Author: Eva Diaz

Daytime Soap Opera Short Recaps

Recap written by Eva

Victor and Mariah offer a listening ear to Chance and Abby as they struggle to deal with the news that Abby can’t have children. Traci tells the news about Abby so he can be there for her when she needs him since the Abbotts are always there for each other when one of them has a problem. Abby checks into the Grand Phoenix for the night to be alone so she can think and cry. She then dreams that a baby is crying and she soothes the baby back to sleep. Abby returns home and tells Chance that she still wants to have a family with him so they decide to explore their options on how they can have a family.

Back to the Daytime Recaps Page

Daytime Soap Opera Short Recaps

Recap written by Eva

Lily persuades Nate to be the face of the new medical website that Chancellor Communications just acquired. Amanda tells Elena all about finding her biological family. Sharon tells Nikki about Faith’s drinking and Nikki decides to have a heart-to-heart talk with Faith. Victor calls a specialist to help with Abby’s condition but Chance worries that he is getting Abby’s hopes up about being able to get pregnant. Abby gets even more depressed after Victor speaks to a specialist who tells her she has too much scarring to be able to carry a baby to term. Faith gets upset with Sharon because she told Nikki about her drinking since she doesn’t feel that she needs a lecture about drinking from her grandmother. Nate and Elena celebrate Nate becoming the face of AskMDNow. Elena dreams of Devon after she has been with Nate then she tells Nate that she just forgot where she was for a second. Devon asks Amanda if she would like to go on their first official date.

Back to the Daytime Recaps Page

Daytime Soap Opera Short Recaps

Recap written by Eva

Abby tells Mariah about her problems getting pregnant and that she is nervous about her appointment with her doctor. Mariah calls Tessa and they all have a girl’s night out at Society. Chance also leaves flowers and a note for Abby when she gets home. Phyllis tells Victoria the information she has on her, but she makes it clear that she has decided to take the high road and not use it against her. Phyllis is surprised when Nick tells her that he is glad she decided not to blackmail Victoria, but he wouldn’t have minded if Victoria got a taste of her own medicine. Summer and Kyle meet with Wyatt Spencer and set up another meeting to discuss a marketing plan for JCV with Spencer publications. Summer also notices the stunned expression on Wyatt’s face when she mentions Sally’s name to him. Summer later tells Kyle that based on Wyatt’s reaction she is sure Sally is hiding a big secret. Lauren asks Sally to submit design ideas for Fenmore’s new clothing line that they acquired from Jabot. Lauren tells Jack that she is hoping that this new project will distract Sally from trying to take Summer’s job.

Back to the Daytime Recaps Page

Daytime Soap Opera Short Recaps

Recap written by Eva

Victoria tells Billy she has a business meeting and asks him to take the kids to a school skating party. Billy cancels his plans with Lily to take the kids to the party and then when Billy arrives to take the kids to the party Victoria tells him her business meeting ended early. Victoria tells Billy the kids want to go to the skating party as a family. Amanda talks to Lily and Devon and tells them that Imani filed a restraining order against her. Amanda is deeply hurt by this but is determined to live without her biological family. Devon encourages her to keep the door open for her family. Devon tells Nate that Moses wants to come to town to finish high school and study pre-med in college so Sofia requested that he ask Nate if he could mentor Moses. Nate turns down Sofia’s request, but Elena thinks Nate would be a great mentor for Moses. Chelsea has a bad day of therapy and Adam struggles to keep up her spirits. Abby’s doctor schedules surgery to remove scar tissue from her miscarriage and also see if there is a reason she can’t get pregnant.

Back to the Daytime Recaps Page

Daytime Soap Opera Short Recaps

Recap written by Eva

Rey and Sharon return from their honeymoon and are surprised by Mariah, Faith, and Nick with a welcome home brunch. Billy and Lily get back on the Jabot jet after buying the medical website they wanted, and they are happy they made the deal. Billyand Lily have a long talk about his one-night stand with Summer. Lily helps Billy realize that when people hurt him all he wats to do is hurt them in return without thinking about how they feel or how it might affect the people they love. Billy and Lily tell each other their flaws so that they can work on them and strengthen their relationship.. Nick and Sharon decide to find Faith a therapist so she can talk to someone about what is bothering her before she makes dangerous choices. Faith talks to Jordan and tells her that her parents are really worried about her drinking so they have to be more careful, but they can still have fun. Amanda tells Devon everything that happened with Naya and Imani and that she is ready to put her biological family in the past. Devon encourages Amanda to keep the door open with her family but not to set false expectations for them. Amanda is shocked when she is served with court papers.

Back to the Daytime Recaps Page

Daytime Soap Opera Short Recaps

Recap written by Eva

Abby is dizzy and nauseous, so she takes two home pregnancy tests which are both negative. Abby wants to make an appointment with her doctor, but Chance asks her to wait a few months while they keep trying to get pregnant. Billy apologizes to Summer for their one-night stand and admits that he took advantage of her feelings for him. Summer forgives Billy and tells him they don’t talk about the subject again. Lily overhears the last part of Summer and Billy’s conversation and asks Billy about it later. Billy tells Lily what happened between him and Summer and she is upset and tells him she needs time to think about their personal relationship. Once they have rested and freshened up from their flight, Summer calls Wyatt Spencer and sets up a meeting so she and Kyle can talk to him about Jabot collective and Sally. Amanda talks to her biological mother Naya who tells her she got pregnant in college and it was a mistake. Naya explains that her parents were religious so she carried the babies to term and Rose could only take care of one of the babies and her parents didn’t tell her what they did with the other child. Naya also tells Amanda that her father died in a car accident. Imani arrives and Naya finally tells her the truth about Amanda and Hilary.

Back to the Daytime Recaps Page

Daytime Soap Opera Short Recaps

Recap written by Eva

Elena and Devon wish each other well as they move on with their lives and Devon tells Elena he thinks maybe they are finally where they are supposed to be. Lily offers Nate a job as the face of the new medical website that Chancellor Communications will be buying soon. Nate tells Elena about the job and she thinks he should take it. Amanda’s half-sister Amani arrives to tell Amanda she thinks she is a con-artist and she will destroy her if she doesn’t leave her mother alone. Amanda decides to go and talk to her mother and finally get answers why she didn’t give both her and Hilary to Rose.
Billy, Lily, Kyle, and Summer share the Abbott jet to go to Seattle and Los Angeles respectively and are having a very tension filled trip because Kyle isn’t happy that Billy and Lily are on the plane. The pilot comes over the loudspeaker and tells everyone that they will be hitting some turbulence and everyone is worried.

Back to the Daytime Recaps Page

Daytime Soap Opera Short Recaps

Recap written by Eva

Jack and Sally share embarrassing things about each other and, later, Jack tells Summer that Sally reminds him of himself when he was younger, so he intends to be a mentor for Sally. Kyle doesn’t want to go to Los Angeles with Summer to dig up dirt on Sally but changes his mind when he has a conversation with Sally and he realizes that she is a manipulative person. Devon has a romantic dream about Amanda. Amanda tells Devon that her biological mother, Naya, texted her to tell her she wasn’t ready to talk to her yet. Amanda calls her biological mother one more time to say that she just wants to talk to her. Amanda is surprised when her half-sister Amari arrives demanding she not to leave her mother alone. Adam blames Billy and the Chancellor Communications story for causing Chelsea’s stroke. Billy tells Adam that he is the one that cut off the electricity in the elevator which led to Chelsea’s fall. Adam pleads with Lily not to do a story about Chelsea’s illness because Connor doesn’t know about his mother’s condition. Billy and Lily have an argument about whether or not to do the story. Billy talks to Jack and realizes that his hatred of Adam could make him lose Lily. Billy apologizes to Lily and decides that Chancellor Communications won’t do any stories about Adam. The stroke specialist arrives to help Chelsea recover from her stroke.

Back to the Daytime Recaps Page

Daytime Soap Opera Short Recaps

Recap written by Eva

Kevin makes the mistake of telling Phyllis that he persuaded Gloria not to blackmail the man who was embezzling money from Newman Enterprises. Kevin also tells Phyllis that he thinks Victoria found out what was happening because the man suddenly retired and the money was put back into the Newman Enterprises account a few days later. Phyllis promises Kevin a lot of money if he will help her blackmail Victoria so she can get the money she needs to pay back the loan Nick gave her. Adam argues with Nate because Nate doesn’t think it’s a good idea to take Chelsea home. Adam gets Victor to hire a nurse and get equipment to convert the den of the penthouse into a hospital room for Chelsea. Amanda talks to Devon and tells him that she persuaded her biological mother to come to Genoa City to talk to her. Elena sees Devon and Amanda talking and later tells Nate that she is ready to sleep with him again. Amanda’s biological mother Naya sends a text to Amanda telling her she can’t meet with her today.

Back to the Daytime Recaps Page

Daytime Soap Opera Short Recaps

Recap written by Eva

Chance and Rey have a hunch that Billy was framed but they can’t figure out who would want to frame Billy for murder. Billy feels hurt because Abby doesn’t think he is innocent. Phyllis is grateful to Nick for his help in buying out for Victoria’s share of the hotel. Victoria takes the deal but tells Phyllis that this isn’t a win for her because she couldn’t have bought back the hotel without Nick’s help. Phyllis is grateful to Nick for his help but tells him she must accept that she is a failure. Lily and Billy discover what hotel the police witness is staying thanks to Billy’s source at the police station. Lily heads to the Grand Phoenix to talk to the witness.

Back to the Daytime Recaps Page

Daytime Soap Opera Short Recaps

Recap written by Eva

Chance and Abby spend their first day at the Chancellor Mansion babysitting Miles. Sally asks Kyle if she can be the new head of Marketing at Jabot, but Kyle tells her the position has been filled by Mariah. Chelsea is disappointed because her doctor won’t be able to treat her aneurysm until after the holidays. Adam assures Chelsea they will leave town after she is treated for her illness and is healthy again. Michael offers Billy a plea bargain if he pleads guilty to second degree homicide and he will get five years. Billy turns down the deal and fires Amanda because she thinks he should take the deal. Lily thinks Billy should rehire Amanda as his lawyer, but he refuses to do it. Billy tells Lily that his contact at the police station knows where the witness that claims to have seen him shoot Adam is staying. Lily thinks they should come up with a plan so they can talk to the witness.

Back to the Daytime Recaps Page

Daytime Soap Opera Short Recaps

Recap written by Eva

Nate and Elena go out on their first date and since they have such a good time they decide to go on another date. Abby and Chance enjoy the last day of their honeymoon and decide that when they return home they will live in the Chancellor Mansion. Abby also decides that her last name will be Abby Newman Abbott Chancellor and Chance is happy she decided to include his last name. Nick tries to persuade Victoria to sell the Grand Phoenix back to Phyllis but Victoria later calls her lawyer and asks him to look through the contract to find a way to push Phyllis out so she can sell the building for a tidy profit. Devon calls Amanda to invite her to share his take-out dinner with him and she gladly heads to his place. Lily and Billy decide to use Chancellor Communications resources to find out the person who tried to shoot Adam but instead shot Chance.

Back to the Daytime Recaps Page

Daytime Soap Opera Short Recaps

Recap written by Eva

Summer hits the ground running as President of Jabot Collective and sharing her ideas for the company with Lauren. Theo tells Sally that Kyle is Summer’s Achilles heel so she should use him to get Summer out of Jabot Collective. Adam and Chelsea get some bad news from her doctor who tells them that she has a cerebral aneurysm that could have been caused when she fell and hit her head. Adam and Chelsea decide to wait to leave town until they see the doctor tomorrow and they find out more about her condition. Chelsea tells Chloe about her condition and Chloe offers to get her through this but suggests that Chelsea let Adam leave town alone. The Abbott family offers to give Theo ownership of a small very profitable company Dina owned in Paris if he drops his lawsuit against them. Theo turns down the offer, so Jack wants to speak with Theo alone. Jack makes it very clear to Theo that if he turns down the offer and decides to go to court he will lose everything.

Back to the Daytime Recaps Page

Daytime Soap Opera Short Recaps

Recap written by Eva

Christine, Lauren, and Nina have a girls lunch and share memories of the old days. Nina promises to have dinner with them before she goes back home. Billy and Lily make love one more time before starting their day. Billy is very happy he walked Lily to her room last night. Billy thinks Adam or Victor set him up for shooting Chance. Adam persuades Chelsea to give him another chance and they start packing to leave town and move closer to Connor. Adam tells Victor and Victoria that he will sign away all claims to his inheritance only if his inheritance is given to Connor. Victoria makes the changes to the contract and Adam signs it then he tells Victor and Victoria he and Chelsea are leaving town. Adam arrives home and finds Chelsea unconscious on the floor. Rey arrests Billy for shooting Chance.

Back to the Daytime Recaps Page

Daytime Soap Opera Short Recaps

Recap written by Eva

Lily and Billy have a nice date where he tells her about Chance and Abby’s wedding. Lily thinks that she can prove that Billy didn’t shoot Adam by checking the Chancellor Communications security footage. The footage is time stamped so they could prove what time he came into the office and what time he left the office. Chance and Abby are not happy to arrive at their honeymoon suite on their private island Abby tells Chance that he has been the victim of a scam but despite the terrible honeymoon suite they decide to make the best of things and try to enjoy their honeymoon. Kyle and Summer watch the movie The Awful Truth with Jack because it is one of Dina’s favorite movies. Kyle tells Jack that he and Sumer have decided to take their relationship slowly.

Back to the Daytime Recaps Page

Daytime Soap Opera Short Recaps

Recap written by Eva

Chance and Abby exchange wedding vows and rings as their family watches them. Chance and Abby cut their wedding cake and thank everyone for sharing this special day with them. Billy arrives to offer his best wishes to the newlyweds and tells Chance that he didn’t shoot Adam. Nina asks the guests to write marriage advice for Chance and Abby and everyone puts their advice in a box. Nina gives the box to Chance and Abby before they leave for their honeymoon.

Back to the Daytime Recaps Page

Daytime Soap Opera Short Recaps

Recap written by Eva

Chance manages to calm Abby’s doubts about marriage and the wedding starts late but goes on as planned. Abby wears a beautiful dress and walks down aisle to her groom. The wedding guests recall their own weddings and have memories of family members and friends who have died and are looking down on Abby and Chance’s wedding day.

Back to the Daytime Recaps Page