Tuesday - 6/18
SAMI & LUCAS’ APARTMENT
MEADOW: I do.
JOHNNY: But? I can tell there’s a “but” coming, what is it?
Meadow sighed.
MEADOW: I would love nothing more than to carry on our relationship, but…with your memory still mostly missing…
JOHNNY: My memory will come back. I don’t care what some doctors say, I’m sure it will.
MEADOW: I’m sure it will, too. I just want to make sure that this is what you want.
JOHNNY: It is. I may not remember much of our relationship beyond our first kiss, but being with you, it feels right.
MEADOW: I’m glad. And whatever you want, I’ll support you.
Johnny pulled Meadow into a kiss. Then, his phone went off. He sighed and looked at it.
JOHNNY: It’s my father. I’ll get it later.
He shut his phone off and put it back in his pocket.
JOHNNY: Now, where were we?
Meadow giggled, and she and Johnny went back to kissing.
OUTSIDE THE MERRITT HOUSE - WALDEN
A little while later, Sapphy, Ari and Liv met back outside the house and began making their way to the campground.
LIV: You guys find anything?
ARI: Nothing new, though I guess that kinda goes without saying.
SAPPHY: That was actually really cool! I can see why you guys wanted to come back!
ARI: Well, you’re welcome to come with us, if you want.
SAPPHY: Awesome!
Liv rolled her eyes.
ARI: What about you?
LIV: I found a huge picture. Way too big to bring with, so I’ll have to show it to you the next time we go over there. Looks like Lillian had a big family. The picture had her, a few years younger than in the picture in the locket, another girl a few years younger, and three boys who looked older, plus two older people who I guess were her parents.
ARI: Wow! That’s almost as big as my Great-Grandpa Roman’s family!
LIV: Yep. There’s a town nearby, where my aunt lives. Maybe one of these days, instead of going to the house, we could go into town and see if anybody knows anything.
ARI: That’s not a bad idea. If the Merritts did run a general store like it seems like they did, surely somebody must know something about them.
SAPPHY: How long has your aunt lived near here?
LIV: Most of her life. My grandma’s lived here longer. I did try to ask her about it, but all she said was that the Merritts ran a general store, but that what happened didn’t concern me.
ARI: So it must be something, then. If it was nothing, why wouldn’t she want to talk about it?
LIV: Exactly what I thought.
At last, they made their way to the campground.
BRADY PUB
Lucas was having lunch with Rex and Noelle.
REX: So E.J. really agreed to let Sami have custody of Sydney?
LUCAS: Well, “agreed” is a generous reading of the situation, but in a sense, yeah. She’s got full custody now.
NOELLE: Wow!
REX: From what I know of the DiMeras from my time thinking I was André’s son, I’m sure E.J. didn’t take that well.
LUCAS: No, but he also saw that he didn’t have much of a choice. You ever tried arguing with Sami?
REX: No, I learned from your example that it never gets you very far.
Lucas, Rex and Noelle laughed.
LUCAS: You’ve got that right.
NOELLE: But seriously, do you think E.J. still has something up his sleeve?
LUCAS: I don’t just think, I’m almost certain of it. We may have won this battle, but I have a feeling there’s a war about to begin.
AIDEN’S OFFICE
Aiden handed a document to Sami.
SAMI: This is it?
AIDEN: This is it. Just sign on that line and you and Sydney have a restraining order against E.J. I would have gotten it to you sooner, but I only just got back from France.
SAMI: Better late than never, I guess.
Sami pulled out a pen and signed the document, then handed it back to Aiden.
AIDEN: Great. I’ll have this filed with the court in the morning to make everything official.
SAMI: It’s too bad you can’t do the same for Johnny.
Aiden sighed.
AIDEN: I know. However, Johnny is an adult and, despite the gaps in his memory, is of otherwise sound mind.
SAMI: Except he’s not in possession of all the facts! He still has no idea what E.J. did to him! And every time that I try to bring it up, something happens to delay that discussion.
AIDEN: Well, forgive me for saying so, Sami, but I’ve never known you to let anything stop you from getting your way in the past.
SAMI: I’ll take that as a compliment, thanks.
AIDEN: It was more a statement of fact, but okay. I’m just wondering, not that I agree with your usual method of charging head first into a situation and asking questions later, but why are you hesitating so much about this?
