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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.
02:44Debbie.
02:47Hey.
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.
04:36It'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.
05:03And 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.
05:29Yes, thanking me because I've decided out of the goodness of my very own heart to cover your stay at
05:36Salem Inn 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.
05:55There'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?
06:11Complete 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 month.
06:30Wow, well, you really should have started with that one.
06:35Well, on your way.
06:41Would you, uh, want to hand with that?
06:44You got it.
06:46Ah.
07:01Ta-da!
07:09Uh, I 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.
08:14Philip.
08:16So what you reading?
08:18Oh, it's, uh, just a, uh...
08:22Uh, uh, no book.
08:23No book.
08:25I, uh...
08:26I should get going.
08:29Mm-hmm.
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, it's okay.
09:02It's really okay.
09:02No, it's not.
09:04You're being rude.
09:06Now, tell Cut how sorry you are.
09:12Sorry.
09:14Sorry.
09:16Sorry.
09:18Well, uh, we should get going.
09:21Julie's expecting us.
09:23Yeah.
09:23Yeah.
09:25Um...
09:26Well, I will see you around.
09:30I mean, uh, um, you guys, you, you take care of yourself.
09:34Yeah, you too.
09:37I'm sure we will see you around.
09:41Come on, guys.
09:42I'll see you in the next person.
09:43Oh, yeah.
09:47I do.
10:04I'm sure you've been looking for those things.
10:05Thanks, God.
10:05I hope you'll see you next time.
10:08I know.
10:11I'm sure you highway.
10:11nope not him
10:25no but i would let him rescue my cat from a tree
10:29oh look this doesn't get any worse could this day get any worse whatever are you now a resident here
10:46yes indeed i am and my oh my looks like we're neighbors hello here i was hoping for a hot
10:55traveling sale dear i was hoping for somebody who doesn't scream sing lame is in the middle of
11:01the night like he's storming the bloody bastille life is so unfair
11:10you didn't interrupt anything i 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 right i wonder what
11:22was going on with him he didn't explain he did say that he's feeling better now
11:30anyway um i'm so glad that i ran into you i was gonna swing by your office oh yeah what's
11:36up well
11:38i have a proposition for you what kind of proposition a professional one actually
11:49hmm but i seem to recall a lecture from you about the dangers of mixing business and pleasure
11:56uh-huh which is why i didn't say anything last night since we were focusing on the
12:02pleasure part of this relationship yes i do recall we were yeah
12:09i was sneaking a little more of that before we get done with business i like that idea
12:24oh
12:29i wasn't looking where i was going
12:32well that makes two of us actually oh you know what i am very happy that i ran into you
12:40what's up your uncle ej has me coordinating the reading of your grandfather's will and i might need
12:48your help how i thought nono's heirs were only his children oh yes they're heirs and beneficiaries but
13:00um your father is included in that obviously and he has not been returning my messages or phone calls
13:07so i was thinking maybe you could urge him to do that
13:18it's good to have you back home brother thanks it's good to be back
13:21where are thomas and charlotte well i dropped him off at julie's swing by here and check in
13:28well i'm looking forward to seeing them soon i've missed them yeah he'll be around hey what's with
13:34the luggage out front someone moving in or out gwen out kristin in kristen's moving back in
13:41does that mean you two are playing nice oh i wouldn't go that far and speaking of playing nice
13:47i wonder if you've seen my assistant cat since you've been back i have actually
13:53and the kids and i bumped the newer at the square on our way to julie's oh and how did
13:57tomos react
14:00not well no i'm sure it'll get easier for him with time you know for all of us it's not
14:07like it's
14:07going to be this fraught between us forever right and for one thing kit will eventually move on
14:26so will you
14:39so why are you no longer living in the lap of luxury was it your choice to leave that 3
14:45000 square foot
14:46sweet canopy bed draped in enough velvet from what i hear that it practically purrs spa level
14:53bathroom with enough marble paneling etc could make michelangelo weep or 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 dimera and i didn't
15:13need
15:13their grudging charity oh right because 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 well
15:33i would offer to toast you but i have nothing to toast you with so i will just say congratulations
15:39glenny you got everything you ever wanted didn't you yes i did i suppose you're partly to thank for
15:48that since you've convinced dimitri to sign those divorce papers god what a shame it didn't work out
15:54for the two of you actually i'm relieved i dodged a bullet by breaking things off with dimitri both
16:03literally and figuratively
16:08anyway if you will excuse me i'm gonna go restock
16:13wow really messy day drinking all by your lonesome
16:21well 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 so you
16:34could be handsomely flush and comfortably solvent or something like that so what do you say guenny
16:42you want to have a drink with me
16:46what the hell i'm feeling generous well then i will accept your generosity in my normal fashion
16:53with lots of drama and inappropriate toasts god you know what you're like a stray cat that i fed once
17:01and couldn't get rid of oh well flattery is a fine start but i would prefer a front row seat
17:08to fashion
17:08week and a diamond studded rolex
17:16wow
17:23impressive
17:25i knew that it would be a gamble having gabby chic uh expand to additional foreign markets
17:32but it really paid off
17:34which is more than i can say for titan's recent power books
17:39philip i 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
17:56so 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 and then i'm sure it'll be a sad reminder that your mom is gone
18:19and for you too i i'm sorry theo
18:24i have to joe
18:27okay we we've asked your father to call me
18:37and apropos of cat i should mention that i've asked her to handle the logistics of father's will
18:42reading but i can easily have it arranged that you two don't interact things are going to be tense
18:49enough of the reading without adding yours and cats drama into the mix
18:53why are things going to be tense
18:56come on chat you 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
19:27i figured he'd be making himself at home here now that he's a free man
19:32i'm sure he would have
19:34had leo stark not given him the boot
19:38good for leo yes apparently that sniveling con artist
19:43has a backbone after all also happens to be my friend oh sorry anyway
19:51would you like to stay for lunch i could have cook um whip us up something really nice and you
19:56can tell me all about your trip all right thanks i didn't want to talk to you about something though
20:00that's why i dropped the kids off early oh sounds ominous
20:08so what would you like to talk about stephanie's kidnapping
20:13and this pod they found in your lab the hospital
20:23you ever told me about a cat you fed once and couldn't get rid of didn't i no
20:28um yes i called him duke archibald fluffernutter archie for short he was convinced that the entire
20:35world revolved around him demanded he'd be brushed every single morning like it was a royal decree
20:42gwen hello
20:45it's lovely to see you oh you too and hi mr leo hello cat a pleasure as always
20:54well i see you two have made up no hardly i can't stand this two-faced weasel but you know
21:01good drinking friends are hard to come by isn't she sweet like a cupcake with a surprise jalapeno
21:08inside join us um okay sure why not cool don't mind me i'm just going to sit here and admire
21:16all of
21:16this fabulousness okay well um when how have you been how are you i am just wonderful my accounts
21:30are unfrozen dimitri signed the divorce papers and i'm no longer living with those snakes at the
21:34damara mansion so life is good well i am happy to hear you doing so well and if you need
21:43a place to
21:43crash for a while oh thank you but i'm um what did you call it earlier yes rolling in cash
21:52so i'm
21:54actually going to be designing my own mansion soon hmm and in the meantime she's staying next door to
22:00me at the salem inn yes marty and i have adjacent rooms okay and if the staff there managed to
22:08survive
22:08this week without quitting i'm going to nominate them for a humanitarian award oh it's so lovely
22:14being back at the inn with my charming new neighbor oh i'll drink to that
22:32look titan shipping would love to get in bed with gabby chic
22:38but we're probably not the most competitive bitter right now
22:44but this isn't just about money i 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 back at you
23:03well you got me there
23:08because i trust you too
23:12more than anyone
23:20hey mom
23:24now it's only been a few days but it feels like a lifetime
23:30every time i'm not here
23:33can't stop thinking about you
23:38i know you can't respond but uh ej says it's good that i come talk to you
23:44so here i am
23:51uh i'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 i know you already know how i feel about her but i stupidly left my
24:13journal at the pub and she 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 or myself
24:34it's too much at stake
24:37especially now
24:40knowing that you might come home to us
24:49i had nothing to do with stephanie's kidnapping if that's what you're insinuating
24:54i want to believe you ej but if i find out that you know about it and you did nothing
25:02i care about stephanie and i did everything i could to help find her in my car chat
25:08you haven't even been back in salem for 24 hours before reminding me of how little you think of me
25:15okay look full disclosure this has been eaten at me ever since i heard about what happened at the hospital
25:20and not just that stephanie and jeremy were being held back there but this pod that was found
25:26now ej who was or who were you planning to put in there ej 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
26:08what's best for titan might not be best for gabby chic
26:13and i wouldn't feel right if our relationship got 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 uh-huh companies like dinara
26:55theo did come to me with a proposal before i started shopping around myself
27:00how does numbers look pretty good my first glance i still have to crunch them myself
27:06and i was willing to take them at base value because i trust theo and now theo is leaving
27:13but he said that johnny would honor the original offer
27:19well 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 dimera
27:35any idea what's really going on with him
27:42oh that got pretty heavy didn't it
27:52well on a much happier note i do have good news
27:57onnie and eli moved back to salem
28:03oh wait a minute you don't
28:07know who they are
28:10and i'm not sure
28:10lonnie she's up
28:14she's like a sister to me
28:17And Eli is
28:19Julie's grandson
28:20He's a really good guy
28:21I think you'd like him
28:25You know, it's nice
28:26Having family around again
28:30Just like it was
28:31When you were here
28:36You know, Dad
28:41That night
28:42We used to stop by the cemetery
28:45All the time
28:49Talked to you
28:50Just like we're talking now
28:51But it turns out
28:56You were never even there
29:01You're stuck in some pod somewhere
29:07God, no swear
29:11I always thought you were
29:13You're at peace
29:14And you're in heaven
29:15And you're watching Ogros
29:20I'm sorry, Mom
29:24I'm sorry for
29:29It's everything you've been through
29:32No, it wasn't Abigail
29:39My God
29:42How could you think
29:44I would go behind your back
29:46About 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
30:03But with 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
30:16If you brought her back
30:17Just to keep her all to yourself
30:22Are we filming, Gwenny?
30:24Before I start monologuing
30:26About my tragic, thirsty past
30:29Oh, can't have that, can I?
30:33So, Leo
30:34Must be a load off your shoulders at work
30:37Now that Chad's back in town
30:40My Chadwick is back in town?
30:42Since 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 holding 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
31:11I 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, Matt, 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, Gwynny
32:10You were trapped in there for hours the night of the blackout
32:13You must have seen something
32:14Keyword, blackout
32:16I couldn't even see my bloody hand if 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 the night of the gala, right?
32:32Yeah
32:33You know, back when that lab was still an empty room
32:36Honestly, Matty
32:37If you spent as much effort on patching things up with Harvey as you did on this
32:42Wild goose chase of a story
32:44I don't know, maybe you both would still be together
32:47No, we wouldn't be
32:50There is no patching things up with Harvey because 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 you?
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've got my revenge
33:38I've got my fortune
33:42I thought that watching you lose everything
33:44Would be the absolute highlight of my year
33:49It doesn'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'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 you'd love to share it with
34:19Oh, I'm gonna needlepoint that one onto a pillow
34:22Because it is mighty profound
34:26Heartbreakingly true
34:31To life being empty
34:34Without having a true love
34:38Hear, hear
34:51Why would you think that I know anything about Theo leaving Tamara?
34:57Well, you guys are friends
34:59I thought he might have said something to you
35:02When 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?
35:43Look
35:43Theo's great
35:45But he's a straight shooter
35:47Asking him to flip on to Mera 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
36:07Yeah
36:09Enough talk about Theo today
36:12Shall we get back to business?
36:17Actually
36:18I'm bored with business at the moment
36:21Yeah
36:23A little pleasure
36:25Yeah
36:36Army worries
36:40E.J. Messed around
36:42it's something that shouldn't have you know what about if you were at peace you were in heaven and
36:49then just i guess we'll never know unless you do come back and tell us you know this part of
37:06me is
37:07having a hard time i don't know if this is real just for most of my life it's just been
37:13a memory
37:14you know a heart heartache
37:20dream i
37:25i've missed you so much mom
37:45whatever feelings i once had for abigail pay 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 then trust me i'm trying to
38:08then who was the part for if it wasn't for abigail
38:14you read the fbi report there was no evidence that anyone was in there it was just an experiment
38:22to progress nothing more
38:30you know you become more like our old man every day
38:36and just like he did
38:40i love you with all my heart chat
38:46just like he knew
38:50you
38:50you are the best of us
38:52always were
38:54and always will be
38:57you care yourself did you
39:00you too
39:27she moved
39:28i touched the alarm
39:30and she moved
39:32are you sure you didn't imagine it
39:34no i know what i felt my mother's arm moved and what
39:36it wasn't just random she did it on purpose it was intentional
39:39she she willed it to move
39:42i know she did
39:45by god we we need to alert dr roll so you can do a thorough assessment
39:50he said that purposeful movement is the first sign
39:55which means
39:57our brave brilliant lexi is finding her way back to us
40:03reaching for the dawn that is ready to embrace her
40:07reaching for life
40:09who is she for life
40:12yeah
40:15yeah
40:16yeah
40:28yeah
40:29yeah
40:30yeah
40:31yeah
40:32yeah
40:32yeah
40:34yeah
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