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A HOUSE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN

[Nicole rings the doorbell. The door opens.]
Nicole: I need your help.
Fay: Nicole! It’s been years! Who’s this? Is this your baby?
Nicole: It’s a long story, Mom.
Fay: Come in. Tell me everything.
Nicole: It’s probably best you didn’t know everything. But I need to protect this child. I need a place to hide.
Fay: Nikki, what kind of trouble are you in? Hide from who?
Nicole: The Dimeras.
Fay: Oh dear heavens, no. Please don’t tell me you’re involved with the Dimeras.
Nicole: Up to my eyeballs.
Fay: Is this baby a Dimera?
Nicole: Yes.
Fay: Is … is Stefano the father?
Nicole: This is EJ’s daughter. Her name is Sydney.
Fay: Who’s EJ?
Nicole: Stefano’s son.


THE PENTHOUSE APARTMENT

Brady: What’s up? You said you need my help.
John: I need someone I can trust 100%. Someone who will take this as seriously as I do.
Brady: You got it, Dad. What can I do?
John: Come here, I want to show you something. This is a list of everyone who worked in or visited the Dimera mansion between 1955 and 1960.
Brady: Hey, I’ve seen some of these people on Nick at Nite. Gomer Pyle! Hey check this out. “Shazaam, Shazaam...”
John: This is serious, kid. I’ve told you the story of who my mother is.
Brady: Daphne Dimera, Stefano’s commonlaw wife.
John: Well, apparently she had a thing for men who worked at the mansion.
Brady: Then it should be My Mother the Harlot instead of My Mother the Car.
John: One of her affairs resulted in Tony Dimera.
Brady: Are you leading up to a flashback? Because if you are, I’d like to use the little boy’s room.
John: No, pay attention, kid. It’s about me trying to find out who my father was ... or is.
Brady: And you think it’s one of the people on this list?
John: I feel certain of it.
Brady: Wouldn’t it be great if it were Fred Mertz? Or Barney Fife! Ooh, or Will Robinson. “Warning John Black. Danger, danger.”
John [exasperated]: I said I need someone who's going to take this as seriously as I do. And if you’re not going to take this seriously....
Brady: You tend to take everything so seriously. Sorry Dad. How can I help?
John: We’ll each take half the names on the list and find out everything we can about them. See if there’s anything in our research that tells us that these guys might have been involved with Daphne.
Brady: I doubt we’ll find something that specific.
John: Something tells me that we’ll know it when we see it.
Brady: I’m on it. Right after I visit the little boy’s room. [As he heads for the bathroom, he reviews his half of the list and starts singing.] “Well, the first thing ya know, old Jed’s a millionnaire. His kinfolk said, Jed move away from here....”


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FAY WALKER’S HOUSE

Fay: Is this baby a Dimera?
Nicole: Yes.
Fay: Is … is Stefano the father?
Nicole: This is EJ’s baby. Her name is Sydney.
Fay: Who’s EJ?
Nicole: Stefano’s son.
Fay: I can’t believe it. After all this time. After trying to protect you and your brothers and Taylor.
Nicole: What are you talking about?
Fay: It’s time I showed you something.
Nicole: What is it?
Fay: My journal. I wanted to make sure I never forgot how awful it all was. And if I ever felt regret over what I had done, I would reread the part you’re about to read.
[Nicole starts reading her mother’s journal as Fay remembers the incident.]


FLASHBACK TO 1975

[Fay has just locked up the diner where she worked and got into her car in the otherwise empty parking lot. Stefano quickly gets into the passenger seat and points a gun at her.]
Stefano: Lock the door.
Fay: What are you doing?
Stefano: I have tried to be a nice guy, Fay. I come into the diner. I compliment you and the food. I ask you for a date, and you turn me down every time.
Fay: I told you, Stefano, I’m seeing someone.
Stefano: I know. Paul Mendez.
Fay: How do you know his name?
Stefano: I have my ways.
Valerie Wildman: Oh that’s bad. Even back then the dialogue was unimaginative.
Joseph Mascolo: If Lauren and Nadia could write their own lines, so can we.
Valerie: I’m up for it.
Joseph: Ladies first.
Fay: What do you want from me?
Stefano: I want you to bear my child.
Fay: You’re kidding!
Stefano: I’m pointing a gun at you, and you say “am I kidding?”
Fay: You’re not normal.
Stefano: Again, pointing the gun....
Fay: Please don’t do this. Please let me go.
Stefano: Not until I get what I want. You are a beautiful woman, Fay, and we would have beautiful children together.
Fay: This isn’t how it’s done, Stefano.
Stefano: It is tonight.
Fay: Please, no.
Stefano: You will cooperate with me if you ever want to see your beloved Paul Mendez alive again.
Fay: No.

Joseph: Brrrravo, Valerie.
Valerie: See, that was much better.
Joseph: It was so good, in fact, that I predict they will recycle this storyline in the future.


[BACK TO PRESENT DAY]
Nicole: Oh no. Please don’t tell me. Is Stefano my father?


THE DIMERA MANSION

Stefano: So, you don’t have any interest in knowing the names of your real parents?
Rafe: I’m warning you…
Stefano: Even if one of them is named…
Rafe: I don’t want to hear it, Stefano.
Stefano: That’s correct. Stefano.
Rafe: What? You’re saying you’re my father? That’s the most preposterous thing I’ve ever heard.
Stefano: I am not surprised to hear you say that, my boy.
Rafe: Don’t call me that.
Stefano: I would be more than happy to submit to a DNA test.
Rafe: I know what you’re doing. You’re trying to make me forget the reason I’m here. It won’t work. I’m here for Grace. Where is she?
Stefano: Ah yes, Grace. She is not here. Feel free to search the mansion.
[Rafe searches the mansion and returns to the living room.]
Stefano: Are you satisfied?
Rafe: Far from it. I’ll be back. You haven’t seen the last of me.
Stefano: I should hope not. Come any time. I’m always happy when my children visit.


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FAY WALKER’S HOUSE

Nicole: Oh no. Please don’t tell me that Stefano is my father?
Fay: No, this happened before you were born. I had a baby boy. But I couldn’t take the chance that Stefano would get his hands on my sweet baby, so I left him at a convent.
Nicole: You’re kidding me.
Fay: The Convent of the Holy Cross. Last I heard, he was adopted by a lovely Mexican family.


MARLENA’S OFFICE

Marlena: What do you think you would do if you found out you weren’t related to Melanie?
Max: What do you mean, Marlena?
Marlena [exasperated]: If I told you once, I told you a thousand times...
Max: I’m sorry Dr. Evans.
Marlena: It’s fine to call me Marlena outside of the office, but in here we have a professional doctor-patient relationship and that means you have to call me Dr. Evans.
Max: You’re right, you’re right. I apologize. Sheesh!
Marlena: That’s alright. [Exhales.] Now, getting back to our topic. Do you think you’d still be interested in Melanie if she weren’t related to you?
Max: What kind of question is that?
Marlena: It occurs to me that perhaps you are only interested in girls you’re related to. Like Chelsea, Stephanie, and Melanie. And if you weren’t related to them, you wouldn’t be interested.
Max: I never thought about it before. I don’t know. Maybe. Is that normal?
Marlena: I wouldn’t go THAT far. It’s an extension of the Oedipus complex.
Max: Then maybe I should try to pretend that I’m not related to Melanie and see if I’m still attracted to her.


THE JOHNSON APARTMENT

Melanie: Mr. Johnson, can I speak to you for a minute?
Steve: You’re that little troublemaker who’s been tormenting my baby girl.
Melanie: Actually, I AM your baby girl.
Steve: What did you say?
Melanie: I’m your daughter. I have this DNA report here. I expect you’ll want to run your own test, and that’s perfectly understandable.
Steve [reading the report]: I don’t get it.
Melanie: I understand you were away from Salem for like ever ... and you had no memory of your life as Steve Johnson.
Steve: Who told you that? Maxwell?
Melanie: It’s not important.
Steve: Say I believe this report. And I’m not saying that I do. But if I’m your papa, who’s your mother?
Melanie: I understand her name is Ava Vitale.
Steve: Holy sh....!


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TITAN’S EXECUTIVE OFFICES

Stephanie: It’s not funny.
Philip [laughing uncontrollably]: Oh my gosh, I can’t catch my breath.
Stephanie: Stop it.
Philip: This is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard.
Stephanie: OK, I’m leaving now.
Philip: No, wait. Don’t go. Come on, Steph, you have to see the irony in all this. You and Melanie. Sisters! After all the time you’ve spent hating her...
Stephanie: And now my parents have invited her to come live with us. Do these windows open?
Philip: So, what did she say? Is she going to live with you?
Stephanie: What floor are we on? Would I die if I jumped, or would I just get injured?
Philip: Come away from the window, Steph. Come over here. What are you worried about?
Stephanie: I can’t stand the girl. Sister or not, she’s the most horrible, annoying, untrustworthy, devious...
Philip: She is annoying, I’ll give you that. But imagine how different she’d be if she’d been raised the way you were. She’d be a good person, like you. Remember? You’re a good person, Stephanie. Repeat after me...
Stephanie: I’m a good person. I’m a good person. Grrrrr. I hate her!


THE BRADY PUB

Max: Ma was taking inventory and she wanted to know why we were short a beer stein.
Melanie: Oh. About that glass….
Max: I know … you said not to ask questions…
Melanie: But I’ll bet you’re curious.
Max: More than a little.
Melanie: Remember when I cut a piece of your hair for my science experiment?
Max: Oh yeah, I forgot about that.
Melanie: Maybe you’d better sit down. Max, our DNA doesn’t match. We’re not related.
Max: Are you sure?
Melanie: I’m a million percent sure. Trent isn’t my father.
Max: Then who is? Wait … the glass! Steve??? Steve Johnson is your father?
Melanie: That’s right.
Max: He’s a great guy. You are one lucky girl!
Melanie: I know.
Max: Hmmm. Maybe I’ll get lucky too.


THE PENTHOUSE APARTMENT

Brady: Dad, I’ve narrowed the list down to five.
John: Me too. What have you got?
Brady: I’ve got Wilhelm Rolf, Gomer Pyle, Harper Devereaux, Jed Clampett, and Enrico Sanchez.
John: Explain why you think those men could be my father.
Brady: Well, that’s what the script said. I’m just following the script. Which five do you have?
John: I have Henderson, Neil Curtis, Ernesto Toscano, Shawn Brady, and Brent Douglas.
Brady: What’s your reasoning?
John: Same as yours.
Brady: I know Henderson pretty well. He doesn’t seem like the affair type.
John: That’s why he’s on my list. It’s always the ones you least suspect. By the way, that Enrico character...he’s Tony Dimera’s father.
Brady: Interesting. Brent Douglas is the only name I don't recognize. Who is he?
John: He was doing odd jobs around the mansion at the time my mother got pregnant.
Brady: Do you know where he is today?
John: Yes, I do. He goes by a different name, though.
Brady: What’s his name?
John: Doug Williams.

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TITAN’S EXECUTIVE OFFICES

Melanie: Thanks for the lift, sis. Good morning Philip.
Philip: Morning.
Stephanie: I hate when she calls me sis.
Philip: How’s life at the Johnson apartment?
Stephanie: Small and cramped. I need to get out of there. I can’t live with her for another minute.
Philip: I have an idea. Move in with me!
Stephanie: Move into the Kiriakis Mansion?
Philip: You’re right. That would be weird. Then let’s get our own place. You and me. Let’s move in together! What do you say?
Stephanie: I say I love you, Philip Kiriakis! Yes, let’s do it!


SALEM POLICE DEPARTMENT

Roman: This is really good work, Rafe. Is this all verifiable?
Rafe: Yes, sir.
Roman: A complete list of all of Dimera’s crimes, from kidnapping, to torture, to brainwashing, to brain erasing, to human experiments, to mind control, to drugging, to attempted murder. ... Attempted murder? Who did he try to kill?
Rafe: You, sir. The cliff. Early 80s.
Roman: Oh I forgot. Someone else played Roman back then. Rafe, this is exactly the evidence we need to put Stefano away for the rest of his life.
Rafe: Both Stefano AND EJ, sir.
Roman: I’ll get the arrest warrants.
Rafe: I already have them, sir.
Roman: What da?
Rafe: Since this is now a federal case, I took the liberty of contacting my former superior officer at the FBI.
Roman: Then what are we waiting for? Let’s go.


THE BRADY PUB

John: Thank you for meeting with me, Doug.
Doug: Of course, of course, always happy to get together with an old friend. You sound so serious though.
John: Did you know Daphne Dimera?
Doug: That’s a name I haven’t heard in years and years. Yes, I knew her.
John: Did you have an affair with her?
Doug: That’s a loaded question, John. Why would you ask me that?
John: I’ve been doing a lot of research lately. It seems you worked at the Dimera mansion once upon a time.
Doug: About a hundred years ago.
John: Closer to 50 years.
Doug: What are you getting at, John?
John: I’m not sure you know this, Doug. Daphne Dimera was my mother.
Doug [startled]: But I ... I thought your mother was named Alamain.
John: Daphne’s sister was married to an Alamain -- Leopold Alamain. They adopted me because Daphne couldn’t take care of me.
Doug: You’re not suggesting...
John: It’s possible.
Doug: ...that I’m your father?
John: I don’t know. I do know that I could do worse. Would you be willing to take to a DNA test?
Doug: I ... yes, of course.


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BO AND HOPE’S HOUSE

Hope: Daddy, what’s going on?
Doug: I wanted to talk to you and Bo and Julie all together.
Julie: You’re worrying us, darling.
Doug: I found out something and it’s crazy. I mean it’s wonderful, but it’s a shock.
Bo: What is it, Doug? Tell us.
Doug: John Black is my son.
[They all laugh.]
Doug: This isn’t a joke. It’s true. Many years ago, long before I knew Julie or your mother, Hope, I had a brief affair with a woman named Daphne Dimera.
Julie: Who’s that?
Bo: She’s John’s mother.
Hope: Oh dear heavens, no.
Doug: John has been trying to figure out who his father is and he came upon the name Brent Douglas.
Julie: Your given name.
Doug: I agreed to a DNA test, and it’s true.
Hope: I think I’m going to be sick.
Bo: This means that Shawn and Belle are first cousins.


THE DIMERA MANSION

[Roman, Rafe, and the FBI burst into the mansion. Roman starts calling Stefano’s name.]
Rafe: It looks like the place is empty.
Roman: What da...?
Mary: Oh my heavens. Oh my goodness. What is going on?
Roman: Calm down, ma’am. We’re with the Salem Police. Where’s Stefano?
Mary: He left. They all left. Stefano, EJ, Bunny ... I mean Rolf.
Rafe: Left for where?
Mary: I don’t know. They left quickly this morning.
Roman: We’re going to have to ask you to come downtown and answer some questions.
Rafe: Wait. Do you know what Dimera did with the baby?
Roman: What baby?
Mary: What baby?
Rafe: She has to be here somewhere. Are there any hidden rooms?
Roman: There’s a lab downstairs.
[Rafe makes his way downstairs and searches the lab. Finally, he hears a sound ... the kind of sound a baby makes, and he follows the noise. Grace is gurgling away in the far corner of the lab. Rafe picks her up as Roman comes into the lab.]
Roman: What da? A baby? Who is it?
Rafe: She’s safe now.


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THE PENTHOUSE APARTMENT

Marlena: Can I help you?
Rafe: Is Sami here?
Marlena: Who are you?
Rafe: Rafe Hernandez.
Marlena: Oh yes, the agent who saved Sami’s life in Witness Protection. Please, come in. Is that your baby?
[Sami comes into the room. She sees Rafe and Grace and starts to cry. Rafe puts Grace in Sami’s arms.]
Sami: You did it. You found her. Where’s Stefano? Is he in jail?
Rafe: Stefano and EJ cleared out. There’s no sign of them. My guess is they left the country. And they know if they set one foot back in, they’ll find themselves in the federal penitentiary for a long, long time.
Marlena: Would someone mind telling me what’s going on?
Sami: Mom, this is your granddaughter, Grace.
[Rafe quietly leaves the apartment.]


PARK BENCH

Hope: John, we need to talk.
John: So, Doug told you.
Hope: He told me.
John: I know what you’re thinking.
Hope: Sub sex.
John: Hope, when we had sex on the submarine during my fabulous Hawaiian honeymoon with Marlena, we were both brainwashed.
Hope: That doesn’t change the fact that I ... I can’t even say it.
John: That you had sex with your brother.
Hope: Stop. Oh my gosh. I’ve had this horrible, sick feeling in the pit of my stomach since Daddy told me you’re his son.
John: Something like this was bound to happen when you consider that almost everyone on Days is related in some way to almost everyone else. You really shouldn’t have sex with anyone until you get a DNA test.
Hope: Even so, just the thought of it makes me ill.
John: There’s nothing we can do about it now except...
Hope: Except what?
John: Never mention it again. Ever.
Hope: What about Shawn and Belle? They’re first cousins.
John: Yes, but we only share one parent. It would be worse if we shared both parents.
Hope: I can’t help but wonder if that’s the reason that Claire was born with a liver defect.
John: I’ve been reading up on this and I learned that congenital defects are not as common in the children of first cousins as some people believe.
Hope: What about the validity of their marriage?
John: The United States is one of the few places where marriage between first cousins is banned in some states. Belle and Shawn are out of the country now, which is a good thing.
Hope: The fans on the MyHourglass site will have an absolute fit when they read about this.
John: I know. They hated the idea of Max dating his nieces.
Hope: And Max wasn’t even related to them by blood. I don’t think we should tell them.
John: Tell who? The fans on the MyHourglass site or Belle and Shawn?
Hope: Both.
John: I agree. And as long as Belle and Shawn don’t come back to the states, there’s no problem, right?
Hope: Right.
John: You know, Hope, I’ve wondered about my father for a very long time.
Hope: I guess it’s true that you should be careful what you wish for.

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THE JOHNSON APARTMENT

Melanie: Papa, look!
Steve: What have you got there, Sweet Pea?
Melanie: My grade from my science course.
Steve: An “A”! Well, aren’t you a chip off the old block. That’s great. I’m really proud of you.
Melanie: Thanks, Papa. I worked really hard for this grade.
Steve: And you got a little more out of the class than most.
Melanie: I sure did! I found my real father. [She hugs him.] I was thinking, Papa….
Steve: About what, Sweet Pea?
Melanie: About opening a little storefront DNA shop in Salem Place. You know, somewhere people can come in and get their DNA tested when they absolutely positively need to know who they’re related to.
Steve: That’s a great idea, little sweetness... I mean Sweet Pea. What would you call it?
Melanie: I was thinking about calling it “DNA While U Wait.” What do you think?
Steve: I like it! In fact, I may want a piece of the action.
Melanie: Really? That would be so cool if we could go into business together. We’d like be partners!


PARK BENCH

Sami: Rafe! I’ve been trying to call you. Why haven’t you returned any of my calls?
Rafe: I figured you needed some time alone with your family. [He picks up Grace.]
Sami: I feel as if you ARE part of my family.
Rafe: That’s truer than you think.
Sami: What? What’s that in your pocket? A plane ticket?
Rafe: I’m leaving Salem, Sami.
Sami: What? Why? How can you just up and leave? What about us? I need you.
Rafe: There can never be an us. Not anymore.
Sami: Why not? I don’t understand. Is it something I did or...
Rafe: No, it’s not you. It’s just that I found something out.
Sami: About me?
Rafe: About me.
Sami: Please, Rafe. Tell me what it is. Please.
Rafe: I’m everything you’ve been trying to run away from, Sami. I’m a Dimera.
Sami: What???
Rafe: I’m Stefano Dimera’s son. EJ’s brother.
Sami [instinctly takes Grace from Rafe]: How can that be?
Rafe: It just is.
Sami: When did you find this out?
Rafe: When I went to question Stefano about Grace. I didn’t believe him at first, but he knew too much about me. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that it has to be true.
Sami: You don’t know that for sure. And even if it is true, what has that got to do with us?
Rafe: I’m a Dimera, Sami. I’m poison to your family. Your worst nightmare.
Sami: You could never be a true Dimera. You weren’t raised by Stefano. You’re a good man, Rafe ... the best man I’ve ever known in my life. Well, next to my father.
Rafe: I take that as a great compliment. Thank you for saying that.
Sami: I mean it. Wait a second. I know a way you can find out for sure if you’re a Dimera.
Rafe: How? We can’t do a DNA test. All the Dimeras have left town.
Sami [looking at Grace]: Not all of them.


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MARLENA’S OFFICE

Max: So, Dr. Evans, it turns out that Melanie’s not my sister after all.
Marlena: Not even a little?
Max: We share no blood. None. Nada. Zip.
Marlena: Well, that’s quite an interesting turn of events. Then again, this is Salem. What are you going to do now?
Max: I’m taking her out to the movies this weekend.
Marlena: That’s wonderful!
Max: She was a little hesitant at first, but I think she’s warming up to the idea of going out on a date with me.
Marlena: I’m very happy for you, Frankie.
Max: It’s Max. [Long awkward pause. Max starts whistling nervously.] Well, that’s all I have to say.
Marlena: We have another 40 minutes left. What else would you like to talk about?
Max: Uh. Um. Hmm. Do you know what’s playing over at the Salem Place Bijoux?
Marlena [Unfolds the Arts & Leisure section of The Salem Spectator]: Here it is. Salem Bijoux. They’re running a Shirley Jones film festival.


THE BRADY PUB

Rafe: It’s sure a relief to know that I’m not Stefano’s son. Thank you for letting me get my DNA tested against Grace’s. Now I have proof I’m not a Dimera.
Sami: I’m happy for you, Rafe. But like I said, it wouldn’t have made a difference to me. I love you just the way you are.
Rafe: Then maybe we should revisit that question I asked you a while back.
Sami [smiling]: I think we should.
[Nicole arrives at the Pub with Sydney.]
Sami: Uh oh. I guess there ARE still a couple more Dimeras in town.
Nicole: I don’t mean to interrupt. I’d like to talk to Rafe for a minute.
Sami: Rafe??? What do you want with HIM?
Nicole: It’s personal. Sami, would you mind watching Sydney while Rafe and I talk?
[Nicole and Rafe go to another table in the Pub.]
Rafe: This is odd. We really don’t know each other. What do you want with me?
Nicole: I want to give you some information and ask you for a favor.
Rafe: What information?
Nicole: My mother’s name is Fay Walker. She was raped....
Rafe: I’m really sorry to hear that. I can refer her to the special victims unit.
Nicole: It happened over 30 years ago.
Rafe: I’m not sure I’m following you.
Nicole: She was raped by Stefano Dimera and she ... she had a baby.
Rafe: Go on.
Nicole: She had a boy. And to protect him, she hid him away in a convent. The last my mother heard, he was adopted by a Mexican family with the last name of Hernandez. Rafe, you’re my brother.
Rafe: Sorry, Nicole, but you’re lying.
Nicole: I’m not!
Rafe: I know for a fact that I’m not Dimera’s son. We’re through with this conversation. [He starts to leave.]
Nicole: I never said you were Stefano’s son.


To be continued.... Tune in tomorrow for the Finale

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THE BRADY PUB

Nicole: My mother’s name is Fay Walker. She was raped....
Rafe: I’m really sorry to hear that. I can refer her to the special victims unit.
Nicole: It happened over 30 years ago.
Rafe: I’m not sure I’m following you.
Nicole: She was raped by Stefano Dimera and she ... she had a baby.
Rafe: Go on.
Nicole: She had a boy. And to protect him, she hid him away in a convent. The last my mother heard, he was adopted by a Mexican family with the last name of Hernandez. Rafe, you’re my brother.
Rafe: Sorry, Nicole, but you’re lying.
Nicole: I’m not!
Rafe: I know for a fact that I’m not Dimera’s son. We’re through with this conversation. [He starts to leave.]
Nicole: I never said you were Stefano’s son. My mother was already pregnant when Stefano raped her. But it was before DNA testing was available, and she knew that Stefano would never believe you weren’t his child. My mother gave you up to protect you from Stefano.
Rafe: Then who’s my father?
Nicole: Paul Mendez. Same as mine. He was a monster too. My mother may not have realized it at the time, but she ended up protecting you from both Paul AND Stefano.
Rafe: I ... I hardly know what to say.
Nicole: I realize that this is a lot of information to absorb, but I have something else I need to tell you.
Rafe: What is it?
Nicole: Look at Sami over there.
Rafe: What about her?
Nicole: See the baby she’s holding?
Rafe: Your daughter.
Nicole: Sami’s daughter.
Rafe: Excuse me?
Nicole: Sydney’s not my daughter. She’s Sami’s.
Rafe: A minute ago I only THOUGHT you might be crazy. Now I know you are. I was there when Grace was born.
Nicole: No you weren’t. You were there AFTER she was born. I was there when Sami had her baby. At Dr. Baker’s clinic. I switched that baby with the baby of an unwed teenager.
Rafe: You switched the.... You mean Grace?
Nicole: That’s right.
Rafe: Why should I believe Sydney is Sami’s baby.
Nicole: Sydney’s the one you should do a DNA test against. It will prove that I’m telling the truth. It will prove that Sami is her mother.
Rafe: But why? Why would you...
Nicole: Look, I switched babies because I miscarried, and I wanted EJ to be able to raise his own baby.
Rafe: And I thought Sami’s life was complicated.
Nicole: I’ll spare you the gory details.
Rafe: Why would you tell me this, Nicole? Why would you confess when you didn’t have to?
Nicole: I just came here to do the right thing. We’ve all been through enough because of the Dimeras. And, to be honest, I’m tired of lying and sneaking around and waiting for someone to find out the truth and take my baby away from me. I can’t stand it anymore.
Rafe: We have to tell Sami.
Nicole: Not so fast. Remember ... I said I need a favor?
Rafe: A favor.
Nicole: I want you to give me a head start.
Rafe: What do you mean?
Nicole: Let me leave town before you say anything to Sami.
Rafe: I don’t know.
Nicole: Rafe, please, you’re my brother. This is the only favor I’ll ever ask from you. And this is the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life. I’m not sure how I’m going to walk away from my baby.
Rafe: I understand. You should go now.
Nicole: Thank you.
Rafe: No. Thank you.

[Outside the pub, Nicole makes a call on her cell phone.]
Nicole: Hi Brady, it’s me.
Brady: Nicole, it’s sounds like you’re crying.
Nicole: I did it, Brady. I finally told the truth, just like you said I should.
Brady: Told who? I heard that EJ left the country.
Nicole: There were some things even YOU didn’t know.
Brady: It’s going to be okay, Nicole. I promise.
Nicole: I’m not sure it will ever be okay again. I need you, Brady. Could you meet me? No, not in Salem. Meet me in Chicago.

[Inside the Pub, Rafe returns to Sami.]
Sami: Where’s Nicole going?
Rafe: She got a call, some kind of emergency. She asked if we would watch Sydney until she gets back.
Sami: I’d love to watch this little one. Hello Sydney. Hello sweetheart. Isn’t she the cutest little thing?
Rafe: She’s beautiful. Just like her mother.


THE END

[Kpatch]

I just wanted to bump this story in honor of St. Patrick's Day. Just read the first chapter for a little St. Patty's Day fun at the Brady Pub.

[fluffysmom]

Terrific story kpatch! I was laughing out loud. A DNA shop might be the most profitable business in Salem!

[André DiMera]

Thank you again for sharing this story, jkjpatch. In my opinion, it is one of your bests. It has the perfect mix of drama, suspense, humor, and character development. Loved the story when it first came out, and I loved reading it again. Thanks!

[fluffysmom]

There are so many funny lines in this story. I really enjoyed it. I loved the list of people who worked at DiMansion.

[MrsM]

Man how did I miss some of these?