05-15-2017 (Monday) The Amulet

Chad meets with a man, who sells him the amulet; the man says he has never been so glad to get rid of something in his life, as he tells Chad of all the troubles he has had since he’s had the amulet in his possession.  Abigail meets with Dario; they talk on the parch bench.  She apologizes “for always doing this”… calling him, crying, letting him comfort her, sending the wrong signal; he tells her it’s okay.  He says he knows they are just friends, and he’s okay with that.  Just as Chad is sticking the box in his pocket, Hope approaches; she asks him if she can catch a ride home on the DeMira jet.  He gives her a hard time, but gets the jet ready to take her home; he gets a text.  It’s a notification that Abigail has filed for divorce.  He starts packing his bags; he recalls moments from his life with Abigail, especially recent love-making.  Music plays.

Jade continues to fill Tripp in on all the minor little details about Ava and Steve and Kayla, Ava blackmailing Steve into sleeping with her in order to free Kayla, the video, etc., all the while, leading him to believe that it is Kayla he should be angry with – I’m sure, in her own way, she feels that she is helping Steve and Joey, but she may have it out for Kayla too, for tricking her with those fake pills.  Tripp tells Jade he got a good vibe from Kayla; Jade says that’s because she’s so good at fooling everyone.  She says she will be your best friend, and then turn around and slice you up in a heart beat.  Wow.  Tripp gets up and says he is going to confront Kayla; Jade stops him.  

Chloe meets with Dario; he gets her to smile.  He tells her they are two of a kind; they both know what it’s like to be despised by the people around them.  Adrian comes back from her trip; she tells Justin that their boys kept talking about wanting to see them back together.  He swears he hasn’t said anything to them; she says she knows, she asked.  She thanks him for his kindness to her; he tells her he will always care.  He says he may not be happy with her choice, but what is most important to him is that she is happy, and healthy.  She smiles, says she is, and leaves.  Adrian runs into Kayla and Steve in the square; they welcome her home.  She asks about Tripp; Steve says he is warming up to them a bit.  Adrian asks for his phone number; she says she wants to meet this nephew of hers.  She thanks Tripp for meeting with her; she ends up more or less confirming Jade’s story when she talks about their father and the fact that she ended up killing him (in self-defense) and Steve took the blame for it, because that’s the kind of man he is, she says.  Tripp shakes his head, as if he gets it.

Jen asks Abigail how shes’ doing; she says okay, but begins to talk about how upset she is.  She tells her mom she filed for divorce.  As the memories of Chad begin to fade, we see Abigail still sitting on the park bench, now alone; her memories are shown to us – her kissing Chad for the last time and walking out the door.  Back to Chad; he sits, crying on a chair… the amulet is lying, spilled from its box, on the floor beneath him.

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