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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?
15:49Who?
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.
16:00And so did everyone else.
16:01You know, as I've said before, remember?
16:03Perfect scapegoat.
16:04Blah, blah, blah.
16:05Although I do have to say,
16:06the timing on your return to Salem.
16:10It was very convenient for me,
16:13so thank you for that.
16:15Shut up, you son of a bitch.
16:17My own family doubted my innocence.
16:20The cops showed up at my school,
16:22questioned my students,
16:24all because of you.
16:25You ruined my reputation.
16:27Uh, it was already pretty damaged.
16:30No offense.
16:33You will make it up to me.
16:43You really are a pathetic loser.
16:49I'm going to sue you for all your worth.
16:53Well, I'm not worth anything, actually.
16:56So, that would be a waste of time.
16:59I'll do it anyway.
17:00Just to tie your ass up in court for years.
17:03Oh, and I'll sue the Demeris too for hiring you,
17:05knowing 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.
17:19In fact,
17:21they'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
17:47and sit on your bed
17:50just to feel close to you.
17:54And I would pray for you to recover
17:57and return to us,
17:58and here you are.
18:02Oh, Sophia.
18:04It really is a miracle.
18:07Your dad and brothers will be over the moon
18:09that you're back.
18:11But, Mom, I...
18:14I'm not...
18:16I'm not staying.
18:17I'm not staying.
18:19What?
18:20Where are you going?
18:24Anywhere 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,
18:44it feels kind of weird
18:45being back in the building
18:46after being at DiMera so long,
18:47but, uh,
18:48Sal's still selling his bagels down in the lobby,
18:51so I'm sure that my
18:52re-entry will be all good.
18:55That is what we're
18:56here to talk about, right?
18:58Yes, your return to Titan.
19:00But first,
19:01um,
19:02there's something that
19:04we need to discuss.
19:14Look,
19:15if
19:16deceit were an art form,
19:18Vivian would have her own wing
19:19at the Met.
19:22But
19:22the way Yvonne
19:24was sobbing on the phone,
19:27that didn't sound fake to me.
19:30So you really think she's gone?
19:33Honestly, Gabby,
19:35I don't know.
19:37There's no end to the crazy stuff
19:39Vivian has pulled.
19:41But the one thing
19:42that she has never done
19:43is surrender.
19:47Pretending to be dead,
19:48hiding,
19:49is
19:51giving up,
19:53admitting defeat.
19:55And that's just not her.
20:05part of me hopes that Kate's right.
20:11Vivian is the one person
20:13who had answers
20:14about Stefan's last days.
20:17If he still loved me,
20:18if,
20:20if we're really divorced.
20:23And if she's dead,
20:26I may never get them.
20:28So the pregnancy was rough
20:30at first, huh?
20:31Just that I couldn't
20:33keep anything down.
20:34But now the morning sickness
20:36is finally almost over,
20:37and I'm moving past the part
20:39where I'm worrying all the time,
20:41and just
20:42into the part where I just
20:43get to be super excited.
20:47Well, you look fantastic.
20:49I was going to say
20:50the same thing to you.
20:51If I'd been through
20:52what you've been through,
20:53I would be
20:54a total mess.
20:57Trust me.
21:00I am.
21:02I'm not worried about
21:04Dr. Rolf or the Damaris,
21:06but you
21:06should be very worried about me.
21:10You're right.
21:12I did some pretty awful things
21:13in the past.
21:15I do have a bad temper.
21:18Violent tendencies.
21:21I've worked on it
21:22therapy, but
21:23that
21:25rage
21:27is timey.
21:30So that's why
21:31Stephanie left you,
21:33isn't it?
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
21:49I'll get another chance.
21:51You go near again.
21:52I will rip you
21:54rim from lamp.
21:56Do you hear me?
22:09I am so sorry
22:11about what Vivian put you through
22:12with Stefan.
22:16Thanks.
22:18It's not like you had anything
22:20to do with it.
22:22No.
22:23And if I'd known
22:25what she was up to,
22:26I sure as hell
22:26would have tried to stop her.
22:29I know you would.
22:32But I did have everything
22:34to do with what's going on
22:35at Titan.
22:37My stupid decision
22:39to go along
22:39with Vivian's plan
22:40has disrupted
22:41so many lives.
22:42I should have told her
22:43to shove her fake letter
22:44and walked away.
22:46If I just had the strength
22:47encouraged to do that,
22:49none of this
22:49would be happening.
22:53But I went along
22:54with the fraud,
22:55the merger went bust,
22:57and now we're scrimmling
22:58to keep the company afloat.
23:01At least you and Xander
23:02are on the same page.
23:05I'm grateful for that,
23:08for my family
23:09coming together
23:09to fight for our future.
23:12But the desperation
23:13is starting to show.
23:16What do you mean?
23:20My mother is champing
23:22at the bit
23:23to get pages out of Stephanie,
23:25who's still in the hospital,
23:26for God's sakes.
23:28And that surprises you?
23:30No,
23:31but it pisses me off.
23:34Now that I'm saying it,
23:35I realize the only person
23:36I should be pissed at
23:37is myself
23:39for getting us
23:40into this mess
23:41in the first place.
23:45I just hope
23:45this is all worth it.
23:47And we can save the company.
23:54I know you well, Philip.
23:57I have faith in you.
24:02So,
24:02it's come to our attention
24:04that several passages
24:06from one rainy afternoon
24:08are derivative
24:09of one stormy night.
24:11Our legal...
24:14Our legal department
24:16has given us a list.
24:17Okay, well,
24:18that's just...
24:19Are you...
24:20Are you accusing Bonnie
24:21of plagiarism?
24:22Well,
24:24not intentionally,
24:25of course,
24:26but we all know
24:26that she was a big fan
24:28of the book,
24:29and legally,
24:30she's crossed the line.
24:31Okay, then we'll fix it.
24:32We can't do that.
24:33The book is about
24:34to hit the shelves.
24:35Kate,
24:36look,
24:36this is...
24:37This whole thing
24:38is unfortunate,
24:40right,
24:40to say the least.
24:41But what are you saying?
24:42You're gonna sue
24:44Demera
24:44over an honest mistake?
24:46No.
24:46I don't want to do that.
24:48At all.
24:49But Xander
24:50is insisting
24:51on action.
24:53So,
24:54that's the reason
24:55I asked you over here.
24:56Hopefully,
24:57we can come to
24:58a mutually agreeable solution.
25:04There must be some way
25:05I can change your mind.
25:07Yeah,
25:07trust me,
25:08there isn't.
25:09Do you really not understand
25:11why I hate it here so much?
25:13Being in this room,
25:14it feels like,
25:15like a prison.
25:18Oh,
25:19I had no idea
25:19you felt that way.
25:20Of course you didn't.
25:22Because,
25:22because you've been
25:23completely oblivious
25:24to my feelings
25:25for my entire life.
25:26and you've never
25:28even shown
25:28the slightest interest
25:29in getting to know
25:30who I really am.
25:31There's so much
25:32about me
25:33that you don't even know.
25:34That is not true.
25:36Yes,
25:36it is.
25:37And maybe
25:38if you hadn't been
25:39so busy
25:39trying to control me
25:40and force your beliefs
25:42on me,
25:42then maybe you'd actually
25:43know what I believed in
25:45and what I wanted
25:47for my own life.
25:49But no,
25:50you just kept telling me
25:51I had to trust
25:52in God's plan,
25:53a.k.a.
25:54your plan.
25:54And how,
25:55how,
25:56how did that work out?
25:58Because I ended up
25:59pregnant
26:01and then in a mental
26:02institution
26:03and now the two people
26:05who I hate the most
26:06in the world
26:06are raising my baby.
26:08I went to the court
26:09yesterday
26:10to tell the judge
26:11that Johnny and Chanel
26:12should not keep my son
26:13and they didn't listen to me.
26:15Nobody ever listens to me.
26:17I'm listening.
26:18I'm listening.
26:23Please.
26:26Just tell me
26:27what I can do
26:28and I'll do it.
26:32I just,
26:35I want to be free
26:36of this place
26:38and of you
26:40and I'm never
26:41coming back here
26:42and I'm leaving
26:42because I'm done.
26:43Sophia, wait, wait.
26:51It is okay
26:52to feel the way
26:54that you do.
26:55You just went
26:56through hell.
26:58But it's over now
27:00and I still feel
27:02like a wreck.
27:04I thought I was
27:06resilient,
27:09strong.
27:11You are.
27:14Okay, but you were
27:15just a victim
27:16of a horrible,
27:18horrible crime.
27:19It's okay
27:20to feel vulnerable.
27:22Is it?
27:24Yeah.
27:28Almost two decades
27:30have gone by.
27:32I thought I'd learned,
27:35changed,
27:37become this
27:38confident,
27:40capable,
27:41badass woman.
27:45But now,
27:47being back
27:48in this place
27:49all over again,
27:50being
27:51Owen Kent's
27:53victim
27:54again,
27:59I have no idea
28:01who I am.
28:03You are strong,
28:06smart,
28:08and successful
28:09and an incredibly
28:10brave woman
28:11who just fought
28:12herself out of
28:13a horrible situation
28:14and survived.
28:17But I have to
28:18ask myself
28:19why I keep
28:21ending up in
28:22these horrible
28:22situations to
28:23begin with.
28:26Why I continue
28:28to attract men
28:29who treat me
28:30this way.
28:32Why I keep
28:34making these
28:35awful choices,
28:37mistake after
28:38your mistake,
28:40landing these
28:41toxic,
28:42abusive
28:43relationships.
28:44You never
28:46chose to be
28:47with Owen.
28:51But I did
28:52choose
28:53to publish
28:55a romance novel
28:56based on my
28:56real-life
28:57experiences.
28:59I thought
29:00it would be
29:03empowering
29:05and
29:07cathartic.
29:09and
29:10it was,
29:13right?
29:14Yeah.
29:16In the
29:17beginning.
29:21But then
29:22it ended up
29:22being poison
29:23for Jeremy
29:24Horton.
29:26My book
29:27brought him
29:28back to
29:28Salem.
29:30And look
29:31what I did
29:31to him.
29:33I completely
29:34blew up
29:35his life.
29:37Am I
29:37getting
29:38through to
29:38you,
29:39you
29:39worthless
29:39son of a
29:40bitch?
29:45Well,
29:45well,
29:46well.
29:47Looks like
29:47all Stephanie's
29:48suitors are
29:49lining up
29:50to berate
29:51me.
29:56Jada said
29:56I could speak
29:57my piece
29:57to this
29:58son of a
29:58bitch,
29:58but I
30:00can wait
30:00my turn.
30:02go for
30:03it.
30:05I'm done.
30:15First of all,
30:17I am not
30:19one of
30:19Stephanie's
30:20suitors.
30:22I'm her
30:22husband.
30:26I don't
30:27really have
30:27much else
30:28to say
30:28to you,
30:29Owen.
30:30What I
30:31would really
30:31like to do
30:32is to
30:32make you
30:32suffer.
30:34The same
30:34way that
30:35you made
30:35her suffer,
30:35but that
30:36wouldn't
30:36make me
30:36any better
30:37than you.
30:37Oh,
30:37but you're
30:38not.
30:39You're
30:39not any
30:40better than
30:40me.
30:41That I
30:42know.
30:42You don't
30:43know a
30:43damn thing
30:44about me,
30:44you
30:44demented
30:45freak.
30:46But see,
30:48I do.
30:50See,
30:50when I
30:51came back
30:51to Salem,
30:52found out
30:53you were
30:53dating
30:53Stephanie,
30:54I made
30:54it my
30:55mission to
30:56learn
30:56everything I
30:57could about
30:57you.
30:59Did a
30:59real deep
31:01dive.
31:02It's
31:03amazing what
31:03you can
31:03find online
31:04these days.
31:06Alexander
31:07Neokiriakis,
31:08product of
31:08an extramarital
31:10affair.
31:11You know,
31:12with such
31:12assorted
31:13origin story,
31:14it's no
31:14wonder you
31:15treated women
31:16like crap.
31:20I'm
31:21out of
31:21here.
31:22I'm
31:23done
31:23wasting
31:23my
31:23time
31:23on
31:24trash.
31:25You
31:26sure you
31:26don't
31:26want to
31:27know
31:27what I
31:28found
31:28when I
31:28looked
31:28up
31:29your
31:29name?
31:34According
31:34to
31:34several
31:36message
31:36boards,
31:38you
31:39hit on
31:39everything
31:40that
31:40moved.
31:42I
31:42had
31:43countless
31:44one-night
31:44stands,
31:45drunken,
31:46waking up
31:46the next
31:46morning,
31:47not
31:47remembering
31:47the name
31:48of the
31:48woman
31:48you
31:49were
31:49with,
31:49and
31:49let's
31:50not
31:50forget
31:51about
31:51the
31:51threesomes.
31:52You
31:52are
31:52disgusting.
31:53Me?
31:54No,
31:55no,
31:55no,
31:55see,
31:56I'm
31:56not
31:56the
31:56one
31:56that
31:57treated
31:57women
31:57like
31:58a
31:58notch
31:58on
31:58my
31:59belt.
32:01I'm
32:02not
32:02the
32:02one
32:02who
32:03used
32:03them
32:03like
32:04they
32:04were
32:04an
32:04object
32:05and
32:05then
32:05discarded
32:06them
32:06when
32:06I
32:06was
32:06through
32:07with
32:07them.
32:09So
32:10you
32:10bumped
32:10into
32:10Stephanie
32:11literal.
32:12You
32:12say
32:13her
32:13name.
32:13You
32:14never
32:14even
32:14wanted
32:15to be
32:15in a
32:15serious
32:16relationship.
32:17Did
32:18you?
32:19Because
32:20you're
32:20a
32:20player.
32:22Right?
32:24Players
32:24gotta
32:25play.
32:26So
32:26how's
32:26this
32:27gonna
32:27go,
32:27Alexander?
32:29How
32:29could
32:29you
32:29ever
32:30end
32:31up
32:31being
32:31anything
32:32other
32:32than
32:33a
32:33massive
32:33disappointment
32:34as a
32:34husband?
32:35How
32:35could
32:36you
32:36ever
32:36be
32:36true
32:37to
32:37one
32:38woman
32:38forever?
32:41Easily.
32:42Because
32:43I'm
32:43in
32:44love
32:44with
32:45an
32:45amazing
32:45woman
32:46who
32:46loves
32:46me
32:47and
32:47hates
32:48you
32:48with
32:49a
32:49vengeance.
32:50An
32:50amazing
32:50woman
32:51who's
32:51sick
32:51and
32:52tired
32:52of
32:52creeps
32:53like
32:53you
32:53who
32:53can't
32:53keep
32:54it
32:54zipped.
32:55Who
32:55can't
32:55go
32:55five
32:56minutes
32:56without
32:56chasing
32:57a
32:57skirt.
32:58Who
32:59pretends
32:59to
33:00love
33:01you
33:01just
33:01long
33:02enough
33:02to
33:02break
33:03you.
33:04I
33:04break
33:05your
33:05face.
33:06You
33:06think
33:06I
33:07don't
33:07deserve
33:07Stephanie
33:08Johnson?
33:09Well,
33:10I got
33:10news
33:10for you,
33:11friend.
33:11Sure
33:12as hell
33:12don't
33:13either.
33:26I
33:27want
33:27to
33:27help
33:27you.
33:28Then
33:28leave
33:28me
33:28alone.
33:30I
33:31can't
33:31do
33:31that.
33:33I'm
33:34your
33:34mother.
33:36I
33:37love
33:37you.
33:38and
33:39I'm
33:39here
33:39for
33:39you.
33:41Anything
33:42you
33:42need,
33:42you
33:43just
33:43say
33:43it.
33:53I
33:53appreciate
33:54that,
33:55mom.
33:57And
33:59I am
34:00sorry.
34:04but
34:05you're
34:05too
34:05late.
34:11Kate,
34:13have
34:14you
34:14even
34:14read
34:15One Rainy
34:16Afternoon?
34:18No,
34:20of course
34:20I haven't.
34:22As I
34:22told
34:22Bonnie,
34:23Titan has
34:24a strict
34:24policy
34:25against
34:25reading
34:25unsolicited
34:27manuscripts,
34:27and as I
34:28told you,
34:29it wasn't
34:29even a
34:29good time
34:30for us.
34:30I mean,
34:30it was
34:31a hard
34:31pass.
34:32You
34:32seem
34:35so
34:35prepared.
34:36I mean,
34:36surely
34:36someone at
34:37Titan
34:37must have
34:38read it.
34:39Yes,
34:40after the
34:40fact,
34:41and thank
34:41God
34:41they
34:41did.
34:43Protecting
34:43our
34:43intellectual
34:44property
34:44is of
34:45utmost
34:45importance.
34:46Oh,
34:46come
34:46on.
34:48Fan
34:49fiction
34:49is
34:49published
34:50all the
34:50time.
34:51Look
34:51at
34:51Fifty Shades
34:51of
34:51Grey.
34:52E.L.
34:53James
34:53was
34:53inspired
34:54by the
34:54Twilight
34:55series
34:55Bonnie
34:56Lockhart.
34:57She
34:57lifted
34:58entire
34:58passages
35:00from
35:00One Stormy
35:01Night,
35:01almost
35:02line by
35:02line.
35:04It's
35:04nothing
35:05personal.
35:06This
35:06is the
35:07cutthroat
35:07business
35:08of publishing,
35:09okay,
35:09and I
35:09know it's
35:10a very
35:10hard
35:10lesson
35:11to learn,
35:11but your
35:12client
35:13infringed
35:14on our
35:14copyright.
35:17So,
35:18then,
35:18um,
35:20what do
35:21you propose?
35:22Well,
35:24I don't
35:25think we
35:25have to
35:25go to
35:25court.
35:27I think
35:28there is
35:28a sum,
35:30probably a
35:30pittance
35:31for
35:31Demira,
35:33that we
35:33could agree
35:34on,
35:35don't you
35:35think?
35:37Uh,
35:37you know,
35:37I would
35:38have to
35:38see the
35:38number.
35:41Okay,
35:41then.
35:44Here
35:45you go.
35:48There's
35:48been an
35:49internal
35:50discussion
35:50about
35:50this.
35:59No way.
36:07Look,
36:08we were
36:08all
36:09wrong
36:10about
36:10Jeremy.
36:11But I'm
36:11the reason
36:12that everyone
36:13suspected he
36:14was my
36:14stalker,
36:15because of
36:16the relationship
36:17that we had
36:18years ago.
36:18Yeah,
36:20and because
36:20the mountain
36:21of evidence
36:22that all
36:23pointed to
36:24him.
36:25False
36:25evidence.
36:28Owen set
36:29Jeremy up.
36:30Yeah,
36:31he did
36:32turn out
36:32to be
36:33innocent.
36:33it.
36:36In some
36:37ways,
36:37he was a
36:37real
36:38hero.
36:40Oh.
36:44When we
36:45were locked
36:45in that
36:45room,
36:46he was,
36:48he was
36:49there for
36:50me.
36:51He was
36:52kind
36:53and helpful.
36:56He wasn't
36:58the monster
36:58everyone thought
36:59he was.
37:02He's
37:03definitely
37:03owed a
37:05lot of
37:06apologies.
37:10I can't
37:11get it
37:11right,
37:12even
37:13now.
37:16I just
37:17keep,
37:19I just
37:20keep coming
37:20to the
37:21wrong
37:21conclusions.
37:21I keep
37:22making
37:22the wrong
37:23choices.
37:25You're,
37:26you're not
37:27including
37:28Alex in
37:29that,
37:30right?
37:31No.
37:33No,
37:34Alex is
37:35the one
37:35good choice
37:36I've made.
37:42We just
37:43got married.
37:44You know,
37:44we should
37:45be blissfully
37:46happy.
37:47We should
37:48be making
37:49out everywhere
37:50we go.
37:52We should
37:53be having
37:55hot newlywed
37:56sex.
38:00but
38:03ever
38:04since
38:04I've
38:05been
38:05rescued,
38:10I
38:10practically
38:11jump out
38:12of my skin
38:12every time
38:13he touches
38:13me.
38:16Hey,
38:17hey,
38:18I'm
38:19sure
38:19that
38:20Alex
38:20understands,
38:22okay?
38:22It's,
38:23it's gonna
38:23take time
38:24and,
38:25you know,
38:26maybe,
38:26maybe some
38:27therapy.
38:34What if
38:35it doesn't
38:35work?
38:38What if,
38:40what if I
38:41never stop
38:42feeling this
38:43way?
38:44You will.
38:47Okay.
38:50have you,
38:52uh,
38:53have you
38:54talked to
38:55Alex?
38:56Does he know
38:56anything about
38:57how you're
38:58feeling?
39:00No.
39:02He
39:03doesn't.
39:06Well,
39:07he should.
39:08He loves
39:09you
39:09more than
39:11anything,
39:12okay?
39:12Just
39:12talk to
39:14him.
39:16Let him
39:17in.
39:27My
39:28past is
39:28behind me.
39:30Stephanie
39:31and I
39:31are happily
39:32married,
39:32and that
39:33is how
39:33it will
39:33remain
39:34until
39:34death
39:34do us
39:35part,
39:35and there
39:36is
39:36nothing
39:36that you
39:38can do
39:38about
39:38it.
39:41Now I've
39:42heard that
39:43the DA
39:43is offering
39:43you a
39:44deal.
39:46A chance
39:47to spend
39:48the rest
39:48of your
39:49worthless
39:49life
39:50in a
39:51nuthouse
39:51rather
39:52than
39:52prison.
39:54I
39:55strongly
39:55suggest
39:56that
39:56you
39:56take
39:57it.
39:58Why?
40:00I'm
40:01innocent
40:01until
40:02proven
40:02guilty.
40:05I'm
40:05thinking
40:05about
40:06your
40:06safety.
40:08Oh,
40:10and the
40:10safest
40:11place
40:11for
40:11you
40:12is
40:13behind
40:13bars.
40:16Oh,
40:18is that
40:19a threat?
40:24I'm
40:25just
40:25being
40:25honest
40:25with
40:25you.
40:27You
40:27might
40:27really
40:28want
40:28to
40:28stay
40:28put.
40:30Statesville,
40:31or
40:31Bayview,
40:33or
40:33wherever
40:33they decide
40:34to
40:34toss
40:34your
40:34crazy
40:35ass.
40:37Because
40:37if
40:37you
40:38get
40:38out,
40:39I'm
40:40not
40:40going to
40:40have
40:40my
40:41wife
40:41looking
40:41over
40:42her
40:42shoulder.
40:43So
40:44I
40:44will
40:44do
40:45whatever
40:46it
40:47takes
40:49to
40:49eliminate
40:50that
40:50possibility.
40:53You
40:53catch
41:04my
41:06I'm
41:06so glad
41:07that you
41:07feel
41:08like
41:08you
41:08could
41:08confide
41:08in me.
41:12Like I
41:12said the
41:13other night,
41:14I don't want
41:15there to be
41:15any secrets
41:16between us.
41:18so
41:19I
41:20hope you
41:21feel
41:21you
41:21can
41:21confide
41:22in
41:22me
41:22too.
41:24About
41:24anything.
41:28I do.
41:34You
41:34know,
41:37ever
41:38since we
41:38said those
41:39three
41:39little
41:40words,
41:43are you
41:44referring to
41:45when we
41:45exchanged
41:47I
41:48love
41:48you's?
41:51Yeah.
41:56And
41:56since
41:56then,
41:57I've
41:57been
41:57thinking
41:59I'd
41:59like to
41:59spend
42:00more
42:00time
42:00with
42:00you.
42:03Not
42:04just
42:04in my
42:04hotel
42:05room.
42:08I've
42:09been
42:09thinking
42:09the
42:09same
42:09thing.
42:10You
42:10know,
42:11I
42:11just
42:12I
42:12wish
42:12that
42:13we
42:13had
42:13a
42:13place
42:13where
42:14I
42:14knew
42:14that
42:14we
42:15could
42:15see
42:15each
42:15other
42:15every
42:16day
42:16where
42:16we
42:16didn't
42:16have
42:17to
42:17plan
42:17it
42:17out.
42:20Me
42:20too.
42:26Let me
42:26see what
42:26I can
42:27do
42:27about
42:27that.
42:39That's
42:39a lot
42:39of
42:40money,
42:40Kate.
42:43It
42:44pains
42:44me
42:45that
42:45it's
42:46come
42:46to
42:46this.
42:47But
42:48you
42:48know
42:48that
42:49Titan
42:49is
42:49in
42:49a
42:49precarious
42:50position.
42:52We
42:52are
42:52your
42:52employer.
42:53No,
42:53not
42:53right
42:54now.
42:54You're
42:54not.
42:56Well,
42:57may
42:58I
42:58remind
42:58you
42:58that
42:58you
42:58should
42:59have
42:59been
42:59back
42:59here
42:59a
42:59long
43:00time
43:00ago,
43:00but
43:01I
43:01convinced
43:01Xander
43:02and
43:02Philip
43:03to
43:03let
43:03you
43:03remain
43:04on
43:04loan
43:04out
43:05until
43:05Theo
43:06was
43:06recovered.
43:09Look,
43:11I
43:11am
43:11sympathetic
43:12to
43:12Titan's
43:13financial
43:14predicament,
43:15okay?
43:15You
43:16know
43:16I
43:16am,
43:16but
43:17I
43:17cannot
43:17just
43:18screw
43:18over
43:18my
43:19family's
43:19company
43:19to
43:19help
43:20you.
43:22Don't
43:23compound
43:23a
43:23mistake
43:24by
43:24making
43:25an
43:25even
43:25bigger
43:26mistake,
43:27okay?
43:28Because
43:28if we
43:28go to
43:29court
43:29and
43:30Titan
43:30prevails,
43:31which
43:31it
43:31most
43:31certainly
43:32will,
43:32you're
43:32going
43:33to be
43:33shelling
43:33out
43:34a
43:34hell
43:34of
43:34a
43:34lot
43:35more
43:35than
43:35what's
43:35written
43:36on
43:36that
43:36piece
43:36of
43:37paper.
43:39Sorry,
43:40Kate.
43:40I am
43:42not going
43:43to settle.
43:46Then
43:46what are
43:46you going
43:47to do?
43:48Well,
43:53I'm
43:54going to
43:54fight.
44:08So,
44:09um,
44:11you and
44:12Johnny
44:12must be
44:13relieved
44:14that
44:14Trey's
44:15adoption
44:15is
44:16official.
44:17Yeah.
44:18Yeah,
44:18we are.
44:20Although
44:20we were
44:21thrown a
44:22little bit
44:22of a
44:22curveball
44:23yesterday.
44:24Oh,
44:24no.
44:25What
44:25happened?
44:26Well,
44:27Sophia
44:28Choi
44:28decided to
44:29show up
44:30at the
44:30hearing
44:31to make
44:31a last
44:32ditch
44:33effort
44:33to stop
44:34Johnny
44:34and I
44:34from
44:34becoming
44:35Trey's
44:35parents.
44:36Oh,
44:37no.
44:38Yeah,
44:38but the
44:38judge was
44:39having none
44:39of that.
44:40Thank
44:41God.
44:42Okay,
44:42so there's
44:43nothing that
44:43Sophia can
44:44do to
44:44reverse the
44:45decision.
44:46No,
44:47but she
44:49did check
44:49herself out
44:50of Bayview
44:50yesterday
44:51and she
44:53still hates
44:53us and
44:55she hates
44:55the fact
44:56that we're
44:57now
44:57Trey's
44:58parents,
44:59so.
45:03Do you
45:04think she
45:04could be
45:04dangerous?
45:07I hope
45:08not,
45:09but she's
45:11already tried
45:11so hard
45:12to hurt
45:13us already,
45:13so I
45:14just
45:16don't
45:16put
45:16anything
45:17past
45:17her.
45:19You're
45:20right.
45:24I
45:25haven't
45:25been a
45:25good
45:26mother
45:28and I'm
45:29sorry,
45:31but please
45:34please tell
45:35me that
45:35it's not
45:36too late,
45:36Sophia.
45:38we can
45:40start over
45:41right now
45:42and just
45:43wipe the
45:44slate clean
45:44and focus
45:46on your
45:46future
45:47and your
45:48hopes,
45:49your dreams.
45:52you had
45:53your heart
45:53set on
45:55University of
45:56Chicago,
45:56right?
45:58They have
45:58summer
45:59classes.
45:59You could
46:00sign up
46:01for a few
46:01and work
46:03part-time
46:04if you want
46:04to.
46:06Just
46:07figure things
46:08out.
46:11I told you
46:12I feel
46:13suffocated
46:13here,
46:14but things
46:14will be
46:14different
46:15this time.
46:16I promise
46:18you can
46:19live at
46:19home
46:19and have
46:20your
46:21independence.
46:23If you
46:24need me,
46:24I'll be
46:25here for
46:26you.
46:27If not,
46:28I'll give
46:28you your
46:29space.
46:31Whatever
46:32you choose
46:32to do,
46:33I will
46:33support it.
46:38But we've
46:39missed you,
46:40Sophia.
46:42And we
46:43love you.
46:46We love
46:47you so
46:47much.
46:56Fine.
46:58I'll stay.
47:00For now.
47:06The truth
47:07is I,
47:07I don't
47:08really have
47:09anywhere else
47:10to go.
47:28do you
47:28want
47:28anything?
47:29A glass
47:30of water
47:31or something
47:31to eat,
47:32maybe?
47:33No,
47:33thank you.
47:35I think
47:36I'm going
47:37to go
47:37for a walk.
47:45Okay.
47:48Then I
47:49will
47:51see you
47:52when you
47:52get back.
48:16Jim,
48:16may I
48:16talk to you
48:17for a
48:17second?
48:18Sure.
48:19What's
48:19up?
48:22I know
48:22you were
48:22visiting
48:23with
48:23Stephanie
48:24in the
48:24hospital
48:24yesterday.
48:25I didn't
48:26interrupt
48:26because you
48:27two were
48:28having a
48:29moment.
48:31And look,
48:31I know
48:32you guys
48:32went through
48:32something
48:33together,
48:34something
48:34horrible
48:35that I
48:35can't even
48:35begin to
48:36imagine.
48:38And I
48:39am grateful
48:39that you
48:40were able
48:40to help
48:40her the way
48:41you
48:41want me
48:41to back
48:41up.
48:42Yeah.
48:43I got
48:43it from
48:43here.
48:46Should be
48:46Stephanie's
48:47call,
48:47don't you
48:47think?
48:49We're
48:50married
48:50now.
48:52She's
48:52my wife.
48:54Oh.
48:56So you
48:57think you
48:57can go
48:57around
48:58policing
48:58who she
48:58sees,
49:00who she's
49:00friends
49:00with?
49:02You
49:02ought to
49:03read up
49:03our
49:03marriage
49:03drill
49:04because
49:04that's
49:05not how
49:05it works.
49:06No.
49:10I made
49:11my wishes
49:11clear.
49:13So have
49:13I.
49:15I told
49:16you,
49:17all I ever
49:18cared about
49:18was for
49:18Stephanie
49:19to be
49:19safe
49:19and
49:19happy.
49:20That's
49:21still
49:21true.
49:22So,
49:23if she
49:24needs
49:24me,
49:26I will
49:26be there.
49:30Gotta go.
49:33I
49:44to
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