February 20, 2007

Kayla: Steve!

Kayla: No, no, no, no, no.

Steve: Baby, I'm so sorry.

Kayla: No, no, no, don't come near me. You just stay back. Stay back! Stay back!

Steve: No, no, no.

[ Sobbing ] I was dreaming. I was dreaming. Wells was in my face. He was torturing me.

Kayla: You were looking right through me.

Steve: It wasn't you. It was him.

Kayla: He's not here.

Steve: He is here! He's in my head! Aah!

Kayla: Oh. Oh, baby. Baby, baby. Baby, baby.

Steve: Kayla.

Kayla: What?

Steve: I remember. I remember the words he said.

Kayla: What words?

Steve: "You're one of us now."

Kayla: What?

Steve: One of us now.

Kayla: "You're one of us now"? Are you sure that's what E.J. said?

Steve: Yeah. Do you remember, the doctor put me under hypnosis, took me back to that room?

Kayla: You told me that E.J. Tortured you there.

Steve: That's right. Well, that's what he said to me. "You're one of us now."

Kayla: Why didn't you tell me sooner?

Steve: I didn't want to scare you. I-I broke out of the psyche ward and went after wells. I confronted him. And I -- and something happened to me. I... I don't remember. Wait. He said something about Stefano chose me.

Kayla: Oh, my god.

Steve: Baby, what's happening to me? What's wrong with me? I could have killed you tonight.

Kayla: No, unh-unh, unh-unh. No, no, no, no, no, no. You know what? We are gonna get you help. We're gonna get you help.

Steve: There's no help for this. I'm better off dead.

Kayla: Don't you say that you'd be better of dead. Don't you say that. Don't.

Steve: I hurt you, Kayla.

Kayla: No, unh-unh. You stopped yourself.

Steve: Yeah, this time. What about the next time? What if I can't stop myself?

Kayla: You will.

Steve: How can you know that?

Kayla: Because whatever they did to you...we're gonna undo it.

Steve: It's impossible.

Kayla: So, what are you saying? You give up and E.J. Wins?

Steve: No. What I'm saying...is what you already know is true. You're not safe with me around. I'm a danger to you.

Kayla: No, you're not. You would never --

Steve: But I almost did. And I swear to you, Kayla, I will kill myself before I lay a hand on you again. I swear I will. We're gonna get you help.

Steve: Kayla, that's not gonna happen. Don't you understand that? No one can help me.

Kayla: Look at John black. Look at him. He was one of Stefano's pawns, and he got married. He had two kids.

Steve: He never got his memory back. He told me that himself. He's been -- he's been looking over his shoulder his entire life. Now look where he is. He's in the hospital in a coma. He's got a target on his back. Now, how can you tell me everything's gonna be okay?

Kayla: Well, at least talk to Marlena.

Steve: Marlena can't help me, Kayla. We both got to face it. I'm not gonna get any better. We both have to face that.

Kayla: We don't know that.

Steve: I thought I was strong enough to beat this, but after what happened tonight... I don't think I can.

Kayla: I want to call Bo and Roman and I want you to tell them everything that you just told me.

Steve: No, it won't do any good.

Kayla: Come on, now that we know what's going on, we need to do something about it.

Steve: I'll tell you what you're gonna do. You're gonna call Roman and Bo. You're gonna report what I did and press charges against me for domestic violence.

Kayla: What?

Steve: As long as I'm in jail, I can't hurt anybody, Kayla. Why do you think Wells dropped the charges? He wanted me to hurt you. God forgive me, I almost did.

Kayla: No, no!

Steve: Yes, you're gonna do it. You're gonna do it right now.

Steve: Come on.

Kayla: No. I will not do it. I will not call my brothers and tell them that you assaulted me because that is not what happened.

Steve: Yes, it did. I could have killed you, Kayla.

Kayla: But you didn't and you couldn't because you are the kindest, sweetest man.

Steve: Stop it.

Kayla: Stop what? Loving you? I'm sorry. I can't do that.

Steve: You're not gonna die for me. I'll tell you that right now.

Kayla: What are you doing?

Steve: I'm going.

Kayla: Go -- what are you talking about?

Steve: I'm leaving you, Kayla.

Kayla: What?