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00:06Look, I know I'm asking a lot, and if you're not comfortable with the idea...
00:14You've earned some leeway with me, Philip. The dedication you've shown, the remorse...
00:22Still, there's a lot going on, and most of it's my fault, so...
00:27Bottom line, you're family. And so is Bonnie.
00:32Which begs the question, what are we gonna do about her damn book?
00:47I forgot how much I love this.
00:50I am so excited for my book launch party tomorrow.
00:58Anastasia Sands, eat your heart.
01:02Oop, I'm gonna need another pen. Honey, seriously.
01:05Thank you for waiting to read it until it was a real book with a real cover and everything.
01:11What'd you think?
01:13Bonnie, I, um...
01:16I don't know what to say.
01:18Oh no, you didn't like it.
01:20Well, it's not that. It's just that, uh...
01:24It reminded me a lot of...
01:28Stephanie's book.
01:38Oh, sleep.
01:40Finally.
01:42Hmm.
01:43You should take a nap too, darling.
01:46You must be exhausted.
01:48Oh, it's okay. I am too wound up to sit down. Never mind sleep.
01:53Oh, Chanel. Oh, and I'm so sorry that that horrible Sophia Choi turned about the adoption hearing.
02:03I was so scared, Mama. I thought we were gonna lose Trey again.
02:07Uh-uh. But you didn't. And you won't. That little precious baby boy is officially yours.
02:14No one can ever take him from you and Johnny now.
02:18Hmm. And who would have thought of all the people we'd have to thank for saving the day?
02:24It would be EJ.
02:50Hey, Dad.
02:52Tell me.
02:54Is this a, uh...
02:56Is this a bad time?
02:58Of course not. I was just surprised to see you here.
03:02Well, I just, uh, you know, I...
03:04Wanted to come by and, uh, say thank you for...
03:09For everything you did yesterday in court.
03:11Keeping Sophia from interfering with the adoption.
03:16Making sure she'll stay away from Trey.
03:18I'm your father.
03:20It's the least I can do.
03:26Expressing your gratitude...
03:29Again...
03:30Isn't the only reason you're here, is it?
03:34What's going on?
03:38It's DiMera.
03:39Uh, look.
03:41I'm in trouble, Dad.
03:43And I think you're the only one who can get me out of it.
03:45I don't like you, Dad.
03:49Now, uh...
04:02There you are.
04:04I'm sorry I'm late.
04:06I, uh, lost the traffic time.
04:08Actually, I was reading the latest article, on Gabby Sheets' new overseas expansion.
04:14Congrats.
04:14that's that's impressive thank you so what can i do for you theo actually it's what i can do for
04:28you
04:40like sand through the hourglass so are the days of our lives
04:59okay theo you've piqued my interest so what can you do for me see for yourself
05:15what is this gabby sheet may be independent again but uh now that you're expanding in the
05:23new international markets you'll be dealing with a bunch of new logistics shipping warehousing
05:29customs you'll need to partner with a company that can handle it all my international distribution
05:38exactly now i know every company worth their soap will be coming your way that's why i wanted to
05:48throw demira's hat in the ring first since i'll be returning as ceo and you can really keep my
05:56costs this up mm-hmm i had my guys crunch the numbers they're legit
06:04this would be a great deal for me the best one for you i'm quite sure
06:12though it still might be a uphill battle on getting gabby chic
06:18why is that because one of the people i'll be battling is philip
06:26but hey i've never uh minded a little competition
06:36why would kate do this why would she escalate the plagiarism matter to legal without consulting us
06:45not cool for sure but bonnie slip on the old banana peel could be our saving grace
06:53right now we can't afford to make our next loan payment
06:56but if the mayor's forced to pony up we might be able to swing it look my mother should not
07:03have
07:03kept us in the dark about this but maggie you've compared the two books you know titan is a strong
07:09case but johnny refuses to settle and even if we hash the side in court and we win the pain
07:15that is going
07:16to be long past due well there has to be some way to speed things up compel them to to
07:22pay us to make
07:23this go away what if we sue bonnie personally absolutely not we're not suing someone who lives under my roof
07:38if we don't pretty soon you might not have a roof at all
07:49of course it probably reminds you of one stormy night because i was inspired to write romance from
07:56reading stephanie's book well that is very clear not sure i like the way you said that because this book
08:07is a completely original work from my completely original mind and i am not questioning your
08:13completely original mind bonnie but i do see a lot of similarities in the plot and many of the passages
08:25look maybe you're just too close to it i mean really there's nothing to worry about writers
08:30have been writing different stories in different ways since the beginning of time
08:34even shakespeare said there are 10 basic plots or was it judith crants
08:41bonnie look i am not a writer but i am a lawyer and i'm afraid that uh you may have
08:50a huge
08:55problem legal problem on your hands
09:03a plagiarism lawsuit that's absurd yeah uh i already had got the summons i uh i probably should
09:11come straight to demaris lawyers but i know you did the right thing coming to me this is a complete
09:16outrage and i promise you by the time this is over kate brady is going to beg for mercy okay
09:23hang on i
09:24don't know that we need to go all scorched earth on them i appreciate you having my back i really
09:29do
09:29it's just that that theo is about to take back the reins and i don't want to leave him with
09:35this huge
09:36mess to be honest i was hoping that by the time theo found out about this lawsuit i'd already have
09:41a
09:41solution and you will
09:42so you really really think we can win this thing
09:48oh everything's a roll of the dice once it goes before a jury but plagiarism is very difficult to
09:54prove okay well that's that's good news
10:01so uh what's what's what's the game plan what's our strategy here
10:06i'll have to examine the novel side by side but off the top of my head
10:10there are fair use loopholes well perhaps we could argue that bonnie's book is a transformative work
10:19or a parody then it's protected by the first amendment that sounds promising but first
10:30you need to tell me how you came about publishing this book in the first place
10:41after all the pain and suffering that ej has caused i i never thought that i'd feel anything other
10:48than pure hate towards him but well after what he did for us yesterday how could i not be grateful
10:59well i'm as grateful as you are that he was there to shut down sophia but one kind gesture does
11:07not
11:08erase all the awful things he's done i know i know i i agree okay but but if there's one
11:15thing that that
11:17hearing reminded me is that ej is he's a part of my kid's family whether i like it or not
11:27wait a minute you are not considering letting that man back into your lives are you
11:46don't put that out into the universe we'll find a way to make the payment
11:51maggie i know you're an optimist but we need to face facts we don't have the money and the clocks
11:58ticking so we have to consider all options but going after bonnie is where i draw the line besides
12:07i mean there's going to be enough of a betrayal for bonnie and just when they find out about the
12:11lawsuit
12:19i should swing by the end i need to take care of some things i hope you know what you're
12:25getting
12:34yourself into okay bonnie i want to show you what i'm talking about okay honey not right now no no
12:42please can you just stop doing what you're doing for just a minute okay this is important okay fine
12:46but i think you're making a big whoop out of nothing baby just listen okay please okay so um
12:55on page 16 of one stormy night uh stephanie writes that the heroin is gripped by the icy fingers of
13:04fear
13:04and on page 18 of one rainy afternoon you write that the heroin is gripped by the cold tendrils of
13:16fright
13:20so i bought at the source sue me that's actually what i'm worried about and i can't believe that no
13:27one at dimera publishing caught this well honey perry's expertise is in that area i mean if there
13:36was something to catch he'd have caught it obviously honey there's no problem or it could be an enormous
13:41oversight sweetheart i don't mean to scare you but what's in these pages opens dimera publishing
13:49up to litigation seriously no yeah seriously they could be sued titan could also come after you
14:00personally you wouldn't let your family do that to me well we could just stop it before it even gets
14:09started okay how by getting ahead of it i'm on that path what do we do um well we return
14:19the advance
14:21we tell both parties that any plagiarism was inadvertent and we just pull the book before it even hits the
14:28shelves you're kidding right honey you pull that book and it'll be no nookie november no matter which
14:39month it is cold shower city is sweetheart we should have fired perry ages ago he was way out of
14:51his
14:51depth on this no no dad i was hey look i never actually read stephanie's book i just knew it
15:01was a huge
15:01bestseller so when i read bonnie's manuscript i pushed it through without giving legal enough time to do due
15:08diligence those lawyers are paid a lot of money to prevent situation like this and i'm sure they
15:15probably would have if i if i wouldn't have rushed them for my own selfish reasons you know i just
15:20i
15:20wanted to i wanted to leave my mark on dimera before i left i i i wanted to step up
15:27for the family i wanted
15:28to make you i wanted to make no no proud i now all i did was leave the company in
15:36shambles it's a disaster
15:42you're going to be fine son are you kidding me i'm where am i going to work after this the
15:48corporate
15:48world no that that's over and who's going to hire me as a college professor or a director
15:54after i've been accused of plagiarism i'm gonna be a joke you are not a joke giobani you've done an
16:02excellent job running to mirror and from what i've just heard i do not believe that this situation is
16:09in any way your fault answer me chanel are you considering letting ej back into your life
16:24well johnny told me last night that he'd like to have some kind of a relationship with his father
16:29and while i was hesitant oh after how he stepped up for us yesterday i i told him that i
16:38would consider
16:38it go ahead tell me i'm crazy i don't think you're crazy in fact marlena and i recently discussed how
16:49trying to keep ej away from his son and grandchildren entirely is a lost cause exactly exactly which is
16:58why johnny and i think that you know opening up the door to him just a little with boundaries and
17:05on
17:05our terms of course it's better than shutting them out altogether i couldn't disagree with you more
17:11you need to you need to shut that door and lock it up tight well i thought you just said
17:15that you
17:15talked to marlena before the adoption hearing before ej does what he does best use his skills as an
17:24attorney he shows up when you're most vulnerable and does you a favor and then you're so you're so
17:32filled with gratitude that you don't realize that by accepting yourself you're making a deal with the
17:40devil and god you went ej comes to collect
18:00you've given me a lot to think about but choosing a partner won't be an easy decision
18:07and it's not just about the numbers
18:11i get it uh but i was hoping that we could keep personal feelings out of this
18:18this is business after all wow you are sounding more like your uncle every day
18:28hmm thank you it wasn't a compliment well comparisons to uncle ej usually aren't
18:36but when it comes to doing good in this world i know my family hasn't set the bar very high
18:41but
18:41i'm going to change that when i become ceo again it is going to be an amazing ride
18:51and i want you to be on it with me well if it wasn't my favorite person in the world
18:57i was just leaving
19:08no need to go on my account next round of coffee's on me
19:14no thanks uh i'm late for a meeting goodbye gabby bye
19:27what's that about
19:32look thank you for trying to make me feel better but look i i'm i'm the one who
19:38found the book and convinced america to publish it sounds to me like the book found you
19:46think about it son do you really believe it was a coincidence that xander asked you to meet him at
19:52the
19:52pub took bonnie's manuscript out of his briefcase stepped away just leaving it there on the table
20:01he's he's the co-ceo of a multinational conglomerate he had to deal with the text message it happens all
20:08the time let's let's back up a second why did xander call that meeting to uh let me know that
20:17i could
20:18stay at the mayor longer than we originally agreed long enough perhaps to publish the manuscript xander
20:25deliberately left at the table in fact they gave you their blessing to publish it what an extraordinary
20:34act of generosity titan despite its serious financial problems hands you what appears to be a potentially
20:42lucrative book which they claim never to have read only to turn around and slapped you with a lawsuit
20:50accusing you of stealing their intellectual property it was all set up and planned johnny
21:01no no no no no you're wrong they wouldn't do that to me kate
21:06it's like a grandma to me and maggie philip zander that they've all been
21:11so good to me since since i since you and i were at odds
21:17at the end of the day
21:21you're at the mirror johnny and a kyriarchus wouldn't think twice about using you to save their company
21:35my god i am even i'm even more of an idiot than i thought i was no no no yeah
21:41no they they laid out
21:42a trap and i walked right into it i mean wait till this hits the news i'm gonna be a
21:47laughing stock a
21:48complete embarrassment to my family you've done nothing wrong johnny you've done nothing wrong
21:58okay and your family is right here i am right here and i am going to help you
22:07they are not going to get away with this do you hear me we are going to fight and we
22:13are going to win
22:19thank you thank you thank you so much for your support
22:27i'd do anything for you son
22:38okay
22:55anything
22:59mama i am going into this with my eyes open okay i know exactly how ej operates you do of
23:07course
23:08all right but but if johnny wants to have a relationship with his father i realize that
23:13it's not my place to tell him that he can't even if it means protecting your family ej was protecting
23:21my family yesterday not out of the goodness of his heart should now he does it so you can
23:28owe him if he ever lifts a finger to help someone else he's doing it to benefit himself you cannot
23:37trust
23:37him i know that mom but us opening up to him a little does not mean that i'm going to
23:45completely
23:46let my guard down okay look mama i know that you hate ej with a burning i know i know
23:54and i get that
23:55right but when theo wanted to embrace his tamara side you supported him you didn't tell him that he
24:03needed to stay away from ej so why is it so different for johnny where is this all coming from
24:28i have some very exciting news
24:34you my dear sister are about to have a very special guest
24:49you and i were just talking business speaking of why aren't you at the office
24:56oh because i need to speak to the front desk at the inn about checking out you're checking out why
25:07i was thinking about the talk we had earlier how we spend all of our alone time in a tiny
25:13hotel room
25:15and i want us to have more space so i asked maggie if i could move back into the mansion
25:22good for you but you're victor's son you shouldn't have to ask
25:30well i also asked if someone else could join me there what do you mean gabby hernandez
25:43would you like to move in with me
25:51move in with you i know this comes as a bit of a surprise but as you pointed out we've
25:57been seeing
25:58each other for almost six months six pretty terrific months so i think we've proven how solid we are
26:10i don't doubt where we stand but if everything that you've been saying is true that mansion might not
26:18belong to your family much longer as maggie said i'm not putting that out into the universe
26:25we will find a way to make that loan payment
26:29and what better way to show how much i believe in titan and my family then by moving back into
26:35the house
26:40i know it's a risk but i believe in us too gabby
26:48i want my home to be your home
26:54will you do it will you take this leap of faith with me
27:05oh johnny um if you're looking for philip you just missed him
27:10well that's probably for the best i'd be less likely to restrain myself if i was having it out with
27:15him
27:18i'm guessing you're talking about the lawsuit i'm sorry i'm just finding out about it myself
27:25somehow i doubt that well it's true and i intend to find out a lot more about it as soon
27:31as i can
27:32but in the meantime i can assure you that your position at titan is safe and we're very excited to
27:39have you back and now i know why you were so excited to see me go why you had no
27:47problem
27:48loaning me out to the competition what are you implying i'm not implying anything maggie i'm calling
27:58it like it like it is you and your family set me up
28:06you can't pull my book justin i mean i didn't put all that work into it just to have it
28:12pulled and
28:12nobody read it sweetheart i know this is heartbreaking believe me believe me when i say
28:19this is a much better option than being on the losing side of a plagiarism lawsuit
28:26i didn't plagiarize anything i did not copy a single word all right maybe one stormy night was
28:35on my brain while i was writing but i did not steal anything at least not on purpose
28:42it doesn't matter whether it was on purpose or not it's about the degree of similarity and the degree
28:48here is i'm not pulling the book period end of story it's not it's not happening
29:01my book launch party is tomorrow and i'm gonna be there but if you don't believe in me or my
29:07talent
29:10maybe you shouldn't be there thank you for coming fear yeah no problem but i don't have a lot of
29:22time
29:22i have to get to work then i will cut to the chase
29:31door open it what is it oh
29:44now that you're returning to demura i thought you should do so in style briefcase
29:51i could use the upgrade i appreciate it uncle ej well you could have had this delivered
29:58is there another reason you asked me to stop by
30:02there is yes there's something i need to show you or rather someone
30:13mama why are you dead set against ej being around johnny and me at all
30:24i'm sorry i didn't mean to be so strident i had a lot on my mind
30:31okay is this about the important decision you had to make a few weeks ago
30:37the tough choice that you told me that you've been praying for guidance about
30:46actually it is
30:51yeah on a second thought i'm not uh not sure i want to know what you're up to down here
30:58trust me
30:59you do what you're about to see is going to change so many people's lives for the better
31:06especially yours
31:09i don't understand you will soon
31:15but brace yourself
31:19you may not believe your eyes
31:38oh my god
31:40oh my god
31:53mom
31:55mom
31:55mom
31:56oh
31:58oh
32:00oh
32:01oh
32:01oh
32:02oh
32:03oh
32:03oh
32:04oh
32:09mom
32:10oh
32:10mom
32:19What did you do?
32:20Theo? Theo?
32:22Hey, Theo, look at me.
32:26You're in shock, but you need to listen to me.
32:29Let me go, and I'll explain.
32:44This is the culmination of everything your grandfather had worked toward.
32:51Victory over death itself.
32:56Stefano never gave up on trying to bring your mother back to us.
33:03It's really her.
33:05It's really Alexandra Demira Carver.
33:10Yes, and we've been taking excellent care of her.
33:15Part of the clinic.
33:17She was there.
33:19My mother was in there.
33:22And soon, I believe she will live again.
33:28Look to her, Theo.
33:31It's okay.
33:37There is no way.
33:39Where do you go?
33:40No way.
33:55I love the méiby android is too long.
34:01I love you.
34:03I love you.
34:04Bye, sorry, girl.
34:04Dear, what we have here is nothing short of a miracle.
34:20Well, I know that you couldn't get into details with me, but did you make your decision?
34:29I did.
34:33I went with my conscience instead of my heart.
34:36And?
34:38And I just have to wait and see how it all plays out.
34:47I need to get to my office.
34:49Oh, are you sure that you don't want to talk?
34:52No, I really can't right now, darling.
34:54I really need to go.
34:58I need to run.
34:58And, you know, I'm so, so glad that everything worked out for my sweet, precious baby boy.
35:06You make sure you kiss him for me when he wakes up.
35:08Uh-huh.
35:09And you make sure that you grab some me time when he's down for the count.
35:13Okay, I will.
35:14All right?
35:16And you take care of yourself, too.
35:18All right?
35:19All right, I love you, Mama.
35:20Mwah!
35:22I love you, baby girl.
35:52Let's see what all of this.
35:53life is about.
36:07I'm just trying to protect you.
36:10I don't want your protection.
36:13I want you to be proud of me.
36:15Bonnie, I'm always proud of you.
36:17No, you're not.
36:19You think I'm some pathetic wannabe.
36:21Phony, baloney, imposter.
36:24Obviously, all my hard work was for nothing.
36:27Oh, God.
36:30Gabby, Philip, excuse me.
36:33Bonnie!
36:34Bonnie!
36:35Wait!
36:41Welcome to the Kyriakos abode.
36:45Where we offer complimentary fireworks.
36:54Set you up.
36:55I don't know what you're talking about.
37:00You and Philip went to bat for me with Xander, insisting that he extend my leave of absence until Theo
37:07is fully recovered.
37:08And I thought that was an act of kindness.
37:11It was.
37:13I was sympathetic to the ordeal that your family had been through.
37:17Really?
37:17Huh.
37:17So, it was just a coincidence, then, that Xander left me alone with Bonnie's manuscript?
37:23And then Kate, the most cutthroat, competitive person there is, not only didn't fight me on publishing that manuscript, which
37:32was submitted to her first, by the way, she encouraged me to go for it?
37:36You guys dangled that romance novel right under my nose because you needed the cash.
37:42You banked on me, literally, to make a rookie mistake.
37:45And then I suppose you figured when you blindsided DiMero with this lawsuit, we'd jump at the opportunity to settle.
37:51Well, guess what?
37:52We're not going to.
37:54So I've been told.
37:55But, Johnny...
37:56And, you know, I get.
37:57I get that you're desperate.
37:59Okay?
38:00That you've got to find your way back into the black somehow.
38:02But, come on.
38:03A move like this could ruin my reputation my entire future.
38:07And there is no way in hell that I'm going to let you get away with it.
38:12Well, I admit the timing seems a bit curious.
38:15Hmph.
38:17But, that's not how I do business.
38:21And I will prove it to you, once you're back at Titan, where you belong.
38:30I wish that I could believe you, Maggie.
38:34But I don't.
38:37Honestly, I can't see myself working at Titan ever again.
38:52You know, I always dreamed about seeing my mother again, but I never thought...
39:01Oh, my God.
39:04Forgive me for keeping you in the dark until now.
39:07I just had to wait until I was sure that this experiment would be successful.
39:14Will it?
39:16I'm very optimistic.
39:18I can't make promises, of course, but all signs indicate that we're close.
39:27For now, however, Theo, we need to keep this to ourselves.
39:34No one else can know about this.
39:37Not even your father.
39:38But he...
39:39Not even your father, Theo.
39:52I guess not much has changed since the last time I lived here.
39:59All drama, all the time.
40:03Hmm.
40:05Are you sure you want to move back in?
40:09Only if you're still sure you want to join me, you can change your mind.
40:16No.
40:18I won't.
40:20A little drama won't scare me away.
40:29Come on.
40:31Maggie gave me a few options.
40:34Let's go pick out our suite of rooms.
40:47Oh, there you are.
40:50Trey's still asleep, but he's bound to wake up any minute, so...
40:55Johnny, what's wrong?
40:57Titan just screwed me over big time.
41:01There's...
41:01There's no way I can go back there.
41:15Kate, call me the instant you get this message.
41:18I need to see you right away.
41:31So apparently, Bonnie's book is just a little too close, a little too similar to, uh, One Stormy Night, and
41:39now we're facing a lawsuit.
41:42Can you believe that?
41:44I...
41:45Kinda can.
41:47Uh, I'm only a few chapters in, and I feel like I read it already.
41:53Damn it.
41:55They...
41:56They played me.
41:57They played me.
41:59I wish I picked it up sooner, and then, you know, maybe I could have flagged it.
42:04No, no, no, no.
42:05None of this is your fault, okay?
42:07This is...
42:09This is my mess, and now I have to clean it up.
42:19Theo, can I trust you with this secret?
42:26I don't understand why we can't tell my father he has the right to know with it.
42:32No one was supposed to find out before I knew that this could work.
42:37I didn't want to get people's hopes up or risk anyone interfering.
42:40So why tell me now?
42:44Because you may need to make a decision before she opens her eyes.
42:52What do you mean?
42:55We both know how Lexi feels about the family business.
42:59Yes.
43:02You being CEO of Dimira would be her worst nightmare.
43:10Dad told me when I did the job.
43:13Well, now that she may be returning...
43:18I wanted to give you the chance to decide where in life you want her to find you.
43:24For you to have the opportunity to make changes before.
43:53It can't be.
43:56It just can't.
43:58It's what it is, Theo.
44:02It is.
44:29For or something like that, it is because how many of us are in the process of helping others?
44:57It's okay.
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