Abigail’s mission to move on with her life without Chad – she’s found a new job and a new place to live – takes another step forward, when she goes out on a date with Dario on Days of Our Lives (DOOL).
“He’s a distraction,” explains Marci Miller. “Abigail has some reservations about it, initially, when Dario asks her out. But, the circumstances are that he’s one of the few people who she has to rely on, right now.
“She has her mother, she has brother, but she doesn’t really have any friends to hang out with or interact with. And Dario has been a good support system for Abigail.
Out to Celebrate
“It’s only awkward, because he’s said he loves her,” continues Miller. “But Dario kind of convinces Abigail to go by saying, ‘Hey, all that aside, I just want to be your bud. That’s what this is – a happy new job dinner. So she goes, because she just needs a distraction.”
Miller insists that Abigail is serious about getting herself together and moving forward as a strong, independent woman.
“The job is the first step,” notes Miller. “With it, comes a variety of things. She’s rented her own room at the B&B. She’s not going to stay with her mom anymore. It really gets the ball rolling on all kinds of things.”
Things Get Awkward
And that includes a fun night out with Dario (Jordi Vilasuso) and her son, Thomas. However, things take a different turn when Chad (Billy Flynn) happens upon the happy threesome.
“It’s awkward on all accounts,” recounts Miller. “There’s a part of Abigail that feels really badly. She never wants Chad to think that she’s romantically involved with or interested in Dario, because she really, truly, genuinely is not at all.
“But at the same time there is a fair amount of, ‘Hey, dude. The way you’re feeling right now, multiply that times 100 and that’s how I felt for the last six months of my life. At least there really isn’t anything here. You really were in love with my best friend.’ It’s a complex situation.”
A Jealous Husband
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A Jealous Husband
Chad fumes upon seeing Dario out with his family.
“But he’s not so forward about it, this time,” shares Miller, making note of the last time Chad found the twosome together and he and Dario got into a tiff.
“There’s a lot of unspoken going on,” says Miller. “The subtext of what Chad does and say insinuates some of that. It’s like, ‘What’s going on here, Abby? What’s the deal?’ Chad’s a little bit more controlled. He’s trying to give Abby her space and let her do her thing.”
No Second Thoughts
While Abigail clearly recognizes her husband is jealous, it doesn’t influence the decision she made to break things off with him. Nor does it give her renewed hope that could reconcile and live happily ever after any time soon.
“Not at this point,” stresses Miller. “Abby really is trying to move on and make a clean break of things.
“For her, Chad’s constant back and forth between her and Gabi (Camila Banus) with zero certainty either way was really hard on her. It wore her out. She made this decision [to split from Chad] and she’s sticking to it.”
Waiting to Be Convinced
Miller believes her character’s motives are selfless.
“Abby has done this because she feels it’s the best decision for Chad,” says the actress. “There’s a part of her that’s concerned that Chad is pursuing now for her sake, where maybe it’s not exactly what he really wants. She’s not buying that Chad all of a sudden has that much clarity about who he wants to be with.”
Until Abigail is absolutely convinced, she’s perfectly content living her life alone.
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