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00:03Ann Tyler, what a writer. Never anything flashy, she says so much.
00:12I don't know any writer that has the capacity to show you the poetry and the lives of ordinary people
00:19like she does.
00:25Marlena?
00:28Oh, Julie, I'm so sorry. What did you say?
00:36Is the muted baseball game really more interesting than our conversation about this month's selection for the book club?
00:45No, no, it's not. I'm so sorry. I just I don't have a great deal of interest in baseball, but
00:54somehow just watching them play makes me feel a little closer to John.
01:06I understand.
01:09Doug loved the cubbies, too?
01:11Of course.
01:13Say, isn't this the game that Chad and Belle are attending?
01:27You're alright.
01:43I'm sorry.
01:47But there they are!
01:59Now, if you'll excuse me.
02:01There's one thing you haven't offered.
02:05I'm sorry.
02:07Dr. Rolf's little miracle drug.
02:09It cured Lexi's incurable brain tumor, right?
02:13And with none of the brutal side effects that usually come with cancer treatments.
02:18Paulina.
02:21What?
02:22I want that drug for my daughter.
02:30I'm sorry, Paulina.
02:31I can't help you.
02:32Like hell you can't.
02:34You owe me, Ishe Tamera.
02:51I am not taking long for an answer, Ishe.
02:55Ha, ha.
02:57Ha, ha.
03:20Okay, so what do you say, Tahiti or Fiji?
03:25I mean, from the pictures, they both kind of look the same, so I guess we could just
03:28kind of flip a coin and go from there. Or, I was thinking we could try a cruise. I mean,
03:35I know we were supposed to be, you know, using this as our second honeymoon, but I thought
03:40maybe we could take the kids and make it our first family trip. What do you say?
03:47Chanel?
03:50I'm sorry, Johnny, but they can't do this.
04:04Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.
04:21I must say, I'm very pleased to see things
04:25progressing between Chad and Belle.
04:31Chad had such an awful time with losing Abigail. And then that nasty business with Cat Green.
04:41You know, that wasn't entirely Cat's fault. She was coerced.
04:46Yes, Marlena, I know. I know. But she hurt a lot of people.
04:54For myself, I'm very, very happy to see Chad moving on from the Catwoman.
05:03And if things do develop between your beautiful daughter and Chad,
05:09I'm going to be over the moon. I'd be over the moon too.
05:15Good.
05:17Chad is such a good man. He's such a good dad. And well, now that Belle is moving on from
05:25Egypt.
05:29Well, let's not get too far ahead of ourselves, shall we?
05:32Mm-hmm.
05:33I mean, it is, it is only their third date.
05:37Yes. But this time, Chad brought along his children. Now, you know, his children's opinion means the world and all
05:43to him. So,
05:44I take that as a good sign. As is what we just saw on television. A terrific sign.
05:54And it's so very public. Right. Do you suppose they realize the entire Chicago area has seen them kissing?
06:16Well, it seems that my brother and Belle had the same idea we did.
06:23Yeah, I guess so.
06:29You're not upset, are you?
06:34No, of course not. I mean, Chad and I are over, so he has every right to move on.
06:41Hmm. As is Belle. As do we.
06:49So, you're not upset at seeing her with your brother?
06:55Not in the least. That was in the past for me. Right now, I am happily focused on the future.
07:03And that means you.
07:06Yeah.
07:14Chanel, what do you mean you can't do this? What's wrong?
07:18Johnny, I, I really appreciate everything that you've, you've done for me tonight. You know, the lays, the mocktails, just
07:27everything, but...
07:30It's not working.
07:34I'm sorry, Johnny. I, I know how hard you're working to try to cheer me up.
07:40But it's just all this talk about second honeymoons and family vacations.
07:44It's, it's making me think about what's next for us. And what I really need to focus on right now
07:52is staying in the present.
07:55Because whenever I think about the future, I, I just can't help but think about what happens if I'm not
08:03there.
08:16Snell, I, I'm so sorry. I did not mean to upset you with this.
08:23No, no, of course you didn't. I know that. And Johnny, if I wasn't so in my head right now,
08:31I think that a, a getaway would be, it'll be nice.
08:36Not just for me, but for you too. We're both going through this.
08:42Yeah. Well, look, I don't care about a getaway. I don't, I don't care about anything that is not helpful
08:51to you right now.
08:54Okay. So please don't be worrying about if I'm good. All right.
08:59I'm just so grateful to have you by my side.
09:03Lois.
09:07And, uh, you know, as, as much as I, I want to believe that a second honeymoon is, is in
09:15our future.
09:16I just, I just really want to focus on right now, you know, like, like I said, and right now
09:22it's, it's really great, right?
09:24I have a wonderful and caring husband who is by my side and supporting me through everything.
09:35And I have an amazing wife who has more than enough strength for both of us.
09:45I love you, Johnny.
09:47I love you too.
09:56You know, regardless of who saw Chad and Belle kissing on television, I'm, I'm just glad they're both moving on.
10:08You remember the song? It was about a girl who traveled all over the world looking for the man of
10:14her dreams,
10:15only to discover the man of her dreams was living in the apartment next door.
10:21Ring them bells.
10:22That's it. I only remember they met in Dubrovnik. I couldn't remember the name of the song.
10:30You know, Chad and Belle have known each other for so long, and I think that they're just beginning to
10:35see each other in a little different light.
10:39Kind of like you and Foster.
10:43No. No. Not like me and Foster. We just had one day.
10:50Yeah. We didn't talk about that. How did it go?
10:55It was lovely.
11:01When I came home, when I came home, I was at sixes and sevens, and I felt very uncertain, Marlena.
11:11Why was that?
11:16Well, it was something you understand very well.
11:22After I lost Doug, I did not think I could look at another man ever again.
11:30But going out with Foster, walking into a restaurant on his arm, it was a comfort.
11:41And then there was a part of me that said, you're being untrue to Doug's memory, and I felt guilty.
11:53All right. I hope you can get past the feeling of guilt.
12:03Because you know Doug would want you to be happy.
12:09And if you get some comfort from someone else, I hope you don't deprive yourself of that.
12:20I know it's silly. It doesn't make any sense at all.
12:28I know that he's a good company.
12:32Foster is witty and charming. Has beautiful manners. He's even bright.
12:41I hope you see him again.
12:43I will.
12:46I have no idea that it's going anywhere, Marlena.
12:52But for the first time in a long time, I didn't feel so low.
13:02That was amazing. I can't believe I caught that foul ball.
13:07You know what? That was a pretty impressive catch, man.
13:09That was something for us for a while.
13:11Looks like all that little league's paying off, huh?
13:14Nah, it was all thanks to Belle.
13:16She gave me some pointers on how to catch pop-ups right before the game.
13:21Well, actually, those are my dad's tips, but you did follow them very well, Thomas.
13:26I liked seeing you on the big TV at the game, Daddy.
13:30Yeah? That was pretty cool, huh?
13:35I wonder who else follows Griffin.
13:39Because, honestly, I don't care.
13:43Do you?
13:57I think it might be time to take this upstairs.
14:07Is everything all right?
14:13Things are moving a little fast.
14:16For me, anyway.
14:20I am still your employee, for one thing, and we're kind of crossing some boundaries, obviously.
14:44You just saw your ex kissing your brother on television, and then suddenly you want to whisk me away to
14:56the bedroom.
14:57You can't tell me those two aren't connected.
15:01Actually, they were not connected.
15:04Not to me.
15:06I was simply enjoying kissing you, and I didn't want it to stop.
15:13However, I am in agreement that we should wait to perhaps take this further when the timing is right.
15:23And that is exactly what we are going to do.
15:32Well, thank you for understanding.
15:35I told you that whatever happens next between us is up to you.
15:53And on that same subject, it's been over a year since you lost John.
16:03John, and I wonder, do you think of meeting someone?
16:12No.
16:15No.
16:18I can't picture myself with anybody but John.
16:24I felt the same at the time with, with Foster.
16:37I felt less alone.
16:42I want that for you.
16:46When you're ready.
16:55Excuse me, excuse me.
17:04It's Foster.
17:12Do I care if the entire world saw me kissing a beautiful woman?
17:16Absolutely not.
17:18Pretty sure I initiated it.
17:21Would you have kissed her even if you weren't on camera?
17:27Uh, well, buddy, that is between Belle and I, okay?
17:33Anyways, good news, your friend Sally called.
17:36She wants to hang with you guys, and her mom said she'd watch you.
17:39So, you get to go to the fair.
17:42Oh, yeah.
17:43Oh, yeah, yeah.
17:44That's what I want to hear, okay?
17:47Here's some money.
17:49Buy yourself some tickets.
17:51Win your sister a prize from one of those booths, and stay close to Sally's mom, okay?
17:55No wandering, looking at you, bear.
17:59Look after your sister.
18:00All right, come on, Char.
18:07Well, as their dates go, I'd say this is a pretty good one.
18:12I agree.
18:13And you know, if you hadn't kissed me, I definitely would have kissed you.
18:23Thank you for understanding, E.J.
18:26I hope I didn't ruin the evening.
18:29Oh.
18:30An evening with you could never be ruined.
18:34But, since we're attempting to slow things down, let's say we stay down here for some polite conversation, while Cook
18:43whips us up some dinner.
18:45Mm.
18:47Yeah, that sounds amazing.
18:49I would love to, but I, uh, I made dinner plans with the family, and it's a very rare occasion
18:56I can get them all together at once if I cancel.
18:59Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
18:59Say no more.
19:01We'll call it tonight, then.
19:05Until next time, then.
19:08Definitely.
19:10Thanks again, E.J.
19:54Oh, my God.
19:56Oh, my God.
20:20I'm so since we are focusing on being here and now
20:25what do you say we take this to the bedroom I think that that is a great
20:31idea but before we do there there's something that I've been wanting to talk
20:41to you about something that has been on my mind a lot since I was diagnosed and
20:47I'm guessing that it's been on your mind too all right let's have it what what do
20:55you think has been on both of our minds well obviously my body is going to be
21:03different depending on how things go with my treatment and so I've been reading
21:09up on women and how they process these changes you know after breast surgery
21:13and these changes also affect their partner so it is a shared adjustment and
21:22so I just I really want us to be honest about what that might look like for both
21:30of us if it comes to that look I'm really glad you brought this up because you're
21:40right it has been on my mind I just haven't wanted to broach the subject
21:48because I I just figured you would talk about it when you're ready but since you
21:57have brought it up I would just like to tell you nothing will ever change the way
22:06that I feel about you Chanel I love you with all of my heart I love that you're so
22:15real that you know you're you're you're honest you're grounded I love your
22:22courage your kindness your laugh I love that you can make a room lighter just just by
22:33walking into it just by being there now I think about it I love everything about you
22:40actually so no matter what happens with your treatments or your surgery you will
22:54always be perfect to me even if I lose all my hair and they remove my breasts no
23:05matter what no matter what no matter what I will always be wildly in love with you and badly
23:17attracted to you
23:20okay
23:28oh man I guess you better ahead see who that is
23:41mama
23:41Johnny I need you to pick up the phone and call your father right now
23:59all right just took some good shots of them on the Ferris wheel and sent them over to Jack and
24:04Jennifer I'm all yours oh well I'm just really glad the kids had such a good time yeah they are
24:09they are
24:10they're uh they're going to the petting zoo next so could take a turn oh my god I went to
24:15St Luke's fair
24:16once when I was little and I won one of those little ducklings you know as a prize
24:22a duckling huh great uh-huh yeah and I snuck it back into my house without my mom and dad
24:27knowing
24:28and I kept her in my closet yeah yeah and how long before your parents found out you were hiding
24:36a duck
24:36I mean it was like a couple weeks I know and then my mom totally freaked out when she was
24:43doing laundry and she found a much larger duck in the hamper
24:47sure although it's kind of hard for me to picture Marlena having freaked out
24:52uh-huh yeah it doesn't happen very often that's for sure you know in fact I think the last time
24:59I saw her even kind of rattled
25:01my father left her that chest set oh yeah I mean that it was really an odd bequest especially since
25:09it was left to my mom and my dad you know it was like
25:13it's like it's like it was kind of a final message or something and it's not one that my brother
25:18or my mom really cares to decipher but I just I don't know
25:27what I mean maybe I'm just being overprotective but I would just love to know I mean it has to
25:35mean something right
25:57hey
25:59hey
26:00thanks
26:03hi
26:06oh
26:09yeah
26:10are you okay
26:12uh
26:13yeah
26:14yeah
26:14and where are Aaron and Felicity aren't they joining us for dinner
26:18nope
26:20Felicity is out with Todd and Aaron is packing up for a trip
26:25with a few friends headed for Smith Island tomorrow
26:30who was he going to Smith Island with what friends
26:33I don't know
26:35maybe Tate
26:35I didn't ask now that he's in college I feel I'm more like a roommate than a guardian
26:43and honestly what's it to you why does it matter
26:49okay
26:49okay
26:50uh
26:51want to tell me what's going on
26:56maybe we should sit down
27:15Mark
27:18what's wrong
27:21well thank you for walking me back to the bookstore I can't believe that the new security
27:27system is already on the fritz you know we just paid for it
27:31I suppose Foster will explain everything to me
27:36hey
27:38do you suppose that Foster needing your assistance was just an excuse to see you again
27:47you think
27:50wow
27:53oh
27:54hello
27:54Julie
27:56Marlena
27:58hello
27:59hey I noticed you've made a purchase at my store
28:02I did indeed
28:04I needed a book to read to get my mind off
28:08well everything
28:09okay
28:09yes sure
28:11a good book will do that
28:13well Marlena we'll talk later right
28:15yes we will
28:16okay
28:17okay
28:24um
28:24I assume
28:26by your buying a book and saying that you needed to
28:29take your mind off things that means that something is weighing on you
28:34quite heavily in fact
28:36and it has to do with your daughter
28:43I'm sorry to barge in on you like this
28:47I tried calling and texting both of you but it kept going to voicemail
28:52yeah
28:52phone was on
28:54do not disturb
28:54mine is in the other room
28:58uh
28:59I had a missed call from Xander too
29:01Johnny
29:02Johnny
29:02I need you to call your father
29:04mama why
29:05what is going on
29:06because that
29:07that
29:08smug
29:08SOB
29:09won't give me that miracle drug you used to cure Lexi
29:12why would you need that
29:14for you baby girl
29:16I mean
29:18think about
29:19think about
29:19that miracle drug
29:22whatever it is
29:23it made Lexi's brain tumor disappear and brought her back to life
29:28now Chanel
29:28why should you have to suffer the side effects of chemo and radiation
29:33if there's a better way
29:36and my dad
29:37what'd he say
29:39he wouldn't help us
29:42refuse even since Senator Red
29:44that's why I need you to call him
29:48right away
30:00I'm sorry Bill
30:01I uh
30:01I don't know
30:03I mean all I know is what Theo read from the will
30:07um
30:08to John and Marlena
30:09uh
30:10may our match continue
30:12hmm
30:14have you really tried like
30:15you know
30:16inspecting it
30:17maybe checking out the box or something
30:19there might be a clue in there
30:20well
30:20Brady and I did try to set it up
30:23and really the only clue was that there was a missing piece
30:27and it was a pawn
30:29wait really?
30:31well
30:32hey if my dad did that on purpose
30:34that's gotta be a reference to
30:35the
30:36the pawn
30:36right
30:37I know
30:37I mean that would be the logical conclusion
30:39I just
30:40I don't know whatever it means
30:42I just
30:43want to make sure it's nothing that my mom needs to worry about
30:47well
30:48I'm very happy to look into this
30:50if you'd like me to
30:51I do know the way my dad's mind worked
30:54so
30:55maybe between the two of us
30:57we can figure this out
31:00yeah
31:04so
31:06you saw your
31:08your uh
31:08your brother and
31:09Belle
31:10kissing on
31:11TV
31:13hard to miss
31:16well I hope you didn't put a damper on your
31:19your date with Kat
31:22well
31:24seeing our respective exes engaged in a lip lock for all the world to see
31:29it certainly was distracting
31:30but full disclosure
31:33Kat and I were kissing just as they popped up on screen
31:38huh
31:39so I assume that you're continuing to explore your
31:43your Italian connection outside of therapy
31:46we are
31:48actually
31:50not to sound like my mother
31:52but I wonder if seeing
31:55Belle and Chad together like that
31:58was a sign
32:01a sign
32:02a sign
32:03a what
32:05well
32:07now that our former lovers have clearly moved on
32:12maybe Kat and I are destined to move on as well
32:15with each other
32:16and as she and I get closer
32:18we'll hopefully we'll get closer to solving the mystery
32:22of
32:23how we ended up together in Italy
32:29I'm fine
32:31I've just had
32:32a long day at work that's all
32:36anything in particular you want to talk about?
32:42not really
32:48the job has just been
32:51very
32:52difficult lately
32:58is
33:00there a problem with EJ's drug?
33:05no
33:07why would you think that?
33:10because
33:12when I first asked him
33:14if
33:14we could possibly use this drug
33:17for our mom
33:18he seemed to consider it
33:19but now all of a sudden he's backpedaling
33:21flat out refusing
33:24excuse me
33:25can I um
33:26can I get another one?
33:27Kat what do you want?
33:30um
33:30uh
33:31white wine
33:31and a white wine
33:34please
33:34please
33:37um
33:39like I told you a few days ago
33:41we
33:41we can't use the drug
33:42on humans
33:43without FDA
33:45approval
33:45and
33:46even if we do get it approved
33:48it would be too late
33:50so
33:50okay you know what?
33:52I understand that you signed an NDA
33:54and you can't tell me what's going on
33:56I get that
33:56but this is our mother
33:57that we're talking about
33:58remember her?
33:59remember all of the things that we did to get her back?
34:03and now you're just what?
34:04you're just going to
34:05roll over?
34:06you're going to let her go without a fight?
34:14I guess it never really occurred to me to ask my dad about that drug
34:18I wasn't really thinking about it as a cancer treatment
34:22but if there's a chance it can help Chanel
34:24I mean
34:25yeah
34:26of course there is
34:27of course there is
34:28that's why I need you to get on the phone
34:29and call him
34:30tell him
34:31hand it over
34:32whoa whoa
34:33excuse me
34:36are you seriously about to call your father right now without discussing it with me first?
34:41and what makes either of you think that I would want to take some super drug from EJ?
34:48why wouldn't you?
34:51because there is a proven and prescribed treatment mama
34:55one that I have already decided on
34:58one which they promised me will not harm my baby
35:01which I am going to start very soon
35:04okay and I don't care how miraculous this drug of EJ seems to be
35:08I will not be a guinea pig for some experimental medication while I'm pregnant
35:14okay?
35:16and sure I'd be willing to be indebted to EJ if I thought that this drug could save my life
35:23but I don't
35:24and thank God
35:25because I never want to be indebted to that man again
35:55thank you
35:56thank you
36:00answer me Mark
36:02are you seriously just going to let mom go without a fight?
36:04okay that's not fair
36:06you know I would do anything I could to help mom
36:09okay then tell me what's going on
36:12should I push EJ to get that drug from mom?
36:14no don't
36:15do not
36:16we do not want that drug
36:19anywhere near mom
36:21what?
36:22why not?
36:27Mark
36:31I'm sorry
36:32that's all I can say
36:44mama I know that you were worried about me and you were just trying to help
36:49but you should not have gone behind my back and badgered EJ without talking to me first
36:55well yes yes of course of course you're right I should have consulted you about it but you know it's
37:02just once I got the idea into my head
37:04I know I know you got all excited and you acted impulsively which is what you tend to do and
37:11I get it
37:11but mama if you would have just come to me and talked to me and talked to me about it
37:15then I would have told you without hesitation that EJ's drug is not the answer
37:22okay?
37:23look my cancer is treatable and I now have a doctor that I trust and so I am going to
37:30follow what she recommends
37:32and as I've talked about with Johnny we are just going to take this one day at a time
37:39so if you could also just trust that my treatment that I'm going to be getting is what is right
37:46for me
37:49please
37:49of course of course I can
37:54you're right I'm so sorry please please forgive me for going behind your back
37:59okay
38:00yeah
38:00I'm so sorry
38:02don't be don't be okay I get it mama I know that you're just trying to help and I love
38:09you for that
38:10but I love you I love you so much
38:13what
38:14what
38:16I see you at the hospital for your port surgery tomorrow
38:19oh no mama you don't have to
38:21no no no I want to now that's that's what mamas do
38:26let me
38:30okay
38:32I guess I just better get on my way up okay
38:34bye honey
38:35bye bye Johnny
38:37bye mom
38:49I hope I didn't hurt her feeling
38:51no
38:51I know she's just trying to help
38:54I think she just wants to make it go away
38:57yeah well I thought you handled it very well
39:02like you do everything
39:05I'm proud of you
39:07always
39:16I wish you and cat well
39:19I know that's been a mystery that's been plaguing you for some time
39:23this has yes
39:25and you have a mystery of your own to solve
39:30oh
39:31yes
39:33the mystery of a chess board your father left me in his will
39:38well I must tell you I couldn't care less why he did it or what it means
39:45after all Stefano did to John
39:48and me
39:50I'm so happy to move on
39:53permanently
39:56suit yourself
39:57but unlike you
40:00I'm not one to leave a mystery unsolved
40:11you would really do that for me
40:13yeah
40:14you'd help me find the secret in the chess set assuming there is one
40:17oh I guarantee you there is one
40:19and it's not a sacrifice on my part
40:22I'm very curious to find out what my father's up to too
40:26alright
40:26well I'll take you up on that
40:29I just want to make sure that my mom doesn't find out right away
40:34it's between you and me
40:35okay
40:36thanks
40:37yeah
40:38yeah
40:42what
40:43well I'm just hoping I can give you a proper kiss now
40:48we're not in front of the entire world
40:50or my kids
40:52just us
40:55I don't like that very much
41:07you
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