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00:06you know i can't believe you knew all this time i'm sorry dad that i couldn't tell you
00:15ej put you in an impossible position man has no conscience come on you can't really be mad
00:23at uncle ej right now i'm not mad no i just as much as i despise this man
00:35delivered us a miracle and i will always be grateful to him for that
00:53oh there you are you have an update on the status of our patient indeed i've got news both good
01:03and bad
01:06okay let's start with the good
01:10lexie's awake
01:15are you serious she's awake
01:19oh my god ej we've changed the bloody world
01:25where is she is she where are you keeping her is she in the tunnels no my sister is not
01:31in the house
01:32what where is she well here comes the bad news
01:43johnny that's great news okay uh how long for the discharge paperwork
01:50okay great great i'll be right over
01:54yeah yeah i am supposed to be there for my biopsy anyway
02:00a little nervous but uh mostly just want to get it over with
02:07yeah okay all right i i love you i'll see you soon
02:12alex hey
02:14no hey i heard about what happened with johnny that's some scary stuff huh
02:20yeah i can't even imagine what could have happened but i just thank god for protecting him
02:26i'm happy for the both of you
02:28yeah and um actually same to you i ran into joy wesley and uh sounds like congratulations are in order
02:47stephanie seems good right
02:50considering her world has been rocked again
02:53well i think she's putting on a brave face
02:57yeah
02:58well i'm gonna go see her before i head to work
03:01okay
03:03as soon as you uh check on lexi you give me a call right
03:07i will
03:09it is definitely her isn't it
03:12well we don't have the dna results back yet
03:16it certainly looks like it
03:19i gotta say
03:20coming back to life
03:21it's the most america thing she's ever done
03:25right
03:26why stephano would be so proud
03:28and thrilled of course
03:31yeah
03:32even with ej involved i'm sure theo and abe
03:36gonna be pretty excited too
03:40such a miracle
03:43yeah
03:43yeah it is
03:46i just wonder what it will mean for paulina
04:01paulina
04:03oh
04:04paulina
04:06hello
04:09is everything all right
04:12i really don't know how to answer that
04:17i'm sitting here
04:19waiting for abraham like
04:21in some kind of purgatory
04:26between
04:28life as i know it and
04:30maybe something even worse
04:34what do you mean
04:38well you're not gonna believe this but
04:59like sand through the hourglass
05:02so are the days of our lives
05:16your little glow of soap you will hold
05:21kelsey
05:22kelsey
05:23right
05:25and uh
05:26i'm assuming that uh
05:28that news was a pretty big shock
05:31yeah it was for both stephanie and me
05:35uh-huh
05:37and uh
05:38well considering that just
05:42babysitting
05:42trey was enough to cause an argument about whether or not stephanie wanted kids
05:47i
05:49imagine that
05:51this just made it
05:52a lot more
05:54complicated
05:55yeah
05:58stephanie's trying her best to be supportive but
06:00we're working on it
06:03well
06:04in the meantime you should
06:06probably try to get to know your little girl
06:10i hear joy is sticking around salem
06:13and that is the plan
06:16although i'm sure that's the last thing you and johnny need right now
06:20yeah well i don't love the idea
06:24but joy wesley sticking around salem
06:28that is
06:29the least of our worries right now
06:37so
06:38alexi just wandered into your
06:40father's will really just
06:43in front of your entire family
06:45mm-hmm
06:46it seems
06:47someone found their way into the tunnels
06:49and prevented
06:50rolf from intervening
06:52who
06:54oh i'll give you a hint
06:55he's about
06:57yay tall
06:58won't stop running his mouth
06:59with lame jokes
07:01and nonsensical anecdotes
07:03and is currently your next door neighbor at the inn
07:07joking
07:08it was matty
07:13kale is running the dna test to make sure
07:17but
07:17i've seen enough pictures
07:19to know it's her
07:21i know from the first time i saw him that
07:24odd thing
07:27you made a selfless choice paulina
07:31you let the experiment
07:33go forward knowing that it might turn your life upside down
07:39i couldn't take this away from abraham and fiel
07:42and e.j he knew it
07:44he knew i could never
07:45keep abraham away from the love of his life
07:48even if it cost me mine
07:51now you don't know how this is going to turn out
07:53oh but i do
07:55i do
07:57abraham doesn't know this
07:59but last night
08:00i was standing in the doorway of lexi's hospital room
08:04and i heard her say
08:05i love you
08:07to him
08:08and then
08:11i heard him say it
08:24hey guys
08:25oh kale
08:26kale
08:27any news
08:28we have lexi's dna report back
08:32and her dentist was able to locate her
08:35dental records and storage
08:37you have my mom's dendroits raised
08:42yes
08:44and they're both a match
08:45they really is lexi
09:05meddling bloody nitwit
09:08why does massey always have to stick his big nose where it doesn't bloody belong
09:12she's raison d'etre obviously
09:15leo was trying to break into the will reading
09:18claimed he was trying to get the inside scoop for the spectator
09:21never mind the fact
09:22that the editor of said paper
09:25namely my brother chad
09:26was in attendance
09:30damn
09:32what do we do now
09:34that you're the face of this resurrection
09:38unfortunately i am
09:39but on the bright side
09:41all my sister's tests at the hospital
09:43have shown that she is very much alive
09:45and healthy
09:48the truck is an unqualified success
09:53meaning now
09:55we can proceed to the next step of the plan
10:01what's going on
10:02i hope everything's all right with your pregnancy
10:05yeah
10:06yeah
10:06it is
10:07uh
10:08yeah it's just that uh
10:09trey and i are still adjusting to living with my mom and abe and the home
10:15it's a full house
10:16yeah it is
10:18but you know we'll be there
10:20until the kitchen is finished being repaired
10:22which shouldn't take too long actually
10:25but it's just like between that
10:27running the bakery
10:28taking care of one infant
10:30while preparing for another
10:31all while johnny's in the hospital
10:33is that all
10:34i know right
10:35but the good news is that johnny is getting released today
10:39and so then we can just figure out the rest together
10:42good
10:43i'd be happy to offer my babysitting services
10:46but since i bailed halfway through last time
10:49it is okay
10:52but you know what maybe we can arrange a play date for trey and kelsey
10:55because trey has to get used to sharing his toys before his baby sibling arrives
11:00right
11:01and it would be good for kelsey to have a new little buddy
11:06she's really lucky to have you as a dad
11:10i'm a lucky one
11:13okay well you know what
11:15i should probably get going
11:17yeah
11:17but i will see you soon
11:21yes
11:21for sure
11:38i knew it was mom
11:40he went on christian brought up lookalights
11:43i never doubted it
11:46i just
11:47i felt it
11:48yeah
11:50i felt it too
11:53so does this mean when she wakes up
11:57she'll be
11:58mom
12:00like she'll have all her memories
12:03well i think that i'm
12:05living proof that it's possible
12:07and all of lexi's neurological exams have come back
12:11very encouraging
12:13so the brain tumor is
12:16gone completely
12:18miraculously
12:22i can't tell you how bad i wanted to hear those words
12:27kelly
12:27kelly
12:29why is she still sleeping
12:30i mean
12:33is she ever going to wake up again
12:36well
12:36you
12:37her body has been through a lot
12:40it's natural for her to be exhausted
12:43but last night she was alert and oriented
12:47that's really a great sign
12:59i can't imagine how difficult it must have been for you to
13:04hear abe say those words to lexi
13:08oh honey i'm so sorry
13:10oh no don't be
13:13it's a wonderful gift for abraham and theo
13:16a strong blessing
13:19but as
13:19but where it leaves me
13:21i mean lexi is the woman he spent most of his life with
13:25built a family with
13:28but i'm
13:29i'm just
13:29no no listen to me
13:31abe loves you
13:33i know i know he does but
13:37it's a different kind of love
13:41i told theo last night
13:43god will see us through this
13:47but
13:47in my heart i already know
13:53i've lost
14:21steve hey
14:23morning
14:25morning
14:25morning
14:25sorry uh stephanie
14:27left early this morning for a breakfast meeting
14:29she had a potential new client
14:30i know
14:31i already talked to her
14:34actually i'm here to see you
14:37oh
14:39i was hoping we could have a talk
14:45we don't really understand the nature of the pot
14:48and we don't know what medications lexi was on
14:52uh not surprisingly
14:53ej is not forthcoming and we haven't been able to track down dr roth
14:58well
14:59we all know that ej is not going to give away his secrets for free
15:05so
15:06does that complicate her recovery
15:09uh not that we can tell
15:11but her vital signs are strong
15:14her reflexes are good
15:16her brain activity is
15:18great
15:19she has passed every test with flying colors
15:23so i am very optimistic
15:25that lexi is back
15:36mama
15:37oh chanel
15:39hey baby
15:40what you here to visit
15:42you visiting johnny
15:43yeah uh
15:44he's being discharged today
15:46oh
15:47that's wonderful news
15:48yeah
15:49yeah it is
15:50mhm
15:50well mama what are you doing here
15:56oh i don't even know where to begin
16:03you just sound so confident
16:05as if
16:06proceeding to the next step of the plan is just a given
16:11why wouldn't i be
16:13you know exactly why
16:16because it's just a matter of time before the authorities come and question the ethics of
16:21whatever research it is that you're doing in your little lab
16:24i have nothing to hide
16:26i mean sure i may have skirted some rules and regulations but i have a cadre of lawyers ready to
16:32prove that i have broken no laws
16:34what about when the drugs are yet what about when the drug goes on the black market
16:42gwen
16:42gwen
16:43do i sense some trepidation i thought you were all in on this plan
16:48i am
16:50i am
16:52but now that the cat's out of the bag or
16:55rather now that the patients are out of the pod well this is all just
17:00a lot riskier
17:02and i would very much like not to have to do twenty to thirty years in statesville when this is
17:06all said and done
17:18can i give you something to drink water coffee oh no i'm already at some thanks
17:24well i was glad to see stephanie back at work
17:28yeah
17:29she's
17:31slowly regaining her confidence
17:34yeah
17:36poor girl
17:37she's been through so much
17:41yeah
17:44and now i'm making it worse right
17:48i assume that's why you're here to
17:52read me the right act about joy and the baby
17:56you assume wrong
18:05hey
18:05hey
18:07have you heard the news
18:10yes
18:11i did
18:13but i left the will reading before all the
18:17excitement began
18:19oh
18:19i i didn't know you had decided to attend
18:22i decided at the last minute
18:25and i
18:26regret having gone
18:29oh
18:31did uh stephanie leave you something good
18:35a chess set
18:37a chess set
18:39that's it
18:41yeah
18:42that's it
18:43oh
18:44what was it like a puzzle box or something you know you move the queen and a
18:47secret tunnel opens up or something
18:49no i i actually don't even know
18:53look john and i spent so many years playing games with that man that i i never ever want to
19:00do that again
19:00so i left
19:03i left the world reading and i left the world reading and i left the chess set at the house
19:08well good for you
19:11although it might have been helpful to be there when uh lexi makes her grand entrance
19:21take a breath
19:23take a breath will you we will not be going to prison
19:27not as long as we're extremely discreet about our communications and transactions with potential clients from whom you'd be pleased
19:38to hear that i've already received a number of anonymous inquiries through highly encrypted channels of course
19:49you've already gotten offers
19:51up to ten figures yes
19:57ten figures
20:02that's billions
20:06impressive mental math miseries check
20:14right well
20:16you convince me i mean what's life without a bit of a risque
20:20okay
20:21that's the spirit
20:23and to further calm you down remember
20:28that i'm the one whose neck is on the line
20:32no one even knows you at all
20:33yes
20:35and i would like to keep it that way
20:38no problem
20:42but
20:44all this talk of risk and reward has got me thinking
20:49since
20:50i'm the one taking the disproportionate share of the risk
20:55am i not entitled to a disproportionate share of the reward
21:05lexi
21:06is alive
21:10abraham and theo are at our bedside as we speak
21:15oh
21:16wow
21:17wow that is a lot to process
21:21it sure is baby
21:25oh my god i'm just realizing
21:29you told me a while back that there was a dilemma that you were dealing with that you couldn't share
21:34details
21:36lexi
21:37lexi
21:38she was
21:38the dilemma
21:39huh
21:40she was
21:44mama i am so so sorry
21:47i fell asleep last night
21:49i should have been there for you i didn't realize you hadn't come home
21:53well
21:54i'm not sure it's my home anymore baby
21:57what
21:58what do you mean
22:00my husband has another wife
22:02a wife
22:03he spent most of his life with it
22:07he built a
22:08he built a family with
22:10well
22:11when does that leave me
22:12what am i am i just
22:14am i just
22:15am i just a footnote now
22:17oh
22:21there
22:26some more sleep okay
22:30and just so you know
22:33your son
22:34is going to give you
22:37more than a decade
22:38of life updates
22:42as soon as you're ready to hear them
22:45i'll sit with her for a while
22:47if you want to
22:49maybe
22:50go talk to paulina
22:52thanks
22:53thanks
22:55oh
22:55boy
22:58i can't keep putting this off
23:14hey mom
23:18i don't know if you uh
23:20remember all the times that i came and talked to you at the house
23:24now that you're becoming more alert
23:26i might as well uh
23:28might as well keep on trying
23:36mom
23:40it's okay it's okay
23:42you're in the hospital
23:44you're in the hospital
23:45but everything's okay
23:49mom
23:50mom
23:50mom
23:52you know who i am
24:03no
24:04no
24:05no
24:05we agreed on a 50-50 deal EJ
24:08you can't just
24:10renegotiate the deal
24:12i'm grateful for your part in this Gwen
24:15and need i remind you
24:17you've already seen quite a large return on your investment
24:20Dimitri's inheritance is something completely different
24:23not really
24:24you wouldn't have seen a red cent without my help
24:30and your little genius experiment which completely collapsed if it wasn't for Dimitri's money you can't just renegotiate the deal
24:39on a whim
24:41i'm sorry Gwen
24:43but the circumstances have changed and you don't have any legal recourse
24:49so as your attorney i'd advise you to take my present offer or risk getting nothing at all
25:04i know how this looks with Joy
25:07hey hey listen
25:08you don't have to defend yourself
25:12i know that you didn't get back with Stephanie again until after your relationship with Joy had ended
25:19you didn't do anything wrong
25:24thank you for saying that
25:26and i understand that you have stepped up and you're supporting Joy and the baby
25:33that's the right thing to do
25:36yeah
25:37well still i
25:40i assume that you're gonna be worried about how this affects Stephanie
25:43and our marriage
25:46and i am too
25:48especially because she's been in such a
25:51a bad place
25:53emotionally
25:55and she's been through so much
25:59but Steve i promise you
26:00i will always make sure
26:03i will always make sure
26:03that Stephanie knows
26:05that she's my priority
26:07that child will not
26:09come between her and me
26:12well that's all i can ask
26:15that you keep on loving and supporting her
26:18and that she's never an afterthought
26:21she never will be
26:23i promise you
26:25i believe you
26:28i believe you
26:30because of the way
26:32you operated
26:33when Stephanie was missing
26:36the things you did
26:38i know that you would do anything for her
26:43let me tell you something
26:47it's not gonna be easy for either one of you
26:50now i know that because i've been there
26:54and i don't expect you to be perfect
26:56in the way you handle this
26:59you know you're gonna make mistakes
27:00just like i did
27:04but you're my son now
27:07you are a part of this big crazy bunch
27:10we call our family
27:13and so is your little baby girl
27:17okay
27:19that's what i came here to tell you
27:22and to ask if
27:24is there anything Kayla and i can do to help
27:32you know i adored lexi
27:35she and a were such close friends of ours
27:39i was beyond devastated when we lost her
27:43and right now i'm just feeling so
27:48sad for Paulina
27:50i know
27:52me too
27:54i remember all those years ago
27:57when Roman came back
27:59i had
28:02two wonderful wonderful men in my life then
28:06i know it caused a lot of pain for all of you
28:10it did
28:13i hope they don't have to go through that
28:15i hope they don't
28:17have to go down that same path that i did
28:20i hope so too
28:22for all their sakes
28:29of course
28:30that's still your home mama
28:33lexi
28:34she's been gone a long
28:37time
28:38and Abe loves you
28:41mama
28:43and he loves her
28:46well
28:47Abe and I we have so much to work out
28:50I can't just go and tear them away from my bedside
28:56Chanel?
29:02may I have a word with your mother?
29:05oh yeah yeah of course
29:07I will go check and see Johnny's discharge papers already
29:24mommy
29:26it's me
29:29Theo, Theo, your son
29:32no
29:34that's not possible
29:38why Theo is just a boy
29:40why
29:43well that was
29:46before you left us
29:49but it's
29:51ah
29:53it's 2026
29:572026?
29:59how is that possible?
30:01i know
30:03it's gonna sound unbelievable
30:08but you passed on
30:12it's a long story
30:13but they were able to bring you back to us
30:18although it took a long time
30:20so i'm all grown up now
30:24obviously
30:26Theo
30:33do you remember
30:36the lucky train stamp?
30:40i was just beginning first grade
30:43and i was having all this trouble
30:45adjusting to a real school
30:47i was so scared
30:50and one morning
30:51i refused to get dressed
30:56and you told me this story
30:59about a little engine
31:01who was also very nervous
31:04because he was scared
31:07that he couldn't make it up the mountain
31:11but he overcame his fears
31:15and he made it all the way up
31:18and over the top
31:22and you knew
31:24how much i loved stamps
31:29and you got me one
31:32with a train on it
31:35and you had me put out my arm
31:38and you put that stamp
31:40right on my wrist
31:44and you said anytime i feel overwhelmed
31:50i can look down at that stamp
31:55and know that i was brave too
32:00oh my god
32:03it is you
32:05with you
32:07my son
32:08oh my god
32:25i just checked on johnny
32:27and um
32:28he should be able to be discharged soon
32:31that is wonderful news
32:34yeah
32:35oh
32:36honey stephanie told me about
32:39alex joy's baby
32:42yeah
32:44looks like i'll be a
32:46well maybe i already am
32:47a step-grandmother
32:50um
32:51look i know you can't really
32:55divulge anything about your sessions with stephanie
32:59but can you just tell me is she doing okay
33:06stephanie is a very
33:07very
33:08strong
33:08young woman
33:11and she has an amazing support team
33:15i'm just happy that you're part of that team now
33:20because it is just a lot
33:23for her and Alex
33:25to go through right now
33:30thank you
33:30steve
33:32i can't even begin to tell you
33:34how much that means to me to know that you and kayla are in our corner
33:39well i think that little girl is very lucky to have you Alex
33:46so you just be
33:48a good dad to her
33:51and a good husband
33:52to stephanie
33:54and everything is going to work out eventually
33:59and i want you to know
34:01that kayla and i will always be here for you and our daughter
34:06and for your daughter too
34:18thank you
34:25glad that it's been confirmed
34:27that
34:29it's really Lexi
34:32and that she's doing well
34:38is there something
34:42something more you want to say
34:50i just i just don't have words i i i don't know what to do
34:57yes you do
35:00you need to support your wife
35:05you need to help her
35:08recover
35:12you're my wife too
35:14am i am i i mean am
35:16is our marriage even legal i mean
35:19how is it going to work
35:20are we three in a bed like the grandparents in Willy Wonka
35:27i'm sorry
35:28i shouldn't even be joking about this
35:30no it's okay it's okay
35:31it's just
35:34i
35:36hate
35:36i just hate
35:38seeing this pain for you
35:43i love you polia
35:49i love you too
35:54but you need to go back with Lexi
35:58i want you to go
36:03please
36:24please
36:25damn you EJ
36:27god i should have known
36:30i should have known
36:32you would screw me over
36:35screw you over
36:36by making you rich
36:38beyond your wildest imagination
36:40when
36:42when what
36:43what is this timeline
36:45with the new plan
36:47you said you've already got inquiries
36:49i assume that you're close to closing on a deal are you
36:52not quite
36:54we still need to track
36:55Lexi's recovery to reassure buyers
36:57that the miraculous results
37:00will stick
37:01in the meantime
37:02it is vital to Dr. Rolf's experiment
37:06and to the value of the project
37:09that we can prove
37:11that our success
37:13can be repeated
37:20did
37:21mama what did Abe say
37:23a whole lot of nothing
37:29i think he just
37:31just needed my permission
37:33to go back and be with Lexi
37:37and i gave it to him
37:56so you're living in johannesburg
37:59mm-hmm
38:00yeah
38:00but i'm glad
38:03that i came back to salem
38:06especially now
38:09well
38:12what
38:13huh
38:15are you awake
38:18tell me
38:19who is this dashing young man
38:23and what has he done with our little boy
38:26yeah i ask myself that question everyday
38:30we're all so very proud of him
38:32i can see why
38:36so 2026 huh
38:37mm-hmm
38:40you haven't aged a day
38:41oh
38:42well my knees tell a different story
38:46can't imagine how much i missed
38:51oh
38:51you're still wearing the same ring
39:00or is that not the same ring
39:08you know
39:09you know we uh
39:12we thought we'd lost you
39:16i mean
39:18you were gone for
39:21almost 15 years
39:22years
39:25and
39:29for a long long
39:31time i
39:33i didn't even think
39:36didn't even think about moving on
39:41but eventually i
39:44i met someone
39:49we got married
39:57yeah
39:59i
39:59i
40:00and i
40:04i
40:05i
40:06i
40:06i
40:19i
40:21i
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