Days of Our Lives Update
Update written by Joseph
Chad questions “Abigail” saying she wants him to move out. She says he needs to be with the kids since they miss him and that they agreed not to have their mother thrust back in their life but says it’s not fair for them to see Chad split his focus between them and her. Chad sees her point but questions what she’s going to do if he leaves. She says if his family doesn’t have a problem with it, she’ll just stay at the DiMera Mansion but Chad doesn’t like that idea.
Stephanie dances to music at home until Jada shows up at her door and says she’s sorry to just drop by. Stephanie offers her a glass of wine but Jada says she can’t stay long and just wanted to drop off Everett’s ashes.
Melinda tries to break free from being tied up and wishes Li could help her but says he had to go and get stabbed. Melinda then remembers her conversation with Connie where Connie told her about her revenge plan and that Gil didn’t stab Li. Melinda says to herself that she was so strung out on the poisoned tea that she completely forgot Connie said that and wonders what the hell she meant.
Connie points out that now Ava is unemployed and remarks that she’s glad Gabi made Kristen fire Ava because she doesn’t deserve to work at DiMera. Ava comments on Connie being let go too. Connie argues that she’s gainfully employed. Ava brings up that last time she spoke to Melinda, she was on her way to Connie’s apartment to give her the axe. Connie questions why Melinda would fire her. Ava brings up her resume being a lie. Connie calls that ridiculous and claims that Melinda never came to see her and she doesn’t know what she’s talking about. Connie warns Ava about continuing to make accusations against her.
Gabi listens in from outside the living room as EJ argues that Stefan shares an affinity for Ava that he and Gabi do not. Stefan responds that he doesn’t owe him an explanation. EJ agrees and warns Stefan that any enemy of Ava’s is a friend of his as he declares that means Gabi is his new BFF. Gabi thinks back to Connie’s suggestion that she should sleep with someone else too. Gabi then pulls out her phone and sends a text message.
Connie tells Ava not to go around gossiping about her. Ava responds that she doesn’t care about her or Gabi enough to talk about either of them. Connie then gets a text from Gabi and says her boss needs her as she walks away.
Chad tells “Abigail” that it’s not what he doesn’t want her there but his family is nuts, bringing up the duct tape all over the living room. Chad says his family handle disagreements in very weird ways and they are dangerous, so he doesn’t want to leave her alone with them. She asks if that’s the reason he’s worried. Chad asks why else he would be worried. She asks if he’s afraid she’s going to sleep with Stefan and EJ again.
Stefan questions EJ saying that any enemy of Ava’s is a friend of his, arguing that he hates Gabi with a passion. Gabi then walks in and points out that EJ hates Ava more. Gabi congratulates EJ on landing on the right side of history and remarks that history is written by the winners. Stefan questions what exactly Gabi is planning on winning. Gabi says everything except him. Gabi adds that he might want to steer clear of “Abigail” since she knows that he took advantage of her in a complicated mental state as she filled her in on the details. Stefan argues that Chad didn’t want her to know. Gabi thinks she has a right to know that she’s living with a man who violated her, although she won’t be for long when her lawyer kicks him to the curb. Stefan calls this insane as Gabi reminds him to stay on his side of the line. Stefan gets a call that the fire alarm went off at the Bistro, so he hurries out.
Connie walks through the town square after pulling the fire alarm at the Bistro and texts Gabi that the mission was accomplished.
Jada explains to Stephanie that she was on her way to visit Rafe when the funeral home called and she hates to put this on her. Stephanie says it’s fine and it shouldn’t be Jada’s responsibility after what he did to Rafe, so she will take care of it. Stephanie asks how Jada is doing, being so busy with work and trying to visit Rafe. Jada says she thought after the break in Sarah’s case, she would feel better, but it was Brady Black which shocks Stephanie. Jada adds that Brady is booked and processed but he doesn’t remember anything from that night and she has a feeling there’s something she’s missing.
Melinda wonders aloud who stabbed Li if it wasn’t Gil Carter. Melinda then remembers Connie almost saying what she did and realizes that Connie killed Li. Melinda worries that she has to get out of here before Connie does the same to her.
Gabi calls the hospital to check on Rafe and says she’ll be by to see him in the morning. EJ asks her if there’s any news on Rafe. Gabi says there’s nothing. EJ wishes he could say he’s sorry. Gabi calls that low even for him and tells EJ that he doesn’t have to be a total jerk about her comatose brother just to prove that they don’t see eye to eye on anything except Ava. EJ questions her thinking that’s the only thing, reminding Gabi that she destroyed his marriage and his life. Gabi blames EJ for keeping Jude from his real dad and sent her to prison for a crime she didn’t commit. EJ argues that he was only in position to become district attorney to send her to prison because she unseated him at DiMera. Gabi argues that was only because Stefan had her convinced that they would run the town together which EJ laughs at.
Stefan walks through the town square and finishes a call that the fire alarm was a false alarm. Stefan runs in to Ava and tells her about someone pulling the fire alarm on purpose, questioning who would like to ruin his evening. Ava brings up Gabi but Stefan says he was with Gabi when he got the call, so Ava suggests maybe it was Gabi’s assistant, Connie.
Connie goes home and catches Melinda trying to escape being tied up. Connie informs Melinda that she gave Gabi some sage advice and when she takes it, it will be the final nail in the coffin of her marriage which will make her very happy. Melinda goes over Connie blaming Stefan and Gabi for Li’s murder. Connie responds that it was their fault and Melinda’s. Melinda says Connie knows that she didn’t stab Li and neither did Stefan or Gabi. Connie says not technically. Melinda remembers Connie telling her that Gil Carter didn’t do it either, so she’s wondering how Connie would know that unless she’s the one who murdered Li.
Chad tells “Abigail” that he doesn’t think anything is going to happen between her and EJ or Stefan, he just doesn’t want her in a house full of strangers who don’t have her best interests at heart. “Abigail” points out that everyone is a stranger to her and assures Chad they won’t be apart forever or even very long, just until her memories come back, but she doesn’t want to jerk the children around. Chad brings up how he made the mistake of thinking he was ready to move on when he thought Abigail was dead and he moved in with a woman, the kids got attached to her, and then they broke up so the kids were heartbroken and he doesn’t want to put them through anything like that again. Chad informs “Abigail” that it was with her cousin, Stephanie.
Stephanie asks if Jada doesn’t think Brady is guilty. Jada says that the evidence against him is strong but something isn’t sitting right with her. Jada apologizes and says she shouldn’t be talking to her about this but she’s so used to going home and hashing things out with Rafe, but now she’s alone in his home, trying to do his job. Stephanie encourages that she’s doing it so well. Jada says she just doesn’t want to disappoint Rafe or let him down. Jada adds that she keeps thinking if Everett hadn’t wanted her, none of this would’ve happened to Rafe. Stephanie assures her that this is not her fault. Jada feels the longer Rafe doesn’t wake up, the smaller the chances are that he’ll ever recover. Jada says she asked Kayla to give it to her straight up but now kind of wishes she hadn’t. Stephanie says she’s sorry and that they’ve all been praying for Rafe. Jada thanks her and says her support means everything to her. Stephanie asks if Jada has gotten any sleep or taken care of herself at all. Jada says she can’t and talks about being short staffed at the police station. Stephanie tells Jada that if she needs a shoulder to cry on, she has hers as they hug. Jada thanks Stephanie and apologizes again for leaving her with Everett’s ashes. Stephanie tells her it’s fine and to finally go be with Rafe. Stephanie adds that she’s there if Jada wants to grab a bite or just talk. Jada then exits as Leo arrives. Stephanie asks what he’s doing there. Leo informs her that since she’s doing PR for Body and Soul, he wrote up his own bio to save her the trouble. Stephanie tells Leo that the show’s fans don’t care about this and just want to be entertained. Leo then notices the urn which Stephanie confirms to him is Everett’s ashes. Leo refers to Everett as his former boss and asks Stephanie what she’s going to do with him.
“Abigail” questions Chad moving on with her cousin. Chad clarifies that it wasn’t right away. She tells him that he doesn’t owe her any explanation since he thought she was dead, so she has no reason to be upset, especially since she slept with both of his brothers. She mentions that she understands one of those times had to do with a mental health issue. Chad questions if EJ or Stefan told her about that, complaining that they knew he wanted to tell her so as not to overwhelm her, but she informs him that it was Gabi.
Gabi tells EJ that she thought she and Stefan had a great love for the ages, but he couldn’t even bother to stay faithful to her for a few months before jumping in to Ava’s bed. EJ remarks that Ava has a habit of ensnaring people who should know better, even seducing his son. Gabi argues that Johnny is a kid while Stefan should’ve known better. Gabi questions if EJ is defending Stefan. EJ assures that Stefan was a fool. Gabi calls that the sweetest thing he’s ever said to her. EJ clarifies that he meant Stefan was a fool to be with her in the first place. Gabi responds that she knows he resents her for blowing up his marriage, but deep down she thinks he knows she did him a favor. Gabi says he was delusional if he thought his marriage to Nicole would ever last since she’s loved Eric forever. Gabi feels EJ that the marriage was ending and she just helped it along.
Stefan questions Ava as to why Connie would pull the fire alarm. Ava responds that she just ran in to Connie outside of the Brady Pub and she got an urgent text from Gabi and she headed off in this right direction. Stefan admits Gabi has been petty and talks about how she was dividing the house in to halves. Stefan adds that pulling the fire alarm is a crime. Ava calls Connie a wackjob and says she has turned herself in to a total Gabi stan, so much so that she faked her entire resume to work with Gabi among other things.
Connie questions Melinda asking if she killed Li Shin in cold blood. Connie calls Li the love of her life. Melinda tries to say she didn’t mean it as Connie shouts that Melinda must have a death wish.
Chad asks “Abigail” what else Gabi told her. She says quite a lot actually as she apparently had dissociative identity disorder and named one after Gabi, adding that they were friends, enemies, and then frenemies. Chad says Gabi has a lot going on and suggests just staying away from her. Chad wants her to stay away from his entire family as they are all crazy and that’s why he doesn’t want her to stay here. She asks what the alternative is. Chad responds that he has an idea.
Stephanie tells Leo that she will have some type of service to lay Everett to rest. Stephanie talks about never thinking she’d have to plan a service like this. Leo tells her he’s sorry. Stephanie calls it weird as she doesn’t even know who would want to be there. Stephanie points out that Leo worked with Everett. Leo responds that funerals aren’t really his thing. Stephanie argues that there no one’s thing and Everett didn’t know anyone in Salem. Leo then asks what about Everett’s friend Connie.
Melinda apologizes to Connie and says she didn’t mean to upset her. Melinda says she was just thinking about true crime episodes and how her favorite ones are the ones that get away with it. Melinda says if Connie did kill Li and pin it on other people, it would be an accomplishment in it’s own way. Connie thanks her and says she is a very clever woman but no one has properly appreciated it. Melinda says she very much appreciates what she is capable of. Connie disagrees and asks if it ever occurred to Melinda that poisoning her tea wasn’t the only time she got away with something like that.
Ava tells Stefan that he didn’t hear it from her but fills him in on Melinda finding out about Connie’s lies and telling her she was going to fire her, but when she ran in to Connie, she said Melinda never showed up and she had no idea she was about to be fired. Stefan calls that odd. Ava adds that she just saw Kristen, who said Melinda just quit DiMera out of the blue. Stefan wonders why. Ava says she doesn’t care but it all seems a little bit weird.
Gabi tells EJ that they are quite a bit alike, smart and misunderstood. EJ says he could throw out some less flattering adjectives. Gabi suggests conniving, lying, and ruthless. Gabi tells EJ that deep down, all she ever wanted was to be loved and she thought she was but then Stefan screwed her over and now all she wants is revenge. Gabi is sure EJ feels the same about Nicole getting back with Eric. EJ says that’s enough. Gabi gets why EJ doesn’t want to give Nicole a divorce since she made him look like a fool and scampered off to Paris with Eric while there’s nothing EJ can do about it as he’s miserable and alone. Gabi feels EJ must be feeling so much pent up anger and aggression with no one to take it out on, but points out that he hates Stefan and he’s still here as she is. EJ asks what she is suggesting. Gabi says she thinks he knows.
Chad offers to put “Abigail” up in a room at the Salem Inn. She calls him wonderful and thanks him, but says she was in her apartment alone for so long, so she doesn’t want to live in a room again. She insists his family will be on their best behavior around her and it won’t be for long. Chad says okay if that’s what she really wants. She says it is and apologizes if she offended him. Chad says he will look out for her while she’s there. Chad adds that he will pack and tell his family what’s going on. Chad tells her to call him if she needs anything as he then exits the room.
Stephanie tells Leo that she didn’t know Everett had a friend named Connie as he never mentioned her. Leo says he didn’t either but he saw her coming out of Everett’s room after he got back from Bayview and she said they go way back. Leo adds that she is Gabi’s new assistant. Stephanie calls that interesting and wonders how she knew Everett.
Melinda questions her not being the first person that Connie poisoned and asks what happened to the other person, insisting it will be their little secret. Connie then informs her that Everett Lynch aka Bobby Stein was in her position and knew what happened to Li, so that’s why he had to die. Melinda points out that he died by suicide. Connie says that’s what she wanted people to believe. Connie warns that people in her way need to be careful, including Melinda. Connie adds that Li convinced her not to finish Melinda off, but things can always change.
Ava tells Stefan that she doesn’t know why she’s wasting her energy on Connie or Gabi when she needs to be finding another job. Stefan apologizes and says he knows he’s the one who betrayed his wedding vows but she’s the one who lost her job because of it. Stefan adds that he would have Ava back at the Bistro in a heartbeat but Gabi would never forgive him, not that he expects her too anyways. Ava understands that Stefan loves Gabi and wants her back. Stefan says it may seem impossible now but he’s not giving up.
EJ leans in towards Gabi, but tells her that she’s not his type. Gabi argues that they just figured out they are basically the same person and he’s not her type either but that’s not the point. Gabi says this is about Nicole and Eric and Ava and Stefan and getting out all those miserable feelings. Gabi asks EJ to help her hurt them, suggesting they use each other to stick it to them all.
Chad packs his bag and enters the living room of the DiMera Mansion. He looks around and then exits.
“Abigail” looks at a framed photo of Chad and Abigail in the bedroom.
Stephanie tells Leo that maybe she’ll reach out to Connie to be at the memorial to pay her respects.
Connie informs Melinda that Everett is also the reason that she had to stab Rafe. Melinda is shocked to learn that Connie is the one who put Rafe in a coma.
Jada sits at Rafe’s side in the hospital and tells him that she loves him as she asks him to please come back to them.
Ava walks past the Brady Pub and calls Melinda, leaving a message to call her back as she needs to talk to her about Connie.
Connie sees Ava calling Melinda’s phone and declares that she might be a problem.
Stefan goes to Gabi’s bedroom, knocking on the door to ask if they can talk. Stefan says she can pull the fire alarms and take him for all he’s worth but nothing that she does will make him stop loving her…
Gabi and EJ kiss in to his bedroom and onto the bed where they begin to undress.
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