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>> JJ: What are you doing? >> Haley: It's called making

a bed. >> JJ: Are you sure

that's a good idea? >> Haley: Doing my job? Yeah.

>> JJ: It's just that, uh... yesterday you--

>> Haley: Yesterday was yesterday.

All right? I'm all about the now.

And right now I'd like to keep my job, so if you don't mind...

>> JJ: No, actually, I do mind. Because yesterday you

tried to kill yourself.

>> Jennifer: So you remember the accident now?

>> Julie: Yes, in every horrifying detail.

But it wasn't an accident. It was Gabi Hernandez.

>> Jennifer: Wait, what do you mean, Julie?

>> Julie: I fell down the staircase because

Gabi was trying to stop me from telling everyone about

what I found in her room. >> Jennifer: What did you find

in her room? >> Julie: Gabi Hernandez

switched the paternity results for Abigail's baby.

For your little granddaughter. >> Jennifer: The paternity

results? She's-- >> Julie: Yes.

Stefan is not the baby's father. Chad is Charlotte's father.

[dark music] ♪ ♪

>> Ben: [whistling]

What the hell happened here?

>> Gabi: And what a merry Christmas it is for me.

Well, not so much for Stefan and Abigail.

But, I mean, they did get what they deserve.

But now, I get what I deserve-- happily ever after

raising Abigail's baby. With Chad.

>> Abigail: Chad...

>> Chad: I heard you were back. You divorced Stefan, finally.

>> Abigail: Shh. She's still asleep.

>> Chad: I'm guessing you're here to see Thomas.

>> Abigail: She's yours, Chad. >> Chad: S--What?

>> Abigail: Charlotte. Stefan isn't her father.

You are. This is your daughter.

This is our daughter.

[intense music] ♪ ♪

>> male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass,

so are the "Days of Our Lives."

[soft orchestration] ♪ ♪

[cell phone beeps]

>> Ciara: Merry Christmas. >> Tripp: Is that a jingle bell?

>> Ciara: Oh, um... It's actually a guardian bell.

For my bike. It's supposed to ward off

the bad spirits and the bad juju.

>> Tripp: Ah. Yeah. A Christmas gift?

>> Ciara: Yeah. >> Tripp: From Ben?

>> Stefan: [clears throat] >> Ben: I get anger issues.

I get you lost Gabby and that Abigail played you

so you'd spring her from the psych hospital.

But, Boss... wrecking your little girl's

Christmas gifts? No lie anyone tells you

can ever change the fact that you have a beautiful

little daughter. >> Stefan: I wish that

were true. >> Abigail: Stefan isn't

her father. The results were--

>> Chad: Stop, stop, stop. I don't--I don't--

I don't believe you. >> Abigail: It's true, I--

>> Chad: Is it, or is it another one of your

delusions, or are you just outright lying to me?

>> Abigail: I'd never lie to you about this, Chad.

>> Chad: You lied to Stefan, told him your alter Gabby

was back, and... she kissed him the way

he wanted to be kissed. He got you out of Bayview.

So it all worked. So what's your angle here?

What do you want from me? >> Abigail: What do I want?

I want you to know that... this is your baby girl.

Do you have somewhere I can put her down so we don't

wake her up? >> Chad: Thomas has a crib

upstairs.

>> Abigail: Shh, shh, shh.

>> Chad: No. No, no. It's not true.

It's not true, she's sick... It's not true. It's not true.

It's not true... Look, I need you to--

Uh, I need you to do the right thing for once here, okay?

I need you to go back to, uh... I need you to go back to Bayview

and I need you to get the help that you need, okay?

So I'm gonna--I'm gonna call. I'm gonna call Kayla.

>> Abigail: Good, call her. You should call her.

She's gonna confirm everything that I just

told you, Chad. She is yours.

>> Chad: But... people don't make...

make mistakes like that. >> Abigail: It wasn't a mistake.

>> Ciara: Sorry. >> Tripp: No, you know, it's

your house as much as it is mine.

You don't have to hide presents from your boyfriend.

>> Ciara: Ben is not my boyfriend.

We are just dating. >> Tripp: Yeah, well,

thank you for the, uh, update on your relationship status,

but it's really none of my business.

>> Claire: Hey. >> Ciara: Hi.

>> Claire: What's going on? >> Ciara: Uh...this.

>> Claire: Um, a bell? [giggles]

>> Ciara: Ben gave it to me for Christmas.

And Tripp walked in and... >> Claire: And you told him it

was from Ben and now he's upset. >> Ciara: Pretty much

sums it up, yeah. Where are you going?

>> Claire: I mean, I was just gonna go check on Tripp.

Is that okay with you?

>> Haley: Why don't you leave the "hospital corner" to

someone who knows how to do it? All right?

>> JJ: Yeah, I may not know my way around a hospital corner,

but I know when someone is in trouble.

>> Haley: My luck-- an EMT with a savior complex.

It was an accident. >> JJ: You were upset that

I saved you. >> Haley: A few too many pills,

you say the craziest things. >> JJ: Like telling me to walk

away? Forget what I saw?

>> Haley: Would you let this go? >> JJ: Look, I can't do that.

Last night wasn't an accident. I saw the bottle.

Those pills weren't even yours. I know that you took them

on purpose. I know you wanted to end

your life. >> Julie: So Abigail has, uh,

dragged Stefan off to confirm the results with Kayla.

>> Jennifer: Julie. Chad is Charlotte's father.

I mean, this is the best news! It's a miracle.

>> Julie: Well, God knows when we would've found out

about that miracle if it hadn't been for Abigail.

I mean, she never stopped searching for the truth.

>> Jennifer: Oh, my gosh. She must have felt like...

no one was in her corner but you. You helped her.

You believed in her when the rest of us were convinced

she was having a relapse. >> Julie: I've never had any

faith in Gabi Hernandez. So I went with my instincts.

>> Jennifer: Yeah, and your instincts about Stefan

have always been right. The way he has taken

advantage of Abigail. He is a monster, Julie.

>> Julie: Yes. Truly, he is. But...

if you had seen the look on his face...

when I told him Chad was the father of the baby...

It was as though the whole world was pulled out from under him.

And just for that one moment, I felt sorry for him.

>> Stefan: Gabi Hernandez altered the paternity test.

The baby's not mine.

>> Ben: That's cold. >> Stefan: [chuckling]

And... and on this day, of all days.

Christmas, right? A day of, uh, of love and--and

peace and family. >> Ben: I'm sorry, man.

>> Stefan: Yeah, but no. No. On this day...

I lost the woman I love, a dream of having a child,

and with it... any hope that I'll ever

be happy ever again. Merry Christmas.

>> Chad: It wasn't a mistake. Then...Stefan?

Stefan switched the test results because of his obsession

with your... with your alter?

>> Abigail: No. >> Chad: 'Cause you know he'd do

anything to hold on to her. He would do anything to prove

that she's real, to prove that the love was real.

So why not steal a child? Even better if it's my child!

>> Abigail: No, Chad, that's-- >> Chad: I'm gonna kill that--

>> Abigail: Chad! It wasn't Stefan.

It was Gabi. Okay? It was Gabi Hernandez.

[dramatic chords] ♪ ♪

>> Ciara: Um... No, you can, uh,

you can check on Tripp all you want.

I don't care. It's...

It's just... >> Claire: It's just what?

>> Ciara: You know what, never mind. Never mind.

Nothing. >> Claire: Wait, what?

No, no, no, no. Tell me. Or, wait.

Just let me guess. You smashed Tripp's heart,

and now just because I want to be his friend

you think I'm trying to swoop in

and take advantage of him. >> Ciara: Well, uh...

you do seem kind of... swoopy.

>> Claire: [laughs] Wha-- No, no, no, no.

I don't swoop, okay? And even if I was going to...

what's it to you? Why do you care when

you've already moved on with someone else?

>> Chad: It was you? You're the--you're the...

the one that switched the paternity results?

>> Gabi: Chad, I told you that this would happen, that

Abigail would come with new lies--

>> Abigail: Oh my--You know damn well it's the truth.

>> Gabi: No, the truth is that you almost killed me

at Bayview. And you stopped her.

So what personality is this? Gabby?

Dr. Laura? Is it a new one?

Or are you just lying? >> Abigail: You know what,

why don't we call Julie? She remembers everything now.

And she remembers finding the paternity results

in your room. The original. >> Gabi: I can explain that.

>> Abigail: Oh, yeah? Explain this, bitch.

>> Gabi: Ohh--

>> Ben: Abigail played you, Boss.

Gabi played you. No one could have

seen it coming. >> Stefan: I should have.

But I let my guard down. I let myself believe I

could have what I wanted. So...

I saw exactly what I wanted to see.

And that's Gabby, my Gabby. In love with me.

And a child conceived out of that love.

Guess the joke's on me, huh? >> Ben: You know, how 'bout

you let me clean all this stuff up, huh?

I'll bring it by the hospital, the Horton Center, and we'll

get it-- >> Stefan: Marlena was right.

She was right. I was obsessed.

I chose a, uh, a delusion, a fantasy world.

And I--and I held on to it. I held on to it tight, brother,

with both hands. And as the good Dr. Evans

predicted... It all came...

[ornament shattering]

Crashing down.

[baby crying] >> Abigail: Charlotte needs me.

>> Gabi: I--I know how bad this looks--

>> Chad: Do you? It doesn't seem like you have

a--have a--have a problem destroying people's lives.

>> Gabi: Well, who--who cares-- Who cares about my life

being destroyed, huh? Because I went to jail

because of Abigail's lies, and Stefan's lies, okay?

My life was destroyed. I was beaten almost to death.

I can't have any more children. My child thinks I abandoned her.

So what happens to that, okay? I-I lost everything.

My future. My relationship. My child, and I was innocent.

Abigail killed Andre! And she looks at me in my eye

and lies to the court. And she gets a pass!

>> Chad: She was sick. >> Gabi: Oh, come on. Come on.

She just--She gets to talk to her grandmother and get a

little tune up. And she gets to come back

to you and Thomas. But my life is changed forever?

Oh, and she's pregnant. And she's pregnant.

She gets to have the child that I will never have?

How is that fair, huh? After all the horrible things

that she has done to me, she still gets everything.

>> Chad: I... I understand in some--in some

really twisted way based on that explanation why you

would want to do that to her. But for the life of me I can't

figure out why you'd want to do it to me.

>> Haley: I'm sure you're a great guy.

And your concern would be kind of sweet

if it wasn't so irritating. But last night?

It happened. It's over.

I'm moving on. >> JJ: It's not that easy.

>> Haley: It would be if you would leave me alone.

>> JJ: I heard you on the phone before that.

You were crying. >> Haley: Maybe I found out

Santa wasn't bringing me what I wanted this year.

I'm a big girl now, so I'll get over it.

>> JJ: There's obviously something that is freaking

you out. Scaring you enough

to consider killing yourself.

Now, something this big... you can't do it alone.

You need help. >> Haley: And you're just the

hero I need to help me, right?

>> Ciara: I care because... because I don't want you

to get hurt. >> Claire: Oh. [laughs] Thank

you for your concern, really, but...

look, I'm honestly just trying to be a friend for Tripp.

>> Ciara: You said that already. And you totally have

feelings for him. >> Claire: Look, so what if

I do? It's not like I'm gonna go

throw myself at him. >> Ciara: Maybe...

maybe you're setting yourself up to be the rebound girl?

>> Claire: Or maybe... you don't want Tripp,

but you don't want anyone else to have him, either.

Especially me. >> Ciara: No, that's not true.

>> Claire: Are you sure? >> Chad: I was your friend.

I-I stood by you when you were accused of murdering Andre.

I believed you. I...I fought for you.

>> Gabi: I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I hurt you, okay?

I'm sorry you were suffering for just one minute--

>> Chad: But--but I was just collateral damage

in the grand scheme of things. I mean, I-I...

I don't even know you! >> Gabi: I was gonna

make it right. >> Chad: How?

You say that you lost everything.

You cost me everything. I came to you devastated

and broken that Abigail was carrying Stefan's child,

and yet you said nothing. I couldn't touch my wife.

Gabi, I didn't give a damn about my daughter.

You saw my guilt, you saw my tears,

and yet you still say nothing. And--and you're a parent.

How could you--how could you let me hate my own child?

>> Claire: You dumped Tripp, but you don't want anyone else

to have him. >> Ciara: Okay...

all right, fine, maybe you have a point.

Oh, my gosh, that just makes me such a jerk, right?

>> Claire: Well, uh, no, no. I mean, well, you admitted it.

So...points for that. [laughs]

>> Ciara: This is pretty cool. Us talking.

Being honest. No yelling.

No slamming doors. >> Claire: Yeah, or

smashing ornaments. >> Ciara: Yeah.

I'm really glad we're friends again, because

I do not want to smash any more things.

>> Claire: Ah, me neither. You know, what do you want?

>> Ciara: I think I'd like to be friends with Tripp again.

But I'm not sure that's possible.

Especially now. >> Claire: Okay, so shouldn't

you just let me be his friend? >> Ciara: He really does

need a friend right now. Someone he can talk to.

Someone who puts his feelings, what he needs, first.

>> Claire: Oh. Okay, yeah.

Someone who's not like me. >> Ciara: No.

No. You're great.

Mm, it's just sometimes you can be a little...

>> Claire: Just a teensy, weensy bit selfish,

maybe? I get it.

>> Ciara: I'm glad that you can be there for Tripp.

And I'm sorry. I shouldn't have tried to stop you.

[brooding music] ♪ ♪

>> Ben: All the gifts have been delivered to the hospital.

You know, one year-- I was about seven years old--

my old man got mad. Set fire to the Christmas tree.

Whoosh. Almost burned the whole

house down. >> Stefan: Well, did he have

a good reason?

>> Ben: You know, something you and I have in common?

Both our dads went dark when they didn't get

what they wanted. So have I.

Mr. DiMera, I wouldn't wish going to that place on you.

Or anyone.

>> Chad: You stole the joy that I could've felt...

and you turned it into something so ugly...

that I hated myself for it. When Abigail was carrying

that child, I should have... should have felt love.

And she should have seen love in my eyes.

And instead, all she saw was anger and disgust.

Stop. Abigail and Charlotte,

they may be able to forgive me someday.

But because of your lies, and, in all fairness,

my weakness... I'll never be able to forgive

myself for wishing that an innocent

child had never been born. And for thinking that my wife

was anything other than perfect. Which she is.

>> Gabi: I-I was never going to let Stefan raise your baby,

okay? I had the test results. I was going to tell you

the truth. >> Abigail: That is such

a load of crap.

>> Jennifer: Abigail, please give me a call when you get

this. I love you so much, sweetheart.

[beep] Well, I'm pretty sure

she's avoiding me. But I can't really blame her.

>> Julie: She's not avoiding you.

>> Jennifer: Well, she didn't come downstairs

till after I already left for church.

>> Julie: Stop beating yourself up.

Everybody thought Abigail had lost her mind.

>> Jennifer: You didn't. >> Julie: She's your little

girl. She was suffering.

You wanted to help. You wanted to do

what you thought might be best for her.

Chad, JJ... Everybody that fell for

Gabi's lies was victimized by her,

by her...wicked desire to get revenge on Abigail.

But the truth is out now. Gabi is finally

going to get her comeuppance.

>> Gabi: I never, never wanted Chad to suffer.

I was going to tell him the truth about Charlotte today.

>> Abigail: Yeah? Well, since you're

suddenly all about the truth, Gabi, why stop now?

Let me help you. You drugged me.

You slapped that stupid wig on my head.

You dragged me to Stefan's. And you lied that I assaulted

you. And the entire time,

you pretended that you were my friend.

>> Chad: Really, Gabi? >> Abigail: I wasn't sick, Chad.

My DID wasn't back. It was her.

>> Chad: I don't know who the hell you are.

I don't know if we were ever friends, but if...

if we were, if we are, I, uh, I'm begging you.

Gabi, please tell me the truth.

>> Gabi: Yeah. I did it. I did all of that.

[dark music] ♪ ♪

[keyboard keys clacking]

>> JJ: Hey. >> Haley: Nope.

Not doing this. >> JJ: Look, all right?

Look, I thought we could start over.

Look, I just-- I just wanted to introduce

myself. Officially.

>> Haley: Yeah, well, you've seen me passed out on the ground

already, so I think we know each other well enough.

>> JJ: JJ Deveraux. >> Haley: I remember.

>> JJ: Short for Jack Junior. Non-expert at making beds.

And I'll save a cat out of a tree any day, but, hey,

between us... I'm more of a dog lover.

>> Haley: Haley Chen. >> JJ: It's nice to meet you,

Haley Chen. >> Haley: Yeah.

If you mean that, you'll let me get back to work.

>> JJ: Hey, you can bury yourself in work.

Make all the smart ass comments you want.

But you still can't run away from whatever it is that made

you eat a bottle of pills. >> Haley: Would you stop?

>> JJ: I just told you about a friend

who talked me off of the cliff last Christmas Eve,

but it... Look, I still had a long way

to go before my feet were back on the ground again.

>> Haley: I'm not you. And look.

Feet on the ground. >> JJ: Haley, you could've died.

>> Haley: You want me to thank you for saving me last night?

Is this what this is all about? Thank you.

But that was your job. And now you need to leave me

alone and let me do mine.

>> Jennifer: Well, it doesn't really matter what we all

think about Gabi, because JJ wouldn't even

be here alive right now if she hadn't saved his life.

>> Julie: I'll give her that. One act of decency.

But after what she did to Abigail...

I'm sorry. I cannot find it in my heart

to forgive her. >> Jennifer: Yeah.

This has been quite a year. Just when I thought Abigail

and Chad were just going to have a really normal life together...

Andre's death, her DID, this whole mess with Gabi.

Gosh, it just makes you want to hold on to your kids so tight.

As if that could protect them. >> Julie: That's exactly

what it does. Your love.

Your love does that. May I give you a hug?

>> Jennifer: Oh, Julie. I love you.

>> Julie: I love you and you deserve a hug.

This hasn't been such a great year for you either.

Fell in love. Long deserved, long overdue,

and he... he broke your heart.

>> Jennifer: Julie, I lost Eric because I kept a secret.

I knew it was wrong and I did it anyway.

So when you lie to the person that you love...

it always ends up badly.

>> Claire: Hey, you. >> Tripp: Hey.

>> Claire: What is that? >> Tripp: Uh, you...

You weren't supposed to see this.

>> Claire: Oh. For Ciara?

Well, you're really having some trouble letting her go,

aren't you? >> Tripp: Kind of shows, huh?

>> Claire: Just--[small laugh] >> Tripp: But, no, no.

This is, uh, not for Ciara. This is for you.

>> Ben: You need another refill? Anything else I can do for you?

>> Stefan: You got someplace you need to be?

>> Ben: I was planning on meeting Ciara.

>> Stefan: Oh. I don't mean to spoil your

Christmas, but... I need you to

spoil someone else's. >> Chad: Thomas and I were

going to move in with you and Ari.

>> Abigail: Wait, what? You were gonna move in

with her? >> Chad: Gabi thought

that it'd be good for Thomas and me.

All this time I thought it was because you wanted to spend time

with Ari and Thomas. >> Gabi: I do.

>> Chad: No you don't. You wanted to punish Abigail.

Because you want her life. >> Gabi: She took mine!

All of that. >> Chad: How many nights did

Thomas cry himself to sleep at night?

Because he missed his mom? >> Gabi: I never meant to hurt

Thomas. >> Chad: You make me sick

to my stomach, Gabi. We were friends.

>> Gabi: What are you doing? >> Chad: Well, I'm calling

the police, unless, uh, unless you'd like

to do the honor. >> Gabi: No.

Please, please, wait, wait. Wait one second. Please.

Just listen to me one second. Arianna, she's upstairs

and she only asked Santa Claus for one thing,

and that was for her mommy to never go away.

And I know I have no right to ask for anything--

>> Chad: No, you don't. >> Gabi: Please, don't ruin

my little girl's Christmas. Please just let me have this

time with her. >> Chad: You want mercy

and kindness and understanding

after what you did to my wife and my son and my daughter

and my family? You want kindness from me?

>> Abigail: Gabi. Go.

Spend Christmas with your daughter.

>> Gabi: Thank you. >> Chad: Gabi, know this.

I want you to understand something.

Tomorrow you are gonna deal with every bit of pain that

you caused me and my family.

>> JJ: Okay, I'll leave you alone.

>> Haley: Finally. >> JJ: But if you--if you

ever want to talk... >> Haley: Call you?

Look, I'm not your project, Jack Junior.

Go find someone else to save. I'm fine.

>> JJ: Yeah, you keep saying that.

But you're not. Look, if you don't want to

talk to me, there are other people...

>> Haley: Look. >> JJ: You can talk to.

>> Haley: You did your good deed.

But you really need to mind your own business.

>> Jennifer: I am just ready for this year to be over.

I am making a resolution, and I am keeping it.

No more love. Really, I'm done.

I-I-I'm really good. I'm done.

>> Julie: What a load of malarkey.

You never give up on love. You forgive yourself

and you move on. Preferably towards someone tall,

dark and handsome. Or whoever floats your boat.

>> Jennifer: I don't know. Maybe...

my boat sank when Jack died. >> Julie: No.

No, sweetheart. This is going to be your year.

I feel it. I see nothing ahead but hope

in 2019. And what better way to kick

it off than by going to the party at Doug's place?

The New Year's Eve party, the benefit for

the Horton Center? >> Jennifer: No, I wasn't gonna

go to that, because Eric will be there

and it'll... >> Julie: To hell with Eric.

>> Jennifer: Julie! Don't say that.

>> Julie: Okay, okay. I overstated. I overstated.

But somebody's gotta give you a wake-up call.

Now, you're gonna get a beautiful dress, and more

important, you're gonna get a beautiful date.

And you're gonna go to the party and you're gonna

have a hell of a good time. If it kills you.

>> Claire: Wait, that's... That's for me?

>> Tripp: Yeah, yeah. You've been a really

great friend to me this year, and I figured it'd be perfect

for you, since you're always dropping your phone.

>> Claire: Tripp. I love it. Thank you so much.

Thank you, really. It's great.

>> Tripp: You know, it'd be okay if you...

if you gave me a hug to... to thank me...or whatever.

[laughs] >> Claire: Thank you.

[cell phone beeps]

>> Abigail: [murmuring] Hi. Yeah.

[baby fussing] >> Chad: Hey.

>> Abigail: It's okay. I got you, baby.

>> Chad: Hey, listen. I'm so sorry.

For everything that happened. For everything that I...

I did, and for everything that I said to you.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

>> Abigail: You know what, Chad, right now...

I think somebody wants to meet her daddy, huh?

Yeah, you want to meet your daddy?

>> Chad: Yeah? Hey. Hey.

Hey. She's so beautiful.

>> Abigail: Yeah, she is. >> Chad: Looks just like

her mom.

Merry Christmas.

>> Abigail: Merry Christmas, Chad.

[Charlotte fussing] >> Chad: It's okay.

>> Abigail: It's okay, Charlotte.

>> Chad: It's okay. >> Abigail: Merry Christmas.

[Charlotte fussing] >> Chad: Shh. It's okay.

There you go.

[dark music] ♪ ♪

>> Stefan: Merry Christmas, Father.

I think you especially would appreciate my holiday

sentiment. As with all things,

when it comes to pain... it is far better

to give than to receive.

[glass shattering] Ah.

>> Gabi: I'm sorry, baby girl. Looks like you're not gonna

get your Christmas wish this year.

[floor creaks]

[dark, ominous music] ♪ ♪

>> Gabi: [shrieking] Help! Help! Someone help me--

>> Ben: Shh, shh.