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Well, that was a fun day at the office. Yeah. My favorite part was getting to see EJ taking hiss anger management classes. I thought his vein was gonna pop the entire time. My favorite part was sensitivity training. I think I actually saw ejs soul leave his body. Oh really? I didn’t think he had a soul. Ah, touche.

Oh my God, I can’t believe this.

Gimme those prenatal vitamins. What are you doing with these? That stupid cow. Better keep her mouth shut.

Hello, darling.

Why are you asking about my brother? Brother? Is Colin Bedford correct? Yes. When was the last time you spoke to him? I left him a message this morning. He hasn’t gotten back to me. Any particular reason why you’re reaching out? He’s my brother. Isn’t that reason enough? What’s going on here? I mean, why are you so interested in son’s brother?

Well, we have reason to believe that he’s the one who’s been terrorizing Paulina and Chanel.

What, what is it? Talia, what did you wanna confess? Look, I haven’t been completely honest with you about my feelings. You’re having second thoughts about being with a woman, right? No, no, no. It, it’s nothing like that. Okay.

I don’t, I don’t know how to tell you. Just, just say it, whatever it is, we’ll work through it.

The only reason that I kissed you as sweet bits, and the only reason that I asked you out is because someone put me up to it. What? What? What do you mean someone put you up to it? Ooh,

my boyfriend.

You stay away from Abraham. You hear me? Get back. I didn’t wanna hurt your husband. But he was in the way. Oh, are you? What do you want? I’ll explain everything, but you have to come with me. Oh, hell no. Are you crazy? I’m not going anywhere with You. Wanna rethink that?

Like Sands through the hourglass. So are the days of our lives.

Look, I understand why he might suspect Sloan’s brother, but you were way off base. And why is that? Because for one thing, Colin isn’t even near Salem. That’s right. He’s not. As far as I know, well, you’re either lying to us or you’re misinformed because up until yesterday, he was right here in town staying at the White Dove Motel.

What? Yeah, he’s been renting a room there now for several weeks. You really expect us to believe that he hasn’t made contact with you

boyfriend. Yeah, the, the one that I told you about, the one from New York, Colin. Wait, I thought you said he was your ex. Yeah, I know what I said. Okay. But we’re still together. Okay. But if, if you’re still seeing him, then why would he want you to hook up with me? Oh wait. Is he looking for a threesome? Cuz been there, done that?

No, no. It, it’s noth, it’s nothing like that. Okay.

He wanted me to break your heart. What. Well, I don’t understand. Why would he wanna do something so cruel? I, I don’t even know him. I know you don’t, but he knows you.

He’s Sloan Peterson’s brother.

Bye. I will go with you, but first just let me call an ambulance for Abraham. Please, please. I promise I won’t say anything. I over the phone. No, but please. I said hand it over.

Good. Now let’s move. But, but about Abe, that that rolling pen could have seriously damaged his brain. Now he could die. He didn’t give a damn about my family. Why should I give a damn about yours? What your family, how would I know about your family? For heaven sake? What are you talking about? I just said I’ll explain everything.

Now. Let’s go Rob Abraham. I love him. Sorry, I have to leave you, but. Please hang you. That’s go please you taking that baby. Okay. I love you.

Can everything okay? Yeah. It’s just a surprise, a good one. I hope. It’s my divorce papers from Lee. Look like. Yeah, it looks like he already signed them. That was fast. I mean, he said he wouldn’t fight it. I wasn’t so sure. But, um, how does it look? Everything on the up and up? Yeah. Everything looks good so far.

I mean, my lawyer still has to look it over, but I mean, once I sign it and have them filed, I’m a free woman. Not for long. What’s that face? What. What are you up to? Well, I was going to wait until, uh, we were in a more romantic setting, but, um, I’m seeing you like this. Happy with a little smile on your face.

I, uh, couldn’t think of a more first perfect time. Stephen, are you.

Gabriela Hernandez, I love you more than anything on the planet, and I wanna spend the rest of my life with you. So will you please once again do me the honor of becoming my wife.

This is, uh, nothing. Just, uh, some medication that Kayla prescribed to me. Oh, right. Yes. For your condition, condition, you make it sound like I’m dying. Sorry. I I I know it’s not a big deal. No, it’s not a big deal. Every woman goes through menopause and I think it’s sexist as hell that men think a, a woman is for the hill.

When she’s in it and fyi, I am not. You’re not. Then why did you say that you were?

I’ll ask you again, Sloan. Have you made any contact with your brother? Look, even if he were in town, it doesn’t mean he is the one going after Paulina and Chanel. Well, he certainly has motive. What do you have? Do you have any actual evidence to implicate him? Mm. You know it’s an ongoing investigation. In other words, a witch hunt.

Erica, let’s go. They’ve wasted enough of our time. Sloane, I know you want to protect your brother. Trust me. I get it. But you’re not doing him any favors by covering up for him. Well, maybe she’s also covering for herself. She’s been working with Colin all along. No. What? You clearly know more than you letting on son what Kip is responsible for any of these crimes.

You didn’t do yourself a favor and tell the truth if anything worse happens.

Truth. Truth is person who’s been committing these crimes. Against Pauline and Chanel. It is my brother. He’s calling.

You need to let me go. Nah, I don’t think so. I’m sure somebody saw you force me to walk over here. They’re going to call the police. That alleyway was deserted and we came up the back entrance. Now, sit down. Look, listen Colin, I don’t care what you do to me, but please send Abraham some help. Dear God. Let’s give him a fighting chance.

I bang of you. We don’t have time for that. Have a lot to accomplish tonight. Accomplish, what does that mean?

I wanna show you something.

Your boyfriend, Sloan Peterson’s brother. Yeah. So, so, so that means that he’s Nathan and Martha’s son. Yeah. Look, he’s so traumatized about what happened. Okay? He blames you for his parents’ death, just like his sister does. But while SONG was pursuing legal avenues to get back to you, Colin had his own plan and it involved us moving here to Salem.

So when you applied for the job at the bakery, you knew who I was.

Kyle had already told me all about DJ and one of his friends words For me to get PU you so you can lead me on and break my heart. Yes. But that wasn’t his only goal. Oh my God. He’s the one who’s been harassing mama and me. And you, you were helping him.

Oh my God. I was not expecting this. I mean, I thought at some point we would get married again, but Well, if you think it’s too soon, we can pump the brakes. No, no, no, no, no, no. Of course not. I just, I didn’t think this was even on your radar. Are you kidding me? Ever since I got outta Rose Spell, it’s all I’ve been dreaming about.

And I found out you had that contract with Lee to stay married. I mean, you were the one that told me to stick with it for those stupid Demer shares. I know. And that was my mistake. I admit that. And now I realize that no shares nothing is worth not being able to hug you. To kiss you, to make love to you again.

And now we are so close to where we were before we got torn apart, except we’re not husband and wife. So are you gonna leave me down here on bending me all day? You gonna gimme an answer? Yes. Yes. A times, yes, of course. Yes. I’ll marry you. Oh my gosh.

Oh my God. What I meant was I met in perimenopause, not menopause. Okay. It’s the early stages isn’t, not practically the same thing. No. It’s your friends and why are you making such a big deal out of it? Wow. I’m, I’m, I’m sorry. I didn’t know this was such a touchy subject for you. Well, yeah, because of people’s attitudes about it, especially men, like I said, it’s pretty misogynistic.

Don’t you think? Let’s make it sound like women can’t have babies anymore, so we should put ’em out to pasture.

The only place I would put you is in my bed for a good old fashioned. Ravishing, might you be interested? Mm, I suppose

I just saw you numb. I find you incredibly desirable. In fact, I don’t think you’ve ever looked sexy yet.

How long have you known it was your brother? I only found out yesterday. I swear it, I, I overheard you and Dana speaking at the stations. Something about a shifty guy named Colin speaking in a British accent kind of just fell into place for me, which is when I went to the motel to confront him. You admitted to everything.

Yeah. He’s determined to avenge our parents, especially after the legal system failed us. But he didn’t want me to know, you know, he knew I would. Disapprove and try to talk him out of it, which I did. And that’s when I told him to leave town immediately and otherwise I was gonna turn him in. Did he say if he was working alone?

I mean, I assumed he was. He didn’t mention anybody else. Where’s Colin now? I don’t know. Didn’t you say something about, I don’t know, he checked out of his motel. Where did he go? Did he go back to New York or London? He didn’t say Uhhuh won’t put out an A p B. Hopefully he hasn’t gotten too far. In the meantime, we’ll settle for you.

Oh,

you recognize the family. I don’t need to. You are Nathan and Bedford son. Sloan’s baby brother. How’d you figure it out? Once I had the chance to think clearly, it wasn’t so hard to put it together, especially considering you got so prickly about the sweet bits when we had that talk about the incident in London.

So tell me, have you been, you’ve been working with Sloan this whole time? No, my sister has nothing to do with this. This is all my plan. Look, oh, Colin. Now you know, I think I know you. You must have been traumatized. You know about your parents. Yo, your mother’s death. It was a terrible tragedy, but it’s not what you think.

I swear. Stop. Just shut up. Right? Just let me explain. I’ve heard your side of this story. Now it’s time. You,

your sister suspected this. She thought you were the one behind all the terrible things that have happened, and she was right. You have been working with Colin this whole time. Admit it. Yes, it’s true. Okay. And and Sloan was in on it? No, no, no. It, it was just me and Colin. Oh. But he just let his sister take the blame.

She’s a good lawyer. He figured that she’d exonerate herself. Right, right, right, right. So, well, we were all ready to torch Sloan at the stake. You guys were able to just fly under the radar. You broke into mama’s office and you sent those threatening messages. She started having panic attacks because of you.

Listen minute, it was supposed to happen. Okay? Nobody was supposed to get seriously, or I swear, Chanel. They were just supposed to be harmless breaks, was spiking those biscuits, harmless. Talia, you’re a damn doctor. You know that Those were just some pranks. Someone could have died, but they didn’t. Look, we only had sit there for your business to get shot only.

Only you knew how much that place meant to me, how hard I’ve worked for it. I thought you were my friend. I, I thought that you were more than a friend.

How could you do this to me?

Ugh. Ew. Gross. Oh, very mature. Gabriela. Very mature. You know what? I apologize. Everybody deserves love in their lives, even You too. Yeah. She’s up to something. Mm-hmm. I swear if you sent way Shin, another glowing review of stepping from my computer. No, no, no. Don’t worry. Your reviews are about to become moot.

See? No one’s gonna care about either of your opinions anymore, especially once they see what we’ve cooked up. Oh, what are you rambling on about now? I think we should tell ’em. Tell us what? Stephanie and I are engaged. We are, and once we’re married, we’re gonna run the family company together as Mr. And Mrs.

Tamara.

Okay. What are you talking about? I just told you I have nothing to do with my brother’s crimes except you admitted that you knew about them and advised him to flee, which makes you. An accessory after the fact, right? Well, I just handed you your entire case, so I thought you would cut me a break and you damn well should Sloane cooperated.

She told you everything. She knew that she had to be determined and I still have a lot more questions to ask her, which she can answer down at the station. Besides. Once Colin hears that she’s been arrested, maybe he’ll come forward. Take responsibility. Wait, this isn’t necessary. She said she would turn Colin in if he did anything else.

Sloane Peterson, you are under arrest. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used in a court of law against you. You have a right to have a lawyer with you during questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be appointed for you.

That photo was taken in Barcelona. Yeah, we were on a family holiday and Sloan had just come back from law school. She was on a break. I was a tad cheesed off. I had to be away from my mates. I, oh, we’re still pretty mighty when we came across this, uh, this huge fountain.

They were musicians playing nearby. My dad just, we grabbed my mom and he started dancing. By the end of the song, they were in the middle of the founding laughing, splashing around. You know, I was, I was embarrassed. But that is how they were my parents deeply enough, which is how I know that you and your daughter are lying.

That’s a, a beautiful memory, but take it from someone who’s lived a lot longer than you. Relationships they change. People change now, not my parents. The love they had was real. We had a real family until you come along, you were raised it. You rewrote our story when you coming up your daughter’s crimes. I suddenly went from having two loving parents.

A suicidal mother and a predatory dad. Your father was a predator. He took advantage of a young girl. Here you go. Just distorting the truth again. That young girl, she sted him. She lured him into having an affair. Rich by the way. He deeply regretted, but she was relentless. She was ruthless. Oh, and, and by the way, a cold bloody murderer.

Now, now it’s time as Chanel. Guess exactly what she deserves. What do you, what do you mean? What did you do to my daughter? I’m worry. She’s not in any immediate danger. How about you?

Oh. My God, you’ve been playing me this whole time pretending to be my friend, pretending to be interested in me. No, Chanel please. You have to understand, okay, Colin convinced me that you were this awful monster that tried to seduce his father and killed his mother. That’s not what happened. I know that now.

Okay. When I heard your side of the story, trust me, I started to have my doubts, especially when I got to know you. I couldn’t imagine how someone so kind could do something so evil, but that didn’t stop. You did it. No. You just kept going along with Colin’s twisted schemes. Because, okay. He convinced me that he couldn’t live without getting justice for his parents.

Okay. Chanel, I love him. How? How could you love someone like that? Someone who would set out to destroy people’s lives? I don’t know. I thought he was justified. Somehow, no. No. There is no way to justify what he did. He is a freaking psycho. And for you, so now I’m sorry. I already hear it. Just get out. I said get out now.

I never wanna see you again.

You know, as much as I loved our first wedding, Stephen, small, intimate, I think, I think we should go big for this one. Invite everybody we know, including all major players at Damer. Of course, I agree. Prove to everybody we’re a true power couple. Actually, it will prove to them that you’re a fool, Stephan, that you fell prey to this gold diggers lies yet.

Oh, it’s again, wow. Ignore my brother. He just can’t stand to see us. Happy. No. Thank you. Mm. That’s new. I’ve never seen you. Pass up a drink. Oh, well that’s because it don’t feel like celebrating your un holly Union. That makes two of us. Well, Gabby, more champagne for us. Let’s ditch these. Debbie Downers, shall we?

Mm-hmm.

Oh,

take a seat. Come on, Judy. You know, she doesn’t deserve anymore. Jail over this. That’ll be up to the DA to decide if she wants to press charges. But in the meantime, I need to do my job. So if you can please step outside. You can’t question her without a lawyer. I know how this works here. It’s okay, Eric, but thank you.

I, I’ve got this. Okay. I’ll be right outside this door if you need anything.

I am glad you decided to cooperate. Not that it’s done May much good so far. Wolf, you help us find your brother, then I’m sure it’ll help your case. So let’s start from the beginning.

Maybe you can do something about this. First,

I’m ordering all units to be on the lookout for Colin Bedford. If anyone sees or hears anything, hit me immediately.

Hey Abe, what’s up? I, you need help. Hey, what’s happening? Where are you? Oh, I was attacked. Sweet, sweet pets. I’m on my way. Caller, we need to talk.

Where are you?

It’s cold up here. I forgot my scarf. Yeah, he won’t be needing it. It’s ain’t gonna take long. Why did you bring us up here? You were blowing so much hot air back in a room. We can both breathe fair air, can’t we? Oh, you realized that you couldn’t fire your gun in the room cause everybody could hear you.

You, you brought us up here to shoot me. Am I right?

Oh my God. I have to warn Mama.

Mama, I, I have something important to tell you. Uh, I finally figured out who’s been harassing us. It’s Talia and, and she’s working with Stone’s brother. His name is Colin. Nice to meet you. Chanel. What the hell did you do with mama? She’s fine,

but if you want her to stay that way, you’re gonna have to follow my instructions very carefully.

As much as I enjoyed rubbing our good news in EJ and Nicole’s faces, I’m glad it’s just the two of us again, you know, that’s I, I just wanna be surrounded by happy vibes right now. Me too. To our second marriage, may it be filled with as much laughter. And love unless death than the first. I will drink to that, right?

Ooh. Oh, oops. Oh no. Can’t let that champagne go to, oh no. You know what, actually I think. Think you missed the spot. Oh, that looks like I did

conniving. Bitch. Did it again.

Are you gonna drink yours? No. If you have it.

Not that it’s a surprise that she managed to warm her way back in the family. Yeah, and, and now she and Stephan are gonna use their wedding to bolster their image at the company.

Or maybe, or maybe will steal their thunder, upstage them. How?

Nicole Walker, will you marrying me?

Hey, what happened? Are you all right? Yeah. Ena help. Help her. Help. Help a yeah.

Mama Chanel for just in time.

So the last time you saw Colin was yesterday afternoon at the motel? Yes. After he promised me he was gonna leave town. Did he give any indication of where he would be going next? We’ve already been over this. Okay. I dunno where he is.

Drop the attitude. Sloan, if you would’ve turned your brother in right away, you wouldn’t even be in this mess. But instead, your psychotic brother is out on the loose and who knows what he’ll do next. He’s not dangerous. Okay. You don’t know him. I know him well enough to know that he somehow convinced my sister to do his little dirty work.

That makes him dangerous enough for me. Your sister, what are you talking about?

Call number one, everything. This hope. Don’t hate this.

What’s up? This is Paul Scarf. What is he doing here?

Stay away from my mom. Stay back. Do what he says, baby girl. Everything. It’ll be all right. You know, Chanel. I’m glad you called. I haven’t initially thought of inviting you to this party, but Well, I’m delighted that you showed up. Yeah, yeah. This has all worked out perfectly. What are you gonna do? You two bitches went to great lengths to make the world believe that my mom threw herself off the side of a building and now, The story’s gonna come full circle.

No, say goodbye to your mom. Chanel. She’s about to jump to her death.

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Stefan and Gabi return to their room, commenting on their day at work and joking about EJ’s anger management classes and sensitivity training. Gabi opens an envelope from the mail and says she can’t believe this.

Nicole enters the living room of the DiMera Mansion and pours a glass of water to take her pre-natal vitamins with. Nicole thinks back to running in to Sloan at the hospital and remarks that she better keep her mouth shut. EJ then walks in and greets her, then asks what the vitamins are for.

Sloan questions Rafe and Jada wanting to talk about her brother. Rafe identifies him as Colin Bedford while Jada asks when Sloan last spoke to him. Sloan responds that she left him a message this morning but he hasn’t gotten back to her. Jada asks if there was any particular reason she was reaching out. Sloan questions if being her brother is not reason enough. Eric asks what’s going on here and why they are so interested in Sloan’s brother. Rafe explains that they have reason to believe that he is the one who has been terrorizing Paulina and Chanel.

Chanel asks what Talia wants to confess. Talia responds that she hasn’t been completely honest with her about her feelings. Chanel guesses Talia is having second thoughts about being with a woman. Talia says it’s nothing like that but she doesn’t know how to tell her. Chanel says they will work through whatever it is. Talia then reveals that the only reason she kissed her and asked her out is because someone put her up to it. Chanel questions what she means and who it was. Talia admits it was her boyfriend.

Paulina shouts at Colin to stay away from Abe. Colin argues that he didn’t want to hurt Abe but he got in the way. Paulina questions who he is and what he wants. Colin says he will explain everything but she has to come with him. Paulina calls him crazy and says she’s not going anywhere with him. Colin then pulls a gun and warns that she might want to rethink that.

Eric understands why they might suspect Sloan’s brother but says they are way off base because Colin isn’t anywhere near Salem. Sloan agrees that he’s not as far as she knows. Jada responds that they are either lying to them or misinformed, because up until yesterday, he was right here in town and staying at the White Dove Motel. Rafe adds that Colin has been renting a room there for several weeks and questions Sloan expecting them to believe that he hasn’t made contact with her.

Chanel questions Talia about her boyfriend. Talia says it’s the one from New York that she told him about, Colin. Chanel thought she said that was her ex. Talia knows what she said but reveals they are still together. Chanel questions if they are still together then why he would want her to hook up with her. Chanel asks if he’s looking for a threesome but Talia says it’s nothing like that. Talia reveals that he wanted her to break Chanel’s heart. Chanel doesn’t understand why he’d want to do something so cruel when she doesn’t even know him. Talia responds that she doesn’t, but he knows her. Talia then reveals that he is Sloan’s brother which shocks Chanel.

Paulina agrees to go with Colin but asks to call an ambulance for Abe first. Colin demands she hand over her phone, so she does. Paulina asks about Abe and worries that he could die. Colin remarks that she didn’t give a damn about his family and asks why he should give a damn about her family. Paulina questions how she would know his family and what he’s talking about. Colin repeats that he will explain everything. Paulina cries that she’s sorry she has to leave Abe as Colin forces her out of the bakery.

Stefan asks Gabi if everything is okay. Gabi says she’s just surprised as it’s her divorce papers from Li and it looks like he already signed them. Stefan notes that was fast. Gabi wasn’t sure that he wouldn’t fight it. Stefan asks how it looks. Gabi says her lawyer still has to look it over but once she signs it and has it filed, she’s a free woman. Stefan says not for long. Gabi asks what he’s up to. Stefan says he was going to wait until they were in a more romantic setting, but after seeing her happy like this, he couldn’t think of a more perfect time. Stefan tells Gabi that he loves her more than anything on the planet and wants to spend the rest of his life with her. Stefan gets down on one knee and asks Gabi to again do him the honor of becoming his wife.

Nicole claims to EJ that she was just taking some medication that Kayla prescribed to her. EJ remembers her condition while Nicole remarks that he makes it sound like she’s dying. EJ calls it no big deal. Nicole agrees and argues that it’s sexist for men to think women are over the hill when they are in menopause which Nicole says she is not, so EJ questions why she said she was.

Rafe asks Sloan again if she’s made any contact with her brother. Sloan says even if he was in town, it doesn’t mean he is the one going after Paulina and Chanel. Rafe points out that he certainly has motive. Sloan angrily questions if they have any actual evidence to implicate him. Rafe calls it an ongoing investigation. Sloan calls it a witch hunt. Sloan tells Eric that they’ve wasted enough of their time. Jada knows she wants to protect her brother, but warns that she’s not doing him any favors by covering up for him. Rafe suggests maybe Sloan is also covering herself and she’s been working with Colin all along. Sloan denies that but Jada says she clearly knows more than she’s letting on. Eric advises Sloan to tell the truth if Colin is responsible, before anything worse happens. Sloan then breaks down crying and admits it was Colin who committed the crimes against Paulina and Chanel.

Colin brings Paulina to his hotel room. Paulina tells him to let her go but Colin refuses. Paulina says she’s sure someone saw him force her to walk over here so they are going to call the police. Colin insists that it was deserted and they came in the back entrance. Paulina pleads with him to send Abe some help to give him a fighting chance. Colin says they don’t have time for that as he has a lot to accomplish tonight. Paulina questions what that means. Colin says he wants to show her something.

Chanel questions Talia’s boyfriend being Sloan’s brother which means he is Nathan and Martha’s son. Talia confirms that is true and explains that Colin is still traumatized by what happened and blames Chanel for his parents’ death. Talia adds that while Sloan was pursuing legal action to get back at her, Colin had this whole plan. Chanel realizes that Talia knew who she was when she signed up for the bakery. Talia admits that one of Colin’s plans was for her to get close to her, so she could lead her on and break her heart. Talia adds that it wasn’t Colin’s only goal. Chanel realizes that Colin is the one who has been harassing her and Paulina, and that Talia was helping him.

Gabi tells Stefan that she was not expecting this. Stefan says they can pump the brakes if it’s too soon. Gabi says she just didn’t think it was on their radar. Stefan says it has been ever since he got out from Dr. Rolf’s spell but she was under Li’s contract. Stefan realizes that no DiMera Shares or anything are worth not being able to hug, kiss, and make love to her again. Stefan declares that now they are so close to where they were when they got torn apart. Stefan jokes that he’s still waiting for an answer. Gabi agrees to marry him and accepts his proposal as they kiss.

Nicole claims to EJ that she meant that she’s only in the early stages of menopause. EJ asks if they aren’t the same thing. Nicole insists that they are different and questions EJ making a big deal out of it. EJ apologizes as he didn’t know it was such a touchy subject for her. Nicole complains that it’s because of men’s attitudes about it. EJ kisses her and suggests they head to the bedroom. EJ adds that he still finds her incredibly desirable and says she’s never looked sexier as they kiss.

Rafe asks Sloan how long she has known it was her brother. Sloan swears that she just found out yesterday when she overheard them talking at the station about a shifty guy named Colin with a British accent, so it sort of fell in to place for her. Sloan admits she went to the motel to confront him. Rafe asks if Colin admitting everything. Sloan confirms that Colin was determined to get justice for their parents after the legal system failed them, but he didn’t want her to know because he knew she would try to talk him out of it, which she did, and that’s when she told him to leave town immediately or else she would turn him in. Jada asks if he said he was working alone. Sloan says she assumed he was because he didn’t mention anyone else. Rafe asks where Colin is now. Sloan doesn’t know since he checked out of the motel. Jada asks if he went back to New York or London. Sloan admits he didn’t say. Rafe decides they will put out an APB and hope he didn’t get in far. Rafe adds that in the meantime, they will settle for Sloan.

Abe starts to regain consciousness on the floor of the Bakery.

Colin shows Paulina a family photo. Paulina realizes he is Nathan and Martha’s son and Sloan’s baby brother. Paulina asks if he’s been working with Sloan this whole time. Colin says Sloan has nothing to do with this and this was all his plan. Paulina understands he must have been traumatized by what happened to his parents and calls it a terrible tragedy but swears it’s not what he thinks. Colin tells her to shut up . Paulina wants to explain. Colin argues that he’s heard her side of the story, now it’s time that she hears his.

Chanel argues that Jada suspected this and she was right that Talia was working with Colin this whole time. Talia cries that it’s true. Chanel asks if Sloan was in on it but Talia says it was just her and Colin. Chanel questions letting Sloan take the blame. Talia explains that she’s a lawyer, so they figured she would exonerate herself. Chanel argues that they were all ready to torch Sloan at the stake while they flew under the radar. Chanel realizes Talia broke in to Paulina’s office and shouts that she is the reason that Paulina started having panic attacks. Talia cries that it wasn’t supposed to happen and swears nobody was supposed to get seriously hurt. Chanel argues that someone could’ve died. Talia cries that it was only supposed to hurt her business. Chanel talks about what the Bakery meant to her and how much she worked for it. Chanel thought Talia was a friend and more than that as she questions how Talia could do this to her.

Stefan and Gabi walk in to the living room, interrupting EJ and Nicole kissing. Gabi remarks that everyone deserves love in their life, including them. Nicole guesses she’s up to something and complains about their performance reviews. Stefan says no one will care when they see what they cooked up. Gabi announces that they are engaged. Stefan declares that once they are married, they are going to run the company together as Mr. & Mrs. DiMera.

Sloan complains to Rafe and Jada that she just told them that she had nothing to do with Colin’s crimes. Rafe points out that she knew about it and told him to flee, which makes her an accessory after the fact. Sloan argues that she just handed them their entire case so she thought they would cut her a break. Eric agrees that they should since Sloan cooperated and told them everything that she knew. Jada says that’s to be determined and she has a lot more questions that Sloan can answer at the police station. Rafe adds that maybe if Colin hears that Sloan has been arrested, he’ll come forward and take responsibility. Eric calls this unnecessary since Sloan said she would turn Colin in if he did anything else. Jada reads Sloan her rights and officially arrests her.

Colin shows Paulina more photos from his family photo album and tells a story of a family vacation together. Colin says his parents were deeply in love which is how he knows that Paulina and Chanel are lying. Paulina argues that relationships and people change. Colin says not his parents because their love was real and they had a real family until Paulina came along and erased it. Colin shouts that Paulina rewrote their story when she covered up Chanel’s crimes as he suddenly went from having two loving parents to a suicidal mother and a predatory dad. Paulina argues that his father was a predator who took advantage of a young girl. Colin accuses her of distorting the truth again. Colin argues that Chanel seduced his father and lured him in to an affair which he deeply regretted but Chanel was ruthless and a cold blooded murder. Colin declares that now it’s time that Chanel gets exactly what she deserves. Paulina questions what he means and what he did to her daughter. Colin tells her not to worry as Chanel is not in any immediate danger, unlike her.

Chanel realizes Talia has been playing her this whole time and pretending to be her friend and interested in her. Talia tells her that she has to understand that Colin convinced her that she was an awful monster who killed his mother and seduced his father. Chanel says that’s not what happened. Talia cries that she knows that now and when she heard Chanel’s side of the story, she started having doubts as she couldn’t imagine someone so kind doing something so evil. Chanel points out that it didn’t stop her and she kept going on with Colin’s twisted schemes. Talia cries that Colin convinced her that he couldn’t live without getting justice for his parents and she loves him. Chanel questions how she could love someone who would set out to destroy people’s lives. Talia thought he was justified somehow. Chanel argues that there is no way to justify what he did. Chanel calls Colin a psycho and says Talia is one too. Chanel screams at Talia to get out and says she never wants to see her again. Talia then exits in tears as Chanel breaks down crying.

Gabi tells Stefan that they should go big for their second wedding and invite everyone from DiMera. Stefan agrees and says they will prove to be a true power couple. EJ argues that it will only prove that Stefan is a fool for falling for a gold digger. Stefan says that EJ just can’t stand to see them happy. Stefan offers champagne to celebrate which Nicole turns down. Gabi comments on never seeing Nicole turn down a drink. Nicole responds that she doesn’t want to celebrate their unholy union. EJ says that makes two of them. Stefan decides that’s more champagne for them. Stefan then takes the bottle with them as he and Gabi exit the room.

Jada brings Sloan to the interrogation room at the police station. Eric argues that she knows Sloan doesn’t deserve to be arrested. Jada responds that it will be up to the district attorney if she wants to press charges. Jada says she has to do her job so she asks Eric to step out. Eric argues that she can’t question Sloan without a lawyer. Jada says she knows how it works. Sloan tells Eric that it’s okay and she’s got this. Eric tells her that he will be right outside the door if she needs anything. Jada is glad Sloan decided to cooperate. Sloan points out that it hasn’t done her much good so far. Jada says it will help her case if they find Colin. Jada asks Sloan to start from the beginning. Sloan asks for the handcuffs to be removed first.

Rafe stands outside the Pub and calls for an APB out on Colin Bedford and if anyone sees or hears anything, to call him immediately. Rafe then gets a call from Abe, who says he needs help. Rafe asks what’s happening and where he is. Abe reveals that he was attacked at the bakery. Rafe says he’s on his way and rushes off.

Talia goes to Colin’s hotel room and says they need to talk but finds the room is empty. Talia finds his family photo album on the bed and wonders where he is.

Colin brings Paulina to a rooftop and says this won’t take long. Paulina asks why he brought her here. Paulina guesses he realized he couldn’t fire his gun in the room because everyone would hear and asks if he brought her up here to shoot her.

Chanel realizes that she has to warn Paulina and tries calling her. Chanel says that she has something important to tell her and that she finally figured out who was harassing them. Colin is revealed to have answered Paulina’s phone and he tells Chanel that it’s nice to meet her. Chanel questions what the hell he did with Paulina. Colin responds that she’s fine, but if she wants her to stay that way, she will have to follow his instructions very carefully.

Gabi tells Stefan that she enjoyed rubbing their news in EJ and Nicole’s faces, but she’s glad it’s just the two of them now as she just wants to be surrounded by happy vibes. Stefan toasts to their second marriage being filled with as much laughter, love, and less death than the first as they kiss in bed.

EJ complains to Nicole that it’s no surprise that Gabi managed to worm her way back in to the family. Nicole knows they are going to use their wedding to bolster their image at the company. EJ then suggests maybe they will steal their thunder and upstage them. Nicole asks how, so EJ gets down on one knee and proposes to Nicole.

Rafe bursts in to the Bakery and finds Abe recovering on the floor. Rafe asks what happened and if he’s alright. Abe tells Rafe to help Paulina.

Chanel comes to the rooftop where Colin is holding his gun on Paulina. Colin says she is just in time.

Sloan tells Jada that the last time she saw Colin was yesterday afternoon at the motel after he promised her that he was going to leave town. Jada asks if he gave any indication of where he was going next. Sloan complains that they’ve already been over that she doesn’t know where he is. Jada warns her to drop the attitude and says if she would’ve just turned her brother in then she wouldn’t be in this mess but now her psychotic brother is on the loose and who knows what he’ll do next. Sloan argues that he’s not dangerous and that Jada doesn’t know him. Jada responds that she knows him well enough to know that he somehow convinced her sister to do his dirty work and that makes him dangerous enough to her. Sloan questions what she is talking about.

Talia cries that she’s ruined everything and hopes Colin doesn’t hate her for this. Talia pulls out her phone but then notices Paulina’s scarf on the floor. Talia recognizes it as Paulina’s and wonders what it is doing here.

Chanel screams at Colin to stay away from her mom while Colin warns her to stay back. Paulina tells Chanel to do what he says. Colin says he’s delighted that Chanel showed up as this has all worked out perfectly. Chanel asks what he’s going to do. Colin complains that they went to great lengths to make the world believe that his mom threw herself off of a building so now the story is about to come full circle. Colin tells Chanel to say goodbye to her mom, because she’s about to jump to her death as he holds her at gunpoint.

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Days Short Recap Friday, May 19, 2023

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At the DiMera mansion, Gabi told Stefan that she was a free woman after she took the divorce papers to Li. Stefan said she wouldn’t be for long. He asked her to marry him. Nicole took one of her prenatal vitamins as EJ came in the room. He asked her why she was taking it. She said it was for her menopause. She was upset about her situation. She said women are put out to pasture. He said the only place he wanted her was in his bed. He said he found her sexy. Rafe and Jada told Eric and Sloan they believe Colin is the one going after Chanel and Paulina. They kept asking Sloan questions about Colin. Eric pleaded with her to answer them. Sloan admitted that Colin was the one doing it. Talia told Chanel about Colin. Chanel was upset. She said she thought Talia was her friend. She asked how she could do that to her. Talia said she realized she and Paulina weren’t the bad people Colin said they were. Chanel asked how she could love someone like that. Talia thought Colin justified why he did it. She left the room. Colin pulled out a gun. Paulina said she would go with him, but she wanted to get Abe help first. Colin took her phone and made her leave the kitchen.

Gabi was shocked that Stefan proposed to her. She said she didn’t think marriage was in the cards for them. He said it was all he thought about ever since he came out of Rolf’s spell. He said asking her to stay married to Li was a mistake. He said all he wanted was to be married to her. She accepted his proposal. Colin brought Paulina to his hotel room. He showed her a photo album. She saw the family pictures and realized he was Sloan’s brother. She tried to explain what happened, but he said he heard her side. He said it was time she heard his side. Sloan told Rafe and Jada about Colin. She told Eric she told Colin to leave town. She said she didn’t know where Colin was. Rafe said he would put out an APB. He said for now they would settle with her. Sloan and Eric tried to stop him from taking her. Rafe said she was an accessory after the fact. Her arrest might bring Colin out. Gabi and Stefan ran into EJ and Nicole. Gabi and Stefan rubbed it in that they were engaged. They said they would be running the business together. Nicole said she didn’t want to celebrate with them. Stefan and Gabi left to celebrate. Colin told Paulina his parents were in love. He said that was how he knew she and Chanel were lying about what happened. Paulina said things changed. He said he believed Chanel was the one who seduced his father and murdered his mother. He said it was time for Chanel to get what she deserved. Abe woke up and called Rafe. When Rafe showed up, Abe told him to find Paulina. Colin took Paulina on the rooftop. She thought he brought her there to shoot her. Chanel called Paulina. When someone answered the phone, Chanel started saying what was going on with Colin. Colin cut her off and told her to follow his instructions. At the police station, Sloan said her brother wasn’t dangerous. Jada said Colin convinced her sister to do his dirty work. She said that was dangerous enough. Sloan asked what she was talking about. Chanel went to the rooftop. Colin put a gun to Paulina. Chanel wanted to know what he was going to do. He said since she and Paulina convinced his mother to throw herself off the building, he said the story would come full circle. He told Chanel to tell her mother goodbye. He said she was about to jump to her death. He pointed the gun at the back of Paulina’s head.

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Belle confronts Eric at the Brady Pub and questions what the hell is wrong with him as she just talked to Brady, who said that Eric and Sloan are getting serious. Belle asks if Eric is actually getting in to a relationship with that bitch.

Sloan bumps in to Nicole at the hospital and questions what she is doing with pre-natal vitamins. Nicole claims she must have grabbed the wrong kind. Sloan figured it was something like that because Eric just told her that her child bearing days are over because she had started menopause.

Chanel tells Talia that she’s glad she stopped by because she’s been thinking about her. Talia says she’s been thinking about her too. Chanel says this is about something else as she heard Jada accused her of a crime and thinks that she is the one coming after her.

Rafe and Jada find out that Colin does have a record after all and that his last name is not Firth.

Paulina and Abe go to the Bakery to meet the health inspector which turns out to be Colin pretending to be the inspector, claiming his name is Cameron Fry. Paulina thanks him and Abe says he’s relieved someone met with them. Paulina says Chanel can’t wait to reopen the Bakery. Colin remarks that there shouldn’t be a problem and he will take care of her daughter..

Rafe and Jada find out that Colin’s name is Colin Bedford and he was booked on assault charges five years ago. Jada says too bad the database only has his arrest and not if he went to trial or did any time. Rafe knows he heard that name before and tells Jada that she’ll never believe where.

Paulina assures that there won’t be anything to find in the Bakery and that Chanel was beside herself. Paulina and Abe talk about how Chanel is making sure that no one ever tampers with her product again. They talk about not letting Chanel know that this inspection was taking place but Abe suggests they should since she is the one who knows the place inside and out. Colin says that won’t be necessary as he’s confident he can find everything and right now prefers to just deal with them.

Talia questions how Chanel found out about Jada accusing her of drugging the biscuits. Chanel informs her that Paulina told her as they were talking about how there weren’t any other suspects but Sloan. Talia remarks that she just doesn’t understand why Jada would think it was her. Chanel guesses there was something off about her story but assures that Paulina doesn’t believe it as she knows Talia would never do anything to hurt her and so does she.

Eric informs Belle that Brady is right. Belle questions it not bothering him that Sloan has caused so much misery since coming to town and accuses her of drugging the biscuits. Eric asks if she has any proof. Belle admits she doesn’t yet because Sloan is an expert at covering her tracks, but argues that Sloan is also threatening Paulina. Belle shows Eric the threatening text messages. Eric asks how Belle knows that Sloan sent them. Belle admits that she doesn’t as Eric points out that she can’t prove that either. Belle asks if Eric is just turning his back while Sloan escalates her crazy plan. Eric says he’s not as he’s investigating this every way he can and believes Sloan has had nothing to do with Paulina since the civil suit was thrown out. Belle asks if it wasn’t Sloan then who was it. Eric responds that he doesn’t know because it’s not his job to play investigator. Marlena enters the Pub and sees them arguing. Belle questions Eric just taking Sloan at her word and remarks that she used to think he wasn’t gullible but stops and says she’s too polite to say anything. Eric shouts that he’s not too polite and he’s tired of being badgered and insulted. Marlena interrupts and tells them to stop this right now.

Sloan questions Nicole being up in arms over a bottle of vitamins. Nicole calls it none of her business. Sloan argues that she couldn’t have picked up the wrong kind since they are prescription. Nicole claims there was a lady in front of her line so maybe they gave hers to her by mistake. Sloan informs her that she saw Nicole’s name on the label so the vitamins were prescribed for her which means the only change of life she’s going through is being pregnant. Sloan questions why Nicole would tell Eric that she’s going through menopause and asks if he’s the baby daddy. Nicole tells Sloan that she’s wrong. Sloan reminds Nicole that she walked in on them right after they slept together. Nicole blames the tainted biscuits. Sloan calls her a piece of work. Sloan brings up that Nicole convinced Jada to get an abortion by asking if she really wanted to be tied to a man that was with another woman. Nicole argues that this situation isn’t the same as this one. Sloan argues that other women have to get abortions when they get pregnant with Eric’s baby but not her. Sloan accuses Nicole of being so desperate to get Eric back that she had to trick him in to knocking her up. Nicole then reveals that she doesn’t even know if the baby is Eric’s.

Marlena tells Eric and Belle that she could hear them bickering from down the block and asks what they are fighting about. Marlena then guesses it’s about Sloan. Belle confirms that and complains that Brady just told her that Eric and Sloan are a couple. Marlena asks so what. Belle questions her reaction. Marlena states that she doesn’t like Sloan any more than Belle does, but Eric is a grown man. Eric thanks her but Marlena warns that she’s not done yet. Marlena says when she came back alive, she found them at each others’ throats. Marlena reminds them that she asked them to put their differences aside but they couldn’t do that, so this is what she walks in to. Belle argues that she doesn’t understand. Marlena complains that life is too short for her to be playing referee to two adults behaving like children. Marlena would’ve thought that after all they’ve been through, they’d be happy to be together, alive, and a family. Belle remarks that she has made her feel terrible. Marlena wants to talk sense in to her. Marlena tells Belle that she knows she’s having a hard time with Shawn but not to take it out on her brother. Eric asks if she came in for a reason or just because she heard them arguing. Marlena informs him that she came to have lunch and to enjoy herself, but she’s lost her appetite so maybe she’ll just get back to the hospital where people really need her help. Marlena then walks back out of the Pub.

Chanel questions Talia as to why her own sister would turn on her like that. Talia says that Jada is just frustrated as she really wants to nail the person who did this to her. Chanel insists that it wasn’t Talia and remembers Talia’s first day at work and how she loves her work so she would never sabotage it. Talia states that Jada just has a job to do and she thought she caught her in a lie, so she followed up on it. Chanel can’t believe how nice she’s being about this. Talia says it’s over now, so it doesn’t matter. Chanel talks about how sweet and forgiving Talia is and kisses her.

Rafe reveals to Jada that he went back over Sloan’s mother’s case and her married name was Martha Bedford. Jada questions why Sloan’s name is Peterson and asks if she’s married. Rafe explains that Sloan just didn’t want to alert Paulina that she was coming to town, so she used her mother’s maiden name. Jada asks if this means Colin is related to Sloan. Rafe confirms that Martha Bedford had two children and the other one was a son.

Colin continues pretending to inspect the Bakery and tells Paulina and Abe that whoever drugged the biscuits have been able to stay one step ahead of the cops. Paulina argues that they know who it was, but haven’t been able to prove it. Paulina insists that it was Sloan and that she’s been after her and her family for no good reason. Colin remarks that he heard it was for quite a good reason.

Chanel tells Talia that she doesn’t want to assume anything but since they are here alone, she asks about going to her bedroom so they won’t be interrupted if Paulina and Abe come back. Chanel adds that if Talia doesn’t want that, they can stay right here. Talia thinks back to planning things with Colin. Talia then tells Chanel that she doesn’t want to get interrupted either, so they head to Chanel’s bedroom.

Rafe tells Jada that Colin has to be Sloan’s brother and that’s why he used a different name. Jada says he sure didn’t like her showing up at the motel. Rafe adds that Colin has to be the one going after Paulina and Chanel while Jada adds that he’s been using Talia to do it. They conclude that they couldn’t pin the biscuits on Talia because she had no motive, but her boyfriend did.

Paulina questions Colin saying he heard Sloan was after them for a good reason and what reason that is. Colin claims he didn’t mean to offend and that he just read in the paper that Chanel had pushed Sloan’s mother off the roof of a building. Paulina argues that the paper lies to boost sales because it was an accident that Chanel did nothing to cause. Paulina adds that Martha Bedford lured Chanel to the rooftop and attacked her. Colin brings up that it was because Chanel was having an affair with Martha’s husband. Abe argues that Chanel was seduced by the professor, who was 20 years older than her. Abe doesn’t call that an affair. Paulina argues that he took advantage of Chanel. Colin guesses he was fuzzy on the details because Paulina hired a bunch of people to cover it up.

Eric and Belle sit together at the Pub, saying that Marlena put them in their place. Eric admits to being defensive while Belle acknowledges that she came in guns blazing but says it was only because she’s worried about him. Eric assures that he can take care of himself. Belle argues that none of them know Sloan that well or what kind of person she is. Eric trusts his own instincts. Eric acknowledges that Sloan has a history with Paulina and Chanel and bad things are happening, but Abe is like an uncle to him so if he thought Sloan had anything to do with it, he wouldn’t want to be with her. Eric believes that Sloan is innocent and trusts her. Eric talks about getting to know the person she is and that she would not do the things that she’s been accused of. Belle decides that she will do her damndest not to worry about him then. Belle adds that Eric can still worry about him. Eric asks if Shawn is still a wreck after what happened to Bo. Belle confirms that he just keeps saying he shot his own father and is tortured by it. Belle complains that Shawn is dealing with it all alone and she should’ve cleared her schedule to go be with him in Greece, but she doesn’t even know how to track him down since he won’t take her calls. Eric tells her that he’s sorry. Belle guesses that’s why she’s been so hard on Eric since she couldn’t get her own life together, so she came to tell him how to live his.

Sloan asks Nicole about it maybe not being Eric’s baby. Nicole reminds her that she’s with EJ now. Sloan questions her having unprotected sex with both of them. Nicole tells her to keep her voice down. Nicole tells Sloan that she stuck her nose in her business and asks if it would be possible to keep her mouth shut. Sloan questions why she would do that. Nicole asks if she really wants Eric to know that she’s pregnant and argues that if she finds out the baby is EJ’s, then Eric never has to know that he was ever in the running to be the father. Sloan reluctantly agrees to keep Nicole’s secret. Marlena then arrives at the hospital and greets Nicole. Nicole tells Marlena that it’s so good to see her. Sloan tells Marlena that she was so relieved to find out that she was alive because Eric was in a lot of pain when he thought he lost her. Marlena is sorry that Eric had to go through that. Sloan suggests she and Eric take Marlena and John out to dinner now that she’s back. Marlena agrees to talk to John. Sloan says she knows it would mean a lot to Eric for them to get to know each other. Sloan adds that she really cares about Eric and calls him a wonderful person. Sloan says she’ll be in touch and exits the hospital. Nicole remarks that she thinks she’s going to throw up.

Rafe tells Jada that Talia said she broke up with Colin. Jada feels she’s obviously still been involved with him and that she didn’t want them to know that he’s Sloan’s brother, so they don’t know if anything else Talia told them is true. Rafe wonders if Colin really has Talia under his spell. Jada worries that he could then make Talia do whatever he wants. Jada talks about how Talia was really shaken up when talking about Colin. Rafe wonders if she knows what kind of bastard he really is. Jada notes that they can’t bring him in for questioning without knowing where he is since he checked out of the motel. Rafe decides they will have to track him down. Jada wants to talk to Talia first and confront her with what they know to see what she says.

Paulina questions why she is feeling like Colin thinks Chanel is involved in all of this. Abe argues that Chanel is a victim in all of this. Paulina adds that no charges were ever brought against them. Abe adds that Sloan’s lawsuit was thrown out. Colin remarks that for some people, it will never be over. Paulina questions what that means. Abe argues that Sloan has no legal right to come after Chanel, so if she continues to do so, she will face the consequences.

Talia and Chanel kiss in Chanel’s bedroom. Chanel stops and says she knows this is a major step for Talia, so they will only go as far as she wants or they can stop now if she wants. Talia thinks back to Colin telling her how much he needs her to do this. Talia then tells Chanel that she wants this just as much as she does and they continue kissing.

Marlena notes Nicole looking pale and offers to help her to the restroom. Nicole claims she just got queasy but she’s better now. Marlena asks if she’s ill or there to see a doctor. Nicole says she just came to pick up a prescription and remarks that it’s Sloan that made her want to puke. Nicole says she’s sorry but she just can’t stand Sloan. Marlena notes their conversation seemed tense and asks if they were arguing. Nicole says not exactly but that Sloan was sticking her nose in something that isn’t her business. Marlena reveals that she did overhear Sloan says she was going to keep her secret.

Eric tells Belle that he heard nobody knows when or if Bo is coming out of the coma, so Shawn must be going through Hell. Belle says he is and so is she, but that’s no excuse for her to treat Eric the way she did. Eric says he’s done it a few times too and he knows it’s only because she’s worried about him. Sloan then enters the Pub and greets them. Belle mentions Eric saying they are very happy together and congratulates her. Belle hugs Eric and then exits the Pub.

Jada tries calling Talia but she doesn’t answer.

Chanel and Talia continue kissing and begin to undress each other as they kiss onto the bed.

Jada thinks Talia turned her phone off and says they have to find her. They decide to go check the Brady Pub.

Chanel and Talia kiss in bed until Talia stops suddenly. Chanel asks if she came on too strong. Talia says it’s her and decides she can’t do this.

Abe doesn’t think Colin understands the magnitude of this situation. Colin asks Abe to enlighten him then. Abe says that Sloan has terrorized his family since coming to town, so what happened in the Bakery is just the latest in a string of incidents. Abe talks about the threatening messages. Paulina mentions just getting another one the other day. Colin asks if that was really a threat and says that “watch your back” could have just been a warning from someone looking out for her. Paulina questions what he said while Abe points out the text wasn’t in the papers so he asks how he could possibly know that. Paulina then questions who he is as Colin grabs the bakery’s rolling pin.

Nicole explains to Marlena that Sloan doesn’t like her any more than she likes Sloan and said she would keep her secret just to get under her skin. Marlena guesses she misunderstood. Marlena adds that she’s always in her office if she wants to talk. Nicole thanks her and says she doesn’t mind telling her as Eric told Sloan that she told him that she is in the early stages of menopause and Sloan wanted to rub it in her face. Marlena is sorry that Sloan upset her with something so personal and says maybe that shows them what kind of woman she is. Marlena tells Nicole that her offer stands in her office any time she wants to talk. Nicole thanks her and assures that she will remember that as Marlena heads to her office.

Sloan sits with Eric and asks if she’s hallucinating or if Belle was actually nice just now. Eric responds that Belle is under a lot of stress and is still trying to accept that they are together. Eric asks if she got her prescription filled. Sloan says she did. Eric asks if everything went okay at the hospital. Sloan asks what he means. Eric notes that she just seems a little off. Sloan starts to respond but Jada and Rafe enter the Pub. Eric greets them and asks what’s going on. They say it’s good that Sloan is there as they need to speak to her and it’s important.

Talia gets dressed as Chanel tells her it’s okay as she meant it when she said she doesn’t want her to do anything that she’s not ready for. Talia reveals it’s not that and says she has a confession to make.

Sloan questions Rafe and Jada wanting to talk to her. Eric asks if they came to hurl more accusations. Rafe and Jada clarify that it’s not about Sloan, but about her brother.

Colin knocks out Abe with the rolling pin, causing Paulina to rush to his side and try to wake him up. Paulina questions why he did that. Colin reminds her that he told her that her husband couldn’t save her as he then raises the rolling pin at her and she screams.

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THIS STILL NEEDS EXTENSIVE EDITING!

Hello. Are you out of your ever-loving mind? What the hell is wrong with you? Good to see you too. I just talked to Brady and he said, you and Sloan are getting serious. You’re not actually getting in a relationship with that bitch.

Give me those prenatal vitamins. What are you doing with these? I must have picked up the wrong kind. Yeah. Okay. I figured it was something like that. Eric just told me that your childbearing days were over, that you had started menopause.

I’m really glad you stopped by. I’ve been thinking about you. I’ve been thinking about you too. Oh, um, no, not like that. Well, I mean, I have been thinking about you that way too, but this is about something else. What do you mean? I heard that your sister accused you of a crime. She thinks that you’re the one that’s coming after me.

Scotland Yard has Collins’s Prince on file. Yep. Guys got a record after all. Oh, and guess what? His last name’s not Firth. Surprise. Surprise. Mm-hmm. I can’t thank you enough for coming up. Inspector Fry Cameron Fry. Ooh, it’s nice to meet you Mr. Fry. You know we’re relieved that the Health Department.

Finally decided to send someone. My daughter can’t wait to reopen her bakery. Well, if everything is above board, then there shouldn’t be a problem. I’ll be more than happy to take care of your daughter.

Like sand through the hourglass. So are the days of our lives.

So Colin Firth is really Colin Bedford, and it looks like he was booked on assault charges five years ago in London. Bedford, huh? Too bad. The database only has his arrest. We’ll have to find out if he went to trial or if he did any time. Wait a minute. What? I knew I’d heard that name before. Bedford. You have?

Yep. And you’ll never believe where you are. Not going to find anything nasty in this kitchen. Inspector. My daughter keeps it so clean. You’re gonna eat off the floor. I think I’ll pass on that. No, she was beside herself when someone laced her biscuits with drugs. Well, she’s making sure that no one. Ever Tampas with her baked goods again.

And, uh, how is she doing that? Safety procedures. Mm-hmm. Whoever works here, anybody who works here has to know them by heart. I think you’ll find that everything’s up to code. The biscuit dough, where is that stored? Probably in, in the fridge. But I mean, that’s what Chanel told me. We didn’t tell Chanel that this inspection was happening.

We didn’t want her to get her hopes up in case things didn’t go her way. But she’s obviously the only one that knows the hands and outs of this operation, so maybe we should call her. Oh. Oh no. That won’t be necessary. I’ll be able to find everything I need without her. You sure? I am sure you see right now I’d simply prefer to deal with the two of you.

Wait, how? How did you find out, I mean, about Jada accusing me of trucking those biscuits? My mom told me after Jada told her, I guess they were talking about how there aren’t any suspects, but Sloan, I just don’t understand why Jah thinks it’s me. Well, I guess there was something off about the timing of your story, but don’t worry, my mom doesn’t believe it.

She knows that you would never do anything to hurt me, so do I.

Please do not refer to the woman in my life as a bitch, the woman in your life. Okay, so Brady was right? Yes, Brady is right. Wow. And it doesn’t bother you that the woman in your life has caused so much misery since she came to town. Do you know how many people ended up in the emergency room because she drug those biscuits?

Do you have any proof that someone was even near that bakery counselor? No, not yet because she’s an expert at covering her tracks. But it didn’t stop at the biscuit. She. Still threatening Paulina. There’s been a lot of resentment between Paulina and Sloan. Heated words between both sides. Oh God, this is more than heated words.

She’s sending Paulina threatening text messages. Now. Here I’ll show you. Paulina just forwarded these to me. Yep. If you just scroll right there down to the bottom where Sloan says to watch your back because I’m still coming for you. How do you know Sloan Synthes? How do you know this even came from or from?

I don’t because she’s not stupid enough to send it from her phone because you can’t even prove that either. Do you really just wanna turn your back while she escalates her crazy plan? I’m not turning my back. I’ve investigated this in every way possible. And I’m telling you, Sloan has nothing or had nothing to do with Paulina since the civil suit was thrown out.

Well, if it wasn’t Sloan, who was it? I have no idea, bill. It’s not my job to play investigator. Okay, so you’re just gonna take Sloan at her word. God, Eric, I used to think you were reasonably smart about people, not some gullible fool who thinks with this what? You know what? Nevermind. I am too polite to say something.

Yeah, well, I’m not too polite. To tell you, hey, that I’m tired of being battered and insulted. Stop stuff is right now.

Give me those. You’re up in arms of rebuttal of vitamins. Why? Why? Because it’s none of your business. You couldn’t have picked up a wrong kind. Nicole. Those are prescription. Well, there was a lady in front of me in line. Maybe they gave me her prescription by mistake. Yeah, I saw the label. Sweetie, add your name on it or are there too Nicole Walkers around this town?

God forbid. No, those vitamins were prescribed for you. Which means the only change of life you are going through is being pregnant.

You’re not saying anything. Oh my God, you are pregnant. Why would you tell Eric then that you’re going through menopause? Because he’s the baby daddy. No, you’re wrong as usual. Are you denying that you slept with him? Have you forgotten that I walked in on the two of you right after it happened? Yeah, because we ate those biscuits that you drugged.

We were wasted. You really are a piece of work. You know that. Oh, okay. Oh, play. What is that supposed to mean? It means whenever Jada Hunter got pregnant with Eric’s baby, you convinced her to get an abortion. And how did you do that? By asking her, do you really wanna be tied to a man who’s gonna spend the rest of his life with another woman?

That situation isn’t the same as this one. Oh, really? Of course not. Because when other women get pregnant with Eric’s baby, they have to get abortions. But not you. You’re so desperate to get him back that you would trick him into knocking you up for your information. I don’t even know if the baby is his

really. I could hear the two of you bickering all the way down the block. What are you fighting about? Oh, let me guess. It’s about Sloan. Yep. Brady just told me that she and Eric are a couple. So what, so what, huh? Who are you and what have you done with my mother? Like, I don’t like so many more than you do, but Eric was a grown man.

Thank you, mom. I’m not done yet. You know, when I, when I came back alive, what did I find the two of viewed each other’s throats. I had asked you please, to put your differences aside, but no, you couldn’t do that. So this is what I walk into. Listen, mom, you don’t understand. I do understand. I understand that life is way too short for me to be standing here playing the referee to two adults who are behaving like children.

You know, after all we’ve been through, I would’ve thought that, I don’t know, you’d be happy to be together, that we were all alive and a family and together. Maybe I was wrong. If you wanted to make me feel terrible, you’ve succeeded. I wanna talk some sense into you. Please. I know you’re having hard time with Sean, but don’t take it out on your brother.

Mom. Did you come in here for a reason or because you heard us arguing? I came in here to have lunch and enjoy myself. Somehow I’ve lost my appetite. Maybe I’ll just go back to the hospital where people really. Really need my help.

Why would your own sister turn on you like that? If you made a mistake about the time you got in that day, what’s the big deal? But Jada’s just frustrated. She really wants to know the person who did this to you. Okay. Well, it wasn’t you. I remember your first day at the bakery. You said it was the best day you’d had in a long time.

You love your work and you would never do anything to sabotage it. Yeah, but my sister sh, she just has a job to do. She caught me in what she thought was a lie, and then she followed up on it. I can’t believe how nice you’re being about this. Way nicer than I’d be if my sister accused me of committing a crime.

Yeah. Well, it’s over now. Okay, so what’s it matter? It doesn’t. And that is just one of the incredible things about you, how sweet and forgiving you are.

Why do you remember today, Bedford? I went back over the case file from Sloan’s Mother’s death. Her mother’s married name Martha Bedford. So why is Sloan’s name Peterson? Was she married? No, nothing that innocent Sloan just didn’t wanna alert Pauline that she was coming to. Town. So she used her mother’s maiden name, Peterson.

Wow. She really planned this whole thing out. So if Colin Firth is really Colin Bedford, is he related to Sloan? Martha Bedford had two children. The other one a son. Huh. We are so relieved, Mr. Fry, that the health department finally saw the light and. And sent you here, especially with this case, still look.

Mm-hmm. Well, it seems like whoever did drive those biscuits staying one step ahead of the cuffs. Um, the thing is, we know who it is, we just haven’t been able to prove it. So who was it? A woman named Sloan Peterson. Oh. She’s been after me and my daughters, and she showed up and. And for no good reason, really heard was for quite a good reason.

But, um, I don’t wanna assume anything but. Since we’re here alone, what would you think if we went to my bedroom? That way, if my mother and stepdad come back, we won’t be interrupted. But also, if you don’t want that, we can stay right here. I don’t know how heartbroken she’s gonna be. I mean, her last relationship was really serious.

And she seems to be moving on just fine. Yeah. Because of you and how irresistibly beautiful you are, her attraction to you is what’s helping her heal so quickly from that last breaker. So why don’t you go back there and finish what you started.

I don’t wanna get interrupted either.

Let’s go to

Colin Bedford has to be Sloan’s brother. That’s why he’s using another name. And he sure didn’t like us finding him at that motel. Yeah. Because he’s the one who’s been going after Pauline and Chanel and he’s been using my sister to do it. You know, I’m right. And that’s why we couldn’t pin this biscuit thing on Talia because she had no motive.

And now we know. She never had one but her boyfriend did. I beg your pardon? You heard Sloan was after us for a good reason. What good reason is that? I’m sorry, I, I didn’t mean to offend. It’s just something that I read in the papers. What exactly did you re just the, uh, Your daughter pushed Mrs. Peterson’s mother off the roof of a building.

Well, that just proved the paper is just lied. Bus sails. The truth is, what happened was an accident and my daughter did not do one thing to cause it. I see Martha Bedford, Lord Marsh, to that rooftop, and she attacked her because your daughter was having an affair with Mrs. Bedford’s husband. Isn’t that right?

Chanel was seduced by the professor. Professor Bedford was 20 years older than she was. I don’t call that an affair. He knew. She looked up to him and he took advantage. I see. I must be a little fuzzy on the details. Yes you are. Because back when Mrs. Bedford died, you hired a bunch of people to cover it up.

I’m really put us in our place. Me mostly, you know, I was a little defensive. I mean more than a li. It’s only because I came in here guns blazing, and Eric, listen, if I was on my high horse, it’s only because I’m worried about you and I can take care of myself, bill, I know you can, but none of us know Sloan that well or what kind of person she is.

Yeah. Well, I trust my own instincts. In all fairness to you and to everyone who thinks I’ve lost my mind. I know how this looks. Sloan has a history with Chanel and Paulina, and bad things are happening. Really bad things I know, but I’m sorry for those bad things happening. But ABIs like an uncle to me.

And if I thought Sloan had anything to do with Abe’s stepdaughter or his wife, I wouldn’t want to be with her. Okay. So you really believe that she’s innocent, you trust her? Yes, I do. And the more I’ve been with that person, the more I’ve gotten to know the person that she is. And the more that person I know would not do the things she’s been accused of.

Okay, then I will do my damnedest. Not to worry about you,

but you can still worry about me, Sean.

Is he still a wreck after what happened to his dad? Yeah, he just keeps saying over and over how he shot his own father and he is just tortured by it and, and he’s dealing with it all alone. And I, you know, I should have gone to Greece. I should be there with him. I should have cleared my schedule. Can you still go?

I don’t even know how to track him down. He won’t take my calls.

Sorry.

Well, this is why I’ve been so hard on you. I guess I figured if I couldn’t get my own life together, I should come in here and tell you how to live yours.

Then it might not be Eric’s baby. Have you forgotten that? I’m with EJ now. Oh. Oh. You’re just having unprotected sex with the both of them. Oh. Keep your voice down.

Look, you have stuck your nose in my business. And now you know the truth. Do you think it’s remotely possible that you could keep it to yourself? Why would I do that? You actually have to ask. Think about it. Do you really want Eric to know that I’m pregnant? Wouldn’t it make more sense for me to find out one way or another who the baby’s father is?

So if it is ejs and you keep your trap shut, then Eric never has to know that he was even in the running to be the baby’s father.

Okay. I will. I’ll keep your secret.

It is so good to see you. It is so good to see you too.

Sloan, I was so relieved when I found out you were still alive. Eric was in a lot of pain and he thought he’d lost you. I’m sorry that he had to go through that. Well, now that you’re back, we should do something if you and your husband are free, and Eric and myself could take you guys out to dinner some night.

I’ll talk to John. I know it would make Eric very happy to see the two of us getting to know one another. I really do care about your son. He’s a wonderful person.

Well, um, I’ll be on my way and, uh, I’ll be in touch. Sloan.

Oh. I think I’m gonna throw up, Talia said she broke up with Colin. Yeah. But we both know that she’s still in contact with him and she obviously didn’t want us to know that he’s Sloan’s brother. So who knows if anything else you can told us is true.

Wonder if, uh, Collins really got her under his spell, then he can make her do whatever he wants. I mean, you heard her, how she said how he makes her feel about herself. I mean, she was really shaken up. Uh, maybe it was her guilt talking. I wonder if she knows what a bastard he really is. And it’s hard to pull him in for questioning, but we have no idea where he is living since he checked outta that motel.

Yeah. I’m gonna track him down. I wanna talk to Talia first, confront her with what we know and see what she and this guy have been up to. I’m getting an uneasy feeling that you think my daughter is at fault in all of this. Why is that? I don’t care what he read in the tabloids. My stepdaughter is a victim in all of us.

So that’s how you see it. That’s how it is. No charges were ever brought against her or me. You know, the lawsuit that Sonn Peterson brought was thrown out and the jurisdictions in London and here in Salem both decided it’s over. For some people never will be. What does that mean? One, why is this? Sloan Peterson has no legal right to come after Chanel, and if she continues to do so, she’s going to face the consequences.

Damn right.

Look, I know this is a major step for you, so we will only go as far as you want. And if you wanna stop now, then that’s okay too. Babe, you are the best thing in my life. You’re the only thing that makes me feel a hole.

You understand how much I need you, right? How much I need you to do this for me. No, I want this just as much as you do.

Uh, you’re looking little pale. Should I help you to the restroom? No, no. It’s okay. I just got a little queasy for a minute, but I’m, I’m better now. Okay. Are you, um, are you ill, are you here to see a doctor? No, I just went to the dispensary to pick up a prescription. It’s Sloan that made me wanna puke. I’m sorry, Marlena.

I just can’t stand that woman. Your um, conversation seemed a little tense to me. Were you arguing? Not exactly. She was sticking her nose in something that is none of her business. Hmm. I did overhear her say that she was. Going to keep your secret.

Hey, I heard that nobody knows when or if Bo’s coming out of his coma. Sean must be going through hell yes, and so am I. But it’s still no excuse for me to to treat you like I did. I know I’ve done it to you more than a few times. But I know you were doing it because you were worried about me. Oh, Bella Eric.

Hi, Sloan. Are you having lunch? Uh, no. I just came by to see Eric. He says that you two are very happy together. Congratulations.

I think she turned her phone off. We have to find her. Well, she usually eats lunch at the pub, doesn’t she? Well, she did when the bakery was open, but at least it’s a place to start. Yeah.

Did I come on too strong? No, it’s, it’s me. Okay. I, I can’t do this.

Inspector, I don’t think you understand the magnitude of this situation. Then why don’t you enlighten me? Sloane Peterson, since she came to as Salem has terrorized my family. What happened here in this bakery? It is just the latest in the string of incidents. What kind of incidents? No. She trashed my office for one thing and then the threats started.

The first was a, a note with letters cut out of a magazine, and then I tried to get involved. I spoke to the police commissioner and I tried to reason with Eric Brady. Eric Brady, he’s the man that Sloan is involved with. His family might have been friends ever since Erica was a kid. And right after that, when I got home to Paul Lena, there was another text and this one said, your husband can’t help.

Like someone was watching every move we made, sort of having panic attacks. Oh, oh. The first one was so bad I went to the hospital. I thought it was my heart and, and I’m still getting threats. I just got one the other day. Was that really a threat? Watch your back. I could have just been, uh, a friendly warning.

What did you just say? Just. Whoever sent that text could have been looking out for you. That text, watch your back. That wasn’t in the papers, so how could you possibly know that? Oh my God, are you.

Sloan doesn’t like me anymore than I like her, and she said she would keep my secret just to get under my skin. Oh, sorry. I guess I misunderstood, but again, if you, if you wanna talk, I’m always in my office. Thank you, Marena. I, I actually don’t mind telling you. Eric told Sloan something that I told him that I’m in the early stages of menopause, and she just wanted to rub it in my face like it’s something to be embarrassed about.

Well, of course it isn’t, but I, I’m sorry. She upsets you with something so, so personal. And maybe that shows us what kind of woman she is. Anyway, the offer stands, my office and Tammy, you wanna talk? Thank you, Marlena. I will remember that. Please do. Okay.

Am I hallucinating or is Phil actually nice of your snow? Bill’s under a lot of stress and she’s still trying to accept that you and I are together. Will wonders, never sees you got your prescription filled. Um, yeah. Everything go okay at the hospital. What do you mean? Nothing. It’s just that you seem a little off.

Well, actually, I

Jayna. Very clear what’s going on. It’s good you’re here. We need to speak to you. It’s important.

Listen, listen. It’s okay. I meant it when I said I never want you to do anything that you’re not ready for. No. It’s not that, look, I have a confession to make.

Why do you want for honey if you’re here to hurt more accusations that you can’t back up? It’s not about Sloan, it’s about her brother,

baby, can you hear me? Why did you do that? I told you. If your husband couldn’t save you,

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Days Short Recap Thursday, May 18, 2023

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Sloan asked Nicole what she was doing with prenatal vitamins. Nicole lied and said she picked up the wrong prescription. Sloan said she saw her name on the label which meant she was pregnant. Sloan asked if she told Eric she was in menopause because he was the father. Sloan accused her of tricking Eric into getting her pregnant. While Sloan was talking, Nicole said she didn’t know who the father was. Chanel told Talia that she knew Jada accused her of drugging the biscuits. Chanel said she knew she wouldn’t do that. Talia said Jada was frustrated with the case. She said it was over. Chanel loved how forgiving she was. They kissed and went in the bedroom. Rafe and Jada found out Colin’s last name was Bedford. They found out Colin was booked on assault charges in London. Rafe said Sloan’s mother’s married name was Bedford. Rafe and Jada realized Colin is Sloan’s brother and he was going after Paulina and Chanel. Jada said she wanted to talk to Talia to see what she knew. Colin changed his voice and told Abe and Paulina he was the health inspector. While he was pretending to inspect Sweet Bits, Paulina accused Sloan of sabotaging which got Sweet Bits shut down. Colin mentioned Martha’s death. Paulina got upset when he brought up Martha. Abe defended her. Colin said she hired people to cover it up.

Nicole asked Sloan to keep her pregnancy a secret. Sloan asked why she would do that. Nicole asked if she wanted Eric to know she was pregnant. Sloan agreed to keep it a secret. Marlena showed up. Nicole said it was great to see her. Marlena said the same thing. Marlena was uncomfortable around Sloan. Sloan told Marlena that she and Eric could take her and John out to dinner. Marlena said she would talk to John about it. Sloan said Eric was a wonderful person who she cared about. When Sloan walked away, Nicole said she thought she was going to throw up. Eric and Belle talked about Sloan. He told her he trusted Sloan. He said the Sloan he knew wasn’t capable of doing the things she has been accused of doing. Belle said she would try not to worry about him. She said he could still worry about her. He asked how Shawn was doing. She said he was upset about shooting Bo. She said she should be there for Shawn, but she didn’t know how to track him down. She said he wasn’t taking her calls. She said this was why she was so hard on Eric. She said since she couldn’t get her life together, she thought she tell him how to live his life. Jada tried calling Talia, but she didn’t answer. Jada and Rafe went to the pub. Colin told Abe and Paulina about Chanel’s role in Martha’s death. They talked about all the threats they received. They said they thought it was Sloan. Colin started quoting the texts. Abe said that wasn’t in the paper. He asked how he knew that. Paulina asked who he was. Colin raised a rolling pin. Sloan went to the pub. Eric asked if she was okay after getting the prescription. When she was about to say something, Rafe and Jada showed up. While Talia and Chanel were making out, Talia said she couldn’t do it. Talia said she had to tell her something. Colin hit Abe with the rolling pin. Paulina asked why he did it. Colin started quoting the text. He said he told her husband couldn’t save her. He came towards her with the rolling pin.

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Chanel makes breakfast for Abe and Paulina. Paulina talks about still having what she made yesterday and before. Chanel complains that she needs a new hobby and admits it’s crazy to be making all this stuff for just them now that she’s unemployed. Paulina talks about the time it’s taking to find evidence against Sloan but encourages that Abe is pulling every string he can to get the health department off her back so that she can reopen Sweet Bits Bakery. Abe knows the process isn’t going as fast as they would like, but they have to go through the proper channels. Paulina complains about wanting the police to do their job. Paulina calls it unfair that Chanel is punished when she’s a victim too and remarks that it’s not like anyone at Sweet Bits tampered with the biscuits. Chanel agrees and states that she can’t believe Jada suspected her own sister of being involved.

Jada returns to Colin’s motel room but finds Rafe there instead, who says he’s there doing the same thing that she is.

Colin and Talia lay in bed together. Colin talks about wanting to stay like this forever and how the bed is way better than the awful motel. Talia knows no one saw them check in late last night since it was after midnight, but he’s staying in the middle of town which makes her worry. Colin gets a call from Sloan but ignores it. Colin tells Talia that this is the only option and says it’s not just because her sister showed up asking questions, but because his did too.

Sloan leaves a message for Colin, saying she needs to make sure he left town. Sloan knows he had other plans but assures this is for the best. Sloan says to call her when she gets this and that she loves him as she hangs up. Eric comes out of the shower and says he couldn’t help but overhear her conversation so he asks who she was talking to and what that was all about.

Anna joins Nicole in the living room of the DiMera Mansion. Anna asks how she’s feeling and if she has any morning sickness yet. Nicole says no but just a little panic stricken. Anna knows she has entrusted her secret with her and she’s very honored that she has earned her confidence, but she has a confession to make. Anna says it was an accident and that she didn’t mean to do it so she asks Nicole not to be upset with her. Nicole worries that Anna told EJ that she is pregnant. Anna assures that she didn’t tell EJ or anyone else that she’s pregnant but reveals that the chain broke on the necklace that she lent her. Nicole tells her not to worry about it. Anna assures that she will get it fixed and get it back to her. Anna remembers how upset she was when Susan broke her crystal heart. Anna then asks if Nicole is keeping this secret forever and points out that she’s going to be showing soon. Nicole doesn’t know and asks if it matters if she tells anyone if she can’t carry the baby to term but if she can, then it matters and that’s why she’s panicking. Nicole adds that she made an appointment with Kayla for a paternity test but that’s not for a couple of weeks. Anna knows she asked who Nicole hoped the father is and she said she didn’t care as long as the baby is healthy. Anna then guesses that Nicole hopes the baby is Eric’s.

Sloan tells Eric that she can explain. Eric says he didn’t mean to pry but he heard her say I love you. Sloan admits she was leaving a message for her brother. Eric notes that she hasn’t mentioned him in a long time and asks if everything is okay.

Talia questions Colin about his sister knowing he’s in town. Colin explains that Sloan overheard Jada talking to Rafe about some British guy at the motel and Sloan figured everything out. Colin adds that Sloan was pretty upset about being the prime suspect in all of the crimes against Chanel and Paulina. Colin tells her that Sloan’s boyfriend ate one of the biscuits and slept with another woman while under the influence. Colin states that Sloan was so upset that she told him that he didn’t get out of town and call the whole thing off, she would go to the police and tell them about his involvement. Talia realizes that is why Colin was packing last night. Colin admits he was going to cut his losses and take off, but then Talia came back and told him how hard Chanel had fallen for her and he realized he can’t leave now. Talia asks why not, arguing that Chanel’s bakery is shut down and he scared the hell out of Paulina with those threats. Talia feels it’s the perfect time to get out before they get caught.

Chanel says she’s so relieved that Talia has been cleared even though it made no sense for the police to suspect her in the first place. Abe notes that Talia had reasonable explanations for all of Jada’s questions. Paulina feels Talia was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, so Chanel doesn’t need to worry about her as she will be fine. Chanel is glad as she has plenty of other things to worry about. Melinda Trask then shows up at the door and says she’s here to see Abe. Abe questions the district attorney making house calls. Melinda says she has some rather delicate matters to discuss with him outside of City Hall. Melinda adds that it concerns Paulina and Chanel as well. Chanel asks what’s going on. Melinda thinks they will be on the same page for once. Melinda then announces that she needs Abe to fire Rafe Hernandez.

Jada asks if Rafe came to talk Colin away from her sister. Rafe says that and to warn him to leave town as he figured a stern talking to from the police commissioner might convince him to do the right thing, but he was gone when he got there and had checked out late last night. Jada notes that was right after she started asking questions. Rafe notes that he checked out using his same alias of Colin Firth and paid in cash. Jada calls him scum for how he treated her sister. Jada feels like it sounds like there must be something more to this. Rafe feels it could be something criminal.

Abe questions why the hell he would fire Rafe. Melinda argues that the Sweet Bits debacle is far from Rafe’s first abject failure. Melinda believes she speaks for the people of Salem when she says enough is enough. Abe reminds her that Rafe was also poisoned by the biscuits and has every incentive to solve this case which he has worked very hard to do. Abe adds that Sloan might be their lead suspect but there is not a shred of evidence, so they may never be able to prosecute this case. Melinda argues that she could with the proper support from the police department. Melinda says she needs someone in this job who will get things done and isn’t afraid to bend the rules to do so. Abe supposes she has someone in mind. Melinda reveals she wants Paulina to take over.

Talia tells Colin that they can go back to New York where she can start working as a doctor again and they can get their lives back. Colin says when this is all over, they will do that but they can’t pull the plug now. Colin adds that Sloan doesn’t know anything about Talia with Chanel, so they don’t have to abandon that part of the plan, especially when Talia is so close to breaking Chanel’s heart. Talia says she really hates to disappoint him or let him down, but she can’t take this anymore as she doesn’t want to do this.

Sloan tells Eric that everything is fine with her brother and she just likes to check in on him every so often since he’s had it kind of rough. Eric notes that she mentioned that before but didn’t go in to details. Sloan talks about not knowing much of his childhood because of the age difference and then when she went to high school, he moved away to London with their parents when her dad became a professor there. Sloan tells Eric that after their parents died, she thinks it was even worse for him as it really changed him. Sloan says she was totally derailed by it but his grief and anger completely took him over to the extent that he could barely even function. Sloan asks what Eric is thinking. Eric hates to even say it but asks if it’s possible that her brother could be the one going after Paulina and Chanel.

Nicole asks how Anna could say that she hopes the father is Eric when she’s trying not to go there. Nicole doesn’t want to fixate on whose baby she is carrying or who she wants it to be and that’s why she is panicking because she doesn’t know what to do, think, or expect. Nicole cries that her stupid drugged one night stand with Eric has really messed up her life. Nicole adds that what’s making her panic more is that she’s likely to miscarry because the odds of her are carrying a baby to term are practically zero. Anna brings up Holly but Nicole reveals that Chloe was her surrogate which Anna had no idea of. Nicole explains that she and Daniel had froze her embryos because she had already had two miscarriages. Nicole talks about how she didn’t want anything to do with EJ in the second one and both times, he was livid with her. Nicole thought she put all that pain behind her but now being pregnant has brought back all the possibility and fear. Anna encourages that medicine has come a long way in the last few years. Anna declares that what was impossible back then might not be impossible now and maybe she can have a successful, healthy pregnancy after all. Nicole says she’s read articles about advanced medicine and she knows even with high risk pregnancy, that there is a likelihood of a positive outcome more than a few years ago but she doesn’t want to get her hopes up or Eric’s. Anna asks why she’d be worried about getting Eric’s hopes up. Nicole explains that Eric always wanted to be a dad and first he lost McKenzie, then Jada was pregnant but got an abortion, and the only reason they aren’t together is because he blames her. Anna argues that was Jada’s choice. Nicole says if Eric is the father and she does have a miscarriage, she will feel like she’s taking yet another child away from him.

Sloan questions why Eric would even ask her that when he knows nothing about her brother. Eric points out that she just told him that he was more traumatized than she was by what happened and that his anger took over him completely in the aftermath of their deaths. Sloan admits maybe he has motive, but insists that he has nothing to do with those crimes since he’s nowhere near Salem.

Colin mocks Talia for saying she doesn’t want to do this anymore. Colin complains that she was on board with their plan when they came to Salem. Talia argues that it’s different now and that Chanel and Paulina are nice to her. Talia complains that she’s the one that has to look in Chanel’s eyes and kiss her and shower her with compliments and it just feels wrong. Colin asks how she thinks he felt when he found out his mother jumped to her death from a roof or when he found out that she was pushed by the same person who seduced his dad or when Paulina paid to have everything covered up so Chanel wouldn’t have to face the consequences. Colin argues that now the mayor is on her side trying to open up the Bakery again which means she’s going to get away with it again if Talia doesn’t help him. Colin thought she understood how important this was to him and why he has to do this to honor his parent’s memory and get justice for them. Colin declares that if he doesn’t, he won’t be able to live with himself. Colin thought Talia was on his side but remarks that obviously he was wrong.

Paulina questions Melinda wanting her to be the police commissioner. Melinda assumes Paulina is willing to do whatever it takes to put Sloan behind bars. Abe argues that Paulina cannot and will not go after that position. Abe adds that there would be blatant nepotism and he believes in her capabilities but he appointed Rafe as commissioner because he believes in him and that hasn’t changed. Melinda calls that a shame and predicts that him being soft on crime will get Abe creamed in the next election. Melinda then exits as Paulina remarks so much for her shiny new badge.

Jada tells Rafe that maybe Colin is gone or maybe he’s not, but she doesn’t want to take any chances of him finding his way back in to Talia’s life since the whole thing with the drugged up biscuits. Jada knows Talia gave all the right answers to their questions even if there were red flags. Jada says they kept questioning what her motive would be to sabotage the Bakery. Rafe asks if she’s thinking Colin is involved in this. Jada doesn’t know but she hopes not. Rafe bets he has a record and suggests checking the room for fingerprints as he has his kit in the car. Jada comments that it looks like the room has been cleaned. Rafe disagrees as he points to a desk in the room. Rafe notes that they haven’t even emptied the trash. Jada says in that case, they will not only pick up Colin’s prints but Talia’s as well and anyone else that has been in and out of the place. Rafe stops and finds a razor in the trash, betting they will get his prints off of that.

Talia tells Colin that she is on his side and he knows this. Talia adds that she hates how he had to suffer his mother’s murder and his dad dying, so she understands why he wants to get justice for them. Talia asks him not to be mad at her. Colin knows how difficult this has been for her to have to seduce someone she despises and she’s not even attracted to women while only having eyes for him. Colin calls her the best thing in his life and asks if she understands how much he needs her to do this for him. Talia says she does. Colin knows how much he has asked of her and says she’s been so supportive and understanding. Colin encourages that they are almost at the finish line at the end.

Abe jokes to Paulina that her current job pays a hell of a lot more than police commissioner. Paulina admits she admires his loyalty to Rafe. Abe says he’s loyal to him because he’s good at his job and complains about Melinda. Abe decides they won’t talk any more about Melinda as he’s going to put her out of his mind and go to the office. Paulina decides she will do the same. Chanel wishes she could do the same. Paulina knows how hard it is and how she wishes she could just go work at the Bakery. Abe encourages her that they want her to get back to running her wonderful business. Paulina assures that she will soon. Paulina suggests Chanel go shower and get ready for her day because they always feel better when dressed for success. Paulina promises the world will seem a lot brighter. Chanel reluctantly agrees to do so. Paulina knows how bleak it seems but says you never know what the day might bring.

Eric apologizes to Sloan if he upset her by suggesting that her brother could have something to do with the crimes against Paulina and Chanel. Sloan repeats that it doesn’t make sense since he’s not in Salem and nowhere close. Sloan then asks if Eric is going to get dressed today. Eric guesses that would be a good idea but Sloan says that’s not the answer she was hoping for. Sloan asks if he was a little jealous at first when he heard her say I love you on the phone. Eric claims he doesn’t get jealous but then admits maybe he was a bit as they start kissing and Eric drops his towel.

Nicole cries to Anna that she feels so alone which is ironic since she’s with child, so she’s not really alone at all. Anna encourages that she has her too. Nicole says she’s very thankful but complains that what is supposed to make her happy and be a blessing and a miracle is just making her sad, confused, and sleepy. Anna calls that very normal in the first trimester. Nicole wants coffee but Anna says she has to start taking care of herself and the baby which means no caffeine or alcohol and she has to start taking pre-natal vitamins as soon as possible. Anna instructs Nicole to call Kayla and get a prescription for those vitamins which she agrees to do. Anna knows it’s difficult for her but encourages that EJ is crazy about her, so if the baby is his, he will take care of them both 100%. Anna adds that Eric has always wanted to be a dad, so no matter what the complications are, he’ll be thrilled and also be there for them every step of the way. Anna declares that no matter what, this baby is going to bring a whole lot of joy to whomever as they hug. Nicole jokes that she’s sugarcoating that but she’s grateful as Anna definitely lifted her spirits as only she can. Anna promises that things are going to look up.

Jada and Rafe go to the police station to wait on the fingerprints from the motel. Rafe gets the results in on his laptop but finds out Colin doesn’t have a record after all.

Talia gets dressed and Colin tells her that she looks gorgeous as always. Talia asks what he will be doing while she’s with Chanel. Colin says he will stay here and keep the bed warm, waiting to celebrate her success. Talia questions that being it since he said that breaking Chanel’s heart wouldn’t be enough and would only be the beginning of him getting justice. Colin declares that their sisters kind of blew that plan to Hell. Colin adds that he told Sloan that he was done and would drop the plan and he’s a man of his word. Colin kisses Talia and wishes her luck. Colin tells her that he loves her. Talia says she loves him too and then exits.

Paulina tells Abe that she doesn’t know how much more of this Chanel can take. Abe then gets a call. Abe says that’s great and he’ll be right there. Abe thanks them and hangs up. Abe announces pressure from the mayor’s office has finally paid with results as the health inspector has agreed to meet him at the Bakery right now for a new inspection and if everything goes as expected, he will consider reopening on a conditional basis. Paulina excitedly calls that wonderful and says Chanel will be thrilled. Abe adds that he wants Paulina too as the owner of the building. Paulina thinks Chanel should be there too but then decides that she doesn’t want to get her hopes up, so they should wait until they’re sure it’s good news to tell her. Abe and Paulina then exit together.

Eric and Sloan lay in bed after having sex. Sloan’s alarm goes off to remind her to take her birth control pill. Sloan takes it and comments that she will have to get it refilled. Sloan then tells Eric that she can’t help but wonder if he and Nicole used protection on the night that they were together. Eric tells her that she doesn’t have to worry because there’s no way Nicole is pregnant. Eric then informs Sloan that Nicole just found out she’s going through early menopause which relieves Sloan as she calls her that poor old thing.

Anna asks Nicole if she should stay with her. Nicole assures that she’s fine and that Anna has cheered her up. Anna hopes so because she has a knack for putting her foot in it sometimes as she did a few times here by trying to pressure her in to telling her who she hopes the father of the baby is which is not what she needs to worry about right now. Nicole knows she was trying to help her figure things out. Anna jokes that she was just being nosey. Nicole understands she was just interested. Anna thanks her for being kind and understanding. Anna asks if she’s sure it’s okay for her to leave her which she assures. Anna says she is praying for her and the baby. Anna adds that she has seen what a wonderful mother she is to Holly, so she knows the baby is going to be very lucky no matter what. Nicole thanks her as Anna then exits.

Talia goes to see Chanel and asks if it’s a bad time since she didn’t call first. Chanel says she has nothing but time and Abe and Paulina just left for the office, so she is all by herself but not anymore as she invites Talia in. Chanel brings up Paulina telling her that she never knows what the day might bring and she’s glad she listened, because it brought Talia.

Jada doesn’t know whether to be relieved that Colin is clean or disappointed that they hit a dead end. Rafe says he was sure that Colin would come back with a list of priors and notes that he doesn’t know of any previous jurisdiction. Jada notes that they’d be there all year if they ran them through every one. Jada adds that they don’t even know if there’s been a crime here. Rafe then remembers that Colin is British and says it looks like they have a match.

Paulina and Abe go to the Bakery. Paulina talks about how cheerful the place used to be and now she hates to see it so empty. Abe hopes it won’t be for long. The “health inspector” that arrives turns out to be Colin pretending to be from the health department.

Anna runs in to Eric outside of the Brady Pub and says it’s nice to see him again. Anna mentions just buying wine from the liquor store and rambles on about it. Eric notes that she seems a bit nervous. Anna claims she’s very calm and tells him to have a wonderful day as she hurries on.

Nicole goes to the hospital and bumps in to Sloan. Sloan picks up what Nicole dropped and sees they are pre-natal vitamins.

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Jada pounded on Colin’s door, and Rafe answered it. He let her know that he was there to warn him to stay away from Talia, but he checked out. Rafe found out that he paid in cash. They realized that Colin was a criminal. Rafe spotted a razor and took it out of the garbage to run his prints. Talia warned Colin that they were going to get caught at the new hotel. He ignored Sloan’s call. He told her that his sister already saw him. He told Talia that Sloan threatened to go to the police if he didn’t leave town. He considered leaving, but he couldn’t do it when she was making progress with Chanel. Talia felt they should leave before they get caught. Colin didn’t want to go when she was close to breaking Chanel’s heart. She didn’t want to let him down, but she didn’t want to do it anymore. Nicole was panicking over her baby news. Anna thought she wanted the baby to be Eric’s. Nicole didn’t want to think about her preference. She’s worried that she will lose the baby. Anna assured her that science has changed since the last time she was pregnant. She told her that she should talk to her doctor about prenatal vitamins. She assured Nicole that the guys will be happy with her news. Nicole was grateful to Anna for making her feel better.

Trask went to Abe’s place demanding that he fire Rafe. She needed a police commissioner who could get things done and break rules when necessary. Abe wondered if she had someone in mind for Rafe’s position. She said she wanted Paulina to be the commissioner. Colin was upset with Talia for wanting to end the plan. She felt bad since she got to know Chanel and Paulina. He thought she knew how important it was for him to get revenge on them for his parents deaths. She didn’t want him to be mad at her, but he pulled away from her. He tried to flatter her to get her to stick with the plan. Abe told Trask that he believed in Rafe. Trask warned him that his attitude will cost him the next election. Rafe and Jada went to the station to run Colin’s prints. They turned up empty. Rafe remembered that he wasn’t from America. They checked his prints with Scotland Yard and there was a match. Nicole was at the hospital with a white bag. Nicole bumped into Sloan and a pill bottle fell out of the bag. Sloan picked up the bottle. She read the label on the bottle. She asked her about the prenatal vitamins.

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Days Transcript Wednesday, May 17, 2023

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THIS STILL NEEDS EXTENSIVE EDITING!

Good morning taste testers. I hope you’re hungry. B cups, we have pine, coconut and vanilla bean honey this morning. They all look delicious. Wow. But uh, honey, we still have the pastry you made yesterday. Yeah, the day before. I know I need to find a hobby right now that I’m unemployed. It’s kind of crazy making all this stuff for just the three of us.

Oh, faith is. Oh, Chanel honey, this situation isn’t going to go on forever. I know police department is, and they might be taking their sweet time, getting enough evidence to arrest that witch Sloan Peterson, but Abraham’s pulling every string that he can to get the Health Department off your back so you can open sweet bits back up as soon as possible.

You know, I know this processes isn’t going quite as fast as we would like, but we have to go through the proper channels. Mm-hmm. I’d like to channel those police and they’re doing their job. Oh, this, it’s, it’s unfair of them to deprive you of your livelihood when you are a victim too. After all, it’s not as though anyone at Sweet Pits tampered with those biscuits.

Of course not. Speaking of which, I can’t believe Jada suspected her own sister of being involved. Open up. It’s Detective Jada Hunter. Again, I need to talk to you. Rafe. What are you doing here? Same thing you are.

I could stay here all day. Company is exquisite. In this bed smiles better than the one over at that God awful motel. Yeah, I guess what’s a man now you’re not missing castle cockroach. What? No, it’s just, I know. No one slash I can’t Late last night. Since it was after midnight. Right, exactly. So what are you worried about now, Helen?

It’s just you’re staying in the middle of town. If my sister found you at that motel, I mean,

so I told you this was the only option, Talia. I thought I made that clear to you. Not just because your sister came asking questions, but because mine did too.

Colin, it’s me. I need to make sure you’ve left town. I know you had other plans, but this is for the best. Trust me. Call me when you get this. I love you.

Hey, that was a quick shower. Yeah. I’m sorry, but I couldn’t help it Overhear your conversation. What was all that about? I mean, who were you talking to?

Good morning, Anna. Hi. Hi. Oh, well, how are you feeling today? Any morning sickness yet? Sorry. It’s okay. No, uh, no. No nausea. Just, uh, a little panic stricken. Oh, it’s understandable. Um, Look, Nicole, I, I know that, um, you have entrusted your secret with me, and I’m very honored that, um, I’ve earned your confidence.

But, but, oh, I have a confession to make. I was an accident. I didn’t mean to do it. So please don’t be upset with me. Oh my God, Anna. You told EJ was pregnant,

like Sands through the hourglass. So are the days of our lives.

No, I didn’t tell EJ or anybody else that you are pregnant. Of course not. Thank God. Well then what? Oh, well you remember that adorable little necklace that you lent me because it went so well with my Diane Von Furstenberg wrap dress. Oh, well the chain broke and I’m sorry I, but I will have it fixed as soon as possible.

Annana. I. I, I don’t care about the necklace. Don’t, don’t worry about it. Okay. Okay. Well, thank you. I, I’ll give it back to you as soon as I get it fixed. And I’m, you know, I’m, thank you for being understanding cuz I remember how upset I was when Susan broke my crystal heart. God rest her soul. Honey, are you planning on keeping this secret forever?

I mean, not forever because you can’t, you’re gonna be showing Sue.

I don’t know. I mean, if I, if I can’t carry the baby determined, then does it matter if I tell anyone? Probably not. But if I can hang on to this baby, then that’s different. But that’s why I’m panicking. And I, I made an appointment with Kayla, you know, for the paternity test, but I know that’s not gonna happen for a couple of weeks.

Okay. I know that I asked you. Who you hoped the father is, Eric or ej. And you said you didn’t care as long as the baby was healthy, but I’m just guessing

what that you hope it’s Eric’s

look, I, I can explain it. Listen, I don’t mean to. Pry. It’s just I heard you say I love you. Yeah. I was leaving a message for my brother. Your your brother. You haven’t mentioned him in a long time. Is everything okay?

Wait, your sister knows you’re in town. Yeah. She ever heard your sister talking to her boss about some British guy who was staying in the white dove? She figured it was me. How she figured everything out. What do you mean by everything? Surely you can figure it out. And she was pretty upset, understandably, about the prime suspect in all of the crimes committed against Chanel and her mother, not to mention her boyfriend.

Took one of the biscuits and he slept with another woman whilst he was under the influence. Wow. So that’s why she’s upset. Yeah. And she was so upset that she told me if I didn’t get out of town and call the whole thing off, she was gonna go to the police and tell ’em about my involvement, babe. So that’s why you had the suitcase out when I came back last night.

Right. I was going to cut my losses and do what she asked. Then you came back and you told me how hard Chanel had fallen for you, and I realized. I can’t leave now. Wait. Come. Why not? I mean, Chanel’s Bakery is shut down. You scared the hell out of Paulina with those threats. Hey, this is the perfect time to get out.

Before we get caught,

I am so relieved that Talia’s been cleared, even though it never made much sense for the police to suspect her in the first place. They, they don’t anymore. Right? Well, Talia gave reasonable explanations to all the questions that Jada asked her. Mm-hmm. That child was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Now she’ll be fine. You don’t need to worry about her. Good, because I got plenty of other things to worry about.

Wonder who that could be. Oh, um, who’s there? It’s Melinda Trask. Yes. I better let her in, huh? Unfortunately. Oh. I’m here to see the mayor since when does the DA make house calls? I have some rather delicate matters I wanna discuss with you outside of City Hall. Oh, well, you know, if you expect me to just leave my home because you wanna have a little private chat with my husband, I don’t I, you see this actually concerns you and your daughter as well.

Oh. How so? Yeah, what’s going on? No need to worry, missed price. Um, you see, I think we’re gonna be on the same page for once. I need you to fire Ray Hernandez.

So you came to Warren calling off my sister. Yeah. Naone to get the hell outta Salem. Oh, I figured A stern talking to from the commissioner or police might encourage the son of a bitch to do the right thing, but he was gone when I got here. Checked out late last night, right after I started asking questions.

Yep. Oh, another thing he checked in using the same alias that he used with you. Call him Firth. Oh, plus he paid all cash. This guy is scum for the way he treated my sister. But this, this sounds like there has to be something more to this. Yeah. Like maybe something criminal.

Why the hell would I fire Ray Hernandez other than flaming incompetence? This sweet bit debacle is far from his first abject failure as a poisoning victim. I believe I speak for the people of Salem when I say, enough is enough, Mr. Ask, have you forgotten that Rafe was also a poisoning victim, that he has every incentive to solve this case, and he’s worked very, very hard to do so.

And so Peterson, she, she may be our lead suspect, but there is not a shred of evidence. You’ll, you’ll never be able to prosecute this case. Now, with the appropriate support from the Salem pd, specifically the commissioner, Of course I could. I need someone in this job who can get things done. Who’s not afraid to judiciously bend a few rules.

You mean break them what it’s called for. So I suppose you have someone in mind for this. I do. Your wife

Colin. We can go back to New York. I can start working as a doctor again. We can get our lives back spec. Once this is all over, we will do that. But baby, we can’t pull the plug now. Sloane doesn’t know anything about what you’re up to with Chanel, so we don’t have to abandon that part of the plan, especially when you are so close to breaking the girl’s heart.

What.

Look, I really hate to disappoint you. I, and I mean, the last thing I wanna do is to let you down and everything. But for what? Just spit it out. Would you come? I can’t take this anymore. Okay. I don’t wanna do this.

Yeah, no, everything’s. It’s fine with my little brother. I just, I like to check in on him every so often, you know? He’s had it kind of rough. Yeah. You mentioned something about that before, but you didn’t go into details. Well, I really don’t know that much about his childhood actually, because of the age difference, you know?

I mean, he was just a taller when I was starting high school. Then a few years later, he moved away to London with my parents when my dad became a professor over there. So he grew up across the pond. Right.

And after both our parents died, Not that it wasn’t traumatic for me was obviously, but I think it was even worse for him. In what way?

Well,

it’s. It really changed him, you know,

not that I wasn’t totally derailed by it. I was, but I don’t know. It’s just his grief. It’s just anger. I mean, it completely took him over so much to the extent that, um, I mean, he could barely even function.

What are you thinking?

What? Nevermind. I hate even say it. No. Say what? Mommy, is it possible to your brother could be the one who’s been going after Pauline and Chanel?

Anna, how could you say that? Don’t you get it? I am trying not to go there. Not to go where? To, to fixate on whose baby I’m carrying or whose baby I prefer to be or not to be. That’s why I’m panicking because I don’t know what the hell to do. I, I don’t know what to think. Was he even to expect, I. And this stupid drugged one night stand with Eric.

This just really mess up my life. Don’t you see that? Oh, I do. Of course I do. And what’s really making me panic more is that I’m, I’m likely to miscarry now, why would you say that? Because the odds of me carrying a baby to term is practically zero. You have Holly.

Holly was conceived through I V F. Chloe Lane was my surrogate. Oh, I’m sorry. I have no idea really, because I thought everyone in Salem knew. Look, Daniel and I, we, we froze my embryos. Because I had already had two miscarriages and the first baby I, I wanted so desperately. Oh, I do remember that. I don’t know if you remember this or, or you even heard, but the second one, I, anyone have anything to do with ej?

I didn’t want him to know that the baby was his, and both times he was livid with me. Oh God,

I thought I had put all this pain behind me, but now that I’m pregnant, it’s just all the fears and the, the possibility of feeling that loss over again is just, oh, honey, maybe you don’t have to, I mean, Yeah, medicine has come a long way in the last few years and you know, robots performing surgeries and pig hearts being transplanted into people.

I mean, speaking of hearts, look at what Rolf just did. Oh God. Please do not bring that man into this conversation. Okay, fine, fine. My point is, honey, What was impossible back then might not be impossible now, and maybe you can have a successful, healthy pregnancy after all.

Oh, Anna, I know, well, I’ve read, I’ve read articles about advanced medicine and I do know that even with high risk pregnancy, that there is a likelihood that there would be a positive outcome, you know, more than, than a few years ago. But I don’t wanna get my hopes up. Not to mention Eric’s, because if he is the father, then well, why would you be worried about getting his hopes up?

Because

he’s always wanted to be a dad. At first he lost Mackenzie, and then Jada was pregnant and he was over the moon. And then he found out that she got an abortion. And the only reason that we’re not together is because he blames me for, oh honey, that’s so unfair. That was her choice. I know, I know.

But if he is the father and I do miss Carrie, I will feel like I am taking yet another child away from him.

Why would you even ask me that, Eric? You know nothing about my brother. You just told me that he was more traumatized than you were by what happened. His anger took over him completely on the aftermath of their deaths. Okay, fine. Maybe he has motive. But my brother has nothing to do with those crimes. I mean, think about it.

How could he? Hmm. He’s nowhere near Salem. So we’re back to this. Here are we, and I wanna do this Carlie, and I can’t take this anymore. Can you stop making fun of me please? Could you blame me? It is getting tiring. Talia, you are constantly threatening to jettison our plans, which by the way, you were on board with when we came to Salem.

Yeah. Well, it’s different now. Okay. It, it’s a thing when Chanel Paulina, where these nameless, faceless people, you’re gonna say one more time how they’re nice to you because they are and they have been. Okay. You’re not the one who has to look in Chanel’s eyes and kiss her and shower her with compliments.

It’s me. Okay. And it feels, it just feels wrong. It feels wrong. Yes. Really. How do you think I felt when I found out that my mother jumped to her death from a roof. How do you think I felt when I found out that she didn’t jump, that she was pushed by the same person who seduced my dad. How do you think I felt when I found out that the murderer’s mother.

Flew to London and paid to have everything covered up. Just so that her homicide with daughter wouldn’t have to face the consequences. Now, now the mayor, the mayor’s on her side trying to open up the bakery again, which means that she is gonna get away with it all over again. If you don’t help me. I thought young understood how important this was to me.

Why I have to do this to honor my parents’ memory and get justice for them, and if I don’t, I won’t be able to live in myself. No, I thought you were on my side. Talia, obviously I was wrong.

Excuse me. You want me to be the police commissioner? Well, given what Sloan Peterson has put you through, I assume that you’re willing to do whatever it takes to put her behind bars. Ms. STRask, Paul cannot. And will not go after that position. Besides the blatant nepotism, I believe in my wife’s capabilities, but I appointed rave police commissioner because I believe in him.

And that hasn’t changed. Well, that’s a shame mayor, but I predict that your soft on crime reputation is gonna get you creamed in the next election. I’ll show myself out

so much for my shiny new badge.

Maybe Colin’s gone for good, maybe he’s not, but I don’t wanna take any chances that he’ll find his way back into Talia’s life. You know? Especially since, since the whole thing with the drugged up biscuits. I know Talia gave all the right answers. When we questioned her, even though there were some red flags in her story, what I and, you know, unite, we kept questioning, you know, what her motive would be to sabotage Chanel’s Bakery.

I. Right. Yeah. So you think that maybe he’s involved in this? I dunno. As sure as hell. Hope not. Huh? You know what? The guy might have a record, so how about we try and lift some prints? I’ve got my kit in my car. Yeah, it looks like the room’s been cleaned. Cleaned, huh? Yeah. Clean being a relative turine, like they haven’t even emptied the trash.

Uh, well in that case, we’ll not only pick up Collins’s prints, but we’ll pick up Talia’s as well and any other transient that’s been in and out of this place. Mm, better man. Look at this. Oh, yeah.

But we’ll get his prints off of that.

Colin, I am on your side. You know this and I hate, look at me, and I hate. How you had to suffer your mother’s murder in the awful way of your dad dying. Okay? And I understand why you wanna get justice for them. I do. I really do. But whatever you do, just please, please don’t be mad at me. Okay.

And how difficult this has been for you. Having to seduce someone that you despise. So I’m not even attracted to women, and not to mention you only have eyes for me. That is true. And it’s true for me too, babe. You are the best thing in my life. You’re the only thing that makes me feel whole.

You understand how much I need you, right? How much I need you to do this for me. Yeah, I do. I told you that. I know how much I’ve asked from you. You’ve just been so supportive and understanding

almost at the finish line. All right,

we’re almost at the end.

Well, you know, if it’s any consolation. Your current job pays a hell of a lot more than police commissioner Point taken and ape. I do admire your loyalty to Ray. Well, I’m loyal to Ray because he’s damn good at what he does. I mean out, dare that woman come in here and ah, I tell you. Okay. Okay. We’re not gonna talk anymore about.

Melinda and her shenanigans. I am going to put her out of my mind and go to the office. Oh, and I should do the same. I wish I could do the same. Oh, baby. Oh, I know how hard it is. And let you, how much you wish that you could just get ready, head off to the bakery and wick a tail off. Yeah. Instead of hanging around in this apartment making bear calls that everyone’s sick of.

Oh, sweetheart. Chanel. No one is sick of anything that you make. Your mom and I well, we just want you to get back to running your wonderful business and you will soon my precious girl. Ah, but for now, why don’t you, uh, you know, go take a shower, get dressed, and uh, you know, get ready to, to beat your dad.

Why? Well, because we always feel better when we are dressed for success, you know? Oh, so go ahead, go on, get out of those PJs and go on there and put on something pretty. And I promise you, the world will seem a lot brighter.

I am. I’ll go get ready to greet the day as you say. Oh, baby, I know. I know how leak it seems, but. You never know what the day might bring. Hey,

I’m sorry if I upset you. I mean suggesting that your brother could have something to do with the crimes against Pauline and Chanel. No, it’s just, like I said, it doesn’t make sense. Right. Since, um, he’s not in Salem and we’re close. Right, so you’re gonna get dressed today or what? Oh yeah. I guess that would be a good idea.

Oh, not the answer I was looking for. No. Mm-hmm. Before when you heard me say, I love you, I need to know who I was talking to. Were you by any chance a little jealous? Jealous me. I don’t get jealous. Oh, really? Not even just a little bit. Okay. Maybe I was, um, a bit jealous.

Anna, I just feel so alone, which is ironic, isn’t it? Given that I am with child, as they say, which makes me not alone really at all. No. No, you’re not. And you have me, you know? Yes. And I’m very thankful.

But what’s supposed to make me happy, what is supposed to be a blessing and a and a miracle, is just making me sad and confused

and really sleepy. Well, of course you are. You know, that’s very normal in the first trimester. I know that. Oh God, there’s my coffee. Coffee. No, no, no, no, no. What Nicole, you have to start taking care of yourself and the baby. That means no caffeine, no, no alcohol. And you have to start taking some prenatal vitamins as soon as possible.

I mean, so many crucial organ systems are forming in these first few weeks, right? I, I know that. So you’re gonna call Kayla and you’ll get a prescription for those vitamins. Will you do that today, please? I will. Yes, I definitely will. And Nicole, I know this is so difficult for you, but try looking on the bright side.

EJ is crazy about you and. If this baby is his, he will take care of you and this baby. 100%. And Eric, well you just told me that he’s always wanted to be a dad, so no matter what the complications are, are he’s sure to be thrilled. He’ll be thrilled, and he will also be there for you and the baby every step of the way.

So really, no matter what, this baby is going to bring a whole lot of joy to whomever. Wow, you were sugarcoating the hell out of that, but I, I am, I’m very grateful. You definitely lifted my spirits as only you can. Well, things are gonna look up, honey. Yeah, I promise.

How long is it gonna take? Maybe the prints on the razor weren’t good enough. No, it would appear as though they are. See what we got.

Nothing. Damn. As I can tell you, X doesn’t have a record after all.

Hey look gorgeous babe, as always. Why? Thank you, baby. So what are you gonna be doing while I’m with you? Now? I am gonna stay right here. Keep the bed warm. Ready to celebrate to your success. That’s it. What do you mean? That’s it? I mean, you’re the one who said Breaking Chanel’s heart wasn’t gonna be enough.

That that would just be the beginning of you getting justice for your mother’s death. Right. But our respective sisters kind of blew that plans a hell, didn’t they? Besides, I said to my sister that I was gonna drop it. I was done. And since I am a man of my word,

Yeah. I love you. I love you too.

My poor baby. I don’t know how much more that she can take. Mm. Excuse me,

mayor Carver. Oh, oh, great. Uhhuh Uhhuh. Well, uh, yes, of course. I’ll, I’ll, I’ll be right there. Thanks. Thanks. Well, it looks like pressure from the mayor’s office has finally paid results. The health inspector. He has agreed to meet me at the bakery right now for a new inspection, and if everything goes as expected, he will consider.

Reopening on a conditional basis. Oh, and that’s wonderful. You’re wonderful. Oh, Chanel will be thrilled. Oh, well, he wants you to come down as the owner of the building. Oh, well, yeah. Well, Chanel should be there too, as the owner of the bakery. Oh, wait a minute on second. I don’t wanna get our hopes up. You know what, let’s wait.

Tell her until we’re short. That is good news. Yeah. Yeah. That makes sense. Ugh. Okay. You ready to go there? Yes. Yes, sir. Oh, yes.

You have an appointment? No, it’s just my alarm to take my control pill.

Oh, I gotta get these refilled.

I don’t suppose you, nevermind. Nevermind. You just say it.

I can’t help but wonder if you and Nicole use protection. The night you guys were together, you don’t have to worry. There’s no way that Nicole is pregnant.

Look, I’m only gonna tell you this for your peace of mind and it stays between us. Of course.

I just found out she’s going through early menopause.

Menopause,

that poor thing.

Okay, I’m off to Mak. Uh, Unless maybe I should stay with you. Oh, no, Anna, I’m, I’m fine. You’ve cheered me up, like I said. Oh, good. I hope so, because I have a, a real knack for putting my foot in it sometimes, which I did quite a few times here. Pressuring you to try to tell me who you hope the father of the baby is, and that is nothing you need to be worried about right now.

I know you were just trying to help, you know, to get me to figure things out. Yeah, more like I was nosy, which isn’t a great attribute. Gets me in a whole lot of trouble. Oh you. You weren’t being nosy. You’re just interested in people and do it in the most kindhearted way. Well, thank you for being understanding and you are kindhearted too.

Are you sure it’s okay for me to leave you now? Go play. Will do one more thing. Okay. Nicole, I am praying for you and this baby, and because I’ve, I’ve seen what a wonderful mother you are at Holly. I know in my heart. That this baby, this child is going to be very lucky no matter what.

Thank you.

Hi. Sorry. Is this a bad time? I probably should have called first. Oh, not at all. I got nothing but time and my mom and Abe just left for the office, so I am all by my lonesome. Not anymore. All. Not anymore. Come in,

you know, my mama told me that I should. Wear something pretty because you never know what the day might bring. And I’m so glad I listened to her because it brought you,

I don’t know whether to be relieved that the guy is clean. We’re disappointed that we’ve hit a dead end. I was so sure this guy was gonna have a list of priors. So was I. Iran, his print to the New York and Salem databases. Those were his last known residences. I mean, he could have been arrested somewhere else in another jurisdiction, but he’d be here all year running them through every system and we don’t even know if there’s even been a crime here.

Wait a minute, the guy’s a Brit, right? Scotland Yard

Looks like we got a match.

This place was always so cheerful, so sad to see it. Something was empty. Well, let’s hope it won’t be that way anymore. Mm. Mayor Carver

and you must be polling a price. None other nice to meet you both. I’m from the health department.

Eric, hi. Oh, it’s so nice to see you again. Um, I was just at the liquor store buying some Majong from my chardonnay. I, I mean, some chardonnay from my Majong, right? Yeah. Well, actually I had to sample the chardonnay, several different Chardonnays now that I think about it. And I suppose it’s a little early in the day to be imbibing, but.

You can’t really buy wine unless you sample it. Can you, you agree with me, don’t you? You seem a bit nervous. Santa nervous. No, actually I feel very calm. It’s um, probably the chardonnay Oh, the, that Chardonnay And now I’m off to you meet my delightful Majong friends and I’m hoping to win every game. So, uh, You have a wonderful day, Eric.

Yeah, and take care. It’s good to see you too.

Here’s your prenatal vitamins.

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Days Update Tuesday, May 16, 2023

 

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Kristen is in the prison waiting room with an old photo of her, Brady, and Rachel. Megan Hathaway comes by from working in the mail room. Megan talks about how it keeps her connected to the outside world. Kristen doubts that there is anything for her but Megan reveals a letter that she says looks like it is from Rachel. Kristen demands the letter and grabs it from her. Kristen opens the letter. Megan asks what her niece has to say. Kristen reads the letter, saying she has the most amazing news that Brady and Chloe are definitely not getting back together and she knows for sure because she heard Brady tell John and Marlena that Chloe just moved in with Xander which excites Kristen.

Chloe and Xander rush in to the living room of their apartment after hearing glass break and believe someone is breaking in, but it turns out that a poster just fell off of the wall and broke.

John brings strawberries and cream to Marlena at home and they kiss.

In Athens, Greece, Kate tells Roman how much she missed him. Roman says no more looking back as they are here now together which he calls a miracle. Kate agrees and says even when she got away from Megan, she didn’t think she would make it out alive and back to Roman, but here she is, no thanks to Dimitri.

Harris questions Dimitri saying he’s holding another hostage. Harris argues that they searched every inch of the ship and only found him, Kate, and his henchmen so there’s nobody else here. Dimitri then asks who said anything about his hostage being on the ship. Harris argues that it doesn’t make any sense since Kate is all the leverage he needed and he could’ve ransomed her for a fortune. Dimitri remarks that it’s not always about money but he wouldn’t expect him to understand that. Dimitri says he was holding on to Kate until he had his ducks in a row and then right before they interrupted, he received the phone call that he was expecting. Harris asks who the mystery hostage is. Dimitri says all in due time, but for now he should be more worried about what he wants in exchange. Harris guesses he wants full immunity. Dimitri says that’s for starters, but he’s not stopping there.

Roman hopes Dimitri didn’t hurt Kate. Kate says it wasn’t pleasant being his guest, but it’s in the past and the more time he is in her mind, the more he wins. Kate asks about Bo since Steve said he’s in a coma. Roman confirms they are not sure when or if he will come out of it. Kate says she’s so sorry. Roman adds that Hope is moving Bo to a long term care facility. Kate asks how the family is handling that. Roman says they are doing their best and mentions that Kayla is back home in Salem while Ciara is on her way back home to Ben and their baby. Roman adds that he saw Shawn and he’s still a wreck because he blames himself. Roman notes that they all thought Bo was dangerous and there was a time that they thought Bo had shot and killed Kate. Roman asks how Kate got through to him. Kate says she reminded him of his family and Hope, but jokes that he didn’t snap out of it until she called him Megan’s lapdog. Roman acknowledges that Bo hated taking orders from anyone.

Kristen continues reading Rachel’s letter as she says that she hates seeing Brady so sad now that he broke up with Chloe because he’s really lonely, but she’s also glad that he’s not with Chloe anymore because she hates her which makes Kristen laugh.

John and Marlena kiss until Brady comes in. They tell him it’s okay as it’s his home too but Brady says not for much longer as he feels he and Rachel have imposed on them. Marlena insists that they love having them here. Brady says it will be a little longer since he hasn’t found a place yet but he has some leads. Marlena understands he feels he needs to do that but says they will miss having him around. Brady assures he won’t be far and notes that he actually thought he’d be across the street but Xander beat him to the perfect apartment and then he found out that Chloe is moving in with him, which shocks John and Marlena. Marlena tells Brady that she’s so sorry. John argues that Brady has pulled all the stops to try and fix things with Chloe, so he suggests that he try to forgive himself and move on. Brady responds that they are both trying, but he really hates the idea of Chloe moving in with Xander.

Xander questions why the poster would suddenly fall. Chloe blames Xander for not hanging it right. Xander argues that it was perfectly secure but then another picture falls off the wall. Chloe jokes about the irony but Xander says he’s not finding it funny and he’s starting to think the place might be haunted.

Brady tells John and Marlena that he can’t think of someone worse than Xander for Chloe to end up with. Marlena argues that it doesn’t mean she’s going to fall for him but Brady says it doesn’t mean she won’t either since not long ago, she couldn’t stand to look at Xander and now suddenly she is moving in with him. Brady adds that he can’t say Chloe is too smart to fall for him since Sarah did too. Brady remarks that Xander is not only a loser, but he’s dangerous too. John remembers Xander shooting Brady and Marlena. Brady doesn’t think Xander should get a pass just because they survived and points out that not everyone was as lucky.

Chloe questions Xander thinking the place is haunted or believing in ghosts. Xander says he’s from Scotland which he calls haunted as well. Chloe asks who he thinks is haunting him. Xander worries that it’s Susan Banks.

Megan tells Kristen to enjoy her night and continues on with the mail. Kristen continues reading the letter as Rachel says she would give more details but Brady changed the subject and they all started talking about Bo Brady instead. Megan then rushes back and asks what about Bo. Kristen thought she wasn’t interested but Megan demands to know what she said about Bo. Kristen reads that Rachel said everyone is upset because Hope had broken through to Bo and right when it looked like he was going to be his old self, Shawn shot him. Megan begins to panic.

Dimitri tells Harris that some people pray to the Lord to get what they want, but he hasn’t had much luck in that regard so he prefers to always be prepared. Dimitri informs Harris that he’s not the only one being persecuted by the powers to be, so he is not seeking one but two immunity grants, and warns that if he does not get them, his second hostage will soon have an appointment at the pearly gates.

Roman brings Kate back to their hotel room and says everyone was glad to see her. Kate jokes that Maggie might have been disappointed but Roman assures Maggie would never wish harm on anyone. Kate jokes about sleeping in a room that doesn’t smell like fish or make her sea sick. Roman acknowledges that she’s been to Hell and back, so she has a lot of pampering ahead of her and he’s not sure where to start. Roman suggests a bubble bath or a spa treatment. Kate says that Dimitri wanted to wine and dine her so he let her take a break and eat. Roman jokes that he’s running out of ideas if she doesn’t need to eat or the spa. Kate responds that she does have something important to ask of him. Kate then asks Roman to put her ring back on her finger.

Chloe asks Xander if he’s joking or if he actually thinks Susan Banks is haunting him. Xander reveals that he’s been expecting it for a while since he was responsible for Susan’s death. Chloe relates to feeling responsible for someone losing their life and never getting over it. Xander says she should get over it since El Fideo was a monster but Susan was sweet and died a horrible death that’s on him. Chloe says she’s not defending what he did but says at some point he has to move on with his life and learn from it. Xander says he’s been trying so hard to learn from his mistakes and not repeat them, but somehow, trouble always seems to find him or he finds it. Xander says he gets desperate for money and an opportunity arises, then he’s deep in something illegal that spirals out of control until something very bad happens like Susan Banks’ fiery death in the car crash. Chloe reminds him that Ava Vitali was behind the wheel. Xander complains that Susan wouldn’t have been in the car if he hadn’t kidnapped her or been weak and given in to Ava’s money. Xander adds that Susan would still be alive and he’d still be married to Sarah. Xander decides maybe the apartment isn’t haunted, but he is.

Marlena tells Brady that she would never condone Xander’s actions but points out that he wasn’t responsible for Susan’s death as it was Ava that drove her off the cliff. Brady argues that Xander started the whole series of events by kidnapping Susan in the first place. Brady calls that just the latest in his long list of crimes, bringing up how Xander switched Rachel at birth and complains that he never takes responsibility for these things. John remarks that Xander has that in common with his uncle Victor. Brady says he keeps thinking about Chloe being under the same roof as Xander and worries about when his next scheme is going to be and how he’s going to drag Chloe in to it. Brady complains that it’s all Xander does and declares that he belongs in prison.

Megan cries that this is an evil twist of fate as she’s in prison and asks how Bo is. Kristen informs her that Bo is in a coma and tries to encourage that it’s good news. Kristen talks about how she’s recovered from comas. Megan talks about everything she went through to save Bo and keeping him alive for all those years. Megan breaks down crying as Kristen tries to tell her it’s okay. Megan cries that Bo would have loved her again and she was so close. Kristen points out that all they have is a second hand account from a child eavesdropping and the mail takes forever, so maybe Bo is alright now. Megan argues that Bo is the whole reason that she came up with a plan to get herself out of here in the first place. Kristen asks if she means get them out then asks where they stand.

Harris tells Dimitri that he’s had enough of the games and questions who he’s trying to help with this co-immunity deal. Dimitri questions Harris not figuring it out after all the clues and says he certainly knows her well. Dimitri reveals that it’s Megan Hathaway.

Brady apologizes to Marlena and John for interrupting their romantic moment and then putting all his baggage on them. John assures they are always here to listen. Brady says he’s done and he’s going to think about the good things he has in his life. Brady says they are at the top of his list. Marlena says they love him. Brady thanks them for always being there for him. They say goodnight as Brady heads to his room. John tells Marlena that when it comes to love, Brady has had nothing but bad luck. Marlena hopes that Kristen doesn’t find out that Chloe is out of the picture or else she’ll break out of jail and be right back in Brady’s orbit.

Megan complains that the love of her life is in a coma and Kristen can only think about herself. Kristen points out that Megan is the one who brought up her mystery plan. Megan says it’s not a mystery to her. Kristen asks what the plan is then, reminding her that she kept up her end of not telling anyone about Bo. Megan asks who cares since she ended up blabbing it herself to Andrew Donovan anyway. Kristen shouts that’s not her problem and complains that Megan promised her freedom. Megan assures that she will have it as her plan is very much in the works and they simply needed to get things organized and sorted out. Kristen questions who is getting things organized and sorted out. Kristen demands to know right now who she has on the outside. Megan asks why that matters. Kristen says she needs to know that it’s real. Megan reveals that it’s Dimitri Von Leuschner. Kristen recalls him as the guy who tried to blow up the world with the Alamanian Peacock.

Dimitri reminds Harris that he was doing Megan’s bidding while Harris argues that he was brainwashed. Dimitri calls that a convenient excuse for killing people in pursuit of the prisms. Harris says he’s ashamed of what he did. Dimitri brings up Harris hesitating when he had Hope in his crosshairs or if true love reared it’s head. Harris calls that a sore subject. Dimitri remarks that Harris has terrible taste in women. Harris states that Megan is in prison and that’s where she is staying. Dimitri asks if he’s so sure about that. Dimitri warns that he might not have Kate to get what he wants, but he still has another ace up his sleeve.

Roman questions Kate taking her rings off. Kate explains that she was desperate and made a deal with one of Dimitri’s henchmen to give her rings for a phone call to Roman, but the call didn’t go through. Kate adds that when Chad and the others rescued her, she was not leaving the boat without her rings. Roman is surprised she carried the rings around the whole time. Kate says she was going to put them back on but she stopped because Roman put them on first, so she wanted him to do it again for the last time. Roman says it would be his honor. Roman puts the rings on her finger and kisses her.

Chloe brings Xander tea and hopes it will help him get back to sleep. Xander thanks her and apologizes if he freaked her out earlier. Xander decides Chloe was right that he just didn’t hang the pictures right and he nor the apartment are being haunted by the ghost of Susan Banks. Chloe is glad he’s calmed down but she’s sorry that he’s so tortured by what happened to Susan. Xander thanks her and hopes she doesn’t regret sharing the place with him. Chloe jokes that she can relate to him. They get close but Chloe says they shouldn’t make a habit of ending up like this in the middle of the night together. They each say they need to get to their beds but they end up leaning in close.

Kate tells Roman that she has a suggestion of what they can do in the hotel room as she then kisses him.

John and Marlena kiss until John’s phone rings with a call from his son Paul. John wonders why he’s calling so late as he answers the call.

Kristen tells Megan that she met Dimitri once in Amsterdam and he was under another name while fooling Billie. Megan brings up Kristen losing a sapphire necklace and tells her that Dimitri told her everything. Kristen questions what exactly her connection is to Dimitri. Kristen asks if Dimitri filled in when Megan couldn’t get Bo to love her. Megan remarks that she has no idea what she’s talking about and calls her so judgmental. Megan then reveals that Dimitri is Kristen’s nephew!

Harris tells Dimitri that he’s going to need a whole deck of aces if he wants immunity for he and Megan and that still might not be enough. Harris brings up Dimitri threatening the world in Zurick and calls it a deranged plan. Harris adds that Megan is the only person that he knows that’s more deranged than he is, so the ISA will never let either of them walk out. Dimitri assures that the ISA won’t stand in his way as they will insist that he is granted his freedom.

Chloe and Xander almost kiss but back away. Chloe hopes the tea helped and Xander thanks her for that. Xander apologizes for the nonsense about the pictures falling. They tell each other to have a good night and they head to their rooms.

Roman and Kate lay in bed together. Roman comments that he assumed he would never see her rings again as he assumed they were in the urn with her ashes. Kate asks what he did with the urn of ashes. Roman explains that he had it on the end of the bar at the Pub because it made him feel close to her. Kate compares it to Anna DiMera. Roman says he wasn’t carrying it all around town. Kate asks if he was talking to the ashes. Roman says the weird part is, Kate talked to him too and says he heard her voice, asking him to help her. Roman asks if she thinks he’s crazy. Kate admits it sounds weird, but it seems somewhat familiar as if she was reaching out to him while Megan had them on the deep freeze. Kate wonders if that’s possible. Roman says he will never deny their connection and all that matters is that she’s here in his arms for real. Kate says it doesn’t seem real and seems like a dream. Roman says if it is a dream, he never wants to wake up as they continue kissing.

Harris tells Dimitri to keep dreaming and questions why the ISA would want him to be free. Dimitri says because Shane Donovan runs the organization and assures that Shane will be very eager to give him what he wants. Dimitri declares that Shane will personally see to it that he and Megan are both set free.

Kristen doesn’t understand calling Dimitri her nephew. Megan then reveals that Dimitri is her son.

John thanks Paul for calling and says he’s on top of it and will keep him posted as they hang up. Marlena asks what’s going on as he sounds worried. John informs her that Paul wants him to reach out to Shane because Andrew Donovan is missing and apparently no one has heard from him for quite some time…

Harris questions why the hell Shane Donovan would give Dimitri what he wants. Dimitri responds that he won’t have a choice if he ever wants to see his offspring again. Harris then realizes that Dimitri’s mystery hostage is Shane’s son, Andrew.

Andrew is tied up and blindfolded somewhere in a dark room.

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Days Short Recap Tuesday, May 16, 2023

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Megan gave Kristen a letter from Rachel. Kristen read the letter and found out Brady and Chloe were over. She also found out Shawn shot Bo. Megan was upset when she found out Shawn shot Bo. Kate and Roman reunited with each other. He told her about Bo and how Hope was moving him to a long-term care facility. She took out her wedding ring and asked him to put it on her. He wanted to put it on. Harris thought Dimitri was lying about another hostage. Harris told him they didn’t find anyone else. Dimitri implied that the hostage wasn’t on the ship. Dimitri refused to say who the person was until he got his immunity for him and someone else. He said if he didn’t get what he wanted, the hostage will die. Brady told John and Marlena that he and Rachel were moving out. He said Xander and Chloe got the apartment he wanted to get. Brady continued to insult Xander. John said Xander shot Brady and Marlena. Brady said he shouldn’t get a pass because they survived. He said everyone wasn’t lucky. Marlena reminded him that Ava was the one who killed Susan. Brady said Xander played a part in it. He said Xander kidnapped Rachel and never took responsibility. He was afraid Xander was going to bring Chloe down with him. Harris wanted Dimitri to tell him who else he wanted the immunity for. Dimitri said it was Megan.

Kristen comforted Megan over Bo. Megan said he was the reason why she wanted to escape. Kristen told her the plan was for both of them. She wanted to know where they stood. Megan said they were going to still going through with the plan. She said they needed to get things organized. Kristen wanted to know who she was talking about. Megan said she was talking about Dimitri. Roman told Kate about her urn at the pub. He said he talked to it. He said she talked back to him. She said that felt familiar. She said she might have reached out to him while she was in the freeze. He said all that matters was she was there now. Kristen said she remembered Dimitri when was pretending to be Kyle so he could steal the Peacock. She asked Megan what her connection was to him. She said he was her son. Harris told Dimitri the ISA would never go along with his plan. Dimitri said Shane would make sure he and Megan went free because his hostage was Andrew.

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Days Transcript Tuesday, May 16, 2023

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THIS STILL NEEDS EXTENSIVE EDITING!

Call you keep moving. I’m not expecting anything.

Is this a joke? Not at all. You have no idea how sweet this gig is. What delivering mail? Yeah. Huh? Keeps me plugged in with everything in the outside world and don’t tell anyone. Every now and then I just end up with an extra magazine or two. Hmm. Yeah. Well, like I said, uh, I doubt there’s anything in there for me.

You little faith. Now lucky. Lucky what just happened to show up today? And judging by the childlike handwriting seems like it might actually be from your darling daughter. Hand it over. Hey, what is the magic word? Hmm. Let’s see. Hand it over. I’ll rip your throat out. No, that’s nine words, but who am I to nitpick?

Oh.

Well, the least you can do is share what my little niece has to say. Um, dear mom, I have the most amazing news. Daddy and Chloe are definitely not getting back together. That’s good. Right. Oh, okay. Um, I, I know for sure because I heard daddy tell grandma and grandpa that Chloe just moved in with Sander Cook.

Yes, yes.

Oh, yes.

Did you do that? Of course I did. What the hell happened? Someone broke into the apartment. Oh my God. Are you sure? Yeah. Stay behind me, Chloe. I’ve got this. Who’s there? Show yourself.

My hero.

We have a special delivery for Dr. Marena Evans after the huge meal we had at the pub tonight. Oh, come on. There is always room for strawberries and whipped cream. Oh my gosh.

Hmm. Did you whip that cream yourself? Well, I did. I have gotten to be an expert at it. You have indeed. Yeah. You’re also an expert. Something else I like.

Thank you, ma’am. Do you have room for one more of those?

Brace yourself.

Oh. Oh, I miss you my love. Keith, my God, when I thought I had lost you, but you know what? I’m more looking back. We’re here now together, and to me that is nothing short of America. Well, I totally agree with that. You know, even when I, I got away from Megan, I just. I don’t know. I didn’t think that I would really make it out of there alive.

I didn’t think that I would. I would make it back to you my love, my husband, but here I am now, thanks to Dimitri von Lonesome.

Wait, so you’re, you’re holding another hostage. I see your hearing is still intact. You’re intellect now you’re bluffing cuz we searched every inch of the ship and all we found were you, Kate, and your henchman, they have names. You know the point is there’s nobody else here now who said anything about my hostage being on this trip.

Like sand through the hourglass. So are the days of our lives.

It just doesn’t make any sense mean Kate Roberts is all the leverage that you needed. You could have ransom to her for a small fortune. There are more important things in this world than money. Oh, but I can’t imagine someone like you could ever understand that someone, someone like me would be talking about a commoner.

Is that for your information? I was holding onto Kate until I had all my ducks in a row. And then right before you rudely interrupted our dinner party, I received a phone call that I was expecting. All right, so let me guess. You have all your ducks in a row now Indeed. Which is quite fortunate for me.

Less so for you. Father say, I believe you, who’s a mystery hostage all in due time. But for now, I would be more worried about what I want in exchange. I’m guessing full immunity for starters, but I’m not stopping there.

All right. Well, tell me that Von Leischner three. Didn’t hurt you?

Well, I can’t say it was pleasant being his guest, but, um, you know, the, it’s, it’s in the past and the more time he spends in my mind rent free, the more he wins. So, so tell me about Bo. Steve said that he’s in a coma. Yeah. And we’re not sure when, or. Yeah, you’ll come out of it. I’m so sorry. Hope’s moving him to a long-term care facility.

Kyle’s the family taking that. Well, we’re doing our best. Kayla’s back in Salem and Sierra’s on our way back home to Ben and the baby, and actually saw Sean right before you came. He is still a wreck. Because he blames himself. Yeah. And I reminded him that we all thought Bo was dangerous. I mean, hell, at the time we thought he had shot and killed you.

Well, I mean, I thought he was going to, and until I managed somehow to get through to him, how well I reminded him of his family and of hope. But honestly, I, I don’t think it was until I called him Megan’s lap dog that he honestly just snapped out of it. I sure he hated that a lot. Oh, yeah. My brother hated taking orders from anyone.

Megan Hathaway was certainly no exception. Oh, great. A letter about two people I don’t know and couldn’t care less about. May I continue? Sister? Hmm? Be my guest. You all right? Oh, I hate seeing Daddy. So sad now that he broke up with Chloe Lane because I think he’s really lonely. No, but I’m also really glad he’s not with that mean woman anymore because I hate her.

Is that okay? Mommy? But I’m also glad

Oh yes, sweet sweetheart. That is. Super. Okay.

Oh, okay. Oh, sorry. Don’t mind. No, no, no, no. It’s Please, please. Sorry. Wait. Don’t go. Fine. Are you sure? No, no, no. Nevermind us. We’ll get ourselves a room. This is your home too. Not much longer, actually. I look we’ve imposed on you long enough. No, no. We love having you here. Well, you are gonna be stuck with Rachel and me a little while longer because we haven’t found a place yet, but I have some leads.

Yeah, well, I, I know that you think this is what you have to do, but we are gonna miss having you here. Was this Hell yeah, kid. Well, I’m not gonna be that far. I actually planned to be right across the street, but Xander Cook, he seemed to have beaten me to the perfect department and it was also a nice way to find out that.

Chloe is moving in with him. Oh. Oh no. I’m so sorry. Sorry. Look, son. Son, you have pulled out all the stops to try to fix this thing with Chloe here, so maybe it’s time you just start forgiving yourself and try to move on. Dad, I’m trying. Chloe is too. I just, I really hate the idea of her moving in with.

That shmuck, why would this suddenly fall? Oh, I don’t know. It wasn’t hung right. I hung it myself. I remember, and I remember distinctly telling you that you needed a wall anchor for that picture and you insisting that you did not. Chloe, I know to hang a picture that foot was perfectly secure.

Okay. I think that was the patron saint irony. You sure about that? What I, I was making a joke, Sandra. No, I’m not finding this funny. Chloe, I’m starting think this place might be.

I am trying to think of somebody. That Chloe could end up with that’s worse than Xander Cook. And I’m, I’m drawing a blank. Just because she’s staying there does not mean she’s going to fall for him. Doesn’t mean she won’t either. I mean, a little while ago she couldn’t stand to even look at the guy, and now suddenly she’s okay with moving in with him.

And it’s not like I can say she’s too smart to fall for a guy like him because look at Sarah Horton, very intelligent woman who barely escaped that idiot’s clutches. Right? We’ve got a good point there. And the worst part, dad is. He’s not only a loser, but he’s a dangerous loser. You know, nobody knows that better than me.

Well, I know a little something about that. Seen as how he shot my two favorite people in the world who happen to be standing in this room right now, survive. Thank God. Yeah. I don’t think he should get a pass though for that. Just because we didn’t happen to die doesn’t mean he’s not responsible for heinous crime.

And by the way, not everyone was as lucky. This place haunted. It certainly was in the realm of possibility, isn’t it? Yeah. Only if you believe in ghosts. Yeah. Well, I’m from Scotland. Whole, whole-blood countries haunted lots and bogs, all covered in fog. If you ever seen any of those spooky castles up in the highlands, Hmm.

Can’t say that I have, but this apartment is not an ancient castle. Yeah. But sometimes ghost don’t just haunt places. They haunt people. Okay. So who’s haunting us? Not us. Me. Off the top of my head, I’m thinking Susan Knight.

Well, enjoy your night, sis. I’ve got a stack of stolen magazines to entertain me. Mm-hmm. Bye-bye. All right, Rachel, give mommy the glory details about Chloe and. Center, I would give you all the deeds. Mommy. But Danny changed the subject and then they all started talking about Boat Brady instead. Hmm. What?

What, what about Phil? What’s it to you? Oh, come on. Tell me what she said about Bo. I thought you weren’t interested in what my daughter had to say. Tell me what she said about Bo dammit. How the magic word is the word that you couldn’t manage. Please. Hmm. Find, since you’re curious. Oh, let’s see. Gets a little jumbled here, but, uh, well, it’s.

Seems everyone is upset because hope had broken through the bow and right when it looked like he was going to be his old self. Mo son Am and, and and what shot him? Oh my God. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. No. You see Commander, some people pray to the Lord above to get what they want, but I haven’t had very much luck in that regard.

So instead, I prefer to always be prepared just like the Boy Scouts are. Yes, I knew you would understand me, and I think you’ll find that in this case, I have not fallen short. Meaning, meaning. That I am not the only one being persecuted by the so-called powers that be. Therefore, I am not seeking one but two blanket immunity grants and if I don’t get them are you assure you commander, my second hostage will soon have an appointment at the Pearl Gates.

Well, I was expected everybody was very happy to see that you’re alive. Well, no. Hmm everyone. Cuz I think Maggie was kind of disappointed. Oh, come on, come on. Maggie’s got a good heart. She wouldn’t want any harm to come to you. Well, maybe for your sake. So what do you think? Oh, sleeping in a room that doesn’t smell like fish and make me see sick.

It’s gonna be so hard to adjust to, oh my God, you have been to hell and back. Yeah. Well with a pit stop in heaven. Yeah. Well that means you got a whole lot of pampering to have you. Okay. I’m not sure where to start. Bubble bath or in room spot treatment. Oh, you know neither of those really because, well, Dimitri wanted to whine and dine me, so he let me take a break from the fish and the spruce ups.

Okay, so that means you’ve eaten too? I have. Okay. So he is only need spa. Don’t need eat. I’m kind of running outta uh, ideas here. Okay. Um, well, maybe I could help because I do have something important to ask of you.

You see this naked finger here? Mm-hmm. Oh,

did you fix it for me?

Wait, that was a joke, right? About Susan Banks. You don’t actually think that she, well, she returned from the dead and is haunting me. Honestly, I’ve been suspecting it for a while and. I was responsible for her death. After all. Listen, I understand all too well with that. Feels like being responsible for someone losing their life and you never get over that.

Yeah. But in your case, I think you should get over it. Chloe in that Alpha Deo, he was a monster. Susan wasn’t. She was sweet and. She died a horrible death. And that’s on me.

Look, I’m not defending what you did, but at some point you have to move on with your life and, and just learn from it. Learn from it. Yeah. That’s what I’ve been trying so hard to do, Chloe. I mean, believe it or not, to learn from my grievous mistakes and not repeat them, but somehow trouble always seems to find me or I find it.

I get desperate for money usually, and then some opportunity arises before I know what’s happening. I’m neck deep in something illegal. And it spirals outta control until something very, very bad happened by Susan Banks meeting a fiery death in that car crash. But wasn’t Ava Vitali behind the wheel when Susan died?

Maybe Susan wouldn’t have been in the car if I hadn’t kidnapped her, if I hadn’t. If you hadn’t been weak. If I hadn’t taken Ava’s money, if I hadn’t grabbed Susan like I did, Susan would still be alive and.

I still be married to Sarah.

See, you see? Yeah. Maybe this place isn’t Haunty, but I,

I would never condone. Sanders’s actions, but he wasn’t the one responsible for Susan’s death. It was Ava that drove her off that cliff. Yeah. But he started the whole series of events by kidnapping her and that’s just his latest in his long list of crimes, including switching Rachel at birth. He never takes responsibility for these things.

Of course not. He was had in common with his Uncle Vic. Yeah. Yeah, he does. I keep thinking about Chloe being under the same roof with Xander, and I just wanted to myself, when is his next scheme? How’s he gonna drag Chloe into it? That’s all he does. Anybody who’s naive enough to, to get involved with him, I think the bastard belongs in prison.

Yeah, this is some evil twist of fate if you wanna have this ridiculous prison in both. H H How is he? He’s not that again. No, no. He’s uh, he’s in a coma. Good news, huh? How is that Good news. Comas aren’t so bad. I’ve been at a few myself and personally, I always wake up refreshed and ready to take on the world.

Well, I’m glad you’re finding this so humorous after everything that I went through to save him all those years, keeping him alive and. Protecting him. So glad we could be together. Hey, it’s okay. Take a deep breath.

I know he would’ve loved me again. I was so close.

Come on, listen. Um, all we have is a secondhand account from the Eve’s dropping child. Lu, you know, the mail takes forever in here, so who knows, Bo, he might be alright now

and he might not be. Hello, Kristen. You don’t get it. Hey, it is the whole reason that I came up with a plan to get myself outta here in the first place,

us Yumi, to get us outta here. Suddenly. It’s feeling more important now than ever. So sis, where do we stand

enough with the games? Dimitri, who are you trying to help with this COI deal?

You really can’t figure it out, huh? After all these clues, you certainly know her well. Her. Why do you think I’ve been enjoying this so much? Yes, her, your old pal and mentor,

Megan Hathaway.

I am sorry. I’m sorry, I, I come in here and I, I interrupt your romantic moment, and then I proceed to put all my baggage on you. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. You know that we are always here to listen, son. Well, I’m done. I’m done. I’m gonna go in there and I’m gonna kiss my little girl goodnight, and I’m gonna think about all the good things that happened in my life.

You too. That’s the top of my list right back at you. Oh, we love you sweetie. I love you too, but seriously, seriously, thanks for always being there for me. You always are as you are for us. Goodnight honey.

When it comes to love, that kid has had nothing but better luck. I know. Let’s hope that Kristen doesn’t find out that Chloe’s out the picture. Although she would break outta jail and be right back here in his orbit.

I can’t believe you. The love of my wife is in a coma, and you managed to make it all about yourself Are you’re the one who brought up this mystery plan. It’s not a mystery to me. Then why don’t you tell me what it is? I did as you asked. I kept what you told me about Bo to myself. Yeah, well who cares about that?

I managed to blab it all to Andrew Donovan anyway. Well, that is not my problem. You promised me my freedom, dammit, and you will have it. My deal is very much in the works. We simply needed to get things organized. Get things sorted out,

who is getting things sorted out and organized? But Kristin, I, let me guess. You’re gonna tell me later. No, sis, you’re gonna tell me right now. Who do you have on the outside? Why does that make a difference to you? Because then it makes it real. I need to know what’s real fine. His name is Dimitri von Leischner.

Wait, the guy who tried to blow up the world with a Almanian peacock, you know another Dimitri Von Leischner.

You remember Megan, don’t you? From what I heard, you were doing her bidding for a better half of a year. Yeah, I wasn’t, I wasn’t right up here. I was brainwashed. Oh, that’s a convenient excuse, considering you’re just killing people left and right in pursuit of those prisms. I’m ashamed of what I did. Huh.

And I guess it’s that shame that made you hesitate when you had Hope Brady, in your crosshairs. Or did true love for your Its ugly hand.

It’s our subject. I totally get it. Well, for what it’s worth, you have terrible taste in women. Megan Hathaway is in prison and that’s where she’s staying. He’s so sure about that. I might not have Kate to get what I want, but trust me, I still have another race of my sleeve.

So you took your rings off? Yeah, I did because I was desperate. And I made a deal with one of Dimitri’s henchman. I’d give him my rings if he had given me a phone call to you. He never called me. No, I did call you. He just didn’t go through. The son of a bitch kept my ring anyway. But you got him back. Yeah.

And Chad and the others came to rescue me. I wanted to get the hell off that boat, but I was not going without those rings. So you carried these rings around this whole time? I did. I mean, I was going to put it on, but then I stopped because you put those rings on my finger the first time and I wanted you to put ’em back on for the last time.

Well, it was my honor then it will be my honor now.

I thought you could use this. Hopefully it’ll help you go back to sleep. Thank you. And I’m so sorry if I freaked you out earlier with all that. I think you’re right. Pictures fell down because I didn’t hang correctly. I don’t truly believe that the. Ghost of Susan Banks is haunting our apartment or me.

Well, that’s good. And I’m glad you’ve calmed down. I’m, I’m just sorry that you’re so tortured by what happened to her. Thank you. I just hope you don’t regret sharing a flat with a cranky sleep deprived scaredy cat. Well, I can be a scaredy cat myself at times, and I can definitely be cranky. I’m sure you’ve noticed And sleep deprived.

We shouldn’t make a habit of ending up here in the middle of the night like this. I mean, together, you’re right. We shouldn’t.

You need to go to your bed and you need to go to your bed.

Perfect fit just like us. Mm-hmm.

You know, I was thinking about you running out of ideas for what we could do while we’re here in this hotel room. You know, either I could take a spa or you know, we could go to dinner, but would you mind me making a suggestion? That’s what we could do. Please do. Well, I don’t have you

if you need to get that. No. Scam, likely. Where were we? Right here?

Persistent. What? Who is it? Paul the hell’s he doing calling so late? Everything is all right. Hey kid,

I met Dimitri once in Amsterdam and of course he raised go hang under an assumed name at that time, I S A H and Kyle Graham. Yeah. And he was with Bo X Billy Reed, and she had no idea of his true identity. Ah, Dimitri had her really fooled, and she’s a shrewd woman. So are you, and yet you managed to lose a Sapphire necklace when you tried to escape from him, how do you know so much?

Dimitri told me everything really.

What exactly is the nature of your connection to that Euro trash charmer. Hmm. Did he need something to fill the hours when you were feeling lonely because you couldn’t get oh to love you?

You have no idea what you’re talking about. Out. Oh my gosh. Did you connect with him at a evil, your social network? Listen to you. You are so judgmental.

Is that any way to talk about your nephew?

Nephew?

You’re gonna need a whole Desis if you want to get immunity for you and Megan, and that may still not be enough. See, I know what you, uh, I know what you tried to do in Zurich. Threatening the world with, um, devastation if they didn’t pay you off. I ain’t gotta admit, it’s a pretty good plan, a deranged plan.

Mm. And Megan’s the only person I know who’s more deranged than you are. The ISA will never let either of you walk out. Ah, yes. The I S A, my adopted home for so many years. Well, don’t you worry about them, Michaels. They’re not gonna stand it my way. No. On the contrary, they are going to insist that I’m granted my freedom.

Wow. Okay. Um, I hope that tea helps. Tea. Yes. All right. Thank you for that. Really thoughtful of you, and I’m sorry about all that nonsense earlier with the patient. It’s all good. Have a good night.

You know, I, uh, I assumed they would never see those rings again. Yeah, I figured they were, uh, in the urn with your ashes.

What did you do with that urn? The ashes anyway. Well, I brought that urn back to the pub, set it on the end of the bar. It, uh, made me feel close to you. Okay. Um, no fence with that. You know, that sounds a little bit like Anna Damir. Well, I wasn’t actually carrying the urn all around town. Yeah. Well, okay.

Please don’t tell me that you were talking to the ashes. Oh, no, you were a little, uh, look, that’s, that’s a weird part. Weird part is you talk to me too. Excuse me. I heard you. Alright. I heard your voice. You asked me to help you. To help you? Mm-hmm. You think I’m crazy? No, actually, I, no, actually I don’t, I mean, it’s sounds weird, but it, it seems somewhat familiar, you know, as if.

While Megan had us there on the deep freeze, like maybe I was reaching out to you. I mean, do you think that’s possible? Look, I’m never gonna deny the connection you and I have, but the only thing that matters right now is that you are here in my arms. For real.

I dunno. I just. It doesn’t seem real. It seems like. It seems like a dream. Well, it’s a dream. I don’t ever wanna wake up.

I’ll keep dreaming. Dimitri, why would the ISA want you to be free? Because Shane Donovan runs the organization, and I can assure you he’s gonna be very eager to give me exactly what I want. In fact, I would expect that he will personally see to it that Megan and I are. Both set free.

Dimitri, my nephew. I don’t understand. Oh, for goodness sake, do I really need to spell this out for you? Dimitri? One Ner. He’s my son.

Okay, Paul. Listen, thanks for calling. I’m on top of it. I’ll, uh, I’ll keep you posted. Yeah, love you too. What’s going on? You sound worried? Yeah, I am. So is Paul. He wants me to reach out to Shane. Hi, what’s wrong? Andrew Donovan is, uh, he’s missing, don’t know for how long, but apparently no one’s heard from him for quite some time.

Now, why the hell would Shane Donovan give you what you want? Well, he’s not really gonna have much of a choice unless he never wants to see his precious offspring again. Offspring. Yes. With all these clues, you really can’t figure it out. Come on, shame on you. Michaels

mystery hostage. Yes, yes. I knew you would catch a bravo. Well done. Yes. My mystery hostage is drum roll please. Shane’s very own. Son Andrew.

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Auntie, if you just give me a chance to explain. Okay. I guess I don’t get a chance to explain. She hung up. Are you sharp? Means she’s embraced. Maybe the call got dropped. She told me there’s nothing else to talk about, and she hung up. So she called to tell you there’s nothing to talk about. No, she called to fire me.

I can’t believe that Seth Burns had the nerve to fire you. He found it unprofessional of me to not show up for work and not call in what you were being held captive. Apparently I needed a note from my kidnapper. I have to say, I did feel kind of sorry for him though. He clearly was disappointed that I wasn’t dead.

Oh, what a little worm. You know, he is a little worm. That’s why he caved so quickly when Stephanie gave him a preview of the disaster PR campaign that he’d be facing. Ugh. There’s still no word from Steve, huh? Nope. What time is it in Greece? You know, it doesn’t matter. Years of experience has taught me that I am not gonna hear from Steve until he and Chad fight Kate.

I patch clearing. Are you amazing? As a parrot cream beer, you’re hilarious. Oh, and you’re in over your head. The penalty for boarding the ship will stop permission. That’s death, ready to wipe the plank.

Ball bastard. He fought hard and still ended up dead on that wall just like you’re going. Don’t.

So you don’t want immunity for your crimes? Oh, no, no. I do. Along with something else. And I need everything. And it’s precise place in order for me to achieve my goal. Please don’t tell me you’re going after that damn peacock again. No. What I’m after is of a much more personal nature. You see what I’m hoping, Chad?

Thank God you’re okay. I knew it. Yeah, you Thanks Are tad premature. You see Kate and I are on a date and you’re not invited.

Like sand through the hourglass. So are the days of our lives.

Sorry, pal, but you’re not going anywhere. Sorry pal, but I don’t think you thought this one through. Now how are you gonna kill me without hitting Kate here as well? And I doubt you’re a very good shot, Mr. Damara. Oh, so you remember me? Of course I do. You’re yet another one of Stefano Dara’s bastard children.

Oh, I prefer love child. Mm. Well you certainly have his arrogance, but none of his cunning. You see, he wildly overplayed your cards by bursting in that door right there, brandish your little cap pistol. You if guaranteed that neither one of you are. Getting off of this boat a lie.

I don’t suppose we can talk about this. You can talk to the boss now. Drop the gun, start walking. Keep your hands up.

You’re kind of dumb, aren’t you? And you’re going to be kind of dead. Hey, listen, if I were you, I wouldn’t be making pirate jokes. I’d be asking myself, where’d this dude come from? Hmm? You think I just made a wrong turn in the middle of the agenda? Now listen man, this boat that you’re defending, it’s part of a global search, and the fact that I’m on board means that global search was a success.

The Isa Interpol. Fbi, they all know where I am. Q E D. They know where you are, which means you don’t have a rat’s ass chance of getting away, and you don’t have a rat ass chance of staying alive. Hey, hey, I’m an ISSA agent. You know what happens if you kill an ISSA agent? Huh? The entire agency is devoted.

To making new pay. And when they get you, which they will, they’ll put you in the deepest, darkest hole you’ve ever seen. It’ll make Guantanamo Bay look like a vacation paradise. If you kill me, they will hurt you so bad, you’ll be begging them to kill you.

I love Maggie, but she should have given you a chance to explain why she was right. I blew the deal. Alex, you did not blow the deal. That guy, Yuri, he got cold feet, which may only be temporary. He said he was gonna sleep on it. Remember Alex? You didn’t hear her voice stuff. She wasn’t angry. She was just sad.

You don’t know what she has put up with from me. And I moved in with her and Uncle Vic and I moved into her home and I treated it like a frat house. I was arrogant and I was rude. And Auntie Maggie was Auntie Maggie. You know, she’s just always seeing the good in everybody. When I made it damn near impossible, what she thinks of me.

It’s one of the main reasons why I’m trying to change. It just kills me to let her down. I don’t think you did. Look, I was in that meeting. You were doing everything you could to save the deal. Steph, you said it yourself. I’m not authorized to change the terms of the agreement. I beg this woman to put me in charge.

I swore I would tell the lion and then as soon as she does, I disobey her direct orders. Okay. Because, because. You are blindsided by Yuri’s misgivings and, and you were just trying to be open-minded.

Look, I got Seth Burns to unfi my mom. I’m gonna call Maggie right now and work the same magic with her.

You would think after all these years, I would be used to not hearing from Steve. Right. Well, could you call Michaels, Roman said he was helping with the search. I think he would be about as impossible to get ahold of. How is Roman doing?

The way Roman always is, his facade does not crack. I mean, he has been through so much. He was scattering Kate’s ashes in Ireland, and then soon after that he finds out that she’s alive. Alive but in danger. And then he finds out that bow’s alive, but he is not the bow. We remember he is a bow who kidnaps people and now he’s in a coma.

And now he’s in a coma. Kayla, I am really worried about Sean. He did what he had to do. He thought Bo was gonna shoot his mother. Oh God, come on. He’s Irish. Guilt trump’s reality. If Bo doesn’t make it, Sean is gonna spend the rest of his life blaming himself. For killing his own dad.

You okay? Stupid question, but for real. What’s going on? Look, I just, I done seeing my dad. Any change? No. He’s still in a coma and nothing that indicates that he’s ever gonna come out of it. Well, you know what I mean? Come on. We just gotta keep faith. Hook a positive outlook at it at a decade of rosary.

He’s not gonna change anything. Listen, I shot my father and now my mother is. Your mother needs you. Your mother needs you, Sean. Alright, so you know what? Let’s go take a walk around the block, get some air. A walk is not gonna help either. Nothing’s gonna change the fact that Victor was right, right above what that this is my fault.

Well, agent Graham, it appears we’re at a standoff. The name is my Moisher. Dimitri of UN there. Well mine here, it really doesn’t matter what your name is, we’re still at a standoff. So in an order to ratchet down tension, I’m gonna take this gun and I’m gonna set it on this table here.

So how do we resolve this? But you just did, you put your gun down and now I shoot you. I know that’s, it’s true. You, you could, but you wouldn’t profit much from that, would you? Do you have any idea how much those other Dera bastards would pay for my safe return? Oh, that is certainly something to consider.

And, uh, upon further reflection, no, I think I’d just still like to kill you both.

Second time, I’ll take my chances with the isa.

Uh oh. That sounded like a gunshot to me. You don’t think I was stupid enough to come here alone? Do you, so you have a host of Eyes Agents, a Black Patch investigator, and the Navy Seal, the Messers Johnson and Michaels, right? Yes. We have been expecting you. And that’s why everyone on this ship is armed to the teeth and has standing orders to shoot, to kill.

I got another one out in the corridor. I had the situation under control. Yeah, sure. I, I could tell. Did you have to fire your weapon and let everyone on board know that we’re here? Don’t feel like you gotta thank me for just saving your ass.

Thank you. Let’s go find.

Talk Don Maggie. I did and I told her that I was in the room for the meeting and, and, and said that if I was in the room and I didn’t keep you in line, that Titan might be in the market for a new PR firm. You called to talk her outta firing me and she threatened to fire you. It’ll all be fine, at least for me.

But Alex, I’m so sorry. I don’t think she’s gonna give you your job back at least anytime soon. She seemed pretty upset.

There must be something else that we can do There is we can get drunk,

and that’s the problem. Nobody blames Sean. I mean, how could they give in all the things that Bo had done? Sean thought that Bo shot Kate, so when he saw him holding the gun, he thought his mom was next. Of course, that’s justified, but Sean just doesn’t see it that way and there’s no reasoning with him. So unfortunately, reasoning with a Brady doesn’t catch you very far.

He just sounds so bleak.

Take it from me, somebody who has been there so many times at home waiting for noose. You have to just hold on to the fact that hope is there for him and so is Roman. And they are gonna see him through this. I know, but they’re so concerned about Bo. No. You know what? Hope may be worrying about Bo, but she’s never gonna lose track of Sean.

She’s not. So we just have to try to hang in there. I mean, what choice do we have?

Whoa. Fuck. Let me get this straight. Victor blamed you. The man who’s broken every damn law and commandment that ever existed is blaming you for trying to save your mother’s life. Who in the hell is he to pass judgment? Uncle Roman. Eddie. You know mom or here? She’s Jeremy new one, but she’s not. I am. So I guess the privilege is all mine.

No, no, no. Go Roman. No, don’t. Please. It’s bad enough in there. My mom and Sierra, they can barely keep it together as it is. What pompous as he can’t just get away with it. He’s, he’s not getting away with anything. He’s telling the truth. I’m the one that fired the shot. You thought your dead was gonna kill your mom.

Yeah, but I was wrong. Okay. He wasn’t, it’s not like I just shot him in the, the leg and I like, I just disarm him or something and he.

He’s just lying in there. He’s lying in that bed and he may never, he may never come out of it. He’s gone, come on, come here.

That’s my father in there, and I missed him so much. He’s a good man and he kidnapped Kayla and we thought he killed Kate. Yep, but he didn’t. That right there, that just proves it, proves that I made the wrong call.

This your handy work. It’s been a busy night.

I am sure you both have spaces reserved in the der crypt, but you’re just gonna have to settle for burial. Let’s see,

the calvary has finally arrived. Make yourselves at home. Too bad I still have a gun point in the head of the woman

you wanted to dance with me dear. Good dance move.

Thank God you’re okay. Oh, thanks to you. Okay. I already radioed this, uh, coast Guard. Come pick up this clown. And you are? Uh, this is Commander Michaels. Wow. Nice to meet you, commander. You have a perfect sense of timing. Hello Steve. How are things? Getting a whole lot better. Kate, how about with you? Same.

Thanks. Well, I’ll stay here and babysit this guy while you two get Kate back to the mainland. I’m sure you’re looking forward to getting off this boat as soon as possible. Well, I am not going to argue with that and as soon as we are on dry land, drinks are on me.

I don’t think I like becoming a better person. Ready, ready to backslide already. Maybe.

I just feel bad about everything bad that Uncle Vic and Auntie Mag don’t trust me bad. That now I’m letting her down as she’s taking care of Uncle Vic. Bad that she has to worry about tightening and Uncle Victor and I, worst of all, worst of all, I feel bad that now you’re in trouble with Maggie too. I just feel bad for messing up everything.

For everybody. I hate feeling bad. Not many people like it. You know, things were so much more simple when I was just shallow and self-absorbed. Really, and you were so good at it. Yeah. Until I met you. You really screwed me up Johnson. Right outta nowhere. You blew me right off course I did. You did.

You know, one of the things I’m working on right now with Dr. Evans is, uh,

It’s giving up meaningless sex. Okay? The thing is, before I met you, I didn’t know I was having meaningless sex. Uh, I thought it was great, not meaningless. Then I saw the way that you looked at me. I started looking at myself the same way. I’m sorry. I guess don’t be really, it’s not your faulty ride on my league.

The thing is, for a moment there, I really thought I had a shot with you, but then I blew it. It’s like I blow everything.

Wait, wait. I can’t leave until I get my ring. Wait, what? Wait, wait, wait. Where did you, where did you leave it? No, I didn’t. I didn’t leave it anywhere. Where? Dimitri’s goon. He took it from me and he kept it. Okay. He’s a, he’s a big guy with a shaved head. The goatee. What are you talking about? We have to get outta here.

No, I’m not leaving without that rape. Roman gave it to me. I saw that guy. I know Justin, where to find him. Okay, let’s go.

I don’t know. EJ offered me the Dira jet to take to Greece and I said no, because I’m working this court case, but maybe I could get a postponement, but, but, Even if I was there, even if I was right by Sean’s side, he would keep you a million miles away from his feelings. I know I have two brothers and a husband who are very similar.

Oh, I know you do. Cut Kayla. I just. I feel so helpless. I can relate all too well. Listen to me, sweetie. Sean just needs some time to heal and when he is gotten some perspective on all this, he’s gonna open up to you and then you’re not gonna feel helpless anymore because he’s gonna need you so much. And I know you, you’ll give him a hundred percent.

Any news on, uh, okay. Uh, Steven, Chad, or, uh, trying to chuck it out along with Harris Michaels. You still don’t trust him? Well, I’m just not sure, but, uh, Andrew thinks he can help. Well, I mean, he did save Chad and Stephanie from Thomas Banks, and I wish there was something that, that I could do, but I’m probably wouldn’t be any help.

Yes, you would, Sean. Yes, you would. But your place is here with your mom and your dad. When your dad wakes up, he’s gonna tell you the same damn thing I’m gonna tell you right now. Okay? You made an impossible choice to protect someone you love. That is exactly what your dad would’ve done.

Now you think he can go back in and see?

I hope they find Kate soon.

He was right here looking for me.

It’s okay. Harris took his gun. It’s not okay. I have a spare.

So Commander Michaels, do you think you finally redeemed yourself? How much does this cost anyway? Do you assume? That your heroic acts this evening have in some way atoned for all of the sins you’ve committed, both before and after being under the influence of Meghan Hathaway.

I knew we should have gagged you. Do you really think that this one tiny good deed has in some way outweighed all of the bad? Wait, is that why you want to stay behind and be the one to personally hand me over to the isa?

Maybe I just wanted to see the look on your face when they drag you out kicking and screaming to one of those black sites.

Do you really think that’s gonna happen?

Oh, it’s getting late and it’s even later in Greece. You know what? Why don’t you give him a call? I mean, he may not answer, but he’ll know you’re thinking of him. Yeah, I will. Thank you for listening. I will pray for Steve and Chad to bring Kit Home. Safe and sound. Yeah.

Look Alex. I know, I know You’re with Chad now and hasn’t evolved. Newly woke man. I respect it. What a not shallow thing to say. Mm. And just to be clear, I said I respect it, but I still hate it. One step at a time. Mm. You know, sometimes, just like right now, it’s really hard to see the point in changing. Well, you don’t get what you want anyway.

And uh, yeah, I was a great stud. I’m a D minus Nice guy. Wow. You get an A for effort. Oh yeah. Right. Thank you. No, seriously what you’re doing. Therapy. Trying to change that takes a lot of courage. I’m talking to Dr. Evans about my childhood isn’t exactly charging into a burning building. I actually think charging into a burning building would be easier for you.

Hmm. Look, this has been a bad day, but it’s just one day. The stuff with Maggie, it’s just a temporary setback. I mean, how many CEOs has Victor gone through? Hmm. Sunny Grady, Phillip, uh, it’s not exactly a tenanted position. No, but at the end of the day, it’s just a job therapy. That is a very big deal. So don’t give up after just one bad day.

I mean, look, you’ve only just started and. Already this version of you. Wow. I think it’s way better than the last one. Alex Kiya is 2.0. Mm-hmm. Yeah. How about another drink? Sure. First, I need to run to the ladies’ room. All right. Go to some appetizers. All this self-awareness talk. It’s making me hungry.

Hey, what’s up Chad? It’s Alex.

Why are you answering Stephanie’s phone?

What are you doing here? I’m looking for you, dude. You’re hurt. Kate, did you find her? What happened?

They found me.

Hey Sean, it’s me. Um, I just wanted to tell you, us thinking about you and give me a call whenever. I mean it whenever. I love you,

Stephanie’s in the ladies’ room. I knew she wouldn’t wanna miss your call, so I picked up. Thank you. We had a client meeting at the bistro. We’re just finishing up right now, but she’s really worried about you, man. Everything okay over there? Oh, you know what? She’s coming back right now. Hang on a second.

It’s Chad. I picked up only because I didn’t want you to miss it. Chad, are you all right? Y Yeah, I’m fine. Hang on. Call me tomorrow. I will. And thank you for being in my corner today. Run the world to me. Hey, I’m back drinks with Alex uh, Titan Business. Tell me what’s going on. Do you have any news? Uh, yeah.

Um, You, uh, your dad and I and, and, um, and Michael’s. We, uh, we found Kate. She’s, uh, she’s okay. Everything’s fine. Oh my God, that’s wonderful. And the best thing is, is she’s still Kate feisty as hell. Resilient. I’ll, uh, I’ll tell you the whole story when I get back, but, um, Steph, Look. First of all, he’s fine. My dad, I’m telling you, he’s fine.

And he, and he’s gonna call you as soon as he talks to your mom. But what happened? Well, he got shot in the arm. Um, oh. It just grazed him. The hospital already released him. Uh, I promise you he’s, he’s fine.

I believe you. Does this mean that you’re all coming home now? Well, I don’t know about anybody else, but I’m on the first flight back to Salem. You got shot? Yeah, baby. But I promise you it’s just a scratch and lemme tell you something, it was worth it. You should have seen the look on Roman’s face when he saw Kate.

So she’s okay. Well she’s with Roman now. I think she’s a lot better than Okay. So you’ll tell everyone that I’ll call them in the morning, right? It no, Austin, I’m, I’m fine. I really am. I’m just exhausted. Yes, yes, I will. I love you.

So he is going to tell everyone for me. He also said to tell you that he’s very happy for you.

I miss your shoulder. Oh, you’re sure you’re fine. Yes, I’m fine. The doctor said All I need is rest.

You know, the whole time, the whole time that I was there, I wasn’t afraid of vegan and I wasn’t afraid of Dimitri. Well, you really should have been. But I was absolutely terrified of losing you. Well. You’ll never have to worry about that again because I am never gonna let you out of my sight again, ever.

So here’s what’s gonna happen. When the ISA gets here. They’re gonna take you for a little ride and dump your ass in a black hole somewhere where nobody has to look at your stupid face or listen to your crappy American accent ever again. When Stephen Chad took Kate outta here, you lost your leverage. A hostage situation only works when there actually is a hostage.

No, that’s true.

The thing is, Kate Brady wasn’t my only hostage.

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Days Update Monday, May 15, 2023

 

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After Maggie fires Alex over the phone, Alex asks for a chance to explain but she hangs up on him. Alex informs Stephanie that Maggie told him there was nothing more to talk about and reveals that she fired him which shocks her.

Kayla and Belle eat together at the Brady Pub. They talk about Seth Burns trying to fire Kayla while she was held captive. Kayla feels he was disappointed that she wasn’t dead after all. Belle mentions not hearing from Steve yet. Kayla assures that she won’t hear from Steve until he and Chad find Kate.

The guard on the ship holds his gun on Steve and warns that the penalty for boarding the ship without permission is death.

Harris searches the ship with his gun raised but is caught by one of the guards, who pulls his gun and warns that Harris is going to end up hanging on the wall.

Kate asks if Dimitri doesn’t want immunity for his crimes. Dimitri assures that he does but he also wants something else and he needs everything in place in order for him to achieve his goal. Kate hopes he’s not going after the Peacock again. Dimitri says no and what he’s after is much more personal. Chad then bursts in with his gun raised on Dimitri, surprising Kate. Chad says thank God she’s alright. Kate tries to run to Chad but Dimitri grabs her and holds her at gunpoint. Dimitri warns Chad that this is premature because he and Kate are on a date and Chad’s not invited. Chad tells Dimitri that he’s not going anywhere. Dimitri doesn’t think Chad thought this through and questions how Chad’s going to shoot him without shooting Kate, remarking that he doesn’t think Chad is that good of a shot. Dimitri calls Chad another one of Stefano’s bastard children, commenting that he has Stefano’s arrogance but not his cunning. Dimitri states that Chad overplayed his hand by bursting in with his pistol. Dimitri warns that now neither Kate or Chad are getting off the boat alive.

Harris asks the guard if they can talk about this. He says he can talk to the boss and orders Harris to drop his gun and start walking. Harris drops the gun but then fights the guard off and beats him down.

Steve calls the guard kind of dumb while the guard warns that Steve will be kind of dead. Steve asks if he thinks he just randomly got on the boat. Steve explains that the boat is part of a global search from the ISA, Interpol, and the FBI so they all know where he is which means he has no chance of getting away. The guard responds that Steve has no chance of staying alive. Steve warns him that if he kills an ISA agent, the entire agency will be devoted to making him pay and putting him in the deepest, darkest hole. Steve adds that if he kills him, the ISA will hurt him so bad that he will be begging them to kill him.

Stephanie tells Alex that she loves Maggie, but she should’ve given him a chance to explain. Alex asks why since she was right that he blew the deal. Stephanie disagrees and argues that Yuri just got cold feet which could only be temporary since he said he was going to sleep on it. Alex says Stephanie didn’t hear Maggie’s voice and that she wasn’t angry, just sad. Alex adds that she doesn’t know what Maggie has put up with from him. Alex talks about moving in to Maggie’s home and treating like a frat house, being arrogant and rude but Maggie always saw the good in everybody when he made it damn near impossible. Alex says that what Maggie thinks of him is one of the main reasons he’s trying to change, so it kills him to let her down. Stephanie doesn’t think that he did and encourages that he was doing everything he could to save the deal. Alex says he begged Maggie to put him in charge and as soon as she did, he disobeyed her orders. Stephanie argues that he was blinded by Yuri’s misgivings and was trying to make the best of it. Stephanie declares that she got Seth Burns to unfire Kayla, so she’s going to call Maggie now and work the same magic with her. Stephanie takes her phone and walks away to make the call.

Kayla tells Belle that she would think after all these years, she’d be used to not hearing from Steve. Belle suggests trying to call Harris Michaels but Kayla thinks he would be just as impossible to get a hold of. Belle asks how Roman is. Kayla says his façade doesn’t crack but he’s been through so much from scattering Kate’s ashes in Ireland to finding out that she’s alive but in danger and then finding out that Bo is alive, but he’s not the Bo they remember and now Bo is in a coma. Belle tells Kayla that she’s really worried about Shawn. Kayla assures that Shawn did what he had to do as he thought Bo was going to shoot Hope. Belle worries that if Bo doesn’t make it, Shawn will blame himself for the rest of his life for killing his own dad.

Shawn throws things in frustration in the hospital waiting room until Roman walks in and asks what’s going on. Shawn tells him that there’s no change with Bo as he’s still in a coma and nothing indicates that he’s ever going to come out of it. Roman encourages him to keep the faith. Shawn complains that it won’t change anything as he shot his father. Roman tells Shawn that Hope needs him. Roman suggests they take a walk and get some air but Shawn says that won’t change anything either. Shawn declares that Victor was right that this is his fault.

Chad tells Dimitri that they are at a standoff. Chad decides to put his gun down and asks how to resolve this. Dimitri responds that he just did by putting his gun down and now he shoots him. Chad points out that Dimitri wouldn’t profit much from that and asks if he has any idea how much the other DiMeras would pay for his safe return. Dimitri admits that’s something to consider but decides he’d still like to kill them both.

The guard tells Steve that he will take his chances with the ISA and raises his gun towards him.

Chad hears the gunshot and tells Dimitri that he wasn’t stupid enough to come alone as he has a host of ISA agents, a Black Patch investigator, and a Navy SEAL. Dimitri guesses that’s Steve and Harris as he reveals that they have been expecting them which is why everyone on the ship is armed and has standing orders to shoot to kill.

Harris fired the shot that took out the guard to save Steve. Steve argues that he had the situation under control. Steve questions if Harris had to fire his weapon and let everyone on board know that they are here. Harris comments on Steve not thanking him for saving his ass. Steve then begrudgingly thanks him and they continue to search for Kate.

Stephanie finishes her call and returns to Alex. She informs him that she talked to Maggie and told her that she was in the room for the meeting but Maggie said that if she didn’t keep Alex in line, then Titan might be in the market for a new PR firm. Alex can’t believe she called to talk Maggie out of firing him and she instead threatened to fire her. Stephanie assures that she’ll be fine but she’s so sorry as she doesn’t think Maggie is going to give him his job back any time soon since she seemed pretty upset. Stephanie adds that there must be something else they can do. Alex responds that they can get drunk.

Belle tells Kayla that nobody blames Shawn given all the things Bo had done and of course he was justified in thinking Hope was going to be next, but Shawn doesn’t see it that way and there’s no reasoning with him. Belle adds that Shawn just sounds so bleak. Kayla encourages that she’s been there many times and they have to hold on to the fact that Hope and Roman are there for him and they will see him through this. Kayla assures that Hope will never lose track of Shawn, so they just have to hang in there as they have no choice.

Roman questions Shawn about Victor blaming him for trying to save his mother’s life. Roman asks who the hell he is to pass judgment. Roman declares that he’s going to rip Victor a new one but Shawn stops him and says it’s bad enough in there as they can barely keep it together as it is. Roman complains that he can’t get away with this while Shawn argues that all he did was tell the truth since he is the one who shot Bo. Roman argues that he thought his dad was going to kill his mom. Shawn says that he was wrong and it’s not like he just shot Bo in the leg to disarm him or something. Shawn complains that Bo is lying in that bed and may never come out of it as Roman hugs him. Shawn talks about how he’s missed his father so much and he’s a good man. Roman points out that he kidnapped Kayla and they thought he killed Kate. Shawn responds that he didn’t and that proves he made the wrong call.

Harris and Steve continue searching the ship and come across the first guard that Harris took out. Harris remarks that it’s been a busy night.

Dimitri remarks that he’s sure Chad and Kate have spots in the DiMera Crypt but they are going to have to settle for burial at sea. Harris and Steve then burst in with their guns. Dimitri remarks that the calvary has finally arrived but he still has a gun pointed at Kate. Harris and Steve rush Dimitri and overpower him while Kate rushes to safety with Chad. Chad hugs Kate, thanking God that she’s okay. Kate thanks him for that. Harris says he will call the coast guard to come pick up Dimitri. Kate questions who he is. Chad introduces her to Commander Michaels. Kate greets him and praises his timing. Kate greets Steve and asks how things are. Steve says things are getting better for the both of them. Harris decides he will stay and babysit Dimitri while Chad and Steve get Kate back to the mainland as he’s sure she can’t wait to get off the boat. Kate says she won’t argue with that and calls for drinks on her as soon as they are on dry land.

Alex tells Stephanie that he doesn’t think he likes becoming a better person and he may be ready to backslide already. Alex says he just feels bad about everything, that Maggie and Victor don’t trust him, that he’s letting Maggie down, and that she has to worry about taking care of Titan and Victor. Alex declares that he feels bad that Stephanie is in trouble with Maggie now too and he just hates feeling bad. Alex argues that things were so much more simple when he was just shallow and self-absorbed as he was so good at it until he met her. Alex jokes that Stephanie really screwed him up. Alex adds that one thing he’s working on with Marlena is giving up meaningless sex, but before he met Stephanie, he didn’t know he was having meaningless sex as he thought it was great, not meaningless, but then he saw how Stephanie looked at him and started looking at himself the same way. Alex remarks that it’s not her fault that she’s out of his league but for a moment, he really thought he had a shot with her and then he blew it like he blows everything.

Chad, Steve, and Kate prepare to leave the ship. Kate declares that she cannot leave until she finds her wedding ring. Chad argues that they need to get out of here while Kate insists that won’t leave the ring because Roman gave it to her. Steve notes that he knows where to find the guy who took it so they head there.

Belle informs Kayla that EJ offered her the DiMera Jet to take to Greece but she said no because she’s working a case, but maybe she could get it postponed. Belle worries that even if she went, that Shawn would keep her a million miles away even if she was by his side. Kayla relates to feeling helpless with her brothers. Kayla encourages that Shawn just needs time to heal and then he will open up to her and he will need her so much.

Shawn asks Roman if there’s any news on Kate. Roman informs him that Steve and Chad are trying to track her down along with Harris Michaels. Roman remains unsure about Harris. Shawn points out that Harris did save Chad and Stephanie from Thomas Banks. Shawn wishes there was more he could do but doesn’t think he’d be of much help. Roman encourages that Shawn’s place is here with his parents. Roman adds that when Bo wakes up, he’s going to tell him that he made an impossible choice to protect someone he loves and that’s exactly what Bo would have done. Roman asks if Shawn thinks he can go back in to see Bo, which he agrees to do. Shawn tells Roman that he hopes they find Kate soon as he then exits.

Steve brings Kate and Chad to where the guard was. The guard emerges with a second gun and pulls it on them.

Dimitri asks Harris if he thinks he has finally redeemed himself and if he assumes that his heroics act tonight have somehow atoned for all of his sins. Harris remarks that he knew they should’ve gagged him. Dimitri questions if one tiny good deed outweighs all of the bad. Dimitri asks if that’s why Harris wanted to stay behind and personally hand him to the ISA. Harris responds that maybe he just wanted to see the look on his face when they drag him kicking and screaming to one of those black sites. Dimitri asks if he really thinks that will happen.

Belle notes that it’s getting late while Kayla suggests she give Shawn a call so that he knows she’s thinking of him. Belle agrees to do so and thanks Kayla for listening as they hug. Belle adds that she will pray for Steve and Chad to bring Kate home safe.

Alex assures Stephanie that he knows that she is with Chad now and he respects that while noting that he still hates it. Alex admits there are times that it’s hard to see the point in changing when you don’t get what you want. Alex remarks that he was a great stud but a D- nice guy. Stephanie encourages that therapy and trying to change takes a lot of courage. Stephanie says it’s been a bad day but it’s just one day and the stuff with Maggie was just a temporary setback. Stephanie goes over how many CEOs that Victor has gone through and at the end of the day, it’s just a job. Stephanie calls therapy a very big deal and encourages Alex not to give up after just one bad day. Stephanie adds that he’s only just started and she already thinks this version of him is way better. Alex offers her another drink which she accepts. Stephanie heads to the ladies room first while Alex says he will order some appetizers as he’s getting hungry. Stephanie leaves her phone behind on the bar and it rings with a call from Chad. Alex answers the call and asks Chad what’s up. Chad then questions why Alex is answering Stephanie’s phone.

Steve returns to the hospital waiting room with his arm in a sling. Roman questions what he’s doing here, points out that he’s hurt and asks about what happened with Kate. Kate then enters the room and reveals they found her as she and Roman embrace.

Belle stands outside the Pub and decides to call Shawn, who is having a drink at the hotel in Greece. Shawn sees the call but ignores it. Belle leaves a message, saying she just wanted to tell him that she was thinking of him and to call whenever as she loves him.

Alex informs Chad that Stephanie is in the ladies room and he knew she wouldn’t want to miss his call, so he picked it up. Chad thanks him. Alex explains that they had a client meeting at the Bistro and are just finishing up, but notes that Stephanie is really worried about him and asks if everything is okay over there. Stephanie comes back from the ladies room so Alex hands her the phone and tells her that it’s Chad and that he only picked up because he knew she wouldn’t want to miss it. Stephanie takes the phone and asks if Chad is alright. He says he’s fine. Stephanie tells Alex to just call her tomorrow. Alex says he will and thanks her for being in his corner tonight as he then exits. Chad questions Stephanie having drinks with Alex. Stephanie calls it Titan business and asks Chad if he has any news about what’s going on. Chad informs her that he, Steve, and Harris found Kate and everything is fine. Stephanie calls that wonderful. Chad says the best thing is that Kate is still herself and says he’ll tell her the whole story when he gets back. Chad encourages Stephanie that Steve is fine and he’s going to call her when he gets done but reveals that he got shot. Chad promises that he’s fine as the bullet just grazed him and the hospital already released him. Stephanie says she believes him and asks if this means they are all coming home now. Chad is not sure about everyone else but assures that he’s on the first flight back to Salem.

Steve calls Kayla and informs her that he got shot, but promises that it’s just a scratch and that it was worth it to see the look on Roman’s face when he saw Kate. Kayla asks if Kate is okay. Steve says she’s better than okay since she’s with Roman now.

Kate finishes a call with her son Austin, assuring that she is fine and will call everyone else in the morning. Kate says she loves him and hangs up. Kate tells Roman that Austin will tell everyone else for her and says to tell Roman that he’s happy for him. Roman asks if she’s sure she is fine. Kate confirms that the doctor just said she needs rest. Kate talks about not being afraid of Megan or Dimitri the whole time, but she was terrified of losing Roman. Roman says she’ll never have to worry about that because he is never going to let her out of his sight again.

Harris tells Dimitri that the ISA is going to dump his ass in a black hole where no one has to see or hear from him ever again. Harris adds that Dimitri lost his leverage when Steve and Chad took Kate home as a hostage situation only works when there actually is a hostage. Dimitri then reveals that Kate was not his only hostage…

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Days Short Recap Monday, May 15, 2023

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Kayla and Belle talked about Seth firing her while she was being held captive. They talked about Greece and Belle mentioned being worried about Shawn feeling guilty for shooting Bo. Kayla assured him that Hope and Roman were there for him. Roman found Shawn throwing things at the hospital. Shawn told Roman that Victor was right. Everything that happened was his fault. Roman was upset that Victor blamed him. Shawn said he told the truth. Roman understood that he made a choice to protect someone he loved. Bo would have done the same thing. Shawn left to see Bo. Someone held a gun on Steve on the boat. Another henchman held a gun on Harris. Harris overpowered him and beat him. Steve warned the henchman about what the ISA would do to him once he’s caught. The henchman wanted to take his chances and pointed his gun at Steve again. Chad burst in Dimitri’s office with his gun in his hand. Dimitri grabbed Kate and pointed his gun at her. Chad and Dimitri went back and forth until Chad put down his gun. Dimitri was ready to shoot Kate. They heard a gunshot so Chad told him that he was with ISA agents. Dimitri knew they were coming which is why the henchmen were instructed to shoot to kill. Steve’s henchman went down. He noticed that Harris shot him. Steve yelled at him for alerting everyone that they were on the boat. Harris reminded him that he just saved his life. Steve thanked him before they left.

Steve and Harris burst into Dimitri’s cabin. Kate kicked Dimitri and ran to Chad. Steve and Harris subdued Dimitri and tied him to a chair. Harris volunteered to stay with Dimitri and told them to go to the mainland. Kate let them know that she couldn’t leave without her ring. She said one of the henchmen took it. Steve knew which one it was. He led her to the goon that Harris knocked out. The guy was gone. He showed up with a gun. Belle talked to Kayla about feeling helpless as far as Shawn was concerned. Kayla felt like Shawn needed time to heal. She believed Shawn would open up to her when he felt better.  He’ll know she’s thinking of him. Steve and Kate arrived at the hospital. Kate ran into Roman’s arms. She was terrified that she would lose him again. She didn’t have to worry because he wouldn’t let her out of his sight again. Belle tried to call Shawn. He sat in the hotel lobby. He was drinking. He saw his phone buzzing and slammed it down. Belle left a message for him. She wanted him to call her. Dimitri taunted Harris in his cabin. He thought it was funny that he was trying to redeem himself. He knew that he would be thrown in a blacksite without Kate as his hostage. He lost his leverage. Dimitri admitted that Kate wasn’t his only hostage. 

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John goes to Marlena’s office and tells her that he knows her schedule is jam packed but he just wanted to see if she needed anything. Marlena informs him that she’s actually just about to leave. John is surprised she doesn’t have any more appointments. Marlena informs him that her last patient just left for an important business meeting…

Alex sits at the Bistro while on the phone with Maggie. Maggie tells him the flight was long and Victor is in with Bo now, but there’s no change in his condition yet. Alex assures that he has everything under control and he is waiting for his meeting with Yuri as they speak. Alex states that by the time the check comes, the tech company will officially be in business with Titan. Maggie reminds him that the deal is all laid out, so all he has to do is close it. Alex declares that getting Yuri to sign the contract is his only job. Alex adds that he even recruited someone to help make sure he keeps his focus, as Stephanie then arrives.

In Greece, Steve and Harris meet with Chad to inform him that they found a small motorboat that they think Kate must have used to escape the island. Chad asks about Kate. Harris says they searched everything but unfortunately there were no signs of life. Chad asks what that means. Steve reveals that the coast guard believes there is no way Kate survived.

Kate continues cutting fish on the boat until the guard comes in and informs her that the captain wants to see her. Kate asks why. He tells her no questions and holds his gun on her so she tells him to lead the way.

Chad doesn’t care what the coast guard says. Steve and Harris assure that they are not giving up as they promised Roman that they would find his wife. Steve says there was no body found, so as far as he’s concerned, Kate is still alive. Chad asks what their next move is. Harris explains that they think Kate could have been picked up by a passing ship so they can check for a location and figure out who picked her up. Chad says that makes sense but thinks Kate would have tried to reach out to them if she boarded a ship.

Kate is brought to see Dimitri and asks what he wants with her. Kate asks if he called Roman for the ransom but Dimitri says not yet. Kate questions why the hell he summoned her then. Dimitri says she’s been working so hard that he thought she could use a break. Dimitri invites Kate to join him for a late supper. Kate tells him to take his invitation and shove it up his ass.

Alex thanks Stephanie for coming as she joins him and asks how he’s feeling. Alex admits he’s nervous but played it cool with Maggie. Stephanie assures that he’s totally prepared. Alex worries that he’s never closed a deal this big before and Maggie made it clear that it’s his last chance to prove himself so he can’t mess this up. Stephanie says that’s why she’s there to keep him on track and assures that he’s got this. Yuri arrives and meets Alex and Stephanie. Yuri mentions being unaware that Stephanie was coming and asks if there’s an image problem that he’s not aware of. Alex says not at all and it’s just a very big deal for them so they wanted to have all hands on deck. Yuri asks where Maggie is. Alex questions him not getting his e-mail that Maggie had a family emergency. Yuri suggests they should reschedule but Alex assures he is fully prepared. Yuri notes that he’s used to only dealing with the top dog. Alex explains that Maggie felt he might be comfortable with him just carrying the ball pass the goal line. Alex presents Yuri the deal to sign but Yuri says he would actually like to speak with him about a few things.

John tells Marlena that he still can’t believe she’s back to work after all she’s been through. John asks how many patients she has treated over the years. Marlena says she’s never thought about it. John talks about how she started as a psychiatrist in 1976 so he thought if she took her average case load and multiplied it by how many years she’s been at it, it would be about 5000 patients. John declares that needs to be celebrated and that’s exactly what they are going to do.

John and Marlena go to the Brady Pub. John asks what to order to celebrate Marlena reaching 5000 patients. Marlena laughs that it’s nowhere near that but admits she’s never tried to count. John is sure she’s reflected on when she first started. Marlena admits she has from time to time. John asks what stands out the most. Marlena suggests her very first patient, Mickey Horton. Marlena calls it a tough case but a lovely man and says they developed a very dear friendship as she flashes back to when they first met. John asks if she’s okay. Marlena says she was just thinking back to when she first came to Salem. John is sure things were a bit different back then. Marlena confirms that they were, but what makes Salem so special is all of the people that live here which is what made it so comfortable to develop her practice. John tells her it’s not too late to go some place a little fancier for their celebration like the Bistro but Marlena says no. Marlena mentions that her client is having his business meeting at the Bistro, so she doesn’t want to show up and throw him off his game.

Alex asks what Yuri wants to discuss. Yuri says he’s all about optionality with more avenues to create buy in. Yuri adds that according to the deal, the expansion plan is kind of weak, safe, and conservative. Yuri says he came to play and it’s go big or go home. Alex says that their analysts have done a lot of research and it seemed like the optimal amount of growth for everyone. Yuri doesn’t care about research and says his gut says that they need to be aggressive. Alex explains that Maggie believes in having more patience. Yuri remarks that Maggie seems a little bit out of touch and asks how old she is. Stephanie questions why that is relevant. Yuri says it’s very relevant and promises it’s not about women. Yuri declares that he goes fast and Maggie won’t be able to keep up with him. Alex insists that Maggie can keep up and is a very shrewd business woman, especially for being so new to the business. Yuri questions Maggie being new to the business and says that she is the CEO, so he assumed that she had a lot of experience. Alex then says that Maggie did run a lot of successful restaurants that flourished under her excellent leadership and guidance. Yuri is glad he clued him on that but he didn’t realize he was about to make a billion dollar deal with a total newbie…

Roman joins Maggie in Greece and hugs her, saying he’s so glad she’s there and asks how she is. Maggie says she’s still wrapping her head around Bo being alive. Roman says there has unfortunately been no progress since Bo squeezed Hope’s hand, so they are making plans to move Bo to a long term care facility. Roman hopes he wakes up before it comes to that but it doesn’t look good. Maggie encourages Roman not to give up as Bo is so strong and so is Kate.

Harris finds out there is only one sea line that passes where they found Kate’s boat, so only a handful of ships have been in that area. Harris pulls up the live radar. Steve points out a cargo ship that doesn’t seem to be moving. Harris finds out it’s been anchored off the coast for several weeks. Steve notes that it’s not docked and is just hanging out in the water. Harris looks up more information and it says the only other ship is Dimitri Von Leuschner.

Dimitri remarks to Kate that he sees where her daughter Billie gets her spunk. Kate asks what he’s going to and if he’s going to poison her food. Dimitri asks why he would do that when he needs her alive to get what he wants. Kate argues that he hasn’t called for a ransom and won’t share his end game, so she questions why she’s here. Dimitri suggests she would make company and he thought she would missing the finer things in life like wine and lobster. Kate then decides to accept but Dimtiri says she can’t have dinner looking like this. Dimitri offers her his private bathroom to shower and change. Kate asks if he thinks she’s going to put out. Dimitri remarks that he’s well aware that her days as an escort are behind her and he would just prefer that his dining companion smell a bit less fishy. Kate rolls her eyes and then goes to change.

Chad can’t believe it’s Dimitri Von Leuschner and informs Harris and Steve that he met him a few years ago in Phoenix. Chad calls Dimitri like a James Bond villain and mentions that he tried to steal the Alamanian Peacock which was a statue that could vaporize an entire city. Chad calls it a long story but points out that Kate’s daughter Billie was the one who took him down, so he wonders if Dimitri found Kate and took her hostage to get back at the woman who screwed him over. Harris says that would explain why Kate hasn’t reached out. Steve thought Dimitri was locked up. Harris decides they better find out.

John tells Marlena that she’s had an incredible career with all the people she’s helped and lives she’s touched. John jokes that it’s been 5000 but Marlena insists it hasn’t been that many. John counts all the listeners that called in to her radio show. John admits maybe the numbers don’t work out like that, but she has literally talked people off the ledge. Marlena flashes back to talking her client Matt off of a ledge until she ended up falling off the ledge herself. John points out that she almost died while helping Matt. Marlena says she would do it again but admits that’s easy to say now that they both survived. John states that Marlena has always put her patients first because that’s just who she is.

Stephanie tells Yuri that Alex didn’t mean to make him think that Maggie isn’t qualified and assures that she is savvy and respected by her peers. Yuri mocks that and calls this off brand for him, arguing that he needs a CEO who is in it. Alex declares that Yuri is right that maybe Maggie isn’t completely in touch, but assures that what she outlined in the deal is rock solid. Alex adds that maybe Maggie doesn’t fully appreciate the tech space, but he does. Alex understands that Yuri wants to revolutionize and inspire. Alex declares that they can get there and urges Yuri to sign the contract and then they can tweak a few things. Stephanie isn’t sure about that and thinks they should stick to the original terms. Yuri thinks Stephanie should listen to Alex and says that Alex totally gets that they need to change things up. Yuri comments that he needs an energy boost. Alex offers to order a round of drinks but Yuri says he needs something stronger and heads to the bathroom. Stephanie then asks Alex what the hell he’s doing.

Maggie asks Roman if he’s getting any sleep at all. Roman says not much as he’s trying to spend as much time with Bo as he can and he also wants to help with the search for Kate. Maggie insists that now that Steve is on the case, it’s only a matter of time before Kate is found. Roman comments that Steve and Chad have been on it non stop along with Harris Michaels. Maggie recalls Harris as the man who was brainwashed by Megan Hathaway. Roman informs her that Chad and Andrew are convinced that Harris is fully deprogrammed while he and Steve remain unsure, but at this point they can use all the help they can get.

Steve finishes a call while Chad says that Andrew is not picking up. Steve says he just talked to Frankie and last he heard, his cousin Dimitri was still behind bars. Harris then reveals that’s what Dimitri wants them to believe but it’s not true. Harris explains that he just spoke to Sebastian Alamain, who had a guard check on Dimitri’s cell and found an impostor in his place. Chad questions how long ago Dimitri escaped. Harris says the impostor isn’t talking which means Dimitri could be on the cargo ship and could be holding Kate hostage.

Kate gets dressed and Dimitri tells her that she looks stunning as they sit down with glasses of wine.

Chad still can’t get ahold of Andrew and wonders if they should reach out to the coast guard to get a hold of the ship. Steve doesn’t like the idea of giving Dimitri a heads up and says it’s better to take him by surprise which Harris agrees with. Steve hands Harris a gun and pulls one out for himself. Chad asks where his is but Harris says Chad is staying here because he’s a civilian. Chad disagrees but Steve says he’s with Harris on this one. Chad argues that Kate’s like a mother to him so he’s not staying here. Steve argues that Chad is also a father to two young children. Chad insists that he can handle himself. Chad adds that he had a front row seat to Dimitri’s last scheme so he knows how he works and maybe he can pick up on a few things that they can’t and make sure nobody gets hurt or that Dimitri doesn’t slip away. Steve admits that Chad has a point and hands him a gun.

Dimitri comments on Kate cleaning up nicely. Kate asks where the lobster is. Dimitri relates to inhaling his first meal after prison. Kate points out that he never explained how he got out of prison. Dimitri responds that even behind bars, he has plenty of resources and eventually he traded places with a sorry sap who agreed to impersonate him. Kate feels that sounds risky. Dimitri says not at all and laughs that it was surprisingly easy while now, nobody even knows he’s gone.

Roman tells Maggie that he doesn’t get where Kate has been all this time and why she hasn’t contacted anyone if she’s still alive. Roman worries that’s not a good sign. Maggie encourages that Kate has overcome every obstacle in her life, so this time is no different. Roman appreciates her saying that and notes that Maggie is pretty tough herself. Roman mentions hearing that she’s kicking butt at Titan. Maggie admits she’s enjoying the challenge. Roman guesses it must have been tricky to drop everything and fly to Greece with Victor. Maggie explains that Victor tried to talk her in to staying behind but there was no way, so she had to leave Alex in charge and she hopes that wasn’t a mistake.

Stephanie reminds Alex that Maggie told him to stick to the original deal. Alex says he knows that but argues that he had to do something or Yuri was going to walk out of the deal. Stephanie feels that Alex was undermining Maggie. Alex calls that an accident and says he was trying to make up for it. Stephanie argues that Alex is not authorized to change the terms. Alex says he knows, but all that matters is that the obnoxious jerk signs with Titan and he’s going to get it done. Stephanie reminds him that he hired her to help him stay on course but right now, he’s drifting way out in to uncharted waters so he needs to turn around. Alex argues that they will lose him. Stephanie disagrees and says Alex was excited about the original deal. Alex points out that he’s not excited now and is ready to walk. Stephanie thinks he’s just getting cold feet, so Alex needs to reassure him and sell him on Maggie’s vision by being confident in it. Stephanie insists that Yuri would be lucky to be in business with Titan. Stephanie instructs Alex to stand firm and not give in.

John tells Marlena that helping Matt off the ledge wasn’t the only time her job became hazardous to her health. John brings up Roger Lombard, who Marlena remembers as the drunk driver who hit Kimberly. John adds that he wasn’t even the most dangerous member of his family as that was Stella, who thought Marlena was having an affair with her husband. They recall Stella throwing her in a pit and John jumping in to rescue her, which rekindled their love which they flashback to. John comments that he’d still be in the dark if not for her and he thanks God every day that he met her. John talks about the influence she had over the years on patients she never gave up on and calls her a real miracle worker. John brings up Marlena rehabbing a serial killer and Ben overcame his demons to become a real stand up guy thanks to her. Marlena says that Ben did all the hard work and she’s just proud of the man he has become. Marlena thinks back to counseling Ben. Marlena mentions hearing from Ben and that he’s over the moon to be becoming a father again. John says there is no question that Marlena deserves a little bit of credit for that happiness.

Yuri returns to the table and says he needed to clear his head. Alex says that while he was gone, he looked over the original contract and says the terms are pretty awesome so he thinks they should stick with it. Yuri says Alex got him pumped up for something more in your face. Alex argues that’s not always the best approach and he promises that taking Maggie’s approach and having patience will pay off in the long run. Yuri decides to go back to the Salem Inn and sleep on it. Alex thinks they need to lock it in tonight and celebrate. Yuri tells Alex that he made him realize that he doesn’t have enough information on Maggie, so he can’t make this decision yet. Alex tries to stop Yuri but Yuri thanks him for the drink and exits the Bistro.

Kate asks Dimitri again why he hasn’t made a ransom request as she doesn’t think he’s just keeping her around for the company. Dimitri responds that there are still many factors at play. Dimitri asks what good it would do for him to ask for a large sum of money as everyone would know he escaped prison and send him right back. Kate guesses he’s looking for immunity then. Dimitri calls it a bit more complicated than that.

Chad, Steve, and Harris arrive on the ship with their guns raised. Steve tells Chad to stick with him but Chad insists that he can handle himself and that it’s best to go separately. Harris tells him to text if he finds any sign of Kate as they each then head off in different directions.

Alex can’t believe this and begins to panic that he blew it. Stephanie tells him not to freak out since Yuri did not say no. Alex asks what he’s supposed to do. Stephanie instructs him to get him back at the table and not let him leave without signing. Stephanie calls this a temporary setback and completely normal for someone to second guess signing a deal this big. Stephanie encourages Alex not to freak out and to take a deep breath to regroup because this is not over. Alex agrees that he just has to keep pressing on and to convince Yuri that not signing with Titan would be a huge mistake. Stephanie says she will help and promises they will win this. Alex calls her a lifesaver and hopes tomorrow they can get this whole thing wrapped up so that Maggie never finds out about this blip. Alex then gets a call from Maggie, so Stephanie tells him to be cool. Alex answers the call and claims that everything went great. Alex admits Yuri didn’t sign right now but everything is good and he’s confident that he will sign tomorrow. Maggie then reveals that he’s not as she just spoke to Yuri and he decided that Titan was not a good fit after all, so the deal is off. Alex calls that insane and insists that he will fix this by going to the Salem Inn now to talk to him. Maggie thinks he’s done enough and reveals that Yuri told her that he had some doubts about her terms and that Alex got him all excited about a vision that was more in your face, so he doesn’t think she’s the right person to see it through. Alex calls Yuri wrong and says he’s going to fix this to make it up to her. Maggie tells him no and that this is the last straw. Alex asks Maggie not to be angry with him. Maggie responds that she’s not angry, just disappointed because he told her that she wouldn’t regret trusting him and promised he wouldn’t let her down, but he did. Maggie declares that she’s sorry to say that he’s fired.

Steve finds the room of the ship where Kate was being held and finds her ring on the floor which he calls a promising sign. The guard then catches him and asks what they have here.

Kate asks if Dimitri doesn’t want immunity for his crimes. Dimitri assures that he does but he also wants something else and he needs everything in place in order for him to achieve his goal. Kate hopes he’s not going after the Peacock again. Dimitri says no and what he’s after is much more personal. Chad then bursts in with his gun raised on Dimitri, surprising Kate.

John toasts to Marlena’s incredible career and says she has made a mark on the town and the entire world. John calls Marlena a true legend. They exit the Pub together. Marlena calls it a lovely and perfect celebration. John says there is nothing he loves more than celebrating his extraordinary wife. Marlena thanks him and they kiss. Marlena jokes that maybe 5000 isn’t such a crazy number after all. John wishes her a happy 5000 then as they walk off together.

Happy 5000 Episodes, Deidre Hall!

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Days Short Recap Friday, May 12, 2023

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Recap written by Michele and Cheryl

Steve and Chad went to Harris’ room. They told him that a motorboat washed ashore on the island, but there was no sign of life. They thought a ship picked up Kate. Dimitri wanted Kate to come to his cabin. He asked her to have dinner with him. She refused to eat with him. He said she was missing the finer things in life. He opened up a bottle of wine. He told her about the food she was missing. She decided to sit down with him. He wanted her to shower and change so she wouldn’t smell like fish. John took Marlena out to celebrate her 5,000th patient. He asked her what stood out about her career. She thought about her first patient. Stephanie tried to calm Alex down as they met Yuri at the Bistro. Yuri asked where Maggie was. He said he was used to dealing with the top dog. Alex said he knew what was going on and gave him the paperwork. He said all Yuri had to do was sign it. Yuri wanted to talk about the expansion plan first. Alex tried to defend Maggie’s position. Yuri said she was out of touch. He asked how old she was. Stephanie wanted to know what that had to do with anything. Alex defended Maggie. Yuri said he didn’t realize he was going to make a deal with someone new. Harris searched online and found a cargo ship that was is the area where Kate’s boat was found. Harris, Steve and Chad realized it was anchored for weeks. They discovered that Dimitri owned it. Chad said Dimitri was after the Alamain Peacock statue that could vaporize the city. He wondered if he took Kate hostage to get back at Billie for taking him down. Steve said he thought he was locked up.

Maggie consoled Roman over Bo and Kate. She reminded him that Kate was tough. He told her she was tough too taking over Titan. She said she hoped it was a good idea letting Alex take over. She hoped it wasn’t a mistake. Alex told Yuri that Maggie may not understand the tech goals, but he did. He gave Yuri a plan. He told Yuri to sign the contract. He said they would fix some things later. Stephanie had concerns, but Yuri told her to listen to Alex. When Yuri left to go to the bathroom, Stephanie asked Alex what he was doing. Harris realized that the guy in the cell was an imposter. He said Dimitri could be on the ship with Kate. Steve gave him a gun. Chad wanted to know where his gun was. Steve and Harris told him to stay at the hotel because he was a civilian with two small kids. Chad said he could handle himself. He said he has dealt with Dimitri before. He said he might be able to figure out something they didn’t. Steve gave him a gun. Kate got dressed up and ate with Dimitri. She asked him how he got out of prison. He said he had resources and traded places with someone else. Stephanie told Alex to sell Yuri Maggie’s idea. When Yuri came back, Alex tried to sell him Maggie’s idea. Yuri said he couldn’t make a decision yet. Yuri ended up leaving. John and Marlena reminisced about old times. He was grateful that he met her. Chad, Steve and Harris split up on the cargo ship. When Steve was searching around, a man showed up with a gun. Kate thought Dimitri wanted immunity since he didn’t ask for a ransom. He said he did, but he wanted something personal. Before he got a chance to say anything, Chad came in the room. Alex told Stephanie it was a temporary setback. He said he would keep working on Yuri. Maggie called Alex. He told her Yuri didn’t want to do the deal. Alex said he would fix it. She said it was the last straw and fired him.

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Days Transcript Friday, May 12, 2023

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THIS STILL NEEDS EXTENSIVE EDITING!

Oh, hi. What a nice surprise. Well, I know that your schedule is really, really jammed today, but I just wanted to see if you needed anything, like if you’re hungry or something, you know, I can go get you some takeout. Very sweet of you, but Ashley, I’m, I’m just about to leave. Really? No more appointments.

Well, um, no, uh, actually my last patient just left and guess he had a, a business meeting he had to get to. Hmm. Pretty important one. Sound like.

And your flight was okay? Yes, yes, it was fine. It was long. Victor is in with, uh, VO now. Any change in his condition? Not yet. I’m sorry to hear that auntie, but rest assured I have everything under control here. You’re meeting with Yuri Kaison off tonight, right? Yes, I am at the BRE waiting for him as we speak, and by the time the check gets delivered, he and his tech company will officially be in business with Titan.

Alex, remember what I said before I left. The deal is all laid out. You don’t have to do anything except close it. Get Yuri to sign the dotted line. That is my one and only job tonight. I even recruited somebody to help keep me focused on getting it done.

How’d it go with the Coast Guard? They found a small motor book. We suspected someone can’t used to escape from Megan’s compound. It was washed up near a small island, mostly rocks, uninhabited. Okay, so what about Kate? Well, they searched everywhere within a hundred mile radius using the most advanced technology, and unfortunately, there were no signs of life.

What does that mean? The Coast Guard says they don’t think Kate could have survived.

Oh, well it’s enough time. Where’s my dinner? The captain wants to see you. Why no questions.

Like sand through the hourglass. So are the days of our lives.

Well, I don’t, I don’t care what the Coast Guard says. We’re not gonna give up, right? We’re not giving, no, we’re not giving up. Chad. We promised Roman we would find his wife and that’s exactly what we’re gonna do. There was no report of a body found. So as far as I’m concerned, Kate is out there alive. All right.

That’s what’s our next move? Well, we’re thinking, uh, Kate could have been picked up by a passing ship. So now that we have the location of her boat, we can check that against the sea lanes in the area and we’ll try to figure out who picked her up. Makes sense. Except if Kate did board a ship, wouldn’t you have tried to reach out to us?

Okay. What do you want with me, Kyle, please call me Dimitri Vanner Powell Graham was just the alias. I used to, uh, fool Your clueless daughter. Oh, clueless. Really clueless enough to take you down. So what about the ransom? Did you call my husband? Not yet. Well, why the hell did you summon me then? Ah, you’ve been working so hard.

I thought you could use a break. Okay. Please don’t ask to tango with me. Oh, no, no, no. You’ve made it perfectly clear that you’re not interested in being my dance partner, so I thought instead I would invite you to join me for a late supper. That is a really lovely invitation, but you can shove it up your ass.

Thank you for coming. Of course. How are you feeling? Nervous. I just got off the phone with Auntie Mag and I played it. Cool. But yeah, Steph, I don’t know. You’ll be fine. We’ve gone over everything. You’re totally prepared. Yeah. I’ve just never closed the deal this big before, and Maggie made it very clear to me that this is my last chance to prove myself to her and that I belong at Titan.

I can’t mess this up. Well, that’s why I’m here. Keep you on track. Hey, look at me. You got this.

Hi. Okay, look, I got a job, bro. All right. I’ll ping you later. Okay. Bye. Hey. Hi. Hey, Alex. K? Yes I am. You must be, Mr. Ksn. Good to meet you, but please do call me Yuri. You got it. Huri, this is Stephanie Johnson, head of our public relations team. Very nice to meet you. Same. Um, I wasn’t aware that you were coming.

Uh, is there an image problem that I’m not aware of? No. No, not at all. Please sit down. This is just a very important deal for us and we want to make sure that we have all hands on deck. Okay. So where’s Max? Max, yeah. Oh, auntie Mag. Yeah. You didn’t get my email. There was just a family emergency. Didn’t must have gone to my spam.

Um, maybe we should reschedule. No, not necessary at all. I’m completely up to speed. With all due respect, I’m used to dealing only with the top dog, of course. And since you and Mags did agree on the terms of the contract, she felt that you might be comfortable with me carrying the ball across the goal line, so to speak.

Oh, is that tough? Yes. So here is your deal. Ready to sign when you are. Um, actually, I’d like to speak with you about a few things.

You know, doc, if everything you’ve been through, I still can’t believe you’re back to work already and you’re still taking on new patients. Mm-hmm. Just one nine hour know that’s what you always told me. Just one more, John. But you know what, doc? They all add up. Let me ask you something. How many patients do you think you have treated over the years?

I don’t know. I never thought about it. Oh, looking for you. I have now. You started psychiatry in the seventies, right? Yeah, 76. Yeah. So I got to thinking if you were to take your annual average caseload and then multiply that by the number of years you’ve been at it, that’s like 5,000 patients.

I think you’ve gotta check your math on that. Oh, I did. But whatever the number is, it’s a lot. You know what? That needs to be celebrated and baby, that’s exactly what you and I are gonna do.

So what does one order to commemorate reaching the 5,000 patient Mark? I told you he’s nowhere near this. Be close doc. Come on. No, no, no, no. And I, unlike you have not tried ever to count. It’s okay. Fine. So you haven’t kept up with the math here, but I’m, I’m sure you have kind of reflected back, you know, on when you first started your practice, right?

I have from time to time. Yeah. What stands out the most?

Probably my very first patient. Oh, that would’ve to be Mickey Horton. Yeah. Mickey. Tough case. Lovely man. We developed a, a very dear friendship.

I’m trying to figure out how to threaten that queen without endangering a keep peace. Try the night. Yeah, of course. Right there. You play the game, huh? My father taught me when I was a child. You mind if I sit down? No, go ahead.

You knew around here, kind of didn’t think I’d seen you before. Probably not. I usually work on the third floor. Well, I’ve heard about the third floor. What have you heard? That it’s rough. Everything’s relative. You a nurse? No, I’m a psychiatrist.

I see.

Hey. Doing okay? Of course, of course. I was just, um, Thinking back to when I was first in Salem. Hmm. Sure. Things were a little bit different back then, huh? They were. They were. But you know what makes Salem so special is all the, all the people that live here. It’s what made it so comfortable to develop a practice.

Shall we eat? You know, I was just thinking it’s not too late to maybe go to some place, a little fancier for the celebration. Like maybe the bistro? No, no, no. Not the bistro. Uh, my, my client may be having his business meeting there and I. I don’t wanna show up in throw a m office game.

So, Yuri, what do you want to discuss?

Listen, I’m all about optionality. Okay. The more avenues we have to create Mayan, the greater chance we have to kill it. Right? Right. Yeah, totally. Well, according to this, This expansion plan is kind of weak. What do you mean weak? Okay. I’ll tell you what I mean by weak, weak. It’s, it’s safe, it’s conservative.

Okay. I’m a baller man. I came here to play. It’s go big or go home, right? Do you follow me? I, yeah. I, I follow you. I do follow you, Gary. I do. I, it’s, it’s just that our analysts have done a lot of research and what is outlined in this deal seems like the optimal growth to success for everyone. Let me expand on the deal.

I don’t really care about research. Okay. I care about my gut and what my gut says is we need to be aggressive. It’s fine that you feel that way. It’s just that my Aunt Maggie believes that if we just have a little bit more patience. Ah-huh. Okay. I know what Aunt Maggie believes. All right. But Aunt Maggie seems to be a little bit, how do I say this out of touch?

Can I ask you a question? How old is Aunt Maggie? I’m sorry. How is that relevant? It is very relevant, Stephanie, and I promise you. This is not about women. I love women. I’m into women. I’m into hashtag me too. I’m into all that. But listen, I go fast and Aunt Maggie is not gonna be able to keep up with me.

Ah, I think that’s what you’re wrong. She can definitely keep up with you. Trust me, that woman is super shrewd, which is amazing given how new she is to the business. I’m sorry, new to the business. Um, she’s the ceo. I, I assumed that she had a lot of ex experience. She does, she does. I mean, she ran a lot of successful restaurants.

Oh, what, like, uh, buddies, Pergo Barn. Was she the manager? No, no. Uh, I’m talking about upscale venues. Oh. That totally flourish under her. Excellent. Leadership and, and, and guidance. And she’s got this. Oh, okay. Good. Well, listen, um, I’m glad that you’ve clued me in on this, but um, look, dude, I didn’t realize I was about to make a billion dollar deal with a total newbie,

Maggie, I am so glad you’re here. How are you? Uh, I’m still trying to get my head around all of this. I mean, I know that Beau is alive, but seeing him lying in that bed, yeah, it’s a lot. Yeah. For all of us. For you and Victor especially Hope. Yeah. She said Bo squeezed her hand. Yeah. But unfortunately there’s been no progress since then.

So we’re making plans to move him to a long-term care facility. I heard, I’m hoping he wakes up before it comes to that, but, uh, doesn’t look good. Don’t give up. Paul Roman. Your brother is so strong and I just, I just feel it in my heart that he’s gonna be just fine. So is Kate.

All right. We caught a break. There’s only one sea lane that passes by the island where we found Kate’s boat and only a handful of ships have been in that area. Is there a list? Uh, yeah, I’m gonna pull that up right now. But here in the meantime, take a look at the live radar. Well, that’s strange, isn’t it?

What is that? It’s a cargo ship, but it doesn’t seem to be moving. Yeah. Let’s see. Says it’s been anchored off the coast for several weeks. Is it docked? No. She’s just hanging out there in the water. Okay, let me see if I can pull up some more information here.

Okay, it says the owner of the ship is Dimitri Vonner.

Well, I certainly see where Billy gets spunk. So what are you gonna do, Dimitri? Are you going to poison my food? No. Why would I do that? I need you alive to get what I want and for what, as I said, all in good time. Okay, so you haven’t called for ransom. You won’t share your endgame. Why the hell am I here?

Oh, I figured you’d make some good company and I thought that you might be missing some of the finer things in life, such as.

This 1947 Ruan rust, which will pair quite nicely with the lobster and the Kobe steaks that my personal chef is preparing. Hmm, of course, if you’d prefer your usual grue, in fact,

I’m in. Oh, no, no. Of course. I You can’t have dinner looking like that. Oh, will forgive me. I forgot my gown. I didn’t. You can use my private bathroom to shower and change. Okay. Look, if you think that I’m going to put out, oh, no, no, no. I’m well aware that your days and. Knights as an escort are longa? No, it’s just that I would prefer personally that my dining companion smell a fit less fishy.

Dimitri Von Leischner. You’re kidding me. Oh, you know this guy? Yeah. I met him a few years ago in Phoenix. It’s like a James Bond villa, and he’s, uh, tried to steal the Almanian peacock. The what? The what? It’s a, a statue that could vaporize an entire city. It’s. It’s kind of hard to explain, but Kate’s daughter, Billy was instrumental in taking him down.

So what if he found, Kate realized who she was and then took her hostage to get back at the woman that screwed him over? Well, that would explain why Kate hasn’t reached out to anybody. Hey, hey. Wait a minute. Isn’t de Maitre locked up in Supermax? I guess we better find out.

You know, Dr. William had an incredible career. Just think about all the people you’ve helped, all the lives you’ve touched all 5,000 of them. You keep saying 5,000. It’s not that many. Oh, no, no. What about all the listeners that called into your radio show? Think about that. No, no, no. I’m so sorry. Still doesn’t amount to 5,000.

All right? All right. So maybe the numbers don’t work out like that. But the point is, you have literally talked people off the ledge.

I wanna know what happened. Matt, what pushed you this far suck. Steph, you wouldn’t even know about. I can’t know unless you tell me. You don’t even wanna know. You don’t really care. I do care. If I didn’t care, believe me, I wouldn’t be here.

I’m gonna fall. No, Matt, you’re okay. You don’t look down. Look up. Breathe. Breathe. Breathe. Look up. I can. You can. You can look up. Look at me. Look at me. Look at me. Okay. Okay. Keep breathing. You wanna help you? You can do this. Yeah. Look at me. Look at me.

Don’t at me. Okay. Okay. And take that hand. Take it. Let a boy, let a.

I promise you that I,

I got,

I got, come on, man. Come.

See how you almost died helping that kid. You know what? Given the chance I would, I would do it again. I would risk it. I know you would. I guess that’s easy to say now that we both survived. Yeah. May be easy to save, but the fact is, You’ve always put your patient first regardless, because that’s, it’s just who you are.

Alex didn’t mean to give you the impression that Maggie isn’t qualified. Not only is she extremely capable, savvy, and smart, she is highly respected among her peers and her peers would be what? The cast of the Golden Girls dude. I mean, this is not a brand for me. I need a CEO who, who’s immersed and who’s in it.

You know what, you’re right, Yuri, right? Maybe Maggie isn’t completely in touch, but don’t get me wrong, what she outlined in this deal is rock solid. But yes, it is possible that given her demo, maybe she. Doesn’t have a full appreciation for the tech space and your goals within it, but I do. You’re a Yuri freaking chasnoff.

Mm-hmm. You want to come out swinging. You want to revolutionize and inspire and disrupt. Exactly. Then let’s do it. We can get there easily waiting for, easily all we gotta do, sign that contract and then we’ll tweak a few things. Alex, I don’t know about that. I think, I think we should stick to the original terms.

I think you should listen to your friend. Listen. You totally get it, bro. But now we need to change it up a little bit. But first I need an energy boost. Perfect. I’ll grab another round. No, no. I need something a little bit stronger. Where’s the bathroom? Right back there. I’ll be back.

What the hell are you doing?

I thought you could use this. Ah, yes, thanks. Are you getting any sleep at all? Not much. I’m trying to spend as much time here with Beau as I can, and uh, I also want to help with a search for Kate. Of course, but Roman, now that Steve is on the case, you know, it’s just a matter of time before she’s fell.

Yeah, he and Chad been going nonstop along with Harris. Michaels nice, isn’t he? The man who is brainwashed by Megan Hathaway. Yeah, but Chad and Andrew are convinced he is fully deprogrammed. Steve’s not so sure and neither am I, but at this point, we need all the help we can get. Well, thanks man. Andrew’s not picking up.

Well, I just talked to Frankie last, he heard his cousin Dimitri was still behind bars. Well, that’s, uh, what Dimitri wants you to believe, but it’s not true. What are you talking about? I just spoke to Sebastian Allen, man. He had a guard check on Dimitri, and guess what? The guy cooling his heels in prison is an imposter.

He escaped. How long ago? Well, uh, faint Dimitri’s not talking, which means the real Dimitri could be on that cargo ship and he could be holding Kate hostage.

Better, Kate, you look stunning.

Shall we die?

I still can’t get ahold of Andrew. Should we just reach out to the Coast Guard? Maybe they can make contact with the ship. No, no, no. I don’t like the idea of giving Dimitri a heads up. It’s better than taken by surprise. Yeah, I agree. Let’s surprise him then.

Where was mine? Well, you’re staying here. You’re a civilian. No, not. I’m with Harris on this one. What do you mean? You know, case like a mother to me. I’m not staying here. I also know that you’re an actual father to two young children, Steve. Man, I can handle myself. Got a front row seat to his last scheme.

All right. I, I, I had got a good sense of how he works. Okay. I, maybe I can pick up on some things that you guys don’t, you know, make sure that none of us get hurt and he doesn’t slip away.

He’s got a point.

Well, you certainly clean up nicely. I trust you. Like the dress. Where’s the lobster?

Uh, I knew exactly how you feel, Kate. When I left prison, I inhaled my first meal in about five seconds flat. You know, you never explained. Now you got out of prison. Hmm. Even behind bars. I had plenty of resources. Eventually I traded places with some, sorry, SAP, who agreed to impersonate me. Well, that sounds risky.

Oh no, not at all. In fact, it was surprisingly easy, and now no one even knows I’m gone.

You know, Maggie, what I don’t get. Is if Katie’s still alive, where’s she been all this time, and why in the hell hasn’t she contacted anyone? I mean, that’s not a good sign, is it? Oh Roman, your Kate has faced so many obstacles in her lifetime and she’s overcome every last one of them, and this, this time is no different.

Well, I appreciate you saying that. You know what, Maggie? You’re pretty tough yourself. Matter of fact, I hear you kicking butt at Titan. Mm. I don’t know about that, but I’m enjoying the challenge. Well, it had to be kind of tricky, just dropping everything and flying over here with Victor. Oh, he tried to talk me into staying behind.

Uh, he went on and on about the importance of my presence in the office. But there was no way, so I had to leave Alex in charge while I was gone. I hopes that was a mistake. Maggie told you to stick to the original agreement. I know that, but I had to do something. He was gonna walk out of the deal because you were undermining Maggie.

I misspoke. It was an accident. I’m trying to make up for it. But you’re not authorized to change the terms. I know that. But all that matters right now is that obnoxious jerk signs with Titan, and I’m gonna get it done. You asked me to help you stay on course, and right now you are drifting way out into unchartered waters and you need to turn around now.

Then we’re gonna lose him. Whoa, we won’t. This is a great deal. Remind Yuri how excited he was about it. He’s not excited right now. He’s ready to walk. He’s just getting cold. Feet. Feet. You need to reassure him. Sell him on Maggie’s vision. Believe in it. Be confident in it because the truth is, Yuri would be damn lucky to be in business with Titan.

So stand firm and do not give in. Okay.

You know, dog helping that kid off ledge. It wasn’t the only time your job became hazardous to health. You remember Roger lumbar? Hmm. So the drunk driver that hit Kimberly. Yeah, I know. Yeah. And yet he was not the most dangerous member of that family. No. Hell no. That was Stella. And she was convinced that you were having an affair with her husband and she proved her elegance and sophistication by throwing me in a pit.

Yeah. And in my attempt to rescue you, I fell right into that pit with you. You did. But you know what? Just that time of being in danger. And being together in it, that, that rekindled our love. That was, I was really busy being in control, you know, just determined to stay in control and be perfect and, and I guess I let everybody down, didn’t I?

And Doc, you never let anybody down before. Said maybe yourself. Got that. You’re always there for people. The care you give to your kids, to Wilma, your patience, you make a difference. You change people lives. You, well, not always for the better, I don’t think. Oh yeah. Who’s your source? Who you been talking to?

Huh? You talked to anybody whose life you’ve changed lately. Why don’t you talk to me? I talked from facts changed my life, doc. Sir. Made me hole again. Made me hole again, doc.

Remember what I was like when I came into. What did she do? Who was I? Huh? Who was I? When was I? I was out there. You talk about being in the dark. How long was I out there? What’d you do? You just kinda reached out. You just kept reaching, didn’t you? Until you pulled me right in.

It’s true dog. I would still be in the dark if it weren’t for you. And I thank God every day I met you.

You know the success you’ve had over the years, especially with patients that everyone else thought was a lost cause. You stuck with them. You never gave up. I’m telling you, doc, you were a real miracle worker. I wouldn’t say that. What? What? What are you talking about? You rehabilitated a serial killer.

Thanks to you, Ben Weston overcame his demons, became a real standup guy. Well, he did all the hard work. I’m just so proud of the man he has become. So lost, overwhelmed.

Then that’s where I found Sarah after she crashed her bike. That is when my life began again.

I still can’t believe how lucky I am. Really, it wasn’t luck. Ben, you have worked very hard to prove that you deserved a second chance.

That chance wouldn’t even be possible without you. Dr. Evans, your guidance, your support, that is what made me into the man I am today. Have a job, have a wife, have a baby.

I owe everything to you. And I don’t know if I’m ever gonna be able to repay you.

Oh, I heard from Ben. He is over the moon. To be becoming a father again. Nice. And you know what, sweetheart, there’s no question about it. You deserve a little bit of credit for that happiness you gave that young man a whole new life.

Sorry, I had to clear my head. Oh, no problem at all. My man. See that? Sure. You know, while you were gone? Yeah. I was taking another look at this original contract. Yeah. I gotta say, terms are pretty awesome. I think we gotta stick with it. I’m sorry. I don’t know. Madden, you got me pretty pumped up for something a little more in your face.

Yeah, but that’s not always the best approach. Yuri, you know better than anybody. You start too hot, you flame out. I think if we take Maggie’s approach and have a little bit more patience, it’s gonna pay off big time in the long run. I promise you. I’m talking about like sustained substantial profitability for the long term.

You know what, I’m gonna go back to the sailor man. I’m gonna have a nice sleep tonight. Nah, I think we need to close it up tonight. My guy. Let’s lock it in, you know, celebrate at the party. Rolling. Hey, you do, I know you. You don’t wanna kill a vibe. No. Uhuh. Uhuh. I dig you Alex. K. But. You made me realize something very important.

I don’t have enough information on Mag. I can’t make this decision yet. Okay. I just can’t make it yet. Woo. Thanks for the drink. You know, Yuri, I, I think we, where you going? Yuri? Yuri. Yuri. Hey.

Well, maybe now that you’re in a more talkative mood, you’ll explain to me. While you haven’t made a ransom request, I, I don’t think you’re keeping me around just for my company, Kate, as I have mentioned, there are still many factors at play. Like what? Well, for starters, if I were to just ask for a large sum of money, what could, would it do me?

Everyone would know that I’d escaped prison and they would send me right back. So you’re looking for immunity. It’s a bit more complicated than that.

We good? Good. Let’s do it.

Okay. We just split up. Chad, you stick with me. What? No, I, I already told you I can handle myself. I can, and we’ll cover more ground separately. Okay. Text, if you find any Santa.

I can’t believe this. I can’t, I cannot believe this. Damn it. S Steph, I, I, I blew it. I’m an idiot. Don’t freak out. Yuri didn’t say no. Well, he just walked outta your stuff. What am I gonna do? Now? You get him back to the table and you don’t let him leave until he’s on board. This is a temporary setback, Alex, a blip.

It is completely normal for someone to second guess signing a deal this big. Yeah, I guess so. Yeah. So just don’t freak out and take a deep breath. Regroup. This is not over. You’re right. I just have to keep pressing on and convince Yuri that not signing with Titan would be a huge mistake and I will help you.

I promise we will find a way to spend this. You’re a life saver, really. I’ll settle for a deal saver. Well, hopefully tomorrow we get this whole thing wrapped up and Maggie never finds out about this little blip. Mm-hmm.

And there she is. It’s Maggie. Okay. Be cool.

Hey, auntie Mag. Yeah. Yeah. No, uh, everything went great. No, he didn’t sign right now. Um, but like I said, everything went great and I have no doubt that he will be on board tomorrow. Um, no he isn’t. I just spoke to Mr. Kassoff and he decided the Titan is not a good fit. After all, the deal is off. What? No, no, no, no.

That, that, that, that’s insane, auntie. No, I’m, I’m gonna fix this. I’m gonna go to the Salem in right now and I’m gonna talk to him. No, I think you’ve said enough already. Yuri told me that he, he had some doubts about my terms, but you got ’em all excited with a vision that was more in your face, and he doesn’t think that I’m the right person to see it through.

Boy’s dead wrong, auntie, and I’m gonna fix this. I’m sorry, I’m, I’m gonna make it up to you. No, Alex, this is the last straw. Auntie, don’t be angry with me. I’m not angry. I’m just disappointed. You, you told me that I wouldn’t regret trusting you. You promised you wouldn’t let me down. And you did so I’m sorry to say.

That you’re fired

now. That’s a promise inside.

What are we here?

So you don’t want immunity for your crimes? Oh, no, no. I do. Along with something else. And I need everything. And it’s precise place in order for me to achieve my goal. Please don’t tell me you’re going after that damn peacock again. No. What I’m after is of a much more personal nature. You see what I’m hoping?

I would like to propose a toast. Do you doc? What an incredible career you have had. Continue to have. You provided so much care and comfort to two people in need, and through your hard work and determination, your dignity, your, your style, your grace, the most importantly, if you’re loving heart, you have made an indelible mark in not only this town but the entire world.

So here is to you, Dr. Marlena Evans. You are a true legend. Cheers.

What a lovely celebration. Hmm. Perfect. In fact, well, there’s nothing I enjoy more than celebrating my extraordinary wife. Oh, thank you brother. Hmm.

Then you know what? What? Maybe 5,000 isn’t such a crazy number after all. Hmm. Well, in that case, It’ll.

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Gabi goes to the DiMera Enterprises office, looking for Stefan. Gabi finds the office is empty, so she sits at the desk. Stefan then walks in and guesses Gabi misses this. Gabi argues that they should be running the place. Stefan assures that they will be as soon as they give EJ the boot. Stefan points out that EJ is late and suggests Gabi put that in her next report. Stefan adds that Nicole is missing too. Gabi responds that at least she has an excuse and reveals to Stefan that Nicole was in the hospital last night.

Nicole walks past the Brady Pub and calls Kayla, saying she knows they can’t do the DNA test for a few weeks but she wants to make an appointment because she needs to know who the father of her baby is as soon as possible. Eric then comes out from the Pub. Nicole hangs up and greets him, noting that she was just talking to Kayla. Eric says he didn’t hear and asks if she’s okay. Nicole responds that she’s fine but worries about Eric’s stitches. Eric mentions that he and EJ got in to it last night. Nicole says she heard but didn’t realize it was that bad. Eric says he’s more worried about her as he called her and tried to warn her that EJ knew. Nicole blames Sloan and informs Eric that she didn’t get his message until after EJ confronted her. Eric calls it bad timing. Nicole calls it bad judgment on Sloan’s part and questions what the hell she was thinking by telling EJ that they slept together.

Sloan shows up at Colin’s motel room. Colin greets his sister and says he missed her but Sloan argues that if that were true, he would’ve told her that he was in town. Sloan walks in to the room
and reveals that she knows what he’s been doing, so they need to talk.

At the police station, Jada tries calling Talia again since the first call went to voicemail. Rafe reminds Jada that Sloan is their prime suspect. Jada says she still wants to know what Talia can tell her about Colin, even if part of her is afraid to hear it.

Talia and Chanel kiss on the couch as Talia’s phone rings with Jada’s call. Chanel stops and asks if she wants to answer that. Talia says no and turns off the ringer, telling Chanel there will be no more interruptions. They continue kissing until Chanel suggests they go to her bedroom. Talia stops and thinks back to planning this with Colin. Talia then stands up and resumes kissing Chanel until Paulina comes home and walks in on them.

Jada leaves a message for Talia, asking where she is and telling her to call her when she gets this because they need to talk. Jada says she’ll explain later and hangs up. Rafe questions her holding back. Jada explains that she felt ordering her to the station because she’s looking guiltier by the minute didn’t feel like the right approach. Jada hopes there’s an explanation that explains this all away.

Colin asks Sloan what he’s been doing. Sloan brings up a time that Colin got her grounded when they were kids. She tells him to stop playing innocent. Colin tells her to leave now because the less she knows, the better. Sloan responds that it’s too late because she already knows what he’s been doing.

Eric tells Nicole that Sloan admitted that she made a mistake and that she thought EJ already knew since what happened didn’t mean anything. Eric adds that if Nicole had already told EJ, maybe he wouldn’t have made such a big deal about it. Nicole argues that Sloan doesn’t appreciate their complicated history. Eric says that he filled her in some and she assumes that some of their complications are in the past. Eric asks if everything is okay between her and EJ. Nicole assures they are fine. Eric asks about Nicole since she was on the phone with Kayla and seemed startled when he walked out, so he asks if everything is okay.

Gabi writes a report about EJ being tardy to work. Stefan reads it and calls it great. Gabi says she’s got more. EJ then arrives at the office. Stefan comments that EJ is late and it’s becoming a habit. EJ informs them that he was tending to Nicole and she’s fine. Stefan remarks on Nicole’s episode not interfering with her work. Stefan says he was a little concerned that Nicole wouldn’t be fair in her reports to the DiMera Board but he had nothing to worry about because she was a total pro. EJ questions what he’s talking about. Stefan then shows EJ the report that he and Gabi changed to be positive about Stefan. EJ reads it in shock then trashes the paper, arguing that Nicole didn’t write one word of that crap. Gabi and Stefan point out that it has Nicole’s name on it and came from her e-mail to the board. EJ doesn’t know how they did it but says they obviously pulled something while Nicole was in the hospital. EJ then realizes that wasn’t the only report they submitted to the board last night.

Nicole tells Eric that everything is fine. Eric questions her being on the phone with Kayla and looking rattled. Nicole claims that she just jumps to the worst possible scenario, the doctor tells her that she’s fine and she insists on following up. Nicole admits that she had painful cramps last night, so she went to the hospital. Eric informs her that he was also at the hospital last night. Nicole mentions that Kayla said she saw him. Eric recalls running in to EJ on his way out. Nicole points out that he didn’t mention that before. Eric guesses he blocked it out. Eric notes that EJ said they talked about what happened between them and that EJ understands it didn’t mean anything, so he should just let it go. Eric says that’s not a problem for him and that they can get past that. Eric then points out that one thing that is strange is that EJ said he was at the hospital to get his hand checked out, but he was obviously there to see Nicole, so he questions why EJ would lie.

Paulina apologizes for walking in as she thought Chanel was alone. Chanel says it’s okay and encourages her not to panic. Talia says she doesn’t want her to get the wrong idea but Paulina says it’s okay as Chanel told her they were dating. Paulina adds that nobody wants a third wheel so she’ll go back out but Talia stops her and says she will go. Chanel tells her that she doesn’t have to. Paulina doesn’t want Talia to go on her account. Talia says she has to get to her missed call and tells Chanel that she will see her later. Talia then exits. Paulina feels terrible and wishes she knew that Chanel had company. Paulina admits she didn’t realize that things were moving so fast between them. Chanel says they were just hanging out and it sort of happened. Paulina decides maybe it’s a good thing that she interrupted. Chanel questions what that means.

Rafe tells Jada that he can talk to Talia and give her a break but Jada says it has to be her since she knows Talia better than anyone. Rafe wonders if less closeness in this case could be a good thing. Jada questions if he’s saying she can’t be objective. Jada insists that she will know if something is off like when Talia said she came straight home after Chanel’s and forgot about her walk around the lake before the town got drugged. Rafe asks Jada for more about her trip to the motel. Jada says he should’ve seen this Colin Firth. Jada comments that Colin was evasive and wouldn’t even admit to knowing Talia despite two witnesses swearing that they saw Talia leaving his room. Rafe reminds her that Talia still has no motive. Jada can’t figure out how Colin fits in if she did. Jada decides that if Colin won’t tell her what she needs to know, she will figure it out herself which Rafe questions. Jada argues that Colin can play dumb and stonewall her but he can’t stop her from investigating. Jada declares that she will find out everything there is to know about Colin, starting with what kind of car he drives, then she will run his license plates to see if he’s in the system. Jada decides she’s going back to the motel to see who else has been stopping by to see him.

Sloan questions how she could not have seen this sooner. Colin argues that Sloan put in enough time and effort in to trying to make Chanel pay for what she did to their parents, so now it’s his turn. Sloan argues that it’s not a game. Colin says that Sloan tried using the legal system to get justice but it didn’t work, so this requires someone that is willing to go to more extreme measures and that is him. Sloan asks if he’s considered how what he’s doing affects her since she’s being blamed for all of this. Colin apologizes for it being inconvenient. Sloan complains that her life is a living hell with the district attorney and police commissioner have been out to get her. Colin assures that they won’t have evidence against her. Sloan brings up how far Paulina will go to protect her daughter, so she will pay somebody to come up with something to railroad her with. Colin argues that she’ll find a way to prevent that. Colin insists that she will thank him when this is done. Sloan complains that the most powerful people in town are out to destroy her and the other half hate her guts. Sloan worries that she could lose her license, her practice, and her freedom so she doubts she will be thanking him. Colin asks if she has any other suggestions because he doesn’t see any other way and he is not walking away. Colin declares that he’s not letting those little bitches get away with murder. Sloan questions if he hasn’t done enough damage by getting Chanel’s bakery shut down, thus killing her dream. Colin calls that just the beginning.

Chanel questions why Paulina interrupting her and Talia would be a good thing as she thought Paulina liked Talia. Paulina says she does very much. Chanel asks if Paulina thinks she’s rushing in to things but she says it’s not that. Chanel adds that she doesn’t have a policy against co-workers hooking up which Paulina says she knows. Chanel says she’s lost. Paulina tells her to forget what she said but Chanel says she can’t. Paulina says she’s just so worried about the Sloan situation that she’s not thinking straight. Chanel asks if something happened. Paulina reveals that she got another threatening text message while at the police station and she pushed Rafe again to arrest Sloan, but he kept going on about how he had to consider all suspects. Chanel asks what this has to do with her being glad that she interrupted. Chanel then asks if she’s saying the police suspect Talia.

Jada tells Rafe that she is heading to the motel now and she’s not coming back without something solid. Talia then arrives at the station. Jada asks what she’s doing here. Talia points out that Jada called, so she decided that instead of playing phone tag, she would come see what she wanted this time. Jada then tells Talia that she wants to know who Colin is and what the hell she’s doing with him.

EJ questions Stefan and Gabi submitting those bogus reports to the board, arguing that there was nothing honest about it. EJ complains that Gabi’s scathing report about him was all lies and Nicole’s report about Stefan was obviously doctored by them. EJ worries about them sending that to Wei Shin. EJ then gets a phone call so Stefan asks if he’s going to answer that.

Nicole tells Eric that EJ was just protecting her privacy. Nicole then admits that EJ didn’t want him to know that she was at the hospital as he’s not at the top of EJ’s list when it comes to confiding. Eric says he gets it but he was just concerned. Eric knows what Nicole told him, but he also knows her and can see the look in her eyes. Eric reminds Nicole that she can talk to him about anything and trust him. Nicole says she knows that and she appreciates it. Nicole adds that it’s not that she doesn’t want to tell him, but it’s hard. Eric knows it’s hard to keep a secret but encourages her to open up a little bit and talk to him. Eric suggests maybe it will make it easier. Nicole asks him to promise which he does. Eric repeats that she can talk to him about anything. Nicole then tells Eric that the cramps are not just cramps. Eric asks what they are. Nicole claims that Kayla thinks that she’s in the early stages of menopause. Eric says the way she was talking made it sound more serious. Nicole says it’s not serious and it’s normal. Eric asks about the tests she wanted. Nicole says it’s for clarity as she doesn’t want to assume what’s going on with her body and she wants to know for sure.

EJ answers his call from Wei Shin and says he was just informed that he received the reports but there’s a lot more going on. EJ asks him to ignore everything he read about Stefan because the report was tampered with. EJ adds that his evaluation was pure fiction as they both know how Gabi is deeply biased. EJ argues that he’s not an HR disaster waiting to happen or temperamental. EJ adds that the quotes are totally made up. EJ questions Wei saying he wants him to take anger management classes. EJ screams that he’ll show him anger management and throws his phone across the room. EJ calls Stefan a bastard. Stefan and Gabi comment on use of offensive language being included in the report.

Paulina tells Chanel that Rafe didn’t want her to know and that they just suspected Talia for a moment and that was it. Chanel doesn’t understand since the police questioned them twice. Paulina says there was a slight discrepancy in Talia’s story but she cleared it all up. Chanel asks what discrepancy she’s talking about. Paulina thinks it started with where she went after they had dinner and something about her keys but nothing of consequence. Paulina adds that Talia had no motive to want to hurt them. Chanel questions the police considering Talia a suspect when Sloan is obviously behind all of this. Chanel calls it ridiculous. Paulina agrees but guesses Rafe just wanted to be thorough. Chanel argues that he should ask her then because she spends more time with Talia than anyone and thinks she would know if Talia was out to get them…

Sloan questions Colin saying getting Chanel’s bakery shut down was just the beginning. Sloan warns him about drugging the biscuits being a felony that people go to prison for. Colin argues that no one got hurt and that it all looked pretty fun to him. Sloan tells him to ask Melinda and Rafe, who ended up in the hospital. Colin laughs about reading about that in Leo’s gossip column. Colin remarks that Jada is pretty hot, so maybe Rafe thought it was all worth it. Sloan questions this all being a big joke to him. Sloan argues that people are getting hurt, including her. Colin insists there’s no way people can pin this on her. Sloan says that’s not what she meant. Sloan can’t believe she’s saying this but for the first time in this town, she might finally have something good going. Sloan says she wasn’t looking for it, but she’s found it and doesn’t want to lose it. Colin asks if she’s talking about a guy. Sloan confirms that she likes him and he’s important to her. Colin promises that whatever he does going forward won’t affect Eric. Sloan remarks that it’s too late for that as Eric had a drugged biscuit and ended up hooking up with his ex which she had the pleasure of walking in on. Sloan knows Colin thinks he’s honoring their parents’ memory but all he’s doing is ruining her life. Sloan declares that it stops here and it’s over.

Jada asks Talia about Colin. Talia says she doesn’t understand. Jada says she doesn’t either but Chloe and Xander both said they saw her leaving his motel room, so she went there to talk to him. Jada says she asked Colin some questions but he refused to answer. Jada asks if Talia will answer or do the same. Jada then asks if it was Talia that they saw leaving Colin’s motel room. Talia admits that it was and turns away. Talia admits that she lied to Jada. Talia says the night that everybody got high on the biscuits, she didn’t have a headache or take a walk around the lake. Talia admits that she went to the motel to see Colin. Jada stops Talia and says she has to read her rights. Talia asks her to let her explain because she has to say this now so Jada tells her to go ahead. Talia then reveals that Colin is her ex-boyfriend from New York. Talia claims on the night that she had dinner with Chanel and her family, Colin texted her out of the blue and said he was in town and wanted to see her. Talia says they were broken up and completely done, but she went to the motel and slept with him. Rafe questions why Talia didn’t just say that in the first place. Talia says it’s because she shouldn’t be seeing Colin at all as he’s no good for her and she doesn’t like who she is when she’s around him. Talia adds that she got weak after hearing his voice on the phone and everything she knew went away. Jada talks about knowing she had a boyfriend in New York, but she didn’t know he made her feel like this. Jada questions why Talia never said anything. Talia cries that it’s humiliating and she doesn’t know why she lied. Talia claims that she had told Colin that she never wanted to see him again and that they were done. Jada tries to tell her it’s okay. Talia asks if she’s said enough to finally convince her that she’s not a terrorist and she’s just a pathetic loser who slept with her ex-boyfriend. Talia asks if she wants more details or if she believes her now so this can all stop. Jada says she believes her but Talia says she has to go and storms out of the station.

Sloan tells Colin that nobody understands what he’s feeling more than she does as she felt the sorrow, grief, and rage every day since their mom died. Sloan adds that she spent hours obsessing over how to make Chanel and Paulina pay and suffer like they did, but by some miracle, she wants something more than revenge. Sloan declares that she found something beautiful that she wants to protect and Colin is making that very hard. Colin says the last thing he wanted to do was hurt her. Sloan understands he needs it as she’s been there but it’s a lonely place. Sloan didn’t realize how lonely it was until she found somebody who showed her that there was more to live for. Sloan says she wants that for Colin too as she hugs him. Sloan declares that moving on does not mean they forget their parents as they never will. Sloan encourages Colin to want more for himself too. Sloan warns that if the police come looking for her again, she’s going to tell them it’s him. Sloan kisses Colin on the cheek and then exits his room.

EJ calls Wei Shin back and gets upset when he’s told that Wei is unavailable. EJ says to let him know that he called and hangs up. Stefan declares their work here is done while Gabi suggests they go out to lunch to celebrate, so they exit together.

Eric asks Nicole if everything EJ said at the hospital is true, that everything is cool and there are no more lingering issues between them. Nicole says she hopes not. Nicole then gets a call from EJ. Eric tells Nicole that it was good to see her and he hopes everything goes well with her tests. Eric then heads back in to the Pub as Nicole answers the phone. EJ asks her to come to the office right away as they have a bit of a situation. Nicole says sure. EJ asks if everything is alright. Nicole says it’s fine and she’ll be there soon, then hangs up.

Paulina shows Chanel the latest threatening text message she got. Chanel says that’s awful and they need to do something. Paulina assures that she’s trying and had Rafe bring Sloan to the station for questioning but she denied everything. Chanel argues that she’s lying. Paulina says the problem is that they can’t prove it. Chanel asks what they can do. Paulina responds that they can’t let Sloan even get a hint that the police suspected Talia or else she’ll find a way to incriminate her. Chanel still can’t believe that Rafe thought Talia was behind all of this and that Jada suspected her own sister. Paulina tells Chanel not to worry because their eyes are on the prize. Paulina then asks Chanel about her and Talia as she assumed they were having a nice time before she barged in. Chanel explains that she assumed their date was the end of their romantic road since things got awkward towards the end, so she assumed Talia wasn’t in to her and then she showed up with flowers. Chanel says they talked and it turned out that Talia doesn’t have much experience with anyone which Paulina calls hard to believe. Chanel says there was one guy in New York that she fell pretty hard for but they broke up and she got emotional talking about it. Paulina is glad that they are getting closer. Chanel says that Talia has such a big heart, so the idea that she could hurt anyone means the cops have to be barking up the wrong tree…

Jada tells Rafe that Talia was in so much pain over Colin while she was just piling on with questions. Rafe understands that she didn’t know who Colin was, but he suspects that Talia has now put Jada’s doubts to rest and that she no longer sees her as a suspect. Jada hopes that Talia meant it about being done with her ex, because everything about that guy screamed bad news.

Colin is packing his bag as Talia comes in to his room. Colin informs her that he has some news but then asks if she’s alright as she looks like she’s been through the ringer. Talia says she just came from seeing her sister again, but she has everything under control. Colin thought she was with Chanel. Talia confirms that she was but they got interrupted by Paulina coming home. Talia tells Colin not to be upset, but things are heating up between her and Chanel, and Chanel is really in to her now. Talia then notices that Colin was packing his bag and questions what’s going on. Colin claims he was just organizing because his clothes were everywhere and the room is small. Talia asks about Colin saying he had news. Colin decides it doesn’t matter and that it’s so great about her and Chanel. Colin tells her how happy she’s made him as he hugs her.

Sloan joins Eric at the Pub. Eric asks what happened at the police station. Sloan explains that someone was again sending Paulina a threatening text and they wanted to blame it on her. Eric says it sounds like whoever is doing this is running out of ideas, which hopefully means it will be over soon. Eric hugs her as Sloan says she hopes so.

Nicole joins EJ at the office and confirms the report sent was not what she wrote about Stefan. EJ assumes that Gabi got in to her laptop while she was in the hospital. Nicole recalls logging in right before that happened and calls her a snake. EJ says they have a true disaster on their hands. Nicole argues that they won’t get away with it because she will rewrite the report to send to the board and then she will prove her computer was hacked. EJ says he doesn’t know. Nicole argues that they have to be exposed and there is no other choice. EJ worries as they will have two reports from her on their desk, one true and one a lie. EJ wonders how the board will determine which one is real.

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THIS STILL NEEDS EXTENSIVE EDITING!

Miss this, don’t you? Damn right. I do. We should be running this place. You and me. Don’t worry my love. We will be as soon as we give my sweet brother EJ the boot. Speaking of the dark menace. He’s late. You should put that in your next report. Add something in there about Nicole. She’s Mia too. Yeah. Well, at least she has an excuse.

What’s that? She was in the hospital last night. Hi Kayla, it’s Nicole. I, I know we can’t do the DNA test for a few weeks, the, the paternity test, but I wanna make an appointment now because I need to find out who the father of my baby is as soon as possible.

Eric. Hi. Uh, I was just talking to Kayla and I don’t know if you heard, but No. I, I didn’t, are you okay? I, I’m fine, but forget about me. Eric, you, you, your face ej and I, we got into it last night. I heard, but I I didn’t think it was that bad. Said I’m fine. I was worried about you. Actually, I left you a message.

I was trying to warn you that EJ found out about us. Yeah. Thanks to Sloan, but I didn’t get the message until after EJ confronted me. Now we spent timing. More like bad judgment on your girlfriend’s part. Why the hell would Sloan tell EJ that you and I slept together? What the hell is she thinking?

No, don’t gimme that hassis crap. When you missed me. I missed you a lot. Like hell you have. If that were true, you’d have told me you were in town. I know what you’ve been doing, little brother. So close the door. We need to talk.

No answer. The first call went to voicemail, so I’m trying her again. Remember, Sloane Peterson is our prime suspect. Yeah, but I still wanna know what my sister can tell me about this calling guy. He’s part of me is afraid to hear it.

Did you wanna kiss that? No. I’ll just turn off the ringer.

See no more interruptions.

Like sand through the hourglass. So are the days of our lives.

Shall we take this? Yes.

Let’s go to my room.

I don’t know Carolina, I don’t think I can do this. You know how important this is to. And babe, when this is finally over, I’ll be okay. No more mood swings, no more crazy depression, cuz I’ll feel like I’ve got justice. For my mom and we will be so happy together.

I love you so, so much. You love me too, don’t you,

Chanel baby. Are you here?

Talia, where are you? Call me as soon as you get this. You need to talk. I’ll explain later. Decided to hold back, huh? Well, I figured. Get down to the station. You’re looking guilty here by the minute. Somehow wasn’t the right approach. Please let there be something that explains us all away.

And what is it that I’ve been doing? Oh, there it is. The same. Who me act you’ve been doing since we were five. You know it never bothered me until the time whenever you snuck out with the car and you cracked the taillight and let mom and dad believe that was me. I was grounded for a month. Yeah, sorry about that.

Oh, stop playing innocent Collin cuz I’m not buying it. Okay. No more games. Just advice leave now. The less you know, the better. Too late. As I said, I already know what you’ve been doing.

Sloan and Miss, she made a mistake. Hmm, that’s big of her. She also thought Youj already knew. Since you and I have been drugged and what happened between us wasn’t our fault that you would’ve already told EJ and that maybe he wouldn’t have made such a big deal about it. Well, clearly she doesn’t have a full appreciation of the complicated history you share.

She does, but I filled her in some. She also assumes that some of our complications are in the past. Frame in the past. Is everything okay between you and ej? Mm-hmm. Yeah, fine. We’re fine. And you? What about me? Well, you just said you were on the phone with Kayla and you seemed a little bit startled when I walked in.

Is everything okay?

EJ Damaris Pro. Perpetual tardiness is emblematic of his job performance at large. It demonstrates a failure of commitment to the company, a contempt for his coworkers, and a shocking lack of self-awareness. He’s c e o, not a king, Gabby. That’s great. Thank you. And I’ve got more, yeah, more of what? Hi, ej.

You’re late. It’s getting to be a habit. Not that I answered to you, or you’re so-called consultant, but I was tending to Nicole. Is she okay? She’s fine. Oh, good. I for one, I’m glad that this little episode hasn’t interfered with her work. Mother thought I was a hell. Is that supposed to mean. You know her work.

You hired her to evaluate my job performance. Surely that hasn’t slipped your mind now. No, it hasn’t. Right? How could it anyway, I was, um, a little concerned, given Nicole’s obvious bias against me, that she would be anything but fair in her reports to board. But turns out, I had nothing to worry about. You see, she was a total pro.

What are you talking about? Oh, you haven’t seen it? No. I happen to have a copy of Nicole’s hand work right here.

Dira shows upstanding attention to detail. Fosters positive cult Wish he’d stay in this position forever. That one is my favorite, and believe me when I say I’m gonna do everything in my power to make sure that becomes a reality. Nicole didn’t write one word of that crap. Nobody has her name on it, and it was sent from her email address to Shin and the rest of the DER board.

I don’t know how you did it, but you obviously pulled something while Nicole was at the hospital. Wait a minute. That wasn’t the only report you submitted to the board last night, was it?

Everything’s fine. It’s nothing really. Nicole, you, you just said you were on the phone with Kayla. You looked a little rattled. Come on. You know me. I get a little twinge and I immediately jump to the worst case scenario and you know, let the doctor checks me out, says I’m fine. But I of course insist on follow up tests.

It’s silly. Really? Yeah. So just a little twinge. Well, last night I, I got some cramps that were pretty painful, so I, I went to the hospital. You, you were at the hospital last night. I was there too. Kayla said she saw you. I ran into EJ on my way out. Oh, you, you didn’t say anything before. I must have blocked it out Anyway, he said, the two of you talked about what happened between us and.

Understands what happened and it didn’t mean anything and I should just let it go, which is not a problem for me. I mean, we can get past that. Right, right. There is one thing that’s a bit strange. What’s that? EJ mentioned he went to the hospital to get his hand checked. But obviously he was there to see you.

And why would he lie?

Chanel, I’m so sorry. I thought you were alone. Okay, mama. It’s okay. Oh, I didn’t mean to hold alone. Don’t panic. Just breathe. Ms. Price. Please don’t get the wrong idea. Oh, no, no, no. It’s okay. It’s okay. Chanon told me you were dating. Uh, you know, and the last thing anyone wants on a date is a third wheel, so I’ll just roll on out the way I came in.

No, no, no. This is your home. I’ll, I’ll go, but you don’t have to do that. Tell you, honey, please don’t leave on my account. I should really handle this missed call. Really, it’s fine. I’ll just talk to you later. Okay.

Should know, baby, I, I feel terrible and I, I wish I know that you had company. Well, next time I’ll just put one of Ape’s ties on the door. Well, I didn’t realize that things were moving so fast between you two. We were just. Hanging out and then it sort of happened. Oh, well in that case, huh? Maybe it’s a good thing that I interrupted.

What does that mean? Why don’t you let me talk to Talia? Give yourself a break. No, it has to be me. I know her better than anyone. Sure. Yeah. But you know, maybe in this case a little less, uh, closeness could be a good thing. Are you saying that I can’t be objective? I’m saying she’s your sister. Exactly. So I’ll know if something’s off.

Just like when she suddenly remembered that she didn’t come straight home from dinner at Chanel’s and she got a headache and took a walk around the lake a night before half the town got drugged. Tell me more about what happened at the motel. Ugh, you should have seen this Colin Firth. Dude, that’s shady.

Huh? He was evasive, uncooperative, and he wouldn’t even admit that he knew Talia. Even after I had two witnesses that swear they saw her leaving his room. All right, Talia, who still has no motive whatsoever. I know. I know. And even if she did, I just. I can’t figure out how this call-in guy even fits in. You know, if this joker won’t tell me what I need to know, then I’m gonna find out myself.

Meaning he can play dumb, he can stonewall, but he can’t stop me from investigating. I am gonna find out everything there is to know about him, starting with what kind of car he drives. I’m in his place. See if he’s in the system. I’m gonna go back to that nasty motel room and see who else is stopping by to see him.

How could I have not seen this sooner? Yeah, seriously, and not usually this low. I am sorry. Old habits. Look, you’ve put enough time and the effort in trying to make that little slut pay for what she did to our mom and to dad. And now it’s my turn. Your turn. This isn’t a game. What I mean is that you tried to get justice for our parents using the legal system and it didn’t work.

And that’s not an insult. All right? You’re brilliant at what you do, but this, this requires someone who’s willing to go to more extreme measures, and that’s someone in me.

Colin, have you considered how what you’re doing affects me? I’m being blamed for all of this. Of course you are. So you know that you’ve put me in the cops crosshairs. I’m sorry. It’s been inconvenient. Inconvenient. My life is a living hell. The DA and the police commissioner are breathing down my neck.

They’re out to get me. The only reason they haven’t been able to pan anything is they don’t have concrete evidence and they won’t, no. You know how far Paul Price will go to protect her daughter? Come on. It’s only a matter of time before she pays somebody. To find something to railroad me with. Yeah. But you are way too smart to let that happen.

Oh, so I should just use my brains and just have faith that it’s all gonna work out. You’re gonna thank me when this is done. The most powerful people in this town are out to destroy me and the other half. They hate my guts. God, I consumed my, my license, my practice. My freedom, Collin, I highly doubt. I’m gonna be thanking you.

Look, if you don’t like the way that I’m doing this, then gimme another suggestion cuz the only other way I see is walking away and I am not gonna do that. I’m not letting those little bitches get away with murder. Don’t you think you’ve done enough damage? You got Chanel’s Bakery closed down. You killed her dream.

That’s just the beginning. Why would you interrupting me Antalia be a good thing? I thought you liked her. I, I, I do very much. Okay. Well, if this is because you think I’m rushing into things after I promise to take things slow. No, no, no. It’s not that. Okay. Well, well, if this is about me being Talia’s boss, I told you I don’t have a policy against coworkers hooking up.

I, I know, I know. As long as it’s consensual. I know, baby. I know you do. Okay, then I’m lost. You know? Forget it, you know, forget what I said. No, I, I can’t. You’re not making any sense. That is because I’m so worried about the Sloan Peterson situation. I, I, I’m not thinking straight. Did something happen? I got another threatening message when I was down at the police station just now.

No. Yes, and I pushed Ray yet again to arrest as SL ass lawyer, but he kept going on and on about how they needed to consider all possible suspects. Okay. Well, What does this have to do with you being glad you interrupted? Wait, are you saying the police suspect? Talia?

I’m headed over to the white dove right now and I’m not gonna come back until I have something solid. Talia, what are you doing here? What? You called, didn’t you? So instead of playing phone tag, I figured I’d come see what you wanted. This time. Okay, then I’ll tell you.

I wanna know who Colin is and what the hell you’re doing with him.

Please tell me you did not submit those BOGUES evaluations to the board. Ogus aj, don’t tell me you can’t handle an honest assessment. There was nothing honest about it. The scathing report Gabby wrote about me was All Lies and Nicole’s report on Stephan was obviously doctored by the two of you to make him look like a rockstar.

I swear to God, if you sent one word of that rubbish to shin

aj, you gonna answer that?

EJ was protecting my privacy.

Okay, fine. You know, he didn’t want you to know that I was at the hospital. Its just when it comes to confiding in people about me, you’re not exactly at the top of his list. Yeah. Okay. I was just concerned, but I, I, I told you No, I know what you told me, but I also know you,

I can see the look in your eyes, Nicole.

It’s not nothing. I mean, you could talk to me about anything. You know that right? You can trust me. Yeah. Yeah. I know that. And I, I appreciate it. It’s not that I don’t want to tell you. It’s just. It’s hard. I know it’s hard to keep a secret.

Hey, if you can just, just open up a little bit, you can talk to me. Maybe it’ll make it easier.

You promise

I promised Nicole.

These, these cramps, they’re, they’re not just cramps, then what are they?

Kayla thinks

that I’m in the early stages of menopause. Oh, okay. I mean, The way you were talking, it just, you made it sound more serious. No, no. It’s, it’s, it’s not serious. It’s, and it’s normal even though it’s, it’s early, like I said. Yeah. So, so what are the test for

clarity?

Because I don’t wanna be guessing what’s going on with my body. I wanna know for sure

Mr. Shin. Yes, I was just informed that you received the reports, but you must understand there’s a lot more going on here than please ignore everything you read about Steph. And the report on my brother was tampered with, uh, someone hacked into my evaluation. That is, that is, that is pure fiction. We both know how Gabby Hernandez is deeply biased and.

I am not a HR disaster waiting to happen, and the last thing I am is temperamental and those quotes about me being imperious are totally made up.

You want me to do what? Take anger management classes. I’ll show you anger management.

You boss it, use of offensive language. Put that in your report too, didn’t you? Sure did.

Ray didn’t want me to know any of this. He kept saying it was nothing. They suspected TA for a moment. But I, that’s it. I don’t understand. The police interviewed us twice. I guess there was some slight discrepancy, bat Talia story, but you cleared it all up. What discrepancy are you talking about? Well, I think it started with the, where she went, you know, after she had dinner here.

Something else about my keys or nothing of any consequence besides, she had no motive whatsoever to want to hurt us, and yet the police considered her a suspect with Sloan. The person who’s obviously behind all of this, just right in front of them. This is beyond ridiculous baby. I’m with you. But I think, you know, I think Ray, he just wanted to be thorough, not leave any stone unturned.

Okay. Well then he should have asked me about Talia. I spend more time with her than anyone else around here. I think. I know she was out to get us

getting Chanel’s Bakery shutdown was just the beginning for you. Nice way to gloss over a felony. You know, that’s the kind of thing they send people to prison for. Yeah, we’re lucky for me. My sister is a brilliant barrister. Besides, what’s the problem? Nobody got hurt. They just ate a few biscuits and made them PR around like they’re at Woodstock again.

Hmm. It all looked pretty fun to me. Yeah, well tried telling that to the police commissioner and the DA who ended up in the hospital. I, I read about that in that cheesy gossip column. Sounds like he snogged his lead detective first, but she is pretty hot, so maybe he thinks he’s worth it. This is all just a big joke to you, isn’t it?

You say nobody’s getting hurt, but people are getting hurt, Colin, including me. Yeah, but like I said, there is no way that they’re gonna be able to pin this on you. That’s not what I meant is this.

I can’t believe I’m saying this, bud. This is the first time since I got to this stupid town that I might actually have something. Good going. Not that I came here looking for it or even wanted it, but, but I’ve found it and I don’t want anything to mess it up. Are you talking about a guy? I like him. Okay.

He’s important to me. All right. I promise going forward that whatever I do will not affect him. Promise. Well, it’s too late for that because you know what? He ate one of your biscuits and got drugs and ended up poking up with his ex that I had the pleasure of walking in on.

I know you think what you’re doing is honoring mom and dad’s memory,

but the only thing you’re doing is you are ruining my life. It stops here, Colin. It’s over.

You, you wanna talk about? Claims his last name is Firth. Why Dove Motel room 1 0 6? I, I don’t, I don’t understand him. Neither do we. But Zander Cook and Chloe Lane both said that they saw you leaving his motel room, so I went there to talk to him. Wait, wait. You talked, I asked him some questions, which he took Great pleasure in refusing to answer.

So, uh, Are you gonna do the same or are you gonna tell me what’s going on? Was it you that they saw leaving Collins Motel room?

Yes.

I lied to you. Okay.

The night that everybody got high off of those biscuits, I didn’t have a headache. And, um, I didn’t go take a walk around the lake. I went to the motel and I went to go see Colin, Jennifer, uh, Talia. Stop. I, I need to repeat your right. No, you just let me explain please. Okay. I, I have to say this now. Okay. Uh, go ahead Colin.

He’s my ex-boyfriend from New York. The night that, um, I went. To have dinner with Chanel and her family. He texted me completely out of the blue, but he said that he was in town and that he wanted to see me. And yes, I know that we’re broken up and everything and I know that I said I was completely done, but.

I went to the motel and I slept with him.

Why didn’t you just say that in the first place? Because I shouldn’t be seen calling at all. Okay. He’s no good for me and I don’t like who I am when I’m around him. I heard his voice on the phone. I got weak and everything that I thought that I knew, it went completely out of the window. And what he wanted, I don’t know.

I just did. Okay. I mean, I knew you had a boyfriend in in New York, but I didn’t know you felt like this, but he made you feel like this. Why didn’t you say anything? God, what? Isn’t it obvious? This, this is humiliating to me, and I don’t know. I don’t know why God lied to you. Okay. When I saw those people in the hallway coming out of his room, I had just told him that I don’t wanna see his face ever again.

That I wasn’t done this time for good. Okay. So you could have been upset. I don’t, I don’t know. Listen, it’s okay. No, Evan, you heard enough Detective, have I Have I finally convinced you that I’m not a terrorist, that I’m a just apathetic loser who slept with her ex-boyfriend. Want me to provide more details for you?

Really dive into the death of my shame. Or do you believe me? Down. So this, this can all, you can just stop, please. Of course I believe you. I gotta go

now. No one understands what you are feeling more than I do. I felt that every single day since mom died. The sorrow, the grief, the rage. I’ve spent hours obsessing over how to make Paul and Chanel pay, how to make them suffer the way we suffered, but by some miracle. Colin, I want something more than revenge.

I found something. Beautiful that I wanna protect, and you are making that very, very hard. Last thing I wanted to do was to hurt you, but I just, but you need this. If you need it. I know I’ve been there, but it is a lonely place, Collin, I didn’t even realize how lonely it was until I found somebody who showed me that there was so much more to live for.

I want that for you too.

Moving on does not mean we forget them. We will never forget. But you should want more for yourself too.

Look at the police. Come looking for Megan. I’m gonna tell them it’s you. The truth. You got that?

Yes. This is EJ Damira for Mr. Shin. What the hell do you mean? He’s not available? I just spoke to him. Please let him know that I cold. Thank you. I can believe our work here is done. Are you hungry? My love. I was thinking about going to lunch to celebrate. Oh, I am ravenous, but um, not for lunch.

So just to be sure. Everything that EJ said at the hospital is true, right? I mean, everything’s cool. No more lingering issues between us. I sure hope not.

You know what? This, this is ej of course. Probably just it’s good to see him. I hope everything goes well with the test.

Ej Hi. Can you come to the office right away? We have a bit of a situation here. Um, sure is everything all right? You sound it’s fine. I’ll, I’ll be there soon.

Oh, mama. That’s awful. Sloane Peterson strikes her again. Okay, well we have to do something. Oh, baby, I’m trying. I insisted that wave get her down to the station for questioning. Mm-hmm. Of course she denied everything. She’s lying. Oh. Problem is we, we can’t prove it. Well, okay, so, so what can we do? Tell you what we don’t do?

Let Sloan get so much as a hint that the, the police are spectacular. Oh, knowing that lion crepe, she’ll find a way to incriminate the poor girl. I still can’t believe that Ray thought that Talia was behind all this. And then Jada suspecting her own sister. I know, baby. It is nuts. But you don’t need to worry.

You don’t need to worry. They got their eye on the prize. Uh, so anyway, uh, tell me about, you went, Talia, I assume you too. Were having a nice time before I bought you on Well, You know, I, I assumed after our date last night that that was the end of the romantic road. Oh, it didn’t go well. Well, it, it started off great, but then towards the end things got kind of awkward and then I, I just assumed that she wasn’t into me and then she showed up here today with flowers.

Oh dear. That’s beautiful. Yeah. And then we started talking about last night and why she seemed so uncomfortable, and it turns out that she doesn’t have much experience with, with, with girls, with anyone. A woman like her, that’s hard to believe. I know, but I, I guess there was one guy in New York and she fell pretty hard and, and they broke up.

Hmm. She got, yeah. Pretty emotional talking about it. I’m glad you and ta are getting closer. She has such a big heart. So the, the idea that she would hurt anyone. Let alone us. The cops have got to be barking up the wrong tree.

Figured you could use this. My sister was in so much pain overseeing that guy calling. I just go on and. How on with the questions? Well, we didn’t know who the guy was, but now that you do, I suspect that Talia has put your doubts to rest. She no longer suspect that she’s involved in any of this. Well, I’ll tell you one thing.

I hope she really meant it about leaving her ex. Cause everything about that guy scream bad news.

I, uh, I have some noose. Is everything all right? You’ve been through the ringer? Yeah. Well, I just came from seeing my sister. Again, but don’t worry. Okay. I have everything under control. I thought you were supposed to be with Chanel. Yeah, I was. But we got interrupted by our mom coming home. Look, bam, don’t be upset, okay?

Because things are starting to heat up between me and little Ms. Sweet bits. She’s really into me now.

Wait, Colin. What’s going on? I just thought I’d organize cuz my clothes were everywhere and then the room is so small. Wait, but didn’t you say you had news? Yeah. Doesn’t matter. Babe, that is so great about you and Chanel. You have no idea how happy you made me

girlfriend. What happened to the police? Oh, someone was yet again, sending Helen a threatening text and. They wanna blame it on me. Another text Sounds like whoever’s doing this is running out of ideas, which hopefully means this will be over soon. I hope so.

What the hell is this? This is not the report I wrote about Stephan. My guess is Gabby got into your computer while you were at the hospital. Oh my God. Before I left the house, I opened my computer and typed in my password and she saw it. That snake combine this glowing report on my brother with the Hatcher job she did on me.

And we have a true disaster on our hands. Yeah, well, they’re not gonna get away with it because I’m gonna rewrite that report and send it to the board. Then I’m gonna take my computer to it to prove that it was hacked. Nicole. What? I don’t, I don’t know. They have to be exposed. Ej, we have no other choice.

I know, I know. It’s just, I’m worried. About what? They are going to have two reports from you on their desk, one true and one a lie. How will they determine which one is real?

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Eric left the pub as Nicole was leaving a message for Kayla about the paternity test. She was afraid he heard her conversation. When she realized he didn’t hear anything, she asked him about his eye. He said it was okay. He said he was worried about her since EJ found out about their one-night stand. She wondered what Sloan was thinking telling EJ. Eric defended Sloan’s actions. He asked if she was okay since she was talking to Kayla and was acting strangely. She told him about her cramps but brushed him off. He said he could tell they aren’t nothing. He wanted her to confide in him. Jada called Talia, but she ignored it to make out with Chanel. Talia thought about Colin wanting her to seduce Chanel so he could get justice for his mother. Talia tried to kiss Chanel when Paulina came home. Paulina apologized for interrupting. Talia ended up leaving. While Paulina and Chanel were alone, Paulina said it was a good thing she interrupted them. Jada was determined to find out what was going on with Talia. Talia showed up. Jada asked her about Colin and what she was doing with him. Talia said he was her ex-boyfriend. She said he called her the night the biscuits were drugged. She said she met him in a motel. She said she didn’t like him because she didn’t like who she was when she is with him. She said she ran into Xander and Chloe when she was breaking things off with him. Jada tried to make her feel better, but she was upset. She asked Jada if it was enough for her to believe her. Jada said she believed her.

Sloan told Colin she knew what he was up to. He said it was his turn to make Chanel pay for what she did to their parents. Sloan said his actions were impacting her. He said she would thank him when it’s over. She said she could lose her law practice and her freedom. He said he didn’t see any other way to make Chanel and Paulina pay. She said he already ruined Sweet Bits. He said that was only the beginning. Paulina told Chanel about the text and told her the police suspected Talia. Paulina said there was no evidence or motive. She said Rafe was being thorough. Chanel said she would know if Talia was out to get them. She said the police had it wrong. EJ was concerned that Stefan and Gabi were sending out bad evaluations to Shin and the board. While they were talking, EJ’s phone rang. EJ told Shin to ignore the evaluations. EJ said Shin wanted him to take anger management classes. Gabi and Stefan were happy with what he was going through. Nicole told EJ that her cramps were just cramps. She lied and told him she was in early stages of menopause. He was glad that it wasn’t something serious. EJ called Nicole and asked her to come to the office. Sloan told Colin he could go to prison for what he did. He said he had a brilliant sister who was a lawyer. He said everyone had fun after eating the biscuits. She said people were getting hurt. She said she was getting hurt. She said she had something good going. She didn’t want to mess it up. She said she didn’t realize how lonely getting revenge was until you found someone to make life worth living. She said she wanted that for him too. She said if the police called her, she was telling the truth.

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Nicole woke up after dreaming about Eric asking her if the baby was his. EJ walked in the room and wanted to know if she told him the truth about her condition. She told him that she was telling the truth. She just wasn’t happy about it. He assured her that she was beautiful. She appreciated what he was doing for her. She was glad he was okay with her situation with Eric. He thought they should move on with their lives. Sloan saw Eric’s eye and was shocked. He told her about his run in with EJ. She thought he knew about it. She said she didn’t tell him out of spite. Eric knew she didn’t do it out of spite. She knew he’d never cheat on her. Paulina read Colin’s anonymous text. She demanded that Rafe arrest Sloan. Rafe reminded her that he didn’t have enough evidence it was her. He said the text came from a blocked number. Paulina got worked up about it so Rafe wanted her to calm down. He called Sloan for questioning. Colin opened the door to Jada. She showed her badge and questioned him about Talia. He denied knowing Talia. She told him that Xander and Chloe saw her there. He told her what his name is. She wanted to see his ID. He thought her visit was more personal than professional. She admitted that it was personal. She was talking about her sister. He understood because he wouldn’t allow anyone to go after his family. She asked him about knowing Talia. He tried to close the door on her, but she refused to go until she found out about her sister.

Anna went to see Nicole. Nicole told her that EJ found out that she slept with Eric. She told her that she had another secret. She admitted that she’s pregnant and didn’t know who the father was. Nicole wanted to be happy, but she didn’t know if she could carry the baby to term. Anna wanted to know who she hoped the father would be. She didn’t know. She just wanted a healthy baby. Nicole begged Anna to keep her secret. She told her that her secret was safe with her. Sloan arrived at the police station. Rafe wanted to know if Sloan sent a text to Paulina. Sloan denied sending threatening messages to Paulina and drugging the biscuits. She warned Paulina to watch her back since she’s not the other person out there that wants to get revenge on her. She stormed out of the room. Paulina told Rafe that what Sloan said was similar to the texts. He reminded her that wasn’t evidence. Paulina yelled at him for not being harder on Sloan. Paulina passed Jada on her way out of the station. Rafe and Jada talked about Colin Firth. Sloan overheard them talking about him. She heard Jada say what room Colin was staying in. Later, Sloan went to Colin’s room. He was surprised to see her. Anna met with Tony and EJ. She admitted that she knew about Nicole and Eric. She apologized for keeping the secret from EJ. He said everything was good now since things are in the open. Nicole left a message for Kayla. She needs to know who the father of her baby as soon as possible. She turned around and saw Eric.

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 Good morning. Oh, there you’re darling. Morning. Did everybody make it off to work? Uh, Stefan and Gabi left, but uh, I just thought EJ in the kitchen. Oh, he’s not reprimanding the staff I heard. No, he was just about to take breakfast up to Nicole. Huh? Wow. Apparently she slept in.

Nicole. Nicole. Wake up.

Eric, what are you doing here? AJ could walk in any second. Give, I just saw Kayla. She told me. I told you what, you’re pregnant.

I have brought you some breakfast.

Nicole, what is it? What’s wrong?

Tony, you look surprised to see me. I am a little, uh, I just left you a voicemail.

Guess there’s no reception in the elevator. What did it say? Uh, just that I. Had a really nice time last night, but I, if you’re not feeling it and you wanna go back to being just friends, it’s all good.

And if I wanna be more than friends, is that all good too?

Watch your back because I’m still coming for you. That sure as hell sounds like a threat to me, commissioner. It does. So you just gonna stand there agreeing with me or you gonna finally arrest a person. We all know it. It’s terrorizing my family.

Please open up.

Police. Open the door now.

Is there a problem officer?

Like sand through the hourglass. So are the days of our lives.

It’s detective actually. Detective Jada Hunter, I believe you know my sister. I’m sorry. Her name is Talia. Talia. Hunter name doesn’t ring a bell, I’m afraid. Really? And how do you explain it to witnesses that saw her leaving your room? You okay? Yeah. Uh, just a little, uh, nervous. I guess. Like I said, I, I had a really nice time on our date last night, but I, it got kind of awkward towards the end.

And then since I didn’t hear from you today, I just, I kind of assumed that you weren’t into me. Well, I hope these say otherwise. Thank you. They’re beautiful, Talia. And just so you know, um, I’m, I’m kind of nervous too. I’m glad I’m not the only one. Look, Chanel, I really like you and I love how chill things have been since we met.

You think we can kind of shake the nerves and get back there? Definitely.

Would you like to come in?

I believe Abe told you I, I’ve been having panic attacks. Yeah, he did. And I’m sorry to hear that. Yeah, well they’re no fun, that’s for sure. Oh. But um, you know, Jada’s sister taught you, she was kind enough too. Uh, teach me these breathing exercises. Thing is, I don’t know how much long I can hold my breath waiting for you to do what needs to be done.

And that’s for you to arrest Sloan Peterson. I assure you the minute that I give I don’t want your assurances. Ray, I want you to lock up that bottle. Blonde bitch man, throw in. Hey boyfriends, I missed you last night. Oh my. What happened? Did you run into a door or something? No, he’s fist You suck. A punch Me.

What? When? Right after he found out I slept in Nicole From you

are. I’m fine, I’m fine. I just had a strange dream about what you know. I don’t remember. I clearly, I’ve said you perhaps a little breakfast was selling your enough ej. This is very thoughtful, but don’t you think we should get to the office? Don’t you worry about that. Okay. You know, I love to be pampered, but I don’t need to skip work.

I’m fine. Oh, I’m sorry about being overprotective. I was just so worried yesterday when I found out you were taken to the hospital.

I’m glad it was nothing serious. All right. It’s nothing serious. You said it was just early symptoms of menopause.

You were being honest with me about that, weren’t you?

Ej, of course, I’m being honest with you, I’m just not thrilled about my current condition. You, my dear, have nothing to worry about. Like a fine wine. You only get better with age. Ooh, nothing like being compared to a decile bottle in a shelf. What I mean is that with every passing day, I find you more and more intoxicated.

We have known each other for a very long time, and I can say unequivocally that you have never been more radiant and alluring than you are right now.

Okay? Allow me, Jay, and Tamira, you are spoiling me. You deserve to be spoiled. Ooh. I don’t know about that. But as I, as I told you the other night, I have noticed the effort, effort you’ve made. Show me that I’m important to you and that means so much to me, and I’m also grateful. You’ve been so cool about Eric and me.

Now you’ve both slept together. Oh God, you can say it. You can say it and why wouldn’t I be cool about it? You told me. I meant nothing. I didn’t and we were, we’re not in our right minds. Which is why I’ve decided to let it go. It was an isolated incident that changes nothing between us, so I see no reason why we can’t forget all about it and move on.

Guilty is charged. I mean, I. I ran into EJ last night and I told him that, you know, I caught you and Nicole in bet together. I assumed he knew. Is there any particular reason why you didn’t gimme a heads up? Well, I was under the impression that EJ was just gonna let it go. God, I can’t believe he punched you.

I mean, I’m so sorry. No, it’s okay. I’m fine. Fine. How is this fine. You were assaulted Eric. I mean, this could have all been avoided, had Nicole just told EJ herself. You, you guys did nothing wrong. Okay. I mean, this only happened because those biscuits were drugs. I mean, it didn’t mean anything. Right. Yeah, right.

God, if EJ would just stop targeting you and he would just turn his focus to Chanel, the Demonn Baker of Salem. I mean, thank God the Health Department shut her down before she killed someone. You know, the health Department shut down my baby’s bakery even though, you know, had nothing to do with those tainted biscuits.

I know that. I’m sorry. I feel terrible for everything junior family are going through. Oh. How you feel? Doesn’t help me rap. I need you to do get up there and arrest the Luna. Tickle who’s trying to ruin our lives. As I have said before, I can’t do anything without evidence. Where’s your damn evidence? Okay.

Yeah. It’s from a block number, probably a burner phone. Well, of course that woman’s not stupid enough to use her own phone. Yeah. Which is why there is no proof that Sloan sent it, and why we can’t be sure that someone else isn’t responsible for this. The tainted biscuits, the trashing of your office and the threatening messages.

Oh, no, no, not this, not this again. Are you really going to waste more of my time and your breath trying to tell me the threat is coming from that sweet girl Talia. I’m sorry, who exactly was it that said they saw your sister Talia? Right. Coming outta my room, Chloe Lane. Does that name ring a bell? No. No it doesn’t.

Okay. How about Xander Cook, large man Scottish accent. He said you two had some words. I see. Yeah, you were talking about my nosy neighbor. He’s a bit of a winker. That one. Be that as it may, Mr. Cook and Ms. Lane both remember seeing Talia leaving this room the other day, but you’re insisting that she was never here.

And that you do not know her. Is that right? What was all of this about? Is your sister in some kind of trouble? I certainly hope not, but you will be if you don’t start answering my questions. So let’s start with an easy one. What’s your name? Colin. Colin What? Faith. Seriously. It’s quite a coincidence really.

Tons of people actually ask me for my autograph. Well, you don’t have to worry about that with me, but I am gonna ask you to show me some id.

Hello? A latte. Fancy. Yeah. My mom had this espresso machine flown in from. Italy for Abe and don’t tell mama, but Abe privately told me that he prefers instant. This stuff is way too strong for him. They still make instant coffee. Yeah. Mr. Mayor is old school. Anyway, I made it just the way you like it. I hope you did.

Yes, I promise. It’s great. And um, so is this, you know, hanging here together. I agree. But, um, Talia, what changed? What do you mean? Well, you didn’t seem nearly as comfortable last night. You seemed distant. In fact, this plan, Colin, it’s, it’s all sorts of twisted. You’re asking me to seduce her and, and then break her heart.

You’re right, Chanel. I wasn’t comfortable on our date and um, I owe it to you to tell you why.

Nicole. Oh, Anna. Hi. Hi. I just. Just came up to see if you’re feeling better today. Physically. I’m fine emotionally. I’m not so sure. Honey, what’s wrong? EJ found out about my secret. You mean the secret? The one you shared with me a few weeks ago? Yeah, that one. Yeah. Honestly, EJ didn’t hear it from me. I didn’t.

I didn’t tell his soul. Not even Tony, Anna. No, you have to believe me, honey. I honestly would never betray your trust that way, Anna. That’s okay. I know it wasn’t you. It was that. Ah, awful. Sloan Peterson. Eric,

I hope you know that I, I didn’t tell EJ about you and Nicole out of spite. Oh, God’s honest truth. I really thought he knew. I get that.

Sloan, I appreciate you being so understanding and and trusting because I know you’re a kind and loyal person, and you would never cheat on me if you hadn’t been out of your mind as you put it, that only EJ would’ve had a similar reaction.

Ah, Tony old chap looks like it is going to be a beautiful day. I hope you and Anna will be able to go outside and enjoy it. Well, you seem to be in a good mood today. Why wouldn’t I be? Well, I’m just glad that you’re no longer brooding. Have that secret Nicole’s keeping from you. Oh, then actually I found out what that is.

Oh, and judging from your chipper mood, I assume that it turned out to be rather trivial, just like I assured you it would.

Tell me why was Nicole’s secret? Did she book her a Amanda getaway for the turvy? Oh, she you, that timepiece she had your eye on? Nope. She slept with Eric Brady.

And why do you want to see my id? Is there a reason you don’t wanna show it to me? Do you have a warrant? Do I need one? I’m just trying to figure out the nature of your visit. Detective, you’re referred to the two people who claim to have seen your sister coming from my room as witnesses. Does that mean you’re investigating some sort of crime?

Underage prostitution? Perhaps. What? When a woman is coming and going from different motel rooms, okay, hold it right there. Talia is not a prostitute and she’s not underage. And see, sounds like the nature of your visit is more personal as opposed to official. Damn right is personal. This is my sister we’re talking about.

Course now I see why you’re so rattled too. If I knew someone had hurt someone in my family, I’d make damn sure the answer to me. I wasn’t comfortable on our date because in all honesty, this is all new to me. Being with girls, you mean? No, actually being in a romantic situation. I don’t have much experience with guys either.

No. Stop it. Talia. I’ve seen the way guys look at you when they come into the bakery. They’re so busy staring at you that they almost forget to order you. Shouldn not staring at you. No, they are not. But how is it possible that you haven’t had like a zillion boyfriends? Well, okay, in high school when my friends went to prom, I was too busy studying for my AP chemistry tests.

Yeah. And then when I got to college, I was so obsessed with getting good grades to get into med school. So when I finally got into med school, yeah, you can just kiss the whole dating thing goodbye. Mm. And if I was lucky enough to have a few free hours, all I wanted to do sleep. Mm. Total opposite of me. I did get good grades, but I was so busy partying in my free time, so I was closing down bars and clubs on two continents.

Wow. I was closing down the library. Oh my God. He must think I’m like such a dork or something. No, no, not at all. I just think you found your focus a lot sooner than I did. So when did you find yours? Well, I definitely didn’t have it. When I first got to Salem, I was a hot mess. And then my mama got, uh, Lonnie, my big sister, to talk some sense into me.

And boy did she ever, she told me that I had all these opportunities and advantages and she, she made me realize that I was just throwing them all away. And so then I, I decided I didn’t wanna do that anymore. I wanted to turn my life around, and you did. Lonnie said that if I wanted to make my dreams come true, then there were no shortcuts.

It’s all about hard work. And so I buckled down and I got serious and. They paid off, and that is why even though it hurts to see sweet bits being shut down, I will not stop fighting back against the haters that made it happen. There is no way in hell that they are going to win. Look at you. You’re a real badass, aren’t you?

Yep. Just like my mama,

Talia Hunter is a lovely young woman, hardworking, smart, kind. How could you possibly think she’s behind any of this? I told you I don’t. There was a brief period in time when we had some questions, but she was able to answer all those and she has no motive. Unlike that psychopath, Sloan Peterson, who came to town with the express purpose of getting revenge on me and my baby girl.

What do you want me to do? How about your job? I tune into Peacock every single day to watch lower and order. So I know the drill. Get the perp in the room, sit ’em in a tiny room, get ’em under those lights, and then gorilla. And then crocker like a bad eggs. She is All right. Okay. Like a bring Sloan down here for questioning.

But as you already know, detective Hunter executed a search warrant at her place and they found nothing. Additionally, Sloane came down here and she gave her phone to our tech team, and there was no incriminating evidence. Oh, just gimme, gimme, gimme five minutes along with, behind that tiny room. Five minutes.

Fucking happen. No. Ooh, you hang here. Oh, sit down. Oh, do your breathing exercises take. Just sit and breathe.

Commissioner to what do I owe the displeasure someone in need of a good defense attorney. Well, somebody is going to. Paulina Price. Just received another threatening text message. You want me to come in for questioning? I would appreciate the cooperation. I can even send a car for you. Don’t bother. I know the way.

Great. We’ll see you soon.

Let me go to the station with you. Oh, I’m a big girl. I can fight my own battles. Especially Raven is a NT crew of morons. All right. Just know I got you back and all of me.

Wow. EJ knows. That you’ve slept with Eric and he hasn’t blown a gasket. That’s one for the books, huh? Oh, that’s because he knows. It only happens because Eric and I were high. All right. Right. Yeah. Well, so turns out you had nothing to worry about after all, and yet you look pretty worried right now.

Actually, and I, I am, because now I have to figure out what to do with this new secret that I’m keeping from him. What New secret? Oh yeah. You’re not gonna believe this because I can hardly believe it myself. Nothing shocks me anymore. Whatever it is. You can just lay it on me.

I’m pregnant and, and I don’t know if the father is EJ or Eric.

So Nicole slept with Eric only because they’ve been drugged by those bloody biscuits. The judgment was severely impaired just like mine was when I, yeah, when your acid assets ended up on a cup machine in Tamara. You seem surprisingly calm about all of this. Oh, believe me, when I first found out I was enraged, but I finally came to my senses, I realized that what happened between Nicole and her ex was meaningless.

And so I, uh, I feel better.

Feel better. Yes. Those, those exercises really do. Okay. Ah, Ms. Peterson, thank you for coming in. Well, I’ve got nothing to hide so you can even look through my phone, but just like last time, you won’t find anything. Of course not. We aren’t stupid enough to think that you’d use your own phone to send me those text messages.

Rolling. Would you let me handle this, please? We know the text messages that she received on her phone were not sent from your phone. Yeah. We also know that doesn’t mean a damn thing, so quit stalling and confess. Are you Rafe Snow Deputy? You lucky I don’t have Badge A gun. Look. Do you have any evidence implicating me?

No. And do you have any more questions you’d like to ask? I do actually, but just one. Did you send that text, Paulina? From a burner phone, I did not let me repeat myself for the people who might be too slow to catch it. I did not send that text.

I think we’re done here. No. No, we are not. No, no. Uhuh. We’re not done here. Not even close. You wicked long. You little suck your bus. You are going to pay for what you put us through. You can call me names all you want, Ms. Price, but that doesn’t change the facts. I didn’t send you that text. I didn’t write you those letters.

And I sure as hell to drug those biscuits. Your daughter, so gleefully handed out to half the town. I’m just Leave, leave, leave. What your Oh, I can’t walk. Can’t stand beside of it. And one more. Fact that you may wanna be aware of. It’s clear I’m not the only one in this town who wants to see you suffer. So if I were you, I would watch my back.

Okay? Be honest. Is it weird that I’m so inexperienced? No. Weird. No, no, no, no. Just, um, surprising. Like I said, the way you kiss, I never would’ve known. So there must have been someone that you had some practice with?

Uh, yeah. There was this guy that I met in New York right after med school. We had an instant connection To say I feel hard doesn’t even come close to describing it. I swear I do anything for that man still. I’m sorry. You just said would as in present tense, like you’re still with him.

You care about your family? I’m calling very much sir. Then you get while I’m worried about my sister. Look, I’m not here to get anyone jammed up. I am here purely out of concern for Talia. So why don’t you tell me how you know her? Once again, I don’t know her. We both know that’s a lie. As I said to that Scottish wanker, I am under no obligation to answer any questions about who enters or exits my room.

You will be if I get a warrant and once the courts are involved, believe me, it’s going to get very complicated. I’m going to close the door now, detective, and I would appreciate it if you went away. Rest assured. Mr. Firth, I’m going to find out who you are and how you know my sister and you will talk again.

I was at the hospital last night and I realized that my period was late. So Kayla ran some tests and it turns out that I’m pregnant with Eric’s baby. No, I mean, ma, maybe. But Anna didn’t you hear me say I don’t know who the father is. Okay, so it could be ej? Yes. Or Eric? Yes. Or Eric. I don’t know why this is so difficult to understand.

I don’t know who the baby’s father is because, because of timing or, or the drugs or Because of the one night stand with Eric. I mean, I should be happy that I’m pregnant, but I don’t know if I could carry the baby full term because of my past. But if God willing, I somehow can, honey, if you can God willing, carry the baby to full term, who do you hope is the Father?

So you punched Eric and that was that? Oh, hardly. I came back here, all fired up, ready to confront Nicole, and then Gabi told me she was at the hospital. In that moment when my anger turned to fear, my only concern was finding out if she was all right. Isn’t, thank goodness she is. Hmm. But what I don’t understand is why Nicole felt she had to lie to you.

Oh, uh, stupid question. Because she knew you’d go ballistic if she happened. Right. And I did in the ego ballistic, as I said. But we discussed it and Nicole assured me that this little drug-induced twist with Iraqs was a mistake and would never happen again. And I believed her, so I decided to let it go.

I’m so glad to hear that. And that she’s put your mind at ease. Indeed, Nicole has made it very clear that she has completely moved on from Eric. Now, the only thing those two share are memories, and once they fade, there’ll be nothing. Nothing at all, and binds them together.

I, I know this is gonna sound terrible. But I, I don’t know. I don’t know. I want the father to be, they just want the baby to be healthy. That’s the most important thing. Yes. Yes, it is.

This is a high risk pregnancy and as I said, I don’t, I don’t know if I can carry the baby to term. Oh honey, I’m so sorry. This is so difficult for you, but I’m very honored that you felt you could confide in me about it and you’d need to know that I am here for you, whatever you need, even if it’s just to talk.

Thank you, Anna. I’m very grateful for your support

Until I know who the father is, I don’t want each here to know that I’m pregnant. Oh, he’s. Can you keep this to yourself? Oh, don’t, don’t worry. Of course, your secret is safe with me. Thank you.

You heard what Sloan said, that I should watch my back. The exact phrase I was use in that text. She’s toying with us, RA glowing about how she’s getting away with all of this. She’s not getting away with anything. I didn’t see you slap the cuffs on her. How many times do I have to say it? I cannot arrest a person without evidence and using a vaguely suspicious phrase, unfortunately does not constitute evidence.

Oh, so in other words, you just, you called her down here for nothing. I called her down here to ask her if she had sent the text. I told you to grill her. You lightly sauteed her. Let her just walk out of the room. You know, I’ve had enough of this nonsense. I’m calling the Da da. Trask was drugged by those biscuits, as was I.

And I’m telling you something, we are not taking this lightly. We are not gonna arrest until we find the person who is responsible for these crimes. It just might take a little longer than it does on law and order. Okay? Okay. Okay. You should have grilled her. Oh my God.

Okay, boss. Yeah. Doing breathing exercises. Does it have anything to do with Paulina? Just leaving right now. Looking really grim. She just wants this all to stop. We’re doing her best. Oh, Paulina disagrees and certainly didn’t help that. She got another threatening text while she was here. She insisted I drag Sloan down here and of course Sloan denied that she sent a text.

I denied that she’s involved at all and blamed someone else. Maybe it was Colin Firth. What the actor? No, the lion swine. I just had a little talk with. No, no, no. I’m staying out with the guy. We broke up. What happened,

Talia, I love you. I love you. Let’s just say, um, it got a little intense. Oh yeah, it’s definitely been there. Now listen, Talia, I want you to know that there is no pressure here. Okay? I’m, I’m fine with us being just friends. Maybe we shouldn’t rush into anything. I, I’m cool with how we are right now. I’m thinking that this whole really whistleblower thing, Done us a favor.

Know where the cops distracted. Maybe it’s time to turn up to you on Chanel. Why be cool when we can be so hot together? Chanel, I want, I want you.

So Zander and Chloe Satya coming out of a room in the motel, right? So I went over there and I knocked on the door and this man answered, but he dodged all of my questions. Oh, what are you thinking? Well, we keep saying how my sister has no motive, but what if this man is her motive? Damn, I did not believe, I forgot my name is said.

His name is Colin. Gave me some fake last name. Firth. Well, I assume it’s fake anyway, because he refused to show me any id. Well, I wonder if anyone works at the White Dove knows what he’s been up to. I’m not sure. It is clear to me that the British guy standing room 1 0 6 is not the kind of trouble that any girl needs.

And you can scare me off. Think again. Go away. Detective Hunter, I have nothing more to say to you. No, no, no. This is not Detective Hunter and I have a hell of a lot to say to you.

Hello sis. Long time, no.

You think I should go talk to this guy? No. He made it very clear that unless we have a warrant, he’s not going to cooperate. Yeah. Well we need cause for a warrant. But we don’t need cause to talk to my sister. You know, if this loser won’t answer any of my questions, maybe Talia will.

Are you sure about this?

My love AJ suggested because it’s such a beautiful day. That we should get out and well, shall we go for a walk? Well, I’d love to. I’d love to darling. But first there is something I need to confess to you both. Um. I knew about Nicole and Eric. Oh, I know. No, it was, you know, Nicole confided in me. It was just between us girls.

But I, I hated keeping it from you. And I am truly sorry, ej. No need to apologize. All is well. Now that everything’s on the,

hi Kayla, it’s Nicole. I know we can’t do that DNA n a test for a few weeks with the paternity test, but I wanna make an appointment now. I need to know who the father of my baby is as soon as possible.

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Anna joins Tony in the living room of the DiMera Mansion. Tony asks if everyone went off to work. Anna responds that Stefan and Gabi left, but she just saw EJ in the kitchen and he was going to take breakfast up to Nicole because apparently she slept in.

Nicole wakes up from a nightmare about Eric finding out that she’s pregnant. EJ then enters the room with breakfast and asks her what’s wrong.

Talia shows up at Chanel’s door with pink roses. Chanel admits she’s a little surprised to see her as she just left her a voicemail. Chanel tells Talia that she had a really nice time last night, but if she wants to go back to being just friends, it’s all good. Talia asks what if she wants to be more than friends.

Paulina reads Rafe the text message that she received, which says “Watch your back because I’m still coming for you.” Rafe agrees that it sounds like a threat so Paulina asks if he’s finally going to arrest the person that they all know is terrorizing her and her family.

Colin sits in his room and sends the text to Paulina until there’s a knock at the door and it’s Jada, calling for him to open the door now for the police. Colin answers and asks if there’s a problem. Jada introduces herself and says she believes he knows her sister, Talia Hunter. Colin claims her name doesn’t ring a bell. Jada asks how he explains the two witnesses that saw Talia leaving his room then.

Talia asks Chanel if she’s okay. Chanel guesses she’s just nervous and says she had a really good time on their date but felt it got awkward at the end and after she hadn’t heard from her today, she assumed that Talia wasn’t in to her. Talia hopes the flowers say otherwise as Chanel thanks her. Talia tells Chanel that she’s kind of nervous too. Talia says she really likes her and loves how chill things have been since they’ve met. Talia asks if they can shake the nerves and get back to that. Chanel says definitely and invites her inside.

Paulina mentions to Rafe about her panic attacks and how Talia was kind enough to teach her breathing exercises but she doesn’t know how much longer she can hold her breath for Rafe to arrest Sloan. Paulina shouts that she wants Rafe to lock up Sloan and throw away the key.

Sloan joins Eric at the Brady Pub and is shocked to see he has stitches over his eye and asks him what happened. Eric explains that EJ sucker punched him right after finding out from Sloan that he had slept with Nicole.

EJ asks if Nicole is alright. Nicole claims she’s fine and just had a strange dream. EJ asks what it was about but Nicole says she doesn’t remember. EJ says it clearly upset her and suggests her breakfast could calm her nerves. Nicole thanks him but thinks they should get to the office. EJ tells her not to worry about that. Nicole says she loves being pampered but she doesn’t need to skip work as she’s fine. EJ apologizes for being overprotective but says he was just so worried when he found out that she had gone to the hospital but he’s glad it’s nothing serious since she said it was just early stages of menopause. EJ asks if Nicole was being honest with him about that. Nicole insists that she is being honest and she’s not thrilled about her current condition. EJ encourages that she has nothing to worry about. EJ says he finds her more intoxicating with each passing day. EJ brings up that they’ve known each other for a long time and she’s never been more radiant or alluring than right now. Nicole tells EJ that she’s noticed the effort he’s made to show her that she’s important to him and that means so much to her. Nicole adds that she also appreciates how cool he’s been about her and Eric. Nicole assures it meant nothing and they were not in their right minds. EJ says that is why he’s decided to let it go since it was an isolated incident that changes nothing between them. EJ sees no reason they can’t forget all about it and move on.

Sloan explains to Eric that she ran in to EJ and told him about catching Eric and Nicole in bed together as she assumed he already knew. Eric questions why she didn’t give him a heads up. Sloan says she was under the impression that EJ was going to just let it go. Sloan can’t believe EJ punched him and says she’s so sorry. Eric says he’s fine. Sloan argues that Eric was assaulted and that it all could have been avoided if Nicole just told EJ herself since they did nothing wrong. Sloan adds that it only happened because the biscuits were drugged and it didn’t mean anything. Sloan complains that EJ should stop focusing on Eric and turn his attention to Chanel, the demon baker. Sloan thanks God that the health department shut the bakery down before she killed someone..

Paulina tells Rafe about the health department shutting down Chanel’s bakery even though Chanel had nothing to do with the tainted biscuits. Rafe says he feels terrible for all they are going through. Paulina urges him to arrest the lunatic that is trying to ruin their lives. Rafe repeats that he can’t do anything without evidence. Paulina shows him the text message. Rafe guesses it’s from a burner phone which is why there’s no proof that Sloan sent it or that someone else can’t be behind everything. Paulina questions if he’s going to waste more time telling her that Talia is involved.

Colin questions Jada as to who told her that they saw Talia coming out of his room. Jada reveals that it was Chloe Lane but Colin says that name doesn’t ring a bell. Jada then asks about Xander and describes him. Colin refers to Xander as his nosy neighbor. Jada states that Xander and Chloe both remember seeing Talia leave this room the other day but Colin is insisting that she was never there and he doesn’t know her. Colin questions what all this is about and if Talia is in some kind of trouble. Jada responds that she certainly hopes not but warns that Colin will be if he doesn’t start answering her questions. Jada starts by asking his name. Colin says it’s Colin Firth which he calls a coincidence and claims tons of people ask for his autograph. Jada says he won’t have to worry about that with her but she is going to ask to see some ID.

Chanel and Talia drink lattes together. Talia tells her that hanging here together is great. Chanel agrees but questions what changed since Talia didn’t seem nearly as comfortable last night and seemed distant. Talia thinks back to arguing with Colin about their plan. Talia then admits that she wasn’t comfortable on their date and she owes it to Chanel to tell her why.

Anna goes to Nicole’s room and says she just came to see if she’s feeling better today. Nicole responds that physically she’s fine, but emotionally she’s not so sure. Anna asks what’s wrong. Nicole informs her that EJ found out about her secret. Anna swears that he didn’t hear from her and she didn’t even tell Tony as she would never betray her trust that way. Nicole informs Anna that she knows because it was that awful Sloan Peterson.

Sloan hopes Eric knows that she didn’t tell EJ about him and Nicole out of spite as she really thought that he knew. Eric says he gets that and he appreciates her being so understanding and trusting. Sloan says she knows Eric is a kind and loyal person that would never cheat on her if he hadn’t been out of his mind. Sloan remarks that if only EJ had a similar reaction.

EJ joins Tony in the living room and says it looks like it will be a beautiful day, so he hopes Tony and Anna will be able to go outside and enjoy it. Tony comments on EJ being in a good mood and says he’s glad that he’s no longer brooding over Nicole keeping a secret from him. EJ reveals that he found out what it is. Tony assumes it turned out to be trivial like he assured it would be. Tony asks EJ what Nicole’s secret was and if she booked a romantic getaway for them. EJ reveals to Tony that Nicole slept with Eric and laughs, leaving Tony confused.

Colin questions why Jada wants to see his ID. Jada asks if there’s a reason that he doesn’t want to show it to her. Colin asks if she has a warrant. Jada asks if she needs one. Colin says he’s just trying to figure out the nature of her visit. Colin asks if she’s investigating some sort of crime and remarks that it sounds more personal than professional. Jada says this is her sister they are talking about. Colin remarks that if he knew someone had hurt his family, he’d make damn sure they answer to him…

Talia tells Chanel that she wasn’t comfortable on their date because this is all new to her. Chanel asks if she means being with girls but Talia claims she means romantic situations as she doesn’t have much experience with guys either. Chanel jokes about guys coming in to the bakery and staring at her, so she asks how it’s possible that she hasn’t had a zillion boyfriends. Talia tells her that in high school, when her friends went to prom, she was studying AP chemistry and then in college, she was obsessed with getting good grades to get in to med school. Chanel calls that the opposite of her as she was always partying in her free time. Chanel thinks Talia found her focus a lot sooner than she did. Chanel recalls being a hot mess when she first got to Salem until Paulina got her sister Lani to talk some sense in to her. Chanel says she decided that she wanted to turn her life around after Lani encouraged her to make her dreams come true through hard work. Chanel says she got serious and it paid off. Chanel declares that she won’t stop fighting back against the haters that shut down her bakery as they are not going to win. Talia jokes that she’s a real badass.

Paulina tells Rafe that Talia is a lovely young woman and questions how he could possibly think she’s behind any of this. Rafe says he doesn’t since they just had questions and she answered them. Paulina argues that Talia has no motive, unlike Sloan who came to town with the express purpose of getting revenge on her and Chanel. Rafe asks what she wants him to do. Paulina remarks that she tunes in to Peacock every day to watch Law & Order, so she knows the drill. Rafe states that he could bring Sloan in for questioning, but Jada already searched her place and found nothing. Rafe adds that Sloan brought her phone in and there was no evidence. Paulina complains that she would want five minutes alone with her and then starts to panic so Rafe sits her down and tells her to do her breathing exercises. Rafe then calls Sloan and informs her that Paulina just received another threatening text message, so he’d like her to come in for questioning. Rafe tells Sloan that he will see her soon and hangs up.

Eric offers to go to the police station with Sloan, but she says she can fight her own battles. Eric says he has her back. Sloan kisses him and then exits the Pub.

Anna questions Nicole about EJ knowing she slept with Eric and not blowing a gasket. Nicole explains that EJ knows it only happened because they were high. Anna says it turns out that she had nothing to worry about after all then, yet she looks pretty worried right now. Nicole admits that she is, because now she has to figure out what to do with this new secret that she’s keeping from EJ which Anna questions. Nicole says she can hardly believe it herself. Anna claims nothing shocks her anymore. Nicole then reveals that she’s pregnant and she doesn’t know if the father is EJ or Eric.

Tony questions EJ about Nicole sleeping with Eric. EJ says it was only because they were drugged by those biscuits and they were severely impaired. Tony notes that he seems surprisingly calm about this. EJ admits that at first, he was enraged but he calmed down and realized that what happened between Nicole and Eric was meaningless, so he felt better.

Rafe asks if Paulina feels better. Paulina says the breathing exercises really do help. Sloan arrives, so Rafe thanks her for coming in. Sloan says she has nothing to hide and they can even look through her phone but just like last time, they won’t find anything. Paulina complains that they know she’s not stupid enough to use her own phone. Rafe tells Paulina to let him handle this. Paulina tells Sloan to stop stalling and just confess. Sloan mocks her and asks if she’s Rafe’s new deputy. Paulina warns that she’s lucky that she doesn’t have a badge and a gun. Sloan asks if Rafe has any evidence implicating her. Rafe admits he doesn’t. Sloan asks if he has any more questions to ask. Rafe says just one and asks if Sloan sent the text to Paulina from a burner phone. Sloan repeats that she did not send the text and thinks they are done here. Paulina argues that they are not even close to done and warns that Sloan will pay for what she put them through. Sloan repeats that she didn’t send the text, write the letters, or drug the biscuits. Sloan adds that it’s clear that she’s not the only one in town who wants to see her suffer. Sloan warns Paulina to watch her back and then storms out of the station.

Talia asks Chanel if it’s weird that she’s so inexperienced. Chanel says it’s not weird, just surprising. Chanel adds that from the way Talia kisses, she never would’ve known so there must have been someone that she had some practice with. Talia then tells Chanel that there was a guy she met in New York after med school and they had an instant connection. Talia says she fell hard and swears that she would do anything for him. Chanel questions her talking in present tense like she’s still with him.

Jada says if Colin cares about his family, he should get why she cares about her sister. Jada says she’s here out of concern for Talia and asks how Colin knows her. Colin claims he doesn’t know her. Jada argues that they both know that it’s a lie. Colin argues that he’s under no obligation to answer anything. Jada threatens to get a warrant and the court involved. Colin says he’s going to shut the door now. Jada warns that she’s going to find out who he is and how he knows her sister. Jada declares that they will talk again as she then walks away.

Nicole informs Anna that she was at the hospital last night so Kayla ran some tests and it turns out that she’s pregnant. Anna asks if it’s Eric’s baby. Nicole reminds her that she doesn’t know as it could be EJ’s or Eric’s because of the timing, the drugs, or the one night stand with Eric. Nicole cries that she should be happy that she’s pregnant but she doesn’t know if she can carry the baby to full term because of her past. Anna asks who Nicole hopes is the father.

Tony asks EJ about punching Eric. EJ says he came home fired up to confront Nicole but then Gabi told him that Nicole was at the hospital, so in that moment, all his anger turned to fear and he was just glad that Nicole was alright. Tony doesn’t understand why Nicole felt she had to lie to him but then guesses it was because he’d go ballistic if she hadn’t. EJ admits that he did but they discussed it and agreed what happened was a mistake that will never happen again and he believed her, so he’s decided to let it go. Tony is glad that it’s put EJ’s mind at ease. EJ adds that Nicole has made it clear that she’s completely moved on from Eric, so all they share is memories and once those fade, there will be nothing at all that binds them together…

Nicole tells Anna that she knows it sounds terrible, but she doesn’t know who she wants the father to be as she just wants the baby to be healthy. Nicole calls it a high risk pregnancy and repeats that she doesn’t know if she can carry the baby to term. Anna is sorry that this is so difficult for her but she’s honored that Nicole felt she could confide in her about it. Anna assures that she’s here for whatever she needs, even if just to talk. Nicole thanks Anna and says she’s grateful for her support. Nicole declares that until she knows who the father is, she doesn’t want EJ or Eric to know that she’s pregnant. Nicole asks Anna to keep it to herself. Anna assures that her secret is safe with her as they hug.

Paulina argues to Rafe that Sloan just told her to watch her back which was the exact phrase used in her text. Paulina feels Sloan is gloating with what she’s getting away with. Rafe repeats that he can’t arrest someone without evidence. Paulina complains that Rafe called Sloan down here for nothing. Rafe says he just asked her if she sent the text. Paulina says she wanted him to grill her. Paulina declares that she’s had enough and is going to talk to Melinda. Rafe points out that he and Melinda were both drugged by the biscuits, so he assures they are not taking this lightly and they are not going to rest until they find the person responsible for these crimes. Rafe remarks that it might just take a little longer than it does on Law & Order. Paulina repeats that Rafe should’ve grilled Sloan. Paulina walks out of the station as Jada arrives. Jada asks Rafe if he’s okay and comments on Paulina leaving while looking grim. Rafe states that she just wants this all to stop. Jada says they are doing their best while Rafe points out that Paulina disagrees and it didn’t help that she got another threatening text and insisted he drag Sloan down. Rafe says that Sloan denied it and suggested it was someone else. Jada remarks that maybe it was Colin Firth which Rafe questions. Jada explains that Colin is the lying swine that she just had a talk with.

Talia tells Chanel that she and the guy broke up, so Chanel asks what happened. Talia thinks back to being with Colin. Talia then claims that it just got a little intense. Chanel says she’s definitely been there. Chanel tells Talia that there is no pressure here and she’s fine being just friends, so maybe they shouldn’t rush in to anything. Chanel says she’s cool with how they are right now. Talia thinks back to Colin urging her to turn up the heat on Chanel. Talia then asks Chanel why be cool when they can be so hot together. Talia tells Chanel that she wants her and then kisses her.

Jada explains to Rafe that Chloe and Xander saw Talia leaving Colin’s motel room, so she went over there but he dodged all her questions. Rafe asks what she is thinking. Jada says they keep saying how Talia has no motive, but asks what if this man is her motive. Sloan returns to the station having forgot her phone and then hides behind the corner to listen in as Jada tells Rafe that the man told her his name was Colin, but she assumes he gave her a fake last name because he refused to show any ID. Rafe wonders if anyone who works at the motel knows what he’s been up to. Jada remarks that it’s clear to her that the British guy in room 106 is not the kind of trouble that any girl needs which Sloan overhears.

Colin remarks to himself that he won’t be scared off. There’s a knock at his door so he says if it’s Jada, he has nothing more to say to her. It’s Sloan, who calls out that she has a hell of a lot to say to him. Colin answers the door and greets his sister, telling Sloan long time no see.

Rafe asks Jada if he should talk to Colin. Jada notes that he made it very clear that unless they have a warrant, he’s not going to cooperate. Rafe says they would need cause for a warrant. Jada says they don’t need cause to talk to Talia, so if Colin won’t answer their questions, maybe Talia will.

Talia’s phone rings nearby as she and Chanel continue kissing. Chanel stops and asks if she’s sure about this. Talia asks if she can’t tell and then they continue kissing onto the couch.

Anna rejoins Tony in the living room. Tony informs her that EJ suggested they should go out and enjoy the beautiful day. Anna says she would love to, but first there is something she needs to confess to them both. Anna reveals that she knew about Nicole and Eric as Nicole confided in her and it was just between them, but she hated keeping it from EJ and she’s truly sorry. EJ responds that there’s no need to apologize and all is well now that everything is out in the open.

Nicole walks past the Pub and calls Kayla, saying she knows they can’t do the DNA test for a few weeks but she wants to make an appointment because she needs to know who the father of her baby is. Eric then comes out from the Pub.

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Marlena noticed that Eric had a black eye. He told him about the fight he got into with EJ because he slept with Nicole. Marlena thought that it meant more than he was telling her. He blamed it on the drugs. Marlena researched the drugs and said that it wouldn’t cause an increase in libido. She wanted to take him to the E.R. for stitches. EJ was upset about the way Gabi was acting about Nicole being in the hospital. He grabbed her arm as she was about to leave, but Stefan walked in the room. He demanded that EJ take his hands off of her. Gabi noticed EJ’s red knuckles. EJ said it was an accident and left for the hospital. Gabi hoped that Nicole was seriously sick. Kayla reminded Nicole that the pill isn’t completely effective. She advised her to go to her OBGYN since she’s had trouble carrying to term. She said the pregnancy is dangerous and she doesn’t know who the father is. Kate recognized her captor. She knew him based on his reputation. He introduced himself as Dimitri von Leuschner. She realized that he was Carly and Frankie’s cousin. She remembered that he posed as an ISA agent named Kyle Graham. He thought Billie told her about him. He told her everything that happened. Kate wondered why he wasn’t in jail. He didn’t tell her.

EJ went to Nicole’s exam room. Kayla left the room. Nicole lied to EJ and told him that she ate something that didn’t agree with her. EJ found it hard to believe that she rushed to the hospital for a stomach ache. She wanted to know if he was accusing her of lying. He said it was possible since she lied about sleeping with Eric. Nicole tried to deny it, but he knew everything. He admitted that he took his anger out on Eric. He said he went home to confront her about it. His anger disappeared when he found out she was in the hospital. He wanted to know if she was okay. She assured him that she was fine. Dimitri told Kate that she’s valuable as a hostage. She told him to call Roman or Chad to get the ransom money. He wasn’t ready to make demands yet. He told her that her being there was part of a bigger plan. He wanted to dance with her, but she pulled a knife on him. Kayla hid a file under her arm as Eric and Marlena came off the elevator. He was happy to see Kayla. Marlena was happy to see her too. She hugged her and the file fell on the floor. Eric was about to pick up the file when Kayla told him to leave it. She called someone to do Eric’s stitches. Eric ran into EJ at the hospital. He told Eric that he and Nicole worked things out. He wanted to pretend her one-night stand with him didn’t happen. Kayla went back to Nicole’s exam room. Nicole wanted to know how long it would be before she found out the father of her baby. Kayla thought they should do a blood test in a few weeks. She said they will need a DNA sample from one of the possible fathers. She said that no one could know about her pregnancy until she found out who the father is.

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