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Alex dropped Kelsey off with Bonnie. He wanted to surprise Stephanie with a romantic night by going to Jada’s place. Stephanie wasn’t there so he decided to text her. She woke up in a strange bed. Stephanie realized that she and Theo were on the bed together, but they were dressed. She panicked when she realized that Alex texted her. Stephanie was glad they were there for each other, but they made a mistake by spending the night together. She asked him not to say anything to Alex. Stephanie rushed to the pub to meet with Alex. Alex apologized to her and promised to make an effort. He cut himself off when he realized that she was wearing the same outfit she had on the day before. She implied that she stayed with her parents because Jada and Shawn hooked up at the apartment. He was relieved because he thought he lost her. She insisted that he wasn’t going to lose her. They apologized to each other. Alex promised to do more to fix what happened.

Holly confronted EJ at the town square. She ripped into him about going after the Kiriakis family. Holly blamed him for why her grandmother was losing her home. EJ explained that there was still a chance to save everything. Holly stormed off but not before she let it slip that the Kiriakis’ found a buyer for the mansion. EJ got on the phone with Rita to find out about the buyer. He wanted everything. Paulina went to visit Chanel and Johnny. She was surprised when she saw the baby’s full name (Olivia Alexandra). They explained that they wanted to honor Lexie for Theo and Abe. Paulina didn’t let on that it hurt. Chanel asked how Theo and Abe were doing. She noticed how uncomfortable Johnny became. The trio talked about EJ and Lexie secrets. Johnny asked Paulina to get ice. While Paulina was gone, Johnny told Chanel his secret about Lexie. Chanel understood that he was trying to honor his aunt’s wishes. She wanted to know if he was keeping anymore secrets. Theo walked in the room so Johnny didn’t answer her question. Johnny went to DiMera Enterprises so they could talk. Chanel checked on Theo. He said it was weird losing Lexie a second time. Paulina came back in the room and asked Theo how his father was doing. Theo thought she should ask him that herself. Paulina thought Abe should come to her if he wanted to talk to her. She didn’t like Johnny’s secret, and Chanel didn’t like it either. Johnny wanted to talk to EJ at the office. He let his father know that everyone knew that he knew that EJ hid Lexie. Johnny let him know that people weren’t happy about it. He said that he lied to Chanel about keeping more secrets about Kristen, Coriseal, and Holly. Arianna happened to walk by and heard them talking. She managed not to hear what EJ did, but she heard him say that Holly didn’t need to know anything about it.

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Cat went to see EJ. He told her what happened with Lexie and how she wanted to die alone. EJ said the role he played in losing Lexie was unbearable. Cat comforted him and told him it was harder for him with Kristen missing. When Cat asked if he knew where Kristen was, EJ said he didn’t know. He said he was thinking about his relationships with his siblings and was feeling regretful. At the pub, Theo and Abe mourned Lexie. While they were talking, Theo told Abe that he was disappointed in Johnny. He told Abe that he thought Johnny and EJ were hiding something. Abe was sorry that he had to deal with the DiMeras. Roman came over to offer his condolences. Abe talked to Roman about Lexie’s final wishes. Theo wanted to take a walk. Abe told Roman that Lexie wanted a party at the pub. Roman said he and Kate would love to do it.

Belle and Marlena talked about her trip to Italy. She told Marlena that Stefano wouldn’t hurt his son or Marlena’s daughter. Marlena said Stefano was dead. Belle said someone was working on Stefano’s behalf. She said it might be Rolf and he would never do anything to hurt Chad. Marlena said Stefano tried to play this game years ago with a chess set and a missing queen. She told Belle that she refused the game. Belle thought it was connected. She told Marlena she was doing it for her father as well as for her. Alex checked on Stephanie to see how she was after giving blood. Stephanie said Theo took care of her. Alex said he saw her cuddling with Theo. Stephanie said she saw him cuddling with Joy. She suggested that they go their separate ways for now. Alex decided to leave. Later on, Stephanie went back to the apartment. Jada and Shawn were spending time together so she left. She ran into Alex who wanted to talk. Stephanie told him he could be there for her or Joy, but he couldn’t do both. Before she walked off, she told him he couldn’t separate Joy and Kelsey. Theo and Stephanie ran into each other in the park. He wanted to know what was wrong. She told him what happened. Theo invited her to go home with him. Stephanie hesitated at first but agreed to go home with him.

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Leo found Gwen at the town square. Gwen was upset about Lexie dying. Leo thought she was upset because she lost money. Gwen didn’t want him to bring up the subject. Leo just wanted to help. He thought Leo could ruin her chance to get the hospital. Gwen believed that she could handle it. Jack arrived and thanked Leo for saving his daughter. He wanted to give Leo a hug. Gwen froze until Leo practically pushed her into Jack’s arms. Leo left them alone to talk. Jack wanted to work on their relationship. He informed her that Jennifer gave her blessing for him to work things out with Gwen. Jack told her that JJ wanted to work on their relationship too just like Thomas and Charlotte. Philip called Gabi to let her know that he was going to the poker game. He was going to tell her about it later. Javi let Gabi know that Gus moved out of the house. He said that he moved on from Leo and loved Gus. Gabi told him that Gus left him the same way he left Leo. She thought that Gus was treating him the same way he treated Leo. Gabi continued to give Javi advice about Leo and Gus. She told him that she was going for a walk. Philip walked into the Kiriakis mansion and told Xander not to sell yet because he had a plan. Kate arrived, and Philip was being mysterious to them. He didn’t want to tell them what he was doing. Philip said to give him a week before he sold the mansion. Kate wanted to make sure that he wasn’t doing something illegal.

Sarah wanted to know if Brady’s offer to move in with him was still an option. Brady was thrilled to have her stay with him. She dreaded telling Xander. Later Sarah met with Xander and told him that she was staying with Brady. Xander took the news surprisingly well. Kate ran into Brady and apologized to him for not being able to save Basic Black. She let him know that she was staying at the pub. Brady told him that Sarah was staying with him temporarily. Philip met with Gabi to let her know that he could go to Monte Carlo as soon as the money cleared. Gabi told him that she could go to Monte Carlo too. He let her know that guests weren’t allowed to go. Gabi warned him to make it work, or the deal was off. Xander called Maggie to let her know about the mansion. Maggie told him that she had to stay longer because Melissa wasn’t doing any better. Sarah showed up and started packing. Xander squeezed his stress ball until it broke.

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Chanel and Johnny named their daughter Olivia after Chanel’s grandmother. Cat went to see Marlena. While they were talking, Cat was willing to reschedule her appointment because of what happened to Lexie. Marlena wouldn’t reschedule and thanked her for her help with finding Lexie. Marlena put Cat under hypnosis. Cat remembered talking to EJ about Clyde and him finding out that she was ISA. Once out of the hypnosis, Cat was afraid that she admitted to being an ISA to EJ. She thought EJ would remember since he remembered Wundering Heights. Marlena advised her to talk to Andrew and Rafe and to stop seeing EJ. Kayla told Steve about Lexie. Steve said there was something suspicious about Kristen’s disappearance and Lexie’s death. He told Kayla that he wanted to find out what EJ had to do with it

EJ took out the letters that Lexie wanted Abe and Theo to have when she died. Rolf walked in. He said he couldn’t stay away. Rolf said he was keeping tabs on what was going on. EJ ripped into Rolf for overstating his miracle drug. He was upset with Rolf for trusting him and letting him use Lexie as a guinea pig and losing out on billions of dollars. Rolf vowed to never resurrect anyone else. Later on, EJ gave Abe and Theo their letters. Abe read Lexie’s final wishes. She wanted a party instead of a funeral. Steve and Kayla offered their condolences. EJ told them that Rolf wasn’t going to resurrect anyone again. Theo went to see Chanel, Johnny, and the baby. He let them know that Lexie died. Chanel wanted to name the baby after Lexie. Abe and Theo read their letters. Lexie told Theo that she was proud of him and left him a necklace. She wanted him to give it to his wife. In Abe’s letter, Lexie told him being with him was a miracle. She reminded him that Paulina was still there. Marlena was at the hospital to see the baby. While she was there, she saw Abe and comforted him. EJ and Marlena ran into each other. He told Marlena that Rolf wasn’t going to resurrect people. Marlena didn’t believe it because Stefano was obsessed with bringing people back from the grave.

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Paulina and Lani went to Chanel’s room while Johnny saw the blood and told them to get Kayla. Lani got her, and she made them leave the room. Kayla saw the blood and said it was from a minor tear. She said that she was getting transfusions. Abe and Theo wanted to make Lexie comfortable. They were thankful for the time they had with her. Abe left to give Theo some time alone with his mother. Lexie told Theo what happened with EJ and Kristen. She didn’t tell Theo that Kristen was kidnapped. Lexie told him that EJ wanted her to tell the truth, but he respected her dying wish. She told him that her brother wasn’t a saint, but she didn’t want him to blame him for what happened. Jada asked Kayla if Lexie said why she was at EJ’s place. Kayla told her that Lexie didn’t say anything about it, and she wasn’t ready to talk about it yet. Jada decided to go to the DiMera mansion to get some answers. EJ was about to go to the hospital to check on Lexie, but Jada was at the door with questions for him. Jada thought EJ was holding Lexie against her will and denied her medical treatment. He scoffed at the idea of doing that. EJ told her to go talk to Lexie about it. Paulina tried to calm Lani down when Eli showed up. Eli took Lani into his arms. Paulina assured Lani that everything would be okay. She suggested they got some air. After they left, Paulina started to break down. Abe walked by while Paulina tried to control herself. He hugged her, and she broke down. Abe assured her that Kayla would take care of Chanel. Paulina broke the hug and asked how Lexie was doing. Before Abe could answer, Johnny told them that there was good new about Chanel.

Kayla told Chanel, Paulina and Johnny that there could be more tearing during childbirth. Since Chanel was on chemo she might hemorrhage so she couldn’t have a C-section. Chanel knew it would hurt, but she could handle it. Kayla said they had to hurry and induce labor. Chanel continued to have more contractions. EJ arrived at the hospital. He didn’t know about what happened with Chanel. He wanted to see Lexie. Abe arrived before Lexie could say anything about Kristen’s kidnapping. He let Lexie know that he ran into Paulina. Lexie was happy that Chanel’s baby would have a loving family including him and Theo. EJ arrived, and Abe because upset. Theo had to calm Abe down after the things Lexie told him about EJ. Abe and Theo gave EJ time alone with Lexie. He struggled to come up with the words to apologize to her. Lexie told hi that it was okay. She was happy that she had time with her family. Lexie informed him that she didn’t tell anyone what he planned to do with Kristen because she wanted him to repair his relationship. She wanted him to be a better man. It’s her last dying wish. EJ started crying when alarms went off. Theo, Abe, and Lexie rushed back in the room. Lexie was stabilized, but he transfusion didn’t work. Kayla informed everyone that it was time to say goodbye. EJ told Lexie that he loved her. He walked out of the room. Abe and Theo sat by Lexie’s side. Chanel pushed until her baby was born. Johnny told her that she had a girl. Theo talked to Lexie about her being his superhero when he was a kid. Lexie sang a lullaby to him one more time. Johnny sang a lullaby to his new daughter. Lexie died after singing the lullaby to Theo. Theo and Abe kissed Lexie goodbye. Kayla tearfully put a cover on Lexie while EJ watched from outside of her window.

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Kayla had more blood for Chanel. Chanel panicked because she wanted to know what happened with her baby. They would monitor the baby as soon as she was born. Chanel had another contraction so Johnny rushed to get her more ice chips. Joy didn’t want to answer Chloe’s call. Kayla walked into her room with bad news. She informed Joy that the treatment didn’t work, and she would need surgery. Kayla explained everything about the surgery and that it had a 90% success rate. Joy wanted to know what the worst case scenario would be for her. Kayla told her that she could face paralysis. After Kayla left, Joy started crying. Theo and Chad hugged at the hospital. He told Chad his theory that EJ hid his mother because the drug failed. Theo told him that Johnny knew about it so he wondered what else he was hiding. He asked Chad to donate blood to help his mother. Johnny saw them together, and they talked about their loved ones. Theo didn’t want to tell Johnny anything. Alex took Kelsey into the blood draw room and saw Stephanie there. He had to leave because Joy was around the corner. Alex promised to come back, but Stephanie was upset that she couldn’t donate blood without it being a problem. Chad arrived, and Stephanie talked to him about what happened with Joy. He wished he could say more, but he thought Joy would come around. Stephanie was upset that Alex didn’t come back and wanted to leave. Chad thought she should tell Alex how she felt.

Alex took Kelsey to see Joy. Joy gave him the bad news he received from Kayla. Alex held and comforted her while she broke down. Stephanie walked by and saw Alex hugging Joy. Joy opened her eyes and saw Stephanie so she poured it on thicker for her. She told Alex that she was scared, and he promised to be there for her and Kelsey. Stephanie was upset and ran into Theo at the nurses station and hugged him. Theo wanted to sit down with her. Stephanie put her head on his shoulder. Alex saw them in the background and walked away. Chanel thought her water broke. Johnny went to Chanel’s room and saw blood and not water.

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Dimitri told Leo about his plans for them. Leo told him that he wasn’t the same man he was. He said he wanted a real life with real love. Dimitri said Javi moved on and wondered why Leo would pine after someone who didn’t want him. Leo wanted him to tell him. He told Dimitri to let him go if he really loved him. Dimitri said Leo chose to stay. Leo told him he stayed so he could let Gwen go. Dimitri finally understood what Leo was telling him. He told Leo that he was free to go and would drop the vendetta against Gwen. Leo told him that he had more to offer than money. He told Dimitri that he would find true love if he searched for the good in himself. Roman saw Kate outside of the pub and wondered why she didn’t tell him what was going on with Titan. He said he cared about her welfare. Kate thought he would enjoy being right since her actions pushed EJ to retaliate against Titan. Roman said he wanted some good to come out of it. He wanted her to move into the guest room. Kate said it wasn’t what she was hoping for, but she would take it as a first step.

Sarah went home and talked to Xander about Lexie. Xander told her that Maggie agreed to sell the estate to an Italian billionaire. He asked Sarah if she had somewhere to stay. Xander said he had his apartment and invited her to stay with him for Victoria’s sake. Sarah said she may consider it. Later on, Brady met up with Sarah. She told him that Xander got a buyer for the house. Brady asked her to move in with him. Sarah said she had to talk to her mother before she made a decision. Gabi told Philip that she wasn’t giving him the money. Philip said it was the only way to save her investment. Gabi said she looked into his poker past and found out he had a gambling addiction. Philip said he beat the addiction. Xander showed up and told them that the house was sold. Philip was upset about the news. Later on, Xander made a call and accepted the offer. He was upset about it. Kate went to the mansion and saw Philip looking at Victor’s portrait. She accepted the blame for what happened. Kate apologized to Victor’s portrait before she left. Gabi showed up and agreed to give Philip the money.

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Chanel went into labor. She was rushed to the hospital. At the police station, Gwen was worried about Leo. Jada came in the room and found out what happened in Alamainia. Gwen said she didn’t want to say anything about EJ unless she got a guarantee that she was protected from him and the courts. Jada said she would talk to Belle. She said she wanted to take EJ down. If what Gwen said was useful, she would get immunity. Gwen demanded her immunity first while Jada and Rafe wanted her to talk. She told Jada and Rafe that she didn’t trust the police to protect her or to take EJ down. Rafe threatened Gwen by telling her that she would go down for Dimitri’s kidnapping if EJ didn’t. Gwen said she knew there wasn’t any evidence to keep her or they wouldn’t need her. Rafe ended up leaving. Jada told Gwen she was free to leave.

Abe saw an unconscious Lexie in the bed. He rushed to her side. Lexie’s heart was beating, but she didn’t wake up. Theo called for help. When they got to the hospital, they told Kayla what happened. Kayla said she wasn’t giving up. While they were waiting, Chanel, Johnny, Lani, and Paulina showed up. Lexie was unresponsive when Kayla went to her room. Later on, Lexie woke up and was upset about being in the hospital. Kayla went to check on Chanel. Paulina was upset so Lani took her out of the room. When Chanel and Johnny were alone, she told him she was worried about the baby coming early and how they weren’t ready for it. Johnny assured her that they would be fine. They talked about baby names to distract her from the pain. Lani and Paulina saw Theo and was shocked about what was going on with Lexie. Kayla showed up to get Theo and Abe. They went to see Lexie. Kayla told them about the blood work. She said Lexie’s body was shutting down. Kayla said they could buy her some time but it wouldn’t do any good. Theo wanted to buy Lexie some time, but Abe wanted to respect whatever decision Lexie wanted. Lexie decided she wanted more time with her family. Kayla went to Chanel’s room and told her that her blood count was low so she had to get a transfusion.

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Holly and Tate talked about everything that happened to her. She swore him to secrecy when she told him that EJ was behind her getting drugged. Tate felt like EJ needed to pay. Gwen called Chad to thank him for letting Leo use the jet to rescue her. She let him know that Leo needed to be rescued. Gwen was leaving the message for Chad when JJ arrived. He welcomed her home and told her that the family tried reaching out to her. She found that hard to believe. JJ realized that something could have happened to her, and he would lose another sister. He wanted to fix things with her before it was too late. Gwen thought the Hortons were trying to butter her up because she was buying the hospital. JJ was shocked to find out that she was doing that. Theo was giving blood at the hospital when Johnny arrived to do the same thing. Johnny thought Theo was donating for Chanel, but he was doing it for his mother. He was surprised that Lexie was at the hospital. Theo was upset with EJ because he believed he was hiding her to avoid admitting his miracle drug was a failure. He thought EJ was denying his mother medical treatment. Johnny defended EJ and that made Theo believe that he knew about it. He told Theo that Lexie wanted it that way. Theo didn’t want to be around him.

Paulina ended up donating blood as well. She noticed that Johnny seemed distracted. He told her what happened with Theo. Paulina called him out for trusting something that EJ said. She couldn’t believe he was keeping secrets because he wanted him to do it. Paulina warned Johnny that he was on a slippery slope. Johnny promised her that Chanel didn’t have anything to worry about. He saw Theo at the nurses’ station and tried to apologize to him. As far as Theo was concerned, it was too little too late. JJ arrived at the hospital and ran into Theo. He wanted to know what he could do to help. Theo let him know there was nothing he could do, but he appreciated it.

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Theo burst into the DiMera mansion and caught Chad up with what happened to Lexie. Rita tried to intervene, but Theo didn’t want to hear from her. He let her know that he and Chad didn’t believe that she would tell the truth. Rita tried to stop them from leaving, but they pushed past her to get to the tunnels. She saw Devlin and realized that the memory eraser she gave him worked because he didn’t remember her. Devlin overheard people talking about a woman being hidden in the tunnels because a miracle drug didn’t work. Rita offered to take him home since he didn’t seem well. Devlin didn’t know about that since he didn’t recognize her. Rita tased him, and he went down. Johnny and Chanel waited for Paulina to show up to babysit Trey. Chanel insulted Lexie for leaving on Abe’s birthday. Johnny tried to defend his aunt, but it didn’t do any good. Paulina arrived with a gift for Abe. She explained that Marlena talked her into getting it, but she was being funny about it. Chanel wondered if Johnny knew what his grandmother was trying to say. They were about to leave when Chanel had Braxton’s Hicks. She said she was fine so they left. Lani arrived for Abe’s party. Abe didn’t feel like celebrating after finding out that Lexie was missing. Lani felt like the party would be good for him. She and Theo believed that Lexie went somewhere to get treatment. Abe wished Lexie had be honest with him in the first place.

Theo found Lexie in the tunnels and rushed to her side. He asked Chad to get Abe. Theo got Lexie some water and promised to get her help. He didn’t give Lexie a chance to speak because he ran upstairs to get his father. Chad arrived at Abe’s party to get him so he could see Lexie. Abe rushed to see Lexie. Chad explained to everyone what happened. He saw Cat at the square and yelled at her because he believed she knew Lexie was dying. Chad didn’t want to hear what she had to say. He said that she sounded like EJ and called her a liar. Rita took Devlin to a room with a pod. Devlin woke up and wanted to know where he was. EJ showed up in the room. He was upset to see Devlin, but he was excited to see him. EJ wanted Devlin gone permanently. Rita assured him that she would take care of it. She wanted to give him the flu medication first. Rita gave EJ a memory erasing pill without him knowing. She sent him upstairs so she could take care of Devlin. Johnny and Chanel went home with pizza for Paulina. They told her what happened at the party. Paulina thought it had something to do with Lexie. Chanel went into labor. Theo ran into Abe and took him to see Lexie, but she was unconscious.

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