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At the hospital, Aiden drops off cupcakes with his mom for Amy’s birthday. Before he heads back to school, Liz notices pink paint on his backpack. He says it happened in art class, and he wasn’t paying attention to where he put his bag, and hopefully, it washed out. Liz notes he came home with paint in his hair last week too. He says it’s an art class, and there is a lot of paint.

Aiden heads back to school, and Liz talks with Portia. Portia can see something is bothering her. Liz tells her about the paint incidents, and she is worried that he’s being bullied again, which happened to him when he was younger. Whatever is going on, Aiden wants to handle it himself. She doesn’t know what to do, so Portia suggests she talk to his teachers and counselor.

Later, Liz calls Aiden’s school to speak to the school counselor and make an appointment.

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Natalia shows up at The Invader and finally meets Kristina’s mother. Alexis says she has heard a lot about her, and Natalia assumes it wasn’t all good. Natalia explains her bumpy start with Kristina and finding her in bed with Blaze. Natalia says she also met Sonny, and it sounds like they have a good relationship. Alexis says Kristina is close to her dad and her whole family. Natalia notes that is obvious as she’s carrying her sister’s baby. Natalia feels this pregnancy could present complications for her and Blaze. Alexis thought Blaze was supportive of Kristina’s choice. Natalia says she is, but there is also public scrutiny.

Alexis asks what this chat is really about. Natalia feels Blaze thinks she’s entitled to a private life, but there is a price to fame. She says if people spot them out together or even take a photo of them, people will gossip and assume it’s their baby. Alexis is confident Blaze and Kristina can handle whatever comes at them. Natalia feels the fallout will differ for the women as Blaze is a star, and Kristina is a bartender. Annoyed, Alexis thanks Natalia for stopping by, but she needs to get back to work and quickly sees her out.

Alexis calls Diane to vent, but it goes to voicemail. Alexis rants in a message that she just met Blaze’s mother, and it wasn’t pretty.

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Maxie meets with Scott at the Deception office and tells him that Home & Heart won’t give them another spot if Lucy insists on being on camera. She asks him to please talk to her. Lucy arrives, bragging about how she’s now famous on social media. Lucy suggests to Scott they rewatch her segment on Home & Heart to hone her craft. Maxie holds back her anger and sternly notes a pitchwoman selling a product has to mention the name of the product. Lucy says that’s why her name should be in the product. Maxie asks Scott to stop this madness, so he tells her that her appearance was a disaster.

Lucy thinks she was a success, but Maxie tells her she was a dumpster fire. She says she talked about herself for an hour, and she sold herself and not the product. Maxie notes she was supposed to introduce their new face cream, not inflate her own ego. She also was trying to one-up Haven. Lucy says Haven is just jealous. Lucy says the sales are skyrocketing because of her. Maxie says the sales are great, but not because of her. Maxie argues Sasha is the one who saved the sales, but Lucy thinks her fans simply waited until she got off the screen to buy the products.

Lucy tells Scott he was there and felt the positive energy, and her fans couldn’t wait to buy. Scott says they did wait, they waited until Sasha to showed up. Maxie tells Lucy she’s not trying to minimize her accomplishments, but Deception isn’t only hers. To succeed, they have to sell products, and she’s the wrong person to sell them. Lucy reminds her they don’t have Sasha, and Blaze’s mother won’t let her pitch, so she’s all they have. Maxie feels there is one other person.

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At Aurora, Drew makes Curtis an official offer to come on board with Aurora and their new health division. Drew trusts him to be just the person to take charge of it. Nina enters and agrees with Drew’s assessment of Curtis’ trustworthiness, but wonders what he’s taking charge of.

Drew explains he and Curtis are discussing an upcoming project. Nina is happy that Curtis could be joining the Aurora family, but he should be careful as Drew can be a shrewd negotiator, so don’t accept his first offer. Drew says he hasn’t heard her complaining. Nina flashes to their latest romp, and advises Curtis to make sure he knows what he’s getting into before jumping into bed with Drew.

Curtis says he has a lot to think about and asks Drew and Nina to play nice. Curtis leaves, and Nina hopes Drew’s not taking advantage of Curtis, who just got back on his feet. Drew says he’s giving him an opportunity. Drew asks why she’s here. She wants to know what Willow and Michael were doing in his office yesterday. He fills her in on the non-profit he’s working with and that he asked Willow to be the spokesperson. She thanks him for telling her, and invites him to tag along with her interview with the congressman this afternoon. Drew accepts the invite but wonders why she’s so accommodating and what’s in this for her. She says she’s cooperating for her daughter’s sake, and it’s a quid pro quo situation. They get very close when Drew gets a call.

Portia arrives at The Metro Court to meet Curtis. He tells her about the opportunity Drew is giving him and wonders if he should take it. She doesn’t know if she should influence his decision, but he wants her opinion. She notes he just got back on his feet, and this would be a lot to take on along with The Savoy. Curtis feels The Savoy doesn’t need his full attention seeing N’neka and his dad are running it practically without him. Portia still worries that Selina could use his absence to make her move on the club. He assures her that he has Selina handled. Portia admits she’ll miss him as this job will require travel, but he says he wouldn’t be gone for long stretches of time. Curtis says he believes in this project, and she thinks he’s made his decision. Curtis calls Drew and accepts his offer.

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TJ and Molly have Kristina over for breakfast. TJ brings up Molly filling him in on her fight with Joss the other night and visiting very late when she should have been sleeping. Kristina says Joss apologized for their tiff and they worked things out. He asks what it was about?  She says Joss was just complaining about her dad, and saying negative things about him. However, this time, what Joss said was true.

TJ thinks this is just one more reason for her to be careful and stay away from that side of her family. Kristina says she loves her father, and has been doing everything to make sure this baby is healthy. Kristina explains separating herself from her friends and family isn’t healthy for her or the baby. Upset, Kristina decides she should go and quickly departs.

Molly asks TJ what that was about. He’s worried about the safety risk Sonny posses to their baby. She doubts Sonny would put his pregnant daughter at risk. He says, “Tell that to my Uncle Curtis.” Molly says they can’t ask Kristina to stay away from her family, but TJ feels they can, and he did, and he doesn’t want their baby in danger. Molly says Kristina is giving up nine months of her life, so they can’t police her every move. TJ doesn’t think he should be made to be the bad guy, and it’s not unreasonable for Kristina to be safe while carrying their child. He says they are supposed to be in this together, so they should have some say as to how she lives her life as this is their baby. Molly says they can’t do that. TJ says, “Because she’s your sister, and if we’d gone with a surrogate, there would be no strings attached.” Molly realizes what he’s saying is because Kristina’s her sister that they’ll never get rid of her.

TJ says he’d never want to get rid of Kristina, and he just hates the baggage that comes her. She understands as she may end up prosecuting her sister’s father. TJ still has reservations about Kristina and worries she’ll insert herself into their lives once the baby is born and second-guess their parenting. TJ says Kristina is emotionally and biologically invested in this child, which could be a problem. Molly argues her sister has come into her own over the last few years and she’s changed for the better. TJ says he guesses they’ll just have to wait and see. He doesn’t want them to fight, and he wants this to be the best thing to happen to them. She agrees and says, “You and me and baby make three.” Molly heads to work, but it’s clear she and TJ are stressed about the situation.

Kristina shows up to see her mom at her office. She cries that she just came from Molly and TJ’s place, and they think she should stay away from her dad and that he’s a danger to the baby. She won’t abandon her dad when he’s pushing everyone away except Ava. Alexis asks her to breathe and offers to talk to TJ and Molly. Kristina would like that. Suddenly the baby kicks hard. Alexis says that’s what they do. Kristina comments, “My baby has a real kick…” Alexis notes her words but says nothing. Instead, Alexis brings up how Kristina kicked so hard she gave her bruises. Kristina thinks maybe the baby takes after her.

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