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00:02There you are.
00:03Oh, Marlena, what are you doing here so late?
00:07Steve just called me to give me an update on Stephanie,
00:10and he said you were here.
00:14I've been so worried about her, and now I'm worried about you.
00:20Honey, I'm so sorry for what you're going through.
00:26You know, I'm just trying to stay hopeful.
00:30I've just been staring at her picture,
00:33just hoping that something magical happens, you know,
00:35and she just turns back up here.
00:40Or maybe I'm staring at it because I'm hoping that my motherly instincts kick in,
00:44and I just feel where she is.
00:51I'm sure she will turn up.
00:54Wouldn't she be a little more comfortable at home?
00:58I'm happy to go with you and even wait with you, if you like.
01:04But I am not going anywhere.
01:08Look, with the reward the Titan's putting up,
01:11I'm sure it's only a matter of time before somebody comes forward
01:13with information about Stephanie's whereabouts.
01:15Yeah.
01:16It was good to fill up this step-up.
01:18Yeah.
01:19Yeah, especially given the company's financial status.
01:22Of course.
01:23Titan can't afford to lose Anastasia Sands.
01:25That's our best-selling author.
01:28Come on.
01:29You know it's not all about that.
01:31Philip cares about Stephanie, genuinely.
01:33We all do.
01:34I know, I know, Brady.
01:35I know.
01:35It just, it really seems to me
01:37that it's always about the bottom line
01:39for this family business.
01:41Even for me.
01:43That's exactly why we're in this situation right now,
01:45and I just wish to God
01:47that I never publish this damn book.
02:11The IC can't touch us.
02:13There's a no extradition treaty here.
02:15So they just spy on us forever?
02:17Well, until I can prove my innocence,
02:19and then I'll surrender,
02:20and the charges will be dropped
02:21because I never broke the law in the first place.
02:23And what if we can't prove it?
02:26Then, well,
02:28then Alamania is our forever home.
02:31Oh.
02:32Then I guess you're stuck with me.
02:51Oh.
02:54Pepper.
02:55Oh.
02:57Oh.
02:59Oh.
03:04Oh, that's too bad.
03:06All right, thanks, JJ.
03:09Yeah, I'll keep you updated on any developments here.
03:15No sign of Stephanie or Jeremy at the Horton Cabin.
03:19Just lots of dust.
03:21So we can assume that no one's been there for months.
03:23That was our only real lead.
03:27But wait a minute.
03:28I mean, why would Jeremy take Stephanie there?
03:32Wouldn't he assume we'd search it?
03:34Right, but it was worth a try.
03:39Now we regroup and we broaden our search.
03:43And we don't stop until we find my daughter.
03:46And we will find her.
03:51We have to, Jada.
04:25Where am I?
04:28And why is it so cold in here?
04:38God, help me, please.
04:42I have to get out of here before Jeremy comes back.
04:47I have to get out of here.
05:02And she
05:05I have to get out of here.
05:29Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.
05:45Alex, hey, come on, you can't think like that.
05:49You helped Stephanie become a published author, best-selling of that, and she loved it.
05:55There's no way you could have known this would happen.
05:57I get what you're saying, Brady, I really do.
06:01I just can't seem to forgive myself.
06:07Stephanie was worried about the pages in her book that were inspired by her relationship with Jeremy.
06:13I asked Kate to have them edited out, and that fell right through the cracks.
06:18I should have followed up, and I didn't, obviously.
06:22So now, thanks to my negligence, Jeremy rolls back into town, thinking that Stephanie still has feelings won.
06:28Or, or, or maybe Jeremy just came back to town to be a teacher.
06:33You know, and all of this would have happened anyway, book or notebook.
06:35Yeah, but Brady, why this sick son of a bitch came back to town is moot now, isn't it?
06:43Damn, but Brady, we had an entire sting planned to end this nightmare.
06:49Steph and I's elopement, it was part of a trap.
06:52We were trying to lure Jeremy to the spot where we were supposedly going to tie the knot.
06:59We even got a marriage license to make it look real.
07:07Since we got the marriage license for a fake wedding on Valentine's Day,
07:18Stephanie decided to surprise me and take me to Chicago.
07:22To a look for real.
07:25A look for real?
07:29You and Stephanie married?
07:31Yeah, we are.
07:35Yesterday was the best day of my life.
07:40Now today's the worst.
07:43I, I can't leave the hospital, Marlena.
07:47I know it might be irrational, but I, I just feel like this is the last place that Stephanie was
07:53seen.
07:53In my office.
07:55And I just have it in my head that if she's going to come back, it's going to be here.
07:58And you're just going to step off that elevator and she's going to come running over here and throw her
08:02arms around me and tell me that this whole nightmare is over.
08:06I understand.
08:10Or God forbid she's hurt.
08:13And they bring her in here.
08:15I want to be waiting here.
08:16I want my face to be the first face that she sees.
08:20Of course you do.
08:23Oh gosh, I, I wish I could find the right words to, to comfort you right now.
08:33Well, all I can say is that I'm, I'm here for you.
08:37I'm here with you and I, I will stay here all night with you waiting until she comes home because
08:46I know she's going to come home.
09:11Stay calm, little sweetness.
09:22You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.
09:41With this ring, I thee wed and pledge to you my love now and forever.
10:17Dimitri.
10:19Dimitri.
10:34Leo.
10:35Leo.
10:36What?
10:37I'm here for you.
10:40And I always will be.
10:43And I'll never let anyone hurt you.
10:48Oh.
10:51Okay, let's see what's coming from the tip line.
10:59Oh wow, we've had quite a few roll-ins since we notified the public of Stephanie's disappearance.
11:04Well, I'm grateful so many people want to help.
11:07Oh, there are a lot.
11:10Yeah.
11:11Hundreds, it looks like.
11:13Oh, hang on.
11:16Some of them are these tips.
11:20They're people sharing the plot from Stephanie's books.
11:24Hmm.
11:25It's like they think there's some kind of lurid crime drama unfolding with Anastasia Sands.
11:31Uh, but still, we have to sift through them all, no matter how implausible.
11:37Right.
11:38Because if either one of them is real, it could lead us to Stephanie.
11:46Oh, here's someone who claims they spotted Stephanie in Chicago at 7.01 p.m.
12:03Oh.
12:04Someone else says they saw her in Honolulu at 7.02.
12:09Here's one from Susan Banks.
12:11Thanks.
12:13Her teeth are chattering.
12:16It is February.
12:17Is it possible that she's being held outdoors?
12:20Are we really taking Susan Banks seriously?
12:24It's a long shot, but I'm willing to explore it.
12:30Oh, hang on.
12:32Susan also says that on Halloween she predicted that Stephanie would disappear.
12:39Just like the author in the plot of Rideout.
13:01Liam!
13:02What?
13:03You okay?
13:04Yeah, yeah.
13:04Thank God you're okay.
13:05I'm okay.
13:07I think you were dreaming.
13:08No, it was a nightmare.
13:09The old bat was trying to extract your blood.
13:11What?
13:12Who?
13:12Vivian Alamy.
13:14Oh, that old bat.
13:15Well, that would be in character for her.
13:18Good thing you woke up.
13:19She probably would have buried me alive by now.
13:21Yeah.
13:24Probably.
13:31Um, Dimitri.
13:33Hi.
13:34Uh, look.
13:34None of that explains what you're doing in my bed.
13:40Oh.
13:42I'm so sorry.
13:43Uh, this was not intentional, obviously.
13:46It was part of the dream.
13:48Uh, I was about to throw myself over you to protect you from said blood extraction.
13:55Right.
13:56It was very kind of you.
13:58Hm.
13:58Well, now that you're awake and that old bat is nowhere to be found, thank the good Lord,
14:03uh, maybe you can protect me from yourself and go back to your cozy little spot on the floor.
14:12Yeah, duh, of course.
14:14Thanks.
14:16Uh, sorry.
14:17Okay.
14:19Uh, I'm gonna reinforce the border.
14:25Make sure there's no more changes in your migration pattern.
14:33Uh, Marlena, I am trying to be optimistic.
14:44But the more time that goes by, there haven't been any new leads.
14:47I just, uh, yeah.
14:50It's hard to stay hopeful.
14:53I've been there.
14:55Of course you have.
14:57You know, when John went missing, I, I reminded myself that he would want me to stay strong.
15:05And I'm sure that Stephanie would want you to stay strong as well.
15:11Look, honey, I know that you're worrying right now, but maybe you could just try to distract yourself a little
15:18bit.
15:20Well, you've done a good job of trying to do that for me.
15:23You don't have to thank me.
15:25You've always been there for me, and I would like to be there for you.
15:31Tell you what, if you won't go home, what do you say we, we go to the lounge and have
15:39a little snack?
15:40Hmm?
15:41Sure.
15:42Sure.
15:43Good.
15:44Let's do it.
15:49Good.
15:59Good.
16:01Good.
16:06Good.
16:08Good.
16:25you had the least bit worried about your own safety i mean a couple hours ago alex your life
16:30was on the line yeah but why would jeremy run the risk of getting caught now that there's a manhunt
16:36on not to mention the only reason why he wanted to get rid of me was to get stephanie
16:49what no that girl she's really staring at that flyer
16:58excuse me hi um have you seen any of these people yeah actually i have
17:22well thanks to your rem escapades i'm never getting back to sleep i'm sorry
17:25oh this mattress is so stiff it ought to come with a chiropractor
17:31not that i should complain to someone who's sleeping on the floor
17:33well i'm fine i actually prefer it this way
17:36well you're being a very good sport
17:40oh i give up
17:44maybe checking in on the less felonious denizens of salem will hold me back to sleep
17:53oh my god what i have to get back to salem right away
18:03so in ride out the kidnapper was the sister which is obviously not the case here
18:10true but i think it's still worth having someone go through the books you know make a list
18:15of any potential clues or similarities even if the details are not exact i'm gonna get on it now
18:23we got something
18:30you know i spoke with joey and trip earlier today
18:34they're both so worried about stephanie
18:37they both want to come back
18:40well they love their sister very much
18:46uh would you mind
18:50oh
18:53roman
18:55yeah no i'm just sitting with keller right now
18:59yeah
19:00sure okay yeah
19:03yes
19:04i'll tell her
19:06bye-bye
19:10roman said to let you know
19:11that um
19:14they're working very hard
19:16try to track down every lead
19:17and uh
19:18they will do their best to find stephanie as soon as they can
19:24but in what state
19:26i
19:27i can't help my mind from wandering
19:29and to the worst case scenario
19:32what if jeremy hurts her
19:35or worse
19:38kayla
19:38look
19:39you told me that jeremy
19:41is obsessed with stephanie
19:44you know all those
19:46love letters that he's written her
19:50so i
19:50i simply don't believe that he would do anything
19:53to harm her
20:18so this girl
20:20said she actually saw jeremy
20:22or at least somebody who looked like him
20:23lurking outside the brady pub about 4 p.m
20:25she had to go to work
20:27but we have her contact information
20:28in case you want to question her some more
20:30but stephanie was already kidnapped by 4 p.m
20:33wait wait
20:33did this eyewitness
20:35see jeremy out alone
20:36according to her he was
20:38did she say which direction that he was headed
20:41unfortunately no
20:43but if jeremy took stephanie
20:45because he's obsessed
20:46or he wants her to himself
20:48there's no way that he's gonna let her out of his sight
20:52so then why was he out alone
20:58okay um when did this happen
21:00how long has stephanie been missing
21:01i don't know
21:02i don't know
21:03but that poor woman's been kidnapped
21:04and here i am halfway across the world
21:06not doing any of my remote
21:08intrepid reporting like i promised chad
21:11chadwick
21:12somebody's gotta tell him about stephanie
21:13or maybe he already knows
21:15he must be shell-shocked
21:17everybody must be shell-shocked
21:18i've got to get home to salem
21:21right
21:21or
21:22or you could just write about it from right here
21:24i mean really
21:25how would you going home
21:26help anyone now
21:30well i
21:31i don't know how it would help but
21:34but stephanie is my friend
21:35i need to be there for her
21:38look i have no
21:39knowledge of jeremy's intentions
21:42but but speaking as a psychiatric consultant
21:46there are usually
21:46what are telltale signs
21:48of somebody who might have violent tendencies
21:51in fact
21:55in fact what
21:57in fact
21:58based on jeremy's
22:00family
22:01and his history
22:03he doesn't feel the typical profile
22:06of somebody who would do a thing like this
22:09wait
22:10are you saying that you don't think
22:12that jeremy is capable
22:15of kidnapping stephanie
22:18stephanie
22:18don't come near me
22:20listen to me
22:20jeremy why are you doing this
22:21i didn't do this
22:22you just let me go
22:23and i won't tell anyone what you did
22:24stephanie you got it wrong
22:25it wasn't me
22:26i did not put you here
22:36i understand that stephanie
22:38is important to you
22:39and that you want to be there for her
22:41and that she is
22:42a friend
22:43like you said
22:44but then
22:45leo
22:46what does that make me
22:48you
22:50you are a
22:51trained super spy
22:53who takes every opportunity
22:54to remind me
22:55just how unqualified i am
22:57at international espionage
22:58so
22:59you don't need me
23:00what
23:00no
23:01are you kidding
23:01i wouldn't be here
23:02if it weren't for you
23:03leo you took a huge risk for me
23:05without which i would probably
23:06be facing trial right now
23:08for kidnapping
23:08instead of having this opportunity
23:10to prove my innocence
23:12and yes
23:12yes
23:13you can leave
23:13whenever you want to
23:15it's me who would be
23:18well stuck here
23:21indefinitely
23:25or is that what you wanted
23:26all along
23:31what is it
23:37let's not go there
23:38okay
23:39yeah
23:39this girl
23:40saw someone
23:41she thinks
23:42looked like jeremy
23:43alone
23:45but we still don't know
23:46if he has anything to do
23:47with stephanie
23:48okay
23:49and
23:49and based on his messages
23:50and his actions up until this point
23:52i honestly don't believe
23:54that he intends to harm her physically
23:55in his
23:56sick
23:57twisted way
23:58he loves her
24:01but if he can't have her
24:02this guy thinks that
24:03nobody else should either
24:04we know that
24:05this guy
24:06he wants me dead
24:09i'm gonna
24:10i'm gonna say something
24:11and it's not gonna be a popular viewpoint right now
24:14what is it
24:15spit it out brady
24:17i don't think we should
24:18rule out any reasons
24:19why jeremy
24:19was out and about
24:21without stephanie
24:23like what
24:26like maybe jeremy
24:27was hanging around
24:28the horton square
24:29by himself
24:31because he's not
24:32the kidnapper
24:38no no honey
24:39all i'm saying is that
24:40if jeremy
24:41kidnapped stephanie
24:42i know he would not harm her
24:45if
24:45he kidnapped her
24:47even with all the proof
24:48we have
24:49you think that he's not capable
24:50of kidnapping stephanie
24:51why
24:52why
24:52because
24:52because of the family
24:53that he comes from
24:54not just because of the family
24:56but because
24:57ever since he's come back
24:58to salem
24:59he's been rachel's teacher
25:01we've had long conversations
25:02he's told me how he
25:03how he feels about
25:05having been in therapy
25:06and how he
25:06he feels it helped him
25:08turn his life around
25:09so because of all the things
25:10that he's told you
25:11you think now that he's a wonderful guy
25:12an upstanding citizen
25:15i do believe that he is
25:16deeply
25:17remorseful
25:18for hurting
25:19stephanie
25:20and everybody
25:23so you think
25:23that he is not capable
25:24of committing the crimes
25:25that we have seen
25:26from her stalker
25:28i must say
25:29that i am surprised
25:30that he did that
25:31but my instinct
25:33still tells me
25:34that he would not hurt her
25:35no matter what
25:36your instincts
25:36are telling you
25:37i am telling you
25:39that jeremy horton
25:41stalked my daughter
25:42he kidnapped her
25:43he has a history
25:44of fraud
25:45violence
25:46manipulation
25:46and he may have
25:48sold this whole
25:49i have changed
25:50act to everybody
25:51including you
25:52but i am not buying it
25:59if you didn't do this
26:00then how did you know
26:01where i was
26:03i'll explain later
26:05don't come any closer
26:07a couple minutes more
26:08you can step without me
26:10come on let's go
26:11no i am not going
26:12anywhere with you
26:13listen to me
26:14i am trying to get you
26:15out of here
26:15okay
26:16i am trying to save
26:17your life
26:17i don't know who this guy is
26:19but i know
26:20he is coming back
26:21if there is any hope
26:22of getting you out of here
26:23alive
26:23you need to come with me
26:24right now
26:39i guess you can go home
26:41to salem tomorrow
26:42i will arrange for the
26:43family jet to pick you up
26:53you've stopped packing
26:56well
26:58now that i have
26:59calmed down a bit
26:59i realize that
27:01if i do go home to salem
27:03i will likely be arrested
27:04on charges of
27:06eating and abetting
27:08no
27:08not necessarily
27:09i can reach out
27:10to agent hernandez
27:11and make it
27:12perfectly clear to him
27:13that
27:15i was the one
27:15who forced you
27:16to flee to alemania
27:17with me
27:19and hey
27:22with me
27:22and alemania
27:23and you
27:23and salem
27:25i guess it's
27:26out of sight
27:27out of mind
27:30no
27:33no
27:34no
27:36it is
27:37impossible
27:38to get you
27:38out of my head
27:39in sight or not
27:41so even if we were
27:42thousands of miles away
27:43there you'd be
27:44in my thoughts
27:49that's kind of nasty
27:50oh don't be too
27:50flattered
27:51often when you are
27:52in my thoughts
27:53it's in a very
27:53unpleasant way
27:54since as you know
27:56you have very recently
27:57complicated my life
27:58at a time that it was
27:59just becoming
28:00uncomplicated
28:10you know the truth is
28:13i may just be
28:15a coward
28:16but
28:18when i signed up
28:19for this little adventure
28:20wasn't expecting all this
28:22and i don't just mean
28:23this depressing
28:24little hotel room
28:25which mark my words
28:25is getting a zero star
28:26review from me
28:27on trip advisor
28:27but i'm talking
28:29about the danger
28:32including
28:33that creepy
28:34yvonne character
28:35who wanted to
28:36poison us
28:37i know we all
28:41you know i care
28:41much more about
28:42your safety
28:43than my own
28:44and given the
28:45potential danger
28:46of this entire mission
28:47and the plans ahead
28:49maybe it is best
28:49that you go home
28:52yes yes
28:53of course it is
28:54i'll arrange
28:55for the gen
28:57wait wait
28:58wait wait wait wait
28:59wait
29:03i don't want to
29:03leave you here
29:06i believe in your
29:07innocence
29:08i'm the only one
29:09who does
29:09i don't want to
29:09leave you here
29:10to face this
29:11on your own
29:11i cannot
29:12and i will not
29:14i'll be fine
29:16this is my country
29:19and like you said
29:20i've got mad skills
29:23yes you do
29:27but i don't want you
29:28to face this
29:29on your own
29:31besides everybody
29:32in salem
29:33must be looking
29:33for stephanie
29:36commissioner hunter
29:36and the salem pd
29:39steve and kayla
29:41rafe and the fbi
29:44alex and titan
29:48they're gonna find her
29:49and they're gonna
29:49bring her home
29:51if i leave you here
29:52who's gonna bring you
29:53home
30:00i'm trying to help you
30:02and now i've just
30:02upset you
30:03i'm so sorry
30:05no
30:06i'm not
30:06you're sorry
30:07i am on edge
30:09obviously
30:11but i do respect
30:12your opinion
30:12and i know
30:13that you're working
30:14with the salem
30:14in the police department
30:15to create a profile
30:16on jeremy
30:17and um
30:18you probably know
30:19a lot more about him
30:20than i do
30:22i'm afraid
30:22i don't know
30:23very much yet
30:25i do know
30:26that he's got
30:26a therapist
30:27i've been trying
30:27to get that name
30:28and contact
30:28that person
30:29so i could
30:30could speak to them
30:31first thing
30:31in the morning
30:34look
30:35why don't we
30:36um
30:37get you a room
30:38tonight
30:39so at least
30:40you can get
30:40some sleep
30:41i couldn't
30:42possibly sleep
30:44all right
30:46at least maybe
30:47you can try
30:47to get some rest
30:50i will stay
30:50right here
30:51with you
30:54thank you
31:03look
31:03there is a slim
31:05possibility
31:06that jeremy's
31:06innocent
31:07but all the evidence
31:08against him
31:09is overwhelming
31:11it is
31:12and we are still
31:13waiting from the
31:14fbi to identify
31:15the drug that
31:15was used
31:16on the officer
31:17who was guarding
31:17stephanie
31:19but uh
31:19they haven't been
31:20able to match it
31:21to any pre-existing
31:21substance
31:23how the hell
31:24did jeremy get
31:25his hands on a drug
31:26that seems to be
31:27not even on the
31:27market yet
31:29he's a science
31:30teacher
31:30could have made
31:31it himself
31:31no no no
31:32listen there was
31:33no evidence
31:34of any chemicals
31:35at julie's
31:36or in jeremy's
31:37classroom
31:38unless he had
31:39a source somewhere
31:41i mean look
31:42it's obvious
31:42that there's so
31:43much about him
31:44we still don't
31:44know
31:45okay but we do
31:46know that he
31:46was on foot
31:47when he left
31:47the school
31:48okay he didn't
31:49rent any cars
31:49he hasn't
31:50been spotted
31:51on mass transit
31:51and there hasn't
31:53been any reports
31:53of any stolen
31:54vehicles since
31:55stephanie disappeared
31:56and i mean to
31:58to hitchhike
31:59or use a ride
32:00share that would
32:00be damn near
32:01impossible with a
32:02hostage in tow
32:03which means
32:05it's still likely
32:07he's somewhere
32:07in salem
32:15yo i can't go
32:17out there alone
32:17it's not safe
32:18what you expect
32:19me to believe
32:19that being out
32:19there with you
32:20is any safer
32:20okay okay
32:21i'll call 911
32:22and i'll step
32:23away okay
32:23i just want
32:24you to get
32:24out of here
32:25too late
32:26for that
32:29oh my god
32:32oh my god
32:32oh my god
32:34oh my god
32:55oh my god
32:55oh my god
32:59oh my god
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33:12oh my god
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33:23oh my god
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