Days Short Recap Monday, May 26, 2025

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Recap written by Michele and Cheryl

Marlena sat at John’s bedside and pleaded with him not to leave her. Steve walked in the room and said that Stefano may have been the Phoenix, but he had nothing on John. There were scenes of flashbacks of John. John coded, but Kayla was able to revive him. Steve told Kayla that the drug was delivered to Bo. If he survived, they had John to thank for it. Later he told Belle and Paul about what John did to help save Bo’s life. Maggie yelled at Xander for what he did to Philip. She told him that Victor wouldn’t want him in the house if he knew what he did to Philip. Xander wouldn’t fight for the house, but he planned to fight for Victoria. She was going to support any decision Sarah made where Victoria’s concerned. Maggie reminded him that she kept Victor in check when he got out of line, and she planned to do the same thing to him. Xander didn’t understand why everyone catered to Philip whenever he did something wrong. Maggie reminded him that she fought for his relationship over and over, but she was done giving him chances. She was done because he broke his promise to her and Sarah. He made them look like fools. Maggie refused to forgive him for that. He reminded her that she and Sarah kept him in the dark about Philip. They did it because they were trying to protect him from himself. She had him removed and told him never to set foot in the mansion again. Sarah and Kayla talked about their problems when Brady arrived. He wanted to know if she knew what happened to Philip. Sarah wasn’t ready to talk about it yet. Her day didn’t pick up when Xander walked into the hospital to see Philip. She warned him that she would call security. Sarah let him know what happened to John and that he was responsible for what happened to him. Xander told her that everything could have been prevented if he told her about the forgery.

Marlena prayed for a miracle for John. John saved her life and her soul. There were flashbacks of Marlena’s first possession. She reminded God that they faced Stefano, Kristen and the Devil. Marlena begged God to let John live. Belle arrived at the chapel with Marlena. She reminded her mother that she had John’s medical proxy. Belle remembered how bad it was when Marlena fought for her life in a similar situation. She told her that John wanted to fight for his life if something happened to him. Belle believed he would come back to them. Paul was upset that he didn’t have John in his life for long. He felt like he won the lottery when John was his father. Paul told Brady that he and Andrew planned to get married in Salem. Xander and Belle ran into each other at the hospital and got into an argument about what he did. He called her out for covering for EJ and Philip. Steve and Kayla managed to comfort each other because of the bad things happening around them. Maggie realized that Victor’s portrait was missing. Xander was in a dark alley slashing the portrait before he trashed it.

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