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>> Victor: [groans] How the hell did that happen?

>> Kate: Are you referring to the mess that you made at

Titan? >> Victor: What are you talking

about? What mess at Titan? >> Kate: Oh, come on. Don't

pretend that you didn't hire your nephew Xander to a high

executive position. >> Victor: I wouldn't put that

Neanderthal in charge of taking out the garbage.

>> Brady: It was me. I did it.

[melancholy music] ♪ ♪

[easygoing guitar music] ♪ ♪

>> Xander: Someone so gorgeous should not be eating alone.

>> Sarah: [sighs] You stink.

>> Xander: Not a fan of my patchouli body spray?

>> Sarah: It's disgusting, but I was talking about you in

general. Go away. >> Xander: Oh, you're gonna want

me to stick around when you hear my news.

>> Sarah: And I've lost my appetite.

>> Xander: My ship has come in, and I'm giving you permission to

board. >> Sarah: I'd rather drown.

>> Xander: Then I would simply dive overboard and rescue you.

I'm happy to wait. Sooner or later, you're going to realize

what a catch I am. >> Sarah: How many times do I

have to tell you that I'm engaged?

>> Xander: So? I'm married.

I won't tell if you don't. >> Sarah: [sighs]

[disquieting music] ♪ ♪

>> Stefan: The way you're staring at my father's

portrait--Holly used to do the same exact thing.

[dramatic music] ♪ ♪

>> Haley: Do you know what you just did?

>> JJ: Shoving Tripp into that agent and getting you out of

there was the most fun I've had in a long time.

>> Haley: I can't let you do this.

>> JJ: Okay, if we stand here and argue, they will catch up

with us. Haley, they will deport you to China and I'll never see

you again. >> Haley: Okay.

[Melinda breathes raggedly] >> Jennifer: Melinda?

[disquieting music] ♪ ♪

What are you doing? >> Melinda: I'm going to

Jack Deveraux's victory celebration

to make sure that he and his lovely bride pay for what

they did to Haley.

♪ ♪

>> male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass,

so are the "Days of Our Lives." [soft orchestration]

♪ ♪

[poignant music] ♪ ♪

>> Stefan: Holly used to think that he was Santa Claus

dressed up in regular clothes, and that he was always watching

to see if she was being good or bad.

>> Nicole: I can't imagine anyone confusing that old

bastard with Santa Claus, not even a small child.

>> Stefan: I haven't yet met the man.

>> Nicole: I have. >> Stefan: How well do you know

him?

♪ ♪ >> Nicole: Let's just say we had

a complicated relationship.

♪ ♪ You know, the way you talk about

Holly, it sounds like you cared about her.

>> Stefan: Yeah, she was a beautiful little girl.

She brought joy into the lives of everyone around her.

I'm really glad you're here, Nicole.

>> Nicole: Why? >> Stefan: Because nobody loved

Holly more than you and Chloe. You two need each other right

now.

♪ ♪

[jaunty music] >> Victor: I'm going to give you

time to explain why you let that bloodsucking leech have

permission to destroy our company.

Then I'm going to double my blood pressure medication.

>> Brady: Kate, this is between me and the chairman of the

board, please. >> Kate: It's really

unbelievable, but I think that you have set a new record

for screwing things up. You should really think about

putting me in charge before he destroys Titan.

>> Brady: [sighs] Are you two finished?

>> Victor: No, and I don't have to think about it. I have

half a mind to just do it. >> Sarah: Will you get out of

here and leave me alone? >> Xander: Talking's not really

our event, is it? I feel that we bring the best

out of each other when we keep it nonverbal.

So, um... fancy another go?

>> Sarah: I'd rather stick needles in my eyes.

>> Xander: Oh, be fair. Remember how much you loved it

last time? You couldn't get enough of me!

[grunts]

[energetic music] ♪ ♪

>> Eric: Come on, get up. Come on.

>> Xander: As much as I would love to stay and mop up the

floor with you, Eric, I have a rather important

business meeting to attend, and I need to keep my focus.

You'll, uh, come around eventually.

They all do.

[jaunty music] ♪ ♪

>> Brady: I want to talk to my grandfather alone.

>> Kate: You do that. I have some phone calls to make,

but I'm going to be close by in case you need my input.

>> Brady: Input this: Stay gone.

[uneasy synth music] ♪ ♪

>> Victor: Xander failed as a gardener. Couldn't spread manure

without getting it all over himself.

And you hired him as what? >> Brady: Granddad, I offered

him an executive position under certain conditions.

>> Victor: What conditions? >> Brady: [sighs] That he hand

over the recording of Nicole's confession. Granddad, she just

lost her daughter. I'm not gonna see her go to

prison for murdering a scum like Deimos.

>> Victor: There must have been some other way to make

that deal. >> Brady: I offered him an

executive position under me. When he showed up, he wanted--

he wanted my job, granddad. >> Victor: Well, you should've

just thrown him out. >> Brady: You know, when Titan

was on the skids and you begged me to come back as CEO,

you agreed that you would not question my handling

of the company. >> Victor: I don't remember

agreeing to any such thing. >> Brady: I do, and you need

to back off and let me handle this my way.

♪ ♪ >> Stefan: Uh, I'm gonna give

you two some space. [tense synth music]

♪ ♪ >> Chloe: Nicole...

I don't even have the words to tell you how sorry I am.

♪ ♪ >> Nicole: I just came from the

funeral home, and they showed me the clothes

that you sent for Holly to be buried in.

Do you really think some pretty little dress is gonna make up

for getting my daughter murdered?

♪ ♪

>> Haley: We're safe here? >> JJ: There weren't any

security cameras in the lobby, and I paid cash up front

so the desk clerk wouldn't ask for ID.

>> Haley: It's really good to be with an ex-cop when you're on

the run from the cops, but what you did when you got me

away from that ICE agent-- my God, JJ, you broke

a lot of laws. >> JJ: Yeah, and I'd do it

again. >> Haley: I am not letting you

go to jail because of me. Okay? I don't want anybody who's

tried to help me--I don't want this to come back on any of

them, and JJ, why do-- why do you think I told press

that I talked Tripp into marrying me?

>> JJ: Maybe we're not in as much trouble as we think we are.

>> Haley: Well, we better turn on this TV and find out.

[news fanfare] >> anchor: Let's get up to speed

on the top stories. Today is the one-year anniversary

of the terrorist bombings... >> Jennifer: Melinda, I

understand that--that you are furious, and you must--

>> Melinda: I am more than furious, damn it!

Jack and Eve made an issue out of Haley to win an election,

and now they're going to have to answer to me.

>> Jennifer: Okay, and I understand that--that you want

to scare them, and I'm so mad that this is happening

to your sister. >> Melinda: She is not my

sister! >> Jennifer: What do you mean?

>> Melinda: She is my daughter, and I want to do more than just

scare them. I want them both dead.

>> anchor: All these promises-- >> JJ: I can't believe it.

>> Haley: Neither can I. >> JJ: How could my dad have won

that election? >> Haley: He was probably voted

in by all the people who wanted me deported.

>> JJ: Sons of bitches, and my father the biggest one

of them all. H--I'm--I'm being selfish.

>> Haley: How? >> JJ: I made the decision to

run tonight, and it's your life. I--but Haley, you worked

so damn hard to get that life, and it made me sick

to see it stolen from you by my father and his idiot followers.

When that agent started to take you away, I, um...

I lost it. I'm sorry.

>> Haley: No. No, don't be. Don't be sorry.

Do you know how lucky I feel to have you in my corner?

[poignant music] ♪ ♪

>> JJ: What? What? What?

>> Haley: Oh, I just... Now that we're here, and it's

quiet, it just hit me again. Melinda's not my sister.

She's my mom. >> Jennifer: My gosh, you must

be aching to tell this story, but why don't you put the gun

away and just talk to me? Please.

[melancholy music] ♪ ♪

>> Melinda: I was raised to strive for perfection,

and the way to get there was through a sense of shame.

>> Jennifer: Yeah. I know that shame can be very

destructive. >> Melinda: Not where I come

from. It's what molds you. I was 17 when I got pregnant,

and I knew that I had dishonored my family and myself.

My father was not supportive or helpful. He threatened to

throw me out, but my mother lied for me.

She made an announcement that she was pregnant,

so my father had no choice but to accept the news.

I went away when it came time to give birth, and then I handed

my baby daughter to my mother, and I left the country.

>> Jennifer: I can't even imagine how painful that was for

you. >> Melinda: I had too much shame

for abandoning her, so I just sh--I shut it down,

and I just kept my distance, and I watched as she got her--

her job at the hospital, her first job,

and as she became a respected member of the staff.

>> Jennifer: Yes, and she has built such a fine life

for herself, Melinda. >> Melinda: Until Jack and Eve

ruined it all. I have dishonored myself.

My career is over, and I have nothing left to lose,

so I'm gonna start acting like a real mother.

I'm gonna do whatever it takes to help my daughter.

♪ ♪ >> Chloe: I loved Holly.

I did everything I could to protect her and help her grow up

happy and strong. >> Nicole: Yeah, well, maybe you

should've helped her stay alive. You could have taken her out of

this hellhole and put her somewhere safe.

>> Chloe: I thought this w-- >> Nicole: Well, you thought

what? That you could put on a push-up

bra, look helpless, and land Stefan DiMera, and you used my

daughter as part of your plan? >> Chloe: That's not true!

>> Nicole: Well, Holly doesn't need your help anymore. She's

beyond help because of you. Thanks for nothing.

>> Chloe: [cries] >> Eric: You okay?

>> Sarah: You don't have to come to my rescue.

Besides, I'm the one that brought this on myself.

>> Eric: No, not your fault. >> Sarah: [laughs] Why not? I'm

the one that slept with the guy. >> Eric: Yeah, well, we all do

things that we regret. >> Sarah: I regret going and

talking to Nicole after you told me not to. I just made

everything worse. >> Eric: Couldn't be any worse.

>> Sarah: I really did think that I could help. I really

thought I could make her understand how much that you

loved Holly, but instead, I... ended up giving her the

impression that there's something going on between

you and me, which is ridiculous.

>> Xander: Where's my contract? >> Brady: [sighs]

[uneasy drum music] ♪ ♪

>> Xander: What's this? >> Brady: Oh, um, that portion

is, uh, divorce papers. >> Xander: Excuse me?

>> Brady: Xander, in exchange for guaranteed employment

at the stated terms, with your perks and all your salary,

you're not only gonna hand over the recording of Nicole's

confession, you will also end your marriage with her.

>> Xander: Oh, darling. I'm so glad you're here,

because it'll save me from saying this twice:

there's no bloody way I'm ever letting go of her.

♪ ♪

>> Kate: [zips purse] Is Brady gone?

>> Victor: Right. >> Kate: Did he give you a

reason for hiring Xander? >> Victor: Yeah.

>> Kate: Well, this should be interesting, since I cannot come

up with one single rationale why you would ever let that

particular fox into this particular henhouse.

>> Brady: Do you want the job or not?

>> Xander: You changed the terms.

>> Brady: I'm giving you everything you want, Xander.

You want to get back into Victor's good graces,

you want to prove that you're valuable to the company.

All I ask in return is the recording and that you

end your marriage to Nicole, and I am not budging on that.

Okay? >> Xander: Try not to take this

personally, love, but business is business, and we'll always

have Nashville. >> Brady: Oh, oh, oh.

Hold on, hold on. I'm going to need that recording.

>> Xander: Of course. >> Brady: Yeah, yeah.

I trust that this is the only recording, right? There's no

copies lying around? >> Xander: This is the one and

only. >> Brady: Okay, good.

'Cause it would be pretty stupid to lie to me at this point.

Remember, I'm your only connection. If you cross me on

this, I will fix it so you never get into the company or the

family, even if you come crawling on your knees.

>> Xander: Oh, I would never even think of crossing you,

the bloke who made the recording that got me everything that I

want, including a suite at the Kiriakis mansion, right?

>> Brady: Sure. Whatever you want.

>> Victor: You'll make it happen.

>> Brady: I will make it happen. >> Xander: Excellent.

[melancholy music] ♪ ♪

>> Brady: [breathes deeply] I will destroy this as soon as I

get it home. >> Nicole: Brady.

Would you mind if I did that myself?

I have been under that animal's thumb for way too long.

>> Brady: Because of me. Here.

>> Nicole: No, Brady, not because of you. Now look,

that's all in the past. You looked after Holly,

and now you're looking after me in the worst time of my life.

I mean, I can't believe I was so stupid, to--to want Eric.

Brady, you have always been the only one I could ever count

on.

[disquieting guitar music] ♪ ♪

>> Haley: All these years, I've been panicking about losing my

future, and now, how am I supposed to deal with the idea

that my--my past was all a lie? >> JJ: I'm so sorry, Haley.

>> Haley: My--my sister is my mother, my mom is my grandma,

and I don't even know who my dad is. [sighs]

>> JJ: All I can think of to say is that your grandmother and

grandfather must've really loved you.

>> Haley: Part of me feels so blown away by all of this,

and yet another part of me feels like... everything is starting

to come together. I mean, knowing who you are is

knowing where you came from. >> JJ: It's no wonder Melinda

was so weird about you. >> Haley: Just the way she--

the way she acted, I felt like she hated me. JJ, how can I

accept her as my mother?

[dramatic music] >> Melinda: I'm tired of

talking. I have to get to that party.

>> Jennifer: Melinda, please. I'm begging you, please

don't do this! >> Melinda: I have had to stand

by and watch as Jack and Eve ruined my child's life!

You don't know what that's like. You have always been there to

stand up for your children. For once, I'm gonna do that

for my daughter. >> Jennifer: Okay, but do you

think that killing Jack and Eve is standing up for Haley?

My gosh, you're a lawyer. You have the skills to help her

fight this battle! >> Melinda: That could take

years. I couldn't stop the hateful people of this town

from voting for your disgusting ex-husband, but I can make sure

that he never gets sworn in.

[tender music] ♪ ♪

>> Haley: I just put something together.

When I was about eight, I found this--this beautiful

hand-knitted baby blanket. It was hidden in the back of a

closet, and... I figured that my mom must have

made it for me, and put it away when I got too old for it,

but... I took that thing out all the time, just to hold it,

wrap myself in it whenever I was scared or unhappy.

Then one day, I heard my mother...

I heard my grandmother... say that she was sorry that she

never learned how to knit. >> JJ: Do you think Melinda must

have made it? >> Haley: I found other baby

blankets in her apartment when I was staying with her.

When I asked her about it, she said that knitting was

something that she did to relax, and I--I said okay,

sounded good to me. >> JJ: She must have sent that

blanket for you, or left it behind.

>> Haley: I was a lonely kid, but every time I had that

blanket, I felt like-- like I wasn't alone.

♪ ♪ I wonder if maybe I was feeling

this connection I-- that I didn't even know existed.

>> Jennifer: Melinda, you told Haley tonight that you

were her mother, and now you want to go shoot Jack and Eve

in a room full of people? >> Melinda: I owe that to Haley.

>> Jennifer: No, but do you really think that's going to

make up for all the years that you didn't do anything for her?

Yes, you will get revenge, but Haley will still be deported.

>> Melinda: So what, I'm not supposed to do anything?

>> Jennifer: No, I didn't say that.

I understand that you hate Jack and Eve, but they are not the

ones who hurt Haley the most. >> Melinda: Then who has?

>> Jennifer: You have. I'm just saying that

it would just be good for you to just accept that and--

and move forward and just try to be different.

♪ ♪

>> Stefan: What happened? Where's Nicole?

[tender reed and string music] ♪ ♪

>> Chloe: [cries]

♪ ♪ >> Nicole: Um...

[clears throat] I have to go.

>> Eric: Could we just talk? >> Nicole: I've already said

everything I need to say to you. >> Eric: If you just--just give

me a chance, maybe I could-- >> Nicole: To what?

Make me understand why you gave my daughter to a woman

who was targeted by a drug cartel? No, I--I understand.

You were busy. Now I see you have a new

girlfriend. >> Sarah: No, that's--

that's just not true. I'm marrying Rex, and Eric never

stopped loving you. >> Nicole: Really?

Then why didn't he do what I asked him to do?

Why didn't he convince Chloe to let him raise my daughter?

And now Holly is dead. So could you please just have

the decency to leave me alone and let me live my life?

[melancholy music] ♪ ♪

Thank you for everything that you've done.

♪ ♪

>> Victor: Well, we could spend all night listing reasons why

Xander shouldn't have this job. Not gonna change anything.

I told Brady he could hire whoever he wanted to.

He hired Xander. >> Kate: Well, you could

question Brady's competence. >> Victor: That's not the

answer. The time being, we're stuck with this worthless

maggot. >> Xander: Why do I get the

impression it's me you're talking about

with such affection?

>> Kate: How did you get in? I'm going to call security.

>> Xander: Oh, no. I'm on their list now.

>> Kate: Don't give me that. >> Xander: Oh, you might want to

check out our company's updated flowchart. You'll see that I

don't actually report to you. I answer to the CEO

and the chairman of the board, and that's it.

I know I've been a disappointment to you, Uncle.

>> Victor: That's putting it mildly.

>> Xander: Of course, you're not impressed that I

negotiated with Brady to secure this fine position, or that I

moved from the gardening shed to an executive suite,

but I'm not gonna stop there. I'm going to make you see that I

can be a better CEO than Brady ever dreamed of being.

[tense music] ♪ ♪

>> Victor: Would you be so kind as to fetch me my gun?

[moody music] ♪ ♪

>> Melinda: I just did what I thought I had to do.

>> Jennifer: Yeah. I mean, you just--

you didn't have to be cold and--and distant.

You could have acknowledged her and then maybe helped her

come here legally. >> Melinda: I paid for her

school. I gave her a place to live.

>> Jennifer: Yes, you did, but when it came out that she

was illegal, you asked her to move out.

>> Melinda: I thought if I was mayor, then maybe I...

>> Jennifer: I know, but she's your daughter, and you were

denying her a place to live. >> Melinda: Do you think

that was easy? >> Jennifer: No, no.

I just think that--that maybe all of this has hardened your

heart, and it's taken a toll on you, but really, I think

that it's hurt Haley the most, and she needs you right now.

You need to put her needs before your own.

♪ ♪ >> Melinda: I know I should've

told the truth. I haven't been a mother at all.

>> Jennifer: You can be one now, Melinda.

>> Melinda: How? >> Jennifer: You can start by--

by just giving me that gun, okay?

♪ ♪ >> JJ: Two of us are quite a

pair. I have a dad who can't remember

me. >> Haley: And I have a mom who

tried to forget me. Why didn't she want to be my

mom? I don't get it. All those years...

We... >> JJ: Hey, look at me.

This is not about something you did.

Look, I know for a fact that you were a beautiful, smart,

completely amazing little girl. >> Haley: You don't know that.

Could've been a brat. >> JJ: How can a brat grow up

and become the beautiful, smart, completely amazing woman

you are now?

[tender music] ♪ ♪

>> Stefan: Wow, I'm sorry Nicole said those things to you.

They're not true. >> Chloe: Well, maybe I

should've just done what Victor wanted, let Holly stay with

Brady at his house. >> Stefan: No, no, no. Victor

Kiriakis is an ass. If you'd have done what he

wanted, Holly wouldn't have understood. She's too little.

She would've thought that she lost her mom again.

Hey. >> Chloe: [cries]

>> Stefan: She loved you so much.

I'll never forget the sound of the two of you singing together.

>> Chloe: [cries] She had such a beautiful little

voice. Oh, my God. I felt so blessed to have her

in our lives, and now, how could this have happened?

Why did this happen to our sweet little angel? Oh, my... [cries]

>> Eric: Nicole's right. I just got caught up in my own

problems, and I bailed on my responsibility to Holly.

>> Sarah: What were you supposed to do?

>> Eric: I was supposed to keep Holly, just like Nicole asked me

to, and I could've backed you up when you tried to convince Chloe

to get out of the DiMera house. >> Brady: Eric, trust me.

Hindsight is always 20/20. >> Sarah: It's easier for Nicole

to be angry than accept this horrific loss.

>> Eric: Sarah, Holly is dead! Her daughter is dead, and I

can do nothing to make it right!

[knock at door]

[suspenseful music] ♪ ♪

>> Nicole: What the hell are you doing here?

>> Xander: You've got your recording and your divorce.

Won't you at least ask me in?

[somber music] ♪ ♪

>> Jennifer: Can you put the safety on, please?

>> Melinda: It's already on.

♪ ♪ >> Jennifer: You did the right

thing. >> Melinda: Thank you for

helping me. My question is, what do I do

next? ICE is picking up Haley right now.

>> Jennifer: You can be her lawyer.

>> Melinda: If I can find out where she is.

[cell phone beeps] ♪ ♪

[sighs] >> Jennifer: This is my office.

JJ and Haley are on the run, and there's an APB out on them

right now.

>> Haley: So what do we do? Not about my mom or your dad.

They're hopeless. >> JJ: I know.

We'll worry about ICE in the morning. Now you are here with

me, and you're safe.

[tender string music] ♪ ♪

>> Stefan: Hey. I want to say something to you,

and this may be the worst possible time, but...

I had this hope that someday, you and I and Holly and Parker

would be a family. >> Chloe: You did?

>> Stefan: Yeah. Family's... a thing that I never had,

and I'm told that it meant everything to my father.

>> Chloe: [sniffs] >> Stefan: I still have that

hope, Chloe, and I want you to know that I will take care

of you and Parker as long as you allow it.

[tender music] ♪ ♪

>> Kate: What does Xander have on Brady? Because I know that's

what this is all about. >> Victor: I'm not at liberty

to discuss that now. What I would like is for you to watch

Xander like a hawk. >> Kate: Okay.

I'll do that, but only if he loses the patchouli body spray.

>> Victor: Is that what that is? I thought a rodent had died

in the wall. >> Kate: [suppressed laugh]

I have to say, it'll make it easy to find him, because

I'll just follow my nose. >> Victor: [chuckles]

>> Kate: But whatever you need, you can count on me.

>> Sarah: I'm really sorry. I don't know why I can't just

keep my big mouth shut. [phone beeps]

[melancholy music] ♪ ♪

I gotta go. I'm sorry again.

♪ ♪ >> Brady: Give Nicole some time.

She'll come around. At least she's free of Xander.

>> Nicole: Ugh. >> Xander: Mm.

>> Nicole: Wow. Finally made yourself useful.

>> Xander: What's all the champagne for, anyway,

celebrating our divorce?

>> Nicole: Actually, I am celebrating...

the fact that my plan went off without a hitch.

>> Xander: Mm. Well, it's good that I'm here,

seeing as it's our plan. You couldn't have done any of

this without me... partner.

[dramatic music] ♪ ♪