around the corner, so text me and I can be here in literally two seconds.

Tr: That sounds perfect.

Beth: I didn’t know he was an addict when we first met. But it didn’t take me long to figure out he was using.

Eli: Using what?

Beth: Heroin. Yeah. He tried to hide it. But I could always tell. He’d shoot up and then– then he’d take out his frustrations on me. But he was such a gentleman. Wouldn’t bruise my face when he knew I had an audition coming up.

Eli: Did you ever report it?

Beth: [Sighs] He threatened to ruin my acting career, such as it is.

Eli: I’m sorry that you had to go through that.

Beth: Maybe, but mainly you’re just sorry I didn’t report it. But hey, don’t worry, you don’t have to just take my word for it. Last time, I ended up in the hospital. They took photos. And let’s just say that time, I didn’t have an audition coming up. Detective, keep him away from your wife and kids. He is the devil incarnate.

Shawn: I should–I should probably give your mom a call, give her a heads-up. Belle, I’m sorry, but I just–

Belle: No, you don’t need to apologize. Listen, the last time you thought someone was possessed by the devil, they picked you up and threw you across the room. You have to take it seriously. I–I think I’m gonna go talk to johnny.

Shawn: Johnny?

Belle: Well, susan said that she felt the devil’s presence there yesterday. And if it wasn’t me, then I need to find out who else was there besides me and chad, right? I mean, it’s worth a shot.

Shawn: No, you’re right. I mean, it makes sense. If the devil is still in salem, I mean, it makes sense that he’d be camping out at chez dimera.

[Knocking on door]

Susan: Oh! I need your help. I need your help. Okay, I have something very terrible to tell you.

Marlena: About belle. I know. Ben was here. He told me all–

Susan: Okay, well, then– then he told you about her coat and how I felt the devil’s presence when I was with her?

Marlena: Yes, he told me that too.

Susan: Okay, but I didn’t feel it just now.

[Phone ringing]

Marlena: Uh, sorry. Excuse me a second. Shawn? I’m here with susan right now.

Shawn: Has she told you?

Marlena: Yeah, about belle. Is belle still there with you?

Shawn: No, she went to the dimera mansion to talk to johnny, try to figure out what happened last night.

Marlena: Okay, well, I’m gonna go over and talk to both of them. And please, please don’t worry.

Shawn: Yeah. Yeah, like that’s gonna happen. Listen, you take care of yourself, okay?

Marlena: Yeah. I will. You too. Well, I guess you– I guess you heard that. That was shawn.

Susan: You’re gonna go over to belle to see belle and talk to her, but I just– I need you to be careful, dr. Marlena evans.

Marlena: I will. I will. I’ll be very careful. Look, susan, you are not fighting the devil by yourself. We’re all here right beside you, and, oh, my, we’re so grateful for all you’ve done to take care of us.

Susan: But he wants the baby. And we can’t let him have the baby.

Marlena: No. No. We won’T. I promise.

Chanel: Horton and I aren’t gonna be in your movie, and coates said if you agreed to recast us then he’d let us out of our contracts.

Johnny: Why should I?

Chanel: Because if you don’t, we’ll make life a living hell for you, then your producers, then you again. On top of which you’ll be the new poster boys for the me too movement.

Johnny: Chanel, you seem upset.

Chanel: Oh, you little creep!

Johnny: You know, I can’t help but wonder where all this passion is coming from. I got to think you just can’t quit me, can you?

It’s the most wonderful

time of the year,

Eli: Well, listen, I can’t thank you enough for coming here, ms. Howard.

Beth: Hey, you know my deepest secrets. Call me beth.

Eli: Thank you, beth. Um, are you in a hurry?

Beth: Hm. I have drinks with spielberg this evening. Just kidding. No, I’m not in a hurry.

Eli: Okay, I’d just like to take an official statement from you, but if you have somewhere else to go.

Beth: No, don’t worry about it. God knows I have all the time in the world. Plus, I would do anything to keep that man from harming one other woman.

Eli: Yeah, uh, I’ll be back. Excuse me. Ms. Howard, what you did took a lot of courage. You should be proud of yourself.

Will: So johnny told tripp that you slept with chanel? And tripp believed him?

Allie: Well, yeah, especially after I confirmed it was true. Yeah, I did the deed, I slept with chanel.

Will: Well, are you, um, waiting for me to be shocked? ‘Cause that’d be a little hypocritical, don’t you think?

Allie: God, I missed you.

Will: Yeah, right back at you.

Allie: The thing with chanel, and I don’t want to make this seem like it’s all johnny’s fault because, you know, I did what I did with my own free will, but he was involved. See, it was the night that he publicly ended things with her at the wedding reception.

Will: Okay.

Allie: But I was attracted to her before that. I mean, actually we kissed a couple of times and, I don’t know, I didn’t feel bad about that.

[Sighs] I love tripp, but chanel– god, I don’t know, will, I’m just so confused.

Chanel: So what if I’m not over you? Because, unlike you, I am a human being. I loved you enough to marry you, and if I can’t just turn that off like a light switch, then it is nothing for you to gloat about.

Johnny: You know, I think I need to do a rewrite, a huge scene for celeste. I mean, I never knew until now you had all this untapped passion. I’ll start with a long shot– don’t even think about it! You know what? I don’t need this drama. So you got a deal. You drop your lawsuit, I’ll let you and your girlfriend out of my movie.

Belle: I need to talk to you.

Johnny: Auntie belle. I would think it’s fairly obvious that I’m in the middle of something.

Belle: I need to talk to you.

Chanel: And I need a break, so he’s all yours. We’ll pick this up when she’s gone.

Belle: Susan just accused me of being the devil.

Johnny: Oh, grandmother, what a big mouth you have.

Belle: This isn’t funny. Listen, when I was here last night, did you see 666 written on the back of my coat?

Johnny: Is–is that what grandma said?

Belle: Yes. She said that– that she felt lucifer’s presence here in this house, that he was here.

Johnny: But he was exorcised. We were there. We saw it.

Belle: Susan also said that it could’ve gone into s–

Johnny: Into someone else? Well, that doesn’t seem very nice, does it?

Belle: No. No, it doesn’T. As you said, you–you were in the middle of something, so I’m gonna let you get back to chanel and, um, if you think of anything, you just call me.

Johnny: You know, now that I think of it, there was something off about last night. Maybe you and I should put our heads together and see what we can figure out.

Frank: This is more than we agreed on.

Tr: I’m a big tipper.

Frank: Well, this could be the start of a beautiful friendship.

Eli: Mr. Coates.

Tr: Funny running into you here.

Eli: Hilarious.

Tr: Yeah, I–I was just talking to lani. I was, um–I was thinking maybe we could get together some time.

Eli: Nah, that’s not happening.

Tr: Well, I know you’re busy, but I’m flexible.

Eli: Not for long you won’t be.

Tr: I’m sorry?

Eli: I was just headed to the inn to have a talk with you about a conversation that I just had at the station with a beth howard. Ring a bell? This is the sound of nature breathing.

Lani: Oh. I’m–I’m sorry. I was looking for detective grant.

Beth: Oh, sorry, you just missed him.

Tr: Beth who?

Eli: Save it. She’s at the police station right now. She just finished telling me that everything that you’ve been telling lani and paulina is a load of crap. You’re still using, and you used beth as a punching bag last year.

Tr: [Scoffs] She’s lying.

[Laughs] I didn’t use her in my last movie and she didn’t take it well. You remember glenn close in “fatal attraction?”

Eli: You know, that hollywood crap doesn’t work on me. What do we have here?

Tr: I have no idea. Somebody must’ve dropped it.

Eli: Yeah. Someone named coates.

Will: Okay, so at the risk of sounding like a pedantic older brother, confused isn’t the worst thing to be. And figuring out who you are can be a life’s work. Unless you’re like mom, and you’re born with all the answers.

[Both laugh]

Allie: You know what? I have a baby. I’m a mother. I can vote. I’m supposed to be a grown-up, and I don’t even know this very basic thing about me. And now I’m just wondering, am I gay? Am I?

Chanel: Has she left? I left allie alone and I– johnny!

[Dramatic music]

Susan: Ben! Oh, hey. I think everything’s gonna be all right. I spoke with dr. Marlena evans.

Ben: So did I.

Susan: Oh, well, if anyone can figure out what the devil is up to, she can.

[Doorbell rings]

[Dramatic music]

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Nancy: [Sobbing]

Bonnie: Oh, nancy. Oh, honey, you can talk to me. I’ve been told I’m a really good listener.

Nancy: Like you really wanna hear my problems.

Bonnie: Well, sure, I do. And I swear whatever you tell me will stay with me. Honey, what’s got you so upset?

Nancy: Do you really wanna know what’s got me upset?

Bonnie: Yes.

Nancy: My big fat gay husband!

[Sobbing]

[Knock at door]

Craig: [Chuckles] Oh, um, can I help you?

Will: Actually, we are here to help you.

Craig: I don’t understand. Who-who are you?

Sonny: I’m sonny kiriakis. This is my husband, will, and we’re here to talk about your boyfriend, leo stark.

Craig: Thanks, but no thanks.

Sonny: Wait, I–

Brady: There you are, hey.

Chloe: Hey.

Brady: Where’s leo?

Chloe: Uh, on his way. What about sonny and will?

Brady: They should be at your dad’s room just about now.

Chloe: Oh, I hope to god that they can talk some sense into him.

Brady: Me too. We just have to buy him some time.

Chloe: Well, if I’m going to make nice with leo, I’m gonna need a drink. Or correction, several drinks.

Brady: Hey, hey, hey. We’re gonna get through this whole thing together, okay?

[Sighs] It’ll be worth it just to get that creep off your dad’s back.

Chloe: Well, let’s hope it works out.

Brady: Do you think leo suspects anything?

Chloe: [Sighs]

Leo: What’s going on here?

Chloe: Leo! Hey, I didn’t realize that you were right here.

Leo: That much seems obvious. So brady, what am I not supposed to be suspicious of? Hmm?

Eli: Well, this is a surprise. Paulina, lani didn’t say you were gonna come by.

Paulina: Oh, child, I’m family now; I can’t stand around waiting for an invitation.

Eli: You look like something’s wrong.

Paulina: That’s why you’re such a good cop–those keen powers of observation. Where’s lani?

Eli: She’s out right now. She’s at the twins’ to see her dad.

Lani: Oh, jules, I know, baby girl, I know. I know you are sleepy. Mama can put you down as soon as we get to granddad’s, okay?

Tr: Lani. Hello.

Lani: Uh, hi.

Tr: Well, you three are out late. Where you off to?

Lani: I’m taking the twins to spend the night with their grandfather.

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

[Soft orchestration]

Bonnie: Craig wesley is gay?

Nancy: I shouldn’t have made a joke. But that’s me, always going for the laugh. You probably didn’t even get the joke.

Bonnie: Oh, no, I got it. I saw the movie. “Big fat greek wedding.” It was very funny.

Nancy: But this isn’T. It’s very serious and sad. At least for me, anyway.

Bonnie: Oh, nancy, did you just find out?

Nancy: Yes. Although I’ve been suspicious for a while, I mean, you know, craig–craig was staying out late, and he said he was working, but I knew that was a lie.

Bonnie: And?

Nancy: And, um, a couple months ago, he came home from a convention and, um, well, I went through his briefcase– now, I know it was a sneaky thing to do, but–but anyway.

Bonnie: You went through his briefcase, and what?

Nancy: I found some condoms in there.

Bonnie: Oh, god, he didn’t– oh, nancy.

Nancy: Well, you can imagine my reaction–I mean, I was furious. I took ’em and I threw ’em in the trash can, and my heart was just pounding so hard.

Bonnie: Did you tell him? Did you tell him about the condoms?

Nancy: Of course I did! And then he yelled at me for being sneaky. Then I demanded an explanation. Oh, bonnie, he–he told me that they were giving them out as swag, that the convention had been a convention about safe sex.

Bonnie: Well, that’s a good one.

Nancy: Not good enough. I mean, I know it was a lie. I mean, aside from sounding ridiculous, it–I could just tell by the look on his face.

Bonnie: Nancy, I–I can’t even imagine what you’re going through. And you know, I would never compare my experiences to yours, of course not, but I think– I think I might know a little more about this than you think I might. When I was in school, there was this boy. Dennis. Oh, he was smart and funny, and I had the biggest crush on him. Until one day he told me that he didn’t like me the way I liked him. He told me he was batting for the other team. At least that’s how he put it. And it just made me so sad, you know, that he was ashamed of it.

Nancy: Well, I mean–well, how did you react after he confided in you?

Bonnie: Well, after admitting that I was completely devastated because of my crush and all, honey, I just told him that I loved him no matter what. You know what? It made us closer. Because he was honest with me.

Nancy: Are you still friends?

Bonnie: Oh, god, yes! Oh, honey, we talk all the time. And we video chat too. He’s married now to a great guy named brick, and they even adopted a kid. And you know what, nancy? He is one of the best people I know.

Nancy: And unlike craig, he never had to live a lie. Or feel that he had to marry a woman.

Bonnie: [Sighs] Oh, nancy. You know what? Just because your marriage is ending doesn’t mean what you had wasn’t real and wonderful. I mean, you and craig loved each other, right? You had fun, you had two beautiful children.

Nancy: Oh, we did have fun. Oh, bonnie, and we did make two beautiful children.

Bonnie: Exactly. You know, relationships end for all sorts of reasons, and just because they don’t work now doesn’t mean they never did, honey. Just have to treasure all those good memories. Anyway, that’s my two cents.

Nancy: Your two cents is worth far more than that to me. Thank you.

Bonnie: Honey, I’m so glad. So what are you and craig gonna do now?

Bonnie: Um, he’s already done it–he’s got himself a boyfriend.

Bonnie: Well, that was fast.

Nancy: A younger boyfriend. Someone he says he’s crazy in love with.

[Sighs] Bonnie, it’s gonna be a big adjustment for me. Being all alone. After sharing 30-plus years of my life with someone who was not only–who was not only my– my husband but bonnie, my best friend.

Bonnie: Nancy. You look at me–look at me. You do not give up that easy. If he’s got himself a new boy toy, you just get one too.

Nancy: Oh, bonnie, I don’t think that’s the answer.

Bonnie: Oh, honey, sure it is. You know what they say. What’s good for the gay gander is good for the goose. N-no, that’s just me trying to be funny, and…

Nancy: Not funny.

Bonnie: It’s not funny. I’m sorry. I’m sorry, honey.

Nancy: [Sighs]

Sonny: Dr. Wesley, my husband and I aren’t going anywhere until you hear what we have to say.

Craig: All right! Come in.

Sonny: Thank you.

Craig: I’m assuming my daughter and brady black sent you.

Will: Yes, they did. Because they care about you.

Sonny: And they don’t want you to get hurt by leo the same way I did.

Craig: Yeah, well, I already know that leo is far from being perfect.

Will: About as far as it gets, actually.

Craig: [Scoffs] Still doesn’t change the way I feel about him.

Sonny: Okay, but that’s maybe because you only know about his life in general terms. I can give you specifics. Okay, hey, hey. I know what it’s like to be taken in by leo, all right? And I learned the hard way that he’s always only out for himself.

Brady: Leo, how long were you standing over there?

Leo: I don’t think I’m the one who needs to be explaining himself right now.

Chloe: Uh, brady and I just ran into each other.

Brady: I had a meeting with a client here, and chloe just happened to be here.

Leo: Oh, save it. I know exactly why you two had your heads together.

Brady: You do? You always seem to have the answers, leo–tell us. Why are we here then?

Leo: Okay, this is a bar. A tiny, not very fun bar, but it does sell liquor. And you, mr. Black, are a platinum card-carrying, coke snorting, raging alcoholic.

Chloe: Hey, don’t talk to him like that!

Leo: Why not? Fallen off the wagon again, right?

Paulina: You let lani take those babies to see ray coates?

Eli: What? No! You know lani and I don’t think of ray as the kids’ grandfather or lani’s dad.

Paulina: Oh, so when you said “dad,” you meant–

Eli: Abe, yeah. The twins are gonna spend the night at his house.

Paulina: Oh, I’m sorry, eli. I–ray being in town just makes me as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.

Eli: Okay, well, listen, you have good reason to be nervous.

Paulina: Well, has he come sniffing around again?

Eli: Nah, lani says he hasn’t been back since you caught him here and ran him off.

Paulina: Well, I’m surprised. That man has never learned how to take “no” for an answer. The other night, when I saw him, he was determined as ever to make sure that he is a part of lani’s life.

Tr: So you’re gonna take them to see their granddad.

Lani: Yeah.

Tr: And his name is abe carver, right? I did my research.

Lani: I should get going.

Tr: Uh, lani, wait, please. Um, you–after you drop the twins off, uh, maybe you can join me for a drink or something.

Lani: I don’t think that would be a good idea. Paulina, my mother, wants me to stay very far away from you.

Tr: I–I understand. And I won’t push. Um, but I’ll be at this joint called brady pub. I hear they have great chowder.

Lani: I already had dinner.

Tr: Oh. All right, well, uh, I won’t keep you, um, but you know where I’ll be if you change your mind.

Lani: Don’t count on it.

Tr: All right, I won’t, um. Y’all have a great night. Migraine attacks?

Brady: Ah, you think I’m drinking again.

Leo: And don’t worry, I won’t breathe a word. When it comes to the 12 steps, not a fan.

Brady: [Sighs] Okay, well, for your information, leo, I’m sober, have been for a long time, and I plan to keep it that way. I did meet a client and i happened to run into chloe. That’s the end of that story, but I am gonna get going.

Leo: Oh, well, don’t leave on my account. Chloe and I were just gonna have a little bonding session. Why don’t you join us?

Brady: No, I wouldn’t want to intrude on that.

Leo: Oh, you wouldn’t be. You’re important to chloe, which makes you important to me.

Brady: Well, you just made my day.

Leo: Come on, stick around. Hey, unless you have a problem with that.

Chloe: No, of-of course not. Stay?

Brady: Stay, yeah, okay. Leo, why don’t you sit here?

Chloe: Mm.

Brady: Stick around.

Chloe: So leo, you know, tell us everything about yourself.

Leo: Well, you already know the bad stuff.

Chloe: Well, yeah, but, um, you know, I wanna know the side that my father knows, you know? The real leo, so tell me everything. Start from the beginning.

Craig: Okay, you guys are wasting your time.

Sonny: Wh–how so?

Craig: Look, I know who leo is. We’re very happy together, so anything you say can’t change that.

Will: Okay, well, then you have nothing to lose by hearing what my husband has to say.

Craig: Fine–have a seat. So how did you meet leo?

Sonny: Okay. So I joined a dating app when will and I got divorced. Obviously, we’re back together now. Remarried. So leo and I started texting back and forth. We eventually agreed to meet up for drinks. And we hit it off. You know, he said that will’s loss was his gain. I mean, he was funny. He thought I was funny. I mean, it all went really, really well. Until I found out that it was no accident we happened to meet on that dating app.

Craig: What does that mean?

Sonny: He was paid to pull me in. To make me fall in love with him and then seduce me.

[Suspenseful music]

Bonnie: Honey, I know it’s hard, but the best way to get over somebody is to find somebody new.

Nancy: But I don’t want somebody new.

Bonnie: I know you don’t want that now; believe me, I’ve been there. But you gotta trust me on this. Being a little uncomfortable with somebody new is a hell of a lot better than moping over somebody that you can’t have.

Nancy: Well, that’s putting it bluntly.

Bonnie: Well, your life’s not over! I know there’s another man out there for you. I can feel it in–

[Gasps] I think he just walked in the door.

Nancy: Him?

Bonnie: Why not? He is gorgeous. Ooh, excuse me, sir?

Nancy: Bonnie, what are you doing?

Bonnie: Yes, you, hi.

Tr: Can I help you ladies?

Bonnie: Oh, well, I sure hope you can. See, my name is bonnie kiriakis, and this is my friend, nancy wesley.

Tr: Nice to meet you.

Bonnie: Oh, and you. Now, I’m a very happily married woman, but my friend here, well, she is single and ready to mingle. How about you buy her a drink?

Eli: Coates told you that he intends to be a part of lani’s life? When?

Paulina: In his hotel room on valentine’s day.

Eli: What were you doing in his hotel room?

Paulina: Well, he–he had the nerve to send me some flowers. I took them back to him.

Eli: You should’ve dumped them in the garbage and stayed the hell away from him.

Paulina: No, no, ’cause then he’d be telling himself that i kept them because I liked them.

Eli: Well, I tell you what I don’t like. I don’t like you being in a room alone with a guy who used to beat you, paulina.

Paulina: Well, I had to go up there and give him a piece of my mind, didn’t I? To warn him to stay away from lani?

Eli: What’d he say?

Paulina: Well, that the one who heard her was me.

Eli: You see, that’s how guys like him work. They get you feeling defensive and weak.

Paulina: Mm, well, that didn’t happen. Trying to say that my lying to lani about him is the same as him hitting me. The nerve of him!

Eli: Look, lani knows the only reason you lied to her is because you were trying to protect her from an abusive father.

Paulina: Well, I hope that she gets that. It means the world to me that you do.

Eli: So you told coates what he could do with his damn flowers and any ideas of who hurt lani the most, right? Good. You gonna stay away from him?

Paulina: Well–well, that’s what I was planning on doing, but then something happened.

Your home…

Eli: Did coates threaten you or something?

Paulina: No, no. He started telling me how he had changed.

Eli: That’s what they all say.

Paulina: He, uh, did time in prison.

Eli: [Scoffs] What, for assaulting a woman?

Paulina: No, no, he played around with some clients’ money, and he did it because he was using. Cleaned up on the inside, and he hasn’t raised his hand against a woman since.

Eli: So he says.

Paulina: Yes, yes, yes.

Eli: What are you thinking?

Paulina: I remember my plan to turn the horton town square into price town.

Eli: What does that have to do with anything, paulina? You realized you were wrong, and you apologized.

Paulina: Mm-hmm, I did. But you and lani and abe, you all forgave me. Even julie, and– and she’s a tough nut.

Eli: [Laughs] Yes, she-she is.

Paulina: I want to believe in second chances, eli. Because you all, you gave me one.

Eli: You know why we gave you a second chance, paulina? Because you realized what you did was wrong. You were genuinely sorry, and you apologized.

Paulina: Yeah, yeah, I did. I just wish there was a way to make sure that tr coates and my lowlife dog of an ex aren’t still the same man.

Tr: Nice to meet you, nancy, but the thing is, I’m sort of waiting for someone. Excuse me.

Nancy: Oh, my god! That was so embarrassing!

Bonnie: Why? All he said was that he was meeting somebody.

Nancy: Come on, bonnie. Did you see the way he looked at me? He was totally turned off.

Bonnie: O-m-g, nancy, he had plans! Doesn’t mean he was turned off. Oh, my god, you listen to me, girl, and you listen good. Got it?

Nancy: Got it.

Bonnie: Good, ’cause you’re an attractive, charming woman, and girl, you are still in your prime.

Nancy: But I’m not feeling real prime right now.

Bonnie: Well, honey, how could you? You spent a big part of your life married to a man who wanted to bat for the other team. Just you wait till I get you on those sexy new dating apps. Ooh, you’ll see.

Nancy: Bonnie, I don’t think those things are for me.

Bonnie: Oh, honey, I think they are. Now, we just gotta sprinkle you with a little bonnie magic.

Nancy: What does that mean?

Bonnie: That means I get to be your fairy godmother. So grab your purse, toots. You’re comin’ to my house.

Craig: So why would some woman pay leo to seduce you?

Sonny: Okay, just bear with me, okay? So she was trying to get back at my grandfather through his company, titan industries. I used to be the ceo back then. So when leo and I started seeing each other, he got a job at titan.

Will: As sonny’s assistant.

Sonny: That was vivian’s doing–vivian alamain.

Craig: And why are you telling me all this?

Sonny: Because I know where you are, okay? I had just lost the love of my life. You have been closeted your whole life. You and I were both vulnerable, and leo knew it. I just don’t want him to use you the same way he used me.

Craig: So, um, other than saying he liked you and taking a job, what did he do?

Sonny: Uh, well, I knew better than to mix my professional life with my personal life, so I told him that, you know, he would either have to give up said job or we’d have to stop seeing each other. He chose the job and then proceeded to make himself extremely attractive to me. We ended up having sex in my office, and I later found out he had planted a camera and planned on suing me for sexual harassment.

Will: Which was a complete lie.

Sonny: Yeah, but it was a scandal big enough to take down the company, which is exactly what vivian wanted.

Will: And leo was so happy to do it, assuming the price was right.

Leo: I’m no basquiat, but i did have a few gallery showings, and I have to say the buzz was good.

Chloe: Wow, I had no idea that you were an artist.

Brady: Yeah, me neither.

Chloe: So what kind of art did you do? Painting, sculpture?

Leo: I was a painter.

Chloe: Oh, amazing, what– what kind of style? Modern or landscapes?

Leo: I did it all.

Brady: What kind of medium? I mean, were you water colors or oils, or…?

Leo: Are you two really this fascinated by my love of art? Or are you stalling to give will and sonny more time to hate on a bitch to daddy?

It’s the most wonderful

time of the year,

Chloe: I have no idea what you’re talking about.

Leo: Oh, save the innocent act for someone who buys it. I’ve read your bio. Did you really think I was dumb enough to think that you suddenly wanted to hang out with someone like me? Girl, bye. I’ve binged enough “housewives” to know a two-faced heffa when I see one, but you, ghoul girl, and your one, two, three faces, well, this takes the cake.

Brady: You should not do righteous indignation, leo. You don’t pull it off very well.

Leo: Eh, bye-bye, cocaine cowboy. This queen has had enough.

Brady: Not quite yet. How did you know that her, uh, nickname in high school was ghoul girl?

Chloe: Yeah, and how’d you figure out what I was doing here tonight?

Leo: Well, one, I wasn’t lying when I said I read her bio. Salem search is not your friend. And two, I was suspicious when you suddenly wanted to hang out. So I hung around the inn long enough to see will and sonny come in and ask for craig’s room number. I’m sure wayland and madame are giving daddy an earful right now.

Sonny: Did leo tell you he blackmailed me into marrying him?

Craig: I am well aware you two were married.

Sonny: He was dying to be mr. Sonny kiriakis, and you can bet he’s dying to be mr. Dr. Wesley, but I am telling you, it is always about the money with him.

Craig: And how was it that leo was able to blackmail you into marriage?

Sonny: Wh– uh, well, it’s a little complicated, but it all started when will found out about leo’s past as a male escort.

Will: Which would completely destroy his sexual harassment case.

Sonny: And when we confronted leo with the information, he attacked will, so i pushed leo off of will, and he fell and hit his head.

Will: And we thought he was dead.

Sonny: So we rolled him up in a rug.

Craig: What?

Will: Yeah, to get rid of the body. We’re not proud of it.

Craig: Gee, I wonder why.

Sonny: Look, we panicked, okay, and we made a horrible mistake.

Craig: You sure did.

Sonny: But leo was alive, obviously, and he healed just fine. However, when he got back to salem, he said that if i didn’t marry him, he would go to the police and have me charged with attempted murder.

Craig: Okay, okay, enough. I’ve heard enough. From where I’m standing, leo is the victim here, not the two of you. And besides, if I’m wrong, it was in the past. We’ve all done things in our lives that we’re not proud of to get what we want, but leo has changed.

Sonny: I’m sorry, but you’re wrong. And I can prove it.

Eli: I wanna know the truth about coates just as much as you do. You want a background check on him, I can make that happen. Legally. I have a contact at the isa. Whatever I can’t dig up, they can.

Paulina: All right now! Now, you sound like the solution to my problem.

Eli: All right. I’ll start digging tomorrow. If there’s anything that proves tr hasn’t changed, you better believe I’ll find it. A lot of folks ask me why their dishwasher

Chloe: I am not going to apologize for trying to protect my dad.

Leo: Protect him from what, exactly? A mutual love of escargot and the best sex of his life?

Brady: All right, that’s her father, watch your mouth.

Chloe: I don’t trust you, leo, and I never will. I think you’re only after my dad for his money.

Leo: Think whatever you want; I don’t care. I do care about what craig thinks, and he thinks I love him.

Brady: “He thinks”?

Leo: He knows I do. Because he’s never been happier. And just so you know, he hasn’t been happy in a really long time.

[Sighs] I do love him. With my entire heart and soul. And some pretty impressive tantric abilities. So I’m gonna go and be with the man I love. But this was fun! We should do this again sometime.

Brady: That went well.

Craig: I know all about leo stealing the emerald. From what I understand, several major cities around the world would’ve been vaporized if leo didn’t switch the emerald with the fake one, so in my book, he’s a hero.

Will: God, you really think leo stole the emerald to be a hero?

Craig: He is to me. And tell me something. While you were digging into leo’s past, did you happen to read anything about his mom, his dad?

Sonny: I actually did meet his mom.

Craig: Ah. Did you know that leo’s father used to physically and emotionally abuse him? Ridicule him because he was gay? And how leo dealt with that? Oh, yeah, he stood up to his father by embracing who he was 100%. That is a–that is a strength that I wish I had when I was his age. And you both think that I’m naive and gullible. Well, I’m not. I see leo stark for exactly who he is. And who he is makes me happy. Now, why don’t you get the hell out of my room?

Sonny: Can I just say one last thing? We didn’t come here because we think you’re naive. We came here because I wish like hell someone had warned me about leo.

[Tense music]

Leo: Nice try, bitches.

Nancy: [Grunts] Now first, we’re gonna work on your eyes ’cause girl, you have beautiful eyes.

Nancy: Bonnie, you really don’t have to do this.

Bonnie: Oh, honey, it’s no trouble at all. Justin texted me before, said he had a last-minute meeting with a client. And besides, us women gotta stick together, right?

Nancy: I guess so.

Bonnie: Yes! Now, I am gonna give you the full bonnie, and when you’re done, you are just gonna love looking in the mirror.

[Laughs] First, we gotta ditch the funeral look and get you into some color. And then before you know it, you’re gonna have those dating site dudes just eating out of your manicured hands.

Nancy: Ah, great.

Bonnie: And I think we have to do something with your hair.

Nancy: My hair? What’s wrong with my hair?

Bonnie: Mm…

Tr: [Sighs] Give it up, brother. It’s not happening. Excuse me. Can I get the check? Lani. You came.

Trelegy for copd.

Tr: I am so glad you came.

Lani: It’s just one drink. Don’t read too much into it. And I want you to understand a few things from the get-go. Abe carver is my father, and that is not up for discussion.

Tr: Understood.

Lani: And I will never be okay with what you did to paulina. Under no circumstances is it ever okay for a man to put his hands on a woman. Do you hear me?

Tr: Lani, I swear, I will never do anything that horrible again.

Lani: Good, because if I find out that this new you is an act–

Tr: It isn’T.

Lani: Good. Because keep in mind, I’m a cop.

Tr: Got it.

Lani: Okay then. I will admit that a part of me is curious about you. But I do not know where this will lead, but against my better judgement, I’m here.

Tr: It’s a start. Thank you, lani. I mean that. You sure you’re not hungry?

Lani: I can eat.

Tr: Waitress?

Lani: [Chuckles]

Nancy: Oh, my god, bonnie. You think my hair is what scared that guy off?

Bonnie: No, of course not! I just remember back in the day you had this gorgeous red hair.

Nancy: You thought my hair was gorgeous?

Bonnie: Well, I surely did. Don’t you kinda miss it?

Nancy: I-I guess.

Bonnie: Uh-huh. Say no more.

[Giggles]

Chloe: Please tell me you were able to get through to my dad.

Will: Not even close.

Sonny: No, if anything, craig’s even more convinced than before that leo loves him.

[Dramatic music]

[Line trilling]

Eli: Agent reed? Hey, this is detective grant from the salem pd. Director donovan told me that if my wife or I ever needed the isa’s help, you were the one to speak to. Okay, yeah, um, I’m gonna need everything you got on a guy I’m investigating. And I mean everything. It’s personal. His name is tr coates. Last name spelled c-o-a-t-e-S. Yeah, and the tr, it stands for terrell raymond. He used to go by the name ray as well.

Lani: Mmm, excuse me, um, may I have some mayo for my fries, please? I-I know, I know. What?

Tr: You eat your fries with mayo?

Lani: You think it’s gross too? Everyone does.

Tr: I was just about to ask the waitress for the same thing.

[Laughing]

Lani: Get out. Are you for real?

Tr: Must be in the genes.

Lani: [Chuckles]

Tr: Ladies first.

Lani: [Chuckles]

Bonnie: Come on, jessica rabbit. Show ms. Bonnie what you’re working with.

[Gasps] Ooh. Whew, excuse me, but aren’t you a backup dancer for beyoncé?

Nancy: [Giggles] Oh, come on.

Nancy: I am so serious! We are gonna get you a young, hot hunk, or my name isn’t bonnie kiriakis. Mm-hmm.

Craig: How was your time with chloe?

Leo: It was fine. Brady was there.

Craig: Right. Chloe asked me questions and seemed interested in getting to know me.

Craig: Well, I am sorry to inform you that chloe’s only pretending to be interested. While you were with her, she sent two of her friends to pay me a visit. Will and sonny.

Leo: Yeah, I saw them on my way out. I figured they were here to see you.

Craig: Wait a minute. You knew that they were here while you were with– did you tell her?

Leo: Craig, chloe is your daughter. The last thing I want is to get between the two of you.

Craig: I don’t know what I did to deserve you, but I did it right. Come here.

Chloe: All that subterfuge for nothing.

Brady: No, it wasn’t– it wasn’t for nothing. Your dad heard about leo from the two that he hurt the most.

Sonny: Give leo stark that one. Guy’s not stupid.

Chloe: What do you mean?

Will: He made sure your dad knows about his rotten childhood with his homophobic father.

Chloe: Oh, god, that would get to my dad.

Will: Well, we didn’t get to him, I can tell you that.

Brady: Guess we’re dealing with a pro.

Chloe: I-I’m not giving up. I have to make my dad see leo for who he really is.

Sonny: I-I was thinking about that on the way over here. I think I have an idea.

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[Footsteps approaching]

Bonnie: Well, hello, husband.

Justin: Well, look at you.

Bonnie: Well, I hope you’re gonna want to do more than look.

Justin: I think maybe I will. But I thought we were going out to dinner.

Bonnie: Well, I have it on very good authority that victor and maggie are in chicago on an all-night trip and we have the whole house to ourselves. I’ve always wanted to make love in the light of a roaring fire. What do you say?

[Giggles]

Sonny: Hey–oh, my god!

Bonnie: [Yelps]

Marlena: Yes, I do understand. No, no, dr. Chong is an excellent psychiatrist. You’re– you’re in very good hands. No, thank you.

[Hangs up] Well, that’s the third one this week.

Will: Grandma?

Marlena: Oh! Aw, aren’t you a sight for sore eyes?

[Sighs contentedly]

John: So marlena ran into steve and kayla at the hospital.

Brady: How are they doing?

John: Mar said they’re in pretty good shape, considering what kristen put them through.

Brady: [Sighs] They never would’ve been on that island if I hadn’t hired steve to try to find kristen. I mean, I knew–dad, I knew it was gonna be dangerous.

John: No, no, no. Steve knew what he was getting himself into. I’m just sorry that you didn’t get the answers you were looking for.

Brady: Well, I talked to steve, and he said kristen swore up and down that she had nothing to do with framing me for philip’s death. Not that we can take her at her word for anything, but, dad, now that she’s escaped again, I’m at square one. I don’t even know if philip is alive or dead.

John: And until then, you can’t move along with chloe, can you?

Brady: [Chuckles]

Nancy: And then, he realized that she had never gotten his message, so he jumped in a cab and he raced to the airport–

Chloe: And found her at the gate about to board the plane. And he proposed to her.

Nancy: Oh, you saw the movie too.

Chloe: Uh, mom, I–I’ve got to tell you something.

Nancy: Don’t you think the best part, though, was when he told her and he held her–

Chloe: It’s not–

[Sighs] It’s not about the movie. It’s–it’s about last night.

Nancy: Oh, okay.

Chloe: I wasn’t working late.

Nancy: I knew that.

Chloe: You did?

Nancy: Come on. You and brady went out for valentine’s day, right?

Chloe: No. I mean, I did– I did go out with brady.

Nancy: Yes!

Chloe: It–it wasn’t a date.

Nancy: Okay, then what was it?

Chloe: Brady and I, we– we had dinner with… dad and his new boyfriend.

Leo: I’m so glad we decided to order in. I like having you all to myself.

Craig: I’m not so sure about this.

Leo: Oh, well, if you’d rather go out–

Craig: No, leo, what I meant was, I’m not sure about us.

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

[Soft orchestration]

Brady: Oh, yeah, you’re right. I mean, chloe and philip, they were still together when– when he disappeared. I mean, as much as I’d love to start something up with chloe, I don’t feel right pursuing a relationship with her while– while we don’t know what happened to philip.

John: Mm. All right, let me ask you this. What if you never find out? Then what?

Brady: Well, nancy asked me the same question, and I told her, I guess chloe and I will have to just stay in limbo.

John: Forever? Forever? Oh, come on. Son, forever is a long time.

Brady: And that’s why nancy is so determined to play cupid. Although she’s backed off recently when–when she found out that her husband has been cheating on her with a man. Although I wouldn’t– I wouldn’t use the term “man.” I would use the term “pond scum.”

John: Well, have you met craig’s boyfriend?

Brady: Oh, yeah. Yeah, I have, and as it turns out, so have you.

Nancy: So he’s here in salem? The man your father is seeing?

Chloe: Yeah, I guess he– he flew in last night. He booked a flight last minute, and, you know, leo did it before dad could even stop him.

Nancy: His name is leo?

Chloe: Yeah. Leo stark. And dad– he wanted me to meet him. And last minute, I was reluctant to do it, so I just–I took brady with me for emotional support.

Nancy: Mm, so you and brady and your father and his boyfriend were out on a double date?

Chloe: It wasn’t like that. I’m sorry. I should’ve been upfront with you, but I–I just– I didn’t know what to say. I didn’t want you feel like I was being disloyal to you.

Nancy: But you were being disloyal. Chloe, you’ve totally betrayed me.

Leo: So suddenly, you’re having doubts about us? I guess I shouldn’t be surprised given the way your daughter and brady attacked me at that dinner, which was, I admit, awkward, embarrassing, and altogether horrible. Except for the food. I did enjoy my fish and chips.

Craig: Would you please not make light of this?

Leo: Okay, fine. It was a complete disaster. But, craig, that was not my fault. I put my best foot forward, and those two stomped all over it. They never even gave me a chance. They were bound and determined to belittle me in front of the man I love. And why aren’t you saying anything?

Craig: Brady said you tried to screw him over.

Leo: Oh, please. That man is a total drama queen. And he made a big deal out of nothing. And in the process, he poisoned your daughter against me. And you too, apparently. Is that what’s happening here, craig? Has brady turned you against me?

Justin: Sonny, what are you doing here?

Bonnie: Shouldn’t you be in arizona?

Sonny: Yeah. No, I–I guess I should have called first. Oh, my god, I wish I would have called first.

Justin: Bonnie, are you okay?

Bonnie: Oh, yeah, just a little–totally mortified.

Justin: Son.

Sonny: Yeah?

Justin: You can face us now.

Sonny: [Sighs] Um, surprise.

[Awkward laughter] I’m home.

Will: We dropped ari off with gabi, and sonny is seeing his dad, and here I am.

Marlena: Well, I am so glad that you’re here. You know, you don’t get a chance to visit very often.

Will: I know. I’m sorry it’s been so long, especially considering everything you’ve been through.

Marlena: Well, thank you. It just–it’s just so good to see your smiling face. You’re–you’re a perfect little pick-me-up.

Will: [Chuckles] Wait, why? Is something wrong?

Marlena: Well, my professional reputation has taken kind of a hit. In fact, my career may be over.

John: Craig is dating leo stark? Diana colville’s son?

Brady: Mm-hmm, the same son she tried to pass off as yours years ago.

John: [Exhales sharply] My mind is officially blown.

Brady: Yeah, mine was blown too when I saw leo walk into that bar. It was supposed to be this nice dinner where we were going to get to meet craig’s boyfriend. Instead, it turned out to be chloe and I raking him over the coals in order to convince craig to dump him.

John: That sounds like a fun night.

Brady: Yeah, it was a fiasco. Craig wasn’t having it. He was really flustered and frustrated, but I get it. I mean, the guy’s in love and this is obviously an important relationship to him. I mean, dad, he’s willing to throw away his marriage to nancy over this guy.

John: Yeah, well, you know, love is blind, stubborn.

Brady: Mm, that it is, and that’s why chloe and I have devised a plan to rescue craig from leo’s clutches.

John: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Son, I think that is a really bad idea.

Nancy: Oh, I should have known. Even in high school, you always took your father’s side against me.

Chloe: What? That is not true. And I am not taking sides.

Nancy: Really? I spent last night in my room, alone, watching rom-coms while you and brady were out celebrating valentine’s day with your father and his new boyfriend.

Chloe: Mom, I’m sorry. I never meant to hurt your feelings.

Nancy: Well, you did, and maybe you shouldn’t have gone.

Chloe: Oh, my gosh. Are you kidding? I don’t–I don’t want to hurt dad’s feelings either. Don’t you get it? I love the both of you and I don’t like being stuck in the middle of this.

[Sobbing]

Nancy: Chloe, I– oh, chloe, honey, I am so, so sorry. You’re right. We’ve put you in the terrible position, and I’m so sorry. It’s just that, chloe, I feel so displaced. I mean, thinking of you and brady out with your father and his new boyfriend, bonding and having a great time, I–

Chloe: [Sighs] Well, if it makes you feel any better, that’s not exactly how it went. The whole evening was a complete disaster.

[Exhales sharply]

Craig: Was I thrilled to hear about all the schemes you pulled? No, I wasn’T.

[Snorts] Hell, I’ve done my share of underhanded things, so I have no right to judge.

Leo: Then what is the problem?

Craig: The problem is–

[Chuckles] My daughter can’t stand you.

Leo: She doesn’t even know me. That is completely unfair.

Craig: Fair or not, I just have real reservations about moving forward with this relationship if it means that there is a chance of losing chloe over it.

Leo: Look, I get your loyalty to your daughter, but you cannot let chloe dictate your love life.

Craig: Well, that’s all good in theory, but chloe is very important to me. Both my daughters are.

Leo: So what are you saying? Are you breaking up with me?

Allergies don’t have to be

scary.

Justin: Aw, am I glad to see you!

Bonnie: [Giggles] Hi–

Sonny: You look–you look– you look great, dad. I missed you so much.

Justin: Well, I missed you too. So, tell me. I hope you and will and ari…

Sonny: Yeah.

Justin: All right, are in town for a while?

Sonny: Well, it’s all pretty up in the air. And I probably should have given you some notice, but, I mean, do you mind if we stay here a little while?

Justin: Mind? Of course you’ll stay here! This is your home.

Bonnie: That’s right.

[Giggles] And I promise, the next time your dad and I decide to do a little hanky-panky, we’ll lock the door.

Sonny: Thank you.

Bonnie: Okay. Well, I think I’m gonna go slip into something a little less comfortable if that’s okay. Okay.

Justin: [Laughs] Sorry about the floor show.

Sonny: No, no, it’s okay. You two were clearly still in your honeymoon phase.

Justin: Yeah, I guess we are.

Sonny: Look, dad, I’m sorry if I’m a little awkward around bonnie. You know, I think part of it is she looks so much like mom, but she’s so different. And, you know, even though I’ve tried to let it go– at least to the extent where I can be supportive of your marriage– I just can’t forget about all the things she did to mom.

Justin: I see.

Sonny: I’m sorry, dad.

Justin: Hey, no need to keep apologizing. I–I understand that this is difficult for you. And why wouldn’t it be? You and your mother were very close. And it was a terrible loss for all of us. But when you agreed to be my best man, I thought that maybe you had, you know, moved beyond your animosity toward bonnie. But I guess that’s not the case.

Marlena: All those years ago, when I was– when I was possessed, I lost all my patients at that point practically. And, well, it’s happening all over again. I really shouldn’t feel too surprised.

Will: But, I mean, you’re not possessed anymore. You’re better. I mean, surely your patients know that.

Marlena: Yes, but it’s not that simple. You see, the devil was giving out some very bad advice.

Will: The devil kept seeing your patients?

Marlena: Well, I mean, he saw ben a couple times that I’m aware of and other patients as well. And you can imagine that the– the devil’s advice wasn’t quite up to my professional standards.

Will: No, I’m sure it wasn’T.

Marlena: Apparently, “I” had encouraged one of my patients to cheat on her husband in the form of self-care.

Will: Well, she–I mean, she didn’t have to take that advice.

Marlena: Well, she did. She did take my advice, and now her life is in shambles. She is switching to another doctor, along with half of my patients, and I expect the–the board will want me to resign.

Brady: [Scoffs] I don’t get it. How is it a bad idea to keep craig from being used?

John: How do you know leo’s using him?

Brady: Oh, dad, come on. It’s leo stark. The guy is bad news. I have no doubt that he’s after craig for his money. He’s a scam artist.

John: Hey, people can change.

Brady: Why are you defending leo?

John: Honestly?

Brady: Yeah.

John: Because I don’t think he’s as bad as you’re making him out to be.

Chloe: And I told dad that he was making a huge mistake. And I know I upset him. And I know he was freaked out and embarrassed, but I didn’t care. And then, brady and I just stormed out of the bar.

Nancy: So everything you’re telling me about this leo person is true?

Chloe: Yeah, I think it is true. I think he’s a lying snake that’s just obviously using dad for his money. Where–where are you going?

Nancy: Where do you think I’m going? If your father’s being taken advantage of, I can’t do nothing.

Chloe: Don’t you think i should keep working on dad? You should not be getting involved.

Nancy: He is still my husband.

Chloe: You asked him for a divorce.

Nancy: Yes, but that was before I knew he was being duped by some conniving gold-digger.

Craig: I’m sorry I’m feeling so conflicted about this right now. It’s just that–

[Sighs] It’s been complicated from the beginning, and now it’s–

Leo: Actually, it’s quite simple, at least from my perspective. You’re afraid of being with a man, and you’re looking for an excuse to jump ship.

Craig: That is not it, at least not on a conscious level.

Leo: Well, whatever level it’s on– craig, look at me. Look at me. We hit one tiny bump in the road, but we love and understand each other. That has not changed. Look, I get it. I know that this is overwhelming. I know. I was very young when I came out. But for you, having been married to a woman all these years, you’re turning your entire life upside down.

Craig: [Exhales sharply]

Leo: But, craig, that is a good thing. It is. Up until now, you’ve lived your life for your wife and your daughters. You have denied your true feelings to be the man you thought you were supposed to be. But now, it is time for you to be your true self. And you cannot let nancy, or your daughters, or anybody stop you from doing that.

Craig: It’s just– what if my daughters cut me out of their lives?

Leo: That is not going to happen. It isn’T. Once they realize how happy you are, they are going to come around. I promise you.

Craig: Yeah.

[Inhales deeply]

[Exhales sharply] Maybe you’re right.

Leo: Of course I’m right. I’m also smoking hot.

Craig: [Chuckles] Really? Like you’d ever let me forget that. You know how much I love you, leo.

Leo: I love you too.

Craig: Aw.

[Inhales deeply]

[Sighs contentedly]

[Chuckles] I–

[Laughter]

[Moans]

[Door opens]

Nancy: Get your grubby, little paws off my husband. My asthma felt anything but normal.

Craig: Nancy, what the hell?

Leo: I should have bolted that door.

Chloe: Oh! Oh, my god. I’m sorry, dad. This is all my fault.

Nancy: Actually, your daughter was just telling me all about your new beau and how he’s taking advantage of you.

Craig: This is not the time or place.

Nancy: Craig, please don’t be an old fool. This man is just after your money!

Leo: You must be the lovely nancy wesley. I’ve heard so much about you. How kind you are. How funny, smart, brave, and most importantly, what a wonderful mother you are. I’m sure chloe would attest to that, right, chloe?

Chloe: Yeah, I will.

Leo: Look, I understand this must be difficult for you, but I assure you my love for craig is real. No hidden agenda. What you see is what you get.

Nancy: [Laughs haughtily] Well, unfortunately I’m seeing way too much.

Leo: We haven’t been formally introduced; I’m–

Nancy: The man who stole my husband.

Leo: Actually, my friends call me leo.

Nancy: Oh, you and i are certainly not friends.

Leo: But I want us to be.

Nancy: [Scoffs] You got to be kidding.

Leo: No, I’m not. Nancy, I’m serious. Even though you and craig are getting divorced, you’re still gonna be in each other’s lives because of the children. And not only do I respect that, I want us to get along. In fact, what do you say we have a toast, huh, to new beginnings?

Brady: Are you forgetting all the horrible things that leo did to our family?

John: The guy had problems.

Brady: [Laughs]

John: No doubt about that. But I’m just saying that when leo and I thought that we were father and son, I saw a different side of him. Underneath all of the bravado, he’s just a kid. A kid that was desperate for love and acceptance.

Brady: By screwing people over.

John: Because his old man abused him and diana was emotionally abusive. No wonder he turned out to be such a mess.

Brady: I get that, but I don’t think that excuses his behavior.

John: Well, of course it doesn’T. What I’m saying is, with craig, maybe leo has found the love and acceptance he’s always been looking for. Hey, come on. Who knows? It’s possible that it’s made him a better person, right?

Brady: Dad, it’s possible. You’re absolutely right. I’m still gonna go with A… snowball’s chance in hell, though. Look, dad, you can defend leo all you want. I know damn well that that guy is gonna break chloe’s dad’s heart in two unless I do something to break them up.

Will: Has the board asked you to resign?

Marlena: No. No, but they’ve been dropping some hints. And, of course, it won’t help that “possession: The marlena evans story” is coming out soon.

Will: Wait, johnny is still making the movie?

Marlena: He didn’t tell you that?

Will: No, I haven’t talked to him in a while.

Marlena: Really, because he’s still giving you story credit?

Will: What? How can he go forward with it? He must know how upsetting that would be to you.

Marlena: He does, but the producer is making him fulfill his contract. He tried to talk his way out out of it, but to no avail.

Will: I mean, there’s got to be something we can do. I mean, this is your life story.

Marlena: Yeah, but unfortunately, I have already signed the release, so I don’t really have any options. So when the movie does come out, I expect I’ll be fired… if that hasn’t happened already.

Justin: Is that the real reason why you didn’t come to our first wedding? Because you didn’t approve of bonnie?

Sonny: No, no, I honestly did have a work emergency, okay? I was in the middle of taking the company public, and i couldn’t take any time off. But if I had been able to come home, I would have given my blessing. It’s just some of the things that happened at the ceremony gave me pause, to put it mildly.

Justin: Sonny, you weren’t even there.

Sonny: But I heard all about it obviously. Your bride shot a woman, left the bloody corpse in your bed, and then came downstairs to marry you like nothing ever happened. And then–and then, right around the “if anyone objects” part, xander cooks waltzed in to collect the million dollars that she had stolen from him, and she left the house in handcuffs. I mean–no, no, no. Can you blame me for having been a little concerned?

Justin: It’s a long story, sonny, okay? None of it was her fault. Well, it mostly wasn’t her fault.

Sonny: Okay, fine, but that wasn’t even the end of it.

Justin: I know, I know. I tried to get her off the hook, and I nearly lost my law license. But again, not her fault.

Sonny: Fine, maybe not directly, but my god, dad, you– you tried to extort a judge. You, the most honest, ethical man that I know, stepped way over the line.

Justin: I did it for bonnie, and I would do it again.

Sonny: You know what, dad, that’s not very comforting.

Justin: [Exhales sharply] Okay, sonny, let’s just cut to the present, shall we? I get what happened at our wedding gave you pause, but if you’re not gonna move on from that, I need to know. To put it simply, do you still have a problem with my wife?

Is now a good time

for a flare-up?

Sonny: Is bonnie the wife that I would’ve chosen for you? No. But if she makes you happy…

Justin: She does.

Sonny: Then I’ll give her a chance. I will support this marriage 1,000%.

Justin: Thank you. That means so much to me.

Bonnie: Oh, sonny. It means so much to me too. Thank you.

[Sobbing]

Sonny: It’s all right.

Bonnie: No, thank you. Thank–thank you for not hating me.

Sonny: [Chuckles] I don’t–I don’t hate you. I just–I needed to hear from my dad directly that he is happy. And clearly, he is, so we are good.

Bonnie: I am so relieved. Oh, now we can be a family. You know, your dad, me, you, your brothers, right? And, sonny, if you want, I mean, you can call me mom.

Sonny: Well, let’s not get carried away.

[Laughter]

Bonnie: Okay.

John: Look, brady, I know that you’re–you’re trying to protect craig here, but getting mixed up in other people’s relationships, I’m telling you, you and chloe just need to stay out of this.

Brady: Dad, I appreciate your input, but it’s kind of too late. The plan is already underway.

John: Your plan. All right, what is this plan of yours?

Marlena: Look who I found!

John: Whoa, will!

[Laughs elatedly] This is a sight for sore eyes. Good to see you, kid!

Will: You too.

Brady: Hey, stranger. It’s been too long. How are you doing?

Will: Good.

John: Come on, doc. You didn’t tell me he was coming.

Marlena: I didn’t know. It was a complete surprise.

John: A nice surprise. Nice; welcome, welcome. What brings you here?

Brady: Actually, it was me. I asked will and sonny to come to salem.

Leo: Nance…may i call you that?

Nancy: No.

Leo: Okay. Well, then nancy it is. I know this is an awkward situation.

Nancy: Then perhaps you ought to put some clothes on.

Leo: No, I–I mean because I’m dating your husband. But we don’t have to be at each other’s throats. We both love and want what’s best for craig. Obviously, that’s me. I mean, you saw him undressing me. Didn’t he look happy?

Craig: Uh…

Nancy: You know, craig, it’s one thing to ask me to accept the fact that you’re gay. But to ask me to deal with this piece of trash? I don’t think so.

Leo: Trash? Honey, I’m trying to extend the olive branch.

Nancy: Oh, well, honey, you can stick that olive branch where the sun don’t shine.

Leo: [Sighs] Oh!

Craig: Nancy! Are you okay? I’m sorry.

Leo: Well, at least it wasn’t hot chowder.

Craig: What, you’re not gonna run after your mom?

Chloe: I feel like she just wants to be alone right now, dad. And since I’m here, I actually wanted to apologize to you, leo.

Leo: What now?

Chloe: Yeah, I felt like the other night, I was kind of out of line, and I was hoping that you and I could start over. Life’s been hard enough.

Bonnie: I am so happy things went well with sonny.

[Chuckles] Except for the part where he saw me naked, of course.

Justin: [Chuckles] He’s a good man.

Bonnie: Yes, he is. Just like his daddy.

Justin: You know, it sounded like will and sonny were gonna be out for a while, so maybe you and I could pick up where we left off.

Bonnie: [Giggles] No, no. Okay, not so fast, cowboy. No, seriously.

Justin: What?

Bonnie: The mood is broken. I’m sorry. Besides, I’m kind of hungry. How about I go out and get us something to eat?

Justin: [Sighs] Are you sure you want this beautiful, roaring fire to go to waste?

Bonnie: Waste? We can have a picnic right in front of it. A bottle of rich wine. Maybe make some s’mores.

Justin: S’mores?

Bonnie: S’mores. It’ll be fun. You’re gonna love it.

Justin: [Groans]

Bonnie: So you put your nose in this book, and I’ll be home before you know it.

[Giggles]

Craig: So just like that, you’re willing to give leo another chance?

Chloe: Yes, I am. I mean, honestly, I would probably be skeptical about anybody that you’re dating. And I was just thinking about, you know, what I said, and I felt like I was being kind of unreasonable with you. And, you know, we all have a past, leo. And, you know, whatever yours is– all that matters is that you clearly make my dad very happy, and that’s all that’s important. So if you’re up to it, I was hoping we could have a, you know, do-over? Start again?

Leo: Up to it? Sweetness, I am on cloud nine right now.

Chloe: Okay, well, good. So maybe I could just take you out for drinks tonight, just you and I, if that’s okay with you, dad.

Craig: That’s perfect.

Leo: Fantastic. Two divas out on the town. I’m gonna go get dressed.

Chloe: Okay, well, while you do that, I will get a table at the bar. And, you know, we’ll have a do-over from the other night.

Leo: You sure you don’t mind the change of plans?

Craig: I do not mind at all.

Leo: Okay, you are the best.

Chloe: See you soon.

Craig: Thank you for doing this. You don’t know how much it means to me.

Chloe: Mm-hmm.

John: So the two of you didn’t mind just dropping everything and flying all the way here just to talk to craig?

Sonny: What, and pass up the perfect chance to see family and friends?

John: Oh, there he is! Hey, buddy. Aw, good to see you, man.

Sonny: Good to see you.

Brady: I was just filling them in on our plan.

Sonny: Yeah, well, I’m glad brady called us. You know, I wouldn’t want anyone else going through the hell that leo put will and me through.

Will: Yeah, so when do we talk to craig?

Brady: I’m waiting to hear from chloe. It’s all about making sure…

[Phone chimes] Leo isn’t around– and that’s chloe. And step is green light. All right. Operation free craig is a-go. As a professional bull-rider

John: Sorry for dropping in so late.

Marlena: I hope we aren’t intruding on your evening.

Justin: No, not at all. Bonnie just went out to pick up some dinner. What’s going on?

John: We need a lawyer.

Justin: Oh. Why didn’t you ask belle?

Marlena: Belle is–is awfully busy with ej’s appeal.

Justin: Right, of course. Okay, what can I do for you?

Marlena: Well, I’m afraid the hospital is going to ask me to resign.

Justin: And why on earth would they do that?

Marlena: [Chuckles] They didn’t like some of the things that I did when I was not myself.

Justin: Well, that’s not fair. None of that was your fault.

John: Yeah, well, unfortunately, they don’t see it that way, justin, and doc and I think that she may be in for a real fight.

Marlena: So if that happens, I’m hoping that you will represent me.

Justin: Of course. I’m always happy to help a friend.

Marlena: [Sighs in relief]

Craig: I couldn’t have climbed to the top without you by my side all these years. And I thank you.

Nancy: [Giggles] Craig, I can’t imagine life without you.

Craig: Mm.

Nancy: I love you more than anything in this world.

Craig: Oh, sweetheart, come here. Come here. Let’s be submarines.

Nancy: [Giggles]

Craig: [Moans]

Nancy: [Sobbing]

[Door slams] Don’t cry, don’t cry. Don’t be an idiot. It’s not worth it.

[Sniffles]

Bonnie: Excuse me, aren’t you chloe lane’s mother?

Nancy: Yes, I am.

Bonnie: I don’t–I don’t know if you remember me, but I’m bonnie, mimi lockhart’s mom?

Nancy: Oh, yes. I’m nancy; nice to see you.

Bonnie: Nancy, hi. Nice to see you. Look, I don’t mean to stick my nose where it doesn’t belong or anything, but are you okay?

Nancy: Oh, I’m just fine. Everything’s great. Just have a few allergies, that’s all.

Bonnie: Oh, okay.

Nancy: Thank you so much.

Bonnie: Sure. It’s good to see you. Have a–have a good evening.

Nancy: Thank you. Bye.

[Sobbing]

Bonnie: Oh, honey. Oh, no, honey. Honey, honey, no. Oh, honey, it’s okay. Shh, shh, shh, it’s okay.

[Knocks on door]

Craig: [Chuckles] Oh, um, can I help you?

Will: Actually, we are here to help you.

Craig: I don’t understand. Who–who are you?

Sonny: I’m sonny kiriakis. This is my husband, will. And we’re here to talk about your boyfriend, leo stark.

Brady: There you are. Hey.

Chloe: Hey.

Brady: Where’s leo?

Chloe: On his way. What about sonny and will?

Craig: They should be at your dad’s room just about now.

Chloe: Well, I hope to god that they can talk some sense into him.

Brady: Me too. We just have to buy them some time.

Chloe: Well, if I’m going to make nice with leo, I’m gonna need a drink. Or correction, several drinks.

Brady: Hey, hey, hey. We’re gonna get through this whole things together, okay?

[Sighs] It’ll be worth it just to get that creep off of your dad’s back.

Chloe: Well, let’s hope it works out.

Brady: Do you think leo suspects anything?

Chloe: [Sighs]

Leo: What’s going on here?

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[Emotional music]

[Knocking at door]

Allie: Hi.

Chanel: Hey, horton.

Allie: Sorry, I didn’t mean to not turn up at the bakery today. I didn’t mean to leave you in the lurch.

Chanel: No, I’m not here to give you grief about that. I’m here to see if you and tripp found a way to work things out.

Allie: That would be a no.

[Emotional music]

[Elevator dings]

Shawn: Tripp. Tripp.

Tripp: Oh, hey, shawn. What’s up? What can I do for you?

Shawn: I was hoping you could tell me that you’ve heard from your mother.

Tripp: Uh, we spoke a few days ago. Why, what’s going on?

Shawn: Ava vitali escaped police custody this morning.

[Tense music]

Belle: So you’re not the ceo of dimera anymore?

Chad: That title now belongs to gabi hernandez.

Belle: How–how is that even possible?

Chad: Tony and I were out of town.

Belle: Oh, right. You rescued abigail. I heard. How is she?

Chad: She’s fine. We’re very lucky.

Belle: Oh, thank god.

Chad: But gabi took advantage of the situation. Called a shareholders’ meeting and managed to vote me out and her in.

[Exhales]

Belle: Well, what about jake? If gabi got the ceo role, what did he get?

Chad: A knife in his back.

Jake: So we called a shareholders’ meeting, right? To install me as ceo of dimera. Thanks, man. And damn it, if johnny and gabi didn’t pull a fast one and now johnny’s on the board of dimera, gabi’s in charge of the company, and I–[Whistles] On my ass.

Ben: Dude, I am so sorry, man.

Jake: Thank you. Anyway, he said you might have a bead on why johnny would try to pull something like this off.

Ben: Maybe. But what I don’t get is why gabi would do that.

Jake: Hell if I know, man. I’m trying to figure that out. What I do know is… that son of a bitch got it in gabi’s head that I was gonna screw her over, talked her into screwing me over first.

[Sighs]

[Atmospheric music]

[Knocking on door]

Susan: Knock, knock.

Johnny: Grandma, what are you doing here?

Susan: [Clears throat] I’m here to see if you really are my grandson.

Johnny: Well… if I’m not your grandson, then–

[Laughs] Who else would I be?

[Dramatic music]

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

[Soft orchestration]

Johnny: [Chuckles] I know it can be a little confusing.

Susan: Hmm. And what is just confusing, johnny?

Johnny: Well, our family tree. Especially where I’m concerned. I mean, I’m a twin. Sami is our mom, but allie’s father is lucas and my father is elvis jr. So jackpot, I am definitely your grandson.

Susan: Okay, you know what? I do not need a lesson in genealogy. Mm-mm. Because you know what? I got one of those kits online and I traced my ancestors back a hundred years ago.

Johnny: Wow.

Susan: Uh-huh. And my great-great- great-grandfather, he got arrested for horse thieving. And he got off with just a warning. But his sister– you won’t believe it– she had to pay a $10 fine for bareback riding.

Johnny: [Exhales] Wow. I mean, I know the dimera family has more sinners than saints, but I am surprised to hear that the banks side of my lineage has its share of folks who could raise some hell. Tell me more.

Susan: Oh, yeah. Okay. Well, my, um– oh, oh, here. This one’s good. My great-grandfather, he used to refurbish those one-armed bandits to put in the basement for local bars. Yeah.

Johnny: Illegal gambling?

Susan: Mm-hmm.

Johnny: Did he ever get caught?

Susan: No. No, he did not.

[Both laugh] No, but his wife– his wife was not happy about it at all. I know what you’re doing. I d–[Blows air] Yeah, I do. I do. You know what? You are trying to distract me and I am not gonna get distracted from my mission. Mm-mm. All right. I know that johnny dimera is my elvis’ son. But what I’m here to ask and find out is are you really johnny dimera?

[Tense music]

Ben: So you think johnny stole maggie’s phone to text you and then forged your signature to sign the petition to steal gabi’s dimera shares?

Jake: Well, dude, I sure as hell didn’t do it. The question is how in god’s name did that bastard get gabi to believe that she overheard me telling maggie that I would turf her in order to get what I wanted?

Ben: And you were never with maggie alone?

Jake: Never. And get this, dude. Gabi claims that this alleged meeting with maggie at the mansion happened at the exact time that I was right here with you.

Ben: Okay, so then why don’t I call gabi and just tell her that you were here with me?

Jake: Dude, she’s not gonna believe you.

Ben: You know what I’m wondering?

Jake: Huh?

Ben: Is if you’re gonna believe me when I tell you how I think johnny did this.

Jake: I’m listening.

Belle: I would have thought that gabi and jake would be in cahoots on a power play like this.

Chad: Apparently, jake made the same assumption. He wouldn’t be the first guy that thought he could trust gabi hernandez.

Belle: And johnny was in on this with gabi?

Chad: Yeah. She went behind jake’s back, enlisted johnny’s help and hung her boyfriend out to dry.

Tripp: My mom escaped? Wait, does this have anything to do with rafe’s trial?

Shawn: Why would you say that?

Tripp: Well, I know how, you know, close they are and how loyal she is, so she might have tried to do something a little unconventional to try and help him.

Shawn: No. No, this isn’t about rafe. Your mom was being held for questioning in the disappearance of abigail dimera. And then someone posing as your mom’s lawyer just walks her out of the station. I’m still trying to get down to the bottom of it to find out what happened. But the officers that were asleep on the job are definitely gonna answer some serious questions.

Tripp: Okay, but what I don’t understand is my mom didn’t even know abigail. I don’t think I’ve ever heard her even mention her name, so why would she have anything to do with her disappearance?

Shawn: That’s my question. And I’m hoping your mom has the answer. So if you see her or you hear from her, will you give me a call?

Tripp: Yeah, I will.

Shawn: All right, thank you.

[Ominous music]

[Elevator dings]

Chanel: So the engagement is really off?

Allie: Mm-hmm. It was bad enough at the park when tripp told me that he would never trust me again and asked for the engagement ring back.

[Sighs] But then later, I ran into him at the pub with my grandma kate and grandpa roman.

Chanel: Well, what happened?

Allie: I told tripp exactly how I felt. That… that I hated myself for hurting him and that I loved him and that I would never stop loving him.

Chanel: And what did he say?

Tripp: He pretty much shut me down and just walked away.

Chanel: Oh. Oh, my god, horton. I am so sorry. Oh.

[Emotional music]

Your mission:

Tripp: Hey, mom. I’m worried about you, so just please give me a call back as soon as you get this, okay?

[Phone beeps]

Ciara: Hey, tripp.

Tripp: Hey.

Ciara: Is everything okay?

Tripp: Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Everything’s fine. How are you and the baby doing?

Ciara: Oh, we are great. I actually just stopped by to pick up a refill for my prenatal vitamins. But I won’t keep you from your work. Give allie all my love, okay?

Tripp: You’ll have to do it yourself. We broke up.

[Emotional music]

Allie: Oh, god, sorry. I must be such a mess. Don’t worry, I’ve seen you look way worse.

Allie: Thanks, I guess. I really screwed up.

Chanel: No, horton. This is on me. Okay? It’s all my fault.

Allie: Don’t say that. I was in the committed relationship. I chose to sleep with you and I chose to lie about it. There is no one else to blame but me. Did you know that when tripp would sleep over, which was almost every night, he would wake up early so that he could turn the alarm off so it didn’t wake up henry and me? And then he would go and he’d make my favorite breakfast.

Chanel: Waffles with honey and peanut butter?

Allie: Yeah. [Laughs] And this morning when the alarm went off… it reminded me, just like it’s gonna remind me every single day, that I blew it with the most amazing guy I’ve ever known.

Belle: So where did this gabi and johnny alliance come from? I didn’t know they even knew each other.

Chad: Not discount gabi’s ability to manipulate, but it seems my little nephew isn’t quite as naive as he was pretending to be.

Belle: Why do you say that?

Chad: When ej went to prison, johnny swore up and down to me that we were on the same side. Said that what his father did to abigail was absolutely unforgivable.

Belle: Making a pass at her, you mean?

Chad: Forced himself on her, I mean.

Belle: Oh, well, that’s an accusation that ej denies.

Chad: I saw my brother kiss my wife, belle. Abigail experienced it, so either abigail and i are lying or ej is lying. There is no other explanation.

[Tense music]

Johnny: Ben and ciara told you that I was possessed by the devil?

Susan: They most certainly did.

Johnny: See? Now there is another example of confusion. Now, the movie that I’m working on is called “possessed: The marlena evans story.” And when it comes to getting this passion project made, you could definitely say that I am a man possessed. But you and I–hey. You and I both know that the prince of darkness was sent packing. I was in the room where it happened.

Susan: Yes, you were. Yes, you were. And it’s only a hop, skip, and a jump for the old beelzebub to find his way out of dr. Marlena and directly into you, johnny. Avoiding triggers, but can’t keep migraine attacks away?

Johnny: There were a lot of other people in that room. My mom, my sister, aunt belle, uncle eric, grandpa john was there, brady.

Susan: Uh-huh.

Johnny: Look, I get that the devil was after ben and ciara’s baby, so it makes sense that they’re a little nervous, but why would they think that it’s me? I mean, I barely know ciara and I just met ben.

Susan: Right. Right. You just met ben when you brought that cross over from julie williams as a housewarming gift.

Johnny: That’s right. So?

Susan: So buttons. That cross was turning itself over onto itself again and again outside their front door.

[Ominous music]

Ben: Remember that cross we had hanging outside?

Jake: Yeah, sure I do. The one that kept flipping over no matter how many times you turned it right side up.

Ben: That one. Johnny’s the one who brought it over here.

Jake: I thought you said it was from julie.

Ben: It was from julie. But when she was about to deliver it to us, she had this emergency happen that johnny just so happened to have been around for. Now, he volunteers himself to deliver the cross.

Jake: Dude.

Ben: Jake–

Jake: So you’re telling me you think johnny dimera is possessed by the devil?

Ben: Look, I know it sounds crazy and I’m not trying to be the one to put that type of stuff out there. I know this is exactly the type of paranoia that could land my ass back in bayview.

Jake: No, the devil was after your kid. You have every right to be paranoid. So if what you’re saying is true, then that would explain how that son of a bitch got gabi that she overheard this meeting that I had with maggie. A meeting which never happened.

[Suspenseful music]

Holy crap. Johnny told me exactly how he did it.

Belle: Okay, is it possible that this kiss that you witnessed–

Chad: Stop saying it like I’m making it up, belle!

> Belle: Okay, I’m sorry. But I have to ask. I mean, did this motivate you to maybe not tell the whole truth when you were testifying against your brother?

Chad: I swear to god… that it happened just as I said it did. Okay? I found the money trail that linked ej to sami’s kidnapper on my computer at dimera. And then I went to the police and I reported it.

Belle: That is a very direct and very careful answer to my question, which makes me wonder is there something that you’re not telling me?

[Tense music]

Ciara: Wait, so right after allie accepted your proposal, you found out that she cheated on you? With who? I mean, you don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to, obviously.

Tripp: It’s fine. You’re bound to find out sooner or later, so… it was with chanel dupree.

Ciara: Chanel? Her business partner from the bakery? Oh, my god. I’m–I don’t get it. Just last week, allie and I were talking about how happy you guys were and how head-over-heels in love with you she was. Are you sure about this, tripp?

Tripp: Yeah, I’m sure. Allie admitted it. She had no choice actually, after her brother spilled her dirty little secret.

Ciara: Wait, johnny was the one who told you? Huh.

Chanel: You wanted to leave that night. The only reason you didn’t was because I begged you to stay.

Allie: Chanel, johnny had just broken up with you in the cruelest way possible. There was no chance in hell I was going to leave you alone.

Chanel: You were there for me. You always are. That meant so much to me and it still does. I wanna be there for you now. That night, you held me and… made the pain go away. I wanna do the same for you.

[Atmospheric music]

It’s the most wonderful

time of the year,

Tripp: And I had pretty much just put the ring on allie’s finger when johnny and chanel showed up. And instead of congratulating us, johnny asked allie if she had told me that she slept with chanel.

Ciara: Oh, my god. Tripp, that’s horrible. For you and for allie. I can’t believe her own brother would do that to her.

Tripp: Probably just ’cause the little twerp seems to get off on making people miserable. I mean, I am grateful that he told me, ’cause allie sure as hell wasn’t going to. I’m sorry, I know how close you are. Maybe I should let her tell you this.

Ciara: No. No, tripp. I care about you too. And I am so, so sorry.

Tripp: Yeah, well, maybe I’m just one of those guys that women use until something better comes along.

Ciara: What? No. No, that is not true.

Tripp: Really? Because I lost you to ben. And now I’ve lost allie to chanel, so… I’m sorry. That was a rotten thing to say. I’m just… so tired of coming in second place with the women that I care about.

[Keys jingling]

Nicole: Oh. Allie, you’re home.

Allie: Yeah, I took a sick day.

Chanel: And I should get going. I’m having one of the ovens serviced. Have to meet the repair man. You know, you can call me.

Nicole: Bye, honey.

Chanel: Bye.

Nicole: Are you okay?

Allie: Yeah, I’d rather talk about you. What happened it court today?

Nicole: Um. Well, the defense rested. Closing arguments wrapped up. And now rafe’s fate is in the hands of the jury.

Belle: Chad, if there’s something you held back from your testimony that the judge should’ve heard–

Chad: Okay, I– I appreciate how dedicated you are to ej’s case, but aren’t you still dimera’s general counsel?

Belle: Of course I am.

Chad: Okay, so then why don’t you focus on what we pay you for? If you’re not gonna help me oust gabi and reclaim my ceo position, then I’ll find somebody who will.

[Atmospheric music]

Ben: What do you mean johnny told you how he did it?

Jake: Okay, I don’t know how you pulled it off, but I know you were behind this.

Johnny: ‘Cause I stole a phone, forged a text, blah, blah, blah.

Jake: No, that was just the start of it.

Johnny: Oh, really? What else did I do? Morph into you, meet with maggie so gabi could overhear?

Jake: You know, now that i think about it… johnny almost bragged about it. About morphing into me.

Ben: Then what happened?

Jake: Things got tense and we must have mixed it up, ’cause I ended up flat on my ass.

Ben: But you don’t remember?

Jake: Things are fuzzy. You now, I kept wondering how some kid got the best of me.

Ben: Dude, maybe you weren’t fighting a kid. Maybe you just got sucker punched by the devil.

Jake: [Chuckles]

Ben: Seriously.

Jake: Dude. That makes no sense. Yet it explains everything.

Ben: [Exhales] Question is… how do we prove that?

[Tense music]

Susan: Inverted cross is the mark of the devil.

Johnny: Or it’s the mark of a bad handyman. Grandma, look at me. I am still the same little boy that sat on your front porch swing in memphis drinking mint juleps–mine virgin, yours not so innocent.

Susan: [Laughs]

Johnny: And I’d read you those trashy hollywood gossip magazines when you couldn’t find your glasses.

Susan: I know, you sure did.

[Laughs] And you were just as sweet as spun sugar. Oh, sweetheart, you know what? Maybe my devil-detector is on the fritz.

Johnny: No, no, grandma. Your gift is very powerful. So don’t you think that if I were possessed by the devil, you’d know it? If you’re washing with the bargain brand,

Ben: Ciara and I decided to call susan banks. She’s over at the dimera mansion right now talking to johnny.

Jake: You trust a “looney tunes” like susan with this?

Ben: Hey, “looney tunes” susan is the reason why I reunited with ciara when everybody else thought she was dead, my friend.

Jake: I know. I know.

Ben: “Looney tunes” susan was one of the first people in this town to realize that the devil was in marlena. So if her grandson is possessed, susan’s gonna know.

[Eerie music]

Susan: I’m not sure what to think.

[Sighs]

You must’ve jumped out of dr. Marlena evans and into my sweet johnny during the exorcism. And you can’t fool me. You can’T. Not anymore.

Demon johnny: Oh. I guess you’re not as dumb as you look.

Susan: Oh, it’s you! Beelzebub. I knew it! I knew it!

Demon johnny: Congratulations, susie Q. You figured it out. So now what are you gonna do about it?

[Ominous music]

Johnny: Are you okay? You look a little pale.

Susan: Well, I would know if you were the devil, wouldn’t I? Huh? I would feel the evil. It would chill me to my bones, go to the depths of my soul. But… oh, but that’s not how I feel.

You’re not gonna get away with this! You’re not gonna get away with this because you know what? You can slam doors in my face, but I am gonna go straight downstairs and I am gonna tell elvis everything.

Demon johnny: You know what?

[Door creaks open]

Susan: You’re gonna let me go?

[Mysterious whoosh]

[Gasps]

Demon johnny: And what are you gonna tell him?

Susan: I’m gonna tell him that I’m leaving salem.

Demon johnny: When?

Susan: Tonight.

Demon johnny: Excellent. Why?

Susan: Because roger needs me.

Demon johnny: He sure does.

[Sighs] Why don’t I help you pack your bags?

Susan: Okey dokey. You’re such a sweet boy.

Johnny: A woman with your powers? You would definitely know if I were lucifer himself.

Susan: [Laughs] You’re such a sweet boy. Oh, you’re right. You are right. I would know. Mm-hmm. There is no devil here.

Johnny: Exactly. So you can go ahead and tell ben and ciara that satan is gone and there’s nothing to worry about.

Susan: Okay. That’s exactly what I’m gonna do.

[Giggles]

Allie: Wow, it’s already gone to the jury. Rafe’s trial is moving really fast.

Nicole: Yeah, because all the prosecution had were those three felons who lied though their teeth and said that rafe set them up. And…luckily the defense had some very compelling witnesses.

Allie: Did rafe’s lawyer mention anything about ava being the one to set him up?

Nicole: She couldn’T. She didn’t have any proof.

Allie: Maybe if I’d gone through her stuff…

Nicole: No. Honey, listen. I told you I would never ask you to go after your boyfriend’s mother like that.

Allie: Except…

Nicole: Except what?

Allie: Tripp’s not my boyfriend anymore.

[Emotional music]

Ciara: Oh, tripp. You are a wonderful man. And I love allie so much, but you do not deserve to have been lied to like that.

Tripp: Thank you for saying that.

Ciara: I mean it. I really do. And if you need anything, anything at all, I’m right here.

Tripp: Just talking to you helped.

Ciara: Good. Well, I should probably get going.

Tripp: Yes.

Ciara: I had no idea that fathers-to-be were so overprotective. Oh, thank you.

Tripp: Thank you. All right, see you.

[Atmospheric music]

[Elevator dings]

[Light, ominous music]

Susan: Hey, are you still gonna divorce that sweet girl you married in italy?

Johnny: It’s for the best, grandma. Chanel has moved on. So have I.

Susan: Wow, that’s really quick.

Johnny: I’m holding out for true love. Like the kind you have with roger. And I’m sure that he is missing you big time. You should get home to him. Stop worrying about all the crazy people in this town.

Susan: Well, I mean, you’re getting divorced and your dad is in prison and I just get worried about the ones that I love. And I love you so much, johnny.

[Giggles] Oh.

[Ominous music]

Johnny: What is it?

Susan: The devil is still here in salem. Oh, in fact, right now, he is under this roof.

Nicole: Allie, I am so sorry.

Allie: It’s my own fault.

Nicole: Allie–

Allie: Nicole, what is wrong with me? I feel like I finally was getting my life together. You know, I have henry. I have a great job. I had a wonderful guy who wanted to marry me. And here I am just trashing it.

[Sighs]

Nicole: Come here.

Allie: [Cries]

Tripp: I’ve got nothing to say to you.

Chanel: Well, I’ve got something to say to you. Allie loves you, tripp. What she and I did, it was one time and it’s over. So could you please get that through your head? Because if you don’t and you walk away from her, you will be making the biggest mistake of your life. Allie doesn’t want me, tripp. She wants you. So please, could you please find it in your heart to forgive her?

[Emotional music]

Ben: I really thought susan would be back by now. Hope she’s okay.

Jake: Johnny’s her grandson. You– you really think he’d hurt her?

Ben: Let’s hope not.

Jake: All right. I’m gonna get going.

Ben: All right.

Jake: Let me know what happens with susan– if she ever comes back.

Ben: Will do.

[Door opens]

Ciara: Oh. Hey, jake.

Jake: Hey.

Ciara: Hi, baby.

Ben: Hi, babe.

Ciara: Hmm. So let me get this straight. I have two automotive wizards here and I still don’t have a baby swing?

Ben: Oh. Go easy, I was telling jake about our little johnny theory.

Ciara: Oh. And do you think we’re crazy?

Jake: Oh, hell no. In fact, I just had a little run in with satan myself.

Ciara: Really? What happened?

Jake: [Laughs] Well, long story short, johnny helped gabi double-cross me and then gabi dumped me.

Ciara: Oh, man. I’m sorry.

Jake: Thank you. I’ll be all right.

Ciara: Yeah.

Jake: And now, ben, I leave you to assemble the swing.

Ben: Thank you.

Jake: Mm-hmm. I’ll check in later.

Ciara: Yeah, I’ll see you, jake. Hmm. So it seems like the devil has a thing for breaking up couples. First abe and paulina’s wedding. Johnny broke up with chanel. Now jake and gabi. And he just blew up tripp and allie’s engagement.

[Ominous music]

Johnny: I thought we settled this devil nonsense.

Belle: Oh, uh, I hope I’m not interrupting.

Johnny: Oh, not at all, aunt belle.

Belle: Susan, I was just telling chad that I’m doing everything in my power to help ej overturn the conviction.

Susan: Oh. Oh. Well, I certainly appreciate that, belle. I mean, you know, my elvis, he doesn’t need to do penance for the sins of others.

Johnny: I totally agree, grandma.

Belle: Yeah. Well, okay, I’m gonna get going.

Johnny: Oh, don’t forget your coat.

Belle: Oh. [Chuckles]

[Phone ringing]

Johnny: I have to take this call, sorry.

Susan: What–hold on. What about the devil?

Johnny: We’ll talk about him later.

[Phone ringing]

[Phone beeps]

Belle: Okay, susan. I will definitely let you know if I hear any news about ej, okay?

Susan: Okay. Thank you.

[Chilling music]

It’s her! It’s her! Dear sweet jesus, belle brady is the devil. Oh!

[Hyperventilating]

[Chilling music]

Is now a good time

for a flare-up?

Nicole: Honey, listen. You didn’t trash your life. You made a mistake. And coming from someone who’s made a lot of mistakes in my life, especially when it comes to love… I did learn one thing. If you love someone and they love you back, even if you’ve done something wrong, there’s always a chance you can make it right.

Allie: You didn’t see how angry tripp was. How hurt. I don’t think he’s ever going to give me that chance.

Tripp: Allie made her choice the night she slept with you.

Chanel: No, that’s on me, tripp. Look, I was the one who came on to her.

Tripp: You didn’t make her lie about it. That was all allie.

Chanel: Please don’t blame her.

Tripp: Stop protecting her, chanel. I mean, I am such a damn idiot. All this time, okay? I’ve never been jealous of your friendship or possessive. And from the first time that i saw you two together, I could see how much you meant to each other. What good friends you were. And I respected that. Okay? That’s why when johnny stomped on your heart, I came to you offered my support, and you lied to my face. So no, I don’t wanna hear another word from you. And you can tell your girlfriend that I never wanna see her again.

[Emotional music]

Ben: I just can’t believe that johnny could be so cruel to his own sister.

Ciara: Yeah. I guess that’s all the more proof that we’re not dealing with johnny.

[Frantic knocking on door]

Susan: [Gasps] Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!

Ciara: Susan.

[Panting] Oh. Mm. “Saint michael the archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. And may god rebuke him, we humbly pray. And do thou, o prince of the heavenly host of the power of god, thrust into hell satan and all evil spirits who wander through the world for the ruin of souls. Amen.” Oh!

[Breathing heavily]

Ben: Hey. Is it true? What the hell happened?

Ciara: Is the devil back in salem?

Ben: Is johnny possessed by the devil?

Susan: [Breathes heavily] The devil– the devil is not in johnny. He’s not in my grandson. The devil is now in belle brady!

[Panting] Oh.

[Phone ringing]

Belle: Hey.

Shawn: Oh, hey, you.

Belle: Hi. How are you?

Shawn: Good. Hey, belle. What’s on the back of your coat?

Demon johnny: Well, nonno, looks like I fooled that old fool susan banks again. And now that bitch belle’s trying to convince everybody she doesn’t have two horns under those golden locks, she won’t have time to spring little elvis from the cooler. And I can turn up the heat on my plans.

Chad: Your plans for what?

[Tense music]

Belle: What? What is it?

Shawn: It looks like some ash or some soot. Just, like, a little few specks of black. It came right off. You been to a fire?

Belle: [Laughs] Well, I guess you could say that. I just came from the dimera mansion. And it looks like chad just got royally burned.

Chad: Your plan? Telling granddad about your little coup?

Johnny: I think he’d be proud–of at least one of us.

Chad: Gabi’s using you, you know.

Johnny: There are worse things than being used by a beautiful woman.

Chad: You think this is a game, johnny? You’re playing with the big boys now. This isn’t over. I will take back what’s mine and then you can go to hell.

[Dramatic eerie music]

Demon johnny: Oh, believe me, uncle chad, the fun is just beginning.

[Exhales]

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Gwen: Please, you can’t tell the police.

Ava: Oh, that you’re the one that knocked out abigail at the airstrip?

Gwen: Shh!

Ava: Of course I can.

Gwen: Ava, we are in this together. We have been from the beginning.

Ava: No, I helped you out. But this mess is all yours. And yet I’m the one that they dragged down here to the station. Not to mention that this is all for nothing.

Gwen: What do you mean?

Ava: Isn’t it obvious? If chad brought abigail back from that godforsaken island, sarah can’t be far behind.

[Dramatic music]

Sarah as renee: Tom and alice horton. Long time, no see. You know, everyone keeps trying to convince me that I’m your granddaughter. But I’m not. I’m renee dumonde, and I’m here to take my life back, finally be with the man I love.

Xander: Sarah. It’s really you this time.

[Door slams]

Shin: Hmm.

Kate: Oh, mr. Shin. I didn’t know you were in salem.

Shin: Kate, please. Call me li. And I’m here for the shareholder meeting.

Kate: The shareholder meeting?

Shin: Gabi and jake have called meeting for this morning, along with ej’s son.

Kate: Johnny?

Shin: I’m getting the sense they didn’t tell you.

Kate: Uh, no, they didn’t tell me. And they’ve planned it for a time when tony and chad aren’t here and ej is in prison, which makes me think they think the time is ripe for a play.

Shin: Hmm, what is it you think they’re planning?

Kate: Well, I don’t know. But whatever it is, they’re not gonna get away with it.

Jake: Whoa. Dressed already, huh?

Gabi: The meeting is in half an hour. You expect to be instated as the ceo of dimera in your boxers?

Jake: Aw, come on. We still have time. Come on, come back to bed, just for a minute.

Gabi: I don’t want to wrinkle my dress.

Jake: All the more reason for you to take it off. I was thinking we could have a little pre-meeting celebration.

Gabi: No, we–we cannot have any distractions today. Everything is riding on today.

Jake: Fine. I’ll get dressed. But tonight we’re celebrating.

Gabi: Oh, I’ll be celebrating… getting rid of your lying, double-crossing ass.

Demon johnny: [Sighs] Time for all hell to break loose at dimera. I do love my job.

Johnny: You stop right there.

Demon johnny: You again.

Johnny: That’s right. It’s me, johnny angel, and I’m taking over.

Demon johnny: [Laughs] Do you really think you can fight the devil and win?

Johnny: You’re not as powerful as you think. In fact, you’re nothing without me.

Demon johnny: Oh, please. You’re nothing but a host body, a vessel for me to puppet.

Johnny: That’s what you think.

Demon johnny: Go away. I have work to do.

Johnny: Oh, I’m not going anywhere, and neither are you. I won’t let you hurt any more people I love.

Demon johnny: [Groans]

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

[Soft orchestration]

Demon johnny: [Grunts] I warned you what would happen if you fight me.

Johnny: My grandmother kicked you out. I will too.

Demon johnny: [Scoffs] Marlena and john drove me out with love. 35 years of loyalty and selflessness–ugh. But that is why I’m not worried about you. ‘Cause you don’t love anyone enough. Only yourself, johnny boy.

Johnny: That’S…not true.

Demon johnny: Only yourself. Now, go away!

[Phone rings] Hello?

Gabi: Everything okay?

Demon johnny: Why wouldn’t it be? Are we all ready for today?

Gabi: I am more than ready.

Demon johnny: You don’t think jake suspects you, does he?

Gabi: He doesn’t suspect a thing.

Demon johnny: Good. Let’s keep it that way. We need his vote to convene the meeting.

Gabi: Don’t worry. Jake is gonna get what he deserves. And I can’t wait to witness it.

Xander: Sarah. Jack told me everything.

Sarah as renee: Oh, my god. It can’t be you.

Xander: But it is. I– oh, my god, sarah. You have no idea what a relief it is to– just to see you again. All this time, I believed that you– that you threw me over on our wedding day and jumped into bed with rex. But it wasn’t you. It was never– it was never you. And I’m so terribly sorry for everything you must have gone through, getting kidnapped by kristen and trapped on a desert island for all this time.

Sarah as renee: And you were a part of the scheme.

Xander: Scheme?

Sarah as renee: Trying to make me think that I’m sarah horton.

Xander: I, uh– what are you–

Sarah as renee: You get away from me.

Xander: Sarah, please, I don’t–

Sarah as renee: Stop calling me that.

Xander: I don’t understand. Don’t you know who I am?

Sarah as renee: [Scoffs] I do. I know exactly who you are.

[Dramatic music]

Wondering what actually goes

into your multivitamin?

Sarah as renee: [Scoffs] You think anyone could forget who you are, alexander? Someone as charismatic as you?

Xander: That’s right. That’s–that’s me. Alexandros, but I– I go by xander.

Sarah as renee: Oh, really? You think you can just change the name that you go by and people will forget that as charismatic as you are, you’re also a despicable, lying son of a bitch? So whatever it is you go by, I know you as alex. And I want a divorce.

Xander: A divorce? We–we’re not married. I mean, we’re supposed to be–

Sarah as renee: Oh, how i wish that was true. But I fell for your act, and I was foolish enough to marry you, which was the worst mistake I’ve ever made.

Xander: Is this– is this some kind of joke?

Sarah as renee: [Scoffs] Not to me, it’s not.

Xander: But I– I don’t understand.

Sarah as renee: Okay. Then let me make it simple for you. I am renee dumonde. And I intend to marry the love of my life, tony.

Xander: Tony…dimera?

Sarah as renee: Yes! As soon as he gets a divorce from that pathetic woman who somehow got her hooks into him, you know, the one without a brain? And then I’m going to divorce you. To that end, I am going to go speak to don craig.

Xander: Who?

Sarah as renee: An excellent lawyer. He’s the best in town. So if you’ll excuse me.

Xander: Sarah, wait.

Sarah as renee: Damn it, alex, I told you not to call me that.

[Uneasy music]

[Line rings] Yeah, hi, jack. Um… you want to go ahead and finish that story you were trying to tell me?

Gwen: Did chad say that sarah was back?

Ava: No. But abigail knows everything, and she’s back, so…

Gwen: [Exhales heavily]

[Sniffles] Okay. Right. First things first, they don’t have a case against you. They haven’t even filed charges. Right?

Ava: Not yet.

Gwen: Right, so turning me in is not gonna help you. It’s just gonna hurt me.

Ava: Okay, like I said, abigail has already told them that I was on the scene when she was attacked. So I can be charged as an accessory.

Gwen: Yes, but they don’t– they don’t have any proof, do they? Yes, she remembers being attacked from behind, which means that you couldn’t possibly have done it.

Ava: Yes, but I didn’t do anything to help stop it, did I? They just assume that I was in on it. Which I was.

Gwen: Look at me. You are ava vitali. Yes? You have beaten murder charges, murder raps. Are you really afraid of this?

Ava: I have tried to build a different life for myself here, gwen. I’m not throwing it away. And I’m not going to prison. Plus, I don’t have rafe on my side anymore.

Gwen: Maybe not, but I’ve still got your back, as long as you’ve still got mine.

Kate: So how many people are we expecting?

Shin: The overseas members are perennially in absentia. Ej is, as you noted, unavailable. And tony and chad have quite inappropriately taken the corporate jet somewhere on personal business.

Kate: Personal business? Abigail was kidnapped.

Shin: I’m not unsympathetic. But it seems there’s always A… crisis in the dimera family.

Kate: Okay, so as far as I know, tony and chad are on their way back. So we can just postpone the meeting.

Shin: Well, I have a flight to hong kong at noon. I’m afraid I can’t push this back.

Kate: So why did they call for this meeting anyway? What’s so pressing about their agenda?

Shin: I’m afraid I’m not at liberty to discuss.

Demon johnny: Jake will never know what hit him.

Gabi: Right, yes. We’ll see you there.

Demon johnny: Why are you acting weird? Is he standing right next to you?

Gabi: Yup. Bye, now. So you’re finally dressed.

Jake: Yeah. What was that about?

Gabi: Just going over our meeting plans with johnny.

Jake: Huh. You know, I…could have sworn I heard you say, “jake’s gonna get what he deserves.”

Gabi: You will. By the end of the day, you will be ceo of dimera enterprises.

Tony: Johnny. I thought I heard someone in here.

Demon johnny: Uncle tony. I was told you and uncle chad were–were out of town.

Tony: Yes, we were. And luckily we found abigail and we got back here early this morning. Isn’t that wonderful news?

Demon johnny: Yeah, wonderful.

Tony: Well, aren’t you going to ask me if abigail’s all right?

Demon johnny: Oh, of course. I just, uh– I assumed she was fine, since you’re back here.

Tony: I see. Oh, by the way, I’d like to speak to you about something that involves the household.

Demon johnny: Okay, well, can we do it a little later? I’m–I’m kind of in a hurry, uncle T.

Tony: Wh-why? You got a date with the devil?

Demon johnny: Excuse me?

Tony: [Chuckling] I mean your movie. I see the way you’re dressed. You must be having a meeting with your producer.

Demon johnny: [Laughs] Oh, yeah. Right, right, yes. Big meeting, so…

Tony: One more thing before you go. How’s it going? “Possessed: The marlena evans story,” that is.

Demon johnny: Great. Yeah, like I just told tr, I’m already working on the sequel, so… see you.

Tony: Yeah.

[Uneasy music]

As a struggling actor,

Kate: So what’s going on with gabi and jake? Why all the secrecy about this meeting?

Shin: I gather there’s a desire to make some changes to the corporate structure.

Kate: Mm-hmm. What kind of changes?

Shin: Like I said, I haven’t been briefed.

Kate: Mm, but I’m sure you know something.

Shin: [Chuckles] Why don’t we wait for the meeting? Ah, here they are now.

Gabi: Hello, kate, shin.

Kate: Gabi, why didn’t you tell me that you had called a shareholders’ meeting today?

Gabi: Oh, I don’t know. Maybe because you had the audacity to oust jake from the company, and I was hoping I didn’t have to see your face.

Jake: Okay, we can get started as soon as johnny gets here, huh?

Kate: Well, I am going to call the house and see when chad and tony are due in. And perhaps they can join us remotely.

Demon johnny: They can’T.

Kate: How do you know?

Demon johnny: Well, I just, uh, came from home, and it seems they have been delayed due to a weather incident.

Kate: They’re still on the plane?

Demon johnny: From what I understand, they’re in a holding pattern over the bermuda triangle. I’m sure there’s nothing to worry about.

Shin: As I was telling kate, I can’t postpone the meeting.

Gabi: Nor would we want to.

Demon johnny: Exactly. We can accomplish everything we need without the other members of my family present.

Kate: Yeah. Well, that’s what I’m afraid of.

Demon johnny: So let’s get this show on the road, shall we?

[Tense music]

Chad: Hey.

Tony: Oh, chad. How’s abigail?

Chad: Uh, relieved to be home.

Tony: Ah, that’s good.

Chad: Say, we’re, um– we’re–we’re both very grateful for your help in tracking her down. Jack and jennifer are–are too, obviously.

Tony: Yeah, well, I’m glad everything worked out. So I suppose they’re on their way to boston, knowing that their daughter’s safe?

Chad: Yep, on the, uh– on their way to the airport as we speak.

Tony: I see. Oh, I wanted to ask you, what did you find out from ava vitali at the police station? Did she give up the name of her accomplice?

Chad: Not yet. She’s, uh–she’s still being held for questioning. So far, she’s clamming up. I suggested that I–I might be able to get the da to offer her a deal if she gives up the person who assaulted abby.

Ava: Chad is never gonna let this go. So how are you gonna help me, short of confessing?

Gwen: Well, for one thing, I won’t tell a soul that you helped kristen dimera escape police custody.

Ava: [Laughs] We did that together.

Gwen: I’m just saying.

Ava: Just saying? You’re just saying? Or are you threatening me? ‘Cause if you dare breathe one word of that, I will tell everyone that not only did you bash abigail over the head at the airstrip, but you knew that sarah had been kidnapped and she was stranded on an island, and you did everything in your power to make sure she never came home.

Gwen: Only you won’t do that, will you? Because then I will let it be known that you set up your boyfriend, rafe, on trumped-up charges.

Ava: Oh. So we’re going there now, huh?

Gwen: How many hours did the da spend prosecuting that case? How do you think she’s gonna treat the person that she knows wasted her time, turned the pd upside down, and left her looking like a complete fool? How do you think rafe is going to react when he finds out what you did?

Ava: Honey, it would be a mistake to threaten me.

Gwen: I’m just pointing out, ava, that you and I have secrets, don’t we? I did what I did to keep sarah away from xander, and I know everything you did to punish rafe for hurting you.

Ava: And you can’t prove a thing.

Gwen: Are you sure about that? I didn’t think so. So I would suggest that you keep your mouth shut, and I will do the same.

[Tense music]

Xander: So you’re saying that this drug made her so delusional that sarah thinks she’s– she’s a completely different person? Well, maybe they’re not trying hard enough, jack. But I bloody will. I’m not gonna give up until I bring her back to reality. Mate, I’ve gotta go. I’ll, uh–I’ll talk to you later. Thanks for all the help. Sarah!

Sarah as renee: Renee. Renee! And I asked you to leave me alone.

Xander: You are aware that this renee dumonde person you claim to be is dead and was murdered by a serial killer?

Sarah as renee: What’s your angle here, alex? And how did you get involved in this scheme?

Xander: Scheme? There is no scheme. I’m–and I’m not alex. I’m xander. You need to listen to me. This woman that you think you are, she’s been dead for years.

Sarah as renee: Okay, yeah. Well, loads of people in this town have been dead before, and then miracle of miracles, they were brought back to life by my very own father. So add me to that list.

Xander: Do you understand how insane this all sounds?

Sarah as renee: All I care about is getting a divorce from you and getting my tony away from that wretched woman who tricked him into marrying her. And why are you looking at me like that?

Xander: I just wish I could get through to you. I wish you could remember how much we love each other.

Sarah as renee: Oh, please. You have a heart of stone. You’re incapable of love. All you wanted was my inheritance. That’s why you tricked me into marrying you.

Xander: Hey, I-I never tricked you into anything.

Sarah as renee: Get away from me.

Xander: I’m xander cook, not alex, and I– all I ever wanted was to make you happy.

Sarah as renee: The only person that can make me happy is tony. My heart belongs to him, and it always will.

Xander: Wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Wait, please, just– I need to show you something. Can I? Can I–can I show you something? Will you just–look. Look at this. That’s us. Happy. Together. In love. Looking forward to our future together. Tell me you don’t remember this. You tell me you don’t remember us. Oh, man that is wrinkly.

[Dramatic music]

Gwen: [Sighs] If I were a praying woman… is this my punishment for all the revenge I tried to get, for all the misery and suffering that I’ve gone through? Even if ava doesn’t rat me out and sarah does come home… god, could it get any worse?

Ned: Oh, things can always get worse. Remember me?

Tony: I hope you find out who was behind this nightmare.

Chad: Oh, I will. And they’ll pay for what they put abby through.

Tony: I should hope so.

Chad: Mm, speaking of wives, I ran into yours upstairs, and she seems pretty upset about this whole sarah-renee situation.

Tony: “Upset” is not the word I would use.

Chad: Well, look, it’s gonna be rough for a little while. I mean, it took abby months to recover. And with the proper treatment plan…

Tony: Well, sarah refused help. Then she took off from the hospital after she noticed that steve and kayla weren’t looking.

Chad: Well, that’s not good.

Tony: No, it’s not. Did I tell you that she’s moving in?

Chad: Moving in here?

Tony: She insisted.

Chad: You said yes?

Tony: Well, yeah, because kayla thought it would be best if she was here. That way, she’d be safe, and possibly we can convince her to get treated.

Chad: No wonder anna’s head exploded.

Tony: Ugh, sarah barged in here, screaming invectives and–and threatening anna with– with eviction.

[Groans]

Chad: I’m sorry I missed it. Where’s sarah now?

Tony: She’s, uh, out there hiring a divorce lawyer for me.

Chad: [Laughing] Oh, god.

Tony: Why, do you think that’s funny?

Chad: No.

[Clears throat] No, it’s just– it’s all just such a mess.

Tony: [Sighs] You know, renee, she was such a passionate woman. But it seems that sarah is now channeling the same dimera determination.

Chad: Lucky you.

Tony: Yes, unfortunately, though, I seem to be indulging in her delusions as a way to avoid an all-out war.

Chad: And how does anne feel about that strategy?

Tony: [Grunts]

Chad: I’m sorry.

Tony: Me too.

Chad: Look, w– we have no idea what other drugs kristen was feeding sarah on that island. But she’s here now, and maybe being in a– in a familiar place will jog her memory.

Tony: Well, I just hope that she gets back to her old self soon.

Xander: Well? Does it look familiar to you?

Sarah as renee: Not at all.

Xander: But this is you. This is you and me. It’s a picture of us together. I–it’s one of my favorites.

Sarah as renee: Yeah, well, I’ve never seen it before. That woman in the picture with the short hair, that’s sarah horton. I’m renee dumonde. Or dimera, if you prefer.

Shin: I would like to call this meeting of the dimera shareholders to order. Who would like to speak first?

Jake: I will.

Shin: Chair recognizes jake dimera.

Jake: Thank you, mr. Shin. We have two motions that we would like to present to the shareholders. The first, we would like to elect victor kiriakis to the board of directors.

Kate: What?

Gabi: You have a problem with that?

Kate: I have nothing but respect for victor, but he’s competition. Why would we invite him into the fold?

Gabi: You know what they say: “Keep your friends close. Keep your enemies closer.”

Kate: What I say is, that is a tired, old cliché that means absolutely nothing.

Demon johnny: The goal is to extend the olive branch, lull vic into a sense of security, and then move in for the kill. Steal titan right out from under him.

Kate: Oh, yeah, because it would be that easy, wouldn’t it?

[Laughs] Since when have the three of you been working together?

Demon johnny: Well, we have common interests.

Shin: Jake, you said you had two motions?

Jake: Yes, thank you. The second motion is, we would like to remove chad as ceo of dimera enterprises.

Kate: And replace him with whom?

Jake: Me.

Kate: No. I won’t allow that. That won’t be happening.

Gabi: Excuse me, kate. Before you waste your breath railing against jake’s motion, I have two small amendments I’d like to offer.

Your mission:

Gwen: Ned grainger.

Ned: Thanks for remembering.

Gwen: Where the bloody hell did you come from? Have you been stalking me?

Ned: As a matter of fact, I have.

Gwen: Why?

Ned: Why? I did you a solid, lady. Then chad and tony dimera tracked me all the way down to key west.

Gwen: And then you told them where to find abigail.

Ned: Yeah. But I kept your name out of it.

Gwen: Thank you. I appreciate that.

Ned: You don’t think I did that for free, do you? Now’s the time for you to pay the price.

Xander: So you truly don’t recognize yourself in this picture?

Sarah as renee: No. Because that’s not me.

Xander: But when you– when you look in the mirror, this isn’t the face you see?

Sarah as renee: No, I see my face.

Xander: You mean renee’s?

Sarah as renee: My face. Damn it, alex. Here you go, tormenting me again.

Xander: According to jack, renee dumonde would be about, mm, 65 years old is she were still alive.

Sarah as renee: Okay, well, what do you want me to say? I’ve aged very well. It’s in the genes. We dimeras live practically forever.

Xander: I don’t believe this.

Sarah as renee: Yeah, neither do I. You’re all trying to make me think that I’m out of my mind, but you’re the ones that need serious help.

Xander: What did kayla say about your condition at the hospital?

Sarah as renee: Oh, my god. As if I care what kayla says or you, for that matter. You’re all trying to make me think that I’ve lost it, which I unforgivably cruel. So get out of my sight, alex. I’m gonna go home to the man I love, tony.

Xander: Please. Please wait.

[Eerie music]

Chad: If you want, I could– I could ask abby to talk to sarah. She might be able to get through to her.

Tony: Yes. She’s been through a similar experience.

Chad: Unfortunately she has. But anything we can do to help.

Tony: Thank you. I appreciate it.

Chad: It’s the least we can do. Have you told the rest of the family yet?

Tony: Well, I tried to warn johnny, but he was in a hurry. He seemed to be having a meeting with his movie producer.

Chad: Right. Well, I should, uh– I should get into the office. Hopefully I didn’t miss too much while we were gone.

Jake: Gabi, what’s going on? I don’t remember discussing any amendments.

Kate: So this is very interesting.

Jake: What’s this about?

Gabi: Well, if you remember, you were the one that amended our last plan when you went to mr. Shin about ousting ej from the company without even talking to me first.

Jake: You said you trusted me.

Gabi: I did. Do you trust me?

Jake: Of course I do.

Kate: That’s a mistake.

Jake: Okay, why? Why do this now?

Gabi: Just thought it would be more efficient this way. Mr. Shin, may I?

Shin: Go ahead, gabi.

Gabi: Instead of adding victor kiriakis to the board, I suggest we elect johnny dimera.

Jake: What?

Gabi: And instead of having jake as ceo, I propose you elect me instead.

Demon johnny: I second that motion.

Jake: What the hell is this?

[Tense music]

Trelegy for copd.

Jake: What are you doing, gabi? What’s going on?

Gabi: There’s been a change of plans.

Kate: I told you not to trust her.

Shin: I’m gonna call this to a vote.

Jake: We’re not ready yet.

Gabi: We’re ready.

Kate: You know, as much as I would like jake to get what he deserves, I am not gonna let you, gabi, take chad’s rightful place at dimera.

Gabi: You can’t do that, kate. Neither of you can.

Demon johnny: She’s right. You can’T.

Jake: What the hell?

Kate: How could you do this to tony and chad? They’ve been so good to you.

Demon johnny: Well, guess I’m just a chip off the old block after all.

Kate: Mm, well, I won’t be voting for this travesty. And obviously I don’t think jake will be either.

Gabi: Oh, but I will. And johnny will vote his shares.

Demon johnny: And my– my father’S.

Kate: Yeah. Well, mr. Shin is on jake’s side, right? He’s always been your favorite.

Jake: Wow. Never thought it’d be you who’d come to my defense.

Kate: Well, I’m doing what’s right for the company. And right now, with mr. Shin’s vote, my vote, and yours, it will be a tie. Unless someone walks in that door and breaks the tie, it’ll be a stalemate, which means the status quo stands.

[Tense music]

Gwen: How do you propose to make me pay?

Ned: I’m gonna make it easy for you. I want $1 million for my troubles.

Gwen: $1 million?

Ned: Or else I sing to the authorities and your boyfriend.

Gwen: Please. Please, please don’t say anything.

Ned: I won’t, long as I get my money.

Gwen: Okay. I will get you money, but you need to do something for me first.

Ned: You’re in no position to be making demands.

Gwen: Do you want the cash? Because I don’t have any. Ava vitali, on the other hand, she’s got access to the vitali fortune.

Ned: I’m listening.

Gwen: Problem is, is that she’s cooling her heels at the salem pd at the moment.

Ned: Okay.

Gwen: So if you can get her out of this mess, I promise I will get you your payday.

Xander: We were gonna get married. You were my everything, sarah, and…I thought that–

Sarah as renee: Don’t touch me.

Xander: Fine. But at least let me take you to see your mother. She’s worried sick about you.

Sarah as renee: My mother? I haven’t spoken to emily in years.

Xander: I’m talking about maggie.

Sarah as renee: Maggie horton?

Xander: Well, it’s kiriakis now, and she loves you very much.

Sarah as renee: Again, she loves sarah. And I don’t know why you keep going on about sarah horton. But what I do know is that you, alex marshall, make me sick.

Xander: I’m not alex marshall! I don’t even know who that is!

Sarah as renee: Okay, well, then let me fill you in. Alex marshall is scum, and I exposed him as such at a huge celebratory bash at the dimera mansion a while back. And it was ever so satisfying. And you know what would satisfy me now? Is never laying eyes on you again, you two-faced bastard.

[Somber music]

Gwen: Xander? Are you all right?

Xander: I, uh– I just saw sarah.

Kate: So, li, you’re voting for jake, right? You know it’s the right thing for the company.

[Unsettling music]

Li? Mr. Shin?

Demon johnny: What’s your answer, mr. Shin?

Shin: I vote… I vote aye, which means the motion is passed.

Kate: What? Are you serious?

Gabi: Excellent decision.

Demon johnny: Yes, wise move, mr. Shin.

Jake: I don’t get it. Why the hell would you choose them?

Shin: Ej’s in prison. Chad and tony have abandoned their posts. It’s time for a change.

Demon johnny: Indeed, it is.

Jake: What the hell is happening? How could you betray me like this?

Gabi: Don’t get all self-righteous. You betrayed me first.

Jake: How did I betray you?

Gabi: When you went to the board to have stefan’s shares transferred over from my name to yours.

Jake: I-I didn’t do that!

Gabi: Yes, you did. Johnny showed me the paperwork.

Jake: Then johnny must have forged it, just like he must have stolen maggie’s phone and sent me a text from it for me to meet her at her house.

Gabi: [Sighs] So how do you explain that I heard you tell maggie all you cared about was the ceo job?

Jake: What?

Gabi: Yeah. You said you didn’t care if I got the top position at titan, as long as you got what you wanted.

Jake: Okay, I-I-I– no, no, no, I never met with maggie.

Gabi: I was there. I heard every single word.

Jake: I don’t know what you heard, but it never happened!

Gabi: You’re a liar. You’re a liar and a loser. And my first move as ceo is gonna be to call security and have your ass thrown out of here.

Jake: What in god’s name? None of this makes any sense!

Demon johnny: Makes sense to me. Uh, gabi, why don’t you go ahead? Go ahead and get settled into your new office, and I would be happy to take care of jake here. Migraine attacks?

Sarah as renee: Sweetheart, I’m home. Cheers, daddy.

Tony: Um, can I get you something?

Sarah as renee: Well, I’d love a hug. Oh! And a divorce from that airhead wife.

Tony: I was thinking maybe you’d like a glass of water.

Sarah as renee: Oh. No, thank you. By the way, I did try to find don craig. And as much as I hate to admit it, anna was right. No one has seen or heard from in in 35 years. But I did schedule you an appointment with a very good lawyer, one who will also be handling my divorce from alex marshall, who I did have the misfortune of running into this afternoon.

Tony: You ran into alex?

Sarah as renee: I also spoke to that lawyer about drawing up eviction papers for anna.

Tony: No. Look, you can’t evict her.

Sarah as renee: Of course I can. And it’s imperative that I do. I will not have that woman spending another night in bed with the man I love.

Gwen: So sarah never really dumped you?

Xander: No. It wasn’t her on the day of the wedding. Nor was it she who came back and dumped me a second time.

Gwen: I see. So she’s– she’s been held captive on a deserted island this whole time, then?

Xander: It’s unbelievable, right?

Gwen: Mm. And now that she’s back, does this mean that she wants to pick up where the two of you left off?

Xander: Actually, no.

Gwen: Really? Why not?

Xander: Look, why don’t we, um, head up to the room and I’ll try to explain? It’s, uh, kind of a long story.

Ned: Hello, ms. Vitali.

Ava: I didn’t call a lawyer.

Ned: Are you sure? Because you look like you could use one.

Ava: Wait. Ned?

Ned: Ned who? I’m saul goodman, attorney at law.

Ava: [Chuckles] Okay, what the hell is going on here?

Ned: Your friend ms. Rizczech sent me to negotiate a deal with the da.

Ava: She hired you to be my lawyer?

Ned: We have an appointment with ms. Trask shortly, after which you’re gonna walk out of this police station a free woman, free to go wherever you want, by plane, perhaps?

Ava: Oh, so you’re gonna bust me out of here.

Ned: Maybe. But first I must warn you, my fees are quite steep. Your friend gwen says that you’re good for it. So can I count on you for payment?

Ava: You’re hired.

Chad: What the hell are you doing in my office?

Gabi: You can’t read? This is my office now.

Chad: I’m sorry, what?

Gabi: Gabi dimera, ceo. You’re out, and I’m in.

Demon johnny: [Chuckles] Whoo, not the way you saw today going, was it, pal?

Jake: Okay, I don’t know how you pulled it off, but I know you were behind this.

Demon johnny: ‘Cause I stole a phone, forged a text, blah, blah, blah.

Jake: Yeah, that was just the start of it.

Demon johnny: Oh, really? What else did I do, morph into you, meet with maggie so gabi could overhear?

Jake: I don’t know how you did it, but I know it was you who turned gabi against me.

Demon johnny: Look, blame me all you want, but you’re the one who just threw everything away: Your job, your future, your smokin’-hot girlfriend.

Jake: Okay, don’t you even think about getting close to gabi.

Demon johnny: Or you’ll do what? You’re powerless. You’re impotent, both figuratively and literally. Now, get out before I throw you out.

Jake: No.

Demon johnny: No? Guess I’m gonna have to call security.

Jake: Don’t even think about it, pal.

Demon johnny: Get your hand off of me.

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Orpheus: I didn’t know you were a fan of chick lit.

Clyde: Well, slim pickings in our library, milo. It was either this or the dictionary.

Orpheus: I’ve read it. It got way too many big words in it for you.

Clyde: Oh, you’re such a funny guy. Tell you the truth, I dig this miranda priestly chick. She suffers no fools, that’s for damn sure.

Orpheus: Well, I’ll just have to take a peek at it when you’re done. Unless your new cellmate has got first dibs.

Ej: Belle. You’re a sight for sore eyes.

Belle: Well, good morning. How are you holding up?

Ej: Eh, as well as can be expected considering the dreary surroundings. And I’m hoping against hope that you might have a update on the case that could uplift my spirits. Please tell me you’ve made progress on my appeal.

Belle: As a matter of fact, I have.

Ben: “Insert the seat support tube into the small holes of the backrest tube. Ensure the pushpins are completely pushed in.” What the–what’s a pushpin?

Ciara: You can reassemble a vintage harley, but a baby swing has you stumped?

Ben: [Sighs] Ciara, a vintage harley doesn’t come with ridiculously confusing instructions.

Ciara: Oh.

Ben: But I see you’re feeling better, yeah?

Ciara: Yeah. Yeah, the shower definitely helped. I cannot believe you let me sleep in so late.

Ben: Well, you needed to. You were tossing and turning all night. Did you have a bad dream?

Ciara: Not exactly. I just– I couldn’t stop thinking about what we were talking about last night.

Ben: You mean that johnny dimera might be possessed?

Jake: Johnny. The hell’s going on?

Demon johnny: Well, haven’t you noticed? I’m not johnny dimera.

Jake: I– [Grunts] I don’t understand.

Demon johnny: Let me ask you something, jake. Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?

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

[Soft orchestration]

Chad: Okay, gabi. Enough fooling around. Get your feet off my desk.

Gabi: This is my desk in my office. I’ll put my damn feet wherever I want.

Chad: Oh, wow, you are really committed. Okay. All right, you’ve had your fun. Now, uh–now, get out. And, uh, don’t try this again. Stop sweet-talking your way past my security, yeah?

Gabi: Actually, you’re gonna be the one that’s gonna need security clearance.

Chad: The hell are you talking about?

Gabi: You’re looking at the new ceo of dimera.

Chad: [Laughs] Okay.

Gabi: Oh, you don’t believe me, chad? Go ahead, call shin. He will back up every single word I said.

Chad: You’re serious.

Gabi: About the fact that I now am in charge of this company? I am very serious.

Chad: You? The new ceo?

Gabi: I mean, how many different ways can I say it, chad?

Chad: How in the hell did you pull that off?

Jake: Who– [Grunts] What are you?

Demon johnny: You mind? Look, you might be able to put your grubby paws on johnny dimera, but you do not manhandle the almighty. Avoiding triggers, but can’t keep migraine attacks away?

Gabi: You took your eye off the ball, chad. See, while you were with tony gallivanting in the dimera jet searching for your missing wife, I was here.

Chad: Scheming.

Gabi: Ah, seizing the professional moment.

Chad: We found her, by the way. Abigail’s fine. Thanks for asking.

Gabi: Oh, good. Well then it wasn’t a complete loss for you today. See, let’s get back to me. Um, I–I used your glaring absence and ej’s unfortunate incarceration to hold an emergency shareholder meeting, which resulted in me getting the top position and johnny being elected to the board.

Chad: J–johnny? My little nephew is on the board of this company?

Gabi: That’s right. But I wouldn’t call him “little” seeing as he has significant control over dimera.

Chad: Shin cannot be okay with this.

Gabi: Well, he was. In fact, he made the deciding vote.

Chad: What?

Gabi: Yeah, I believe he said that he couldn’t have his company’s leadership abandoning ship, and it’s also time for a change.

Chad: I don’t believe this is happening.

Gabi: It’s a lot to absorb, I know.

Chad: And what about– what about jake? What’s his new position? Is he emperor of the top floor?

Gabi: Jake?

Chad: Jake, my brother, your boyfriend. I assume he’s getting something out of all of this.

Gabi: Oh. Oh, yes, he did. Yes, he– he got his ass handed to him.

Demon johnny: Did you think the devil was gone? A proverbial christmas miracle? Come on. Only losers believe in miracles.

Jake: So you’ve been here, in johnny, for months?

Demon johnny: You’re catching on. I was beginning to think you were a little slow on the uptake. Of course, neither you nor your smoking hot girlfriend are nearly as smart as you think you are. It was so easy convincing her to betray you.

Jake: So you’re the reason–

Demon johnny: She thought you were gonna screw her over? Yeah, guilty as charged, uncle jakey.

Jake: I knew it.

Demon johnny: You know, she already had doubts about you. All I had to do was stroke them. A few parlor tricks, flash of my big sword, I had her in my clutches, and now, I’m gonna get her into my bed.

Ciara: I mean, part of me still thinks it’s crazy. You know, the devil jumping out of marlena and into johnny.

Ben: Ciara, I know, and I don’t even care how crazy it is anymore. We still need to check it out, make sure that johnny’s not a danger to our baby.

Ciara: Yeah. Did–did susan banks call you back yet?

Ben: No. I’ve only been checking my phone every five minutes. I’m thinking it might be time to try her again.

[Knocking on door] Did you order another pizza? You got to stop doing this or– oh, my god–susan. Hey.

Ciara: Hi. Susan. We were literally just talking about you. How did you know that we wanted to see you?

Susan: [Spluttering] ‘Cause your hubby sent me a message, silly.

Ben: I didn’t even tell you what it was about.

Susan: Well, you didn’t have to. See, as soon as I heard your voice in my ear–boom! I had a premonition, and I knew you were talking about someone near and dear to my heart. So I hopped on the first bus here to salem.

Ben: Wait, you knew what I was calling you about?

Susan: Oh, yes, of course. Yeah. My son. My son, elvis.

Ej: So you tracked down the henchman who held sami captive?

Belle: And testified falsely that you paid him to do it, jason smith.

Ej: How did you find him?

Belle: Well, it wasn’t easy. I mean, he basically went off the grid after I implicated you.

Ej: Falsely.

Belle: And I wanted him to admit it.

Ej: Why would he ever do that?

Belle: Well, he wouldn’T. Which is why I tried to trip him up and trick him into telling me who really did it.

Ej: And?

Belle: And no luck. The guy is sticking to his story.

Ej: Then we’re back to square one.

Belle: Well, maybe not. There are other avenues we could explore.

Clyde: You know, it’s funny how life works, isn’t it? Warden decides to give you a new cellmate, turns out to be my old pal, ej dimera.

Orpheus: Pal? Don’t you mean business associate? The two of you ran a drug operation, did you not?

Clyde: Now, where would you come up with an idea like that?

Orpheus: [Laughs] Surely you’ve read the sign in the library, “knowledge is power.” I make it a point to stay in the know.

Clyde: Well, you don’t know squat about me, milo.

Orpheus: Oh, but I do. In fact, I know a great deal. Including that your relationship with ej went south. Isn’t that why you killed him? Okay, this is a freezer, not a time capsule.

Belle: So I’ve been working with the wisconsin state police to try to find the other guy who was guarding sami, that guy, pete, to see if he would contradict jason’s story.

Ej: And?

Belle: And since he was never arrested, finding him has been a challenge.

Ej: [Sighs] In other words, that avenue is closed.

Belle: Yeah, but there are others.

Ej: Such as?

Belle: Such as insufficient evidence.

Ej: Didn’t you try that already?

Belle: Well, I– I tried to get a dismissal based on those grounds. And I probably would have, but you wanted to take the stand.

Ej: You know how much I regret that. If I had to do it over again, I–I–

Belle: Well, you don’t have it to do over again. The fact that remains that the judge made his ruling based on some really biased witnesses. I mean, you have– you have jason, you have lucas, chad, sami. I mean, there is so much room for reasonable doubt.

Ej: Then why not forget searching for the other henchman and just focus on overturning the judge’s ruling?

Belle: Well, because the odds of success there are slim. The jury would have been a lot easier, but someone didn’t want a jury trial.

Ej: [Groans] When I made that ill-fated decision, you told me to shut up, sit down, and let you do your job. And I didn’T. I disregarded your advice at every turn. And yet still here you are.

Belle: I told you I wouldn’t abandon you. I meant that. I know you’re innocent, and soon everyone else will too.

Ej: Thank you, belle. I hope you know how appreciative I am for all of your help.

Belle: Well, let’s get back to the original question. How are you doing in here? Ooh, and how are things with your cellmate?

Ej: You mean with clyde weston?

Clyde: I hate to burst your bubble, milo, but your information is bogus. Ej dimera is alive and kicking.

Orpheus: [Chuckles] Thanks to the wondrous wizardry of dr. Wilhelm rolf. But that night in the park when ej was shot, everyone thought he was dead.

Clyde: But I ain’t the one who plugged him. Some two-bit junkie did that.

Orpheus: That’s what the cops believe. Doesn’t make it true.

Clyde: [Laughs] As god is my witness, I did not shoot ej dimera.

Orpheus: Okay, clyde, maybe you didn’t pull the trigger. Maybe that honor went to your buddy, miguel, is it? But you are certainly responsible for that bullet ending up in ej’s chest.

Ben: You thought we called you about ej?

Susan: Yeah. Of course. He was in my premonition. And I have been thinking about him nonstop since that mean, mean, mean judge sent him to prison for a crime that he did not commit.

Ciara: No. Susan. Susan, I–

Susan: And everyone– everybody knows that my elvis loves his samantha, and they have their issues like all couples do, but I mean, he would never dream of kidnapping her.

Ben: Look, susan, we weren’t calling you about ej.

Susan: Oh. Okay. Well, then, what the heck were you calling me about?

Ciara: Um, his son.

Susan: Johnny? Wha–I mean, what possibly could be wrong with him?

Ben: You know, susan, you might want to brace yourself.

Jake: I–I got to warn gabi.

Demon johnny: Leaving so soon?

Jake: Guess not. Guess I’m dancing with the devil after all.

Chad: Dimera’s in chaos because you and jake got into a fight?

Gabi: It doesn’t matter why it happened. All that matters is that I landed on top.

Chad: No. I’m–I’m– I don’t think so.

Gabi: Excuse me?

Chad: You and jake can go at each other all you want, but this is my family’s company, my children’s legacy, and there’s no way in hell I am gonna let some lover’s quarrel destroy it.

Gabi: Oh. I see. So what exactly are you gonna do?

Chad: I’ll call a meeting.

Gabi: You– [Laughs] You need a majority to remove me.

Chad: Not a problem.

Gabi: Oh, it is though, because you don’t have the votes. Shin wants you out. And now that johnny has a seat on the board, he has ej’s shares as well as his own.

Chad: I–I don’t understand why he would turn on me like that. He wanted to work with me to remove vultures like you from dimera.

Gabi: Looks like you got played by your “little” nephew.

Chad: That little punk isn’t gonna get away with it.

[Loud crash]

[Suspenseful music]

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Clyde: You spin a good yarn, orpheus. But I don’t know what you’re talking about. I wasn’t even around when that shooting went down.

Orpheus: But ej was. Tell me, how does he feel about cohabitating with the guy who blew him away? I mean, that must make for some awkward conversations.

Clyde: Hey. Even if I had been there, ej wouldn’t know nothing about it. He doesn’t remember a damn thing about that evening.

Orpheus: That’s a hell of a thing to forget.

Clyde: Well, one of the pesky side effects of rolf’s miracle drug. Yeah, it’ll get you back to the land of the living, but does a real number on the old memory bank.

Orpheus: Yep, yep. But as I understand it, in time, the memories come back. So clyde, what you gonna do when ej remembers that you double-crossed him and left him to die?

Belle: Clyde weston is your cellmate?

Ej: Mm-hmm.

Belle: I mean, whoa, that is surprising. How’s it going?

Ej: So far, so good.

Belle: I thought–I– I just wouldn’t have thought that you two would hit it off.

Ej: Actually, we’re already acquainted.

Belle: How? Ej, you’re a lawyer. You know anything you say to me is confidential.

Ej: Clyde and I used to be in business together.

Belle: Mm. And I assume this business wasn’t exactly legit.

Ej: That would be a smart assumption.

Belle: I don’t know, maybe– maybe we should put in a request for a different cellmate. You know, I–I just don’t want this association you have with clyde weston to jeopardize your appeal.

Ej: Ancient history. I actually think he could be quite helpful.

Belle: How so?

Ej: He’s been in here a long time. Knows the place quite well. He told me he’d show me the ropes.

Belle: And you think you can rely on–on clyde weston?

Ej: Don’t get me wrong, I don’t trust the man in the slightest. But if I’m going to survive in here, I need someone to have my back. Is clyde weston my first choice? God, no. But right now, he’s the only choice I’ve got.

Susan: So you think the devil is hanging his hat in my sweet, little grandson, johnny, huh?

Ciara: Look, we know it sounds crazy–

Susan: Ah! I don’t like that word. It’s very judgy and it–it’s unkind.

Ciara: You’re right. I’m sorry.

Susan: [Sighs] So johnny possessed. Now, wh–what makes you think a thing like that?

Ben: Well, thers just been some strange occurrences recently.

Susan: Okay, well, like what?

Ciara: Well, like my grandma gave us a housewarming gift to hang outside of the apartment, a nice little cross.

Susan: Oh. Well, what’s so strange about that?

Ciara: Well, on her way to deliver it to us, her stove randomly burst into flames even though the thing wasn’t even on.

Ben: And while this mysterious fire just erupted, johnny happened to have been there, so he volunteered to bring the cross to us. And he did. He dropped it off, we hung it up, and this thing keeps flipping upside down.

Ciara: Mm-hmm. Every single time. And my grandma thought that it is a sign that the devil is back in town. And we know that the devil can jump from one body to another.

Ben: Right, and we also know that the only way for that to happen is that person that he did jump into would have to have been present at the exorcism, which your grandson, johnny, was.

Susan: You think that beelzebub boomeranged out of dr. Marlena evans and into my sweet, little grandson, johnny? And then he used the cross to leave his mark?

Ciara: Yeah, well, that’s why we wanted to talk to you, because you had the premonition that the devil was after my baby in the first place. You had the premonition that marlena was possessed by the devil.

Ben: And we were just wondering if maybe you had sensed anything about johnny.

Susan: Well, I was at the dimera mansion after the exorcism. And believe you me, if I even had the teensiest, weensiest feeling that old scratch had invaded my sweet, little grandson, johnny, I would have never left town.

Ciara: [Sighs] Yeah.

Ben: We knew it was gonna be a long shot.

Ciara: Yeah. Yeah, look, I’m sorry, susan. I’m sorry, we let our imaginations run wild. Clearly we were wrong about the devil being back in salem.

Susan: Uh, not necessarily.

Gabi: What the hell was that?

Chad: You’re the new ceo. You figure it out.

[Ominous music]

Gabi: What happened? J–johnny, I thought you said you were calling security.

Johnny: I didn’t have to. Jake left voluntarily. I mean, at least I thought he did. I thought he was gonna be a grown-up about all this, then he stormed back in here and attacked me.

Gabi: Jake. Jake, are you okay?

Johnny: The guy was acting like a complete psycho. I–I had no choice. I had to defend myself.

Gabi: Jake, jake, jake. Can you hear me? Jake.

Jake: [Groans] Gabi.

Gabi: [Sighs] Jake. What the hell were you thinking?

Jake: [Grunting] Johnny.

[Groans] He’s– he’s–

[Winces] We hit the bike trails every weekend

Susan: So after the exorcism, I had a premonition that the devil was still here in salem. And I thought that he just ducked right back into dr. Marlena evans. So I went over to her place, and I sprayed her full of holy water. I did it all over. And I tried to banish that demon, once and for all.

Ciara: But the demon wasn’t inside her.

Susan: No, no, no. She–she assured me that she was 100% her. So I just thought that my– my devil-detector was on fritz.

Ben: Huh. And you didn’t get any bad vibes about johnny?

Susan: No. No, not one. And I–and I mean, I saw him before I left town. But–

Ben: But what?

Susan: The night of johnny’s engagement party…

Ben: Yeah.

Susan: I got sick. I got sick, and I went to the hospital. I just knew that something was not right. I mean, I–I couldn’t shake this feeling, this feeling that–that– that there was this evil force behind it all.

Ciara: The devil.

Susan: Yes. And I just didn’t– I didn’t think that he was done with us yet. Huh. But johnny possessed, huh? I just can’t believe I just stood right in front of him, my kin, my flesh and blood, and I just didn’t have a clue.

Jake: He’s– [Groans]

Gabi: He’s–he’s what?

Jake: Johnny’s–

[Groans] Damn it. He’s a creep… who tricked you into stabbing me in the back.

[Eerie music]

Gabi: What happened? J–johnny, I thought you said you were calling security.

Johnny: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

Belle: Oh. Our time’s almost up. Is there anything else you need?

Ej: Just find a way to get me out of this hellhole.

Belle: Well, I’m on it. My next angle is chad.

Ej: [Laughs] Don’t waste your time.

Belle: Why? Why do you say that?

Ej: The last time I saw my brother, he called me a criminal, a sociopath, and told me he hopes I’ll stay locked up forever.

Belle: Well, he was out of his mind with worry. And good news, abigail is home. She’s safe and sound.

Ej: Wonderful. I’m sure chad’s state of mind is much better. But not good enough that he’d help me.

Belle: Well, that’s exactly what he was going to do before he had that coughing fit on the witness stand.

Ej: Mm-hmm. And then he did the opposite.

Belle: Because he thought you tried to force yourself on his wife.

Ej: Which I assure you, I did not.

Belle: Okay. My point is, whatever did or did not happen, chad led me to believe that we’d be pleased with his testimony, which means he knows something. Something that we haven’t heard yet that could exonerate you.

Ej: And you think you can get that out of him?

Belle: Well, I’m sure gonna try. Chad is the one who found the payments that link you to sami’s kidnapper. And if I can get him to admit that he planted those or–or he knows who did, that’s gonna go a long way to proving your innocence.

Ej: While I admire your tenacity, I seriously doubt that my brother, who hates me more now than he did before I was arrested, is going to volunteer any new information.

Belle: I am gonna get you out of here. That’s a promise.

Ej: I can’t tell you how grateful I am to have you in my corner.

Belle: Well, hopefully, this will all be over soon. In the meantime, chin up.

[Dramatic music]

Orpheus: You’re up for parole soon, correct?

Clyde: Yeah. I finally got a new hearing. And with any luck, I’m about to blow this popsicle stand.

Orpheus: Unless those nasty memories come back to ej and leave you in a body bag.

Clyde: No, that ain’t gonna happen.

Orpheus: Well, there’s also the possibility that someone could present the parole bar with evidence that links you to a new crime.

Clyde: That would certainly throw a wrench into the works.

Orpheus: Yeah. Yeah, it would. But you sort of got it coming, don’t you?

Clyde: Hey, man, I get it. You hold a grudge against me for stabbing you, I know. But like I told you before, I did that for my son. Ollie was looking for his wife. I was just helping him.

Orpheus: My son did try to kill ben, so I suppose that makes us even. Besides, if you do get a parole, might be useful to have a– a friend on the outside.

Clyde: [Laughs] Yeah. I always say, one hand washes the other.

Orpheus: Hm. So we’ve established that it’s in both of our best interest that ej never remember what you did to him. Because if he does, we’ll both suffer the consequences.

Ej: What consequences are those?

[Dramatic music]

(Vo) at dog chow

Chad: Come in.

Belle: Thanks for agreeing to see me.

Chad: What can I do for you?

Belle: Well, I just came from statesville, and I want to talk to you about your brother’s appeal.

[Tense music]

Clyde: Ha, what a coincidence. I was just telling my friend here about my new cellmate.

Orpheus: And I was just telling clyde how fortunate he is. My cellmate can’t seem to figure out a way to hide his contraband. Keeps getting us both put on lockdown.

Ej: I see, those consequences.

Clyde: Ej dimera, meet milo harp.

Orpheus: You can call me orpheus. It’s a pleasure.

Ej: Same.

Orpheus: Well, I’m sure glad to see you boys are getting along.

[Tense music]

Susan: [Grunting] I can’t believe the devil has possessed my poor grandson.

Ciara: Well, no, susan, we don’t know that for sure.

Ben: I mean, this entire thing could be a series of bizarre coincidences.

Susan: Oh, you are being so kind to me, ben weston. But you know what, I cannot bury my head in the sand. See, if my johnny is going toe-to-toe with that devil, then he’s gonna need help from his grandmama. Yep, so I need to get there right away.

Ben: All right, well, I’m gonna go with you.

Susan: Oh, oh, oh. No. No. No. I really appreciate it, benny. But you know what, if you show up with me, then that might tip lucifer off that we’re on to him.

Ciara: Yeah, but susan, I really think that we–

Susan: And you know what?

Ciara: Yeah.

Susan: If the devil is in the dimera mansion, then I am the one who’s going to find out, sooner rather than later. Okay, here I go.

Ciara: Okay.

Susan: Hoo! [Sighs]

Ciara: All right.

[Dramatic music]

Gabi: What happened in here?

Jake: I don’t know. It’s all a little fuzzy.

Gabi: Johnny says you attacked him.

Jake: That’s a lie, just like everything else he’s been telling you.

Gabi: Just stop.

Jake: I–gabi, I– he’s playing you. He got you to believe that I’m doing all this stuff that I didn’t do.

Gabi: Like telling maggie that you’d be fine if I didn’t get the top position at titan. Huh? As long as you got what you wanted, you’d be fine handling me.

Jake: I never said that.

Gabi: I was there. I heard you say you were just using me.

Jake: That’s impossible!

Gabi: And the signature on the petition to steal my late husband’s shares from me. Huh? How do you explain that?

Jake: I don’t know, I can’T. Okay? At least not yet. But I know that little weasel was behind it.

Johnny: Come on, do we really have to listen to this again? I mean, at this point it’s– it’s just pathetic.

Jake: Gabi and I are talking here, pal.

Johnny: And clearly, she’s not interested in anything you have to say.

Jake: You want to let the lady speak for herself.

Johnny: Or what? You gonna go all hulk on me again?

Gabi: Johnny, would you just let me and jake speak alone, please?

Johnny: You sure you’re gonna be okay?

Gabi: I’ll be fine.

Johnny: Okay.

Jake: You happy now? You got everything you want? Ceo at dimera.

Gabi: That’s right.

Jake: So what? Obviously, you don’t need me anymore, right?

Gabi: Obviously.

Jake: I guess we break up now, that’s it?

Gabi: You know what, spare me the act, please. Don’t pretend. This is your fault.

Jake: The–gabi.

[Groans]

[Tense music]

Is it cool if I go by the house, pick up my stuff?

Gabi: Maybe you should get yourself checked out first–

Jake: I’m fine, I’m fine.

Gabi: Adios, then.

Jake: I love you, gabi. I don’t understand why you’re doing this.

Gabi: That makes two of us. If you want to get your stuff, now would be a good time because no one’s there.

Jake: You know, a few weeks ago, we were on top of the world, you and me. Partners in life, in business. We had our whole bright future ahead of us. And now… I don’t know how this could have happened.

[Dramatic music]

Clyde: So how’d it go with your lawyer?

Ej: Unfortunately, she had nothing new to report.

Clyde: Well, one thing I’ve learned in here, good things come to those who wait.

Ej: Patience was never my strong suit.

Clyde: Well, it ain’t so bad, you know. We got a roof over our heads, three squares a day. Hey. Take my advice. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this nice, cushy lifestyle.

Ej: What did you just say?

Clyde: [Laughs] I said, enjoy this nice, cushy lifestyle. You got the fancy accent, a mistress on the side and a nice, cushy lifestyle handed to you on a platter. Hey. You all right?

Ej: Yes. I was just thinking.

Chad: So you came all the way over here to talk about ej?

Belle: Yeah. Why? What’d you think I came over here to talk to you about?

Chad: Well, I assumed since you’re the company’s general counsel, you’d heard the news.

Belle: What news?

Chad: That scheming bitch ousted me from dimera.

[Pensive music]

Jake: See, we don’t have to share power. You know why? As soon as we take over both companies, you’ll run titan, I’ll run dimera.

Gabi: I like the sound of that.

Jake: Right? We’ll work on it first thing in the morning, but in the meantime, why don’t we work on a little merger of our own?

[Dramatic music]

Ciara: [Laughs]

Ben: [Huffs]

Ciara: All right. I am going to head to the hospital to pick up some more prenatal vitamins.

Ben: I’m going with you.

Ciara: Uh-uh. No, no, no. You are staying right here until you finish that swing.

Ben: Babe.

Ciara: Nice try, baby. Love you.

Ben: [Huffs] Love you too.

Ciara: Good luck.

Ben: Thanks.

Ciara: Oh. Hi, jake. Bye, jake.

Jake: Oh.

Ben: Jake.

Jake: Yo.

Ben: My man. What’s going on?

Jake: [Sighs]

Ben: Ooh. You do not look good.

Jake: Yeah, well, after the day I had, it’s not much of a surprise.

Ben: Oh, my god, guy. What happened?

Jake: Gabi double-crossed me. And, uh, yeah, left herself as head of dimera and me out in the cold.

Ben: What the hell happened?

Jake: I’m still trying to figure that out. What I do know is that snake, johnny dimera, got it in her head that I was the one who betrayed her. I just don’t know how he did it.

Ben: Well, I’ll tell you what, man, I can think of one possibility.

[Exciting music]

Susan: Knock, knock.

Johnny: Ah, grandma. Wh–what are you doing here?

Susan: [Clears throat] I’m here to see if you really are my grandson.

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Anna: What is taking them so long? It’s almost dawn, and they’re still not home. Tony? Oh, tony. Thank god you’re home. Oh, golly, I’ve been so worried. Are you all right? Let me look at you.

Tony: Yeah, I’m fine. Kristen got away, but chad and i were able to bring abigail, steve, and kayla safely home.

Anna: Oh, well, that’s wonderful news. I have to admit, I had a queasy feeling when I heard where you were headed.

Tony: Yeah, that island does hold some history.

Anna: Yes. Especially since it’s where you and renee dumonde had your romantic idyll.

Tony: Oh. [Laughs] That was a lifetime ago.

Anna: Yes, yes. Of course it was, and it’s silly of me to even bring it up, especially since we know that woman is long dead.

Tony: Actually… renee was there.

Sarah as renee: Why am i being held in this hospital against my will?

Kayla: We just want to run some tests.

Sarah as renee: And as I told you, there is no need for tests. I switched out the poison with goat’s milk.

Steve: Yeah, so you said.

Sarah as renee: And you both ate it, and you’re fine, so there was nothing wrong with that chicken.

Steve: This isn’t about the chicken, sarah.

Sarah as renee: Stop calling me sarah!

Ava: Oh… those three losers who framed rafe better not have ratted me out.

Chad: Hello, ava.

Ava: Chad dimera. What are you doing here?

Chad: I’m here to find out why you kidnapped my wife and who helped you do it.

[Soft mysterious music]

[Knocking on door]

Gwen: Xander, there’s someone at the door.

Xander: Hmm? Oh, bloody hell. I’ll get rid of whoever it is. You better have a damn good reason for waking us up at this hour. Abigail. What are you doing here?

Abigail: I came straight from the plane to tell you the truth about what gwen did to me.

Anna: I don’t understand. We both know that renee dumonde died years ago.

Tony: That’s right.

Anna: But you just said–

Tony: What I said was that renee was on the island. What I meant was “renee.”

Anna: Okay. Now I’m totally lost.

Tony: Well, you see, she is renee, ’cause that’s what she calls herself.

Anna: But she’s not renee?

Tony: No, but she actually believes that she is.

Anna: All right. Well, then who is she really?

Tony: Sarah horton.

Sarah as renee: Again with this sarah nonsense.

Kayla: It’s not nonsense. It’s who you are, and the only reason that you think it’s not who you are is because of the drug that you were injected with last year.

Sarah as renee: How could a drug make me think that I am someone else?

Steve: We’re not sure yet.

Kayla: That’s why we need to do an mri and a ct scan, so that we can see if there’s any lasting damage to your brain.

Sarah as renee: I can assure you that my brain is not damaged. Now, I’d like to get home to tony and my long-lost brother chad.

Ava: I have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about. I don’t even know your wife.

Chad: Well, the police believe otherwise.

Ava: Oh, so that’s why I’m here. They think I kidnapped abigail and did what with her?

Chad: Locked her away on a deserted island, where I just found her.

Ava: And you think I brought her there?

Chad: Maybe not personally, but you were masquerading as sarah horton at the airfield when abigail was knocked out.

Ava: I didn’t lay a hand on her.

Chad: Maybe not, but someone hit her from behind, knocked her unconscious, and you were there. So who was it, ava? Who was helping you?

Ava: Abigail, you don’t have to do that.

Abigail: Oh, I think I do. What am I supposed to do? Just let you walk away–

Chad: You can sit and act innocent, but I’m not leaving here until you identify your accomplice.

Gwen: Xander, don’t listen to her. You know she would do anything to hurt me.

Abigail: Oh, I would do anything to hurt you?

Xander: What’s this all about, abigail?

Abigail: She’s been lying to you, xander, and I have proof. The pilot ratted her out.

Xander: Pilot? What pilot?

Abigail: You didn’t want him to know the truth about what really happened to sarah, because you knew he would dump you so fast.

Xander: Sarah? What does this have to do with sarah?

Gwen: Nothing, nothing. Don’t–don’t believe her.

Abigail: Sarah has been held prisoner on a deserted island for the past year.

Xander: What?

Abigail: And gwen has known about it for months.

Gwen: Xander, I can explain.

Xander: How could you do this? How could you do this to me! What’s going on, gwen? You all right?

Jennifer: It’s 9:00, jack.

Jack: I know. I know. You know why I know? Because you told me it’s 8:45 about ten minutes ago.

Jennifer: Yes, but it landed an hour ago, so what is happening?

Abigail: Mom?

Jennifer: Where–abigail!

Jack: Oh, she’s here!

Jennifer: Oh, my gosh, baby.

Jack: Sweetheart. Oh, you made it home.

Jennifer: So glad you’re okay.

Jack: Yes.

Jennifer: Let me look at you. Are you okay?

Jack: Oh, my gosh. Are you hurt? Is–

Abigail: No.

Jack: Is everything okay?

Abigail: I’m fine. I’m fine. I just thank god chad found me and brought me home.

Jennifer: Where is chad?

Abigail: He went to go confront my kidnapper.

Ava: As I told your wife on the runway, the mask was just a harmless prank.

Chad: Let’s say that’s true. You still stood there and did nothing while someone knocked out my wife and dragged her onto that plane. Now, who was it?

Ava: I’m sorry. I can’t answer your question.

Chad: You can, but you don’t want to. Yet. You know, my brother and I–we talked to ned granger.

Ava: Ned granger?

Chad: He was the one who told us where abigail was, because he was the one that flew her there.

Ava: Okay.

Chad: And he said that kristen was there when they arrived on the island, so she’s not the one that knocked her out.

Ava: Like I said, I’m sorry, but I cannot answer your question.

Chad: Then you’re just gonna have to answer to the police.

Ava: I haven’t committed a crime.

Chad: How about accessory to kidnapping?

Ava: I had nothing to do with it.

Chad: Okay. I know all about your past. These crimes might seem meaningless to you, but this is about my wife. You understand? The mother of my children. And I’m gonna make damn sure that someone pays for what they did to her. But it doesn’t have to be you. You can walk out of here with a slap on the wrist. All you have to do is turn on your partner.

Gwen: Bad dream.

Xander: I’ll say. Do you remember what it was about this time?

Gwen: This time?

Xander: Gwen, it’s been happening to you quite a lot recently–I mean, waking up in a cold sweat, pale as a sheet.

Gwen: Yeah, I suppose it has been happening more, from time to time, hasn’t it?

Xander: And this time, would it maybe help to talk about it?

Gwen: Maybe. It was about dr. Snyder.

Xander: Snyder? I haven’t thought that swine for a minute. No wonder you’re so rattled.

Gwen: Yeah. It was terrifying actually. We had just thrown him down, in the lake, and his body sank, but then his body rose up, and–

Xander: And what?

Gwen: And… well, he started yelling at me, and he was telling me that I am the scum of the earth, and he told me that you didn’t really love me. He said that you were just using me to get over sarah. You were there, too, and confirmed it.

Xander: Oh, gwen. I hope your subconscious didn’t come up with this dream because you doubt my feelings for you.

Gwen: I don’t know why I had the dream. All I know is that it scared me half to bloody death.

Xander: Do you know what i dreamed about last night?

Gwen: No. How could I?

Xander: I dreamed that you and I were married, and we had four kids–two boys, two girls–all with your great, big, gorgeous eyes.

Gwen: Really?

Xander: A lovely house. White picket fence. A golden retriever called dumpling.

Gwen: Dumpling?

Xander: And you were telling me that you’d just been voted wife and mother of the year.

Gwen: Did I? Well, lucky me. Really? Did I say who said it?

Xander: No, no, no. You didn’t say, and I didn’t ask, but you were very pleased with yourself, understandably, and I was incredibly proud of you.

Gwen: You didn’t dream that, did you?

Xander: No, I didn’t, but I daydream about it all the time.

Gwen: Well, that’s very lovely.

Xander: Gwen, do I have to remind you we’re getting married soon? Would that be happening if I didn’t adore you and want to spend the rest of my life with you?

Gwen: No. Of course not. I know that your feelings for me are genuine. I know that you love me, and I cannot wait to be your wife.

Xander: But then why all these bad dreams, hmm? Unless–

Gwen: Unless what?

Xander: Are you nervous about abigail coming home?

Gwen: Why would I be nervous about it?

Xander: I don’t know. You tell me.

Kayla: I know that this is a lot to process, but chad is not your brother, and you are not a dimera. Your name is sarah horton, and I can prove it.

Sarah as renee: Please let me out of here.

Kayla: I can’t do that.

Sarah as renee: Why not?

Kayla: Because there are a lot of family and friends who love you and miss you. Please let us do these tests, okay? I am confident that I can come up with a treatment plan for you. Abigail recovered from a very similar condition, and so can you.

Steve: Kayla’s right, and we want to help you any way we can.

Sarah as renee: Okay.

Kayla: Really?

Sarah as renee: Yeah. Whatever’s going on with me, I want to know the truth about my life, so run the tests.

Kayla: Great. I think you’re making a wise decision, and I’ll set them up.

Steve: And I’ll let you get some rest. You hang in there, okay?

Sarah as renee: Thank you. Thank you both.

Kayla: Okay. I’ll be back.

[Pensive electronic music]

Your mission:

Jack: So ava vitali was under the mask?

Abigail: She was the one who’s been masquerading as sarah.

Jennifer: Why would she do that?

Abigail: She claimed that it was a prank. Of course, I knew it was more than that, and I told her so, but when I did that, next thing I know, someone came up behind me and just conked me over the back of the head.

Jennifer: What?

Jack: Do you know who it was?

Abigail: No, but chad’s with ava now, and he’s determined to find out.

Ava: If I give you a name, you think I just get to walk?

Chad: Well, you know how this goes. The da isn’t interested in the accomplice. They’re gonna want the big fish.

Ava: So all of a sudden, you’re an expert in knowing what the da wants?

Chad: Well, my wife is the victim, and my name happens to have a lot of pull in this town, so I can talk to trask and convince her to offer you a deal.

Ava: You have no way of knowing that she’s gonna say yes.

Chad: And what’s your alternative, ava? Hmm? I mean, I know whoever knocked abby out and dragged her onto that plane is the real culprit. Why would you want to go down for someone else’s crime?

Steve: Yeah, at least everyone’s safe. Okay, I’ll let you know if there’s anything else to report. I’ll talk to you soon. Yeah.

[Cell phone beeps]

Kayla: Was that maggie?

Steve: No, brady. I was waiting to call maggie until we get sarah’s test results.

Kayla: Well, that makes sense.

Steve: Hopefully, we’ll be able to give her some good news.

Kayla: Well, the tech is ready, so I’m gonna go pick her up and bring her down for imaging.

Xander: Hey, I understand. I know you’re still not on the best of terms with your sister.

Gwen: Yeah, you could say that.

Xander: Yeah. You were very upset when she accused you of pretending to be sarah and rejecting me again.

Gwen: Yes. That was quite hurtful.

Xander: But she, and jack, and everyone else now knows that it couldn’t have been you, so–

Gwen: No, of course not, because I was there, in the square, when sarah and abigail were together.

Xander: Exactly. You know, and in the end, it all worked out for the best anyway, didn’t it? I mean, sarah coming back here gave me the closure I needed, and I can’t say I particularly enjoyed being rejected again, but it reminded me that I’m finished with her too.

Gwen: Which is why you proposed to me.

Xander: Because you and i belong together, gwen, and now there’s nothing gonna get in the way of us being mr. And mrs. Xander cook.

Kayla: Okay, sarah. Everything’s set up.

[Quiet dramatic music]

Anna: So sarah is still convinced she’s renee?

Tony: Yes, and not only that, she’s acting like she’s madly in love with me and that she wants to pick up from where we left off all those years ago.

Anna: That’s absurd. You tried to set her straight, I hope?

Tony: Well, of course I did, but nothing I said made a dent. She’s stuck in this emotional delusion.

Anna: Oh, the poor thing. Well, where is she now?

Tony: Steve and kayla took her to the hospital to get some tests. Hopefully, they’ve gotten through to her by now.

Anna: Hopefully is right.

Tony: Well, she’ll just have to accept that you are my one and only love of my life.

Sarah as renee: Get your hands off my tony.

Tackling tough messes can

take more time than you have,

Ava: You make a compelling pitch, but I think I’m gonna take my chances. If the cops had anything on me, they’d have already arrested me.

Chad: Well, they had enough to drag you down here.

Ava: They’ll have to let me go soon.

Chad: I would not count on that. At the very least, you’re a witness and a person of interest in a kidnapping.

Ava: Oh, I’m always a person of interest. I’m used to that.

Chad: Well, you enjoy your quiet time, then, but if things do take a turn, and you decide you don’t want to go to prison, give me a call.

[Tense music]

Gwen: You know, I never did ask you why you go by cook and not kiriakis.

Xander: Oh, well, I ditched my birth name a little while ago. Complicated family history.

Gwen: I like cook.

Xander: It is a lot easier to spell than rizczech, but you don’t have to take it, if you don’t want to. Or maybe you could do, like, a hyphenate or–

Gwen: Gwen cook sounds absolutely perfect to me.

Xander: Me too. Mrs. Gwendolyn cook.

[Cell phone beeps]

[Cell phone rings] Who’s calling at this ungodly hour?

Gwen: I can’t imagine. Hello?

Ava: I need to see you right now. Get your ass down to the police station.

Abigail: No news from chad yet.

Jennifer: Well, he’ll get some answers. The important thing is, you’re safe. You’re not hurt. Everybody’s fine.

Jack: Although I’m sure it was terrifying.

Abigail: It was. Gosh, but I’m just so damn grateful to be back. And thank you both for staying on just to take care of thomas and charlotte.

Jennifer: Oh, honey, it was our pleasure.

Jack: Yeah.

Jennifer: Please.

Abigail: I mean, the kids being with the two of you, I bet they hardly missed me at all.

Jennifer: Oh.

Jack: Oh, no. Like, every five minutes, it’S… “when’s mommy coming home?”

Jennifer: “Where’s our mom? Where’s mommy?”

Abigail: Well, now that I am home, as much as I have missed having you here, I guess you can go back to boston.

Jack: Okay. Well, we know “the spectator’s” in good hands with you, and both your mother and i would like to tell you how proud we are of what a good writer and good journalist you’ve become.

Abigail: Thanks, dad. And I have you and mom to thank, just for being my role models, and for inspiring me, and yeah. And I guess I have my next big story.

Jack: Oh, do you? What is it?

Abigail: The kidnapping of sarah horton.

Jennifer: The kidnapping?

Abigail: Yes. She was on that miserable island too.

Jack: Sarah was there?

Abigail: Yeah. Kristen had been keeping her captive there since her wedding last year.

Jack: So xander was right. Sarah was in trouble.

Abigail: She sure as hell was. Yeah, and then I just accidentally stumbled upon the fact that it was kristen masquerading as sarah who actually broke it off with xander.

Jack: And not sarah?

Abigail: Not sarah. Mm-mm. Which is, of course, so terribly sad and, you know, not just because it wasn’t sarah who broke xander’s heart, but then poor woman ends up being kristen’s prisoner for months and doesn’t even know where the hell she was.

Jack: Kristen’s a sadistic maniac.

Abigail: And unfortunately, she’s never gonna pay for this crime, just like she hasn’t for so many others, because I’m sure it’ll come as a shock, but she got away.

Jennifer: Of course. She is sadistic and very clever.

Abigail: In the worst possible way.

Jack: But sarah’s alive and well?

Abigail: Alive, yes. Well, not so much.

Steve: We should have known she was playing us. We never should have left her alone.

Kayla: Well, she had us both fooled.

Steve: Well, she couldn’t have gotten too far.

[Cell phone beeps]

Kayla: Sorry. Dr. Johnson. Oh. Okay, thank you.

[Cell phone beeps] That was the head of hospital security.

Steve: They find sarah?

Kayla: No, but they did catch her on the security cameras leaving the hospital.

Steve: Give you three guesses where she went. The first two don’t count.

Sarah as renee: Did you hear me, anna? Step away from my tony.

Anna: I’m sorry, sweetheart, but this is my tony. I understand that you’re confused, but tony and I love each other.

Sarah as renee: He would have never even looked at you twice if he knew I was alive.

Tony: Okay, can we please just take a step back?

Sarah as renee: Your marriage is a sham, anna. You probably tricked him into it.

Anna: What are we gonna do about this person?

Tony: Let’s just try to keep her calm. I’ll call kayla.

Sarah as renee: You are not calling kayla, and I am not going to be calm while this tramp tries to steal my life!

Anna: Tramp? Excuse me.

Tony: That’s uncalled for.

Sarah as renee: Well, it’s the truth, so get your hands off of my man, pack your bags, and get the hell out of my family home! Life’s been hard enough.

Anna: I’m trying very hard to be patient with you because I understand that you’re ill, but I’m not going anywhere. This is my home.

Sarah as renee: Really? Is that your father on the wall? I didn’t think so.

Anna: Well, he’s not yours either. Tony?

Tony: Listen.

Sarah as renee: Hello, daddy. I’ve missed you.

Anna: Do something.

Sarah as renee: You know what you can do, tony, is tell this washed-up floozy to hit the bricks.

Anna: You know, that’s enough. If anyone’s going anywhere, it’s you.

Sarah as renee: Over my dead body.

Anna: Well, that can be arranged.

Gwen: It’s a bit early, don’t you think?

Ava: Well, it’s not my fault the cops hauled me down here before I even had my morning coffee. You alone?

Gwen: No, I’m not. What’s up?

Ava: Well, what’s up is that I am being held for questioning in connection with the abduction of abigail dimera.

Gwen: No kidding.

Ava: Yeah, no kidding, and chad was just in here grilling me about who I saw hitting his wife over the head.

Gwen: Okay.

Ava: Okay, so if you’re not down here in the next ten minutes, your name’s gonna come up in conversation… a lot. As in, “gwen hit abigail over the head.” You understand?

Gwen: Mm-hmm. Yep. Right. I will be there as soon as I can. Okay, bye.

[Cell phone beeps]

Xander: Wait? What’s going on? Who was that?

Gwen: That was the wedding planner that I reached out to.

Xander: It’s a bit early for a call, isn’t it?

Gwen: Yes. I know, but that’s what is the best thing about her. Early bird and all. I think I’m actually gonna pop round and go see her.

Xander: What? Now?

Gwen: Yeah. She had a cancellation this morning, so–

Xander: Well, do you want me to come with you?

Gwen: No. I’ll just go take the meeting, and we’ll see how it goes, okay?

[Drum music crescendos]

Jack: So sarah is–

Abigail: She’s not in her right mind.

Jennifer: That poor girl.

Abigail: It’s so sad. It’s heartbreaking, really, and, you know, obviously, I can relate, so–

Jennifer: Yes, of course you can.

Abigail: Anyway, it’s also a really difficult situation for tony, because god only knows why, because of sarah’s delusion, she believes, for some reason, that she’s tony’s old flame, renee dumonde.

Jack: How strange.

Abigail: So strange. It’s strange, complicated, especially because sarah, aka renee, is madly in love with him.

Anna: Let me at her!

Tony: That’s enough!

Sarah as renee: You can’t–

Tony: Both of you!

Sarah as renee: You keep her away from me, tony.

Tony: Listen to me, renee.

Anna: Renee? Now you’re calling her renee?

Tony: It’s the only way she’ll respond.

Anna: Has the world gone mad?

Tony: No need for any insults or threats. We need to act like adults, civilized, sane people, so that we can be able to work this thing through.

Anna: Only one of us is sane here.

Tony: Will you please, for my sake?

Sarah as renee: All right. I’m sorry, tony. I will calm down, for your sake. I’m sorry.

Kayla: Oh, there you are, sarah.

Anna: Oh, thank god you’re here. Did you bring the men in white coats with you?

Steve: What’s going on?

Anna: What’s going on is this deranged woman crashed in here and attacked me. Please take her back to the hospital, where she belongs.

Trelegy for copd.

Kayla: Why don’t we get you back to the hospital and take care of those tests?

Sarah as renee: No thanks. Not going.

Anna: Please, kayla, can’t you do something about this?

Kayla: I can’t force her.

Anna: Why not?

Sarah as renee: Because it’s a free country.

Kayla: And she’s not endangering anyone.

Anna: She almost attacked me, before you got here.

Sarah as renee: No. You attacked me, so, kayla, steve, why don’t you take her to the hospital and get her anger issues checked out, while I go freshen up?

Tony: Kayla, is there nothing else you can do?

Kayla: If she won’t submit to the tests, I mean, we could get a court order, but–

Tony: What are we supposed to do until then?

Kayla: Keep her safe.

Tony: Steve!

Steve: For now, until we can figure something out.

Anna: You are not seriously suggesting that we’d let her live here.

Kayla: Well, at least then we would know where she is. I’m sorry. If you need anything else, please don’t hesitate to call us.

Anna: Anything else? You haven’t done anything.

Tony: I’ll be in touch.

Sarah as renee: These have to go.

Anna: Keep your hands off. You’re not actually going to let her stay here.

Sarah as renee: Well, he’s not letting me do anything. It’s my family home, is it not, tony?

Tony: You can stay, for now.

Anna: Well, I’m not going anywhere either. Tony and I are husband and wife.

Sarah as renee: You were husband and wife. Tony, you need to be liberated from this horrible woman.

Anna: Liberated?

Sarah as renee: I’m gonna hire you the best lawyer in town. I’m gonna see if I can get in touch with don craig and get you out of this nightmare of a marriage.

Anna: Tony and I are very happily married, and don craig went out to mail a letter one day, and we never heard from him again.

Sarah as renee: Well, I’ll find someone, and when I do, if you don’t leave, I will have you forcibly removed.

Tony: I don’t think so.

Sarah as renee: Don’t worry. Renee is gonna take care of everything.

[Dramatic music]

God, it’s good to be home.

Chad: Hey, jack.

Jack: Chad, abigail’s waiting to hear from you. Listen, I owe you so much. We so appreciate everything you and tony did to bring our girl home.

Chad: I’m just happy that she’s okay. No injuries. A little bit traumatized, but abby’s resilient, so she’s gonna be okay.

Jack: Yeah, of course she is, and listen, she told us all about sarah. What happened to that girl. That hell. Actually, I was just about to call xander, let him know what happened and tell him that sarah didn’t leave him voluntarily.

Chad: Well, I’m sure he’ll be very happy to hear that.

Jack: He will. He will. Although–

Chad: Although what?

Jack: Xander’s getting married.

Chad: To gwen?

Ava: Is this supposed to be some sort of disguise?

Gwen: I’m trying not to call too much attention to myself.

Ava: By dressing like a snowman?

Gwen: Oh, god. I can’t believe that you made me come down here.

Ava: Oh, well, you just want me to sit at the station and rot?

Gwen: You know that I am not supposed to be seen with you.

Ava: Oh, believe me, gwen. That is the least of your problems.

[Cell phone rings]

Xander: The little birds are chirping this morning. Oh, it’s jack.

[Cell phone beeps] Morning, mate.

Jack: Xander, hey. Listen, I’m sorry to call so early, but abigail just got back.

Xander: Oh, that is just wonderful news, jack. I knew she was on her way home, but now that she’s back safe, thank god. You and jennifer must be thrilled.

Jack: We are, but you need to know that sarah was there too.

Xander: Sarah was where?

Jack: On the island with abigail.

Xander: I don’t understand.

Jack: Listen, do you remember the day of your wedding, a year ago? You got a call from susan banks at the pub. She said that she saw sarah going upstairs with rex.

Xander: Yeah, how could I not remember that?

Jack: That was actually kristen.

Xander: Yeah, jack. I know it was.

Jack: What you don’t know is that kristen didn’t only impersonate susan banks. She also impersonated sarah.

Xander: What?

Jack: The woman that you saw in bed with rex, the woman who broke up with you, was kristen in a sarah mask.

Xander: Oh, my god. No! But I–oh, my god.

Jack: I’m sorry to tell you like this.

Xander: No, but wait, wait, wait. What about when sarah came back to salem to visit maggie? That was kristen too?

Jack: No, no. Believe it or not, that was ava vitali.

Xander: Well, no, I don’t believe it, jack. It’s too insane. It can’t be true.

Jack: I’m afraid it is. Abigail confirmed it.

Xander: Where is sarah now? Where is she, jack?

Jack: They’re taking her to the hospital.

Xander: I have to go find her. I have to see her. I have to–[Cell phone beeps].

Jack: Wait. Before you do that, there’s one more thing you need to know. You–xander? Hello?

Jennifer: Oh, you are our hero. We can’t thank you enough.

Chad: No. Are you kidding me? Seeing the kids’ faces when abby tucks ’em in at night is all the thanks I need.

Jennifer: They missed their mama so much.

Abigail: Not as much as they would have missed me if it weren’t for grandma and grandpa being here.

Jennifer: Well, they were a comfort to us. Trust me. I’m gonna go check on g-pa right now.

Chad: How you doing, baby? Tired? You want some rest? What can I do for you?

Abigail: Not a thing. I’m too wound up to be tired. How’d it go with ava?

Chad: She stonewalled me. No surprise there, but I could tell that she was panicked. I mean, we know she didn’t assault you, but given her track record, trask shouldn’t have a hard time getting those aiding and abetting charges to stick.

Abigail: Right, so if she wants to save her own neck, there’s only one way to do it.

Chad: That’s to name her accomplice.

Gwen: You’re not gonna rat me out, are you?

Ava: You know, despite committing my fair share of crimes, I’ve managed to stay out of prison for most of my life. I’m not getting locked up for this.

Gwen: What are you saying?

Ava: What I’m saying is, if I do get arrested, the only way out may be to give them a name, so I’m gonna ask you one simple question. Why shouldn’t I sacrifice you to save myself?

Jennifer: How did xander take the news?

Jack: Stunned, but he’s gonna be even more stunned when he hears the whole story.

Jennifer: You didn’t tell him, jack?

Jack: I tried, but he hung up before I could. I mean, he wanted to go find her. He was gonna run off, and I told him that she was at the hospital.

Jennifer: Right, but he knows that the real sarah didn’t reject him, right?

Jack: Right. He knows that, but he doesn’t know that the real sarah considers herself to be tony’s late inamorata, renee dumonde.

Tony: I’m so sorry. I’m sorry you had to go through this, darling.

Anna: Don’t you “darling” me. You were playing along with that girl’s delusions.

Tony: Anna, please. Can we have a little compassion? Sarah is mentally ill. What she needs right now is some kindness.

Anna: Oh, really? Well, what if treating a crazy woman with kindness drives your sane wife crazy?

[Eerie music]

Sarah as renee: Tom and alice horton. Long time no see. You know, everyone keeps trying to tell me that I’m your granddaughter sarah, but I’m not. I’m renee dumonde, and I’m here to take my life back, and to finally be with the man I love.

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Jennifer: Jack. Jack! Jack.

Jack: Jennifer. Jennifer.

Jennifer: Oh, there you are. Okay, “the spectator” just published the article about abigail’s disappearance.

Jack: Jennifer.

Jennifer: They have it online; I have a hard copy.

Jack: Jennifer!

Jennifer: What?

Jack: I have news.

Jennifer: What?

Jack: I heard from chad. He and tony know where abigail is.

Jennifer: What? Jack, where is she? Where is she? Are they gonna bring her home? What’s happening?

Jack: Yes, yes.

Jennifer: Okay.

Jack: If everything’s going right…

Jennifer: Yeah.

Jack: And well, chad should be rescuing her as we speak.

Jennifer: Oh, jack. Oh, gosh.

Sarah: Tony! Oh, my darling. Oh, I can’t believe you’re here.

Anna: It’s valentine’s day, and I’m all alone. I can’t reach my husband. I have no idea where he is or if he’s okay.

[Sighs] So now, I have to stress eat. Hey, who ate all the chocolate-covered cherries? Oh, tony, when are you coming home?

Tony: I’m sorry. Did you just call me your love?

Sarah: Well, of course, that’s what you are. That’s what you’ll always be.

[Giggles]

Chad: What the–

Abigail: I can explain, I think.

Kayla: That’s not funny, kristen.

Kristen: Who’s laughing?

Kayla: Telling us that you drugged the food that we just ate is just– is that your–is that your idea of a sick joke? Because it isn’t, and obviously, obviously, you didn’t do it.

Steve: What would be the point; you’re already holding us captive.

Kayla: Yeah, you wouldn’t need to sedate us.

Kristen: If you think I gave you a sedative, oh, you’re wrong. See, I gave you something a little bit stronger.

Steve: How strong?

Kristen: Oh, strong enough to permanently solve my problem that you two have been causing me. I do hope you enjoyed your anniversary. It may be your last.

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

[Soft orchestration]

Steve: We knew you were dangerous, but murder?

Kristen: Come on, chill out. No one’s gonna die.

Kayla: But you said–

Kristen: Oh, that I drugged you? Yeah, um, yes I did, but not with poison.

Steve: With what then?

Kristen: Oh, with this nifty little concoction that will make you forgot this whole ordeal. See, I can’t keep the two of you here on this island forever, nor would I want to. Frankly, you’re such lousy company. And lucky for you, I’m not interested in killing you. So, it would really suck if you remembered this little vacay and could testify against me.

Steve: What the hell are you talking about?

Kristen: Sorry, kids. But I’m afraid the island chicken comes with a side of amnesia.

[Screams]

Tony: My dear, what has come over you?

Sarah: Well, I know that I should wait until we’re alone to show my affection, but I just can’T.

Tony: No, no, no, no. That’s enough. You got to stop kissing me.

Sarah: Why?

Tony: Why? Because I’m a happily married man.

[Phone trilling]

Anna: Pick up. Pick up.

[Voicemail beeps] Straight to voicemail. The heck with this. I’m going to go get some answers.

Xander: Whenever we’re alone like this, I just lose all track of time.

Gwen: Really? Well, I know exactly what time it is. It’s time to eat. I’m starving.

Xander: Oh, ditching me for room service. Well, that’s very rude. Come back to bed right now.

Gwen: I will. I just want a few nibbles. Xander.

Xander: I want a few nibbles as well.

Gwen: Here you go.

[Chuckles]

[Both moaning] Um, xander. Um, there’s something I’d– I’d like to talk to you about. I just want to be serious for a minute.

Xander: Of course.

Gwen: Yeah.

Xander: What’s on your mind?

Gwen: Um… our wedding.

Xander: My favorite subject.

Gwen: Yes, well we do have a few details to sort out, don’t we?

Xander: Like what?

Gwen: Like when and where.

Xander: What about st. Luke’s?

Gwen: Right, yeah, the two town pariahs in front of god and everybody. Cue the lightning bolts.

Xander: We’re not so bad. My cousin, ciara, married a serial killer in that church.

Gwen: That sounds lovely. No, I was actually thinking that we could choose somewhere that’s a bit more personal to us.

Xander: Oh, like the– the horton family home?

Gwen: Do you want julie’s pacemaker to stop?

Xander: Good point. Well, let’s just table the venue for now. We’ll discuss the wedding party. I’m gonna ask jack to be my best man. Maybe jennifer would stand up for you?

Gwen: Come on, she thinks I killed her mother.

Xander: Not anymore. She knows that was an accident.

Gwen: Yes, still, it’s in poor taste.

Xander: Wait, I’ve got it, the perfect maid of honor.

Gwen: Who?

Xander: Ava vitali.

Gwen: Why would you suggest that I ask ava vitali to stand up for me at our wedding?

Xander: Well, why not? You–you said you two got close after her son died.

Gwen: No, I said that I offered my condolences because I knew charlie in passing.

Xander: Hm. I got the impression that you two formed a deeper connection, both having lost a child.

Gwen: My god, xander, I mean I just said a few kind words to the woman. You’re making it sound like we’re bosom buddies or something.

Xander: No need to get upset. It was just an idea.

Gwen: [Sighs] Sorry. Sorry. I will find someone. It just–it won’t be ava or jennifer.

Xander: Did you read her article about abigail?

Gwen: Yes, it was heart-wrenching.

Xander: A mother reporting on her daughter’s disappearance. I can’t imagine how difficult that must be, for jack as well. Hey, maybe we should swing by there, you know, express our support. Then I can ask jack if he’ll stand up for me while we’re there.

Gwen: Um, I think you should probably do that on your own because some things are sort of tense between abigail and I. I’m sure I’m the last person that they want to see.

Xander: Gwen, darling, if you’re still upset that your dad suspected that you had something to do with her disappearance, it’s like you said. That was just the worry talking. Jack knows you have no idea where your sister is. And when you told him that he could lean on you, it was clear how much that meant.

Gwen: He can lean on me. But you–you are asking him to be your best man. And, well, I think that that’s a moment that should be shared between just the two of you.

Xander: All right. Well, I’ll give him your love.

Gwen: Please do. Cheeky.

[Soft dramatic music]

Jennifer: But why would kristen go after abigail unless she was involved in sarah’s disappearance, jack?

Jack: Who knows what kristen’s thinking, why she does what she does? But at least when chad gets home with abigail, he will have some answers.

Jennifer: Oh, I hope he does.

Anna: Oh. Thank god you’re here.

Both: Anna.

Anna: I’m sorry. I’m sorry to just barge in like this, but the door was open and I’m going out of my mind with worry…

Jennifer: No, anna–

Anna: About tony, about abigail, about chad. No one will return my calls or my texts.

Jennifer: No, anna, we have really good news.

Anna: You do?

Both: Yes.

Jack: We know where abigail is, thanks to tony and chad. They’re on the way to her right now.

Anna: Oh, my gosh. That’s really great news. Oh, how wonderful. You must be so relieved.

Both: Yes.

Anna: Where is she?

Jack: Well, kristen has been holding her hostage on this abandoned dimera island. The one, you know, that’s off the coast of cartagena.

Anna: Oh, that island? Oh, wow. Well, I’m very happy for you, for all of us.

Jack: Well, you don’t look very happy. What is it, anna?

Anna: Well, it’s just that I know that island in question. I mean, I guess we’ve all heard of it, right? But for me, personally– never mind, I’m not going to rain on your parade with my selfish reaction.

Jennifer: Could you just tell us what you’re thinking, anna?

Anna: Well, I happen to know that my tony spent an extended holiday on that island with his very unstable– maybe I should say bonkers ex-lover, renée dumonde.

Sarah: I should have known that she was the reason you were being so cold to me.

Tony: Who is she?

Sarah: Your so-called wife. She’s been a thorn in my side since you two started dating, which you only did to get over me because we thought we were siblings.

Chad: I’m sorry, what?

Sarah: Don’t you see, tony? It didn’t work then and it won’t work now. You’ll never get over me.

Tony: Oh, dear god. Please help me.

Abigail: That’s what I’ve been trying to tell you. Sarah thinks that she’s renée dumonde.

Steve: Not so tough now, are you?

Kristen: Oh, enjoy your victory while you still remember it, ’cause you won’t once the drugs kick in.

Steve: Just how much of that crap did you put in our food anyway?

Kristen: Oh, enough to obliterate the memories of a herd of elephants.

Steve: I still think she’s bluffing.

Kristen: I assure you, I’m not. So if I were you, I would take this time that you have left to reminisce. You know, to reflect on all those warm and fuzzy moments you had with your children, with each other. Because soon, your epic love affair with the ole patch here, it will permanently fade to black.

Is now a good time

for a flare-up?

Tony: How is this possible? How can sarah horton think she’s renée dumonde?

Sarah: Ugh, god, not you too. I can understand this sarah nonsense from these two. But you? The only man I’ve ever truly loved? We can talk about it on the way to salem. All right, I’ve been stuck on this island for long enough. Let’s go.

Chad: We’ll be right down.

Sarah: Wonderful. That gives tony and i a moment to be alone.

Anna: Thank you. So my tony got that shady dimera pilot to come clean, huh?

Jennifer: Yes, and we are so grateful, anna.

Jack: Beyond grateful. I mean, without tony, I don’t think we’d– we wouldn’t have found her.

Anna: Well, as I’m sure you know, tony is devoted to all his brothers, but especially chad. And he would do anything for him.

Jennifer: Well, he really has gone above and beyond for what he’s done for chad this time. And for us too.

Jack: Yes. I mean I–hey, I need to let gwen know abigail’s coming home. Gwen has been so worried.

Anna: Well, how is your other daughter, jack?

Jack: Oh, doing very well, thank you–getting married, in fact.

Anna: [Laughs] Married? Really? Oh. Well, I’m so–that just surprises me, frankly.

Jack: Surprised, why?

Anna: Well–uh, never mind.

Jack: Tell us, anna.

Anna: Well, I don’t want to be insensitive, but– I mean, I know she is your daughter, but she has created a world of problems since she came to salem. I’m just wondering who– who would have the tolerance to put up with her tendency to lie, to be vindictive? I mean, what man would have the patience and fortitude to share his life with a woman like gwen?

Xander: That man would be me.

[Knocking on door]

Gwen: Bloody hell.

[Sighs]

Ava: Hey.

Gwen: What are you doing here?

Ava: We got a problem.

Chad: So kristen injected sarah with the same drug gwen used in your champagne?

Abigail: Yes. And I feel awful because I know firsthand the damage that that drug can do. You’re confused, and you have hallucinations. You feel terrified. And now sarah thinks she’s an entirely different person.

Chad: Right. There’s one thing I don’t get, is how did the drug give her my dead sister’s memories?

Abigail: Renée’s memories didn’t come from the drug. They came from her diary.

Sarah: But tony, we can’t leave. We have to eat first.

Tony: Oh, we can eat on the plane.

Sarah: But my sister went to the trouble of cooking up a feast for tonight. She made my famous island chicken. It would be an insult not to stay and enjoy it.

Tony: Oh, I’m sure she’ll understand.

Sarah: You listen to me! No one is going anywhere until we all sit down together and have a meal. I won’t take no for an answer.

[Laughs]

Kayla: We need to find the others before our memories fade. If we tell sarah and abigail what kristen’s done, then they can alert the hospital, and the staff can help us out as soon as we get home.

Kristen: Good luck with that, considering I drugged sarah and abigail too.

Steve: You did what?

Kristen: Oh, yeah, that’s right. All of my guests are having my very special island chicken tonight. By morning, none of you will remember how to tie your own shoes.

[Laughs]

Only daisy cottage cheese will do

Abigail: When sarah first got here, she was just like I was after gwen had drugged me. So to keep her calm and occupied, kristen gave her a bunch of books to read.

Chad: And renée’s diary was one of them?

Abigail: Yeah. Yeah, and she became so obsessed with the story, she started to think the entries were hers. And then she had a year to sink deeper and deeper into that delusion.

Chad: Poor sarah. Well, the good news is is we found you so we can head back to salem, and we can get her the help she needs.

Abigail: If I may ask, how did you find me? Not that i didn’t think you would.

Chad: Yeah. Um, ned grainger actually told us where you were.

Abigail: The pilot.

Chad: Mm-hmm. An eyewitness confirmed that he flew out of the airfield the same night you disappeared. I didn’t think that was a coincidence. But there was no flight plan. There was no security cam footage, and I didn’t know what to do. Luckily–luckily tony knew this ned guy a little bit.

Abigail: So you were able to just track him down?

Chad: Yeah, in florida. Tony convinced him to tell us where you were. And now we know kristen put him up to kidnapping you and flying you out here.

Abigail: Actually, it wasn’t kristen. It was ava.

Gwen: Are you mad? Xander could have seen you.

Ava: Relax. I watched him leave, I waited a bit, and then I came up.

Gwen: Why are you here?

Ava: I told you. We got a problem. I saw your step-monster’s article.

Gwen: Oh, that.

Ava: Uh, yeah, that. The deverauxs are back, and they’re using their newspaper to make a big stink about their missing daughter. It’s bad, gwen. It’s very, very bad.

Gwen: Okay, just calm down.

Ava: Well, that’s easy for you to say because abigail didn’t see you wearing the sarah mask.

Gwen: Which is not necessarily a problem.

Ava: I’m sorry, are you joking? What do you think is gonna happen if chad and tony bring dr. Horton and her chatterbox of a cousin back alive and well?

Jack: So xander, I’m sure anna didn’t mean to–

Anna: No, no, no. Jack, don’t apologize for me, ’cause I actually meant to say exactly what I said. And I’m sorry. I wish I didn’t feel the way I do because I care about you. And I realize, jack, that because she is your daughter, that you have tender feelings for her, but I don’T.

Xander: Really? I never would have known.

Jennifer: You know what? I just think we should stay off the subject of gwen right now, right?

Xander: No, no, no. No, let’s stay on the subject. I’d love to. And what I’d like to say is that gwen was deeply unhappy and very angry when she came to salem. That led to her consequently behaving rather badly.

Anna: [Laughs] Rather badly?

Xander: But she’s changed. She’s a wonderful, big-hearted person who feels deep regret for the hurt she caused the people that she now considers to be her family. Never mind “considers,” they are her family, and she’s terribly sorry for the way she behaved towards them.

Anna: Hm. You sure about that?

Jennifer: Anna, please.

Anna: All right, all right. Okay. I’ll shut up now. But I’m sorry– well, I’m not sorry about what I said about gwen. But I am sorry for all of you people in this room who now trust that woman. I mean, she was hired as a nanny to abigail and chad’s kids. And then she sleeps with chad just to ruin abigail’s life? And look what she tried to do to your marriage, you two. Letting you know that he had an affair while you were in a coma? And to what purpose? Spite or whatever?

Jennifer: I’ve gotten past that, anna.

Anna: Well, you are a more forgiving person than I am, because I could never get past the fact that someone took a wrecking ball to my life the way she did to yours and jack’s and to chad and abigail’S.

Xander: Look, can I please just get a word in here?

Anna: No. No. Because I know you’re just gonna go on some more about the big change in her. And yes, people can change. But in the case of gwen rizczech or riz–whatever, however you pronounce her name, I suggest you be careful, xander, because you never know what a woman like that could still be hiding.

Tony: Well, shall we get on with this?

[Both chuckle] Oh, everything looks delicious. Oh. Ow!

Sarah: Daphne dimera raised you better than that. It’s polite to wait until everyone is seated. Really, you were so concerned with decorum earlier. It’s obvious that anna’s lack of breeding has rubbed off on you. But don’t worry, I’ll fix it. I wonder what’s keeping abigail and my long-lost little brother.

Chad: Ava vitali was the one in the sarah mask?

Abigail: I know, it makes no sense. Why would ava want to hurt sarah?

Chad: I don’t know, maybe she was doing it to help a friend.

Abigail: You mean kristen?

Chad: Yeah, they were close at one point.

Abigail: But close enough to want to commit multiple felonies for her?

Chad: She’s in the mob. It’s kind of right up her alley.

Abigail: True.

Chad: Wait, so you– so you ripped off the mask, and then somebody just hit you from behind? Were you able to see whoever it was before you lost consciousness?

Abigail: No, no. The only person I know for sure was there is ava. Of course, maybe we could ask aunt kayla and uncle steve if they have any other insights. We should probably go find them.

Chad: Steve and kayla?

Abigail: Yeah. Kristen kidnapped them in italy and brought them here.

Chad: Well, what are we waiting for? Let’s go.

Trelegy for copd.

Jennifer: Look, uh, what if we try a more neutral subject to talk about?

Anna: That’s fine. I’ve had my say about gwen. Not another word.

Jack: Very good, very good. So xander, we just wanted to tell you– ’cause anna’s already heard the news, that abigail is coming home.

Xander: What?

Jennifer: Yes.

Xander: Oh, you waited this long to tell me?

Jack: Well, I couldn’t get a word in edgewise.

Xander: That is tremendous, tremendous news. That’s why I came over. Gwen and I read jennifer’s article in “the spectator,” and we wanted to express our support.

Anna: Oh, really? And, uh, where is gwen and all her support?

Xander: Well, if you must know, anna, as concerned as gwen was about her sister, she encouraged me to come here without her, given the still strained relationship between her and abigail.

Anna: How sensitive of her.

Jack: Anna, please.

Anna: Okay, all right. All right. On a happier note, it’ll be so wonderful and such a relief when abigail and chad and tony all come back safely to salem.

Jennifer: Yes.

Xander: On that, we can all agree. I know gwen feels the same.

Gwen: You need to stop, okay? Because your speculation, your doomsaying, is not helpful.

Ava: Oh, I’m sorry, gwen. Am I making you nervous?

Gwen: Yes.

Ava: Good. You should be. You should be freaking out, because if sarah and abigail get back here and they start squawking, it’s not just my life that’s gonna go up in smoke. It’s yours too.

Gwen: Kristen’s not gonna let that happen because she promised.

Ava: You think she’s gonna keep her promise?

Gwen: Well, she’s your friend, isn’t she?

Ava: A friend who blackmailed us into helping her escape. Trust me. If kristen’s back is up against the wall, she’s not gonna think twice about selling us out. And if she starts singing, then it is bye-bye, boyfriend. Bye-bye, daddy. Hello, statesville.

Kristen: Ah!

Steve: This should hold her for a while.

Kayla: Come on. Let’s go find abigail and sarah.

Kristen: Well, you better hope that they still remember you. I guess this is goodbye.

Kayla: Oh, no. No, no, no. You are going back to salem, where you’re gonna pay for everything you’ve done. Make no mistake, you’ll see us again.

Kristen: Oh, but by then, you won’t have a clue who I am or why I’m about to kill you.

[Laughing]

[Suspenseful music]

Chad: We need to find steve and kayla.

Tony: They’re here?

Chad: Apparently.

Abigail: Do you know where they are?

Sarah: I might have an idea or two.

Abigail: Could you take us to them, please?

Sarah: No can do, sis. I don’t trust that steve. He threatened kristen. I think he might be that serial killer that she warned me about.

Abigail: Um, okay, steve is my uncle. He’s a wonderful man. Can you please just take us to him and kayla?

Sarah: Okay, I will, right after we eat.

Abigail: We need to go now.

Sarah: Let me make myself clear. If you want to see your aunt and uncle, you will pull up a chair and join us.

Abigail: Fine.

[Tense music]

Chad: So, have you had any problems with the food on the island?

Abigail: Of course I was worried that I was gonna be poisoned, but it’s either eat or starve, so. Food’s been fine so far. This should be fine too.

Sarah: It is better than fine. It is the best chicken you will have in your life, so eat. And then I will take you o steve and kayla, I promise. Come on. What could be the harm in all of us having a nice family dinner together?

[Laughs] Rob did his best to manage his constipation

Gwen: By the way, xander’s not my boyfriend. He’s my fiancé.

Ava: Congratulations. Hm. Anyway, sorry I got a little worked up before.

Gwen: A little?

Ava: All right, the article threw me a little bit. But I’m happy for you, gwen, I really am. Guess what. My son is proposing to his girlfriend tonight.

Gwen: Wow.

Ava: Mm-hmm.

Gwen: Must be something in the water.

Ava: Don’t think so, because I’m drinking it, and nobody’s asking for my hand. Looks like everyone’s getting their happily ever after but me.

Gwen: Ava.

Ava: No, no, it’s all good. I mean, who needs love when you’ve got revenge to keep you warm?

Gwen: I will tell you that revenge does not solve anything. No, it doesn’t– does not make you feel better. It just makes you feel worse. You have to find another way.

Ava: Well, I tried, gwen. I went legit. I decided to stop being so possessive and paranoid. And what’d that get me? A boyfriend who cheated on me with my best friend.

Gwen: Which is awful.

Ava: Yeah. It’s not your problem, it’s mine. But seriously, congratulations. I’m sure that you and xander are going to have a long and happy life together. See ya.

Anna: So on that happy note where we’re all relieved– no, thrilled that your daughter and her husband and my husband will soon be home in salem safe and sound, I guess I better go.

Jack: Of course.

Jennifer: Yes, so good to see you, anna.

Anna: You too as well, my dear. And xander, I strongly urge you to heed my warning about gwen.

Xander: And I urge you, anna, to keep an open mind about my fiancée, who actually speaks quite highly of you.

Anna: [Laughs] Really? Yeah, I bet she’s just wild about me.

Xander: Well, she believes people can change, so she’s confident that one day, you’ll change your mind about her, maybe even offer her your hand in friendship.

Anna: Oh, well, not very likely, but I suppose stranger things have happened. So I’ll see you all soon.

Jennifer: Yes, goodbye.

Jack: Yes. Thank you, yes.

Anna: Just once again, congratulations on the wonderful news.

Jennifer: Yes.

Jack: Thanks.

All: Goodbye.

Jack: Bye.

Anna: Bye.

Jennifer: Bye.

Jack: Goodbye.

Jennifer: Wow.

Xander: Well, that was delightful.

Jennifer: Whew.

Jack: Anna can be outspoken.

Xander: That’s one word for it. Hey, now that we have a moment, just us, and you’ve gotten that great news about abigail, I just wanted to ask you, jack, if you’d be my best mate when I marry your other daughter?

Jack: Well, I– I have to think about it. Okay, I’ve thought about it, and yes, I’d be glad and happy to be your best mate.

[All laughing]

Xander: Well, I’m glad and happy to be your mate and soon, your son-in-law.

Jack: And that will make me a lucky man indeed.

Abigail: Well, the sooner we finish, the sooner sarah will take us to find aunt kayla and uncle steve.

Chad: I got to admit, this island chicken is actually really good.

Sarah: [Chuckles]

Kayla: No!

Steve: Don’t eat that chicken!

Kayla: Don’t eat the chicken!

Abigail: Oh, steve!

Kayla: My god, it’s too late.

Chad: What do you mean it’s too late? My asthma felt anything but normal.

Kayla: How much did you eat?

Chad: I ate half a chicken!

Sarah: Would you all calm down, please? No one has been poisoned.

Kayla: That’s not true. Kristen told us that she drugged the food.

Sarah: And I’m telling you she didn’T. I switched it out.

Tony: Switched it out with what?

Sarah: I found this earlier in the kitchen when kristen was cooking. It was filled with this weird, cloudy liquid, and it had a feather next to it. And then I remembered kristen telling me that the serial killer that was after me used a raven’s feather as his calling card.

Kayla: Well, that’s probably just a chicken feather.

Sarah: Well, we can’t be too careful. So I poured out the liquid, and I–I cleaned it very well. And then I filled it up with milk.

Chad: Just regular milk?

Sarah: We have goats here.

Abigail: So we’re not in any danger?

Sarah: Well, not unless you’re lactose intolerant.

Jack: For you, my love.

Jennifer: [Gasps] Oh. What is this? Why are you giving me this rose?

Jack: I don’t know. Check your calendar.

Jennifer: [Gasps] Jack. It’s valentine’s day. Oh.

Jack: All day long.

Jennifer: I feel terrible. What–I– oh, with everything going on, how did you even find time to shop?

Jack: Well, as a matter of fact, I’ve got a little story, mrs. Deveraux. You see, a long time ago, this plucky, young intern–

Jennifer: Plucky, I like it.

Jack: Yeah. Her name was jennifer rose horton, or ms. Horton for short.

Jennifer: Mm-hmm.

Jack: She came storming into my office, my newsroom, and my life and turned everything upside down and taught me a thing or two about faith.

Jennifer: Is that right?

Jack: Oh, yes. And with that faith, I decided to distract my mind for half an hour from worrying about our daughter to make sure that her mother had a valentine’s day to remember.

Jennifer: Bless your sweet heart, jack.

Jack: And that faith assured me that abigail would be coming home, the same way that I will always come home to you, my ms. Horton, jennifer rose.

Jennifer: I love you forever, jack deveraux.

Jack: I love you.

Jennifer: Happy valentine’S.

Jack: Happy valentine’s day.

Chad: What are we doing up here? We have to get on the jet and go home.

Abigail: I just want to grab this. We might need it if we want to be able to speak to renéE. I just really want sarah to be okay.

Chad: When we get home, we’re gonna be able to get her the help that she needs, okay? And I got to say how impressed I am that you knew that that was not sarah back in salem. I mean, I still can’t believe that it was ava.

Abigail: Neither can I.

Chad: As soon as we get home, she’s going down, and so is her accomplice.

[Door unlocks]

Gwen: How did it go with jack and jennifer?

Xander: Interesting.

Gwen: Interesting? How so?

Xander: Anna dimera was there.

Gwen: Oh. Yeah. She’s my biggest fan.

Xander: Forget that old windbag, I have some good news.

Gwen: Do you? Tell me.

Xander: Yeah, well, for starters, your dad agreed to stand up for me.

Gwen: Xander, that is wonderful.

Xander: That’s not all. Looks like abigail will be back in time for our wedding.

Gwen: What?

Xander: They found abigail. She’s coming home.

Sarah: You have no idea how happy I am that we’re finally together.

Tony: I have some idea.

Sarah: I can’t wait to get back to salem. Our first stop is gonna be divorce court.

Tony: Who’s getting divorced?

Sarah: You are. You’re going to kick that hideous anna to the curb.

Tony: Huh?

Sarah: [Laughs]

Kayla: I can’t wait to see kristen’s face when she finds out their plane was ruined.

Steve: Yeah, by her precious renee and some goat’s milk.

Kayla: She’s gone.

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[Slow country music]

Roman: Hey, hey. How’d it go?

Tripp: How’d what go?

Roman: Don’t give me that. You proposed to allie, right?

Tripp: Yeah. Yeah, that was a disaster.

Allie: Oh, it’s you.

Kate: Sorry. Who were you expecting?

Allie: Nobody. I was hoping it was tripp.

Kate: Honey, you’ve been crying. What’s wrong?

Allie: Everything.

Kate: Oh, baby. Oh.

Allie: [Breathing heavily]

Tony: [Sighs] Seems like it’s taking forever.

Chad: I’m losing it. We got this information from abby’s kidnapper, who could’ve just sent us on a wild-goose chase.

Tony: Well, I have a decent relationship with ned. That’s why I was able to convince him that it was in his best interest to tell us the truth.

Chad: Well, I hope you convinced him.

Tony: I threatened him with anna’s wrath.

Chad: Okay, so then you brought out the heavy artillery. It’s just…it’s taking us so long to get there.

Tony: Chad, our time in key west paid off. We now know where abigail is.

Chad: With kristen. I just pray that abby’s safe and unharmed by the time we finally get there.

[Banging on door]

Abigail: Kristen! Kristen, let me out of here! Tell me I can come and go as i please and then you lock the damn door?

[Banging] Kristen!

[Sighs] I was out of my mind to believe her anyway.

[Keys jangling]

[Gasps] Oh, my god! It’s you!

Kristen: [Grunts] Well, happy valentine’s day, lovebirds.

[Tense music]

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

[Soft orchestration]

Kristen: [Sighs] I am sorry about the gags. I just–my head was killing me. I couldn’t bear another lecture about how I turned the tables on you, hmm? You two have always been so pushy. And your niece, she takes after you as well.

Steve: Abigail? She’s here?

Kayla: What have you done with her?

Kristen: Well, at the moment, she’s curled up with a really good book.

Steve: Tell us where abigail is right now, or I’m gonna–

Kristen: Oh, you’ll what? You’ll what? You’re gonna shoot me with a flare gun? I mean, you know what? I’ve already tried to shoot the lights off my christmas tree. And guess what. Didn’t work.

Steve: You can do some real damage with these things if you know what you’re doing.

Kristen: Oh. And do you know what you’re doing, steve?

Steve: You bet I do.

[Body thuds, flare gun clatters]

Kristen: You see, I’m not the one who clobbered you. It was sarah. Oh, I’m sorry, renee dumonde.

[Dramatic music]

Abigail: Sarah! Oh, my god! I am so glad to see you. You’re the reason that I’m here. I came looking for you.

Sarah: What are you doing in my room? I had to sleep somewhere else last night.

Abigail: I’m so s–

Sarah: I don’t even know who you are.

Abigail: Sarah, I–

Sarah: Why does everyone keep calling me that? My name is renee. Renee dumonde.

Abigail: I’m sorry if i upset you. I know everything that’s happened to you. Kristen told me all about it.

Sarah: What’s happened to me? It’s not me; it’s you and everyone else. I know who I am. What, are you all crazy or something? I have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.

Kate: So you cheated on tripp. Do you mind me asking who with?

Allie: Chanel.

Kate: Okay.

Allie: She’s, like, my best friend I ever had. When she moved here, I couldn’t believe how happy I was to see her again.

Kate: Did… I mean, did chanel come on to you or…

Allie: No, no. Definitely not. It was–it was just a couple of kisses, that’s all.

Kate: Do you consider that cheating?

Allie: No. And I told tripp about that, and he was cool. I mean, he didn’t judge me at all or anything. And then chanel and johnny got married and we put it all behind us.

Kate: Okay. Well, honey, I don’t understand the problem.

Allie: Well, at chanel’s wedding party, when johnny broke up with her in front of everyone, she was a wreck. I’d never seen her like that. She’s usually kicking ass. Anyway, she asked me to stay over, and we were laying in bed and it just kinda happened. It was just one time.

Kate: And you told tripp after he asked you to marry him.

Allie: No. No, it wasn’t me who told tripp. It was my brother.

Kate: Johnny?

Allie: Mm-hmm. He showed up right after I said yes, and we told him we were engaged, and he just blurted it out.

Kate: What? Why would he do something so cruel?

Allie: I don’t know. He’s not the same anymore, grandma.

[Sighs] Chanel told tripp he was lying.

Kate: But tripp didn’t buy it.

Allie: After johnny left, he asked me if it was true. I took one look at his face and I knew I had to be honest.

Kate: So look, honey. If you are feeling confused about your sexuality, perhaps it isn’t the best time to commit to–

Allie: No, no. I’m not confused. I love tripp.

Kate: [Sighs] God, I would just love to tear johnny from limb to limb.

Allie: Thinking about what he did to chanel and now what he’s done to me… I hate him, grandma. I told him he’s not my brother anymore.

Kate: Well, good for you.

Allie: Doesn’t matter anyway, though. I mean, I’m the one who screwed everything up. I kept something huge from tripp for weeks, and he found out anyway.

Kate: In the worst possible way, the worst possible time.

[Sighs] Honey, is there any hope?

Allie: I don’t think so. I mean, I wouldn’t blame tripp if he never wanted to see me again.

Roman: Okay, well… I did hear that something happened between allie and chanel, but I thought it was minor and over with.

Tripp: Them kissing?

Roman: Yeah.

Tripp: Yeah. Yeah, allie told me about that. And I was pretty surprised, but she said it had nothing to do with us and that it was over. So I…made myself get past that, and… after that, things were really good between us. I mean, great even. And she knew that, and– and she went and slept with chanel.

Roman: How long ago?

Tripp: The night of the party. Wedding party where johnny told everybody that the marriage was over.

Roman: Okay, well, that was, like, a month ago.

Tripp: I shouldn’t be telling you this stuff. I mean, she’s your granddaughter.

Roman: Yeah. Yeah. And I love her. But she’s been through hell and you’re, like– well, hell, you’re the best thing that’s happened to her in a long time, so that’s why I gave you my blessing.

Tripp: And you also told me not to rush into marriage unless I was sure that’s what she wanted, and… man, were you right.

Kristen: Mm. When sarah clocked you, you went down for the count, and it was glorious. Oh, and you, you tough little doctor/barmaid. You looked like a scared baby lamb.

Kayla: Steve. Steve, are you all right? Why would you do that? You stood up at our wedding. What is wrong with you?

Sarah: What’s wrong with you? Why were you threatening my sister?

Kristen: Oh, thank you, renee. Your loyalty has always been so touching. But you know what? I can take it from here.

[Tense music]

And since you were down for the count, it was relatively easy to get you and your beloved down here. Hmm?

Steve: [Muffled speech]

Kristen: [Growls mockingly]

[Laughs] For crying out loud, use your words, huh? And mind your manners if you know what’s good for you.

Steve: What have you done with abigail?

Kayla: Where is she?

Kristen: Oh, my god. I mean, I make you guys this wonderful meal and all you can do is harp on about abigail? I’m telling you, she’s doing just fine. I mean, except for her guilty conscience.

Abigail: I came here hoping to find you, and you’re the one who found me. But, um… if you’ll give me a chance, I’ll try to explain everything. Do you recognize this?

Sarah: Of course. It’s my diary.

Abigail: Well, I hope you don’t mind, but I read it.

Sarah: [Laughs] I should be upset, but I guess it’s an open book.

Abigail: It’s an unbelievable story, though. I know it’s true, but the thing is, it’s not your story. It’s renee’S.

Sarah: You say you wanna explain things, but you don’t understand anything.

Abigail: Okay, you trust kristen, right?

Sarah: She’s my little sister.

Abigail: Okay, well, she told me that she gave this to you after she brought you here.

Sarah: She gave me a lot of books.

Abigail: But you had been drugged and you were kidnapped, so you were vulnerable and you were really, really confused. So you read this and you became convinced that this was the story of your life. But it’s not your story, because you are not renee.

Sarah: How could reading a diary make me think that I am someone that I’m not?

Abigail: Because of me.

Tony: I understand your feelings about kristen.

Chad: She wasn’t always this bad. When I came into the family, she treated me like an annoying kid brother, but she seemed to like me.

Tony: Well, it all seemed to have gotten worse for her when her relationship with brady fell apart and she lost contact with her daughter.

Chad: If you say so.

Tony: I think there is a part of her that still thinks of you as being her brother and remembers jennifer as a friend. But I’m in agreement. I don’t think she’d bring any harm to your wife and jennifer’s child.

Chad: Well, even if that’s true–god willing, it is– we have no idea what to expect when we land on that island. If we ever do. I mean, I didn’t even know this place existed. I don’t know anything about this place.

Tony: I do. I’ve spent some time there.

Chad: On family business or…

Tony: Actually, it was a romantic getaway.

Chad: Why didn’t you tell me you and anna had been there?

Tony: No, no, it was before anna, before you were born. There was a woman I was very much in love with by the name of renee dumonde.

Sarah: How can it be your fault that anything happened to me if I don’t even know you?

Abigail: It’s my fault that you got the drug that kristen gave you.

Sarah: What drug?

Abigail: You found a syringe loaded with a mind-altering drug.

Sarah: You’re making this up.

Abigail: No, no, I’m not. No, I know because I tried to give it to my sister. I mean, she’d done terrible things to me, which is no excuse. But I locked her in the room that you were in.

Sarah: [Laughs] And you’re supposed to be my savior?

Abigail: Look, I didn’t give it to her, okay, because somebody stopped me. But…I left it behind. And then you found it and you tried to use it to defend yourself against kristen.

Sarah: Why would I defend myself against kristen? She’s always been good to me.

Abigail: She may have told you that, but it was a lie. Okay, kristen is the one who locked you in that room. Then she injected you with the drug, and then she brought you here, okay? Now… if you would let me tell you the whole story, I believe that I can help you understand how this all really happened… and who you really are.

Kristen: It’s true. Little abigail was planning on shooting her big sister full of happy juice and sweat a confession out of her.

Steve: But abigail didn’t go through with her plan. She came to her senses.

Kayla: It was you. You’re the one that shot sarah with that happy juice and put renee’s diary in her hand at just the right moment.

Kristen: Okay, it was sarah who was waving that syringe in my face. I was forced to use it on her. But it was abigail who left the syringe where sarah could find it, so you know what? This is all on abigail.

Steve: Oh, man. That’s stretching it.

Kayla: You know, I’m not gonna believe a word you say until I see abigail for myself and see that she is all right.

Steve: Take us to her. Now.

Kristen: Aren’t you guys hungry? Don’t you want this lovely meal I made? Come on, you kids. You have so much to celebrate, huh?

[Sighs] See, it’s not just valentine’s day. It’s your anniversary.

[Tense music]

Kate: As someone who has had a certain number of relationships turn bad, I don’t think you should ever give up hope.

Allie: You weren’t there.

Kate: I know. I know. But I’m thinking perhaps tripp reacted the way he did because he felt blindsided. And once he calms down, he’s going to realize how much he’s thrown away. Have you tried to talk to him yet?

Allie: No. He was so mad, hurt. I don’t even think he could stand to look at me.

Kate: Okay, well, look. I am not going to leave you here by yourself, okay? Why don’t you come to the pub with me? I’m going to have dinner with roman.

Allie: No, no. Okay? It’s valentine’s day and I’m a mess. You guys should be alone.

Kate: Okay, but you shouldn’t be alone. And after what’s happened to you, do you think we’re gonna have a good time? Because we’re not. Honey, you are the child of my child, and I love you more than I can even say. All right? Please, will you come with me?

Tripp: I just– I just don’t get it, you know? I– it’s not that she cheated on me– or it’s not just that she cheated on me. It was with chanel. So it just makes me think maybe… maybe she’s not as into men as she wants to be.

Roman: Look… I can’t answer that, but I can tell you that I do know what it feels like… to be cheated on by a woman you thought you’d spend the rest of your life with.

Tripp: Dad and kayla told me about you and marlena.

Roman: Yeah. Marlena, she told me that she loved me. She swore that she loved me, and I believed her. But turns out that she loved john in a different way, and because of that, our marriage ended.

Tripp: I think allie loves me; that’s the hard part. She’s a good person. She wouldn’t just go behind my back for someone who meant nothing to her. So maybe… maybe she just loves chanel in a different way. Like marlena and john.

Roman: Well, you know, we’d been married a long time when we split up. We had kids. You’re not there yet. Maybe this thing with chanel is a phase, you know? But look, what do I know? You tell me, though, that… you believe that allie still loves you. And you know you love her. So isn’t there possibly some way that you two could get past this? Are you one of the millions of americans

Chad: Whoa. So you and renee fell in love… and then found out that you were brother and sister?

Tony: Right.

Chad: The old man really got around, huh?

Tony: No, renee broke it off without ever telling me the real reason. But she finally discovered… that it was never true.

Chad: Oh, because you’re not father’s biological son?

Tony: Well, by that time… she’d already married julie’s son, david banning, and… I’d met my anna.

Chad: And that was it for you two.

Tony: Well, as far as I was concerned, it was, but renee felt differently. She felt she’d been cheated out of happiness and… she wanted me back. Oh, she did such hideous things to anna.

Chad: I’m sorry, man.

Tony: And it was all for naught. Anna’s the love of my life. And she finally had to accept the fact that nothing she could do could come between us. I hate to say this. I never wished renee any harm… but my life has become far less complicated now that she’s dead.

[Sighs]

[Chuckles] I think I see–I can see land. As a matter of fact, I can see lights. We might be there soon.

[Chuckles]

[Ominous music]

Sarah: So let me get this straight.

[Laughs] I happened upon kristen while she was masquerading as someone else. So she kidnapped me and locked me in a “secret room.”

Abigail: Right.

Sarah: Mm. And that’s where I found this syringe. And I came at her with it, but she got hold of it and used it on me.

Abigail: Truth is stranger than fiction.

Sarah: I don’t believe any of this.

Abigail: Because you don’t remember any of it. The drug affected your mind and it wiped away any memory that you have of being sarah horton.

Sarah: Kristen would never do that to me.

Abigail: Kristen would do that to anybody who got in her way, okay? Look. Now, I don’t think that she knew what was in the syringe, okay? It’s a very, very powerful drug, and it has made you believe that you are someone that you’re not. Now, I know what it can do. My sister gave it to me. She spiked a glass of champagne with it, and the next thing i know, I’m having hallucinations and I was in a psychiatric hospital for months. I could have lost my husband, my kids, everyone, everything that I love. But I got treatment and I got better. Okay? Now, sarah… if you don’t listen to me, you could go down the same rabbit hole that I did, and… you might never get out.

[Cork pops]

Kristen: Whoo!

[Chuckles] See, valentine’s day must mean a lot to you two. You got married twice on that same day. And I bet you wore red both times.

[Laughs] So how about you two tuck into some island chicken, hmm? And I can untie you. It’ll be lovely.

Kayla: Why is she doing this?

Steve: I don’t know. But I don’t think we should touch that chicken.

Kristen: Oh, come on. I’m always on the side of people in love.

Steve: Even you can’t make that one work.

Kristen: [Laughs] There’s no point in you two not enjoying what this beautiful island has to offer, hmm? Hey. You know what? You’re not going anywhere. So you can either just sit here tied up and stare at each other, or… you can enjoy this wonderful dinner and… celebrate the important milestone. It’s your choice.

[Suspenseful music]

Steve: Okay. We’ll take the dinner.

Kristen: Good for you.

[Laughs] And I’m gonna untie you, hmm?

Tripp: Allie said she still wanted to marry me. What happened with chanel was just a mistake that she’d always regret.

Roman: Okay. And you believed her?

Tripp: I wanted to.

Roman: Do you still love her?

Tripp: Yeah, it’s not like i can just turn off the switch.

Roman: Okay, so you do. So let me ask you this, all right? If she still loves you and you still love her, don’t you think that maybe you… could find it in your heart to forgive her?

[Door clicks open]

[Slow country music]

To be a thriver with

metastatic breast cancer

Tripp: What are you doing here?

Kate: She came with me. We didn’t know you were going to be here too.

Tripp: I’m gonna go.

Kate: Tripp, please. Please don’t go. I brought allie here because she’s heartbroken. And I didn’t want her to be alone. She just told me that she still loves you and she feels miserable about what happened. I know that you’re hurt. I know you are. But the two of you had something that was just so lovely together. Can’t you find it in your heart to forgive her?

Tripp: Roman just asked me the same question.

Roman: So what’s your answer?

[Tender music]

Kayla: [Grunts] Oh.

[Door rattles]

Steve: [Grunts]

Kayla: No luck?

Steve: No. After that pretty speech she gave about love and family, she locked us in here again. We’re not gonna eat this food, are we?

Steve: I don’t know. I mean, we saw her uncork that champagne. I don’t think even kristen could poison it and cork it back up again.

Kayla: Yeah, but she could do anything she wants to that island chicken.

Steve: Yeah. But she didn’t poison that salad you ate.

Kayla: That’s true. And we do need to eat something so we don’t pass out.

Steve: Can’t afford to pass out. And I’m tired of second-guessing that woman. I want us to celebrate our anniversary. Okay? So I say let’s go for it. Happy anniversary, sweetness.

Kayla: Happy anniversary.

[Glasses clink]

[Dramatic music]

Abigail: You’re thinking about what I said, aren’t you? I can see it in your face. I know better than anyone what you are going through. You don’t know if you can believe what you’re seeing with your own eyes. I mean, my mind was so messed up, I didn’t even recognize my own husband. I actually thought he was a serial killer named ben weston. And all the while, he’s chad dimera. The same chad that loves me.

Sarah: Did you say dimera?

Abigail: Yeah. My husband is stefano’s youngest son– as far as we know, anyway.

Sarah: If that’s really true, if he’s stefano’s son, then… you’re married to my brother. You and I, we’re practically sisters!

[Tense music]

Your home…

Roman: Tripp, what is your answer?

Allie: Don’t do this to him, okay? Not here. Not in front of everyone. I know you can barely stand to be in the same room as me right now, and I don’t blame you. I hate myself for what I did to you. I– you are the guy who stood by me through everything. You loved me even when I was a complete mess. You’ve already forgiven me for other stupid stuff I’ve done. And henry. Henry loves you so much. He loves you like a father. I– tripp, I think the reason that I couldn’t tell you about what happened with chanel and me is the same reason that i couldn’t tell you why i loved you for so long. It’s because I felt like– like damaged goods. And I felt like I wasn’t good enough for you, and now I’ve proven that, and…

[Cries] I will never– I will never stop hating how much I hurt you. And I’ll never stop loving you either.

Tripp: You’re saying all these things, and it seems like you mean it. But… you’ve also said a lot of other things I thought you meant. I feel like I– like I’ll never really be sure that it’s me that you want. And if we’re not together, I… I can never really be sure of who you’re with, what you’re doing. And I… I can’t live like that, I’m sorry.

Allie: [Sobs] Oh, god.

Kate: Oh, allie, I’m so sorry. I should never have brought you back here.

Allie: No, no. It’s not your fault, grandma. It’s me. I just wanna go hold henry.

Roman: Hey, allie, why don’t you hang with kate and I? Have some dinner.

Allie: No, no. I couldn’t eat anything right now. I just wanna go.

Kate: Oh, god.

[Somber music]

Steve: [Sighs] So how do you feel?

Kayla: Like I haven’t been poisoned.

Steve: Yeah, I feel okay too.

Kayla: [Laughs]

Steve: What were you just thinking about?

Kayla: Um… our first valentine’s day wedding at julie’s place when it was still club tbd.

Steve: Yeah, we just got back from trying to track stefano down, and we said, “to hell with that guy. We’re getting married.”

Kayla: Yeah. You know, it was so special because joey and stephanie were there.

Steve: Oh, yeah.

Kayla: I really thought that was gonna be our forever wedding.

Steve: Should have been. ‘Cause that guy who sent you those divorce papers wasn’t really me.

Kayla: Wish I would have known that.

Steve: So do I. But we’re fine now. Okay? And last valentine’s day, that was our forever wedding.

Kayla: Well, it was certainly my only surprise wedding I ever had.

[Laughs]

Steve: That’s right. Yeah, it was a surprise for you. But I just could not wait another day to be your husband and for you to be my wife. You know what? I always remember the last thing you said to me when you vowed to be my wife again.

Kayla: What?

Steve: You said you knew this was gonna be our last wedding… because you’d never let me go again.

Kayla: I meant that. If you decide to leave me, I’m– I’m going with you.

Steve: I’m not going anywhere, baby.

[Tender music]

Abigail: Uh, okay. I am not your sister-in-law. I’m your cousin. Okay? Your dad and my grandfather were brothers.

Sarah: I didn’t even know I had a brother named chad.

Abigail: Well, he didn’t know he was stefano’s son until he was in college.

Sarah: So my long-lost brother. You know, for a while, I thought that tony was my half brother. It was awful. But then we found out that stefano wasn’t his father. But it was too late.

Abigail: We’re talking about your family, the hortons.

Sarah: I told you I didn’t wanna hear any of that. Tell me about chad. And tony. When was the last time that you saw him? Did he talk about me? Does he miss me as much as I miss him?

[Dramatic music]

Tony: So… how do you like the family pile?

Chad: Well, it could use a renovation, that’s for sure.

Tony: Yes, it does look a bit… the worse for wear. But I remember it.

[Sighs] I’ve been here before.

Chad: With renee. This place is enormous.

Tony: Yes, it has at least two wings. You know, we should check every room. Hopefully, we’ll find abigail in one of them.

Chad: Well, then we should split up.

Tony: Okay.

[Tense music]

Kristen: Hmm. I could have sworn I heard the front door.

My asthma felt anything but normal.

Abigail: Now that you know that I’m married to a dimera, you must believe I would never lie to you.

[Gasps] Oh, my god!

Chad: Abby.

Abigail: I knew you’d find me! Oh.

Chad: [Chuckles]

Allie: [Sniffles] “Hi, I put henry to bed and I’m going to bed myself. I’ll get up with henry in the morning so you and tripp can sleep as late as you want.”

[Sniffles] “I hope you had the best, most romantic valentine’s day ever.” Oh.

[Sniffles]

[Sobs]

[Somber music]

Tripp: “Amore mio.” My love.

Steve: So I’m at the pub, all set. Everything looks beautiful. And john calls at the last minute and he says…

Kayla: Mm-hmm?

Steve: Marlena can’t marry us and he can’t be my best man because they both have… food poisoning.

Kayla: Mm-hmm. Because marlena decided that she was gonna make john a valentine’s day breakfast.

Steve: Oh, big mistake.

Kayla: Danger.

Steve: Yeah. Yeah. Then our good friend abe showed up. He just happened to come to the pub just in time. He agreed to marry us, and tripp filled in as my best man.

Kayla: And sarah just happened to be going to the pub to pick up dessert for her and xander. So she was my maid of honor. Wow.

Steve: Seems like a lifetime ago, doesn’t it?

Kayla: Right now, it sure does. I wonder what tripp and allie are doing tonight.

[Lock clicks]

Kristen: Hello, lovebirds. Did you enjoy the island chicken?

Kayla: Was average.

Kristen: Hmm.

Steve: And guess you weren’t lying about not poisoning it.

Kristen: Well, that’s what I came down to tell you. I actually did lie.

Chad: Babe, are you sure you’re okay?

Abigail: I am now, yeah.

Sarah: Oh, my god. This is so romantic! Hi, chad. Nice to meet you.

Chad: What’s going on with her?

Sarah: [Laughs] Tony! Oh, my darling! Oh, I can’t believe you’re here!

[Tense music]

[Laughs]

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Eli: Baby.

Lani: Happy valentine’s day.

Eli: Wow, you look amazing. All of this does. How did you have the–

Lani: How did I have time to get dressed up, make you this amazing dinner, and bake a red velvet cake for dessert?

Eli: Mm-hmm.

Lani: The twins went down early, so I got kinda lucky. Sit, sit. Relax.

Eli: Okay, wait. First, I, um… I have to make a confession.

Lani: What–what confession?

Eli: I lied to you.

Paulina: “I know things aren’t going great between us, but I wanted you to know I’m thinking about you today.”

[Chuckles] Aww. This must be from abraham. Mm-hmm. “Fondly, tr.” Oh, hell no.

Tr: Are you sure the flowers I sent were delivered? Great. Thank you.

[Phone beeps]

[Sighs] I had a feeling this film would change my life. I had no idea just how much. Johnny, my man, I owe you.

Allie: Johnny? Aren’t you going to say something?

Johnny: Like what?

Allie: I don’t know, like maybe “congratulations”? You can’t be a little happy for your twin sister?

Johnny: No, I am. I’m just curious to find out if you told tripp before you accepted his proposal.

Tripp: Told me what?

Johnny: That she slept with my wife.

Tripp: What the hell are you talking about?

Johnny: Ooh, guess you didn’t tell him. Oops. My bad.

[Dramatic music]

Craig: I don’t know what could be holding him up. There’s no message from him.

Chloe: It’s okay, dad. He’s only, like, a few minutes late.

Craig: I’m gonna text him again. There’s probably a ton of traffic at the airport.

Brady: Yeah, that’s probably it.

Chloe: Before he gets here, I just realized I don’t even know what his name is.

Brady: Leo stark.

Craig: How did you know?

Leo: Happy valentine’s day.

Craig: Oh, I’m so glad you finally made it.

Leo: Oh, babe, me too. I missed you so much.

Craig: Mm.

[Kissing]

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

[Soft orchestration]

Craig: Mm. Leo, this is my daughter chloe. Chloe, this is–

Chloe: Leo stark.

Craig: Oh. You two know each other.

Chloe: Well, we haven’t officially met, but I’ve heard all about him from brady.

Craig: Oh, and how is it that you two know each other?

Leo: Oh, well, bb and i go way back. In fact, for a hot minute we thought we were brothers. Thank god that wasn’t true, or that kiss we shared would have been all sorts of awkward.

Craig: You kissed?

Brady: Leo kissed me. It wasn’t mutual.

Craig: Right. Well, I’m– I had no idea that you all knew each other. What a small world.

Chloe: So leo never mentioned to you that he once lived in salem?

Craig: No.

Leo: Well, only because craig and I haven’t gotten around to sharing everything about our respective pasts yet. So I hadn’t mentioned yet that I was once a resident of this city. Not that memorable a time, truth be told.

Brady: Not that memorable? Leo, you had so many adventures here.

Craig: Adventures?

[Tense music]

Tripp: You know this is a new low, johnny, even for you. You know, spreading rumors about your own sister?

Johnny: Well, it’s not a rumor, it’s a fact.

Tripp: Oh, the hell it is. Come on, just grow up already. Find something else to do besides making trouble for once, okay?

Johnny: Oh, come on, man. You can’t be that surprised. These two have been lusting after each other for months. They can barely keep their hands off each other.

Tripp: They’ve kissed twice and that was a long time ago.

Johnny: And recently they did a lot more than that. You see, the night that i dumped chanel, allie went over to her place to comfort her, my wife, and ended up in her bed.

Tripp: Allie?

Chanel: Don’t listen to him. Everything he just said is a complete and total lie.

[Tense music]

Tr: Johnny wasn’t lying. This town really is full of surprises.

[Knocking on door] Paulina. I see you got my flowers.

Paulina: [Giggles] Oh, I sure did. And here’s what I think of them.

[Chuckles]

[Glass shatters]

[Dramatic music]

Life’s been hard enough.

Leo: Sweetheart, I’m sorry I neglected to tell you I once lived in this insular little town. I don’t like to talk about it, frankly, because… well, salem holds so many unpleasant memories for me.

Brady: Not to mention the people you’ve terrorized, leo.

Leo: What is that supposed to mean?

Brady: You know, I’m not too comfortable going into this in front of craig.

Craig: No, no, no. Brady, go right ahead.

Chloe: Yeah, brady. Please do.

Brady: Fine. You need to know that he’s responsible for making my family’s life a living hell.

Leo: What? Exaggerate much?

Brady: You know damn well I’m not exaggerating.

Chloe: He’s not, dad. This man tried to bring down brady’s family business with some bogus lawsuit.

Craig: Is that true? Hmm?

Leo: Yes, it’s true, but it is not the whole story, and these two know it. Not to mention that in the end, I was the victim.

Brady: You were the–mm. Were you a victim when you listened in on my personal business calls to try to sell titan secrets to stefan dimera?

Leo: I sure as hell was. You fed me bogus intel. Some people have no scruples.

Brady: Scrupl– craig, you need to know that my brother paul did a deep dive into leo’s past. This man has been involved in scam after scam and it looks like you’re his latest mark.

[Tense music]

Lani: What did you lie about?

Eli: Yesterday I said that i was going to see my grandma and doug. But I went to go see tr.

Lani: Eli.

Eli: Baby, I had to put him on notice. He needed to know that if he– if he messed with you or paulina, he was gonna have to deal with me.

Lani: [Sighs] Babe, I appreciate you looking out for me, but you didn’t have to go all caveman.

Eli: I’m your husband. Baby, it’s my job to protect you.

Lani: So how did tr take it?

Eli: I mean, he– he seemed to get the message. I think he knows that from now on, he’d better treat you and paulina with respect.

Tr: I knew I should have gone with the roses.

Paulina: I thought I made myself clear. I want you to stay away from me and my family.

Tr: I’m sorry I showed up at lani’s unannounced, but once i realized that she was my child, I just couldn’t help myself.

Paulina: Well, then allow me to help you. What you did was unacceptable. Appearing on her doorstep from out of nowhere?

Tr: All right, I know. It was the wrong approach. I know that now. That’s why I sent the flowers, to apologize.

Paulina: There was no apology on the card.

Tr: It was implied.

Paulina: Well, then let me be explicit in my response. Apology not accepted.

Tr: Look, I don’t wanna upset you.

Paulina: Then leave town, ray.

Tr: It’s tr. And I can’t do that, because I’m shooting a film. And I want to get to know my daughter.

Paulina: You know, if you hurt her, I swear…

Tr: You know, with all due respect, paulina, I don’t think I possibly could hurt her any more than you already have.

[Dramatic music]

Tripp: Okay, I’m confused. So you didn’t go over to chanel’s that night?

Chanel: No, she did. I was a wreck that night, obviously, and allie comforted me like the good friend she is. We talked, then she put me to bed and left, end of story. Just like she told you.

Johnny: Now, that’s funny, because that’s a much different story than I heard you two telling in the square yesterday.

Chanel: What are you talking about?

Johnny: I overheard you and allie discussing your night of passion, how you two got down and dirty between the sheets. And I could go into more details, but I think you’ve heard enough to know that I’m telling the truth. I just… I thought you deserved to know before you married allie. And you accused me of being a player.

Chanel: Tripp–

Tripp: I want to talk to allie.

Chanel: Please.

Tripp: Alone.

[Tense music]

Are you one of the millions of americans

Chloe: I’m sorry, daddy, but brady’s right. This man is a con artist.

Leo: Don’t listen to them.

Chloe: He’s just using you.

Leo: What the hell would I be using him for?

Brady: Money. Is it just a coincidence that you fell for a wealthy doctor? I fell for craig because he is brilliant and charming and wickedly funny.

Craig: This is very uncomfortable to take in right now.

Leo: Even more so for me. But craig, you are the only one here whose opinion matters to me. I’m sorry I wasn’t more forthcoming. I didn’t want to scare you off. But I am not like that anymore. And that’s because of you. I wanna be a better person because of you. You believe me, don’t you?

Craig: [Sighs] It’s just–gotta take this in.

Brady: I’m afraid there’s a lot more to take in. A couple months ago, leo was involved in a major scam in arizona. He double-crossed the isa to get his hands on a stolen gemstone.

Leo: Okay, that’s true. But right after that, I met this wonderful man who cares for me more than anyone has in my entire life. And that’s why everything has changed.

[Tense music]

Lani: So what did you think of tr? I mean, do you think that he’s a changed man?

Eli: It’s tough to tell. I mean, I was only with him for a few minutes.

Lani: Kay, well, what does your gut say?

Eli: That, understandably, you have a lot of complicated feelings about your biological father. But… right now, I think that we should focus on us.

Lani: Your instincts are excellent, detective grant.

Eli: Then I’d like to propose a toast. To my incredible wife, who not only worked a full shift today, but managed to get the kids down early and prepare this wonderful meal.

Lani: [Chuckles]

Eli: Baby, I am in awe of everything you do.

Lani: Mm.

Eli: And by how beautiful you look doing it. Happy valentine’s day.

[Glasses clink]

Lani: Happy valentine’s day.

Eli: I have an idea.

Lani: What?

Eli: All right.

[Phone beeps]

Lani: [Laughs]

[Romantic music playing]

Eli: May I have this dance?

Lani: You certainly may.

[Laughs] Aww.

Singer: Every fantasy

that’s in my head

Paulina: May I remind you that the only reason I lied about being lani’s mother was to protect her from you? It kills me that I hurt her by keeping that a secret.

Tr: I was talking about price town.

Paulina: How do you know about that?

Tr: I did some research. I wanted to learn some more about my daughter, and I came across your plan to bulldoze the horton town square, which is a tribute to her husband’s family.

Paulina: For your information, I realized I made a huge mistake and I just called off the entire project. I also apologized to each and every person I hurt.

Tr: And they forgave you? Even lani?

Paulina: Even lani.

Tr: Hmm. That’s wonderful. Gives me hope.

Paulina: About what?

Tr: That if our daughter could forgive you for such a huge betrayal… maybe you can do the same for me.

Chanel: What the hell is wrong with you? How could you do that to your sister?

Johnny: All I did was tell the truth.

Chanel: It wasn’t how you made it sound, like we’ve been having some torrid affair.

Johnny: Weren’t you?

Chanel: No. I was a mess that night because of what you did to me. Allie and I just– we just got caught up in the emotion.

Johnny: Oh, so it was the sweet kind of cheating, not the sleazy kind. Well, I’m sure in that case tripp will totally understand.

Tripp: You were pretty quiet before. Kind of let chanel do all the talking.

Allie: I–I didn’t know what to say.

Tripp: How about the truth? Don’t you think you owe me that? Allie, just talk to me, okay? Chanel said johnny was lying. Was he? Please just– just be honest with me. Was johnny lying?

[Tense music]

Allie: No. He wasn’t lying. I did sleep with chanel.

[ Mid-tempo music playing ]

Tripp: I called you that night, and you said you were going home.

Allie: I was, but chanel was a mess and I couldn’t leave her alone.

Tripp: So the only way to make her feel better was to have sex with her?

Allie: We were lying in bed and it just happened.

Tripp: The next morning i called you again and you told me you were home. I wanted to come see you before work, but you said you were on your way out… to go check on chanel. But you were already with her, weren’t you?

Allie: Yeah, I spent the night. But I woke up and I felt so horrible. I felt so guilty. I hated lying to you. I wanted to come clean.

Tripp: But you didn’T.

Allie: I went to the hospital and I saw you and I was going to tell you, but I–I just– I didn’t want to hurt you.

Tripp: Then maybe you shouldn’t have slept with chanel!

Allie: Tripp, I love you, okay? I love you so much. It was a mistake.

Tripp: Yeah, right.

Allie: No. No, I wouldn’t have said yes to your proposal if I didn’t love you, okay? You, you are the one I wanna be with. You’re the one I wanna marry.

Tripp: Are you kidding me? I mean, you don’t seriously think that we’re still getting married?

Chanel: If you knew that me and allie hooked up, why didn’t you say anything earlier?

Johnny: What do you mean?

Chanel: Instead of telling me what you overheard, you gave me this big speech about how we could still be friends even though we were going through the divorce. Why would you do that?

Johnny: Well, I guess I just got caught up in the spirit of valentine’s day.

Chanel: So you pretended that you wanted to get along with me and then we bump into allie and tripp and you just blow everything up?

Johnny: Look, I saw that poor sap about to make the biggest mistake of his life. I had to do something. I mean, I do know what it’s like to suddenly realize you married the wrong person.

Chanel: Oh, did you ever. Because I am going to take you for everything that you’re worth.

Johnny: Is that right?

Chanel: Si, giovanni. By the time I’m finished with you, you are going to wish you’d never been born.

Paulina: Let’s get something straight. I planned to tear down a beloved landmark. You? You abused me physically and emotionally for years! Now, they are not the same. Do you understand that?

Tr: Yes, I do.

Paulina: Well, then don’t compare my betrayals to yours. I may have been deceptive, but you were a monster.

Tr: You’re right. There’s no comparison. What I did was reprehensible. And I truly am ashamed. The drugs, the drinking, they turned me into somebody that even I didn’t recognize. I was on a downward spiral. I didn’t even know it. And after you disappeared, it got worse. I ended up in prison.

Paulina: For what?

Tr: [Chuckles] I started using my clients’ money to buy drugs. Once I got caught, my whole life fell apart.

Paulina: So I’m supposed to, what, feel sorry for you?

Tr: [Laughs] No. Because that’s when I finally realized that I needed to turn my life around. You see, hitting rock bottom is the best thing that ever happened to me.

Leo: After that little caper with the stolen peacock, my life took a nosedive. I was lonely, depressed, and forced into taking this thankless job handing out swag at medical conventions. As luck would have it… craig came over to my booth and inquired about my nuts.

Chloe: I’m sorry, what?

Leo: Oh, relax, would you? Your daughter did not inherit your sense of humor. Anyway, I was dressed up as a chipmunk handing out free nuts. You know, because they’re good for you. High in vitamins, minerals, good monounsaturated fats, which can help lower cholesterol. Anyway, we had a couple of laughs and I felt this immediate strong connection, like I had finally found my soulmate. You felt that too, didn’t you, craig?

Craig: Yeah. We did have a connection. He did make me laugh.

Leo: [Laughs] And, look, even though your dad was honest with me from the get-go, told me he had a wife, it was clear to me– and eventually to him– that his marriage was a lie. He was denying who he really was.

Chloe: Oh, so you coerced him into cheating on my mother?

Craig: Chloe, there was no coercion here whatsoever. Look… as completely thrown as this conversation has me, all I wanted was for you two to meet each other. And now I see that was not a good idea and it’s not working out, so my apologies to all of you.

Chloe: No. Dad, it’s not your fault.

Leo: May I just add something?

Craig: Sure.

Leo: Chloe, I understand your skepticism of me given my track record, and I know that you and your father have a very close and loving relationship.

Chloe: Yeah, we do.

Leo: Well, you’re very fortunate. My father was an abusive pig. He used to tell me that I was worthless and that I would never mean anything to anyone. And when you hear that over and over again, it creates a hole in your heart. So I tried to fill that with fancy things to– to make the pain go away. But it didn’T. And nothing made it go away… until I met your father. Finally, I was happy for the first time in my life. And not a day goes by, not a moment goes by that I don’t appreciate how lucky I am.

[Jazzy music]

Your mission:

Brady: Okay, look, I’ve heard enough. Craig, you need to be wary of this man because he’s a predator.

Leo: Hey, that is an unfair and cruel accusation.

Brady: It’s not unfair and cruel when it’s totally verifiable and true. I haven’t even gotten into what he did to my cousin sonny. It’s a whole thing there.

Leo: Okay, look, look. How about you two go and rake me over the coals somewhere else? It’s valentine’s day, for god’s sake. Craig and I would like to celebrate, to be left alone, not to hear some angry, self-righteous people distort the truth and tell us why we shouldn’t be together.

Brady: Craig, I’m telling you this because I care about you, okay?

Craig: [Sighs] Right, okay. Right. Look, um… I think leo’s right. I think it’s time that this conversation ends. You two should leave and we will talk about this later. Okay, chloe?

Chloe: We don’t want you to get hurt, dad. That’s what this is all about. How can you not know that?

Leo: Please don’t listen to them, craig. What I feel for you is real. This is not a con or a scheme or a ploy. I have left all of that behind me. Because like I said, for the first time in my life, I am honestly, truly happy. Because of you.

Chloe: Dad. He is playing you. You need to wake up and do the right thing. You need to end this farce of a relationship.

Tripp: You don’t honestly think that I’d still marry you after you cheated on me.

Allie: We can work through this. I will do whatever it takes to make this right.

Tripp: You must think I’m the world’s biggest chump, don’t you? And maybe that’s my fault. Maybe I let you think that you could just walk all over me, I wouldn’t care.

Allie: No.

Tripp: My mom warned me that your bff was a threat. And I pushed aside all of my doubts and insecurities and chose to believe in you, to trust in you. And look where that got me. Who knows, I probably deserved to have you cheat on me.

Allie: No, no. You did nothing wrong.

Tripp: I must have! Because in the end, you chose chanel over me.

Johnny: You’re nuts if you think you’re getting one dime out of me.

Chanel: Oh, we discussed this, okay? There’s no prenup, so the sky is the limit, baby.

Johnny: And I told you, my family’s loaded. I’m not.

Chanel: Tell it to my lawyer.

Johnny: Oh, I will. I’ll also tell him that you committed adultery with my sister–my twin sister. I’m sure that’ll go over well in court. Good luck convincing a judge that you’re the victim.

Chanel: God, you are such a creep. I can’t believe I ever loved you.

Johnny: Did you? Or were you just enjoying the perks that I could provide until you could get with my sister?

Chanel: God, you are disgusting.

Johnny: Does this mean we’re not hooking up tonight?

Paulina: You were glad you were in prison?

Tr: Saved my life. If I kept going the way I was, there’s no doubt in my mind that I would have od’D. Prison got me off that path. I stopped using drugs. I went to therapy.

Paulina: Mm-hmm. So poof, you were a new man.

Tr: It took a lot of hard work. I started at the bottom, climbed to the top.

Paulina: So you’re a hollywood bigwig now.

Tr: I have had a great deal of success. But I have never been able to fully enjoy it because there was always something that weighed on me. And that’s the guilt that I feel… over how I treated you.

Paulina: You should feel guilty. But look, you know what? I have moved on with my life. I’m fine now. I don’t need to stand here and listen to all this–

Tr: Yeah, but I need to say it. You know, over time there were so many times I tried to track you down to apologize. But I never wanted to upend your life. But now, fate has brought me back to you. And I finally have the chance to make things right. If you’ll let me.

Trelegy for copd.

Craig: Chloe, I appreciate your concern. Yours too, brady. But… like leo said, I think this conversation is over– for the time being, anyway.

Chloe: Dad, did any of what we said get through to you?

Craig: I admit, some of it is upsetting, yes.

Leo: Babe–

Craig: But… we all do things in our past that we’re not proud of. In fact… I’ve done something that I’m sure is very close to what leo did.

Chloe: What? What are you talking about? The mike horton thing?

Craig: Let me finish, chloe. Years ago, I was… quite desperate to become chief of staff, and I…

[Sighs] Manipulated a mentally unstable woman to file charges against mike horton–sexual harassment. It ended in disaster, and I deeply regret it as I’m sure you regret having what it is you’ve done.

Leo: Profoundly. If I could turn back time, I would.

Craig: It’s not about that, though. It’s about now. We don’t have to focus on the past. I just want to focus on what you and I have together.

Chloe: Oh, my god.

Craig: I am committed to this man, chloe. And I’m sorry that you don’t agree… but this is my life. And I am never letting him go.

Paulina: You think it’s that easy? That to hurt someone the way you hurt me, it can make it all better just by sending some damn flowers?

Lani: The flowers are beautiful.

Paulina: I’m glad you like them. Took me a long time to pick out the arrangement.

Lani: Yeah, well… I will be taking them to the hospital tomorrow and give them to someone who actually wants them. And as for this card…

[Paper tears]

Tr: What is it?

Paulina: I just realized that, um… it’s possible I might be a bit of a hypocrite. But I will tell you this– and this is from my personal experience– for true forgiveness, that’s got to be earned and that takes time.

Tr: I will put in whatever time it takes because… no one as wonderful as you has ever come into my life. And instead of honoring you and treasuring you and treasuring everything we had… I threw it all away. And the regret that I feel has stayed with me over all these years. The truth is… I never got over you, and I don’t know if I ever will.

Eli: Why couldn’t we stay in bed again?

Lani: Do you know how long it took me to make this cake? I am not letting all this hard work go to waste.

Eli: [Chuckles]

[Knocking on door] Who could that be?

Lani: Hmm.

Chanel: [Sighs]

Lani: Chanel, what are you doing here?

Chanel: I needed to talk to someone and I cannot deal with mama right now. Oh, god, I totally forgot it’s valentine’s day. I’ll go.

Lani: No, no, chanel. It’s fine. Right, eli?

Eli: Of course. Yes, of course. What happened?

Chanel: [Sighs] It’s johnny.

Lani: What did he do now?

Chanel: It’s not what he did, it’s what I did. With allie.

Allie: Tripp, you are the one I wanna be with, okay? And I’m gonna keep saying it until you believe it, because it’s the truth.

Tripp: No, it’s not. It’s a lie, okay? It’s a lie you’ve been telling me and yourself, ’cause clearly the person you wanna be with is chanel.

Allie: No, no. Sleeping with chanel was a one-time thing and it’s never going to happen again, I promise. If you can just find it in your heart to forgive me.

Tripp: How could I ever trust you again? If your jerk of a brother hadn’t said anything just now, I’d still be in the dark, right? That’s what I thought. Face it, there’s– there’s no coming back from this.

Allie: Tripp–

Tripp: It’s over, allie. You and I are done.

Demon johnny: Ahh. Well, I may not have gotten lucky tonight, but screwing with those losers was almost as satisfying.

Johnny: You can’t do this! You need to stop hurting to people I love!

Demon johnny: Well, hey now. Look who’s awake.

Johnny: I have to let chanel know I still love her, that I would never hurt her like this.

Demon johnny: And how do you plan on doing that?

Johnny: By getting rid of you.

Demon johnny: [Chuckles] I would like to see you try–

[Grunts]

Chloe: Dad, listen to me. You are making a huge mistake.

Craig: Chloe, that is enough.

Chloe: Enough? Enough of what? Trying to knock some sense into you? You want this snake to break your heart to same way that you broke mom’s? Is that what you want? Okay, I guess that’s what you want. You know what? I’m done. Brady, let’s get out of here.

[Jazzy music]

Tr: After what I’ve done, I know I don’t have the right to ask. But I would love to have the chance to make it up to you and to get to know my daughter. You don’t have to say anything. Just… think about it?

Paulina: [Clears throat] I better go. Sorry for the mess.

Tr: You don’t have to apologize to me, ever.

Paulina: I wasn’T. Um, I’m sorry for the housekeeper.

Tr: It’s my mess. It’s on me to clean it up.

[Dramatic music]

Lani: So you and allie…

Chanel: Yeah.

Eli: So what did tripp think?

Lani: Okay.

Chanel: I don’t know. I haven’t heard. Oh, god. Oh, what if I screwed everything up for them? You guys must think I’m a terrible person.

Lani: Chanel, no, we don’T. You didn’t mean to hurt anyone.

Eli: Yeah, unlike johnny. What the hell is up with that guy?

Demon johnny: [Grunts] You’re wasting your time. You’re no match for me.

Johnny: I’ll never give up. I won’t let you keep hurting the people I love!

Demon johnny: [Sighs] Stop fighting me or I will go upstairs and slaughter your little cousins in their sleep.

Johnny: No!

Demon johnny: Then stop fighting me.

[Mysterious whoosh] That’s better. Whew.

[Sighs] Your love for chanel and your sister is much stronger than I anticipated. It’s too bad they’ll never find out just how much you care.

[Eerie tone]

Allie: Tripp, I love you with my whole heart. Please, could you give me another chance?

Tripp: May I have my ring back?

Allie: What?

Tripp: It belonged to my great grandmother, and… I want it back. Allie.

Allie: [Sighs]

[Somber music]

I’m sorry.

Tripp: Me too.

Allie: [Sobbing]

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Brady: Happy valentine’s day.

Chloe: [Chuckles] Uh, you brought me a rose.

Brady: Yeah.

Chloe: You know this– this isn’t, like, a–

Brady: Chloe, chloe, relax. There was a kid selling them out on the street, and he was trying to raise money for his school band.

Chloe: Oh, okay. Well, thank you for being so sweet, for supporting the arts, and thank you for joining me here tonight. I really appreciate it.

Brady: Of course. I’m here to support you. Happy to lend a hand. So how are you doing?

Chloe: Mm, you mean how do i feel about meeting my dad’s new boyfriend?

[Sighs] I’m a nervous wreck.

[Exhales sharply]

Craig: Well, don’t you have a romantic setup going here.

Tripp: [Chuckles] Thank you.

Craig: Looks like you’ve got some big plans for valentine’s day.

Tripp: You could say that. Uh, I’m planning to propose to my girlfriend.

Chanel: So horton…

Allie: So dupree…

Chanel: What are you gonna do?

Allie: I don’t know. I’m not even supposed to know that tripp is proposing to me tonight. His mom spoiled the surprise.

Chanel: Okay, but now you do know, so you should probably figure out an answer for when he asks you to marry him. So are you gonna say yes?

Ben: I mean, johnny was the one who delivered the cross.

Ciara: Mm-hmm, a cross that keeps turning itself upside down every time we try to hang it.

Ben: Which is troubling.

Ciara: Yes, and johnny was at marlena’s exorcism.

Ben: He was.

Ciara: And honestly, ben, I’ve got to say, he’s been acting pretty strangely.

Ben: So what are you suggesting, ciara?

[Scoffs] That the devil just jumped from marlena to her grandson? Do we really think johnny dimera is possessed?

Johnny: Well, you know what they say, “pride goeth before the fall.”

Gabi: Is that what they say?

Johnny: Well, some people say that. I prefer, “we need to screw jake before he screws us.” And speaking of screwing, do you have any valentine’s day plans?

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

[Soft orchestration]

Allie: [Sighs] I am still trying to process this.

Chanel: You know what, i shouldn’t have asked you. Tripp’s the one proposing. He should be the first one to hear your answer, not me.

Allie: No, no, you deserve to know. You’re my best friend. And you’ve been with me through this entire relationship. Honestly, the truth is, I–I’m just so caught off guard. I mean, tripp and I never even talked about getting married.

Chanel: Well, it is valentine’s day.

Allie: Yeah, and I know a lot of people get engaged on valentine’s day, but I did not think it was my time.

Chanel: So were you thinking you might say no?

Allie: I’m just not sure. What do you think? Am I ready?

Craig: Proposing to your girlfriend. Wow, this–this is a big night. Yeah, the way I see it, it can go either spectacularly right or spectacularly wrong.

[Chuckles] I remember that feeling. Proposing to my wife, getting ready. Mind you, it was 30 years ago. And I’m pretty sure she was gonna say yes, but still, there’s that moment that you know you’re gonna remember forever, and well, those words, they just–they wouldn’t come out.

[Chuckles] Am I making this harder on you?

Tripp: A little bit, but that’s okay. I mean, you–you somehow managed, right?

Craig: Yes, yes, and she said yes, so there’s that.

Tripp: And you’ve been together for 30 years? That’s something to be proud of.

Craig: Actually, my wife and I are in the process of splitting up.

Tripp: Oh, I’m sorry to hear that.

Craig: It’s been a very difficult situation.

Tripp: I can imagine.

Craig: I don’t know, maybe. See, truth is, tonight– tonight, my daughter is supposed to meet my boyfriend, and I’m telling you, I’m just a nervous wreck about it!

[Chuckles]

[Sighs]

Brady: I understand that you’re nervous about tonight, but your dad has to know that this is awkward for you. So don’t–don’t put any pressure on yourself. You’re allowed to feel however you need to feel about this, and your dad is just gonna have to deal with it.

Chloe: Yeah, but what if i don’t like the guy? Or even worse, what if I do like him?

Brady: If you do like him? How is that even worse?

Chloe: I don’t know. I–I guess I’d just feel like I’d be betraying my mom.

Brady: There’s nothing wrong with you wanting both of your parents to be happy, chloe. What is nancy doing tonight?

Chloe: Well, I left her in the hotel room, where’s she’s watching old movies on peacock and acting very depressed. At least I persuaded her to order some room service before I left.

Brady: [Sighs] She’s tough. She’s gonna get through this.

Chloe: Yeah, I know, but it’s gonna–it’s gonna take time.

Brady: Does she know about this dinner?

Chloe: No; I mean, I kind of wanted to tell her, but what was I gonna say? “Hey, mom, instead of staying here and eating cheeseburgers with you and watching sappy movies, I’ve got to meet dad’s new boyfriend. Bye.”

[Sighs]

Johnny: So, what do you say? You want to go upstairs? Jake shouldn’t be the only one closing deals.

Gabi: [Chuckles] Until our other deal goes through, I think we should keep our mind on business.

Johnny: Oh, I’m very good at multitasking.

Gabi: I’m sure you are, but I prefer to stay focused on dimera and titan.

Johnny: Come on. It’s valentine’s day. We’re off the clock. Neither one of us is with someone we love.

Gabi: So we should love the one we’re with?

Johnny: Who said anything about love?

Gabi: Oh, so just meaningless sex.

Johnny: First of all, sex with me is far from meaningless.

Gabi: Oh, really?

Johnny: Your boyfriend is plotting against you. My soon-to-be ex-wife is trying to clean me out. We both deserve to have a little fun.

Ben: So the devil is in johnny?

Ciara: Look, I know it sounds crazy, but we did hear my grandmother say that satan possessed my grandfather before he jumped into marlena. So what if maybe at the exorcism, the devil just wanted us to think that he was gone?

Ben: But instead found a new host body? This is unbelievable, ciara.

Ciara: I mean, is it any more unbelievable than anything else we’ve ever been through?

Ben: I guess not. It would explain why that cross kept flipping upside down. It’s because johnny’s the one who delivered it.

Ciara: And it makes sense. Grandma julie bought that to protect us.

Ben: And we know the devil would do anything to break through that protection.

Ciara: So johnny shows up at my grandma’s house, sees the cross, and then, all of a sudden, this big fire bursts out out of nowhere, stopping my grandma from delivering it.

Ben: And leaves him with the prime opportunity to deliver the cross himself.

Ciara: And make sure that our brand-new home has the mark of the devil.

These are the faces

Ben: If johnny really has been the devil this entire time, who knows what kind of damage he’s already done? We’d have to retrace all of his steps since the exorcism and get in contact with everybody who he’s talked to.

Ciara: Oh, slow down, babe. Um, this is still just a theory.

Ben: Okay, so this is just a theory now? You’re not sure.

Ciara: Well, no, I– it’s just once you have come face-to-face with the devil, maybe it easy to see him everywhere else.

Ben: Still, the more I think about it, it just makes more sense.

Ciara: All right, so let’s think. Do we have any more evidence?

Ben: When jake was here, he was explaining to me about this big party they had for johnny and chanel’s wedding.

Ciara: Mm-hmm. Right, I heard about that. He broke up with chanel during that, didn’t he?

Ben: Yeah, in a room full of people. It was like the guy intentionally set out to, like, cause this big scene and humiliate her.

Ciara: Yeah, that’s really weird. Why would he do it publicly?

Ben: Well, according to jake, johnny’s been hitting on gabi now.

Ciara: Which makes him a player and a garbage human being, but that doesn’t necessarily prove that he is the devil.

Ben: Right, but it’s still giving jake bad vibes about this guy.

Ciara: Again, doesn’t exactly provide proof of demonic possession. And not to play devil’s advocate here, but…

Ben: Ha.

> Ciara: I don’t know, maybe jake has a bad vibe because he’s the jealous boyfriend.

Jake: Hey, hey, maggie.

Maggie: Jake, what are you doing here?

Jake: Oh, henderson let me in. I came to see what’s going on.

Maggie: Okay?

Jake: Got your message.

Maggie: What message?

Jake: Maggie, you sent me a message a little bit ago? Said it was urgent?

Maggie: I never texted you. I haven’t seen my phone since I misplaced it yesterday.

Jake: What? You didn’t send me a text.

Maggie: It wasn’t me. But listen, since you’re here, I spoke to victor regarding what we talked about.

Jake: Sorry, what was that?

Maggie: I was talking about victor. I relayed the terms of our agreement, and he had some questions

Jake: I’m gonna have to get back to you on that. I got to go look into something.

Johnny: [Sighs] Look, I know this hasn’t been easy on you. You put your faith in jake, and he let you down. He made you think that he loved you. He lied to your face. And now, he’s off double-dealing again with maggie? I can only imagine how disappointing that must be for you, but I promise that I won’t disappoint you. In business. Or anywhere. So what do you say? Why don’t we go upstairs and make this a valentine’s day to remember?

Gabi: I’m sorry. I can’T.

Johnny: Can’t or won’t?

Gabi: I’m–I’m just not ready to go that far yet.

Johnny: “Yet”? But you’re not ruling it out?

Gabi: Let’s just see how this meeting goes.

Johnny: Are you really gonna leave me here all by myself?

Gabi: I’m sure you’ll be just fine. I want to go home, and I want to prepare for the meeting. And aren’t you still married?

[Sighs]

Johnny: I don’t like being rejected. And I don’t like being left alone. What’s a horny devil to do with himself?

Craig: Truth is, I–

[Sighs] I never expected to be in this situation. For the longest time, I convinced myself and my wife that, well, we had a great marriage. Truth is, she’s very angry at me now, needless to say, and my daughter completely blindsided.

Tripp: She’s willing to meet your boyfriend.

Craig: Yeah, yeah. Uh, she agreed. I was thinking maybe it’s unfair that I asked her, and– maybe I should just text her, tell her I’ve got food poisoning, and call off the whole thing.

Tripp: Maybe not the best idea.

Craig: Yeah. Postponing the inevitable.

Tripp: Yeah.

Craig: [Chuckles] I–I have no idea why I’m confiding in you like this. I’m sorry, it’s just, uh– pretty nervous about tonight and the whole situation and needed to talk to someone. And you’re very kind. I appreciate that, but I should really let you get back to your plans.

Tripp: That’s–it’s okay. You’re going through a lot, so I understand the need to– you know, wanting to share that with someone.

Craig: Thank you. Thank you, but again, you need to practice. You’re in a good mood. Stay in that good mood and practice what you’re gonna do.

Tripp: I mean, there’s not too many ways you can, right? I mean, you know, “will you marry me?” You know, the only way to say it.

Craig: Yeah, man, it’s– it’s the way to go. Let me give you some advice that I’ve been giving myself. Um, if you’re feeling nervous, it’s worth doing. Good luck.

Tripp: Same to you.

[Gentle music]

Chanel: You know, I’m probably not the best person to giving advice on marriage considering how mine have worked out…

Allie: Okay, first of all, the xander marriage did not count.

Chanel: And johnny?

Allie: Well, it’s not your fault that my brother is the worst.

Chanel: Yeah, but I chose to marry the guy.

Allie: Did you have doubts when we asked you?

Chanel: That’s the thing, I didn’T. I mean, yeah, I was surprised, but I think I said yes before he even finished asking the question.

Allie: Because he was convincing.

Chanel: Because it felt right.

[Phone beeps] Is it from tripp?

Allie: Uh-huh. He wants me to meet him. My god, is this it?

Chanel: It looks like you have a question to answer.

Allie: Yeah.

Chanel: Horton, no matter what you decide, you know I love you.

Allie: Back at you, dupree.

[Pensive music]

Is now a good time

for a flare-up?

Jake: Hey.

Gabi: Hey. What did maggie want?

Jake: Actually, she didn’t want anything.

Gabi: I thought she said it was urgent.

Jake: Apparently, maggie never sent that text.

Gabi: What are you talking about? I saw the text myself.

Jake: I–we both saw it. Maggie claims she lost her phone, hasn’t seen it since yesterday.

Gabi: That makes no sense.

Jake: No, it doesn’T. Unless it does.

Gabi: What do you think is going on?

Jake: I think that little punk johnny dimera stole her phone and sent me that message.

Johnny: Happy valentine’s day.

Chanel: What’s so happy about it?

Johnny: Well, I’m sure we can figure something out. Wanna grab a drink? You wanna grab a drink with the woman you just dumped on valentine’s day?

Johnny: Look, you’re still upset, I get it.

Chanel: Oh, I’m so glad you get it.

Johnny: You have every right to be angry with the way that I treated you, but we had fun together, didn’t we?

Chanel: I don’t remember.

Johnny: I do. I always loved being with you. Just ’cause we’re getting divorced doesn’t mean the fun has to stop.

Chloe: Ah, salty.

Brady: Yeah. You know, what if–why don’t you take it easy on the nuts? Okay, you don’t wanna choke to death before you meet your dad’s new man.

Chloe: My dad’s new man. That’s gonna take some time getting used to.

Brady: Drink.

Chloe: Mm, thank you. Thank you for dealing with my mess tonight.

Brady: [Laughs] Come on, are you kidding me? I’m-I’m happy I’m here. I’m here to support you, you know that. It’s definitely an interesting situation.

Chloe: [Chuckles] Interesting is one way to put it. Do you think it’s interesting that you have to spend your valentine’s day holding my hand because I am freaking out?

Brady: It’s fine. It beats last year, remember? I spent valentine’s day in the hospital, recovering from a gunshot wound. This is better.

Chloe: How could I forget? I almost lost you.

Brady: Well, you didn’T. I’m here, I’m good, and look. No bullet holes. I’m healthy. This is much better. It’s an improvement.

Chloe: Well, yeah, I guess it doesn’t take last place, but we’ve-we’ve had some nice valentine’s day in the past, right?

Brady: [Laughs] Name one.

Chloe: [Laughs]

Brady: Seriously, all I can think about is the disasters with that. Vienna–vienna, remember? I couldn’t get reservations anywhere in that whole place?

Chloe: Yeah, ’cause you waited till last minute.

Brady: Well, who would’ve thought valentine’s day was a big deal in austria? Come on.

Chloe: Vienna is one of the most romantic cities in the world.

Brady: I knew that. I mean, I know that now.

Chloe: Ah. We made it work, though, didn’t we?

Brady: Yeah, we did.

Chloe: Remember that outdoor café we found with that little string quartet?

Brady: Yeah. It was freezing.

Chloe: [Laughs] I know, but I remember you took my hand, and we waltzed on the sidewalk.

Brady: And I remember that sidewalk because it was snowing, an wd itas so slippery that the two of us almost fell on our asses.

Chloe: [Laughs] Okay, so maybe it wasn’t the smoothest waltz, but I do remember that we laughed so hard that we just kind of slowly sank to the ground.

Brady: Yeah, we sank to the ground.

Chloe: [Sighs] Then you took me in your arms, and I-I remember how you kissed me. People everywhere living with

Chloe: Brady, I, uh… maybe–

Craig: Hey, honey. So sorry I’m late.

Chloe: Oh, hey, dad, hi.

Craig: I’m glad you are here. Hey, brady.

Brady: Mm, craig.

Craig: Are you, uh, meeting someone here for valentine’s day?

Brady: Um, no, not exactly.

Chloe: I-I invited brady to join us tonight, if that’s okay with you?

Chanel: Why the hell would i want to go anywhere with you?

Johnny: Never had a drink with a friend?

Chanel: A fri–you think we’re friends?

Johnny: Why not?

Chanel: Are you seriously asking that question?

Johnny: I just don’t know when things got so nasty between us.

Chanel: This isn’t about us being friends. This is about the lawsuit. You’re worried about me coming after your money.

Johnny: What money?

Chanel: Are you kidding me?

Johnny: My family’s rich. That doesn’t mean I control any of it–you should know that better than anyone. You couldn’t even pay your rent for a while.

Chanel: You are unbelievable.

Johnny: I’m just saying, you think this divorce is gonna somehow turn into some big payoff for you, you should think again. The only people getting richer are the lawyers.

Chanel: I’m done with this.

Johnny: You can–fine. All right, you can’t avoid me. We both live in salem, you’re business partners with my sister and much more.

Chanel: You leave allie out of this.

Johnny: Okay. I’m just saying, isn’t there some way we can try and figure this out without the lawyers? Let’s go someplace, talk. Just the two of us.

Gabi: You think johnny was pretending to be maggie? Why-why would he do that?

Jake: Who knows what goes on in that kid’s head? Maybe he wanted some alone time with you.

Gabi: So he broke into the kiriakis mansion and stole maggie’s phone? I mean, that’s a pretty elaborate scheme, knowing you’d just–you’d figure it out as soon as you got there.

Jake: Yeah, I admit, it’s, uh, doesn’t make much sense.

Gabi: At least you admit it.

Jake: [Scoffs] You have any other theories, detective benson?

Gabi: The other theory is, you’re lying.

Jake: [Scoffs] What?

Gabi: I know you have no reason to lie to me, so we can take that out of the equation.

Jake: No, I don’t have any reason to lie to you. Now, johnny, on the other hand– think about it. We have a strong bond, right? He’s on the outside, so it would benefit him to shake things up a little bit.

Gabi: I still don’t know what he’d gain by having you go over to see maggie.

Jake: What did he say to you after I left the mansion?

Gabi: Nothing–I told him I would contact him, then I came home.

Jake: I don’t trust the guy.

Gabi: I know you don’T. I know you don’t, but look. We don’t have to be partners for life with johnny. We just have to trust him long enough for him to call this meeting. Once we have his shares in place along with ours, then you can be the ceo of dimera, and I can be the ceo of titan. That’s what we’ve always wanted, no?

Jake: Yeah.

Gabi: You sure that’s what you still want?

Jake: Of course. I mean, but what I really want right now is for us to stop talking business.

Ciara: Jake thinks that johnny is trying to take gabi away from him; that doesn’t necessarily make him the most credible observer.

Ben: Right, but you have to admit, these are still red flags, ciara.

Ciara: Yeah, definitely. And if there is a chance that the devil is still in salem, we need to know about it.

Ben: Yeah, and fast.

Ciara: Oh, my god. Ben, I thought this was over. I really did–I thought that you and I were gonna be safe. I thought that our baby was gonna be safe, but–

Ben: Hey. I am not going to let anything happen to our baby, I promise you. You know I would do everything in my power to protect you both.

Ciara: But johnny is marlena’s grandson.

Ben: Yeah, and I understand that, and this woman has already gone through enough; the last thing I wanna do is cause her any more pain, but…

Ciara: Which, accusing her grandson her grandson of being the devil will definitely do. There has to be a way that we figure all of this out without getting her involved.

Ben: Hmm. Well, I can’t say I’m thrilled with this solution, but what if we talked to susan banks?

Tripp: [Sighs] Not bad.

Allie: Wow.

Tripp: Allie.

Allie: You did all this for me?

Tripp: You? No. No, no, no, I just needed to make a couple extra bucks, so I started an event planning business.

Allie: Oh, okay. Well, um, your clients are going to be very impressed.

Tripp: Yeah? Even though we’re outdoors in much colder weather than I was expecting?

Allie: It’s a beautiful night. I think it’s perfect to be out under the stars.

Tripp: I just thought it’d be a little more private than some restaurant.

Allie: Definitely, and– and this would make any girl feel special. It’s beautiful.

Tripp: So is my inspiration.

Allie: Thank you. What?

Tripp: Uh, look, um. I was planning on waiting to do this after our meal when we were, you know, gazing into each other’s eyes over dessert, but now that I have you here… I realize there’s no way I can wait that long, so… I’m just–I’m just gonna, uh…

Allie: Oh.

Tripp: [Laughs] Allie, I’ve never been happier than I am when I’m with you. We both came out of the darkest periods of our lives, and we pulled each other back out into the world. You gave me a life. You gave me hope. And I wanna spend the rest of our days trying to make you as happy as you’ve made me. I want to be your husband. I wanna be henry’s father. I want us to be a family. So… allie horton… will you marry me?

Allie: Yes.

Tripp: Yes?

Allie: Yes, tripp, I’ll marry you.

[Both laugh]

[Heartfelt music]

Chanel: My mom says that I should stay away from you and let the lawyers handle this.

Johnny: Mm, is that what you want? Turn our lives into some messy court battle?

Chanel: No!

Johnny: Then–what? Why don’t we just go someplace, sit down, figure it out, just the two of us. We can go back to your place. Or mine.

Chanel: Hell no.

Johnny: What’s wrong with my place?

Chanel: Everything! I’m never going back there again, johnny. If we are going to talk, we have to do it someplace a bit more private than in the middle of the square.

Johnny: There’s– there’s no one here now.

Chanel: Okay, but that could change at any minute, and it could get busy, so… follow me.

Jake: What’s wrong?

Gabi: Nothing, I’m just a little distracted.

Jake: By?

Gabi: I told you, I wanted to check on my brother.

Jake: [Sighs] Right, and then johnny interrupted you.

Gabi: Yeah, I never found out what happened in court. I wanna see how the first day of, uh, the trial went for rafe.

Jake: Of course.

Gabi: [Sighs] Oh, my god.

Jake: What is it?

Gabi: Nothing good. Not only did rafe’s accuser testify, but apparently, trask caught nicole trying to tamper with the witness.

Craig: I’m glad you invited brady, I–I know how close the two of you are, and, well, I understand how difficult it might be for you to meet the new man in my life.

Chloe: Yeah, I have to admit I’m a bit nervous about it. And I-I thought that brady being here, you know, he’d keep me from saying or doing something I shouldn’T.

Craig: Well, to be quite honest, I’ve been a little nervous myself. And then I started to think about it, and I went, “you don’t have anything to worry about,” because this guy that I’m seeing,” I mean, I gotta tell you, he is gonna put us all at ease. He’s funny, he’s–he’s got this gift of finding the humor in every situation, even if it’s a difficult one.

Chloe: Mm, funny– funny is good.

Craig: Yeah. He’s kind–he’s very kind. And I’m sure he is gonna love the both of you as you’re gonna love him. Life’s been hard enough.

Gabi: This is bad. This is really bad.

Jake: Hey, hey, gabi, look. It’s just the first day of the trial, all right? Prosecutor has done her job, it looks bad for the defense before they get their turn. It’s gonna be okay.

Gabi: I’m sorry, I-I cannot do this right now.

Jake: Right now or ever, apparently.

Gabi: What is that supposed to mean?

Jake: It’s valentine’s day, gabi–you’ve been acting weird all day.

Gabi: No, I haven’T.

Jake: You have. You have–I-I covered the bed in rose petals, I brought you chocolates.

Gabi: That I was allergic to.

Jake: I didn’t know about, okay? And more importantly, you’ve been acting all day like you don’t care about me, unless you’re being openly hostile, so what’s going on?

Gabi: You have to ask?

Jake: Yeah, I do.

Gabi: My brother is on trial for his life.

Jake: You sure that’s what this is about?

Gabi: What else would it be?

Jake: I don’t know, gabi, but it seems personal. We okay?

Gabi: We’re great. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to find some answers.

[Apprehensive music]

Ciara: What does susan banks know about johnny being possessed?

Ben: She seems to kind of have a sixth sense for this kind of thing. She was the one that warned us about the devil in the first place.

Ciara: Yeah, and she did have the premonition about how the devil was after her baby.

Ben: Exactly, and she recognized that dr. Evans was possessed before anybody else.

Ciara: Right, so if the devil is still in salem…

Ben: She is the one who would be able to sense it.

Ciara: You might be right. However, there’s only one issue with that.

Ben: What’s that?

Ciara: Johnny is her grandson, and she would do anything to protect him. I don’t know how happy she’s gonna be, getting a phone call from us, accusing her grandbaby of being the devil.

Tripp: Hmm. Mmm, that is really good.

Allie: Told you.

Tripp: You know, I feel like everything just tastes a little better when it’s being fed to you by your fiancéE.

Allie: You just wanted to say that word, didn’t you?

Tripp: Well, that’s what you are–my fiancéE. And pretty soon, my wife.

Chanel: Horton, tripp. I’m so sorry, I didn’t know you guys were here.

Johnny: Oops.

Chanel: Um, come on. Let’s go somewhere else.

Allie: Wait, um, dupree, what are you doing with him?

Johnny: Well, hello to you, too, sis.

Chanel: No, it’s-it’s cool. Johnny just wanted to talk about the divorce.

Johnny: But this looks romantic. What do you two have going on out here?

Your mission:

Gabi: Um, excuse me– can someone, um, help. Thank you for all your help.

[Apprehensive music]

Jake: Happy valentine’s day.

Gabi: This doesn’t make sense, jake. How could you betray me like this?

Craig: I-I don’t know what is holding him up. There’s no texts, no messages.

Chloe: Dad, it’s okay. He’s only, like, a few minutes late.

Craig: Well, I-I’m gonna text him again. He’s probably got a lot of traffic.

Brady: Yeah, that’s probably it.

Chloe: Well, when he does get here, I just realized, I don’t even know his name.

Brady: Leo stark.

Craig: Uh–how did you know?

Leo: Happy valentine’s day.

Craig: Hi!

[Laughs]

Ciara: Babe, I still don’t know if calling susan is such a good idea. I mean, what if we tell her about johnny, and then she warns him?

Ben: Well, ciara, we have to just hope she does the right thing. Unless you have a better idea– I’m all ears.

Ciara: Fine, make the call.

Ben: Yeah?

Ciara: What are you even gonna say to her? Like, “hey, susan, hi, what’s up? How you doing? Is your grandson possessed?” It’s kinda weird.

[Line trilling]

[Machine beeps]

Ben: Hey, susan. It’s ben weston. Uh, give me a call back when you get this. There’s just something I need talk to you about, and it’s pretty important. Thank you. Pretty important? God, I just panicked. That was so stupid.

Ciara: No, it– that’s all right. She’s probably out with roger for valentine’s day anyway.

Ben: Yeah. So we may not get any answers tonight anyway, right?

Ciara: I guess we will just have to wait.

Ben: I guess so.

Ciara: Let’s really hope that we are just jumping to some crazy conclusion and that the devil is out of salem for good.

Ben: Ciara, if we’re not, and he is here, and he’s after our baby, we’re gonna get through it. We’re gonna deal with it. ‘Cause we’re together.

Allie: Guess what? Tripp proposed!

Chanel: Did he?

Tripp: And allie said yes.

Chanel: Oh, well–wow! That’s, uh–congratulations. I-I’m really happy for you two. I–I just meant between my divorce and this movie, and– I really need to get away from johnny. But I promise you that this isn’t about us sleeping together.

Allie: Johnny? Aren’t you going to say something?

Johnny: Like what?

Allie: I don’t know, like maybe congratulations? You can’t be a little happy for your twin sister?

Johnny: No, I am, I– I’m just curious to find out if you told tripp before you accepted his proposal.

Tripp: Told me what?

Johnny: That she slept with my wife.

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Ciara: Okay now, up a little to the left. All right, now that’s too much. Down a smidge. Just a little bit.

Ben: Ugh.

Ciara: Little bit more.

Ben: Uh. You know, here I was thinking that when we got done with this, maybe we’d actually be able to celebrate valentine’s day. But at this rate, I guess we could just do that tomorrow.

Ciara: Okay, you know what?

Ben: What?

Ciara: I think the painting is perfect.

Ben: Oh, good.

Ciara: Just like you.

[Sentimental music]

NEWS BREAK HERE

Nicole: Ms. Vitali, as always, did a pretty good job of covering her tracks. But not good enough to get past me. She’s going down, mr. Hutchins. So you can either cut a deal and testify against her, or she’s gonna take you down with her because that’s the kind of person she is. So are you gonna walk in that courtroom and perjure yourself? Or are you gonna take advantage of your last chance to save yourself and admit that ava vitali put you up to this?

Ava: I hope you believe me, allie.

Allie: I know you wouldn’t swear on tripp’s life if you didn’t mean it.

Ava: Absolutely not. I love him with all of my heart. As I know you do. And for tripp’s sake, I just– I can’t have you thinking badly of me, especially not tonight, when he’s about to–

Allie: About to what?

Ava: Nothing. No, I shouldn’t– I shouldn’t have said anything.

Allie: Ava, should I be worried about tripp?

Ava: No. No, no, no, no. It’s a good thing. At least I hope you think so.

Allie: Oh, my god. Is tripp going to propose?

Chanel: Are you really proposing tonight?

Tripp: I’ve been wanting to do it for a while, but it’d take me, like, six years to afford a decent ring at my salary.

Chanel: That ring looks a lot more than decent.

Tripp: It was my great-grandmother’S. And it seems like allie’s style, but I’m not sure.

Chanel: Oh, tripp. It’s gorgeous. Allie’s gonna love it.

Tripp: Thanks. I really want it to be special. She deserves that. I just–I’ve never met anyone like her. Not only is she beautiful, but she’s funny, honest. I’m telling you what you already know.

Chanel: Yeah. I hope that didn’t sound like i was rubbing it in, though, after everything you’ve been through with johnny.

Chanel: No, no. I–I know how much you love allie. And it’s not your fault her brother was an ass. Allie did keep warning me about him.

Tripp: Yeah, but I think even allie underestimated how big of an ass he is. I mean, not only did he just treat you like crap, but, I mean, after what happened between you and allie…

Chanel: What happened between me and allie was that… we kissed a couple of times a long time ago. And since then, she has made it totally clear that you’re the one she loves. And johnny’s the one I… the one I thought I loved.

Johnny: It’s true. I might want to be the ceo of dimera one day, but gabi has convinced me that you’re the right man for the job– in this moment. She can be very persuasive, you know.

Jake: I do know that.

Gabi: I told johnny that you’ve done this job before, so you could be up to speed day one. Also that shin has always been on your side.

Johnny: And besides, I’m so busy with this movie, I don’t have time for another job. Tell you to truth, I kinda wish my producer wasn’t holding me to my contract.

Jake: Hmm, that’s funny, johnny, I thought you were dying to do this movie.

Johnny: Yeah. But I’m just feeling like I’M… in a deal with the devil to tell the devil’s story.

Julie: Perhaps it’s coincidence. But the devil did come to salem to claim your unborn baby. So doug and I got the cross– the one thing that we thought would protect our new great-grandchild.

Ben: Have some water.

Julie: Thank you.

Ciara: Grandma, it’s okay. We can fix it. We will try again and again and again.

Julie: Sweetheart, I know you think I’m overreacting, that I’m just a superstitious old woman. But let me tell you, the last time I saw an upside-down cross, the devil was standing in the middle of my living room.

Ben: And that was horrible, but marlena is not possessed by the devil anymore.

Ciara: Yeah. The exorcism worked, and the entire family was there to witness it.

Julie: Good. I know when the devil passed from doug to marlena… now it’s passed out of marlena. How do we know the devil has left salem?

[Eerie music]

Ahh it’s the birthday girl!

Nicole: I’ve covered a lot of cases like this. Now, I’m not telling you what to do, but I do think it’s wise to take the exit ramp while you still have the chance.

Hutchins: The last time a former associate of ms. Vitali crossed her, he wound up dead with a steak knife in his chest.

Nicole: Are you saying you’re a former associate of ms. Vitali?

Hutchins: I never said that.

Melinda: Mr. Hutchins, there’s been a change in the schedule. What the hell is going on here?

[Tense music]

Ava: [Chuckles] That’s quite a leap there, allie.

Allie: Is it? Because I ran into tripp the other day with my grandfather at the pub, and they said they were talking about uncle steve and aunt kayla, but… tripp is so old fashioned, I bet he was asking for my hand in marriage because my parents aren’t around.

Ava: Okay, now that’s an even bigger leap.

Allie: But is it true?

Ava: Okay, I’m not gonna lie to you. Yeah, it is.

Allie: Oh, my god.

Ava: Okay, now please, please do not say anything to tripp, because he is so excited and I cannot be the one who ruined it for him. It would just kill me if you said no because of me.

Tripp: Thank you for being happy for us.

Chanel: Of course I’m happy. Horton’s just about my favorite person in the world, and… I guess I’m gonna have to get used to calling her johnson now.

Tripp: Doesn’t have quite the same ring to it. But speaking of rings, I was thinking about putting it at the bottom of her champagne glass.

Chanel: Well, I mean, if she happens to swallow it, you’re a doctor, so you can do that heimlich thing on her.

Tripp: You think it’s cheesy, don’t you?

Chanel: No, it’s not that. It’s just, um… you know, horton’s not really a big fan of champagne.

Tripp: That’s right. She likes cosmos. But I’ve never made a cosmo before in my life.

Chanel: I got you. I will write down the recipe for you.

Tripp: Oh, thank you.

Chanel: I know just how she likes it.

[Sentimental music]

Johnny: So we all on the same page?

Jake: Yeah. I say we strike while the iron’s hot.

Johnny: Gosh, uncle jake, you sure can turn a phrase. I’m gonna call shin and tell him that we want to convene a board meeting as soon as possible. So if you’ll excuse me.

[Tense music]

Jake: That arrogant son of a bitch.

[Exhales] Again? Sorry to interrupt whatever that was going on here when I walked in.

Gabi: Nothing was going on.

Jake: Looked pretty cozy to me, gabs.

Gabi: We need his votes to get what we want, okay? I know what I’m doing. Would you please trust me?

[Eerie tone]

[Phone beeps] Oh, funny. Maggie kiriakis wants to see you.

Jake: Hmm.

Gabi: What’s that about?

Ciara: Do you think that the devil possessed grandpa doug again?

Julie: Oh, god forbid. But something very strange happened just a couple of nights ago. A fire broke out on top of the stove. The stove was not even on.

Ciara: Are you sure it wasn’t?

Julie: I’m sure, darling. The repair person looked it over, said everything was fine, had to be user error.

Ben: Hmm. And you think maybe that it could have been the devil that did it?

Julie: The fire broke out just as I was leaving to bring you that cross.

Ciara: Yes, and johnny brought it over.

Julie: Yeah, johnny. Johnny showed up. Wanted to talk to doug about this awful movie that he plans to make. Well, I told him what i thought of that.

Ben: Well, he told us that you were busy–

Ciara: “Putting out fires.” He said you were putting out fires, but he said it in a very joking kind of way.

Julie: Well, it wasn’t any joke. The flames were this high, there was absolutely no reason for them, and…

[Sighs] God. Oh, god, this cannot be happening again.

Dry eye symptoms

driving you crazy?

Allie: Ava, it means so much to me that we have a good relationship because of henry and tripp. But even if we didn’t, my feelings for you would never, ever affect how I answer tripp.

Ava: Oh, thank god. Okay. Well, I should let you go, ’cause you’ve got a big night ahead of you. Oh. Please act surprised.

Allie: Oh, no worries there.

Chanel: All right. And serve in a chilled cocktail glass.

Tripp: Oh, thank you.

Chanel: Cosmos a la london, as prescribed by chanel dupree.

Tripp: Thank you so much. You’re the best. And whatever I can do to help you in court, you can count on me.

Chanel: Well, we might wanna rethink that. When I asked you, I didn’t know that you were just about to become johnny’s brother-in-law.

Tripp: Well, he’ll be my brother-in-law only if allie says “yes.”

Chanel: Well, if she does say “yes,” then just make sure it’s cool with her for you to testify.

Tripp: I’m sure it will be. I mean, she feels the same about johnny as I do. She’s even taken to calling him the evil twin.

[Ominous music]

Jake: I swear, I have no idea what maggie wants.

[Phone beeps]

Gabi: Well, she says it’s urgent.

Jake: It’s gotta have something to do with victor and the titan stuff. Better get going.

Gabi: Well, let me know what she says.

Jake: You know I will. But just fair warning, I don’t plan on doing much business talk.

[Ominous music]

[Eerie tone]

Ciara: Has grandpa doug been okay lately?

Julie: He hasn’t locked me in the freezer again, if that’s what you’re asking.

Ciara: Oh, god. I–I don’t know exactly what I’m asking. I just… has he been acting out of character?

Julie: No. No, he’s back to being the most wonderful husband in the world again. And you know I’m watching him like a hawk after everything we’ve been through.

Ciara: Yeah, well, sure. Of course. I can imagine.

Julie: Come to think of it… when the devil left doug, went into marlena, she was present in the room. I mean, she was physically there with him. Now, doug was not at that exorcism. So there’s no way that the devil could have gone back to possess him.

Ben: Is that how these things work?

Julie: That’s what I’m told.

Ben: All right.

Julie: Okay, uh, I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry if I’ve disturbed you people.

Ben: No, no, no.

Julie: I didn’t mean to. I guess I am getting…

[Sighs] Crazy.

Ben: No, no.

Julie: I just want you to be well and, oh, my god, I want you to be safe, darling. And consider yourselves lucky that you don’t have a gas stove.

[Both chuckle] Have a wonderful, wonderful valentine’s day together.

Ben: Thank you.

Ciara: We will. And tell grandpa doug that i love him and give him all my hugs and kisses.

Julie: I’ll be glad to do.

Ciara: Okay.

Julie: Bye-bye.

Ciara: Bye.

Ben: Bye, julie.

Ciara: [Sighs] Okay, she really just gave me a scare. Ben?

Ben: It just doesn’t make any damn sense, ciara. There’s nothing wrong with the nail. The cross wasn’t top-heavy.

Ciara: Okay, now you’re scaring me.

Ben: Okay, hey. Let’s go inside.

[Sighs]

[Tense music]

Ciara: Ben, what are you thinking?

Ben: I’m thinking that maybe she was right. That there’s no way that the devil could have gone back into doug.

Ciara: But?

Ben: But maybe… it could have jumped into somebody else.

[Tense music]

This is the sound of nature breathing.

Hutchins: This lady says she’s a reporter, that she wanted to talk to me about–

Melinda: This is not a lady or a reporter. This is a witness tamperer. Get out, miss walker, before I have the bailiff throw you out. And I suggest you call a lawyer unless you wanna join your boyfriend in statesville.

[Phone beeps]

[Line ringing]

[Phone rings, beeps]

Ava: Hey, honey.

Tripp: Hey, mom. I just wanted to say thank you for helping me get ready for tonight.

Ava: Yeah, of course. How you doing?

Tripp: I wish I could fast-forward to dinner. But hey, can I ask you to pick up a few extra things for me? I’m gonna need some cranberry juice and some limes.

Ava: Cosmos, huh? Sounds like everything’s a go.

Tripp: Yeah. Yeah, she’s gonna be so surprised.

Chanel: Hey, horton. You look like you’re contemplating the meaning of life.

Allie: I kind of am. I just found out from tripp’s mom that he’s going to propose to me tonight.

Chanel: I know. He told me.

Allie: He told you?

Chanel: Well, only because he wanted my opinion of the ring. You’ll love it. It’s gorge.

Allie: I bet I will.

Chanel: So I know he wanted it to be a surprise, but since you know, what are you gonna say?

[Chilling music]

Jack: [Grunts]

Gabi: What’s wrong?

Jack: Damn it.

[Vocalizes] I don’t know. A weird shock feeling.

Gabi: It’s been really dry out; I’m literally an electroshock machine. Are you okay?

Jake: [Vocalizes] Yeah. I’ll be fine. I’ll see you later.

Gabi: Yeah.

Jake: Oh, and, uh, I hope you’re hungry, because I got a bit of a surprise for you when I get back from maggie’S. See you, johnny.

Gabi: He’s got a surprise for me. He’s still plotting with maggie practically out in the open.

Johnny: Well, you’ve got an even bigger surprise for him. You know what they say: Pride goeth before the fall.

Ciara: So if the devil is still after our baby…

Ben: It had to have been somebody at the exorcism.

Ciara: All right, well, belle told me who was there. Marlena, of course. John, eric, brady, sami, allie, and johnny. Johnny. The one who brought us the cross.

[Tense music]

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Ava: Oh, you–you think that I framed rafe? Why would I do that? He is my boyfriend.

Nicole: Oh, drop the act, ava.

Rafe: Nicole–

Nicole: It is so obvious that you found out rafe and i made love, and you wanted revenge.

Ava: You–you and rafe?

[Suspenseful music]

You slept with my best friend? Rafe?

Rafe: I’m sorry.

Ava: When? When?

Rafe: What difference does it make?

Ava: Because I want to know.

Rafe: It was halloween, okay?

Ava: So you’ve been lying to me for months. Both of you.

Rafe: Ava–

Ava: [Inaudible] How many times? Did it happen more than once?

Rafe: No, it was– it was a one-time thing.

Ava: Oh, is that the truth? Is that the truth now?

Rafe: Yes. The whole truth is I’ve had feelings for nicole for a while now.

Ava: We talked about this, rafe. You denied it more than once. You looked me in the eyes, how many times have you told me that you were committed to me?

Rafe: I lied, okay? I lied to you. I lied to myself. I’m so sorry. You deserve better.

Ava: You made me believe that what we had was real.

[Chuckles] It’s just all a lie, huh?

Nicole: I asked rafe to keep it a secret because I didn’t want to come between you.

Ava: Oh, what a good friend you are.

Rafe: This is not–

Ava: So concerned about my feelings.

Rafe: Ava–

Ava: What?

Rafe: It’s not on nicole, okay? This is on me. I owed it to you to tell you the truth, and–

Ava: And what?

Rafe: I did–I did far from that, okay?

Ava: Yeah, you sure did. Right, okay, so–so you sleep with my best friend. Yes, nicole, you slept with him, right? And then–and then you tell him to lie. She asks you to lie, you do it, and then you stand up for her?

Nicole: We made a mistake. But I am not surprised that you acted like the vindictive bitch that you have always been, and framed him–

Ava: Oh, my god, I am not the same woman I used to be.

Nicole: The hell you’re not.

Rafe: Okay, ava, I– ava, I understand that you are angry. I get that, okay? You’re upset. I am so sorry. And I understand that you feel betrayed for what I have done. But I have to ask you, did you do this? Did you? Did you frame me? ‘Cause right now, we can still get the charges dropped before it’s too late.

Marlena: When you first came in here, you talked a lot about craig. And then you said, “what’s wrong with me? What did I do wrong?” Are you thinking this is your fault?

Nancy: It is, I mean, not totally, I’m just– I’m just thinking that maybe if I–if I had tried really hard to be–to be–

Marlena: What? To be what?

Nancy: Marlena, to be what he needed. I mean, I know I’m stubborn, and–and I’m argumentative, and I talk way too much, I just keep going on–

Marlena: Stop it. Stop right there. Your husband is gay. That isn’t your fault. Your husband kept a very big secret from you. And–and his sexual orientation isn’t really a choice. But he made a choice to keep that from you. And that’s what I think is causing you so much pain.

Nancy: But marlena, he’s destroyed my marriage. I mean, what–what do I do now?

[Sobs]

Chloe: I get how difficult this must be for you, dad. And I–I do appreciate you opening up to me. And of course I want you to be happy. And I know after everything you’ve been through, you need love and support too, and just know that I’m here for you too.

Craig: Well, I won’t say no to my daughter.

Chloe: So you–you said you’re in love?

Craig: I am. And I want you to meet him, if that’s not too hard for you.

Chloe: Uh…meet him.

Craig: Yeah, he’s coming to salem. Tonight.

Johnny: “Anna, you are my everything. All my love, tony.” Nauseating. Much more interesting. You’re the naughty one, anna, so that one’s for you. Ugh. No. Too damn sweet. Well, what’s valentine’s day without a little bit of bitterness?

Gabi: I hate him.

Johnny: That’s more like it.

[Dramatic music]

Looking to get back in your type 2 diabetes zone?

Johnny: What’s got you so worked up?

Gabi: What do you think? Jake. He tried to feed me a chocolate candy.

Johnny: The nerve.

Gabi: And then there was flower petals everywhere, he woke me up with a rose.

Johnny: Is the, uh– the poor guy still breathing?

Gabi: I wanted to slug the son of a bitch, but you know what? I didn’T. I listened to your advice. I didn’t let on that I know he wants to backstab me.

Johnny: Well-played.

Gabi: But he was so sweet and romantic. I don’t know, is it possible that I somehow misunderstood when he was talking to maggie about cutting me out of the deal?

Johnny: I wish that were true, gabriella, because I can see how much you love my uncle. But I’m afraid his conversation with victor’s wife was no misunderstanding.

Gabi: How do you know that? You weren’t there.

Johnny: Maybe not, but I am sorry to say that I have found some indisputable proof that jake is planning to betray you.

Ava: Confess? To framing you?

Rafe: Ava. I know that you’re upset, but if you ever cared for me–

Ava: Oh, I did care for you. I loved you. And you cheated on me with that whore. So, no, I got–I got nothing to confess. In fact, I’d say you are guilty as sin. Good luck in court, rafe, ’cause you’re gonna need it.

Rafe: Ava–

Ava: Oh, and too bad you’re gonna be buried behind bars. Don’t worry, I’m sure nicole will wait for you.

[Tense music]

John: That’s gotta be rough, having all these feelings that you can’t act on.

Brady: Yeah, that’s something I have a little experience with.

John: You talking about chloe?

Brady: Yep.

John: So how’s that going, kid?

Brady: I’ve made no secret that I have feelings for her.

John: Mm-hmm.

Brady: But the fact that philip is still missing kind of puts everything on hold, dad. But that’s not what–[Sighs] That’s not what matters. What matters is chloe needs to know that she’s not alone in this. And I’m gonna be there for her every step of the way.

Chloe: You just said that you were worried about hurting mom, but you’re gonna bring your new boyfriend to salem?

Craig: I didn’t know he was coming till this morning. We spoke last night. After we hung up, he–

[Sighs] He booked a flight. Just–he doesn’t want any drama, he just wants to support me. If you can’t do this, I understand, but– it would mean the world to me if you could meet him, see how happy he makes me. Would you think about it? Please?

Chloe: Okay, I will.

Craig: Thanks.

[Emotional music]

Marlena: Nancy, you and craig have had so many happy years together. A family that you love– the breakup of a marriage, it’s–it’s a loss.

Nancy: It feels like a death.

Marlena: I know. And you’re grieving, and–

[Exhales] There’s no pill that I can give you, there’s no easy fix here. It is just going to take time.

Nancy: I was a afraid you were gonna say that.

Marlena: You’re not alone in this, you know? You got lots of people that are here to help you, that care about you. And if you need even more help, I’ll be here for you.

Nancy: Thank you, marlena. And thank you for giving me some perspective. Craig used to do things like that for me on valentine’s day. I guess not this year. Thank you.

Marlena: [Sighs] Life’s been hard enough.

Chloe: Hey.

Brady: Hi.

Chloe: Hey, do you have a minute?

Brady: For you, always. Come in.

Chloe: Thanks.

Brady: What’s going on?

Chloe: Oh, I–I just– I just saw my dad, and he wants me to meet his new boyfriend.

Brady: When?

Chloe: He’s on his way to salem right now. He booked his own flight, it wasn’t my dad’s idea.

Brady: [Sighs] Uh, what are you gonna do?

Chloe: That’s the thing, I don’t know. There’s–there’s a part of me that feels like I’m betraying my mom, but at the same time, I–I want to be there for my dad. I know he’s in pain and I want to support him.

Brady: Right, right. Your dad–I mean, that’s not an easy decision, chloe.

Chloe: No, it’s not easy. And I was hoping maybe it would be easier if you agreed to come with me?

[Knock at door]

John: Hey, gorgeous.

[Gasps] Ohh. Ohh. Somebody really loves you. And that somebody is here.

[Laughter]

Marlena: Happy valentine’s day.

John: Right back at you, sweetheart.

Marlena: I didn’t think that I would see you until this evening.

John: Oh, I just couldn’t stay away from my beautiful bride. And I had an interesting conversation with brady. He, um– he just told me that craig wesley’s in town, and he has left nancy for a man.

Marlena: I know. I know, um–nancy was the person who came in when I was talking to you on the phone.

John: That was her? Ooh. So how’s she doing?

Marlena: Well, I can’t really talk about it, but you can imagine she’s having a very hard time.

[Dramatic music]

[Phone ringing]

Jake: You guys seen gabi? Said she’d be here. You know, moral support and all.

Nicole: Uh, I haven’t seen her.

Jake: Must have just missed her then, huh?

Rafe: Gabi was never here.

Gabi: You have proof? What proof?

Johnny: When you came to me, with what you heard between maggie and jake, I realized I couldn’t trust my uncle jake, so I decided to do a little digging. I reached out to a contact that I have in the dimera legal department. She shared this with me.

Gabi: What is this?

Johnny: This is a formal petition to transfer stefan O. Dimera’s shares.

Gabi: My shares?

Johnny: Your shares to jake.

Gabi: He can’t do that.

Johnny: Well, jake makes the argument that you’re not blood-related, and that as stefan’s twin, he’s the rightful heir.

Gabi: No, he wouldn’t do that to me. You’re lying.

Johnny: I wish.

[Sighs] But… is this jake’s signature?

[Dramatic music]

Gabi: That bastard.

As a struggling actor,

John: I’m glad that nancy has found her way to you, because there is not a better person who can give her the kind of support she’s gonna need.

Marlena: Oh. You know, every time I talk to somebody whose marriage is in trouble, makes me appreciate how precious ours is.

John: Oh, you’ve got that right, doc.

Craig: [Sighs] Nancy– I’m so sorry I hurt you, I– I hope you know that. And I–I want you to know that no matter what happens, I’m still your friend.

Nancy: [Laughs] You are not my friend. And you’re not going to be my husband much longer, because I want a divorce.

[Melancholy music]

Brady: You–okay, you want me to go to dinner with you, and your dad, and his boyfriend? Tonight?

Chloe: Oh. Oh, my god. I’m sorry, I–I forgot it’s–it’s valentine’s day.

Brady: Yeah, it is, it is.

Chloe: You–you probably have other plans?

Brady: I don’T. So yes, I would love to go to dinner with you. I mean, what are friends for, right?

Nicole: Rafe, I am so sorry I lost it on ava.

Rafe: It’s okay. It is okay. You know, I’m actually kind of relieved.

Nicole: How could you say that?

Rafe: Because now it’s finally all out in the open, and there’s no reason we can’t be together. But I will totally understand if you don’t want to spend the next however many years talking through a wall of glass to a guy in a jumpsuit.

Nicole: I am not gonna let that happen. I am not giving up. I am going to find a way to prove that ava framed you.

Jake: Gabi, gabi, gabi. Said you’d be with your brother, and you’re not. Where the hell are you?

Gabi: Okay, that’s it, I’m out of here.

Johnny: Whoa, where are you going?

Gabi: To kill jake. Where do you think I’m going?

Johnny: Look, I can be a bit of a hothead myself, but I think we both know, cooler heads will win the game.

Gabi: I’d rather kill him.

Johnny: Hey, hey, hey. We talked about this, okay? We can use this. Besides, won’t it be fun to see jake’s face when we burn him to the ground?

Gabi: Well, you know, when you put it like that, fine. But we need a plan. What is the plan?

Johnny: Oh, it’s simple. We screw jake, before he screws you.

[Phone rings]

Gabi: Oh, it’s jake!

Johnny: Cooler heads…

[Phone rings] Remember?

Gabi: How could he do this to me?

Johnny: How about a valentine’s chocolate to take your mind of him, huh?

Gabi: I’m not hungry.

Johnny: This one’s cherry. Something tells me that’s your favorite.

[Dramatic music]

Gabi: Mmm.

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Abigail: So sarah is pining away for somebody other than xander?

Kristen: Mm-hmm.

Abigail: Okay. All right. I’ll play your little game here. Is it rex?

Kristen: Ugh.

Abigail: Eric?

Kristen: Oh, please. She and the good father never stood a chance.

Abigail: You probably pumped sarah so full of drugs, I mean, her new heartthrob could be harry truman.

Kristen: Oh, my god. I wouldn’t have shot her full of anything if someone hadn’t left a full syringen the dimera dungeon.

Abigail: Look, all right, I already get that it’s my damn fault, thank you very much. But unlike you who has no conscience, I already feel terrible enough about it without you continuously waving it in my face.

Kristen: Ooh, I’m just stating the facts.

Abigail: [Exhales] If it’s not rex and it’s not eric, then who would– it’s chad, isn’t it? You saw to it that sarah was fixated on my husband.

Kristen: No. It’s even better than that. I’ve seen to it that she is fixated on a dimera of seniority.

Abigail: Tony?

Kristen: Ahh, good girl.

[Laughs]

Steve: So you’re in love with tony dimera?

Sarah: Don’t sound so skeptical. I mean, we’ve had our ups and downs, but tony’s the love of my life.

Steve: Maybe she thinks she’s anna.

Sarah: Anna fredericks? How could you possibly confuse me with that scheming bitch?

Kayla: Well, then who are you?

Sarah: I am the one and only renee dumonde.

Kayla: That can’t be. You cannot be renee.

Sarah: Of course I can.

Kayla: No, it’s not possible because renee dumonde is dead.

Lani: Okay, tr coates, let’s see what you’ve been up to since you fathered me. “Hollywood heavyweight to produce biopic on small town shrink possessed by satan.” Hollywood heavyweight?

[Sighs]

[Door clicks] Hi.

Eli: Hi.

[Both laugh]

Lani: Welcome home.

Eli: Mm.

Lani: You made really good time getting here from the airport.

Eli: Yes.

Lani: How was it visiting your mom?

Eli: It was good, but I am glad to be back home.

Lani: You have no idea how glad I am to have you home.

Eli: Twins were a handful?

Lani: It wasn’t just that.

Eli: Uh-oh.

Lani: Mm-hmm.

Eli: What happened?

Paulina: I know my name is not on the lease. But your tenants, eli and lani grant, they’re members of my family. All I’m asking is that you make sure that a man named tr coates doesn’t get into that building again.

[Scoffs] Well, let’s talk money. How much do you want? Hello? Hello? Talk to me! Oh, he hung up on me?

[Phone beeps]

[Doorbell rings] Ahh, lani. Uh– you.

Tr: Lani’s dear old dad.

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

[Soft orchestration]

Tr: [Grunts] Paulina. This is ridiculous. I just wanna talk to you.

Paulina: Oh, yeah, yeah, “I just wanna talk to you.” I know I’ll end up with a black eye or a big lip or worse.

Tr: I told you, I’ve changed. Do you really want your neighbors to be hearing all our business?

Abigail: [Scoffs] You expect me to believe that sarah is moping around this island because of tony dimera? She barely knows him.

Kristen: Oh, well, she knows him intimately now.

Abigail: What did you do? Did you put on a tony mask and romance her?

Kristen: Don’t you think that’s a little far-fetched?

Abigail: Not for you, no. I mean, how else is sarah gonna fall for tony?

Kristen: Well, I mean, sarah didn’t actually fall for tony. Renee did.

Abigail: Oh, god. I give up. Who the hell is renee?

Sarah: Kayla, you’re starting to worry me. As you can see, renee dumonde is alive and well. If you don’t know the difference between the living and the dead, you might wanna rethink that nursing career.

Steve: Uh, kayla’s a doctor. And so are you.

Sarah: Me? A doctor? No, I don’t like the sight of blood. I’ll leave that to neil curtis, thank you.

Kayla: You mean your father?

Sarah: Okay. I think that she needs some rest. A few minutes ago, she was saying I was mickey and maggie horton’s daughter, which we both know that sarah is a toddler. And now I’m neil’s child?

Kayla: It’s complicated.

Sarah: Well, it’s not to me. You don’t know what you’re talking about. I know I’m renee dumonde.

Steve: Uh, sweetness? Could you bring me up to speed on who this renee dumonde character is?

Kayla: Yeah, I think I better. Looks like we’re stuck with her. We hit the bike trails every weekend

Abigail: Okay, so you’ve got sarah believing she is stefano’s dead illegitimate daughter who is in love with tony and murdered by a serial killer?

Kristen: Ooh, go to the head of the class. I’m gonna give you a blue ribbon and another night here in almost paradise.

Abigail: So how’d you do it? How did you make sarah believe that she was renee?

Kristen: Well, it wasn’t really hard. When she first got here, she had lost her grip.

Abigail: I understand that. She made the trip in a suitcase.

Kristen: Mm-hmm. But see, she was a bit of a challenge ’cause one moment, she thought I was xander and the next, a coconut. Like that. And I thought if I kept her focused and kept her out of my hair, it would work out. So I just gave her a bunch of books to read.

Abigail: Out of the dimera library?

[Scoffs] I can imagine.

Kristen: Okay, but one of those books just happened to be the diary of my late sister, renee. And sarah pored over that tortured memoir at warp speed. And then when she was finished, voil. She was convinced she was renee dumonde. And there is nothing I could do to change that.

Kayla: And it turned out she was murdered by the salem slasher.

Steve: Aka andre dimera.

Kayla: Yeah.

Steve: So what’s your best guess why she thinks that she’s renee?

Kayla: I don’t know. Maybe kristen brainwashed her or maybe she just snapped.

Steve: After what kristen put her through, it’s possible. So what do we do?

Kayla: At the moment, I think we just humor her.

Sarah: What are you two whispering about?

Kayla: Um, nothing. We were just discussing how much we want to get out of this place.

Sarah: As do I. I miss my tony so much. I have to get home to him.

Steve: Well, we’re gonna need these if we’re gonna break out of this place.

Sarah: Oh, good. We can get to the kayak. But we have to make sure that we look it over thoroughly just in case anyone drilled a hole in it below the water line.

Steve: Why would you say that?

Sarah: Because that’s what i did to the boat that anna was on. What? Was she a friend of yours?

Anna: So you think someone paid ned to kidnap abigail?

Tony: That’s our theory, yes.

Anna: Oh, my goodness. Well, how soon do you have to leave?

Tony: Well, chad’s at the airfield now checking out the jet. I have to pack a bag and meet him there. Chad is hoping that I can convince ned to tell us where he took abigail.

Anna: Okay, I can go with you.

Tony: No, no, no, no, no. We don’t know what we’re walking into.

Anna: Well, ned would never hurt me.

Tony: Probably not. But I think it’s best that chad and I go it alone.

Eli: So this ray dude just showed up here with no warning?

Lani: Yeah. Scared me to death.

Eli: Why didn’t you call me?

Lani: I didn’t wanna break it to you over the phone.

Eli: [Sighs] Wait, how did he know how to find you?

Lani: He’s in town on business.

Eli: Well, what kind of business?

Lani: Film production. He’s producing johnny dimera’s film about marlena.

Eli: So I guess he’ll be here for a while, then.

Lani: Mm-hmm. He has a room at the salem inn.

Eli: You should have called me. I would have cut my trip short.

Lani: Nothing happened. He was minding his manners. I met my biological father for the first time. Other than that, it wasn’t a big deal.

Eli: Are you sure about that? You seem a little shaky.

Paulina: Oh, no. You sit over there.

Tr: I wanna talk about lani.

Paulina: Haven’t I told you to keep my daughter’s name out of your mouth?

Tr: She’s my daughter too.

Paulina: You gave up any rights that you had to my child when you started knocking me around.

Tr: I would never hurt lani. I told you, I’m a different man now. I have a right to know my daughter and my grandchildren.

Paulina: [Scoffs] You have no rights.

[Stammers] You–[Chuckles] Get out of here. Get out of here right now before I call the cops.

Tr: Okay, okay, okay. I’ll go. But we will be seeing each other again.

[Phone beeps]

[Line ringing]

Paulina: Hello. Hi. It’s me. I need to see you right away. It’s an emergency. Life’s been hard enough.

Steve: You drilled a hole in the boat that anna was on?

Sarah: Well, I didn’t know that tony was on it too. He could have drowned. But luckily, david got there just in time.

Steve: David who?

Kayla: David banning. Julie’s son, eli’s father.

Steve: Oh, right. That david. So david saved tony and anna’s lives?

Sarah: He did. Unfortunately, the baby that anna was carrying wasn’t as lucky.

Tony: I’ll call you as soon as we land.

Anna: Well, I guess that will have to be enough.

Tony: Mm. Would you keep an eye on charlotte and thomas? They know something’s up with their mum.

Anna: Of course I will. But darling, please, please be careful.

> Tony: [Laughs] Yes. Okay.

Anna: Oh.

Tony: Goodbye.

[Doorbell rings]

Anna: Oh. Hi. May I help you?

Tr: I certainly hope so.

Abe: Ooh. [Chuckles]

Paulina: Oh, whew. Thanks. Thanks for coming over.

Abe: You said it was an emergency. I didn’t realize you were preparing to bash somebody’s head in.

Paulina: I thought it might be him.

Abe: Who? What’s going on, paulina?

Paulina: This is about– it’s about lani.

Abe: Is she all right?

Paulina: She’s okay for now.

Abe: Well, what does that mean?

Paulina: That her bastard of a biological father is here in salem.

Tr: I’m here to see johnny dimera.

Anna: Oh, I’m sorry, but he’s out right now. May I give him a message?

Tr: My name is tr coates. I’m producing his film.

Anna: The one about marlena?

Tr: That’s the one.

Anna: Well, then please come in, mr. Coates.

Tr: Thank you.

Anna: The living room is right through there. Please, have a seat. Johnny is my nephew. My husband tony and I, well, we almost invested in the movie.

Tr: What stopped you?

Anna: My husband’s brother, johnny’s father. He didn’t think it was such a good idea. May I offer you something, mr. Coates? A glass of wine or a drink?

Tr: I’m fine, thank– and you can call me tr.

Anna: [Laughs] Okay, tr. You know, I’m really very excited about this movie. I think tony should play himself. Although actually, it was his deranged cousin andre who was pretending to be tony.

Tr: You know, maybe I will take that drink. Club soda?

Anna: Coming right up. And you know… I think I have the perfect casting choice to play andre’s wife, who, by the way, was also his adopted sister, kristen.

[Chuckles]

Tr: And, um, who would this perfect actress be?

Anna: Oh, me, of course.

Kristen: This was your fault, you know.

Abigail: Excuse me? Look, I might have left that syringe in the basement, but you? You are the one who injected sarah and decided to kidnap her in a suitcase. You’ve kept this woman prisoner here for months, and you didn’t think we were gonna realize that she was missing? Just so you know, I’m not gonna give up until I can take her home to her family.

Kristen: I mean, why don’t you ask sarah, or the woman you call sarah, which family she wants to be taken home to, hmm? Is it gonna be the hortons or the dimeras? Honestly, I thought I was getting my floors cleaned.

Abe: Ray? That son of a bitch is here? In my town?

Paulina: He calls himself tr. And he’s not just here, he came in style. Oh, he’s a hollywood big shot now. Teamed up with johnny dimera to produce that little weasel’s movie.

Abe: All right. How do we keep him away from lani?

Paulina: You think ray waited for a proper introduction?

Abe: You don’t mean that he–

Paulina: Yes, it’s too late, abe. They’ve already met.

Eli: I should have been here. You shouldn’t have had to deal with tr alone.

Lani: I didn’t have to. Paulina was right behind him, and she was in straight up mama lioness mode. I mean, she got rid of him before I could even begin to process what I was feeling.

Eli: So much for that.

Lani: I just… not that I didn’t know that he had been abusive to her, but paulina was going on and on about the kind of things that he had done to her and in detail. And now I have a way better understanding of why paulina was so afraid of tr that she didn’t even tell him that I existed. And why she gave me to her sister to keep me safe from him.

Eli: Makes me feel sorry for paulina.

Lani: Yeah, me too. But now that I know the truth, I have to admit I am curious about ray coates. I did a search on him. That’s him.

Eli: Wow. Does it make you feel guilty wanting to know more about him?

Lani: [Sighs] After what he did to paulina, yeah.

Eli: Well, listen, if anyone understands, it’s me. I grew up wanting to know everything about my dad. Left a hole in my heart that never healed.

Lani: But david banning didn’t abuse your mother. Tr coates, he– he beat my mom on a regular basis, and now he wants to be a part of my life. What am I supposed to do?

Tr: You do know the movie takes place 25 years ago.

Anna: Uh-huh.

Tr: Allie horton is set to play her own mother.

Anna: Ah.

Tr: Allie is in her 20s.

Anna: Oh, well, you know, you can just use one of those filter things. You know, put petroleum jelly on the lens or something. I mean, who better than tony’s real wife to play tony’s “real wife”?

[Laughs] You see what I did there?

Tr: Oh, yeah. I saw.

[Both laugh] But I actually have another actress in mind for the part.

Anna: Oh.

Tr: You know what? I will keep you in mind for some of my other projects.

Anna: You have other projects?

Tr: I produce two or three films a year.

Anna: Oh, then we definitely need to talk. You know, once you wrap “possessed,” you could do a sequel about the epic romance between tony and me. You can call it, “bewitched: The anna dimera story.” It’s got everything. Passion, action, more than one presumed death, and the best movie villain since darth vader.

Tr: Stefano dimera?

Anna: Oh, no. No. I was thinking more of his psychotic baby-killing bitch of a bastard daughter. Renee dumonde tried to ruin my life.

Sarah: Tony has always been my one true love. Tragically, we were forced apart when I found out that stefano was my birth father. But then we found out that stefano wasn’t tony’s birth father, so you see? We really are meant to be together.

Kayla: There’s a problem with that, though. Tony’s already married.

Sarah: Married? To who?

Steve: You’re not gonna like this. It’s anna.

Sarah: Again? Get me off of this island so i can tear her limb from limb. Gordan ramsey

Sarah: Well, tony will just have to annul his sham of a marriage. And then we can have an enormous wedding at st. Luke’s and have a reception at the dimera estate. What are you two doing? We have to get a move on if we’re gonna get out of here.

Steve: Look, renee, kayla and I wanna get back to salem just as bad as you do. But we have to deal with kristen first.

Sarah: Kristen’s never gonna let me leave. She said there’s a serial killer in salem.

Kayla: Wouldn’t be the first time.

Sarah: You’re telling me. The salem strangler tried to kill me more than once. I still can’t believe that poor jake kositchek was killing all those women.

Kayla: Uh–later, later.

Steve: Listen, renee. You have my word. I won’t let kristen stop us from leaving this island.

Sarah: You promise?

Steve: Promise.

Kristen: See, once sarah decided that she was renee, things became a lot easier for the both of us. And she was so obsessed with the details of her life, it made her docile. And then I could come and go as I wanted, and– I mean, for a while at least. Because now? Now all she thinks about is getting back to her beloved tony.

Abigail: Hmm. But you don’t know where she is.

Kristen: Oh, I’ll find her. I mean, she’s probably out building a boat out of banana leaves or something equally as asinine. No, I have to find her because I need to make sure she doesn’t hurt herself.

[Mutters indistinctly] This will keep you occupied. Hmm? It’s the life and times of renee dumonde. It’s a real page-turner.

Anna: So after all those years of believing I was a widow, my tony finally came back to me. Talk about a happy ending. He and I were destined to be together, no matter what renee dumonde wanted.

Tr: Well, it sounds like an interesting story.

Anna: Oh, I told you so. So what’s our next step?

Tr: Um… why don’t you write me up a treatment, and then we’ll talk?

Anna: Okay. That sounds like a good idea. I can start with when I first came to salem.

Tr: That’s perfect. Now, if you don’t–

Anna: It was just me and my little girl.

Tr: You didn’t mention you had a daughter.

Anna: Oh, her name is carrie. She’s so beautiful. People tell us all the time we look like sisters. Do you have any children, tr?

Tr: Actually, I just found out that I have a daughter.

Anna: Well, that’s wonderful.

Tr: Well, it would be, but… her mother’s done everything she can to keep us apart.

Anna: Oh, you can’t stand for that. You need to fight like a tiger to be in your daughter’s life.

Lani: I can’t help but hope that ray actually came to his senses and got the help that he needed. And not just for my sake, but for jules and carver. I mean, they share the man’s dna. What if one of them inherits his temper?

Eli: Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Genetics is just one factor in how a person turns out. Babe, if we raise our kids with love, kindness, and respect, I’m sure they’ll treat others the same.

Lani: You’re right. You are absolutely right. But after coming face-to-face with him and hearing everything that paulina went through with him… I can for sure as hell tell you who doesn’t believe that ray has changed, and that’s paulina.

Abe: I remember when you told me what ray did to you. After all these years, why did you tell him about lani?

Paulina: I didn’t! It was chanel.

Abe: What?

Paulina: She didn’t know who she was talking to. Ray went over there to talk to her about that damn movie and he mentioned that he knew me.

Abe: Is that all he said?

Paulina: Oh, yeah. He’s cagey.

[Chuckles] He told her that he met her cousin lani. And she told him that she was lani’s sister. He put it all together by himself and he never let on to her.

Abe: I’m gonna go check on lani and see how she’s doing.

Paulina: It’ll do her good to be with you.

Abe: Uh… what about you? Are you gonna be okay here?

Paulina: Well, you know us price women. We’re survivors. You go check on our girl.

[Sighs] Looking to get back in your type 2 diabetes zone?

Anna: Well, I’m ashamed to admit it, but I kept my daughter a secret from her father for the first four years of her life, and it’s o of my biggest regrets.

Tr: Did carrie and her dad ever get close?

> Anna: Oh, yes. Like they were never apart. Roman, my ex, he wouldn’t let me or anyone else keep him from being a father to carrie. And a wonderful one. So don’t you let anyone stand between you and your little girl.

Both: Hey.

Eli: How you doing, man?

Abe: Good, yeah. How’s valerie doing?

Eli: Superwoman as always. She sends her love.

Abe: That’s wonderful. And you, sweetheart.

Lani: Hi, dad.

Abe: How you doing?

Lani: I’m good. Just, you know, a little shaken up.

Eli: Well, now that you’re in good hands, I, um–I’m gonna go say hi to doug and julie.

Lani: Okay. Give them my love.

Eli: I will. I’ll see you. Take care of her, all right?

Abe: Good to see you too, man. Well, now that your overprotective husband is gone, your overprotective father wants the tea.

Lani: The tea?

Abe: Mm-hmm.

Lani: [Laughs] Look at you. Talking like a kid.

Abe: You know, I keep my hand in.

Lani: [Laughs]

Abe: So how you doing, sweetheart?

Abigail: “Dear diary, emily keeps telling me to stay away from tony, but I just can’T. He’s so handsome and he has that posh accent. Manly too. Like one of those jane austen heroes who rides up on his horse and makes the girls swoon. What’s wrong with my sister? Why is she so against tony and me getting closer?” Damn, this is kind of a page-turner.

Steve: Kristen!

Kayla: Might as well show your face. We’re gonna find you.

Sarah: Do you have to sound so angry? I mean, I get the threat of pirates, but my sister would never hurt us.

Kristen: What is all the ruckus? Oh, hey, sweetie. I see you met renee. Isn’t she special, hmm?

Ever notice how stiff clothes can feel rough on your skin?

Kayla: What did you give sarah? Why is she acting like this?

Sarah: Are we back to the sarah business again?

Kayla: Did you brainwash her? Did you deprive her until she dissociated?

Steve: Answer her.

Kristen: Wow, you two have always been so pushy. And your niece is exactly like you.

Steve: Abigail? She’s here?

Kayla: What have you done with her?

Kristen: Well, at the moment she’s curled up with a good book.

Abigail: “Everything’s awful. Stefano’s will was read this morning, and it says tony and i have to live in the dimera house with anna and david. I’d refuse, but then I lose my inheritance, and so would tony. I can’t believe my father’s torturing us from the grave. I don’t wanna be married to david anymore. He’s such a heel. And seeing tony every day with that trashy anna, I just– I can’t stand thinking about it. I have to do something. I have to find a way to get anna out of tony’s life… permanently.”

[Sighs] Poor anna. Renee really hated her guts.

Anna: Okay.

[Exhales] How do I even start? I don’t know what a treatment is except when doctors do it. Oh, I know, I’ll just pretend I’m nora ephron starting another masterpiece. Okay. Here goes. “Exterior.” That’s how they all start, right? Except this scene is inside. Hmm. “Interior. Tony’s penthouse. Daytime.” Okay, good. Now I’m rolling.

[Laughs]

[Gasps] “Anna is having it out with tony.” No, that’s not quite right. “The ravishing anna is having it out with cold, unfeeling tony because he refuses to accept her apology for sleeping with sinister andre by mistake because she thought he was tony.” What was it he said to me? Oh, how could I forget? Tony says… “oh, anna. How could you make love with that monster? Tell me, anna, did you look at him the way you look at me?” Anna says, “but tony, I told you, I thought he was you.”

[Inhales sharply] I’m going to make myself cry.

[Laughs] This screenplay writing thing is a snap once you get the hang of it. I wonder what I should wear to the oscars? Ha.

Tr: [Chuckles] Anna dimera may be a little eccentric, but… she’s right. I can’t stop trying to get through to lani.

[Knock at door]

Eli: Salem pd, open up.

Tr: Cops? What did paulina do now?

[Exhales deeply] Can I help you, officer?

Eli: Detective. Detective grant.

Tr: Oh, you must be lani’s husband. Come on in.

[Chuckles] So I guess this makes you my son-in-law.

Eli: Abe carver is my father-in-law. He’s one of the most decent men I’ve ever met.

Tr: I hope you think as well of me once we get to know each other.

Eli: Well, I don’t like what I know so far.

Tr: Well, I’m sure paulina has painted an ugly picture of me.

Eli: You didn’t help yourself too much by coming over to my home trying to barge in my door.

Tr: That’s not what happened.

Eli: Right. I guess you didn’t beat up paulina either. You didn’t scare her so much that she had to keep lani a secret from you?

Tr: Sounds like you’ve already made up your mind about me.

[Sighs] Are you planning to help paulina poison my daughter against me?

Eli: Lani is a strong, strong, smart woman and a damn good cop. She doesn’t need me or her mother to tell her how to feel. I just wanted to come by and let you know I have her back. You mess with any other price woman, you’ll have to answer to me, you understand?

Tr: Perfectly.

Eli: Bet.

[Tense music]

Lani: Having ray show up at my door, it knocked me for a loop.

Abe: You know, if… if you wanna know more about mr. Coates, I understand. But I am not crazy about the idea, given what he did to paulina. So just be careful, okay?

Lani: I may be curious about ray, but that’s all it is. You are my dad, and you always will be. And I know that now.

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PART WAS INTERRUPTED BY NEWS – WE’LL GET IT ON DEMAND

Ej: Hello, mate. Sorry to disturb your rest. It looks like we’ll be sharing a cell, so I guess we’ll be spending quite a bit of time together. Clyde weston.

Clyde: Ej dera. Long time no see.

Xander: So you really like the ring?

Gwen: Oh, my god. It’s just–it’s perfect. I love it. I can’t wait to show it off.

[Knocking on door] And here’s my chance. Dad, what are you doing here?

Jack: I need you to be straight with me. What do you know about abigail’s disappearance?

Chad: You have a lead? Thank god, tell me what it– you’re kidding, no, no, no. No, no, I think you’re right, shawn. No, no, no, this is the key to finding my wife,

Kristen: Abigail, you’ve been very naughty. No.

Abigail: This is sarah’s room, isn’t it? Where is she?

Kristen: You know what? That’s what I would like to know.

Sarah: Oh, my god, I didn’t know anyone was in here. Kayla?

Kayla: Yes.

Sarah: Is it really you?

Kayla: Yes, it’s really me.

Sarah: Oh, it’s like a dream. How did you even get here?

Kayla: It is a long story. But don’t you worry. Everything’s gonna be all right. We’re gonna help you.

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

[Soft orchestration]

Chad: Thank you, shawn. I will, yeah. Keep me posted.

Kate: Oh, please tell me that’s good news about abigail.

Chad: Shawn has a lead.

Kate: Oh, thank god.

Chad: So just before abby went missing listening, she tracked down this former dimera pilot who claimed he flew sarah out of town last year.

Kate: Yeah, she told me about that.

Chad: So the night abby disappeared, that same pilot flew out of a private airfield.

Kate: And that’s where you think abigail was headed, to confront sarah, whoever she is.

Chad: Can’t be a coincidence.

Kate: So what are you thinking?

Chad: I think abigail stumbled on to something with the whole sarah mystery. I think that pilot helped get rid of her.

Kate: Okay, so he must’ve filed a flight plan. Where did he go? Do you know where he went?

Kristen: Well, wherever sarah is, it’s not like she’s gonna go very far.

Abigail: So you admit you’ve been holding my cousin prisoner here on this island the whole time?

Kristen: Gold star for ms. Know-it-all. What the hell? You drugged me. I can’t believe you did that.

Abigail: What do you expect? You think because you give me tropical drinks with little umbrellas, I’m just gonna forget I’m a prisoner?

Kristen: Oh, my god. In all the time sarah’s been here, I mean, she never tried to drug me.

Abigail: Well, I’m sure it’s because she’s very grateful you kidnapped her and you brought her here against her will.

Kristen: See, sarah came willingly. In fact, she climbed into that suitcase.

Abigail: Why the hell would she do that?

Sarah: I still can’t believe my eyes. You really are here. Maybe I am dreaming.

Kayla: No, no, you’re not.

Sarah: Thank god ’cause I’ve been so lonely.

Kayla: I can’t even imagine what you’ve been through. Are you all right?

Sarah: Oh, I’m perfectly fine.

Kayla: Kristen didn’t hurt you?

Sarah: No.

Kayla: You can’t imagine how relieved I am to see you and that you’re looking so well.

Steve: You know what? I hate to break up this sweet reunion, but I think we need to get out of here before kristen gets back.

Sarah: And who might you be? This is the sound of nature breathing.

Steve: You don’t know who I am?

Sarah: No, should I?

Steve: I’m steve johnson. I’m kayla’s husband.

Sarah: You two are married?

Kayla: Yes.

Sarah: Well, that’s fantastic news, congratulations. When did this happen?

Steve: Well, we’ve been married a few times, but our most recent trip down the aisle was last year.

Kayla: You were my maid of honor.

Sarah: No, I wasn’T.

Steve: It’s true. You were in our wedding.

Sarah: Mm, I don’t think so. If I was in your wedding, I’d definitely remember that.

Abigail: Why would sarah willingly leave salem with you, hm? Were you trying to blackmail her? Tried to trick her somehow?

Kristen: Why does it matter?

Abigail: Fine. I’ll just go find sarah and see what she has to say.

Kristen: Wait. You want the scoop, lois lane? I’ll give it to you.

Gwen: Abigail’s disappearance? What are you talking about?

Jack: Abigail is missing.

Xander: Still? Chad came by here the other day looking for her. I just assumed they got their wires crossed or something.

Gwen: Yeah, this is the first time I’m hearing about it. I had no idea that abigail was missing.

Jack: Are you sure about that?

Chad: Unfortunately, the pilot didn’t file a flight plan so we have no record of where he could have gone.

Kate: Okay, well, did you check out the security cameras? That would give you a better idea of what happened.

Chad: Shawn looked into it. There’s no footage, so either the cameras weren’t working–

Kate: Yeah, or they erased the evidence.

Chad: All shawn’s got is that an airfield employee ided the pilot, but he says that he was alone. I’m positive though. He’s the key to finding abby.

Kate: Okay, so I assume that shawn is trying to track him down?

Chad: Now it’s just a waiting game.

Kate: Okay. Chad, look, I know that you are really horribly worried about abigail, and now is not the greatest time, I’m sorry, but since it’s about your brother–

Chad: Kate, don’T.

Kate: “Kate, don’t”? What does that mean? You don’t give a damn about the fact that you’re letting your brother go to prison for a crime he didn’t commit?

Clyde: Well, I was wondering when you might show up.

Ej: You’ve been keeping tabs on me, I’m flattered.

Clyde: Your trial was big news around here. Read all about how you kidnapped your wife and held her prisoner for months. I got to tell you, even by my standard, that’s pretty twisted.

Ej: I’m innocent.

Clyde: The judge didn’t seem to think so.

Ej: I was set up.

Clyde: Sure you were.

Ej: It’s the truth.

Clyde: Listen, first thing you gotta know is I ain’t no snitch, okay? So you can level with me, especially since you and I were one-time business associates, right?

Ej: I was your boss. And that was a long time ago. I never should have gotten mixed up in running drugs.

Clyde: No, it didn’t turn out too well for you, did it?

Ej: [Chuckles] Bit of an understatement considering it led to my supposed death

Clyde: Yet here you are, alive and well.

Ej: Mm-hmm, and you know one of my biggest regrets is that I never got to confront the son of a bitch who shot me. Migraine attacks?

Clyde: Sounds like you still hold a grudge.

Ej: Why wouldn’t I? I lost everything that night.

[Tense music]

Clyde: Exactly how much do you remember about that night, ej, about your shooting?

Chad: It’s so hard to keep up with you, kate. You know, one minute, you’re trying to talk me out of exonerating ej, and the next, you’re feeling guilty about about letting him take the fall.

Kate: Well, now that I know he’s staring at a ten-year sentence, I’ve landed squarely on feeling guilty.

Chad: Okay, then you know what, why don’t you go to the police and tell them that the real kidnapper is your son lucas? Yeah, I didn’t think so.

Kate: You know, you have a son, all right? Surely you understand me wanting to protect mine.

Chad: Up to a point, sure.

Kate: Oh, up to a point? Okay, so what point would you throw thomas under the bus? At what point would you divulge information that could ruin his life?

Chad: I hope I never have to make that decision.

Kate: Okay, so that’s not an answer.

Chad: I don’t foresee myself ever having to make that decision.

Kate: Oh, you don’t, huh? Oh, why, because your children are going to be perfect? They’re gonna be honest, honorable model citizens?

Chad: I sure as hell hope so, yeah.

Kate: You know something? We all hope so when they’re little. But then they become adults, and it’s a constantly lowering set of expectations because you can give them all the love in the world, and they are still gonna find a way to screw your life.

Chad: Okay, okay, I get it.

Kate: No, you don’t get it. You don’t get it. But somebody you will because someday, they’ll be adults, and they’ll make horrific mistakes, and there won’t be a damn thing you can do about it.

Chad: Right, and when I do or when abigail and I do, I should say, then you’ll be there to advise us, right? To make sure that first and foremost, we let our children get away with all these horrible mistakes that you’ve alluded to.

Kate: Oh, so that was really subtle, really subtle.

Chad: Okay, fine, you know what, I’m sorry. I’m sorry. That was uncalled for. It’s just, my wife is missing and I’m just a little bit on edge right now, okay?

Kate: Okay, I know, of course you are. And I’m sorry because I shouldn’t have been going on about all of this actually ’cause clearly you are worried. So just listen to me for a moment. You can continue with your plan claiming that you planted the evidence against ej. Just leave lucas out of it.

Chad: No, because then I will be charged with perjury, okay? And there’s no way in hell I’m gonna implicate myself to save ej after he forced himself on my wife.

Kate: I just think it’s wrong to make him suffer that much.

Chad: You know what? Hey, why don’t you think of the positive? Your guilty as hell son gets to gallivant around the world with the woman that he loves. Okay. I’m sorry. That was the last time. I won’t do it again. And you know what? My consciousness has been raised, and you’re right. If it were my son, I would protect him the exact same way you are protecting yours.

Kate: Well, thank you. I appreciate that. I do. I just wish I thought that roman would, you know.

Chad: He’s not up to it?

Kate: Not up to it. If he knew that I let sami gallivant around the world with her kidnapper, he’d never forgive me.

Chad: Well, you don’t want your son to go to prison, and I get that you don’T. You’re just gonna have to learn to live with it.

Tony: Live with what?

Xander: Jack, why are you suspicious of gwen? She just told you that she doesn’t know anything about this.

Jack: I spoke with chad. He told me that abigail was investigating sarah’s disappearance, and now abigail is missing as well. He’s convinced that the two things are connected.

Xander: What does that have to do with gwen though?

Jack: Chad said that abigail suspected that gwen was pretending to be sarah.

Xander: Well, did he also tell you that it’s a totally bogus accusation proven by the fact that when sarah was talking to abigail in the square, gwen ran into them, isn’t that right, love?

Gwen: Yes, that’s right. It was actually quite alarming ’cause abigail had this really strong grip on sarah. She was trying to rip off a mask, apparently trying to expose me. And so when she saw me standing there, she apologized to sarah and just walked off.

Xander: So abigail clearly had it wrong. Jack, I’m sorry abigail is missing, but whatever happened to her had nothing to do with gwen.

Abigail: So what, just like that, you’re just gonna tell me what happened with sarah?

Kristen: Why not? Who you going to blab it to? It’s not like you’re going ”

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Steve: She remembers you, and abe, the hortons. She doesn’t know who I am or who she is.

Kayla: I know. It’s so strange, but who knows what kristen did her this year.

Steve: Maybe when we get her back to salem, it’ll trigger the rest of her memories.

Kayla: Possibly, but we just need to get off this island prison.

Ej: How long have you been here in statesville?

Clyde: Eight long years. Though I have managed to sneak in a few unofficial breaks here and there.

Ej: So you must be pretty keyed in to the inner workings of this place. Can I rely on you to show me the ropes?

Clyde: Least I could do for my old boss.

Ej: Who would’ve thought that after all these years, you and i would be sharing a cell.

Clyde: Talk about your strange bedfellow, huh?

Ej: Mm-hmm. Since you staked out the top bunk, I guess the bottom’s all mine.

Clyde: Holy cow. That poor bastard honest-to-god doesn’t remember how i double-crossed him. Hope it stays that way for his sake. The world is full of make or break moments.

Jack: Thank you, thank you. It means a lot to me, like I said. Wait a minute, look at that rock. Is there something you two aren’t telling me?

Gwen: Yes. Actually, we are engaged. Xander just gave me the ring before you arrived.

Jack: Oh. And I put a big damper on the whole celebration. I’m so sorry.

Xander: No worries, mate.

Jack: For what it’s worth, I’m so happy for you both.

Gwen: Really?

Jack: It’s clear you two are very much in love. And I’m glad that my daughter has you to look after her.

Xander: Thanks, mate. Hey, this mean I get to call you dad?

Jack: No.

Chad: What do you know about ned grainger?

Tony: Well, whenever anna and I used the corporate jet, we always requested ned ’cause he was a professional, congenial man. Actually, we got to know each other quite well.

Chad: Do you know how to find him?

Tony: I know he had a little bungalow down in key west.

Chad: Tell me you have that address.

Tony: Not exactly, but I do–well, I’m familiar with the vicinity.

Kate: Would you recognize the house if you saw it?

Tony: Yeah, yes. Because he actually had us over for dinner during a layover one night. Cooked lobster for us.

Chad: Okay, you and i need to go down to key west as soon as possible.

Kate: You should call shawn first.

Chad: I’ll give him a heads-up, but I’m not leaving this up to the cops, not when abigail’s life depends on it.

Kristen: Well, let’s just say sarah was high enough after she was injected that she thought I was xander.

Abigail: That happened to me, too. My mind kept mixing people up. I mean, I actually thought chad was ben at one point.

Kristen: I mean, her hallucination actually worked to my advantage. See as xander, I was able to get her into the suitcase, tell her that we were escaping kristen and that we were gonna get married on a deserted island.

Abigail: So that’s what you meant when you said she went with you willingly.

Kristen: Mm-hmm. And she couldn’t get in there fast enough.

Abigail: I gotta say I just–I would not be okay if it weren’t for the fact that I had intensive therapy and took medication. If sarah hasn’t seen a professional, she’s gotta be a mess.

Kristen: Actually, she’s doing quite well now.

Sarah: Look what I found.

Steve: Wow, this is great.

Sarah: I’ve dreamed of this day for so long, and it could really be happening. If we go out far enough that we can flag down a ship, then I can finally get back to the man that I love. I’ve missed him beyond all reason.

Kayla: Well, he’s been so worried about you, too.

Sarah: You’ve seen him?

Steve: Well, before we left salem, he tried to hire my agency to come search for you.

Sarah: So he hasn’t forgotten me?

Steve: Of course not.

Sarah: There’s not a day, not an hour has gone by that I don’t think of him. His dark hair and his soulful eyes and that voice. I do love his deep sexy voice.

Kayla: Well, you’re clearly still in love with xander.

Sarah: Who’s xander? This is the sound of nature breathing.

Ej: Far cry from the sheets back home.

Clyde: Hey, just a tip. Don’t talk about your extravagant lifestyle out in gen pop. They’re not gonna find it so endearing.

Ej: Got it. I do hope I can trust you, clyde, because I’m going to need someone to have my back around here.

Clyde: Oh, you have no idea.

Kayla: You don’t remember xander either?

Sarah: I don’t think so. Is it with a z or an x?

Steve: Xander was your fiancé. You almost married him.

Jack: Have you set a date for the wedding?

Gwen: Might have to catch my breath.

Xander: But soon, I hope, and we’re counting on you, and jennifer, and abigail being there. I have no doubt in my mind abigail will be found by then, mate.

Jack: Right, right, well, I better give jennifer a call and give her an update, let her know what’s going on.

Gwen: Keep us posted.

Jack: Oh, I will, I will.

Gwen: Okay.

Jack: Trust me, okay. Congratulations, you two, again.

Gwen: Dad, I do hope that you find abigail soon.

Jack: We will, and when I find out who did this, I swear to you, I swear to god, I will make them pay.

Abigail: Does sarah still thinks she’s married to xander? Does she think she’s living happily ever after with him on this island?

Kristen: Ah, well, no. I mean, sarah has moved past that phase.

Abigail: What do you mean?

Kristen: Well, let’s just say that she’s not hung up on xander anymore.

Sarah: I don’t know what’s going on here, but I can assure you I’ve never been engaged to a xander.

Kayla: But what about the dark hair and the soulful eyes?

Steve: Sexy voice?

Sarah: I was talking about tony.

Steve: You’re in love with tony?

Kayla: Dimera?

Sarah: Is there another?

Tony: I must say these are hardly the circumstances under which i imagined seeing ned again.

Chad: Let’s get to the airfield.

Kate: No, no, wait, you just can’t go off and confront this man; he could be dangerous.

Chad: I’m not waiting for the cops and their protocols.

Tony: I’m with chad on this. And I think it will help because I’m friendly with ned. I think I can get him to cooperate.

Chad: And if tony can’t convince him, I will. I’ll call the jet and have them fuel it up.

Tony: We’re gonna find abigail. We’re gonna bring her home to you and to your children.

Steve: You’re in love with tony dimera?

Sarah: Don’t sound surprised. I mean, I know we’ve had our ups and downs, but tony’s the love of my life.

Steve: Maybe she thinks she’s anna.

Sarah: Anna fredricks? How could you possibly confuse me with that scheming bitch?

Kayla: Then who are you?

Sarah: I am the one and only renee dumonde.

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Xander: I think we should think about getting out of bed.

Gwen: What? Do you have somewhere to go?

Xander: In fact, I do.

Gwen: Where might that be?

Xander: It’s a surprise.

Gwen: Well, can I at least have a hint?

Xander: Sure. It rhymes with sing.

Gwen: Uh-huh, bling?

Xander: Mean, you’re on the right track.

Gwen: Ding?

Xander: In a sense.

Gwen: Oh, my god. Ring, ring. You’re gonna get me an engagement ring.

Xander: Ding, ding, ding, ding. Well, to be precise, I’m gonna begin the process of window shopping for an engagement ring. So yeah, if you have any hints you wanna drop, now would be the appropriate time.

Gwen: Oh, my god, xander. You are so, so sweet and so utterly charming, but we don’t have any money for a really nice ring. I swear I don’t need anything fancy.

Xander: You deserve it. You deserve the fanciest ring on the planet.

Gwen: Okay. I won’t fight you on it.

Xander: I won’t be long. Try and stay of trouble while I’m gone.

Gwen: I’ll do my best.

Ej: Ironic, isn’t it? That of all the crimes I’ve committed in my life, here I am about to be locked up for the one I did not.

Belle: Well, I’ve already filed the papers to get the appeal rolling.

Ej: At least now I understand why chad changed his mind about testifying on my behalf. But what I don’t understand is why he so certain he saw me kissing abigail at the courthouse when I never went near her.

Belle: Doesn’t make sense.

Ej: If only I could just see him and then explain–

Belle: Oh no, no, no. You don’t wanna do that. He’s got a lot going on with abigail right now.

Ej: What do you mean?

Belle: Well, shawn got a call from chad last night. He got a text–ostensibly from abigail–saying she went to boston to visit her parents.

Ej: And?

Belle: And someone else must have sent that because abigail never went to boston. And now she’s vanished without a trace.

Chad: It’s like finding a needle in a 300-mile haystack. You could be anywhere, but I’m not giving up, abby. I will find you, whatever it takes.

[Soft music]

[Crash]

Kayla: Oh!

Steve: What the hell was that?

Kayla: I think someone slammed the door. Were you sleeping, too?

Steve: Sorry, baby. I shouldn’t have dosed off like that.

Kayla: It’s understandable. You were clobbered on the head, and kristen drugged you.

Steve: And I can’t tell if it’s day or night.

Kayla: Was this here before?

Steve: What? No, maybe she snuck in here while we were sleeping.

Kayla: Well, at least she brought us some provisions.

Steve: And a few other things.

[Cell phone rings]

Kristen: Hello?

[Cell phone rings] Damn it, abigail was right. The cops are closing in.

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

[Soft orchestration]

Shawn: Hey, uncle steve, it’s me. I know brady hired you to look for kristen; I’m sure you’re hot on her trail.

Kristen: Very hot.

Shawn: I’m calling because abigail went missing yesterday, and we have reason to believe kristen is involved. But brady says he hasn’t heard from you lately, so please give me a call when you get this.

Abigail: I told you they’d be looking for me.

[Cell phone beeps]

[Soft music]

Gwen: Here we go.

[Cell phone beeps] “Kristen or whoever you are, I know you have my wife, and you’ve disabled tracking on her phone. Please have some compassion. She’s a mother, a wife, a daughter, a sister. I’m begging you. I’ll do anything you want. Just please, let her come home to her family.”

Xander: Stop being so sentimental. Sarah is never coming back to you. And the only way you can afford to buy gwen an engagement ring is to sell this one.

[Tense music]

Sarah: Why can’t the man I love whisk me away on the back of a stallion? Or at least a raft.

Limu emu

Belle: Chad thinks that kristen might have had something to do with abigail’s disappearance.

Ej: Why would my sister kidnap abigail?

Belle: Well, apparently abigail was on the trail of what happened to sarah, and that led her to kristen. I mean, honestly I stopped trying to figure out kristen’s motivations.

Ej: Well, if she did have something to do with abigail’s disappearance, chad should find some comfort.

Belle: Why do you say that?

Ej: Because abigail is a dimera. Family first and all that. Kristen won’t hurt her. We may stab one another in the back figuratively, but never literally.

Belle: Never?

Ej: Well, there was that one time with poor benjy. And renee. But both those incidents were andre’s fault.

Belle: Well, I do hope that kristen has abigail because shawn said that steve and kayla were on her trail. And if anyone can find kristen dimera, it’s them.

Kayla: Let’s see, you know, when it comes to kidnapping, kristen sure provides a1 service.

Steve: She’s had experience.

Kayla: Look at this, three different options for sweetener for our coffee.

Steve: So thoughtful of her.

Kayla: And look at this, our driver’s licenses.

Steve: Yeah, too bad there’s no place to drive to.

Kayla: Excellent point.

Steve: I can tell you right now, she didn’t return my phone.

Kayla: Well, you probably wouldn’t have cell service here, anyway.

Steve: Oh, whoa, whoa. What are you doing? You can’t eat that.

Kayla: Why not? It looks fresh.

Steve: It could have drugs or poison in it.

Kayla: I’m starving. The last time I ate anything was one of the communion wafers that I snuck at the convent. And that was days ago. I mean, aren’t you hungry?

Steve: Yeah, but not hungry enough to risk being poisoned.

Kayla: You know, I’m willing to take the chance. Thank you.

Abigail: Must be stressful feeling those walls just closing in on you. Like I said, just a matter of time.

Kristen: And like I said, if anyone comes looking for you, my house has plenty of rooms.

Abigail: Is that really what you want? You want a house full of kidnapping victims?

Kristen: No, I want to be left alone. I mean, if people would just mind their own damn business, none of this would be happening.

Abigail: So I found a whole wing of the house that’s locked off. What’s in there, sarah? My aunt kayla and uncle steve?

Kristen: No, my bedroom. And I have the only key. No offense, abigail, but I didn’t wanna wake up in the middle of the night with you looming over me.

Abigail: You can’t keep us here forever, you know?

Kristen: I wouldn’t be so sure about that.

[Tense music]

Chad: “I’m sorry, but I can’t help you.” That’s it. That’s it? I’m sorry? “Whoever you are, if you harm one hair on my wife’s head, I will find you. And I will kill you. I do not care if you are family.” Send.

Shawn: Whoa, what’s going on?

Gwen: Sorry, chad, but I can’t do anything to help abigail now. So bugger off.

Alice loves the scent of gain so much,

Shawn: “I will find you, and I will kill you?”

Chad: What, too strong?

Shawn: I don’t think it’s very helpful.

Chad: Well, I need whoever it is to know that they’re not getting away with this.

Shawn: You should have let the police be the one to reach out to abigail’s kidnappers.

Chad: What does it matter? They’re not gonna tell me where abby is anyway.

Shawn: We’ve been trained to handle situations like this. We could have worked out a strategy.

Chad: Strategy, okay. Tell me what your strategy is to bringing my wife home.

Shawn: I went back to the airstrip, and I interviewed all personnel that were working yesterday, and also I tried get a look at the security footage.

Chad: And?

Shawn: And it’s gone. Somebody was covering their tracks.

Chad: Why am I not surprised?

Shawn: I left a message for my uncle steve. Brady hired him to try to track down kristen, hoping that maybe she’ll have some information on philip’s disappearance.

Chad: Okay, what else?

Shawn: I’m still waiting to hear back from him.

Chad: So then what do we do now besides wait?

Shawn: Well, can you think of anyone else who might know where to find kristen?

Chad: Actually, maybe I can.

[Knocking on door]

Gwen: Oh, my god. Coming, coming. Get in there, get in there, get in there. Oh. Coming, I’m coming.

[Tense music]

Maggie: Gwen, is everything all right?

Gwen: Maggie. Yes, everything’s fine.

Maggie: I thought I heard some pounding.

Gwen: Pounding? No, no, I was just trying to call the housekeeping, and the bloody line just doesn’t work. So if you are here to see xander, you’ve actually just–you’ve missed him. But I can take a message for you.

Maggie: Oh no. Actually, I just wanted to see how he was doing after…

Gwen: After sarah turned up and kicked him to the curb again.

Maggie: Well, yes, it must have been very painful for him.

Gwen: Actually, I’m very happy to report that he is doing very well.

Maggie: Really?

Gwen: Really. Turns out that him running into sarah could have been the best thing that could have happened to him.

Maggie: Why would you say that?

Gwen: Because he has finally put sarah in his rear view mirror, and he has decided to move on. In fact, he’s just proposed to me.

[Soft music]

Xander: I’m on my knees, unemployed, apparently unengaged, I’m not really in a cake kind of place–

Sarah: Can you just open the damn box?

Xander: Well, this is really weird.

Sarah: Well, will you? Oh, my god. The most romantic thing I’ve ever read.

Kristen: You barely touched anything I’ve given you since you’ve been here. What, are you on a hunger strike?

Abigail: No, I just don’t really care to be poisoned again, thank you very much.

Kristen: Abigail, I’m not gonna drug you.

Abigail: Why would I trust anything that you say?

Kristen: Well, because the alternative is to starve.

Abigail: No, the alternative is for you to let me go.

Kristen: Can I just make a point? See, if you would have minded your own business, you would be home with my brother and your two beautiful children right now.

Abigail: You are blaming me for getting abducted, okay.

Kristen: All right, see, I see you looking at the phone. Oh, my god, abigail, you can’t help yourself.

Abigail: What are you doing?

Kristen: Well, you can’t be too safe, hm?

Abigail: Look, what was I supposed to do? Sarah’s my cousin, okay? And reporting’s not just my job, it’s in my blood, sort of like kidnapping seems to be in yours.

Kristen: I was adopted, and you know that.

Abigail: Okay, so you were raised to be a kidnapper.

Kristen: Wow. I’m not a monster. I don’t wanna hurt anyone. Look, I’ve made you comfortable here.

Abigail: I would be slightly more comfortable if I were at home with my husband and my kids.

Kristen: I understand. But your father will tell you that I took very good care of him in nashville.

Abigail: Yeah. Apart from the fact that you kept him locked in a warehouse and let his family think he was dead for years.

Kristen: He is alive today because of me.

Abigail: Look, I know you pride yourself on being a non-homicidal type of criminal–well, except for the whole thing with my brother’s girlfriend, but–

Kristen: Okay, you know that I didn’t mean to do that.

Abigail: And maybe you don’t mean to kill me either. But if I starve to death, that’s on your head.

Kristen: Oh, my god. For god’s sakes, you know what? If it’s gonna stop this pointless conversation, I’m gonna prove to you right now that I’m not poisoning any of this, not your corn flakes or your drink. Wanna see? I’ll prove it to you right now. Hm?

[Soft music]

You satisfied now?

[Tense music]

Abigail: Very satisfied. Do you struggle with occasional nerve aches

Maggie: Xander proposed to you?

Gwen: Yeah, sorry if it hurts you to hear that. I know that you were very invested in xander and your daughter’s relationship.

Maggie: I’m just surprised. I didn’t see a ring, so…

Gwen: Well, yes, well, it was quite spur-of-the-moment. Actually, he’s out shopping for a ring as we speak.

Maggie: Is that right?

Gwen: Listen, maggie, I know that xander was very dear to you. And I know that you don’t approve.

Maggie: Gwen, I didn’t say that.

Gwen: You didn’t have to. But if you are holding onto any sort of hope that xander and sarah are going to get back together one day, don’T. Because he has said he is not waiting for sarah to come back to him. In fact, sarah has made it very clear, yet again, she does not want him.

Maggie: I know, I was there.

Gwen: Then what’s the problem?

Maggie: The problem is something was off with sarah’s visit.

Gwen: Like what?

Maggie: I don’t know, call it a mother’s instinct, intuition. I don’t know. But she just didn’t seem like the sarah that I know and love.

[Tense music]

Belle: Before I forget, I brought you a little something to help you get acclimated. This one is for the commissary. Buy yourself something nice. And that one’s for the phone.

Ej: Do you always provide these services for your incarcerated clients?

Belle: My clients don’t usually end up in prison.

Ej: Oof, lucky me.

Belle: Ej–

Ej: I’m kidding. I’m very grateful for everything you’ve done and to have you on my side. But you could probably hold onto the phone card because I have no one to call anyway.

Belle: You can call me for anything really, anytime.

Ej: Thank you, belle.

Chad: Ej.

Ej: The hell are you doing here?

Chad: I need to talk to you.

Ej: Belle just told me that abigail is missing. I’m very sorry.

Chad: Yeah, I bet.

Ej: Look, I don’t know anything about what happened to her, if that’s why you are here.

Chad: Maybe you don’t, but I’m almost certain our sister does, and I know you’ve been in contact with kristen. Where is she?

Abigail: Surely you understand how much I miss my kids. I mean, I’m sure you miss rachel.

Kristen: More than you know. Have you seen her?

Abigail: I have.

Kristen: How is she?

Abigail: She’s getting big. Yeah, I saw her at the mall with brady and chloe a few weeks–

Kristen: Okay, just shut up! Just stop it!

Abigail: I thought you wanted to know what you were missing.

Kristen: I did. I did, but the idea of chloe being–she… being she—oh my.

Abigail: Something wrong?

Kristen: Um… yeah, my head is–it’s just spinning.

Abigail: Well, it’s about damn time.

Kristen: What? What did you do?

Abigail: Well, I just–i went out exploring the property, the part you let me see, anyway, and I found some old sleeping pills in a medicine cabinet, and I am very happy to see they’re not expired.

Kristen: No.

Abigail: Yep, yeah. And let me just say, I wouldn’t slip a foreign substance into just anyone’s drink, given my own personal, unfortunate circumstance. But you, you, I felt deserved a little taste of your own medicine, so to speak.

Kristen: So you put it in there and then–

Abigail: Yeah, yeah, and i wasn’t sure how much I’d be able to get you to consume, so I put enough in there to tranquilize a horse. Quite frankly I’m surprised you’re still upright.

Kristen: Oh!

Abigail: That’s more like it.

Is now a good time

for a flare-up?

Gwen: What do you mean it didn’t seem like sarah?

Maggie: Well, my daughter has flaws, we all do. But she’s a very kind and caring person. And despite everything that happened between her and xander, I know how much xander meant to her. But for her to behave like that toward him, it was just–it was out of character, to say the least.

Gwen: Well, perhaps she’s changed since she left salem.

Maggie: Yes. Yes, honestly, she hasn’t been acting like herself since the day she took off.

Xander: Gwen, you’re dressed. That’s a shame. Maggie, hello. What are you doing here?

Maggie: Hello, xander. I just–I stopped by to see how you were holding up.

Xander: Well, I’m doing well, thank you.

Maggie: I heard. Excuse me, forgive me. Congratulations are in order. Gwen told me that the two of you are engaged.

Xander: Indeed we are. Thanks, maggie.

Maggie: I will always be sorry that things didn’t work out between you and sarah, but if gwen makes you happy, then I wish you both all the best.

Xander: I appreciate it.

Gwen: That’s very kind of you, thank you.

Maggie: Well, you two have a good day.

[Soft music]

Gwen: Something tells me she did not mean that.

Sarah: No one’s coming to rescue me. If I want to get out of here, I have to do it myself.

Steve: You’re not gonna believe this, baby.

Kayla: Wow, flare guns. Where’d you find those?

Steve: I was nosing around, and I noticed something in that grill over there. Gave it a yank, and it popped right off.

Kayla: If we could just get that door open.

Steve: Wait a minute.

Kayla: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, I’m not finished.

Steve: Oh, baby, listen. When we get back to salem, I’ll buy you a beautiful dinner. I promise. But this and these flare guns could be our ticket out of here.

Abigail: If I were a key, I’d be… right here.

[Tense music]

Ej: Let’s say I did know where kristen was. Why the hell would I tell you anything after you falsely accused me of forcing myself on your wife?

Chad: Falsely accused? I saw it with my own eyes.

Ej: I have no idea who or what you thought you saw–

Chad: You can try to explain this away all you want, but–

Belle: Stop it, stop it. None of this matters now. All right? We all care about abigail, and we all want to bring her home. Now, ej, if you can help chad find her, you will do that, won’t you? Wondering what actually goes into your multi-vitamin.

Ej: I do care about abigail as a sister-in-law and a friend, of course.

Chad: Of course.

Belle: Then you’ll help.

Ej: I’m sorry. Ever since kristen escaped town, I’ve tried to keep tabs on her, but I haven’t heard from her in months.

Belle: Are you sure?

Ej: Yes. I have no idea where she is, and that’s the god’s honest truth.

Chad: What about the dimera secret holdings? Have you checked any of those properties?

Ej: You have more information at your fingertips than I do. You hold the keys to the dimera kingdom after you railroaded me out of my job.

Chad: Stop playing the victim. Abigail’s the victim here.

Ej: Let’s not forget we both know that I don’t belong here.

Chad: You’re a criminal, ej, a sociopath; this is exactly where you belong.

Belle: All right. None of this–

Chad: Hopefully you stay locked up forever.

Belle: Chad, none of this is helpful.

Chad: Just being honest.

Ej: Oh, honest, like when you and lucas set me up, when you lied on the stand?

Belle: Listen, you should know that we’re filing an appeal, and we are gonna win because I know you know that ej is innocent.

Chad: Yeah, innocent is the last thing that he is.

Ej: You see, he couldn’t care less that I was wrongly convicted.

Chad: Justice has been served. The world is a better place with you behind bars. And if you never get out, there is nobody on the outside that is ever gonna miss you, least of all me. Belle.

[Tense music]

Xander: Was that awkward with maggie?

Gwen: A little.

Xander: I’m sorry.

Gwen: It’s okay. I understand that this is probably going to be a part of our lives now moving forward.

Xander: What do you mean?

Gwen: You were set to marry the lovely and beautiful sarah horton, the caring doctor from salem’s family that everybody loves–

Xander: Gwen.

Gwen: And instead you are settling for me, the town pariah who tried to destroy her sister’s life.

Xander: Gwen, look at me. Hey, look, I don’t care what anyone else thinks, even maggie. You’re everything I could ever want. I know we belong together.

Gwen: Are you sure about that?

Xander: Very sure. If you still don’t believe me, then please allow me to prove it.

[Soft music]

Kayla: Oh, try not to stab yourself.

Steve: I know what I’m doing.

Kayla: Uh-huh, I can’t begin to tell you how many people I have stitched up in the er for injuring themselves with utensils.

Steve: Picking locks?

Kayla: Among other things, yes.

Steve: Ooh, sorry I asked.

Kayla: Come on. Be careful, all right?

Steve: I know what I’m doing. Just don’t worry about me. Ow, oh, ow.

Kayla: That looks like it hurt, but I’m not gonna say I told you so.

Steve: You just did.

Kayla: Let me see your hand.

[Tense music]

We do it every night.

Belle: I’m sorry for what chad said to you.

Ej: I suppose I deserve some of it.

Belle: You don’t deserve to go to prison for a crime you didn’t commit. I’ll be back to discuss the appeal after you’ve had some time to settle in.

Ej: Thank you for being my lifeline.

Belle: Well, you hang in there. And I hope your cellmate is–

Ej: Is not a murderer, or somebody that hates all dimeras?

Belle: Well, neither would be very fun for you.

Ej: Although I hear that rafe hernandez could be an inmate soon. Now, that would be my worst nightmare.

Belle: Well, fingers crossed.

Ej: Thanks. I’m sure I’ll be fine.

[Cell phone rings]

Chad: Hey.

Shawn: Were you able to see ej?

Chad: Yeah, thanks for getting me in there. Belle was there, too.

Shawn: She was?

Chad: Yeah, working on his appeal.

Shawn: Right, right. Any luck?

Chad: Ej claims to know nothing about kristen.

Shawn: Do you believe him?

Chad: Hard to tell, but I think it’s a dead end. I guess we’re back to square one.

Shawn: Not necessarily. I may have a lead.

Gwen: Oh, my god. I thought you were just going window shopping.

Xander: Yeah, I decided to upgrade to actual shopping.

Gwen: Xander, how much did that cost? I hope you didn’t have to hock some precious possession or something.

Xander: I sold sarah’s engagement ring.

Gwen: Oh, xander.

Xander: No, it was silly that I’d held onto it as long as I had, just glad I got one last use for it, and very glad to finally put that part of my life behind me.

Gwen: It’s stunning.

Xander: So are you. Hold out your hand.

Gwen: Oh, my god. You’ve already done this once, you know.

Xander: Well, if it’ll make it stick, I’ll propose to you every day of our lives. Gwen rizczech, soon-to-be cook, will you marry me?

Gwen: Yes. A second time, yes. A thousand times, yes! Yes, yes, I will marry you.

Xander: I hope it fits.

Gwen: God, look at that. Xander, that is truly–that is so perfect. It’s beautiful. I love it. I love it so much. I love you. I love you so much. Thank you for making me the happiest woman in all the world.

[Tense music]

Kristen: Abigail, you have been very naughty. No.

Abigail: This is sarah’s room, isn’t it? Where is she?

Kayla: Okay, okay, okay. Stay still, all right?

Steve: Patching up patch. Just like the old days, huh, baby?

Kayla: How does it feel?

Steve: Well, kinda like a rare piece of beef.

Kayla: You are a rare piece of beef.

Steve: Am I now?

Kayla: Yes.

Steve: Okay, that’s good. But I think I’m gonna need a kiss to make it really feel better.

Kayla: Okay.

Steve: No, not there. Right here.

[Tense music]

Ej: Definitely not the ritz. Hello, mate. Sorry to disturb your rest. It looks like we’ll be sharing a cell, so I guess we’ll be spending quite a bit of time together.

[Tense music]

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Johnny as jake: I would like a guarantee in writing that i will be made ceo of dimera after we take over.

Maggie: Yeah. Well, I’ll see what he says.

Johnny as jake: And now, let’s talk about titan.

Maggie: Victor has very strong reservations about putting an outsider, someone out of the family, in charge of his company. I’m–I’m afraid making gabi ceo of titan just may be off the table. Is that a dealbreaker?

Gabi: Sure as hell is.

Johnny as jake: Absolutely not.

Maggie: Really?

Johnny as jake: Mm-hmm.

Maggie: I thought making gabi ceo of titan was one of your conditions.

Johnny as jake: It was, but I wouldn’t want something like that to sour the deal. As long as I’m made ceo of dimera enterprises, I got everything I want.

[Unsettling music]

Ava: Not fast enough, but it’ll do.

Jake: What are you so happy about?

Nicole: What time are you talking to the lawyer? Great. Hopefully she has a strategy that to get the charges thrown out. In the meantime, I will try to find a way to prove that ava is the one who is setting you up. Don’t worry, rafe. We are going to clear your name, one way or another. Hey, just call me after you talk to the lawyer. Okay? Good luck.

Allie: Hey. Sorry. I didn’t mean to interrupt.

Nicole: No, that’s okay. I–I thought you were working today.

Allie: I am. I was just grabbing an early lunch. Were you talking to rafe?

Nicole: Yeah.

Allie: How’s he doing?

Nicole: Not great. Even when the criminals accused him of planting evidence, I didn’t actually think they would arrest him. I mean, this is a nightmare.

Allie: I’m so sorry. But I mean, if he’s not guilty, then the cops are going to figure that out, right?

Nicole: [Scoffs] I’m not so sure about that.

Chanel: Mama, what’s going on?

Paulina: Nothing. I just thought it would be nice to take a family trip to miami. Get out of this cold weather. Well, hurry up and pack up some things.

Chanel: I’m not going anywhere. Now that I’ve served johnny with those divorce papers, it’s finally heating up around here.

[Knocks on door]

Lani: You back already? Mr. Coates, uh, what are you doing here?

Tr: But I did meet your cousin, though.

Chanel: What cousin?

Tr: Lani grant.

Chanel: Oh, no, you got the wrong information. Lani’s not my cousin. She’s my sister.

Lani: Mr. Coates?

Tr: I’m sorry to show up unannounced, lani, but there’s something important I have to discuss with you. And it can’t wait.

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

[Soft orchestration]

Lani: Mr. Coates.

> Tr: Tr.

Lani: Tr, I know you are in business with chanel’s husband, johnny, but if you’ve come here to try to talk me into asking her not to sue him–

Tr: That’s not why I came to see you.

Lani: Good, because I don’t have anything to do with chanel’s marriage or her divorce.

Tr: I can’t imagine she wouldn’t value your opinion.

Lani: [Scoffs] You don’t know chanel. Her opinion is the only one that she values.

Tr: Mm, like her mother before.

Lani: Okay. The point is even, if I wanted to influence her, which I don’t, I can guarantee you that I would have no effect.

Tr: But she is your sister, right?

Lani: Uh… who told you that?

Tr: Chanel told me herself.

Allie: Everyone at salem pd knows that rafe is a good cop. I mean, they have to realize that they made a mistake.

Nicole: Not just a mistake. Someone is framing him.

Allie: Who would do that to him?

Nicole: I can’t say for sure. Not yet anyway, but I’m working on finding some proof.

Allie: Okay, well, you don’t have to do it alone. There are so many people who care about rafe, and everyone will help you clear his name. I mean, you have me and ava.

Nicole: Well…

Allie: What?

Nicole: Honestly, allie, I don’t think ava’s gonna be much help.

Ava: Oh, just reading a silly article in the health section. “Ten ways to drive your lover crazy.”

Jake: Ha, is that good crazy or bad crazy?

Ava: A little of both.

Jake: Lucky rafe.

Ava: Lucky rafe. What are you doing home in the middle of the afternoon?

Jake: Unemployed, remember?

Ava: [Chuckles] So shouldn’t you be out pounding the pavement? Looking for a job so you can move you and your girlfriend outta here?

Jake: That might happen sooner than you think.

Ava: Oh, music to my ears.

Jake: You know, see, gabi and I, we got a plan. So as much as I’m loving these random run-ins between the two of us, you’re probably not gonna see us around here much longer.

Maggie: Well, I’m sure victor will be happy to learn that he doesn’t have to hand over titan to an outsider.

Johnny as jake: Well, I aim to keep everyone happy.

Maggie: Aren’t you forgetting someone?

Gabi: Thank you, maggie.

Johnny as jake: Am I?

Maggie: I thought gabi helped engineer this deal. Now, isn’t she gonna be upset when she learns that she’s not getting the titan job?

Johnny as jake: Don’t worry. I can handle gabi. The world is full of make or break moments.

Allie: But ava is rafe’s girlfriend.

Nicole: She is.

Allie: Okay, so why wouldn’t she help us in figuring out who’s framing him?

Nicole: Let’s just say, ava and rafe’s relationship is complicated.

Allie: Wait, are you saying–

Nicole: I’m–I’m not saying anything.

Allie: But you’re suggesting that tripp’s mother could be the one who’s framing him for this?

Nicole: Like I said, I don’t have any proof.

Allie: Okay, but that’s what you think.

Nicole: It’s just a hunch.

Allie: There has to be a reason. Why would rafe’s own girlfriend wanna frame him for a crime?

Nicole: Well, allie, just lately, I’ve been getting a sense that ava is just having some anger issues.

Allie: At rafe?

Nicole: And me.

Allie: What? Why would ava– why would ava be mad at you? I mean, it’s not like there’s anything going on you and rafe. Oh…

Jake: No more coffee?

Ava: Rafe was the one who’d usually put on a second pot.

Jake: Gotcha. Listen, I’m sorry about everything that’s going on with him. Didn’t see that coming.

Ava: Well, neither did he.

Jake: You know, if anybody was gonna get nailed for corruption, I would’ve thought–

Ava: It would’ve been me?

Jake: Eh…

Ava: Eh. Yeah. That’s what you were gonna say. I know it, and you would’ve a fair point. But you and gabi, you’re not as pure as the driven snow either. If you remember, you and i were in the same business.

Jake: Emphasis on “were.”

Ava: And gabi?

Jake: What about her?

Ava: Well, she may not have been convicted of most of her crimes, but her rap sheet is almost as long as mine. Your girlfriend’s a killer with a nice wardrobe.

Maggie: I thought that you and gabi were equal partners.

Johnny as jake: Some partners are more equal than others. Trust me, I got gabi under control.

Maggie: Well, now that we have that straightened out, do we have anything else to discuss?

Johnny as jake: I think that pretty much covers it all.

Maggie: Great. Well, let me walk you out.

Johnny as jake: Oh, no, I– I know my own way out.

Maggie: All right. Well then, I’ll let victor know what we discussed.

Johnny as jake: I appreciate it. And…pleasure doing business with you.

[Sinister music]

Johnny: Well, now, if that doesn’t drive jake and gabi apart, I don’t know what will.

Paulina: Baby, what–what do you mean that things are just starting to heat up? I mean, you actually want to deal with the fallout from serving johnny the divorce papers?

Chanel: I mean, I’d obviously rather not, but I’m not gonna run from it either. I need to be able to keep an eye on him.

Paulina: Baby, that’s what lawyers are for. Oh, and if you ask me, what you need is something to take your mind off your snake-in-the-grass soon-to-be ex-husband. Like a little fun in the sun with your family.

Chanel: I don’t know. It just feels wrong to leave.

Paulina: Oh. Oh. Oh, I get it. Oh, you need to be in control, just like your mama.

[Laughs] Darling, if you need to micromanage your attorneys, you’re only a phone call away.

Chanel: No, it’s not just that. Even if I wanted to leave town, I’m obligated to stay contractually.

Tr: May I come in? I’d rather not have this conversation in the hallway. You don’t have to be wary of me, you know.

Lani: I’ve heard otherwise.

Tr: From paulina. Of course, she also neglected to mention that chanel was your sister.

Lani: I don’t see what my relationship with chanel has to do with you and johnny.

Tr: It doesn’T. It has to do with the relationship between you and me.

Lani: What are you talking about? We don’t have a relationship.

Tr: I know.

Lani: What am I missing here?

Tr: When I bumped into paulina, your mother, she told me that chanel was her only child, which obviously isn’t true.

Lani: Obviously, you have financial interest in chanel’s lawsuit because of your stake in johnny’s movie. Paulina probably just didn’t want you trying to get to chanel through me.

Tr: That’s not why she lied.

Gabi: How could jake double-cross me like this? After everything that we’ve been through, he just sells me out? Like–like I don’t matter? Like we don’t matter?

[Cell phone rings] The heck! This thing was dead. Johnny?

Johnny: Gabi, hey. I was just calling to find out how your visit with maggie went.

Gabi: [Sighs] It didn’T.

Johnny: What do you mean? I thought you said you went over there to talk to her.

Gabi: I did go to see her.

Johnny: But you didn’t tell her about my shares?

Gabi: No, that two-faced son of a bitch beat me to the punch!

Johnny: Gabi, did something happen?

Gabi: Oh, if you call somebody stabbing you in the back “something happening.”

Johnny: Where are you? I’ll be right there.

Allie: You and rafe?

Nicole: It was just one time. We are not having an affair. It’s just–I was scared. Rafe was there. He was comforting me. And one thing led to another.

Allie: I understand. But are you sure it’s just a one-time thing? Because, you know, sometimes you say it’s over, but the feelings are still there.

Nicole: Well, we were just discussing that right before he was arrested, but we are not going to have an affair behind ava’s back. We don’t even know if she knows what happened between us. But if she does, then she’s lashing out at rafe for betraying her with me, and I feel responsible to help.

Allie: You are a good person.

Nicole: Oh, I don’t–I don’t feel like it right now, but thank you. Allie, like I said, this is just a theory, so I have to ask: Can you please not say anything to anyone about this?

Allie: You mean, not even tripp?

Ava: Oh, what a surprise. Oh, my son, who is a full-fledged doctor is still going to make house calls.

Tripp: Oh, for you, always. But wait, you’re not sick, though, right?

Ava: No, not at all. And with you here, I couldn’t feel any better.

Tripp: I’m glad to hear it. I wasn’t sure you’d be home. I figured you’d be down at the station visiting rafe.

Ava: Yeah, he has a meeting with his lawyer today.

Tripp: I hope that goes well.

Ava: Yeah. Me too. So, dr. Johnson, to what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?

Tripp: Well, I’ve kind of made a really big life decision, and I just wanted you to be the first to know. , Well, among the first.

Ava: Okay.

Tripp: I’m gonna ask allie to marry me.

Ava: Really?

Tripp: Really.

Ava: [Sighs contentedly] Honey, that is wonderful. Oh, my goodness! I am so happy for you!

Tripp: Oh. Do you really mean that?

Paulina: You’re contractually obligated to stay in salem?

Chanel: That’s what they tell me.

Paulina: Honey, I’m pretty sure allie can’t make you run the bakery against your will.

Chanel: No, it’s not about the bakery. It’s the movie.

Paulina: Johnny’s movie? Well, I thought that was– what’s the expression– I thought it was “in turnaround.”

Chanel: Yeah. Well, I guess now it’s out, and he’s making it again.

Paulina: [Scoffs] So your soon-to-be-ex, that miserable dog who just threw away the best thing that ever happened to him, he still wants you to be in it?

Chanel: Yeah, I don’t know if johnny still does, but the studio definitely does. The guy who came me made that very clear.

Paulina: What guy?

Chanel: Oh, he actually said he knows you.

Paulina: Oh, yeah?

Chanel: Uh-huh. Yeah, he said the two of you go way back. His name was tr coates.

Lani: You know why my mother lied to you?

Tr: I knew your mother a long time ago. Over 30 years ago, to be exact, we had a relationship. So when chanel told me that you were paulina’s daughter, I did the math, and I realized that I could be your father.

Lani: [Scoffs] Mr. Coates– um, tr, I think you’re confused. You may have had a relationship with my mother, but my father is some guy named ray.

Tr: Ray coates.

Lani: Uh-huh. Tr.

Tr: That’s me, lani. I’m terrell raymond coates. When tough pain hits,

Nicole: I know this is a lot to ask. Ava is tripp’s mother, and I’m sure you don’t like hiding things from tripp.

Allie: I hate it.

Nicole: I’m sorry. I’m sorry. The last thing I wanna do is make you lie to your boyfriend, even if it’s a lie of omission. But please, allie, I’m– can you please do this for me?

Ava: Why wouldn’t I be happy that my son is gonna propose to his girlfriend?

Tripp: Because a few weeks ago, you said that you thought there was a little more than friendship going on between allie and chanel. And you thought that she was gonna break my heart.

Ava: Yeah, I did say that I suspected they might be more than friends.

Tripp: Mm-hmm, but the way you went on about it, you know, I wasn’t sure if you were talking about me and allie, or you and rafe.

Ava: I know you asked me that question, and the truth is, you were probably right. Rafe and I were going through some stuff, and I should not have projected it onto you.

Tripp: What kind of stuff? Were you afraid that he has feeling for someone else?

Ava: It doesn’t matter. I figured out a way to work through it. And I think allie is a great girl. I am always gonna be an overprotective mama, but I see that she makes you happy, and that’s all I could ever hope for. I want nothing but the best for you.

Tripp: Same, mom. Same.

Jake: Gabi? Johnny?

[Sighs] Where the hell are they?

[Sighs]

Johnny: Gabi? Hey, are you okay?

Gabi: Do I look okay?

Johnny: You look upset.

Gabi: Oh, why would i be upset? Oh, maybe because the man that I’ve been with for almost a year, the man who claims to love me, just threw me outta the bus.

Johnny: What did jake do?

Gabi: What did he do? He just put a knife between my shoulder blades. That’s what he did.

Johnny: Just tell– tell me everything. What happened?

Gabi: I went over to see maggie. He was already there, so I hung back to listen. He didn’t know I was listening. And, you know, he was talking about the plan on how we’re gonna get victor on the board at dimera.

Johnny: Yeah. That’s part of the plan, right? Soften victor up for the kill.

Gabi: That was the plan. But then, maggie said that victor could not have me be the ceo of titan. And jake, you know what he said? He said that would be no problem, that it was not a dealbreaker.

Johnny: Are you serious? He said that?

Gabi: Yeah, he said that as long as he got what he wanted, he had no trouble handling me.

Johnny: That double-dealing bastard.

Paulina: You spoke to tr coates? When?

Chanel: This morning. He stopped by the bakery. He told allie and me that he’s holding us to our contracts.

Paulina: And my name came up?

Chanel: Yeah, he was saying how he knows you from back in the day.

Paulina: Oh, yeah? What else did he say?

Chanel: Uh, that he bumped into you yesterday. Oh, and that he met lani too.

Paulina: What about her?

Chanel: I don’t know what she told him, but he thought that she was my cousin.

Paulina: And what did you say to that?

Chanel: I told him that he was mixed up and that she’s my sister.

Paulina: Oh, no.

Chanel: Mama, what is it?

Lani: You’re ray? Hmm. Paulina’s told me all about you.

Tr: Listen, lani–

Lani: You need to get away from me. Do you hear me?

Tr: I know from what you’ve heard, you have every reason to be afraid–

Lani: You need to leave this apartment, now.

Tr: I’m sure paulina has said all kind of terrible things about me.

Lani: I said, get out! Do not make me get my gun!

Tr: Please, lani. I just want you to know that I am not the same man that I was when I was with your mother. I gave up the drugs. I got sober. I can’t tell you how much therapy I’ve been through. I promise you, I’m a different man now. One that you could be proud to call your father.

Trelegy for copd.

Nicole: I’m so sorry to put you in this position with tripp.

Allie: It’s okay. You didn’t mean to tell me about rafe and ava.

Nicole: No. Well, if I could just get some proof, then we wouldn’t have to keep it a secret.

Allie: There’s got to be a way to figure it out.

Nicole: I’m trying. I am, but it’s not like I can just go over to rafe’s and start looking through ava’s things, because if I show up there, she’s gonna know that I’m onto her.

Allie: Right. And I mean, she’s already suspicious of you.

Nicole: Yeah, exactly.

Allie: Well, what about me?

Nicole: What? No, allie you cannot go through ava’s things. You would never betray tripp like that.

Tripp: Yeah, so I was gonna ask allie’s parents in person for their blessing, but they’re out of town and I can’t get ahold of them.

Ava: Well, you will.

Tripp: But I figured that asking her grandfather was the next best thing.

Ava: And what did roman have to say?

Tripp: He said he was thrilled for us, and he wholeheartedly gave his blessing.

Ava: Of course he did because he knows that he could not ask for a better grandson-in-law. You are caring and a very loving man. And you’re a doctor. You’re gonna be a wonderful, wonderful father to henry.

Tripp: I really hope so. I– I love that little guy so much.

Ava: Having you in his life, I know he’s gonna grow to be an incredible man.

Tripp: Thank you for saying that.

Ava: Yeah. So when are you gonna pop up the question?

Tripp: Oh, well, was thinking about valentine’s day.

Ava: That’s very romantic.

Tripp: Yes, but not if i can’t find the right ring.

Ava: You haven’t bought one yet?

Tripp: Not yet. No, as a brand-new doctor, you know, I barely take home enough to make my loan payments. So I’m still trying to figure out what I can afford.

Ava: Hold that thought.

Johnny: It’s no wonder you’re so upset. And it’s one thing to be betrayed by your business partner, but when you’re sleeping with him too…

Gabi: He told me he loved me. How could he? I never thought he could do something like this.

Johnny: Beyond his type, I never fully trusted the guy.

Gabi: I did. You know what ironic? This morning, he told me he was worried about you.

Johnny: Me?

Gabi: That we would be spending time together and he–that would leave him the odd man out.

Johnny: Well, I think that’s what you call projecting.

Gabi: I call it lying.

Johnny: Look, I’m sorry that he hurts you like this, but at least now, you can see jake for who he really is.

Gabi: A dimera?

Johnny: A second-rate dimera, so busy trying to prove himself that he can’t appreciate everything you bring to the table. Your business acumen. Your intellect. Not to mention your complete willingness to go for the throat. Jake is lucky to have you as a business partner. And if he can’t see that, then he doesn’t deserve you.

Gabi: You know what, you’re right. Yes. Yes. He does not deserve me, that backstabbing creep. I’m gonna tell him right now.

Johnny: No, gabi. Wait, wait. Hey. Maybe you shouldn’T.

Paulina: You told tr coates that lani’s your sister?

Chanel: Yeah. What is the big deal? It’s all out in the open now, isn’t it?

Paulina: Ye–yes. Well–oh, but–

Chanel: But what? I mean, what does it matter if some random stranger knows the truth? Mama?

Paulina: Go home right now.

Chanel: Wait, what?

Paulina: You heard me. Go home right now and pack your bag.

Chanel: What is the hurry?

Paulina: Just do it and be ready to go to the airport as soon as I get back.

Chanel: Wait, where are you going?

Paulina: To pick up lani. Oh.

Lani: Why would I want anything to do with you?

Tr: Please let me explain–

Lani: No. All these years, I didn’t know paulina was my mother. They told me she was my aunt. Her sister raised me as her own.

Tr: I didn’t know that.

Lani: My own mother gave her child away. And you wanna know why?

Tr: Because of me.

Lani: Because of you! Because she was so afraid of you, afraid that if you even found out that I existed, that you would never leave her alone– that you would keep threatening her, abusing her. And her worst fear was that if you found out that I was your daughter, that you would do the same thing to me. And then you come waltzing in here, telling me about all the self-help work you’ve done on yourself. And what? What? You just expect me to run into your arms? Call you daddy? Huh?

Tr: Please, lani. I realize I’m a stranger to you and everything you’ve been told makes you want to turn and run the other way, but I swear to you, I’m a changed man. And I just want to get to know my daughter. We’re eating and drinking foods and beverages

Jake: Gabi? Johnny?

[Sighs] Where are they?

Gabi: Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t confront that bastard right now?

Johnny: Look, you can do what you want, but if it were me, I wouldn’t be so quick to throw away my advantage.

Gabi: My advantage?

Johnny: You saw jake for who he really is. And I can’t imagine how much it must have hurt to hear him talking that way, but maybe honestly, it’s good that you did, ’cause now, you have the upper hand.

Gabi: So you think I should keep acting as dumb as jake thinks I am?

Johnny: Exactly. Let him think he’s the only one playing both sides. He does still have his shares, doesn’t he?

Gabi: For now.

Johnny: So why don’t we work behind his back to relieve him of them?

Gabi: Turnabout is fair play.

Johnny: You have the element of surprise. And you have something he doesn’t: Me. I think we could do great things together, gabi. Run this town. Maybe even shake up the whole world.

Gabi: All right, let’s do it. Let’s take everything.

Johnny: Yeah. Let’S.

Gabi: I will be in touch.

Johnny: Bye-bye, jakey.

[Laughs]

Ava: Knew I was saving this for a reason.

[Tender music]

Tripp: Mom, this is– this is beautiful.

Ava: Mm. It was my grandmother’S. And she gave it to me when I was a little girl, right before she died. My grandfather gave it to her when he proposed to her. Look at what the inscription says.

Tripp: “Amore mio.”

Ava: Mm. That’s what allie is. She’s your amore.

Tripp: Mom, this is amazing, but I–I can’t take this.

Ava: Why not? It is a family heirloom. That was your great-grandmother’S. Come on, it’s not like I’ve got a daughter I’m gonna pass it down to.

Tripp: Are you sure?

Ava: Of course. Nothing would make me happier than to see my future daughter-in-law with that on her finger.

Tripp: I–I can’t wait to give it to her. Thank you so much, mom.

Ava: Aw, baby, you don’t have to thank me. I am just–I’m so happy that you found someone who loves you as much as I do.

Allie: Hey.

Chanel: Hey.

Allie: I brought some extra chowder.

Chanel: Oh, I’m not hungry, but thank you.

Allie: You okay?

Chanel: I don’t know. Can we talk?

Allie: Yeah. Yeah, of course. Come on. What’s going on?

Chanel: Well, I might need you to cover me at the bakery for a while.

Allie: How come?

Chanel: My mom was just here, and she wants me to go to miami with her.

Allie: What? When?

Chanel: Now. Like–like right now.

Allie: Really? Are you gonna go?

Chanel: At first, I didn’t want to, but now I’m thinking it might be a good idea to get away and put some distance between me and this whole terrible situation with johnny and the divorce and…other things.

Allie: Other things. Like sleeping with me?

Tr: Lani, I know how complicated this situation is.

Lani: No, it’s not complicated at all. You are not my father. I already have a father, and he is the best man that I know.

Tr: Look, I am happy to hear that, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t get to know each other. We can take the first steps now, today.

Paulina: Get the hell away from her! Avoiding triggers, but can’t keep migraine attacks away?

Paulina: You heard me. Stay the hell away from my daughter!

Tr: Oh, so you’re admitting she is your daughter.

Paulina: Did I not make myself clear? Get outta here now!

Tr: All right. You can kick me outta here, but that does not change the fact that lani is also my daughter.

Paulina: She is nothing to you, and she never will be!

Tr: All right. I know I missed a lot of years and I will never be able to get those back, but I’m gonna do whatever I have to do to be a father to you now. That’s a promise.

Paulina: Oh, baby. Oh, baby.

Gabi: [Sighs] Oh, got them.

Jake: There you are.

Gabi: Hi.

Jake: Hi. I’ve been looking everywhere for you.

Gabi: Have you?

Jake: Yeah. I stopped by the dimeras’. You and johnny weren’t there.

Gabi: Oh, you must have, uh, missed us. So what have you been up to?

Jake: Oh, well I stopped by ben’s new place to see him. I stopped back at home, ran into ava. You weren’t there. Like I said, been looking for you.

Gabi: That’s it?

Jake: Well, I’m here now.

Gabi: Hmm, busy day.

Jake: Yeah.

Tripp: Are you sure you’re okay with me taking this ring? I mean, what if you want it for yourself?

Ava: Oh, you don’t have to worry about that.

Tripp: Yeah, but I mean, a cop salary can’t be much more than a new doctor, so I mean–

Ava: Okay, I said you don’t have to worry about that.

Tripp: Are you okay?

Ava: Listen.

[Chuckles dryly] My love life has been spotty, to say the least, and I’ve been hurt more times than I can even count, but I still believe in happily ever after. I love you.

Tripp: I love you too.

Ava: [Chuckles]

[Somber music]

[Sighs] We could have had our happily ever after, but you threw it all away. And now, you’ll have to pay for that.

Chanel: I wasn’t talking about what happened between us, horton.

Allie: Are you sure?

Chanel: I am. Yeah. Yeah, I just meant between my divorce and this movie, and I really need to get away from johnny. But I promise you, that this isn’t about us sleeping together.

[Sinister music]

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