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00:00I know, Diane. I just really need to know if there's any news.
00:04Am I worried?
00:05A little worried, but I do know if there's anyone who can keep me from going to prison, I know that that's you.
00:11I'm...
00:13Um, I have to go.
00:17Thanks for the update.
00:18Okay.
00:21Don't make me ask.
00:22Okay.
00:24I really wanted to protect you from this. I know I don't have to, alright?
00:27But this is when I really wish you were still little.
00:29Well, I'm not. So what is going on?
00:33Okay. Here's the deal.
00:37The only way to get Jason out from under the FBI is if I risk going to prison.
00:43Well, this is going to surprise both of you, but I actually agree with Lucy.
00:47Well, thank you. See, sometimes I am right.
00:50I'm not finished.
00:51I agree that deception needs to make it clear. We do not stand with Natalia and her views.
00:57But we're not going to fire Blaze.
01:00Okay.
01:01But what does that say about our company if we keep Blaze as the face of deception?
01:07By keeping Blaze on, keeping her as the face of our product, that will show the world that we stand by her right to define herself.
01:16Which means coming out on her own terms, in her own time.
01:19Absolutely, Maxie. I agree with you 100%.
01:24Thanks, Lois. That's swell.
01:26But you know what? You are a spokesperson, not a partner. You don't really get a say in this.
01:32Then make it 200%. I mean, come on.
01:36As for keeping Blaze on, you're right, okay?
01:40I've been sitting here thinking like a total corporation and not a person.
01:45Okay. Now that we're all on the same page, should we talk about damage control?
01:51Hey. I heard the recording.
01:54Well, your ears must have been burning.
01:56It's a disaster, especially for Blaze and Christina.
01:59And what does the invader have to say for itself?
02:02I will get to that in a moment. Right now, I'm here regarding your company.
02:05Another hit to deception is the last thing that you need.
02:09We were just about to discuss damage control.
02:11Good. Then I showed up just in time.
02:17Stop torturing yourself.
02:19No. I'm only getting what I deserve.
02:21What do you deserve?
02:25Oh my God. Okay. So people are garbage. I'm a coward.
02:34I wanted to come out. I wanted to tell the world about us. About me.
02:39But no. I'm a grown woman. A badass rock star.
02:43But I let my mother pressure me into staying in the closet.
02:46And now my weakness ended up hurting you.
02:51You done?
02:52Christina, I...
02:53No. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I didn't mean for that to be a question, actually.
02:58Let me try this again.
02:59You're done.
03:01You're going to stop apologizing and you're going to listen to me right now.
03:08We need to have a conversation.
03:10One that won't be recorded.
03:17Alexis, you've already scolded me for telling the truth about your perjury incident.
03:23You can't possibly have anything more to say.
03:25Stop it, Ava. DeWitt already gave you up.
03:27And all I had to do was threaten a lawsuit that would leave him destitute.
03:31I don't know what you're talking about.
03:32I know that you turned over that recording of Natalia to the invader.
03:36Hurting me is one thing. Hurting my daughter is another.
03:40It was a big mistake.
03:43You're saying it was Ava?
03:45I had what I thought was a private conversation with her,
03:48but she evidently took great pains to edit out her part of the conversation,
03:51and then she used my words to ruin my daughter's career.
03:55And Christina.
03:57Why? What happened?
03:58You know how hard it was for Christina to create this foundation for the kids?
04:03Did something happen to the center?
04:05Let me tell you something.
04:06Because of what she said, the activists,
04:09they don't want her anywhere near what she created
04:13because they think that she's ashamed of being gay.
04:16Oh my God. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
04:18I didn't realize. I'm sorry.
04:20You may have said the words, but it was Ava who delivered that recording.
04:27And now she's gonna pay for it.
04:43Your life is your own,
04:52and you are not obligated to share your personal business with anybody,
04:56no matter how many songs you sell.
04:58That's easy to say.
04:59Allie, you owe them great songs.
05:02You owe them a great show.
05:04But you do not owe anybody anything else beyond that.
05:08Hell, neither do I.
05:11People don't have a right to know who we're dating,
05:14or even if we are dating.
05:16So to the people who think that they have a right to say,
05:20I am unworthy to run my center that I built from the ground up,
05:25or the people calling you a hypocrite,
05:27they don't know why we made the decisions we made,
05:30and they're not entitled to know that.
05:32They are the ones who are in the wrong.
05:36I know you're right. I do.
05:38But it's just—
05:39But nothing. But nothing, Allie.
05:41You have nothing to be ashamed of, and neither do I.
05:44If anything, the person who should be ashamed is the one who violated your privacy and mine,
05:49and leaked that recording of your mother to the invader.
05:52That's who should be ashamed.
05:54Tell me you know that.
05:56Out loud, please tell me you know that.
06:03I know that.
06:04Okay.
06:05Okay.
06:06I still wish I came out the minute I knew that it was real between us.
06:11Well, you didn't.
06:13You didn't.
06:15But now, we only move forward.
06:18Okay?
06:20Okay.
06:23You don't think the reporters got past the doorman, do you?
06:30This issue of Crimson has a two-page deception spread, as you know,
06:35and it features Blaze.
06:36Well, I was able to hold the print run as a favor to you,
06:40because I can't imagine that you'd want Blaze for deception on the newsstands this week.
06:45First of all, deception 100% supports Blaze.
06:49But you're right. It would be a disaster, and probably just draw more outrage.
06:53Right.
06:55Lucy?
06:56Thank you. I get a say?
06:57Of course you do. You're a partner.
06:59Look, you know that I support Blaze. I do.
07:02It's just that, you know, really, this is going to take away from the product,
07:06which is what the spread was all about.
07:09All right. You've already bought the space.
07:11What do you want me to run instead?
07:13Okay. What about this?
07:15We do a brief history of deception,
07:18and of course, I would be more than willing to give an interview.
07:22Oh, would you?
07:23Or we could print a two-page transcript of your viral home and heart appearance,
07:28where you talk about you, you, you, and you.
07:32Okay. Okay. You know what? I happened to be magnificent that day.
07:35I was articulate and concise and...
07:37You were a talking-type pattern.
07:39Lucy, the last thing we need is to not sell product in two mediums.
07:43You know what? I may be a lowly employee, but I do have a suggestion.
07:53Oh, yes.
07:56I heard that recording.
07:58The Internet was all abuzz about it.
08:01I had nothing to do with it.
08:03Why would DeWitt lie?
08:06Who's DeWitt?
08:07You know who DeWitt is.
08:08You know he's the gossip columnist at The Invader, Ava.
08:11The Invader?
08:13Come on, Alexis. Connect the dots.
08:16Nina, the publisher, decided out of the blue that she hates me,
08:20and now she's conspiring with this DeWitt person to frame me.
08:25Okay. Why don't we prove it?
08:28Why don't I subpoena your phone service provider?
08:32They keep all that data transferred.
08:35I mean, I'm sure that file you recorded on Natalia is pretty hefty.
08:39My Lord, Alexis, a subpoena? Based on what?
08:43Has it really been so long since your dishonorable discharge from the law
08:48that you have forgotten how things work?
08:49Well, good. Good thing I've taken all these refresher classes to catch up.
08:54Why?
08:56You didn't know? Nobody told you?
08:59Oh, I got my law license back.
09:03Well, how long until you're done with your remedial law school and you can hang your shingle?
09:09Well, I'll be working at Diane Miller's firm, but I won't be taking on any clients yet.
09:15That's all right. Baby steps.
09:17Yeah, because I'm going to be so busy on this big case.
09:21It's really, it's big. It's huge.
09:25It's brutal.
09:27It's bloodbath.
09:30Care to guess what it is?
09:34Closed captioning provided in part by Popeye's French.
09:38Special agent John Cates and his superiors have been pulling Jason's strings for the past two and a half years by threatening me.
09:45With what? Is this about the insider trading thing?
09:51They have a recording of me.
09:55When Sonny was in Nixon Falls and we all thought he was dead, I went to a meeting
10:00and I announced that I was running the Corinthos organization.
10:04Oh my God.
10:06Tell me you didn't.
10:14Sasha.
10:15Hi.
10:16Hi.
10:17I would ask if this was a bad time, but that's kind of why I'm here.
10:21Come in. Come in. Sorry.
10:23The reporters and paparazzi are outside.
10:26One of them recognized me, but not before your doorman did.
10:29He's, he's doing an amazing job.
10:32How are you doing?
10:34Better now, but still not great.
10:37Not that we don't always love to see you.
10:39No, I get it. I get it. You're not in the mood for company.
10:41This is just a drive by.
10:43I, um, I was out shopping for the core domains when the story hit.
10:47And well, as someone whose life has been blown up in the press more than once,
10:53I, um, I wanted to give you the benefit of my hard won experience.
11:02Maybe instead of running the spread featuring Blaze,
11:06we give Blaze those two pages to make a statement,
11:09get her truth out on the record.
11:11I like the spirit of the idea, but the timing isn't ideal.
11:16No, it's really not.
11:17And we're also supposed to be spending, you know,
11:19our money on selling our products,
11:21those advertising dollars not wading into some scandal
11:24that I know is going to divide our customer base.
11:27Okay, whatever you decide to do,
11:28we have no time for anything as elaborate as a photo shoot.
11:31Okay? This issue needs to go to print now.
11:34I'm sure that you have old shots of Sasha
11:37that we could pull from your photo archives.
11:39No, no, absolutely not.
11:40We do not want to make it look like Deception is dropping Blaze.
11:42No, we can't, because the internet would have an absolute field day.
11:46Okay, how about this?
11:48Across both pages, a simple message in bold type.
11:53No one cancels love.
11:55Underneath that, our company name, Deception.
11:58Black pages, white letters.
12:01That's it, nothing else.
12:03That's perfect, Maxie.
12:05It is, it's genius if I do say so myself.
12:08I don't like it.
12:11I love it.
12:13It takes the pressure off of Blaze,
12:15and we steer the conversation in the right direction.
12:19Excuse me.
12:20What is this we again, the we?
12:22Maxie, you have thought of everything.
12:25Thank you, Lois.
12:26Okay, Nina, let's run with it.
12:27Yeah, I'm on it.
12:29Well, okay, my work here is done.
12:31Okay, wait, again, what is your work here?
12:33I mean, why are you even here today at all?
12:35Oh, Lucy.
12:37Ciao.
12:39Ciao.
12:41What's next?
12:42Well, I can tell you who's next.
12:45Adrian DeWitt.
12:47He's going to answer for what he's done.
12:50It was that day that I stopped by your apartment
12:52to bring you that single malt scotch as a thank you gift.
12:55Yeah, Erica.
12:56You remember?
12:57And you weren't home, so Ava invited me in to wait,
13:01which was sort of my first clue,
13:03and then she just started some small talk,
13:05and she wanted to talk about Brooklyn's wedding
13:07and the reception,
13:08and then she started talking about Christina.
13:11What about Christina?
13:13Well, she was talking about how, you know,
13:16you're very comfortable with Christina's sexuality,
13:19and so then I admitted to her
13:22that I'm struggling with Allison's,
13:26which, I mean, honestly, you and I have talked about
13:29many times.
13:30Yeah, I remember.
13:31And I should have known better than to
13:34talk about my daughter's personal life
13:36with a relative stranger,
13:38but how was I going to know that she was
13:40recording the conversation?
13:41Who does that?
13:43There's no limit to how far Ava will go.
13:47I should have told you earlier.
13:48Well, I should have also trusted my gut instinct with her,
13:51but to be honest, I just...
13:57I think I was too arrogant.
13:59I was too sure that I could handle anything
14:03that anyone threw at me until this morning,
14:07and I just...
14:09I don't know why someone would do something like that.
14:12Why would she do it?
14:14I never thought that she'd
14:17come after my daughter like this.
14:26More fresh ingredients.
14:28Say goodbye to less-than-fresh takeout.
14:31Say hello to homemade and delicious.
14:34I was so blindsided when Maxie played that recording.
14:37I didn't even recognize my own voice at first,
14:40and then I realized, oh, that's me,
14:43that my private thoughts were out there,
14:47and then to see, like, the pain and the shock
14:52and the betrayal on my daughter's face
14:54and the realization of what I'd done
14:57and the...
14:59how that recording was going to completely ruin her career
15:02and all of that hard work and all of that,
15:05the negotiating and the networking
15:07and let all of it just up in flames.
15:10Did you really think about what she felt
15:14about that recording?
15:16Yeah, of course I did.
15:18Because I never wanted my discomfort
15:21over my daughter's personal choices
15:24ever to distract her or to hurt her,
15:26so I always kept those things to myself.
15:28And she was never supposed to hear...
15:31What you're like.
15:36I just went through something with my daughter, Christina.
15:43Um, she saw something she wasn't supposed to see.
15:47She saw a side of me.
15:50I never wanted her to see.
15:54And I was terrified that I was never gonna see her again.
15:59Exactly.
16:04Ms. Reeves, ladies of deception.
16:08Sir, I must tell you how gratifying it was
16:12to see the invaders jump in web traffic today.
16:15Can I assume that that is what this little tete-a-tete
16:18with our favorite advertisers is all about?
16:20Actually, it is, because now I know
16:22why the invader had a jump in traffic.
16:24Well, Adrian, I'm not pleased. Not at all.
16:28Well, in that case,
16:30I'm not sure this is the appropriate venue
16:33to air the invaders' laundry.
16:35This is the perfect place,
16:36because your complete absence of judgment
16:39will affect Deception's bottom line.
16:41And since they are our favorite advertising sponsors,
16:46I think they deserve answers.
16:48Of course. What might the questions be?
16:51Where did you get that recording of Natalia Ramirez from?
16:54And why on earth would you run it without consulting me?
16:59Why would I?
17:00You've always been a champion of my society journalism.
17:04You ran an inflammatory column
17:07featuring clearly doctored footage.
17:10It was not doctored. It was edited.
17:13That's what doctoring is.
17:15It was only half the conversation.
17:17The other responses were taken out.
17:20Because only Ms. Ramirez's comments were relevant.
17:23Let's leave Ms. Ramirez out of this for the moment.
17:27What about her daughter?
17:28What about her daughter's girlfriend?
17:29You know what? I'm just gonna say their names,
17:31since you plastered them all over the Internet.
17:34Allison Rogers Ramirez, a.k.a. Blaze.
17:37Christina Corinthos Davis.
17:39And I'm sure that you know Christina is
17:41Sonny Corinthos's daughter.
17:43I do. I do.
17:44And Sonny is my ex-husband.
17:46Yes.
17:47So did it ever occur to you that running a hit piece
17:50that was detrimental to one of Sonny's children
17:53would look like I'm using the paper
17:55to lash out at my ex-husband?
17:58I simply assumed that your reputation was above reproach.
18:03Please, Adrian.
18:05Even I know that my reputation is far from sterling.
18:10And I have noticed that you have not answered
18:12my first question.
18:13If you could kindly remind me...
18:15Where did you get that recording of Natalia Ramirez?
18:18And you tell me this instant,
18:20or you're gonna clear out that office
18:22that you haven't occupied for even 24 hours.
18:27Ava Jerome.
18:32Even if I had done what you're accusing me of,
18:35it's not illegal in New York State
18:37for one person to record another.
18:39No, it is not.
18:41Well, that was open and shut.
18:43Well, not really.
18:45Have you ever heard of reasonable expectation of privacy?
18:49So Blaze is a public person,
18:51so her reasonable expectation of privacy is limited.
18:55But Natalia is not a public figure.
18:58Even so, not illegal.
19:01But that's the fun part.
19:03Because the challenge I'll be bringing
19:05is how case law is made.
19:07I don't know if you understand this.
19:09Do you need a remedial law student to explain it to you?
19:12I'm sure I can figure it out.
19:14I think I better explain it.
19:16So the law is based on judicial rule or opinion.
19:20So the case I'll be arguing is intentional malice.
19:24You know how you intentionally tampered with recorded files?
19:27Negating all legal protections that you just mentioned.
19:31Do your worst, Alexis. Who's gonna listen to all that?
19:34Gee, I don't know. Can't wait to find out, though.
19:36And frankly, whoever did release that recording,
19:39I think they did a public service, didn't they?
19:41Exposing Blaze's mother for the bigot she is.
19:44I mean, people deserve to know that.
19:46Wow, Ava.
19:48For all your faults, I never pictured you a home folk.
19:52Well, you didn't picture it, because I'm not.
19:55I encourage everyone to live their truth.
19:58Really? Okay.
20:00Good, because I look forward to your confession of that certain murder.
20:05Unless, of course, that's a truth you don't want to live.
20:09Mom?
20:10Wait, did I actually run Sonny's organization?
20:13No, but I had to convince the East Coast mob families that I was.
20:17Why?
20:18To maintain the balance of power, Jocelyn.
20:20If the other family saw us as weak, they would try to expand into poor Charles.
20:25And they would definitely see me as a threat,
20:27because I was Sonny's widow, and Michael, because he's Sonny's son,
20:30and I couldn't take that risk.
20:31Oh, my God.
20:33Someone at the meeting was wearing a wire,
20:35and evidently, I was pretty convincing.
20:38Because if the FBI does choose to charge me,
20:42there's a really good chance I could go to prison.
20:48Look!
20:50Advance. For what?
20:52Washing your hands of Ava Jerome.
20:53I'm not washing my hands of Ava Jerome, Lucy.
20:56You're going to drop that custody case she wants you for, then.
21:00What?
21:01Ava is trying to take Avery away from Sonny.
21:05I told you that in confidence.
21:08Kind of like Ava told you in confidence as her attorney.
21:12And it's really no big deal, because, you know, Ava doesn't respect anybody's privacy,
21:15so why should we respect hers?
21:18If you'll excuse me.
21:19If you breathe a word of this, post it, print it.
21:23Don't even think about it.
21:24The people deserve to know.
21:27I'll tell you this, Adrian.
21:28I don't think Italian shoes come in designer cement.
21:35Ah, I see.
21:38Well, I suppose all the parties involved have a reasonable expectation of privacy.
21:44Good boy.
21:45And I have a reasonable expectation that you're going to drop Ava once and for all.
21:52Drop Ava once and for all.
21:54Or, no, you know what, with you-know-who.
21:58If you know what I mean.
21:59Oh my God, please take that outside of my office.
22:03Lucy.
22:04I mean it.
22:05I doubt you're going to be able to hold out.
22:08Well, I doubt you'll be holding anything, mister.
22:12I cannot believe that this is my life.
22:15Maxie.
22:17I'm so sorry.
22:20By the way, you're fired.
22:22But I told you my source.
22:24No good journalist would ever do that.
22:27But pack your things and get out.
22:30You said it.
22:31Goodbye, Adrian.
22:33Go.
22:34Go.
22:35Nina.
22:36Wait.
22:40Maya.
22:43I have never seen my daughter that upset.
22:47We both know how difficult it is to watch our children suffer.
22:52Especially when we're the reason.
22:55Ali and Christina are going to have a tough road.
22:58Yeah.
22:59You know, I just want you to know that despite what I said, I really do think that Christina is a lovely young lady.
23:11You know what?
23:12I know how much you love your daughter and you treat Christina with respect and courtesy.
23:15That's all that matters.
23:18Well, thank you.
23:19Thanks for saying so.
23:22As what Ava did.
23:26Delivering that recording to the invader.
23:30We all know she didn't stand up for gay rights.
23:32Well, then why?
23:34Because Ava, you know, she knows how much I love my daughter.
23:39How much I want to protect my daughter so she hurt my daughter to get back at me.
23:44You and your daughter were just collateral damage.
23:52Okay, so what do we do now?
23:55You're not going to do anything.
23:58I'm going to take care of Ava.
24:01I never killed anybody.
24:03I think Connie Falconeri's relatives might disagree.
24:09You hurt my daughter just to get back at me.
24:15You think everything's about you.
24:17It's amazing.
24:19Speaking of daughters, where is Avery?
24:25She's not here.
24:27Any idea when she will be?
24:29Avery will be here soon.
24:31Where she belongs permanently.
24:33I wouldn't put that one remaining egg in your big empty basket.
24:39Look around.
24:41You are alone and you have no friends.
24:46You wreak havoc on everyone's lives and you never stop to consider that the life you would ruin would be your own.
24:53I think it's time for you to leave.
24:56I agree.
24:58I got what I came for.
25:00And I'm sure this entire conversation will be very useful in the court.
25:05You recorded our conversation.
25:07It's not illegal.
25:09Well, that's not going to help you with your big case.
25:12Well, you're right.
25:14Which is why I didn't really record it.
25:18Or did I?
25:25Lace, I am so sorry that you were outed like that.
25:29I can't imagine what that's like.
25:31But at least there are no viral videos of you having not one, not two, but three public breakdowns or freakouts during one of which you assaulted a reporter and vandalized a car.
25:46I'm not saying mine was worse, just a lot more embarrassing.
25:50You, you have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of.
25:57See, what did I say?
25:59Thank you, Sasha.
26:01Now for my advice, stay in tonight.
26:05Don't go online.
26:08And don't pay any attention to the angry mob with their torches and their pitchforks.
26:14It feels like they're going to be there forever, like they're never going to go away.
26:17But then, poof, they're gone.
26:19I hope you're right.
26:21I'll try to remember that.
26:23It can be really hard.
26:25And the haters can be so loud.
26:26But just remember that you have so many people on your side.
26:31Well, I've been wondering what could possibly make Jason stay away for that long.
26:36What did they have on him?
26:38Nothing. All the evidence is against me.
26:40Oh, well, that makes perfect sense.
26:42Jason goes to prison to protect Michael, and he gives up his freedom to save you.
26:47He did?
26:49When did you find out about this recording?
26:51Just recently, and the first thing I wanted to do was turn myself in so I could get Jason out from under the FBI.
26:54No, you can't go to prison.
26:56I don't want to go to prison, okay?
26:58But the plan is to let them prosecute me so that frees Jason, and then Diane can help me walk on the charges.
27:03And what does Jason think about that plan?
27:05He's furious. He's furious that I even suggested it because he said it means that he's wasted the past two and a half years of his life.
27:09Yes, and he would be correct.
27:11If you do this, he's given up time with his family and his freedom for nothing.
27:16Jocelyn, it's also possible that Jason can do everything the FBI asks him to do, and they still prosecute me.
27:23Is Astra really 100% natural?
27:25I'm trying to come up with a defense strategy with Diane, but as you heard, it's not really going well.
27:31Well, that means that it's probably not worth the risk.
27:34I hear you, but I can't stand the fact that Jason is doing this for me. I can't.
27:40Mom, I understand. I understand how you're feeling. Jason went to prison to save you.
27:46You want to do the same thing for him. I get it.
27:48You guys have known each other longer than anyone else. You have been through things together that no one else can understand.
27:54And if I was your youngest kid, then I would probably say, do what you need to do to save your friend.
28:02But I'm not your youngest kid. There's Donna.
28:05And based on how Sunny's been lately, you really want to leave Donna in his care?
28:10All for something that Jason doesn't even want you to do?
28:13No, I don't. Okay, that's why I'm struggling.
28:14With this. That's why I'm stuck, Jocelyn.
28:17I get it. Look, I just did the same thing.
28:22I just marched into Anna's office and asked her not to let Dex into the PCPD.
28:27And she didn't listen to me. But now, I'm glad that she didn't.
28:33I don't think firing DeWitt is what's best for you or the Invader.
28:38You see, even those I've indirectly wronged,
28:40can see that I still have much to offer.
28:42Indeed you do.
28:44What would that be, Maxie?
28:46His complete obedience.
28:48I beg your pardon?
28:50See, if you keep DeWitt on at the Invader, he has to print whatever you want him to print.
28:54And if he disobeys, well, then everyone finds out about the role he played in today's horror show.
29:01And once his lack of journalistic ethics comes out, he won't be able to get a job at a studio.
29:07And once his lack of journalistic ethics comes out, he won't be able to get a job at a supermarket circular.
29:13Sounds like a plan.
29:21Are you trying to give Carly and Olivia an excuse to kick me out of here?
29:25No, I just thought that we should meet after this shenanigans with the Invader came out.
29:29Oh, did Alexis accost you too? I hope you told her that I didn't break any laws.
29:35I didn't.
29:37This lawsuit that she's got cooking is going to be a complete waste of time and money, namely hers.
29:43And that you and I are friends.
29:45Great friends.
29:47Right?
29:49I haven't talked to Alexis in a year.
29:52She's always looked down her nose at me.
29:55But I'm a practicing attorney and Alexis Davis, Esquire, is not.
30:00Why? I guess it wasn't the last to hear.
30:03Hear what?
30:04Alexis claims that she's getting her law license back.
30:08Well, that's not good, Ava.
30:15Miss Davis.
30:22I don't suppose that there's anything I can say.
30:26There isn't.
30:28Actually, I'm surprised to see the two of you here together.
30:30Uh, well, Natalia said what, you know, she said.
30:34Exactly.
30:36And she thought it was a private conversation.
30:38I don't know, does privacy justify bigotry?
30:41Well, I do regret that the girls heard what I said, but I, I, I can't help how I feel.
30:48Well, I think you can help how you feel.
30:52By perhaps opening up your mind.
30:55Alexis, this is my guest, so.
30:57Right.
30:59Understood. I could come back later, but it's important that I talk to you right now.
31:03No, it's okay. I really should get going.
31:05No, you don't have to go.
31:07No, I do.
31:10Miss Davis.
31:21I know what she said, and I hate what she said.
31:23But she was not the one who released, you know.
31:27It was Ava.
31:29Right.
31:30I know that. That's why I came to talk to you.
31:33To make sure that you knew that.
31:35And the question is, what are we going to do about it?
31:42We're really mad at Dex.
31:45Very upset at what he was willing to do for Sunny.
31:48Yes, I was, and I'm not excusing that.
31:50It's just Dex has changed.
31:52I mean, I think he's changed.
31:55Okay, so.
31:57What has changed for you two?
31:59It just started, and now we're here.
32:03Where is here?
32:04I don't know.
32:06I don't know. I'm just.
32:08Things are different now.
32:11And I like it, and we're close, and we're friends.
32:15But we're at a point now where we don't know what to do.
32:18We're at a point now where we get to decide
32:21what we mean to each other instead of thinking about everybody else.
32:27You just seem really happy.
32:32I am.
32:35And I'm happy for you.
32:41Ali, honey, please just call me back.
32:44Please. I just want to talk to you. I want to be able to explain.
32:49Okay.
32:56Thank you so much for coming by. I really appreciate it.
33:00Hey, Christina.
33:01Blaze.
33:02Sasha, you're here.
33:03Yeah, I stopped by to check on Christina and Blaze after.
33:07After what the invader did to both of you.
33:10Come in.
33:11As publisher of the paper, I need to apologize to you both.
33:15Can you just tell us how this happened?
33:17Well, to be clear, I only found out when the rest of the world did, and I was appalled.
33:21My recently promoted editor-in-chief, Adrian DeWitt,
33:24got a hold of that recording of your mother,
33:27and he thought it would be great clickbait.
33:30He was right.
33:31Well, it never should have happened, and I am absolutely furious with him.
33:35I just want to know where he got the recording in the first place.
33:37What do you mean?
33:38From the person who was talking to your mother,
33:40who, like a coward, edited out their own voice.
33:43So you know who it was?
33:45I do.
33:47It was Ava Jerome.
33:52What difference does it make to you if Alexis goes back to practicing law?
33:57Well, she's a tough opponent.
34:01Well, you're supposed to be tougher, Scott.
34:04That's why I'm paying you.
34:06Speaking of which, where are we in building a case against Sonny?
34:10Well, I hate to break the news to you, Ava,
34:12but that little stunt that you pulled today
34:15isn't going to make getting custody of your kid any easier.
34:19Because my exposing the truth about a bigot
34:23is somehow worse than Sonny nearly beating Cyrus Renaud to death?
34:27Well, but that's ancient history.
34:30It was on the local news.
34:33Your public outing of Christina and Blaze
34:38is out there, Ava,
34:40and it's everywhere.
34:41Yeah, I did not intend for that to happen.
34:46So what are we going to do, Scott?
34:49Because I will not let Sonny take my daughter away from me.
34:53Well, you're kind of screwed, Ava.
34:55I mean, unless Sonny kills somebody on camera
35:00right in front of everybody.
35:02Not going to happen.
35:05Or he has a nervous breakdown in public.
35:11How exactly are you going to get revenge on Ava?
35:14I'm going to take her to court.
35:16If anybody can make anyone suffer in court, you can.
35:20Thanks, I think.
35:22It's a great way to get you back in court.
35:24Well, the legal grounds are a little shaky,
35:26but I will settle for her public reputation being decimated
35:30the way she has just done to our daughter and Blaze.
35:33Just so you know, I'm not going to settle.
35:37I'm not going to settle.
35:39Dare I ask?
35:42I am going to make Ava's life not worth living.
35:47And Diana's going to make sure Ava never lays eyes on Avery again.