-Jack & Billie walk back into the Devereaux home and are stunned when they call out and no one answers. Jack calls Frankie who tells him to go to Salem University Hospital and, if he sees Billie, tell her to come as well. He doesn't tell Jack why and just tells him to hurry. Jack turns and matches eyes with Billie, telling her they need to get to the hospital. They both rush out.

-At the hospital, both Laura & Kate sit next to their granddaughters in their separate I.C.U. rooms. Lucas & Bill are there as well, as everyone watches the girls’ breathing slowly but steadily with the help of machines. When Laura gets up to go outside the room, she sees both Jack & Billie arrive.

Laura walks out into the hallway and fills them both in about Eric. Jack says he’s sorry to hear about him but he knows Frankie would not have told him to come to the hospital with Billie if this was about Eric. He asks what is really going on and Laura fills them in on the tragedy that happened to their daughters.

Frankie, Caroline & Kate, who've joined the group, tell them that Chelsea & Abby fell in with a couple of bad guys and that the car they were driving across the bridge in hit the guardrail and crashed in the river below. Billie holds her hands over her mouth in shock and Jack asks out loud what else can he and his family take. He walks right past them into the I.C.U. room and stops dead cold upon seeing his child.

Billie walks in as well and is stunned at the sight of seeing her daugher lying there hooked up to machines. Jack sits by Abby, telling her that no matter what he has to do, she will come back to him. He lost Jennifer. He can’t lose her as well. He rests his head on her right arm, crying deeply with guilt for not being there for her and not listening to Billie's warning. Billie makes the same promise to Chelsea but also tells Kate that if she does come out of this, things will be different. No more free reign and no more influence from her. Kate is stunned, hoping Billie is not blaming her for what happened. She says no. Crying, she says she blames one person. Herself.

Walking outside the hospital, Cassie catches up with Max asking him if he wanted to get some lunch and get his mind off things. He just stares straight ahead saying thank you but no. He can’t eat anything at a time like this. Frankie has witnessed this exchange and walks up to Cassie. She is visibly upset but Frankie doesn’t care telling her to lay off Max for right now. Cassie says he needs her but Frankie feels all she cares about is herself. He says that figures. She is a DiMera and it seems that side of her is showing itself. She gets angry but he doesn’t care and then he walks away to catch up with Max. She vows to have him for herself, by any means at her disposal.

-Abe is sitting behind his desk when Shane limps into the cop shop. Abe jokes that he thought Shane would have thrown that cane out the window yesterday. Shane says that if he does that he may walk with a limp for the rest of his life. But, he’s not there to discuss that but wants an update on Stefano. Abe soon gets a call as him and Shane go over some notes. He hangs up and tells Shane that the department’s contacts place Stefano in two cities.

Dallas, Tx., and Genoa City, Wisconsin.

-Cal Winters arrives downstairs once again, to comfort these people who he still calls family. While he looks in on Dr. Rowen examining Eric, Caroline fills him in on his condition. Cal is shocked that Eric would keep such a thing to himself. So is Sami & Caroline. Dr. Rowen returns to the family, saying that the surgery he wants to perform may not save his life because the tumor is too advanced. When Nicole says that he will die anyway and that this is his only chance, Sami amd Austin agree, and the family join together as they watch Eric being wheeled out of his room and down the hall.......for what could be his final time. When the screen dissolves on the family, the scene switches to.....

An unknown city, where Alexandra is being kept. She is alive, but barely, and Stefano has entered the room to check on her condition. The doctor he has gotten tells him that she will recover but that it wasn’t a good idea to take her out of the country after what happened in Sydney and her condition. Stefano tells him he’s there to give aide, not to think that he can lecture him. With that, the doctor leaves the room. Stefano leans into Alexandra, telling her that all will be well. He does not want her to be a part of what will happen next. He stands straight up and warns her that the residents of Salem will pay for their actions toward their family. The screen freeze-frames on his face, as he now plots destruction, and slowly fades to black.

On The Next Salem Lives...............

Sami to Nicole: What happened?

Nicole to Sami: It's Eric...

Austin to Alan: You stay away from Sami or there will be hell to pay...

Cal to Katherine: What are you saying?

Katherine to Cal: You have to leave Salem.

Laura to Jack: This is all my fault.

Jack to Laura: Your damn right it is!!

Billie to Chelsea: You have to hang on. I can't lose you now...not after all the time we missed already.

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