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00:00alex yes baby i was just thinking since we both have the day off we should do something fun for
00:16the fourth you know we could go swimming at the lake or maybe have a barbecue
00:22or how about a picnic in the park we'll cozy up a nice little blanket watch the fireworks
00:35how's that sound it sounds great actually
00:42we can pick up some sandwiches and chowder from the pub and then i can check in on my uncle roman
00:50because i'm sure it's pretty upset about johnny's arrest
00:52hey katie how's philip philip is thrilled to be out of the hospital so what about you how are you doing
01:08i'm fine okay so we both know you're not telling the truth because you were tossing and turning all
01:16night i kept you awake huh well how am i gonna sleep when i know that you're upset
01:21oh come on you have to be honest with me are you still blaming yourself
01:27for johnny's predicament
01:30i really don't want to put rachel through this
01:40me both we don't have a choice we're gonna have to prepare her for this
01:46hi marlena
01:48where's uh where's rachel uh she she set a fourth of july parade with mora jane and her family
01:57and so we thought we would take this opportunity and this time to uh strategize about how rachel
02:05should approach giving her statement to the police not to mention she's probably gonna have to testify
02:11in court which she's not aware of so i'm very glad to see you because we would love to get your
02:17advice on this we would
02:19we would
02:23all right i would advise you to keep it simple for her and just tell her that all
02:32she needs to do is tell the truth yes but i think we all know that johnny did it
02:41he is the one who shot ej
02:43i hope you are having a wonderful anniversary and a fun fourth yeah give eli my love okay
02:58and my sweet little niece and nephew
03:01oh lonnie i miss you so much a visit soon here or there okay okay i love you bye
03:11abe
03:20uh is this a bad time i mean i should have called earlier no no it's never a bad time for you come
03:30well thank you you know i thought that maybe you might need an ear
03:36to be honest what i could use right now is a hug
03:41looks like i'm not the only one working on this fine fourth of july
04:01well the courthouse is closed today so my office is also closed and thought i'd hide out here and
04:07get a little extra work done it's been pretty busy lately well things are gonna get a lot busier for you
04:14why is that
04:15i just got word from judge grafton that he has officially
04:20unrecused you from johnny's case
04:23yes how did that happen two words e.j. demero
04:29hey dad i uh got your message you said you wanted to discuss the case yes i'd like to go over some new evidence i received this morning during discovery
04:39well you don't look too happy is it is it worse than you thought it's not great son why don't you take a seat
04:46hey
04:48hey
04:50like sand through the hourglass so are the days of our lives
05:20my grandson said that he's innocent and i believe him
05:30if he's so innocent then why did his grandfather cover for him
05:36why didn't johnny come forward sooner
05:39he probably thought that no one would believe him
05:41well why should they
05:43i mean does it really seem plausible to anyone with a brain that he would just
05:46hand the gun over to e.j no he'd been telling people all around town that he wanted e.j dead
05:53but those were just words we all know how terribly upset johnny was when he found out
05:58about what his father did to his mother and how he was conceived
06:03doesn't make him a murderer okay i don't think he has it in him
06:06doesn't have it in him
06:08it's i'm sure that's what everyone thought about will when when uh when he shot e.j too i mean
06:14johnny and his brother have a lot of time
06:18stop it you stop it
06:28thank you you're welcome
06:31abe i'm i'm really grateful that you're here but i hope mama did not send you over here to plead her
06:38case because i am not ready to forgive her well
06:43this is not about you look
06:47but i would like to say something in her defense go ahead
06:54she's in a no-win situation and no matter what she did half the town is going to disagree with her
07:01i don't care about half the town abe she threw an innocent man in jail without even questioning
07:09him she did her family dirty and now my husband could go to prison for a very long time
07:15but you do believe that johnny's innocent of course i do i just said he's an innocent man
07:20well then have faith that the jury will do right by him and he'll be acquitted
07:25i want to believe that hebe but i don't know if i do
07:36well i knew grafton was allowing e.j to represent johnny but i didn't realize i was being put back on
07:42the case apparently judge grafton is insisting that the da be at the helm he doesn't feel that
07:50an ada can handle it and he doesn't care that i'm the defendant's aunt well he approved e.j who was
07:57not only the victim but the defendant's father well that i kind of understand e.j argued that johnny
08:03has the right to choose anyone he wants to defend him well e.j must have also cooked up a convincing
08:09argument to put you back on the case not to mention bumping the trial ahead of a dozen other cases on the
08:15docket well e.j has a pretty good lawyer who doesn't mind using the mayor of money and power to get what
08:25he wants paulina listen i don't know what happened between judge grafton and e.j but i can assure you
08:33that i will handle my job with the utmost integrity regardless of the fact that johnny is my nephew
08:40it's not your relationship with johnny that has me concerned okay then what does well it's no secret
08:48that e.j has a way of corrupting people even those who seem on the surface to be of high moral character
08:56i just hope that you don't fall prey to that bell
09:01oh my god so rachel i had no idea she overheard us arguing that evening
09:15i saw you brandishing your gun
09:20no wonder she's been acting so strangely towards me lately
09:24that poor kid she's been keeping this a secret the whole time
09:27and you said you know about this from on kristen and convinced her to keep her daughter quiet for
09:33the family okay so how then how do the police know from your grandfather
09:40he told them everything when he handed over his gun last night
09:44what who told my grandpa roman long story but the point is rachel's testimony is critical now the
09:51police haven't questioned her yet but she has said previously that she left the room and heard gunshots
09:56moments later okay but i didn't i know i know and i have been racking my brain trying to remember
10:02things about that night but my mind is blank are you sure you don't recall seeing anyone on your way
10:07out no no i don't i mean you know i guess we know that gabby was here because she said she heard my
10:13voice and she saw eva vitale and we know for certain that there is someone who was definitely here that
10:21night and that was your aunt kristen
10:36speaking of johnny his father reached out to me about doing some pr work for him
10:41and i'm actually considering it stuff you're not serious right now didn't you tell me this guy had
10:57you kidnapped and locked in a damn morgue yeah he was pretty horrific not to mention all the other
11:03horrific things that he's done but i didn't turn him down flat as much as i despise the guy because
11:13i would be helping the hospital and therefore i would also be helping my mom still i don't think
11:19it's worth working for that jackass honestly jackass is way too kind of a word this guy's a dirty son of a
11:25bitch well i'm not afraid of him and like i said helping the hospital would also be helping my mom
11:36anyway i have a meeting with him next week so i'll see what his offer is and then i'll make my decision
11:41i'll make my decision
11:45or
11:47or what
11:51or you quit this pr biz altogether and you focus on your new career as a famous author
12:04okay how can i not blame myself for what johnny's going through i mean i provided him
12:11with the means to shoot his own father not to mention about him it's because of me he knew what
12:16ej did to sammy you did not give him the means or the motive intentionally roman and besides which
12:24johnny said he did not shoot his father he says he's innocent i know he is however i sure as hell didn't
12:32do him any favors by wiping the prince off that gun and concealing it that it made it look like i was
12:39covering for a guilty man you were trying to protect your grandson yeah and i only made matters worse
12:46okay once again you had good intentions i mean doesn't it come for something that you took your
12:52gun to the police station you handed it over you told him the whole story not just for you but for
12:57the benefit of johnny and i hope that helps as i hope that you understand what i had to tell him
13:03about you having a gun and saying that you wanted ej dead well i don't love the fact that i may be a
13:11possible murder suspect no but i do understand it and i think it was the right thing to do not to make
13:16the mistake once again of concealing the truth right and of course i told him i also had a reason
13:23for wanting ej dead half the town does yeah i know except it seems that uh sam pd only has a
13:32sight set on johnny now roman still i don't want you to worry because regardless of what we think about
13:41ej we both know he will fight like hell for his son he'll make sure that johnny goes free well i hope you
13:50are right i understand your concerns mayor but i promise you i will not fall prey to being corrupted
14:04by ej or anyone else well thank you for that reassurance and look belle i'm sorry if i i sure
14:13changed you i know this is a very difficult situation for you yeah well it is for you too
14:20i get it we're both just doing our jobs for better or worse yeah for better or for worse
14:27i am sorry marlena i shouldn't have gone on like that about your grandson sorry i'm saying
14:40i need some air
14:44marlena text me when she's gone
14:46what the hell what the you and marlena could be polly honest about this but i am not not going to
15:00put my head in the sand oh god for god's sakes kristen brady come on rachel rachel saw johnny pointing
15:06a gun at his father and then she heard a gunshot which means her testimony is going to send her cousin
15:14away to prison for a very very long time and we are going to have to help her deal with that
15:21now kristen claims that she was showering and drying her hair and never heard the gunshot
15:25a rather lame alibi wouldn't you say and she certainly can't deny that she threatened me hours
15:30earlier i remember that vividly well as you as you know i mean she was the first person the police
15:36took into custody that night while you were still in your coma but they had to release her because her
15:41bullet didn't match her mother's gun yes but now we know she could have used yours or rather roman's
15:48yeah i mean that's definitely possible but we have no proof not yet but if we do decide to pursue
15:55that angle i'm certain new information would come to life that could definitely benefit us uh dad
16:03you're not gonna do anything crazy right like what oh i don't know like suddenly remember that kristen
16:11is the one who shot you my memory is coming back to me in bits and pieces who knows but i'll eventually
16:19remember about that night alex why would i give up my pr business i've spent years growing it from the
16:37ground up yeah but is it your passion to a certain extent yes i like doing pr hey yeah you spent the
16:50last 10 years staying up very late at night secretly writing a novel because it was a fun hobby
16:58okay okay i don't know why you're giving this the hard sell i've already agreed to publish one stormy
17:04night okay okay full transparency
17:13titan is struggling and i think that your book is exactly what we need to turn everything around
17:18for all of us and i also wouldn't mind having a blockbuster franchise on our hands
17:23in other words you want this for you for us baby i want this for us
17:36well i'm not gonna lie pursuing writing full time is tempting and i would have a great editor
17:46and a really great publisher i would say that myself yes
17:56you know what else i'm really great at why don't you show me
18:00you know i just i wish to hell i hadn't had to bring rachel into all of this
18:18you did the right thing too many people knew the truth
18:21katie thank you you know you're supporting us means everything right
18:31i'm always here for you you know that i do i do and speaking of being supportive you know when
18:37johnny's trial starts i'm gonna want to be in that courtroom as much as i can so i'm hoping it'll
18:42be okay for you to keep an eye on the pub more often sure i can count on me okay thank you thank you
19:00you you are getting ahead of yourself okay as marlene always says you're you're fast forwarding
19:05kristen brady i am just planning ahead that's it we need to be prepared to help our daughter
19:12i agree but if she picks up on the fact that we're all freaked out about this it's not gonna
19:18it's gonna make things worse you hear me yes yes yes yes
19:23i just i feel so helpless i mean she's already traumatized i mean this whole thing it's gonna be
19:30a nightmare for her brady and i and i and i don't want her to have to deal with it and i hate that
19:35i can't do anything about it i hate it i do too
19:44hey
19:47dad if you if you lie and say that kristen shot you that could seriously backfire you know that
19:54but what if she really is the culprit i mean if it's not kristen then who could it be i don't know
20:00maybe maybe maybe it's somebody we haven't considered yet true
20:09and i'm sorry to say i gave plenty of people reason to want me dead present company included
20:20god i still can't believe that all this time
20:23you thought i was the one that shot you and yet you still insisted on protecting me
20:32dad you have no idea how much i appreciate your support truly
20:36and you still have it a hundred percent
20:42i just wish
20:44what
20:45that your wife understood that i don't even want what's what's best for you
20:55that i would give my life for you instead she just thinks i'm a terrible father a terrible person
21:04johnny she's trying to turn you against me okay dad look all right i
21:08i know that she's being particularly hard on you lately but she's just trying to protect me
21:15same as you just give her some time she'll come around
21:28and abe even if johnny is acquitted i'm still worried that ej is going to try to use this
21:34client lawyer relationship to worm his way back into johnny's life
21:40and that is the last thing johnny needs right now it's the last thing i need
21:53hi chanel speaking of the last thing i need
21:57may i come in i have nothing to say to you i have something to say to you
22:17abraham oh i didn't realize you'd be here well just wanted to check on chanel
22:23oh well thank you for that and uh did you put in a good word for me yeah he tried but
22:29it didn't make a difference because i'm still mad as hell at you mama i get it you're the mayor
22:35but you're also my mother and you railroaded my husband without even giving him the benefit of the
22:40doubt oh chanel you saw the evidence there was no way johnny wasn't gonna be charged okay mama but
22:48he's innocent don't you believe that well i want to say that i do but i honestly don't know at this
22:58point okay that's it get out get out of my house oh no uh uh no no no no you can't kick me out
23:09this house i bought pay for this house now in case that slipped your little mind oh no no no right yeah
23:15johnny and i will just move oh there's your no no no no no both of you now let's just table this for
23:23now all right let's give chanel some space yeah let's go come on oh yeah but you know what chanel
23:34if you believe this or not i am i'm trying to do right by you and your husband i'll be praying for you
23:42both
23:49well i hope you're right johnny that chanel will eventually come around hey she already agrees
23:55that you representing me is a good idea really yeah but again please don't do anything crazy dad
24:05all right we can win this case on merit okay
24:10well i appreciate your optimism son but i'm afraid you're being a bit naive because right now it's your
24:15word against a stack of evidence circumstantial yes but people have been convicted on less i just
24:22i just need to find a way to turn the tide nothing crazy right nothing crazy i promise okay
24:34look if there's anyone who can do that turn the tide i mean it's you dad
24:40i just i'm really grateful that you believe in me
24:57i really don't think i could get through this without you brady
25:03we've discussed this right it's important for us to put our differences aside present a united front
25:10rachel needs to know that we are both here for her yes yes she needs it very very much she
25:17does she does oh and in fear of rocking that boat i want to make a suggestion to you okay what's
25:26that i know we talked about rachel staying here a couple more days i was going to suggest that
25:33she stay here throughout the trial to keep her away from ej
25:41okay normally i would object to that being away from my daughter for that length of time but um
25:47um okay i agree yes um but one stipulation that i can come and visit her when i would like to
26:00anytime yeah i know that uh it's gonna be a problem for you and marlena and look i'll be fine with it
26:08but stay stay clear of marlena okay she's having a tough time right now and i really don't want to make
26:16it worse okay okay i newly noted
26:26oh hi hi sweetie you want to join me for a coffee drink uh no you know what i i probably shouldn't have
26:32any caffeine you know i'll get too worked up oh why's that kristin is at the house she's uh
26:43she's trying to get my coat no surprise yeah well she's trying to suggest that you know maybe uh
26:49johnny isn't as innocent as you know you know wait wait wait and i can't discuss it i can't i'm sorry
26:55what why not well i've been unrecused from the case and i just don't want to hear anything that might
27:02change the way i approach the trial oh i i thought you being involved in the trial at all would be a
27:09conflict of interest yeah i thought so too but i am the da so the judge insisted which of course i'm
27:16not happy about because now i have to prosecute my nephew while going toe to toe with my boyfriend
27:25okay so for our fun picnic what are we thinking i'm thinking we got to get some chowder of course
27:32and then uh maybe a couple hot dogs and some french fries and um maybe a side salad of some kind
27:37okay all right um kate hey hey i thought you were to ditch the apron by now you're starting to tighten next
27:49week um actually alex i'm not going to be able to take the job
27:54i thought you were all on board running titan publishing yes i was but that's before everything
28:11happened with johnny and roman's going to be totally consumed with his grandson's trial and
28:16i can't very well leave him high and dry here at the pump so he told you not to take the job
28:21no he doesn't know about it kate i mean no offense but you can't pass up on an opportunity like this
28:28to keep busing tables i am doing this for my husband he doesn't know the opportunity that
28:33you're passing on i'll be honest with you like i need you titan needs you you know the publishing
28:40world and you're an amazing editor alex is right your notes that you gave me were so smart and insightful
28:46wait the notes i gave you stephanie are you the author of one stormy night
29:07hey babe what's wrong uh uh mama was just here and we uh we got into it again
29:16i'm so sorry hey you know that the last thing that i want to do is come between you and your mom
29:24you know that yeah yeah it's it's not your fault johnny it's hers
29:30anyway um how did everything go with your dad
29:36uh yeah it was uh pretty good actually um yeah he seems to have a pretty good
29:41handle on the case oh okay yeah good and uh what about on a personal level
29:53on a uh personal level yeah johnny how's everything going with that and be honest with me
30:00okay well um on a personal level he and i are uh we're continuing to repair our relationship
30:15oh i see i take it you're not happy about that you know damn well i'm not
30:23your boyfriend is that what we're calling ej now well yeah is that surprising to you
30:37maybe not i guess i just hadn't heard you refer to him that way well i know you don't like it but
30:47you know when i came to you and i told you that i was conflicted about my relationship with ej you
30:52said that i should make that decision based on how anyone else feels and that i should decide for
30:59myself who i want to be with so i did well all righty then i i guess i did uh i did say that
31:12it is going to be interesting i think since you're now prosecuting your boyfriend's son
31:18not to mention your nephew how do you plan to manage that well i plan to do my job without fear or
31:31favor as they say and what if he is convicted
31:40well i guess then you won't have to worry about ej being my boyfriend anymore
31:48working on the case i'm sure there you are we need to talk i am so sorry the police found out
31:59what rachel said but she had a nightmare and she was talking in her sleep when she was at marlena's
32:04place and marlena got her to confess what she had seen and somehow just opened up to anyone who would
32:11listen to yeah i don't give a damn how this information got out you assured me that rachel
32:16wouldn't testify against johnny now i held up my hand of the bargain regarding your sainted mother
32:21what i want to know is will you do the same
32:27well you go girl oh my god i cannot believe i left that slip
32:42it's okay it is okay because kate probably would have found out at some point right that is if she
32:49is up taking the job well now that you know that i wrote that novel um you should also know that kate
33:01i only agreed to let alex publish it because i was confident that you would help make my work better
33:10which you would because you're an amazing editor and you got to think about philip
33:16you'd be helping dig your son's company out of a hole and above all else kate do it for yourself
33:24i can tell just from your notes how much you enjoy the creative process
33:29you can admit it you want to take the job
33:34hey gang what's all this
33:37well alex offered me a job at hiding and i've decided to take it
33:52babe how am i supposed to give my fourth of july mayoral speech now with my daughter so mad at me
33:59well you know chanel chanel needs someone to blame for johnny's situation and unfortunately that
34:08someone is you oh yeah oh i guess i'll just have to ride it out oh but i am so very grateful that you
34:18are here for me abe and for chanel oh come here
34:30honey i'm sorry if that came out harsh it's just that i i do want you to have the best possible defense
34:39and that's why i understand if you need to work with your dad but i'm just worried that you're gonna
34:45forget about all the bad stuff that he's done i'm not gonna forget hey how could i forget
34:53i am fighting for my life right now i'm fighting for our life chanel
35:10and i need my dad's help
35:13and i need you to be okay with that
35:15i guess i'll have to be but please please just promise me that you will keep your guard up around him
35:29i promise
35:34okay
35:36come here
35:42come here
35:50brady i'm i'm sorry that i walked out i just don't
35:54have the reserves to deal with that woman right now i understand and i'm i'm sorry she upset you
36:03how about you come join us for the fireworks tonight
36:10tate and rachel would love to see you and i but i understand if you're not up for it but
36:15no that sounds that sounds really nice i think we could all use some cheering up right now
36:28the last thing i want is for rachel to testify in court but i can't keep that promise now that the
36:34police know yes but you could coach rachel to adjust the facts of her story
36:41you want me to ask rachel to lie under oath i'm just saying maybe now is a good time to put rachel's
36:51very active imagination to good use trust me it'll be better for everyone is that a threat
36:59take a bit as a strong recommendation
37:02i swear if you do anything to her rachel or my mother you will live to regret it
37:08ah now that definitely was a threat so here's one for you if my son goes to prison christian
37:20that might just have devastating consequences for you and the people you love
37:33so here's one for you if my son goes to prison for you if my son goes to prison for you
37:46what's this
37:46you want to tell me the real reason why you were in such a hurry to come home
38:04i remembered someone planted a video camera in this room i found it the night i was shot
38:15what right before it happened i removed the memory card i was going to see what it had captured but i
38:22didn't get that chance obviously didn't get that chance obviously well what happened to it i don't know it's it's gone
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