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00:03Ah, I should get going.
00:05Y'all ready?
00:07Hmm?
00:07No second helping you, Pandas?
00:10No time, unfortunately.
00:12I have a meeting with Johnny.
00:13I don't want to be late.
00:14You want it to be a smooth transition when he hands back control of Demir to me.
00:20Of course, of course.
00:22I hope it all goes well.
00:24Thanks.
00:25And I appreciate you coming around about this, Dad.
00:28And finding peace with my decision.
00:31Well, that's why this is your decision.
00:34I respect that.
00:37It means a lot to me.
00:40Thank you for breakfast.
00:43See you later, dear.
00:48So what is this sudden 180?
00:51What is this sudden you respect Theo's decision to take control of Demir?
01:00So what choice do I have?
01:02And I
01:34Chad, no, you mustn't cut your trip short.
01:38There's nothing you can do here that half of Salem isn't doing already.
01:44As do I.
01:45And God willing, Stephanie is home safe by the time you get back here with the kids.
01:51Yes, I promise.
01:52As soon as I have any news, I'll let you know.
01:55You too, take care.
01:59No word on Stephanie?
02:01No, nothing.
02:02And what the hell are you still doing here?
02:04Now, now, EJ.
02:06You can at least be polite, if not hospitable.
02:09Xander is my guest.
02:10Yes, your very hungry guest.
02:12And it smells absolutely delicious.
02:14Oh, yes, doesn't it, though?
02:18How very lucky are we to be able to join you for breakfast?
02:22Mm.
02:24Mm.
02:25Mm.
02:25Mm.
02:26Mm.
02:37Mm.
02:40Mm.
02:42Mm.
03:00Jeremy?
03:03Jeremy.
03:05I'm awake.
03:08I'm awake.
03:09I'm awake.
03:12I'm so cold.
03:13I'm so cold.
03:15Thirsty.
03:16Yeah.
03:17Me too.
03:20I suppose you've had any luck with those cuffs.
03:25No.
03:27I've been tugging at them all night, but all I've managed to do is make my wrists raw.
03:35Well, it's been a few hours.
03:39When no one will grace us with his presence again.
03:46Hello?
03:51Can you hear me in there?
03:54I'm just...
03:56I wonder, you know?
03:59Because, if you can, I was just wondering, since you had a really happy marriage, if maybe you had any
04:08advice for me?
04:11You know?
04:13Relationship advice?
04:16You know, see, since now, I finally have Stephanie right where I want her.
04:26Uh, I can't, I can't blow it up like I, like I did before.
04:33So, uh, do I, uh, do I take her on a romantic getaway?
04:39Like, uh, or should I shower her with kids?
04:45Like, uh, I just want to know, how do I make her fall in love with me?
04:55Like, uh, I can't breathe.
05:11I don't like her.
05:13I don't need to figure out.
05:14I don't like her.
05:14I don't need to go with my dreams.
05:18I don't need to go with my dreams.
06:35Like sand through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.
07:10I would have assumed you'd be gone by now.
07:13Sorry to disappoint.
07:15Don't you ever work?
07:16Sounds like taller than you ever have.
07:18Yes.
07:19And yet, you had the time to hover around here day and night.
07:24Like the social equivalent of static plane.
07:29No wonder time's on the rocks.
07:35Hey, you two.
07:37Abe, thank you so much for helping with the search last night.
07:40Oh, of course.
07:42How's Roman doing?
07:44Well, he didn't sleep much last night, but he's out pounding the pavement again.
07:49I don't imagine there's been any updates, have there?
07:52No, no.
07:53Unfortunately, I've been in contact with Jada all night.
07:56They've been searching all the likely places where Jeremy could be holding Stephanie.
08:00Nothing yet.
08:00Hey, well, I have every editor and intern combing through right out in one stormy night for any potential clues,
08:08because if those novels lured Jeremy to Salem, maybe they contained the key to his downfall.
08:15Mm-hmm.
08:16Yeah, well, one thing I know is that if love were enough to bring Stephanie home,
08:22then she would already be here with us.
08:24Just hope she feels it.
08:32Hey, just trying to imagine it was somewhere else, right?
08:38Covering blankets,
08:41assumed by a fire,
08:43sipping Alice bottles of water.
08:46Stop.
08:48Please.
08:50It just makes me colder and thirstier.
08:55I might actually take Owen up on
08:58some of that water we think he offered us
09:01if he ever gets back from whatever mysterious project he's working on.
09:08It's gone.
09:09A while now.
09:12I don't know whether to hope he gets back here soon.
09:15Not.
09:18Me neither.
09:21Because once he gets back...
09:27Jeremy, I'm so scared.
09:32For both of us.
09:35But especially for you.
09:42Think, Owen.
09:45Think.
09:45There has got to be some kind of way
09:48that you can make all this right
09:50before...
09:52The hell?
10:08Hello, Owen.
10:11No.
10:13No, no, no.
10:14You are not supposed to be the one in the pot.
10:17You seem upset.
10:20What's wrong?
10:21What's wrong?
10:22What's wrong is...
10:24You're not real.
10:26Maybe.
10:28Maybe not.
10:32But maybe if you tell me
10:33what's got you so...
10:34rattled...
10:36I might be able to help.
10:42Oh.
10:44Okay.
10:47Well, in that case...
10:50It's Jeremy.
10:53See, I had a plan for you.
10:57But Jeremy...
10:58He's supposed to be in police custody.
11:02Yet there he is.
11:04Right next door.
11:08No, I get rid of him.
11:13It just feels like we've been
11:15searching forever right now,
11:16doesn't it?
11:19Yeah.
11:20Yeah, I mean, maybe...
11:21Maybe time just slows down
11:22that much more
11:23when you're just losing
11:24your damn mind.
11:26Hey, you let me know
11:27if you get anything else, okay?
11:28You too.
11:33What can I do?
11:39Alex.
11:40Alex, come here.
11:41RIP.
11:42Sorry, son.
12:05Hard at work.
12:07No, just, uh...
12:09Just keeping the seat warm for you.
12:11I appreciate that.
12:13So you're definitely okay
12:14with me coming back to see you?
12:16Yeah, you know I am.
12:17I mean, oh yeah,
12:18I'm glad you're taking over.
12:19Hmm.
12:19Yeah.
12:22Hey, did the staff pitch in
12:24for a going-away present?
12:26Uh, no.
12:28No, they didn't.
12:29That's, um...
12:30That is a gift from my father,
12:32a christening cup for Trey.
12:33Huh.
12:35You guys have patched things up?
12:36No.
12:37No, also, no.
12:38Uh, my relationship
12:40with my father is, um...
12:43That's complicated,
12:44to say the least.
12:46Chanel actually wanted me
12:47to return that to him, or...
12:50I throw it out,
12:51but once I saw what it was,
12:53I just...
12:55I don't know,
12:55I couldn't bring myself
12:56to do either,
12:57and now I feel like I'm
12:58being disloyal to Chanel,
13:00somehow.
13:01I feel you.
13:02I feel the same way
13:03every time I tell my dad
13:04about coming to work here.
13:06He views it as some sort
13:07of betrayal,
13:08me having anything to do
13:09with the Demira side
13:10of my family.
13:13But, uh,
13:14no matter what he thinks,
13:15I am a Demira,
13:17and I'm proud of it.
13:21Here's an idea, EJ.
13:22EJ, why don't you let me
13:24worry about Titan,
13:24and you can focus on
13:26your family's company.
13:27Ah, that's right.
13:30Your siblings housed you
13:31from that years ago,
13:32didn't they?
13:32Does that still sting?
13:33Okay.
13:34All right, lads,
13:35why don't we just put a pin
13:36in this now, shall we?
13:37Because there are more
13:38important murders
13:39to focus on,
13:40like, uh,
13:41Stephanie going missing.
13:45Well, Stephanie, indeed.
13:46And I must say,
13:47I was rather impressed
13:48with the reward Titan
13:49offered for anyone
13:50who could help find her,
13:52and I plan to announce
13:54this morning
13:54that I'm going to
13:56double the reward.
13:58I'm magnanimous.
14:04Ah, just remembered
14:06I have an important meeting
14:07to get to.
14:08A work meeting.
14:09Oh, well, please don't
14:11let us keep you.
14:12I'll, uh,
14:14see you later, gorgeous.
14:16Yeah, I think it will.
14:16Maybe, uh,
14:17back at my place,
14:19where the beds are a bit
14:21sturdier.
14:21Oh.
14:23Can't wait to put that
14:24to the test.
14:25Mm.
14:26Mm.
14:27Mm.
14:28Mm.
14:29Ah!
14:30Ah!
14:30Ah!
14:31Ah!
14:32Ah!
14:33Ah!
14:34Ah!
14:34Ah!
14:35Ah!
14:35Ah!
14:36Ah!
14:41I'm sorry.
14:43Dad, I'm trying
14:43to be strong.
14:45Hey, hey, hey.
14:46Being strong
14:47doesn't mean
14:47you can't also
14:48be in pain.
14:49Especially when
14:50someone you love
14:51is in danger.
14:54Dad,
14:54you shouldn't
14:54be in danger.
14:56Do you understand
14:57the whole point
14:58of us pretending
14:59to elope
14:59at this courtroom
15:00was to, to, to,
15:01to lure Jeremy
15:02into attacking me.
15:03Do you understand
15:04that?
15:04To, to make me
15:05the bait,
15:05not Stephanie.
15:06To, to make me
15:07the person in danger
15:08if we were able
15:08to just follow
15:09through with this
15:09plan.
15:10Okay, hey, hey.
15:10Okay, Alex.
15:11First of all,
15:13the police had
15:14a video of Jeremy
15:15trying to attack you
15:17so they had
15:17enough evidence
15:18without you
15:19acting as bait.
15:20Okay?
15:20So you did
15:21nothing wrong
15:21by letting
15:22the cops
15:23handle this.
15:24What do you mean?
15:24You don't get it,
15:25Dad.
15:26If we were able
15:26to follow through
15:27with the plan,
15:28he would've
15:28came for me.
15:30Do you understand?
15:31He would've
15:31came for me.
15:32That, that would've
15:32been it.
15:33I would've not
15:34wish the hell
15:34that he did.
15:35I wish he did.
15:36I wish he got me.
15:38Not Steph.
15:55Before that monster
15:56comes back, Jeremy,
15:58I know that
15:58I've said it before,
15:59but I'm just,
16:01I'm so sorry
16:03for believing
16:03that you were
16:04the one stalking me.
16:05Hey,
16:07no more apologies,
16:08okay?
16:09She's the only one
16:10to blame for this.
16:12I saw her.
16:15Yeah.
16:17You're right.
16:22And I refuse
16:23to sit here
16:24and be his victim again.
16:27Maybe there's
16:28something around here
16:28that we can use
16:29to free ourselves.
16:31There isn't.
16:33One may be delusional.
16:35One may be delusional,
16:37but he's no dummy.
16:39He removed everything
16:40that could've helped us
16:40escape.
16:44And I guess that means
16:46there's only one
16:47other option.
16:51We talk Owen
16:52into letting us go.
16:54How do we do that?
16:56Well,
16:58we either
17:00play into his delusion
17:03or we challenge it.
17:06If you're a figment
17:07of my imagination,
17:09then there's nothing
17:10that you could say to me
17:11that I haven't thought
17:12of myself.
17:14But I still can't think
17:15my way out
17:16of this Jeremy problem.
17:18Killing him seems
17:19to be the most
17:20expedient thing to do.
17:24With what?
17:25A knife?
17:26A gun?
17:29Oh.
17:31You'd be dealing
17:32with so much blood.
17:33Mm-hmm.
17:34There's...
17:35There's no way
17:36you'd have enough time
17:36to clean all of that up.
17:38That's true.
17:39That's a really good point.
17:42I think once
17:43Jeremy's body is found,
17:44they'll know he had
17:45nothing to do
17:45with the kidnapping.
17:46It'll only be a matter
17:47of time before they
17:47come looking for me.
17:49Hey.
17:50You're in a lab.
17:52There's gotta be
17:53something around here
17:54that could take care
17:55of Jeremy for you.
17:56Doubtful.
17:57Rolf's research
17:58is more about
17:58bringing people back
17:59from the grave,
18:00not sending them
18:00to an early one.
18:01Mm.
18:03But he did make
18:04that drug that you used
18:05to knock out me
18:06and that cop.
18:09Maybe,
18:10if you upped
18:11the dosage,
18:12it could put Jeremy
18:14into a permanent
18:15sleep.
18:21Yes.
18:22That's what I need.
18:23A drug
18:24to eliminate
18:25the meddling son
18:26of a bitch
18:27and leave
18:28no evidence
18:30of foul play
18:32behind.
18:45You're still here?
18:47I figured you'd be
18:49off trying to find
18:49Stephanie.
18:50That reward money
18:52won't collect itself.
18:53Mm.
18:54Search and rescue.
18:55Well,
18:56that sounds terribly taxing.
18:59No,
19:00I think I need
19:01to just
19:03stay
19:04and recharge
19:04my batteries
19:05after the night
19:06I've had.
19:07Mm.
19:08Talk about
19:09a Randy shaggling.
19:11No,
19:12no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
19:13Which I hope
19:14to never hear
19:14about again
19:16since even
19:17picturing it
19:18turns my stomach.
19:20And for the record,
19:22you can do
19:23a hell of a lot
19:23better than
19:24Xanakariakos.
19:28Now,
19:28why would I
19:29take romance
19:30advice from you,
19:31eh?
19:31I don't see you
19:32breaking any
19:33beds around here.
19:36I'm out of here.
19:37Where are you off to?
19:39Hospital.
19:40One of us
19:40has to check in
19:41on our project.
19:42We're near the finish line.
19:45I'm gonna go with you.
19:47Oh,
19:48giving up
19:49on poor Stephanie
19:50already, huh?
19:51I thought you'd be
19:52interested in that
19:53reward money.
19:54Yeah, well,
19:55that reward money
19:56is gonna seem like
19:57chump change
19:58by the time
19:58we're done.
19:59God,
20:00drug that can
20:00raise the dead.
20:03I'm gonna have
20:03more money
20:04than I know
20:04what to do with
20:05by the time
20:05that hits the market.
20:07We'll have
20:08more money
20:08than we know
20:09what to do with.
20:11Ah,
20:12that's what I said,
20:13isn't it?
20:14Hmm?
20:21You're late.
20:23And you're lurking
20:24like a spy
20:24about to hand
20:25off state secrets.
20:26Okay,
20:26well,
20:26we couldn't
20:27very well
20:27meet at the office,
20:28now could we,
20:28because if Philip
20:29finds out
20:30what we're planning.
20:31Not worse,
20:32Maggie.
20:33Could you see
20:33the disapproval
20:34look on her face?
20:35Yeah,
20:35well,
20:35it's really easy
20:36to have a clean
20:36conscience,
20:37but someone
20:37has to get
20:38dirty hands
20:38for the greater good,
20:39right?
20:40As we have established.
20:41So,
20:42where do we stand?
20:43What did your
20:44little spy,
20:44DeMera,
20:45have to say
20:45about one rainy afternoon?
20:46Okay,
20:46Ari is an unwitting spy.
20:48She doesn't know
20:49what she's doing for us,
20:50and I want to keep it
20:50that way.
20:52But as for Bonnie's book,
20:54well,
20:55Johnny is rushing
20:56it to press.
20:58So,
20:58it'll be at each other soon?
21:01So,
21:02we will soon
21:03be hitting DeMera
21:04with a monster lawsuit
21:05for plagiarism.
21:11You know,
21:12your, uh,
21:13your dad
21:14may not be so happy
21:15that you're
21:16embracing your DeMera side,
21:17but Nona
21:18would have been.
21:19I'm sure.
21:20I miss him every day.
21:23And you know,
21:24it's funny.
21:26After all the stories
21:28we heard about him
21:29bringing people
21:30back to life.
21:32It's hard to believe
21:33that no one
21:34has done the same
21:34for him.
21:38You know,
21:39the person in this pod
21:41had a love story
21:43for the ages.
21:46Why can't I convince you
21:48that you could have
21:48the same with me?
21:51You can.
21:53It'll just take time.
21:57Oh, Owen.
21:59I thought I'd lost you
22:01forever.
22:03If only I knew
22:05that you were
22:05carrying a torch
22:06for me
22:07this whole time.
22:08I never would have
22:09fallen for Alex
22:10and I never would have
22:10agreed to be his wife.
22:13Speaking of which,
22:18thought the Kyriakis family
22:20was supposed to be wealthy.
22:23So why would Alex
22:24give you such a
22:25puny ring?
22:28You'll put a much
22:30bigger one on my finger,
22:32won't you?
22:34Of course I will.
22:36Oh, Stephanie.
22:41My beautiful sweetest.
22:46Alex
22:46is your past.
22:56I am your future.
23:13It was the happiest day
23:15in my life
23:16when we eloped.
23:20Yeah, we were
23:22very naive
23:23to think all of our
23:24problems with Jeremy
23:25were behind us,
23:25but
23:28we were really
23:28looking forward
23:29to the future.
23:32It's been a while
23:33since we were able
23:34to do that.
23:36Made plans.
23:39We're going to redo
23:40the whole
23:41ceremony here in Salem
23:42with our friends
23:42and our family
23:43and
23:45Steph wanted a DJ.
23:48I wanted a band.
23:53Now here we are
23:54instead of
23:56sending out
23:57Save the Dates
23:59I'm hanging
24:00missing posters.
24:03I know it may not
24:04seem like a lot
24:06but even that
24:07is a huge help
24:08in bringing Stephanie
24:10back.
24:10Steve mentioned
24:11that someone
24:12saw a poster
24:13recognized Jeremy
24:14and said
24:15that she'd
24:15seen him.
24:16Yeah,
24:17it really wasn't
24:18any help.
24:19This girl
24:20saw him
24:20lurking outside
24:21the Brady pub
24:21but it was
24:22after Stephanie
24:22had been grabbed.
24:23Well,
24:24why wouldn't
24:25it be of help?
24:26I mean,
24:26if Jeremy
24:27was seen
24:27here in Salem
24:29after Stephanie
24:30went missing
24:31well that would
24:31mean that
24:31he has her
24:32stashed somewhere
24:33and they're
24:34in a hideaway
24:35locally.
24:38That's the
24:38optimistic take.
24:40the one that
24:41Jada keeps
24:42telling me
24:42to hold on to.
24:44What's the
24:44other take?
24:51Dad,
24:51if she wasn't
24:52with him
24:54that means
24:55that he might
24:55have, uh...
24:56No, no,
24:56no, don't!
24:57Alex,
24:58don't even
25:00think it.
25:10Hey there.
25:12Time to put
25:13the gags
25:14back on!
25:16But first,
25:17I need some answers.
25:22You.
25:24Tell me
25:25how you found
25:26Stephanie.
25:29Go.
25:31two.
25:31How?
25:32Son of a...
25:34I mean,
25:34are you either
25:34telling me
25:35how you found
25:35her or I
25:36will drag
25:36your ass
25:37out there
25:37right now?
25:42It wasn't
25:43that complicated.
25:44I saw you
25:44in the square,
25:45followed you
25:45here.
25:47You followed
25:47me?
25:49You weren't
25:50as stealth
25:50as you thought.
25:51I caught
25:52a glimpse
25:52of you,
25:54recognized
25:54you from
25:54school,
25:55knew
25:55something
25:56was up.
26:01I should've
26:01been more
26:02careful.
26:09What's the
26:10matter,
26:10Stephanie?
26:11Are you
26:12thirsty?
26:14Would you like
26:15some of this
26:15water?
26:17Hey,
26:17maybe some
26:18warm soup.
26:19Take the chill
26:19off.
26:20You must
26:21be famished.
26:27Hey,
26:28are we
26:28really
26:29playing
26:29this game
26:29again?
26:30It's just
26:31water.
26:33You can
26:34trust me.
26:53water for
26:54your thirst.
26:56Water for
26:57your thirst.
26:58Going once,
27:00going twice.
27:01No.
27:03Thanks.
27:04I'm good.
27:05Same.
27:10I see.
27:28Sit
27:29tight.
27:33I'll be
27:33back later
27:34tonight.
27:37Oh,
27:37and don't
27:38get into
27:38any trouble
27:39while I'm
27:39gone,
27:40you know.
27:53What's good
27:54to me?
27:56I appreciate
27:57all the hard
27:57work you've
27:58been doing
27:58while I was
27:59recovering.
27:59Hey,
28:00man,
28:00I just,
28:00uh,
28:03I just
28:03took your
28:04advice.
28:05And honestly,
28:06DiMera has
28:06been comparatively
28:08stable lately,
28:09so hopefully
28:10you'll be as
28:10lucky as I
28:11was.
28:11Yeah.
28:15Yeah.
28:16I've been in
28:16touch with a
28:17lawyer and
28:18she's already
28:18working on
28:19the complaint
28:20outlining
28:21the loss.
28:22Not one of
28:23our in-house
28:24attorneys at
28:25Titan,
28:25I hope.
28:25No,
28:26God,
28:26no.
28:26We want
28:27to keep
28:27their hands
28:27clean.
28:28I mean,
28:29it's not like
28:29it's exactly
28:30ethical to be
28:32entrapping your
28:33competition to
28:34stealing our
28:35IP,
28:36correct?
28:38Besides that,
28:39Maggie and
28:39Philip would
28:40think it very
28:41odd that we
28:42knew we were
28:42being screwed
28:43when the book
28:43hasn't even
28:44gone to
28:44press.
28:45But we
28:45will be
28:45ready to
28:46go once
28:46the book
28:47is on
28:47sale.
28:47Definitely.
28:48We sent
28:49her copies
28:49of both
28:50books.
28:51Plus,
28:51a list of
28:52comparisons
28:53between one
28:53stormy night
28:54and one
28:54waming
28:55afternoon.
28:56It's a
28:56genius plan,
28:57Gabe.
28:58And we
28:58got lucky
28:59that no
29:00one at
29:00DiMera
29:00actually read
29:01Stephanie's
29:01book.
29:02Mom,
29:02I told you
29:03that my
29:03friend at
29:04DiMera
29:04doesn't have
29:05a romantic
29:06bone in
29:06his body.
29:07So now
29:08that Johnny
29:09is rushing
29:10ahead,
29:11Bonnie's
29:12book,
29:12sending it
29:12to press
29:13without
29:13doing
29:13due
29:14diligence
29:15for
29:16Humphrey?
29:17Not
29:18quite.
29:23Good
29:23morning.
29:24Dr.
29:25Rolf,
29:25when did
29:25you get
29:25here?
29:26Just
29:26direct.
29:27I wanted
29:28to see
29:28how last
29:28night
29:29went.
29:30Uneventful?
29:31Temperature
29:32never deviated
29:33from 58
29:33degrees.
29:34The
29:34subject's
29:34vitals
29:35remain
29:35stable.
29:35Splendid.
29:37Anything
29:37else I
29:38should
29:38know
29:38about?
29:39Nothing
29:40comes to
29:40mind.
29:41Good.
29:42A better
29:42fact I
29:43will be
29:43pleased to
29:43hear this
29:44when he
29:44arrives.
29:45Wait,
29:46EJ is
29:47coming here?
29:47He is.
29:49Perhaps
29:49it's time
29:50for you
29:50to meet
29:50face to
29:50face.
29:51It's
29:52all the
29:52same.
29:53I'd
29:53really
29:53rather
29:54get home
29:54and get
29:55some rest.
29:57Very
29:57well.
29:58I'll
29:58see you
29:58back
29:58here.
30:16that I'm
30:17trying
30:18to just
30:18hold on
30:19to hope
30:19but
30:21with every
30:21single hour
30:22that is
30:22passing
30:23and we're
30:23not getting
30:24any signs
30:24of...
30:25I understand.
30:26I understand.
30:27But Stephanie
30:27has friends
30:27in high
30:28places.
30:28The SPD,
30:30Black Patch,
30:31the FBI,
30:32the ISA,
30:34they're all
30:35looking for
30:35her.
30:36With that
30:37kind of
30:37manpower,
30:38believing that
30:38she'll be
30:39found isn't
30:39just blind
30:40faith.
30:40It's only
30:41logical.
30:43I know
30:44in my
30:45heart
30:46this is
30:47going to
30:47have a
30:48happy ending.
30:54What?
30:59It's just
31:02that is
31:03exactly
31:05what
31:06Adrian
31:06told me.
31:20Okay.
31:21The last
31:22item
31:22on the
31:23agenda
31:23is
31:25publication
31:26of
31:26One Rainy
31:26Afternoon.
31:27Yeah.
31:28I mean
31:29to talk
31:29to you
31:29about
31:29our
31:30publication
31:30division.
31:31They are
31:31very niche.
31:32They are
31:33focusing on
31:34instruction
31:35manuals,
31:35headspot.
31:36I know,
31:36I know,
31:37alright?
31:39Dabbling in
31:39fiction is
31:40new territory
31:40for us,
31:41but the
31:41numbers,
31:43they don't
31:43lie.
31:44I mean,
31:45we're just
31:45leaving money
31:46on the table
31:46by not appealing
31:47to a wider
31:48audience.
31:48Here,
31:48you check
31:49this out,
31:49alright?
31:50It's a,
31:51it's a mock-up
31:52of the
31:52cover.
31:55You
31:55commissioned
31:56one already?
31:57Yeah,
31:57well,
31:57I had to
31:58make our
31:58release date.
31:59It turns
32:00out,
32:01romance novels,
32:02they have
32:02to be
32:03published
32:03at a
32:04very
32:04quick
32:04rate.
32:06Yeah,
32:06I guess
32:07you'll
32:07make your
32:08mark here
32:08before you
32:09head back
32:10to Titan.
32:11Hope so.
32:12Unless I
32:12can't convince
32:13you to stay.
32:14Ah,
32:14no,
32:15that,
32:15uh,
32:17that chair's
32:17got your name
32:18on it,
32:18not mine.
32:18Sure,
32:19but you
32:19do not have
32:20to leave
32:20the table
32:20entirely.
32:22I'd be
32:23more than
32:23happy to offer
32:24you a permanent
32:24position here
32:25at Demira.
32:33There's still
32:33one major
32:34hurdle we
32:34have to
32:35overcome.
32:36We're fast
32:37approaching the
32:37due date for
32:38Titan's loan
32:38repayment.
32:39Okay,
32:39that's one
32:40payment.
32:40It's not like
32:41the bank is
32:42asking for
32:42the loan
32:42and fall.
32:43No,
32:43they're not,
32:44but unfortunately
32:44our earnings
32:45last quarter
32:46were subpar
32:46and I've been
32:47crunching the
32:47numbers for
32:48weeks.
32:48We just
32:49don't have
32:49the cash.
32:50so if
32:51this lawsuit
32:52isn't successful
32:53before then...
32:54Your family
32:55loses everything.
32:56I do not
32:57understand why
32:58you let
32:59Maggie put
33:00the entire
33:00Kiriakas estate
33:01up for
33:02collateral.
33:03Let her?
33:04Have you
33:04ever tried
33:05to talk
33:06Maggie out
33:06of something
33:06she was
33:06determined
33:07to do?
33:08Besides,
33:09we have
33:09no other
33:09choice.
33:10We need
33:11the money
33:11to keep
33:11Titan
33:12afloat.
33:14Then that's
33:15exactly what
33:15we're going
33:16to do.
33:17Because it's
33:18Victor's
33:18legacy.
33:19So we're
33:20doing it
33:20for him,
33:21we're
33:21doing it
33:21for Philip,
33:22and we're
33:23doing it
33:23for future
33:24generations.
33:25Well,
33:26my daughter's
33:26included in
33:27that.
33:29Titan is
33:29also
33:30Victoria's
33:31future,
33:32and I'm
33:32going to
33:32make sure
33:32it stays
33:33afloat
33:34by any
33:34means
33:35necessary.
33:39Adrian,
33:40I don't
33:41understand.
33:46I didn't
33:47sleep much
33:47last night.
33:50I crashed
33:50out on
33:50the couch
33:51about an
33:51hour before
33:52he showed
33:52up,
33:52and I
33:55had a
33:55dream about
33:55her.
33:58By the
33:58time I
33:58woke up,
33:59I mean,
33:59I lost
33:59almost all
34:00of it.
34:00You know
34:01how that
34:01goes,
34:01but I
34:03remember I
34:04was searching
34:04for Stephanie.
34:05I couldn't
34:06find her.
34:08I was
34:08getting really
34:09anxious.
34:12Adrian
34:13appeared.
34:17what did
34:17she say?
34:21She told
34:22me not
34:22to worry.
34:25And
34:25Stephanie
34:26would be
34:26found.
34:33And to
34:33just believe
34:34that this
34:35would all
34:35end up
34:36as a
34:36happy ending,
34:37that it
34:37was the
34:37exact same
34:38words you
34:38just used,
34:39how strange
34:39is that?
34:41No,
34:42I don't
34:42know how
34:42strange that
34:43is.
34:44It's your
34:45subconscious
34:45telling you
34:46to have
34:46faith,
34:48Alex,
34:49that Stephanie
34:50will be
34:50found.
34:53Yeah.
34:55I guess
34:55that's
34:56exactly what
34:56that was.
34:59Oh,
34:59my God,
34:59when I
35:00saw Adrian,
35:01I can't
35:02tell you how
35:02happy I
35:02was.
35:04I can
35:04imagine.
35:07You know,
35:08losing her,
35:12seeing how
35:12devastated you
35:13were.
35:16That was
35:16the worst
35:17thing that's
35:17ever happened
35:17to me.
35:22That I
35:22want to
35:22believe you
35:24and I
35:24want to
35:25believe her
35:25when you
35:25tell me
35:26that this
35:26is all
35:26going to
35:26be okay,
35:27but we
35:30weren't able
35:30to save
35:30Adrian.
35:37Not every
35:38story gets
35:38a happy ending.
35:46and what
35:47do you plan
35:47on doing
35:47with your
35:48share of
35:48the properties?
35:49Hmm.
35:50I've always
35:50wanted to have
35:51my own
35:51private island.
36:00Mr. DeMera.
36:02Mr. DeMera.
36:02Miss van Leuchner.
36:03Guten Morgen.
36:04To you
36:05as well.
36:06So,
36:06how's our
36:07favorite patient?
36:08Should be
36:08waking up
36:09any day
36:09now.
36:13according to
36:14my calculations
36:15you'll begin
36:16to see early
36:17brain activity
36:18very soon.
36:19Uh, how
36:20soon?
36:20Could you
36:20perhaps narrow
36:21down that
36:22timeline?
36:22mother?
36:22Yes, there's
36:23much for me
36:24to do
36:24before then.
36:25I'll keep
36:26you posted.
36:27It'll be
36:28some time
36:28before her
36:29eyes are
36:29open,
36:30but
36:31she's ready
36:32for you
36:33to feast
36:34yours
36:34on her.
36:36Uh,
36:37what do you
36:38mean?
36:38Because safely
36:39opens apart
36:40doors,
36:40better breathe
36:41in the air
36:42again.
36:43What do you
36:44say?
36:45Would I
36:45serve you
36:46like to
36:46have a
36:47look at
36:48her?
36:59Amazing,
37:00Alice.
37:03He's
37:03astonishing.
37:06I
37:06didn't
37:07understand
37:07the impact
37:08of what
37:09we're
37:09doing here
37:10until this
37:10very moment.
37:12She looks
37:12to be
37:12a fine
37:13fettle.
37:14Yes?
37:17What
37:18you've
37:18done
37:18is
37:19honestly
37:20extraordinary.
37:22Are you
37:23sure that
37:23you're
37:24able to
37:24bring her
37:24back to
37:24life
37:25after
37:26everything?
37:29This
37:30is going
37:30to turn
37:30so many
37:31lives
37:31upside down.
37:32Yes,
37:34but in
37:35the most
37:35wonderful
37:35way
37:36possible.
37:40You
37:41are going
37:42to get
37:42me in
37:43trouble,
37:43Theo.
37:44With
37:44Titan?
37:45With
37:45my
37:45wife.
37:47Look,
37:48man,
37:49I promised
37:49Chanel that
37:50my stint here
37:51as CEO
37:51at DiMera
37:52would only
37:52be temporary.
37:54I understand.
37:56But listen,
37:56if you ever
37:57change your mind,
37:57say the word,
37:58we'd be happy
37:59to have you here.
38:04I'll let
38:04you get
38:04back to
38:05it.
38:06But thanks
38:06again for
38:06taking care
38:07of the
38:07place
38:07while I
38:07was
38:07recovering.
38:08Look,
38:08there are
38:09few people
38:09I could
38:10trust
38:10to take
38:11care of
38:11our
38:11company
38:12and our
38:12family.
38:13And I'm
38:14not only glad
38:14to have you
38:15as a cousin,
38:16but as a
38:17friend.
38:18Right back
38:19at you.
38:19Uh-huh.
38:24Hey,
38:24uh,
38:26this could be
38:26difficult for you,
38:28Kate,
38:28because of
38:29Johnny.
38:31Well,
38:32of course
38:32it's going
38:34to hurt
38:34to know
38:35what he's
38:35going to be
38:36going through.
38:37After all,
38:38he's like a
38:38grandson to me.
38:40But we also
38:41have to look
38:41at the big
38:42picture.
38:43And Johnny
38:44and Theo
38:44are both
38:45going to be
38:46able to survive
38:46the hits
38:47that are going
38:48to come
38:49because of
38:51what we do.
38:54But Titan
38:55couldn't survive
38:56it if we don't.
38:57Hey,
38:58you don't have
38:58to convince me.
38:59I'm not the
39:00one who's
39:00going to have
39:01to deal
39:01with Abe
39:01and Roman
39:02when they
39:02learn what
39:03you've done.
39:04That's
39:05nothing to
39:05happen.
39:06As far as
39:07Johnny and
39:08Theo are
39:09concerned,
39:09I never
39:10read the
39:10book.
39:11I'm just
39:11giving them
39:11my blessings
39:12to option
39:14it.
39:15And as
39:16for Roman
39:16and Abe,
39:17well,
39:18they've been
39:19so distracted.
39:20I don't know
39:21couldn't you
39:21notice us
39:21putting our
39:22heads together.
39:23They're
39:23focused on
39:24searching for
39:25Stephanie.
39:29I do
39:29the
39:29hit back
39:29out there.
39:30No,
39:30there's no
39:31point to
39:31that.
39:31What do
39:32you mean
39:32there's
39:32no
39:32point
39:32to that?
39:32What am
39:33I supposed
39:33to just
39:33sit here
39:33and do
39:33nothing?
39:34For now.
39:35Yes,
39:35yes.
39:36Okay,
39:36there are
39:36plenty of
39:37people out
39:37there
39:37looking for
39:38her.
39:39Look,
39:39Alex,
39:41you're
39:41going to
39:41do no
39:42one
39:42any
39:43good
39:43until
39:44you
39:44recharge.
39:45Okay?
39:46Change
39:47your clothes.
39:48Take
39:48a shower.
39:48Maybe
39:48get another
39:49hour
39:49of sleep.
39:50Dad,
39:50do it
39:50for me.
39:52Do it
39:52for yourself.
39:54And maybe
39:55I can
39:56make a
39:57cup of
39:57coffee
39:58and you
39:59and I
39:59can go
39:59back out
40:00there
40:00together.
40:01Right?
40:03Deal?
40:08Deal.
40:11I love
40:12you,
40:12Dad.
40:13I love
40:13you.
40:14I love
40:15you,
40:15son.
40:22I
40:23understand
40:24the police
40:24searched
40:25the lab
40:25with your
40:26permission.
40:27I was
40:27backed
40:27into a
40:28corner.
40:29Stephanie
40:29disappeared
40:30from the
40:30hospital.
40:31I
40:31couldn't
40:32object
40:32without
40:32making
40:33them
40:33think
40:33I
40:33had
40:33something
40:33to
40:34hide.
40:34Even
40:35though
40:35you
40:35do?
40:36Yes.
40:38We're
40:39hiding
40:39some
40:40pretty
40:40earth-shattering
40:41things
40:41back here.
40:43But
40:43Stephanie
40:44Johnson
40:44isn't
40:44one
40:45of
40:45them.
40:50Mama!
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