10-17-2017 (Tuesday) Pulling the Strings

Sammi isn’t surprised to see Lucas, but he is surprised to see her; he tells her he knows she isn’t real, and she grabs the bottle out of his hand to show him how real she is.  He tries to grab it back and she steps on his hand; she asks what happened to him and his sobriety.  He says the woman he loved decided to go back to her [] ex husband and dumped him; he says the universe slapped a ‘kick me’ sign on his back.  When she tells him that John and Paul were there trying to dig up their son, Lucas says he will kill them; Sammi says she will help.  She remembers identifying her son’s body in the morgue; she tells Lucas they should have been better for him.  Lucas tells her he knew they loved him, and he loved them, despite themselves.  She agrees, saying he needed more time; she strokes his hair and tells Will they are there for him and will keep him safe… she kisses his forehead.  They both sit on the ground by Will’s graveside now, crying; Lucas says he wants it to be true, but it’s just not possible.  He says he misses him more every day; Sammi sobs, “me too.”  They agree that Will needs to be protected; they are sure he is dead and don’t want to dig him up.  They talk about his flaws and how much he loved them.  Sammi tells Lucas they need to talk about his drinking, but that conversation quickly turns to her joining him in finishing the bottle.  Apparently, she did it so that he couldn’t finish it; he tells her he can get more.

Victor tells “Adrian” that everybody is going to know something is really, really wrong, if he dumps the woman he loves and gets with her, a woman he despises, and hurts Justin in the process.  She tells him he better make sure they don’t.  Justin and Maggie come in; “Adrian” has called them to a family dinner.    “Adrian” says it is going to be memorable; she winks at Victor.  They pour drinks and “Adrian” tells everyone that Victor has an announcement; he gulps and says he just as well say it… he tells them that he and Adrian have fallen in love.  They gasp; Justin says this must just be a cruel joke.  “Adrian” says it’s no joke; she says they’ve been fighting it for years, but it was “bigger than both of [them].”  Maggie tells Justin that she thinks Victor has had a small stroke; Justin says he thinks Adrian has had a delayed reaction to the chemo.  “Adrian” says she just realized life is short and she wants to marry the man of her dreams before she gets another day older.  Maggie says she’s out of there; Justin follows.   Victor questions what “Adrian” means when she says Maggie is going to get what is coming to her; he asks what Maggie ever did to her.  She says it doesn’t matter, reminding him of the only two options he has.

Sonny takes out Will’s picture and holds it, asking, “could you really be alive?”  Paul walks in to see and hear this.  He sits down next to Sonny; Paul tells Sonny he has to tell him something.  Sonny gets angry to think Paul would attempt to dig up Will’s body; Paul asks Sonny to tell him one day went by without him thinking of Will instead of him.  Sonny snaps back, he can’t think of him 24/7 right now, having just found out that his dead husband might really be alive; Paul apologizes and says he knows Sonny loved Will.  Sonny says he is tired and asks if they can just go to bed; Paul says the bed isn’t big enough for the three of them, and tells Sonny to call him in the morning.  He leaves.

Nicole knocks on Eric’s door; he is elated to see her.  He says he was worried; she should have been there hours ago.  She apologizes; he hugs her and asks where Holly is.  Nicole says she let her spend the night again at Chloe’s; he carries on about how it will be hard for Chloe to come see her there.  She tells him Holly isn’t moving there; he sees she is having second thoughts, but hopes it is the farmhouse – he says he always thought she was more of a city girl.  She tells him to stop; she says it wasn’t any of those things… she says she can’t be with him.  She remembers Brady ordering her to “break Eric’s heart” and tells him that last night was a big mistake; she says she was vulnerable and he took advantage of that.  He yells, “that’s not true.”  He says he tried to leave and she came after him; she says she got caught up in the moment and she didn’t mean for it to happen.  He says he didn’t either; he grabs her face and reminds her they made love last night and this morning.  Nicole says it wasn’t love; it was just sex.  Eric knows she is lying and asks her why; he knows Brady made her do it somehow, but she denies it.  She says she knows what she needs and it isn’t him; she says she doesn’t need anybody; Eric kisses her.  She pushes him away and tells him it is over and he just as to accept it; she runs out the door, crying.

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