Days of Our Lives Update
Update written by Joseph
Rafe is tied up in the secret room of the DiMera tunnels. His phone lays nearby as Jada calls but he can’t reach it.
EJ prepares to head in to the tunnels with a tray of food but he’s stopped by a phone call from Belle, who says they didn’t get much of a chance to talk last night. EJ accuses her of stealing his job and asks what else there is to say.
Leo sits in his room at the Salem Inn, complaining about spending New Year’s alone. Leo then gets an alert on his laptop that the new Lady Whistleblower posted a new column, who writes about the mystery of their identity driving Leo mad.
Javi is at home when he gets an alert about Lady Whistleblower’s new column which he laughs at.
Chanel walks through the town square and answers the call. Johnny wasn’t sure she would answer. Chanel responds that she has nothing to say to him and hangs up. Chanel then turns around and sees Joy sitting in the town square, so she confronts her and says she has plenty to say to her. Chanel accuses Joy of pretending to be her friend, lying to her, and ruining her marriage. Chanel questions how the hell she lives with herself.
Leo goes to the Body and Soul studio and says he wasn’t expecting to see Johnny today. Johnny responds that he just missed Abe, who had the same thought. Leo wishes him a happy new year. Leo talks about having writer’s block and then coming across Lady Whistleblower’s column, which lit a fire under him to write a new story that they won’t spoil. Leo adds that he has an idea to run past Johnny. Leo suggests having Regan and Faith trapped together in a cave while they both fight to get back to the man they both love. Johnny responds that it’s definitely not going to work.
Joy assumes Johnny told Chanel everything which she confirms. Joy points out that they didn’t actually sleep together and swears that Johnny stopped it before anything happened because he loves Chanel like crazy. Joy asks if there’s any way Chanel could possibly forgive Johnny.
Belle wants EJ to know that she did not pursue the position and that Jada asked her to take it. EJ argues that she didn’t have to say yes but notes that she didn’t owe him her allegiance but feels Paulina and Jada betrayed him and conspired against him. Belle argues that Paulina was just making a change and that EJ will land on his feet like he always does. Belle suggests EJ accept the situation with grace and forget about the revenge and retribution. EJ asks what he could possibly do to Paulina or Jada as he looks over towards the tunnels.
Rafe struggles with being tied up as he tries to reach his phone. Rafe is able to accept Jada’s call with his foot and tries screaming despite being gagged.
Leo questions Johnny not thinking his story will work. Johnny tells him that Joy and Chanel won’t do it because of him.
Chanel tells Joy that it’s none of her damn business if she forgives Johnny. Joy says she cares about them both and that this only happened because of a misunderstanding between Chanel and Alex. Chanel calls Johnny an idiot for believing she would be unfaithful and not coming to her about it while instead hopping in bed with another woman and lying about it over and over again.
Marlena goes home and greets Belle. Belle mentions being at the DiMeras for New Year’s for Johnny and Chanel’s impromptu party which she calls a very strange little party as they ran out of food and the hosts disappeared. Belle adds that for her, it was very awkward because Paulina fired EJ yesterday and gave her his job which surprises Marlena.
Jada asks where Rafe is but EJ comes down to the room and hangs up the phone. EJ guesses Rafe’s phone fell out of his pocket when he dragged him down there, so it looks like he got there just in time. EJ tells Rafe that he can blame Arnold for telling him everything he didn’t want him to hear, so that he had to drag him down here. EJ tells Rafe that there’s no point in screaming because no one will be able to hear him. EJ removes Rafe’s gag, so he tries screaming for help anyways.
Javi goes to the living room and wishes Jada a happy new year. Javi says he’s off to the gym and asks if everything is okay. Jada says she hopes so as Rafe is away on a case for Black Patch which suddenly came up and he had to leave. Jada mentions that she just tried calling him and he picked up but didn’t say anything and the call just dropped. Javi suggests she try calling him again, but it goes straight to voicemail.
Chanel questions why Joy wasn’t upfront with her from the beginning, arguing that she befriended her, invited her in to her home and tried to look out for her. Chanel talks about knowing what it’s like to be the new girl in town. Joy argues that she didn’t ask her to look out for her and acknowledges that she’s been so kind to her. Chanel asks if she thought it would be easier to lie to her face than admit she climbed in to bed with her husband. Chanel adds that Joy let her keep inviting her over. Joy complains that she wouldn’t take no for an answer. Chanel says now she knows why she kept making excuses and remarks that Joy let her make a fool of herself over and over. Joy says she’s sorry but Chanel says she was only sorry that she was found out. Chanel adds that Johnny told her that she was afraid of losing her job at Body and Soul. Chanel accuses Joy of betraying a friend to protect her job which says a lot about her character.
Johnny informs Leo that he hooked up with Joy so he thinks Faith and Regan in an enclosed space would not be good. Leo questions how this could have happened when Chanel and Johnny were the epitome of a happy couple. Johnny says he thought so too and explains that this thing with Joy happened before she was cast, when he stupidly thought that Chanel was cheating on him with Alex. Johnny clarifies that he didn’t sleep with Joy as he stopped it before it got that far. Leo asks if it’s technically even cheating. Johnny says it doesn’t matter as he was half naked with another woman on a bed and lied about it for weeks. Johnny adds that when Chanel found out, she was livid and walked out. Johnny wishes he talked to Chanel instead of accusing her of something she didn’t do. Leo says he understands because the same thing just happened to him.
Jada leaves Rafe a voicemail to call her when he gets it. Javi tells Jada that they have to do something about the expression on her face and assures that Rafe is fine. Jada wishes she could talk to him. Javi asks about their wedding plans. Jada informs him that they decided to get married on Rafe’s birthday at the end of the month. Jada notes that they’ve both been married before so they figured on something modest. Javi argues that in their culture, a wedding is an excuse to party for days and offers to step in to plan the wedding. Javi encourages that this time they will get it right. Javi knows how busy they are and declares that with him at the helm, they won’t have to lift a finger.
Rafe continues screaming for help. EJ says he told him he’s wasting his breath. Rafe questions why bother gagging him if no one can hear him. EJ calls it a failsafe and a psychological factor. Rafe calls him a son of a bitch and demands to be untied but EJ says he can’t because he knows too much. Rafe talks about EJ faking Arnold’s death and shipping him out of the country before he could testify against him. EJ says he had no idea that Arnold would show up at his house and that he was getting him to leave before Rafe snuck back in to his home. EJ adds that when he came back and found Rafe knocked out, he had no other choice but to drag him down here. Rafe questions EJ saying it’s his fault that he kidnapped him. EJ argues that Rafe was trespassing on his property. Rafe warns EJ that he’s engaged to the police commissioner and believes she’s out looking for him now but EJ responds that he knows she is not.
Marlena is thrilled to learn that Belle is the new district attorney and hugs her. Marlena calls it well deserved and a great accomplishment which also means Belle will be in Salem a lot longer. Marlena asks how EJ is taking it. Belle admits things are going to be more uncomfortable between them but at least she won’t be bumping in to him every day. Marlena brings up that Belle will also be seeing a lot of Shawn. Belle confirms they talked and Shawn was very supportive, but admits she is working closely with Shawn because when they split up, she thought they would be on different continents and not seeing his face every day. Shawn then shows up at the door. Shawn apologizes for dropping by on New Year’s Day, but says he is pretty sure Belle will have a stack of cases when she goes to the office tomorrow, so he brought her a few cases that EJ refused to prosecute that he thinks she should re-evaluate.
Rafe realizes that Jada has no idea he’s missing because EJ replaced him with Arnold, just like last time. EJ informs Rafe that Arnold did kiss Jada at midnight on New Year’s, but nothing further. Rafe swears he could kill them both with his bare hands and asks where Arnold is now. EJ reveals that he sent him to a motel to lie low while he cleans up the mess. EJ explains that he told Jada that Rafe had to go on a Black Patch mission. Rafe asks about when Jada finds out from Steve that it’s all BS. EJ insists that she won’t. Rafe argues that EJ will run out of options and can’t keep him down here forever. Rafe offers to make EJ a deal, saying they could work together to take down Arnold for good this time.
Jada tells Javi it’s so kind of him. Javi says she will be family and wearing his mom’s ring. Jada still feels a little self conscious about the ring but Javi encourages her. Javi talks about loving weddings but feeling like it isn’t in the cards for him. Jada asks Javi about seeing Kerry. Javi says he’s great and he spent the holidays with him, but he’s not sure he is the one.
Leo tells Johnny about how he accused Javi of being Lady Whistleblower when he wasn’t and the impostor is still out there torturing him, while Javi wants nothing to do with him. Johnny says he’s sorry as that sucks. Johnny assumes that Leo has tried to apologizing which Leo confirms, but says Javi won’t accept. Leo adds it’s all moot now since Javi is seeing someone else. Leo encourages that won’t happen with he and Chanel, but Johnny is not optimistic.
Joy tells Chanel that it wasn’t just about the job and talks about how no one knew her here, so she didn’t want her first impression to be as the homewrecker and her mother would have killed her. Chanel admits that she’s done her share of stupid things, but she thought she was her friend and that’s not how you treat a friend. Joy agrees that makes it so much worse as she really likes Chanel and thinks she’s a great person. Joy admits there’s no excuse for what she did. Joy then reveals that EJ offered her money to leave town, which shocks Chanel. Joy says she should’ve gone while Chanel shouts that she wishes Joy never came in the first place. Joy apologizes but Chanel says that doesn’t make it any better. Chanel advises Joy to take the money and pretend this conversation never happened. Chanel declares that Joy is not a good person and she hopes she never sees her again as she storms off.
Leo encourages Johnny that Chanel will eventually forgive him. Leo says until then, he’ll do his best to keep Chanel and Joy apart as best as he can. Johnny thanks him but is sorry if that means he has to come up with a new story. Leo tells Johnny to hang in there as he goes to get coffee.
Jada asks Javi what makes him say that Kerry might not be the one. Javi wonders if anyone is really the one and guesses he’s just in a bad mood from a lame New Year’s Eve. Javi hopes he doesn’t run in to Leo at the gym and questions what he ever saw in him. Javi admits that he was smitten with Leo and thought they were compatible until Leo ruined it. Jada points out that Leo did apologize but Javi declares it’s too little, too late and they are done for good.
Belle asks Shawn about working on the holiday. Shawn says he told Jada that he would volunteer. Belle promises to do her best to make the charges stick in the cases. Shawn decides he’s intruded long enough. Marlena tells Shawn that he will always be a part of their family. Shawn thanks her and wishes them a happy new year as he exits. Marlena tells Belle that they both handled that very well and professionally, so she’s proud of her. Marlena thinks Shawn seemed very pleased that Belle is the new district attorney. Belle thinks it’s more that it’s not EJ. Marlena encourages her. Belle talks about knowing how to handle EJ and acknowledges that they had a thing in the past and that Sami wanted to murder her over it. Marlena advises Belle to be careful which she promises to do.
Rafe insists to EJ that they can work together to put Arnold away. Rafe promises not to say anything about EJ’s involvement as he just wants to go home and get Arnold off the streets. Rafe gives EJ his word, insisting that he can trust him. EJ says maybe he can trust him, but he can’t trust Arnold. EJ says even if Rafe kept his name out of it, he doesn’t think Arnold will. EJ then informs Rafe that Jada already got him fired and somehow convinced Paulina to replace him with Belle, so he has no doubt that Jada will take the first opportunity to put him away. Rafe insists that Jada won’t say anything and he will talk to her but EJ doesn’t believe she will listen. EJ tells Rafe that he’s sorry but he will have to stay put until he figures out what to do with him, so he urges him to eat.
Chanel goes to the Body and Soul studio and tells Johnny that she knows she had nothing to say to him, but she realized she does have something to say to him. Chanel then tells Johnny that she quits.
Leo finds Joy in the town square and says he wanted to give her a heads up about some rewrites in the show because he had to write her out of scenes with Chanel. Joy guesses he heard what happened which Leo confirms. Leo says it’s too bad they can’t harness it on screen. Joy worries about it ending up in Lady Whistleblower’s column. Leo gets up to walk away but runs in to Javi.
Rafe continues to struggle with being tied up.
EJ emerges from the tunnels with Rafe’s phone and deletes Jada’s voicemail. EJ uses Rafe’s phone to text Jada that he’s sorry about earlier as he couldn’t talk due to being super busy with the case and that he’ll be in touch soon. EJ decides that will shut Jada up for awhile.
At the police station, Jada gets the text from Rafe’s phone as Shawn arrives and asks if everything is okay. Jada informs him that she just got a text, allegedly from Rafe but she has a really weird feeling that it’s not really from him.
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