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00:15I bet you are so ready to bust out of here.
00:21I know how tough it's been being treated in the same place where everything went down.
00:29Steph, you are going to feel so much better once we are finally home.
00:37I promise.
00:40Yeah.
00:44I'm sure I will.
00:54I'm so impressed with how you and Stephanie worked together to get yourselves free.
01:00I give her most of the credit.
01:02Between her research for her novels and what she learned from her private investigator father, Stephanie was a rock star.
01:14Jada told me I would find you here.
01:18I hope you don't mind me interrupting, Commissioner.
01:21Not at all.
01:21We were actually just about to wrap up.
01:31I just wanted to tell you in person, Jeremy, how very sorry I am.
01:44Yeah, Mom, I'm fine.
01:47Just trying to figure out where to go from here.
01:52Thanks, I will.
01:56Love you, too.
01:59All right, bye.
02:01There you are.
02:02J.J.?
02:03Hi, Julie.
02:04I, uh, just got back from seeing Sean Douglas, and he...
02:10He told me everything.
02:12Right now I screwed up.
02:14Could have gotten him killed.
02:15He explained about what happened at the shootout.
02:19J.J., he's worried about you.
02:23He's very worried about you, and so am I.
02:29Well, it looks like your physical therapy is going well.
02:32Oh, that's an impressive number of quad sets for someone with a recent injury.
02:37Yeah, well, I mean, I kind of got to admit that I've been pushing myself a little hard.
02:42Well, don't overdo it.
02:44You know, muscle redevelopment and strengthening should be taken, you know, gradually.
02:51I'm sure you know that.
02:52Yes, I do.
02:53I just, I just, I hate being a burden on anyone, you know?
02:57I mean, the sooner I can get out of this bed and I can start doing things on my own,
03:00the better.
03:00And I will, I will pull it back a little bit, I promise.
03:06Well, knowing my nephew the way I do, I don't really believe you when you say you're going to pull
03:12it back.
03:12So, I am glad that you're not going home alone.
03:15And I'm going to give Jada the same spiel.
03:18You should be taking it easy while she's looking after you.
03:22Wait, what did you say?
03:35Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.
03:52Hey, Belle.
03:54I was just urging Sean to, you know, take it easy during physical therapy.
04:01You know, if you could do that, I'm not sure.
04:03Yeah, well, good advice.
04:06Well, I'm going to let you two catch up.
04:07I will check back with you later, okay?
04:09Thanks.
04:14So, did I just hear right that Jada's going to be looking after you?
04:19Uh, yeah.
04:20Yeah, she is.
04:21I'm going to be staying at her place for a while.
04:25But, I mean, why?
04:27I mean, since your parents left Salem, I thought, you know, I'd be your go-to.
04:32We are still family after all.
04:34Look, Belle, I, uh, listen, I appreciate the offer.
04:38And it's, it's very sweet of you.
04:40But I just think that, um, I think it would just be better, you know, to make, uh, other arrangements.
04:46And it would be more, more comfortable, you know, for both of us.
04:53Julie, I'm fine.
04:56I don't want you worrying about me.
04:59All right, I'm concerned.
05:01And I'm concerned because I remember when Theo was shot.
05:05You went to a very, very dark place.
05:07You mean after I shot Theo?
05:09Yes, after you shot Theo.
05:10I also remember how hard you worked to bring yourself out of that depression.
05:16I don't want to see you suffer like that again.
05:19Now, who are you talking to?
05:21Are you talking to anybody?
05:22Have you reached out to these police support groups?
05:24I am still seeing my therapist.
05:26And I'm, I'm not thinking about hurting myself.
05:31So please don't, don't worry about that.
05:34Okay.
05:35Okay, I won't worry.
05:38I just want you to know you're not alone.
05:41I'm here for you.
05:43Everybody that loves you cares and supports you.
05:46And, and I don't want you to think for one minute that you are being judged.
05:54Trust me.
05:56No one can judge me as harshly as I am judging myself.
06:07I broke my own rules.
06:11When it came to finding my daughter's stalker, I let my feelings run the show.
06:19I put blinders on.
06:22I zeroed in on you when I should have been considering all the other possibilities.
06:31Owen's done an excellent job at framing me.
06:34And given my past behavior, I get why everyone suspected me.
06:41Well, I appreciate your understanding, but I think we both know that my mistake could have cost my daughter and
06:50you, your lives.
06:54I should have done things differently.
06:58You know, the way I see it, you, Jada, everyone in Salem were doing everything you could to find Stephanie.
07:06And even though the reasons for tracking me down were different, rescuing Stephanie meant rescuing me too.
07:12So I am very grateful for everything you did.
07:16And I just, thank God, we made it out of life.
07:21Yeah, thank God.
07:24But you know, Stephanie told me that at one point you had a chance to get away without her.
07:35She told me that you made the choice to stay, keep her safe.
07:42And for that, I will be eternally grateful.
07:52Hello.
07:53Hey.
07:54I, um, have your discharge papers.
07:58But, sweetheart, I would feel so much better if you would just stay another day.
08:04Mom, please.
08:05I know it's not what you want.
08:08So I am going to have to settle for checking in on you and your apartment every, well, several times
08:14a day.
08:15What?
08:17Mom, we only just got rid of Papa.
08:20I mean, we love you guys, obviously, but we are newlyweds, you know.
08:25I am fully aware of that.
08:27So my first visit will be very brief.
08:29I'm just going to bring some dinner.
08:31Give you one less thing to worry about.
08:33That is very kind.
08:37I love you.
08:40I love you, too.
08:45Take good care of her, all right?
08:47You know I will.
08:48Okay.
08:53All right.
08:55You heard the boss.
08:56Plenty of R&R.
08:59Not just yet.
09:01What do you mean, not just yet?
09:02Why?
09:03I'll rest when I get home.
09:06But there's something I need to do first.
09:19All right.
09:20Well, if that's everything, you can sign your witness statement, yeah?
09:23That's everything I didn't think of.
09:25Okay, then.
09:26You're going to sign here and here.
09:31With everything Owen can put us through, I want to see that psychopath put away for life.
09:38As do we all.
09:39Well, thank you, Jeremy.
09:43Glad to do it.
09:50Take care, Jeremy.
09:51Thank you, sir.
10:02You doing okay?
10:04Yeah, I'm just a little wound up.
10:07You know?
10:09Feels like I've been on an express train with no brakes and the door is all sealed shut.
10:15Oh, yeah.
10:17I know the feeling.
10:20Oh, I know you do.
10:23You know what?
10:24I mean, when I think about exactly just what Stephanie went through
10:31and about what you and Kayla must have been going through while she was missing,
10:35I mean, I don't have any room to complain.
10:38Oh, no, no, no.
10:39Come on.
10:40Sure you do.
10:42You've been through a lot yourself.
10:44Not only were you worried about Stephanie,
10:47but you were running the whole police force when we were looking for her.
10:53Yeah.
10:54Well, I am just so grateful that the worrying about Stephanie part is over.
11:02And speaking of my dear friend, I haven't had a chance to see her today.
11:07How's she doing?
11:12Well, she says she's doing great.
11:18But, um...
11:20But you don't believe her?
11:25Well, Leo, I just went to your room to check on you, and you weren't there.
11:31I almost checked the flight manifest to Ellimania.
11:36No screen time, remember?
11:39Dr. Johnson, take away my screen, and you take away my essence, my lifeblood.
11:44That can't be true.
11:45Oh, but it is.
11:47I mean, without my job, who am I?
11:48And I don't want to stump you with that question, so let's turn it into a multiple choice.
11:52Without his job, Leo Stark is a...
11:54Are we really doing this?
11:56A charming young man who tries too hard to make people laugh, and yes, sometimes his jokes fall flat and
12:01or offend, but at least he's not a downer, except for when he's depressed, which is most of the time
12:06lately.
12:06Or B, he's Mr. Cellophane, the song from Chicago, the musical, do you know it?
12:11Are these my only choices?
12:14I can't think of a third.
12:16Well, then you know what?
12:17But I choose neither.
12:19To me, you are a very interesting, funny, charming man who've had some struggles, but you have always tried to
12:28make yourself better.
12:32Well, due to my recent head trauma, I may be a bit emotionally labile right now, as I believe you
12:38put it, therefore overly sentimental, or as my high school friend Jason might say, a total schmaltz herring.
12:44But Dr. Johnson, I must say that you may be the kindest, loveliest human being on God's green earth, beautiful
12:51inside and out, and thank you for rescuing me from my little pity party.
12:58Can I give you a hug?
13:01Uh, sure.
13:06Okay.
13:09Yeah.
13:10Okay.
13:12J.J., a mistake does not define you, but how you come back from it does.
13:22You know, you're a strong guy and a smart one.
13:27You have a wonderful heart.
13:31I have every faith you're going to come out of this situation even stronger.
13:45I wish I had the same, same faith in me that you do.
13:50Well, everyone that knows you loves you.
13:53And everyone that knows and loves you, knows you're going to have a bright future.
14:01Thing is, we have to make sure you know that, too.
14:10Thank you, Julie.
14:14For everything.
14:25So, you wouldn't be comfortable staying with me?
14:31Look, Belle, you, look, you and I are family, like you said, and we, we, we share a child, but
14:40I just think that, I just think that, speaking for myself, that, you know, being together with you, again, you
14:49know, that, um, like that closely, it just,
14:55like, uh, I, I, I'm not expressing this well at all right now.
14:57No, you know what, you're saying it perfectly, I, I get what you're saying, I hadn't really thought of it
15:03like that.
15:04And now that you've said it, I mean, I guess I agree, uh, that being together that closely would bring
15:12up feelings that could make both of us uncomfortable.
15:16Thank you for understanding.
15:19But what about you and Jada?
15:22What happened between Jada and I does not compare to the decades that you and I spent together.
15:28Look, and just so you know, I, listen, I didn't ask to stay with her, she offered, and I'm going
15:33to be sleeping in the guest room.
15:34My number one goal is to get well.
15:37And, by the way, I don't even know if the offer still stands.
15:41Why wouldn't it?
15:43Listen, I, I failed to, I failed to give some details about the shooting that could impugn J.J.
15:50Listen, I was only trying to protect him, but it just, it backfired on me.
15:56It backfired on me when he, uh, when he came clean and he quit the force.
16:00I just, I wish I would have just disclosed everything from the beginning.
16:04I just, I wish to hell that I would have.
16:10Boy, can I relate.
16:18After everything Stephanie's been through, I don't know how she could be okay.
16:24Well, I know.
16:27Steve, you and Kayla raised a strong woman.
16:32A smart, strong, and capable woman.
16:38Yeah.
16:40Hey, guys.
16:41Alex.
16:42Stephanie, what are you doing here?
16:45I need to see Owen.
17:04Stephanie, are you sure it's a good idea to talk to Owen right now?
17:08What good is that going to do?
17:09I already told Steph that I confronted Owen yesterday, and there wasn't an ounce of remorse in that six son
17:15of a bitch.
17:15Right, and Steph, talking to him now, it won't bring any answers, it won't bring any...
17:19Stop!
17:19Please.
17:21I know what I need to do.
17:22And I'm doing it.
17:24Now.
17:34I'm here for you.
17:37Everybody is.
17:39It means a lot to me.
17:40And remember, you have a bright future.
17:45So, while you are contemplating that bright future, I think I'm going to study the meditations of Marcus Aurelius.
17:52How about that?
17:56Jeremy.
17:57Hey.
17:58Tell me how to go at the police station.
18:00Well, well.
18:01I said what I need to say.
18:04I'm so glad this awful chapter is behind you.
18:08And I'm having two gentlemen for dinner tonight, and I'm preparing roast chicken, and grilled asparagus, and mashed potatoes, comfort
18:18food.
18:19That sounds perfect.
18:29Hey.
18:33Really happy for you.
18:35Sure have indicated that everyone knows they were wrong about you.
18:42This time, yeah.
18:44Though maybe I don't deserve to be left out completely.
18:47Sending some of the things I've done in the past.
18:51Now I, uh...
18:54I gotta think about what my next chapter is going to be.
18:58That makes two of us.
19:01Uh, okay.
19:02Uh, okay.
19:03Oh.
19:06So, this emotional lability, these mood swings, how long do they go on for?
19:10Not that I'm going to miss them when they're gone.
19:12It is kind of nice to wear your heart on your sleeve, and not just because you've had ten martinis,
19:16you know?
19:16I mean, I never would have told you how fabulous you are if it weren't for my being the emotional
19:21equivalent of a live mic with no delay.
19:24Uh, well, um, I, I, I appreciate you wearing your heart on your sleeve.
19:30And I know, since you've had this concussion, that you've been prone to mood swings and depression.
19:38So you might think about scheduling a session with Dr. Evans.
19:42Oh, I've already poured my heart out to her.
19:45There's nothing that she or anyone else can do to alter the tragic verities of my existence.
19:52And, oh God, I'm having another self-pitying mood swing.
19:54This is so embarrassing.
19:56Now, listen, Leo, I know you are struggling right now.
20:02And heartache and pain, well, they do lessen in time.
20:07And I think you know that.
20:08Mm, this particular heartbreak, I don't know that time is going to make it any better.
20:14And you know what's worse than having a broken heart?
20:16Is knowing that it is broken because of you.
20:20I have had two chances at love in my life, Dr. Johnson.
20:22I have squandered both of them.
20:23And now I'm just destined.
20:25No, no, stop right there.
20:27You are not destined to be alone forever.
20:29You're not, if that's what you're going to say.
20:31And I do believe that is what you were going to say.
20:33I was going to say I was destined to be love's cautionary tale with a killer soundtrack.
20:38But I guess that works, too.
20:39Well, you're not destined for that, either.
20:41You know, you have a lot to give.
20:44Love is not done with you, Leo Stark.
20:48Not by a long shot.
20:53One more hug, please?
20:56Okay.
20:59All right.
21:06This is a bad, bad idea.
21:09I know it is.
21:11You raised one stubborn young lady.
21:13Oh.
21:20My love, you came to me.
21:44Steph.
21:46Are you sure?
22:12She should not be in there by herself with that maniac.
22:16I don't like it, either.
22:17She'll be fine.
22:19If anything happens, we're right here.
22:29No.
22:47Well, stop the presses.
22:50Alert the tabloids.
22:52You, Kayla Johnson, have done the impossible.
22:54You have resurrected the emotional roadkill that is Leo Stark.
22:57Was Leo Stark?
22:58I just call it as I see it.
23:01You have done way more than that.
23:02You have taken your time to comfort me, to lift my spirits.
23:06And this, right after your daughter was kidnapped by that Rogan bomber
23:10in a manner that would make even the most seasoned true crime podcaster cringe.
23:15Here I am, wasting your time with my relatively tame problems.
23:19Eh, everybody needs a chance to offload their problems from time to time.
23:23Complain away.
23:29I know.
23:30I haven't always been the best guy.
23:32Made the best choices.
23:34My past, it's always there to cast a shadow over anything I've done to improve my life.
23:39But I am struggling to let go over the anger I feel toward the people who they, they assume the
23:49worst of me.
23:51They hunted me down, showed up at my work.
23:57Including me.
24:00I was spying on you in your own house.
24:05Yeah, but you I can forgive.
24:07You got a job to do.
24:10That SOB-O was making me look guilty as hell, so...
24:13Why wouldn't you have eyes on me?
24:16Um...
24:16I'm talking about the people...
24:20They jumped to the wrong conclusion from the very beginning.
24:23People barely know me.
24:26How hard I've worked to become a person I am.
24:32Alone at last.
24:39And it wouldn't have to be this way...
24:42If you'd just given me a chance from the start.
24:48If you'd open your heart and tried to accept the love I have for you, instead of forcing my hand.
25:01Your love for me?
25:05You call what you did, what you've done, love?
25:14Love is what my parents have.
25:17For each other.
25:18For me and my brothers.
25:20It's what Alex and I have.
25:23You don't love me.
25:26And I will never, ever, ever, love you.
25:31You psychotic bastard.
25:38You say that now.
25:43You'll see.
25:47You'll see.
25:59Well, how was your visa with Sean?
26:01Oh, um, it was fine.
26:03Good.
26:04Well, he's a trooper.
26:06Um, I need to get back to work.
26:08But, uh, remember, no more screens.
26:10Fine.
26:11But if I start writing poetry and naming my plants, it's on your conscience.
26:14Oh, hmm, right.
26:16Well, see you later.
26:20So, keeping in mind, please, that I am emotionally labile due to a recent cranial event, meaning that I go
26:28from Hallmark movie to Greek tragedy in less than 60 seconds, I want to thank you, Bill, from the bottom
26:33of my heart that I'm now wearing on my sleeve for not charging me for helping Dimitri escape from these
26:38hallowed hospital halls.
26:40Well, my job is to ensure that justice is done, and in this case, that could only happen with you
26:46and Dimitri and Alamania.
26:48But I want you to promise me no more smoke alarms, okay?
26:52Oh, I am done, believe me, with those treacherous little scream boxes.
26:57I'm grateful to be back here in Salem thanks to my brain bomb.
27:01I just wish Dimitri could be so lucky.
27:03Yeah, well, although all of his charges have been officially cleared here in Salem, the charges in Alamania are outside
27:11of my jurisdiction.
27:12I know.
27:13I know.
27:15I just feel so guilty leaving him behind, especially when I know with every fiber of my being that he
27:20had absolutely nothing to do with Vivian Alamane's disappearance.
27:23I just wish I could prove it.
27:26Oh, Belle, I have proven to be completely useless to both the men I love, and proven in one fell
27:33swoop that I am a failure in life and in love.
27:36Oh, so you're going into the Greek tragedy bit, I see.
27:40Please don't mock me.
27:42This is humiliating enough being so out of control.
27:46Right.
27:47Um, well, why don't you try taking a page out of the book of Marlena and write it down?
27:54You know, get your feelings out that way.
27:56You heard, Dr. Johnson.
27:57No screams.
27:59And when have doctor's orders ever stopped Leo Stark?
28:06When I found Stephanie in that room, she was already terrified.
28:13But the look in her eye when she saw me, thinking I was the one who kidnapped her, just about
28:23killed me, thinking the things that I've done in the past made her that afraid of me.
28:32I guess one good thing that's come out of the hell we've gone through, Stephanie, you can see that I
28:37was genuine about, you know, wanting to learn from my mistakes.
28:43Working to become a better guy.
28:49Do you still have feelings for her?
28:57It's mostly suppressed by now.
29:01Been a long time since we're together like that.
29:07She'll always be the one that got away.
29:11Rather the one that they, uh, pushed away.
29:18But now, um, he and help Kappa together, it's bonded us in a way.
29:28I could see how it would.
29:32I mean, no one really understands what you two went through except for you.
29:39Got your own secret little society.
29:43Yeah.
29:45Yes, we do.
29:48I don't see.
29:51Oh, no.
29:53All I will see is that you are a sadistic son of a bitch who is now the one being
30:00held prisoner, wearing the handcuffs.
30:04And while people came searching high and low for me, not a soul is coming for you because you are
30:11a worthless loser.
30:14I'm the one with the power now.
30:17Get it?
30:18Yes.
30:19There's the woman I fell in love with.
30:21I've missed her.
30:23Takes me back to that special moment we shared.
30:25The moment we kissed.
30:26I can still taste your mouth online and feel the warmth of your lips.
30:35Stephanie.
30:39I hate you!
30:42I hate you!
30:43I hate you!
30:45I hate you!
30:46I hate you!
30:48I hate you!
30:51Enough.
30:52You say you hate me, Stephanie, but you'll never be able to forget me.
30:57Now, go.
31:08It's all right.
31:10It's okay.
31:12It's okay.
31:19Okay.
31:21I have a better idea.
31:23Rather than defying Dr. Johnson's no-screen order, as you so naughtily suggested,
31:28I will request a pad and pencil and pour out my sadness onto paper, like a tragic poet trapped in
31:35the wrong century.
31:36That sounds like a good idea.
31:38You take care, Belle.
31:40You adorable person with those killer dimples and a smile that just makes me want to say yes before you
31:45even ask the question.
31:46Okay, you take care, too, Leo.
31:48Oh.
31:55Chad, so good to hear from you.
31:59Oh, good.
32:00So you and the kids are coming back soon then, huh?
32:04Well, we miss you.
32:07Yeah.
32:08Tell me about it.
32:10A lot has happened here since you left.
32:13You sure you want to know?
32:17Oh, well, how much time you got.
32:20Yeah.
32:27Hey.
32:29Hey.
32:30Uh, how's it going?
32:33Oh, it's been a long, hard day.
32:37Make that a week.
32:39But, uh, probably not as hard as yours.
32:44Yeah, and, um, mine's probably about to get even harder.
32:50I'm, uh, assuming that you're here to, uh, to suspend me, and you're going to be rescinding your offer to,
32:57uh, let me move in with you.
33:00Sean, of course, I am disappointed that you failed to disclose all events involved in an officer-involved shooting.
33:10And I will have to put a warning in your file.
33:14But you are not suspended.
33:17However, you will have to earn back my trust.
33:25I totally understand your position.
33:28Warning taken, and...
33:30Warning deserved.
33:34And, also, um, no, I am not rescinding my offer for you to come stay with me while you recover.
33:42If...
33:42That's still what you want.
33:46Yes.
33:48That's definitely what I want.
34:01Hey, sweetness.
34:03Hi.
34:04Hi.
34:06Listen, how about I take you to lunch, huh?
34:08Ooh, that would be nice.
34:10We can celebrate our daughter being discharged.
34:15Yeah.
34:17Listen.
34:19After she was discharged, she showed up at the police station with Alex to confront Owen.
34:26What?
34:27Alex was just take her straight home.
34:29Well, he couldn't talk her out of it.
34:31And neither could I.
34:33She shouldn't have been there.
34:36But she was defiant, and...
34:40But she was defiant, and...
34:41She...
34:41She was distant.
34:46I don't know what's going on with her.
34:49I think she might be shutting down on us.
34:52No.
34:55But what happened with this Owen Kent?
34:58Well, she was really shaken up.
35:02She really shouldn't have been there.
35:04She shouldn't have done that.
35:08Baby, listen.
35:09The look in her eyes.
35:10I've never seen that before.
35:14I'm really worried about her.
35:18Well, now I am, too.
35:42Good to be old?
35:44Yeah.
35:47Olds.
35:53Now, Alex, I'm sorry about what happened earlier with Owen.
35:58I completely lost it, obviously.
36:01You do not need to apologize.
36:03I totally understand.
36:06I can't tell you how happy I am that you are back home.
36:19Stephanie, I am beyond blessed to call you my other half.
36:26I know you've been through so much, and our life as husband and wife has barely begun.
36:35But if you're ready, I want us to move forward, together, through the life that we always dreamed of.
37:04I love you.
37:05I love you, too.
37:07I love you, too.
37:20It sounds to me like you still do have feelings for Stephanie.
37:24It doesn't matter what I feel.
37:26She's married now.
37:29But in case you're wondering, no.
37:32I'm not staying in Salem because of her.
37:35I'm staying because it was never right for me to be run out of town.
37:40Accused of crimes I didn't commit.
37:43Now, for a while, I had no choice but to run, but things have changed now.
37:49Obviously.
37:51And also, I'd like the opportunity to make things right with Stephanie.
37:58Well, with everything that happened with Owen, you might have an opening.
38:03Right.
38:07I think I only owe it to myself to, uh, stick around.
38:13See things through.
38:16What exactly does that mean?
38:21I guess we'll see.
38:28My heart is fractured.
38:32Split down the middle.
38:35One side belongs to the man who makes me better just by virtue of his existence.
38:42Who inspired me.
38:44Who still inspires me.
38:46To show up.
38:48Step up.
38:48And, God forbid, grow up.
38:52Being with Javi was perfect.
38:56Except when I felt I wasn't good enough for him.
38:59That he deserved better.
39:03And now, I've driven Javi away.
39:06He wanted clarity.
39:08I gave him a question mark.
39:10I thought silence would buy me time.
39:13It bought me an ending.
39:17The other side belongs to Dimitri.
39:21Who sees all my flaws and doesn't flinch.
39:25Being with him means never having to try to be better because he and I are cut from the same
39:30cloth.
39:32Between the two of us, we've got one functioning moral compass.
39:37And it's on airplane mode.
39:40And yet, he also inspires me to be bold.
39:45To take risks.
39:48Dimitri makes me feel alive in every sense.
40:01And now, Javi is done with me.
40:06Dimitri is locked away in Alomania.
40:09Perhaps never to darken my doorway ever again.
40:15So, with both Javi and Dimitri now far away, maybe out of my life forever, my heart will always be...
40:34Dimitri.
40:42Dimitri.
40:44Dimitri.
40:46Dimitri.
40:47Dimitri.
40:50Dimitri.
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