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Episode #13685 ~ Ciara delivers bad news to Ben. Justin urges Victor to do the right thing regarding Ben. Gina squirms as John questions her about Steve. Stefano tests Kristen's loyalty.
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[ Light Music]
Marlena: Kayla?
Kayla: Oh.
Marlena: Hi, Honey.
Kayla: Hi.
Marlena: I'm surprised to see you here. I thought you'd be at the hospital with
Justin.
Kayla: Oh, well, Victor's surgery went long, so Justin insisted I come and get
something to eat. Um, not that I have an appetite.
Marlena: Did Victor's surgery go okay?
Kayla: Yeah, no, it was a complete success. We removed the blood clot, and his
prognosis is excellent.
Marlena: Good.
Kayla: Yeah.
Marlena: I've been thinking about you a lot.
Kayla: Yeah, Steve.
Kristen: Steve Johnson? What the hell are you doing here?
[Tense music]
Gina: Hello? What are you staring at?
Stefano: I'm here because of your father, Stefano DiMera.
Gina: Stefano?
John: Why are you expecting to find him here?
Victor: I thought I was a goner.
Xander: The ambulance arrived just in the nick of time. The surgery went well.
You're a lucky man.
Victor: Yeah, if only I'd been looking at a prettier face than yours.
Xander: Well, it took all of my considerable charms to convince Maggie to go
home and get some rest. I know you should do the same thing, but I'm afraid this
can't wait. We have to talk about Ciara.
Justin: Ciara, I just got the call. They've reached a decision.
Ciara: What is it?
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the Days of Our Lives.
[Sweeping orchestration]
Kayla: Jack and Jennifer were here earlier, and Jack said he had a run-in with
Steve that sounded like it went about as well as my conversation with him, but
he said something that was spot-on.
Marlena: Which was?
Kayla: That Steve just doesn't seem like the man he was before, that he's cold
and almost cruel.
Marlena: You know, John and I were taken aback by the way he treated you. All
you wanted was answers, I think answers you deserve.
Kayla: Uh, yeah. The woman he's in love with, he had no problem throwing that in
my face, did he?
Marlena: Is it possible that we are misreading this, that Steve didn't really
mean to hurt you, he just wasn't aware of what he was saying, aware of his
words? And he is on a mission right now, and it's quite possibly dangerous. We
know that he gets laser-focused. We know that he tends to push aside everyone
and everything when he's on a mission.
Steve: I heard Stefano's in town, was hoping you could help me.
Kristen: Yeah, well, you came to the wrong place. I haven't heard from him.
Steve: Well, he is your father. You must know something.
Kristen: Yeah, I do. I know that he hasn't made an effort to see me, that he's
deigned to only communicate with his son, although he refuses to show himself to
Chad, so who knows if he really is our father or not?
Steve: You have your doubts?
Kristen: All I know is that the man who may or may not be our father has sent
Chad as an errand boy demanding my DiMera shares. Obviously that stock is the
only thing the Phoenix gives a damn about, so I don't give a damn about him.
Steve: I'm sensing anger issues, huh?
Kristen: [Laughs] You think?
Steve: In that case, maybe I can convince you to help me catch him.
Gina: Well, when I saw that the lock on the door had been tampered with,
obviously by a professional, naturally I thought Stefano had returned.
John: Hmm. Well, if either one of us had gotten here a little earlier, we might
have caught him, because Stefano has definitely been here.
John: Since the Salem PD swept this place thoroughly, right here we have proof
that Stefano has been back here since then.
Gina: Well, Stefano has to know that we're on to him. He wouldn't take such a
risk and be so careless to leave behind evidence like that. You know, Rafe or
someone from the forensics team must have overlooked it.
John: It's kind of their job not to.
Gina: Exactly, and I'm gonna take it up with them and reprimand the appropriate
party.
John: Uh-huh. Don't you want to log this into evidence?
Gina: Yes, of course I do. Here, just give it to me.
John: Don't you want to put it in a bag?
Gina: It's been a long day. This was a secure crime scene, John. Last time I
checked, uh, I didn't give you permission to enter or, more accurately, break
and enter. You're lucky I didn't mistake you for someone else and shoot you.
John: Yeah, yeah, I'm sorry about that. I should have gone through the proper
channels, so I apologize. It's just that whatever it takes to bring down Stefano
is my priority, so I was just thinking that if I could come here and spend some
quiet time in the place where Stefano and Rolf were hiding out, maybe I could
get inside his head.
Gina: And how did that go?
John: Still no answers, but I do have a question for you.
Gina: Me?
John: It's about Steve. Just how exactly did you manage to track him down and
bring him to Salem?
Kristen: You want me to help you catch my father.
Steve: He's obviously hurt you, and I'm sure there have been betrayals and
disappointments in the past, and now this blow, hmm?
Kristen: You don't know anything about my father, what a great man he is, so no,
there is no way in hell I'm going to work with you to expose him.
Steve: I'm certain he appreciates having such a loyal daughter.
Kristen: Whatever.
Steve: So this stock you mentioned, perhaps you have your own plans for that.
Kristen: Yeah, and the plans I have right now is to break up Brady and Nicole
now that they're a couple again.
Steve: Ah, love. That's what has you so upset.
Kristen: Well, how would you like it if you came back, and your beloved Kayla
was with someone else, hmm?
Kayla: Justin has been so wonderful through all this. I mean, Steve coming back
has really knocked me for a loop, but Justin has listened to me, and he's been
so supportive, and you know, he's just acted like a real grown-up, and I am
grateful to him, and I am--I'm just so happy that he is in my life.
Marlena: You don't seem happy.
Kayla: No, I am, I-- at least, I was before Steve came back. I think I'm just so
angry with myself because I have this amazing man in front of me. I mean, why
can I not let go of Steve?
Xander: Henderson told me that you were alone with Ciara when you had the
stroke. I tried to get her to tell me what happened, but I couldn't get anything
out of her. What did she do?
Victor: She confronted me about Jordan's murder.
Xander: That's what I was afraid of. What did you say?
Victor: Nothing. Right after she accused me, I collapsed, but it's just like you
said. She thinks--she thinks that Ben is innocent and you and I are responsible
for Jordan's murder.
[Door closes]
Justin: Is she right about that?
Ciara: Hi.
Ben: Hey.
Ciara: I, uh--I just spoke to Justin at the hospital.
Ben: How's Victor? Is he gonna be okay?
Ciara: Yeah, he's good. He, uh--he made it through the surgery. He's gonna be
fine.
Ben: Good. I'm glad to hear that.
Ciara: But that's not why I'm here, Ben.
Ben: There's been a ruling?
Ciara: Justin told me the verdict.
Xander: Victor needs to rest.
Justin: I can never decide whether you're his guard dog or his lapdog.
Xander: Well, I know exactly what you are and what you're doing. You're
encouraging Ciara in her ridiculous delusion that her serial killer boyfriend is
innocent of killing his equally homicidal sister.
Justin: I don't think it's a delusion.
Xander: It is if you don't have any proof, and you have none.
Justin: Yet.
Xander: Victor and I have absolutely nothing to do with Jordan's death, but your
recklessness just nearly caused one.
Justin: I don't follow, although I'm not sure I care.
Xander: Ciara is love struck. She's obviously incapable of rational thought, but
here you are encouraging her absurd theory that her own grandfather is guilty of
murdering Jordan Ridgeway, so what does she do? She hounds the poor man until he
has a stroke.
Justin: Uncle, I am truly sorry for your stroke. I truly am, but if there is any
possibility that you are somehow involved--
Xander: Okay, that is enough! Weston had his day in court and lost several
times. That should be proof enough for anyone that he's guilty as hell.
Justin: You may not know this, but in America every person has a right to
justice, and that includes a right to appeal his conviction, a conviction that
is based solely on circumstantial evidence with more than enough reasonable
doubt, and that is why my client does not deserve the death penalty, which is
also the same argument I made to the judge.
Xander: Well, let's hope the judge sees the truth and that's the end of it.
Justin: Well, as a matter of fact, the ruling just came in.
Ciara: I'm so sorry, Ben. They didn't overturn your conviction.
[Somber music]
Ben: Not that much of a surprise, right? No new evidence. But Justin's--his
petition included a request... to try to get my sentence commuted to life.
Ciara: Yeah.
Ben: Did the judge rule on that?
Ciara: It was denied, Ben.
Ben: That's it. That's my last appeal. After all the horrible things I've done
in my life, I'm gonna die for something I didn't do.
Kayla: Steve is with someone else now, and I just--I just need to accept that,
and I can. I mean, people change. I've changed. I just--I just have to let him
live his life. I just--I just wish that I--
Marlena: You wish he weren't being such a jerk.
Kayla: Yes. You were there. You saw him, how he went on and on about this other
woman, how perfect she was. There was no point of that except to hurt me and
push me away, but why? After all of our years together, and, you know, most of
them were happy, why the animosity? He's the one who stayed away.
Marlena: I can't explain why Steve is behaving the way that he is. I'm sorry
it's so terribly upsetting to you, but, you know, you--you were a family. You
raised children together. You created memories together, and that--that bond is
strong, and those memories can't be put aside by a legal document. I'm so glad
that you have Justin, but I do understand why you're having a hard time letting
go.
Kayla: I think that's what's bugging me so much. Steve didn't have a problem
moving on.
Steve: It's funny you should say that. When I came back to town, Kayla had
indeed taken up with somebody else, Justin Kiriakis.
Kristen: So you understand how much it hurts.
Steve: Well, to be honest, it doesn't bother me as much as everyone seems to
think it should.
Kristen: I don't get it. I mean, you and Kayla, you were like a sup--this, what,
this super couple.
Steve: Mm.
Kristen: And so you're just fine now that she's in love with another man?
Steve: Not--not fine, no. Of course not. A part of me will always love Kayla,
and I'm happy for her, and if she's happy with Justin, I--I have to respect
that.
Kristen: Well, I will only be happy if Brady's with me.
Steve: You know what you want, and you usually get it. That's one thing Stefano
loves about you.
Kristen: How the hell do you know that?
John: You know, Steve is a highly-trained ISA agent who was in hiding. It would
be nearly impossible for anyone to find him unless he wanted to be found, but
you found him, easy-breezy, and he agreed just like that, come back to a town
he's been avoiding and a wife he divorced.
Gina: John, is there a problem? Are you accusing me of something?
John: No, this isn't about you, Hope. It's about Steve. Steve is--he's--he's
distant. He's, uh--he's been downright rude to Kayla, and hell, the more I look
at it, he's been kind of cool to me too, a little stand-offish. In fact, the
only person he's halfway nice to is Marlena.
Gina: Hmm. Well, they're old friends, like you and I.
Xander: Well, there you have it. Justice is done. The verdict stands. Ben
Weston, guilty of murder, sentenced to death.
Justin: A young man is going to die.
Xander: A certifiable killer is going to die. Maybe now you can stop blaming me
and Victor for crimes we didn't commit.
Justin: Uncle Victor, you know I love you, and I know that, given the man you
are, you'll be able to live with yourself after they execute that young man for
something we both know he did not do. Xander is right about one thing. Ciara is
deeply in love with Ben, so are you prepared to accept the fact that she will
never, ever forgive you for this?
Ciara: Justin wanted to tell you himself, but I asked if I could give you the
news. I was gonna come here so strong, Ben. I was gonna be so strong for you. I
was gonna tell you that--that there was a way that we could fight this, that
maybe there's something that we can do, that we can--
Ben: There isn't.
Ciara: I'm so scared. Ben, I am so scared. Everything was riding on this, I mean
everything, and now, I mean, how--what do we do? How do we do this? I'm not
gonna let you die, Ben, okay? I'm not gonna let you die. That can't happen, but
how? How can we stop this?
Ben: We don't.
Ciara: Don't say that.
Ben: This is over.
Ciara: No, Ben.
Ben: Ciara, this is over.
Ciara: No, Ben, it's not over!
Ben: Yeah, this is over. I need you to leave.
Ciara: No.
Ben: I want you to go. I need you to forget about me, and I need you not to come
back here, ever.
Kayla: It's not like Steve hasn't pushed me away in the past, but it was
different, you know? He was doing it because he cared about me, and he was
trying to protect me. It's not like that now. There's no love. There's only
emptiness.
Marlena: Yeah. John and I felt that what he did was unnecessarily cruel.
Kayla: Maybe I shouldn't say this, but I mean, maybe it was just--would have
been better if he hadn't come back. Why did Hope bring him back, anyway?
Marlena: Well, who can speak to why Hope does anything at all?
Kayla: What do you mean?
Marlena: I caught her making passes at John.
John: Yes, exactly, friends.
Gina: We agreed we could work together to pursue Stefano, right?
John: Yes, we did.
Gina: Then why am I getting the distinct feeling of hesitancy on your part?
John: I'm sorry for the vibe. I just want to make sure that we're on the same
page where we stand with each other.
Gina: John, please try to understand. The feelings I developed for you, they
weren't something I was planning on. Now let's put all of that aside. We're
professionals, and we have a job to do, and with Stefano returning, it presents
a threat to all of us.
John: Couldn't agree more.
Gina: Good, because I have every intention of prevailing, which is why I need
the very best, like you and Steve. That's why I brought him back, John, because
I know Steve wants the same thing I do.
Steve: I have spent the better part of my life deeply concerned with what
Stefano does, thinks, feels... and no matter what his faults, I have no doubt
that he loves his children very much.
Kristen: Some more than others.
Steve: I am sure he loves you very much.
Kristen: You know, if my father gave a damn about me, he would have contacted me
directly. I was his daughter before Chad showed up. I've been nothing but loyal
to him, so what do--what do I get? What do I get? I get silence, not a word.
Steve: Maybe Stefano had his reasons for not contacting you directly.
Kristen: You know, you came here asking me about my father, but it seems to me
that you know a whole lot more about his current state of mind than I do, so
what is it that you're not telling me?
Steve: Let me tell you something. Stefano is a wanted man with legions of
enemies.
Kristen: Yeah, tell me something I don't know. And why is this so relevant?
Steve: Why? Because you of all people should appreciate why your father might
need to lie low. You yourself came back here with someone else's face to avoid
detection so you could win Brady back.
Kristen: Yeah, but I didn't win Brady back, did I? I lost our child. I lost
Brady. I lost everything, and where was my father then, when I was broken and
alone, when I needed him the most? You know, his only living daughter destroyed,
and he chose to stay beneath whatever rock he crawled under! God, I don't even
know why I'm telling you this!
Steve: Because... you and I have more of a connection than you realize.
Gina: I know I was wrong. I know I overstepped when I admitted my feelings for
you, but I only did it because I--I thought that--that you felt the same, but
obviously I--I clearly misread the signals.
John: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. Hope, that's--that's on me if you thought you
were getting signals. I must have said or done something that gave you the wrong
impression. I'm--I'm really sorry about that. That--I'm sorry about that.
Gina: Oh, John, always--always a gentleman. And you already apologized, but, you
know, I don't want you to be polite or gallant with me. I just really--just be
honest, okay, please? There is this distance between us, and it is killing me
because I'm so worried that because of my stupid, horrible mistake I--I'm really
worried that I'm gonna lose your friendship, that it's gonna cost me. Please
just tell me I'm wrong.
Marlena: When I was in Europe, Hope moved into the townhouse. She was apparently
having some plumbing problem at her place, and they grew rather close.
Kayla: Yeah, I know she was going through a hard time with the divorce from Rafe
and Ted Laurent's murder.
Marlena: Are you excusing her?
Kayla: Oh, oh, no, absolutely not. No, listen, you guys have been friends for
decades, so close. I'm just--I'm just trying to figure out how she could do
something so outrageous as make a pass at John. It just doesn't sound like her.
Marlena: Hmm. Doesn't sound like her? I walked in one day, and she had her
blouse off.
Kayla: What? They didn't--
Marlena: No, no. Whew, no, and--and John told her in no uncertain terms that he
had no interest in her, and she realized what she had done, and, um, she
apologized.
Kayla: But you're still unhappy about it.
Ciara: There is no way in hell that I'm walking away from you right now, Ben.
Ben: Go home. Ciara, please go home.
Ciara: Ben, I am not leaving you.
Ben: No touching.
Ciara: I don't give a damn.
Guard: Hey, no touching, inmate. Did you hear me? Step back, Miss.
Ben: My last appeal just got denied, which means death. You even think about
laying a finger on this girl, I have nothing else to lose.
Ciara: Ben, Ben, I am not giving up on you, okay? You have to believe me. I'm
going to find a way to keep you alive. That's a promise, okay?
Clyde: Hey, son. I heard you lost your last appeal.
Ben: And what, huh? Did you come here to rub it in my face, say that you told me
so?
Clyde: No such thing. You're my son. I am genuinely aggrieved that you're facing
the reaper, but now that Ciara has let you down again, maybe it's time to let
your old man help you out.
Xander: I told you to stay away from him.
Ciara: I'm not going anywhere, Xander.
Xander: Last time you saw him, you almost killed him. You here to finish the
job?
Ciara: I love my grandfather, and I need to talk to him.
Xander: After what you did? Not a chance in hell. Look, before I throw you out
of here, I want to be very clear. I don't want you within 100 yards of this
room. Do you understand?
Ciara: I don't take orders from you, Xander, and I'm going to get my answers.
Xander: Justin told us that your homicidal boyfriend just lost his last appeal,
so the subject is closed.
Victor: Ciara.
Ciara: Grandpa, hi. Grandpa, I love you. You know that I love you. I love you so
much, but I love Ben too, and he's gonna be executed, and we both know that he
did not kill his sister, and we both know that Ben is the innocent man that you
guys sent to jail.
John: Our friendship has survived a lot of ups and downs. It's gonna survive
this too.
Gina: I hope so.
John: Oh, yeah. As long as we're both clear that Doc is the only woman for me,
everything's cool.
Gina: I understand. I do.
John: Good. Now, what I need to do is track down the Patch man so we can start
this hunt for Stefano. Hope, I know that I've said it before, but it really
bears repeating. Any man, any man would be lucky to be with a woman like you.
Gina: I'm glad to hear you say that, John, 'cause your luck is about to change.
Marlena: No, I could never be threatened by Hope's attraction to John. We've
worked too long and too hard to make this marriage strong, and we are more in
love now than we've ever been. We do have a threat right now.
Kayla: Stefano.
Marlena: Yeah.
Kayla: I am glad that Steve's back for that. When he and John team up, not even
Stefano is a match for them.
Marlena: I hope they catch him quickly.
Kayla: Me too. Listen, I gotta get back to the hospital and to Justin. Thank
you, dear friend, for listening to me.
Marlena: Always. One more question.
Kayla: Hmm?
Marlena: Um, would you consider going back to Steve if he wanted to give your
marriage a second chance?
Kayla: As Jack said, he's not the man I knew, and I'm happy with the man I'm
with. I'll see you later.
Marlena: See you there.
Kristen: A connection, hmm? The two of us? We are acquaintances at best, so what
connection could we possibly have, hmm?
Steve: Familial ones. Kristen... I am your father.
Xander: You need to get out and let Victor rest.
Ciara: I'm sorry, Grandpa, but I'm not going to drop this. I know what the both
of you did to Ben, and I'm not gonna let him die for your sins. Please, Grandpa,
please help me. You are the only person in this world who can. Please.
Xander: I guess you have your answer.
Ciara: Grandpa, Grandpa--okay, fine! Okay, fine, then I'll tell Maggie
everything. Yeah, yeah, I'll tell her how I saw you burning your confession and
how I overheard the both of you saying that you sent an innocent man to prison.
Xander: Are you mad? You can't tell Maggie any of that.
Ciara: I will say and do whatever I can to get her to believe me, and then
she'll get the both of you to admit what you've done. That's exactly what I'll
do.
Victor: Ciara, wait. We have to tell her the truth.
Ben: I don't need your kind of help.
Clyde: Hey, hear me out, will you?
Ben: Hear you out? What, are you gonna go after little Mickey Horton again, dad,
huh? You do that, and I will go straight to the Warden, mark my words. That
little baby's sick. I'm not gonna stand around and let you--
Clyde: Hey, hey, Ben, hold on, will you? I love it when you get on that high
horse of yours, but maybe it's time you climbed down and listened to what your
old man has to say. What I'm talking about is busting us both out of here.
Marlena: I'm glad to see you drinking a beer, not that fine wine that Hope tried
to introduce you to.
John: I don't want to talk about Hope, but I do want to make a toast to my wife.
Marlena: Well, don't let me stop you.
John: To the most beautiful, brilliant woman I've ever known, and to our love,
which, like a fine wine, only gets better with age.
Gina: I obviously have no chance with John as long as your queen of the night is
around. I have no choice. Marlena must die.
Kristen: You really want me to believe that you are my birth father? What, you
think I'm gonna get on my knees now in gratitude with the big reveal so that you
and I can go catch Stefano, huh? You are pathetic, pathetic! Now get out of
here!
Steve: Kristen, listen to me.
Kristen: Get out!
Steve: Listen--
Kristen: No!
Stefano: To me! I am not Steve Johnson! I am Stefano DiMera. I am Stefano
DiMera! Look at me.
Kristen: Oh, my God, you--
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