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00:03This is a nice surprise.
00:05Uh, Henderson told me you're here.
00:07Good to see you, Dad.
00:09Good to see you.
00:10Well, your timing couldn't be better, because I was about ready to call you.
00:14Huh.
00:15EJ has been leaning on me to talk some sense into Titan.
00:20Um, about dropping this lawsuit.
00:23And first time for everything, I happen to agree with him.
00:27Hey, Dad, you don't have to give me the hard sell. I was against the suit to begin with.
00:31I actually tried talking to Xander and Kate into dropping it, but they wouldn't budge.
00:36I'm happy to take another run at it, though.
00:37Well, that would be very much appreciated.
00:41Especially since this lawsuit is very hurtful for Bonnie, and I want to protect her.
00:46I know. I always got your back, Dad.
00:50That's actually not why I'm here.
00:54Is there something wrong?
00:55Well, no, but I just found out you're a grandfather again.
01:15Who is it?
01:17It's your best friend and your next-door neighbor.
01:28Jada, hi.
01:29Hey, Steph.
01:30Hi.
01:30Hi.
01:31Mwah.
01:32Oh, I feel like I haven't seen you in forever.
01:34I have been so swamped with work.
01:37Oh, it's okay.
01:40I understand.
01:43Well, I've got to get to the station soon, but I just want to check in, you know, see how
01:48you're doing.
01:50Can't you tell?
01:51I'm a hot mess.
02:05Mom?
02:06What are you doing here?
02:08Hey, I may not live here anymore, but this is still my home, okay?
02:12Rave told me that it was move-out day at the dorm and that you'd be back here sometime today.
02:17Okay, so I took the day off and thought that I would help you unpack.
02:21I'm not buying it.
02:23I am just moving home for the summer, not across the country, so what is this really about?
02:29Okay.
02:30You got me.
02:32Johnny, I wanted to talk to you, too.
02:34Let me guess.
02:36About Liam Salico?
02:43Oh, good.
02:44You're back.
02:47I thought I was going to have to hold down the fort until after the lunch rush.
02:51So, how's Johnny?
02:53Oh, better, better.
02:55Matter of fact, he might be able to be discharged tomorrow.
03:00Great.
03:01That's wonderful news.
03:03So, why are you looking like someone who just had their car keyed?
03:09I, uh, ran into Marlena at the hospital.
03:13Uh-huh.
03:14Of course you did.
03:19So, what did you and Marlena talk about that made you so unhappy?
03:24There's a plagiarism mess between Johnny and Sadie.
03:30Marlena believes Johnny's telling the truth.
03:34But you said he might.
03:58Mrs. Choi?
04:01What are you doing here?
04:06Um, I came to say, I'm sorry.
04:12I'm so deeply sorry for what my daughter did to you.
04:20Your daddy's going to be so excited to see you.
04:24Yes, he is.
04:40Like sand through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.
04:46Janelle.
04:46Oh, she is.
04:50I'm sorry.
04:55Woo-hoo.
04:57Woo-hoo.
04:58Hi.
05:00Joy.
05:02I've been meaning to let you know that I was back in town.
05:05Not sure why you would.
05:09Right.
05:11I see congratulations are in order.
05:16times two, I guess.
05:20Yeah, Johnny and I are very blessed.
05:24And, uh, who's this?
05:26Um, this is my daughter, Kelsey.
05:33She's beautiful.
05:39And who's her daddy?
05:48Mrs. Choi, you don't have to apologize to me.
05:53Yes, I do.
05:56When Sophia came back from Bayview, my husband and I were so happy.
06:03We told ourselves we could just go back to normal.
06:10We didn't see.
06:13We wouldn't let ourselves see how much she was still hurting.
06:21I'm so grateful you're going to be okay.
06:27Thank you, Mrs. Choi, and, uh, I'm sorry for your loss.
06:38No.
06:40Sophia isn't gone.
06:43If she were, I'd know it.
06:48I believe in my heart that my daughter is still alive
06:51and that we will find her.
06:57Uh, are you saying that Stephanie's pregnant?
07:00Mm-hmm.
07:01If only it were that simple.
07:03I don't understand.
07:06Dad, I just found out that I have a daughter.
07:11With Joy Wesley.
07:14Her name is Kelsey.
07:17She's six months old.
07:22Okay, so let me get this straight.
07:25Jeremy brought Joy back into town?
07:28Made a pass at you?
07:30And then he hightailed it out of Salem
07:32when you made it clear that you weren't interested?
07:34Right.
07:35I think my rejection of him
07:37is what pushed him back to New York.
07:40But Joy's sticking around.
07:42With Alex's baby.
07:45Oh, my God, Steph.
07:48I am so sorry.
07:50This is the last thing that you both need right now.
07:53Well, I don't know if Alex agrees.
07:55He's really glad that Joy isn't heading back to New York.
07:58He wants to get to know his daughter.
08:01But how do you feel about it?
08:05I think I feel.
08:07I hate it.
08:09Jada, I hate it so much.
08:13So, Marlena thinks the worst of me.
08:18Did she give you any proof
08:19that I sabotaged your grandson's career?
08:22No, but her gut has usually been
08:26more right than wrong.
08:29Oh, I see.
08:30Well, that's good to know
08:32that you trust Marlena's gut
08:33over my word.
08:35Oh, come on.
08:36Katie, I didn't say that.
08:38No, you didn't,
08:39but you didn't really have to
08:40because obviously Marlena got into your head
08:42and now you don't know what to believe, do you?
08:46No.
08:47I don't.
08:53Oh, my God, I knew this was coming.
08:55I could feel you ready to pounce
08:57as soon as you saw me and Liam
08:59together at the bookstore.
09:01So you were ghosting me then?
09:02You were ignoring all of my texts and calls?
09:04I'm in the middle of finals too, Mom.
09:06Not everything is about you.
09:08Oh, please.
09:09You were avoiding me for the same reason
09:11that you lied about Liam
09:12because you know that he's trouble.
09:14I really don't want to hear this right now.
09:17Well, too bad.
09:18I'm your mother,
09:19so you're going to hear it
09:20whether you like it or not.
09:31Listen, I know that
09:36Sophia blamed me
09:37for a lot of the pain
09:38that she went through.
09:43And I am sorry
09:46for that.
09:46I never meant to hurt her.
09:51I accept your apology.
09:55But in my heart,
09:56it is very difficult
09:59to let go of this anger that I feel.
10:02I understand that.
10:05But if there's anything
10:07that I can do to help you...
10:08There is.
10:09There is.
10:17Can you promise me
10:19that my grandson
10:20will grow up hating my daughter?
10:24That you won't batmouth Sophie to him?
10:29Of course.
10:31Of course.
10:33All we will tell Trey
10:36is that Sophia loved him.
10:40and...
10:41and...
10:42she did what she thought
10:43was best for him.
10:47And hey,
10:48if you...
10:48if you ever...
10:49feel like you want to come
10:51visit Trey Schnell
10:52and I would be...
10:54more than happy
10:55to make that happen.
10:59and that would mean the world to me thank you
11:09she's alex's baby in case your mind went there you know johnny and i never yeah i know
11:21so i assume that you've told alex that he's the father
11:27yeah he knows now but he didn't while you were pregnant
11:34i thought that i was doing the right thing last year when i left town without telling anybody
11:40i didn't think alex would want a kid at least not with me not when he and stephanie had just
11:47gotten back together i didn't want to come between them and now what you've changed your mind
11:56no but i might have read the situation wrong now that alex knows about kelsey
12:03he wants to be involved in our life so does this mean that you're staying in salem
12:12yes i am
12:17you remember what joy was like when they worked together she had this obsession with alex
12:23she had this weird codependent relationship with him
12:26and now she has given him the one thing i might never
12:36something that he really wants
12:37a child
12:39which ties them together forever
12:44yeah as co-parents
12:47but steph you are the woman he loves you are the woman that he wants to spend the rest of
12:54his
12:54life with but the timing of this couldn't be worse
12:59i am dealing with ptsd
13:02i'm crawling out of my skin most days
13:05which is why i told alex that
13:08i wasn't sure having a kid
13:10was even on the table for me anymore
13:13and
13:15now
13:17i have to fit another woman's child into the mix
13:21how am i supposed to
13:23how am i supposed to fit a baby into my life
13:26without absolutely losing it
13:34i don't know if i can do this jana
13:39but how am i supposed to tell alex that
13:42without sounding like the worst person in the world
13:46you don't worry about how it sounds
13:49okay
13:53you just say it
14:04this must be quite a shock for you
14:09yes it was
14:13you know that i took one look
14:14at this little girl
14:17and she immediately had my heart
14:21well i'm grateful that joy didn't
14:23keep kelsey away from you for too long
14:25trust me
14:27i know how that feels
14:28yeah
14:28i know you do
14:32it was a long time ago
14:33and i don't want to
14:34ever speak ill of the dead
14:36but your mother
14:39keeping you from me and adrian
14:41and all that she did to drive us apart
14:44was hell
14:47but
14:50i would go through all of that
14:51again
14:53because not a day goes by
14:55that i don't thank god
14:57that i did find you
15:00glad you did too bad
15:05now listen alex i know that your whole life just changed in a blink of an eye
15:11so did mine
15:13when i first held you in my arms
15:16all those years ago
15:19but it changed me
15:20for the better
15:23you're such a gift
15:25alex
15:26and i thank god
15:28that i
15:29you know
15:31get to be your father
15:35come here
15:36god
15:46can you not do this
15:48right now
15:49can i not do what
15:51i'm just looking out for you
15:52no you're going from zero to sixty
15:53like you always do
15:55you're freaking out
15:56despite the fact that liam and i
15:58aren't even in a relationship
16:00oh no
16:01then why did you let him stay in your dorm room
16:03i was just giving him a place
16:05to crash
16:06after one of vivian's goons shot him
16:09well vivian's dead now right
16:10so you don't have to worry about me getting caught in the crossfire anymore
16:13that's not all i'm worried about
16:15anyone who would help kidnap the dimeris is a dangerous person
16:19see you was almost killed already
16:21do you even care
16:22of course i care
16:24but liam didn't know what was going on
16:26he just thought he was delivering food and water to the crypt
16:29a perfectly normal job in today's gig economy
16:33and when he realized that the dimeris were missing what did he do then
16:36he must have put two and two together
16:38and did he go to the police and tell them what was going on
16:41he was scared
16:43why is that so hard to understand
16:47what's hard to understand
16:49is why you keep defending this man at every turn
16:53oh you mean like you used to when you were married to stefan
17:04i really want to believe you
17:06i really do
17:07but there's just so much of this
17:09it doesn't add up
17:12like what
17:13well like the fact you and marlena
17:15were supposed to work together
17:16and facing black
17:17why did that fall apart
17:20well maybe you should ask marlena
17:23if xander told me that she has second thoughts about working with me
17:27which i have to admit
17:27it stings a bit
17:29yeah well it stings me too
17:31because both marlena and johnny are convinced
17:33you set them up
17:35and you still
17:36haven't dropped that damn lawsuit
17:38which i begged you to do
17:40a million times
17:41and i have told you
17:42a million times
17:43that it's out of my hands
17:45it's a titan matter now
17:47okay
17:49and frankly roman
17:50i don't think it's your place
17:51to be telling me how to run my business
17:53well you sure as hell is
17:55when it's hurting my family
17:59your family
18:01that's so interesting
18:02because i always thought that
18:03your family was my family
18:05but maybe i was wrong about all that
18:14i should let you get some rest
18:19oh
18:21but before i go
18:26i found this with the suicide note that sophia left
18:39yeah she uh
18:42she took it
18:43with her when she left
18:44you know what you should
18:51you keep this
18:54okay
18:57that way you've always got a piece to trade with you
19:01and sophia
19:05thank you
19:11she looks a bit like her
19:13don't you think
19:18yeah
19:20yeah he does
19:28i heard about johnny's
19:32accident
19:33it wasn't an accident
19:34someone tried to murder
19:36him
19:37oh
19:39well i'm
19:40i'm just glad that he's okay
19:42and i assume you'd rather
19:44i
19:44didn't visit him
19:46so if you could just tell me
19:47enough
19:47joy
19:48okay i'm not doing this
19:50doing what
19:52you are not my friend
19:54you're not johnny's friend
19:56as far as i'm concerned
19:57you're nobody to us
19:58so if you are sticking around
20:00do me a favor and stay out of my way
20:02and out of our lives
20:11you're right
20:14modeling up how i'm feeling won't do me or alex any good
20:18no
20:19it won't
20:22and you know
20:24alex's world has changed too
20:26as messy
20:28as this all is
20:32alex wouldn't be the man that you married
20:34if he didn't step up and be there for kelsey right now
20:38what does that look like
20:42are he and joy going to share custody
20:45where's the baby going to live
20:48what am i supposed to tell alex
20:49sorry i know you want to build a life with your daughter
20:52but thanks to my ptsd she's not welcome in our home
20:55hey just breathe
20:59hey
21:01you haven't even met kelsey yet
21:03and you are so great with kids
21:07i saw how close you got with thomas and charlotte
21:11how much you adored them
21:14and still do
21:17so
21:19who knows
21:21maybe this little girl will surprise you
21:23maybe you'll meet her
21:25and she'll melt your heart too
21:33you know that
21:35i think of adrian so often
21:37especially right now
21:40just remembering how good she was to me
21:44even though i drove you and her to your absolute limits
21:48at times you know
21:49as kids do
21:51oh
21:51but adrian loved you
21:53as if you were her own
21:57now was it tough
21:58at the beginning
22:00yes it was
22:01it was really tough
22:04but you know you were um
22:06you know you were our first child
22:09and we were just learning
22:10but as the family grew
22:13you know
22:14she became so proud of telling people that she was a
22:18a boy mom
22:20one step
22:21two adopted
22:22one biological
22:24didn't make any difference to her
22:27you were all hers
22:28equally
22:32i just hope stephanie will
22:34eventually feel the same way about kelsey
22:38sure she will
22:40eventually
22:43so when do i get to meet my granddaughter
22:47soon dad
22:47very soon
22:48very soon
22:49well until then
22:50if there's anything you need
22:52alex i'm here for you
22:54i appreciate that
22:56more than you know dad
22:57because i am going to need you
23:00definitely
23:05how's the love blow
23:07are you
23:10stephan was nothing like liam
23:13he was smart and charming
23:15and a criminal among other things
23:16at least i knew what i was getting into
23:20you don't know anything about liam
23:23he can't even read
23:25he's got a five year old son
23:27his exo deed
23:29you've made your plan
23:30no
23:31no
23:32i don't think i have
23:37i want you to stay away from that boy
23:39ariana
23:41do you understand me
23:43because if you don't
23:44i'm gonna have to do something about it
23:47oh yeah
23:49what are you gonna do
23:51huh
23:52don't test me
23:54just stay away from him
24:03katie
24:04katie of course my family is your family
24:07how could you think otherwise
24:09it's one of the things i love about her
24:11how connected we are
24:14well sometimes it just doesn't feel that way
24:18katie i love you
24:19all of you
24:20even the parts of you that drive me up a wall
24:24you don't take crap from anybody
24:28you're sharp
24:29fearless
24:30and i know i ground you and you've told me
24:34maybe a little
24:35and you
24:36you challenge me
24:38you keep me from coasting
24:40but also
24:42kitty
24:44i know
24:45what you're capable of
24:47when someone
24:48backs you
24:49into a corner
24:50that edge
24:52that instinct
24:53to protect yourself
24:55and your kids
24:56at all costs
24:57that's part of who you are
24:59and i love you for that
25:01but it hasn't escaped me
25:03that what's happened to johnny
25:05has benefited your son's company
25:08and that's why it's killing me
25:10and that's why i'm saying
25:12this whole damn situation
25:15something doesn't smell right
25:19maybe it's just the fish
25:20i was cutting up earlier
25:24now could we not argue
25:25in front of the customers
25:26no good
25:27we continue
25:28i'm gonna get some out
25:48mrs troy
25:49sorry
25:55i know i'm probably the last person
25:58you want to see right now
25:59but
26:01i wanted to say how sorry i am about sofia
26:07are you really
26:13no it's okay
26:14i know you're
26:16busy with the will reading
26:17uh
26:18yeah no i hope it goes well
26:20okay
26:21bye
26:22hey
26:24well aren't you two
26:26a sight
26:27for sore eyes
26:29oh we missed you last night
26:31not as much as i missed you
26:36i brought you a change of clothes
26:37for when you're released tomorrow
26:38see trey
26:40that is why your mommy
26:41is the best
26:44oh god
26:45i can't wait to get out of this gown
26:48um
26:48hey i hope your
26:50mom and abe don't mind
26:51if we crash with them
26:52for a little bit
26:53are you kidding me
26:54if it means that they get to spend
26:55more time with this little guy
26:56they would have us stay there forever
26:59and uh mama wanted me to tell you
27:01that she's thinking about you
27:03and
27:05she's not the only one
27:09what do you mean
27:12i
27:13ran into joy wesley
27:15in the square
27:18joy's back in town
27:19mm-hmm
27:21yep she was just
27:22walking around
27:24with her daughter
27:25daughter
27:29wait i hope you don't think
27:30that that's
27:30no no i know that you didn't lie to me
27:33but uh
27:35apparently
27:37alex is the father
27:42wow
27:43uh
27:46well still i mean i'm sure that was uh
27:49not very pleasant
27:50bumping into her
27:51oh no
27:52it was awkward to say the least
27:54uh
27:55but
27:56i was probably
27:57a little bit colder
27:59to her than i needed to be
28:00but i think just with everything
28:02that's going on with us
28:03right now
28:05the last thing i need
28:07is to worry about her
28:08being in town too
28:21i'll be with you
28:23joy
28:24hi kate
28:26oh it's so good to see you honey
28:28wow
28:29oh
28:32oh
28:33oh
28:34oh
28:35who's this little cutie
28:37this
28:37is my daughter
28:39kelsey
28:40oh
28:41kiriocus
28:44alex is the father
28:55your daughter's beautiful
28:57see i told you
28:59oh my god
28:59look at that
29:00i don't look at this
29:05don't mind me
29:06just looking for my day planner
29:07oh
29:08hey gabby
29:09hey
29:10okay listen
29:10i'd love to stay in chat
29:12but
29:12i am meeting bonnie
29:14for lunch
29:15alex would you like to
29:17join us
29:17we can
29:18tell her the big news
29:20together
29:20oh i appreciate the offer
29:22but
29:22i really need to go check on stephanie
29:24okay
29:25okay
29:25melissa call
29:26if you need anything
29:26okay
29:27i will god
29:27thank you
29:28yeah
29:29i love you
29:30i'll catch you
29:33bye
29:34bye
29:34oh
29:36hi
29:37hey
29:40is everything okay with stephanie
29:43no
29:45not really
29:50so alex is your little girl's father
29:53it's a long story
29:57what do you say
29:59i pour some coffee
30:00and we talk about it
30:02a poor woman
30:14i just keep thinking about how sophia was once her sweet little baby
30:21yeah
30:24i can't stop thinking about
30:27how much different all of our lives would be
30:30if i just hadn't
30:33backed out of the adoption initially without even thinking about how much it would hurt you
30:38how much it would hurt sophia
30:40johnny stop
30:41all right
30:42you made your choice
30:44yes
30:45but everyone else made their choices too
30:48and sophia was offered help at bayview but she didn't accept it so what she did next
30:53was on her
30:54not on you
30:56or me
30:57or anyone else
31:04of course i feel terrible about what happened to sophia
31:08she was my friend
31:11yes i know
31:15you two were inseparable as kids
31:19how many dinners did you have at our house
31:22how many sleepovers
31:24how many sleepovers
31:26sophia was so happy when you moved back to town
31:30i hadn't seen her that excited in a very long time
31:35she thought you were her best friend
31:40until you turned your back on her
31:41but mrs choy
31:44she hurt people i care about
31:46holy and
31:48my uncle johnny
31:50she was sick
31:53she needed your help
31:54not your hate
31:57she deserved compassion
32:02i didn't know
32:03how badly she was hurting
32:06none of us did
32:11yeah you're right
32:14i didn't see it either
32:18and i will never forgive myself for that
32:23but i will stand up for her now
32:26and i will get justice for my daughter
32:30so help me god
32:49i want to be a part of kelsey's life
32:52it's just tough
32:53you know
32:55stephanie
32:56she didn't plan on any of this when we got married
33:01and i always thought that i would be raising a kid in a house
33:05with a white picket fence
33:06and a husband who was well
33:09you know
33:10straight
33:11no
33:11yeah
33:13yeah
33:14but my point is
33:16is that
33:17i'm no stranger to a
33:20complicated co-parenting situation
33:22but i made things work with
33:25bill and your brother
33:26yeah
33:27i'm always lucky to have
33:29three parents
33:30we're willing to do anything for her
33:33she is
33:36and even though she and i clash at times
33:39i love my daughter with all my heart
33:41and
33:43i don't want to miss
33:45any more time with her
33:46like i did when i was in prison
33:48and
33:48and she was living with her dads
33:52you already lost the first few months of kelsey's life
33:55don't miss another second with her
33:59i won't
34:03you're gonna be a great dad alex
34:06i hope so
34:10well if i can presume to give you a little advice
34:13no please
34:14go for it
34:14okay so
34:16when it comes to co-parenting
34:19it can't be about joy
34:20or you
34:21or how stephanie feel about her
34:24it's all about that baby now
34:32thank you
34:35i'll grab that coffee with you
34:37yeah
34:39stephanie
34:40hi
34:41hello joy
34:44alex said that you'd be sticking around salem
34:47yeah
34:47yeah i told him that i could always go back to new york
34:51but
34:53he said he'd rather i stay in town
34:55so he could get to know kelsey
34:58i see
35:00look i know this situation is
35:04weird
35:04to say the least
35:07but i promise you
35:08all i want is what's best for my daughter
35:15would you like to say hello
35:24hello kelsey
35:31well i uh
35:32i'm sure i'll see you both around
35:34oh
35:34are you leaving so soon i thought you were going to order something
35:38no
35:38i don't think it will
35:52oh
35:53hey philip
35:54how was your flight
35:58oh
35:59i can't wait for you to come home
36:01i've missed you so much
36:04oh
36:05you have a surprise through me
36:08okay
36:09so are you going to make me wait
36:11or can you tell me something good now
36:18there she is
36:20oh
36:20are you busy
36:21i was hoping to take my beautiful wife out to lunch
36:29is everything okay
36:32yeah
36:34everything's fine
36:35lunch sounds perfect
36:37all right
36:38fantastic
36:39what are you in the mood for
36:41um
36:42anything but the pub
36:44not in the mood for chatter
36:47how's the bistro sound
36:49bistro's perfect
36:50oh my god
36:57so
36:58i overheard your entire conversation
37:01that's okay
37:02at least i don't have to catch you up on much now
37:05right
37:07so where are you staying
37:09uh
37:09the saleman
37:10for the time being
37:11there's no place to stay with a baby
37:14do you know what
37:15we can fix up your old room
37:17we can get that fixed up
37:18for you and kelsey to stay
37:22that would be amazing
37:23thank you
37:25well of course
37:26it's my pleasure
37:28i missed having you around
37:30you might be
37:31just about the only one
37:34i'm just trying to do
37:35what's right
37:36by my daughter
37:38but the whole town
37:39is treating me like a pariah
37:43well what you are
37:45is a survivor
37:47like me
37:49life kicks us around
37:50and we do what we have to do
37:52to protect ourselves
37:53and our children
37:54and if people don't get that
37:55then they haven't known our struggles
37:58and they haven't lived the lives we've lived
38:09i could listen to him laugh
38:11all day long
38:14well you just
38:15hang tight until tomorrow
38:17and you can spend
38:19all the time you want
38:20with our little guy
38:23or
38:23i could
38:25get changed
38:27go out there
38:28see if they're
38:29i don't know
38:30if i could talk them into
38:31cutting me loose early
38:33if you think
38:34that i am letting you
38:36out of here
38:36against doctor's orders
38:38that
38:44what what is it
38:48my biopsy
38:51is scheduled for tomorrow
38:53to go out there
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