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Days of Our Lives Transcript

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Alex: Yeah, I approved it this morning.

Sonny: Okay, great. Who are you testing?

Alex: Stephanie.

Sonny: Dammit! Alex! We have been over this. All right, my cousin’s pr firm works for titan now.

Alex: I know. I got the memo.

Sonny: That means she works here. That means you can’t hit on her.

Alex: You were serious about that?

[Beep beep]

Stephanie: “Excited about our new partnership. Let’s celebrate at my place tonight. We’ll break out the champagne and relax in the hot tub.” I am all for celebrating, but not with you, alex. “Where to go in salem for a decent cosmo.”

Leo: Ugh. I would never! Except I did.

Gwen: Oh god, matty, I can’t believe you did this to me. I swear, when I get my hands on that lying little brat, I’m gonna–

Chad: You’ll do what? Kill him? Like you did my wife?

Steve: So, what’d you tell abe and paulina?

Roman: That we had to shut the party down, that kate called on the phone, said she was feeling sick, so I had to go upstairs and get things ready for her.

Steve: Good. Because orpheus left a note warning us not to tell anyone he has marlena and kayla.

Roman: Yeah. Now that son of a bitch has kate, too.

Steve: I thought we would have heard from him by now.

[Thumping]

John: Speak of the devil. No one out there. But I guess this is probably from him.

Orpheus: How are we all doing this fine evening? Oh, I’m sorry. How rude of me.

Kayla: They are prepping your cell at statesville.

Marlena: How long are you going to keep us here?

Kate: Oh god, you’re gonna pay for this.

Orpheus: The reason I dropped by is to let you know that, one way or another, this all ends tonight.

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

[Soft orchestration]

Sonny: Wow, that’s crazy. Yoink.

Alex: Wha–?

Sonny: A hot tub? Alex, really? What is this, the ’70s? Look, I promised stephanie you would keep things professional.

Alex: Have you not heard of team building exercises, sonny? And aren’t you the one that told me I should settle down with someone?

Sonny: Yes, but maybe I should have specified it should be somebody who can stand you.

Alex: She hasn’t even gotten to know me yet, sonny. Give it a little time. Trust me, I’ll win her over.

Sonny: Well, you wouldn’t sound so confident if you had heard her talking about you today.

Alex: Okay, when you first met will, he wanted nothing to do with you, and look at how that turned out.

Sonny: Yes, true, but that was completely different. Will freaked out because he wasn’t ready to be with a guy yet, all right? And you know what I did? I backed off. And eventually, will came around on his own. That’s the only reason it worked out.

Alex: Huh. Well, that’s too risky for me. Stephanie johnson is the woman of my dreams. I’m not gonna let her slip through my fingers.

Stephanie: Okay if I sit here?

Leo: Girl, this ensemble is fire! I love your style.

Stephanie: Thanks. I love yours too.

Leo: Finally, someone else here in mayberry with taste. We need to be friends. Come, let me order you a cosmo.

Stephanie: Oh my god, you must have read my mind. I’m stephanie.

Leo: I’m matt.

Stephanie: Nice to meet you, matt.

Leo: I don’t think I’ve seen you around these parts. Are you new in town?

Stephanie: Yes and no. I grew up here. But I’ve been living in seattle for the past few years. I just moved back.

Leo: God, why? Work? Family?

Stephanie: Both. My parents still live here. I was actually looking forward to spending time with them again, but then my mom pulled a disappearing act.

Kayla: What do you mean this ends tonight?

Kate: “In one way or another”–is that some kind of implied threat?

Orpheus: Well, if I explained all that, it would, uh… spoil the surprise, wouldn’t it?

Kate: You’re going to really regret doing this to us.

Marlena: You know that john and steve are gonna rescue us. Do you really think you’re going to win?

Orpheus: We’ll find out soon enough who the winners and losers are. Game’s afoot, ladies. Enjoy your evening.

John: There’s nobody out there.

Steve: Well, that’s no surprise.

John: So, what do we have in the box? Easy. Easy.

Steve: Okay. Okay. Easy.

Roman: Might help if he told us what he expects us to do with this.

Steve: There’s a video.

[Beep]

Orpheus: Good evening, gentlemen. Let the games begin. As you know, I have marlena, kayla, and kate hidden. Somewhere. But, generous soul that I am, I’m gonna give you three a chance to save them. To do so, you’ll have to solve a series of puzzles, which will give you clues you’ll need to discover the location. You’ll have to work quickly, though, because if you fail to achieve your mission within… one hour, well, then something very, very unfortunate will befall the women you love.

Steve: What the hell does that mean?

John: We’re on a time limit, men. Because he’s telling us he’s got a bomb.

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Orpheus: So, you’re in a high-pressure situation now. And you must be thinking how meaningless your lives will be should you fail.

[Small laugh] A feeling with which I’m not unfamiliar, by the way. But I have a reasonable amount of confidence that you’ll rise to the occasion, especially since I’ve already given you everything you’ll need to determine the location and eliminate the threat. Good luck, men. Your hour begins… now. Chop-chop.

John: Well, well, well, we got ourselves a live feed.

Roman: Do you guys notice anything in that room that gives away their location?

Steve: Not a thing.

John: And he just made sure that we won’t see anything. All right, guys, we don’t have a choice here. Let’s roll our sleeves up and play his lousy game.

Kayla: What I don’t get is why are you here?

Kate: [Huffs] Because I was at the pub today when orpheus showed up. He must have realized that roman and I were back together again.

Marlena: You are?

Kate: Yes, we are.

Marlena: Hmm.

Kate: And since orpheus holds roman responsible for his wife’s death, he’s probably using me to punish roman.

Kayla: My god.

Kate: I had just left roman’s birthday party to pick him up a cake, and someone comes up behind me and shoves a cloth over my mouth.

Marlena: Hmm. Chloroform. The same thing that happened to sami when lucas kidnapped her.

Kayla: Sounds like it was a bad time for roman to forgive you.

Kate: Well, maybe it was. But I’m glad he did anyway. And marlena, I’m hoping that you’ll be able to forgive me too.

Alex: All right, I’m gonna head out.

Sonny: No, please, stay. I love hearing you go on and on about stephanie.

Alex: You know, she still hasn’t texted me back yet.

Sonny: Well, maybe she’s out buying a bathing suit for the hot tub.

Alex: Ah. I guess it’s back to my original plan.

Sonny: Which was?

Alex: Drinks with allie and chanel. Allie’s your sister-in-law, right? Why don’t you come with?

Sonny: I can’T. I got too much work.

Alex: Why didn’t you tell me? I could have helped you out.

Sonny: Nah, I gotta do it on my own. Stephanie wants a list of things I want her to focus on.

Alex: Did I make the cut?

[Sonny laughs] All right. Burn that midnight oil if you want to. Sonny boy, I know we don’t always see eye-to-eye, but I’m really glad we’re working together. This is where you say, “I’m happy we’re working together, too.”

Sonny: I’m-I’m really happy, too.

Alex: I do love you, you big dummy.

Sonny: Right back at you, dummy.

Leo: So, your ex just disappeared on you?

Stephanie: Never heard from him again.

Leo: Oh, that is appalling. What kind of creep would ghost an enchantress like you?

Stephanie: Kind of you to say, but that’s what he did. It was last fall. Things were getting serious. At least I thought they were. And then he stopped responding to my texts, my messages.

Leo: Ugh. What a cad.

Stephanie: I know, right? I was heartbroken. Spent a lot of time listening to adele. Olivia rodrigo.

Leo: Oh! It is crazy how a teenager could know my heart so well. It’s like she read my diary.

Stephanie: Something tells me a teenager girl might not be ready for your diary.

Leo: Ah. You remind me of my bestie. She and I used to have so much fun together.

Stephanie: Used to?

Leo: We had a falling out recently. It’s kind of my fault.

Stephanie: Aww. I’m sorry. Maybe she’ll come back around.

Leo: I doubt it. I really screwed her over.

Gwen: Chad, please hear me out.

Chad: You know, when a cop’s asking me who might have a motive to kill my wife, your name popped into my head. Because I remembered that you two had had a big fight that day. But I said to myself, gwen wouldn’t be able to break out of statesville, commit a murder, and then break back in. And once again, I underestimated you. I should have known that you would finally get your revenge.

Gwen: No. Please listen to me. I didn’t do it. I didn’t kill abigail.

Chad: Then why did you admit to leo?

Gwen: I didn’t do that either! He just said that lie to get himself off the hook! Please! You have to believe me! Moderate to severe eczema still disrupts my skin.

Gwen: I told rafe the truth.

Chad: No, you are not capable of telling the truth!

Gwen: I swear, I am!

Chad: What, so you went through all of that trouble, by breaking out of prison and putting on a sarah mask so you could give my wife a scare?

Gwen: Yes. Yes. Okay, yes, I-I did do that. But I didn’t want to hurt abigail. I just wanted to frame sarah.

Chad: Why?

Gwen: Because I wanted sarah to be locked away so that she wouldn’t be around xander anymore.

Chad: What, do you think that that puts you in a better light?

Gwen: No. No. Of course not. But chad, I’m telling you the truth. It’s the bloody truth. I swear.

Stephanie: So, what did you do to your friend?

Leo: I think we need another round.

Stephanie: Okay, but then I want details.

Alex: I know I said I would text, and I didn’T. I’m sorry. Chanel, I’m off work now. Why don’t you and allie come join me for a drink? I’m sure you’ll be able to find a sitter. Scratch that thought. Stephanie’s here. I’ll let you know how it goes. Stephanie.

Stephanie: Oh. Hi.

Alex: Hi. Did you get my text?

Stephanie: Yes. And then I deleted it.

Alex: Ah. Well, I mean, we’re both here now. Can I buy you a drink?

Stephanie: Sorry, I’m with someone.

Alex: I thought you said you were too busy to date.

Stephanie: I made an exception.

Alex: Maybe you can make another exception and come hang out with me and ditch this guy. I promise you you will not regret it.

Stephanie: Alex, how many times do I have to tell you that I’m just not into you, at all?

Leo: Girl, are you out of your mind?

Marlena: Do you really think this is a good time to, what, iron out our own personal differences?

Kate: I don’t know why the hell not. We’re stuck here.

Kayla: Yeah, but we could still find a way out.

Kate: Okay, we’ve been trying to find a way out for hours, and we’re still stuck here, okay? So I think it is a good time to iron things out. I don’t know if it’ll make any difference, but I did take responsibility for my actions.

Kayla: How?

Kate: By turning myself in to the police.

Marlena: Really?

Kate: Yeah. They charged me as an accessory after the fact with kidnapping.

Kayla: Well then, why aren’t you in prison?

Kate: Because I’m on probation. I paid a fine, a very big fine, and I have to do 200 hours of community service.

Kayla: Sounds like just a slap on the wrist.

Kate: Okay. The point is I made amends to the community. And…and to roman. So why don’t you tell your friend here that she should forgive me?

Kayla: I’m not gonna do that. ‘Cause I don’t think she should.

Steve: What do we got here? All right. “To find the women you love, think back to when our story began.” When did we first cross paths with orpheus? Mid-’80s, right?

Roman: No, it was earlier than that for me. Orpheus and I partnered up on that mission that went wrong.

John: Wait, wait, wait, wait. Okay, that was just you and him. He’s talking about all three of us here, right?

Roman: Yeah, but that mission was the beginning of everything. It was a very intense, dangerous operation. We were tracking some very dangerous people. One night, I heard someone, and I told them to identify themselves. They didn’T. Turns out it was rebecca. I have no idea why she stayed silent. Even after I yelled again, “identify yourself or I will shoot,” nothing. I said it again, louder. “Identify yourself right now, or I will shoot”–nothing. So I fired in the direction of the noise. You know the rest. So, I’m telling you, the year he wants is 1979.

John: This lockbox here– four-digit combination. What do you want to do? You want to take a stab at 1979?

Steve: Whoa, what if we’re wrong? Will we get another shot?

Roman: Three women’s lives are hanging in the balance here, and he’s playing this like it’s an escape room. Put 1979 in there in that lock, see if it opens.

John: All right, we’re on it. Brace yourself. Nice! Good job, roman, all right.

Steve: That’s good, because we still don’t know where our wives are or what kind of bomb we’re dealing with, and we’ve only got an hour.

Roman: Less than that now. Alright, the reason your dishes

John: “Because of you three, I lost valuable time with the people I love most in the world. So you can count on the same thing happening to you if you fail to…decipher this puzzle. All roads lead back to those broken bonds.”

Steve: Okay, we know the people he’s talking about are his wife rebecca, his kids evan and zoey. We just need to figure out what to do with that information.

John: Yeah, well, we don’t have anything else to go on. There’s no more lockboxes here, and all we got is a tin snips, probably to diffuse the bomb.

Steve: What now, mr. Escape room?

Roman: I think the key word is “count,” as in we need to convert the letters of his loved ones’ names into numbers.

John: You know, I think you’re right. “Count.” Because he uses the word “decipher,” as in cipher.

Steve: Okay, how much time do we have?

John: Less than half an hour.

Steve: We gotta work fast. Okay.

John: Work your magic, patch. Come on.

Steve: Evan. Zoey.

Kate: What the hell, kayla? Well, what difference does it make? I mean, it’s up to marlena anyway. You know, kayla’s never liked me. But I thought that you and I had a relationship. We were friends. At least I thought we were.

Kayla: You know, kate, I have never disliked you, even though there was a number of reasons that I should have. Let’s just start with you framing sami for the death penalty.

Kate: Ha. Well, I paid for that, because I lost everything.

Kayla: Yeah, and as soon as you climbed out of the hole, you were right back to your old ways. You blackmailed tripp. And then you knew that steve was stefano, and you kept quiet about it.

Kate: In the end, I tried to do the right thing, just like I did now. You know, no one’s perfect. Not even the two of you, kayla.

Marlena: Well, she’s right.

Kayla: What?

Marlena: She’s right. And if… if roman can forgive you, I guess I can too.

Kate: Thank you. And thanks for nothing, sweetness.

Kayla: Oh, yeah.

Leo: I don’t mean to interrupt, but how could you not be into this man? I mean…

Alex: This is your date?

Stephanie: Yeah. It is.

Alex: You look familiar.

Leo: I do?

Stephanie: Alex, this is matt.

Alex: No, no, this isn’t matt. This is leo stark.

Leo: I think you have me confused with somebody else.

Alex: What the hell are you trying to pull?

Leo: Whoa, whoa, whoa–

Stephanie: Whoa! Let him go!

Alex: No. Do you have any idea what this creep has done?

Leo: Wait, if you’re talking about abigail dimera’s murder, I was exonerated.

Stephanie: Wait, you were a suspect in my cousin’s murder?

Leo: And then I was exonerated–that’s the key word. Not guilty. Will you kindly let me go?

Alex: You were not exonerated for what you did to my little brother’s life.

Leo: Your little brother?

Alex: Sonny kiriakis, the guy you drugged and took filthy pictures of.

Stephanie: Oh my god!

Alex: Do you have any idea how long I’ve been waiting to get my hands on you?

Leo: Oh, if only you were saying those words under different circumstances.

Alex: I’m gonna beat your ass.

Leo: If only you were saying those words under different circumstances.

Stephanie: Alex, please, just let him go.

Leo: Thanks, stephanie.

Stephanie: It’s not for your sake, “matt.” It’s for his.

Leo: For the record, matthew is my given name.

Alex: Get out of my sight before I change my mind. And leo, if I see you again, I’m gonna kill you.

Leo: I just paid for my–

Alex: Get out.

Leo: [Huffs] Beg furious with abigail that day. I had asked her for one simple favor. I wanted her to deliver a birthday present to our father. But instead, she smashed it.

Chad: You convinced jack that abby was responsible for your miscarriage. I think that’s worse.

Gwen: Yes. Yes. Yes, it was. But I never wanted to hurt her. I would never, ever take my own sister’s life.

Chad: What, you have standards now?

Gwen: I haven’t killed anyone.

Chad: What about laura?

Gwen: I didn’t do that! I-I said that I did to abigail, but I didn’T. I was just so very angry.

Chad: You really are a monster.

Gwen: Look, I am trying to tell you what happened that night. I tried to pass myself off as sarah, but abigail saw through it, and she ripped the mask off my face. So I begged her to just let me go back to statesville and I would never bother her again, and she agreed.

Chad: Why would she do that?

Gwen: Because she’s abigail. As awful as I was to her, she still gave me another chance.

Chad: Now that, I believe.

Gwen: Then believe this too. Chad, when I left your room that day, abigail was still alive. Some days, it felt like asthma was holding me back.

Chad: Why would leo tell rafe that you admitted to it?

Gwen: I-I-I have no idea. Honestly, the last time we spoke, leo said that he was gonna have his lawyer represent me, and instead he said that stupid lie, and he sold me out. You know…you know, I’ve been wondering if that lawyer…if that lawyer convinced him to go against me.

Chad: Why would you think that?

Gwen: The district attorney made it no secret that she wanted to charge leo and I as co-conspirators. Maybe his stupid, slimy lawyer convinced leo that giving evidence against me was his only way out. Maybe-maybe leo was so afraid that the truth would come out if he didn’t set me up. And that truth is that he killed abigail.

Leo: [Singsong] Ding dong!

Sonny: How the hell did you get past security?

Leo: I used to work here, remember? I know all the secret ins and outs.

Sonny: What the hell do you want?

Leo: I just had a run-in with your big, strapping brother. I was afraid he was gonna rip my head off.

Sonny: Can you blame him? After everything you did to me and will?

Leo: Oh, you got even. More than even. You broke up craig and me. So I don’t think your brother should be attacking me in public. I was making a new friend. He ruined that, too.

Sonny: What do you expect me to do?

Leo: Ask him to back off, maybe not kill me. He threatened to. He did.

Sonny: And why would I help you? Hmm? You won’t even admit that you drugged me, let alone apologize for it.

Leo: If I had drugged you– speaking hypothetically, of course–I would admit that that would not have been a very nice thing to do.

[Sonny laughs] I was lost without craig. And all I could do was think about getting back at the people who took him from me. But after abigail died, I realized that revenge isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. Life is too short to hold a grudge. So…I was hoping that we could be friends. Do you think that’s possible?

Stephanie: I admit that I was impressed by the way you stood up for sonny.

Alex: He’s my kid brother.

Stephanie: I can’t believe I was knocking back drinks with the guy who did those things to him. I actually thought I made a friend.

Alex: So, he’s not your date.

Stephanie: Okay, I lied.

Alex: Well, I lied, too. I hate cosmos. But my mother taught me never to waste booze because it was a mortal sin.

Stephanie: Here. You earned it.

Kayla: I just wish I knew what kind of game orpheus was playing.

Orpheus: I’m so glad you asked. Sorry to eavesdrop, but I thought you’d appreciate an update. Earlier tonight, roman brady, steve johnson, and john black received a puzzle. Now, if they succeed in solving it, it will lead them here, which gives your white knights a fighting chance at saving you…before the bomb goes off.

Kate: What bomb?

Orpheus: The one in the electrical panel to your right. I gave them a time limit and, sadly, they aren’t here yet. And time is growing short. I don’t think they’re gonna make it, ladies. So, I wanted to wish you all a fond farewell. It was fun while it lasted.

Kayla: No, wait–you can’t do this to us!

Orpheus: Sorry, blue eyes. I hope your men don’t feel too guilty about failing all of you. But I don’t see how they’ll avoid it. Ciao.

Marlena: Orpheus!

Kate: Oh my god, we’re gonna die here. Oh my god.

Steve: Okay, total up all the number values. Comes to 150.

Roman: Okay. Building address.

John: Yeah, we can only hope.

Roman: How do we find the street name?

John: You know, I’m thinking about something. “All the roads lead back to those broken bonds.”

Steve: Broken bonds.

John: Stockholm. Orpheus is talking about the treasury bonds he was looking for in stockholm.

Steve: Right, right, right. Is there a stockholm street in salem?

Roman: Yes to stockholm. No to 150.

[John exhales]

Steve: Wait, I know I totaled these numbers right. Zoey. Does zoey have a “y” at the end?

John: Yeah, yeah, zoey’s got a “Y.”

Steve: Okay. What is it then?

John: Evan. Evan’s wrong. Evan’s not his given name. His given name is… it’s christian. Nine letters. C-h-r-I-s-t-I-a-N.

Steve: Okay, how much time do we have?

John: Less than half an hour.

Steve: Okay, that’s 209.

Roman: Okay, there is a 209 stockholm street. Okay? Thank god they’re in salem. We don’t have much time.

Steve: All we have is his word–his could be a trap.

John: We don’t have a choice.

Steve: Okay, take it easy. I was taking my antidepressant daily,

Gwen: Think about it, chad. We all know that leo was camping out in your basement, right? And yes, yes, you are right when you say that I told him how to get there–but I didn’t think he was gonna kill her, i didn’t do it because I wanted him to kill her. He had no money–

Chad: Don’t! Don’t do that! You knew that he hated me and abby and sonny for breaking up him and craig.

Gwen: Yes, yes, I know. I did know that. He did come and see me in statesville, and he asked me to help him come up with a plan.

Chad: To what? To get us? What did you say?

Gwen: I said that I’d–i would think about it. But I didn’t think he was gonna hurt anyone. But now it’s obvious that he did want to do that. He did it, chad. He murdered your wife as payback.

Sonny: Hmm. Okay. You want to be friends now. That’s-that’s convenient.

Leo: What does that mean?

Sonny: Oh, that this kinder, gentler leo is just an act you’re putting on in case the cops do decide, hey, maybe you really did kill abigail.

Leo: I didn’t kill her. It was gwen.

Sonny: If you say so.

Leo: I hated ratting out my best friend, but I was not gonna go down for something I didn’t do. Gwen will never forgive me, but…I’m hoping you will. Sonny, I am truly sorry for everything I have ever done for you.

Sonny: Oh, too little too late.

Leo: Okay. Well, if we can’t be friends, can we at least not be enemies?

Sonny: You know what, fine. I forgive you. Not that I’ll ever trust you.

Leo: And will you convey our detente to your brother?

Sonny: You won’t have to worry about him.

Leo: Wonderful. Have a lovely evening, jackson. You will always be my favorite ex-husband.

Alex: You were a racecar driver?

Stephanie: Totally different lifetime. And I was no danica patrick, but I had a good run.

Alex: Just when I thought you couldn’t get any sexier.

Stephanie: Don’t start.

Alex: The offer still stands. Hot tub. Champagne.

Stephanie: Are you kidding me?

Alex: What? Thought we were vibing.

Stephanie: We’re having a friendly, casual conversation. That doesn’t mean I’m suddenly into you. I think I’ve made it very clear where I stand.

Alex: I know. But I think we’re making progress.

Stephanie: Sorry, pal. You thought wrong.

Kate: We could blow up any second.

[Pop pop pop]

Kayla: Do you hear that? There’s shooting out there.

[Women scream]

John: Here! Here!

Marlena: John!

Roman: Kate!

Steve: Hey, baby.

Kayla: Thank god, thank god.

Steve: Do you know where the bomb is?

Kayla: It’s in the electrical panel on the wall over there. See it? Careful. Careful.

Steve: Okay.

John: You okay, baby? You all right? Let’s get you out of here.

Steve: All right. We got less than a minute.

Marlena: Oh god.

Steve: So many wires– I don’t know which color to cut. That bastard. He said he gave us everything we needed to know.

John: Did he say anything at all that referenced colors? Anything about colors?

Kayla: He called me “blue eyes”–he has never done that.

John: Try it.

Steve: Okay, that works for me. Blue. Still going.

Roman: 22 seconds.

John: What else?

Kate: Is there a white wire? Because he called you guys “white knights.”

Steve: White. Got it. Oh no.

Roman: 14 seconds.

Marlena: What about-what about black for john black?

Steve: Black.

Roman: Six seconds.

John: Come on, man.

Steve: Got it.

[Overlapping exclamations]

Roman: All right! Way to go!

Marlena: Oh my god. Ohh…ohh… I have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.

Kate: Oh, you’re my hero!

Roman: I’m sorry I got you in this.

Kayla: Oh!

Steve: Did he hurt you?

Kayla: Thank you. No, I’m good now that you’re here. Good, good.

Marlena: Oh! John, I was so scared.

John: Baby, it’s over, baby. It’s all over now. It’s all over, baby.

[Ominous music]

[Overlapping chatter]

John: Okay, that was close.

Orpheus: How touching.

Marlena: So well done. All of you.

Orpheus: But I’m sorry, john. The games have just begun.

Stephanie: I should get going. First day on a new job tomorrow.

Alex: You can be late. I’ll write you a note.

Stephanie: Would you just give up? I’m not just gonna fall into your arms because you’re handsome. Maybe that works on other women, but not me.

Alex: She thinks I’m handsome. Yes!

Chad: Do you really think that I’m gonna take your word about leo or anything? You lie for a living!

Gwen: Chad, I am telling you it was leo, okay? Do you know that he made a list? He made a list, after craig left him, of all the people that he wanted to get even with. He was obsessed with this list. Abigail was on it, and so were you, and so was sonny and brady and chloe. And I’m telling you, if someone doesn’t go after him now, he’s gonna keep checking those names off that list. All of you should be watching your backs.

Leo: Oh, sonny? I forgot to ask, do you validate? The parking rates here–sonny? My hit list. How did this get here? And what is this on it? Blood? Oh my god, sonny! We need yours.

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[Soft dramatic music]

Rolf: And we are ready to begin. And when I am done, you will no longer love the detestable gabi hernandez. It will be chloe lane who teaches your torch to burn brightly. Oh, sweet mystery of life.

Chloe: Oh, honey, I’m sorry, I didn’t see you there.

Rachel: You didn’t want me to hear what you just said, but I did. She’s trying to keep me away from mommy.

Brady: No, no. No, no, no, sweetie, she’s not. She’s not trying to keep you away from mommy.

Rachel: I heard her. You’re lying to me.

Brady: Baby, no. I would not lie to you, okay? You will–you will get to see mommy.

Rachel: Promise?

Brady: I promise.

Rachel: Then call her right now.

[Upbeat music]

Belle: Shawn.

Shawn: [Grunts]

Belle: Hey, shawn.

Shawn: Sorry. I didn’t hear you come in.

Belle: Didn’t you go to the gym this morning?

Shawn: I felt like doing more.

Belle: Okay, I’ll go make dinner while you finish.

Shawn: Look, wait. There was– there was a phone call for you on the landline. It was ej.

Belle: Oh?

Shawn: Yeah. Apparently, there’s some, I don’t know, urgent dimera shareholder meeting, and he needs your– he needs your input. So I don’t know. You’re gonna have to call him back because I didn’t take any notes.

Belle: Wait.

Shawn: Wait. Aren’t you supposed to be making a phone call?

Belle: I don’t want to talk to ej. I want to talk to you.

[Soft dramatic music]

Ej: I’d like to move that ava vitali–

Ava: Ava dimera.

Ej: Ava vitali be disqualified as a shareholder and removed from this meeting.

Ava: Disqualified? What are you talking about?

Gabi: Yeah, ej, what exactly are you trying to pull?

Ej: I’m not trying to pull anything. I’m trying to protect the future of this company.

Kristen: [Sighs] And voter suppression is so effective.

Wei: With all due respect, ej, the bylaws are very clear in regards to this kind of situation. As jake dimera’s widow, she’s entitled to this shares and vote. Why should she be disqualified?

Ej: Because she sees dead people.

[Dramatic music]

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

[Soft orchestration]

Brady: Rachel, I’m not gonna call mommy right now.

Rachel: You promised.

Brady: Sweetie, I promised that I would never lie to you, and I won’T. The truth is that your mommy, she did something that she shouldn’t have done. And I know this is very hard for you to understand, but when you go to court and you have to testify, you have to take this oath. An oath is like a–it’s like a pinky swear. You have to swear to tell the truth, and chloe–chloe has to do that.

Rachel: But if she says something bad about mommy, they’ll send her away again. Daddy, don’t let her do this!

[Soft dramatic music]

Ava: I can’t believe this. Oh no, no, actually, I can. And I do. This emergency shareholders meeting was all orchestrated by you, wasn’t it, ej?

Ej: Ava, I can’t tell you how sorry I am, but I have no choice. Everyone at this meeting needs to know what’s been going on. Everyone, I regret to have to tell you that ava’s been hallucinating. She’s been seeing her dead husband.

Wei: Is this true?

Ej: She claims that he rang our doorbell last night, and she touched him and he was real, and when I suggested that she was suffering some post-traumatic stress, she admitted I was right.

Ava: You bastard.

Ej: Ava, you need help.

Ava: Oh, what I need is a tire iron.

Ej: Threatening me only confirms what I’ve been saying, ava. You’re not in control.

Ava: No, I’m mad.

Ej: Your words, not mine. Now, of course, none of this is her fault. We can all see how traumatized she is. We as a family will do everything we can to help her find her way back, but we can’t in good conscious allow this woman to make decisions on the future of the company.

Ava: Right, ’cause it’s a matter of conscious.

Ej: So, mr. Shin, as chairman of the board, you need to make the determination to disqualify her from voting. We cannot have a hallucinating, emotionally unstable woman voting her dead husband’s shares.

Tony: But I wonder, is there someone here that can take her place?

Rolf: I am taking you on a journey back in time, and at the end of the journey, you will loathe gabi hernandez, which is the only rational reaction to the woman. And so I want you to remember the last time you saw her, when you were deeply in love with your wife.

Stefan: Oh, my god, my mother’s text couldn’t have come at a worse time. I am sorry to leave you like this.

Gabi: It’s okay. Go deal with vivian and just hurry back, okay, so we can start the rest of our lives.

Stefan: Okay, just promise me you’re gonna keep this bed warm for me.

Gabi: Yes, please be careful.

Stefan: I will. I love you, gabi.

Gabi: I love you, too.

[Eerie music]

Rolf: I will assume you just had an oh-so-sweet memory. Let’s see what we can do about that.

Gabi: You’re enjoying this, aren’t you?

Ej: Far from it. It’s my duty, but a sad one.

Kristen: Really, ej? This is too much.

Tony: Now, that’s rich coming from you.

Kristen: She just lost her husband. I mean, she’s grieving. That doesn’t make her incompetent.

Ej: She’s seeing people that aren’t there. What if she starts investing in companies that aren’t there?

Kristen: She’s seeing people who aren’t there, according to you. And unless you have a psychiatrist who’s examined her waiting out there in the outer office to corroborate your assertions, it seems to me to be a naked power play, based on totally unsubstantiated accusations.

Wei: What do you have to say to that, mr. Dimera? Do you have any evidence to back up the claim?

Ava: No, there isn’t any because the son of a bitch is lying through his teeth.

Ej: Well, let’s just see about that, shall we? Moderate to severe eczema still disrupts my skin.

Brady: Mommy’s not going anywhere, okay?

Chloe: Rachel, listen, I don’t want to hurt you, and I don’t have to go to court.

Rachel: I hate you! Make her go away now!

[Soft dramatic music]

Shawn: Thought you said you were gonna start dinner, hmm?

Belle: Shawn, I know you. You’re not working out. You’re working out your anger.

Shawn: What anger?

Belle: Oh, come on. We both know that ej never calls the landline. He just did that to goad you.

Shawn: What, you mean treating me like I’m your personal secretary? Hey, belle, it’s totally fine, right? I’m fine with it, all right?

Belle: Stop it!

Shawn: Okay, stop what? Stop what? Huh? What?

Belle: It means the world to me that you let me move back in here, and that we’re under the same roof, and we’re having dinner together, but I hate all of this tiptoeing around each other and making small talk when there is so much we’re not saying. And then every night, we go to bed, we say goodnight, and you go off to our bedroom– well, your bedroom– and I go to claire’s bedroom.

Shawn: Okay, what do you want to do? You want to switch bedrooms? We can switch rooms.

Belle: No, I want you to scream at me! I want you to throw me out! But don’t do this.

[Sighs] I slept with ej, and there is nothing I can do to take that back, and the fact that he called the landline here instead of my cell makes me want to shove that phone down his throat, so I can only imagine how it made you feel. But I did not move back in here to be your roommate. You said that you thought that you could get past what happened, and, I don’t know, maybe you can’T. Maybe it was just too much to ask.

Ava: I don’t think anyone in this room would be surprised to hear that ej dimera is a liar. I mean, ask his sister. He’d say anything to get what he wants.

Kristen: It’s a family trait.

Ava: He only called this meeting here today because he wants to take away my vote because I made it very clear to him that I would not be his rubber stamp.

Ej: [Chuckles] Okay, now that’s a lie.

Ava: Okay, let me make something clear to all of you. I never hallucinated. I live with the ever-present knowledge that my dear jake is dead, and he’s not coming back. Ej made up this little ghost story, but he doesn’t have, as his sister said, one shred of evidence.

Ej: None? How about another eyewitness?

Wei: Someone else saw this?

Ej: Mm-hmm. Your son, and your ceo, ms. Gabi hernandez.

Gabi: Mrs. Gabi dimera.

Rolf: Moving right along. Now, let’s go back to the nauseating moment when you first decided you were in love with the wench.

Stefan: Did I hate you? Sure, but I saw underneath that, that there was more, and that everything about you, all the deviousness, the passion, the treachery, the genius–all those qualities are exactly what caused me to fall for you.

Gabi: You fell for me?

Stefan: Yes. I should have admitted it before now, but my pride, my ego wouldn’t let me do it. But I’m done with all that now. If we never get out of here, I’m not leaving anything unfinished. That’s why I’m laying it all out on the line. I care for you, gabi hernandez, and I’m done pretending I don’T.

Gabi: Oh, my god, oh, my god. I am going to hate myself for this so much more than I hate you. You’re right, okay? You’re right. I can’t keep pretending. Dammit, stefan, I feel the same way that you do.

Stefan: [Chuckles]

Rolf: It will be a pleasure to annihilate that particular memory.

[Machine beeping rapidly]

[Dramatic music]

Ej: So, you see, mr. Shin, your son and your ceo were both there when it happened. They saw everything, so you don’t need to take my word for it.

Wei: Is it true, mrs. Dimera? Were you there when ava thought she saw her late husband?

Gabi: I don’t even know how to answer that.

Ej: Oh, I don’t know. How about the truth?

Gabi: I mean, “was I there when ava imagined her late husband?” Is so loaded. I was there last night, but I didn’t see ava hallucinate. Maybe it was ej that was hallucinating. Maybe he came up with this crap because he wants to force me out as ceo. What am I saying? He would never do something so underhanded.

Wei: Son, were you there last night? Did you see anything?

[Soft dramatic music]

Stefan: [Gasps] Oh.

Son, I need an answer now.

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Wei: Son, answer me.

Li: Yes, I was there last night.

Wei: And?

Li: I can state categorically that ej is lying.

Ej: [Chuckles] He’s just backing her up. They’re both lying.

Wei: At this point, we have three major shareholders who insist that your allegations are false. Now, everyone including i understand your ambitions. It’s no secret that you want to be the ceo again.

Tony: No!

Ej: Mr. Shin, just for clarification’s sake, the three major shareholders who say that I’m lying are ava dimera, gabi dimera, and your son, li shin.

Kristen: Did that just go over your head, ej?

Ej: Oh, I just want it in the record before I play this.

Johnny: Yeah. Yeah, she told me she saw jake.

Ej: And what exactly did she say?

Johnny: Just that it felt real. You know, she touched his face. She was sure it was him. But she couldn’t explain what was happening. She thought she must have been maybe hallucinating.

Ej: So, you see, I’m not the only one. Ava herself admitted it to my son johnny.

Johnny: You recorded me.

Ej: I had a feeling that ava might deny what happened. I apologize to you both, but I didn’t have a choice.

[Dramatic music]

Brady: Hey. Everything is gonna be okay. You gotta believe me, everyone, including chloe, just wants what’s best for you. You have my word on that, okay?

Rachel: Okay.

Brady: I know you’re upset. I know. Do you want me to go tell nora jane’s mom that you want to do a playdate another day?

Rachel: No, I want to go.

Brady: Want to go? Okay, well, it looks like they’re getting ready to leave, so do you want to go say your goodbyes, and I’ll be right there, okay?

Brady: I’m sorry. I’m really sorry about that.

Chloe: I’m sorry too. It’s fine. Just go.

Brady: Looks like I’m going to–I’m gonna have to talk to belle. All right, I’ll be back as soon as I can.

Shawn: Look, I don’t–look, I don’t know what to say. You know, I just, I heard his voice, and I just–I couldn’t stop thinking about his hands on you.

Belle: I am so sorry.

Shawn: Look, even–even if he didn’t call, belle, I–look, I can’t just– I can’t just get over this, okay? I…I know that this isn’t what you’re gonna want to hear, but I just… I just need more time.

Belle: No.

Shawn: No, what?

Belle: No. I don’t think that’s true.

Rolf: So time to alter your emotional makeup just a bit. Instead of lusting for gabi hernandez, you will be repulsed by her. This may hurt a little bit.

Gabi: You think that I want you?

Stefan: It’s obvious.

Gabi: You destroyed my life. You framed me for murder, kidnapped me, put a hot poker in my face.

Stefan: None of that changes the fact that you want me. I’m not sure this is such a good idea.

Gabi: Yeah, probably not. I don’t really know what I was thinking. Even though sometimes you do show another side, you still are an arrogant jackass.

Stefan: And you–see, I may be an arrogant jackass, but I am way too much of a gentleman to tell you what you are.

Gabi: You know what, maybe it was just sex, and maybe it wasn’t terrible, but you still don’t get to treat me like some random dimera whore.

Stefan: Pity that all you have to offer is sex.

Gabi: It’s a pity you didn’t have more to offer.

Stefan: You are such a clever girl, gabi. Such fire in your eyes. That mouth on you? It’s really a shame that all you’ve got is dust around that shell of a heart of yours.

Gabi: You are unbelievable. Stefan?

Stefan: Yeah.

Gabi: Don’t insult me again!

Stefan: Yeah? What are you gonna do about it?

[Dramatic music]

Wei: You lied to me.

Ej: He’s been spending a lot of time with gabi.

Wei: Mr. Dimera, I think you’ve said enough. And I’ve heard enough to make a decision. It’s pretty clear after hearing the recording that what ej said is true, but I am not removing you from this meeting. It would be too disruptive, but I will be prohibiting you from voting your shares until a determination can be made of your mental state.

Tony: Checkmate.

Shawn: Whoa, whoa. What are you doing?

Belle: Shawn, no matter when this happens, it’s gonna be awkward, and I don’t think we should just sit around and wait for the perfect time. Okay, let’s go upstairs and make love.

Shawn: Oh, that’s your solution to everything, isn’t it, huh?

Belle: What? That’s not fair.

Shawn: Okay, you know what? You should be careful when you use that word. Just like it wasn’t fair when you went off and you crawled into bed with ej. Oh, god.

Brady: Sorry. I actually did knock. You obviously didn’t hear me, but belle, could you just call me when you get a chance?

Shawn: No, no. Brady, don’t–don’t go, all right? Look, I was just trying to work out, but you know what, I think I’m gonna go on a run instead, so. Good to see you.

Brady: You too.

[Soft dramatic music]

Rolf: The marriage wasn’t a love match at the beginning, but judging by how you went flying to see the woman when you escaped, it grew into one, but today is the last day of your love story.

[Chuckles]

Dum, dum, de dum what god hath joined together, let dr. Rolf zap asunder.

Gabi: Yes. I do.

[Eerie music]

Ej: I move that we remove ms. Gabi hernandez–dimera– as ceo and install me in her place.

Kristen: Those are two separate and distinct motions.

Ej: Why waste time? Everyone here knows that the vote is merely just a formality. The last vote on this matter was a six-six tie, which allowed gabi to remain on as ceo, but her side just lost a vote, which means the majority is no longer in her favor. She will have to step down, and we need to install her replacement as quickly as possible. So, to that end, we need to vote immediately.

Johnny: You might not want to do that, dad. The vote, I don’t know, might not go the way you planned it.

Tony: Another county heard from.

[Dramatic music]

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Chloe: Hey, shawn.

Shawn: Hey, chloe.

Chloe: Hey. I know that brady was just on his way to go see belle. Do you know if she’s at home?

Shawn: Yeah. No, he’s there talking to her now.

Chloe: Oh, okay, good. I know that you two are trying to work things out, and he wouldn’t interrupt unless it was really important.

Shawn: Yeah, no, he didn’t interrupt. The truth is we aren’t working anything out.

Belle: Well, I guess it was pretty naive to think I could just move back in here and everything would fall back into place.

Brady: I was hoping it would.

Belle: Yeah, the truth is I just think that, you know, the marriage is a lost cause. He just can’t get over the fact that I slept with ej. But you did not come here to talk about my problems. I’m sorry, what’s–what’s up?

Brady: It’s–it’s kristen. Belle, she has-she has filed for full custody. I just got served.

Kristen: I think johnny has something to say, ej.

Johnny: I do. See, you just said, as if it were a given, that the vote would be six-five in your favor, but, well, how do you know without the vote?

Kristen: Someone counted their chickens before they hatched?

Johnny: Let me save you some time by telling you that I’m switching my vote. I’m voting for gabi.

Ej: No.

Johnny: Oh, yes. See, I think what you did to ava just now was disgusting. She’s suffering. She’s in real pain, and you saw that as a liability, as a means to an end, just like when your own son confided in you, you thought to yourself, “hmm, let’s get this on tape. Might come in handy.” So let’s cut to the chase, mr. Shin. I know that your time is valuable, and I know that you’ve traveled a long way for this meeting, so I would like to state for the record I vote against the motion. That’s gabi, kristen, shin, their two proxies, and me. Six votes to your five gabi stays.

Gabi: Thank you, johnny. I know it stuck in your craw last time I won because it was a tie. This time, it’s a majority. I won, and you–you lost after you wasted a great deal of all of our time.

Ej: [Chuckles] I won’t forget this.

[Chuckles]

[Soft dramatic music]

Time. It’s life’s most precious commodity,

Belle: So kristen hired sloan petersen as her attorney. She’s a shark. And we can’t use any of kristen’s past crimes against her because she’s been pardoned.

Brady: Past. That would–that would be before the pardon.

Belle: That’s right.

Brady: Well, just so happens that kristen threatened to stab chloe with a letter opener just a couple days ago. That was after the pardon.

Belle: Well, that’s great. I mean, not great, but that’s gonna make compelling testimony.

Brady: Well, there’s another problem with that. You see, my daughter rachel overheard chloe and me talking about her testifying against kristen, and it made rachel very upset, and now chloe is nervous that if she testifies against kristen, rachel’s just gonna hate her.

Belle: Yeah.

Brady: Yeah.

Belle: Knowing kristen, that’s probably why she did that. You know, she’s just trying to cause tension and make chloe the bad guy, but brady, just because she’s filed for full custody does not mean she’s gonna get it. Worst-case scenario, you share custody. And you’re okay with that, right?

Brady: [Chuckles] As long as it means I don’t lose rachel altogether, sure.

Belle: No judge is ever gonna give kristen full custody. Don’t worry. Everything’s gonna work out for you.

Brady: And everything’s gonna work out for you and shawn too.

Chloe: Listen, shawn, I’ve been on both sides of this kind of situation, and I know it sucks, but you have to ask yourself, are you really trying to work things out with belle, or are you just trying to punish her? I mean, if you didn’t think you were capable of forgiving her, then was it a good idea to ask her to move back in?

Shawn: You’re right.

Chloe: I mean, belle has said and done everything she can. The ball, as they say, is in your court. So you have to make a decision, one way or the other.

Tony: [Sighs] Well, you tried.

Ej: I’m not done. This is not over.

Ava: Well, I guess it was my own damn fault forgetting that you aren’t human, forgetting that you can never be trusted, forgetting that you will happily use the most horrible thing that has ever happened to a person to bring them to their knees.

Ej: Pack your things and get the hell out of my house.

Ava: What?

Ej: You’re no longer of any use to me. Get out.

Johnny: Just so you know, pops, if she does, I do too.

[Soft dramatic music]

Gabi: Thank you so much for your support.

Kristen: Mm, remember, you’re still only one vote away from ej taking over again.

Gabi: Yeah, trust me, ej’s not gonna let me forget that. Excuse me. I gotta do some damage control.

Kristen: Me too.

Wei: I will never forget that you lied to my face.

Gabi: So did I.

Wei: You didn’t have to remind me.

Li: Doesn’t it matter why we lied? Ej was using ava’s grief to seize power. Is that the kind of person you want running this company?

Wei: Think about the person that founded this company. A high moral character was never a requirement for this job. You’re not above reproach.

Li: But she’s doing an incredible job.

Wei: I’ll make up my own mind about that. Let me remind you that you didn’t get your shares or position of ceo because of merit. You got them because your husband died. Don’t forget that.

[Eerie music]

Rolf: And now, deeper into your past, it’s time for you to remember the voluptuous chloe lane in all her splendor.

Stefan: This is me begging. Please, please. Come on, please, sing me a song.

Chloe: No, no.

Stefan: Come on, please?

Chloe: Okay, oh gosh, please stand up, yeah.

Stefan: So, you’ll do it?

Chloe: I will sing you one song if you get up off your knees. Yes.

Stefan: Yeah? All right.

Chloe: Okay. Oh, okay, hm. Hm, hm.

[Exhales softly]

[Singing in italian]

Stefan: You’re going through a lot. Trust me when I say I’m gonna take care of this for you. And when I do, maybe I’ll finally get to take you out on that date.

Chloe: I’m not sure that that date will live up to your expectations at this point.

Stefan: I disagree. I think it’ll be well worth the wait. Chloe, I can make this better for you, just like you can make it better for me. We would be so good together.

[Sot dramatic music]

My asthma felt anything but normal.

Ej: Weren’t your histrionics at the board meeting enough for you?

Johnny: Wasn’t questioning ava’s mental state in public enough for you? And doesn’t kicking her out of the house qualify as histrionics?

Ej: There’s no reason for her to be here. This is our family home.

Johnny: And ava is family. She’s your brother’s widow.

Ej: Who has sponged off us while poisoning my own son against me.

Johnny: Look, I didn’t say you have to let her stay here. I just said, if she goes, so do I. It’s completely up to you.

Tony: Count to ten, ej. You don’t want to lose your son over this.

Ej: Fine. She can stay.

Johnny: Well, good. Ava, can I offer you an aperitivo?

Ava: Oh, that sounds lovely, but I think I’d like to freshen up first.

Johnny: Of course. A dopo, papa.

[Dramatic music]

Ej: [Sighs]

Tony: You did the right thing, ej. You don’t want to lose your son over this. Let it go.

Ej: [Screams]

Ava: Oh, thank you. Thank you for standing up for me back there. I do not think I could handle having to look for another place to live right now.

Johnny: Now you don’t have to.

Ava: That’s quite a risk you took. You could have been out on your ass too.

Johnny: Well, it wasn’t completely unselfish. I like having you around.

Li: I’m sorry. My father shouldn’t speak to you like that.

Gabi: It’s okay. I’ve got a tough skin when it comes to business. I just–I don’t want him to be angry with you.

Li: Oh, it’ll blow over.

Gabi: Thank you. And thank you for backing me up. I know it wasn’t easy to lie to your father.

Li: Don’t you know by now? I’d do anything for you.

[Tender music]

Kristen: So how did it go?

Rolf: It’s working. When he comes to, he won’t want anything to do with gabi hernandez ever again. He’ll only have eyes for chloe lane.

Chloe: Oh, hey.

Brady: Hi. So, I talked to belle. According to her, we don’t need you to testify.

Chloe: Oh.

Brady: Yeah.

Chloe: Okay, well, I just hate that you’re going through this.

Brady: I hate it, too, obviously, but I figure the worst-case scenario is that I have to share custody with kristen. I mean, I guess I could live with that, but it’s probably the best thing for rachel, anyway.

Chloe: Mm, I hope you’re right.

Brady: I hope I’m right too. Hey, there’s no reason to worry. There is nothing that kristen can do to come between us.

[Soft dramatic music]

Belle: Hey, listen, I’m so glad you came back. I’ve been thinking, and I’m really sorry. I tried to force the issue, and I pushed too hard.

Shawn: No, no, don’t, don’t, don’T. Don’t apologize. You were right. I– this–this isn’t working.

Belle: Oh.

Shawn: I mean, it’s, like, you know, like, us. Like, living–living together again, like this. It just–oh, my god, why? Look, I don’t know how to say this.

Belle: But you think it was a bad idea–

Shawn: Because, yeah, damn it, like, it’s, like–like–oh, my gosh, why am–why am I having so much trouble trying to find these words right now? I just–

Belle: You know what, I think you should just go take a shower, and we’ll still have dinner. We’ll talk about the cubs, and in the morning, I will go pack my stuff and–

Shawn: Look, I don’t-i don’t want to talk about the cubs, belle, and I don’t want to have dinner, and I don’t want you to leave, but I don’t want things to stay like this. Look, you’re right. Look, I do need to take a shower. Do you want to join me?

Belle: Are you sure?

Shawn: Yeah, yeah, I’m sure.

Belle: Yeah. I would love that.

Shawn: Yeah?

Belle: Yeah.

Shawn: Come on, let’s go.

Belle: Okay.

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Ej: I expect you to be smiling down on us today, father.

Tony: Ah, well, hello, ej.

Ej: Something wrong with the front door?

Tony: Oh, no, I was down at the crypt; I was supervising the caretaker. He finally put up a plaque in jake’s memory.

Ej: Oh, you weren’t worried that might be a waste of time?

Tony: What does that mean?

Ej: Didn’t you hear? Our dearly departed brother is still alive.

[Suspenseful music]

Ava: You’re alive? You’re really alive? Oh, my god.

[Door clicks open] Jake?

[Machinery beeping]

[Cell phone rings]

[Cell phone beeps]

Rolf: Yes, mr. Shin?

Shin: Why haven’t you been answering your phone, rolf? I’ve been calling since last night.

Rolf: Yes, well, I’ve been otherwise occupied. Stefan’s currently blissfully unconscious, but it’s been quite an effort to keep him that way.

Shin: Well, you better do what it takes. That was a close call at the mansion. Thanks god it was ava who answered the door and not someone else.

Rolf: Yes, that’s a pure stroke of luck that she mistook stefan for jake, or our undead friend’s escape would have been catastrophic!

Shin: I’m not cleaning up your mess again, rolf. Next time stefan wakes up, he better be completely over his feelings for gabi.

Gabi: What about me?

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

[Soft orchestration]

Kristen: Did I just hear you say that my brother escaped your custody?

Rolf: Li, I have to go.

[Cell phone beeps]

Kristen: I have put my whole future in your hands, and you can’t keep tabs on a half-dead man?

Rolf: As you can see, he’s right here.

Kristen: Yeah, but he wasn’t, was he? And you didn’t tell me.

Rolf: Li and I had the situation well in hand.

Kristen: Ah, ooh! Please just tell me that you have managed to make progress on getting stefan to forget his feelings for gabi. Is he feeling romantic towards chloe lane?

Rolf: I’m afraid there may be a small problem on that front.

Shin: Gabi, hi.

Gabi: Did I just hear my name?

Shin: Oh, uh, yes. I was speaking to my father. He wanted a status update.

Gabi: On what?

Shin: Everything. Me, the company, us.

Gabi: Us? Wait, but what did you tell him?

Shin: The truth, that I’m head over heels for you.

Gabi: I hope he approves.

Shin: He wasn’t thrilled at first. He was worried that our relationship would get in the way of business. But he can’t argue with success. Company’s doing better than ever when it comes to product releases, stock prices way up.

Gabi: Yeah, I mean, if you don’t count basic black. Nobody there’s happy since kristen forced me to put her in charge.

Shin: Is she still making chloe’s life a living hell?

Gabi: Every single day. You know, I wish there was something I could do, but kristen stood up for me at the shareholders’ meeting, so I gotta keep her happy. Unfortunately, we do have the matter of ava vitali.

Shin: Mm.

[Door shuts]

Ava: Oh, it’s you.

Johnny: Wow, uh, never seen that much disappointment on a woman’s face, geez.

Ava: I’m sorry. Sorry, I just, um, I wasn’t expecting you.

Johnny: Yeah, I was just– I was out for a run on the grounds when I saw the door of the crypt open– freaked me out a little bit. No disrespect to the dead or anything, it’s just, uh, last time I was in here, satan was hanging out right over there by that sarcophagus, so…

Ava: Yeah, well, I haven’t seen him here today.

Johnny: What–what are you doing out here?

Ava: Your family just put up the plaque for jake, and so even though we’re waiting on the medical examiner for his ashes and he hasn’t been interred yet, I feel close to him in here.

Johnny: Yeah. I understand.

Ava: Mm.

Johnny: Uh, ava, when I walked in just now, I heard you say his name.

Ava: Yeah, um, you’d probably think I’m crazy, but for a second there, I thought that–

Johnny: You–you thought I was jake?

Ava: Yeah. I mean, especially after last night.

Johnny: What happened last night?

Ava: No one told you?

[Chuckles] I thought it was gonna be the talk of the house.

Johnny: Ah, I wasn’t around, so…

Ava: Oh, okay, well, I was meeting with gabi, and someone was at the door, and when I went to open it, jake was standing there.

Johnny: What?

Ava: Well, I thought– I thought jake was standing there. I mean, he was so real. He was standing there in his hospital gown, the one he died in. I touched him. I felt him.

Johnny: All right, but how– ava, how is that possible?

Ava: [Sighs] I don’t know. I d– [Sighs] I don’t know, but– I don’t know; I got so overwhelmed, I just passed out, and then when I came to, li was standing there, and he told me that it was him that I saw at the door.

Johnny: You sound like you don’t believe that.

Ava: Oh, I know very well what jake looks like. He’s who I saw. I would swear to it.

Tony: What do you mean that brother jake is alive?

Ej: In ava’s mind, anyway.

Tony: I’m afraid I’m not following.

Ej: I’m surprised you didn’t hear about the commotion yesterday. Gabi found ava passed out in the foyer. When she came to, ava insisted that she saw jake at the front door.

Tony: But he wasn’t, of course?

Ej: Not unless you believe in ghosts.

Tony: So what do you think actually happened?

Ej: Apparently, it was li at the door. Ave was obviously hallucinating. I’m afraid that poor woman has gone round the bend. I’m worried for her.

Tony: Oh, are you really?

Ej: Yes, she suffered a terrible loss and is clearly not dealing with it well.

Tony: Ah.

[Chuckles] You’re saying all the right things. But I can see that look in your eye. What are you up to?

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Chloe: Kristen can’t honestly think that she will get full custody of rachel.

Brady: I told you, since her pardon, she is feeling invincible. Maybe she is.

Chloe: I don’t know, I mean, even if her record’s been wiped clean, every person in this town could testify that she is a dangerous criminal.

Brady: Chloe, you–you’ve– you’ve been through a custody battle. The judge is usually gonna side with the biological mother, right?

Chloe: Well, not when the said mother is kristen dimera.

Brady: Officially, kristen dimera is this fine, upstanding citizen. In the eyes of the law, hell, she–she didn’t even commit the crimes; they don’t exist.

Chloe: Mm. Well, um, what if she’s committed a crime since she’s been pardoned?

Kristen: What do you mean “there’s a problem”?

Rolf: Stefan’s feelings for gabi are proving more powerful than I anticipated.

Kristen: So?

Rolf: So I was attempting to stimulate his brain last night and inadvertently roused him.

Kristen: Okay, what do you mean “roused”?

Rolf: He leapt out of bed, desperate to get to gabi. I couldn’t stop him!

Kristen: Okay, so you let him go?

Rolf: There was nothing I could do!

Kristen: Oh, my god, did gabi see him?

Rolf: Thankfully, li and i were able to get to him before he could reveal himself to her.

Kristen: Okay. So nobody saw him? Rolf…

Rolf: Unfortunately, ava vitali did see him.

Kristen: You’re serious?

Rolf: Yes, but it’s all under control.

[Chuckling] She was believing that she was hallucinating her dead husband, jake.

[Laughs]

Kristen: Are you sure?

Rolf: Yes.

Kristen: Okay, then we dodged a bullet, unlike jake. So you will fix this, right?

Rolf: I knew this would be a challenge. But the man’s been dead for four years and woke up with one singular thought– getting back to his wife.

Kristen: How touching.

Rolf: It’s a powerful love, kristen, more powerful than I knew. To be honest, I don’t know whether it can be overcome.

Gabi: I was gonna throw ava a bone; give her a meaningless job title, and, you know, make her happy.

Shin: While ignoring her more outrageous demands.

Gabi: Yeah, but during our job interview, she answered the door and imagined her dead husband.

Shin: Mm, that certainly was unfortunate. The look on her face before she passed out, it was like her brain had short-circuited from the trauma. Imagine mistaking me for jake.

Gabi: Yeah, I just hope she takes the title, takes the salary, gets out of the way, and just rests.

Shin: I hope so too. You seem a little stressed out.

Gabi: Yeah.

Shin: You doing okay?

Gabi: I’m hanging in there, li, okay? Blackmail, secrets, lies; it’s a lot.

Shin: I hear ya.

Johnny: Are you saying you don’t think jake’s dead?

Ava: No, I mean– [Sighs] Honestly, I don’t know what I’m saying. I mean, I was there at the hospital when he died. I said goodbye.

Johnny: And there–there’s no doubt that he’s gone, right?

Ava: No, but… then I started having these waking dreams, where jake would come to me and we would– we would talk.

Johnny: So couldn’t last night have been a dream too?

Ava: No, no, it–it–it felt too real. Like I told you, I touched him. I felt his breath. You know, I guess last night could’ve been some sort of flashback or ptsd or something. I don’t know.

[Chuckles] Maybe I’m just crazy.

Johnny: Ah, my, uh, my grandma marlena would tell you that she doesn’t believe in that word, and also you’re talking to a guy that was possessed by the devil, so–

Ava: Yeah.

Johnny: Nothing sounds crazy to me anymore.

Ej: What makes you think I’m up to something?

Tony: [Chuckles] First of all, you’re you.

Ej: Fair point.

Tony: Yeah, well, let’s face it, ej. Ever since you found out that ava was married to jake–

Ej: Allegedly married to jake.

Tony: Yes. You’ve been trying to get your hands on her dimera shares.

Ej: Have I?

Tony: Why else did you move her in here?

Ej: She’s family, and she needed help.

Tony: Oh, please. You just used the word “allegedly” to describe her marriage. Now you want me to believe that you think of her as family?

Ej: Okay, so maybe I did have a plan.

Tony: Oh, what was that, win her over with your many charms?

[Chuckles] Oh, please don’t tell me that your plan is to seduce your brother’s widow.

Ej: It doesn’t matter what I was planning. The situation changed and it resulted in some tension between ava and me.

Tony: Ah, romantic tension?

Ej: I have no desire to build a relationship with a lunatic.

Tony: Oh, that hasn’t stopped you before.

[Chuckling]

Ej: But you have to admit her delusions are concerning.

Tony: Mm-hmm. Then are you concerned about her?

Ej: I’m concerned about this family and the company. Even if ava’s vote was legitimate, and I still have my doubts, how can we trust such an unstable shareholder to faithfully uphold her responsibilities?

Tony: Oh, please. By that standard, you’d have to oust half the shareholders.

Ej: Perhaps, but today, I only need to oust one.

[Dramatic music]

After trying lots of things to manage her

Brady: As far as I know, since she’s been pardoned, kristen has been on her best behavior.

Chloe: You mean, other than literally trying to kill me at the office yesterday?

Brady: What?

Chloe: I–I didn’t wanna say anything to you, ’cause I didn’t wanna worry you.

Brady: No, well, okay– too late; now I’m worried. What–what the hell happened?

Chloe: To be honest, I’m not even sure how serious she was about stabbing me.

Brady: Hold on, she tried– she tried to stab you? What?

Chloe: She threatened to stab me with a letter opener.

Brady: Oh, god! What?

Chloe: Yeah, she picked it up, and she said she was gonna plunge it through my heart.

Brady: Chloe, oh–

Chloe: I told you she was not gonna be satisfied just torturing me with the passive-aggressive powerpoint critiques.

Brady: No, no, no, no this– I’m not gonna let her get away with this.

Chloe: I didn’t say this– I don’t want you to get worked up.

Brady: Well, I’m worked up! This woman is unhinged, obviously. I’m not gonna let her around my daughter. She’s not gonna get full custody. She’s not gonna get any custody!

Kristen: You promised you could get stefan to fall out of love with gabi and in love with chloe.

Rolf: I know what I said.

Kristen: And as you know, I need stefan to come between brady and chloe so that I can get my family back.

Rolf: I will do my very best, but even if I’m successful–

Kristen: When! When you’re successful.

Rolf: I cannot promise to make chloe return stefan’s feelings!

Kristen: Well, then do the same procedure on her! I don’t care; whatever it takes! Rolf, I need–I need this to happen.

Rolf: You seem agitated– more than usual.

Kristen: Agitated? Agitated? Do you know how long they kept me from my daughter? I got to–I got to see her yesterday, and she is so big, so grown up.

[Sighs] Oh, my god. Just being with her just melted my heart, and brady, he ripped her away from me without letting me say goodbye.

Rolf: That’s not right.

Kristen: You’re sh–amn straight it’s not right!

[Sighs] I need to be with rachel. I need us to be a family again.

Rolf: I want that too. But happens if I can’t come through for you?

Kristen: You will! You will come through for me, rolf. I am–I’m gonna be with brady and rachel, and stefan is gonna be with chloe, and everyone is gonna live happily ever after.

Rolf: Everyone except for gabi hernandez.

Gabi: [Sighs] I’m sorry you got dragged into this whole ava thing. I mean, you did say you wanted to know everything.

Shin: I’m glad you told me that her marriage to jake wasn’t real. We’re in this together, gabi.

Gabi: Yeah, and we do make a hell of a team, don’t we?

Shin: We sure do. Like I said, stock prices are at an all-time high, profits are way up.

Gabi: Are they? This kind of talk is making me a little hot.

Shin: Oh, I haven’t even started talking about revenue…

Gabi: Mmm…

Shin: Mmm…

Gabi: But don’t stop.

Shin: Cash flow…

Gabi: [Giggles]

Shin: Mmm. Long-term projections.

Gabi: Mmm. Long-term projections?

[Sultry music]

Tony: So you relieve ava of her shares, and then you call in another vote of the board to install you in gabi’s stead. Do I have that right?

Ej: In a nutshell. I’d have six votes in total– mine plus kate and chad’S. I also have johnny and theo’s proxy, and of course, yours.

Tony: Of course.

Ej: And in the event of a tie vote, status quo prevails, which is how gabi was able to retain her position when kristen sided with her at the last meeting. However, without ava’s vote, it’s 6-5 in my favor.

Tony: Oh, well, I hate to be the naysayer here, but how do you plan to disqualify ava’s vote? Li makes those decisions.

Ej: Yes, and from the arcane rules of the dimera board, he also has his own vote too.

Tony: By that standard, he’s gabi’s lover and confidant, and even if ava was waltzing in here singing a duet with jake, well, li’s not likely to disturb the current power structure.

Ej: You’re absolutely right, tony, which is why I had to go over li’s head.

[Both chuckle]

[Suspenseful music]

Wei: What is the meaning of this?

Shin: Father! I was taking my antidepressant daily,

Ava: Thanks for being so cool about this.

Johnny: I just want you to be okay.

Ava: Mm, you know, I shouldn’t be surprised because you have been so nice to me ever since I moved in here.

Johnny: Eh, you’re my friend, and you’re part of the family now, so nobody gives you crap and gets away with it.

Ava: Oh– [Chuckles]

Johnny: What?

Ava: Oh, no, it’s just that sounded very vitali-esque of you right there.

Johnny: Ah, maybe the vitalis and dimeras aren’t so different.

Ava: You know, I was so eager to put my past behind me and just forget about my old life. You know, pretend it never happened. And then I ran into jake here in salem, and all of a sudden, it–it was a comfort to have that shared past, you know? An understanding between the two of us. Then it turned into something more. You never know where life’s gonna take you.

Johnny: No, no, no you don’T. Ava, I’m so sorry for your loss, and I didn’t mean to interrupt this, you know, private moment you were having.

Ava: No, no, no, I appreciate it. I appreciate everything that you said. Thank you.

Johnny: Yeah, any time. Um, I will let you be with jake.

[Dramatic music]

Tony: So you went over li’s head to his father?

Ej: I put in a friendly call to wei, told him there were a few matters that required his urgent attention here in salem.

Tony: So what did he say?

Ej: He’s calling a shareholders’ meeting here shortly.

[Sighs] Soon the company will be restored to the dimera family as it rightfully should’ve been all along.

Johnny: Uncle tony.

Tony: Ah.

Johnny: Dad. What’s goin’ on?

Shin: Father. Uh, wh– what are you doing here?

Wei: I wanted to discuss some important matters such as this workplace relationship.

Shin: I told you gabi and i were involved, and you gave us your blessing.

Wei: That was before I found you fornicating on company property!

Gabi: Mr. Shin, listen–

Wei: A little grace would involve locking the door.

Gabi: Yeah, we’ll definitely do that next time.

Wei: Next time?

Shin: She was just joking, father.

Gabi: I’m–I’m so sorry. This is all my fault, mr. Shin.

Shin: No, no, it was mine. I got carried away. It won’t happen again.

Wei: It certainly won’T. If you’ll excuse me, it was a long flight. I need to freshen up.

Shin: [Sighs] I’m so sorry that happened. I know that must be mortifying.

Gabi: You told me you just got off the phone with your dad. Why didn’t you tell me he was in salem?

[Cell phone ringing]

[Cell phone beeps]

Kristen: [Sighs] I assume you’re calling because you got served.

Brady: Full custody? Really, kristen?

Kristen: Maybe if you didn’t yank rachel away without letting me say goodbye to her yesterday, I would’ve settled for joint custody, but obviously, brady, you don’t wanna play fair.

Brady: Oh, and what is fair, this–this emotional blackmail you’re trying with rachel, telling her that we’re gonna be a family again?

Kristen: [Sighs] Well, it’s obvious that you don’t wanna be co-parents now or in the future, so I think that you’ve had full custody for long enough. Now it’s my turn.

Brady: It will never be your turn. Chloe told me how you nearly stabbed her at the office yesterday.

Kristen: So dramatic. If I wanted to kill chloe, she’d be dead.

Brady: You threatened her with a letter opener?

Kristen: That’s what she said; her words against mine, and if you put her on the witness stand, we will make her look like the desperate home-wrecker she is.

Brady: Kristen, I didn’t wanna go to war with you.

Kristen: You could’ve fooled me.

Brady: But you’ve gone too far once again. I tried to work it out with you, so here’s the deal. You are never getting rachel back–ever!

[Cell phone beeps]

Johnny: You were talking about the family business, about how something will be restored as it should’ve been all along?

Ej: Restored? Oh, yes, yes! Yes, of course. I was thinking of having father’s portrait touched up a bit. There’s always been something about the eyes that’s just not quite right.

Johnny: Looks fine to me. That’s exactly how I remember nonno looking.

Tony: That’s a perfect likeness.

Ej: All right, we’ll leave it, then. Ava’s not here, by the way, so no need to continue to parade around half-naked.

Johnny: I was on a run. It’s hot out, and I know that ava’s not at the house, ’cause i just ran into her at the crypt.

Ej: Popular destination today. What, pray tell, were you doing there?

Johnny: I saw the door open. I just–I wanted to make sure everything was okay.

Ej: Ava was inside?

Johnny: Yeah, yeah, I’m pretty sure I freaked her out when I walked in.

Ej: Mm, did she tell you that she saw your uncle jake’s ghost or whatever he was?

Johnny: Yeah. Yeah, she told me she saw jake.

Ej: And what exactly did she say?

Johnny: Just that it felt real, you know? She touched his face. She was sure it was him. But she–she–she couldn’t explain what was happening. She thought she must’ve been maybe hallucinating, seeing her dead husband standing there when it was actually li.

Ej: Poor woman.

Johnny: She said you were comforting. I know you two have had your issues, so I’m glad you were kind to her when she needed a friend.

[Suspenseful music]

Ava: Oh, jake. I know you’re not here. I know you’re not gonna walk through that door. I guess I just wanted it so badly that my brain made it happen. And I know–I know that our marriage wasn’t real, but my love for you was and always will be. And I hope– [Chuckles] I hope you don’t mind what I did–you know, that I’m lying to your family. I will admit that I became a dimera partly out of selfishness and–but mostly babe, I did it for you, because I am gonna do all the things that you never had the chance to. This is for you, jake.

[Machinery beeping]

Kristen: Brady wants to keep me from rachel. He can’T. He won’T. You need to speed this up.

Rolf: [Scoffs] I can’t just snap my fingers and reprogram stefan’s brain. It’s a process.

Kristen: Well, process faster.

Rolf: It doesn’t work that way. I have to use subliminal associations to reinforce positive memories of the early days of his budding romance with chloe. Similarly, negative associations will be paired with his memories of gabi.

Kristen: And then what?

Rolf: Then stefan’s brain will do the rest of the work. New neural pathways will evolve, and he will be in love with chloe and disgusted by gabi.

Kristen: You’re gonna test it before you let him out again?

Rolf: Of course. He will not step foot out of this room until his heart and mind are fully reprogrammed.

[Cell phone beeps]

[Sighs] I have to go.

Rolf: What’s wrong?

Kristen: Uh, I have been summoned by wei shin for a meeting at dimera. I wonder what this is about.

[Suspenseful music]

Shin: Yes, I spoke to my father earlier. He must’ve been at the airport, but he never mentioned to me that he was in salem.

Gabi: Why would he keep that from you?

Shin: I know it sounds strange, but this is how he operates. He’s been doing it since I was a kid. He’d show up at my school, make sure I was working hard enough. Even at university, he’d appear unannounced to see who I was spending time with, confirm that I wasn’t doing anything to displease him or dishonor the family.

Gabi: Sounds like he’s got major trust issues.

Shin: Big ones. And he likes to catch me off-guard.

Gabi: Well, he succeeded at that. I just hope there aren’t any consequences from this.

Shin: I guess we’ll have to find out. Father, again, I deeply apologize for what you just witnessed.

Wei: Well, it certainly could have been worse. Now, call the custodian staff and get someone to scrub that table.

Gabi: I will handle that.

Wei: Well, you better hurry. I just summoned a meeting of the dimera shareholders.

Gabi: For what– for what purpose?

Wei: You’ll see. Announcer: Type 2 diabetes?

Ava: Am I interrupting?

Ej: No, no, we were actually just talking about you.

Ava: Really, what about?

Ej: I was going to suggest that we hold a small service for jake as soon as we’re able to inter his ashes–a chance to honor our brother’s memory, assuming it’s all right with you as his widow.

Ava: That would be, um, nice. Thank you.

[Cell phone beeps]

Ej: Oh, this is strange.

Johnny: What is it?

Ej: It appears wei shin is in town.

Tony: [Gasps] Is he?

Ej: Mm. He’s the chairman of the board of dimera.

Ava: I’m aware.

Ej: He’d like us to go to dimera for a shareholders meeting. He wants us there asap.

Ava: A sudden shareholders meeting? Is this a common occurrence?

Ej: Hardly.

Ava: So you have any idea what this is about?

Ej: Not at all.

[Dramatic music]

Shin: You’re not gonna do that; we pay people for this.

Gabi: [Sighs] I’m not afraid to get my hands a little dirty. I just–I don’t want your father to have any excuses to try to depose me from power.

Shin: He can’t even if he wanted to. I have a vote; he doesn’T.

Gabi: He still has a lot of influence here.

Shin: Not enough to change things, especially when you’re doing so well.

Gabi: Well, then why is he here? Why did he call this meeting?

Shin: I don’t think it has anything to do with us. Jake died, and his shares wound up in the hands of a former crime boss. Plus, kristen’s out of prison and making waves.

Gabi: That’s a lot of uncertainty.

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Allie: You really met the woman of your dreams?

Alex: I really did. Right here in the square. And the crazy part is, my kid brother called it this morning.

Chanel: Called it how?

Alex: He told me that one day I was gonna meet a woman that would knock me off my feet, and that is exactly what happened. She bumped into me, literally. Knocked me right here on my ass.

Chanel: And what is this klutzy dream woman’s name?

Alex: [Sighs] Stephanie. How beautiful is that? Stephanie johnson. The woman that changed the direction of my life.

Sonny: I gotta say, I’m a– I’m a little taken aback. I figured you would have jumped at the chance to work for me. I know I can pay you more than anyone else.

Stephanie: I know. And I’d love to do pr for you.

Sonny: Okay, then what’s the problem? Is it–is it alex?

Stephanie: Sonny, if you hire me, he wants to be the point man. I’d have to report to him.

Sonny: I promise you, that’s not gonna happen.

Stephanie: How do you know? That guy just doesn’t take no for an answer.

Sonny: [Sighs]

John: All right, partner, tell me you got something to go on.

Steve: I interviewed everyone within a 10-block radius of my house. Apparently, no one saw or heard anything last night.

John: What the hell is going on here? I checked out every one of orpheus’ old hideouts. He hasn’t used any of them.

Steve: He’s had our wives for a full day now. It scares the hell out of me to think what they could be going through right now.

Marlena: Kayla. Kayla! Wake up. Kayla. Are you all right?

Kayla: [Groans] I got such a headache.

Marlena: Yeah, yeah, me too. I guess orpheus’ guys don’t mess around, huh?

Kayla: Do you have double vision?

Marlena: Mm-mm.

Kayla: Me either. Well, I guess we’re as good as we could be under the circumstances. Love what he’s done with the place.

Marlena: Usually–usually, orpheus would hang around to enjoy his handiwork. Wonder why he’s not here.

Roman: All right. So abe tells me you talked him into running for governor.

Kate: So, this is a great day all around, right? To roman. Happy birthday.

Paulina: And to abe, the next governor of the state.

Abe: Well, to the four of us having a wonderful year.

Paulina: Oh, that’s right. ‘Cause nothing’s going to stop us now.

Abe: Yes!

[Dramatic music]

Orpheus: It looks like I’m just in time for the celebration.

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

[Soft orchestration]

Allie: Stephanie johnson? She’s my cousin.

Chanel: Her too? It seems like everybody in this town is your cousin.

Allie: Well, we are a complicated family.

Alex: Wait, this is great! You could put in a good word for me.

Allie: Oh, come on, you don’t need help from me.

Alex: Actually, I do. I asked stephanie out and she turned me down. Flat. Kind of caught me off-guard.

Chanel: Is that a new experience for you? Getting turned down by a woman?

Alex: Yeah.

Allie: Uh, I mean, didn’t gabi do the same thing?

Chanel: And the two of us.

Alex: Yeah, but that was different.

Allie: How?

Alex: That was bs.

Chanel: Uh, excuse me, bs?

Alex: Bs, “before stephanie.” So here I was, laying on the ground. Hey, look, right here. I’m looking up. She’s standing above me. I’m looking up at her. My whole world changed. That was it.

Chanel: Yeah, that sounds like bs all right.

Alex: All right, good, this is funny, right? You girls aren’t taking me seriously, but that’s okay, because you will see, I am not letting stephanie get away.

Allie: Alex, it kind of sounds like she already got away.

Alex: That’s so funny, right? Yeah, it’s not gonna last. She’s gonna see what I see. Trust me. She’s gonna see that we are meant to be together. We’re soulmates.

Stephanie: I don’t want to offend you, sonny. Alex is your brother.

Sonny: Okay, I promise you won’t offend me.

Stephanie: I can’t work with a guy like him. He’d be hitting on me all the time, and he’ll never be my type.

Sonny: Really? You’re turning me down because of alex?

Stephanie: No. There’s another reason. I came back to salem to take on a big job with a new client who lives here. We just had our first meeting last night, and I found out just how demanding she is.

Sonny: Well, I’m telling you, if you can deal with alex, you can deal with her.

Stephanie: You don’t know this lady. She may be more than I can handle.

Paulina: You’re orpheus? I had the living daylights scared out of me yesterday because of you? Getting grabbed by john black? ‘Cause he thought I was you?

Orpheus: Yeah. Yeah, the black patch team tends to–tends to compensate for its ineptitude with overzealousness.

Roman: So, what the hell did you do now?

Orpheus: Oh, no, no. No, poor steve got it in his head that I was going after his daughter stephanie. But after all these years, you’d think he’d know that my interests have always lain elsewhere.

Kayla: Help! Help! There are two women tied up in here! Call the police! Help!

Marlena: Kayla. Kayla. Don’t exhaust yourself. He’s made sure nobody can hear us.

Kayla: Well, steve and john have to know that we’re missing by now, so– so they’re gonna find us.

Marlena: Of course they will. But until they do, we’ve gotta take care of ourselves. Orpheus will be back. We’ve gotta figure out what we’re going to do.

Steve: I know his note said we can’t contact the police or tell anybody. But I’ll tell you what, if we can’t do everything we need to do, we should get ahold of shane, on the down low. Nobody knows orpheus better than shane donovan.

John: We can’t risk that, man. Orpheus worked inside the isa for so many years. You know he still has spies on the inside.

Steve: You’re right.

John: It’s up to us, partner. We have to find kayla and marlena, and we’re gonna do this on our own. My asthma felt anything but normal.

Sonny: Okay, so you landed an account that was bigger than you thought. What’s the big deal? You’re not a one-man operation. You have a full staff. You can have more than just one big client.

Stephanie: I can name ten firms in chicago who would love to handle titan.

Sonny: I don’t–I don’t want another firm. All right? I want you.

Stephanie: I get the feeling that kiriakis men do not take well to the word “no.”

Sonny: See? So this is about alex.

Stephanie: He is so not my type, and he never will be. And I don’t want him cornering me every time I turn around.

Sonny: And I promise you that’s not gonna happen.

Stephanie: How do you know?

Sonny: I’ve been observing my brother for a very long time. When it comes to women, very small attention span.

Alex: From now on, my whole focus is gonna be stephanie.

Allie: Uh-huh.

Alex: I’m serious. I have never, ever felt like this about anybody. We’re meant to be together.

Chanel: And how do you know that?

Alex: Because we ran into each other twice in the same day. You gonna tell me that means nothing?

Allie: I mean, maybe in tokyo or london, but that happens all the time here. And, I mean, is stephanie even into you? Or is this just all, like–

Alex: Why am I even talking about this standing here with you girls? I need to get back to the office, because she might still be there.

Allie: Okay, hey, just– before you go, little– little reminder. No means no.

Alex: Yeah. I get that. I do. All right, I’m not gonna pressure stephanie into anything. I’m gonna play it cool.

Chanel: I’d like to be there when you do that.

Alex: Well… I have waited my entire life to meet a woman like this. I’m not gonna blow it by coming on too strong.

Allie: Yeah, he’s definitely gonna blow it.

Chanel: I know!

[Both giggle]

Steve: Yeah. Got a text from stephanie this morning. “Mom and I were supposed to “have breakfast this morning, “and she didn’t show up. You know where she is?”

John: You come up with a story to tell her?

Steve: Not yet. I hate lying to her.

John: Doesn’t sound like she’s too upset yet.

Steve: Yeah. Well, that won’t last. Then what do I say? “Orpheus was able to kidnap “your mother and marlena “because your idiot father walked right into his trap”?

John: Hey, come on.

Steve: You know, at the very least, I should have followed stephanie alone and left you at the house with kayla and marlena.

John: If I thought you weren’t doing the right thing, partner, I wouldn’t have come with you.

Steve: Listen, man, our wives were sitting ducks because I made a stupid mistake.

John: Whoa, whoa, whoa, leave the “stupid” out, okay? Come on.

Steve: I should have neutralized that son of a bitch the moment he showed up and threatened my kids.

Abe: You were lucky enough to get a pardon. Why don’t you take up golf or fishing, and leave decent people alone?

Orpheus: Mr. Mayor, I’m just hear in salem to make a fresh start.

Roman: [Chuckles] Yeah, that would be you.

Orpheus: I see john and steve have had your ear.

Roman: After what you’ve done to their families, do you blame them for being suspicious of your every move?

Orpheus: [Chuckles] My old isa partner here needs to come down off his high horse. ‘Cause if anybody has a right to be angry about what was done to his loved ones, it’d be me. You’re new in town, so you probably don’t know. Birthday boy shot and killed my wife. The mother of our two small children.

Roman: Yeah, and you used her death as a license to live out your sadistic fantasies on the people of my town.

Orpheus: Perhaps it would be best if we didn’t dredge up the past.

Roman: You’re the one who started this death march down memory lane.

Orpheus: Me? No, I’m just here for the chowder.

Abe: This is a private party. I want you out of here. Now, move. Or you’re gonna find this place surrounded by squad cars.

Paulina: Well, I don’t need to wait for no cops. I can just kick your little skinny ass down to the curb myself.

Abe: Paulina. Don’T. Don’T.

Orpheus: No, no, no, no, it’s okay. It’s all good. Don’t get your feathers in a ruffle. I’m leaving. But I– I’m sure I’ll be seeing all of you. Around town. In the near future.

Kayla: You know what? You are absolutely right. We just gotta–we just gotta keep it together and stay on the offensive. So, how do you suppose we do that?

Marlena: We don’t know– we don’t know what orpheus has in mind for us, so what do we know?

Kayla: How about that he and his henchmen took us from my place, blindfolded us, and threw us in his car.

Marlena: And then drove us around for hours.

Kayla: Right. He went north for a while, then went east, and then made a u-turn.

Marlena: How do you know that? You were blindfolded.

Kayla: I have a very keen sense of direction.

Marlena: Okay, so he made a u-turn, which means he wants us to think that we are farther from salem than we are.

Kayla: Wouldn’t that be great?

Marlena: I remember hearing bells.

Kayla: While we were in the car?

Marlena: Yeah. Yeah, it wasn’t–it wasn’t the–the courthouse bells. It was something else.

Kayla: You know, and I swear that I heard a power saw or something.

Marlena: A construction area?

Kayla: Yeah, maybe. You think those bells could have been church bells? Because–because they’re restoring st. Luke’S.

Marlena: You’re right. They are. And you know what? The docks are near st. Luke’S. And there are warehouses on the docks.

Kayla: Warehouses are just right up his alley, huh? You know, we’re pretty good at this.

Marlena: It makes me think that you and I can do more than just sit around and wait to be rescued.

Kayla: Let’s make a plan. Moderate to severe eczema still disrupts my skin.

Marlena: I can’t– I can’t reach your wrists.

Kayla: I think I can reach yours. I can–I can do it. Okay. I got it. I got it. I got it.

Marlena: Okay.

Kayla: Okay.

Marlena: It’s gonna be a little hard to untie those knots.

Kayla: Come on. I’m a surgeon. Knots are my specialty.

Marlena: Yeah, tying them, not untying them.

Kayla: Okay. Aren’t you a psychiatrist? You’re supposed to give me moral support.

Marlena: Oh. Okay. Kayla, you’re doin’ just great!

Kayla: That’s good. Now, I just need to work on not looking scared when that psycho comes back.

Marlena: Kayla, he’s not gonna kill us right away. This exercise is to torture john and steve.

Kayla: Well, as bad as it is, at least it beats being sealed up in a burning coffin.

Marlena: You know my favorite thing about you? You always look on the bright side of things. I wonder what game he’s playing this time.

Kayla: Right. Because there’s always a game.

Marlena: Yeah, he just gets such a kick out of seeing us go through all the steps, doesn’t he?

Kayla: Yeah. Wouldn’t it be great if that smug bastard came in here and we were gone?

Marlena: Does that mean that you’re making some progress on the ropes?

Kayla: Yeah. Yeah, just stay still. I’m gonna have you free in a few seconds.

John: Hey, doc and kayla, they are smart. And they’re tough. We both saw what kind of a fight they put up last night.

Steve: Yeah. But he’s still got them.

John: But the fact is, we know those two ladies are not gonna give up.

Roman: Missed my opportunity, man. I shouldn’t have let him walk out of here. I should have busted him in the mouth and thrown him out.

Kate: No, come on. Don’t let that creep ruin this birthday celebration.

Paulina: That’s right. He is creepy, though.

Roman: What was that about you getting the daylights scared out of you yesterday?

Paulina: Oh, yeah, that. Well, I arranged a meeting with steve’s daughter, and I asked her not to tell anybody about it, so, you know, she wouldn’t, you know, tell her daddy where she was going.

Abe: You see, steve thought that orpheus had set up the meeting and stephanie was walking into a trap.

Paulina: It was very dark in that room. I couldn’t see much. Stephanie came in, and the next thing I knew, john black lunged at me, thinking I was that creepy man. We got it all straightened out, though.

Roman: Okay, why was this– why was this meeting so secret?

Abe: Politics. Paulina had hired stephanie to do the pr for my campaign.

Kate: Ah. And I for one am so glad you decided to run.

Roman: Yes, the state could use a man like you in the governor’s mansion.

Abe: Well, I tell you one campaign promise I will make. Guys like orpheus, they will be locked up and they will stay locked up.

Kate: Oh, people, please, this is a birthday celebration! Let’s stop talking about orpheus and let’s start talking about cake.

Paulina: I’ll drink to that.

Roman: And you want cake.

Kate: Of course I want cake!

Roman: Well, we got champagne.

Kate: Roman, it’s a birthday celebration. At a birthday celebration, you have birthday cake.

Paulina: It so happens that I know of a bakery right here on the square that makes delicious cake. Called sweet bits? You know, I could just run– run over there and get–

Kate: No, no, no, no, no. You stay right where you are. This is on me.

Sonny: And just this morning, I walk into the study and find alex half-naked on a couch with some woman.

Stephanie: In the study?

Sonny: Mm-hmm.

Stephanie: Are you kidding me?

Sonny: Yeah. I wish I was. The whole time, I could just think of what my mom would have said.

Stephanie: I can hear aunt adrienne now. “Alexander kiriakis, “you’ve got ten seconds to get that woman out of this house.”

Sonny: “And you, young lady, have some self-respect. “Never undress where his mother may find you.”

Stephanie: Yeah! [Laughs] Aww, I miss her. I can only imagine how you feel.

Sonny: That–that’s why I wanna work together. We love the same people. We have the same history. And I bet you money alex has already moved on to someone else.

Stephanie: You sure?

Sonny: Yes. Please don’t make me beg.

Stephanie: Okay.

Sonny: Okay?

Stephanie: Okay. I’ll take on titan as a client.

Sonny: Oh! Yes! Thank you!

Stephanie: On the condition that you talk to alex and make sure he understands boundaries.

Sonny: Yes, of course. The first– alex? What are you– what are you doing here?

Alex: Well, I didn’t come here to see you. These are for you, gorgeous.

[Quirky music]

-Hi, dr. Rick. It’s julie. -[ Gasps ] That’s me.

Sonny: Hey, alex. That’s a big bouquet, buddy. Could be in, like, the rose parade.

Stephanie: [Sighs] I’ll let you two talk.

Sonny: Thanks.

Alex: I think she’s really warming up to me.

Sonny: You do?

Alex: Yeah. Did you get her to accept the job?

Sonny: Yes. Yes–

Alex: That’s fantastic! Are you kidding me? Do you know how many ideas I have about just the rebrand and the new imagine–

Sonny: But there were a few conditions, the main of which–

Alex: I will let you cross all the t’s and dot the I’S.

Sonny: What are you doing?

Alex: I’m gonna go find stephanie so we can start brainstorming.

Sonny: No. No, no, no. That is not–

Alex: What are you doing?

Sonny: I am stopping you from making a huge mistake.

Alex: [Scoffs]

[Groans]

Allie: Well, I guess if alex is in love, he’ll give up on that threesome idea.

Chanel: Yeah, probably.

Allie: You know, I have to admit, it was– it was pretty sweet to see him like that.

Chanel: He reminded me of this stray dog that followed me home from school when I was in the third grade.

Kate: Hey. Sorry to interrupt. Um, I was wondering if you might have a cake. I was hoping you would have a cake for grandpa roman’s birthday celebration.

Allie: We already sold all the cakes.

Kate: I see.

Chanel: But I’m sure we can find something for grandpa roman’s party.

Allie: You’re celebrating grandpa’s birthday with him?

Kate: Yeah, I am.

Allie: I thought he was done with you.

Kate: Well, he was. But he forgave me. And I’m hoping that you’ll forgive me as well.

Paulina: I’m glad you came around and took kate back. I like her.

Abe: So do I.

Paulina: You know how the saying goes. “To err is human. “To forgive is…sometimes in your best interest.”

Roman: Oh, is that how that saying goes?

Abe: All right. All right, you two. It is picture time, so–

Roman: [Grumbles]

Abe: Come on, buddy. You’re not smiling.

Roman: [Chuckles]

John: Pretty quiet over there, partner. What are you thinking about?

Steve: I think I should go back to my place and make sure we didn’t miss anything that could tell us where he took them.

John: All right. Listen, while you’re there, get a shower and grab something to eat here. Gonna have to have clear heads if we’re gonna find them today.

Steve: All right. I’ll see you.

John: Yeah.

[Phone rings]

John: Hey, abraham.

Abe: Hey, buddy, I just called marlena and kayla, but neither one of them answered.

John: Yeah, um… they’re both at a medical conference in chicago. What’s up?

Abe: Well, we are having a birthday party for roman at the pub.

John: Mm. Boy, I’d sure like to make that, but I’m a little tied up right now.

Abe: Look, we could really use some friendly faces.

John: Yeah, why?

Abe: Orpheus showed up, and it got nasty. And roman’s not in a party mood anymore.

John: I’ll be right there.

Marlena: Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, my right wrist is getting loosened up.

Kayla: I got it. Got it, got it, got it.

Marlena: Well done.

Kayla: [Sighs]

Orpheus: Oh! It looks like I stayed away a bit too long. You miss me, ladies?

[Dramatic music]

When moderate to severe

ulcerative colitis persists…

Orpheus: These cuffs should keep you right where I want you. I kind of expected you to try to escape. Guess I would have been disappointed if you hadn’T.

Kayla: This all part of your game?

Orpheus: Are you not having fun, sweetness?

Kayla: Don’t you call me that.

Orpheus: Get a little cranky when you’re hungry? I know that feeling. I tried to get takeout at the pub, but the service is terrible and the staff has a bad attitude. So I just went by the drive-through.

Marlena: How do you expect us to eat wearing handcuffs?

Orpheus: Hmm. Yeah, that is a problem. Well, I guess you’ll just have to derive some vicarious satisfaction out of watching me eat. Mmm. You just can’t beat a buddy burger. Mmm.

John: Hey.

Roman: John! Thanks for coming, man.

John: Wouldn’t miss it. Wouldn’t miss it. Hey, I heard that orpheus paid you all a visit? What the hell was that about?

Marlena: Will you please tell us what you plan to do with us?

Orpheus: Marlena, you need to learn to have patience. All your questions will be answered in due time. But right now, there is something I need to attend to. So…sit back and enjoy the evening, ladies. This party’s just getting started.

Kayla: What do you suppose that means?

Marlena: I don’t know, but god help us.

Allie: I think it’s nice that you’re having a birthday party for grandpa. But I don’t think you and I have anything to say to each other.

Kate: Allie, I pled guilty.

Allie: To what?

Kate: To being an accessory after the fact in the kidnapping of sami, your mother.

Allie: What’s going to happen to you?

Kate: Well, actually, I was lucky. I got probation. I got a fine. A really big fine. 200 hours of community service, so don’t be surprised if you see me walking around salem picking up trash, wearing a very, very unattractive vest.

Allie: Well, that’s– that’s something.

Kate: Yeah. Look, I know what happened to your mother was hideous, and it was unfair.

Allie: You didn’t see her when dad brought her back from the place he had her. She was a wreck.

Kate: I know. All I could think about was protecting your dad. You know, I did not stop and think about sami. I didn’t think about you. I didn’t think about will. I didn’t think about roman. You know? It’s just something that I’m going to regret for the rest of my life. Allie, I am so, so sorry about my part in this whole thing.

Allie: Grandma.

Kate: Oh, honey, I love you. So, do you think I can see henry now?

Allie: Yeah. Sure you can.

Kate: Okay, great. And after that, I’m taking you shopping, and that is absolutely not a bribe.

Allie: I’d like that. Okay, well let me go see what is taking chanel so long. She might be making the cake from scratch, so I’m gonna go help her.

Alex: Yeah, I don’t know what you’re trying to do here, but it’s not gonna work.

Sonny: Ooh.

Alex: You have no idea what’s going on here, sonny.

Sonny: Oh, actually, I do. I have been watching you for a very long time. Stephanie is young, she’s beautiful, and she has a pulse, which means she’s exactly your type.

Alex: I don’t have a type. Not anymore.

Sonny: What? What happened?

Alex: Stephanie happened.

Sonny: Stephanie– all that happened was you bumped into her in the square.

Alex: Yeah, and that’s all that it took. Sonny, I fell down, I looked up into these beautiful eyes, and that was it for me. It’s exactly like what you said this morning. You did this. You told me I was gonna meet her, that special woman.

Sonny: Stephanie?

Alex: She’s for me. She’s the one.

Steve: I can’t believe I let that bastard take you. Where are you, sweetness?

Stephanie: Papa?

[Dramatic music]

Sonny: Okay, yes, I know I told you that eventually you would find that special someone. But I didn’t mean today.

Alex: Yeah, me neither.

Sonny: Okay, are you sure that I didn’t just put this little idea in your head, like a little subliminal message or something?

Alex: Sonny, you weren’t there. You don’t know what it was like. Look, I can’t explain it. I don’t know what to tell you, sonny, it’s true. I am attracted to a lot of women. Sue me.

Sonny: Trust me, I know that.

Alex: This is different.

Sonny: Yes. It is. In a very, very big way.

Alex: What are you getting at?

Sonny: I just hired stephanie. Stephanie works for titan. Titan has a very strict no dating policy, which means you can’t date her. You can’t even take her out for coffee.

Alex: What the– what are you– what are you talking about?

Sonny: Yeah. I know. I had to find out the hard way.

Alex: Leo stark was your assistant. Stephanie is a consultant. She’s not even an employee.

Sonny: Okay, okay. Dating the head of the pr department, do you really think that’s a good idea for the company?

Alex: Fine. I’ll quit. Sonny, what I do on my own time is none of the company’s damn business.

Sonny: You’d be putting yourself out of a job for no reason.

Alex: For no reason? There’s plenty of reason. I’ll have stephanie.

Sonny: No, you won’t! Look, I know you fell head over heels for this girl, but she doesn’t feel the same way about you. Not at all.

Steve: [Sighs] Hope you didn’t hear me talking to myself.

Stephanie: Nope. You’re safe. Do you know where mom is? When she didn’t meet me for breakfast, I went to the hospital, and she wasn’t there either.

Steve: Oh, man. I was supposed to tell you. She forgot she was going to a medical conference today with marlena.

Stephanie: I see. Well, I guess that’s why marlena didn’t keep her appointment with chad.

Steve: Oh, how’s he doing?

Stephanie: He’s hanging in for the kids’ sake. But I don’t think he’s gonna be over this for a long time. If ever.

Steve: How’s he supposed to get over losing the love of his life?

[Soft somber music]

How’s anyone do that?

Roman: [Sighs] Well, that son of a bitch just dropped by for the fun of giving everybody a hard time.

Paulina: We gave it right back to him.

John: Yeah, I bet. So, did he touch anything while he was here?

Abe: You know, he does have this annoying habit of leaving bombs behind.

Paulina: Bombs? Please, tell me that’s metaphor.

Roman: I watched him like a hawk. He didn’t take anything and he didn’t leave anything behind.

Abe: These games of his have always landed him back in a prison cell. But you know, he’s been out for a while, and he hasn’t made a move against anybody. And it makes me think that maybe the man is finally seeing reality.

Marlena: I wonder how long we have before he comes back.

Kayla: Well, if we can’t get out of these cuffs, what does it matter?

Marlena: Well, we’re not chained to the wall. Maybe we could just back our chairs together and try to figure some way out of these cuffs. My asthma felt anything but normal.

Alex: Yeah, I don’t get this. Stephanie and i bump into each other, I fall to the ground, we say a few words to each other, and now you’re telling me she doesn’t want any part of me?

Sonny: Come on, man. How can you be so crazy about a girl you’ve literally just met?

Alex: I don’t know, sonny! This has never happened to me before. So maybe you can help me out, mr. Doctor love.

Sonny: I can’T. One of stephanie’s main conditions to saying yes was that you would back off.

Alex: It’s day one. So she’s not into me. Yet.

Sonny: Okay, alex, I am asking you, as my brother, and telling you, as your boss, respect her wishes.

Alex: She’s gonna come around. She’s gonna like me. You’ll see.

Sonny: He’s gonna see another woman, and he’s gonna forget all about stephanie. Oh, my god, I hope I’m right.

Stephanie: I’m sorry I was so hard on you for last night.

Steve: Oh, no, baby. John and I busted into your important meeting like the avengers. I overreacted, and I was wrong.

Stephanie: You were looking out for me. I know that. You always just want to keep us all safe. And you do a really good job of it.

Abe: Hey, buddy. Is there something you’re not telling us?

John: No. Everything’s just fine.

Chanel: I know that took a long time, but you said your grandma would wait.

Allie: Yeah, that’s what she said. She was right here. I don’t understand.

Paulina: Kate must have decided to eat that cake all by herself. I want to get this party started!

[Phone ringing]

Roman: It’s kate. Hey, sweetheart.

Orpheus: I just realized I didn’t wish you a happy birthday, roman. Oh, and I’m afraid some of your guests aren’t gonna be able to make it. Kayla, marlena, and kate all send their regrets.

[Dramatic music]

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Allie: [Yawns] Oh, the stars must be aligned. The first morning we have someone else open the bakery, and henry, bless his soul, sleeps in. I’m a lucky, lucky woman.

Chanel: Yes, hiring some extra help for the morning shift at the bakery was definitely a brilliant idea. Whose idea was that, by the way?

Allie: You know, I think it was yours, dupree.

Chanel: I think you’re right. Hm, someone is blowing up my phone, yours too.

Allie: Is there a problem at the bakery?

Chanel: Not unless alex is moonlighting at the shop.

Allie: Oh, god, alex as in, “let’s all get together and feel all right” alex?

Chanel: They’re all from him.

Allie: Yeah, wow. And they all say the same thing. He wants to take us out for drinks. God, he is like a dog with a bone.

Stephanie: What the hell, dude? Watch where you’re going!

Sonny: Someday, you’re gonna meet some woman who knocks you off your feet, and you’re gonna fall just as hard and fast as the rest of us.

Alex: She walks in beauty as the night.

Stephanie: What the hell are you grinning at?

Alex: You, obviously.

Sonny: You saw stephanie at the hospital?

Chad: Yeah, she was supposed to meet her mom for lunch.

Sonny: I didn’t even know she was in town.

Chad: Yeah, I guess she’s landed some big client here in salem. You know, she started her own firm, sjpr.

Sonny: Yeah, no, no, I heard she’s doing great. Heck, maybe I get my business sense from my mom’s side of the family. Don’t tell uncle vic I said that.

Chad: Yeah, your secret’s safe with me, yeah.

Sonny: Yeah, but actually, now that you mention it, I mean, I have been looking to–a new pr firm. I mean, with all the recent upheaval, which is, like, the pr way of saying disaster after disaster, you know, titan could use some rebranding. Which is the pr way of saying we all look like a bunch of idiots.

Chad: Well, I’m sure stephanie would be up for the challenge. I actually have her card.

Eric: Look who it is. Happy birthday, dad.

Roman: Hey, keep that to yourself, all right? I don’t want everybody making a big deal of it.

Eric: That’s out of your hands; you’re a brady. You’re gonna have third-cousins call wishing you a long life and a wet mouth.

Roman: Yeah, ma’s cousin, sister agnes claire, called from wexford, 3:00 in the morning. I know she knows there’s a time difference. But since it’s not a papal decree, she was not about to bend her knee to it.

Eric: Did you hear from sami?

Roman: Yeah, about an hour ago.

Eric: Yeah, how’s she doing?

Roman: Well, according to her, she is grand, she is fine.

Eric: Nobody does denial like sami does.

Roman: I was gonna scramble some eggs; want some?

Eric: Oh, no, I’m fine. Water would be great.

Roman: Okay. Did you take a run? Looks like you worked up a little sweat there.

Nicole: Detective hunter.

Jada: Please, call me jada.

Nicole: Right, I’m sorry, I thought this was eric’s room.

Jada: Actually, it is.

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

[Soft orchestration]

Chanel: So shall I text alex and tell him we’re on?

Allie: You want to go out for drinks with him?

Chanel: Yeah, why not? You had a good time the other night, right?

Allie: I did.

Chanel: Okay, and now we have someone to open up the bakery for us, so I think it’s time that we get back to having some sort of a social life.

Allie: I agree.

Chanel: Okay, so I’ll text him right now, and I’ll ask him where he wants to meet.

Allie: Okay, so before you do that, do you want to hear the end of the sentences that you cut off?

Chanel: I’m supposed to say yes, aren’t I?

Allie: Yeah, that’s right.

Chanel: Okay then, by all means, finish your thought.

Allie: Okay. So yes, I did say I agree that we should get out more. But what I didn’t get the chance to say is I don’t think that should necessarily include alex kiriakis.

Chanel: But you said you had fun the other night. And then I cut you off.

Allie: Yeah, I did have fun. Until he brought up a threesome. And I just–I don’t think that us saying no is going to stop him from asking again.

Chanel: Yeah, you’re right. But would that be such a bad idea?

Stephanie: You’re grinning, idiotically, I might add, at me?

Alex: Sue me. I smile when I see perfection, and you are perfect. You know that, right? Would you like to go out tonight?

Stephanie: Right, so barreling into someone like a right tackle, and then sprawling to the ground like a klutz is just your prelude to a cheesy pickup.

Alex: Is that a yes?

Stephanie: No, that’s a no. No, no.

Alex: Well, would you think about it?

Stephanie: Brother, you are one for the books.

Alex: Wait–don’t go.

Stephanie: I have to go. I want to drink coffee, but the coffee I was going to drink is on the ground.

Alex: Well, that’s because of me. So the least I can do is replace it.

Stephanie: Well, it did cost me six bucks.

Alex: So then, maybe you can tell me what it was, and I’ll go get it, please.

Stephanie: Hot mocha latte with oat milk and two fake sugars.

Alex: I knew you had exquisite taste. Don’t go.

Stephanie: He’s totally gonna screw that up.

Sonny: Thank you for this.

Chad: Yeah, glad I had it. Hopefully, she can give you a family discount.

Sonny: Let’s hope so.

Chad: Well, I gotta–I’m gonna head to the courthouse.

Sonny: Really?

Chad: Yeah, man. I want to make sure leo and gwen pay for what they did to abby.

Sonny: Okay, just don’t forget to reschedule with marlena.

Chad: I won’T. Good luck with stephanie.

Sonny: Hey. Look, I know you’re going through a lot right now, you know, with abigail and everything, and I just feel like I’m talking about myself a lot, and I feel like I kind of let you down–I just–

Chad: You talking about your life and your business is not letting me down, all right, and honestly, I should probably be thinking about something else, anything else, and it helps. All right, I don’t want my best friend feeling guilty. And that’s what you are, my best friend, okay? And you are very good at it.

Sonny: All right, get out of here.

Chad: Okay.

Sonny: Hey, don’t forget.

Roman: Wait a minute, you couldn’t have gone for a run. You just came from upstairs.

Eric: Right, yeah, jada. Her a/c unit is not working, so I said I’d try to fix it. You wouldn’t happen to know where the toolbox went, would you?

Roman: Oh, yeah, as a matter of fact, I had it right down here. Any other units broken?

Eric: Huh?

Roman: Any other units broken? Well, you know, I’m just saying, the a/c in my room is fine, and it’s nice and cool down here in the pub.

Eric: Yeah.

Roman: Is your a/c not working either?

Eric: No, mine’s fine.

Roman: Okay, then, why are you so flushed and sweaty?

Jada: Eric should be back shortly, if you want to wait. He’s fixing my a/c, so he said I could use his shower in the meantime.

Nicole: Oh, you’re hear using eric’s shower?

Jada: Is there something funny about that?

Nicole: No, no, no. It’s just that, you know, I see you here standing in his room, wrapped in that towel, and I–you know, I just assumed that you two slept together.

Jada: Actually, we did.

It’s the most wonderful

time of the year

Allie: Are you saying that you want to have a threesome with alex? I thought you weren’t interested.

Chanel: No, I’m not. But that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy the attention. I mean, come on, horton. Didn’t it feel good to have alex practically begging to sleep with us?

Allie: It’s like a conditioned response with him, like, pavlov’s dog.

Chanel: I didn’t say it was emotionally fulfilling. It was flattering. And he is a very hot guy. And he is interested in us. And he is right about one thing. You are really irresistible.

Allie: Okay, just as long as you know that going out with alex doesn’t mean going home with alex.

Chanel: Trust me, I am only interested in a twosome with you.

Alex: [Clears throat]

Stephanie: Thanks.

Alex: You’re welcome.

Stephanie: Hmm. You got it right. You actually listened to what I said.

Alex: No, I mean, I listened, but really I was just thinking about the color of your eyes and how beautiful they are. So it didn’t really store in the hard drive. I just ended up asking the barista what the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life just ordered, and there you have it.

Stephanie: Did you come on to her too?

Alex: You know, I don’t even know if that was a “her” barista, to be honest with you. I didn’t even notice.

Stephanie: Yeah, right.

Alex: I’m serious. I was just looking forward to getting back to you. What?

Stephanie: I just– I have never encountered anything quite like this.

Alex: Good. So you’ve never had anybody fall for you this hard before.

Stephanie: Oh, my god. How shallow are you to fall for me without knowing a damn thing about me?

Alex: Well, you obviously haven’t read “blink,” huh? Malcolm gladwell, no?

Stephanie: No, haven’t read it.

Alex: Well, let me explain to you. Gladwell argues that we have the capacity as people to sift huge amounts of information, and isolate telling details, and come to astonishingly rapid conclusions all within the first two seconds that we see something. Or meet someone. It’s what we call the mental process of intuition.

Stephanie: Mm, fascinating.

Alex: Mm-hmm.

Stephanie: Well, my intuition tells me that I am extremely weirded out by all this intensity coming from a total stranger, so bye.

Alex: Really, so I’m not even gonna get to introduce myself? Allow me, I’m alex. And usually in our culture, it’s customary to then tell somebody your name when they told you theirs.

Stephanie: In my culture, it’s customary to say sorry when you slam into someone.

Alex: Well, I didn’t say i was sorry because I was–

Stephanie: Oh, you never do, right?

Alex: Dumbstruck.

Stephanie: You really should be judicious about using the word dumb.

Alex: I mean, come on, you can least tell me your name, right? What is the harm in that?

Stephanie: Okay. It’s stephanie.

Alex: Stephanie? Well, that is a beautiful name. And now that we’re on a first-name basis, tonight, i know this incredible, incredible french spot in chicago.

Stephanie: Oh, my god, okay. Okay, remember when I said no a whole lot of times? And in spite of your rambling on about malcolm gladwell, and intuition, and whatever the hell else was your takeaway from that book, I told you that I was extremely weirded out by all of this insane intensity coming from someone who I don’t know, who doesn’t know me.

Alex: Okay, hey, I get it. I came on too strong, so allow me to apologize over a nice bottle of wine.

Stephanie: Oh, my god, alex.

Alex: What?

Stephanie: Okay, I’m gonna be really blunt here, so maybe you’ll actually get it. I’m not interested. I am too busy to date someone that I’m attracted to, let alone you.

Alex: You’re too busy to date?

Stephanie: I run my own business. It takes up all of my time.

Alex: Oh, your own business. That’s incredible. Tell me about it.

[Cell phone rings]

Stephanie: Sorry. I have to take this. Hello?

Sonny: Hey. Stephanie, it’s sonny.

Stephanie: Oh, my god, how are you?

Sonny: I’m good, I’m good. Listen, chad just told me you’re in town, and i know you’re in pr. I think I might have a bit of a business proposition for you if you’re interested.

Stephanie: Oh, I might be. What is it?

Sonny: Well, how about I just tell you about it in person? You remember where the the office is, right? I mean, what time words for you?

Stephanie: Right now would work for me.

Sonny: Oh, okay, great. Well, I’ll see you soon.

Stephanie: I’ll be there soon. Sorry, this has been interesting, but duty calls.

Alex: So how about that dinner?

Stephanie: Maybe that barista’s free tonight.

Alex: She likes me. I think she really likes me.

Eric: Why am I so sweaty? It’s the middle of the summer.

Roman: Yeah. But you haven’t been outside.

Eric: I just came down here to get some tools. What’s up with the third degree?

Roman: Well, it’s just a question, that’s all, and yeah, if jada’s a/c is out, we definitely gotta get that fixed.

Eric: And I intend to do that.

Roman: Okay.

Eric: Happy birthday, dad.

Roman: Thank you.

Jada: I don’t know why I just told you that.

Nicole: Neither do I. So you slept with eric, huh? That’s kind of fast, isn’t it?

Jada: Excuse me?

Nicole: You just got to town.

Jada: Actually, mrs. Hernandez, it’s been a couple weeks.

Nicole: Don’t you remember I asked you to call me nicole? And yes, I know it’s been a couple of weeks, but as far as I know, you and eric have only been out on one date? Unless, of course, I’m mistaken about that.

Jada: I’m sorry, nicole, but how is this any of your business?

When moderate to severe

ulcerative colitis persists…

Nicole: Well, I thought, since you volunteered the information that you slept with eric, you wouldn’t mind talking about it.

Jada: True. But correct me if I’m wrong. You and eric are now divorced, and you are married to my boss. So I’m not sure why you care.

Nicole: Yes, eric and i are divorced, but he is and always will be my friend. So I am concerned about his welfare.

Jada: His welfare? I can assure you I am not a threat to eric. But seems like I may be to you.

Nicole: Excuse me? What is that supposed to mean?

Jada: Okay, this is somewhat awkward. But are you sure the way you feel about eric isn’t stronger than friendship?

Eric: Hey, jada, I can fix your a/c–

[Tense music]

Roman: What’s that?

Kate: Oh, that is known as a birthday present. Customary for someone on their birthday. Many happy returns of the day.

Roman: Well, thank you. And I’m sure whatever’s in there is very nice, but I would have preferred that you kept your word.

Kate: And what makes you think I didn’t?

Roman: Well, the fact you’re still out and about. You told me you were gonna turn yourself in.

Kate: Well, actually, I did. I went to the police station, and I told them, while I didn’t know that lucas was the kidnapper while sami was captive, not shortly after, i did, and I didn’t come forward.

Roman: And?

Kate: And they have charged me as an accessory after the fact.

Allie: You know, I was thinking, maybe we need another shower.

[Knock at door] Or maybe we should get the door. Hi.

Abe: Hello. I hope this isn’t too early.

Paulina: Of course not. They’re bakers. Up with the birds.

Chanel: Not when we don’t have to, you know, bake.

Paulina: Oh, you were always miss grumps in the morning? God only knows why you decided to open a bakery. I used to have to drag you out of bed for lunch.

Chanel: Mama, why are you here?

Paulina: To tell you the wonderful news. You want to tell them? Should I?

Abe: Well, the fact is that–

Paulina: Abe’s gonna run for governor.

Chanel: Oh!

Allie: Wow.

Abe: Well, I guess I won’t have to look for a spokesperson, will I?

Chanel: Congratulations, abe.

Paulina: Well, don’t congratulate him yet. We still have work to do. We want you two to be part of the campaign.

Chanel: Oh, well, mama, we have a bakery to run.

Paulina: Exactly, exactly. When I told our new pr consultant that my daughter and her lovely girlfriend run a bakery, she had the most wonderful, wonderful idea. Now, let me tell you, that woman, she’s already earning her money.

Chanel: What is the idea?

Paulina: Apparently, the way to reach the voters is through their stomachs. So you two, you’re going to make thousands of cookies that say “vote for abe.” That is, if you think you can handle, you know, the order.

Chanel: Oh no, we can definitely handle the order. But it depends on one thing.

Paulina: Yeah, and what is that?

Chanel: You need to apologize to allie first.

Sonny: Hey, come on in.

Stephanie: Whoa! Pretty nice digs you have here.

Sonny: Right, yeah, uncle vic likes things lavish, so– it’s so good to see you.

Stephanie: Right back at you.

Sonny: Yeah, chad told me you were in town, and i was so happy. He said you have some big new client out here in salem. I really hope I’m not pulling you away from anything.

Stephanie: No, no, not at all. In fact, you saved me.

Sonny: I saved you?

Stephanie: I just bumped into this guy in the square, literally, and he decided it was the perfect opportunity to try to pick me up. And you should have heard this guy’s lines. He was a total cheeseball.

Alex: Sonny boy, you are not gonna believe this. I met the… oh, my god, it’s you. Pool floaties are like whooping cough.

Stephanie: What the hell? Did you follow me?

Alex: No.

Stephanie: This is stalking. Sonny, can you call your security and have him thrown out?

Alex: Stephanie, I work here. But the fact that you’re here, that’s kismet.

Stephanie: It’s not kismet. It’s a business meeting.

Alex: Ah, so that call in the square was from sonny.

Stephanie: You catch on fast.

Sonny: Stephanie. Let me guess, this is the cheeseball from the square.

Stephanie: Unfortunately, yes, you might want to start vetting your hires.

Sonny: Ah, can’t with this one because this is my brother.

Stephanie: Your brother?

Sonny: Mm-hmm.

Alex: His brother.

Stephanie: Alex kiriakis?

Alex: That’s right. And you’re stephanie–

Sonny: Johnson. Steve and kayla’s daughter.

Stephanie: Oh, my god, if he’s your brother, he’s my cousin too. Thank god I turned you down.

Alex: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Sonny here is my half-brother. His mother, adrienne, is your dad’s sister, and my mother is anjelica devereux, which means there isn’t a single impediment in our way.

Stephanie: Yes, there is. There is one colossal impediment–the fact that you are you.

Allie: Chanel. You really don’t need to apologize.

Chanel: Yes, she does. I told you about her teaming up with johnny to try to break us up. Because she wanted me to be with him. Emphasis on the him.

Allie: Chanel, really, it’s fine.

Chanel: No, it’s not. You were really upset about what she said, and rightfully so.

Paulina: Chanel is right, you know. I was wrong. And there’s no excuse for it. Except to say, I was just holding on to some old-fashioned idea of what I wanted for my daughter.

Allie: I understand.

Paulina: Now, let me tell you, when chanel found out what I was up to, oh, she took me to church on how out of line I was. And I’m glad. I’m glad she did because, you know, in the end, all that really matters to me is my baby’s happiness. And it’s plain to see how happy you make her.

Roman: Well, okay. I’m glad you accepted responsibly for what you did.

Kate: Yeah. Well, obviously, it was a rather novel experience for me.

Roman: Don’t joke. Couldn’t have been easy, especially under the circumstances. And I appreciate it.

Kate: Well, thank you.

Roman: But kidnapping is a felony. And if you have been charged as an accessory, that could be a prison sentence of up to three years.

Kate: I’m aware of that.

Roman: Does this mean you’re going to prison?

Eric: What are you doing here?

Nicole: Well, I came to see you, and jada answered the door.

Jada: I should probably get back to my room now.

Eric: I was just on my way to fix your a/C.

Jada: I should get dressed. And besides, it looks like you two have a lot to talk about. If your moderate to severe crohn’s disease

Allie: Thank you for saying that, miss price.

Paulina: Oh, honey, we’re family. You call me paulina.

Allie: Okay, paulina.

Chanel: Thanks, mama. That was really big of you.

Paulina: So does this mean that you’ll take the cookie order?

Allie: Of course. We’d love to.

Chanel: Do you really need thousands?

Paulina: At least.

Abe: Maybe we should check the state’s campaign laws first. We don’t want to be accused of bribery.

Paulina: I’ll get my pr woman on it. What are you waiting for? You need to get over to that bakery, make sure that you have everything that you need ’cause when we hit that campaign trail, there’s no turning back.

Chanel: Okay, okay, but before we get started, don’t you want to, like, check out a sample so that you can make sure you like the taste, check out the font on the lettering?

Paulina: Honey, honey, honey, nobody has time for that. Come on, we need those cookies yesterday!

Chanel: All right, well, we’re on it.

Allie: Yeah. And we’re so happy to help you with your campaign, abe.

Abe: Thank you. I’m grateful to you.

Chanel: What have we gotten ourselves into?

Sonny: Stephanie owns her own pr firm, and I thought that titan could use a bit of rebranding.

Alex: I couldn’t agree more. And I know how busy you are, sonny, so I’ll run point on this one. I think stephanie and i will do an amazing job.

Sonny: No, mm-mm, okay, actually, we still have a few things, details, to work out. So how about I just call you when we’re finished, okay?

Alex: Fair enough, I’m gonna head down to the office now. Where the hell are my keys?

Sonny: Look, I’ll have maintenance let you in. Just please.

Alex: You know what, I must have dropped them when you and I bumped into each other.

Stephanie: When you ran into me.

Alex: I’ll be right back. It has been a very eventful morning.

Sonny: Mm-hmm.

Alex: She literally knocked me off my feet.

Sonny: So you have met alex now. Makes a big first impression, doesn’t he?

Kate: No, I am not going to prison.

Roman: So does this mean you’re on the lam?

Kate: No, it meant that I came forward voluntarily, so trask knocked the charges down to a misdemeanor, and I will be paying a fine.

Roman: That’s it?

Kate: And 200 hours of community service. You know, I mean, do you think I could waitress here for free, and that would count?

Roman: I doubt it.

Kate: So disappointed that I’m not doing time?

Roman: No, I’m not. Obviously, I was upset that you covered for lucas, and I do believe that actions have consequences. But I also care about you. So no, I don’t want you to go to prison.

Kate: Do you really mean that?

Roman: I do.

Kate: Okay. So is there any chance that we could get back to, say, what we had?

Eric: I guess you were surprised to see jada here.

Nicole: To say the least.

Eric: Well, her air conditioner was busted, so I told her she could shower here.

Nicole: It’s okay, eric. Jada told me that you two slept together.

Eric: That’s very forthcoming of her–why did you stop by to see me again?

[Knock at door]

[Soft music]

Hey, nicole. I’m sorry, it’s just– I can’t stop thinking about you.

Nicole: But I’m married. And what about jada?

Eric: Jada who?

Nicole: Well, I came by to tell you that I had a dream about you this morning.

Eric: That’s weird.

Nicole: Why?

Eric: Because I had a dream about you too. Woman tc: My a1c stayed here, it needed to be here.

Alex: Aha. This really is my lucky day.

Chanel: But we haven’t even said yes yet.

Alex: Said yes to what?

Allie: To getting drinks. Or have you already forgotten all the texts you sent?

Roman: Yes. Okay, no guarantees, all right? But yes, I am ready to give it another try.

Kate: I am so, so happy you said that.

Abe: Oh!

Paulina: Oh!

Abe: Wow.

Paulina: Oh, so does that pda mean what I think it means?

Kate: Yes.

Abe: Great, great.

Kate: Roman forgave me, and we’re going to give it another go.

Abe: Fantastic, that’s great.

Paulina: Oh, this is more than great. This is a reason to celebrate! Oh, this calls for a toast!

Abe: Oh, oh, by the way, happy birthday, buddy.

Paulina: It’s your birthday?

Roman: No big deal, okay?

Paulina: Oh, well, now, okay, I will decide that, and I have decided that, well, it calls for champagne on me.

Roman: Paulina, you do not have to do that.

Abe: Oh, well, you know, whenever my wife decides to celebrate, we are going to celebrate. There’s no choice about it.

Eric: So tell me about your dream.

Nicole: I dreamt that you came over to my house. And you were making sloppy joes. And the slow cooker exploded, and the kitchen was covered in meat and, you know, pasta sauce. And I don’t know, I just thought it was totally funny, and I wanted to share it with you.

Eric: And culinary.

Nicole: So I told you about my dream. What was your dream?

[Knock at door]

[Soft music]

Eric: Nicole.

Nicole: Eric. I can’t stop thinking about you.

Eric: You’re a married woman. Nicole, what about rafe?

Nicole: Rafe who?

Alex: That’s right. I sent you guys those texts.

Allie: Are we still on?

Alex: Sure. Unless I have to work late.

Chanel: Work late? Your brother’s the ceo. Since when do you have to work late?

Allie: Besides, don’t you need us to be your wing women?

Chanel: Yeah, help you scope out your next conquest?

Alex: You know, I’m not all that interested in that anymore.

Chanel: You’re not interested? Whatever happened to “I love all women”?

Allie: Yeah.

Alex: No, I do, I do. I’m just only interested in one. This morning, right here, I met the woman of my dreams.

Sonny: Seriously, I’m really looking forward to working with you. Is something wrong?

Stephanie: Sonny, I don’t think this is such a good idea.

Eric: What was my dream about?

Jada: Hey, so I gotta get to work, but I left my door open if you can still take a look at my a/C.

Eric: Yeah, not a problem. I totally will.

Jada: Okay, thanks.

Nicole: So your dream?

Eric: My dream. You showed up at my door with a singing telegram.

Nicole: Oh, I was singing? Oh, that wasn’t a dream. That was a nightmare.

Eric: No, no, my dream, you had a beautiful voice.

Nicole: Oh, well, that’s nice. So both of us had dreams about each other on the same day.

Eric: Yeah.

Nicole: That’s weird, huh? Like you said?

Eric: Yeah, like I said, weird.

Nicole: Okay, well, I’ll see you later.

Eric: Right, bye.

Nicole: Bye.

[Soft music]

Paulina: I told you!

Kate: I know.

Paulina: I told you, roman would come around. Just like abe did.

Kate: I know.

Paulina: And now you two, you’re back together, and abraham and I, we’re married. And he’s running for governor.

Kate: Really, oh, my god, that is so great. That’s great!

Roman: All right, abe told me you talked him into running for governor.

Paulina: Uh-huh.

Kate: This has turned out to just be a great day in all ways. To roman, happy birthday.

Paulina: And to abe, the next governor of the state.

Roman: Oh, yes.

Abe: Oh, and to a wonderful year for the four of us.

Paulina: That’s right. ‘Cause nothing can stop us now.

Kate: Hear, hear.

Roman: All right.

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[Knocking at door]

Eric: Nicole.

Nicole: Eric. I– I can’t stop thinking about you.

Eric: You’re a married woman, nicole. What about rafe?

Nicole: Rafe who?

[Sultry music]

[Dramatic tone]

[Soft dramatic music]

[Knocking at door]

Eric: Nicole. I’m sorry, it’s just– I can’t stop thinking about you.

Nicole: But… I’m married and… what about jada?

Eric: Jada who?

[Sultry music]

Sonny: Hey alex, do you want a ride to the office?

Sloan: [Sighs]

Alex: Morning, bro. You remember sloan?

Sloan: [Laughs] I’m just surprised you remember. Nice to see you again, sonny.

Sonny: The feeling is not mutual. Get the hell out of my house.

[Dramatic jazz music]

[Phone ringing]

Melinda: Mr. Stark, you have a visitor.

Leo: Ah, yes, my attorney. The shark, who is going to chew you up and spit you out if you are dumb enough to charge me with abigail dimera’s murder.

Melinda: It’s not your attorney, it’s someone who’d like to rip you to shreds.

[Tense music]

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

[Soft orchestration]

Leo: What the hell is she doing here?

Melinda: Oh, is that any way to greet an old friend?

Leo: I’m not up for visitors.

Melinda: A social butterfly like you? Come on.

Leo: I’m waiting for my attorney to arrive. Until then, I have nothing to say.

Melinda: Well, I think you and ms. Rizczech have loads to talk about, considering I’m charging you both with first-degree murder.

Leo: But I’m innocent!

Gwen: So am I!

Melinda: You kids can deny it all you want, but I have enough evidence to convince a jury the two of you conspired to kill abigail dimera.

[Soft dramatic music]

[Knocking at door]

Eric: Jada. Hey.

Jada: Sorry if I woke you.

Eric: No, I was awake. Please. What’s going on?

Jada: I think the ac in my room is broken. It feels like a sauna in there.

Eric: Yeah. It’s pretty hot in here too.

[Soft dramatic music]

Rafe: Hope you’re hungry! I made my world-famous huevos rancheros. That. Just thought I’d do something romantic for my beautiful wife before I went to work. What’s wrong?

Alex: Bro, why are you being so rude?

Sonny: Because, bro, ms. Petersen here is leo stark’s attorney.

Alex: Who the hell is ms.–? You’re a lawyer?

Sloan: I told you that, like, six times.

Alex: Guess I was focused on other things.

Sloan: Yeah, you were.

Sonny: Alex! Hey! Focus on me! All right, hey, you know all the horrible things that leo has done to me. To my family, to the people that I care about. And now he’s accused of murdering my best friend’s wife!

Sloan: The key word here being “accused.”

Sonny: Your client, he is a conman, all right? He’s a gold digger and a disgusting piece of filth.

Sloan: Who, according to the united states constitution, is entitled to a defense.

Sonny: I don’t want the opportunistic snake who is representing him in my house! Oh, that must also mean you’re aware of the bogus sexual harassment lawsuit he brought against me that almost ruined my family. Hey, my career. And my family’s company.

Sloan: To my knowledge, that lawsuit went away.

Sonny: Yeah, but leo didn’t! He just chose some other innocent victim! And when I led the charge against him, he went on this revenge rampage! He took pictures of me and him in bed together. Then he sold some bogus story to “the intruder” about chad. And when that didn’t work, he murdered abigail.

Alex: All right. Look, my brother is right, the guy is garbage. I can’t continue sleeping with you if you’re gonna continue to represent him. You’re gonna have to dump him as a client, babe.

Sloan: Or we could just end this instead.

Alex: I guess that could be an option. It would not be good for my ego, but–

Sloan: Look, this has been fun, but my career comes first. I’m sure you get that.

Alex: I do.

Sloan: Mm.

Alex: Mm. Well, good luck, ms. Petersen.

Sloan: Thanks. I’ll just get my things and I’ll be on my way.

[Soft dramatic music]

Sonny: Really?

Melinda: You’re both scheduled to be arraigned this morning. Mr. Stark, we’ve already established that your attorney will be here soon. Ms. Rizczech, I understand that you have yet to retain counsel?

Gwen: Correct.

Melinda: Well, if it’s your strategy to throw yourself upon the mercy of the court, then I should let you know that I am going to remind said court of your complete absence of mercy you showed your sister abigail when she was being repeatedly and viciously stabbed to death. I’ll see you both in court.

Gwen: This is all your bloody fault, you bastard! I can’t believe you sold me out.

Leo: I had no choice! Clyde weston blabbed about me having abigail’s jewelry and then chad’s obnoxious little kid said he ran into me in the dimera tunnels the day she was killed!

Gwen: Oh, so you betrayed me just to save your own sorry little ass!

Leo: Gwendolyn, darling, I love you to pieces, but I am not doing life in lockup for a crime you committed!

Chad: So kayla’s mia too?

Stephanie: We made plans to have breakfast, but she’s not in her office and she’s not answering her phone.

Chad: Yeah, marlena’S… not either.

Stephanie: Well, I’m sure it’s no biggie. Last minute stuff comes up for doctors all the time. They’ll be in touch soon.

Chad: Yeah. Look, your mom is the one that… talked me into making an appointment with marlena in the first place. She made me realize that I wasn’T… handling abby’s death in the healthiest way possible. Can you just thank her for me?

Stephanie: Will do. Chad, wait. Since we both got stood up, what would you say to having breakfast with me?

Chad: Oh, okay.

[Soft dramatic music]

Rafe: What’s going on? You’re all flushed. Maybe you’re coming down with something. Oh, yeah, you do feel warm. Want me to get you some aspirin? Maybe some tea, something?

Nicole: I–I’m not sick.

Rafe: Okay.

Nicole: But there’s something I need to tell you.

[Soft dramatic music]

Jada: [Sighs] Well, I woke up in a sweat and looks like you did too. Is your ac broken?

Eric: No, it seems to be working just fine.

Jada: Well, mine’s definitely broken. I looked around for a fan, but I couldn’t find one.

Eric: I’m so sorry. I’ve been trying to get my dad to replace the old units with new ones. You know what? I can go take a look at it and see if I can fix it.

Jada: Oh, you can fix it?

Eric: Pretty handy with tools. Let me just throw something on, okay?

Jada: Maybe you can do that later.

[Dramatic music]

Moderate to severe eczema still disrupts my skin.

Stephanie: I think it’s great that you decided to start therapy.

Chad: Yeah, you know, I don’t know, I should– I probably should’ve done it sooner. It’s just– you know, with the kids and moving.

Stephanie: You’ve been kind of busy.

Chad: Yeah. I guess I just avoided dealing with the grief by being, you know, focused on just trying to find out who killed abby.

Stephanie: Well, you’re getting help now. That’s what matters. And, chad, I’m here if you ever want to talk.

Chad: I appreciate that.

Stephanie: I’ve been keeping up with abigail’s case. I know they have two people in custody.

Chad: Yeah, and neither one of them could’ve done it. Or, I don’t know, they were both working on it together.

Stephanie: I’m sure it’ll be a huge relief when they finally close the case.

Chad: Yeah. But… even if whoever did it is convicted, my wife is never coming back.

Gwen: You should’ve left well enough alone.

Leo: I’m up to my neck in this too, sweetheart. I couldn’t take the chance.

Gwen: That I would pin the murder on you? No, matty, you are the rat here, not me.

Leo: Bottom line, I asked you what happened the night abigail died, and you wouldn’t answer me.

Gwen: I did so.

Leo: No. You said there was nothing to tell, which left me concerned.

Gwen: Concerned, yes, right, about you. I tossed that mask away for a second time and then you fished it out for a second time, as insurance, and at the first opportunity, you used that to throw the suspicion off of you and pin it onto me.

Leo: Well, it sounds bad when you put it that way.

Gwen: Oh, yeah, it does, doesn’t it? How’s that little plan working out for you, judas? I know you were planning on parading out of here with your silly, cute little bum and leaving me here to fry, but now we are both here on the hook for murder together.

Sloan: I was hoping to have a word with my client before his arraignment.

Melinda: Be my guest. Mr. Stark is in the interrogation room, with his codefendant.

Sloan: You have gwen rizczech dead to rights on murder one and you’re going to risk that by tying her to my client?

Melinda: I don’t see any risk here. I see this as an opportunity to put two co-conspirators away for life.

Sloan: Why are you going after leo so hard? He led you to the mask, which implicates rizczech. Thanks to his cooperation, you were able to place her at the scene of the crime.

Melinda: I’ll see you at the courthouse.

[Tense music]

Sloan: Leo gave you half your case. He deserves consideration.

Melinda: What is it you want me to consider?

Sloan: Cutting him loose.

Sonny: Look, I’m– I’m sorry about sloan.

Alex: Don’t be. There’s plenty of fish in the sea. I have no problem casting a very wide net.

Sonny: Oh, yes, no, we’ve already established that. First, there was lisa. There was gabi.

Alex: Yeah. There’s a lot of beautiful women in this town. Including your sister-in-law allie. She’s smart, she’s beautiful.

Sonny: And taken.

Alex: Mm. I know. Chanel dupree, yeah. Sonny, I’m not in the business of breaking up happy couples. That’s why I offered to hang out with them both.

Sonny: [Coughs] “Hang out”? As in sleep with them?

Alex: Yes. But they turned me down.

Sonny: Yeah, of course, alex. You need to come with like a warning label or something.

Alex: Come on, so they didn’t go for the whole threesome idea. Maybe they change their mind. Who knows?

Jada: Sorry, I’m usually not this forward. I don’t know what I was doing. Sorry.

[Dramatic music]

Rafe: You can tell me anything. Whatever it is you need to say, just say it.

Nicole: What I need to tell you is… rafe hernandez, you are the sweetest, sexiest, most amazing husband a woman could ever have.

Rafe: Oh. Keep talking.

Nicole: [Laughs] But I’d rather do this.

[Soft dramatic music]

It’s started. Somewhere between a cuddle

Chad: I still can’t believe she’s gone. Abby was the love of my life. She always will be.

Stephanie: The love of your life. I can’t even imagine what that would feel like.

Chad: Why, because you’ve never been serious with anyone?

Stephanie: I was engaged to philip kiriakis, but that was a million years ago, and I was a totally different person then.

Chad: Yeah, well, what about after you left salem?

Stephanie: Mostly I’ve been focused on my career. I date here and there. And there was one guy last summer. I thought that might turn into something.

Chad: What happened?

Stephanie: When the summer was over, so was the relationship. I guess maybe he sensed that I wanted to get serious, and it scared him off. He never gave me an explanation.

Chad: That is very uncool.

Stephanie: Yeah. Well, I didn’t really need him to explain. I was–I was in denial for a while about it, but the signs were all there.

Chad: What signs?

Stephanie: That a commitment was the last thing he wanted. He was a womanizer, player.

Sonny: Okay, yes, look, I know that you love the idea of being a player–

Alex: Ooh, no, no, not a player, sonny. Players deceive people. They use them and they throw them away. That’s not me. I have the utmost respect for women.

Sonny: Oh, yes, yes, lots and lots of women.

Alex: Okay, well, if I’m up front about my intentions, what’s wrong with that?

Sonny: Nothing, I guess. I mean, as long as no one’s getting hurt, but–

Alex: That is the last thing that I want. So, to avoid any type of confusion or misunderstandings, I am up front with anybody that I get with and I let them know that I’m not looking or anything serious. And as soon as they start to steer that ship in a different direction, I’m out.

Sonny: I know that you see me as like this weird, old married guy, but I’m telling you, man, there’s something to be said about finding that special someone.

Alex: Hmm. To each his own. I’m not looking to settle down.

Sonny: Maybe not now. Fine. But someday I’m hoping you’ll realize there’s more to life than just random casual sex.

Eric: You okay? Why are you so quiet?

Jada: It’s because… I’m embarrassed.

Eric: Why?

Jada: I don’t know. I don’t really do this sort of thing. Actually, this is the first time I’ve slept with someone since my divorce.

Eric: Me too. I mean, it’s been a while for me too.

Jada: Well, if you were out of practice, I certainly couldn’t tell.

[Both laugh]

Eric: Likewise.

Jada: And listen, eric, when I knocked on your door, I had no idea that this was gonna happen. And when I saw you standing there–

Eric: There’s no complaints.

Jada: So, you haven’t slept with anyone since you were a priest?

Eric: Not since I was married to nicole.

[Soft dramatic music]

Rafe: Mmm. My god. I wish I could stay here like this all day, but I have to get ready for work.

Nicole: Okay.

Rafe: Okay. Okay.

Nicole: You know, I read last night that you’ve made some progress in abigail’s case.

Rafe: Yeah, both leo and gwen are being arraigned today.

Nicole: I can’t believe abigail’s very own sister would do something so horrible.

Rafe: Well, she admitted to being in the dimera mansion, but she denies killing abigail.

Nicole: Do you believe her?

Rafe: I have to say the evidence against her is quite damning and her story is totally far-fetched, but, yeah, my gut tells me she is telling the truth.

Gwen: I’m going to tell you the same thing as I told rafe when I gave my statement. Yes, I was in the dimera house that night. And, yes, I did see abigail. But I did not want to kill my sister. I wanted to get rid of sarah horton.

Leo: You lost me.

Gwen: Okay. I snuck up into abigail’s room wearing the mask and I acted as though sarah was having one of her hallucinations when she looks in front of her and sees the person as kristen dimera.

Leo: Why?

Gwen: Because… if sarah were to attack abigail with a syringe, then everybody would look at her like she’s crazy and dangerous and she’d need to be locked up.

Leo: And you’d be reunited with your scotty hottie.

Gwen: Yeah. But my plan went completely bust when abigail ripped that mask off my face and she threatened to call the police.

Leo: And that’s when you–?

Gwen: No. I convinced her to let me go back to statesville.

Leo: Why would she do that when you just tried to dope her up again?

Gwen: The syringe was filled with saline. I had no intention of hurting abigail. She was just a means to an end. And– oh, this whole thing is just so, so stupid.

Leo: So she just let you walk away?

Gwen: She said I had one hour to make it back to my cell before she turns me in. So… I ran out of there. I ran out of the house as fast as I could. But I’m telling you… when I left, abigail was alive.

Leo: The commissioner, does he believe this story of yours?

Gwen: I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t care. Matty, you are the only friend that I have right now in this whole horrible, miserable world. And I don’t care if the jury wants to convict me or if everybody hates my bloody guts. All I care about is that you believe me. Now… do you believe me?

[Tense music]

Melinda: You want me to release leo?

Sloan: He’s innocent.

Melinda: Well, gwen claims to be innocent too. Denies any involvement in her sister’s murder.

Sloan: Well, gwen can claim anything she wants. With the evidence you have against her, you could destroy her. She doesn’t even have a lawyer.

Melinda: Not yet. But as you know, this is a career-making case. Some hot shot defense attorney can show up any minute and cast doubt on her guilt and point the finger at someone else. Like, say, your client. Don’t forget, there’s a mountain of evidence against him too.

Sloan: We both know that the evidence against leo is purely circumstantial. The only case you have here is gwen.

Melinda: I think if i put them both on trial, it doubles my chances of getting a conviction. And make no mistake, I will at least get one. But that said, I do see a scenario where someone might be able to avoid trial all together.

Sloan: And what is that?

Melinda: If one of them were to flip on the other.

Sloan: Leo already did. He gave you the mask.

Melinda: It’s not enough. He needs to give me the nail to put in gwen’s coffin.

[Tense music]

Leo: I do. I do believe you, gwendolyn. And I am so sorry that I doubted you. Bring it in, girlfriend.

Gwen: Oh.

Leo: Wait.

Gwen: We can do this.

Leo: Yeah.

Gwen: Oh.

Leo: Oh.

Gwen: There we go.

Leo: All right, okay.

Gwen: Okay.

Leo: Now what do we do?

Gwen: Now we stick together. We remain a team. If we do that, they won’t have a case against us.

Leo: Okay. And to make up for throwing you under the bus, I’m gonna get my bad-ass attorney to represent you.

Gwen: Oh, god, I can’t bloody afford her.

Leo: Neither can I. But sp cannot put a price on the publicity she’s gonna get from repping both of us. I just had to promise her a cut of any future book deals and you can do the same thing.

Gwen: Definitely. Oh, my god, mattycakes, really, if you can get her to help me, I would– I would appreciate that so very much.

Leo: Of course and once all this is over, we can write a book. Which they will then adapt into a movie. You can be my date to the oscars.

Gwen: Absolutely I will. Can you imagine how glorious that will be when we win?

[Clears throat] On behalf of my collaborator leo stark and myself, I would like to show my profound appreciation to the academy for this incredible honor.

Leo: I’m gonna keep mine nice and simple. You like me! You really like me!

Gwen: [Laughs]

[Both laughing] Announcer: Type 2 diabetes?

Leo: Sloany-kins? I have amazing news. You have the chance to achieve fame and fortune beyond your wildest dreams. See, now, if you also represent gwen–

Sloan: Oh, forget it.

Leo: No, hear me out. If you also–

Sloan: You need to worry about yourself right now. I just spoke with trask. She’s determined to convict you.

Leo: She can’T. She doesn’t have enough.

Sloan: Only because she doesn’t know you were in abigail’s room with a knife the night she was killed.

Leo: So don’t tell her.

Sloan: This is beyond my control, leo. Half of the salem pd and the entire dimera family are out there, pouring out resources to try and solve this case. It’s only a matter of time before they find out. And when they do, they’ll have everything that they need to put you on death row. Is that what you want?

Leo: Of course not.

Sloan: Then you need to give trask something to tighten the noose around gwen’s neck.

Alex: I didn’t come to salem looking for mrs. Right. Came here to be with you, bro.

Sonny: Yes, and flirt with a lot of women.

Alex: What can I say? I’m a free spirit. But I also have a job, which I need to get dressed for and we need to head to the office.

Sonny: Just wait, okay? Look, you’re telling me you’ve never met some woman where you’re like… “oh, my god, this could be the one”?

Alex: Oh, my god, no, and I hope to god that never happens because the day that happens the fun is over, sonny.

Sonny: Spoken like a true romantic.

Alex: Romance ain’t my bag.

Sonny: What about love?

Alex: What about love? I’m not interested.

Sonny: [Stammers] Even, like, the most heartless sociopath is interested in love. It’s what makes the world go round, haven’t you heard?

Alex: No, I haven’T. I didn’t get that memo.

Sonny: No, I think you did. I think you got it and you just chose to ignore it. But one day… you are gonna meet some woman who just… knocks you off your feet. And then you are gonna fall just as hard and fast as the rest of us.

[Tense music]

Stephanie: Just when i started to think I might have a future with this guy, he totally ghosted me.

Chad: Well, it’s his loss.

Stephanie: Yeah. Well, like I said, the signs were all there. And maybe I was deluding myself in thinking that maybe he cared as much as I did. Anyway, when the right person comes along, it’ll be a totally different story. And until then, I’ve got my friends, my family, my career.

Chad: Get out of town, look at you. Sjpr.

Stephanie: That’s my firm.

Chad: Wow. I am not a dimera anymore, but if I ever get pulled back in, I will certainly need an image makeover.

[Phone beeps] Work?

Stephanie: Yeah. I–I just landed a new client. I can’t say who because they haven’t gone public yet, but I can say that this job is gonna keep me around in salem for a while.

Chad: Well, I’ll let you get to it.

Stephanie: Oh, it’s on me.

Chad: Thank you.

Stephanie: Any time. And I meant what I said. If you ever want to talk, I’m here.

Chad: That’s good to know. And I’m guessing you charge less than marlena.

Stephanie: [Laughs] I do, for good friends.

[Sentimental music]

Jada: I just didn’t expect it to go from zero to 60.

Eric: Neither did I.

[Both chuckle] I–I like you.

Jada: I like you too.

Eric: You know, sometimes things like this can just… happen, you know? It can just kind of take over.

Jada: I noticed that.

[Tense music]

[Phone beeps]

[Line ringing]

[Phone rings]

[Phone beeps]

Chloe: Hey, nicole. If this is about the merino contract, we’re all good. I got gabi to sign off on it.

Nicole: It’s not about the merino contract. It’s about me desperately needing to talk to someone.

Chloe: Oh. What’s going on?

Nicole: Okay, chloe, don’t say I told you so. Okay? I mean it.

Chloe: I won’T.

Nicole: Okay. I love rafe. He’s my husband and I don’t regret marrying him for a second. But–

Chloe: But what?

Nicole: I can’t stop thinking about eric. Time. It’s life’s most precious commodity,

Leo: I don’t– I don’t have anything to give to trask.

Sloan: Well, you’d better think of something before she finds out about you and the knife. Something that’s gonna make a jury believe that gwen killed her sister.

Leo: Are you asking me to lie?

Sloan: Quite the opposite. I’m asking you to help me do my job, which is to make all of this disappear. But in order to do that, I need you to be honest with me about gwen. No matter how much it hurts, no matter how hard it is, the truth, leo. The truth will set you free.

Chloe: So you had a dream about your ex.

Nicole: A sex dream. Clearly, I am having lingering desires that I shouldn’t have. Oh, god. Chloe, what are you thinking?

Chloe: Well, remember when you mistakenly thought that eric and jada went upstairs to have sex on their first date?

Nicole: Yeah, I was worried they were moving too fast and eric would get hurt.

Chloe: Right and I think that’s what the dream is really about. I mean, are you still concerned about that?

Nicole: Well, how can I not? I mean, five minutes after their first date, she was moving in down the hall. It’s just– it’s just– it’s just none of my damn business and I don’t even know why I’m even thinking about it. What is wrong with me?

Chloe: There’s nothing wrong with you. I mean, eric is your ex-husband, your first love. I think it’s normal to feel protective of him. But, you know, don’t go jumping to the wrong conclusion again. Just because they’re living under the same roof does not mean that they are sleeping together.

Eric: You know, we could go downstairs and grab some breakfast. Unless you have to go to work.

Jada: I actually have the morning off, so that sounds like a plan. But would you mind if I grab a quick shower first?

Eric: No, no, not at all. You know, why don’t you use mine? And I’ll go see if i can get your ac working.

Jada: I appreciate that. It’s gonna be a hot day.

[Laughs]

Eric: Yeah.

Jada: Sorry.

Eric: I was–

[Both laugh

[Sentimental music]

Nicole: Thank you, chloe, for helping me try to figure this out. But I think maybe I should just go and talk to eric.

Chloe: Why would you do that?

Nicole: Well, so, you know, we can just get it all out in the open.

Chloe: Okay, honey, I am all for communication but I really think you should keep a lid on that one. I mean, after all, you are married.

Nicole: Maybe if I just go over there and tell eric about the dream–

Chloe: What? Your dream will come true?

Nicole: No! No! No. No, he’ll just tell me how ridiculous I am, we’ll get a good laugh out of it, and that’ll be that.

Chloe: Ooh, nicole, I think that’s a really bad idea.

Nicole: Well, when has that ever stopped me? After trying lots of things to manage her

Nicole: [Exhales] Okay, all right. Chloe’s wrong. Eric and I are friends. We can talk about this like mature adults.

[Sighs]

[Soft dramatic music]

Rafe: Time to go.

Gwen: So is it a done deal?

Sloan: It is.

Gwen: Thank you. Thank you so much for agreeing to represent me.

Melinda: That isn’t the deal she made, ms. Rizczech.

Gwen: I don’t understand.

Leo: Gwen, I’m so sorry.

Gwen: Sorry? Sorry for what?

Leo: I tried. I really did. But I cannot lie for you anymore. I had to tell the truth.

Gwen: What truth? Matty, what did you do?

Leo: I told them what you told me– that you killed abigail.

[Dramatic music]

Stephanie: What the hell, dude? Watch where you’re going.

Sonny’s voice: You are gonna meet some woman who just knocks you off your feet. And then you are gonna fall just as hard and fast as the rest of us.

[Dreamy harp music]

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Kayla: [Gasps] Get your damn hands off me!R, get down!

Stephanie: Hello? Who’s there?

Steve: Grr, get down! Down.

John: Hit the lights, partner!

Paulina: What the hell’s goin’ on here? Get your damn hands off me!

[Dramatic music]

Kayla: [Gasps]

Orpheus: Hello, ladies.

Marlena: Orpheus.

Kayla: What do you want?

Orpheus: Just to catch up. May I come in?

Kayla: No.

Orpheus: Well, now, that’s not very friendly. Perhaps you’ll reconsider.

Ej: Oh, what the hell are gabi and ava up to now?

Abe: Ej?

Ej: Oh, hello, abe.

Abe: Sorry to interrupt. I’d been meaning to offer my condolences for your brother, jake.

Ej: How very gracious of you, considering it was because of him that you were shot last year.

Abe: Well, he didn’t pull the trigger; that wouldn’t be fair to blame him for that.

Ej: Still, not many people would be so understanding.

Abe: Well, I understand that a young life was cut tragically short, and for that, I am profoundly sorry.

Ej: Uncanny, isn’t it, that he and his twin, stefan, met similar fates? May they both rest in peace.

[Indistinct chatter]

[Sighs]

Shin: What do you mean “stefan left the building”? You were supposed to keep him sedated!

Rolf: Yes, but you and kristen also asked me to find a way to make him forget his love for gabi and focus on chloe instead.

Shin: None of which meant to wake him up and set him loose on salem!

Rolf: It wasn’t intentional. I was running some tests and making some adjustments, and he just woke up.

Shin: Oh, my god!

Rolf: And then he started asking all these questions, so I had to tell him he’s been on ice for the past four years.

Shin: Why did you waste time with small talk instead of just knocking him back out again?

Rolf: I tried, but he was so insistent. Huh? I was afraid he would overpower me.

Shin: Excuse me? The man was a vegetable for four years. He had a heart transplant a day or so ago. He couldn’t overpower a flea!

Rolf: I guess I’m all brains and no brawn, sir.

Shin: Damn it!

[Sighs] Do you have any idea where he might’ve gone?

Rolf: He went to reunite with his wife.

Stefan: Come on.

[Doorbell rings]

Ava: Do you wanna get that? I’m sure harold will take care of it.

Gabi: Seriously? You barely moved in, and you’re already acting like the mistress of the manor?

Ava: Yeah, that’s rich coming from you. You know, you’re not exactly ms. Down-to-earth, and from what I heard, when you lived here before, you had harold running six ways to sunday to fulfill your every whim.

Gabi: Oh, at least I was capable of opening my own damn door.

Ava: You wanna save harold the trouble? Be my guest.

Stefan: [Sighs] Come on, gabi. Open up!

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

[Soft orchestration]

Marlena: John and steve will be back in a moment.

Orpheus: [Chuckles] You can do better than that, marlena. I happen to know that black patch is otherwise engaged with some clandestine meeting that they think I set up with steve’s daughter. Apparently, they believe I lured her into a trap.

Kayla: And you had nothing to do with that?

Orpheus: No. As far as the case of the mysterious meeting’s concerned, I’m clean. Although, I am using it to my advantage. While john and steve are off protecting your daughter, I get to spend quality time with sweetness and doc.

Stephanie: What the hell are you two even doing here?

John: Sorry, sorry. I really–we thought you were someone else.

Paulina: Who?

Steve: The man called orpheus.

Paulina: The criminal that was pardoned by governor mitchell?

John: Yeah, yeah.

Paulina: Well, you two clearly need to have your eyes checked. Do I look like some villainous, old white man?

Steve: We’re very sorry, but we thought that this meeting was a trap. Orpheus has been threatening my family, and when I heard that my daughter was contacted by an anonymous client–

Stephanie: You leapt to an unreasonable conclusion and ambushed us! I assure you I am just as surprised and appalled as you are.

Paulina: So you’re steve and kayla’s daughter?

Stephanie: Yes, stephanie johnson from sjpr.

Paulina: Paulina price. I’m sorry I didn’t make the connection.

Stephanie: Oh, no reason you should have; johnson’s a very common name.

Paulina: Well, you were flying in from seattle. Still, I should’ve done my research.

Stephanie: No, please. The only ones here who should be apologizing are my father and john.

[Sighs]

Shin: Stefan went to look for gabi. If he was on foot, he couldn’t have gone far.

Rolf: He took my car keys.

Shin: What? Is there anything else you neglected to tell me? Did he happen to also steal a plane and skywrite “stefan dimera is actually alive”?

Rolf: I assume he went to the dimera manse since that’s where he and gabi were living at the time of his death.

Shin: And where gabi is right now. If she finds out stefan’s alive, she’ll never choose me over him. Damn it, rolf! Because of your bungling, I’m gonna lose her!

Gabi: I said I was able to open my own door. But this isn’t mine anymore. It’s yours.

Ava: Oh, well, now that we’ve got that straight, what job are you gonna give me at dimera?

Gabi: [Scoffs] I was thinking you could start in the mail room and work your way up. I hear it builds character.

Ava: [Chuckles] Oh, well, I’ve got plenty of character to burn, thank you very much, and you’re gonna have to do a lot better than that if you wanna keep your swanky ceo office.

Gabi: All right, well, what job do you want?

Ava: I don’t know, something interesting, something glamorous, something that’ll piss off ej.

Gabi: Hmm, he’s really getting under your skin, isn’t he?

Ava: He accused me of trying to seduce his son.

Gabi: Were you?

Ava: No.

[Scoffs] Look at you; you’re someone to judge. Jake told me you practically slept with him yourself.

Gabi: Uh, johnny and I are practically the same age.

Ava: [Scoffs]

Gabi: It’s gross, the idea of you being with him.

Ava: [Scoffs] Oh, okay, well, believe me, from the look on his face, “gross” was the last thing he was thinking.

[Doorbell rings] Oh, for god’s sake! I’m coming!

Gabi: If anybody asks, I’m not here.

[Door shuts]

[Sighs]

[Dramatic music]

Ava: This can’t be happening. I must be dreaming.

Stefan: This is no dream.

Ava: You’re alive? You’re really alive?

Stefan: Yes, but–

Ava: Oh, my god.

Stefan: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, ma’am. Ma’am. You okay? I–

[Sighs]

Gabi: [Sighs] I wonder what’s taking ava so long.

[Sighs]

Ej: [Sighs] Our family has suffered so many losses over this past decade– jake, abigail, stefan, andre, father, and of course, lexie.

Abe: You know, ed, I can’t believe that it’s been more than ten years since she passed away.

Ej: Mm. She truly was the heart of the dimera family.

Abe: Well, not just the dimeras. Lexie held the hearts of many people.

Ej: To lexie, who is missed just as much today as the day we lost her.

Abe: To lexie.

Ej: [Grunts] Oh, I just realized I haven’t congratulated you yet on your new marriage. I know my sister would be very excited to know that you found love again.

Abe: That’s very nice of you, ej. You know, it means a lot.

Ej: And that new wife of yours certainly is a force to be reckoned with.

Abe: [Laughs] Well, you’ll get no argument from me.

Ej: [Chuckles] As I’m sure you know, paulina and I exchanged a few words over johnny and chanel, but I’ll admit, I ended up respecting the hell out of her.

Abe: So do I.

Ej: So where is your lovely wife tonight?

Abe: You know, I am not sure. She had some mysterious meeting she had to attend.

Stephanie: Dad, you totally lied to me. You said that you would back off–that I had the right to make my own decisions.

Steve: You do, but I wasn’t about to let you walk into a dangerous situation totally unprotected.

Stephanie: You’re the danger here! You physically assaulted poor ms. Price.

Paulina: Call me paulina, please.

John: You know, once again, I’m really sorry about grabbing you like that.

Paulina: Yeah, okay, okay, I’m fine, I’m fine. Apology accepted.

John: Okay, thanks.

Stephanie: I thought you were supposed to be having dinner with mom and marlena. Were they in on this idiotic plan too?

Steve: No, no, absolutely not. They didn’t know we were planning to follow you until right before we left.

Stephanie: [Sighs] Nice. So you two ditched your wives to go on some wild goose chase. I’m sure they can’t be too happy about that right about now.

Steve: [Clears throat]

Kayla: How did you know about steve’s suspicions, or that he and john followed stephanie to her meeting?

Orpheus: Well, it turns out that those beautiful yellow roses I sent you were only part of the gift. While you were signing for the flowers, the friendly delivery man was planting this tiny listening device, and rather strategically, as it turns out.

Kayla: So you listened to everything that we said today?

Orpheus: My mother was right. Eavesdroppers never hear anything good about themselves. I had no idea steve was so eager to kill me. My feelings were hurt.

Kayla: Well, if you had continued to listen, you would have heard me talk him out of it, and he promised me that he would not go after you. But you hurt me or marlena, I swear john and steve will hunt you down and make you pay for whatever you do.

Marlena: Kayla’s right. If you back out of whatever you’re planning right now, nobody has to get hurt.

Orpheus: But where’s the fun in that? Moderate to severe eczema still disrupts my skin.

Kayla: What are you planning on doing with us?

Orpheus: Well, certainly nothing I’ve done before. I do hate to be predictable. No, no, this time I think I’m gonna try something I’ve never done before–something that will leave a lasting impression on john and steve.

Kayla: Dear god.

Orpheus: But not in this dreary apartment. No, what we’re gonna do requires a change of scenery.

Marlena: What do you mean? We’re not going anywhere with you.

Orpheus: [Chuckles] You actually think you have a choice? Come on, ladies. Where’s your spirit of adventure? Let’s go have some fun.

John: Hey, steph. Let’s not go too hard on your dear old dad here. He had the best of intentions. You gotta admit; all this secrecy here was a little suspicious.

Steve: Yeah, what was up with that anyway? Meeting in an abandoned office building, not telling stephanie who you were?

Paulina: It’s called discretion. I was thinking of hiring sjpr to consult on abe’s campaign for governor, but since he hasn’t exactly committed to running yet, I didn’t want that to leak out.

Stephanie: Which makes perfect sense. If you cost me this job, I will never forgive you. So how do you know abe?

Paulina: [Chuckles] He’s my husband.

Stephanie: Oh! Congratulations! I knew he had remarried, but i didn’t realize it was to one of the most successful real estate moguls in the country.

Paulina: Ah, you’ve heard of me?

Stephanie: Of course. Your success story is legendary. Abe is one lucky guy.

Ej: So, um, is paulina working on some big real estate deal?

Abe: Well, not that I know of; I think her mysterious meeting is probably about me.

Ej: You?

Abe: When my wife has made up her mind, she doesn’t stop until she gets what she wants.

Ej: [Chuckles]

Abe: And right now, what she wants is for me to be governor.

Ej: Governor?

Abe: Mm.

Ej: Oof, that’s quite an ambitious move. I still remember when you first ran for mayor. You had the misfortune of running against a real son of a bitch.

Abe: [Chuckles] Well, you know, to be fair, you and I both did things that we regretted back then.

Ej: Oh, that’s very generous of you, and much as I might hate to admit it, the better man won. I just hope your bid for governor isn’t as contentious.

Abe: Well, actually, I haven’t decided whether or not to run.

Ej: You should. I still recall our mayoral debates quite vividly, and as much as I fought tooth and nail against you, I could tell that you were going to be a great man. Passion–the conviction in your voice when you were speaking about all the things you wanted to change to make salem a better place– it was inspiring, and lo and behold, you have actually kept your promises to our fair city. Salem is thriving because of you. The state could use a little bit of the abe carver magic as well. If you do decide to run for governor, you definitely have my support.

Abe: Really?

Ej: Mm. I know you and I have had our differences in the past, but we’re still family. Besides, it never hurts to have friends in high places.

Abe: [Chuckles] I knew you had an angle.

[Both chuckle]

Stefan: Ma’am. Ma’am, come on, you have to wake up. Damn it. I don’t have time for this. I need to go find my wife.

[Gasps]

[Grunts]

[Dramatic music]

Gabi: Ava, who was at the– ava, oh, my god! Ava, are you okay? Ava! Hello? Li? What are you doing here?

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Shin: I came to see how you were doing.

Gabi: I’m fine! Ava isn’t! Did you see what happened to her?

Shin: Well, I opened the door, and when she saw me, she fainted. Fortunately, I managed to catch her before she could hurt herself.

Gabi: So you just stayed outside?

Shin: Well, I–went outside to call 911, but then–

Gabi: You didn’t call– never mind; I’m gonna call.

Shin: No need for that. I didn’t call 911 because I assumed ava wouldn’t want us to make that kind of fuss. She’s never been a fan of the police or any authority figure for that matter.

Gabi: Yeah, that’s true.

Shin: Let’s just get her to the couch and see if we can revive her, and if we can’t, then we’ll call.

[Dramatic music]

Abe: You know, I’m gonna order some food. Do you want anything?

Ej: No, I should head home now.

Abe: You make that sound like a punishment.

Ej: Ugh, in a way, it kind of is.

Abe: Well, I was wondering why you were drinking here and not at the mansion.

Ej: I invited jake’s widow to move in, and there’s been some friction.

Abe: Not surprising.

Ej: Let’s just say ava’s quite like paulina but without the charm.

Abe: Well, maybe you should uninvite her. It is your house.

Ej: Well, there are some benefits to having her around.

Abe: I see. So you are playing an angle?

Ej: [Chuckles] I suppose.

Abe: [Chuckles] Look, um, word of advice– be careful. Ava vitali is–well, she’s mellowed in recent years. But she still has a history of being mentally unstable, and I’m not sure that’s all gone away, meaning that you don’t wanna cross her.

Ej: Well, I’ll take your concern under advisement, and I hope you do take my advice as well. You could accomplish great things as governor.

[Indistinct chatter]

[Sighs]

[Door squeaks open]

[Door clicks shut]

Stephanie: Paulina, I’m definitely interested in discussing your thoughts about abe’s campaign, that is if you’re still willing to consider me and my firm after all this.

Paulina: Don’t worry. Child, I will not hold your daddy’s overzealous behavior or his friend’s incredibly strong grip against you or–not even against him. Steve knows better than anyone else what lengths I would go to myself to protect my daughters, so no harm, no foul.

Stephanie: Thanks, paulina. I appreciate that.

Paulina: Mm-hmm. So, um, shall we get on with our meeting?

Stephanie: That sounds great.

Steve: Well, I guess that’s our cue to leave.

John: Gee, you picked up on that too? Let’s go.

Stephanie: So please do run along, you two. I’m sure mom and marlena can’t wait to have their charming husbands back home.

Kayla: What do you plan on doing with us?

Orpheus: Well, we could revisit some of our favorite spots–stockholm, my private island, a simple little warehouse down by the docks.

[Chuckles] But I’d really rather surprise you ladies. Shall we go? Ah! Ooh!

-Well, I’m not 100% sold yet. -Okay, have you considered —

Gabi: I mean, she’s still out cold; are you sure she didn’t hit her head on the way down?

Shin: I don’t think so.

Ava: Where is he?

Gabi: Oh, who?

Ava: Jake. Jake, he was just at the door.

Shin: You’re mistaken, ava. That wasn’t jake at the door. It was me.

Ava: No, it was jake. Okay, I–I–I saw him. He–he–he was wearing the hospital gown that he died in– only he didn’t die. Jake’s alive, gabi. Jake is alive.

Gabi: Ava, you just must’ve been imagining things.

Ava: No, I touched him. He was real.

Rolf: [Grunting] Why are you so damn heavy?

Ava: I swear to you, jake is alive.

Shin: That’s impossible, ava. You must see that’s impossible.

Ava: Okay, well, I’ll prove it to you.

Shin: Ava!

Ava: Jake!

Shin: Wait!

Ava: Where are you?

Shin: Ava.

Ava: Jake! Where did he go?

Steve: On second thought, um–

Stephanie: What?

Steve: Maybe john and i should hang around a little while longer.

Stephanie: Paulina and I were just going to talk business. We don’t need to bore you.

Steve: Well, this area is deserted. Orpheus could take advantage of that.

Stephanie: Dad…

John: Hey, come on, buddy.

Steve: [Sighs]

John: Let’s just chalk this one up as a loss, okay? Come on.

Steve: Listen, promise me you’ll come straight home after this. Okay, little sweetness?

Stephanie: Did you just call me “little sweetness” in front of a potential client? Wha–[Sighs] Paulina’s practically family.

John: Let’s go. You’re stepping in it.

Stephanie: Can we just start over again and pretend none of that just happened?

Paulina: [Chuckles] Sure thing, little sweetness.

Stephanie: [Sighs]

Orpheus: Yeah, after all these years, you two are still feisty. I like it.

[Sniffles] I mean, of course, it wasn’t entirely unexpected, which is why I brought these gentlemen.

Kayla: You are making a big mistake.

Marlena: She’s right, you know. This vendetta against us, you need to let it go.

Orpheus: Why would I do that? When you all decided to band together and bring me down, you cost me a lot of years, a lot of time with my children that I can never get back.

Marlena: You did that to yourself.

Marlena: That was your choice.

Orpheus: And I choose to blame you. I think I deserve a little quid pro quo, and the more painful, the better. Besides, I hate to lose. Shall we go, ladies? Can’t keep vengeance waiting.

[Tense music]

Ava: I–I don’t understand. Where did jake go?

Shin: Ava, I’m telling you. I was the one at the door.

Ava: Oh, you think that I can’t tell the difference between you and jake?

Gabi: Ava, look, calm down. We’re just–we’re trying to help you, okay?

Ava: Okay, you wanna help me? Help me find jake.

Ej: What’s all the commotion about?

Ava: Ej, your brother’s alive; jake is alive.

Ej: What?

Gabi: Ava thinks that because she thought she saw jake.

Ava: No, I did see him.

Shin: Gabi, I don’t think we’re helping the situation. All we’re doing is upsetting ava.

Ava: Okay, stop acting like I’ve gone crazy. I know what I saw.

Shin: Now that ej’s here, perhaps we should go.

Gabi: I don’t wanna leave her like this, I–

Ej: Go. I will handle things from here.

Ava: Oh, great, so now I’m being handled, huh?

Gabi: Good luck.

Ava: I know what I saw. Jake was here.

[Door clicks open]

[Door clicks shut]

Gabi: It’s so strange. One minute, ava’s perfectly fine, the next, she’s seeing ghosts?

After trying lots of things to manage her

Ava: Well?

Ej: I searched the entire house.

Ava: The basement, the tunnels, crypt? I mean, look, I know that the dimeras have a tendency to misplace people–

Ej: I looked everywhere, ava. There’s no sign of jake.

Ava: Ej, I didn’t imagine this. I swear. I–I swear I didn’t this time.

Ej: This time? Are you saying that you’ve seen jake before?

Ava: Look, the first time, it was right after he died, and I was still in the hospital, and I was–I was standing by his body and it– he appeared to me, and the next time was the morning after when he came to my apartment and he– he told me I wasn’t gonna get rid of him that easily. As real as both of those encounters felt, I knew that it was in my head. But tonight, tonight was different. I touched him. I felt the warmth of his skin. He was here, flesh and blood, just as real as you and me. I am telling you, he was wearing his hospital gown. He–he–he had on his wedding ring. Look, I know how this sounds. I know–I know it sounds like I lost it.

Ej: Actually, I think you’re experiencing some post-traumatic stress.

Ava: No. No, I’m telling you he was here. I swear to you it was real.

Ej: Think about it, ava. You admitted yourself that you’ve had these visions before. You’re obviously desperately missing jake.

Ava: Okay, I do. I do, but it’s–it’s–

Ej: Your heart has obviously gotten the better of your mind, and that is nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, it seems only natural after everything you’ve been through.

Ava: Maybe you’re right. Maybe it’s the only way to explain what I saw.

[Door beeps]

Gabi: Whew! That was definitely not how I envisioned our night out together was gonna play out.

Shin: Trying to assure ava that she didn’t actually see her dead husband? Yeah–[Chuckles] I wasn’t anticipating that either.

Gabi: I’m just glad you were there to help me deal with her. Wait, why were you there? You said you wanted to see how I was doing?

Shin: I knew how desperate ava was for you to give her a job at dimera, and I was worried that she might be playing hardball, so I figured you could use some backup.

Gabi: What, you don’t think I can play a little bit of hardball? You know I work on multi-million dollar deals all the time.

Shin: I know. But this one’s personal. There’s so much animosity between you and ava. When I imagined what might be going on over there, I panicked, and I had to make sure everything was okay.

Gabi: You’re so sweet and thoughtful.

[Chuckles] Like, sometimes, I think I don’t deserve you.

Abe: Stephanie!

[Laughs] Oh, my goodness. Oh, I didn’t know you were back in town! Oh! It is so wonderful to see you.

Stephanie: It’s great to see you too, abe.

Abe: So you’re here visiting your parents?

Stephanie: Partly, yes. But I might be sticking around salem for a while, thanks to your wife.

Abe: Uh-oh, what’s going on here?

Paulina: [Chuckles] Well, as I’m sure you are well aware, stephanie runs a very successful pr company out west.

Abe: I had heard.

Paulina: So I’ve asked her to lend her expertise to your campaign for governor.

Stephanie: And of course, I said yes, because I couldn’t think of a better man for the job.

Abe: You know, my wife might be a little premature.

Paulina: Abraham, what are you saying?

Stephanie: Did you already hire someone else?

Abe: No, no, but there may not be a job. Paulina, you know I’m ambivalent about this. Actually, I haven’t made up my mind whether to run or not.

Paulina: Well, then it’s high time you did. Abraham carver, do you want to be governor of this great state or not?

Steve: Sorry that turned into such a fiasco. I guess my protective instinct got the best of me.

John: Ah, don’t sweat it. You might’ve missed the mark this time, but you know orpheus is still out there somewhere just waitin’ to make his move.

Steve: I’m really not looking forward to telling kayla what just happened.

John: Yeah.

Steve: She’s gonna flip out.

John: I know. Marlena’s gonna give it to me too, so let’S…

Steve: Well, let’s get this over with.

John: What the hell?

Steve: Kayla!

John: Doc–doc! Doc!

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[Cell phone beeps]

[Machinery beeping]

Rolf: I don’t know how you did it. As young mr. Shin pointed out, you were unconscious for years, recently had a heart transplant, and yet, you still found the strength to get out of this bed and drive halfway across town. I guess I greatly underestimated your love for gabi hernandez.

[Cell phone beeps]

Shin: [Sighs]

[Cell phone beeps] I ordered some room service since you never got dinner at ava’S.

Gabi: Thank you. You know, as much as ava gets on my nerves, I–I felt for her tonight.

Shin: You and that… big heart of yours.

Gabi: Don’t get me wrong. I mean, I never pity ava vitali. I just–I understand how she feels. That’s exactly what happened to me after stefan died.

Shin: [Clears throat] What happened?

Gabi: Well, I was at–I was at the cemetery, um, waiting for his burial to start, and I had this vision that stefan showed up, and for one beautiful moment, I imagined that he was back with me, that rolf had figured out some way to save him, but yeah, it wasn’t true. As much as I–as much as I ached for him to be real, as much as I–I would’ve given my soul for him to be standing right there. It was just in my head. Stefan was gone for good.

Ej: Would you like me to get you something stronger, calm your nerves?

Ava: No, I’m good, thanks.

Ej: [Clears throat]

Ava: Although, I’m curious. Why are you being so nice to me all of a sudden? Hmm? I mean, when you left here, you–you were acting like a–

Ej: Jerk.

Ava: Yeah, well, I had a different word in mind.

Ej: [Chuckles] Let’s put down my earlier behavior to me being protective of myself.

Ava: Who is in no danger from me. I told you I am not interested in johnny.

Ej: And now that I’ve had time to cool off, I believe you. And I apologize again if I upset you. I am especially sorry if my reaction in any way contributed to what’s happened tonight.

Ava: No, it didn’T. I’m sure it didn’T. It’s not your fault.

Ej: Be that as it may, maybe this is a good opportunity for us to start over– no more hidden agendas. No more suspicion and accusation. How does that sound?

[Soft dramatic music]

Gabi: It’s all well and good, but you know, when I came in here, I felt some tension between you and ej– felt a little sexual.

Ava: I’m gonna call it a night.

Ej: [Clears throat] Sleep well, ava, and if there’s anything you need, please don’t hesitate to knock on my door.

Ava: Thank you, ej.

Ej: Well, that was enlightening, wasn’t it, father? Abe was right. It appears the widow dimera is a tad unstable.

Paulina: I know you’ve been wondering about whether you’re the right man for the job. But you know who doesn’t have doubts? Anyone who knows you. Kate, nicole, roman, john, marlena, and stephanie all believe in you, and so do I.

Abe: You know, none of those people could be considered unbiased.

Stephanie: Well, I’m sure you’ve got a lot of support out there, abe, and our polls will prove it.

Paulina: Uh, you want unbiased? Have you read any of the press that you’ve been getting about the wonderful job that you’ve done here in salem? That’s why I’ve been pushing this so hard! But will you be smart enough to recognize that you are the best person for the people of this state? Because I am. But hey, hey, it’s entirely your call.

Abe: All right. All right, I’ll do it.

Paulina: Really?

Abe: Yeah. You win.

Paulina: [Gasps] Oh, and you will too! I just know it!

[Both laugh]

Both: Mm!

[Both laugh]

John: Everything’s going to voicemail. I’ll give rafe a call.

Steve: John…

[Dramatic music]

“Sorry I missed you, and I wouldn’t tell the police or anyone else about this if I were you. That would be a fatal mistake.”

John: [Sighs] Orpheus.

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Marlena: Oh. For me?

John: No. No, actually, I’m just waiting for my date to arrive.

Marlena: Oh. What is she like?

John: She’s brilliant. She’S… she’s caring and stunningly beautiful.

Marlena: Oh, I don’t know anybody like that.

[Sentimental music]

What is the occasion?

John: Date night. Pretty lady. It’s been far too long.

Paulina: Just the two people I wanted to see! Mind if I join you?

[Tense jazzy music]

Kayla: What are you doing?

Steve: I’m making sure this thing is in perfect working order.

Kayla: Why?

Steve: Because I’m going with stephanie to her meeting with that mystery client tonight.

Stephanie: The hell you are.

[Tense music]

Ava: Harold said you wanted to see me?

Ej: Yes. There is something we need to discuss.

Ava: Well, obviously, since you had me summoned. And for future reference, I don’t like to be summoned.

Ej: Duly noted.

Ava: I’m busy. You want to get to the point?

Ej: Very well. I want to know why you’re trying to seduce my son.

[Tense music]

Li: Are you still thinking about stefan?

Gabi: Not exactly. Just… I can’t get that thing that rolf said out of my mind. If I knew what he was able to achieve, I’d be on my knees to thank him? What do you think he meant by that?

Li: Who knows with that maniac?

Gabi: He also said I was showing my ignorance of his power, so I just–I can’t help but think… what if he managed to do something I should know about?

[Monitor beeping]

Rolf: Finally!

[Dramatic music]

My god, stefan. You’re awake. I didn’t expect you to regain consciousness. It’s too soon.

Stefan: [Grunts]

[Panting]

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

[Soft orchestration]

Paulina: I hope you don’t mind me intruding on your little date night.

John: Well–

Marlena: I–

Paulina: Well, this is important.

Marlena: All right. What is it, paulina?

Paulina: You are two of abe’s closest friends, and I need your help.

Marlena: Of course. We’re very close to abe, and we’d do anything that we can. Is there something wrong?

John: He hasn’t mentioned anything to me.

Paulina: Well, he wouldn’T. Which is why I have to. I’ve done as much as I can. Time for his friends to step up.

Marlena: Step up to what?

Paulina: You need to convince him to run for governor.

John: You want abe to run for governor?

Paulina: Yes, but he is being stubbornly resistant.

Marlena: Well, running for office is a– is a very big decision, you know? It can certainly change somebody’s life.

John: Yeah, yeah. You know, if abe doesn’t run for governor, I’m sure he’s got some pretty good reasons.

Paulina: I’m not so sure about that. Like all men, sometimes abe can’t see what’s staring him right in the face.

Marlena: Which is what?

Paulina: That he could actually win! All the focus groups love him. He’s at the top of every straw poll, and he’d do an incredible job, so what’s the problem?

John: Well, paulina, with all due respect… the problem is you.

[Tense jazz music]

Steve: Okay. Stephanie, we’ve been through this. You’re my daughter, and you’re–

Stephanie: Thanks for reminding me.

Steve: You’re my daughter, and you’re about to walk into a trap. And I’m not gonna let that happen.

Stephanie: And I told you that I can take care of myself, and I trust the person who set up this meeting.

Steve: Well, I don’T.

Stephanie: Well, I don’t care, and if you come charging down there, you’re gonna blow this deal. What’s the client gonna say when my dad shows up with a loaded gun?

Steve: It’s not a client. It’s orpheus.

Stephanie: You don’t know that.

Steve: You don’t know that it’s not him. You don’t even have the name of the person you’re meeting with. You’re with me on this, right, kayla?

Kayla: Do you really believe it’s orpheus?

Steve: Yes I do. You know that he was planning and threatening to travel to seattle, because he knows full well that our kids live there. And do I have to mention the yellow roses?

Stephanie: Oh, yes. Let’s call the fbi because someone sent mom yellow roses.

Steve: Not just someone. Orpheus!

Stephanie: You realize how paranoid you sound, right? Do we need to talk about how you freaked out when the alarm system was tripped?

Steve: Can you blame me?

Stephanie: You pointed a gun in my face. You could have killed me!

Steve: And I told you I’m very sorry for that. Now, listen, I don’t deny that I’m extra vigilant when it comes to orpheus, but you don’t understand how dangerous he is. You know that he kidnapped your mother and marlena, sealed them in coffins, and set ’em on fire. John and I got there just in the nick of time. I’m not gonna let him do something like that to you.

[Tense music]

Ava: What did you just say?

Ej: I happened to be walking down the hallway, past your bedroom, earlier, after our difference of opinion.

Ava: Oh, you mean when you threatened to call the cops with your wild theory that I helped gwen escape from prison.

Ej: It’s not a theory, ava. I heard you admit it, but let’s not get into that again.

Ava: Yeah let’s not.

Ej: The point is I saw you and johnny sitting on your bed. He was holding you.

Ava: I was upset. He comforted me.

Ej: Look, I know that you’ve been lonely, ever since you lost your husband.

Ava: Thanks for your sympathy.

Ej: I’m just saying that it doesn’t justify a woman your age going after a man who’s young enough to be her son. Frankly, it makes you look pathetic.

[Tense music]

Li: Rolf’s an egomaniac.

Gabi: He’s also a genius.

Li: Hmm. He certainly thinks so. But you wounded his pride, so now he’s desperate to prove himself.

Gabi: Yeah, but how? What is this project he’s working on?

Li: He’s always got some crazy project on the horizon, always talking about his work. His work. Delusions of grandeur, if you ask me.

Gabi: That still doesn’t explain what this project is.

Li: Do you really care? It’s all madness. Did you know, years ago, I heard a rumor he made an army of marlena evans clones?

Gabi: Seriously?

Li: I wouldn’t put it past him. If I were cloning someone, I’d start with you, but hey. I’m biased.

Gabi: So you’re not concerned about what he’s up to?

Li: I’m sure he has dozens of wild schemes in his head. Doesn’t mean any of them will ever come to fruition. I don’t think you need to worry about him.

Gabi: Okay. Well, then I’ll just take worrying about a mad scientist off my list.

Li: Glad to hear it.

Gabi: You’re always so reassuring, and I always feel so great afterwards.

Li: Anytime.

Gabi: So should we go have dinner?

Li: Maybe later. Right now, I have some more… reassuring to do.

[Suspenseful music]

[Monitor beeping]

Rolf: Don’t do that, stefan! No! You could hurt yourself. You really should be under sedation. You’re in no condition to get out of the bed! What you need to do is–

Stefan: You don’t tell me what to do!

[Breathing heavily] I am stefan octavius dimera. I tell you what to do!

[Dramatic music]

Kayla: Well, you know you both have a point, but stephanie, you must admit that it is a little suspicious that your client hasn’t revealed their identity.

Stephanie: And like I told dad, it happens all the time in my business. Maybe they don’t want it getting out there that they’re in the market for my services.

Kayla: I understand that.

Stephanie: Then you understand that if dad shows up, they’ll decide I can’t be trusted, and there goes the job.

Steve: Listen, I’m not gonna come in there guns blazing. And if it turns out it’s legit, I’ll turn around, and walk away, and leave you to it.

Kayla: That sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? But if it’s orpheus, then–

Steve: If it is orpheus, believe me, you’ll be glad I’m there.

Stephanie: You’re not listening to a word I say. You treat me like I’m still a child. I can’t live this way.

Kayla: Stephanie, we do not think of you as a child. Isn’t that right, steve?

Steve: Of course not, but I’m not gonna apologize for trying to protect our daughter.

Stephanie: I don’t need an apology. I need you to back off and let me live my life.

Steve: Okay.

Kayla: Where are you going?

Steve: To take a walk.

[Tense music]

Paulina: Okay. I get it. I know why you think I’m the problem. Price town. I was gonna tear down this very square and create a heck of a lot of problems for abe, in the process, but people have a short attention span nowadays. They’re over it.

John: Paulina, paulina, I’m not talking about price town.

Paulina: You weren’t?

John: No. I’m talking about abraham and the life that the two of you are building together.

Paulina: What about it?

John: Abe loves salem. All of his friends are here, and this is home. Now, you take him and put him out on the campaign trail for months on end, and then he packs up, and moves up to the capital. He’s gonna miss all of his friends here desperately, and we’re gonna miss him.

Marlena: And we’d miss you too.

Paulina: Well, thank you, but you didn’t say that his friends were the problem. You said I am.

John: Abe’s my buddy. He’s the best man I know, and we watched abe as he– as he grieved and he suffered when he lost lexie all those years ago. And I know that a part of him never got over that, and you know what he did? He just threw himself into his kids and his work. But now, theo and lani, they’re no longer living close by. But… paulina, he has finally found real happiness with you, so why not just let him enjoy that?

Ej: Was that really necessary?

Ava: Yeah. Yeah it was, and it felt good.

Ej: Oh, you’re not sensitive about your age, are you, ava?

Ava: Oh, go to hell, ej. What you saw between me and johnny was two people being kind to one another. Something you wouldn’t understand.

Ej: Being kind? Is that what we’re calling it now?

Ava: Johnny stopped in to my room to see if I was okay after he watched his father treat me like dirt. My husband died. I am still grieving, and all you care about is getting your hands on jake’s shares so you can vote gabi out.

Ej: I have a responsibility to my family.

Ava: Yeah. Yeah, you keep telling yourself that, but you know what? I’m glad this all came out and you showed your true colors.

Ej: Oh, yeah? And what are my true colors?

Ava: Oh, you’re a snake. Accusing me of helping gwen escape prison, to murder abigail. Threatening to call the cops. Oh, ordering me to move out if I don’t hand over my shares of dimera. You don’t give a damn about your family. Your brother died. You didn’t even blink.

Ej: I barely knew the man. He was nothing to me, and neither was his twin brother, stefan.

Stefan: What the hell am I doing here?

Rolf: Relax.

Stefan: You don’t tell me what to do! You work for me!

Rolf: Yes. Yes. Of course I do.

Stefan: Then answer my question.

[Panting] Where am I? Why am I here?!

Rolf: You’re in a medical facility in salem, recovering from a very serious injury.

Stefan: What kind of an injury?

Rolf: As a matter of fact, you were shot.

Stefan: Shot. How?

Rolf: Some people were trying to kill your mother. You dove in front of the bullet.

Stefan: My mother.

Rolf: Do you remember that, stefan? Do you remember anything about it at all?

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Paulina: You don’t think that abe and I would be happy being the governor and first lady of the state?

John: I just think that you need to give him the space to decide for himself.

Paulina: Well, I am giving him space. That’s why I’m stepping back, and I want you two to convince him.

John: Well, in all honesty, I don’t feel real comfortable about that.

Steve: Hey, guys.

John: Hey.

Steve: Listen, I’m sorry to interrupt. John, can I talk to you in private? It’s kinda urgent.

John: Yeah. Of course. Hold on. Excuse me, ladies. I’ll be right back. What’s going on, partner?

Steve: I need your help. I’m afraid orpheus is going after my daughter.

John: [Sighs]

Paulina: I see that look on your face. You think I’m being selfish, don’t you, for wanting abe to be governor? For pushing this?

Marlena: I think it depends on why you’re pushing it.

Paulina: Because I think it would be great for abe. Marlena, since lani left, I can see that he’s been feeling a bit lost. He needs something bigger in his life. Something to work for, and I’m not gonna just drag him away from salem or his friends. We’ll be back all the time. Well, don’t you think it’s even worth considering?

Marlena: I think that you and abe need to sit down and talk about this together. See what you both want, and make that decision together.

Paulina: You mean, like, no more accosting his friends when they’re out on dates?

Marlena: Hmm. Like that.

Paulina: And thank you for the advice. It’s just it’s hard for me sometimes, you know? When I want something bad, I tend to go after it with a vengeance. I guess you could either call it determined or… raw pain in the ass.

Marlena: I think you are a strong, confident woman. I think abe is a strong, confident man, and I think when you sit down together you will decide what’s right for both of you.

Stefan: [Grunts] I-I need to get the hell out of here!

Rolf: That would be a mistake. You could have a setback. You need more time to heal. Allow me to sedate you.

Stefan: No! No. I don’t need to be sedated. What I need is to find out what the hell happened to me!

Rolf: I told you. You took a bullet meant for your mother.

Stefan: Who shot the gun?

Rolf: The police. You were trying to help her escape salem, but she was caught and cornered. You heroically dove in front of the bullet to save her. Do you remember that, stefan?

Stefan: [Panting]

[Gunshot] It’s starting to come back.

[Panting] When was that? How long have I been in here?

Rolf: Four years.

Stefan: [Panting] Four– four years? I have been in this bed for four years?

Rolf: I’m sorry you had to find out this way.

Stefan: I don’t understand.

[Panting] What was I, in a coma?

Rolf: No. It wasn’t a coma.

Stefan: Then what!

Rolf: You were dead.

[Tense music]

Li: Hmm. How are you feeling?

Gabi: I’m feeling very reassured.

Li: Good.

Gabi: I’m starving. Should I call room service?

[Cell phone rings] Better get this.

[Cell phone beeps] Yeah?

Ava: You never got back to me about that job you offered.

Gabi: Didn’t I?

Ava: No, and I think it’s time we finalize the terms.

Gabi: Well, right now is not the best time.

Ava: I don’t care. I am here with ej, who is trying his damnedest to get me to turn on you. Every time I cross him in the hallway, morning, noon, or night it’s, “how do we get rid of gabi?”

Gabi: He’s standing right there?

Ava: Oh, he sure is. I want you to come for dinner.

Gabi: Now?

Ava: Yeah. I’ll have harold make us something nice and we can talk this over like adults.

Gabi: Like I said, it’s not a good time.

Ava: Oh, gabi, this is happening. With or without you. But trust me, you definitely want to be here for this.

[Cell phone beeps]

Ej: Before she arrives, we should discuss–

Ava: Anything that you want to say to me you can say in front of gabi. I’m gonna go plan the menu now.

[Tense music]

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Kayla: Stephanie, your father’s just worried about you.

Stephanie: He’s allowed to worry, but he’s not allowed to take over my life. What’s he gonna do? Follow me everywhere I go? Come along on dates?

Kayla: Okay. Now who’s being paranoid?

Stephanie: I knew this was gonna be an issue when I came back here, but I didn’t think it was going to get in the way of my business.

Kayla: Stephanie, do you think maybe we could just not make a big issue of this?

Stephanie: It is a big issue, mom. I don’t need his protection. I’ve been taking care of myself for a long time, and I’m not gonna stop just because dad wants to keep me in a box.

Steve: I’m–I’m sorry I took him away from you.

Marlena: Thanks. Is everything okay?

Steve: Yeah. We’re working on it.

John: You haven’t ordered yet, have you?

Marlena: No. I was waiting for you.

John: Well, great. Great, because steve just invited us over to his house for dinner.

Marlena: Oh. Is that what you had to discuss privately? Is that what was so urgent?

Steve: I just didn’t want paulina to feel left out.

Marlena: Does kayla know about the invitation?

Steve: I can text her on the way. You know, stephanie hasn’t seen the two of you, since she came back home. She’s gonna be really happy to see you.

John: Nice, nice. What do you say, doc?

Marlena: If it’s what you want, sure.

John: All right. Let’s do it.

[Sentimental acoustic music]

Stefan: What do you mean I was dead?

Rolf: The bullet that penetrated the cervical portion of your neck killed you. After it was over, your heart was removed and donated to someone else.

Stefan: I’m not sure I follow what you’re saying.

Rolf: Don’t worry. I took care of everything from the start. As you can see, you are very much alive.

[Mysterious music]

Stefan: My heart. It’s beating. But you said it was removed.

Rolf: Yes. You have a new heart now.

Stefan: What?

Rolf: I know it sounds unusual, but I was the one that kept you alive after your wife authorized the donation.

Stefan: My wife.

Gabi.

Li: Gabi, come on. You don’t need to go over to the dimeras.

Gabi: Well, I gotta keep ava happy.

Li: Actually, you don’T. We’ve talked about this. Ava can’t flip on you, or you’ll reveal that her marriage to jake is a sham.

Gabi: It sounds like she’s trying to choose between me and ej.

Li: Mm. It’s a bad precedent to let her think you’ll just drop everything and run over there every time she threatens you.

Gabi: I mean, she’s right though. I haven’T. I haven’t moved forward with the job offer.

Li: So what? She’s not gonna throw away this opportunity just because you’re playing hardball.

Gabi: But she’s with ej every day. You know, he can be very convincing when he wants to be.

Li: Hmm. How about I go with you in case you need backup?

Gabi: Thank you. I appreciate the offer, but I just don’t want ava to know that you’re aware that her marriage to jake was a sham, so just trust me, all right?

Li: Okay. Just… be careful.

Gabi: I got this.

[Tense music]

Ej: Montrachet?

Ava: Yeah. Harold helped me pick it out to go with the shrimp appetizer and the lobster main course.

[Chuckles]

[Tense music]

Is there a problem?

Ej: It’s the most expensive wine in my cellar.

Ava: Oh.

Ej: What the hell are you doing?

Ava: Mmm. That is tasty.

Ej: Oh, you’re awfully easy with my money, are you?

Ava: It’s the family money, eh? I mean I am a dimera, as you well know.

Ej: And be careful with those. Those crystal glasses are family heirlooms.

Ava: Oh, yeah?

[Glass shatters] Oops.

Ej: What the hell? Are you insane?

Ava: Oh. Well, let’s see.

[Tense music]

After trying lots of things to manage her

[Tense music]

Gabi: Harold let me in. Am I interrupting?

Ava: No. Not at all. Watch out for the broken glass.

Gabi: What happened?

Ej: Ava’s hand slipped.

Ava: Yeah. I can be such a klutz sometimes.

Gabi: So what am i doing here?

Ava: You’re joining me for dinner. We have a lot of dimera business to discuss.

Gabi: Do we?

Ava: Yes. Oh, and since you don’t have any role at the company right now, what gabi and I have to talk about doesn’t concern you. You can leave.

Stefan: Where is she? Where is gabi?

Rolf: Don’t worry about her.

Stefan: [Panting] She’s my wife!

Rolf: And she has no idea of your situation.

Stefan: What do you mean my situation?

Rolf: You here.

Stefan: [Panting] What are you saying? That she doesn’t know I’m alive?

Rolf: We’ll deal with that, in due time. But now, you need to lie down–

Stefan: No, no, no. My wife has just spent the last four years believing that I am dead, and you want me to lie down?

Rolf: There’s plenty of time to make things right, but as I said, you don’t want to risk further injury. I’ll prepare another injection.

Stefan: No, no, no, no! You stay away from that, and stay away from me. I need to get home to my wife!

[Panting]

Steve: We’re here.

Kayla: Oh, hi. Hey!

Stephanie: Marlena! John!

Marlena: Oh, my gosh. Look at you. Oh, my gosh. How good to see you.

John: There she is. Come here. Come here. Oh, welcome home.

Kayla: Well, I’m not so sure she’s happy to be home.

Marlena: Oh. Are we missing something?

Steve: Stephanie and I had a little disagreement, before I left.

Stephanie: A disagreement. Right.

Steve: Listen, baby, I know things got tense before, and I’m sorry. And I also know that you’re a grown woman, and you have the right to make your own decisions.

Stephanie: You mean that?

Steve: I do. And I’m gonna try to step back.

Stephanie: Thank you. That means a lot.

Marlena: Communication. That’s what I like to see. You don’t want the two of us here right now.

Kayla: Oh, come on. We love you guys here. You’re always welcome.

Stephanie: I wish I could stay, but I have an appointment.

Steve: Okay. Good luck.

Stephanie: Thank you, papa.

Steve: Hope your meeting goes well.

Stephanie: It means a lot to me that you admitted you were wrong. Bye, guys. Great to see you.

John: We’ll see you, steph. Take care.

Stephanie: Bye-bye.

Marlena: Bye, baby.

Steve: All right, john. Let’s hit it.

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Kayla: What’s going on?

Marlena: Wait, wait, wait. You’re leaving?

John: Take a raincheck on that date night.

Kayla: Wait, wait, wait. Where are you going?

Steve: We’re gonna follow stephanie to her meeting.

Kayla: You promised her you weren’t gonna do that, steve!

Steve: It’s my job to protect our daughter. Come on. Let’s catch up to her.

Kayla: Steve! Come on.

[Sighs] Stephanie is not gonna be happy about this.

[Tense music]

Ej: Do you think you can dismiss me from my own house?

Ava: What are you gonna do? Hang around our dinner like some creeper?

Ej: You don’t belong here. Neither of you belongs here.

Ava: Well, my late husband would beg to differ.

Gabi: Mine too.

Ava: So this is a private meeting, and you know what you should do right now? You should use this time to look for a job. I hear that julie’s place is hiring.

Ej: You think you’re so clever, both of you, but you’re really just a couple of screwed-up, angry women. Bitter to the core.

Gabi: Hmm.

Ava: Is he still here?

Gabi: Yeah. Yeah, he’s still here. Bye, ej.

Ej: Hmm.

Gabi: Well, I gotta say that is not what I was expecting when I came over here.

Ava: Yeah, well, ej dimera is a selfish, controlling narcissist, but I know how to deal with guys like him.

Gabi: And how are you gonna do that exactly?

Ava: Let him hang himself.

[Laughs] He completely showed his hand. The only reason he invited me to move in here was to manipulate me.

Gabi: I could have told you that. Actually, I did tell you that.

Ava: And now his hostility is out in the open, okay? He wants me gone. Gone from the company. Gone from the house. I’m not giving him the satisfaction.

Gabi: That’s all well and good, but you know, when I came in here I felt some tension between you and ej. It felt a little sexual.

Ava: What? Hardly.

Gabi: I know heat when I see it.

Ava: He was trying to stop me from breaking his family’s precious wine glasses. Hey, you want to help me smash the rest of ’em?

Gabi: You couldn’t stop looking at each other. You know, it’s a very fine line between love and hate. Especially when it comes to the dimeras. That’S… that’s how it started with me and stefan.

Stefan: [Panting] Give me your car keys now.

Rolf: Stefan, let’s talk about this.

Stefan: There is nothing to talk about. I need to get home to my wife.

Rolf: Listen to me. I am your physician, and I’m telling you for your own good, you cannot drive.

Stefan: I’ll be fine.

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Gwen: God, leo, you little praT. I knew that was stupid to trust you. You must’ve gone to the dumpster and retrieved the mask and given it to the bloody cops.

[Tense music]

Rafe: You know, talking to yourself can indicate a guilty consciencE.

Gwen: [Sighs] Look, I think that there’s been a mistake.

Rafe: Oh, i think that there have been a series of mistakes. And the biggest one made was yours, because you– you trusted leo starK.

[Door opens]

Leo: Well, did they arrest–

Sloan: Gwen rizczech? Yes, she’s upstairs now, thanks to you selling her down the river.

Leo: Oh, don’t remind me, but it was either her or me.

Sloan: Well, I’m sure you really wrestled with that one.

Leo: Just tell me, does this mean I can get out of this hellhole?

Rolf: I can’t promise to program stefan’s feelings in accordance with your wishes and kristen’S. I can only promise to do my best work.

Shin: That’s all I can asK. I have faith in your, rolf. Please, keep me updated on your progress.

Rolf: I will.

Gabi: Why didn’t you tell me you were meeting with this creep?

Shin: [Clears throat]

Gabi: What the hell are you doing here?

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

[Soft orchestration]

Gabi: Damn it, li, why in god’s name did you let him in?

Shin: Dr. Rolf came by with a proposition.

Gabi: Oh, he did, did he?

[Laughs] Okay. Oh, I have a proposition for yoU. Why don’t you head back to prison where you belong?

Shin: That’s not going to happen. The governor pardoned him.

Gabi: Oh, so what, you just stopped by for tea?

Shin: He came by looking for work.

Gabi: I suggest you try madasahattercrapdoctor.Com.”

[Cell phone ringing] You can take that in the corridor, because you’re gonna work for us over my dead body.

Rolf: I’m fine with that.

Kristen: Damn it, rolf. This is no time to go radio silent on me. Did you talk to shin about killing stefan’s unfathomable love for gabi and aiming it at chloe? I need to know as soon as possiblE.

Chad: Kristen? What are you doing here?

Kristen: Chad, I didn’t expect to see you here.

Chad: So you’re at large again? I heard about the pardon. Congratulations, I guess.

Kristen: Well, I am just grateful that I get a second chancE.

Chad: Second? Wouldn’t it be more like a 302nd?

Kristen: Hm. Chad, dear, always so droll.

Chad: What are you doing here at marlena’s office? Trying to figure out why you’re such a terrible person?

Kristen: No. No. Brady would only let me see rachel in what he calls a “neutral territory,” under supervision.

Chad: You saw rachel? Is she okay? Did it go okay?

Kristen: It was heaveN. And how are thomas and charlotte?

Chad: They’re not great.

Kristen: I’m so sorry, chad.

Chad: So where is marlena?

Kristen: She was called out and I’m gonna have to get going soon too.

Chad: What about your call? The one about chloe.

Kristen: Uh–

GabI: Please get him out of here.

Rolf: I don’t see why you need to be so hostile.

Gabi: If you don’t– you need to have your memory checked because mine’s intacT. I know exactly who and what you are.

Rolf: Surely we can let go of the past.

Gabi: Oh, sure I can just let go of how I begged you to save stefan’s life and you refused.

Rolf: I did not refusE. There was nothing I could’ve done! The man was beyond saving!

GabI: You worthless hack. You know that’s not the whole story.

Jack: All this time, not knowing who did it. One suspect after another, evidence coming and going. I thought that was hell, but– that is nothing compared to…gwen.

Jennifer: But how could it even be? She was in prison. She was locked up.

Jack: Xander said that he and sarah figured it out. How gwen got out that night. How she went to the mansion. How the woman that lucas thought was sarah wasn’T.

Jennifer: The mask?

[Soft dramatic music]

Jack: [Breathing shakily] I–i don’t even have the words. But if my daughter–

Jennifer: Oh, god. Just say it, jack. If your daughter killed our daughter… That’s what we’re facing, isn’t it?

Jack: I’m so sorry.

Gwen: You know, I find it remarkable knowing what you know about matty cooper, aka leo stark, that you would believe a single word that comes out of his mouth. My god, I mean, he would say anything to save that perfect bubble ass of hiS.

Rafe: It’s not something that he said. It’s the physical evidence that he produced, the mask. The mask that had been used more than once to assume the identity of dr. Horton and implicate her in a crime that she never committed.

Gwen: I was in prison when abigail was murdered.

Rafe: Yeah, so you claim. But if you were in your little cot in cell block c at the time when they did the bed check, at the same time that lucas horton came down the stairs and saw sarah horton drop what looked to be a weapon and then pick it up before she ran out, then you would have an alibi. But you weren’t there for bed check because you were– I don’t know. Who knows where you were. Only you.

Gwen: I didn’t kill my sister. So you can’t prove that I did. I didn’t kill her! I’d never do that to my father.

Rafe: So maybe you didn’t. You see, but your problem is, you can’t just say “I didn’t do it,” because there’s no way that a jury would believe yoU. There’s no way that a jury will want to believe you. The jury is gonna want to make you pay for what you have done. So you have one shot. You have to make me believe you.

[Tense music]

Gwen: All right. Here it is… the truth.

[Device beeps]

Gwen: My name is gwen rizczecH. I have been read my rights, and I waived the right to have an attorney presenT.

Rafe: Thank you.

Gwen: Where do I start?

Rafe: Where were you the night of june 10th?

Gwen: Okay.

[Sighs] Xander and sarah were right when they said that I missed bed check and that is because I left the prison temporarilY.

Rafe: How?

Gwen: That doesn’t matter. The point is, is that I managed to escape. So I went and I– I got the mask and– before I go on, I need to go back a bit and tell you why.

Abigail: I have zero interest in playing games, gwen, so tell me why I’m here or I’m gone.

Gwen: [Voiceover] I asked abigail to come see me at statesville that day. It’s about jack.

Abigail: What did you do to my father?

Gwen: [Voiceover] She was pretty hostile. Our father.

Abigail: What did you do?

Gwen: [Voiceover] But I had a favor to ask her.

Abigail: You just said he could get hurT.

Gwen: [Voiceover] The next day was our father’s birthdaY. If he’s not properly celebrateD.

[Voiceover] I had made him a mug in art therapy class, and I asked her to give it to hiM.

[Non-voiceover] I want him to know how much I care for him and that i wish I could be with him and send him my love. So I made him a gift.

Rafe: And how did she respond?

Gwen: [Voiceover] She dropped it–on purpose.

Abigail: Whoops.

Gwen: [Voiceover] It was smashed to bits.

[Sighs] God, it still makes me cross just to think about it.

Rafe: Was that just a few hours before she was murdered? Please answer vocally.

Gwen: Yeah.

Rafe: So you had an agenda coming from the prison.

Gwen: I guess you could say that.

Leo: I was living in the mansion’s basement at the time, so yes, I was there that day. You know all this.

Sloan: Yes, but pretend that I don’t; take me through this step-by-step.

Leo: Hello?

[Voiceover] After certain, uh, reversals, i needed a place to hang my hat. Guinevere, thank you for checking up on mE.

[Voiceover] Gwen told me about the tunnels under the dimera mansion. I’ve been able to wend my way through these tunnelS.

[Voiceover] I got in and set up housekeeping.

[Non-voiceover] Very “prisoner of zenda.” Well, it’s not the ritz, but it beats sleeping on a bench in prospect park.

Sloan: Until you were discovered by abigail’s son and you told him you were the tooth fairy.

Leo: A rose by any other name. Anyway, I realized I had to get out of there, but I was entitled to whatever I could get my hands on first. Chad and abigail destroyed my one chance of happiness with craig wesley, so i helped myself to some food, couple bottles of bubbly, which was a pittance compared to what they owed me. So before I left for good, I went upstairs to abigail’s bedroom.

Kristen: I could go on and on and on about chloe, but trust me, you don’t want me to do that.

Chad: So then you’re not going to tell me?

Kristen: Fine. Maybe you haven’t heard. Gabi has given me a position at dimera overseeing basic black, where chloe is floundering. Such a disaster, that womaN.

Chad: Yeah, i’m sure you gave her a fair trial. I bet the fact that she’s with brady now doesn’t play into it at alL.

Kristen: All right, you know what, let’s just talk about something else. How that happened to your hand, for example.

Chad: This? This is nothing.

Kristen: Okay, well, it doesn’t look like nothing.

Chad: Okay, what, do you think I’m lying?

Kristen: Well, I think you have a reason, because you’re not looking me in the eye right now. And I think there’s a reason that you came to marlena’s office. Is it about abigail?

Chad: Go to hell.

Kristen: Okay, hold on. Hey, hold on. I am not trying to play “gotcha” with you. Chad, I can see that you have the weight of the world on your shoulders right now, and I came over to the house to see how you were and ej said that you had moved out. I am so sorry about abigail.

Chad: Sorry? You don’t care about anybody but yourself, kristen.

Kristen: Chad, you’re my brother. You’re family. Believe me, I do carE. I do.

GabI: You creep. You told me there was nothing you could do for stefan. And then jake showed up, and you made me believe that he was stefan, that his memory issues could be cleared up with one of your injections. The same drug that abigail was injected with, and suddenly I became the main suspect.

Shin: Gabi, you don’t need this stress–

Gabi: No, no, no, I am just getting started. No, maybe you should donate your brain to science. Maybe they’ll find a cure for your particular brand of insanity. You’re a joke. You’re a loser, a laughing stock.

Rolf: Am I? You only show your ignorance of my powers. If you had any idea what I had achieved, you’d get down on your knees and thank me.

Gabi: Really? Just what the hell does that mean?

Gabi: I asked you a question.

Shin: I agree with gabi. You’re worthless. She’s the ceo, what she says goes. I’m taking you out of this hotel personally. You almost blew everything. Now go back to that looney bin you call a lab and finish the job.

Chad: And did you give a damn about me when you aided and abetted to kidnapping my wife? Held her prisoner on that island?

Kristen: YeS. Yes, yes. I–I have done terrible things, chad. I’m the worst of the dimeras. And that is really saying something. But you? You’re the best of us.

Chad: [Laughs drily] Well, that is a very low bar.

Kristen: Yeah. I think you came to this office to ask marlena for some help. You see, I never asked for help. I was circling the drain and just doubling down on all things dimera. And now I have to ask permission to see my daughter, whom I love more than life itself. I can’t even be in a room with her alone, chad. I love her. I love her, but I wasn’t strong enough or humble enough or good enough to put her firsT. But you arE. You are. And you are going to get through this awful pain because not only do you love your children, but look at me, you are fundamentally a good man. You’re going to put charlotte and thomas first. You’re not going to fall apart like I did. Mm-mmm. Because they need you. They need you, and you will be there for them. Because that is what good parents do. So i’ve been told. You know what? This–this may not mean anything to you… but chad, I am really, really sorry for what I did to you and abigail.

Chad: The time that she was on that island was time that we should’ve been together. That is time that we will never get back.

Kristen: You’re right. I’m no use to you.

[Soft dramatic music]

I really wish I was.

Jack: There’s nothing I can say to make this better. All I can think is how I have made everything worse. Gwen…how many second chances did i give her? I wanted her and abigail to be sisters. That’s what I wanted. That’s what– I think that was selfish. I th–

Jennifer: Jack. Jack. Listen to me. Listen to me. Look at me. I didn’t blame you for what happened. I didn’t and I don’T. But sweetheart, I need you to get through this. Okay? For our sanity’s sake? I need you to look forward, not back.

Rafe: Take me back to that night.

[Tense music]

Gwen: The house was quiet when I slipped iN. And I put the mask on before i went inside, just in case anyone saw me.

Rafe: Why the mask?

Gwen: Sarah had come to see me at statesvillE. And I knew that she was dealing with some residual issues from the drug injection. She was seeing people, thinking that they were kristen and even attacking some of them.

Rafe: So you took that information and you ran with it. You’d attack abigail, and then you’d make people think that it was sarah.

Gwen: I’m getting to that. Once I got to the top of the stairs, I went to abigail’s room and I saw her sitting on the bed. She was working.

[Door opens]

Abigail: Sarah? What are you doing here?

Gwen as sarah: I’m not gonna let you get away with it, kristen.

Abigail: Kristen? Uh, no, sarah, it’s me, abigail.

Gwen as sarah: I am not going to let you hurt me again.

Abigail: Sarah, what are you doing? Sarah, i’m not kristen.

Gwen as sarah: Don’t try to trick me. Let’s see how you like getting a syringe full of rolf’s drug to scramble your brain.

Abigail: [Grunting]

Rafe: Syringe? What about the murder weapon?

Gwen: Let me finish. Abigail fought back hard. She never was a pushover.

Abigail: [Grunting] What the hell? You? You’re supposed to be– doesn’t matter. You’re going to prison right noW.

Gwen: Abigail, let me explain.

Abigail: You think you’re gonna explain this?

Gwen: This is because sarah, she’s–she’s off her rocker. Everyone she looks at, she thinks is kristen.

Abigail: Oh, I see. So if “sarah” attacked me, then they’d lock her up and you’d get to get rid of her and me at the same time? Is that it?

Gwen: Abigail, please.

Abigail: Is this because of the stupid mug? I get a dose of rolf’s drug because I broke your prison art project?

Gwen: No, this– this is just saline. It’s not even the real thing. I don’t have any of the serum left. I used the last of it on sarah. Look, it doesn’t matter what you think of me anywaY. I’m not that petty. You were just the means to an end.

Rafe: So you’re claiming that you didn’t kill abigail?

Gwen: That is exactly what I am claiming. You already have the murderer behind barS.

Sloan: So what exactly did happen in that room?

Leo: I’m trying to tell you. Gwen called me; she was furious with abigail over some dumb mug she’d made for her dad. She actually wanted me to get a knife and use it to stab abigaiL.

Sloan: And you didn’t think of telling someone that?

Leo: No. We’re besties. But the weird thing was, she’s, like, babbling on about this knife and then there was one right there on the purloined breakfast tray. I mean, talk about crazy karma.

Sloan: That was crazy. Are you telling me that you took the knife upstairs? You were thinking about murder.

[Tense music]

Leo: [Voiceover] Uh, I was thinking about stealing. I told you before, i was not about to leave empty-handed, but I also wasn’t going upstairs without a backup plaN. Trouble is, once I got up there, the bedroom was a little crowded. Hello?

Abigail: [Laughing]

[Speaking indistinctly]

Chad: He’s never seen two people kissing before.

Abigail: In this house, maybe not.

Chad: Mmm. So is this whole– the whole temperature thing, is that real?

Abigail: It’s pretty reliablE. I have some other signs too.

Chad: Well, then let’s seal the deal.

Leo: [Voiceover] I had to wait it out while the two of them did the nasty. But once chad was done with his connubial duties, he took the kids to the movies and abigail stayed behind to work.

Sloan: Hm. And that’s when you–

Leo: Lord, you are impatient. Will you hear me out?

Leo: Now, where was I? Right, once chad was gone, abigail sat down on the bed and got to work on whatever drivel she was writing. I thought I’d be stuck in there forever. If she saw me, i knew it wasn’t going to end well for me, but she wasn’t going anywherE. Then I got a break. Should i have kept going? Of course. But there was a jewelry box right there on the dresser. I took out the knife I’d slipped into my bag, and I used it to jimmy the lock.

Sloan: Okay, back up. I want to know more about the knife. Describe it to mE.

Leo: I told you, it was from my breakfasT. It was very sharP. Steak and eggs, perfectly done.

Sloan: Damn it, leo, focuS. Where’s the knife now? You left the knife there?

Leo: What do you want? I was in a hurry. And then, well, I guess it was there on the bureau when gwen arrived. After I was gone, she must’ve gone upstairs wearing the sarah mask, and the sight of the knife must’ve triggered something dark inside of her. She grabbed the knife, and in a frenzy of rage, killed abigail. That’s the whole story. Now, go tell the chief and get me out of here.

Sloan: Oh, that’s the last thing I’m going to do, no matter what gwen did after you took off.

Rafe: But that’s not the whole story, is it?

Gwen: [Sighs] No. I’m getting to it.

Abigail: I am the means to an end? Boy, I didn’t think you could get more pathetic, but congratulations, you just sunk to a new low. Let me get you a ride back to statesville.

Gwen: No, no, please. Look, I’m begginG. I’m begging you. Please, listen to me.

[Spluttering] This was a horrible plan. I admit that. And, look, you’re fine. And I’m just bloody humiliated. I mean, I’m not going to get xander back, am i? Isn’t that enough?

Abigail: No.

Gwen: Look, let me– I’ll just go back to statesville on my own, and you never have to see me again. We’ll just pretend this never happened, all right?

Abigail: And why would I do that? After everything that you have done? And not just thiS. You still refuse to tell me what you did to my grandmother.

Gwen: I didn’t do anything to her, okay? I swear. It was an accident. It happened exactly the way that I told our father that it happened. And I didn’t tell you that because I–

Abigail: You enjoy torturing me, that’s why.

Gwen: Abigail. I didn’t kill heR. I swear I did not kill her. Let me just go back to statesville. I’ll just serve out the rest of my imprisonment, just– just let me go, please. Please.

[Dramatic music]

Abigail: One hour. And then I’m gonna call the prison and if you are not there, I swear, there is nowhere on this earth where you can hide from me.

Gwen: I don’t deserve that.

Abigail: You deserve to burn in hell is what you deserve.

Gwen: Thank you. You happy now? Now that you know how pathetic I really am?

Shin: I really enjoyed tossing that jerk out in the gutter. Hey, you okay?

Gabi: That bastard. He made me remember the way stefan died and how much I hoped he’d come back.

Shin: If I’d have known you were coming back, I would’ve thrown him out earlier.

Gabi: It’s not your fault.

Shin: Maybe i can help you forget about all that stress.

Gabi: I’d like that.

[Suggestive music]

Rolf: I hope you haven’t touched anything. Those are delicate instruments.

Kristen: Okay, park the attitude. You didn’t call me back.

Rolf: I couldn’T. I was in the midst of a most unpleasant encounter with gabI hernandez. Huh. So tiresome.

Kristen: Okay, you didn’t let her know what was going on down here, did you?

Rolf: Of course not. I’d gone to confront li shin about his attempt to shut down stefan’s life support. I told him i wasn’t having iT. I thought you’d appreciate that.

Kristen: Yeah, well, you know what, forget about li shin. I need you to stay focused. Now, I know he talked to you about erasing stefan’s feelings for gabi. I just–I need to know, can you do that?

Rolf: It will give me great pleasure to wipe out his love for that impudent she-wolf forever.

Kristen: Li and i have slightly different goals. When you bring stefan back, li wants him to have no interest in gabi. But that’s not enough, rolf. I need him to have laser-focused aim on chloe.

Rolf: Hm. Perhaps you’d like him to come back as a nuclear scientist too, hm? But one thing at a time, right? This will be a delicate operation, some would say impossible. I’ll need to amplify his brainwaves just enough to manipulate his memories and feelings, but no more than so that I don’t–

Kristen: So you don’t what?

Rolf: We wouldn’t want to compromise his viability in the process.

Kristen: Uh-huh, meaning?

Rolf: We wouldn’t want to kill him!

Kristen: Okay, you’d better not, rolf.

Rolf: Then let me get to it. I’ll need total concentration… and solitude.

Kristen: Fine. I can do that. But I want results.

[Dramatic music]

Rolf: Work with me here.

Rafe: Well, you’re right. That was really, really pathetic. But it does not get you off the hook for murder.

Gwen: No, I swear, I–

Rafe: You swear, you swear. Listen, after all the lies that you have told, your swearing does not mean squat. I mean, come on. You knew the minute that we picked up leo that you were going to have to come up with some story as to why you were in the room. Now, if you wanted to implicate sarah, you could’ve just put on the mask and attacked anyonE. Why go to that house? Why go to the dimera mansion with an elaborate security system, full of people who loathe you?

Gwen: I–I don’t know. I was–I was crazy. I was crazy, yes, I know. I just wanted to maybe scare her a little bit. But, god, I didn’t want to kill her. And everything I have said lines up with what you already know. I ran out of that house, and lucas saw me.

Rafe: Oh yeah, lucas saw you. He says he saw you drop something that might’ve been the murder weapon.

Gwen: It was the syringe. I dropped the syringe. I ran out of that house as fast as I could, and then I hid the mask, I ditched the syringe, and– yes, i made it back a little bit late to bed check. I did not know abigail was dead until the next day. She was alive when I left the house. Can leo say the same thing?

Leo: I don’t see why you don’t believe me.

Sloan: Oh, no, I actually do believe you. But telling the police that you were in possession of what’s most likely the murder weapon could be disastrous for you. It puts you in the room, alone with the victim, with the murder weapon.

Leo: Leo in the boudoir with the knife.

Sloan: Yes, and as we know of now, went missing after you left it behind. From here on out, this stays between us. At least until they slam the door on gwen rizczech.

[Soft dramatic music]

Chad: So it was gwen all along.

Jack: I’m so sorry.

Chad: What about leo? Where does he fit in?

Jennifer: We don’t know. Are you okay? Chad…say something.

Chad: I’m going to go make the kids dinner.

Rafe: What?

Sloan: Oh, well, gee, I’m sorry to bother you with such trivial matters such as justice and rights of the accused. But now that you have the real murderer in custody, call the da and tell her to let my client go.

Rafe: Okay, did you–did you really go to law school? Listen, without the murder charge, trask has more than enough to hold leo without bail, okay? Breaking and entering, possession of stolen property, robbery–I mean, a murder charge is still a possibility, all right? So yeah, I’m gonna go ahead, and I’m gonna hold on to my two suspects.

Gwen: You threw me under the bus, matty, just to save your own skin. Well, two can play that game.

Leo: Oh, yeah, yeah, just what lies did you tell them, gwen?

Shin: Are you hungry? Should I order room service? Gabi?

GabI: Huh?

Shin: Hey. Where’d you go just now?

Gabi: [Laughs drily]

Shin: You still thinking about stefan?

GabI: Not exactly. I just– I can’t get that thing that rolf said out of my mind. If I knew what he was able to achieve, I’d be on my knees, thank him? What–what do you think he meant by that?

Rolf: So gabi, I’m a joke, am i? Hmm? A loser? Ha!

[Suspenseful music]

Rolf: FinallY.

[Dramatic music]

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[Knock at door]

Brady: Hey, are you busy?

Marlena: Hey, what a nice surprise!

Brady: Oh, you don’t know the half of it.

[Whistles]

Marlena: Oh, no! Look at you, rachel! Get over here!

[Laughs] Ooh, that’s my girl.

Chloe: Look, I know it’s a lot to read, but I added 178 pages of documentation that would answer every question the merino legal team could possibly have.

Kristen: Hmm. So how long did this take you?

Chloe: Almost three weeks.

Kristen: Mm, well, that’s too bad. You’re not gonna get paid for those three weeks.

Chloe: What?

Kristen: Well, basic black can’t afford to spend good money on unnecessary reports. And what ceo has time to read this busy work?

Chloe: Well, if it’s too complicated for you, I’m sure I can–

Kristen: Do you think insults are a good tactic at this moment? Boil this down to under 20 pages.

Chloe: 20 pages?

Kristen: And do it quickly, or I’m afraid I’m going to have to–

Chloe: What, what? Write me up again?

Kristen: Oh, chloe, I’m gonna do more than that. Your job requires more than a background in steno pool.

Chloe: You know that’s not where I came from.

Kristen: Mm, I’m fully aware of where you came from.

Chloe: Excuse me?

Kristen: You’re unqualified for this job, chloe. And I have no choice but to tell gabi and the board that this important deal had to be delayed again because of your incompetence, mm?

[Phone line trilling]

Li: Hello?

Gabi: Hi, li, bad time?

Li: Please don’t tell me there’s another holdup with the merino deal.

Gabi: I’m expecting a proposal from brady’s office this morning.

Li: Good.

Gabi: Well, it’s such a beautiful day, and I’m having some lunch in the park. You wanna join me?

Li: Oh, sounds nice, but unfortunately, I have a meeting.

Gabi: Well, you can’t blame a girl for trying.

[Knock at door] Is someone there?

Li: Probably just the maid.

Ava: Why don’t you tell rafe the truth, that gwen and i are just friends.

Ej: Just friends don’t usually break each other out of prison, do they? And the fact that you did your “just friend” that favor the night that abigail was killed, well, that certainly is vital information, don’t you think?

Ava: Here. If you’re so sure of what you heard, go ahead. Call the police right now.

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

[Soft orchestration]

Li: I’m gonna have to go if i want to make that meeting. Enjoy your lunch.

Gabi: See you later.

Li: Sure, goodbye. What do you mean showing up here? We agreed to meet in your lab.

Rolf: Do you think I’m stupid? I know it was you.

Li: What are you talking about?

Rolf: You know damned well what I’m talking about. You tried to kill stefano’s son!

Johnny: Having a picnic on company time, I see.

Gabi: Yeah, don’t tell anybody.

Johnny: Your secret’s safe with me.

Gabi: Thank you.

Johnny: You know, I’ve been meaning to reach out to you. I’m sorry I haven’t yet.

Gabi: I’m sorry, I have no clue what you’re–

Johnny: It’s just the longer I waited, the harder it got and I just–

Gabi: The harder what got?

Johnny: Gabi. I think I owe you an apology.

Ej: You’re bluffing.

Ava: Did you happen to record what you heard me say to gwen?

Ej: No.

Ava: You’re a lawyer. You know that your statement about a conversation eavesdropped on is hearsay.

Ej: You’re familiar with the federal rules of evidence?

Ava: I’m a vitali.

Ej: And I’m an officer of the court. If your friend, gwen, killed my sister-in-law–

Ava: Gwen didn’t kill anybody.

Ej: Oh, and I should just take your word for that because you’re such an upstanding citizen? I heard you accusing her just now. You have no idea what she did or didn’t do.

Ava: You asked me to give you one good reason why you shouldn’t call the cops. I did.

Ej: I didn’t expect us to be discussing the hearsay rule.

Ava: Oh. What did you want me to say?

Ej: That in exchange for my silence, you will sign jake’s shares in dimera enterprises over to me.

Marlena: Sounds to me like you had a really good time and a really good trip.

Brady: It was; my favorite part was getting to pick you up. Do you remember when I told you that I wanted to talk to grandma a little bit? Okay, could you maybe listen to some music on the couch over here and just hang out? It won’t be long, okay? Okay, here you go.

Marlena: I swear she’s grown 2 inches since I saw her last.

Brady: I think you’re right. Thank you for letting me bring her here. I wanted her to feel that this was a comfortable place, sort of a neutral territory.

Marlena: I’m not sure I understand what you’re getting at.

Brady: I’ve decided to give kristen a chance to see her.

Chloe: So for the last three weeks, you’ve been saying, “this is too vague,” or “you need to be more specific,” so I did what you asked, and now you’re asking me to pare this thing down to 20 pages?

Kristen: Chloe, if you don’t like my management style, you can just quit.

Chloe: I’m not gonna give you the satisfaction of driving me out. But even if you did succeed, do you really think that you can come between brady and me?

Kristen: You’re not the great love of his life, you know?

Chloe: That’s not what he said last night when we were making love– whoa, what are you do– were you gonna hit me?

Kristen: You slut. You’re such a slut, huh? Yeah, no, you know what? I’m not gonna hit you. Uh-uh. See, I’m gonna drive this stake right through your cold little heart. Moderate to severe eczema still disrupts my skin.

Ava: So you’re gonna blackmail me?

Ej: I see it as giving you options. You can’t say that I haven’t been hospitable. I’m not ordering you to move out.

Ava: Oh, so if I sign over my shares to you, I get to stay and live in the mansion?

Ej: With all the privileges and benefits accorded to my brother’s widow.

Ava: Oh, so it’s bribery and blackmail.

Ej: However you want to put it.

Ava: Oh, you got nothing on me. I mean, why would I break gwen out of prison? Hm, you know, I’m the one who ratted on her to the da.

Ej: Then why do I keep walking in on the two of you having tte–ttes in the living room?

Ava: Maybe because you’ve got such a well-stocked bar here.

Ej: Ava, dear. We both know what I heard. And I think rafe will be very interested to hear it.

Ava: Rafe is not gonna believe a word that you have to say. He hates you more than he hates me. But you know what, go ahead. Be my guest, make the call, waste rafe’s time, and make an enemy out of me. See where that gets you.

Johnny: I’ve been filled in on some of the stuff I did while I was, you know…

Gabi: Possessed by the devil?

Johnny: God, yeah, wow, as many times as I say that, I just can’t make it sound casual, and, anyway, it seems I did a number on you.

Gabi: Oh, you mean us almost having sex on my desk?

Johnny: Wait, that happened, and I don’t remember it?

Gabi: Do not worry. It was not memorable.

Johnny: Okay. Ow, that hurts.

Gabi: Good!

Johnny: Look, the thing I feel worst about is– I don’t know, I just feel like you and my uncle, jake, you might still be together if I–if the devil hadn’t–

Gabi: No, no, we wouldn’T. Jake’s dead, and you had nothing to do with it.

Johnny: Yeah, but the reason you guys broke up was because you thought he sold you out to victor kiriakis–it was me. And I am truly sorry for that.

Gabi: I appreciate you saying that, but, well, the truth is, you did me a little favor.

Johnny: How?

Gabi: Well, when jake refused to believe me, believe what I actually saw with my own eyes, I realized that he would never trust me. You know, why would he? We built our relationship on me wanting him to be somebody else.

Johnny: Stefan.

Gabi: Yeah, and then when jake died so suddenly, it brought back all those memories of the worst night of my life, of stefan dying so suddenly. So don’t feel bad about jake and me. I mean, I was out of his life for, what, 15 minutes before ava vitali was in his bed?

Johnny: And then he married her.

Gabi: Yeah, then he married her. Everything happened so quickly, I forgot about that, but it doesn’t matter because I’m with li shin, and we’re very happy.

Johnny: I’m glad, I’m glad. So does that mean you and me, we’re okay? I wish you and li the best.

Rolf: You went against your word, damn it! Turning off stefan’s life support.

Li: Temporarily.

Rolf: It would’ve been permanently had you not been caught. This, after you assured me you would not harm him! You said you only wanted to delay his recovery long enough to cement your relationship with ms. Hernandez.

Li: I had a moment of doubt, what can I say?

Rolf: Your moment of doubt would’ve caused all those years of my work to go up in smoke!

Li: You don’t care any more about stefan than I do. He’s a science fair project to you, a feather in your cap.

Rolf: And an obstacle to you.

Li: Hm, so basically, we’re on the same page.

Rolf: I assured kristen that you will not have an opportunity to get near her brother again.

Li: Oh, come on. Kristen’s show of sisterly love for stefan and jake is really a matter of shares of stock. So I proposed a slight change in the plan for stefan. She liked it.

Rolf: What is this plan?

Li: Once stefan has been miraculously brought back to life, I want him to immediately become attracted to–

Rolf: Chloe lane.

Li: So she told you?

Rolf: What does that have to do with business?

Li: Every story is a business story. Ms. Lane is getting in kristen’s way. And I need kristen to be happy and on my side. So can you make it happen?

Marlena: Brady.

Brady: Hmm?

Marlena: Are you sure you want to let kristen see her?

Brady: I do, and I don’T. I mean, kristen’s been asking for months, but when she was at statesville, I didn’t think that was appropriate to bring rachel there. But now that she’s out, I don’t have that excuse anymore.

Marlena: I understand.

Brady: She loves her mom. She keeps asking me why she can’t see her mom.

Marlena: Yeah, well, I understand that too. Kristen can be very unpredictable.

Brady: She can, but not so much when she’s with rachel. She adores her. I just–I don’t want to tell– I don’t want to tell rachel who her mother is and what she has done until she’s older.

Marlena: You’re such a good dad.

Brady: Well, I do know that I’m not being completely selfless in this. I mean, since kristen has gotten out of the joint, she’s been very noisy about wanting to revisit the custody agreement.

Marlena: Oh, dear.

Brady: And that’s not the worst of it. She’s installed herself at basic black under li shin, so she’s been lording her power over chloe ever since.

Marlena: What do you think she’s looking for in terms of custody?

Brady: She says– she says she wants joint, but I wouldn’t put it past her to go for full. Marlena, I cannot let that happen. I mean, maybe if I play nice, kristen will play nice in return.

Chloe: Whoa, you’re actually gonna kill me in this office? How would that work out for you?

Kristen: Well, if you haven’t noticed, chloe, I have a certain gift for getting myself out of jams.

[Phone ringing]

Kristen: It’s brady. Hi. Chloe and I were just talking about you.

Brady: You said you wanted to see rachel when she got back. She and I are at marlena’s office.

Kristen: Right now?

Brady: Yeah.

Kristen: I’ll be there. Time. It’s life’s most precious commodity,

Rolf: The problem is, I’m not sure I can do what you’re asking.

Li: Come on, you’re a genius. You kept a guy with no heart alive for four years.

Rolf: That is true.

Li: All I want is for you to make stefan forget he ever loved gabi.

Rolf: You think such a thing is easy? The emotion center of the brain is not my area of expertise!

Li: Don’t be modest. I heard you put a chip in hope brady’s brain, made her think she was a dead european princess.

Rolf: Yes, I did do that. But–

Li: I have faith in you, rolf. If anyone can make stefan fall back in love with chloe lane, it has to be you.

Chloe: Hey, I’m sorry, but we need to talk.

Gabi: Oh, that was fast.

Chloe: What do you mean?

Gabi: I just told your secretary I needed the merino report, and, well, here you are.I really need to talk to you

Gabi: What else is there? Kristen says this is not ready to go to the client–

Chloe: Kristen–kristen just tried to murder me.

Gabi: For real?

Kristen: Yeah, with a letter opener because she wants brady.

Gabi: Uh, did you go to the police?

Chloe: No.

Gabi: Okay, well, I mean, you’re not dead.

Chloe: I would be dead if she hadn’t gotten a phone call from brady; I’d have a letter opener through my heart. I’m sorry, just going to work now feels like I’m risking my life. I can’t sleep, I get stress headaches, and I don’t want to live like this. But I don’t think hr can handle this kind of a problem.

Gabi: Maybe you should just resign.

Chloe: No! I have a son to support.

Gabi: Okay, yeah, no, I get that. Maybe try not to escalate the situation, hm?

Chloe: And just do nothing?

Gabi: Well, you know kristen. She’s probably not even gonna be here that–

Chloe: Oh, she will be here. As long as brady and rachel are here, she’s not going anywhere. And she’s convinced that I’m the only thing that’s keeping them from being together.

Gabi: I just don’t think is the hill to die on.

Chloe: Can we not talk about dying? Please, I’m just asking you, can you talk to her? Can you tell her to leave me alone?

Gabi: If I do that, she’s gonna flip on me.

Chloe: That lady flipped like 20 years ago.

Gabi: It means she’s gonna side up with ej, and then he’s gonna kick me out of this office in about two seconds. Look, I’m sorry, I can’t do that. My hands are tied.

Ej: I suppose I don’t need to involve the police yet.

Ava: Good answer.

Ej: Given that leo stark currently occupies the suspect of the week cell at salem city jail.

Ava: He looks good for abigail’s murder, don’t you think?

Ej: Hmm, they all did. Until they had alibis. If stark has one as well, I’m making that call.

Ava: Ah, so we are right back where we started, except that now everything is out in the open. Look, I know the only reason you invited me to move in here was to get your hands on my dimera shares, but now you’ve completely shown your hand. Oh, and for the record, if I was going to let go of those shares, which is highly unlikely, the person I’d give them to would be your one and only sister, kristen. Because we actually do get along.

Brady: Do you think rachel could benefit from seeing a child psychologist?

Kristen: Rachel doesn’t need a therapist. All she needs is her mama.

Rachel: Mommy!

Kristen: Right, baby? Ha! Oh, my god. Everything is gonna be all right now, sweetheart, hm? Mama’s here, yeah. Oh, baby. Pool floaties are like whooping cough.

Ej: You’d be foolish to pit me against my sister right now. Her loyalty will always be to family.

Ava: Yeah, well, I’m family now too. And jake would be rolling over in his grave right now if he knew how you were treating his widow.

Ej: But he doesn’t know, does he? And he won’T.

Ava: Yeah, well, so much for the gracious host making me feel welcome.

Ej: You can always move out.

Ava: Oh, I’m not going anywhere, ej, and if you expect anything in return for your generosity–

Ej: You think you can live here indefinitely without offering me something in return?

Ava: You can go straight to hell.

Johnny: What’s going on here?

Ava: Ask your father.

[Tense music]

Chloe: So you’re saying that if kristen murders me at the office, you won’t care?

Gabi: I’m just saying she doesn’t to get sent back to statesville. I mean, she lives for her daughter.

Chloe: Yeah, and for brady. And that little stunt she pulled today in the office was her showing me that she means business.

Gabi: I wish I could help you.

Chloe: Oh, you know kristen could hurt you too.

Gabi: How?

Chloe: You know she doesn’t give a damn about basic black, or this proposal, or the merger. All she cares about is pushing me out of brady’s life.

Gabi: Look, even if you’re right, she’s still a dimera, and I’m not. I have absolutely no power over her.

Chloe: Ugh. I guess I should’ve figured you’d do this.

Gabi: Sorry, what does that mean?

Chloe: Oh, come on, don’t tell me you’ve forgotten. Me and stefan? We were together, and we were happy, and then you just swooped right in, and you slept with him, and you took him away from me.

Rolf: Even if I could make stefan feel an attraction to chloe, how do you know chloe would return his feelings? I’m a doctor, not a matchmaker.

Li: I don’t care what chloe feels. I just want to keep stefan from going after gabi. Your friend kristen’s the one who wants stefan to break up chloe and brady. If that doesn’t happen, it’s her problem, not mine.

Kristen: Oh, you have grown up so much since the last time I saw you. You’re so pretty. Baby.

Rachel: I missed you, mommy.

Kristen: Not as much as I missed you. I got your valentine, and I really wanted to send you one, but I couldn’T. You know what I do? I keep yours with me everywhere I go. See? Yeah, and guess what else. I have in here a little present for you. It’s yours, open it up.

Rachel: It’s a necklace!

Kristen: Yeah. It’s a very special necklace. It’s called a locket. And see, we open it up.

[Gasps] Oh, and there we are. And that’s daddy, and that’s me, and the little baby I’m holding, that’s you. It’s when we were a family, the three of us together.

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Johnny: So what’s going on with you and ava?

Ej: Oh, we were having a disagreement about the company.

Johnny: What does ava have to do with dimera enterprises?

Ej: She could vote your uncle jake’s shares with me, and we can send gabi hernandez packing, but ava doesn’t see it that way.

Johnny: You know, it was pretty obvious from the get-go when you invited her to move in here that it wasn’t about taking care of your brother’s widow. It’s about controlling his shares.

Ej: Before you get too comfortable up there on the moral high ground, let me remind you that ava’s marriage to your uncle jake is highly suspect.

Johnny: How so?

Ej: Well, she did marry him shortly before he was shot to death.

Johnny: Are you saying you think ava is responsible for jake’s death?

Ej: No. And neither did the police. But I do believe the marriage is suspect.

Johnny: Because he was killed the same day she married him.

Ej: Of course.

Johnny: Yeah, man, she’s got to be shell-shocked.

Ej: Oh, believe me, that woman is always capable of thinking clearly. And she never stops acting in her own best interests.

Johnny: Or maybe she’s just trying to do what she thinks jake would’ve wanted, and maybe jake would’ve wanted gabi to stay right where she is. And it sounds like you’re asking her to just say to hell with what he wanted.

Ej: I don’t think ava really cares about what jake would’ve wanted.

Johnny: What does that mean?

Ej: That the poor widow isn’t as grief-stricken as you seem to think.

Gabi: What happened between stefan and me was not about hurting you. At first, I wanted to get back at him because he was part of the reason I went to prison for something I didn’t do. I never expected to fall in love with him. It just happened. I thought that I’d been in love before, but stefan was the first. He was the only man who ever really loved me back.

Chloe: Okay, I’m sorry. I was trying to make you feel guilty, and now I just– I feel guilty. Come on, please don’t cry, okay? I’m sorry, I just– I was just very hurt and angry when stefan dumped me for you. But realistically, he and I would’ve never lasted. I mean, good grief, vivian would’ve been my mother-in-law. Brady and I are together, and you and stefan were obviously meant to be.

Gabi: Till the day he died.

Rolf: Have you had a frank conversation with kristen about her plan for stefan and chloe?

Li: She’s a smart woman. She’ll figure out what to do. You said that she told you that she’s on board with my plan.

Rolf: More or less.

Li: Then it seems to me you have your marching orders. So why don’t you go back to your lab and start working on stefan right away.

Kristen: Would you like mommy to put this on you?

Brady: Sweetie? Sweetie, are you hungry? It’s probably time for a snack, right?

Rachel: No, I’m fine.

Marlena: Why don’t I take you to the cafeteria because I think they have that chocolate milk that you like, and you can tell me more about your trip?

Rachel: Can mom come with us?

Kristen: No, sweetie. I need to stay here and talk with daddy. But you know what? I’m gonna see you soon, I promise. You know, you go with marlena, okay, sweetheart? Here, hey. All right. I’ll see you soon.

Brady: What the hell are you doing?

Kristen: What do you mean?

Brady: The locket, really?

Kristen: You’re angry because I gave a present to my own child? I have been carrying that around with me for ages while I wait for a chance to see her. And I do–I thank you for giving me that chance.

Brady: You are making me wish that I hadn’T. Do you understand that that necklace is gonna put ideas into her head? Kristen: Okay–

Brady: That’s exactly what you wanted, kristen.

Kristen: What ideas, brady? It’s just a picture of the three of us.

Brady: That necklace is gonna give her hope that we are somehow gonna be a family again.

Kristen: Well, who says we won’t? No matter who you are,

Gabi: Let me take a look at that report.

Chloe: Yeah.

Gabi: Oh, wow. Well, this is pretty detailed. I mean, what was kristen’s problem with it?

Chloe: Well, apparently, my first draft was too vague, and now this one is too long. So basically, nothing I do is going to please her.

Gabi: It’s not about what pleases her. What’s all this footnote action at the end here?

Chloe: Almost 200 pages of documentation that kristen said that she wanted.

Gabi: All right, you know what, toss it, send it to me again asap please. And I’m gonna do what I can.

Chloe: Thank you.

Gabi: But you do know that kristen is just gonna come up with some new way to torture you.

Chloe: I know, but I’m not quitting. She needs to know that two can play at that game of hers. Kristen needs to know that she’s not the only one who can play hardball.

Brady: I can’t believe I have to say this to you again. I will. You and I are never getting together again, ever. I let you see rachel because that’s what rachel wanted, but make no mistake, if you start trying to turn her against chloe, or if you keep making these ridiculous promises to her about you and I–

Kristen: I did not make any promises. I did not make any promises, brady. I love her, and I would never use her to–

Brady: You would never– you would never use her? That’s exactly what you did. You haven’t seen her in months. The first thing you do is start rhapsodizing about how we used to be a family, like we were in some vine-covered cottage in some damn fairy tale, kristen. The truth is, she just didn’t understand the fact that we were on the run because her mother was convicted of stabbing her great-grandfather in the heart. Remember that?

Kristen: Brady, hey, you– you know why I did that.

Brady: Damn it, kristen, that little girl’s been through enough. She’s finally getting a little stability in her life. I really want to keep it that way.

Kristen: Don’t you think I want that for her too?

Brady: Make no mistake, just because she wants you in her life doesn’t mean that I’m gonna do whatever you want, okay?

Kristen: You cannot keep her away from me because that would be heartless and cruel.

Brady: Oh, that’s hilarious coming from you, the mother that wanted to kidnap her own daughter to keep her away from her father.

Kristen: I was wrong. And you– I was desperate, brady.

Brady: You’re always, always desperate.

Kristen: Where are you going?

Brady: I’m going to pick up our daughter, and I’m going to take her home because this visit is over.

Kristen: Okay, wait, just– oh, my god, just wait. When do I get to see her again?

Brady: When do you get to– I’ll tell you when you get to see her again. You get to see her again when you stop putting your needs in front of your daughter’S. You get to see her when you are the mother that she needs right now.

Kristen: How dare you speak to me that way!

Brady: I’m just calling it as I see it.

Kristen: [Groans]

Johnny: Ava, you decent?

Ava: Yeah. Oh, come on in.

Johnny: You all right?

Ava: Yeah, I will be.

Johnny: I’m sorry about the way my dad’s treating you. It’s not…

Ava: Yeah, well, he’s pressuring me to give him jake’s shares, and when I told him i wouldn’t, he said he was gonna kick me out.

Johnny: What’d you say to him?

Ava: Well, I’m no pushover, kid. I’m not going anywhere.

Johnny: Good. You know, my dad, he’s– he’s pretty much screwed it up with my mom, and I guess everyone else. So I think he’s just really one-track minded about getting the company back. But that doesn’t give him an excuse to walk all over you, right? You know, not after everything you’ve been through. I’m sorry he did that.

Ava: You’re sweet. I grew up in a mob family. I’m not gonna let ej dimera rattle me.

Johnny: He the reason you were crying?

Ava: Oh, no, no, no. It’s just been… these last months, years been kind of tough. You know, turning my back on my family and just bouncing around, and then… my youngest son went and got himself murdered. And my oldest son, my pride and joy, he couldn’t take it here anymore, so he just–he moved out west. Then my precious jake. You know, to lose him too, it’s– anyway, it was just, you know, it all just became a bit much, but I’m okay. I will be okay because I always am.

Johnny: If you ever need anyone to talk to, I’m here, so…

Ava: Thank you.

Johnny: Yep.

[Tense music]

We women are in the know about everything.

Johnny: Well, I just got back from a run, so I should probably go hit the shower.

Ava: Thanks for being here for me.

Johnny: Sure.

[Soft music]

Chloe: It’s such a cute picture. You were really a beautiful baby.

Rachel: Mommy says that picture is when we were a family.

Brady: Yeah, that was a long time ago, sweetie.

Rachel: I want to be a family again.

Marlena: I didn’t think you’d still be here.

Kristen: I was hoping brady would bring rachel back to say goodbye.

Marlena: No, no. No, she’s jet-lagged. And she wanted to see chloe.

Kristen: Oh, you said that to hurt me.

Marlena: I said that to help you face reality. Brady and chloe are together. They love each other. Nothing you can do could change that.

Rolf: I can’t promise to program stefan’s feelings in accordance with your wishes and kristen’S. I can only promise to do my best work.

Li: That’s all I can ask. I have faith in you, rolf. Please, keep me updated on your progress.

Rolf: I will.

Gabi: Why didn’t you tell me you were meeting up with this creep? What do you two have to meet about?

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