08-25-2016 (Thursday)

Kevin and Laura wake up in bed; he asks if she has any regrets.  She says of course not, and kisses him; they get up and get dressed; he says he’s going down to get coffee and then they can decide where to go to breakfast – or if they should just go back to bed.  When he leaves, Laura accidentally knocks a file off the desk; she picks it up and sees a letter from a publisher, and a manuscript.  

Jordan talks to Alexis… not happy about the story that has been published online by the gossip site, TMI.  She tells Alexis this could harm the case against Julian; after Alexis leaves, Andre shows up and Jordan confesses to him that she used to work undercover with the DEA and she has a vendetta against Julian Jerome for consuming half her life.  Andre doesn’t look certain how to process all that.  Sonny and Carly are having breakfast with Sam and Jason.  Jason tells them about the upcoming wedding; Carly offers to host it at her house and help put everything together – she promises to keep it small, and simple, as they wish for it to be.  They accept her offer.  

Jason asks Sonny to be his best man; Sam goes to her mother's and asks Alexis to be her “best girl” (matron of honor).  Kristina goes to see Parker; she finds her along her usual jogging path on the campus.  Parker is surprised to see her and denies having tried to call; looks at her phone and says she must have accidentally pocket-dialed her.  She apologizes.  Kristina begins to leave, and Parker tells her she wants to talk to her anyway; they sit down.  Parker tells her she has been thinking of her, and that she is still attracted to her; Kristina thinks this means they still have a chance and reaches out to her.  Parker pushes her away and tells her she doesn’t understand; she apologizes for how she broke up with Kristina but says it was still for the best – she tells Kristina that she is going back to her wife.  Kristina gets angry, saying she lied to her, used her to have a fling and return to a marriage she never intended to leave; tells Parker she never wants to see her again.  

Kevin comes back to the motel room with the coffee to find Laura sitting at the desk, reading his manuscript; she confronts him, asking why this is a story about her (a woman looking for her long-lost husband, following clues, from a dead woman).  He explains, it started out as a non-fiction book about old cases he’d worked on…got the publishing deal in early 2015; been stalled for over a year, when she inspired him.  But instead of being flattered (being an inspiration), Laura becomes angry, assumes he wasn’t even going to tell her, dismisses the entire night together as some ploy of his and tells him goodbye, leaving in a huff.  

Nelle comes to pick up Avery to babysit for the day and gets a phone call from her supervisor, telling her that the clinic is being shut down; she is losing her job.  Sonny comes to see Alexis.