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00:11Did I just hear the doorbell?
00:13Yes, a messenger just dropped this off on off the press.
00:20Oh my god!
00:23Wow, this is amazing!
00:25Well, you know, my hope is to give DiMera Publishing a little bit of a boost before I hand the
00:30reins back over to Theo.
00:32So, fingers crossed.
00:33All right, well, congratulations. I can't wait to read it.
00:38Where's Trey?
00:40He is at the library, the sitter for story time.
00:45I thought that they were going to stay here.
00:48Yeah, but, you know, Emily thought it'd be fun for him.
00:50She said they'll be back in, like, an hour.
00:55What?
00:57Well, Johnny, are we sure that this is a good idea for him to be out and about with Sophia
01:02Choi plotting to destroy our lives?
01:04And what is she going to do?
01:06Is she going to steal our son from Emily in broad daylight in front of tons of people?
01:12Besides, she admitted in the courtroom she doesn't want him.
01:15Okay, but she doesn't want us to have him either.
01:18And she might not be able to steal him, but she could certainly cause trouble.
01:22Or she could ask to hold him and then run.
01:25You know, I'm going to call Emily.
01:27No, wait. Just...
01:31It's okay. I called my dad.
01:34He has a security detail keeping an eye on him.
01:38Oh, good.
01:41I'm glad.
01:43But I thought you said you weren't worried.
01:45I'm not.
01:47But...
01:47Never hurts to be a little...
01:51Extra cautious.
01:52Look, I, um...
01:53I've got a meeting that I've got to get to, but I will see you later.
01:56And I love you.
01:58Okay, I love you too.
02:33Oh, Sophia!
02:42Wow.
02:44So you were able to get copies of Stefan's driver's license and his tax statements?
02:51That's great.
02:52Uh, so what did the handwriting experts say?
02:55Okay.
03:00Still inconclusive.
03:04So then we may never know if the divorce papers were forged.
03:11I know.
03:12I know you'll keep trying.
03:26Repeat after me.
03:29Stefan is your past.
03:32Philip is your future.
03:51Press release looks good.
03:52Yeah.
03:53Well, it turns out I had to do less damage control than I thought I would.
03:57Since Stephanie's kidnapping, sales have been up on both of her books.
04:03God forbid we should just be glad she's okay.
04:07No, I'm glad.
04:08Of course I'm glad.
04:09But she's trending.
04:10We need to capitalize on that since she is the one that's responsible for our one successful division still being
04:18afloat.
04:19And her book proposal is due next week.
04:21And now I know she has a lot on her plate.
04:23A lot on her plate?
04:25She's been to hell and back.
04:27She was just kidnapped by the same maniac who had her stashed in a drawer at the morgue.
04:31Okay.
04:31Yeah.
04:31I got it.
04:32I got it.
04:32She went through an ordeal.
04:33I know that.
04:34But if I could be back at work mere weeks after being shot and buried alive, I think Stephanie could
04:40probably hand in a book proposal.
04:42Okay?
04:43I need you to call her.
04:44No.
04:45I'm not going to bother Stephanie or treat her like our golden freaking goose.
04:50I'm going to give her time and space to heal.
04:53And you, mother, are going to do the same.
05:22I'm going to give her time and space to heal.
05:30I'm going to give her time and space to heal.
05:30Hello, precious.
05:33Did you miss me?
05:37Don't worry.
05:40I promise I'll never leave you again.
05:51It's okay.
05:52It's okay.
05:53Steph, I'm sorry.
05:54I didn't mean to scare you.
05:56It's okay.
06:00I'm so glad it's you.
06:03It's okay.
06:09How's Stephanie?
06:12Why'd you bring me here?
06:14I don't have an appointment with my attorney.
06:16Someone else wants to see you.
06:18My father?
06:19My father?
06:21Me.
06:38Like sand through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.
06:56Sophia, what are you doing home?
07:00Hang on.
07:01Let me get you a piece of paper so you can communicate.
07:03No, Mom.
07:04Mom.
07:06Mom.
07:07Mom.
07:07I can talk.
07:13So, why the foul mood?
07:16Is it because Vivian passed away?
07:19If you want to say something nasty, please refrain.
07:24I mean, I get you had a complicated history with her, but...
07:27Complicated?
07:28She buried me alive, Philip.
07:30I mean, honestly, I would think you would want to rewrite your history with her as well.
07:35She and I had our differences, but...
07:38But what were her redeeming qualities?
07:41Was it her warmth, her wit, or her dexterity with a shovel?
07:45How about that she carried me so you and Victor could have a child?
07:50She stole you, actually.
07:52And then she tried to claim you as her own, which was not only sickening, it was unforgivable.
07:59But, hey, you know, I'm not going to dance on her grave.
08:01And you know why?
08:02It's not just because you have suddenly, suddenly developed tender feelings for her.
08:06Or God knows why.
08:08It's because I don't believe the bitch is dead.
08:18Did you sleep any by the last night?
08:21A little.
08:23It's hard to get any real rest when people are coming and going all the time.
08:28Knock, knock.
08:30Hope you're up for a visitor.
08:32Of course.
08:34Good.
08:34And Johnny would be here, too, but he had a meeting.
08:37Hey.
08:37Hey, you know, I didn't even get a chance to congratulate you, but Johnny told me.
08:41He said it was okay to tell Steph, but with everything that happened, I didn't get the chance.
08:46Tell me what.
08:47I'm pregnant.
08:50Oh, she...
08:51Oh, that's...
08:52That's wonderful.
08:54I had no idea, obviously.
08:55Yeah, well, we were surprised, too, but we are so thrilled.
09:00Oh, and yesterday, we also formally adopted Trey.
09:02Oh, my God.
09:03Congrats on that, too.
09:05And these are left over from the party that we were too exhausted to have.
09:12They definitely cheer up the room.
09:15Oh.
09:16I'm here.
09:17I am just so glad you're okay.
09:19Hey.
09:25Why is he here?
09:27I'm just following the commissioner's order.
09:31Commissioner Hunter hates me.
09:32She's Stephanie's best friend.
09:35I want to go back to my cell.
09:37I don't feel comfortable being left alone here.
09:40Your alleged victim?
09:42Not my call.
09:44Enjoy your visit.
09:47Wayne.
09:49Wayne.
09:52What do you want?
09:54I just want to talk.
10:02Then you're going to listen.
10:16Do you think Vivian is still alive?
10:19Well, I think it's possible.
10:22I mean, think about it.
10:23The woman disappears, and then suddenly she's buried without an autopsy,
10:27and not one single person in that postage stamp of a country would give consent to having her body exhumed.
10:35You asked?
10:36The point is, they wouldn't do it, which I think is a little bit convenient.
10:44So, what are you suggesting, Mother?
10:46That Vivian faked her on death?
10:47Well, she's done it before, right?
10:49When she was trying to avoid prison, because she tried to kill Lonnie,
10:53and Yvonne said that she suffered a heart attack while she was in custody of the police,
10:58then I didn't buy it.
10:59Although, I have to admit, I did take a peek in the coffin,
11:02and I have to say she looked remarkably deceased.
11:08You're not well.
11:10You know that?
11:11Like, not even in the zip code of well.
11:14Has she tried to contact you?
11:17Vivian.
11:19Of course not.
11:21She's dead, Mom.
11:23Period.
11:24Full stop.
11:25Past tense.
11:26Okay.
11:27Well, I mean, you can believe that if you want to, for sure.
11:33But the fact is, if she was an accomplice to Peter Blake,
11:37then the Demiris would want her dead, right?
11:39So either she got ahead of them,
11:42or that family finally ridded the world of one atrocious woman.
11:49But my money's on the former.
11:57And apparently, I am not the only one with big news.
12:02I heard you two got married.
12:05We did.
12:06I sort of sprung it on Alex.
12:10Well, we pretended to elope to draw out the stalker.
12:14But then, this beautiful woman decided that we'd do it for real,
12:20on Valentine's Day.
12:21It was the best surprise of my life.
12:26Oh, my God.
12:29An impromptu wedding?
12:31That is just so romantic.
12:33I mean, we'll do a big celebration with the friends and family next year.
12:37I hope that you and Johnny can make it,
12:39bring a little Trey,
12:40and hopefully a little one who is not yet to be born.
12:44Oh, you may regret saying that.
12:46Oh, no, no.
12:47Steph and I, we love kids.
12:49Right, baby?
12:51Absolutely.
12:56Chanel, do you plan on sticking around for a little bit?
12:59I was going to be something I was going to go take care of.
13:01Oh, I'll be fine.
13:02Baby, I'm not leaving you alone.
13:04Hey, I will stick around.
13:06Alex, you go.
13:07Take as much time as you need.
13:08Your wife and I,
13:10we have some catching up to do.
13:12Okay.
13:20You can talk?
13:24Obviously.
13:28Sweetheart, why didn't you tell me?
13:30And why didn't you tell me you were going to come home?
13:32I mean, no one from Babe U called to let us know.
13:34Because I'm an adult.
13:37And they aren't allowed to contact you without my permission.
13:39So I told them that I was leaving and I signed myself out.
13:43And your doctors supported that decision.
13:46They said it was okay.
13:47Well, they didn't really have much of a choice.
13:50But I'm fine, Mom.
13:52I got the treatment that I needed.
13:56When did you get here?
13:59Late last night.
14:00I still had a house case,
14:04so I just let myself in and crashed.
14:09Oh, Sophia.
14:12Oh, this is...
14:15a miracle.
14:20You're back where you belong.
14:24Thank God.
14:26Oh, my precious girl.
14:28You're home.
14:36Sorry I'm late.
14:37I got stuck at the office.
14:40Everything okay?
14:43My mother was just bad-mouthing Vivian,
14:49which normally wouldn't faz me,
14:51but considering she just died...
14:56Well, listen.
14:58Kate and I both have a lot of feelings about Vivian.
15:02But that doesn't matter now.
15:04What matters is how you feel.
15:06So how are you holding up?
15:07I'm okay.
15:10I'm okay.
15:14Except...
15:16Except what?
15:19My mother thinks...
15:26Vivian may have faked her death.
15:29Huh.
15:31It wouldn't be the first time.
15:35And she does seem to love messing with people's heads in this arena.
15:40Do you think it's possible?
15:45Real sicko, aren't you, Owen?
15:49Oh.
15:50Oh.
15:50Kinep and Stephanie, again.
15:53You're framing me for it.
15:55Putting me through hell when you don't even know me.
15:58Yeah, but I knew your history, and so did everyone else.
16:01You know, as I've said before, remember a perfect scapegoat, blah, blah, blah.
16:05Although I do have to say the timing on your return to Salem...
16:11It was very convenient for me, so...
16:14Thank you, brother.
16:15Shut up, you son of a bitch.
16:17My own family doubted my innocence.
16:21The cops showed up at my school, questioned my students, all because of you.
16:25You ruined my reputation.
16:27Uh, it was already pretty damaged, no offense.
16:33You will make it up to me.
16:43You really are a pathetic loser.
16:49I'm gonna sue you for all your worth.
16:53Well, I'm not worth anything, actually, so...
16:56That would be a waste of time.
16:59I'll do it anyway.
17:00Just to tie your ass up in core for years.
17:03Oh, and I'll sue the Demeris, too, for hiring you, knowing you're a low-life criminal.
17:06Technically, I worked for Dr. Roll.
17:08Sue him, too.
17:09Oh, uh, no, I wouldn't do that.
17:12In fact, I wouldn't mess with any of those people.
17:17They'll hurt you way worse than I did.
17:20In fact, they'll make your life a living hell.
17:25Or worse.
17:40I have been dreaming of this moment for so long.
17:44There were so many days I would come in here and sit on your bed just to feel close to
17:53you.
17:54And I would pray for you to recover and return to us, and here you are.
18:02Oh, Sophia.
18:03It really is a miracle.
18:07Your dad and brothers will be over the moon that you're back.
18:11But, Mom, I...
18:14I'm not...
18:16I'm not staying.
18:19What?
18:20Where are you going?
18:21Where are you going?
18:23Anywhere but here.
18:25But this is true.
18:26No, it isn't.
18:28Not anymore.
18:32Hey, Kate.
18:34Johnny.
18:35Right on time.
18:36Please come in.
18:37Have a seat.
18:40Ooh, I, uh...
18:43I gotta say, it feels kind of weird being back in the building after being at DiMera so long.
18:47But, uh, Sal's still selling his bagels down in the lobby, so I'm sure that my re-entry will be
18:53all good.
18:55That is what we're here to talk about, right?
18:58Yes, your return to Titan.
19:00But first, um, there's something that we need to discuss.
19:14Look, if deceit were an art form, Vivian would have her own wing at the Met.
19:22But, the way Yvonne was sobbing on the phone, that didn't sound fake to me.
19:30So you really think she's gone?
19:33Honestly, Gabby, I don't know.
19:36Well, there's no end to the crazy stuff Vivian has pulled.
19:41But the one thing that she has never done is surrender.
19:47Pretending to be dead, hiding, is...
19:51giving up.
19:53Admitting defeat.
19:55And that's just not her.
19:59Yeah, I get that.
20:05Part of me hopes that Kate's right.
20:11Vivian is the one person who had answers about Stefan's last days.
20:17If he still loved me, if...
20:20if we're really divorced.
20:23And if she's dead...
20:26I may never get them.
20:28So the pregnancy was rough at first, huh?
20:31Just that I couldn't keep anything down.
20:34But now the morning sickness is finally almost over.
20:38And I'm moving past the part where I'm worrying all the time.
20:41And just...
20:42into the part where I just get to be super excited.
20:47You look fantastic.
20:49I was gonna say the same thing to you.
20:51If I've been through what you've been through,
20:53I would be...
20:55a total mess.
20:57Trust me.
21:00I am.
21:02I'm not worried about Dr. Rolf or the Damaris.
21:06But you...
21:07should be very worried about me.
21:10You're right.
21:12I did some pretty awful things in the past.
21:15I do have a bad temper.
21:18Violent tendencies.
21:19I've worked on it in therapy, but...
21:24I...
21:25rage.
21:27It's timey.
21:30So that's why Stephanie left you, isn't...
21:33Shut up.
21:34My God.
21:36How could you hurt her like that?
21:38Why didn't you?
21:39You call me a loser?
21:41You lost two, Horton.
21:43She rejected us both.
21:46But who knows?
21:48Maybe someday I'll get another chance.
21:51You go near again.
21:53I will rip you, Rem, from live.
21:56Do you hear me?
22:09I am so sorry about what Vivian put you through with Stefan.
22:16Thanks.
22:18It's not like you had anything to do with it.
22:22No.
22:23And if I'd known what she was up to, I sure as hell would have tried to stop her.
22:29I know you would.
22:32But I did have everything to do with what's going on at Titan.
22:37My stupid decision to go along with Vivian's plan has disrupted so many lives.
22:42I should have told her to shove her fake letter and walked away.
22:46If I just had the strength, encouraged to do that, none of this would be happening.
22:53But I went along with the fraud, the merger went bust, and now we're scrambling to keep the company afloat.
23:01At least you and Xander are on the same page.
23:05I'm grateful for that.
23:08For my family coming together to fight for our future.
23:12But the desperation is starting to show.
23:16What do you mean?
23:20My mother is champing at the bit to get pages out of Stephanie, who's still in the hospital, for God's
23:26sakes.
23:28And that surprises you?
23:30No.
23:31But it pisses me off.
23:34Now that I'm saying it, I realize the only person I should be pissed at is myself.
23:39For getting us into this mess in the first place.
23:45I just hope this is all worth it.
23:47And we can save the company.
23:53I know you well, Philip.
23:56I have faith in you.
24:01So, it's come to our attention that several passages from one rainy afternoon are derivative of one stormy night.
24:11Our legal...
24:14Our legal department has given us a list.
24:17Okay, well...
24:18That's just...
24:19Are you...
24:20Are you accusing Bonnie of plagiarism?
24:23Well, not intentionally, of course.
24:26But we all know that she was a big fan of the book.
24:29And legally, she's crossed the line.
24:31Okay, then we'll fix it.
24:32We can't do that.
24:33The book is about to hit the shelves.
24:35Kate, this whole thing is unfortunate, right?
24:40To say the least.
24:41But what are you saying?
24:42You're going to sue DiMera over an honest mistake?
24:46No.
24:47I don't want to do that.
24:48At all.
24:49But Xander is insisting on action.
24:53So, that's the reason I asked you over here.
24:56Hopefully, we can come to a mutually agreeable solution.
25:04There must be some way I can change your mind.
25:07Yeah, trust me, there isn't.
25:09Do you really not understand why I hate it here so much?
25:13Being in this room, it feels like...
25:16Like a prison.
25:18Oh, I had no idea you felt that way.
25:20Of course you didn't.
25:22Because...
25:22Because you've been completely oblivious to my feelings for my entire life.
25:27And you've never even shown the slightest interest in getting to know who I am.
25:30I really am.
25:31There's so much about me that you don't even know.
25:34That is not true.
25:36Yes, it is.
25:37And maybe if you hadn't been so busy trying to control me and force your beliefs on me,
25:42then maybe you'd actually know what I believed in.
25:45And what I wanted for my own life.
25:49But no, you just kept telling me I had to trust in God's plan.
25:53A.K.A. your plan.
25:54And how did that work out?
25:58Because I ended up pregnant.
26:01And then in a mental institution.
26:03And now the two people who I hate the most in the world are raising my baby.
26:08I went to the court yesterday to tell the judge that Johnny and Chanel should not keep my son.
26:14And they didn't listen to me.
26:15Nobody ever listens to me.
26:17I'm listening.
26:18I'm listening.
26:19I'm listening.
26:23Please.
26:26Just tell me what I can do and I'll do it.
26:33I just...
26:35I want to be free of this place.
26:38And of you.
26:40And I'm never coming back here and I'm leaving because I'm done.
26:43Sophia, wait, wait.
26:50It is okay to feel the way that you do.
26:55You just went through hell.
26:58But it's over now.
27:00And I still feel like a wreck.
27:04I thought I was...
27:07Resilient.
27:10Strong.
27:12You are.
27:14Okay, but you were just a victim of a horrible, horrible crime.
27:19It's okay to feel vulnerable.
27:22Is it?
27:24Yeah.
27:29Almost two decades have gone by.
27:32I thought I'd learned.
27:35Changed.
27:37Become this confident, capable, badass woman.
27:45But now, being back in this place all over again, being Owen Kent's victim, again.
28:00I have no idea who I am.
28:03You are strong, smart, and successful, and an incredibly brave woman who just fought herself out of a horrible situation
28:14and survived.
28:17But I have to ask myself, why I keep ending up in these horrible situations to begin with.
28:27Why I continue to attract men who treat me this way.
28:31Why?
28:33I keep making these awful choices, mistake after mistake, landing these toxic, abusive relationships.
28:44You never chose to be with Owen.
28:51But I did choose to publish a romance novel based on my real-life experiences.
28:58Because I thought it would be empowering and cathartic.
29:09And it was, right?
29:14I, yeah, in the beginning.
29:21But then it ended up being poison for Jeremy Horton.
29:26My book brought him back to Salem.
29:30And look what I did to him.
29:33I completely blew up his life.
29:37Am I getting through to you, you worthless son of a bitch?
29:44Ooh, well, well, well.
29:47Looks like all Stephanie's suitors are lining up to berate me.
29:56Jada said I could speak my piece to this son of a bitch, but I can wait my turn.
30:02Go for it.
30:05I'm done.
30:15First of all, I am not one of Stephanie's suitors.
30:22I'm her husband.
30:26I don't really have much else to say to you, Owen.
30:30What I would really like to do is to make you suffer.
30:33The same way that you made her suffer, but that wouldn't make me any better than you.
30:37Oh, but you're not.
30:39You're not any better than me.
30:41That I know.
30:42You don't know a damn thing about me, you demented freak.
30:46But see, I do.
30:50See, when I came back to Salem, found out you were dating Stephanie, I made it my mission
30:55to learn everything I could about you, and I did a real deep dive.
31:02It's amazing what you can find online these days.
31:06Alexander Neil Kyriakis, product of an extramarital affair.
31:11You know, with such a sordid origin story, it's no wonder you treated women like crap.
31:20I'm out of here.
31:22I'm done wasting my time on trash.
31:25You sure you don't want to know what I found when I looked up your name?
31:33According to several message boards, you hit on everything that moved.
31:42I had countless one-night stands, drunken, waking up the next morning, not remembering
31:47the name of the woman you were with.
31:49And let's not forget about the threesomes.
31:52You are disgusting.
31:53Me?
31:54No, no, no, no, no.
31:55See, I'm not the one that treated women like a notch on my belt.
32:01I'm not the one who used them like they were an object and then discarded them when I was
32:06through with them.
32:09Until you bumped into Stephanie, literally.
32:12Would you say her name?
32:14You never even wanted to be in a serious relationship.
32:17Did you?
32:19Because you're a player.
32:22Right?
32:24Clay has got a play.
32:26So how's this going to go, Alexander?
32:29How could you ever end up being anything other than a massive disappointment as a husband?
32:34How could you ever be true to one woman forever?
32:42Because I'm in love with an amazing woman who loves me and hates you with a vengeance.
32:49An amazing woman who's sick and tired of creeps like you who can't keep it zipped, who can't go five
32:56minutes without chasing a skirt, who pretends to love you just long enough to break you.
33:03I might break your face.
33:06Do you think I don't deserve Stephanie Johnson?
33:09Well, I got news for you, friend.
33:11Sure as hell don't either.
33:13Sure as hell don't either.
33:40Sure as hell don't either.
33:41Anything you need, you just say it.
33:51Anything you need, you just say it.
33:53I appreciate that, mom.
33:57And I am sorry.
34:03But you're too late.
34:11Kate, have you even read One Rainy Afternoon?
34:19No, of course I haven't.
34:22As I told Bonnie, Titan has a strict policy against reading unsolicited manuscripts, and as I told you, it wasn't
34:29even a good time for us.
34:30I mean, it was a hard pass.
34:32But you seem so prepared.
34:36I mean, surely someone at Titan must have read it.
34:39Yes, after the fact, and thank God they did.
34:43Protecting our intellectual property is of utmost importance.
34:46Oh, come on.
34:48The fan fiction is published all the time.
34:51Look at Fifty Shades of Grey.
34:52E.L. James was inspired by the Twilight series.
34:56Bonnie Lockhart, she lifted entire passages from One Stormy Night, almost line by line.
35:04It's nothing personal.
35:06This is the cutthroat business of publishing, okay?
35:09And I know it's a very hard lesson to learn, but your client infringed on our copyright.
35:17So, then, um, what do you propose?
35:23Well, I don't think we have to go to court.
35:27I think there is a sum, probably a pittance for Demira, that we could agree on. Don't you think?
35:36Uh, you know, I would have to see the number.
35:41Okay, then.
35:44Here you go.
35:48There's been an internal discussion about this.
35:59No way.
36:06Look, we were all wrong about Jeremy.
36:10Oh, but I'm the reason that everyone suspected he was my stalker.
36:15Because of the relationship that we had years ago.
36:19Yeah, and because the mountain of evidence that all pointed to him.
36:25False evidence.
36:28Oh, and set Jeremy up.
36:31Yeah, he, he did turn out to be innocent.
36:36In some ways, he was a real hero.
36:40Oh.
36:44When we were locked in that room, he was,
36:48he was there for me.
36:50He was kind.
36:53And helpful.
36:56He wasn't the monster everyone thought he was.
37:02He's definitely owed a lot of apologies.
37:10I can't get it right.
37:12Even now.
37:16I just keep...
37:19I just keep coming to the wrong conclusions.
37:22I keep making the wrong choices.
37:25You're...
37:27You're not including Alex in that, right?
37:31No.
37:34No.
37:34Alex is the one good choice I've made.
37:41Well, we just got married.
37:44You know, we should be blissfully happy.
37:47We should be making out everywhere we go.
37:52We should be having hot newlywed sex.
38:00But...
38:03Ever since I've been rescued...
38:10I practically jump out of my skin every time he touches me.
38:16Hey.
38:17Hey, I...
38:18I'm sure that Alex understands, okay?
38:22It's...
38:23It's gonna take time.
38:24And, you know, maybe...
38:26Maybe some therapy.
38:34What if it doesn't work?
38:38What if...
38:40What if...
38:41What if I never stop feeling this way?
38:43You will.
38:46Okay.
38:50Have you, uh...
38:53Have you talked to Alex?
38:56Does he know anything about how you're feeling?
39:00No.
39:02He doesn't.
39:06Well, he should.
39:08He loves you.
39:10More than anything, okay?
39:12Just...
39:13Talk to him.
39:16Let him in.
39:27My past is behind me.
39:31Stephanie and I are happily married, and that is how it will remain until death do us part.
39:36And there is nothing that you can do about it.
39:41Now, I've heard that the DA is offering you a deal.
39:46A chance to spend the rest of your worthless life in a nuthouse, rather than prison.
39:54I strongly suggest that you take it.
39:58Why?
40:00I'm innocent until proven guilty.
40:05I'm thinking about your safety.
40:07Oh.
40:10And the safest place for you is behind bars.
40:16Oh.
40:18Is that a threat?
40:24I'm just being honest with you.
40:27You might really want to stay put.
40:30Statesville.
40:31Or Bayview.
40:33Or wherever they decide to toss your crazy ass.
40:37Because if you get out, I'm not going to have my wife looking over her shoulder.
40:43So I will do whatever it takes to eliminate that possibility.
40:53You catch my dress.
41:06I'm so glad that you feel like you could confide in me.
41:12Like I said the other night, I don't want there to be any secrets between us.
41:19So, I hope you feel like you can confide in me, too.
41:24About anything.
41:28I do.
41:33You know.
41:37Ever since we said those three little words.
41:43Are you referring to when we exchanged I love yous?
41:51Yes.
41:52Yeah.
41:56And since then, I've been thinking, I'd like to spend more time with you.
42:03Not just in my hotel room.
42:08I've been thinking the same thing.
42:10You know, I just...
42:12I wish that we had a place where I knew that we could see each other every day,
42:16but we didn't have to plan it out.
42:20Me, too.
42:26Let me see what I can do about that.
42:39It's a lot of money, Kate.
42:43It pains me that it's come to this.
42:47But you know that Titan is in a precarious position.
42:51We are your employer.
42:53No, not right now.
42:54You're not.
42:56Well.
42:57May I remind you that you should have been back here a long time ago,
43:00but I convinced Xander and Philip to let you remain on loan out
43:05until Theo was recovered?
43:09Look.
43:11I am sympathetic to Titan's financial predicament, okay?
43:15You know I am.
43:16But I cannot just screw over my family's company to help you.
43:20Okay.
43:22Don't compound a mistake by making an even bigger mistake, okay?
43:28Because if we go to court and Titan prevails, which it most certainly will,
43:32you're going to be shelling out a hell of a lot more than what's written on that piece of paper.
43:39I'm sorry, Kate.
43:40I am, uh...
43:42I'm not going to settle.
43:46Then what are you going to do?
43:48Well?
43:54I'm going to fight.
44:08So, um...
44:10You and Johnny must be relieved that Trey's adoption is official.
44:17Yeah.
44:18Yeah, we are.
44:20Although we were thrown a little bit of a curveball yesterday.
44:24Oh, no.
44:25What happened?
44:26Well, Sophia Choi decided to show up at the hearing
44:31to make a last-ditch effort to stop Johnny and I from becoming Trey's parents.
44:36Oh, no.
44:38Yeah, but the judge was having none of that.
44:40Thank God.
44:42Okay, so there's nothing that Sophia can do to reverse the decision.
44:45No, but she did check herself out of Bayview yesterday.
44:52And she still hates us, and she hates the fact that we're now Trey's parents, so...
45:03Do you think she could be dangerous?
45:07I hope not, but she's already tried so hard to hurt us already, so I just...
45:15I don't put anything past her.
45:19You're right.
45:24I haven't been a good mother.
45:28And I'm sorry.
45:32But please...
45:34Please tell me that it's not too late, Sophia.
45:38Okay?
45:39We can start over right now and just wipe the slate clean and focus on your future and your hopes.
45:50Your dreams.
45:52You had your heart set on, um, University of Chicago, right?
45:58They have summer classes.
46:00You could sign up for a few and work part-time if you want to.
46:07Just figure things out.
46:11I told you I feel suffocated here, but things will be different this time.
46:16I promise.
46:18You can live at home and have your independence.
46:23And if you need me, I'll be here for you.
46:27If not, I'll give you your space.
46:31Whatever you choose to do, I will support it.
46:38But we've missed you, Sophia.
46:42And we love you.
46:46We love you so much.
46:56Fine.
46:58I'll stay.
47:00For now.
47:06The truth is, I don't really have anywhere else to go.
47:28Do you want anything?
47:29A glass of water or something to eat, maybe?
47:33No, thank you.
47:35I think I'm going to go for a walk.
47:45Okay.
47:48Then I will see you when you get back.
47:53Okay.
48:16Jim, may I talk to you for a second?
48:18Sure.
48:19What's up?
48:22I know you were visiting with Stephanie in the hospital yesterday.
48:25I didn't interrupt because you two were having a moment.
48:31And look, I know you guys went through something together.
48:34Something horrible that I can't even begin to imagine.
48:38And I am grateful that you were able to help her the way you...
48:41But you want me to back up?
48:42Yeah.
48:43I got her from here.
48:46Should be Stephanie's call, don't you think?
48:49We're married now.
48:52She's my wife.
48:54Oh.
48:56So you think you can go around policing who she sees?
48:59Who she's friends with?
49:02You ought to read up our marriage, bro, because that's not how it works.
49:06No.
49:10I made my wishes clear.
49:13So have I.
49:15I told you.
49:17All I ever cared about was for Stephanie to be safe and happy.
49:20That's still true.
49:23So, if she needs me, I will be there.
49:29Gotta go.
49:57Well, let's get to it.
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