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Sarah is saying goodnight to a gurgling baby monitor. Stephanie comes in with head shots for Bonnie to sign. Apparently it's still New Year’s Day in Salem. Stephanie comments on the Victoria noises. Sarah had hoped to keep her awake for her daddy to say goodnight. Stephanie wonders where Xander is? Sarah hoped he would take the night off but he's getting a jump start on the new year. Stephanie quips that that's exactly what Philip said.
Xander is at his desk when Philip enters. Xander says he's surprised to see him. Philip retorts that he's been there all day. He tells Xander to get the heck out of his chair.
Replay of Brady and Kristen conversation from yesterday. I'll pick up at the Rachel revelation. Brady is flabbergasted. Kristen tells him how she figured it out. Brady wants to know if Rachel admitted it? Then he tells Kristen this is all her fault.
Replay of Sophia and Tate. He was too afraid to tell Holly. Now he has no idea where she is.
Replay of Holly finding Doug. He says no police.
Holly is confused. Doug wants no cops, no hospital. He tells her to leave. She refuses.
Sophia is sorry for assuming Tate told Holly about the non abortion. Tate says it wouldn't matter who told her. Holly thinks things will never be the same for them. And he guesses she's right.
Kristen is shocked and appalled that Brady blames her for Rachel's eviling. She slags off Ava as a mob princess. Brady says she's an ex mob princess. He wonders where Rachel learned about threats and intimidation. He watched her drive Chloe out of town and he's not letting it happen again. Kristen turns it around. He's been dating Ava for two minutes. If it's anybody's fault, it's his fault.
Sarah wants to know if Stephanie and Philip are official? Stephanie says they are seeing a lot of each other. Sarah hopes he plays nice with Xander. There's a lot of water, and blood, under that bridge. Stephanie grimaces. She hopes Philip cares more about his father's company than he does about one upping Xander. Sarah hopes so too.
Xander has set up Philip with his own office with its own chair. He even left him a welcome succulent. Philip whines that this is the CEO office. Xander notes that he's CEO. Philip corrects co-CEO. He used to visit his father here. It's important that the employees view him as the man in charge. A man in charge, corrects Xander, loosely speaking. Philip says he already had his turn. It's his turn now. Xander asks if he is really going to be this petty? Philip says Xander can just go if he thinks he's petty. Xander asks what he proposes? Drawing straws? Maybe a duel? Philip chuckles then says why not? Xander is all sexy blue eyed fury. I've missed him.
Stephanie hopes she's not being too optimistic about the K-Brothers working together. She feels partially responsible for the situation. Sarah says she was just hired to do a PR campaign. It all boiled down to the letter. And as upset as Xander was, he does respect Victor's wishes. Stephanie says he didn't seem to at first. Sarah tells her that when Philip showed up with the letter it was the worst possible time. Xander was devastated by her accident and saw Philip as standing in his way to the cure. But maybe that was a good thing. If Philip hadn't shown up then Kristen would be running Titan.
Sarah says Xander has been through so much. He was deprived of the relationship he should have had with his father. Then Theresa tried to cheat him out of his inheritance. She says one can understand why he was skeptical of the letter. Stephanie gets that. Sarah continues that part of her thinks this is how things are meant to work out. Maybe it's good for Xander to have Philip as a co-CEO. Stephanie doesn't look so sure.
Back with the boys. Philip has moved his desk next to Xander's. Xander apparently suggested it as an alternative to a duel. Philip says until Xander starts muttering over a game of Wordly while he's trying to close a multi national deal. Xander calmly says it's more likely the other way around. He has actually been spending the entire day working on a hostile takeover to start the year off with a bang. Philip wants to know what company? Xander says DiMera Enterprises. That gets Philip's attention.
Brady calls Kristen deluded. She says he's in denial. He should focus on being a parent instead of going from one 5 minute failed relationship to the next his kids wouldn't be so messed up. Has it ever occurred to him that Tate's legal troubles are just a cry for attention? And that's what Rachel wants too. She wants to feel as important as the endless rotation of shiny objects on his arm.
Sophia hopes that things aren't over for Holly and Tate. Tate tells her about the house meeting with her mom. Sophia braces herself. Tate tells her Amy wanted to plan their wedding. Sophia is appalled. Tate says Brady backed up that there would be no wedding but that they would be there financially and Sophia would not be going through this alone. He smiles at her with his eyes. I really like them together.
Doug and his gross mouth say he's ok. But he can't get up. Holly won't leave him. She has an idea of someone who can help him. She helps him out of the park.
Brady says his kids know they are the most important things in his life. Kristen snarls that Rachel doesn't see it. Brady counters with Kristen's draconian custody restrictions. She says she wanted him to see her more. Brady retorts until he said that he didn't want to be with Kristen. Kristen says he misled her. He says she blackmailed him. Brady asks what happened to burying the hatchet? Going at each other is just going to hurt Rachel more. She's a hot mess right now and yes it's his fault. And her fault. Kristen agrees. Brady asks her to repeat that.
They both agree Rachel needs them to be better parents. How do they prove to Rachel that she is the most important thing to them and her happiness takes precedence? He's teary-eyed now.
Philip repeats DiMera? Run by Kristen? Who did Xander a major solid by giving Sarah the serum? Xander scoffs that Kristen did not give it up out of the kindness of her heart. She used it to blackmail him. If Brady had not intervened then Sarah would still be in a wheelchair. Philip thinks this is payback. Xander says no he wants DiMera because it is a major competitor and acquiring it would give them huge market advantage. With the current DiMera infighting all it would take is strategic pay offs to the right board members. They can undermine Kristen’s already shaky authority. And from there it is just a quick jump to seizing the company. Philip thinks this would be a huge mistake.
Stephanie is surprised Sarah thinks that the co CEO thing could be positive. She says she clearly has a lot of issues with Philip. Sarah says he's done a lot of shady stuff. But so has Xander. Maybe the brothers working together can keep their worst instincts in check? Stephanie contemplates this. She finally says that maybe they will team up and destroy the world. Sarah laughs. Stephanie isn't as optimistic as her. She's just hoping for no bloodshed. On cue, Holly drags in bleeding Doug. Stephanie unhinges her jaw.
Xander is at his desk when Philip enters. Xander says he's surprised to see him. Philip retorts that he's been there all day. He tells Xander to get the heck out of his chair.
Replay of Brady and Kristen conversation from yesterday. I'll pick up at the Rachel revelation. Brady is flabbergasted. Kristen tells him how she figured it out. Brady wants to know if Rachel admitted it? Then he tells Kristen this is all her fault.
Replay of Sophia and Tate. He was too afraid to tell Holly. Now he has no idea where she is.
Replay of Holly finding Doug. He says no police.
Holly is confused. Doug wants no cops, no hospital. He tells her to leave. She refuses.
Sophia is sorry for assuming Tate told Holly about the non abortion. Tate says it wouldn't matter who told her. Holly thinks things will never be the same for them. And he guesses she's right.
Kristen is shocked and appalled that Brady blames her for Rachel's eviling. She slags off Ava as a mob princess. Brady says she's an ex mob princess. He wonders where Rachel learned about threats and intimidation. He watched her drive Chloe out of town and he's not letting it happen again. Kristen turns it around. He's been dating Ava for two minutes. If it's anybody's fault, it's his fault.
Sarah wants to know if Stephanie and Philip are official? Stephanie says they are seeing a lot of each other. Sarah hopes he plays nice with Xander. There's a lot of water, and blood, under that bridge. Stephanie grimaces. She hopes Philip cares more about his father's company than he does about one upping Xander. Sarah hopes so too.
Xander has set up Philip with his own office with its own chair. He even left him a welcome succulent. Philip whines that this is the CEO office. Xander notes that he's CEO. Philip corrects co-CEO. He used to visit his father here. It's important that the employees view him as the man in charge. A man in charge, corrects Xander, loosely speaking. Philip says he already had his turn. It's his turn now. Xander asks if he is really going to be this petty? Philip says Xander can just go if he thinks he's petty. Xander asks what he proposes? Drawing straws? Maybe a duel? Philip chuckles then says why not? Xander is all sexy blue eyed fury. I've missed him.
Stephanie hopes she's not being too optimistic about the K-Brothers working together. She feels partially responsible for the situation. Sarah says she was just hired to do a PR campaign. It all boiled down to the letter. And as upset as Xander was, he does respect Victor's wishes. Stephanie says he didn't seem to at first. Sarah tells her that when Philip showed up with the letter it was the worst possible time. Xander was devastated by her accident and saw Philip as standing in his way to the cure. But maybe that was a good thing. If Philip hadn't shown up then Kristen would be running Titan.
Sarah says Xander has been through so much. He was deprived of the relationship he should have had with his father. Then Theresa tried to cheat him out of his inheritance. She says one can understand why he was skeptical of the letter. Stephanie gets that. Sarah continues that part of her thinks this is how things are meant to work out. Maybe it's good for Xander to have Philip as a co-CEO. Stephanie doesn't look so sure.
Back with the boys. Philip has moved his desk next to Xander's. Xander apparently suggested it as an alternative to a duel. Philip says until Xander starts muttering over a game of Wordly while he's trying to close a multi national deal. Xander calmly says it's more likely the other way around. He has actually been spending the entire day working on a hostile takeover to start the year off with a bang. Philip wants to know what company? Xander says DiMera Enterprises. That gets Philip's attention.
Brady calls Kristen deluded. She says he's in denial. He should focus on being a parent instead of going from one 5 minute failed relationship to the next his kids wouldn't be so messed up. Has it ever occurred to him that Tate's legal troubles are just a cry for attention? And that's what Rachel wants too. She wants to feel as important as the endless rotation of shiny objects on his arm.
Sophia hopes that things aren't over for Holly and Tate. Tate tells her about the house meeting with her mom. Sophia braces herself. Tate tells her Amy wanted to plan their wedding. Sophia is appalled. Tate says Brady backed up that there would be no wedding but that they would be there financially and Sophia would not be going through this alone. He smiles at her with his eyes. I really like them together.
Doug and his gross mouth say he's ok. But he can't get up. Holly won't leave him. She has an idea of someone who can help him. She helps him out of the park.
Brady says his kids know they are the most important things in his life. Kristen snarls that Rachel doesn't see it. Brady counters with Kristen's draconian custody restrictions. She says she wanted him to see her more. Brady retorts until he said that he didn't want to be with Kristen. Kristen says he misled her. He says she blackmailed him. Brady asks what happened to burying the hatchet? Going at each other is just going to hurt Rachel more. She's a hot mess right now and yes it's his fault. And her fault. Kristen agrees. Brady asks her to repeat that.
They both agree Rachel needs them to be better parents. How do they prove to Rachel that she is the most important thing to them and her happiness takes precedence? He's teary-eyed now.
Philip repeats DiMera? Run by Kristen? Who did Xander a major solid by giving Sarah the serum? Xander scoffs that Kristen did not give it up out of the kindness of her heart. She used it to blackmail him. If Brady had not intervened then Sarah would still be in a wheelchair. Philip thinks this is payback. Xander says no he wants DiMera because it is a major competitor and acquiring it would give them huge market advantage. With the current DiMera infighting all it would take is strategic pay offs to the right board members. They can undermine Kristen’s already shaky authority. And from there it is just a quick jump to seizing the company. Philip thinks this would be a huge mistake.
Stephanie is surprised Sarah thinks that the co CEO thing could be positive. She says she clearly has a lot of issues with Philip. Sarah says he's done a lot of shady stuff. But so has Xander. Maybe the brothers working together can keep their worst instincts in check? Stephanie contemplates this. She finally says that maybe they will team up and destroy the world. Sarah laughs. Stephanie isn't as optimistic as her. She's just hoping for no bloodshed. On cue, Holly drags in bleeding Doug. Stephanie unhinges her jaw.
