Days of Our Lives Update
Update written by Joseph
Rafe and Gabi sit together at home as Rafe questions why Gabi paid $15 thousand for a date with Alex Kiriakis. Gabi responds that it was for a good cause and admits she was also angry at JJ while Alex happens to be easy on the eyes. Gabi adds that maybe it was a bit impulsive, especially since she’s going to be out of a job soon. Rafe asks if she really thinks Xander and Philip are going to push her out of her own company. Gabi says maybe not deliberately, but the way they’ve been running the company has been crazy, like they are awaiting her nervous breakdown. Gabi declares that she has to decide whether to stay and lose her mind or walk away. Rafe tells her that he’s sorry as that does sound like a difficult decision. Rafe then informs her that he also has a difficult decision to make. Rafe gets a text from Jada, wanting him to meet her at the police station so he wonders what that’s about.
At the police station, Jada asks Shawn if there’s any update on Ava. Shawn tells her that he talked to JJ, who asked Tripp to talk to her but has had no luck yet. They joke about being unable to believe Ava is at a Tibetan Monastery. Shawn mentions talking to Roman about the night Ava left town. Jada calls the timing very suspicious and wishes ballistics could get a definitive match on the bullet to the gun. They agree that it matches up to Ava being their #1 suspect but Jada says the only problem is that Ava could be anywhere in the world right now.
Brady is at the Brady Pub and looks at Ava’s number in his phone. Paulina then arrives and asks if there’s any news on John. Brady says that Paul and the ISA strike team are still trying to track him down. Paulina asks him to tell Marlena that she’s praying for John’s safe return. Brady agrees to do that and thanks her. Paulina adds that she’s also been thinking about Brady because his grandchild is about to become her grandchild. Brady says apparently Amy Choi changed her mind about the adoption. Paulina comments that she’s never seen Chanel so happy.
Chanel asks Johnny how the job search is going. Johnny says it’s going and he just sent his reel over to a producer for a commercial gig. Johnny says he’d like to find a more permanent gig but he can’t seem to be able to find any. Chanel encourages him not to put so much pressure on himself. Chanel points out that they have a nice financial cushion and suggests maybe it’s best not to start a new job until after the baby is born since they will be so exhausted. Chanel says she’s so excited to start their family and then asks Johnny if something is wrong. Chanel guesses it’s about his father since EJ just got out of his coma. Chanel asks if Johnny will visit EJ now that he’s awake.
EJ remains in his hospital bed and has a flashback to seeing Rafe’s bugged camera device in the living room. Belle enters and notes that it’s a good sign that he’s been moved out of ICU. EJ is surprised to see her and asks if this means she’s ready to give him an answer. EJ tells Belle that he needs to know if it’s true what Susan said about her feelings for him. Belle admits that she loves him.
Brady tells Paulina that he’s really glad the adoption is going through. Paulina knows it won’t be easy for him to watch his grandchild be adopted in to another family. Brady admits it will be tough but it’s what is best for the baby. Brady points out that Johnny is still family. Brady admits that Tate and Sophia aren’t ready to be parents while he believes Johnny and Chanel will be great parents.
Johnny tells Chanel that he has no intention of ever seeing EJ again as he wants him out of his life and out of the picture, period. Chanel says maybe that’s for the best since she gave Amy her word that EJ wouldn’t be a part of their baby’s life in any way because she doesn’t want anything to mess up their adoption now. Johnny thinks back to stealing Roman’s gun from behind the Pub.
EJ smiles after hearing that Belle loves him and says he’s truly happy about it. Belle says she’s not happy about it but it must be quite the ego boost. EJ says it has nothing to do with his ego. Belle admits she’s been fighting it for awhile now, but seeing him in the hospital and not knowing if he was going to make it made her unable to fight it anymore. Belle knows she shouldn’t but she does love him. EJ gets emotional which he blames on the coma and the trauma of the shooting. EJ tells Belle that his near death experience has been a wakeup call for him. EJ acknowledges that he’s done some terrible things recently and it’s made him realize that’s not the legacy he wants to leave behind. EJ states that most people don’t remember his father as a good friend or a loving husband, but as someone who was cruel, vindictive, and a tyrant. EJ declares that once he’s gone and the eulogies have been given, he doesn’t want the same to be true for him.
Shawn tells Jada that he’s going to the hospital to question EJ and invites her to come. Jada says she would, but Rafe is coming by soon. Shawn asks if this means Rafe is finally willing to forgive her for what happened. Jada responds that he should mean if she forgives him which Shawn questions. Jada explains that the night Rafe left Shawn’s house so abruptly was because he found her blouse and assumed they were still sleeping together. Shawn asks if she set him straight. Jada reveals that she tried, but it was too late because Rafe found a way to even the score by sleeping with his ex-wife Sami.
Gabi asks Rafe if he thinks Jada has finally forgiven him for sleeping with Sami. Rafe hopes so but he doubts it. Gabi encourages that they are good people who love each other and they deserve grace, so she hopes they do find their way back to each other. Gabi says she has to get to the office, so when she gets back, she wants Rafe to tell her how it went. Gabi wishes him luck. Rafe thanks her and tells her the same as she exits. Rafe then goes back to his laptop with the bugging camera device and plugs it in. Rafe thinks back to retrieving the device from the DiMera Mansion where he planted it. Rafe then goes to play what’s on it, but it doesn’t work. Rafe then pulls it out and discovers the memory card is missing.
Gabi goes to her office and calls Javi, saying she didn’t approve the scented candles collection. Gabi is shocked to learn that Xander changed them and demands that Javi run everything by her first. Gabi hangs up and finds the Titan employee manual on her desk. Gabi angrily throws it across the room right as Brady enters the office.
Belle questions if EJ is saying there’s a kinder, gentler EJ underneath the toxic masculinity. EJ informs her that right before he was shot, he was standing in the living room and had an epiphany where suddenly all his sins were bare and he realized everyone in town hated him, even his own son. EJ says the guilt he feels knowing that Johnny and Chanel aren’t going to be parents is all because of him. Belle then reveals that Amy Choi changed her mind, so the adoption is back on and she drew up the paperwork yesterday. EJ is thrilled and calls that wonderful. Belle notes the one condition is that EJ will have nothing to do with the child’s life.
Chanel reminds Johnny that she’s meeting her mom for lunch. Johnny tells her to have fun. Chanel adds that Belle will be stopping by to get Johnny’s signature on the adoption papers and then Tate and Sophia’s baby will officially be their baby. Chanel says she’ll see him later and exits.
EJ asks if Belle is saying he’ll never be able to meet his own grandchild and if he’ll never be able to see Johnny again either. Belle clarifies that he and Johnny can still technically have a relationship, it just can’t involve the child. EJ worries about Johnny cutting him out of his life completely and says he couldn’t bear never being able to speak to his son again. Belle encourages that things will be okay as she believes he and Johnny will work things out. EJ thanks Belle for being there as it means more to him than he can express. EJ thanks her from the bottom of his heart for saying she loves him right as Shawn then enters the room.
Brady asks if Gabi is not a fan of the Titan employee manual. Gabi complains that this takeover sucks and she can’t believe she was happier at DiMera since Kristen at least stayed out of her way. Gabi argues that Philip and Xander are stopping every plan she had and they have no sense. Gabi declares that she made Gabi Chic a success and she doesn’t need them interfering with everything she comes up with. Brady feels they have to get some credit since they did what Victor always wanted in taking over DiMera. Gabi argues that EJ was in a coma while Kristen was in a holding cell, now Xander and Philip have free reign over her company. Gabi calls it unfair. Brady says he hears her and he’s sorry about that. Brady assumes now is not a great time to talk to her about a Gabi Chic/Basic Black collaboration so he’ll leave her to it and come back later. Gabi stops him and says maybe he can help her get out of this mess.
Chanel meets Paulina for lunch at the Brady Pub. Chanel gives her a list of things that she and Johnny need to do before the baby arrives, starting with finding their own place. Paulina says they can stay with her and Abe as long as they need but Chanel reminds her that there would be a crying baby waking her up at 3 AM.
Johnny looks up on his phone and reads that there’s been no arrest in the shooting of EJ but that Jada vowed not to rest until the culprit is behind bars.
Rafe goes to meet Jada and they go to the interrogation room at the police station. Jada thanks him for coming. Rafe is glad she called, but figured since it’s at the station, she doesn’t want to talk about their relationship. Jada responds that she actually does and figured it should just be on neutral territory. Jada declares that she doesn’t think they have a relationship anymore. Rafe argues that she said she wanted space. Jada says she did, but there’s not enough space to fix them. Rafe knows he hurt her by sleeping with Sami. Jada says at this point, they both hurt each other and whether it was intentional or not, she doesn’t see how they can move forward from this. Jada states that they had some really great times together and she will always cherish those memories, but she doesn’t think they knew each other as well as she thought they did. Jada thinks it’s best that they end things. Rafe feels like part of him agrees that maybe too much has happened but part of him wants to fight for them since they were so happy together and were going to get married. Rafe asks if they are just throwing it all away. Jada says she’s gone back and forth and repeats that she’ll always be grateful for the beautiful times they had, but the trust has been broken and she doesn’t see how that can be undone. Rafe questions how they got here. Jada says a big part of it falls on EJ and his whole Arnold Feniger disaster, but admits they were on shaky ground before that from when Paulina offered her Rafe’s job. Jada says he was generous and supportive, but it changed something with them and she felt it. Rafe guesses he did too. Jada wants Rafe to know that he means the world to her as he came in to her life and loved her when she needed to be loved badly, so she will never forget that and always cherish that. Jada adds that she did love Rafe and still does. Rafe responds that he loves her too and he’s grateful for everything. Rafe asks if that’s it and it’s over. Jada thinks it’s for the best.
Shawn apologizes for interrupting and says he’s here on official police business as he has a few questions for EJ about the night he was shot. Belle says she has somewhere to be anyway, so she will come back later and then exits. EJ asks Shawn what he wants to know. Shawn says they are taking a closer look at Ava Vitali and asks if he has any memory of her from that night. EJ doesn’t believe he saw her that night, but he still has gaps in his memory. Shawn asks if he remembers his last encounter with Ava. EJ recalls running in to her the night before outside the Pub and admits it was contentious as she was still accusing him of having a hand in her kidnapping. Shawn asks if he has anything concrete that would implicate her. EJ says it’s not much, but she was vowing to get justice for his alleged misdeeds and he’d say that’s a threat which Shawn agrees with.
Rafe supposes it is best for now that he and Jada take a break from each other. Rafe brings up that Jada said he means the world to her and he feels the exact same way about her. Rafe recalls when they first got together. Rafe adds that when Steve gets back to Estonia, he’s going to resign from Black Patch because he got a call from his old boss at the FBI, who offered him an out of town position. Jada says they will be lucky to have him back. Rafe says he was on the fence about it, but in light of recent developments, he will accept the offer. Jada wishes him the best and admits she will miss him. Rafe says he will miss her too as they hug one last time.
Brady asks how Gabi thinks he could help her. Gabi says he could talk to Xander and Philip to persuade them to let her buy back the rights to Gabi Chic since they respect him. Brady says they both know Gabi Chic is a cash cow and questions that they would just hand it back to her. Gabi argues that Basic Black covers most of the same, so there’s no sense in Titan controlling both brands. Brady questions thinking they would listen to him. Gabi argues that he’s family, so they trust him. Brady thinks she is highly overestimating his influence over Xander and Philip. Brady then questions why he would go out of her way to help her.
Belle brings the adoption papers to Johnny. Johnny stops and puts the papers down to talk to Belle about something first. Johnny says when they first started planning the adoption, he was all in and then he found out what EJ did to Sami and how he was conceived. Johnny says that really messed with his head and now his whole sense of self is screwed up. Belle asks what he’s saying. Johnny responds that he’s not sure he’s ready to be a father. Belle understands him thinking that he’s not ready to be dad, especially with all that’s happened, but that doesn’t mean he’ll never be ready. Johnny feels maybe it does. Johnny talks about his parents having a really unhealthy relationship based on lies and it got him wondering if being a bad parent is genetic. Johnny adds that he started thinking why he’d want to have a kid if they are going to grow up to be just as messed up as he is now. Belle understands his reservations and says no one will blame him to give it more thought. Belle says it’s okay to be honest with himself, but he needs to be honest with Chanel about her feelings. Johnny agrees and thanks her. Belle decides that she will come back when or if he’s ready as they hug.
Paulina and Chanel talk about their excitement of Chanel’s dreams of having a family coming true. Paulina encourages that Chanel will be a wonderful mom and she can’t wait to start planning for her baby shower. Chanel mentions seeing the most adorable baby clothes at Gabi Chic, so Paulina decides they have some shopping to do.
Gabi questions what she’s ever done to Brady. Brady asks if she’s serious. Gabi argues that was ages ago. Brady says that won’t fly with him. Brady agrees it was awhile ago but calls it pretty unforgivable for Gabi and Stefan to say they would get him custody of his daughter, only to double cross him. Gabi argues that it’s even more reason to get her out of the company. Brady says even if he agreed to help her, he can’t as he has a lot on his plate with his family. Gabi argues that it’s not like she’s asking for a kidney as she’s just asking him to talk to Philip and Xander. Brady instead advises Gabi to suck it up and stick it out.
Jada remains in the interrogation room, looking at an old photo of her and Rafe on her phone. Shawn arrives, so Jada asks how it went with EJ. Shawn says that EJ certainly believes Ava could’ve done it and that she made a vague verbal threat the day before, but nothing that proves she did it. Shawn asks if Jada is okay. Jada informs him that she just broke things off with Rafe. Shawn says he’s sorry. Jada says it was difficult, but she thinks it was the right thing to do. Shawn doesn’t think either of them are in the right space for police work and suggests they go have lunch. Jada isn’t sure she feels like dealing with the public right now, so Shawn invites her to get takeout back to his place which Jada says sounds perfect.
Belle returns to EJ and asks how things went with Shawn. EJ informs her that he told him that the police are looking in to Ava Vitali as the shooter. Belle says that if it was Ava, she probably won’t be back as she heard that Ava skipped town. EJ tells Belle that he’s sorry for outing her love for him earlier as he didn’t know Shawn was there. Belle says it’s okay as it’s only a matter of time before Sami will be writing about how wretched her sister is for falling in love with her ex-husband. EJ asks if Sami knows how she feels. Belle confirms that Sami came to see Johnny and coincidentally walked in as she was declaring her love for him. EJ asks how Sami reacted. Belle says she reacted how she always does and made it about herself, telling Belle to help herself to her leftovers. EJ knows Belle will get a lot of heat from her family about her feeling for him, but he senses that in spite of that, she feels that this is meant to be. EJ knows she is strong enough to handle anyone else’s opinion or disapproval. Belle admits that EJ was right when he said that he was in her head and her heart.
Chanel and Paulina return home to Johnny with lots of bags of baby clothes. Chanel excitedly talks about everything they got.
Rafe returns home where Gabi asks how it went with Jada. Rafe tells her that it’s over. Gabi says she’s so sorry and hugs him. Rafe says they were so happy together until they weren’t. Gabi encourages that maybe it’s not over forever and they just need some time apart. Rafe says he just has to respect the fact that she’s moving on, so he must as well. Rafe adds that there was something he wanted to tell Gabi, but also ask her. Rafe explains that he went to watch some video footage but the memory card was missing from the camera. Rafe asks if Gabi knows anything about it. Gabi says she doesn’t and hopes he didn’t lose anything important.
EJ assures Belle that she is in his head and heart as well. EJ feels blessed that she could see the best in him. Belle tells EJ that she hasn’t forgiven him for all the pain he’s caused the people she loves, but because of her feelings for him, she’s doing her damndest to see the best in him because she believes people can change. Belle thinks maybe she can help him change. EJ feels she already has. EJ declares that Belle saying she loves him makes him want to be a better man. Belle recalls when she wore a wire and how angry EJ was. Belle says she’s not apologizing for that but she hopes they can put it behind them. Belle also hopes she’s never in a position of having to do that. EJ promises she won’t have to ever again. EJ then thinks back to the night of the shooting, revealing that he found Rafe’s camera device planted in the statue and removed the memory card. Belle asks what EJ is thinking about. EJ says he just hates what he put her and a lot of people through, so he’s glad they can finally be honest with each other.
Jada and Shawn eat together at Shawn’s where Shawn informs Jada about Belle being in love with EJ. Jada says she’s so sorry. Shawn thought he would be more bothered by it but says he’s not because they are both moving on with their lives. Shawn then gets a call from Hope, who informs him that she has bad news. Shawn asks what happened to Bo.
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