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[suspenseful music] ♪ ♪

>> Maggie: [sobs] Damn you, Kate...

Damn you, Victor...

[dramatic music intensifies] ♪ ♪

>> Kate: So, Ari was saying that Parker was really upset.

I mean, she didn't give any details,

but I'm assuming that it is about Holly.

You know, and I just thought that you might want to leave

here and go home and see what's going on.

>> Chloe: Yeah. Thank you. I'll go right now.

[solemn music] ♪ ♪

>> Victor: I know that look. >> Kate: What look?

>> Victor: You're up to something.

And it's never good. >> Gabi: What do you need?

>> Stefan: Gabi, don't. >> Gabi: You're not gonna get it

from Chloe. But I'm here.

Just you and me... your pain and your grief,

we can make it all go away. One last time.

>> Stefan: I, uh... don't think it's such a good

idea. >> Gabi: Okay.

I understand. Well, it was worth a shot,

though, right? [cymbal shimmering]

[gasps] Ste...

>> Stefan: Ah, damn it.

[dramatic music] ♪ ♪

>> Nicole: And for a little while...

we were happy. >> Brady: Yeah, we were.

[tender music] ♪ ♪

>> Eric: I keep telling myself the same thing.

Nicole's gonna get past her anger, she's gonna

come back to me. But what if she doesn't?

I mean, how am I gonna live with knowing that I destroyed

us? >> Sarah: Hey.

You didn't destroy anything, Eric.

You are... too good a man.

[mysterious music] ♪ ♪

[tender music] ♪ ♪

>> Rex: Why the hell do you have Holly Jonas' file?

>> Nicole: We have to make sure that the autopsy report

doesn't contradict what everyone thinks--

that Holly died in the explosion.

So I need you to break into the hospital and change her records.

>> Xander: It's not what you think.

>> Rex: You're in a restricted area, and you lied to me.

You don't want to know what I think.

I'm calling security. >> Xander: Wait, wait, wait.

Wait, wait, wait. I...

I can explain.

>> male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass,

so are the "Days of Our Lives."

[soft orchestration] ♪ ♪

[tense music] ♪ ♪

>> Rex: All right, you got one minute.

>> Xander: I just needed to check the file, that's all.

>> Rex: Why? >> Xander: Nicole was my wife.

>> Rex: And, according to Sarah, she hates your guts.

So what possible reason do you have...

to want her dead child's file? What, to torment her?

Share with her the gory details of her daughter's death?

>> Xander: What kind of jerk do you think I am?

>> Rex: I have a pretty good idea.

Tell you what. Let's take a good look inside

this. See what you wanted to get

your hands on.

[suspenseful music] ♪ ♪

>> Eric: I'm sorry. I can't do this.

I love Nicole. I can't give up on her.

[melancholy music] ♪ ♪

>> Brady: Mm. Mm. No, no, no.

No, no, no, no. I can't do this.

This isn't right. >> Nicole: But Brady,

I need you. More than ever now.

>> Brady: Nic, Nic, I'm here for you.

But not like this. Not like this.

>> Nicole: Why? Why? Why not? >> Brady: Because you've had

a hell of a day. You're emotional right now.

>> Nicole: Are you rejecting me? >> Brady: I think I'm--

I'm trying to help you make the right decision here.

>> Nicole: So it's no. >> Brady: You just buried

your daughter. You're grieving.

You're--you're--you're not-- >> Nicole: Damn it, Brady!

Why are you fighting me on this? Just forget about Holly!

>> Nicole: I'm so sorry. It's just that I'm so

overwhelmed. I mean, I just lost my daughter.

And I don't see any way out of this grief.

>> Brady: S-sleeping with me isn't the way to escape

the pain. >> Nicole: No, but it--

it would make me feel so much more alive

than I do now, Brady. >> Brady: Nic, Nic.

No. No, I-I have a feeling you--

you will thank me one day for doing this.

[dramatic music] ♪ ♪

>> Nicole: Is it because you think I still hate you for

blackmailing me out of town? Because I'm really trying to put

that behind me. Brady, I'm not innocent in this

either. I cheated on you with your

brother. [stammers]

Of course you're-- you were angry with me

and you hated me. And maybe...

maybe a part of you still does.

>> Brady: No. No, I don't hate you at all.

>> Nicole: Can we just... forget about the past and...

and how much we hurt each other?

And focus on--on right now? This moment?

You and me together?

[suspenseful music] ♪ ♪

>> Kate: I was simply being a Good Samaritan.

>> Victor: Where Chloe's concerned?

Come on. You hate her as much as I do.

>> Kate: It has nothing to do with Chloe.

It's about Parker, and that little boy definitely needs

his mother right now. >> Victor: And?

>> Kate: And what? You know, I'm not the heartless

soul everyone always thinks I am.

I actually felt badly about Maggie just leaving here

so upset. >> Victor: It's not your fault.

Maggie is fragile these days. With Holly's death,

she's even more vulnerable, to the point of paranoia.

>> Kate: Does she still think I smashed her damn figurine?

>> Victor: She thinks you're after me.

>> Kate: Romantically? >> Victor: Are you?

[dramatic music] ♪ ♪

>> Maggie: [inhales noisily]

♪ ♪

You... ooh-hoo.

♪ ♪

[sobbing quietly]

>> Gabi: Wow. That was better than a Pilates

workout. >> Stefan: Good to know.

>> Gabi: And a lot more fun. >> Stefan: Gabi.

>> Gabi: I know, I get it. You're gonna go leave

to woo the damsel, lay siege to the castle.

>> Stefan: Stop. >> Gabi: We just did.

That's the last time, and I'm fine with it.

No, really. I respect your decision.

>> Stefan: Yeah. >> Gabi: I'm not gonna do

anything to come between you and Chloe.

But I gotta ask you. What is it about her?

I mean, don't tell me it's her beautiful voice.

>> Stefan: Don't be cruel. >> Gabi: Really, it's--

it's just an observation, what-- what's the attraction?

>> Stefan: She's got a big heart.

>> Gabi: That's one word for them.

>> Stefan: Okay. She's kind.

And strong. She's a great mother,

does it all singlehandedly, while running a successful

business. >> Gabi: Hmm.

Sounds familiar.

>> Stefan: I'll never forget the first time I saw her

walk into Doug's Place. She did not hesitate

to set me straight. Every time I see her,

I feel like I-I learn something new about her

that makes me want to get closer to her, makes me want to...

be a part of her life. >> Gabi: You got it bad.

>> Stefan: I do. >> Chloe: What the hell?

[intense music] ♪ ♪

>> Stefan: What... what are you doing here?

>> Chloe: What are you doing here?

>> Stefan: I-I thought you were at the--

>> Chloe: At Holly's memorial? Yeah, I was.

Kate told me that Parker was upset.

It turns out he's fine. He's in the other room,

playing with Ari, while the two of you are in here

playing with each other. >> Gabi: It's not what you

think. >> Chloe: Oh, it's

exactly what I think, and you're a pig.

>> Stefan: Chloe, wait, please. >> Chloe: What're you gonna say,

that you didn't mean to have sex with Gabi?

What was it, an accident? You tripped and you fell

on top of her? And you, you've been sniffing

around here for a while. Was it good for you?

>> Gabi: I'm gonna let the two of you discuss this.

>> Stefan: All right, Chloe, listen to me.

Please, I-- >> Gabi: Sorry, um... excuse me.

>> Stefan: Seriously? >> Gabi: You're stepping on it.

>> Chloe: Oh, wow, uh, you are not the person I thought

you were, or... maybe you're exactly who I was

afraid you would be. >> Stefan: No, Chloe, please,

just hear me out for a second.

>> Rex: Well, everything looks to be in order.

Except for the fact that a kidnapped child

was killed when a van exploded, and it also happened to be

Holly Jonas, so what the hell are you really

up to?

[cymbal shimmering]

[suspenseful music] ♪ ♪

[cymbal shimmering]

>> Xander: Why I'm here isn't really your concern.

It's a family matter. >> Rex: No, it's a

hospital matter. So if you don't cut the crap

and tell me exactly what's going on here

and tell me something that slightly

resembles the truth, I really am gonna call security.

[suspenseful music] ♪ ♪

>> Brady: Hey. It means more to me

than you know, that you are willing

to forget the past and move on...

but not--not into bed with-- no, it's--and you know

it's not right. >> Nicole: Brady.

It could help us both get through the pain,

don't you see that? >> Brady: Yeah, no, I-I--

I want to heal our relationship just as much as you do.

I'm willing to do whatever, but... I can't--

I can't cross the line. I can't do that to Eric,

do you understand? >> Nicole: Eric and I are over.

Holly is dead because of him. >> Brady: I know you--

I know you're angry. I know you can't see it

right now. You will someday,

and the truth is, Eric loves you.

He loved Holly, Nicole,

and what happened to Holly is not his fault.

>> Nicole: Oh, Brady! Why are you doing this?

>> Brady: Because I'm-- I'm your friend.

I've always been your friend. Eric loves you.

And... he should be the one comforting you.

It should not be me. It should not be me.

[door shuts]

[melancholy music] ♪ ♪

>> Nicole: [sighs]

♪ ♪

[screams]

[screaming] [glass shatters]

[groans] [sobbing]

[Kate laughing] >> Victor: I didn't know I was

being funny. >> Kate: I-I'm sorry, no.

It's just, does she really think that I'm going after you?

>> Victor: You said that passion was an integral part

of our relationship. >> Kate: Passion for business.

Victor, I'm not interested in getting into your bed.

I'm interested in growing your business.

You know, when we're not fighting or trying to kill

each other, we make a damn good team.

>> Victor: I can't argue with that.

>> Kate: You know, at the risk of letting it out that I

actually do have a conscience, if--if you feel that

our relationship is threatening your marriage,

then let's just rethink the whole thing.

>> Victor: Our arrangement stands.

But don't think you can screw with me.

>> Kate: That goes both ways, my friend.

[glass clinks]

[door handle shuffles]

>> Brady: Maggie? Hey.

Maggie. Hey. Wake up.

>> Maggie: Mm... >> Brady: Maggie.

>> Maggie: Mm. >> Brady: Maggie,

what's going on? >> Maggie: Brady?

>> Brady: Yes, it's... Brady.

What's going on? >> Maggie: I-I, um... hmm.

I must've dozed off. [chuckles]

>> Brady: Yeah, I think I know why, yeah.

Hey. >> Maggie: No, no, no, no.

No, Brady. >> Brady: What's happening here?

>> Maggie: No, Brady, I-I... I didn't do--

I didn't have a drink. >> Brady: It's okay.

>> Maggie: I just had a really difficult day.

>> Brady: I know. I know, I know.

I think you're forgetting who you're talking to.

It's pretty clear to me you've been drinking.

>> Maggie: [gasps] >> Brady: All right.

>> Maggie: [sobs quietly] >> Xander: Since you are engaged

to Sarah and she is the daughter of my uncle's wife,

I suppose that makes us practically family, so,

if you must know, I was just trying to do

something nice for my Uncle Victor.

>> Rex: [chuckles] Do you really expect me

to believe that? >> Xander: I don't care

what you believe. Holly's death has shaken

the poor old guy to the core. He's got it in his head that

somehow, maybe, the child in the van

wasn't Holly. He refuses to believe that...

that sweet little child has really, truly left us.

So, I thought, if I could get a copy

of the autopsy report, show him definitive proof

that our little angel really is gone,

I don't know, my hope was that maybe

he'd be able to accept the truth and finally move on.

>> Rex: Sarah has told me that Maggie has taken this

very hard. I didn't know that Victor was

as well. >> Xander: You have no idea.

>> Rex: Okay. Maybe you did this

out of the goodness of your... whatever heart you might happen

to have in that chest of yours, so I'll give you a pass.

But here's the deal. This is a Salem PD matter.

So if you or Victor wants this file,

you gotta go to the cops. You got it?

>> Xander: All right, then. >> Rex: Okay.

>> Xander: Thank you. Thank you.

>> Rex: Xander. Stay the hell away

from my fiancée.

[door shuts]

>> Chloe: I thought you hated Gabi.

>> Stefan: I-I do. >> Chloe: Well, you have a funny

way of showing it. >> Stefan: What happened here,

it meant nothing. I swear.

>> Chloe: Well, what was that? Hate sex?

>> Stefan: That woman, she gamed the board into forcing

me to keep her on. We have been at each other's

throats ever since. >> Chloe: That's usually not

a reason to sleep with someone. >> Stefan: I know.

I know, but the anger between us, it's intense,

and that thing that they say about there being a thin line?

>> Chloe: Oh, my God. >> Stefan: Well, it's true!

No, no, no, neither of us have been with anybody

for a long time, and-- and emotions ran high,

one thing led to another-- >> Chloe: Okay, wait, stop.

I'm sorry, are you basically saying it's my fault for being

too afraid of being murdered to consider having

a relationship with you? >> Stefan: No, no, no.

Absolutely not, that is not-- >> Chloe: Well, that's certainly

what it sounds like!

>> Brady: So what-- what happened?

Y-yesterday, I-I found you in tears and you--

you said that everything was broken,

Brady, and, uh, you really didn't explain to me

what that meant. W-what's broken?

W-what's wrong? Is it-- is it--is it Holly?

Is that it? >> Maggie: Nicole blamed me

for H-Holly's death. >> Brady: I know, that's--

that's just her grief talking. You didn't do anything wrong.

You--you loved that little girl. You know that. You loved her.

>> Maggie: Yes. But what if love isn't enough?

>> Brady: What--I don't-- what does that mean?

What're you talking about? >> Maggie: Victor and Kate.

>> Brady: No, no, I-- Maggie, no, Victor--

Victor loves you, he-- Victor and Kate work together,

that's all they do. >> Maggie: No.

>> Brady: Yeah. That's what they do.

They work together. >> Maggie: No, it's more

than that. Kate wants--

she wants Victor. I-it's so obvious.

>> Brady: No. >> Maggie: A-and h-he--

he--he doesn't-- he refuses to see it,

and he refuses to admit it, and I-I need--

I needed him. I needed him to know that,

and he chose Kate! >> Brady: No.

>> Maggie: And it's not the first time.

>> Brady: Maggie. Maggie, no, that's just--

>> Maggie: My imagination? >> Brady: Yeah!

>> Maggie: No. >> Brady: That's what it is.

>> Maggie: No. No. Mm-mm.

I lost Holly. What if I-I'm gonna lose

Victor too? >> Brady: No, you won't.

No, you won't. >> Maggie: Every--everything--

everything I knew that I could count on,

that I--that I believed in, has changed.

I tried to be strong, I told myself.

>> Brady: Maggie. >> Maggie: Strong.

But it-- it was--it was there,

and... >> Brady: I know.

>> Maggie: Just--if I just took a little sip...

>> Brady: You wanted a little-- you...

you wanted a little sip, didn't you?

>> Maggie: Yeah. Yeah. >> Brady: Yeah.

>> Maggie: [stammers] A glass. Just a-a--

>> Brady: I know. >> Maggie: Just a glass.

>> Brady: I know what you wanted.

I-I know. >> Maggie: Oh, God.

What have I done? >> Brady: Tell you what

you've done--it's okay, you-- you've taken some hits, Maggie,

and you slipped a little bit. That's what you did.

And you know that I know about slipping, right?

You know that. >> Maggie: Yeah--yes.

>> Brady: It's okay. >> Maggie: Brady.

[sobs quietly] >> Brady: It's okay.

Sometimes, we slip. >> Maggie: Yes.

>> Brady: And you are going to be okay.

Listen to me. Listen to me.

You have--you have always picked me up

and dusted me off when I needed it,

and it's my turn now. My turn to help you.

>> Maggie: Okay. >> Brady: Okay? Now, we're not

going anywhere tonight. We're not going to a meeting

tonight or anything. But tomorrow morning,

you and me have a date. Okay?

Tell me. Tell me that's okay. >> Maggie: Okay.

>> Brady: Is that all right with you?

And right now, we're gonna go to bed,

because I think that's the best thing.

I think bed would be really good right now.

So hand me this. Hand me this.

And, uh... >> Maggie: Oh. Oh.

Please, don't-- don't tell Victor.

>> Brady: Look at me. Look at me.

Victor's not gonna know. Okay?

We're gonna make sure he doesn't know

because you're gonna sleep this off in my room tonight, okay?

All right? It's okay. >> Maggie: Thank you.

>> Brady: It's okay, come on. Help you up.

>> Maggie: Oh. >> Brady: Easy, easy, easy.

>> Maggie: Ooh. >> Brady: Okay?

>> Maggie: Yeah. >> Brady: We're gonna walk.

Here we go. Here we go.

>> Maggie: Oh. >> Brady: It's okay.

Nice and slow. >> Maggie: Okay.

>> Brady: Hold on. Hold onto me.

>> Maggie: All right. >> Brady: It's okay.

>> Maggie: It's getting there. >> Brady: Really?

>> Maggie: Mm-hmm. >> Victor: Maggie?

What's going on? Where are you taking my wife?

>> Brady: She's not feeling well, so--

[door shuts] I'm gonna let her rest

up in my room for a little bit. >> Victor: What's wrong with

our room? >> Brady: She's just--she's--

she's exhausted. She needs some alone time.

That's all. >> Victor: Yes, well, it has

been a long day, but... don't you think we should

discuss what happened earlier? >> Maggie: I have nothing to say

to you.

[stark music] ♪ ♪

>> Sarah: I'm sorry about the kiss.

>> Eric: No apologies. It was mutual.

>> Sarah: No, it was just-- it was just the day,

you know, all the emotions. >> Eric: I know, but...

>> Sarah: I mean, I have a wedding to plan,

and you--you--you have the love of your life

to win over, and you will, I know you will--

>> Eric: Sarah. >> Sarah: 'Cause I...

I can see how much you love Nicole,

and I... I'm rooting for you.

I really am. That kiss never happened.

And it never will again.

[door clicks open] [keys jingle]

>> Rex: Everything... okay? What's going on?

>> Sarah: It's just a tough day. >> Rex: Oh, honey, I really am

so sorry I didn't come to the funeral.

>> Sarah: You missed some real fireworks.

>> Rex: Fireworks? I'm afraid to ask.

>> Eric: The funeral was beautiful,

but Nicole got upset with me. >> Sarah: She kicked us out.

>> Rex: Oh, God. Eric, I'm so sorry.

I really do hope she comes around, man.

>> Eric: So do I. >> Sarah: So how about you?

How's your patient? >> Rex: She's good.

She's good. Stable. But actually, I had a, um,

very strange encounter with someone that you both know

very well. >> Nicole: It's about time.

>> Xander: How about a "thank you"?

Yours truly managed to change the autopsy report

in here and on the computer, of course,

in spite of being caught by Rex Brady.

>> Nicole: You got caught? >> Xander: Relax.

I managed to bluff my way past him.

>> Nicole: Why doesn't that reassure me?

>> Xander: Don't worry. I told him

that my Uncle Victor refuses to believe

Holly's really dead, so I had to show him

the autopsy report to confirm the sad reality.

>> Nicole: And he bought that? >> Xander: Right?

Rex might be a doctor, but the man's an idiot.

You know, he got all bent out of shape that I

bedded his fiancée and might've shown my

appreciation recently. >> Nicole: You hit on her?

>> Xander: I mean, a real man would've decked me.

Not that he could do much damage, I mean,

he's in pretty good shape, but I'm clearly a much more

impressive physical specimen. >> Nicole: Would you stop?

>> Xander: What's your problem? >> Nicole: You're more

interested in a posing contest with Rex Brady than you are

focused on the task at hand, and I need you focused.

>> Xander: You needed your little girl to appear dead

so you could blame Eric and dump him.

I did that for you. I made that happen.

So don't lecture me about focus.

[dramatic music] ♪ ♪

>> Kate: So, what happened? Did it work?

>> Gabi: Like a charm. >> Kate: Ah. Details?

>> Gabi: Okay, well, Stefan came in and surprised me

in my sexy teddy. >> Kate: Okay.

Not those kind of details. Just the rest.

>> Gabi: Okay, well, Chloe came in and she caught us

in a delicious flagrante. I mean, the look on her face?

It was almost better than the sex.

>> Kate: Okay, seriously, just spare me.

>> Gabi: I'm sorry. Okay? She was just so upset,

and Stefan was tripping all over the place

trying to explain himself. >> Kate: And?

>> Gabi: I don't know, I left. >> Kate: Well, what if

he manages to talk his way out of it?

>> Gabi: Oh, please. Come on. With all the indignation,

the horror, the "how could you"? No, trust me,

Chloe is dumping his ass as we speak.

>> Kate: Okay. Well, Stefan is very determined,

and he may try to, uh, get her back into his life.

>> Gabi: He will. But Chloe,

Chloe can't unsee what she saw. I mean, she's never gonna

forgive him, and I, I'm gonna be there

to pick up the itty-bitty broken pieces of his heart,

and that's when I'm gonna marry him and take him for everything

he's got. >> Kate: Mm-hmm.

Unless... >> Gabi: Unless what?

>> Kate: Unless he blames you for what happened with Chloe,

and then he's going to dump your ass as well.

>> Stefan: I know this is screwed up.

But this is the last time. I told Gabi that because--

>> Chloe: The last time? >> Stefan: I wanna be with you.

>> Chloe: So this has been ongoing?

>> Stefan: Yes, but-- >> Chloe: Oh, my--I'm--

I'm out of here. >> Stefan: Chloe, please, wait!

Please! I told Gabi everything.

How I feel about you. And that Gabi and I,

we're nothing. It's just meaningless sex,

and it's over now. >> Chloe: How many times have

you told yourself that? >> Stefan: Excuse me?

>> Chloe: That it's the last time, how many--

but this time you mean it, right?

>> Stefan: No, I-I do. >> Chloe: You know what,

whatever is going on between you two, it's not--

>> Stefan: No, there's nothing between us!

>> Chloe: You left me at Holly's memorial

so you could come here and have sex with Gabi?

That's not nothing! >> Stefan: No, Gabi called me.

She called me and she told me that Parker was having

a meltdown. And I figured that that was

where you needed to be, mourning Holly,

with the people you loved. I figured I could handle it

myself. >> Chloe: This is not exactly

how I would handle it. >> Stefan: No, no, no, I--

I walked in here, Gabi was in my bedroom

in her underwear. >> Chloe: Of course she was.

>> Stefan: She said Parker spilled punch on her.

>> Chloe: What, and you just couldn't resist?

>> Stefan: I made a mistake. But I promise you,

it will not--look at me-- it will not happen again.

>> Rex: I had the extreme displeasure of meeting

Xander Cook. >> Eric: Why was Xander

at the hospital? >> Rex: He says he was

doing a favor for his Uncle Victor.

>> Sarah: A favor? Victor can't stand Xander.

>> Rex: Yeah, I-I know that. Maybe he's trying to suck up.

Is it--look, who knows? He claims that he wanted Holly's

autopsy file to prove the reality of her death,

to give his dear old Uncle Victor some closure.

I don't know, I think he was playing me.

>> Eric: No, Xander does what's best for Xander.

The question is, is what's the real reason

why Xander wants a copy of Holly's autopsy report?

>> Nicole: You know, I was so sure blaming Eric

for Holly's death would just make him crawl up

in a little ball of self-hate and he would just go away.

But he actually showed up to the memorial service

with those big puppy dog eyes, desperate for me to understand

and asking for me back. >> Xander: The man's in love.

>> Nicole: Yeah, well, he needs to get over it.

The only man I want is Brady Black.

>> Victor: How's she doing? >> Brady: I have something

to tell you, and you're not going to like it.

You need to fire Kate. >> Victor: Why?

>> Brady: Have you seen your wife?

She's--she's a mess over Holly. And it's not helping that Kate

is oozing all over you, Granddad.

>> Victor: There is nothing going on between Kate and me.

She's critical to Titan. Especially now that Xander

needs looking after. >> Brady: You need to fire Kate.

Before anymore damage is done. You need to do it.

>> Victor: I'll make you a deal. I'll fire Kate

when you fire Xander. >> Brady: You know I can't

do that. >> Victor: Then Kate stays.

>> Nicole: Brady was so close to giving me

exactly the kind of comfort that I wanted.

Then he backed off. >> Xander: You scare him away?

[cork pops] >> Nicole: I showed him

what I needed from him, and then he got all noble.

But Brady felt our connection just as much as I did.

And it's only a matter of time before he gives in

to what he never stopped feeling for me.

>> Xander: What exactly did you do?

>> Chloe: I don't care what you do or who you

do it with because whatever relationship we might have been

heading towards is never gonna happen.

>> Stefan: No, no, you can't mean that.

There's something between us. You felt it, I know you did.

>> Chloe: You came here to have sex with Gabi Hernandez

while I was mourning the death of a child that I loved!

I'm gonna go get my son and we're getting the hell

out of here. >> Stefan: No, Chloe, please!

Please. I'm gonna make this right.

Please, tell me what you need. I will do anything.

>> Chloe: Well, then, stay out of my life.

I never want to see you again. >> Gabi: With Stefan, you know,

his fatal flaw is that he wants strings.

He wants a relationship. He wants a family.

And I come with that. >> Kate: Oh, not that you would

ever use your child, right? >> Gabi: Of course not.

I'm just saying that I'm the total package.

>> Kate: Oh, my God. You are nothing

if not confident, Gabi. >> Gabi: Why shouldn't I be?

>> Kate: Well, I'm just saying, what happens if you fall in love

with the man that you're trying to destroy?

>> Gabi: Love, oh... I am so over love.

No, this is about money. And it's about power.

So after I get what I want... I'm gonna kick Stefan's broke

and broken carcass to the curb. I thought you of all people

would understand that. >> Kate: As a matter of fact,

I do.

>> Brady: You know that I can't fire Xander.

His hire is the only thing standing between Nicole

and a prison cell. >> Victor: This is a woman

who took a wrecking ball to your life.

>> Brady: And I put her through hell.

>> Victor: Sounds fair to me. >> Brady: Granddad,

Nicole and I are working past our differences.

We're resolving our issues. Hell, she's even

forgiven me at this point. >> Victor: What, she snaps

her fingers and everybody's friendly again?

>> Brady: She didn't exactly snap her fingers.

>> Victor: What does that mean? >> Brady: After I brought her

home from the funeral, she, uh, kissed me.

>> Xander: You kissed Brady? Isn't that moving a skosh fast?

>> Nicole: Well, I had to make my move at some point.

>> Xander: But on the day of your daughter's funeral, though?

>> Nicole: Excuse me, but I was vulnerable

and sweet and oh-so-sad. Catnip to men like Brady

who live for protecting the ones they love.

>> Xander: But he doesn't love you.

>> Nicole: Oh, shut up! This plan is about one thing

and one thing only: Brady. These weak, pathetic fools

have no idea what's going on. Ah, if they only knew.

Ha. [laughs, snorts]

Ah! >> Sarah: According to my mom,

Xander is trying to get back in Victor's good graces,

and she and Victor have been incredibly upset

over Holly's death. I mean, maybe for once

in his life, Xander actually is trying to do

the right thing and... give Victor closure.

>> Rex: I mean, that file would do the trick.

It verifies a positive ID of the body.

>> Eric: I think I know exactly what Xander's up to.

>> Nicole: People in this town hold grudges like nobody's

business.

Being Nicole... [rubber squeaking]

...is the only way I could ever come back.

>> Xander: You've played the part brilliantly.

Sometimes, I even forget that the part of Nicole Walker

is currently being played by none other

than the one and only Kristen DiMera.

>> Kristen: [gasps] [sighs]

[exhales noisily]

[giggles]