Days of Our Lives Transcript
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[gentle guitar music]
Hey. I wasn’t expecting you.
Yeah. Well, your mom told me you’d be here, so I thought I would come check on you.
I didn’t think you’d be coming to work today.
Yeah, me neither. But I thought maybe if I clocked in a few hours at Sweet Bits it would help take my mind off of Mrs. Choi pulling the plug on the adoption.
Did it work?
Not really.
Yeah. I can’t stop thinking about it either.
God, if only that article had never been published, then Mrs. Choi would have never found out about all the terrible things that EJ has done. * * [sighs] [tense music]
Oh, EJ. You have caused a world of trouble for everyone in this town. Trouble. Heartache. Misery.
But what goes around comes around.
So you do want me?
Yeah. Yes. God help me, I do.
And we want the same thing– each other.
Wait.
Why?
Well, I told you. First you need to admit what you did to Rafe.
Then you’re in luck.
Because I didn’t do a damn thing to that man.
Which means you are wearing a wire for nothing.
[sighs]
Hey, I didn’t expect you home so soon. I just got off the phone with Mom.
Any news on Dad?
Actually, yeah.
Oh, god. What is it?
It-
it-
we don’t have a lot of information, but, um, Dad may have been abducted.
What? When? By who?
We don’t know. We don’t have any information or details, Belle. But listen, I’m guessing that if they went to all this trouble to take him, they need him alive, right? So we’re going to have to have faith on this.
Yeah, faith. That’s getting a lot harder for me to do. I’m just-
I’m just not in the best headspace for this right now.
Why? What happened? What the hell is this?
[scoffs] I tried to get the goods on EJ, and I failed.
Yeah, I’ll have a full report for you in the morning. Thanks. You, too. Shawn? Hey. I thought you were still at the station.
Yeah, I was. It’s, you know– it’s just been a long night.
Tell me about it. Just gave a whole debrief to the sergeant. The op was a bust, man. Didn’t get anything on EJ. He figured out Belle was wearing a wire. Hey, she’s fine, by the way.
Oh sorry, man. Sorry. I mean, thank god for that at least, right?
Are you OK?
Yeah, yeah, just– I’ve just got a lot on my mind, you know? [sirens wailing]
I need some space.
Space? Haven’t we had enough time apart? I mean, we can get through this if we’re together.
No, no. Jada, I can’t. I just can’t–
Wait, where are you going?
–deal with this right now. OK, listen. Just listen to me, OK? We need to figure some things out. Or I need to figure some things out. And I can’t do that with you around, so I’m going to go home. But you’re not going to go with me.
What are you saying? Are you– are you asking me to move out?
I’m just saying that I think it’s best right now if– we just need some distance.
No. No, Rafe, we’ve– we’ve survived what EJ put us through, OK? We can survive this. Please.
I have nothing else to say, Jada.
Let’s just go home together.
No, Jada!
Rafe, wait. Rafe! [sobbing]
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[tense music]
Oh, you’re home.
Yeah.
Sorry, I didn’t save you any takeout. I thought it’d be just me tonight. Javi and Leo were at the movies, and I thought you and Jada would be out late.
She’s not coming home.
What’s wrong?
Jada cheated on me.
[sighs]
You look like hell.
Thanks.
Said with love. What’s going on?
I need to discuss something with you.
And this, you know-
you couldn’t do this over the phone or at least wait until tomorrow in the office?
It’s not business. It’s personal, Madam Mayor.
Oh. In that case, you better call me Paulina. And I think I got some rosé in the back of the fridge.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no. I-
I don’t want to take up too much of your time. And plus, it’s getting late.
Oh, come on, come on. It’s just us girls. Abe is out of town visiting Eli and Lani. And Johnny and Chanel, well– whew, I don’t think they’ll be back anytime soon. Mm. Not after the news they got today.
What happened?
EJ screwed them out of adopting their baby.
So what do you say we get out of here tonight? We can drive up to Chicago and just clear our heads for a bit.
That sounds lovely. It does. But I think we’re going to have to take a rain check. I owe my Grandpa Roman a visit. He’s been trying to get a hold of me since yesterday. [gentle guitar music] OK. I’ll see you later tonight, OK? I love you.
Love you.
It’s bad enough that Kristen and her mother got away with what they did to me. Why should you, EJ? You hurt people for sport. [tense music]
The police won’t make you pay. There are other ways for justice to be served.
After that article about EJ, that was the last straw. After reading that, Amy Choi, she didn’t want her grandchild near anyone with the last name DiMera.
Damn. That man has a specialty for ruining people’s lives.
Yeah, you know all about that.
Yeah, I do.
Ugh. So what was on your mind? What did you want to talk to me about?
Well, like I said, it was a personal issue, One that I didn’t think would get in the way of the job, but since it’s out there, you may be asked about it as mayor.
OK, just-
just tell me. [tense music]
I slept with Detective Brady.
So what’s on your mind that’s a bigger deal than bringing EJ down? Is this about you and Jada? Was she upset that you told me about it? I know she didn’t want anyone to know.
Yeah, well, she changed her mind, and she’s probably telling Rafe right now as we speak. [bottle thuds]
Jada slept with Shawn?
Apparently.
But I didn’t even know that you two were having problems. You both seemed so happy when we finally found you.
Yeah, well, it happened before you did– find me, before I got home. So right after Arnold left Jada at the altar.
Oh.
Oh?
Rafe, I can’t imagine how you must feel right now, but those circumstances are a little different than “she cheated on me.”
Well, why didn’t she tell me for weeks?
OK, I can’t defend that.
But you are defending her.
Yeah, because, I mean, can’t you see? She wasn’t actually trying to hurt you. She got fooled by Arnold, just like everyone else.
And that’s the problem. How could she not have known that I would never hurt her that way, that something was wrong?
Rafe, I was there.
Mm.
I watched Arnold humiliate Jada in front of half the town.
I saw what happened to her after he flaunted the fact that you slept with a stripper the night before the wedding.
Yeah, exactly. Right. And that wasn’t a red flag? I mean, come on.
[stammering] Of course it is. Hell, I even wanted you to get an MRI to check for brain damage.
Yeah, Jada mentioned that.
We knew something was off. But no, Jada didn’t know that someone was pretending to be. And guess what. I didn’t either. And– look, Jada’s only known you for a couple of years. I’ve known you my entire life. What’s my excuse? Look, Rafe, I get it. The situation is screwed up. But how can you blame her for any of this? There is only one person responsible for this mess. EJ DiMera.
[scoffs] I said I’m not in the mood, Kristen.
Guess again. And I don’t know about Kristen, but I don’t give a damn what you’re in the mood for, not after you sabotaged any chance Johnny and I had of adopting that baby.
[sighs] Let’s get this over with, shall we? Air your list of grievances. Your mother just gave me an earful, but who knows? Maybe she missed something.
You know what, I didn’t need to drive all the way over here just to tell you that I’m pissed at you. You are not my sounding board or my punching bag for that.
Then why are you here?
I’m here because I want you to answer one thing for me. Why? Why do you insist on ruining people’s lives, especially those that you claim to care the most about?
I gotta admit, sis, that was pretty brave of you.
[scoffs] Pretty brave or pretty stupid. EJ figured out I was wearing a wire in, like, two seconds, but not before I said that I wanted to rekindle what we had, except that I wouldn’t until he told me what he did to Jada and Rafe.
Mm-hmm. And what did he say to all of that?
Well, he played along at first, of course. But then he was furious that I was lying to him. And he said that I was only trying to send him to prison because I was trying to remove the temptation, but that it wasn’t possible because he was in my head and my heart and in my soul.
I’ve been on the other end of the DiMera tongue-lashing. I wouldn’t take it too seriously.
Yeah. Well, I wouldn’t usually, except– oh, god. I think he might be right.
Did Jada think I was going to say something to Rafe?
No. No, no, no. It’s got nothing to do with you. I mean, except, you knowing, he made her realize that she– she can’t control this. So the truth is going to come out, and she wants to be the one to tell him.
OK.
But maybe she left your name out. Look, Shawn, you didn’t do anything wrong. And neither did she. She might not even tell him who the other guy was.
No, no, I don’t see her lying to Rafe again. Come on, let’s face it. He probably knows right now that his friend slept with his fiancée.
If I got my story straight, you and Shawn slept together after I fired you and before you got reinstated.
Yeah, but–
Mm, but nothing now. Did you promote Shawn over anyone else more qualified? Did you give him any choice assignment?
No.
Well, then there’s no issue here. And uh, if there– in case of any optics, you let me handle this if it gets leaked to the press. [sighs] But something tells me that you weren’t crying out and drying out your tears on the way over because of optics.
No. Rafe and I really got into it, and he asked me not to come home tonight. He blames me for not telling him sooner and not realizing that Arnold wasn’t him.
[scoffs] That’s ridiculous.
Is it? I mean, after everything that happened with Bobby, I’ve been really off my game. I should have– I should have figured it out sooner. Right? Especially not only as a detective but as the person who loves him more than anyone.
No, no. You need to stop. You need to stop that talk right now. Now, listen loud and clear. Jada Hunter, you are not to blame for what happened. And we both know exactly who is. [tense music]
Damn it! This is all EJ’s fault.
Oh, come on. Come on. Listen, it’s not that simple.
Yes, it is. Jada only slept with Shawn because she thought you dumped her on her wedding day. And then that bastard kidnapped you and replaced you with an impostor. Rafe, you know damn well that none of this would have happened if it wasn’t for EJ. That man ruined your life almost as much as he ruined mine. And I could kill him for it.
You knew that Johnny and I were trying to adopt a baby. All you had to do was keep your nose clean for a few months, but you couldn’t help yourself.
I’m sorry my idiot brother chose this moment to publish an article about me.
Do you think that this is about the article? This is about your actions, your choices.
And I want to make this right. I told Johnny I would speak with Amy Choi, tell her, convince her that whatever she thinks of me, it would have no bearing on his ability to be a good parent or yours.
You are a dangerous man. And she doesn’t think that we are bad people, but she is terrified of you being anywhere near her grandchild. And you know what? If I were her, I would be too.
Then I suppose it’s for the best that Johnny doesn’t want me to get involved, that as far as he’s concerned, I’m dead to him.
Johnny. Got my text?
Yep. And your missed calls. You know, I would have gotten back to you sooner. It’s just– –the adoption fell through.
Oh, no.
Yeah. Sophia’s mother read the article about my father and– that was it.
Damn it, Johnny. I’m so sorry, especially knowing that you’re still dealing with what you learned about your dad, what he did to your mom. Johnny, look, I– I always thought you should know the truth when you were old enough. But that wasn’t my call. And Kate wouldn’t have said anything if I hadn’t put my foot in my mouth.
Yeah, well… obviously, I hate that it even happened. [light twangy music] He did that horrible thing that he forced himself onto my mother. But I hate that she then married him twice. I hate that everybody decided to keep it from me. And most of all, I– I hate my father.
Well, I know that feeling. But listen, this is all fresh to you.
[chuckles]
I have known about this all your life.
So what? What are you saying? You’re saying eventually I’m not going to be as angry about this as I am right now? Because I really don’t see that happening.
No. But I do think you will find a way to understand your mother in time. And why we honored her wishes, at least I hope you will. But your dad, that’s a whole different deal, man. That anger may never go away. And I can tell you this, mine sure as hell hasn’t. And there’s a strong part of me that wants to go in that box, open it up, get out my gun and shoot this SOB.
OK, do you want– do you want truth or comfort right now?
God, if you have to ask. Hey, look, look, look, I– I know what it’s like to have a DiMera that you just can’t shake.
OK, you gave me this lecture when Mom walked in on EJ and me, OK? I know how toxic our dynamic is.
I know. I know, but a lot’s changed since then. OK, hear me out. Your brother’s an addict, right? I was addicted to Kristen. I mean, every time I tried to push her away, I just found myself going back to her. Every time.
OK, so this is definitely truth, not comfort.
No, no, no. It’s both. It’s both. Listen, what I’m telling you is I did kick the habit. Now, I’m grateful to her for giving me Rachel, all right? I love that little girl. But the point is, she doesn’t have a spell over me anymore. Every time I see her, all I can think about is the pain that we have caused each other, OK? I finally moved on. I did. And I believe that you can too, OK?
Mm-hmm. Well, that’s very easy for you to say because you found someone that you love as much. I don’t have an Ava in my life.
Belle, I don’t have an Ava in my life either anymore. We broke up. [tense music]
I must say, I admire your determination. But like you just said, we both know why that’s not going to happen. If you spill on me, Kristen and Brady’s precious daughter will be taken away from them. And all the blame goes to you.
Oh, EJ. Who said anything about spilling?
If you’re referring to Ms. Blake’s part in all this, I wouldn’t hold your breath. I have it on very good authority that she’s been removed from the equation.
You’re not going to get away with this this time, EJ.
Not this time.
[light twangy music]
Grandpa, you really have a gun behind the bar?
Yeah, I mean, you know, Salem’s a good town and all, but a small business owner’s got to protect himself.
How long have you had it?
Since always. I just never advertised it to you kids. But I made damn sure I kept it locked up in that box so none of you would get hurt. But I guess instead, my big mouth hurt you. Johnny, listen to me. When I first heard your dad was working with Feniger again, it just brought it all back. Everything.
Yeah, well, look. I’m-
I’m glad. I’m glad you and Kate told me that story. I needed to know. My whole life, I’ve been living in the dark. And now I know what kind of a monster my dad really is.
Johnny said you’re dead to him.
Oh, did he not tell you?
No, but it doesn’t shock me. I mean, how did you expect him to react after he found out that you raped his mother? [tense music]
That was a long time ago. I’ve spent decades trying to right that terrible wrong.
No, you’ve spent decades trying to cover it up. You spent Johnny’s entire life trying to prevent him from knowing the truth about how he was conceived.
To protect him.
No, to protect yourself. That is your MO.
It was what Samantha wanted.
Oh, and how lucky for you. Now, I don’t know how Sammy was able to forgive you. That is between the two of you and God. And maybe Johnny could have moved past it if you hadn’t partnered with the other man who assaulted his mother to steal Rafe’s life. That is not a one-off. That is a pattern. It shows a clear and distinct lack of remorse. You-
you don’t deserve forgiveness, EJ. And so Johnny will never give it to you. [tense music]
You can’t go around saying you’re going to kill people. The threat alone is a crime.
What, are you going to turn me in?
I’m serious. Don’t do it. I mean, you just got your freedom back, OK? So let’s not joke about it or risk it. Besides, we both know that you would never actually try and kill EJ.
You sure about that?
Now, now, Gabriella. Let’s not do anything rash.
What did you do with Rafe?
I haven’t done anything with Rafe. I’ve told you that. Now, why don’t you be a good girl and put the gun down, and we can have a civilized–
You lied! This is my brother’s gun, EJ. And I swear to god, I will use it to blow your head off unless you start telling me the truth. Now, where the hell is he?
We’ve both been pushed to our limits by EJ. Who knows what we’re capable of? [tense music]
You and Ava broke up? When?
We’ve been on the rocks ever since I asked her to cover for Rachel. And yesterday, we just called it. Hey, tomorrow’s another day, right? And speaking of which, I’m going to hit the hay just in case Marlena calls with any more information. You know, with the time difference and everything.
Yeah, makes sense.
You might want to turn in to. You’ve had one hell of a day.
[chuckles] I will. I think I should check in with Jada first, though, to make sure she knows about my unmitigated disaster, so good night.
Night-night. [pensive music]
How could I have been so stupid?
Dude, this isn’t your fault. You and Jada thought Rafe dumped her.
It doesn’t matter. Even if it was Rafe that broke Jada’s heart the way that he did, frankly, he should be more pissed at me. She was his jilted ex. And I was– I was his crappy friend.
Hey, I get that. But there’s something to be said for extenuating circumstances. You know what? Let me feel things out for you. I’m supposed to spend the night at Gabi’s. Rafe will probably be there. I could find out how much he knows.
All right. All right, yeah. Thank you. Yeah.
Hey, what are partners for?
Thanks.
I know you’re trying to make me feel better, but I can’t just absolve myself of all responsibility here.
[scoffs] The hell you can’t. This is what EJ does. He manipulates and muddies the damn waters until people don’t know what’s what. Let me tell you something. Every horrible thing that has happened in Salem these last few weeks can be traced back to him. And I have faith that one day he’s going to have to face the consequences for everything that he has done, if not in this world, than in the next. [phone beeps] [tense music]
Maybe that time is now.
What do you mean?
Well, I asked Belle to wear a wire to see if she can get EJ to admit kidnapping Rafe.
Mm. Pretty underhanded. But I love it.
[sighs] Well, that was a bust.
Belle have a change of heart?
No. EJ figured out what she was up to.
Damn.
So you still think and have faith that EJ will pay for everything that he’s done?
[scoffs] Nope, not unless someone makes him pay. Ugh. And they would be doing the world a favor if they just took care of him once and for all.
You’ve made your point. My son hates me, which, though I doubt you’ll give a damn, is very painful for me.
You’re right. I don’t give a damn. So if you’re expecting me to intercede on your behalf, it’s not going to happen.
I understand. But maybe you could tell him that I love him. [tense music]
I’ll tell him, even though I’m sure it’s the last thing he wants to hear right now.
Johnny, I’m so sorry that you’re having to go through this. Have you talked to your mother?
I’ve– [clears throat] –I’ve called her a few times, but I’m pretty sure she’s avoiding me.
OK. Well, maybe she’s just not ready. I mean, this is her pain we’re talking about here. She kept all that deep inside. She didn’t want you to know to keep it from affecting your relationship with your father.
How could it not? I mean, shouldn’t it?
Well, there’s a part of me that knows I should say, well, he’s your father, all right, no matter what I think about him. But the other day, he came in here threatening Katie and her son when he found out that it was her who told you what happened.
[sighs] I’m really sorry about that.
You didn’t do it. Your old man did.
Yeah, well, he did it in my name. And he’s not going to stop. You know, he had the nerve to show up to Paulina’s and ask me to forgive him. It took everything I had not to take a knife off the table and stab him with it. [light twangy music]
Hey, Ava. I fixed the water heater.
What’s up with her?
No idea. But I know a woman on a mission when I see one.
[pensive music]
Gabi, you there? Gabi? Rafe? Anybody home?
[phone beeps]]
No, I am far from OK.
Mama?
Mm? Ooh. Oh, Chanel. Oh, darling. I was reading a book. Must have fallen asleep.
[chuckles] I’m sorry to wake you.
Oh, no, no. It’s OK. Whew. It’s too early to just call it a night.
Yeah, I was hoping that Johnny would be here. Have you seen him?
Uh-uh. No, not tonight.
Honey, is something wrong?
I don’t know. God, I hope not.
[phone rings]
Oh, Kate. I got to take this.
Oh, yeah. Go. Go ahead. I’ll watch– I’ll watch the bar.
Are you sure?
Yeah. Yes, it’s all good.
All right. Thanks.
Yeah, Katie, what’s up? [light twangy music]
[tense music]
[sighs] So any advice you’d like to share to help me get back to my son’s good graces? Not sure why I’m asking. Not like you had any impressive people skills. But I am my father’s son. [chuckling] You were always one step ahead. And so am I. [ominous music] * * I win.
What are you doing?
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