Days of Our Lives Update
Update written by Joseph
Rafe questions EJ letting Jada think he left her at the altar. EJ thought he would approve, given the alternative that Arnold and Jada would be on their honeymoon. EJ feels he did him a favor and says gratitude would be nice. Rafe complains that he’s being held hostage while Jada’s heart is broken. EJ assures that Jada will see it as doing her a favor. Rafe questions it being a favor to replace her with Arnold, just so EJ can be reinstated. Rafe says it’s never going to work as there’s no way Arnold is smart enough to pull off being police commissioner. EJ points out that Rafe pulled it off. Rafe argues that Jada is a smart cop and will see through this whole scam to figure out that EJ is behind the whole damn thing.
Jada remarks to Belle that she could kill EJ right now. Belle says she’s so sorry but EJ did say he had no idea what “Rafe” would find. Jada insists the dirt was completely manufactured and asks how Belle doesn’t see that EJ is setting her up. Belle asks if she has proof. Jada says not yet but she will get it and questions Belle defending EJ. Jada says she didn’t come to debate with her and just needs to know where EJ is. Belle thinks back to EJ saying he would meet her downstairs. Belle tells Jada that she doesn’t know where EJ is and claims that she came to see Johnny, but offers to leave a message with the staff. Jada says she will convey the message herself, then she notices the passageway to the tunnels is cracked open.
Steve calls Tripp and says he’s with Brady, who would like to talk to Ava so he asks him to put her on. Tripp informs Steve that Ava is not there. Steve is sure it’s just a misunderstanding. Brady asks where the hell Ava is if she’s not with Tripp.
Kristen questions Ava saying Rachel had help. Ava tells her that there’s someone else there, who told her to call her The Woman in White. Kristen questions what she is talking about. The Woman in White then comes in and calls out to Kristen, revealing herself to be Kristen’s mother, Rachel Blake and leaving Kristen shocked. Kristen argues that it can’t be. Rachel reveals she’s alive, assuring it’s really her. They embrace as she tells Kristen how much she missed her. Kristen can’t believe she’s actually there and says she has no words. She asks what brings Kristen here. Kristen says she came looking for Ava, but had no idea she would find her. She asks why she came looking for Ava and if Rachel told her that she was there. Kristen realizes Ava was right and that she was there when she and Brady were looking for Rachel. She says it was heartbreaking not to reveal herself. Kristen explains that she found Ava’s phone in Rachel’s backpack and saw the text sent to Brady and that’s when she put it all together. Ava says they could untie her so she could leave and they can have their reunion but Rachel puts the gag back on Ava and says now they can talk.
Steve gives the phone to Brady so he can talk to Tripp. Brady asks if Tripp has spoken to Ava in the last week or so but he says he hasn’t once. Steve takes the phone back and tells Tripp that he’s sure everything is fine and that Ava must have just had a last minute change of plans. Steve promises to get to the bottom of it and tells Tripp to try not to worry as he’s got this. Brady knows Steve doesn’t want Tripp to worry, but he doesn’t think everything is fine and bets Steve doesn’t either.
Jada tells Belle that something’s not right here and points out the passageway to the tunnels being open. Belle says they were doing construction down there so she’s sure they just left it open. Jada suggests EJ could be avoiding her because he knows she’s onto him. Belle tries to tell her that she’s sure EJ isn’t down there but Jada goes down the tunnels anyway.
EJ tells Rafe that Jada is not smart nor a cop at this juncture. Rafe calls him a smug son of a bitch. EJ says if Rafe is not going to eat his breakfast, he’ll have to put the gag back on him. Rafe says screw his lousy food so EJ says he can have it for lunch then. Rafe argues that it’s only a matter of time before someone finds him and EJ gets caught. EJ then puts the gag back on Rafe and exits the room. EJ then runs in to Jada in the tunnels. Jada says she knew she was right. EJ questions what she’s doing down there. Jada says she was looking for him. EJ asks why. Jada responds that she knows exactly what he’s up to.
Steve asks Brady to see the text that Ava sent him, so Brady shows it to him. Steve reads the text and says Ava was obviously trying to put distance between them but maybe she was trying to spare his feelings. Steve says it’s possible that Ava went somewhere else and Hong Kong was a cover. Brady calls anything possible but question where Ava went if she went somewhere else.
Kristen asks her mother what happened and how she’s alive. She responds that she doesn’t even know herself as she spent years recuperating after being left for dead, then more years trying to piece together who she was and how she got there. Kristen tells her that Stefano is gone now which shocks her since she’s cut off from the rest of the world here. Kristen questions why she made this choice when she could’ve reached out to her and Peter to let them know she was alive. She says she was afraid that she’d be just trouble. Kristen cries that she could never be trouble and she’s just so happy to see her, calling it a miracle. She talks about Rachel showing up at her door and felt fate was telling her it was time to reveal herself and do whatever it takes to help her family.
Paulina goes to the police station and talks on the phone to Chanel, saying she’s glad Johnny is doing better and she’ll check in later. Paulina hangs up and approaches Shawn at the desk. Paulina thanks him for his transcript of his interview with Jada. Shawn questions her not calling Jada commissioner. Paulina knows they were close as partners, but he hopes he can put that aside as he’s counting on Shawn to ease the transition which Shawn questions. Paulina then reveals that she’s putting Rafe in as interim commissioner.
Jada tells EJ that she knows he’s setting her up to look like a crooked cop because she got him fired and he’s all about revenge. Rafe tries screaming for help, so Jada questions what that noise was.
Shawn questions Paulina appointing Rafe as commissioner and calls it a slap in the face to Jada. Shawn says when he interviewed Jada, she was shocked by the so called evidence and he believes she is innocent. Paulina hopes he’s right. Shawn asks if Rafe said who found the evidence for him. Paulina says he wouldn’t name his source but she has to believe the evidence. Shawn responds that he doesn’t believe it and never will.
EJ claims not to have heard a noise while Jada mentions hearing it again. EJ then says it’s just the construction workers down there. Jada calls him insufferable. EJ says they should go since it’s too dangerous for her down there and she can insult him upstairs. Jada points out that EJ is down there. EJ claims he was supervising and just took off his hard hat. Rafe continues to struggle with being tied up.
Brady tells Steve that he gets why Ava wouldn’t want to get in the middle of his messy family situation but questions coming up with a story and argues that they weren’t seeing each other that long, so it doesn’t make sense why she would go through all this trouble. Steve suggests Ava intended to go to Hong Kong but never made it. Brady questions her not telling Tripp at all. Steve suggests she sent the text under duress while Brady suggests maybe she didn’t send it at all.
Kristen and her mother talk about Rachel and how Kristen named her daughter after her mother. She tells Kristen how she made the family she always wanted, until Ava screwed it all up. Kristen questions if Rachel told her that. She says she thought of this as her way of making up for the time she lost. Kristen tells her that she doesn’t owe her anything as none of that was her fault and she suffered terribly. Kristen says she’s really happy she’s here, but she can’t be part of what she’s doing to Ava so she has to let her go.
Shawn argues with Paulina that Jada was his partner and the best cop he’s ever worked with. Paulina points out that he didn’t always think that way. Shawn says that’s because he was drinking then but he’s thinking clearly too. Paulina talks about Jada being innocent until proven guilty, but points out that they can’t have the people losing faith in the police department. Paulina adds that if Jada is cleared, the job will be hers again. Shawn questions why she had to give the job to Rafe after she just recently fired him. Paulina says she was impressed with Jada’s improved case clearance but now that it’s called in to question, Rafe is someone who has done the job before and has the experience and is a calm, steady hand which is what the people of Salem need. Paulina questions what Shawn has against Rafe. Shawn doesn’t like that he took a job working for EJ and that he broke Jada’s heart. Paulina tells Shawn that he doesn’t have to like it but her decision stands and orders him to get used to the new normal. Paulina adds that she has to go break the news to Jada, but Shawn asks to be the one to tell her.
EJ and Jada return to the living room from the tunnels. EJ tells Jada that he asked “Rafe” to investigate because he was concerned by incompetence from the police department after Jada was put in charge. EJ adds that he didn’t know what “Rafe” would find, but he did find that Jada put people away on trumped up charges and she is going to have to be punished. Jada says she doesn’t believe anything out of EJ’s lying mouth. EJ says it’s enough that others believe it, including Rafe. Belle comes back in as EJ tells her that Jada was just leaving. EJ tells Jada not to come back. Jada promises when she does, she’ll bring the handcuffs. EJ reminds her that they took those away from her along with her gun and badge. After Jada exits, Belle asks if Jada found him downstairs. EJ confirms that she did and claims that he was just overseeing the construction. Belle tells EJ that Jada doesn’t know about them, so she told her that she was visiting Johnny. EJ says that’s good. Belle notes how mad Jada was when she got there though. Belle brings up that Jada said EJ manufactured the evidence that “Rafe” found against her and asks if he did.
Brady asks Steve if he thinks it’s possible that someone used Ava’s phone to text him. Steve brings up Ava’s checkered past with the mob and with Clyde Weston, feeling you can never completely cut ties with people like that, so if someone wanted to cut ties, they’d only have to cover their tracks with Brady. Steve asks when Brady last spoke to Ava. Brady says she hadn’t been responding to his messages at all, but the last time they spoke, Rachel was still missing and Ava was very supportive. Brady mentions the voicemail that came with bad reception which was the last time he heard Ava’s voice. Steve asks him to play that voicemail for him, so Brady does. Brady guesses the text filled in the blanks. Steve asks what if she didn’t send it. Brady admits it’s possible that’s not what she said at all then.
Kristen’s mother questions Kristen wanting to let Ava go free and asks why she can’t keep her hostage. Kristen argues that she always taught her to do the right thing. Rachel Blake says she also taught her that nothing was more important than fighting for love and family. She talks about Kristen’s daughter Rachel being through a lot like Kristen has. She says if her parents weren’t taken from her, things would be very different so she feels Rachel deserves the family that Kristen never had. She asks if she wants Ava to be a mother to Rachel. Kristen doubts the relationship would get that far with Brady’s track record, so she’s not worried about Ava. She warns that if she frees Ava, she’ll go to the cops. She brings up Rachel saying that they were putting her in therapy for sending threatening text messages to Ava, so if they found out about her kidnapping plot, they would take her away and maybe even put her up. Kristen argues that she can’t keep Ava here forever. Her mother argues that she can take care of her until they come up with a more permanent solution.
Brady tells Steve that he has more questions and even fewer answers than he started with. Steve says he knows a few people that Ava was involved with in the past, so he will work those contacts. Brady doesn’t want to lean on him too hard but asks if he could try to enhance the audio on Ava’s message, then maybe they could figure out what she was trying to say. Steve agrees to see what he can do. Brady guesses that Steve thinks Ava might be in real trouble. Steve confirms that he unfortunately does.
Kristen questions what her mother means by a permanent solution. She says she’ll figure it out but claims she won’t harm Ava. Kristen brings up that Ava used to be her friend, so she does still have some empathy for her. She encourages that Kristen has to do this to protect Rachel as a mother, so she has no choice. Kristen then tells Ava that she’s sorry but she’s right that she has to protect Rachel. Kristen’s mother tells her that mother always knows best.
EJ tells Belle that “Rafe” was the one who dug up evidence against Jada and questions if she seriously believes he’d have Jada ousted just because she had him replaced with her. Belle hopes he’s telling her the truth. EJ hopes Belle could stay a little longer for lunch. Belle says she can’t because she has to go to work so they agree to a rain check. EJ tells Belle that he’s glad she stayed over last night. Belle admits she is too as they kiss. Belle then exits the mansion. EJ declares to himself that this is all getting too close for comfort.
Shawn goes to see Jada and says he knows he should’ve called first but he saw her car and wanted to stop by to see how she’s doing. Shawn tells Jada that he’s really sorry he had to drag her down to the station and grill her like that. Jada understands that he was just doing his job and she’s grateful it was him. Shawn is glad she’s there because he wasn’t sure. Jada responds that she’s not sure about anything anymore since “Rafe” is still at the Salem Inn and when he comes home, she guesses she’ll be moving out. Shawn wishes he could help. Shawn then informs Jada that he has some news that he wants her to hear from him first.
EJ returns to Rafe in the secret room of the tunnels. Rafe guesses it was Jada and tries yelling for her. EJ says she’s gone now, but he can’t risk having someone find him as they’ve had far too many close calls. EJ then pulls out a needle, so Rafe questions what he is doing to him.
Paulina finishes a call as Belle arrives at the police station. Paulina informs Belle that there’s a situation she wants to discuss with her. Paulina then reveals that she has installed Rafe as interim commissioner. Belle assumes Jada hasn’t heard that yet. Paulina asks if she has to defend her decision to her too, insisting it’s only temporary until all this shakes out. Paulina mentions the investigation and she hopes Jada is cleared, but if warranted, charges will be filed. Paulina says she’s only telling Belle so she can be prepared in case she has to prosecute Jada.
Shawn informs Jada that “Rafe” is police commissioner again. Jada says she shouldn’t be surprised as things keep going from bad to worse. Jada mentions that yesterday, she was supposed to marry the man she loves and now won’t answer her calls. Jada remarks that he’s taken her job and doesn’t believe in her like he’s a completely different person. Shawn brings up that Rafe was in a coma not long ago, so he wonders if it’s possible that might have something to do with the way he’s been acting. Jada says it’s possible since doctors did say he could experience personality changes, but he was completely fine until a couple weeks ago. Shawn feels it’s still worth checking out. Jada says she’s just afraid she already knows the answer and it has nothing to do with the coma. Jada thinks that Rafe doesn’t love her the way she always thought he did.
Kristen returns home to the DiMera Mansion and finds Brady in the living room. Kristen notes that he’s back so soon and asks how the therapy appointment went. Brady says it went fine. Kristen points out that he doesn’t look like it went fine. Brady assures that the therapist said it was a good first appointment and Rachel is doing fine, but he’s not so sure about Ava since he found out she’s not in Hong Kong with Tripp. Kristen asks where she is then. Brady responds that he doesn’t know but he’s afraid something is very wrong.
Rachel Blake tells Ava that she wished Kristen could’ve stayed longer but now she will look forward to her return. She tells Ava that she will get her some fresh air and wheels her out back in the chair, while EJ then drags Rafe’s body in a bodybag in to the house through the front door. EJ comments that Kristen just told him all about this place and declares that no one will ever look for him here…
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