Days of Our Lives Update
Update written by Joseph
Sarah checks on Chanel at the hospital. Chanel talks about not getting much sleep with Trey keeping her up at night and not being able to find someone to help run the Bakery. Sarah asks if Johnny will be joining them at this check up. Chanel says he should be on his way but might be running late, so she decides to check in.
Jeremy is in a hoodie outside of the Brady Pub.
Alex runs in to EJ in the town square. Alex stops to thank EJ for the picture frame he sent as an engagement gift. EJ reveals that he didn’t send a gift. Alex suggests maybe his assistant did on his behalf but EJ assures that Cat would’ve let him know. Alex tells him that the card was signed under his name. EJ informs Alex that he’s been out of town for weeks and didn’t even know Alex and Stephanie were engaged, so he congratulates him. Alex then begins to worry that something is really wrong and rushes off, so EJ follows after him.
Jada tells Steve that she has notified the state police and the FBI to look out for Jeremy’s car. Steve doesn’t understand how this happened. Jada says she doesn’t know either, but she’s going to find out. Jada says she will contact the officer assigned to Stephanie. She calls him but it goes straight to voicemail, so Steve orders her to try again. Steve says he has to warn Stephanie and tries calling her but she’s not picking up.
Jeremy walks past the Pub and is startled by a phone ringing, revealing that he has Stephanie’s phone as he walks off.
Jada and Steve can’t reach Officer Hansen or Stephanie and decide they need to get to the hospital. Jada calls in to send units to the hospital ASAP as they exit the station.
Kayla goes to check on her patient Mrs. Walsh, but finds she has been replaced in the hospital bed by an unconscious Officer Hansen. Kayla is shocked and rushes to the phone to call a nurse and an IV line. Kayla wakes up Officer Hansen, who asks where he is. Kayla says that he was unconscious and questions where Stephanie is.
Stephanie is unconscious, gagged and tied up in a chair in an unknown location as she then slowly regains consciousness.
Chanel tells Johnny that she gets it and will see him at home as she hangs up and tells Sarah that Johnny is stuck at work. Sarah asks if Chanel wants to hear the baby’s heartbeat. Chanel says she would love to, but feels she should wait for Johnny so Sarah says they can do it at her next appointment or she could record it on her phone to play for Johnny. Chanel says that’s a great idea, so she will do that and then gets emotional upon hearing the heartbeat.
Kayla rushes to her office to find Stephanie is gone. Alex and EJ come in after her and ask what happened. Kayla informs them that Officer Hansen was unconscious and somebody took Stephanie. Alex argues that maybe she’s still in the hospital. EJ says he’ll make sure she doesn’t leave. EJ then makes a call to have the hospital on lockdown immediately as Kayla and Alex rush out to go look for Stephanie. Steve and Jada arrive at the hospital to ask what’s going on. Kayla reveals that Stephanie was in her office but is now gone and worries that Jeremy must have taken her. Jada asks about Officer Hansen. Kayla says he’s alive but was unconscious when she found him. Jada wants all the exits sealed off. EJ comes over and says it’s already done as he ordered security to cooperate with the Salem police. Jada calls in to get all available units to the hospital now.
Stephanie struggles with being tied up and tries to scream.
Jada calls to have every place searched that Jeremy could have Stephanie if they are still in the hospital. EJ informs her that all elevators are shut down while Jada says she has an officer at every entrance and exit. EJ asks if they can keep this out of the press until they get a handle on it but Jada says that won’t be possible as her office is being slammed with inquiries, so they have to make a statement. Jada sends EJ to get access to the security footage and tells Steve and Kayla that there’s no leads on Jeremy, but JJ is at the school, interviewing the staff. Jada then gets a call from JJ.
Sarah tells Chanel that everything looks good and she ordered some blood work, then they will go over the results when they are in. Chanel thanks Sarah for everything and says she can’t wait to play the heartbeat for Johnny, Paulina, and Abe. Chanel asks Sarah how she juggles a high stress job with being a mother. Sarah admits that finding a balance can be tricky. Sarah talks about growing up and then becoming a parent.
Kayla asks how this can be happening as she thought they had this plan all figured out to keep Stephanie safe. Steve doesn’t know what went wrong as they had everything covered and argues that there’s no way Jeremy could’ve known she was here. Jada comes back over, so Kayla asks if JJ found anything. Jada reveals that he did and she’s afraid they are not going to like it.
Sarah shows Chanel pictures of Victoria on her phone and brings up that Victoria keeps asking for her daddy, but she can’t let him be apart of her life right now. Chanel says she’s so sorry. Sarah tells her that she and Johnny are very fortunate to have a wonderful marriage and that they are able to be their for their kids together as a couple. Sarah gets a text and says she has to run, so they will sync up about the blood work later. Chanel thanks her as Sarah then exits the room. Chanel pulls out her phone and listens again to her baby’s heartbeat.
Jada informs Steve and Kayla that JJ interviewed Jeremy’s students as they were the last to see him and they said they saw police lights outside the window, then Jeremy went to the bathroom and never came back. Steve questions the cops not seeing him trying to leave. Jada responds that the working theory is that Jeremy crawled through the bathroom window. Jada reveals that his car is still in the parking lot, so he must be on foot. Steve says that means he couldn’t have gone far. Steve says he will check in with his Black Patch contacts to track him down. Alex comes back over and asks if there are any updates. Jada says there’s nothing conclusive. Alex reveals he might know exactly how Jeremy saw right through their plan.
Stephanie struggles with being tied up while telling herself not to panic as someone then enters the room.
Alex reveals to Jada and Kayla that EJ never gave them a gift, so he thinks the picture frame was bugged. Jada says she’ll have officers take Alex home to inspect it but Alex says not to waste them on that as he wants every officer they have looking for Stephanie. Kayla reminds him that Stephanie may have been Jeremy’s target, but he tried to kill Alex twice. Jada agrees that Jeremy could’ve grabbed Stephanie to lure Alex and he’d be walking right in to his trap. EJ decides he’ll go with Alex so they only have to spare one officer. Jada adds that she will need access to every inch of the hospital including the clinic and the lab. EJ says that won’t be a problem and that he will go call Mark to open up the lab now. Alex steps aside with EJ. Jada asks Kayla if Officer Hansen is in any shape to be questioned. Kayla says as long as Sarah gives the clear. Jada assures Kayla that they will find Stephanie as she goes to find Officer Hansen in the exam room. Chanel comes out from her hospital room just as Paulina arrives and they both question what is going on. Chanel says she came for her check up and it wasn’t this crazy when she got there. Paulina suggests if they want to know about the trouble, they should go directly to the sources as she approaches EJ to question what in the hell he has done now. EJ reveals that Stephanie has been kidnapped from the hospital.
Jada joins Sarah with Officer Hansen and asks him what happened. He says it’s still all foggy but he remembers a doctor walking by in scrubs with a tray of test tubes. He says the doctor dropped one, so he went to pick one up and that’s all he remembers. Jada asks if he remembers anything about him. He says he was tall with an athletic build. Jada asks if he thinks it’s possible that Jeremy attacked him. He confirms it definitely could’ve been him.
Paulina questions Stephanie being kidnapped from the hospital while Chanel says she’s so sorry. Paulina can’t imagine what Kayla has been going through and asks where Jada is. Kayla says she’s questioning the last person to see Stephanie while EJ mentions allowing full access and states that the hospital is on lockdown. Kayla blames EJ for cutting the budget of the security department like he did all the other departments. EJ shouts that he’s not the enemy and reminds that it was the police that were overpowered by Jeremy, not his guys. Alex stops them and says they are not going to fight when they need to find Stephanie. A cop comes over and announces he’s been assigned to EJ and Alex. Kayla tells them to go find the picture frame as maybe that’s the lead that Jada needs, so they exit.
Steve goes to the Horton house and asks Julie if she has seen Jeremy. Julie responds that Jeremy is at the elementary school for his last day of teaching and questions what’s going on. Steve reveals that the police believe he kidnapped his daughter.
Jeremy reveals himself to Stephanie as the man dressed as a doctor that kidnapped her. Jeremy declares that he’s sorry as he thought winning her back would be easier, but she had to do things the hard way. Jeremy says that she said she wanted nothing to do with him, but if that was true, he wouldn’t have written about him in her book. Jeremy states that he got the message loud and clear in One Stormy Night. Jeremy agrees to remove her gag as long as she doesn’t scream. Stephanie tells him he doesn’t have to do this. Jeremy responds that there’s nothing he wouldn’t do for her as he loves her and he knows she loves him. Stephanie says she doesn’t and she could never love him again after what he’s done. Jeremy laughs that she’s just being stubborn but he’s patient and she’ll come around to realize how she truly feels about him, once Alex is out of the picture. Stephanie pleads with him not to hurt Alex. Jeremy tells Stephanie that he’ll make sure Alex doesn’t suffer and leaves the room, leaving Stephanie screaming for him to come back as she starts to cry.
Officer Hansen says he has to get back out there but Sarah stops him, reminding that he was unconscious. He argues that Stephanie was under his watch and now she’s missing, so he can’t just do nothing. Sarah argues that he can’t be out on the streets looking for Jeremy so Jada sends him to the police station to help look through the security footage. Sarah then reveals to Jada that there’s no sign of injury, so Officer Hansen wasn’t knocked out by blunt force, but he was drugged. Jada tells her that she’s sorry since she knows Jeremy is family. Sarah knew he was a suspect but she couldn’t imagine him doing something like this. Sarah adds that she’s sorry since she knows Stephanie is a close friend of Jada’s. Jada prays that they find her and that she’s alright. Sarah joins Kayla in another exam room and hugs her.
Julie tells Steve that she doesn’t believe this and that it’s a mistake. Steve assures it’s not and that Jeremy has been targeting Stephanie and Alex for months. Steve shows Julie the video from Halloween where Jeremy tried to stab Alex. Julie starts to cry and can’t believe it, but acknowledges that the video is proof. Steve says he’s sorry. Julie responds that she’s sorry as the truth was right in front of her but she couldn’t see it. Julie asks how she can help. Steve says to call him or the police station if Jeremy tries to contact her. Steve is sure that the police may want to search his room. Julie says they won’t find much since he packed up all of his stuff as he planned to drive to New York after school. Steve asks if Julie has any idea where Jeremy might have taken Stephanie. Julie reveals that she actually does.
EJ and Alex walk past the Brady Pub and talk about how Jeremy could be waiting at the apartment building. Alex agrees and says there’s no way he’ll have eyes on the service entry in the back. As they walk off, Jeremy appears behind.
Chanel tells Paulina that she needs to let Johnny what’s going on before he finds out from someone else, but she gets a sudden pain.
Kayla tells Sarah that they did everything they could to protect Stephanie, but they failed and now she’s just waiting for anyone to tell them she’s alright so she’s frustrated. Sarah encourages that miracles do happen every day, so they have to keep the faith that their prayers will be answered. Sarah invites Kayla to the chapel, so they exit together.
Julie tells Steve that it’s just speculation on her part, but that he might have taken Stephanie to the Horton family cabin on Smith Island since he loved it as a kid and does have a key. Steve gets a text that the police will be there shortly to search his room. Julie feels she must call Jeremy’s father as he deserves to know, but it will be a terrible shock to him.
Alex and EJ go to Alex and Stephanie’s apartment where the cop begins to bag the picture frame. Alex says maybe he was wrong and it was just a frame but EJ questions why it was said to be from him then. EJ takes a closer look and finds the bug in the frame.
Julie finishes her call with Jeremy’s father Mike, who says he hasn’t heard from him either. Steve says he should get going while Julie says she’ll get to him right away if she thinks of anything else. Steve knows this can’t be easy for her. Julie says it’s nothing compared to what he’s going through. Julie cries that she’s so sorry for defending Jeremy for so long. Steve is not sure it would’ve made a difference as he thought he did everything he could to protect Stephanie, but it wasn’t enough. Steve then exits.
Alex says their plan fell apart because Jeremy was one step ahead of them this entire time. Alex speaks in to the frame to say that Jeremy is not getting away with this and swears to kill him with his bare hands if he lays a hand on Stephanie. Alex then rushes out while EJ questions where he is going.
Paulina asks Chanel if it’s the baby. Chanel says she just needs to sit down and she’s fine. Steve returns to the hospital and tells Jada that Julie and Mike haven’t heard from Jeremy, but it’s possible that he’s hiding out at the Horton cabin on Smith Island. Jada says she will have JJ lead the search. Jada then gets a text from forensics that they finished dusting Kayla’s office but were not able to pull any fingerprints. Kayla and Sarah come over to ask if there’s anything but Steve says not yet. Kayla encourages keeping the faith. Steve assures that he’s not losing faith and will be asking God for help, but until then, he will turn the hospital and the entire town upside down until they find Stephanie. Steve hugs Kayla, assuring they will find her.
Stephanie dreams of Alex coming to rescue her, only to be shot by Jeremy, then wakes up still tied up and screams as she cries.
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