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00:20A.J.
00:28You rang?
00:33What the bloody hell is this?
00:36That, my dear, is your luggage.
00:39I can see that.
00:42What's he doing here?
00:44He's waiting for you to lug it to where you will next be hanging your hat.
00:48The staff is moving Kristen in, and you?
01:04Now, how am I supposed to write 1,200 words on the sanitation department, knowing that
01:13Javi is probably canoodling this new mystery firefighter boyfriend?
01:23The story's going to have to wait.
01:24I'm going to have to do a little sleuthing on Javi's social media.
01:28Oh.
01:30Javi's social media.
01:32My grandmother's old rotary phone had a better digital footprint.
01:42But I am an intrepid investigative reporter, and finding out who this new boyfriend is
01:50should be easy peasy.
01:53All I have to do is pull up a list of every registered firefighter in Corpus Christi, and that'll
02:02narrow my search down to 515 people.
02:08It's going to take forever to sort through all that.
02:13Oh.
02:15I suppose there are worse ways to spend an afternoon than looking at hot, sweaty hunks in uniform.
02:24Okay.
02:44Gabby.
02:46Hey.
02:48Hey.
02:51You found my journal.
02:54Uh, yeah.
02:55I, I, I did.
02:57Um, I was going to track you down to bring it to you.
03:01Here you are.
03:06Thanks.
03:14Charlotte?
03:18Charlotte, are you here all by your...
03:20I had one strawberry milkshake for my favorite kind of work.
03:24How do you look?
03:28Kat.
03:30Hi, Chad.
03:42Like sand through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.
03:59What does Kristen moving in here have to do with me staying?
04:03There are about 20 guest rooms here, and most of them are empty.
04:07As we've discussed, Gwen, if you continue to live under my roof, people start asking questions, and my sister has
04:14a PhD in snooping.
04:16I'm surprised the NSA hasn't hired her already.
04:19No.
04:21No.
04:22No.
04:22I know exactly what this is about.
04:25Do you?
04:26Oh, yes, I do.
04:28You just can't stomach the fact that Xander and I are, you know, involved.
04:34In fact, you've been completely wretched to him.
04:37It's been a complete embarrassment.
04:38You're just taking your resentment out of him on me.
04:43Forget my resentment of Xander, which is quite an understatement, since I find the man utterly loathsome.
04:51My not wanting that nitwit hanging around here is because I know, as you do, I'm sure, that he would
04:58love nothing more than to find some dirt to use against me and Demira Enterprises.
05:04And I'd prefer not to give him the opportunity to do so.
05:07Surely you understand that.
05:09And an added bonus of you residing elsewhere is I'll no longer have to start my mornings finding that scantily
05:17clad buffoon pillaging my breakfast buffet.
05:22And by the way, you damn well should be thanking me.
05:28Thanking me?
05:29Yes.
05:29Thanking me, because I've decided out of the goodness of my very own heart to cover your stay at Salem
05:36Inn for the foreseeable future.
05:39The goodness of your heart.
05:42Okay, first of all, what heart?
05:45And secondly, you can't afford to piss me off because you need my money so badly to get your little
05:51project over the finish line.
05:56There's an old expression about gift horses that I believe you're forgetting, Gwen.
06:02And why waste all day questioning my intentions when you could be enjoying that international hotspot, the Sailor Men?
06:12Complete with pool access, comp executive room service.
06:17So I am well aware of all the amenities at the Sailor Men, thank you.
06:21And let's not forget the best perk.
06:25No longer having to see this gorgeous face every morning.
06:30Wow, well, you really should have started with that one.
06:35Well, on your way.
06:41Would you like to hand with that?
06:44You got it.
06:46Ah.
07:00Ta-da!
07:09I should get going.
07:14Mm-hmm.
07:19I don't want to assume anything, but you didn't.
07:24Read it?
07:27Yeah.
07:30I had a good session with Dr. Evans, but I was so preoccupied with the other situation that I never
07:38got to talk about G.
07:40And these feelings I've been struggling with, how I can't get her out of my mind ever since I had
07:45that dream about her.
07:50Oh, absolutely not.
07:52I would never violate your privacy like that.
07:55So I don't mean to accuse you, it's just I don't want a name.
08:01Well, well, well.
08:03But isn't my favorite person on the planet.
08:06Hello?
08:11Yo.
08:12My man.
08:14Hello?
08:16So what you reading?
08:18Oh, it's just a...
08:21A new book.
08:23New book.
08:25I, uh...
08:26I should get going.
08:36So what did I just interrupt?
08:43Welcome home.
08:45Thanks.
08:48I, uh, I hope you guys had a good trip.
08:52We did.
08:54And now we're back.
08:55And the first person we see is you.
08:58Hey, Thomas.
08:59Buddy, we talked about this.
09:01No, no, no.
09:01It's okay.
09:02It's really okay.
09:02No, it's not.
09:04You're being rude.
09:06Now, tell Kat how sorry you are.
09:12Sorry.
09:18Well, uh, we should get going.
09:21Julie's expecting us.
09:23Yeah.
09:23Yeah, yeah.
09:24Um, well, I will see you around.
09:30I mean, uh, um, you guys, you take care of yourself.
09:34Yeah, you too.
09:37I'm sure we will see you around.
09:41Come on, guys.
09:41Yeah, yeah.
10:10Nope.
10:15Not him.
10:18Uh-uh.
10:24No, but I would let him rescue my cat from a tree.
10:29Oh, look.
10:31This doesn't get any worse.
10:37This doesn't get any worse.
10:39Whatever.
10:40Are you now a resident here?
10:45Yes, indeed I am.
10:48And my oh my, looks like we're neighbors.
10:52Hello.
10:53Here I was, hoping for a hot traveling sailboat.
10:57And here I was, hoping for somebody who doesn't scream seeing Les Mis in the middle of the night like
11:01he's storming the bloody Bastille.
11:04Life is so unfair.
11:10You didn't interrupt anything.
11:12I was just grabbing a coffee and Theo just happened to be here.
11:15So I figured that I would check on him since he bolted out a trivia night.
11:20Right.
11:22I wonder what was going on with him.
11:24Hmm.
11:25He didn't explain.
11:26He did say that he's feeling better now.
11:30Anyway, um, I'm so glad that I ran into you.
11:33I was going to swing by your office.
11:35Oh yeah?
11:36What's up?
11:37Well, I have a proposition for you.
11:41Hmm.
11:42What kind of proposition?
11:44A professional one, actually.
11:47Hmm.
11:48Hmm.
11:49But I seem to recall a lecture from you about the dangers of mixing business and pleasure.
11:56Uh huh.
11:56Which is why I didn't say anything last night.
11:59Since we were focusing on the pleasure part of this relationship.
12:04Yes, I do recall we were.
12:07Yeah.
12:09I was sneaking a little more of that.
12:12Before we get done with business.
12:14I like that idea.
12:24Oh.
12:29I wasn't looking where I was going.
12:33Well, that makes two of us.
12:34Uh huh.
12:36Actually.
12:37Oh, you know what?
12:38I am very happy that I ran into you.
12:40What's up?
12:42Your uncle EJ has me coordinating the reading of your grandfather's will.
12:46And I might need your help.
12:51How?
12:51I thought Nono's heirs were only his children.
12:55Oh yes, they're heirs and beneficiaries.
12:59But, um, your father is included in that, obviously.
13:05And he has not been returning my messages or phone calls.
13:07So, I was thinking maybe you could urge him to do that.
13:10What?
13:12What?
13:17What?
13:27What?
13:29Well, I'm looking forward to seeing them soon.
13:31I've missed them.
13:31Yeah, they'll be around.
13:33Hey, what's with the luggage out front?
13:35Someone moving in or out?
13:37Gwen out?
13:38Kristen in.
13:40Kristen's moving back in.
13:41Hmm.
13:42Does that mean you two are playing nice?
13:44I wouldn't go that far.
13:46And speaking of playing nice, I wonder if you've seen my assistant Cat since you've been back.
13:51I have, actually.
13:53And the kids and I bumped into her at the square on our way to Julie's.
13:56Oh.
13:57And how did Tomas react?
14:00Not well.
14:01No.
14:02I'm sure it'll get easier for him with time.
14:04You know, for all of us.
14:07It's not like it's going to be this fraught between us forever, right?
14:10I mean, for one thing, Cat will eventually move on.
14:25So are you.
14:39So, why are you no longer living in the lap of luxury?
14:43Was it your choice to leave that 3,000 square foot suite canopy bed draped in enough velvet from what
14:50I hear that it practically purrs?
14:52Spa level bathroom with enough marble paneling, et cetera, could make Michelangelo weep?
14:58Or, did EJ kick you out?
15:02Not that it's any of your business, but I decided to leave that mausoleum of misery.
15:08For one thing, it didn't really seem proper to stay there, as I'm no longer a Demera, and I didn't
15:13need their grudging charity.
15:14Oh, right.
15:16Because you're rolling in it now, aren't you?
15:20That's a bit crass. I prefer to say, handsomely solvent and comfortably flush.
15:28Oh, yeah, you sound much classier when you say it like that.
15:33Well, I would offer to toast you, but I have nothing to toast you with, so I will just say
15:38congratulations, Gwenny.
15:41You got everything you ever wanted, didn't you?
15:43Yes, I did.
15:45I suppose you're partly to thank for that, since you've convinced Dimitri to sign those divorce papers.
15:52God, what a shame it didn't work out for the two of you.
15:56Actually, I'm relieved.
15:59I dodged a bullet by breaking things off with Dimitri, both literally and figuratively.
16:08Anyway, if you will excuse me, I'm gonna go restock.
16:13Wow, really, Matty. Day drinking, all by your lonesome.
16:22Well, I wouldn't be drinking all by my lonesome if I had someone to drink with.
16:28And you do sort of owe me, since I did get Dimitri to sign on the dotted line, like you
16:33said.
16:34So you could be handsomely flush and comfortably solvent or something like that.
16:41So what do you say, Gwenny? You want to have a drink with me?
16:46What the hell, I'm feeling generous.
16:49Well, then I will accept your generosity in my normal fashion, with lots of drama and inappropriate toasts.
16:57God, you know what? You're like a stray cat that I fed once and couldn't get rid of.
17:03Ah! Well, flattery is a fine start, but I would prefer a front row seat to Fashion Week and a
17:09diamond-studded Rolex.
17:09Hmm.
17:12Okay.
17:20Wow.
17:23Impressive.
17:25I knew that it would be a gamble having Gabby Sheik expand to additional foreign markets, but it really paid
17:33off.
17:34Which is more than I can say for Titan's recent power moves.
17:39Philip, I didn't show you these numbers to quote.
17:44I wanted to float an idea by you.
17:47One that could be a boon for both of us.
17:51I'm listening.
17:55So, that makes my dad my mom's beneficiary.
18:00Right.
18:03Well, I know it will be hard for him, since he eschews everything Demura.
18:11Yeah.
18:12And I'm sure it would be a sad reminder that your mom is gone.
18:19And for you, too. I'm sorry, Theo.
18:24I have to, Theo.
18:27Okay.
18:28Will you ask your father to call me?
18:31Uh-uh!
18:36And, apropos of Kat, I should mention that I've asked her to handle the logistics of Father's
18:42will reading.
18:43But...
18:44I can easily have it arranged that you two don't interact.
18:48Things are going to be tense enough at the reading without adding yours and Kat's drama into the mix.
18:53Why are things going to be tense?
18:56Come on, Chad.
18:58You know as well as I do that when it comes to our family,
19:01it won't be a proper gathering unless there's some new blood feud.
19:06Anyway, once Tony returns from his trip, this can all be put behind us.
19:12What about Megan?
19:14Well, the ISA and FBI would surely be staked out by our front gate were she to actually show up.
19:21Still, I did ask Dimitri to pass along the message to her before he skipped town.
19:26Dimitri skipped town?
19:27Mm-hmm.
19:28I figured he'd be making himself at home here now that he's a free man.
19:32I'm sure he would have, had Leo Stark not given him the boot.
19:37Well, good for Leo.
19:39Yes, apparently that sniveling con artist.
19:43He just has a backbone after all.
19:45Also happens to be my friend.
19:47Oh, sorry.
19:51Anyway, would you like to stay for lunch?
19:53I could have Cook whip us up something really nice and you can tell me all about your trip.
19:57All right, thanks.
19:59I did want to talk to you about something, though.
20:01That's why I dropped the kids off early.
20:02Oh, sounds ominous.
20:07So, what would you like to talk about?
20:10Stephanie's kidnapping.
20:13And this pod they found in your lab?
20:16The hospital?
20:23Have you ever told me about a cat you fed once and couldn't get rid of?
20:27Didn't I?
20:28No.
20:28Hmm.
20:29Yes, I called him Duke Archibald Fluffernutter.
20:33Archie for short.
20:34He was convinced that the entire world revolved around him, demanded he'd be brushed every single morning like it was
20:40a royal decree.
20:42Gwen!
20:43Gwen! Hello!
20:44Oh, God, it's lovely to see you.
20:47Oh, you too.
20:48And hi, Mr. Leo.
20:50Hello, Cat.
20:51A pleasure as always.
20:54Well, I see you two have made up.
20:57No, Harvey, I can't stand this two-faced weasel.
21:00But, you know, good drinking friends are hard to come by.
21:03Isn't she sweet?
21:05Like a cupcake with a surprise jalapeno inside.
21:09Shall I join us?
21:10Um, hmm.
21:11Okay, sure, why not?
21:13Cool.
21:14Don't mind me.
21:14I'm just going to sit here and admire all of this fabulousness.
21:20Okay, well.
21:22Um, Gwen, how have you been?
21:24How are you?
21:26I am just wonderful.
21:29My accounts are unfrozen.
21:31Dimitri signed the divorce papers, and I'm no longer living with those snakes at the Damera mansion, so life is
21:38good.
21:39Well, I am happy to hear you're doing so well.
21:42And if you need a place to crash for a while.
21:45Oh, thank you.
21:47But I'm, um, what did you call it earlier?
21:50Yes, rolling in cash.
21:53So, I'm actually going to be designing my own mansion soon.
21:57Hmm.
21:57And in the meantime, she's staying next door to me at the Salem Inn.
22:01Yes, Matty and I have adjacent rooms.
22:05Okay.
22:06And if the staff there manage to survive this week without quitting, I'm going to nominate them for a humanitarian
22:11award.
22:11Oh, it's so lovely being back at the Inn with my charming new neighbor.
22:20Oh, I'll drink to that.
22:23Ha.
22:30Look, Titan Shipping would love to get in bed with Gabby Chic.
22:38But we're probably not the most competitive bidder right now.
22:44But this isn't just about money.
22:47I prefer doing business with people that I know and trust.
22:52And there's no one I trust more than you.
22:57Well, you might be the only person who'd say that about me.
23:00Back at you.
23:02Well, you got me there.
23:04Hmm.
23:08Because I trust you, too.
23:12More than anyone.
23:20Hey, Mom.
23:24I know it's only been a few days, but it feels like a lifetime.
23:30Every time I'm not here,
23:33I can't stop thinking about you.
23:38I know you can't respond, but E.J. says it's good that I come talk to you.
23:44So, here I am.
23:52I've been having appointments with Dr. Evans.
23:56And she suggested that I should start journaling to help get my feelings out.
24:02So, I wrote about Gabby.
24:07I know you already know how I feel about her, but I stupidly left my journal at the pub, and
24:14she found it.
24:16My heart almost dropped when I saw that she was holding it.
24:22But she didn't read it.
24:26The last thing I want is to cause problems for anyone.
24:34But she didn't read it.
24:34It's too much at stake.
24:53It's too much at stake.
24:59it and you did nothing i care about stephanie and i did everything i could to help find her my
25:07car chat you haven't even been back in salem for 24 hours before reminding me of how little you
25:13think of me okay look full disclosure this has been eaten at me ever since i heard about what
25:19happened at the hospital and not just that stephanie and jeremy were being held back there
25:23but this pod that was found now ej who was or who were you planning to put in there
25:31ej answer the question damn it
25:42it was abigail
25:55so what do you think feel like partnering up
26:02i think you need to field some other offers first
26:09what's best for titan might not be best for gabby chic and i wouldn't feel right if our relationship
26:16got in the way of what made sense for your business
26:19i appreciate that but i've already heard a couple of other pitches good
26:25then let's do this the right way i'll call my team and titan will put together a proposal
26:32fair enough and i give you my word what we pitch to you will be the absolute best we can
26:36offer
26:38okay
26:42if you don't mind me asking who else is trying for your business
26:46uh just a few other companies
26:48uh-huh companies like dinara
26:55vo did come to me with a proposal before i started shopping around myself
26:59how does numbers look
27:01pretty good at first glance i still have to crunch them myself
27:05and i was willing to take them at face value because i trust theo
27:10and now theo is leaving
27:13but he said that johnny would honor the original offer
27:20well johnny'd be a fool not to partner with you
27:23and i'm just lucky theo's change of heart gave titan in
27:29even if i don't get his 180 about going back to dimara
27:34any idea what's really going on with him
27:42that got pretty heavy
27:45didn't it
27:52well on a much happier note i do have good news
27:57annie and eli moved back to salem
28:03wait a minute you don't
28:07know who they are
28:10lonnie she's up
28:14she's like a sister to me
28:17and eli is
28:19julie's grandson he's a really good guy i think you'd like him
28:25you know it's uh it's nice having family around again
28:30just like it was when you were here
28:37you know dad
28:42that night we used to stop by the cemetery
28:45all the time
28:49talk to you just like we're talking now it turns out
28:56you were never even there
29:02stuck in some pod somewhere
29:07god no swear
29:11i always thought you were you're at peace and you're in heaven and you're watching ogros
29:20i'm sorry mom
29:24i'm sorry for uh
29:29it's everything you've been through
29:32no it wasn't abigail
29:39my god
29:43how could you think
29:44i would go behind your back about something that would affect you so profoundly
29:49i'll tell you how
29:52abby's body was not in her grave
29:55and maybe it never was
29:58and i know you and i have argued about this before
30:01and i know i've tried to move on
30:03almost everything coming out about you brother
30:06the lies
30:07the resurrections
30:10knowing my own brother
30:11has a hard time staying away from my wife
30:15i wouldn't be surprised if you brought her back just to keep her all to yourself
30:22are we filming gwenny
30:24before i start monologuing about my tragic thirsty past
30:30can't have that can i
30:33so leo
30:35must be a load off your shoulders at work
30:37now that
30:38chad's back in town
30:40my chadwick is back in town since when
30:44since today i think
30:46oh boy
30:48pracing for the lecture i'm going to get from him
30:50i was supposed to be
30:51holding down the fort at the spectator
30:53but have been very lax when it comes to things like
30:55deadlines
30:56showing up at the office
30:58well you were hospitalized
31:00because i fled the country with dimitri
31:02one more mention of that two-faced swine
31:04and this drink is going to go airborne
31:06okay i'm sorry
31:08thank you for the heads up about chadwick
31:12i need to be getting back to work
31:13start focusing on that hospital pod story again
31:18listen
31:19you work for ej
31:21which i imagine must be like managing a dumpster fire
31:24but with a law degree
31:25and daddy issues
31:26so do you have any scoop on that sci-fi craziness that you'd like to share
31:32i'm afraid not
31:33hmm
31:35you my friend are another story
31:39me
31:39yes you
31:41you lived under the same roof as ej for months
31:44and certainly spent time in that dungeon of dubious science
31:48what do you know
31:58honestly mattie if you weren't halfway pickled
32:02maybe you would remember that i told you for the millionth time
32:05that i had nothing to do with that lab
32:07nor did i know what was going on in there
32:08oh come on guinny
32:10you were trapped in there for hours the night of the blackout
32:13you must have seen something
32:14key word
32:16blackout
32:16i couldn't even see my bloody hand
32:19if it were a few inches from my face
32:21nor could i see a
32:23pod
32:23or whatever it was that you called it
32:26but you were the one in charge of that important delivery
32:29the night of the gala right
32:32yeah
32:33you know back when that lab was still an empty room
32:36honestly mattie
32:37if you spent as much effort on patching things up with harvey
32:41as you did on this wild goose chase of a story
32:44i don't know maybe you both would still be together
32:48no
32:48we wouldn't be
32:50there is no patching things up with harvey
32:52because he has a new firefighter boyfriend
32:55one who is likely everything i'm not
32:59brave
33:00discreet
33:01decisive
33:03humorless
33:03please let him be humorless
33:04because harvey once said
33:06if someone is funny like me then they have his heart
33:13obviously you no longer have it do
33:16okay
33:17go ahead and gloat
33:19tell me that this serves me right
33:23yeah well it does actually
33:29it doesn't really
33:32feel good like i thought it would though
33:35i mean i
33:37got my revenge
33:38i got my fortune
33:42i thought that watching you lose everything
33:45would be the absolute highlight of my year
33:49doesn't feel nearly as satisfying as i thought it would
33:52in fact it doesn't feel satisfying at all
33:56thanks i think
34:05i mean i
34:07i've got everything i wanted
34:09i've got it all
34:12it doesn't mean anything though
34:14if you don't have somebody
34:16you'd love to share it with
34:19oh i'm gonna needlepoint that one onto a pillow
34:23because it is mighty profound
34:26heartbreakingly true
34:31it's a life being empty
34:35without having a true love
34:38hear hear
34:51why would you think that i know anything about theo leaving tamera
34:57well you guys are friends
34:59i thought
34:59he might have said something to you when you followed him out of the pub last night
35:04he just said he wasn't feeling well
35:06nothing about leaving his job
35:09oh
35:14well just so you know
35:15i floated an idea to him on trivia night
35:18i thought he might like to join forces with xander and me at titan
35:23really
35:25he never mentioned that
35:27i'm not sure he was into it
35:30but the more i think about it the more sense it makes
35:33he has insider knowledge of our biggest competitor
35:35he's got tons of business savvy experience
35:38it's not a good idea
35:40why not
35:42look
35:43theo's great
35:45but he's a straight shooter
35:47asking him to flip on damera would be way out of his comfort zone
35:52not to mention that he's been dealing with a lot lately
35:58you and theo have gotten pretty close haven't you
36:02yeah
36:03as friends
36:09enough talk about theo today
36:12shall we get back to business
36:14yes
36:17actually
36:19i'm bored with business at the moment
36:24have a little pleasure
36:25um
36:36army worries
36:41e.j.
36:41messed around
36:42it's something that he shouldn't have
36:45i mean what about if
36:46you were at peace
36:48you were in heaven
36:49and then just
36:56i guess we'll never know
36:57unless you do
36:58come back and tell us
37:03you know
37:05this part of me is
37:07having a hard time
37:09knowing if this is real
37:11just for most of my life
37:12it's just been a memory
37:14you know
37:15a heart
37:15heartache
37:19a dream
37:25i've missed you so much mom
37:45whatever feelings i once had for abigail
37:49pay along god
37:53i only feel sorrow that you've lost the love of your life
37:57and that your children are growing up without their mother
38:03if i believe that
38:05then trust me i'm trying to
38:08then who was the part for
38:10if it wasn't for abigail
38:14you read the fbi report
38:17there was no evidence that anyone was in there
38:21it was just an experiment of progress
38:23nothing more
38:30you know you become more like our old man every day
38:36and just like he did
38:41i love you with all my heart chad
38:46just like he knew
38:50you are the best of us
38:52always were
38:54and always will be
38:57you care yourself did you
38:58you too
39:00you too
39:01you too
39:01you too
39:26she moved
39:27i touched her alive
39:30and she moved
39:32are you sure you didn't imagine it
39:33no i know what i felt
39:35my mother's arm moved
39:36and what
39:36it wasn't just random
39:38she did it on purpose
39:39it was intentional
39:41she willed it to move
39:43i know she did
39:45my god
39:46we need to alert dr roll
39:48so you can do a thorough assessment
39:50he said that purposeful movement
39:52is the first sign
39:55which means
39:57our brave
39:59brilliant lexi
40:00is finding her way back to us
40:01reaching
40:04for the dawn
40:05that is ready to embrace her
40:08reaching for life
40:09to be continued
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