Daytime Soap Opera Short Recaps

Recap written by Michele and Cheryl
Rafe found Gabi panicking because she hadn’t heard from Arianna. She thought Arianna was upset with her for embarrassing her. Gabi told Rafe about the condoms she bought for Arianna. He was surprised to hear that. Leo walked in the room with Tesoro and let them know that he had to go to jury duty. He thought the baby was his chance to get out of jury duty. Leo took the baby along to annoy the people at the courthouse. Rafe was disappointed because he wanted to look after the baby. Gabi knew how much Rafe loved kids and thought he still had time. Arianna adored Rafe. He warned her not to keep sending Arianna messages because she’s a teenager and needed space. Rafe advised her to call the hotel to see if she checked in. Gabi followed his advice and called the hotel. She found out that Arianna and Holly didn’t check into the hotel. Gabi panicked more once she found that out. Rafe tried to calm her down, but it didn’t work. Holly and Arianna woke up in the storage room. They noticed a paper bag with water in it. Arianna wanted to drink it, but Holly warned her that it could be poisoned. She told Holly that they were hostages, and the kidnapper would have killed them if he wanted to do it. Holly believed her grandmother Maggie could have helped. Arianna didn’t think any of their families knew where they were. She hoped Doug came through for them. Arianna was upset with him for getting them involved in his mess. Holly tried to defend Doug to her. She told her that Doug paid them so there was no reason for them to go after them. Her comments didn’t change Arianna’s opinion about Doug. Tate talked to Belle about Johnny’s case. He was surprised that jury selection started. They believed Johnny was innocent. Belle still had to prosecute his case. They changed the conversation and talked about Sophia’s pregnancy. Tate thought she was acting weird. He said she was okay with him going to the lake, but it didn’t matter since Holly didn’t show up. Tate was started to get worried about her.
Doug called Gwen, but she didn’t answer the phone. He planned to break in her place and take the necklace. Before he got a chance to leave, Tate showed up at her apartment and demanded to know where Holly was. He knew Doug was lying. Tate refused to leave until Doug gave him answers. Doug tried to force Tate out of the room. Tate found an envelope with pictures of Holly and Arianna. He accused Doug of stalking them. Doug denied stalking them, but he knew someone was doing it. Holly and Arianna were in trouble, and he blamed himself for what happened. Doug told him what he knew. He warned him not to tell the police or Rafe about what happened. Doug had to get the money to the henchman. Tate had some money to help him. Doug was relieved, but Tate wanted him to get out of town for good. He agreed to leave town and leave Holly and Arianna alone. Amy checked in with Sophia, and she told her that she was in Chicago with a couple who wanted to adopt the baby. Sophia told her that her lawyer found a new couple fast. She didn’t want to waste time talking things over because the baby was due any minute. Amy wasn’t having it, but she got a notification to report to jury duty. She wanted to skip jury duty and meet the family. Sophia thought she could handle it on her own, but Amy wouldn’t hear of it. She wanted to be there for her daughter, but she didn’t want that. Sophia felt like she ruined one adoption and wouldn’t do it again. She hung up the phone. EJ looked through pictures from the shooting and heard a gunshot in his mind. He jumped when he heard it. EJ didn’t understand why he couldn’t remember anything. He went to the courthouse and saw Belle there. She didn’t want to talk to him until he admitted that he didn’t seduce her. He made love to her. She thought he did it because he wanted her to drop the charges against Johnny. He flirted with her, but she wanted to keep things professional. Amy walked in the courthouse and yelled at her husband on the phone. She told him about Sophia’s situation. She saw Leo with a baby and apologized for yelling. He told her that he was fostering a child after he got dropped off at a firehouse. Amy looked at her grandson. EJ and Belle questioned Leo and Amy to see if they would work for the jury. Leo tried to get out of being picked, but EJ and Belle were okay with him being on the jury.
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