Days Transcript Tuesday, December 20, 2022

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 You talked to your dad about my column, right? That’s why you wanted to have a drink. And from the look on your face, it didn’t go very well. Look, uh, I’m sorry, Mattie, he just, he doesn’t really feel like a gossip column is the right fit for the spectator. Well drinks are on you. I guess. You’ve already spent all the money I gave.

It was a pitten considering that dirty little favor I did for you. Oh, come on. You know, you loved having a tussle with Sander. Okay. It was a bit of a dream come true. Only in the dream he was naked. I wasn’t wearing a muscle suit, but I was wearing a clown mask. Okay. Yeah. Well it’s a good thing that it did go off as planned and hopefully Bonnie Riak is will stop nattering on about the fact that it was Zander who kidnapped her even though it was him.

Right.

Oh, I can’t move. The eldest buddy putting those burgers, cement, . You’re the one who insists on having two of them. Look guys, I know they’re feeling, but they are my favorite. You’re so sweet to remember . Well, you’ve better ru couple weeks. Yeah, I mean it’s, it’s literally the least we could do. Thank you. I almost forgot.

This was in one of the bags. There you go. Buddy’s burgers. Scratch off it. See what you got. I, Jack. No, but my next order fries on buddy.

Serious. The real prize is having a nice dinner with my family,

I think the bad times are finally over just in time for Christmas, you know.

I’ll call you with an update as soon as they let me see Trip again. I love you too, sweetness.

I heard about the explosion. Is trip gonna be all right? I think so, baby. I think so. Sarah’s giving him a thorough checkup right now. What was he doing in Salem? Well, he got it in his head that he needed to confront EJ for causing his mother’s death. Of course, Abe is a alive, is it true? She’s the one who’s at the bomb.

Yeah. Looks like she’s up to her old tricks. And they almost got my son killed.

Well, as soon as I get your x-rays and your blood work back, I’ll probably let you go home. Well, I feel fine. The only reason I’m here is cuz my dad insists today trip. You inhaled a lot of smoke. Well, the one that I’m worried about is my mom. You understand that she stopped breathing and you saved her.

Yeah. Well, she may have survived the blast, but she’s still probably going to prison for a very long time. You can’t be serious. You know, I don’t joke around. You expect me to help you escape from police custody. Oh, you’re my partner in crime. I mean, who else am I supposed to turn to in my hour of, not me?

90 more. Goodbye, Ava. I meant what I said Zand. If you don’t help me out, I’m gonna tell Sarah everything I know.

Sarah believes in me, and now the whole town, including her, knows exactly what you are. Maybe, but I still know that you kidnapped Susan and Bonnie and I know how you do it. Once I give Sarah all the details. She’s gonna know that you never changed, but you’re still the heartless criminal you always were, and you’re gonna lose her forever,

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

Are you all right?

No, I’m not. I just think maybe the double double chili cheese. Wasn’t a good idea. Do you want me to engage you something for your stomach? No, no, I, I can keep it.

Yeah. I’m guessing she’s not All right. After all.

I guess in a way, things could have been a lot worse if TRIP hadn’t shown up to confront. What do you mean? Well, you caught up with him at the church and when Ava found out Tripp was inside, she came in to warn everybody about the bomb. Gave everyone a split second to take cover. Probably made all the difference.

Was anybody else hurt? Yeah, Nicole, Ava, I hear they’re both gonna be fine. Well, Ava’s gonna be physically okay, but I wouldn’t call her fine. Sounds like she’s really gone over the edge. Yeah, I think she’s been out there for a while. She just didn’t let us see it.

I have been trying to get my mom to come to Seattle with me in. She just won’t hear it. You know, damn, I, I should have just hopped on a plane two weeks ago and maybe none of this would’ve ever happened. You don’t know that I am the one person that can still get through to her. What she did was horrible, but she’s.

She’s been through so much and yeah, she really loves Jay cuz she saw him get killed. And ej she’s been putting all this pressure on her. Can I go check on her again? I, I would really like for you to stay put until your results are in, but I feel fine. I’m not short of breath. My chest is okay. Yes, but you are not the doctor today, doctor.

All right. Will you just check on her and let me know how she is, please. You’ve got me into enough trouble as it is. Oh, right. It tarnished your lily white reputation. I offered you a job and you grabbed it. I was desperate for money and you promised it money I never saw, by the way you botched the job.

The job description didn’t include neither. I also didn’t include letting Susan go, but she did that. God, if she hadn’t shown up at the airfield, I would be living it up right now on Jake’s millions and some tropical paradise. But you mean ejs millions. Okay. You know what I meant? Because of you. I had to take that nut Jobb, put her in my car and drive her off a cliff to get rid of her.

You are saying on Toine for that. Oh yeah, sure as hell am. And if you don’t get me outta here, I’m gonna be saying it to the cops.

So is Bonnie still seeing clowns? Sunny boy, you were sitting right there. What do you think, dad? I am really sorry. Bonnie still doesn’t feel safe. She’s still making excuses not to leave the house. Makes sense that she’s freaked out. I mean, same guy kidnaps her twice and he is still out there. I mean, do you think he’d really try to do it?

This guy’s boshed it twice already and now Xander’s had a look at him. I’m hoping Xander scared him off for good. I mean, is there anything that we can do to help? You know, maybe you two could just, uh, go out and get a drink. Bonnie’s probably embarrassed. Well, I mean, a drink sounds good. I, I mean, are you sure?

There’s nothing that we can do? No. She’s my wife. I got this. Go out and you know, have a drink. Have fun. Okay, you say so,

joy. It’s Christmas.

It’s Christmas.

Now that you’ve had time to ponder and. Have you thought about how you’re gonna cash in on that favor you did for Xander Cash in? I was helping a friend out of a jam. Sure. But we both know, you think of Xander as more than a friend, and now that friend owes you in a major way work it. This could be your ticket back into his heart, or at least back into his bed.

I mean it, Xander, if I go to prison, I’m taking you with. You’ve been arrested. You’re handcuffed to a bed. I’m not a magician. Come on, you’re the guy who kidnapped. Nicole, I’m captain in a cage. You better act fast because once the cops find out I’m okay, they’re gonna be here with the paddy wagon. God should been you the died in that car crash.

No careful zandy. You might hurt my feelings.

Your feelings on the only thing I’m capable of hurting.

Thank

So, what’s the verdict? Uh, Sarah won’t let me leave until she gets all my test results back, but at this time of night, that could take forever. Just be patient . You’re like, he be patient in this situation. No, I want to go see my mom. How about I go check on her for you? No, I’ve already asked Sarah to do that.

It must have been a real shock to find out that Ave was still alive. It is. I mean, I haven’t really processed it yet. Would’ve been better off for everyone if she stayed dead this time. Papa, how could she say anything like. She’s the reason you got kidnapped and why Susan Banks is dead. Everyone in that church could have died, all because Ava wanted to get, even with ej, she’s not in her right mind.

That’s why you need to stay away from her. Your mother is completely out of control. She’s dangerous. Please trip. Will you promise me I’ll stay away from her from now on?

Oh, put that down. You know you aren’t gonna use it. Oh, I wouldn’t be too sure about that. I get rid of you. All my problems disappear. You don’t have the guts anymore because if you did, you would’ve killed Susan when I told you to. You’re not gonna kill me either. Susan was a decent human being. You know better than the cockroaches in my motel have been doing the world a favor.

Okay, go ahead, do it. Put me out of my misery.

Sarah,

what are you doing here?

I was just trying to get some answers out of her. I was hoping to be able to give Bonnie and Justin the name of the HAI goon she’s been using. Did she say anything? No, I did not talking. No. Still weighing my options. Waiting to see her. Things shake up around here. Why don’t you let the police do the interrogating?

Yeah, you’re right. There’s a mistake coming here, Masco. Uh, no. I promised Trip that I would examine Eva. What? Yeah. I’ll catch up with you later. No, no, no. She, she just tried to love church full of people. I’m not leaving you alone with her. Oh, don’t worry. I mean, Really even, how much trouble can I cause while I’m changing a bed?

Ready? I’ll see you later.

You know what? You are right. I think I’ll just stroll right up to Sander and say, now that I’ve helped you avoid prison, can you please return the favor and jump my bones please. You need to finesse that a bit. Ah, you can’t finesse crude and pathetic. Mattie, I’m just pointing out that you’ve scored major points with your ex.

To me. You’ve totally made up for drugging his wife. I don’t think Zander would agree with you, but he sees you in a new way, right? I dunno. I suppose so. And you two are now bonded by this big secret. It doesn’t change anything. He loves Sarah, the happily married. I mean, the whole reason he’s worked so hard to cover his tracks is because he can’t bear the thought of losing her.

If you ask me, she’s totally wrong for him. You are projecting again, what does that mean? You are thinking If I can get a married Xander into bed, you can do the same thing with Sonny, who’s also happily married. What? Sonny and I are just friends. I’ve told you that. Oh yeah. Come on, admit it. You are mad for Sonny.

What’s wrong with your face?

Where’s Alex and Sunny? Uh, they decided to go out and have a drink. Well, because of May I ruined our family evening. No, no you didn’t. How’s your tummy? Um, fine. Soon as I take this,

No, I’m not going to abandon mom. Not again. Look, we know you love her, but she’s gone way too far this time. I’m afraid you’re gonna end up getting hurt again. Nobody’s gonna look out for her except. She’s all alone. She did that to herself. No, EJ pushed her over the edge and that’s the reason you need to stay away from her.

For God’s sake, dad, she came back to a town where everyone hates her just because of me. You see, she swore that she c broke all ties off with her family, and she promised me that she was gonna be a different kind of person, just for my sake.

Yeah, I didn’t know what to. Well, she’s made good on that promise for a while, for a long time.

I, I just want her to know that I still love her no matter what.

I get what he’s saying,

I do too, but I just can’t get past the fact that she almost got you killed tonight.

I can’t, I can’t lose you again.

Your vitals are good. What, uh, your vital signs. Okay, good. Oh, okay. Your son’s really worried about you. He doesn’t understand why you went to such extremes. Are you kidding me? This was all his idea. He wouldn’t leave me alone until I did what he wanted me to. You really blaming this all on trip. No, the other one, Charlie, this is all his fault.

Yeah, trip. Finally got his test results back. The chest X-ray shows smoke inhalation, but there’s not gonna be any permanent damage. Thank God. And his heart is. Yeah, I’m hoping I can convince him to fly back there with Stephanie and me tomorrow, but I’m not sure I can. He’s decided he needs to be here for Ava.

I know. I don’t like it either. Okay. I’ll keep you posted, baby. I love you.

You and mom are still planning on spending Christmas in Seattle. Well, as long as I can convince Trip to come with us, I’ve, uh, been meaning to talk to you about that I have to cancel on Christmas. Why I spent most of today trying to convince Paulina to not resign is governor. And did you do it? She said she’d sleep on it, but she’s gonna make her decision tomorrow and I need to be here to deal with it.

Well, that sounds like a lousy Christmas. You want me to stick around? No, no. Go be with Mom and Joey. Hopefully Trip will decide to go with you and let you spend Christmas alone. Well, if the next few days are anything like today, I will be too busy to even know it’s Christmas. It sounds like working for Paulita is a job and a half.

She keeps me hopping. She’s going through a really bad time, and I do like her. But this has been one hell of a day. One hell of a day. I could use a drink. You wanna join me? I’m buying. Oh, baby girl. I hate to turn you down, but I should stay around here in case trip needs me. I figured you’d say that. I’ll see you at home.

Love you. Love you too.

Rug. The rug is we stop. Okay, it’s water Henderson. We’ll see that it’s cleaned up. Not come here. Sit down. All right. Sit down on the sofa. Okay, sweetheart. What is going on? Nothing. The stupid glass fell out of my hand. I think it’s a little more than that. And don’t you know my now and I would never judge you.

Okay.

I thought things were getting better.

I keep seeing him

that evil clown. I wanna be happy, I wanna be better. Why is this happening? To what is happening? Ok. Ok. It’s alright. It’s alright. It’s OK, honey. It’s ok. Hmm. Hi. How long have you been standing there? Uh, long enough to know that you two are having an argument. Ah, yes. We argue that’s nothing new for us. Right, right.

Okay, so what was it about this time? Oh, uh, well, Gwen’s father turned down my offer to write that gossip column That would’ve given his boring little newspaper, little pizzazz. Not to mention he stole it from my mother. He didn’t actually steal it from Herati. No offense, QUni. I know you worshiped the guy, but he sure did take control of it from her in a most unseemly way, which is why he might have given her son a break.

Well, I’m, I’m really sorry it didn’t work out. Leo. I’m not as sorry as. I’m crushed. Actually, you know, I don’t handle rejection. Well get, be used to it by now. Knock it off, Alex. All right. He’s broke and he’s out of a job. Oh, um, excuse me a minute.

Hi. What’s going on? I need help again, I wouldn’t bother you if it wasn’t important. Possibly meet me in the square. What? What’s happened? I’ll explain when you get here. Okay? Yeah, I’m on my, you are a lifesaver.

So Charlie told you that you had to get, even with ej, I dunno why? Why I ever listen to. He’s never satisfied. He always wants more. You, you know, he made me, you made me drive off that road. He always makes things worse. You think that it’s hospital? You imagined Charlie? No, no, no, no, no, no. He was always there.

He was in the crit. He was in the car. I don’t know how he did it, but he came back to life. He did. He did it. He did it. Look, look, there he is. There he is. Easy standing. He’s standing right behind you. You see him? See him, don’t you? ? Now you know I’m not lying. Charlie’s for real. He’s for real.

Tell her, Charlie, tell Sarah that it was all your idea. Thomas, it’s me tr stomach. You stopped playing games with me and you tell her that it was you. You wouldn’t stop screaming at me until I planted that bomb. You know, you nearly killed your brother. Did you know that? Okay. Yeah. You, you’re confused. Are you?

You’re not seeing things as they really are. Touch me. You tried to trick me into killing your brother. You hate him so much because he is worth a hundred and you. What, what this turn, I, I’m not sure. It could be a delete, a trauma from the ball that exploded. The Why are you talking to him? You should be calling the cops.

He’s someone who should be handcuffed. Mom. Mom, look. Who look at me listening to my voice. Okay. It, it’s trip. All right. You’re, you’re seeing someone who isn’t here. Why are you trying to con me? Aren’t you? Mm-hmm. . Hmm. Both of you. I know that you’re both trying to gaslight me. Where’s Trip? I wanna see Tripp.

He’s gonna know that I’m telling the truth right here. What did you do to him? What did you do to my boy? I, I don’t, I don’t know what to do. I, I’m gonna have toed. Where is he? I’m gonna give you something that’s gonna help calm me down. No, I’m gonna do it, mom. She’s trying to drug you just like your father used to do.

No, no, no needles. Don’t you do that. Don’t. So I will kill. Do you hear me? I will kill you. No, no.

Avis alive and kicking. She says, if I don’t help her escape, she’s gonna tell the world that I kidnapped Susan Amani. Oh, come. Well, I’m glad I didn’t put too much effort and time into her obituary. I did feel sort of guilty about her at the time, given she was somewhat of a friend, but I was on deadlines and fo focus s.

Right. Yeah. Sorry. Look, Kristen blackmail means helping her is escape. So I do understand what you’re going through. What are you gonna do?

Are you bloody joking? I don’t have a choice. I can get her out of the cuffs and have the hospital burn. I am gonna need a driver. That’s why you phone me. Look, I hate asking you to get involved in this mess again, but who else can I go to? I’m desperate. Quinn. I mean, if favor talks, I’ll lose everything.

You all right? Thank you. You’re welcome. But you do keep this one thing in mind now. Now you really owe me one.

Ah, now I feel like a fool. Why? I don’t know. Seeing clowns and dropping glasses of water and ace on the rug. , don’t be so hard on yourself. You’ve been through a traumatic experience twice. Twice. Justin, this isn’t like me. I went to prison, state prison for years. I am a tough. And I’m afraid of my own shadow.

I mean, I get it. I mean, Kyle is stark kinda scary. I mean, they have these painted on smiles and they’re not smiling underneath. I mean, it is Never might, Sarah thinks you might, uh, have posttraumatic stress disorder. Oh God, I heard her, but come on, is that even a thing? Yes. It’s a real thing, and the worst thing you can do is suffer with it in silence.

Justin, it’s too embarrassing to talk about. Get over it, please. Okay. You are still feeling terrified and you can’t keep that feeling bottled up. You need to talk about it seriously. Like what Dr. Phil? Well, I was thinking of something more private. Like seeing Marlena, Justin, come on. She’s a shrink, but there’s no shame in seeing a therapist and Marlena’s one of the best.

Your friend Nancy, didn’t she see her for a few sessions? Right? Well, at this point I guess it couldn’t hurt. Good. Okay. Well, uh, let’s make an appointment after the holiday. Would you call for me?

I can do that.

I dunno what I did about you. That works out because I don’t know what I’d do without you two . Come here. I got this. I got this.

Looks like I’ve been ditched by my bff. You gentlemen. Wanna join me for a libation or two? No, not sure. Why not? What come, Alex, if we can have one drink with him. Hey. But now that looks like a woman who could use a drink. Hmm. That’s why I’m here. You would not believe the day I’ve had. Well, I want to hear all about it.

I’m sorry. Uh, a spectator job didn’t. Maybe I can still find you something to tighten. We’ve discussed this already, sunny. We both know that wouldn’t work. I’m going to have to get creative about my living arrangements though. What do you mean? Well, my current residence, aka the Bates Motel, is kicking me out tomorrow for non-payment of rent on Christmas Eve.

Probably shouldn’t have spent my last $300 on skincare products. Oh. Leo, you’re joking, right? It’s Winter Jackson. I’m trying to maintain my boyish appeal. Okay. Oh my God. Um, look, why don’t you just, I’m move in with Gwen or something. Chad’s there makes it a non-starter.

What are you gonna do? Uh, well, I’m hoping an angel comes into this bar and you know, Tinkles Bell and suddenly I have a wonderful life. Okay, well, I think the odds of that actually happening are not very high. Yeah, same here. But otherwise, I have not come up with plan B yet.

If you really are about to be kicked outta your motel, why? Come stay with me.

Are you really inviting me to move in with you? I don’t particularly like the idea of you sleeping on a park bench on Christmas. So, uh, and what does will think about this idea? I told. Will is staying in LA for work, so he doesn’t get his say in this. And the grouchy old Grinch. I will talk to Uncle Vick.

It’s a big house, and I will convince him that, you know, you’ve changed. You have changed. Right. I’m a model citizen now. I will be good, I promise. Okay. I’ll then tell Norman Bates that you have made other arrangements. You are such a men’s Jackson. K. Thank you so much. What her friends form.

I know why mom’s been doing the things she’s doing. She said Charlie’s been telling her to do them. She’s hearing voices. I’ve seen things too. If she thought I was him, I’m, I’m gonna have her transferred to Bayview and they can diagnose her and come up with a treatment plan. Come on, do this, please.

What’s, what’s going on? This is all your fault. I’m gonna tell everyone what you pick.

Things had gone slightly differently. My brother could have been blown up by a bomb, his mother planted. No wonder you needed a drink, and in spite of all that trip is still in her corner. He wants to take care of her. Well. I can relate. My mother did some crazy things too, but still loved her. Is Christmas hard?

Yeah, a little bit, but it’s really good to be back with Sonny and my dad. My whole family’s supposed to be in Seattle with my brother Joey. My dad’s flying out tomorrow and he is hoping he can convince TRP to go with him. Oh, so what about you? Uh, I have to stay because of work. You’re staying by yourself.

I’ll survive. I mean I’ll, and I’ll just throw on home alone and order some takeout. No, no, no. Screw that. You’re spending Christmas with me.

This was all your idea. Kidnapping Susan, killing Susan. The ball in the church. All fame. You made me do it. You dunno what you’re talking about. Tell them the truth. Charlie, tell them you made me do it. She’s been having hallucinations and psychotic episodes somehow her transferred to Bayview. That’s, uh, well, it explains a lot.

Please don’t. Please, please don’t make me go there. I don’t wanna leave trip. I’m, I’m right here. I’m right here. Mom, I’m going with you. You are you really? Here?

My sweet boy.

I don’t wanna leave you. I don’t want to go there. I, it’s gonna be okay. So I, I promise. Ready? We’re gonna get you better. I’m scared.

Are you sure your family will be okay with me crashing their Holland? Of course. Are you kidding me? The more the merrier. So you bailed out my Thanksgiving and now you’re doing it again for Christmas. Well, I keep trying to tell you, Stephanie, I am a pretty great guy. You know what? I am starting to believe?

And I’m starting to think this is going to be the best Christmas ever.

This is going to be the best Christmas ever, and it’s all because of you tonight, son, that big of. Not that big a deal. You are keeping me from sleeping on a park bench and spending the holidays all by my lungs. Do you hear that? Go hear what? A little bell just went tingling. It turns out I do have a Christmas angel.

After all,

I can’t believe Ava’s still alive. Have the police questioned her? Did she name her accomplice? No, she didn’t, but now that she’s in custody, maybe she’ll give him up to cut a deal. I don’t see that happening. Why? Because Ava’s gone off the deep end. They’re moving her to Bayview as we speak. I don’t think she’ll be in any condition to answer questions anytime soon.

Damn. I was hoping to be able to tell Bonnie that this is all over now. We may never find out who the kidnapper was.

The ambulance is here so I can ride with her. I want my mom, uh, you don’t have to do that. I’ll, I’ll go with her. I’ll walk down with you. Hey mom, you need help. Okay. I’m gonna get it for you, okay? I’m gonna go in the ambulance with you,

please. Just get me outta here.

Oh, I can’t believe I’m feel bad for her, not me. I mean, saying her insane. She’s got a lot of people, you know.

It’s never ending. Uh, I’ll see you. Thank you again for my birthday. Surprise.

Good morning, doc. Merry Christmas Eve. Oh, oh

wow. Strawberries. Hmm. Whipped cream breakfast bed. I think you’re spoiling me. You deserve bed so much more. It looks really beautiful. Thank you.

You tossed and turned all night. Oh, I hope I didn’t keep you awake. I’m not worried about you. So talk to me.

Last night at the chapel and when the explosion happened before I even had time to process what happened? I was thinking about some, about someone about.

She’s been known to have God in churches. And then, um, I woke up this morning and I realized that she’s living.

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Tripp rushes up to hug Ava and says he’s so glad to see her. Ava repeats that they have to get out of here. EJ tells Nicole to call the police. Johnny rushes in to the church. EJ assumes this is the mystery woman he was talking about. Johnny confirms that he found her in disguise. EJ guesses she came back to admire her handy work. EJ declares that Ava is going to pay for what he did to his mother and grabs her arm. Tripp tells EJ to get his hands off of her. Ava tells Tripp that she can handle EJ and orders Tripp to just go. Tripp refuses to leave her but she says he has to. Tripp questions what she is talking about. Ava then announces that there is a bomb, shocking everyone in the room. Ava uncovers the bomb underneath the table which is counting down from 6 seconds. Ava screams for Tripp to run and then the bomb explodes.

Eric and Brady hear the explosion from the town square and wonder what that was. Brady suggests it was thunder. Eric wants to get back to the bomb that Brady just dropped. Eric questions what Brady meant by saying Kristen blackmailed him in to breaking up with Chloe and asks what she is holding over his head.

John tells Kristen that if she keeps insisting she’s not a good person, confession is good for the soul. Kristen remarks that it’s too bad there’s not a priest around. John decides she’ll have to settle for the next best thing; an old friend. John asks what is weighing on her conscience and insists that he’s here for her, so she can talk to him.

Steve joins Rafe at the Brady Pub and offers to buy him the next beer. Steve asks if he’s made any progress on building the case against EJ for kidnapping Tripp. Rafe says not yet, but thank God Tripp is safe. Steve points out that he could’ve easily been killed…

EJ, Nicole, Johnny, Marlena, Ava, and Tripp are knocked unconscious in the church after the bomb went off.

Kristen tells John that she spent most of her life on the naughty list but she always felt that she was doing what she did for the right reasons. John acknowledges that she has a big a heart as anyone he knows and sometimes that can lead to inadvertently hurting people. Kristen says what she really wants is a loving family and to be a good mom and devoted wife. Kristen declares that she wants her daughter Rachel to know that she is loved and safe. John responds that is all they want for their kids. Kristen appreciates him saying she has a big heart, but thinks he’s the only person in the world that thinks that. John says they don’t know her like he does. Kristen calls him a good man and says he’s been very kind. John repeats that he’s there for her whenever she wants to talk. Kristen says she appreciates that but she has to head out to pick up Rachel from her after school program. Kristen thanks John for the talk and for understanding as she then exits.

Brady tells Eric that it’s not his life that Kristen is threatening, so Eric asks whose it is. Brady says he said too much already and wants to forget about the conversation but Eric can’t do that. Brady brings up that Eric just quit his job and broke up with Nicole, so he has other things to focus on. Eric argues that this feels like one of those things. Eric says if somebody he cares about is in danger, it’s probably someone he cares about too. Eric asks who Kristen is threatening to hurt. Brady finally reveals that it’s Marlena, Kate, and Kayla, and if he doesn’t do exactly what Kristen wants, then all three of them die.

Tripp and EJ begin waking up in the rubble in pain from the explosion. EJ calls out to Johnny, who then regains consciousness as well. EJ crawls over to Johnny to check on him, who says he is okay. Johnny says the gash on EJ’s head looks pretty bad. EJ says he’s fine but not sure about anyone else. Johnny calls out to Marlena as she then wakes up. They crawl over to Marlena, who asks if anyone is hurt. EJ then asks where Nicole is.

Steve questions Rafe if EJ is just going to walk away free after what he did to his son. Rafe argues that Steve knows how this works as he has to find evidence that EJ was responsible for the kidnapping or that he ordered it and then they will take him down. Rafe assures that he wants to do that as much as he does, maybe more. Steve asks why more. Rafe says he shouldn’t have said that since EJ kidnapped Steve’s son, so it’s not more. Steve asks what he’s talking about and what’s going on. Steve feels this is just as personal to Rafe as it is to him. Rafe admits that it is, as he just found out that EJ is shacking up with his wife.

Johnny tells EJ where Nicole was standing when the blast went off. EJ then locates her as she begins waking up. Nicole complains of her arm hurting but says she’s okay. Tripp begins calling out for his mom. Tripp finds Ava and notes that she is not breathing. Tripp then begins trying to revive her.

Sarah goes to the hospital where Xander and the hospital staff surprise her for her birthday. Sarah can’t believe it and says she’s so touched. Xander presents her with a birthday cake and has her make a wish as she blows out her candle.

John tries calling Marlena but it goes to voicemail. John leaves a message, saying he can’t believe the service is still going so maybe she went to the reception. John says he had a long talk with Kristen and got her to open up a little but she stopped short before revealing what she is hiding. John adds that he thinks even more now that Kristen is holding something over Brady, so now he’s even more determined to find out what it is.

Brady sits with Eric and says he shouldn’t be telling him this but he’s been keeping it inside and it’s been driving him nuts. Brady adds that part of Kristen’s threat was that if he told anyone, all three women would die. Eric asks how. Brady explains that when Orpheus infected Marlena, Kayla, and Kate, Kristen had the orchid to cure them but she threatened to withhold it if he didn’t do exactly what she wanted which was breaking up with Chloe and allowing Kristen to move in with him. Brady says it was the last thing he wanted, but he had no choice as he knows what Kristen is capable of and he wasn’t going to put the three women’s lives at risk.

Rafe thanks Steve for the beer. Steve tells him that he’s sorry about the pending divorce as he knows that has to be tough. Rafe confirms it is and admits it’s a bit humiliating too because he and Nicole were married for like five minutes. Steve argues that he was in love. Rafe calls Nicole the most neurotic, disloyal person on the planet but says it’s all for the best. Steve says he almost sounds convincing. Rafe says he will keep him in the loop on Tripp’s kidnapping and adds that Jada is a good cop, so hopefully she will find something. Steve then gets a call from Kayla, who informs him that Tripp got a flight to Salem and she’s convinced that he’s coming to confront EJ about Ava’s death, which Steve then shares with Rafe.

Marlena joins Tripp and they find a pulse as Ava begins breathing again. Johnny brings up that Ava said she was hard to kill and guesses she was right. Tripp says they need to get Ava to the hospital. EJ asks if Nicole can walk. Nicole says she will try. EJ offers to carry her if not. Nicole then finds her leg is stuck under a beam. EJ and Johnny try to remove it. Tripp joins them and then they look up in worry that the ceiling is about to collapse.

Sarah and Xander eat birthday cake. Xander asks what she wished for. Sarah responds that she wished he would forgive her for accusing him of being the clown that kidnapped Bonnie and Susan because she felt that she hurt him. Xander points out that she already apologized and there’s no reason to. Sarah feels there is because he has worked so hard to make himself a better man, so she shouldn’t doubt that. Sarah says the least she can do is be honest and admit her mistakes like he has. A nurse comes over for Sarah’s help with work. Sarah then notes that Xander looks pale. Xander responds that there is something she needs to know.

With worry about the ceiling coming down, Marlena says they have to move the beam. Nicole tells them to just go but EJ refuses to without her. Johnny says the beam won’t budge.

Eric asks Brady if he and Kristen are really back together. Brady assures that they are not and they are only living in the same place. Brady adds that Kristen knows better than to expect anything more and hasn’t pressed the issue. Eric asks what happens when she does. Eric can’t figure how Kristen has this hold on him and asks why he didn’t kick her out after the women got the antidote. Brady explains that Kristen claims the women are going to need a second dose after New Year’s or they won’t survive. Eric questions believing her. Brady asks how he could take that chance when their lives are at stake. Eric can’t believe Brady has been carrying this secret the entire time. Brady admits it hasn’t been fun holding it inside and says it’s been Hell having to live with Kristen. Brady adds that to top it off, he lost Chloe to Stefan DiMera. Eric asks if he’s going to let Kristen get away with it. Brady says as long as the women’s lives are at stake, she’s going to get away with it. Brady reminds Eric that he has to keep this between them. Eric promises not to tell a soul but says together, they will figure out a way to stop Kristen from hurting him and people they both love.

EJ, Marlena, Johnny, and Tripp manage to remove the beam from Nicole’s leg. EJ, Johnny, and Marlena help Nicole to her feet while Tripp checks on Ava. EJ and Marlena help Nicole out of the building. Tripp asks Johnny for help with Ava, arguing that they can’t leave her there to die. Johnny points out that Susan believed in helping people no matter what, so he agrees to do it in the spirit of Susan Banks. Tripp and Johnny then carry Ava out of the building.

Sarah asks what Xander needs to tell her. Xander starts to tell her but Sarah gets paged that there’s been an explosion at the church and they’ve already brought some people in. Sarah thanks Xander for the birthday party and says she has to go, so she runs off before Xander can tell her anything more.

Brady goes home where John greets him. Brady asks if Kristen is there. John says she went to pick Rachel up from school. John notes Brady’s expression and asks what’s wrong and if there’s something he needs to tell him. Brady informs him that he just saw Eric. John asks how he is. Brady says Eric is not good as he just quit his job at Basic Black and things with Nicole are pretty bad, so he doesn’t want to be anywhere near her now.

Steve tells Rafe that he better get to the DiMera Mansion so Tripp doesn’t get into it with EJ and make things worse. Rafe says he’ll go with him. Rafe then gets a call. Rafe hangs up and informs Steve that Tripp isn’t at the DiMera Mansion, but at the hospital with his mother. Rafe reveals that evidently, Ava Vitali is still alive.

Ava is in a hospital bed. Tripp sits at her side, pleading with her to wake up. Ava then wakes up and they hug as Tripp tells her that she’s okay. Ava is thankful that he’s okay and safe. Ava tells Tripp that she had no idea he would be in the church, so she went back in to get him out. Ava is thankful that she wasn’t too late.

Xander remains sitting at the hospital looking sad. EJ and Johnny arrive. Johnny urges EJ to get checked out since he hasn’t stopped bleeding. EJ insists that he will be fine and needs to be with Nicole.

Sarah checks Nicole out in a hospital room. Sarah says everything checks out and she doesn’t think her arm is broken but she will take some x-rays to be sure. Sarah notes that Nicole is really lucky. Nicole agrees that it could have been a lot worse. Sarah tells Nicole that she’s going to be alright as EJ enters the room and says thank God for that.

John tells Brady that it’s too bad for Eric and Nicole as they’ve had a rough ride. Kristen comes home and says it’s about to get rougher as she just heard that Nicole has leeched onto EJ. Kristen comments on Nicole going from Rafe to Eric to EJ and remarks that some women are just fickle. Brady asks where Rachel is. Kristen says she asked to have a playdate with her friend Amanda, so she couldn’t say no. Kristen asks if that’s okay with Brady. Brady says it’s fine. Kristen suggests they can go pick her up together. Marlena then comes home, covered in dirt from the explosion. John rushes up to hug her and asks what happened to her and what’s going on.

Xander approaches Johnny at the hospital and notes that EJ was sure in a rush, so he asks what happened to him. Johnny informs him that they just came from Susan’s memorial service at St. Luke’s. Xander mentions hearing about an explosion, so he asks if it was a gas leak. Johnny reveals that Ava planted a bomb. Xander argues that Ava is dead. Johnny says that’s what they all thought, until they saw her at the church and she tried to blow them all to kingdom come.

Ava doesn’t know what she would have done if something happened to Tripp. Tripp questions why she would do something like this and put a bomb in a church that could’ve killed innocent people. Rafe and Steve arrive. Rafe says he’d like to know the answer that too. Steve hugs Tripp and checks on him. Tripp starts coughing so Steve wants him checked out but Tripp wants to stay with Ava. Rafe tells him not to worry and assures that Ava is not going anywhere. Rafe then tells Ava that she’s under arrest for five counts of attempted murder and whatever else the district attorney decides to tack on.

Sarah checks out EJ and suggests he follow up with his regular doctor but she doesn’t see any sign of a concussion. EJ jokes that he has a very hard head which Nicole says she can confirm. Sarah says she’ll check on them later and exits the room. EJ asks if Nicole is okay. Nicole says not really. Nicole admits she tried to hide it at the church, but when she was under the beam and thought the roof might fall in, she was so scared. EJ tells her no one is there but them now, so she can show it now. EJ hugs Nicole as Eric then walks in.

Marlena tells John, Brady, and Kristen about the explosion. Marlena says that Johnny went to the hospital with EJ, but he’ll be fine. Kristen argues that EJ shouldn’t have gone in to the church and jokes that she’s surprised he wasn’t struck by lightning. Brady argues that people could have died. John is so glad that Marlena is okay. Kristen comments on John and Marlena already making up. Brady asks what she’s talking about. Kristen talks about how John confided in her that he and Marlena had a fight and he stood up for her when Marlena wanted to kick her out. Kristen tells Marlena not to deny it and complains about Marlena wanting to kick her out in to the cold, days before Christmas. Kristen asks how Brady feels about that.

Eric tells Nicole that Marlena said she was injured, so he rushed over as soon as he could. Nicole says she’s fine and it’s just a sprain. EJ adds that the doctor said she could be discharged. Eric calls that good news. EJ notes that she will still need rest to heal and that’s why she’s coming home with him. EJ thanks Eric for coming as Eric then turns and exits.

Xander asks Johnny is sure that Ava is still alive. Johnny tells him that he can go see for himself as Rafe is there questioning her. Xander is shocked that she’s there at the hospital. Johnny confirms she was caught in the blast. Xander doesn’t get why Ava was anywhere near the bomb if she planted it. Johnny explains that she didn’t know Tripp was going to be in the chapel when the bomb went off, so she found out and tried to get him out, but she was too late.

Rafe handcuffs Ava to the hospital bed. Ava jokes about hearing Nicole moved on already so Rafe is back on the market. Rafe tells her to shut up and reminds her that she has the right to remain silent. Tripp asks if they really have to do this right now when Ava just regained consciousness. Tripp starts coughing again, so Steve worries that he may have smoke inhalation and wants him checked out. Tripp tells Ava that he will be right back as he’s going to be there for her no matter what. Steve and Tripp then exit together. Rafe tells Ava that she managed to cheat death yet again but this time, she’s going to have to live with the consequences of her actions as she’s going away for a very long time. Ava says they’ll see about that.

Kristen asks Brady if he wants the mother of his child to be kicked to the curb and suggests she could stay at the Salem Inn. Brady assures that he wants her here so they can be a family for Christmas. Kristen says that’s what she wants and declares that it’s settled that she is staying. Kristen tells Marlena that she’s so glad she’s still alive to celebrate the holiday with Brady, Rachel, her, and John. Kristen jokes that she believes it will be a joyous time as she exits the room.

Eric stares in the hospital room window at EJ and Nicole. Rafe comes off the elevator and tells Eric that he just heard about Nicole, so he asks how she’s doing. Eric responds that Nicole is doing great as EJ is taking care of her now. Eric then walks away as Rafe looks in through the window and shakes his head, seeing EJ and Nicole laughing together.

Sarah goes over to Johnny and tells him that EJ and Nicole are going to be okay. Johnny thanks her for taking care of them. Johnny notices the balloons and tells Sarah happy birthday. Sarah talks about Xander planning this surprise for her and asks if he’s seen him at all. Johnny says he was right there, but like the rest of them, he was pretty spooked when he found out Ava was still alive.

Xander sneaks in to Ava’s hospital room. Ava remarks that it’s just like old times. Ava brings up how Kristen and Dr. Rolf raised her from the dead and Xander took care of her, so now he’s going to take care of her again. Xander asks what she means. Ava instructs Xander to get her out of the handcuffs and then out of the hospital, warning that if he doesn’t, she’s going to tell Sarah that he was her accomplice in kidnapping Susan and Bonnie.

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Days Short Recap Friday, December 16, 2022

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Recap written by Michele and Cheryl

John told Kristen that he and Marlena argued over her. Kristen asked why they argued about her. He said he didn’t want to throw her out the way Marlena did. He said he didn’t think she was manipulating Brady. He said she belonged with Brady and Rachel. He said Marlena jumped to the wrong conclusion. He brought up how he first met Kristen when she was Kristen Blake. He said he has seen the old he fell in love with since she’s moved in. He said he wanted Marlena to see what he sees in Kristen. He wanted her to tell him what she did. Eric told Brady that he was quitting Basic Black since he and Nicole broke up. Brady thought it was because of Jada and the baby. Eric told him Nicole talked Jada into aborting the baby. Brady told him it wasn’t fair for him to blame Nicole. Eric said it didn’t matter. He said he and Nicole were too different. He told Brady about the argument he and Nicole had over him sleeping with Sloan. Brady insulted Sloan. Eric reminded him about living with Kristen. Brady said they weren’t getting back together. Eric said he was still attracted to her. Brady said he was attracted to vodka too, but he knew it was a disaster to be with Kristen. Eric said it was only a matter of time before he gave into her. Brady said nothing was going to happen after what she did.

Chloe and Stefan showed up while Brady and Eric were talking. Stefan ripped into Brady for the way he treated Chloe. Brady tried to defend himself, but ended up hitting Stefan. Stefan continued to argue with Brady until he and Chloe left. Eric told Brady that he knew that was hard for him. Eric wanted to know what was going on between him and Kristen. Brady admitted that she blackmailed him. Johnny was shocked to see Ava at the church. He thought no one could have survived the crash. She said she was hard to kill. He asked if his grandmother was still alive. She said she jumped from the car after it went through the guardrail, but Susan didn’t. He wondered why Ava was wearing a disguise. She said she wanted to pay her respects and didn’t want to be recognized. He didn’t believe it after what she did to his grandmother. She let him know that EJ was the one who started the war when he made her leave town. He said she started the war when she faked her marriage to Jake. She said he defended her to EJ. He said that was before she killed his grandmother. She said she kidnapped Susan, but she didn’t kill her. She said all EJ had to do was pay her. He said EJ didn’t pay her. She said he didn’t do it until after he kidnapped Tripp. Johnny asked why she still drove his grandmother off the cliff even when she knew Tripp was safe. While at the service, EJ wondered what was keeping Johnny. Marlena said he was looking for a woman earlier. Mary didn’t want Susan’s service to be delayed any longer. There was a bomb under the altar. Tripp showed up at the church. He blamed EJ for killing his mother. They argued with each other. Mary told them to stop. She went outside and saw Johnny talking to someone. He said he hoped he didn’t miss the service. She told him a young man came to yell at EJ for kidnapping him. Ava went inside the church. Tripp continued to yell at EJ. EJ told him to leave. Tripp said he wasn’t leaving. Ava came in and told Tripp to come with her. Tripp hugged her. She tried to get him to leave, but EJ stopped her. She told Tripp to leave because there was a bomb. The bomb went off.

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Days Transcript Monday, December 19, 2022

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THIS STILL NEEDS EXTENSIVE EDITING!

 My God, mom. Okay. I’m glad to see you too, baby. But we gotta get outta going anywhere. Nicole called the police. The police. I’m assuming this is a mystery woman you were searching for earlier. Yeah, she showed up in a disguise returning to admire her handy worth. No doubt. But don’t worry, Ava’s gonna pay you for what she did to your grandmother.

Hey, get your hand off. Hey, don’t worry, I can handle EJ Tripp. Just please go. No, I’m not gonna leave. Yes, you have to. Why? What’s going on? There is a bomb. What mom? Whatcha are you talking about? Talking about right here.

What was that? I don’t know. Thunder. Maybe. Hey, well let’s get back to the bomb and you just dropped. What do you mean? Kristen blackmailed you into breaking up the. Or she holding over your head? If you keep insisting that you are not a good person, I don’t think I have to tell an ex none. That confession is good for the soul.

Yeah, it’s too bad there’s not a priest around. No. Yes. You’re just gonna have to settle for the next best thing. It’s an old friend. So what’s weighing so heavily on your conscience?

You can talk to me. Kristen, I’m here for you.

Hey buddy. Hey, how about I take care of the next one? Hello. What’s this? By your favorite commission, beer Day? Well, that would suggest that you’re my favorite commission. And I guess you are, since you’re the one and only damn, talk about kicking a guy when he is down. Sorry about that. I’m more serious enough.

Any progress on building that case against CJ Damara for kidnapping my son? Well, nothing yet. Thank our trip. Safe. But he could have easily been killed.

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

You know, me, John, I, I spent most of my life on the naughty list. But everything I’ve done that that’s been wrong. I’ve always felt I was doing it for the right reasons. I don’t doubt that.

Cause Kristen, you have got as big a heart as anyone I know. And let me tell you something. Sometimes when, when we hadn’t kind of. Spirit and passion that you do. When we, when we so fiercely go after something we, we really want, we can inadvertently end up hurting people we really love. I know this is the last thing you’ve wanted to do.

Yeah. That is so true. That is so true. What I want, what, what I really want most is I want a loving family. I wanna be a good. I wanna be a devoted wife. Oh, but what I want most, what I want most of all, is Sarah. I want Rachel to know that she is loved and that she is safe.

That’s all we want for our kids.

I appreciate you telling me that I have a big heart, but I think you’re the only one on this planet who, who does . Well, it’s because people don’t know that you, like I do.

John, you’re a good man. Thank you. And uh, you’ve been very kind. Yeah. Like I said, I’m here for you whenever you want to talk. I appreciate that. All right. I, uh, have to head out. Gonna be late back. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Picking up Rachel from after school program.

Um, John, I want to thank you. Thank you for the talk and for understanding.

If Kristen is holding a gun to your head, no, it’s not my life that she’s threatening then who’s,

look, I’ve said too much already. Won’t we just forget about this conversation? Okay. When, how am I supposed to do that? I don’t know. You know, you just told me you’re quitting your job. You, you told me you were having issues with Nicole. You got other things to focus on, obviously. So yes, I do, but this feels like one of.

Listen, Brady, if somebody you care about is in danger, probably somebody I care about too. Who is Kristen threatening to hurt

your mother? Kate. Kayla. And if I don’t do exactly what Kristen wants, all three of them die.

I’m here.

You.

Hey. That looks pretty bad,

but I’m sure about anyone else. Grandma come

if anybody hurt. Why’s Nicole?

So after what EJ did to my kid, he’s just gonna walk away. Scott, free fuck. Come on, Steve. Oh, look, you know how this works. I gotta find evidence that EJ is responsible for the kidnapping or that he ordered it. All right? And then we’re gonna take this son of a bitch down. Trust me. I want to do that as much as you do.

Maybe more. More. Why? More? Not more. Not more. Look, I shouldn’t have said that. You know, I mean the guy, the guy kidnapped your son. All right. It’s not more, it’s. Look, it’s just, um, what are you talking about? What’s going on, dude, why don’t I get the feeling that this is just as personal to you as it is to me, because it is.

I just found out that the guy’s shacking up with my. Hey Nicole. She was there. She was standing right there when the glass went off here. . Where did she, where she go? She sit here. Oh, Nicole, gosh.

Sorry I didn’t,

must landed on my arm because it hurts. Like how?

I’m okay. I’m okay. Thank God.

Mom.

Mom.

She’s not breathing.

Mama. Damn it. Mama. Come on.

I can think, I forget your birthday, did you? Love of my life deserves to be celebrated every day, especially today. Baby, this is so sweet. I, I’m sorry that he forced you to stop doing whatever it was you were doing to join this little party, but I was so touch. Thank you so much. And now, yes, candle is already lit, so

make a wish.

Voicemail. Hey Doc, it’s John. I can’t believe that service is still going on, or maybe it went over the dam mirrors for the reception. Anyway, I had a long talk with Kristen. Got it open up a little bit, but she stopped you short of telling me what she’s hiding. But I’m even more convinced she’s holding something over Brady.

Now I’m even more determined to find out what that is.

I shouldn’t even be telling you this. Alright? But I, I’ve been keeping this inside. It’s been driving me nuts. Can only imagine. Part of Kristen’s threat was that if I told anybody that all three women would die. Die. How remember back in September, An Orpheus infected all those women with, with that biotoxin.

Yeah. How can I forget? Well, Kristen had the orchid that was needed for the cure, and she threatened to withhold it if I didn’t do exactly what she wanted, which was breaking up with Chloe so she could move in with you. Exactly. And Eric was the last thing I wanted, but my God, what choice did I have? You know, I’m fully aware what Kristen is capable of and I wasn’t about to put those three women’s lives at risk.

Well, thanks for the bear. No problem. Listen man, I’m sorry about the pending divorce. I know that’s gotta be tough. Yeah, it is. It is. It’s uh, you know, uh, quite. It’s a bit humiliating too, you know, cuz Nicole and I were married for about what, five minutes? Why is humiliating? You were in love. Yes, I was. I was in love with the most neurotic, disloyal person on the planet.

However, it’s all for the best Really. You almost sound convincing. I’ll keep you in the loop on your son’s kidnapping. Jada’s a good cop. Hopefully she’ll find some.

Hey, sweetness. What’s up?

He did what? Ejs. Okay. Okay. I’m on it. What’s going? Kayla just found out that Tripp took a flight to Salem earlier today. She’s convinced he’s coming here to confront EJ about Ava’s death.

I’ve got a pulse. Well, she’s breathing. Thank God when I got her outside she said she was already killed. Yes, she was right When you need to get her to a hospital. We all need to get outta here. And you walk. I’m a little woozy, but I’ll try. If you can’t, I can carry you. Ah. Oh. What, what? Oh, my leg is so good that it’s beam.

I, I didn’t feel it before coming. Johnny. One, two. Hey, help. Okay.

Happy your birthday, Sarah. Another trip around the sun. Enjoy your special day. Thank you so much, and thank you for celebrating with us. Our pleasure. And now back to work. Yeah. Yes, me too. In a minute. soon? Mm-hmm. , you can tell me what you wish for. I’m guessing you’re just a little bit too old for a opponent.

I wished that you would forgive me for making such a fool of myself when I accused you of being the clown, the kidnapped Bonnie and Susan. No, not me a fool. I, I hurt you,

Sarah. You already apologize for that. And there’s no reason to. No, honestly, I feel like there is. Honey, you have worked so hard since we have been together to make yourself a better man, and I shouldn’t doubt that. The least I can do is be honest and admit my mistakes, just like you’ve been honest with me and admitted your mistakes.

Excuse me, Dr. I’m sorry for interrupting. No, no. It’s okay. Sophia, hang on one second, honey.

Yeah, I, I will, I will get on that. Thank you so.

You look pale. It’s because, um,

there’s something you have to know.

Get him by way. Ceiling gonna come down away. Just go what? You have to leave home without you. They won’t budge.

So you and Chris. You’re really back together. No, no, we’re just living in the same house. She knows better than to expect anything more. Uh, she hasn’t pressed the issue. Not yet. But what happens when she dies? I mean, come on. I mean, why? I can’t figure it as how she’s got this Hold on. You. Why don’t you just kick her out?

Out? She give up the attitude cuz she claims that the women are gonna need a second dose after New Year’s or they won’t survive. And you believe her. Eric, how can I take that chance when their lives are at stake. Hmm. You’ve even been carrying this secret this entire time, man. Me neither. It has not been fun.

I let, I’ve been holding this inside and it’s been hell having to live with Kristen that’s been beyond hell. To top the whole thing off. I, uh, I lost Chloe to Stephan Damara. You’re gonna let Kristen get away with this. As long as those women’s lives are in jeopardy, Eric? Yeah, she’s gonna get away with it.

Listen man, you’ve gotta keep this between us, okay? If Kristen finds out Brady, I promise he won’t tell us all you and I together, we’re gonna figure out a way to stop Kristen from hurting you. The people we both love.

Okay. Alright. Okay. That’s right. Oh, go. I got you. We got you. Johnny. Johnny. He’ll be here. Well, Johnny, please, we can’t leave her here to die.

You’re my grandma. She believes in helping anyone no matter what she thought of. So in the spirit of Susan Bass,

What do you need? What do you need to tell

darling? What you need to know is that, oh, sorry. All. Oh my God. What’s going on? Uh, there’s been an explosion at St. Luke’s and they’ve already brought some people in. I’m so sorry, honey. I, I thank you for the party. I’ve gotta go. No, I need some.

Hey, hey. This is, uh, is Kristen here? She went to pick up Rachel at school. Nice face. What’s wrong? You got something you need to tell? That? Um, yeah, actually, actually I do. I just saw Eric. Okay. And how’s your brother? He’s not good. He just quit his job at Basic Black and things with him and Nicole are pretty bad and he doesn’t want to be anywhere near her right now.

I better head over to the Damaris. I don’t want Tripp getting into it with EJ and making things worse. I’ll go with you. Just uh, lemme grab this first Burnett.

Okay. Your son’s not at the Damaris. Where is he? He’s at the hospital. With his mother. Evidently, Ava Vitali is still alive.

Mom, I need you to wake up. Please.

Yes. Yes. You’re okay. You’re okay. Oh God. Oh, thank God. You’re okay. You’re okay. You’re, you’re safe. You have to believe me. I had no idea you were gonna in that church. Why? I went back in so I could get thank.

Hey dad. Hey. Hold off a second. You need to get checked out. It’s just a scratch. No, that hasn’t stopped bleeding since we left the chapel location. Just lemme get a nurse. It’ll take a second. I’m fine. I just, I just need to be with Nicole. Well, everything checks out. I don’t think that your arm is broken, but let’s get some x-rays just to be sure.

Okay. You’re really lucky. I know, and it could have been a lot worse. From what the EMT at the scene said, yeah, it could have been a lot worse. Ain’t gonna be all right. Thank God for that.

It’s too bad about Eric and Nicole. Let’s two have had a pretty rough road. Well, it’s about to get rougher. Ugh, I just heard that. Uh, Nicole leached onto ej. See, she was with Rafe and with your brother and now she’s with my. I guess some women are innately fickle. Where’s Rachel? Oh, uh, she asked if she could have a play date with her friend Amanda, and a Of course.

I couldn’t say no. That that’s okay with you, isn’t it? That’s fine with me, yeah. Okay, good. And then, then we can go pick her up together. Oh my God. Doug happened to you. Honey. What’s going on?

Hey, you are, uh, dad was sure in a rush. What happened to, uh, we all just came from my grandma, Susan’s memorial service at St. Luke’s. I was an explosion, right? I just heard about it. What was it? A gas leak. It was a bomb. A bomb. How did a bomb, David Vitali planted it. Not even vital. He’s dead. Yeah. So we all thought until we saw her at the church and she tried to blow us all to kingdom come

my precious trip. I don’t know what I would’ve done if something had happened. Mom, come on. Why? Why, why? Why would you do something like this? Why? Why would you put a bomb in a church where you kill innocent people? I’d like to know the answer to that too, son. I’m okay. You okay? You look like hell, I don’t sound much better.

Let’s get you somebody to check you out right now. No, no. I, I had to stay here with my mom. Hold, don’t worry. She’s not going anywhere. Are you a Vitali? You’re under arrest for five counts of attempted murder and whatever else the DA decides to tack on.

All right, well set. Make you follow up with your regular doctor, but I don’t see any sign of a concussion. Oh, surprised to Isaiah. I’ve got a very hot head. I can confirm that. All right, I’ll check on you guys later. Thank you.

You okay?

Not really. I, I tried to hide it back at the church, but when I was under that beam and we thought the roof might fall in, oh God, ej, I was so scared.

Well, no one’s here but us. You can shorten up.

So Johnny went to the hospital with EJ at a. He’s perfectly fine. He had a little scratch on his head. He’ll be okay. Mm. Well EJ shouldn’t have gone into that church and you said that uh, the roof didn’t fall on his head. . I’m surprised he didn’t get struck by a lightning. I don’t know how funny all of this is Chris and people could have died.

I’m so glad you’re okay, sweetheart. Oh, ah, that’s so sweet. You’re already kissing and making up. What are you talking about? Oh, well, your father confided in me that he and Marla had got into a fight and, uh, he stuck up for me when Marlena wanted to kick me out. You know what? Don’t deny it. Don’t deny you said as much yourself.

See here we are a few days before Christmas and your evil ice Queen stepmother wanted to kick me out into the. Hmm. How do you feel about that, Brady?

My mother said you were injured. I wished over as soon as I could. I, I’m fine. It’s just sprain. The doctor said she can be discharged. That’s good news. She’ll still need rest to heal. That’s why she’s coming home with me.

Thanks for coming.

Eva’s alive. You’re sure? Look, if you don’t believe me, go see for yourself. Rav’s questioning you now. Wait. She’s here in the. Yep. Got caught in the blast. Oh, I don’t get it. If she planted the bomb, why would she be anywhere near it when it went off? It was her son. If she didn’t know Tripp was gonna be in the chapel when she found out she tried to get him out, but she was too late,

does this man will go and steady again. What I heard pull moved on already. It means you’re back on the market. Shut up. Ava. Get much better. Tasted jewelry back when May today. Maybe you didn’t hear the part about. You have the right to remain silent. It wasn’t a suggestion. Okay, do we really have to do this right now?

I mean, she just regained consciousness and Hey, hey, listen to me. I’m no doctor, but it sounds like you have smoke inhalation. Now let’s go get somebody to check you out, chip, listen to your father,

okay? Okay. But I’ll be back soon. Alright? I’m gonna be here for you no matter what.

Nice. You know, I have a, maybe you managed to cheat death yet again, but this time you’re gonna have to live with the consequences of your actions. You’re going away for a very, very long time. We’ll see him at that.

Brady, do you want the mother of your child to be kicked to the curb? Oh, I mean, I guess I could, uh, Stay at the end. No. No. Chris, now I, I want you here so we can be a family for Christmas. Well, great. That’s what I want. So it’s settled. , I’m staying. Oh, 10. I am so glad that you are still alive to celebrate this beautiful holiday with Brady and Rachel and me, and of course, your charming husband.

Hmm. I believe this is going to be a joyous.

I just heard about Nicole. How’s she doing? She’s doing great. EJ is taking care of her now.

Hey, your dad’s gonna be okay. So is Nicole. Thank you for, uh, taking care of them. It’s my job. Somebody’s birthday.

Yeah, it’s uh, mine actually. Oh, well. Happy birthday. Thank you. As in or planned, this whole little surprise for me. Have you seen him? Uh, he was, uh, right out here, but you know, like the rest of us, he was pretty spooked when he found out Ava was still alive.

Just like old times, isn’t it?

Kristen Damara. Raw raised me from the dead and you took care of me. Now you’re gonna take care of me again. What are you talking about? Take care of your hair, huh? You’re gonna first get me out of these cuffs and then you’re gonna get me out of this hospital, because if you don’t, I’m gonna tell Sarah that you were my accomplice and the kidnapping of Susan.

You talked to your dad about my column, right? That’s why you wanted to have a drink. And from the look on your face, it didn’t go very well. Look, uh, I’m sorry, Mattie, he just, he doesn’t really feel like a gossip column is the right fit for the spectator. Well drinks are on you. I guess he already spent all the money I gave you.

It was a pitten considering that dirty little favor I did for you. Oh, come on. You know, you loved having a tussle with Sander. Okay. It was a bit of a dream come true. Only in the dream he was naked. I wasn’t wearing a muscle suit, but I was wearing a clown mask. Okay. Yeah. Well it’s a good thing that it did go off as planned and hopefully Bonnie Riak is will stop nattering on about the fact that it was Zander who kidnapped her even though it was him.

Right.

Oh, I can’t move. Eldest buddy putting those burgers, cement, . You’re the one who insists on. I’m having two of them. Look guys, I know they’re feeling, but they are my favorite. You’re so sweet to remember. . Well, you’ve better run a couple weeks. Yeah, I mean it’s, it’s literally the least we could do. Thank you.

I almost forgot. This was in one of the bags. There you go. Buddy’s burger. Scratch off. See what you got,

Jack. No, but my next order fries on.

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Kristen questions John telling her that he and Marlena got in a fight about her. John claims it was right in the middle of the town square in front of everybody. Kristen asks if he’s joking but John says that shoppers were stopping and staring because they got so loud. Kristen doesn’t understand why they were fighting about her.

Brady questions Eric saying that he’s quitting his job at Basic Black. Brady argues that Eric had one rough night. Eric says that’s not the reason he’s leaving. Brady asks if it’s the pay or the schedule and offers to fix it. Eric responds that it’s nothing he can fix as he just doesn’t want to work with Nicole. Brady doesn’t understand until Eric reveals that they broke up.

EJ says he can’t imagine where Johnny went since he knows his grandmother’s service is about to start. Marlena mentions seeing Johnny outside and that he said he was looking for a woman which EJ questions.

Johnny finds Ava outside the church and questions how this is possible since they said nobody could have survived that crash. Ava guesses she’s hard to kill. Johnny asks if she’s just been in Salem this whole time. Johnny brings up EJ saying he saw her and then thinking it was a hallucination but he guesses it was real. Johnny asks if this means Susan is alive too but Ava says she’s afraid not. Johnny questions how. Ava explains that she jumped out of the car but Susan did not. Johnny asks what’s going on, why Ava is here and in a disguise.

EJ questions why Johnny would be chasing down some woman. Sister Mary Moira mentions seeing Johnny earlier and says he ran off to go after this woman. EJ argues that whatever it was could have waited until after Susan’s service. EJ wonders where Johnny is and remarks that the clock is ticking, while he is unaware that Ava’s bomb under the table counts down from 53 minutes.

Stefan and Chloe work together at DiMera Enterprises. Stefan tells Chloe that she’s free to go and he will finish up but Chloe says she doesn’t mind staying. Stefan asks if there’s no where else she’d rather be. Chloe tells him about how she and Brady were supposed to be in New York today as he had gotten her tickets to one of her all time favorite operas and they were going to meet her mother for an early dinner, mentioning that she got a new dress and shoes for it. Chloe admits she was really looking forward to it until Brady dumped her for Kristen.

Brady questions Eric about his breakup with Nicole. Eric responds that he’s not sure they were ever back together. Brady remembers Eric being upset the other day when he came to talk to her but he just figured they were having a disagreement. Eric responds that there’s a lot more to it than that. Brady understands things are difficult for them with Jada being pregnant but talks about how Eric was confident that he could co-parent with Jada while being with Nicole, so he questions what the hell happened. Eric says that things changed. Brady gets that it’s complicated and Nicole will be insecure about Eric having a baby with his ex. Brady talks about how Jada will be the mother of Eric’s child but Nicole is the woman he loves. Eric then stops him and reveals that there is no more baby because Nicole talked Jada in to having an abortion.

Nicole guesses the woman Johnny went after must be pretty important. EJ asks if Johnny said anything else. Marlena says all he said to her was that he called out to her but she didn’t turn around, so he didn’t get a chance to talk to her. Sister Mary Moira mentions not seeing any woman. EJ remarks that if any of them were to hallucinate, they’re likely to see someone evil…

Ava claims to Johnny that she’s here to pay respects to Susan and she’s incognito because she didn’t think she’d be welcomed. Johnny is not sure he buys that as he can’t believe she has any interest in honoring Susan considering what she did to her. Ava says she’s truly sorry that Susan became collateral damage in the war between herself and EJ, but argues that it’s a war that EJ started when he tried to make her leave town. Ava says she’s sorry but she couldn’t stand for that and brings up that Johnny couldn’t either.

Sister Mary Moira complains about waiting and says they need to reunite Susan with their lord right away. EJ brings up Johnny. She argues that the kingdom of Heaven is waiting for Susan’s arrival, so she doesn’t want to wait another minute longer, while the bomb counts down from 48 minutes.

Stefan tells Chloe that he’s sorry that Brady ruined her plans for the night. Chloe says it’s okay as he already ruined their entire future and this is just one opera. Stefan understands that Brady hurt her badly, so she’s allowed to be upset, but he was under the impression that she was getting over it. Chloe says she is and knows that Brady only ended things with her and moved Kristen in because it’s what best for Rachel. Chloe argues that Brady could co-parent without moving Kristen in so soon, so it just makes her think that Brady had feelings for Kristen this entire time. Stefan says he’s sorry and comments that it seems to be weighing heavily on her. Stefan promises that by New Year’s, she will have forgotten all about Brady when he takes her off to Miami. Chloe says that sounds pretty damn good as they kiss.

Brady sits with Eric and says he’s sorry as he had no idea what he was dealing with. Brady says Nicole was wrong in talking to Jada, but it sounds like Jada made the decision that was best for her, so he thinks it’s unfair to blame Nicole. Eric argues that Nicole went behind his back and gave Jada this whole speech about how hard single motherhood would be but that doesn’t really matter anymore. Brady questions why they broke up. Eric says they are just different and not good for each other anymore. Eric says they got wrapped up in a forbidden love but came crashing back to Earth and remembered why it didn’t work out. Eric mentions that he and Nicole had another fight this morning after she trailed him to Sloan Peterson’s apartment and railed him for sleeping with Sloan, which Brady is shocked to hear. Eric explains that Sloan offered to take on his case and one thing led to another. Brady asks if he’s sure that’s the path he wants to go down. Eric says he can’t turn back now. Brady acknowledges that Sloan is attractive but brings up her reputation and what she did to Paulina, Chanel, and Abe. Brady questions if Eric really wants to get mixed up with a person like this. Eric calls that really classy coming from a guy who is shacking up with Kristen DiMera.

John tells Kristen that he shouldn’t say anything but Kristen argues that she deserves to know if they are fighting over her. Kristen says it’s obviously on his mind and encourages him to tell her. John then claims that Marlena wants to kick Kristen out of the house, but he’s not okay with that. Kristen questions that since he wasn’t exactly welcoming with open arms. John admits he had his suspicions when she first moved in, but claims he’s softened his stance a little. John explains that the whole idea that she was there to suck Brady back in is all that Marlena sees. John says Marlena gets blinded by her worries about Kristen manipulating Brady. John adds that Marlena doesn’t understand why Brady broke up with Chloe and moved Kristen in, so now Marlena worries that Brady is in danger of falling for Kristen all over again. Kristen asks what John thinks. John responds that he thinks she belongs with her daughter.

Johnny admits to Ava that he was pretty upset when EJ kicked her out, but now he’s starting to think he might have done the right thing. Ava questions what that means. Johnny argues that EJ didn’t start the war, Ava did when she faked her marriage to Jake. Ava thought he understood that. Johnny says he was wrong. Johnny argues that Ava tried to defraud his family while lying and stealing from them. Johnny declares that he was wrong to defend her. Ava questions where this is coming from and brings up how Johnny was as upset as she was when EJ kicked her out. Johnny screams that was before she killed his grandmother.

The priest asks if they should begin but EJ refuses to start the ceremony until Johnny arrives. Tripp then shows up and confronts EJ, calling him the son of a bitch who killed his mom.

Stefan and Chloe kiss until Stefan’s computer goes off with work alerts. Stefan decides he can make it to Susan’s memorial on time. Chloe offers to go with him. Stefan tells her that she doesn’t have to but Chloe says she wants to pay her respects to Susan since she was always kind to her. Stefan says he loves having her by his side so they exit together.

Nicole tells Tripp that EJ didn’t kill Ava as she drove off the road and it was an accident. Tripp argues that EJ was in hot pursuit because he hated Ava and wanted her gone, so he forced her to crash. EJ calls that insane and says he was trying to catch up to them to rescue Susan. Nicole tries to explain and defend EJ but Tripp tells her to save it, because the last person he wants to hear from is the tramp who slept with his mom’s boyfriend behind her back.

Ava tells Johnny that she didn’t kill Susan. Johnny points out that she did kidnap her and asks why she did it. Ava argues that she wasn’t going to let EJ push her around and just run away because he said to. Ava says she needed to hurt EJ as much as he hurt her. Johnny questions her using an innocent woman as a weapon. Ava argues that EJ disrespected her so he needed to pay. Johnny shouts that EJ wired her $30 million dollars, so she got what she wanted and asks why she couldn’t have just left instead of kidnapping Susan. Ava asks why EJ couldn’t have just paid her the money. Johnny says that he did but Ava reveals that first, EJ kidnapped Tripp.

Kristen questions John thinking she belongs with her daughter and asks if he thinks that means she belongs with Brady. John clarifies that he didn’t say that, just that he and Marlena have a fundamental difference of opinion about her. John states that Marlena thinks Kristen is a really bad person, while he does not.

Brady tells Eric that he’s not shacking up with Kristen. Eric points out that he is living with her. Brady argues that he moved her in because it’s best for Rachel and there’s nothing romantic going on as they aren’t even sleeping in the same room. Eric reminds him that it’s exactly how it started last time when Kristen was pregnant and moved in to the Kiriakis Mansion. Eric says that Kristen manipulated him then and wormed her way in to his house and his bed. Brady assures that there is zero chance of Kristen ending up in his bed. Eric asks if he’s still attracted to Kristen. Brady responds that he’s attracted to vodka too but he manages to control himself because he knows the road leads to disaster. Eric argues that it’s only a matter of time before Brady can’t fight it anymore. Brady says he may always be attracted to Kristen but swears he’s not going to go anywhere near her after what she did. Eric questions what he’s talking about and asks what she did to him.

EJ yells at Tripp not to speak to Nicole like that. EJ understands Tripp is dealing with a great deal of pain. Tripp argues that EJ is to blame for all of this and says none of this would have happened if he didn’t order Ava to leave town. EJ argues that if Ava left town, she’d be alive and well, but Ava escalated the situation by kidnapping his mother. Tripp argues that EJ escalated it by kidnapping him, which surprises the rest of the room.

Johnny questions EJ kidnapping Tripp. Ava guesses EJ left that part out and says he was held hostage in Seattle. Johnny asks if he’s alright. Ava confirms that Steve and Kayla rescued him but says who knows what would’ve happened if they hadn’t. Ava argues that she’s not the only one who dragged an innocent person in to this since EJ tried to one up her. Johnny points out that Tripp was freed but Ava still had Susan and EJ would’ve done anything to get her back. Johnny questions why Ava instead drove her off a cliff.

Tripp tells everyone at the church that EJ had him kidnapped. Tripp assumes it’s because he just didn’t want to pay his own mother’s ransom. Nicole thinks back to EJ telling her that he thought he could outsmart Ava and get Susan back without paying the ransom. Tripp points out that EJ isn’t denying it. Tripp calls EJ scum and says he cheaped out on his own mother and bullied his mother, so now they are both dead. Sister Mary Moira says that’s enough and argues that her sister’s soul is hanging in the balance, so she will not listen to another word.

Kristen questions John not thinking she’s a bad person. John says he doesn’t think Marlena does either but her view is colored by their romantic past. John admits he may be biased, but he remembers who Kristen was when he first met her as a social worker. They reminisce about how they did Little League with the kids. John says Kristen made a difference on a lot of people’s lives and that’s not a bad person. Kristen points out that was a long time ago. John says when Kristen first moved in, he didn’t know what his motives were but the longer she’s been here, his concerns have started to fade because he sees the good Kristen that he fell in love with.

Eric asks Brady what Kristen did. Chloe and Stefan walk through the town square and see them. Eric asks Brady again what Kristen did. Chloe tells Stefan they can just go but Stefan confronts Brady and asks him for the tickets to the opera that he was supposed to take Chloe to, so that they can exchange them for another performance and suggests on Valentine’s Day. Eric argues that they were in the middle of something. Stefan accuses Brady of bailing on Chloe and not even remembering, asking if he has any idea how much this night meant to her. Stefan asks if that’s how much Brady cares about Chloe. Brady says he cares about her more than he knows. Stefan says so much that he tossed her aside for Kristen. Brady tells him that’s not what happened. Stefan declares that at least now Chloe is with someone who truly cares about her and treats her like she deserves to be instead of making her feel disposable. Chloe tries to get Stefan to go but Stefan wants to make sure he makes it to the opera. Brady remarks that Stefan can take the DiMera jet and fly the whole company in for a private show. Stefan tells Brady that he really blew it as he had the most wonderful woman on the planet and he threw her aside like garbage while at least now she’s with a real man. Brady then punches Stefan in the face. Chloe asks what the hell is wrong with Brady. Stefan calls Brady out of control just like Eric and says they are both raging jerks who think nothing about assaulting people. Stefan remarks that Eric seems to have calmed down a bit since his stint in jail. Stefan suggests he should call the cops, so they can teach Brady the same lesson. Chloe asks if he really thinks that’s necessary. Brady tells Stefan to go for it and offers him his phone to call the cops.

John talks about the Kristen he knew having a real calling for serving other people including Marlena when she was possessed. John recalls Kristen getting him to see the truth and how they helped Marlena. John calls it ironic that Marlena is so convinced that Kristen has these evil intentions when she is the one who saved Marlena from being possessed. John comments that Kristen was a real friend to Marlena. John says he can’t understand why Marlena can’t find it in her heart to be a friend to Kristen now.

Johnny asks Ava what happened on the road that night, if she lost control of the car or if she crashed it on purpose? Johnny asks if she was going to hurt EJ by killing Susan. Sister Mary Moira comes out from the church and tells Johnny that they were wondering where he went. Johnny apologizes and says he just ran in to an old friend. Sister Mary Moira mocks that getting in the way of the fate of Susan’s soul. Johnny apologizes and hopes he didn’t miss the service. She tells him that EJ refused to start without him and then Tripp stormed in and started yelling at EJ about kidnapping him.

EJ tells Tripp that he’s sorry he’s upset but says they have tolerated this interruption enough. Tripp questions if wanting an explanation for his mother’s death is an annoyance to him. EJ suggests Marlena might be better suited to deal with this. Tripp tells him not to try to pawn him off on Marlena or pacify him with fake sympathy. Tripp declares that they are going to hash this out right here and now. EJ responds that they are going to pay respects to his mother and Tripp is going to get the hell out of here. Tripp then sits down and declares that he’s not going anywhere. The bomb under the table counts down from 13 minutes.

John tells Kristen that he loves Marlena with all of his heart but her lack of care can be frustrating to him. Kristen points out that there was a time when Marlena was willing to try. John remembers when Kristen was pregnant with Rachel and Marlena called it a new beginning for all of them, but clearly it wasn’t. Kristen guesses Marlena still can’t see past her mistakes. John urges that she needs to see how much Kristen loves her daughter and that’s why Brady moved her in. John talks about he and Brady seeing that Kristen is a really good mother and person. Kristen gets emotional and responds that she’s not a good person.

Brady tells Stefan to go ahead and call the cops. Chloe suggests they just go. Stefan brings up that EJ declined to press charges against Eric, so he guesses he can do the same for Brady. Stefan remarks that a jail sentence is temporary compared to the time that Brady will spend regretting letting Chloe go because that’s forever. Stefan and Chloe then walk away. Eric asks Brady if he’s okay. Brady responds that just seeing Chloe with Stefan makes him a little crazy. Eric says he gets it but questions why he gave Chloe up if he loves her so much.

Stefan tells Chloe that he’s sorry about that. Chloe says Brady is the one who should be sorry. Stefan says he shouldn’t have let Brady provoke him like that and that he just hates the way he treated her. Stefan assures that Chloe will make it to the opera with the best seats in the house. Chloe says she can’t wait and notes that Stefan’s bleeding has stopped but he got a little bit of blood on his shirt. Stefan guesses he can’t go to the memorial like that. Chloe thinks it’s probably over by now anyway. Stefan then invites Chloe to join him at the reception at the DiMera Mansion.

After Sister Mary Moira informs Johnny and Ava that Tripp is in the church, Ava begins to panic and decides she has to get in there, so she runs back in to the church.

Marlena tells Tripp that she would like to hear what he’s feeling but this is not the time or place. Tripp knows she means well but says he’s not going anywhere. Tripp questions why he should let EJ grieve for his mother when EJ took his mother from him. EJ then grabs Tripp but Tripp repeats that he’s not leaving. Ava then rushes in and tells Tripp that he needs to come with her right now, shocking both EJ and Tripp.

John asks Kristen what she means by saying she’s not a good person. John says he’s not being judgmental and asks what she did.

Eric reminds Brady that he said Kristen did something and asks what that was. Brady asks him to forget it but Eric refuses since she is living in his mother’s house. Eric demands to know why Kristen is living there since they both know it’s not what is best for Rachel. Eric asks Brady again why he would move that psycho in. Brady then responds that he didn’t have a choice and reveals that Kristen blackmailed him to force him to move her in and to break up with Chloe.

Stefan and Chloe go back to the DiMera Mansion. Stefan wonders what is keeping everyone and says they should’ve been back by now. Chloe says the events can be emotional. Stefan mentions that EJ was adamant about keeping it short since he was the only one scheduled to speak. Chloe suggests maybe they had an unexpected guest…

Tripp rushes up to hug Ava and says he’s so glad to see her. Ava repeats that they have to get out of here. EJ tells Nicole to call the police. Johnny rushes in to the church. EJ assumes this is the mystery woman he was talking about. Johnny confirms that he found her in disguise. EJ guesses she came back to admire her handy work. EJ declares that Ava is going to pay for what he did to his mother and grabs her arm. Tripp tells EJ to get his hands off of her. Ava tells Tripp that she can handle EJ and orders Tripp to just go. Tripp refuses to leave her but she says he has to. Tripp questions what she is talking about. Ava then announces that there is a bomb, shocking everyone in the room. Ava uncovers the bomb underneath the table which is counting down from 6 seconds. Ava screams for Tripp to run and then the bomb explodes.

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Nicole had a dream of Eric. She woke up in Susan’s room at the DiMera mansion. Johnny showed up to look for something of Susan’s to bring to the memorial. Nicole told him she was sorry for his loss. He apologized to her for the way he reacted to her staying at the mansion. He said he hoped things would have worked out between her and Rafe. She apologized for the relationship not working out. She said Rafe was a good person, but she wasn’t. She said she would never be a good person. He found Susan’s cross. He said it represented everything that was important to her. He said she was the truest person he ever knew even though people thought she was crazy. He said he had good memories of Nicole being his stepmother. He said he enjoyed being around her. Eric woke up in Sloan’s bed. She gave him coffee. She noticed that he was distracted. He said he had a headache because he didn’t drink anymore. She offered him something to eat, but he wanted something else. After they made love, he told her Belle was wrong when she said getting involved with her would be the worst mistake. Sloan asked him about his time as a priest. He said he wasn’t going to be a priest for a third time. After they made love again, he told her he wasn’t looking for a relationship. She said she wasn’t interested in a relationship. She told him he was welcome to stay with her if he needed a place to stay. She said they could be friends with benefits. He said it has been a while since he has had a real friend.

Kate went to Jada’s room to check on her. Kate wondered if Eric had come to see her. Jada said he didn’t. Kate was surprised, but Jada was happy he didn’t. Steve showed up in the pub. He talked to Roman about him he was going to Seattle for Christmas. Jada and Kate showed up in the pub. Steve offered to take Jada to work because he wanted to talk to her about a police matter. EJ talked to Roger and found out he wasn’t going to Susan’s memorial. Ava was outside and watched EJ. When EJ got off the phone, Rafe showed up. Rafe said he needed EJ’s statement about the night Susan died. EJ said he didn’t have anything to say. He said Rafe should let it die. Ava walked away while EJ and Rafe were talking. Nicole came downstairs. Rafe wanted to know what she was doing there. EJ said she spent the night. She tried to explain what was going on, but Rafe told him to enjoy his consolation prize. Rafe said he would find out what happened between EJ and Ava. Rafe left the mansion. Nicole went to the pub. She asked Kate about Jada. Kate said Jada wouldn’t want to see her. Nicole tried to defend her actions. Kate didn’t want to hear what she had to say. Roman said he and Kate were rooting for Nicole and Eric. Nicole said she knew she messed up. Roman said Sloan was Eric’s lawyer. Roman said Eric didn’t come home. Nicole left the pub. Eric and Sloan kissed each other. Someone knocked on the door while they were kissing. Sloan answered the door. It was Nicole. Nicole saw Eric behind her. Steve told Rafe and Jada that EJ kidnapped Tripp. Steve said he didn’t have proof. Rafe said if they could prove EJ planned the crime in Salem, they would have jurisdiction. Jada and Rafe said they would go after EJ. While Ava was in the crypt, Charlie showed up. He asked her how they were going to get their revenge. She said EJ was going to die. She showed him a bomb in a briefcase. She told him she was going to do it at Susan’s memorial.

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Nicole pushed by Sloan so she could confront Eric. She told him about starting a drunken brawl and hooking up with Sloan. He told her that he understood hers and Sami’s impulsive behavior. He said it was more fun to be the bad twin. Sloan came back in the room just as Nicole left. She wanted to know if Eric was okay. She told him there was still time for them to have some love in the afternoon. She loosened the towel she was wore and they kissed. They had sex and they showered together. He let her know that he had to meet Brady. She wanted to be with him again and he was willing to do that. Charlie and Ava loved the bomb she created. She wanted to make all of her enemies pay. She wanted to start with Nicole. She knew she would be at the funeral. John and Marlena talked about how they couldn’t let Rachel have what she wanted for Christmas. John thought they had to get Kristen out of Brady’s life for good. Marlena thought he should get close to Kristen again as a friend. She thought Kristen would tell him what she’s holding over Brady’s head. He loved it when Marlena schemed. She thought it was good parenting. She had an idea of how to get Kristen to let her guard down.

Kristen interrupted Brady’s conversation with Tate. She dangled mistletoe in front of him. He didn’t want her to encourage Rachel’s fantasies that they were getting back together. He thought that was good that she was willing to go to Susan’s service. She had a plan so that she could see EJ. Brady wasn’t going to like the plan. Kristen showed up at the DiMera mansion. She told EJ that she wanted to be there for him. He didn’t want her to be there. He wanted her to leave so he could be alone. Brady met with Eric. He let him know that he lost money because he was arrested. Eric quit his job and apologized to Brady. Nicole showed up at the DiMera mansion to tell him about Eric and Sloan. He told her that Kristen showed up at the mansion. Since EJ didn’t have anyone else, Nicole offered to go to the funeral with him. Ava wore a wig and put the bomb near Susan’s things at the church. Johnny was outside the church. He thought he saw Ava. He wanted to know if that was her. She let him know that it was her.

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Days Transcript Friday, December 16, 2022

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So you and Marlena were fighting about me white smack dab in the middle of Horton Square, and it got all heated and everything. You’re joking right? I wish Milick got so loud and looked around. All the Christmas shoppers were just standing and. I don’t understand. Why were you two fighting about me?

Did you just say you’re quitting your job at basic life effective immediately. Okay, Eric, come on. Come on. You had one rough night. All right. I know you feel bad about missing some photos. I do feel bad, but it’s not the reason why I’m leaving. All right. What is it? What is it? Is it schedule? Just tell me.

I’ll fix. Listen, there’s nothing you can fix, Brady. I just don’t wanna work with Nicole. Why not? I know it’s a lot of hours to spend with your girlfriend, but it’s, she’s not my girlfriend.

Not anymore. Cole and I broke up.

I can’t imagine why Johnny went, he knows his grandmother’s service is about to start. Yes, he does. I saw him outside. He, he said he wouldn’t come in with me yet because he was looking for a woman. What woman? Ava, how is this possible? And they, they said nobody could survive that crash. I guess I’m hard to kill.

So what did you just spend in Salem this whole time? So my dad said he saw you at the crash site. He’d been drinking a lot. He thought it was a hallucination, but it was real. What do you think? Wait, wait, wait, wait. So, so if. Survive the crash. Does that mean my grandma’s alive too? I’m afraid not. I mean, how, look, after we went through the guard real, I jumped out of the car.

Susan did not, Hey, but what’s going on? Why are, why are you here? Why are you dressed and in a disguise? Why would he be chasing down some woman? I do not know. I saw him earlier and. Peter ran off shrinking a little of our conversation to go after her. Well, whatever it was about, I could have waited until after mother serves.

Where are you? I ticking.

Like sand through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.

Okay. According to this update, all of the shipments have been rero. and our subsidiary should receive everything they need by tomorrow night. Great. So Christ is averted, right? . Ask me again once the deliveries have been made. 10 million worth of merchandise. That is a lot of boxes. Mm. Well, I’m optimistic.

Mm. One of the things I love about you That and your ability to navigate a global network of distribution centers. From your keyboard calling. Thank you. No thanks. Necessary. I mean, we needed to handle this crisis and I didn’t want supply chain and issue to keep EJ from his mother’s service. Yeah. Well, I appreciate it and I don’t think I should keep you here any longer, so go enjoy your day.

I will Take care of the tracking myself. I’m no, I don’t mind staying. You sure? Unless there’s somewhere else you’d rather be. No, no. There is nowhere. Uh, not anymore, at least. Um, Brady and I were supposed to be in New York tonight. He got us tickets to one of my all-time favorite operas, and they don’t perform it that often, so it was special.

Hmm. And then got a new dress and new shoes. We were gonna meet my mother for an early dinner. You know, you were really looking forward. Yeah, I was until Brady ducked me for your sister. So you and Nicole broke up. I’m not sure we were ever back together. We were obviously upset the other day when you came to the office and wanted to talk to her alone.

I just assumed you were having some kind of a disagreement. Listen, it’s a lot more to it than that. Things aren’t easy for you too right now, especially the fact that Jade is. Great. Immediately. Look, you, you, you were so confident before that you’d be able to do this man that you could co-parent and be with Nicole at the same time.

What the hell happen? Things changed. I get it. It’s a complicated situation. Nicole’s gonna feel insecure about the fact that you’re having a baby with your ex. Right? Right. But you please can’t give up. You gotta reassure her that Nicole’s alone that you love and Jada’s gonna be the mother of your child.

And Nicole has to get used to the fact that the family is not gonna look the way she thought it was gonna be. Okay. But please, and, and you guys have been through challenges before. You got through so much more than this. All right. All right. Just, just stop. What, here’s some more. Nicole, she talked Jade into heaven.

An abortion,

uh, this woman Johnny ran after. Must have been pretty important. I’m pretty beautiful. Are you glad that my grand nephew is having lusting thoughts in this holy. I was just speculating. Ladies, please, can someone just tell me if Johnny said anything else? Well, all he said to me was he, he called after her and she didn’t turn around, so he never had a chance to talk to her.

Well, this is very disconcerted. As I said, I saw him earlier and, uh, I didn’t see any woman. Well, maybe at a vision of the Virgin Mary. The blessed mother would never appear to a demara. No finish untaken from experience. I can tell you if any one of us were to hallucinate, we’d most likely see someone evil.

I’m here because I wanted to pay my respects to your grandmother, and I’m incognito because I didn’t think I’d exactly be. I’m not sure I’d buy that. Oh, you think your family wants to see me ? Definitely not. What I can’t believe is that you have any interest in honoring my grandmother, considering what you did there, her.

Okay. I am truly sorry that your grandmother ended up as collateral damaging the war between your father and myself, but it is a war. He started when he tried to make me leave town. I’m sorry, but I could not stand for that. And if I recall correctly, you couldn’t either.

Whew. Look, we wait. The longer my sister languish isnt purgatory. Now we need to reunite my sister with our Lord and Savior right away, but Johnny’s still not back, but that is a shame. But the kingdom of heaven win. You’ll have to leave my sister’s arrival to the pearl gates one minute longer.

I’m sorry. Brady ruined a plant for tonight. Yeah, that’s okay. He already ruined our entire future. What’s one opera, . I’m sorry. I’m having a moment. Oh, no. It’s okay. Brady hurt you badly. You’re allowed to be upset, but I was under the impression that you were getting over it. I am. I mean, I know he only ended things with me and move Kristen in because it’s what’s best for Rachel.

At least that’s what he claims. Hmm. You don’t believe it? Well, I believe that Brady wants what’s best for Rachel, but. He also knows that he can co-parent without co-habitating and moving Kristen in so soon. It just makes me think that he’s had feelings for her this entire time. I’m sorry. It seems to be weighing very heavily on you, but I promise by New Year’s you have forgotten all about Brady.

How can you be so sure he does once I whisk you off to Miami? We spend our days on the most beautiful beaches and our nights in the finest restaurants. You won’t have a spare second to think about Brady.

How’s that sound? Pretty damn good.

Man. Hey, I’m sorry I had no idea you were dealing with. It’s all right. Thank you, Steve.

That’s probably not in the business, but I’m gonna put in my 2 cents because I’m your brother and I love you. So here it comes. Wasn’t Nicole wrong in talking to Jada about her pregnancy? Yeah. But from everything you’ve told me, it sounds like Jada made the decision that was best for her. So to try to blame Nicole for somehow talking her into it, I think that would be unfair.

Brady, the decision about the abortion was, it was up to Jada. Let’s not forget. Nicole went behind my back and gave Jada this whole speech about single motherhood and how hard it would be. That doesn’t really matter. Why didn’t, why did you break up? We broke up because of the same reason we got divorced.

We’re different. We’re not good for each other anymore. I mean, we got it all wrapped up in this whole forbidden love and we didn’t follow through with that and we came crash into the earth. And you remembered why it didn’t work out, Heidi? Nonstop. In fact, we actually got in a fight earlier this morning.

She trailed me over to Sloan Peterson’s and she laid into me for sleeping with. I’m sorry, what? Someone offered to take on my case, you know, thing led to another, why are you looking at me like, uh, sorry. I’m just, uh, proof. I’m surprised. Sure. That’s the path you want to go down. It’s not like I can turn back now.

Eric. Eric, look, she’s attractive. I’ll give you that, but her reputation is abysmal. Did you hear him about what she did? To, to, to, to Paul, Lena and, and chan. And indirectly to Abe. I mean, I don’t know if, do you really want to get messed up with a person like this? Oh, that’s real, really classic. Coming from a guy who’s shacking up with Chris and Damara,

I shouldn’t say anything. Oh, come on John. If you and Marlene are fighting about me, I deserve the right to know. Hey, it’s obviously on your mind, or you wouldn’t have brought it up, so why don’t you just tell me,

doc wants to kick you out of the house, and I have a problem with that. Oh, really? Mm-hmm. . Mm. Because you weren’t exactly welcoming me with open arms. I know. I know. I know. When you first moved in here, I had my suspicions, but let’s just say that I’ve kind of softened my stance. How so? This whole idea that you are solely here to suck Brady back in.

I don’t see that, but it’s all the doxys. I mean, she was, I called one night for the night. I came back here. When I came here. You know, this is because she has these worries here and what they’re doing is blinding her to what is really going on For, for example, the other night we came home from dinner, walked in here, Brady had his arm around you.

Okay. Right, right, right. Okay, hold on. But that, he was just comforting me overseas. Exactly. But. Doc, she jumps to this long conclusion. Says there she is. She’s manipulating Brady again. I bet she gave you an ear pull about that, didn’t you? Well, no, she did. She did? Yeah. She warned me that my schemes would never work.

And see that is, that’s so unfair. You were just upset over losing a friend. Right? Yeah. I knew she must to, uh, kick me out of the house only cause she doesn’t understand why Brady broke up with Chloe and moved you in. And now that he has, she thinks that you’re getting too close to Brady and he’s in danger of falling for you all over again.

And what do you think? I think you belong with your daughter.

Yeah. Yeah, you’re right. I was pretty upset when I found out that my dad kicked you out now. I am starting to think he might have done the right thing. What is that supposed to mean? This war between you two? He didn’t start it. You did. When you faked your marriage to my uncle Jake, you said that you understood that and you said it didn’t matter because Jake wanted to marry.

I was wrong. I was wrong. You, you tried to defraud my. You lied to us. You stole from us. I was wrong. I was wrong to defend you, Jonathan. Where? Where is this coming from? I mean, the day that your father threw me out, you were furious with him. You were as angry at him as I was. Yeah. That was before you killed my grandmother.

Shall we begin? Not yet. Ali, please. With all due respect Aunt Mary Marra, we are not starting this ceremony until my son walks through that door. I’ll give you off the sale for me. Stupid. Well, that’s not Johnny. No, I’m Trip Johnson and This’s the summer Bitch. You killed my mom.

I think your computer wants your attention can wait. Not if it’s about the crisis we’re trying to avert. Right. I said when the shipments went out

and, and. Everything is on its way. Ah, there we go. Success. Nice. Now if I hurry, I can make Susan’s memorial in time. I’m sure EJ would appreciate that. I’d be happy to go with you. Oh, you don’t have to do that. No, I want to, uh, I wanna pay my respects to Susan. She was always really kind to me, but if you’d rather go alone No, no, no, of course not.

Besides, I love having you by my. Okay, let’s go then. Let’s go. Yeah. Cute

trip. EJ didn’t kill Ava. Her death was an accident. She drove off the road. Yeah, with EJ in Hopper Pursuit. He hated my mom. You wanted her gone permanently. So you forced her to crash. That’s. My mother was in that car as well. I was trying to catch up to them to rescue her. I wanted Ava to stop. That’s the truth, ej.

Save it. All right. The last person I wanna hear from is the Tramp who slept in my mom’s boyfriend behind her back.

Susan, his death. But I didn’t kill her. No, I thought she didn’t kidnap her. No, that I did. Why? Why would you do that? I wasn’t gonna let EJ damara push me around, turn tail and disappeared just because he told me to. That is not who I am. I needed to hurt him as much as he hurt me. So you used an innocent woman as a weapon?

Look, EJ Damara, he disrespected me. He needed a gun. He wired you 30 million. And then my grandmother showed up at the airfield. You dragged her off at gunpoint. Why You got exactly what you wanted. Why couldn’t you just leave? Why couldn’t he have just paid me the money? He did? No, he didn’t. First he had to kidnap trip.

You think I belong with my daughter? Does that mean you think I belong with Brady? Oh, I didn’t say that. Yeah, but you don’t want my lineage. Kick me out of the house. Let’s, let’s just say the doc and I, we have a, a fundamental difference of opinion about you. Okay. Which is she thinks you’re a really bad person, and I do.

Would you not shacking up with Kristen Joy? You are living with her. We’ve been over this many times. Okay. I moved her into the house cause I thought it was best for Rachel. That’s all. There’s nothing romantic going on with Christopher. We’re not even sleeping in the same room. Okay. That’s exactly how it started last time.

What are you talking about? Kristen was pregnant when she convinced you to move her into the Carus Palace. Okay. Okay. It was a high risk pregnancy. She needed support. It was either move her in or have Dr. Rolf move in with her. Okay? You think I should sign up for that? All right. The point is she manipulated you.

She warmed her way into your house and then into your bed. There is zero chance, Kristin finding her way into my bed. It’s not gonna happen. Brady, you’re so attracted to Aren. I’m attracted to vodka too. All right. But I managed to control myself because I know the road leads to disaster. Okay? It’s one thing when Christian’s on the run and behind bars, you’re living under the same roof.

Get real Brady. It’s only a matter of time before you can’t find it anymore. Am I attracted to her? Maybe. Okay. Maybe always will be, but I’m not gonna go anywhere near her, Eric, not after what she did. What are you talking about, Brady? What does she do?

Hey, do not speak to Nicole like that. If you want to be angry at someone, be angry at me. Oh, I’m angry with you. All right. I’m freaking en raped. I got language. We are the house of God. I am so sorry. Trip. I understand that you are dealing with a great deal of pain. Well, you pay that you. You were to blame for all of this.

You selfish, sadistic bastard. None of this would’ve happened if you hadn’t ordered my mom to leave town an order that left her alive and well, and it should have stayed that way. But Ava escalated the situation by kidnapping my mother, no ej. You escalated it by kidnapping me.

My father kidnapped trip. Oh, I’m guessing he left that part out. It is the God’s honest truth. He hired a couple of goons to take my son hostage in Seattle. Is he all right? Stephen Kayla rescued him, thank God. But if they hadn’t, who, who knows what would’ve happened? So you see, I am not the only one who dragged an innocent person into this.

Your father tried to one up me and here we’re, but you said trip’s. Okay. Yeah. Stop. So your son was free. He still had my grandmother. My father would’ve done anything. So you get her back and said you drove her off a cliff. Why?

It’s. EJ had me kidnapped. I assume it’s because you didn’t wanna pay your own mother’s ransom. It’s not like you couldn’t afford it, you just didn’t wanna part with the money.

I was so bloody certain that I could get my mother back without having to pay the ransom. I mean, how hard could it be to Outsmart Ara Vitali, right? . You see, he, he’s not even deny. God, you are a penny pinching, power hungry piece of scum, and you cheated out in your own mother. You bullied mine and now they’re both dead.

That is enough now, won’t you stand there arguing. My sister soul hangs in the village. Now I will not listen to another word. Father,

you don’t think I’m a bad. You know, and I really don’t thank doctors either. It’s just that when it comes to you and Brady, I think her view is a little old, I don’t know, colored by our romantic best, or maybe she thinks that your view of me is colored by a romantic past, figuring out I might be. A little biased, but then again, I remember who you were when I first met you, Kristin Blake, for crying out loud, you were a social worker,

Can you believe it? Yeah, I can. I was there. I saw you in action. You, you remember that summer we did the little league team with the kids . I know. And you came and helped out and Oh my gosh. Wow. I might have helped them between the lines. You were so great. No, you were. I had no idea. But you were the one who made a difference in their lives.

You made a difference on a lot of people’s lives. And see, that’s not the work of a bad person. That was a long time, John.

Yeah, true.

I thought, you know, it’s like I said, When you first moved in here, I didn’t know what your motives were. The longer that you’ve been here, my, my concerns have started to fade cause I see it. I see her, the, the other Kristen, the, the good. Kristen. Kristin, I fell in love with.

What did Kristen do?

Come on step. Let’s just go, I don’t know. Not yet. Brady. What happened with. Hey man, can I get those tickets? What? And obviously you’re not using them. I don’t even know what you’re talking about, man. The tickets to the opera that you were supposed to take Chloe to in New York tonight. The opera. Yeah, that was, that was, that was tonight.

Yeah. Seeing as Chloe and I aren’t gonna be able to make it, I was thinking we could exchange them for another performance, perhaps Valentine’s Day. Okay. Hey, my brother and I in the middle, not only do you bail on. But you don’t even remember that you have plans with her. You are one classy. S o p. Hey, do you have any idea how much this night meant to her?

Any idea? And you add insult to injury by not even remembering that you have plans. Is that how much you care about her? Huh? You care about her more than you know, so much so that you toss her aside from my sister Steph. And that isn’t what happened. Man. Whatever you say, pal. Hey, at least now she’s with someone who truly cares about her, who treats her with the respect she deserves and doesn’t make her feel worthless and disposable.

Okay, come on, we’re going now. No, no, no. Hang on, hang on, hang on. Unlike Brady, I’m gonna make sure that you make it to. It’s very noble. Hey, you were denier, you got cloud, right? Why don’t you just, uh, you know, fly the whole company in privately so you can have your own private show. That’s a great idea, Brady.

You know, you should be part of a think tank or something. But New York, it’s so magical this time of year and romantic, isn’t it? Yeah, man, you really blew it. You had the. Wonderful woman on the planet, and you threw her aside like she’s garbage. At least now she’s with a real man.

Brady, what the hell is wrong with you? He’s outta control. That’s what’s wrong with him. Just like his brother. Leave him out. Him. Oh, but you guys have so much in common. You’re both rageaholic jerks who think nothing of assaulting people. Although I must say the priest seems to have calmed down a little bit since he’s stint in jail.

You know, maybe I should call the cops. They can teach you the same lesson. Stephanie, do you really think that’s necessary? No. Hey, Go for it.

Holy. The cops, Stephen.

Now Kristin, I knew back then now she, uh, she had this real calling and I’m not talking about just serving other people, but just serving God. Not very well, I’m afraid. Don’t come. No, no, no, no. Don’t do that. Don’t sell yourself short there. You were always looking out for other people. Feel you looked out for dog.

When she was possessed, you remember that you were one of the first people who realized there was some problem here and you tried to warn everybody else. You remember that? Yeah. It was a very scary time. Oh, yo. I was in denial. I mean, you were the one that got me to see the truth and the two of us, we helped her.

And it’s a running, isn’t it? What’s that? The doc is so convinced that you have all these evil intentions, but you are the one who saved her from the devil, and she’s still so suspicious of you now, even though you proved how much you cared about her, you were a real friend who, Kristen, and honestly, I, I just, I can’t understand why she can’t find it in her heart to.

Be a friend to you. Now,

what happened on the road that night? Ava? Did you lose control of the car? Didn’t you crash it on purpose? Is that how you were gonna hurt my father by killing my grandmother?

Hey, you are John Roman. We were all wondering where you were. Sorry. Just ran into an old friend. Oh, isn’t it? Just wouldn’t wanna let a little thing like the fate of your grandmother soul together the way if you two catch up. I, I, I am so sorry. Please tell me I didn’t miss the service. It. Elvis refused to start without you and then everything got toughy turvy.

When this young man came charging in there, yelling at him, shouting, shouting so loud that I just couldn’t take it. Shouting about what? How your father kidnapped him.

Son, I’m sorry you’re upset. No, I am not Yourself, and keep your damn hands off of me. All right. We’ve tolerated this interruption long enough. Tolerated. Oh, I’m sorry. EJ is me wanting an explanation for my mom’s murder. An annoyance to you. My be to suit to address Mr. Johnson. No, no, no, no. Don’t, don’t try to palm me off on Dr.

Evans or, or pacify me with your fake sympathy. We’re gonna have this out right here, right now. We are going to pay respects to my mother, and you are going to get the hell out of here.

I’m not going anywhere.

Kristen, you know, I love Jacque iHeart, but this total lack of understanding and forgiveness, it’s really frustrating for me. No, I mean, that was a point she was willing to try. Yeah, I remember that. I think it was, it was Mother’s Day. You were pregnant with Rachel. Yeah, and she sat right here and she said, this is a new beginning for all of us.

Well, Clearly it wasn’t because she can’t get past this idea that you’re rotten to the corn. I’m sorry about that. Well, you know, maybe she still can’t see past my mistakes. What she needs to see is how much you love your daughter more than anything, John. Well, that’s why Broody moved you in here. He knows how much you love Rachel.

She needs you in your life. You need to be with her so she can see what Brady and I already see, and that’s, you’re not only a good mother, but you’re a really good person.

No, I’m not, John. I’m not a good person.

Go. Call the cops. Stop. And please, let’s just get outta here.

My brother declined to press charges against Eric. Guess I could do the same for Poor Brady here besides. Shall sentence is temporary compared to the time you’re gonna spend thinking about what a fool you were to let her go. That’s forever

you. Okay? Yeah. You’re just seeing her with him makes me look crazy, Eric. I get it. I know you wanna put your daughter first. But if you love her so much, why don’t you give Chloe up?

Sorry about that. No, Brady’s the one who should be, sorry. Oh, I shouldn’t have provoked him like that, but I,

I hate the way he treated you, but I will make sure you make it to the opera. Best seats in the house. I can’t wait. How’s the bleeding? It looks like it’s stopped, but you have a little bit of blood on your shirt.

Damn, it can’t go to the memorial like that. Well, it’s probably over by now anyway.

She’s having a reception back at the house. You ready to join? I’d love to this young man, he, he claimed that EJ kidnapped him more like screaming at the top of his lungs was a trip. Trip Johnson, I believe that’s what he said his name was. You All right, I’ve gotta get in there.

I would very much like to hear what you’re feeling, but this is not the time or the place. I know you mean. Well, Dr. Evans, but I’m standing right where I am. This is not No, no, no. Why should I let this monster greet for his mother when he took my mother from me, right. That’s it. No, I said I’m not leaving

you to come with me. Right. Peter, huh?

What do you mean you’re not a good person? I. It’s okay being judgemental here. What’d you do?

Hey, you said Kristen did something. What was it, Eric, please just forget it. I can’t because she’s living in my mother’s house. Eric, forget it. She’s sure seems like it. Why is she living with Mom and John? And don’t tell me it’s what’s best for Rachel. You both know. That’s bull. Answer me. Brady, why would you move this cycle into foster parents home?

I didn’t have a choice. What? What do you mean? She blackmailed me? She forced me to move her in and break up with Chloe.

Are these peanut butter, bacon and banana sandwiches? They are Susan’s favorite, have one? Uh, I think I’ll wait till everyone gets here. Yeah. All right. I wonder what’s keeping them. They should have been back by now. Well, it’s an emotional event. People need time. I know, but EJ was pretty adamant on keeping it short.

He was the only one scheduled to speak. Maybe they had an unexpected guest. My God, mom. Hey, can’t you? Okay. I’m glad to see you too, baby. But we gotta get outta here. No, we’re not going anywhere. Nicole called the police death. The police, I’m assuming this is a mystery woman you were searching for earlier.

She showed up under disguise, returning to admire her handy work. No gas. But don’t worry, Ava’s gonna pay you for what you did to your grandma. Hey, get your hand off. Hey, don’t worry, I can handle EJ trip. Just please go. No, I’m not gonna leave you here. Yeah, you have to. Wow. What’s going on? There is a, What you talking about?

My God. Mom, we got, okay. I’m glad to see you too, baby, but we gotta get outta here going anywhere. Nicole called the police anywhere. Yeah, the police, I’m assuming this is a mystery woman you were searching for earlier. Yeah. She showed up in a disguise returning to admire her handy work. No doubt. But don’t worry’s gonna pay you for what she did to your grandmother.

Hey, get your hand off. Hey, don’t worry, I can handle EJ Tripp. Just please go. No, I’m not gonna leave. Yes, you have to. Why? What’s going on? There is a bomb. What mom? Whatcha are you talking about? Talking about right here.

What was that? I don’t know. Thunder, maybe. Hey, well let’s get back to the bombing you just dropped. What do you mean Kristen blackmailed you into breaking up the. What she holding over your head? If you keep insisting that you are not a good person? I don’t think I have to tell an ex none. That confession is good for the soul.

Yeah, well it’s too bad there’s not a priest around. No. Yes. You’re just gonna have to settle for the next best thing and it’s an old friend. So what’s weighing so heavily on your conscience?

You can talk to me. Kristen, I’m here for you.

Hey buddy. Hey, how about I take care of the next one? Hello. What’s this? By your favorite commission, beer Day? Well, that would suggest that you’re my favorite commission. And I guess you are, since you’re the one and only damn, talk about kicking a guy when he is down. Sorry about that. I’m more serious enough.

Any progress on building that case against CJ Damara for kidnapping my son? Well, nothing yet. Thank our trip. Safe. But he could have easily been killed.

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

You know, me, John, I, I spent most of my life on the naughty list. But everything I’ve done that, that’s been wrong. I’ve always felt I was doing it for the right reasons. I don’t doubt that.

Cause Kristen, you have got as big a heart as anyone I know. And let me tell you something. Sometimes when, when we hadn’t kind. Spirit and passion that you do. When we, when we so fiercely go after something we, we really want, we can inadvertently end up hurting people we really love. I know this is the last thing you’ve wanted to do.

Yeah. That is so true. That is so true. What I want, what, what I really want most is I want a loving family. I wanna be a good. I wanna be a devoted wife. Oh. But what I want most, what I want most of all is, uh, I want Rachel to know.

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Brady is at home on the phone with his son Tate. Kristen appears with mistletoe. Brady hangs up and questions what she is doing. Kristen points out that they are under a mistletoe and she’s sure he remembers what that means.

Sloan answers the door to see Nicole and questions what she’s doing there as Nicole sees Sloan and Eric in towels. Nicole tells Eric that she could ask him the same thing.

EJ tells Johnny that Susan was one of a kind and loved him very much. Johnny says it feels like just yesterday that Susan was there with them, enjoying Halloween and now it’s almost Christmas and she’s gone. EJ says that’s courtesy of Ava Vitali.

Ava and her vision of Charlie look over her bomb in the DiMera Crypt. Ava states that it has enough power to wipe out half the church. Ava declares that when EJ shows up at Susan’s funeral, he’s going to be the one resting in pieces.

Brady questions Kristen constructing a paper mistletoe just to hold it over his head. Kristen clarifies that Rachel made it in art class and she hoped that they could hang it together. Brady complains about Kristen encouraging Rachel’s fantasies about them getting together. Kristen claims that she’s encouraging Rachel’s creativity. Brady suggests an art project on the plant that saved Marlena’s life since that’s the only reason Kristen is staying here. Kristen argues that he doesn’t have to continue to remind her. Kristen tells Brady that today is Susan’s memorial so she wants to be there for EJ. Brady can’t believe her as he’s pretty sure that EJ doesn’t want Kristen anywhere near the church. Kristen tells him not to worry because she has a plan. Kristen then exits. Brady wonders aloud what could possibly go wrong.

EJ tells Johnny that Ava took so much from them. Johnny complains that he trusted her and cared for her but he had no idea how damaged she was, that she was capable of kidnapping Susan and driving off the road. EJ admits that even he didn’t think Ava would go that far, but he saw it with his own eyes. Johnny says it must have been horrible for him. EJ responds that he thought it would be the last time he saw either one of them, until he saw Ava at Thanksgiving.

Ava’s vision of Charlie asks if she’s having second thoughts about blowing EJ up. Ava responds that she was just thinking of how great it would be if all of her other enemies could get what’s coming to them too, starting with Nicole.

Eric questions how Nicole found him. Nicole explains that when Roman told her that he didn’t come home last night, she had a pretty good idea of where he might be. Sloan asks if she just started knocking on random doors. Nicole says she used to be a reporter, so it took about ten seconds to track down her address. Sloan calls her a stalker. Nicole walks in despite Sloan pointing out that she didn’t invite her. Nicole questions Eric sleeping with Sloan. Eric confirms that he is and asks what’s it to her.

Marlena and John meet in the town square as they finish Christmas shopping. Marlena tells him about getting Johnny a camera drone and some troll dolls for Holly but she doesn’t know if they will see Holly much over Christmas because of Nicole and Eric. John says they’ll just have to drop that off at Nicole’s and asks if she had any luck finding something for Rachel. Marlena confirms that she did and got her a junior marine biologist kit which excites John. Marlena points out that they both know they can’t give Rachel what she really wants for Christmas and that’s her parents being back together.

Sister Mary Moira appears at John and Marlena’s and complains about the Marlena doll that Susan had given her being evil. Brady remembers Kristen dressing up as Susan and says nice try Kristen.

Nicole calls Eric unbelievable. Sloan argues that Nicole is the one skulking around town, trying to catch Eric with other women. Nicole tells her to stay out of it but Sloan points out that she’s standing in the middle of her apartment, so she’s in it. Eric asks Sloan to give them a minute and promises it won’t take long. Sloan then goes to get dressed. Nicole asks what is wrong with Eric. Eric says nothing. Nicole says five minutes ago, they were planning their future together and now he’s getting in drunken bar fights and hooking up with trashy lawyers. Eric asks how dare she judge him for sleeping with Sloan when she’s hooking up with EJ.

Johnny questions EJ saying he saw Ava on Thanksgiving and asks how that’s possible. EJ admits he had a lot to drink and ended up on the crash site, where Ava was taunting and tormenting him. Johnny questions it being real. EJ explains that Tony and Chad showed up and Ava disappeared, so it wasn’t real and was likely a toxic combination of too much booze and even more guilt. EJ calls it ironic that in death, Ava made him feel as crazy as she was. Johnny is sorry he’s going through this. EJ thanks him for being here with him. Johnny hopes that laying Susan to rest will bring him some kind of peace as they hug. Johnny then exits the room.

Ava tells her vision of Charlie that Nicole destroyed her relationship with Rafe and then just moved on like nothing happened while making a pit stop with Eric Brady in between. Charlie remarks that she moves fast and asks if she and EJ are a couple now. Ava says that Nicole is living in his house so she asks what he thinks. Charlie agrees that she needs to get her comeuppance. Ava says the good news is that Nicole will most likely be accompanying EJ to the funeral which means she can kill two birds with one bomb.

John tells Marlena that this has to be really confusing for Rachel since her parents are living in the same house but they’re not together. Marlena says they know Brady moved Kristen in under duress but she just wonders why. John says he knows that Rachel was doing a lot better when Kristen was gone as they all were and that’s why they have to get Kristen out of their house and out of Brady’s life for good. Marlena then gets an idea.

Sister Mary Moira tells Brady that she came to see Marlena ahead of Susan’s funeral. Brady continues believing she is Kristen dressed as Sister Mary Moira and says this is never going to work. She insists that she is actually Sister Mary Moira. Brady questions her and asks if Sister Mary Moira would be okay with this as he raises the mistletoe and then kisses her.

Kristen goes to the DiMera Mansion and asks EJ for a drink which he gives to her. EJ says she can thank him by leaving. EJ questions what the hell she’s doing here. Kristen asks where else she would be to say goodbye to Susan. Kristen wants to be there for him at the funeral but EJ says over his dead body.

Nicole tells Eric that she and EJ are not sleeping with each other. Nicole says EJ just offered her and Holly a place to stay and it’s just temporary. Eric calls that so generous of him. Eric suggests Nicole should be spending her time looking for apartments instead of keeping track of him. Nicole says she’s worried about him. Eric asks if she was that worried when she encouraged Jada to have an abortion. Nicole asks if that’s why he’s flushing his life down the drain and argues that Jada made a choice, not her. Eric responds that he’s making choices too. Nicole calls them bad choices. Eric says one minute he thought they were going to be together and then they weren’t just like how he was about to be a father and then he wasn’t. Nicole argues that it’s been rough for everyone and that Eric drowning in self pity is not him. Eric asks who the hell he is then. Nicole calls him a good person who is loved and respected while Eric feels he was walked all over which Nicole disagrees with. Eric declares that he realized now while people like Nicole and Sami enjoy being so selfish and sabotaging because they do what they want without worrying about any consequences. Eric understands there’s a bit of rush to it and asks who wants to be the good twin when there’s so much fun being the bad twin.

Ava, in disguise, plants the bomb underneath the memorial table at the church. Ava looks at a framed photo of Johnny and Susan. Ava’s vision of Charlie asks if she’s reminiscing over her adventures in near cradle robbing. Ava states that Johnny was kind to her when EJ was declaring war and Gabi was trying to manipulate her. Ava says that Johnny was on her side and wonders if things would’ve been different if she just let him in to her life. Charlie remarks that Ava may have been Johnny’s cougar fantasy at one point, but now she’s just the crazy lady who killed his grandmother. Ava tells him to go away. Charlie argues that she doesn’t really want that. Ava says she appreciates him helping with her plan but she can do this on her own, so she doesn’t need him here. Charlie reminds her that he’s always with her as her vision of him then disappears. Ava puts the photo down as Johnny then arrives and calls out to her, asking if she’s a friend of Susan’s. Johnny says they aren’t quite ready yet and suggests she wait outside.

Sister Mary Moira is shocked by Brady kissing her. Brady then realizes his mistake and that she really is Sister Mary Moira. She questions what is wrong with him. Brady apologizes and calls it a total mistake. She then pulls out a ruler and starts smacking Brady with it.

Kristen acknowledges that EJ has hated her ever since she sided with Gabi in the DiMera vote. EJ responds that this has nothing to do with business. Kristen questions why he’s being so hostile then. EJ brings up how Kristen treated Susan when she was alive. Kristen admits that they didn’t always get along. EJ argues that Kristen tried to take him away from Susan when he was a baby. Kristen thought they got past that. EJ says she may have but Susan never did and was forever traumatized by what Kristen and Stefano did. EJ tells Kristen that her whole all about family act is not going to work this time because she doesn’t give a damn about him or Susan. EJ adds that Kristen is the last person that Susan would want at her funeral. EJ tells Kristen to get the hell out and let him grieve in peace. Kristen then turns and exits the mansion.

Sloan comes back and comments on Nicole still being there. Eric says that she was just leaving. Nicole tells Eric to enjoy his afternoon delight and says not to say she didn’t warn him as she then exits. Sloan asks if Eric is sure he doesn’t want to go after Nicole and if he’s okay. Eric assures that he’s good and there’s nothing to worry about. Sloan says she’s glad to hear that. Sloan notes that Nicole did make one solid point, that they still have time for love in the afternoon before she has to go to work. Eric likes the way she’s thinking, so they begin kissing.

John questions Marlena wanting him to get close to Kristen again, reminding her that he tried once before and it didn’t work out so well. Marlena clarifies that she doesn’t want him to seduce Kristen, but to be her friend and play on their long history while convincing her that she can trust him. John questions if Kristen would buy in to that. Marlena points out that her family is forsaken and her friend is in prison, so she feels Kristen would be looking for someone to confide in now. John admits it could work and once Kristen is vulnerable enough, he should be able to get her to tell him what she’s holding over Brady’s head. John asks where they start. Marlena thinks she has a way to persuade Kristen to let down her guard. John says the more he thinks about it, the more he likes her plan. John decides if they’re going to get Kristen out of their house, they have to start right now. Marlena asks him what about Susan’s memorial. John tells her to pay respects for both of them because Susan of all people would understand they are trying to save Brady and Rachel from Kristen DiMera. John then walks away.

Kristen returns home to Brady, who is icing his wrist. Kristen comments that he looks like he had a worse day than she did. Brady says she can bet on that. Brady thought she was going to the funeral. Kristen responds that EJ was not interested in her comfort. Brady says he tried to warn her of that. Kristen says so much for family and asks what happened to his hand. Brady explains that he got a visit from Sister Mary Moira, who let herself in, and when he saw her, he jumped to the wrong conclusion that it was Kristen in disguise because it was something she would do. Brady says by the time she convinced him it was really her, it was too late. Kristen questions what he did. Brady admits that he tried to call her bluff by using the mistletoe and kissing her. Kristen laughs at Brady making out with a nun while Brady says it’s not funny. Kristen asks if she freaked out. Brady feels he freaked out as they both were. Kristen continues laughing about it and then asks what would’ve happened next if it was her that he kissed.

Nicole goes home to the DiMera Mansion and pours a drink. EJ asks if everything is alright. Nicole informs him that she just found Eric in Sloan’s apartment and they were wearing only towels. EJ asks if they are together now. Nicole says they are at least for one night. EJ jokes that he didn’t know Eric had it in him to have a one night stand. EJ feels this proves how beneath her Eric truly is. Nicole acknowledges that Eric is troubled and says she shouldn’t be dumping this on EJ, especially today. EJ says it’s fine as he’d much rather be sharing a drink with her than his last visitor. Nicole asks who it was. EJ informs her that Kristen showed up, wanting to accompany him to Susan’s funeral. Nicole calls that nice of her. EJ reminds her that Kristen spent decades tormenting Susan. Nicole understands why he wouldn’t want Kristen to come to the service. EJ points out that Kristen was the only one of his siblings who were available. Nicole questions his brothers not coming. EJ explains that Tony and Anna are visiting Carrie and her family for the holidays, Stefan is dealing with a supply chain crisis at DiMera, and Chad is still grieving Abigail so he couldn’t put him through another funeral so soon. EJ states that it will just be he and Johnny and he doesn’t even know where they stand these days. Nicole offers to go with EJ.

Johnny approaches Ava in disguise from behind but Sister Mary Moira arrives at the church, crying and complaining, which takes Johnny’s attention away. They start to talk and Johnny mentions how hard this must be for her. Sister Mary Moira responds that she wasn’t complaining about that but about Johnny’s uncle, Brady Black which Johnny questions. She responds that Brady gave in to his carnal urges and kissed her which shocks Johnny. She remarks that it tasted like coffee and sin. Johnny tells her to hold that disturbing thought but when he turns around Ava is gone as Johnny says there was a woman right there. Johnny then questions where she is.

Eric and Sloan finish having sex. Sloan thinks they’re going to need another shower and invites Eric to shower with her. Eric says that sounds nice but he has to get to his brother’s. Sloan jokes that he’s no fun. Eric offers to let her go first but she says he can go if he’s in a hurry. Sloan adds that if Eric wants to come back tonight, they can pick up where they left off. Eric says he may take her up on that and goes to shower.

Kristen calls it a thought experiment and asks about if Brady kissed her because history shows that a kiss rarely stops at just a kiss. Kristen recalls times when they would be kissing each other goodbye and then they would suddenly be taking each others’ clothes off and heading straight back to the bedroom. Kristen asks why Brady keeps fighting this when they both know it’s still there between them. Brady tells her to stop. Kristen argues that she knows Brady wants her as much as she wants him. Kristen goes to kiss Brady when John comes home and sees them. Brady quickly moves away. John reminds Brady that he has a meeting. Brady thanks him and says he better get going so he hurries out the door. John remarks to Kristen that it looks like it’s just the two of them.

EJ thanks Nicole for her offer and says it means a lot but asks if she really wants to risk being seen with him in public again. Nicole decides she doesn’t care about that anymore because EJ is her friend and she wants to be there for him. EJ says in that case, they better get ready. Nicole decides to go change. EJ thanks her.

Johnny walks outside the church and greets Marlena as she arrives. Marlena notes him seeming distracted. Johnny tells her that he was just looking for a woman who was in the chapel and looking at pictures but when he tried to talk to her, she wouldn’t turn around. Marlena says that seems a bit odd. Johnny says he turned away for a moment and then she was gone. Marlena asks if he never saw her face. Johnny says she was wearing a big hat and had weird vibes but he just wanted to make sure she was okay. Marlena suggests people just deal with grief in different ways. Marlena thinks they should get inside. Johnny says he’ll be right behind her so Marlena tells him not to be long and heads inside.

Marlena enters the church and finds Sister Mary Moira praying. She tells Marlena that it’s good to see her. Marlena tells her that John is sorry he couldn’t be here today. Sister Mary Moira responds that it isn’t John who needs to apologize, but his son Brady that needs to atone. Marlena questions what Brady did. She explains that she came to see Marlena and instead, her stepson ravished her.

Brady meets Eric in the town square. Eric thanks him for coming. Brady says they have a lot to talk about and asks if it’s true that he was arrested and spent a night in jail. Eric remarks that great news travels fast in Salem. Brady asks what’s going on with him since he missed a whole day at work and he had to reschedule the entire summer swimsuit shoot and rebook the models. Eric apologizes. Brady says it cost him a lot of money and if he wasn’t his brother, he’d probably have to fire him. Eric responds that he’ll save him the trouble and tells Brady that he quits.

Marlena questions Sister Mary Moira saying that Brady kissed her in a romantic way. She argues there was nothing romantic about it but she’s been praying ever since. Marlena doesn’t understand why Brady would do that. She explains that Brady claimed he thought she was Kristen. She guesses that Kristen corrupted Brady’s soul and remarks that Marlena and John should have done a better job keeping Brady away from Kristen. Marlena responds that they are working on that.

John brings Kristen a beer. Kristen asks why he isn’t as Susan’s memorial with Marlena. John calls it a long story. Kristen says she’s got time. John claims that he and Marlena got in to a dispute while Christmas shopping. Kristen jokes about Salem’s greatest lovers having a fight. John calls it a difference of opinion. Kristen asks what they could possibly fight about. John responds that it was actually about her.

EJ and Nicole arrive at the church. Marlena tells EJ that she’s so sorry. EJ thanks her for being there. Marlena says Susan was a friend and she will miss her as they hug. EJ goes to say hi to his aunt, Sister Mary Moira. Marlena then greets Nicole and says she’s sorry about what happened between her and Eric. Nicole thanks her but thinks Marlena should check on Eric since he’s going through some things. Marlena asks if Nicole is here with EJ. Nicole clarifies that they are here as friends since his brothers couldn’t make it, so she thought she would show support. Marlena calls that kind of her. EJ approaches a flower arrangement which he finds was sent from Sami. Marlena calls that very thoughtful. The priest enters and asks if they are ready to start but EJ says they can’t start yet because Johnny isn’t there. Sister Mary Moira and Marlena mention seeing him earlier so they wonder where he could be.

Johnny finds Ava in disguise outside the church. Ava removes her sunglasses and confirms to Johnny that it’s her.

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THIS STILL NEEDS EXTENSIVE EDITING!

Curtis: A few more. Do I? Yeah, no, that’s good. There you go. Good. Well, you certainly have fight. Yeah, actually, I have osteoporosis. I think my doctor would be happy if I were doing this. So you mean you haven’t been doing this for years? No, I have not. I would never come to this gym unless you made me. I’m just trying to look natural. Well, I think it’s important that we establish a winning mindset before we try to catch a serial killer before someone else dies.

[ Suspenseful music plays ] Pcpd. Anyone home?

[ Door slams ]

[ Gasps ]

[ Gunshot ] Detective falconeri. We got shots fired. I repeat — shots fired. Oh, I like that one. Oh…I don’t know. You don’t think it’s a little too frou-frou for me? Oh, no. You have good taste. And pick a wedding dress that makes you happy. Right. You know what? I’m sorry. I just can’t help but think — um, are curtis and i making a mistake by still getting married in february? I mean, how reckless is it of us to push on and have this ceremony that’s supposed to be all about love and connection and… and esme’s on the loose? I-I just don’t know. Something about it just doesn’t feel right. Don’t let anyone stand in the way of your happiness. Not even a killer like esme? Esme will be sure to do more damage again, but she will never take another life. Beautiful.

[ Gasps ] Oh! Nikolas, you scared me.

[ Sighs ] I’m sorry. Your bodyguard gave me the go-ahead to come in. Well, it should, um, fetch a nice price, assuming it’s safe to open the gallery one day. It’s coming, ava. And when I said, “beautiful,” I wasn’t referring to the sculpture. That’s sweet. It’s true. Despite all that’s happened and all that… may happen. I love you. I always will. If only that’s all it took to fix things, right? We have to deal with esme and your son and your uncle, my mistrust, your misdeeds. What are the odds? Let me help. Cameron can help her. I’ve got it. Thank you. Just cancel my order. I’ll go somewhere else. No, no, you ordered, so you need to pay. No, he doesn’T. Not a problem. Your uncle pays me well.

[ Gasps ] Spencer, you ass! Here. I’m good. Come on. Take a swing. Do some damage if you can. Have you seen rory, by any chance? I asked the front desk, but no one could tell me where he is. Uh, he was in my office not 20 minutes ago. He must be around here somewhere. Police!

[ Glass shattering ] When a cold comes on strong, knock it out with vicks dayquil severe. Just one dose starts to relieve 9 of your worst cold and flu symptoms. To help take you from 9 to none. Power through with vicks dayquil severe. Hey! Knock it off! Not here, not now! Thank you. It wouldn’t have helped anything to knock him flat, no matter how much he deserves it. Oh, please. He’s just embarrassed that he fell like a sack of — calm down. Stop it! What are you doing? What? You just got out of prison. Now you’re already causing problems? What did he ever do to you? Cam just told me that he put you in danger. Hey, dex, bud. Get out! Ignore him. You don’t have to go anywhere. You have no clue what I do or don’t have to do. Hey, you’re leaving? No. We haven’t even conspired yet. By the way, this was a good idea to meet here. There’s no way that jordan would frequent a place that sonny owns. Yeah, I had that in mind when I suggested that we meet here. Jordan’s all about propriety these days. Not a bad quality for a cop. Yeah, but the problem is, she overcorrected. The pcpd is remaining very tightfisted about the information the general public could use to make a connection no one else has. That was my intention in printing the killer’s letter, although nothing came from it. So aside from opening up a line of communication, I’m really not sure what else I can do. And I’m not sure what we can do together. Uh, unless jordan might confide in you after all. Not directly, anyhow. Thanks, esparza. Let me know when he shows up. Well, rory’s shift ended, but he hasn’t collected his personal “go back” stuff yet, so he’s probably just, you know, cleaning up paperwork or something. You’re welcome to wait for him here. Oh, I… I don’t — I don’t want to be in the way. I doubt that’s ever true of you. Besides, rory would be happy to see you when he’s finished. Not for long. I just meant that I shouldn’t bother him at work. I’ll go… uh, catch up with cam at kelly’s, maybe see rory there. Trina, what’s wrong? I’ll let you go. Thanks for trying.

[ Telephone rings ] Commissioner ashford. When? What’s falconeri’s position? He stopped responding? Get paramedics and tactical on the scene. I’ll meet them there.

[ Rustling ] Police! Let me see your hands!

[ Coughs ] Cabrera. The hook. What? Okay, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, finn. Oh. Just some pre-wedding stuff going on over here.

[ Chuckles ] What’s up? Nothing’s up. Hey. I, uh… please excuse me.

[ Elevator bell dings ] Finn. Glad I caught you. Hey, dad. Uh, your assistant said you’d be clocking out right about now. Um, I’m taking you to dinner. No, I, uh — I have a lot of case files waiting. Can’t take one night off? I can. I don’t want to. Maybe you need to. Alexis say something to you? You know her better than that. And I know you better than you think. It’s obvious that you’re in a bad way. And not just to me, either. Violet is on to you, too, and it’s taking a toll. Now, what makes you so sure that esme won’t spill any more blood? Well, she can’t fly under the radar with the whole city looking for her. I’m sure she’s just holed up somewhere, biding her time, thinking she can wait it out. But she can’T. At some point, she’ll step into the light and get caught. And our families will have nothing more to fear from her. Please get married. Give us something to look forward to. In addition to the justice coming for our kids and everyone else esme has hurt. It’s a deal. But you have to do your part, too. You have to rsvp.

[ Laughs ] I haven’t gotten confirmation that you or finn are coming to my wedding. It was never gonna be easy for us. But the best things never are. Because those are the things worth having. I might be here for a while. I was thinking about ordering takeout. You want to join me? Wish I could. Other plans? Not hungry. And, besides, I can’t stay long. I just… came to give you these. An early christmas present? Is this from your lawyer? I thought it best that you got it directly from me. Are you serving me?! It’s a divorce, ava. It’s over.


Sam: Hey. Hi. Hi. Oh, thank you for coming. Yes. Of course. Oh, I knew things were getting dire when I was seeking advice from cody bell. Yikes. What’s going on? I just need some perspective. And you’re the best one to give it to me. Okay, I will try. First, I need to know what you think of austin. Um… oh, my god. I can’t believe you didn’t tell me. What — what didn’t I tell you? That you don’t like him. I don’T…not like him. No, no, you “don’t not like” jicama. You “don’t not like” folding laundry, even though it’s, like, one of the easiest household chores ever. But you never look forward to doing it. And you wouldn’t choose it if you were given the choice. Yeah, true. But I-I don’t have to choose austin.

You do. Of course, unless you don’T. You’re divorcing me? Now is as good a time as any. We could begin 2023 with a fresh start. Did you give in to your uncle? Does he have something else on you now? My uncle doesn’t have anything to do with this. Do you expect me to believe that? After months of begging, of prostrating yourself, of putting your life in my hands… see the attached offer. You’ll see that I’m serious. This isn’t your post-nup money, but it is more than generous. And you could take me to court, you could demand more. But it’s best for everyone to not protract a legal battle. With my uncle and my resources, we would keep you mired for years. Bleed you dry. Scott won’t work gratis, not even for you. This isn’t happening. Take a few days. Sit on it. You’re a pragmatic woman, ava. You’ll see that this is the best outcome. You don’t want to divorce me. You’re lost without me, and you know it. Something drove you to this against your will, made you think you have no option other than to divorce me. But you do. I’ll give you one. Just tell me what’s behind this… or who. Nikolas, you won’t be alone. I’ll be at your side. I am so sorry I-I haven’t rsvp’d sooner. That’s okay. But you will be attending, though, won’t you? Elizabeth, my wedding wouldn’t be the same without you and finn. Yes, I — I wouldn’t miss it. Okay. But I can’t speak for finn. Things are not working out with us. We broke up. What’s wrong with violet? She’s worried about you. We were supposed to go ice skating today, but after I got her laced up, she wouldn’t budge off the bench, wouldn’t meet my eyes. It took a hot chocolate with extra marshmallows to pull it out of her. What did she say? “Daddy’s sad.” Then she asked if I knew why. What’d you tell her? That I thought so, too, and I wasn’t exactly sure why. I told her the best thing we can do for you is to make sure you knew you weren’t alone. So we bagged the ice skating and made some art instead.

[ Sighs ] What? I never thought something so helpful could hurt so much. What is it about that punk that makes you want to protect him from sonny? D-dex saved ava’s life. I mean, if he hadn’t gotten her to the hospital on time, avery wouldn’t have a mom. Spencer, you didn’t even know the guy, and you punched him in the face. What is wrong with you? I thought you couldn’t stand him. Oh, so you decked him for my sake? Don’t do me any favors. Okay. Okay. “Welcome back, spencer. Glad you survived super max. Uh, thanks for being a pal.” Clearly, I’m not needed here.

[ Door slams ] Rory: I can’t breathe. Dante: Hang in there, okay? We’re gonna get you some help. Hey. Cabrera said it was the hook. I just missed her. She must have just jumped out the window. Okay. Set up a 10-block perimeter. Find out if anybody’s reported an intruder. Bring in all patrol units to canvass the apartments, set up a dragnet.

[ Siren wailing ]

[ Sighs ] How you doing, cabrera? We can’t wait for the paramedics. Let’s get him up. Let’s get him to the car. Come here. Give me a hand. Put your legs down, okay, buddy? Come on. Let’s go. All right. Let’s go. You’re good, cabrera. We’re gonna get you help. Dispatch, this is commissioner ashford. We have a dead body in the apartment. Get the medical examiner and csu here now. You know something? Spill. Alexis, we got to be careful with what we do with this information. I’m not supposed to have it. I’m a law– I used to be a lawyer. I know how to keep a secret. So how about we — we don’t do anything with the information unless we both agree? Deal? Deal. Okay. What do you got? Okay. I talked with trina last night, and she was talking with ava. Apparently, jordan is getting outside advice about our serial killer’s profile. From the fbi or a forensic pathologist? From the devil himself — ryan chamberlain.


[ Sighs ] Austin was blackmailing spinelli. Blackmailing him? How? Well, it has to do with society setups. Wait. Spinelli’s algorithm? You know about the algorithm? I think I knew that. Not that it really matters, because whatever illegal things spinelli did, you would not use against him or turn him in or use his genius for your own benefit. No, maxie, of course not. But wait. Austin did? Yeah. He forced spinelli to run us, austin and me, through the algorithm, which is a total violation, because I never signed up for society setups in the first place. Which means whatever data spinelli gathered on me, he got by hacking and breaking through firewalls and — and stuff. Wait, maxie. Spinelli would never use your data against you. No, I know that. I don’t love being hacked, but if there’s anyone I trust to do the hacking, it’s spinelli. I just don’t trust austin. Jordan is consulting with ryan chamberlain? I guess to catch a serial killer, you have to talk with a serial killer. Look, I’m gonna go shower, and we’ll talk somewhere private. Josslyn: You kept surprising me and doing the right thing when I least expected it. Now I’ve disappointed you. Is that it? I’d be lying if I said no. I’m sorry about that. Me too. Not for me, but for you. You know, my mom and jason are incredible people who gave everything they had to sonny, trusting that he would do right by them. Instead, he screwed them both over. And I don’t want you to be one of those people. Can you believe spencer? What, he learned that in pentonville? Leave it to him to ruin his own homecoming. Typical. He got too caught up in his own B.S. That he just didn’t think. He never does. What are you doing here? Uh, grabbing food, wreaking havoc, reaping the consequences. The usual. Hi. Hi. I guess I’m still not used to seeing you around. Yeah. You’re not the only one. Did you know that a new rule was enacted in my absence where friends are forbidden from sticking up for each other?

[ Scoffs lightly ] I mean, that’s a broad reading. Sticking up is allowed as long as it’s welcome. Well, I will be sure to consult you next time before I butt in, ’cause cam is so over me. Well, whatever you did, I’m guessing your heart was in the right place. You’re not the same guy who returned to port charles hell-bent on destroying ava. You mean

this is progress? Now you just have to work on your execution. Well, I will get on it. Hopefully, I will have something to show for it the next time that I’m in town. “Next time”? I’m taking off. Elizabeth and i ended things. It all came apart last night. And I thought I was holding it together for violet’s sake, keeping her from seeing what I was going through. But obviously I did another bang-up job. Your daughter is extremely perceptive. She would have picked up on your pain blindfolded. There never should have been anything for her to pick up on. I should’ve done better. I should’ve done better for her. I should’ve seen what was happening with elizabeth sooner and made different choices, better choices. Your assessment of your actions may be a little skewed in light of recent events. Elizabeth and I were… we were trying to build something together, some idea of a family. But that’s all gone. But violet, she needs that. And how do I take that away from her again? Must you? I know you still love elizabeth. Love doesn’t fade away so fast. It may shrink or be eclipsed by other feelings, but it’s still inside there, waiting to re-emerge, sometimes stronger than before,

if both people want it enough. I appreciate that, dad. I do. But you don’t understand. Elizabeth… elizabeth will make up her own mind. You need to know what’s in your heart. Do you want to salvage your relationship? Dante: We need some help here. Jordan: Injured officer. He’s bleeding heavily. We need a gurney stat! Hey. Let’s get him up. Easy, easy. Lay him down flat. All right. Get some pressure on these wounds. -I got it, I got it. -Rory. What happened? We need the antivenom that saved diane miller after her attack. It was the hook. Okay. You ready to go? You said you heard about this from ava? Yeah. She was at spring ridge. Um, she witnessed the interview. Apparently, the pcpd used her as bait for chamberlain. So he answers jordan’s questions in exchange for ava being present. Remind me to pick up ava’s tab for the next hundred years. Yeah, right. Same here. So, esme was an intern when I was at spring ridge. She said that she was a psych major at pcu to explain her interest in chamberlain. Question — did ryan say anything to jordan to hint at where esme can be found? You know, trina didn’t give me the play-by-play, but she did let something slip that caught my attention — chamberlain believes that esme is not the killer. And we’re gonna take his word for it? Alexis, I have pored over chamberlain’s file. That guy hasn’t lifted a finger in anyone else’s interests except his own. So if he says that esme’s not the killer, it’s because it serves him and not the police. Jordan is onto something, and I do believe there is more to their twisted relationship besides psychopath and psychology student. So what do we do with that information?

[ Cellphone rings ] I do believe we’re about to find out. Hey, jordan. Curtis, I’m trying to reach taggert. Do you know where he is? Uh, he’s traveling.

[ Cellphone chimes ] He’s doing a security consult out of town. Portia should be able to track him down. Portia’s busy. Trina’s at kelly’S. Can you pick up trina and bring her to G.H. Immediately?

What’s wrong? It’s happened again. There’s more to this divorce than what you’re saying. Why don’t you just tell me what it is? You know, maybe we can salvage our marriage. There’s nothing I can say to fix this. Well, give it a shot, will you? I think you owe me that much. I was prepared to cut you loose. Do you remember that? Everybody in my life urged me to move on. Everybody told me that you weren’t good enough for me. Some people said that I was lucky just to survive you, and I was so close to listening to them. But I tuned them out. Just yesterday, I told you that I — that I wanted to try, and you ate it up. And now you’ve changed your mind? I don’t — why?! Because they were right — I’m not worthy. I am still the faithless man today that I was yesterday. I don’t understand this. What is going on? I had an affair with elizabeth.


Austin was so great when I met him. He delivered bailey lou. He got knocked unconscious for his trouble. Then I lied to him about what actually happened for months. And when the truth finally came out, he was kind and understanding. Well, that’s good. Then you got to know the best part of austin. Yeah, and I chose to ignore the not-so-great parts. Like how mean he was to brook lynn. Or how he manipulated poor chase into spying on the quartermaines. He was super apologetic about that. But I-I did choose to push that to the back of my mind. But spinelli never liked austin, and he’s liked him even less the last few weeks. Now I know why. I say poor spinelli. Yeah, because it’s never fun to be blackmailed. Especially not when the blackmailer’s dating the mother of your child. Which brings me around to georgie, who also never liked austin. I thought she was just being difficult. Now I think she might have been right. You and elizabeth? One affair wasn’t enough for you? Show scott the offer and get back to me. How did it happen? When? Where? In the bed we shared together? Or did you and elizabeth rut around in the dirt at the quartermaine picnic? I’m not getting into the details. I have a right to know. It’ll only hurt you. Why stop now? So how did the two of you end up together? I wouldn’t have you, so you came on to elizabeth? Maybe — maybe it was the other way around. Did she catch you in her bottomless pit of need that so many fools are too weak to resist? Don’t talk about her like that.

[ Voice breaking ] What were you getting from elizabeth that you didn’t get from me? My child. Elizabeth is pregnant, ava. She’s having our baby. Widen the perimeter. I want every uniform and detective on this. Yes. Have the uniforms check the dumpsters nearby. Even those not on duty. Maybe the hook left some bloody clothes in one of them or something like that. And, also, we gotta take a closer look at the exotic animal smuggler and his cell records. We need to know who he was talking to, who he was texting, who he was meeting with. Yes. Yes. All that. Thanks. Hi. H– are you okay? Uh, it’s — it’s not mine. It’s officer cabrera’S. Isn’t that trina’s boyfriend? Wait. [ Sighs ] Was it the hook? Was it esme? Detective falconeri, get cleaned up. That’s an order. Okay. Was cabrera attacked by the hook? Here’s my statement — tonight, one of port charles’ finest is fighting for his life after a cowardly and brutal attack. My department will do everything to bring this perpetrator to justice. And I’ll be damned if I lose another one of my own. You can quote me on that.

[ Monitor beeping ] Administer the antivenom. We don’t know for sure it was esme — the person with the hook.

[ Sighs ] We’ve got another bleeder. He needs the antivenom. What if the police are wrong? The antivenom’s in short supply. Just do it. If his wounds don’t kill him, the poison will. You’re taking off? As soon as the terms of my release from prison are met, yeah. Then you’re, like, what, going on vacation? No, “vacation” implies a return home, and port charles no longer qualifies. But your family lives here, your friends. So do all the people who look at me like I’m dirt. Do those people have more power over you than the ones who care about you? Those people are few and far between, trina. You’re wrong. And if you’d just open your eyes, you’d see. See what? See who? My eyes are open, which is how I know to look down whenever I encounter someone who I have disappointed. So I’m gonna move on, and I’m going to disappoint strangers.

[ Chuckles ] That’s not funny. That’s sad. Maybe. But it is true. And I am certainly not going to get what I want here. And what’s that? To know how it feels… when you matter so much to someone that it hurts them when you’re gone. I’ve got the reverse down pat. I know all about hurt. Just not the part when it’s returned. Trina. Curtis. Spencer: What’s going on? I think joss and cam should hear this, too. I say that we go to a nice place, just the two of us. -First, we should talk. -Cameron. Josslyn. You, trina, and spencer need to come with me to G.H. Right away. Trina: Why? Police commissioner’s orders. She wants you where she can keep eyes on you. And it’s probably best that you’re under police protection. Okay. What happened? There’s been another attack. Who? Trina, I’m sorry. It’s rory.


What is wrong with me? I burn my life down with peter, and then I turn right around and jump into a relationship with someone who blackmails people. Wait, hold on. Austin is absolutely wrong for blackmailing spinelli, but he is not in the same league as peter. But my mistake was the same. With peter, I chose to ignore the red flags and see what I wanted to see. Austin — not a psycho. Thank god. But not who he pretended to be. Okay. And when did you get confirmation of that? I told you — this just happened. And what did you do? I told austin he wasn’t who I thought he was, and I walked out. And what are you doing now? I’m venting to a friend. Exactly. You’re not in denial. You’re just following your instincts. You’re taking a step back to re-evaluate, to be fair to yourself and to austin, to consider what you want, what you don’t want, what you like, and what you don’t like. Then you can act accordingly. Okay. I can do that. I know you can. Hey, at least my life’s not up in flames. That’s progress. My foot’s stuck. Hey — oh — I’d like to think you’re concerned about me, but it’s just another excuse for you to hate on sonny. I don’t need an excuse. And it’s a waste of energy to tell you anything different when this is what you want to do. You have no idea what I want. Then why don’t you tell me? You know how to surf? Yeah, my dad’s australian. I didn’t really have a choice. Is it hard to learn? Um, I don’t remember learning. I kind of just always knew how. You think you could teach someone? Uh, well, that depends. On what? On who wants to learn. I need you to sit up and drink this for me, okay?

[ Groans ] Or you’re gonna need my help. All right. Come here. Sit up. Damn. What? All of this, it wasn’t supposed to happen.

[ Chuckles ] Well, it did. Thank you for the coffee. Can you give me an update on cabrera’s condition? All I know is, they’ve got him in the trauma room, and he’s bleeding heavily. Mm. You know, jordan’s tight-lipped. She won’t say anything. How’d you hear about the attack? Because I was there when — when curtis got the call from jordan. And jordan sent curtis looking for trina, which suggests to me that this has something to do with the hook. When the police arrived, they called for antivenom. Venom? We both know where that’s been mentioned recently. The killer’s letter. You’re bringing a child into this? You’re subjecting a child to your misadventures with victor and esme? I never meant for this to happen, ava. The sex was a mistake. The baby is not. I couldn’t make this unhappen even if I wanted to. And I don’T. I have to take care of that baby. I have to do right. I got to protect it from victor and esme or anything that can harm it, or anyone who would try to use this baby for their own advantage. I — just, I can’t fail another child. You may not understand any of this. But you must understand that much, don’t you? Keep me posted. Dante: Any news? Mac is on site. Okay. I’ll go see if he needs some help. No, dante, I need you here. Why? I’m not doing anything here. I’ll be much more useful out in the field. You need to be here. You need to see this through — not only for your sake, but, more importantly, for officer cabrera’S. How’s rory? Is he okay? I don’t know. The doctors are working on him now.

[ Sighs ]

[ Door closes ] Nikolas: Please, just take my offer. What’s the alternative — war? I mean, just, what else is there to —


That’s what I think of your offer. You could have killed me. Remember that. Go on. Go be with elizabeth. Be a daddy. Good luck with your do-over. I’m sorry. I… never wanted to hurt you. I hate this. Mm, you don’t know what hate is. Maybe I’ll teach you. It doesn’t have to be like this. That’s true. It could be far, far worse. And who knows? Maybe it will be yet. God have mercy on you, nikolas. You’ll get none from me. Mom.

[ Voice breaking ] Please tell me rory’s gonna be okay. He’s lost a lot of blood, honey, and he’s bleeding internally. And his treatment’s based off of dante’s accounts of what happened.

[ Crying ] Can I see him? Honey, he’s very weak right now. Okay? He’s incoherent.

[ Monitor beeping ] Rory! Rory! Rory, rory, rory!

[ Crying ] Oh, my god. I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry, rory.

[ Weakly ] It was… too soon… to tell you how I feel. But… I’m not sorry. When you know, you know. Rory. Rory, rory! Rory! Rory, rory. Please. No, rory. Rory, rory. Please, rory.

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 Tate, where do you see this resort in Aspen, buddy? It is amazing. Yeah. You know, first of all, first of all, it has a lobby where you can basically ski right into, and then you can, you can go into this hot tub, which is about the size of a lake. Yeah. . It’s this.

You know what, buddy? I’m, I’m gonna have to, uh, I’m gonna have to call you back. Yeah. Okay. I love you too. Bye.

What are you doing? What does it look like? We’re under a missile toe. I am sure you remember what that means.

Well, are you just gonna stand there golfing or are you gonna explain what you’re doing at my apartment? I could ask you the same thing.

Your grandma Susan was one of a kind. She loved you very much.

Yeah. It feels like just, uh, yesterday she was here with us enjoying Halloween. Now it’s almost Christmas. God, I just, uh, I can’t believe she’s gone.

She sure is a beauty. Yeah. With enough power to take out half the church. And it’s all for EJ Damara. Hmm. When he shows up, it’s Susan’s funeral. He’s gonna be the one resting in

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

You constructed a paper missile toe. Just so you could hold it over my head. No. Rachel made it an art class. I think it’s pretty good. She was hoping, uh, we would hang it together. Kristen, I think, no, listen, Kristen, what? You know how I feel about you encouraging her fantasies about us getting together? No, darling.

I am encouraging her creativity. Yeah, well, maybe you should do an art project based on the plant that helped save Marlene’s life since that’s the only reason why you’re staying. Well, you know what? You, you, you don’t have to continue to remind me. Where are you going? Today is Susan’s memorial and I wanted to be there for my brother.

You can’t be serious what you, I’m pretty sure that EJ doesn’t want you anywhere near that. Look, I am well aware of my brother’s feelings toward me, Brady, but, um, don’t worry about it. I have a plan. Oh, you saying that you have a plan is supposed to make me not worry. No, we’ll see. See,

yeah. What could possibly go wrong?

Ava took so much from us. I, I trusted her. I cared, I cared for her. I, I had no idea how damaged she was. I mean, that she’s capable of kidnapping grandma, driving them off the road, killing ’em in the process, even though I didn’t think she would go that far. But I saw her in my own eyes. Yeah. That must have been horrible for you.

I thought it was the last time I would see either one of them until I saw a Thanksgiving.

What’s wrong? Don’t tell me you’re having second thoughts about blowing EJ to kingdom. Come. Of course not. Then what is it? I was just thinking how great would it be if all of my other enemies could get what was coming to them too? Starting with Nicole Walker that you find me. Well, when Roman told me you didn’t come home last night, I had a pretty good idea of where you might be.

So you what? Started knocking on random doors? No, honey. I used to be a reporter. It took me about 10 seconds to track down your address. Wow. Stalker lunch.

Well, excuse me, I don’t remember inviting you in. Seriously, you’re sleeping with her. I am. What’s it to you?

There you turn. Hey, I am please. My feet are killing me, sir. Tell me all about it, sir. Couldn’t sit down. How did you think? Ow. Well, I did pretty well. I got that. Camera, drone that Johnny’s been watching. That’s good. That’s good. Let’s hope he makes a safer choice for his next movie. How about Holly? I found some troll dolls that she wanted.

I don’t know if we’re gonna be seeing much of her over Christmas, because you know Eric, Nicole. Yeah. Yeah. We’ll just have to drop that off. And Nicole’s this afternoon then. Mm-hmm. . So don’t you have any luck finding something for little Rachel? I did what? I got her a junior marine biology kit. Ah, good job.

You know Brady said she’s really into Wales right now. Yeah. But we both know we can’t deliver her what she really wants for Christmas. Mom and dad back together.

Just what sort of voodoo is this? I’m sorry, what? This style is evil. And is this right here? Dear Lord, I came just in time. Yeah? Yeah. Nice try. Kristin.

You are unbelievable. He’s unbelievable. You’re the one that’s sculpting around town trying to catch him in bed with other women. You stay out of this. Hello? You are standing in the middle of my apartment. I’m in it. Will you give us a minute? It won’t take very long, I promise. Fine. We have to get dressed anyway.

What is wrong with you? Nothing. Nothing. About five minutes ago we were planning our future together and now you’re starting drunken bar fights and hooking up with a trashy lawyer who you spent. How dare you judge me for sleeping with Sloan. You’re hooking up with EJ Tamira.

See? So you’re saying you saw Avon Thanksgiving. How is that possible? I had a lot to drink and I ended up at the crash site. She, she was taunting me, tormenting me, but it was. It was real. Tony and Chad showed up and Abra disappeared. So no, no, it, it wasn’t real likely a toxic combination of too much booze and even more guilt.

Ironic, isn’t it? In death. Ava made me feel as crazy as she was. Dad, I’m so sorry you’re going through this.

Thank you for saying that son. More importantly, for being here with me. Look, I just hope that you know, maybe Bla and Grandma Susan to rest will bring you some kind of peace.

So Nicole destroyed your life to be with Rafe, and then she just moved on. I could never happened. And from what I hear, she made a pit stop with Eric Brady in. She moves fast. Mm. And her and EJ are a couple. Well, she’s living at his house. What do you think? I think you’re absolutely right. A person like that needs to get her comeuppance.

I am so glad you agree because the good news is she will most likely be accompanying EJ to the funeral, which means, which means have to kill two birds with one bomb.

You know, doc, this is, it’s gotta be really confusing for little Rachel. I mean, she has her, her parents living in the same house, but not together. Well, we know that Brady moved Kristen in under duress. I, I just wonder why. The only thing I know for sure is that. Rachel was doing a hell a lot better when Kristen was gone.

We all were. That is why we not only have to get Kristen out of our house, but out of Brady’s life for good.

I may have an idea. Christian Dara. Oh, how dare you. Confused me with that godless rich. Now where is your stepmom? My stepmom, you mean Marlena? Yes. I came to see Dr. Marlena Evans in ahead of my dearly departed sister’s funeral. All I found was screaming Light meers Uhhuh . Yeah. I knew you were good at this, but I gotta say this, this oof.

This is good. It’s pretty convincing. I thank you. Pardon? Is, was this really your plan? You’re gonna go to Susan’s Funeral Justice, her sister, the NUN plan? The only plan that I subscribe to is God’s Divine Plan Plane. Okay. All right. All right, sister. Right. I did not know what you are imply. I am not pretending to be Susan’s sister.

I am her sister. Right. You know, this is never gonna work. I mean, what, what if the real sister Mary Mora shows up? Whatcha are you gonna do Sister Mary mo’s? Okay. Okay. You know what if, if your sister, Mary Mora, you think she would be okay with something like this, I.

You have one of those for your sister, Kristen? Yeah, the one and only take this one. I’ll make another that’s,

thank you for that. You can thank me by leaving this. What the hell are you doing here, Kristen? Where else would I be to say goodbye to Susan? I wanna be there for your mother, for you at the funeral. Over my dead buddy.

How many times do I have to say it? EJ and I are not sleeping with each other. Right? Holly and I needed a place to stay and EJ offered. Yeah, what’s very generous of him? It’s just temporary. Eric. Well, maybe you should be spending your time searching for apartments rather than keeping track of me. I’m worried about you.

You’re worried about me. Were you that worried when you encouraged Jada to deport my baby? Is that while you’re flushing your life down the drain, because Jada made a choice, not me. I mean, do, do you even hear me? Jada made that choice, not me. I’m making choices. Too. Bad choices. Yeah. I wonder why, you know, one minute I thought we were gonna be together and then the next minute we weren’t.

Or I was about to be a father and then I wasn’t. It’s been rough for you. Who the hell hasn’t it been rough for? But you’re, you’re, you’re drowning in self-pity. This is not who you are. Who the hell am I? Nicole? You’re a good person who’s loved and, and, and respected. Yeah. Who’s getting walked all over.

That is not true. You know what I realize now people like you and my sister Sammy, why you enjoy being so selfish and sabotaging Because you do what you want without worrying about any consequences. You know what I understand because it, there’s kind of a little bit of a rush to it. I mean, who wants to be the good twin?

And there’s so much more fun in being a bad twin.

Is someone reminiscing over her near Adventures in cradle robbing. Johnny was kind to me when EJ was declaring war, and Gabby was trying to manipulate me. Johnny was on my side.

Maybe things would’ve been different if I just let him into my life.

Sorry, mom. You may have been little Johnny’s Cougar fantasy at one point, but now you’re just the crazy lady who killed his grandmother go away. You don’t really want that. Yes, I do. Look, I appreciate you helping me with my plan, but I can do this on my own. I don’t need you here. Okay. I’ll scream. But remember, I’m always with you.

Uh, excuse me, miss.

Uh, I’m Susan’s grandson Johnny, are you a friend of hers?

Ah, listen, we’re, we’re not quite ready yet. Maybe you wanna wait outside.

Miss this.

Whoa. How dare you press your unclean lip against the flesh of one of Christ’s sacred brides? Wait a minute. What? Whoa. Wait. You were welcomed. You welcomed Satan into your heart and into your home. Oh God. Oh God. I know you’re taking his name in favor. No, no, no. Listen, I’m sorry. You’re the real sister. Mary got this.

I’m trying to. You walked into this room? No. What is room with your child apparently allowed. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. No, Mr. Sister. I’m I I didn’t mean mistake. Cut was Total mistake. No, doesnt cut in. Mister. What are you talking about? What? Something been done? You a long time. Ow, ow. What you doing?

What? Hey, hey. Stop it. We stop. I know you’ve hated me ever since I cited with Gabby on the Dera vote. This has nothing to do with business. Then why are you being so hostile? Why am I being so hostile? Yes. Do you not remember how you treated my mother when she was. Oh, come on. I, I admit that Susan and I didn’t always get along.

You tried to take me away from her when I was a baby. Yes, but we got past that years ago. No, no, you got past it. My mother never did. She was forever traumatized by what you and father put her through. And this whole, it’s all about family act isn’t going to work this time. You don’t give a damn about me or my mother.

And you are the last. As she would want at her funeral, so get the hell out and let me grieve in peace.

Oh, great. You’re still here. Nicole is just leaving. Does she know that? Well, enjoy your afternoon delight. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

You sure you don’t wanna go after her? Nope.

Are you okay? I’m good. Nothing to worry about. I’m glad to hear that

Nicole did make one solid point though. We still have time for love in the afternoon before I have to be at court. How’s that sound?

You’re thinking

you want me to get close to Kristin?

Come on, doc. I think you remember that. I tried that once before and it didn’t work out that well. You know, my power’s a seduction man. No, no, no. I don’t want you to seduce her. Well then what are you talking to your friend, you know, play on the, the long history that you’ve had. Remind her that she can still trust you.

You think she’d buy. Well, her family has forsaken. Her friend is in, in prison. I, I just think, uh, she’d be looking for someone in whom she could confide about now

and why not her old pal, John Black. Huh? Could work. And once she’s vulnerable enough, I should be able to get her to tell me what she’s holding over. Brady’s head. I, there you have Got it. , when you use your mastery psychology to hatch a scheme, no, no, no. It’s not a scheme. This is just plain good parenting.

Oh man. Okay. Doctor, where do we start? I think I’ve got a way that. Persuade Kristen to let down her card

more. I think about it the more I like this plan of yours. , I thought you might

Yes, but where are you going? Well, if we’re gonna get Kristen out of our house, we gotta start right now. Wait. What about Susan’s memorial? You pay respects for both of us. Susan, of all people would understand how desperate we are to save our son and granddaughter from Kristen D.

He looked like he had a even worse day than I did. Yeah, you can pretty much bet on that. I thought you were going to the funeral. Let’s just say EJ wasn’t interested in my comfort today or any other day for that matter, who I tried to warn you about that so much for family. What happened to your hand? I had a little visit from, uh, Susan’s sister, the nun.

Sister Mary Mork was here. Yeah. Yeah. She let herself in when I came around the corner and I found her. I, uh, I kind of jumped to the wrong conclusion because you were telling me that you had this plan to go to the funeral today. Oh, you. Thought it was me in disguise. I had every reason to. Yeah, I mean, it was something that you would do, so, yeah, I did think that.

And so when she finally convinced me of the truth that it was her, it was a little bit too late. Okay. Too late for what? Freddie, what did you do? I tried to call your bluff, Kristen. All right. I took the, uh, the paper missile toe that Rachel had made. Oh my God. You didn’t? And I held it over her head. Oh God.

And I gave her a giant kiss you made out with, I made out with a nun today. I thought it was you

Don. You know, it’s not that funny. It’s not that funny. Okay. Yeah, you’re right. It’s not funny. You’re right. No, it’s not. It’s, it’s, I mean, it’s even funnier. . Okay. That’s okay. Okay. Hold on, prince. So, uh, what did she do? Uh, did she freak out? ? I was looking, I was the fucking freak out. Oh my God. It’s, she’s a nut.

I’m kissing her . She could, I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I mean, it wasn’t funny. You should have seen the look on her face. No, I, I would’ve rather seen the look on her face. We were both freaked out. I know

God.

You know what? What? Oh, I’m good. I’m good. You know, I’m gonna stop. I’m just gonna stop right now because I really need to ask you a question. Romeo. What? So if it had been that nun’s habit and you planted that kiss, what would happen next?

Is everything all right? I just found Eric with his slut lawyer, Sloan Peterson. They were alone in her apartment wearing only towels. I see. Are they together now? Well, at least for one night. Eric Brady had a one night stand. Who knew he had it in him? . Oh, I’m glad you find this amusing. I’m, I’m sorry. I know you still love him, but doesn’t this prove how beneath you, the former Father Brady truly is.

He’s troubled, and I shouldn’t be dumping this on you, especially not today. It’s, it’s fine. I’d much rather share a drink with you than my last visitor. Oh, who was it? Kristen showed up wanting to accompany me to my mother’s funeral. That was nice of her. Nice. The woman spent decades tormenting my poor mother.

Yeah. Well, being on the receiving end of Kristen’s malice, I can understand why you wouldn’t want her to come to the service. And yet she was the only one of my siblings who was available. Your brothers aren’t coming. Tony Nana are visiting Carrie and her family for the holidays. Stefan is dealing with a supply chain crisis at the mirror, and Chad, the poor man, is still grieving Abigail.

I couldn’t put him through another funeral so soon, so it. Me and Johnny. I don’t even know where he and I stand these days. Thomas. Well,

maybe I can go with you.

Dear Zone in heaven, what has now forsaken? We have enough. Very good. And for I’m Mary Mor, so. Is everything all right? Oh, is it you, Roman ? Yeah. It’s, uh, it’s me. Thank the Lord about how you’ve grown. It’s good to see you. Thank you. How long has it been my dear? Great nephew, uh, would’ve been in Italy, was the last time we were together.

You were visiting us while my dad was recovering from his accident. Mm-hmm. ? Yes, yes, yes. Huh? Elvis when he roses from the dead, like Lazarus himself. Hey, you, uh, you seem pretty upset. I, I, I can’t even imagine how hard this must be for you. Oh, it’s just too awful to talk about. I know, I know. The, uh, my, uh, grandma Susan’s death is, well, it’s a tragedy, so I.

I’m not talking about my sweet sister’s death. I am referring to your uncle, the Heathen Brady Black uncle, uncle Brady. What? What, what? What about him? He was just, oh, he was overtake by his car. Urges. What? She kissed me.

Oh boy. Uncle Brady kissed you. He tasted coffee and shin. Oh, you hold that disturbing thought for just one minute, please. I’d rather not. Let’s just, there, there was a, there’s a woman right here a minute ago. Where is she?

I think you’re gonna need another shower.

Wanna conserve water and shower with a friend? As nice as that sounds. I have to go in my brother soon. You no fun. Really? Mm. Okay. Fun. Actually, you’re a lot of fun. But if you’re in a hurry, then you can go alone. Hey, will you want to go first? No, you go. Never let it be sad that I’m not an accommodating host.

I would never say that.

If you wanna come back tonight, we can pick up where we left off. I may take you up on that.

Let’s just do a thought experiment, shall. What if it’s me and the nuns have it and you hold up the missile toe and you put your lips on mine and I respond. What are you asking Chris? I’m just curious. I’m just curious. I mean, because the history is that, uh, I kiss, it really just stops at a kiss. Chris?

Mm-hmm. take, you know what I remember, there were times and we’d be at that door and we’d be kissing each other goodbye, and then all of a, we’d start taping each other’s clothes off, and then we would just go straight back to our bedroom. I mean, that is, we made it that far.

Hey, hey, why do you keep fighting this? Know that it’s still there. Us. You wanna stop? Stop. I know that you as much

Oh, oh boy. Hey dad. Hey son. Why don’t you get a meeting with your I do, I do. I have a meeting. Thanks for reminding me I’m late. I better go.

So, so, so. Looks like it’s just the two of us.

Thank you for your offer. It means a lot, but do you really want to risk being seen with me in public again? Am I get a few more tongues wagging?

I don’t care about. You did before you agreed to move in? Yes, I did. But it doesn’t matter anymore. Ej, you are my friend and I wanna be there for you.

Well, in that case, we better get ready. Uh, I’ll, I’ll go change. Nicole. Yeah. Thank you

Grandma darling. How are you? You, you seem a little distracted. Oh yeah. I was just, uh, I was looking for, Woman. What woman? I don’t know. She, she was in the chapel and, uh, she was looking at pictures, but I, and I, I tried to talk to her. She wouldn’t turn around. Well, that seems a bit odd. Yeah. I don’t know. And then I, I just, I, I, I, I, I turned away for a moment.

She was gone. Hmm. So you, you didn’t Oh, see her face. No, I, I, she was wearing some big hat and I just, I don’t know if she was weird vibes. I just wanted to make sure she was okay. I am sure she’s okay, honey. You know, people deal with grief in different ways, that’s all. Yeah. Yeah. You’re probably right. I’m sure it’s fine.

I think we should go inside. Are you ready? Yeah, I’ll, I’ll be right behind. Okay.

Sister Mary Myra. Oh, Dr. It’s good to see you. You as well. John asked me to let you know he was sorry that he couldn’t be here today. Well, he isn’t the one who should be expressing remorse. This ate son of his who needs to. Brady. Ooh, just his name since she was down Mafa. Why? What did Brady do? Oh, I to say this.

I came to see you and he’s dead. Your stepson ravished me.

Hey. Hey, thanks for coming to see me. Sure. Sounds like we got a lot to talk about. What do you mean? Is it true that you were arrested, spent a night in jail? Great news travels fast than seeing them. Yeah. What’s going on with you, man? What? What? I mean? Well, besides me being worried about you, Eric, I mean, you missed a whole day of work.

All right. I’m sorry about that. No, no. I mean, I had to reschedule the entire summer swimsuit. You know, we had to rebook all the models. Look, I’m sorry. I’m really sorry about that. You, you, sorry. You know what? It cost me a lot of money, man. If you weren’t my brother, I’d probably have to fire you. All right.

I’ll save you the trouble. I quit.

Are you, are you saying that Brady. Kissed you in a romantic way? Oh, there’s nothing romantic about it. No. He stuck his fort for a tongue down my merchant throat.

That’s an image I have been praying ever since. Oh, I don’t understand why Brady would do that. He claimed that he thought I was the evil Christian. Well, he thought he was kissing Kristen. I don’t know. I don’t care. That horrible woman has corrupted his mortal soul, which is why you and John Black should have done a better job of keeping your boy away from that.

She deal. Well, we’re working on that.

Beer. Yeah, thanks. Why aren’t you at, uh, Susan’s memorial service with Marlena? Long story. Hmm. Well, I got time,

uh,

duck and I route Christmas shopping, and we kind of got into a dispute. Salem’s greatest lovers. You, I should alert the intruder, eh? It’s more like just a, I don’t know, difference of opinion. All right. What could you two possibly have to fight about? Hmm. Oh, let me guess. should be up at Christmas. Gifts on Christmas Eve.

On Christmas morning.

Actually,

we were fighting about you.

I’m so sorry. Thank you for being here. Of course, she was a friend. I’ll miss her. Thank you.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go say hi to my aunt. Course.

Hello, Nicole. Marlena. I’m sorry about what happened between you and Eric. Thank you. But I, I think you should check on him. He’s going through some things, of course. Uh, You were here with EJ as friends. His brothers couldn’t make it, so I thought I’d show support. Well, that was kind of you.

Lovely arrangement. I wonder who they’re from. They’re from Samantha. Oh, that was very thoughtful of her. Are we ready to begin? Oh yes. Father, uh, no. Is there a problem? We can’t start the funeral yet. Johnny isn’t here. Well, I just saw him earlier. Yeah, I, I, I saw him outside. He said he’d be, Where between Heaven inhale could therefore be,

Hey, hey, stop for

in the flesh.

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Nicole has a dream about getting back together with Eric, but then wakes up alone in bed.

Eric wakes up in bed with Sloan, who brings him coffee. Sloan comments that the coffee is hot but not nearly as much as he was last night as they kiss. Sloan asks if he has any regrets about last night.

Kate goes to Jada’s room and brings her tea. Kate comments that Jada looks good and relaxed. Jada responds that she’s feeling a lot better. Jada adds that she’s not happy that Eric is in jail but admits it’s a relief that he’s not right down the hall. Kate then reveals that Eric is no longer in jail as Roman told her they released him yesterday thanks to his new attorney, Sloan Peterson.

Eric assures Sloan that he has absolutely no regrets about last night. Sloan says she can tell something is wrong. Eric says he just has a headache since he doesn’t really drink a lot these days. Sloan offers an aspirin but Eric says he thinks he just needs some breakfast. Sloan offers a a granola bar but Eric says he was thinking something more substantial as they kiss in bed.

At the DiMera Mansion, EJ is on the phone with Susan’s husband Roger, understanding that he couldn’t change his plans considering Susan’s memorial was rather impromptu. EJ remarks that he hopes the woman who murdered Susan is burning in Hell, while Ava watches him from outside the side door.

Kate tells Jada that she thought she knew but Jada says she hasn’t heard from Eric. Kate thought Eric would’ve at least checked on her when he got out to see how she was doing. Jada guesses he feels there’s no reason to now. Kate feels that Eric owes her that much. Jada disagrees and decides she’s glad that Eric is staying away. Jada declares that she and Eric are history, so he’s somebody else’s problem now.

Eric reminds Sloan about how Belle said that getting in to bed with Sloan would be the worst mistake of his life. Eric states that he doesn’t think she could’ve been more wrong.

Johnny goes to Nicole’s room at the DiMera Mansion to get some of Susan’s things for the memorial. Nicole tells him that she’s sorry about Susan and says she was a sweetheart. Johnny apologizes for acting like a jerk when he found out that EJ was letting her stay here. Johnny tells Nicole that he really likes her and he really likes Rafe, so he hoped things would work out between them. Nicole says she was too but she realized that she and Rafe were wrong for each other from the start. Nicole declares that Rafe is a really good person while she is not and never will be.

EJ finishes his call with Roger. Ava looks to open the door but stops as Rafe arrives. EJ asks Rafe what he can do for him. Rafe responds that he needs a statement about Susan’s death as EJ missed two appointments to give him one. EJ doesn’t know what more there is to say. EJ repeats that the ransom exchange went badly, Ava panicked and drove off the road, killing herself and Susan. EJ calls it very unpleasant for him to talk about. Rafe understands and respects that he is grieving, but he needs more details. EJ asks why and says it’s a bit late to bring Ava to justice. EJ tells Rafe to let the dead stay dead, or rot in Ava’s case. Ava remains outside watching him through the door.

Eric tells Sloan about how he left the priesthood the first time for Nicole, but he went back when things didn’t work out, and the second time was on a technicality. Sloan asks if she can presume he won’t run off to the priesthood for a third time. Eric says that’s a safe bet as he had some clear signs that he was on the wrong path anyway. Eric then continues kissing Sloan.

Johnny opens a jewelry box and takes out a cross which he says is a symbol of all things important to Susan. Johnny says Susan was truer to herself than anyone he knew and she never cared what anybody else said or thought about her. Johnny comments that she never changed or even wanted to and he has to admire that about a person. Johnny says he was just a kid when Nicole was his stepmom, but he remembers that she took really good care of him and Sydney regardless of her relationship with EJ. Nicole says they were a delight. Johnny recalls Nicole staying up with him all night and reading him a bedtime story after he had eye surgery. Nicole can’t believe he remembers all that. Johnny says it meant a lot to him. Johnny adds that as much as Sami may have despised her and tried to convince him that she was a horrible person, he never believed her. Johnny says they loved spending time with her and says she was funny. Nicole calls him very sweet. Johnny says he has to get to the church and exits.

Steve goes to the Brady Pub and greets Roman at the bar. Roman comments that he got back from Seattle fast. Steve responds that he and Stephanie are going to fly back for Christmas to join Kayla, Tripp, and Joey. Roman asks how Tripp is doing. Steve says he’s still broken up about his mother. Roman is glad Steve could be there for him and says he was lucky to be in Seattle when Ava was killed. Steve responds that it wasn’t exactly luck.

Rafe tells EJ that if someone other than Ava was in any way involved in Susan’s death, he would want them brought to justice. EJ questions what he’s implying. Rafe finds it strange that EJ is so reluctant to tell him the whole story about what happened. EJ repeats that it’s very difficult for him to talk about. Rafe wants to start with why EJ didn’t call the police when Susan was missing. EJ responds that Ava threatened to kill Susan if he told anyone, so he thought it would be a good idea to handle it himself. Rafe brings up EJ saying that something went wrong with the ransom exchange, causing Ava and Susan to lose control, go off the cliff and die. Rafe asks what went wrong. Nicole then walks in and apologizes for interrupting as EJ greets her. Rafe is surprised and questions what the hell she’s doing here. EJ tells Rafe to use his detective skills and remarks that obviously Nicole spent the night.

Sloan tells Eric that his stamina was impressive but jokes that he has a lot of time to make up for. Eric tells her that casual sex was never in the cards for him since he had standard dreams of kids and a white picket fence but it became obvious to him that was never really in his cards, so he needed to stop fooling himself and getting emotionally involved. Eric wants to make it clear that he’s not really in to getting in to a relationship. Sloan assures that she is the same and that she’s never really believed in happily ever after. Eric is glad they are on the same page. Sloan toasts to no emotional attachment and just pure, wild, passionate sex if he’s up for it. Eric assures that he is and kisses her.

Nicole tells Rafe that it’s not what it looks like and explains that EJ offered her and Holly a place to stay until she finds a place. EJ confirms they are welcome to stay as long as they like. Rafe comments on how generous that is of EJ. Rafe tells EJ to enjoy the consolation prize since both of Nicole’s exes rejected her. Rafe adds that since EJ is determined to stonewall his investigation in to Susan’s death, he will find the information elsewhere. Rafe assures the case is not closed and he will find out the truth as to what happened between EJ and Ava. Rafe says he’ll be in touch and exits the mansion.

Roman asks Steve why he happened to go to Seattle in the first place. Steve calls it a long story to get in to. Jada and Kate come downstairs. Jada greets Steve and says it’s good to see he’s back. Kate asks how Tripp is doing. Steve responds that he’s hanging in there and thanks her. Roman asks how Jada is feeling. Jada says she’s much better and is actually heading to work. Steve asks if she was sick. Jada responds that she took a few days of medical leave, but she’s better now. Steve mentions that he’s heading to the police station as well and offers to give her a ride as he wants to discuss a police matter with her.

Ava hides out in the DiMera Crypt. Her vision of her dead son Charlie appears once again and says he heard today was the big day which Ava confirms. He presumes she has a plan. Ava says it’s simple, direct, and she doesn’t know why she didn’t think of it before. Charlie asks how they are getting their final revenge on EJ DiMera. Ava declares that EJ is going to die.

Eric reminds Sloan that he originally came over to pay his retainer so he still owes her and hopes that’s not the only reason he was welcome here. Sloan invites him to stay another night if he wants. Eric thanks her but says he should get back to the Pub. Sloan points out that he will run in to Jada there. Eric states that he’ll have to face her at some point.

Nicole goes to the Brady Pub and orders a black coffee to go. Nicole asks Kate if Jada is around. Kate responds that she missed her as she just left for work. Kate adds that she doesn’t think Jada wants to see her. Nicole responds that Jada can decide that. Kate remarks that Jada should make her own decisions. Nicole knows Eric blames her for Jada’s choice but argues that she did not force Jada’s hand. Kate questions if Nicole was doing Jada a favor by telling her how horrible her life would be if she had Eric’s baby. Roman points out that he and Kate were both on Nicole’s side and hoping that she and Eric would find their way back to each other. Nicole asks if he’s saying it’s all her fault and that she messed everything up. Nicole thought the baby was her and Eric’s biggest problem but it turns out their biggest problem is that there is no more baby.

Steve goes to the police station with Jada. Jada asks Steve about making a statement. Steve says he wants it on the record and he doesn’t want any secrets from Rafe, so he wants him to hear this too. Rafe then arrives at the station and asks what he wants him to hear. Steve then informs Rafe that EJ kidnapped Tripp and he needs to pay for it.

Ava’s vision of Charlie says he is confused since Ava’s original plan was to kidnap Susan and make EJ pay them back with blood, sweat, tears, and lots of money. Ava points out that EJ kidnapping Tripp changed things. Charlie questions if Ava driving Susan off a cliff and incinerating her wasn’t revenge enough for her. Ava responds that it wasn’t and she’s not going to let EJ live long enough to ever lay another finger on Tripp again.

Johnny goes to the living room of the DiMera Mansion and informs EJ that he took Susan’s cross to the church so it can be on display at the memorial. EJ thanks him and wishes he told him as he would’ve gone with him. Johnny says he didn’t want him to and acknowledges how hard this must be on EJ. Johnny still can’t believe it’s real. Johnny adds that Father Bernard did ask him if they wanted to arrange for some kind of marker in her memory since there are no remains. EJ admits he was thinking about that since he would like a place to visit where he can feel close to her. EJ suggests a plaque in the DiMera Crypt but notes that it’s getting full in there. EJ jokes that last time they added Jake, Stefan came back, so maybe someone else will rise from the dead this time. EJ then suggests they go to the Crypt to find a spot for Susan…

Charlie guesses it’s a good thing that their plan didn’t work out after all. Charlie remarks that he thought they were going to live happily ever after in the underworld but it turns out that Ava is hard to kill. Ava agrees and jokes that she must be on her 8th life now. Charlie points out that Ava had a chance to end EJ’s life while he was passed out on the roadside but she didn’t, so he questions why she didn’t.

Nicole asks how Jada is doing. Kate responds that she’s about as good as she’d imagine. Nicole tells Roman that she knows Kate is not interested in hearing her out, but she never intended for things to turn out this way and she’s sorry that Eric is hurting. Roman responds that Eric is responsible for his own actions, so it’s on him that he assaulted two people and wound up in jail. Roman asks if Nicole has heard from Eric since his release. Nicole confirms she did as he was with his new attorney. They ask her what he said. Nicole reveals that Eric said he never wanted to see her again. Roman questions when that was. Nicole says it was yesterday and asks why. Roman hopes that Eric didn’t get into any more trouble since he didn’t come home last night.

Eric tells Sloan that he knows he has to go back home and he can’t go back to working with Nicole. Sloan talks about how there’s no escape for him. Eric says he just needs time and a reset. Sloan tells him that he’s always welcome here with no strings as they are just friends with great benefits. Eric thanks her and says it’s been a long time since he had a real friend.

Jada questions Tripp being kidnapped and asks if he’s okay. Steve says he’s fine as he and Kayla managed to rescue him and that’s why they went to Seattle. Rafe questions thinking EJ is behind it. Steve says he knows it. Rafe says it makes sense since he knew something had escalated between Ava and EJ. Jada goes over that Ava kidnapped EJ’s mom, so EJ kidnapped her son. Steve explains that when they freed Tripp, EJ lost his leverage against Ava. Rafe says that made EJ desperate and a desperate EJ led to a ruthless Ava. Jada adds that it’s what led to Ava and Susan being killed in the car crash. Rafe says it all makes sense now as that is why EJ was so down at the crash site, since he knew that if he had just given Ava the ransom money then Susan would still be alive. Jada adds that EJ essentially kidnapped Tripp and committed a felony for nothing. Rafe questions Steve saying that he and Kayla rescued Tripp themselves. Steve confirms that they had to work fast and under the radar. Steve says he won’t apologize for doing what he had to do to save his son. Steve adds that Ava asked for his help while conveniently leaving out her part in getting Tripp kidnapped in the first place. Rafe questions why he didn’t get the authorities involved sooner. Steve explains that Ava begged him not to and he agreed to at least until he found that Tripp was safe. Steve adds that he would’ve come to Rafe right after that, but then they found out Ava died, so he didn’t want to leave Tripp. Jada says Steve is telling them now and that’s the important thing. Rafe points out that it’s all hearsay. Steve confirms that Ava told him that EJ kidnapped Tripp but he doesn’t know or have any proof and the henchman wouldn’t name names while now Ava is dead. Rafe bets EJ is feeling pretty good that there’s no proof of his involvement. Steve says that’s why he needs their help in figuring out a way to make EJ pay.

EJ suggests they go to the DiMera Crypt but Johnny stops him and says he doesn’t know if Susan would really want her marker to be in the family crypt. EJ asks why not. EJ knows Susan is technically not a DiMera but she is family. Johnny reminds him that the Devil held her hostage there so he doesn’t know if she’d want her memory to be associated with it for the rest of eternity. EJ decides Johnny may be right since it is gloomy down there and haunted by so many ghosts.

Charlie goes over how Ava and EJ struggled over the gun at the crash site until he fell and hit his head, then Ava was standing over EJ with the gun. Charlie asks why she didn’t kill him and if she lost her nerve. Ava responds that she wanted to give EJ more time to suffer with the guilt of what he did to his mother. Charlie asks if now EJ has suffered enough. Ava declares that he’ll never suffer enough, but she thinks that more people need to pay for the way they treated her and the perfect opportunity has presented itself. Ava declares that today will be their final act.

Jada tells Steve that she’ll do anything to help but points out that Tripp was kidnapped in Seattle which is out of their jurisdiction. Steve knows that limits what they can do. Rafe points out that EJ probably managed everything from here, so if they can prove that then they have jurisdiction. Jada and Rafe decide they are all in. Rafe adds that he’s all for anything he can do to bring down EJ.

EJ pours a drink. Johnny comments that it’s a little early for a drink. EJ says not these days and certainly not today. Johnny asks what happened today. EJ tells him that Rafe came by and tried to implicate him in Susan’s death. Johnny argues that he can’t do that. EJ remarks that Rafe was just angry that Nicole is staying there and tried to take it out on him. EJ brings up if Rafe asks Johnny any questions. Johnny says there’s nothing he could tell him as he only knows that EJ did everything in his power to bring Susan home safely. EJ agrees that he did and adds that Johnny is more than welcome to invite Wendy to the memorial to keep up the cover of them being romantically involved. Johnny thanks him. EJ adds that the entire family is going to be there, so they need to be very careful of what they say to each other so no one hears them talking about what they know. Johnny assures that if Stefan finds out that EJ brainwashed him, it’s not going to be from him.

Eric and Sloan eat together in bed. Sloan praises his cooking. Eric says he’s been cooking for himself for many years while Sloan says she’s been ordering in for many years. Eric suggests they clear the table. Sloan suggests they pick up where they left off. Sloan jokes about handcuffs and Eric getting his priest collar being a fantasy of hers’. Eric says he’s pretty free without the collar. They decide who needs clothing and agree to go shower together.

Nicole questions Roman about Eric not coming home last night. Roman says he even checked with Rafe to make sure he wasn’t back in lockup while Kate adds that they even checked the hospital. Roman is sure Eric is okay but he’s wondering where he could be. Kate asks if Nicole has any idea. Nicole says she doesn’t. Nicole then claims she remembered she had something to do and quickly walks out of the Pub, leaving behind her coffee order. Roman wonders where Nicole went in such a hurry. Kate thinks she was thrown by Eric not coming home. Roman says he’s worried about Eric. Kate responds that Nicole is too but for a completely different reason.

Eric and Sloan get out of the shower together. Sloan then answers the door to see Nicole and questions what she’s doing there as Nicole sees Sloan and Eric in towels.

Rafe tells Jada that he’s glad to see her back at work and asks how she’s feeling. Jada says she’s fine and tired of everyone acting like she’s a fragile little doll. Rafe says people just care about her. Jada just wants to focus on work and put everything with Eric behind her. Rafe says he would love to do the same with Nicole but it seems the universe is conspiring against him. Jada asks what happened now. Rafe informs her that he went to see EJ to question him and didn’t expect to see Nicole there, walking out in a bathrobe which shocks Jada. Rafe says evidently Nicole has moved in with EJ, which he was very happy to inform him of. Jada says she’s so sorry. Rafe says it’s okay as nothing Nicole does surprises him anymore, but he would like to wipe the smug grin off EJ’s face once and for all.

EJ tells Johnny that Harold will serve a luncheon after the service. EJ talks about how the food and music doesn’t matter as he just wants to honor Susan properly and he doesn’t want anyone to forget her. Johnny assures that no one will forget about her.

Ava says it’s a good thing that EJ was drunk that night and his brothers convinced him that he imagined the whole thing, so he still thinks she’s dead and will never see it coming. Ava declares that now she can get revenge on the whole lot of them. Ava declares it will be a memorable memorial as she then unveils a briefcase with a bomb inside and says it’s going to be a blast.

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THIS STILL NEEDS EXTENSIVE EDITING!

 Eric, what do you do here? I can’t stop thinking about you. These last few days have been like a terrible nightmare. Oh God. You feel that way too? I woke up this morning and I realized I made a terrible mistake. I’m sorry for being upset about the baby and lashing out outta you. I’m sorry. It’s not your fault and I don’t want to throw away what it could be.

Our last chance at happiness. What do you saying? I’m asking you to forgive me. I want you to leave here. I want you to come home with me where you.

I, I, so.

Hey. Morning, sleepy. Ed

brought you coffee. Black. That’s okay. Thank you. I’ll be careful. It’s hot, but it wasn’t nearly as hot as you were last night.

Excuse me. Hey, when a man is in my bed, I like to be the center of his attention. I’m sorry you’re not having regrets about last night, are you?

Good morning. Good morning. The bear of tea again. Thank you, Kate. I’m so kind of you. You look good, relaxed. Thanks. I am feeling a lot better, not just physically. Emotionally too. Not that I’m happy that Eric’s in jail. I mean far from it, but I will admit it is a relief not having him so close by. Well, Eric’s not in jail anymore.

Roman told me they released him yesterday. Thanks to his new attorney, Sloane Peterson,

I have absolutely no regrets about last night. Well, thanks for restoring my self. Fuck you ever lost it?

Well, what’s the matter cuz I can tell something’s wrong. It’s just a headache. Like I said, I don’t really drink a lot these days. Shall I get you an aspirin? No, no. I’m fine Nick. I think a little breakfast will kind of do the trick. Oh, well, I’m not really much of a breakfast kind of gal, but I think I have a granola bar somewhere around here.

Well, I was actually thinking of something more substantial. Hmm. I like this.

Oh, of course, Roger. I completely. This memorial service is rather imprompt you. There’s no need to change your plant. Mother will be touched that you left your tour to make a pilgrim, Mr. Grace Lan, her honor. Oh, I’m with you on that. I hope the woman who murdered her is burning in hell.

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

I’m sorry. I thought that you knew. No, I haven’t heard from Eric. Well, that’s too bad. I thought that he would’ve at least checked on you when he was released to see how you were doing. Well, I guess he figures there’s no reason to now. Yeah. Well that’s just wrong. You know? He owes you that much. No, he doesn’t, and I don’t owe him anything either.

You know, I’m glad he is staying away. Do you really mean that? I do. Eric and I are history. He’s somebody else’s problem now.

Do you remember when my sister said getting into bed with you would be the worst mistake of my life? . I remember Asha was speaking figuratively, . But I don’t think she could be more wrong.

Oh.

Um, just gimme a minute.

Hey, Tony. Hey, uh, sorry to bother you. I, I hope I didn’t link you. No, I was up. What can I help you with? Well, if you don’t mind, I, I need to come in and grab some of my grandma’s things. I, I wanted to wait, but, uh, I need to get ’em down to the church before the memorial service, so Yes, of course. I, I understand.

Yes.

Listen, uh, Johnny, I’m really sorry about Susan. She was a real sweetheart. Yeah. Yeah, she was. Uh, Hey, I’m sorry again for, uh, acting like such a jerk when I found out my dad was letting you stay here. And part, part of the reason was I just see I, I really like you and I really like ra and I was hoping things would work out between the two of you.

Yes, so was I, but I realized that Ray and I were wrong for each other from the start, and he is a really good person. And as hard as I try to ignore reality, I am not and I never will be. Thanks, Roger. Please, please keep in touch.

What can I do for you? Commissioner? You need a statement about the circumstances around your mother’s death. You’ve missed two appointments to give it to me. I don’t know what else there is to say. As I told you before, the Ransom exchange went badly, Eva panicked and drove off a road killing He. Am my mother

very, very unpleasant for me to talk about this, as I’m sure you understand. I understand. I understand that you are grieving UJA and I respect that, but I need more details. Why? Why? So you can bring Eva to justice. It’s a bit late for that. Let the dead stay dead. In that Witch’s case.

So he left the priesthood for Nicole, huh? The first time? The second time I, the second time

when things working out with Nicole and I. I thought I should go back to the priesthood, you know, and, uh, pick up where I left off. And, um, you know, which I did. Rededicated myself followed. I feel a Bible sized butt coming on another woman. I was defunct on a technical manner that was, uh, the matter of, uh, Canin Law.

Oh, well, you know what? As a lawyer, I can testify that it’s the technicalities that’ll kill you, . So after last night and this morning, Can I presume that you’re not gonna run off to the priesthood for our third shot? It’s a safe bet. I’ve had some pretty good and clear signs that I was on the wrong path.

That’s what you were looking for. Yeah. Yeah. It’s a, uh, it’s a symbol of all the things that were most important to grandma, faith,

family, and the king.

Yeah. She was, uh, she was truer to herself than anyone I ever knew. A lot of people looked down on her for it, called a Rolo to her face, . She didn’t care and she never gave a a damn about what, uh, anybody said or thought. Never tried to change, never even wanted to. You gotta admire that about a person, you know?

Definitely.

Hey, Nicole. Um, yeah, I was just a kid, you know, when you were my stepmom, but I remember that, uh, you took really good care of Sydnee and me, regardless of how your relationship was with, with my dad. I don’t know.

Well, that was easy. You and Sydney were a.

You know, I remember after I had gotten my eye surgery, you stayed up with me all night for a couple nights. You read me goodnight Moon, I, I don’t know how many times I asked you to read Goodnight Moon, but you had to have wanted to tear that book to pieces. . I can’t believe you remember all that. Of course I do.

Yeah, it meant a lot. And as much as my mother may have despised, you tried to convince me you were some horrible person. I never believed her. I love spending time with you. Not only did you read to us, but you were funny. You made us laugh. You’re so funny. Thank you, Johnny. That’s very kind. You know, you’re funny too.

Yeah. And you’re, you’re very sweet. Well, um, I had better did this off to the church on time. Oh, I’ll see you Johnny. See you

Steve. Hey there buddy. You got back from Seattle fast? Yeah, I took the red eye. Yeah. Stephanie and I are. Fly back for Christmas. Join Kayla and Joe out there. Sounds like a planned. How’s the trip doing? Well, he’s still pretty broken up about his mother. Yeah. Glad you could be there for him. I was lucky you happened to be in Seattle when Ava was killed.

Wasn’t exactly look

EJ if someone other than Ava was in any way culpable in your mother’s death. I am sure you’d want them brought to justice. Of course I would. What are you implying? Not implying anything, but I do find it very strange that you are so reluctant to tell me the whole story of what happened. As I told you before, this is very difficult for me to talk about.

Right. So let’s start with why you didn’t call the police when Susan went. Eva threatened to kill my mother if I told anyone. So you thought it would be a good idea to handle this on your own? If I did, yes. And as you said, something went wrong with the Ransom exchange. Causing Ava and your mother to lose control, go off a cliff and die.

Oh, uh, excuse me. Good morning Nicole. What the hell are you doing here? What do you think she’s doing? At more commissioner, put those detective skills to good. Obviously Nicole spent the night.

Oh, your stamina was impressive, but I guess you do a lot of time to make up for no, uh, not. Casual sex was never in the cards for me. Mm-hmm. , you know, when I, I left the priesthood the first time, . Right. You know, I kind of had the standard dreams of kids white picket fence. Hmm. Yeah. So what happened, well, seemed obvious to me that that was never really in my cards.

So I just needed to, uh, stop fooling myself getting emotionally involved. Hmm. I just, I just wanna make it really clear that I’m not really into getting into a relationship. Did I say something that made you think that? Because if so, please just scratch that from the scoreboard. I mean, not the sound jaded or anything, but you know, I’ve never really been the happily ever after type.

Don’t really believe in it. Never have. We’re on the same page, definitely. So, Um, here’s to no emotional attachment. Just pure, wild, unbridled passion. Sex. If you’re, I’m up for it.

It’s not what it looks like. EJ offered Holly and I a place to stay until I can figure out a more permanent situation. I told Nicole they’re welcome to stay for as long as. Wow. How very generous of you and you know, you should, uh, you should enjoy your consolation prize since both of her ex has rejected her.

Re yeah. And since you seem so determined to stonewall my investigation into your mother’s death, I will find the information I need elsewhere. Rest is. This case is not closed, and I will find out the truth of what happened between you and Ava. I’ll be in touch.

Wow.

Son of a bitch. So why did you happen to go to Seattle in the first place? Eh, that’s a long story. I can’t really get into the details. Steve. Hey, glad to see you’re back. Hey, thanks Jada. It’s good to be home. Yes, Sue, you are in Seattle. How’s Trip doing? He’s hanging in there. Thanks. How are you feeling today, Jada?

Uh, I’m feeling much better. Thank you. Uh, in fact, I’m actually gonna be heading to work. Were you sick? I took a few days of medical leave, uh, but I’m better now. Glad to hear it and now I better head to the station. Hey, you know, I’m uh, headed that way myself. Can I, uh, give you a lift? I have something I wanna discuss with you.

It’s a police matter.

What’s the matter? Mommy dearest? Oh, you forget about your dead baby boy already, as if I could. Because I’m here to help. A little birdie told me today was the big day. Oh, it is indeed. I presume you have a plan, ladies. And it’s simple, it’s direct. Uh, I don’t, I don’t know why I didn’t think of it before.

Well, don’t keep me in suspense. How are we getting our final revenge on EJ Damara? EJ is going to die.

Sorry, just one of my clients has an issue, but okay. Done that. More pleasant matters. Listen, I came over here last night because I needed to pay my retainer, right? And then I distracted you, which means I still owe. You a bill or you can just come over here and pay it in person. I hope that’s not the only reason why I’m welcome here.

Of course not. If you want, you can stay another night. Thanks. But I can’t. I know what I should get back to the pub, or you’ll likely running to Jada, right? Oh, it’s not likely. It’s a given. I’m gonna have to face it at some point.

Nicole. Hi. Hey Roman. Can I get a black coffee to go please? Sure thing. So I was just wondering, is Jada around you missed her. She just left the work. But to save you a return trip, I don’t think she wants to see you at all. Well, Jada can make that decision. You know, we both agree with that. Jada should make her own.

Okay. I know Eric blames me for Jada’s Choice, but I did not force her hand. Oh, really? Well what were you being altruistic? Were you doing her favor by? By telling her how awful her life would be if she had Eric’s baby. Nicole, you need to know that Kate and I were on your side. We were both open, that you and Eric would find your way back to each other and it’s all my fault, right?

Go ahead, say it. I messed everything. You know, I thought the baby was, Eric’s my biggest problem and it turns out our biggest problem is that there’s no more baby. Have a seat. Steve,

are you sure you don’t wanna make an official statement? No, this has to be off the record for now. But I don’t want any secrets from Rafe. I want him to hear this too. You want me to hear what

DJ Damara kidnapped my son and that bastard needs to pay for it. Forgive me if I’m a little confused about what? Well, the original plan was to kidnap ejs mother and then make him pay us back with blood, sweat, and tears. And lots and lots of dollars. Yeah. And that plan was kicked to the curb when he snatched your breath.

Yeah. Trip the golden boy. I know. But then you drove Susan off a cliff, incinerating her to the point that they don’t even have a scrap of clothing to remember her by. And that wasn’t revenge of for you. No, it wasn’t. And I’m not gonna let EJ Damara live long enough to ever lay another finger on my boy again.

I, uh, I took Grandma’s cross down to St. Luke’s so it can be on display at the service. Thank you, Johnny. I just wish you told me you were going to the church. It would’ve come with you. I didn’t want you to. As, uh, hard as this has been on me. I know. It must be even worse for you. I, I still can’t believe it’s real.

Neither can I. Um, father Bernard did ask me, um, since there’s snow remains, uh, if we wanted to arrange for some kind of marker in her memory.

I was thinking about that myself. I’d like a place to visit. Where I can feel close to her, perhaps a plaque down in the family crypt. Of course, it’s full to the brim with dead Demis. Although last time we added Jake, your Uncle Stephan came back to us. Who knows, maybe someone else will rise from the dead this time.

Let’s go down and find a spot for shall

so. I guess it’s a good thing that our original plane didn’t work out after all. I mean here I thought that you and I were gonna live happily ever after in the underworld, but it seems you’re hard to kill mother. Hmm. Yeah. I suppose I am. Must be on my. Eighth life by now. Mm-hmm. But you did have a chance to kill EJ and you didn’t take it.

You had him right where you wanted him the other night. He was passed out cold and helpless on the roadside. You could have ended his life right there. Why didn’t you?

How is Sheda doing? Well, I’m just above this good, as you would imagine. Roman, I know Kate is not interested in hearing me out, but I just want you to know I never intended for things to turn out this way, and I’m truly sorry that Eric is having a hard time with it. Eric is responsible for his own actions and uh, on him that he assaulted two people and wound up in jail.

Have you heard from him since he was released? Yeah, I have. He was with his new attorney. And what did he say, Nicole? That he never wanted to see me again. When was that? Yesterday. Why? Well, I’m just hoping he didn’t get into any more trouble. What makes you think that Harry didn’t come home?

I know I have to go back home and I certainly know I can’t go back to work in front. Nicole, live with one woman, work with another. I mean, there’s just no escape for you. I don’t mean an escape. I just need some time. A reset. Well, whenever you need a break, you know you’re always welcome. It’s like we said, no strings.

Just friends with great benefits. Thank you. You know, it’s been a long time since, since what? Since had a real friend trip was kidnapped. Yeah. Is he okay? He’s fine. Kayla and I managed to rescue him. That’s why we went to Seattle. Okay, well that’s good. But you think that EJ is. I know it. Oh, now this makes sense.

I knew that something had escalated the situation between EJ and Ava. So Ava kidnapped E J’s mother, so he retaliated by kidnapping her son, and when we freed Trip, EJ lost his leverage against her. Yep. Which made EJ desperate. And a desperate EJ led to a ruthless ava, which is what led to Ava and Susan being killed in that car crash.

Oh my God. This all make sense now. This is the, that’s why EJ was so down. Why he at the crash site? He knew. He knew if he’d just given Ava the ransom money, his mother would still be alive and kidnapping tripped in a do him any good at all. He essentially committed a felony for nothing. You said that you and Kayla rescued trip yourselves.

That’s. We had to work fast and under the radar, and before you ask, I’m not gonna apologize for doing what I had to do to save my son. Ava asked for my help while conveniently leaving out her part in getting trip kidnapped in the first place. Okay, but why didn’t you get the authorities involved sooner?

Ava begged me not to involve the. And I agreed. At least until I found out if my son was safe, I would’ve come to you right after that. But then we found out that Ava died and I didn’t wanna leave Tripp. You’re telling us now, and that’s the important thing. Yeah. But this is all hearsay. Yeah, that’s right.

Because Ava told me that EJ kidnapped trip, we don’t know. I don’t have any proof of that. And the henchman who was holding trip wouldn’t name names. Huh. Now Ava’s dead. Right? And how bad? Ejs feeling pretty good that there’s no proof of his involvement. That’s why I need your help and which is why you wanted to talk to us off the record.

Exactly. At least until we can figure out a way to make EJ pay for what he did. Let’s go down to the Krypton. Take a look. Shall uh, d wait. I, I don’t know if Grandma Susan would really want her marker to be in the family crypt. Why? I know technically she’s not in the mirror, but she certainly is family. Oh yeah, of course.

It’s, it’s not that it’s just, uh, you know, the devil elder hostage there. I just don’t know if she’d want her memory to be associated with it for the rest of eternity. You know, maybe you are right. It is rather gloomy down there and haunted by so many ghost. Present. You and EJ struggled over that gun at the crash site.

He fell, hit his head, and you were standing over him with the gun. Yeah, I know I was there. Why didn’t you kill him? Did you lose your nerve? Of course not. I didn’t kill him then because I wanted to give him more time to suffer with the guilt of what he did to his mother. You mean what he made you do to his mother?

Exactly. And now he’s suffered enough. Oh, no. No. He’ll never stop. But I think that more people need to pay for the way that they’ve treated me. And, uh, the perfect opportunity has presented itself. So today will be our final act.

I’ll do anything I can to help. The trip was kidnapped in Seattle, which is thousands of miles outside of our jurisdiction. I know that limits what you can do. Yeah. But EJ probably managed everything from right here. If we can prove that, then we have jurisdiction. Well, like I said, I’m all in. So am I.

Anything I can do to bring down EJ Dira, I’m all for it.

Little early for a drink? No. Oh, not these days, Johnny. And especially not today. What happened today? Your former stepfather paid me a visit Rafe. In his typically ham-handed fashion. He tried to implicate me in your grandmother’s death. Fuck, he can’t. He can’t do that. Of course not. He was as angry than Nicole is staying here.

Tried to take it out on me. But if he asks you any questions, there’s nothing I can tell him. Right. I only know that you did everything in your power to bring grandma home. Yes, I did.

Uh, while we’re on the subject of people asking questions, you are more than welcome to invite Wendy Shin to the memorial so you can keep up the cover of you two being romantically involved. Oh, uh, right. Yeah. Thank you. But because the entire family is going to be. You need to be very careful what you two say to each other.

If anyone over hears you talking about our little secret that if Uncle Stephan finds out that you knew Ralph brainwashed him, it’s not gonna be from me. Hmm hmm.

You make a mean cue, . At least I could do. Mm. And who knew you could do it with such few eggs? Well, I’ve been cooking for myself for many years now. Well, I’ve been ordering in for myself for so many years now. Shall we clear the table? I have a better idea. Since you decided to not rush into the pub. Why don’t we pick back up where we left?

I think I have some handcuffs somewhere if you wanna spice things up. Oh, I think things are spicy already. That wasn’t too soon, was it? Never too soon. , next time. Or maybe you have that caller, because I’ve really, really had this like fantasy my whole life. It’s on my bucket list to have my own hot priest.

It feels good to take my collar off and I don’t think it’s going back on. I think, uh, I’m pretty free without it. Are you? Yeah. You know what? Right now I’m feeling pretty free of all my clothing actually. Oh, clothing. I mean, who needs it? Right, exactly. Would you care to take this party to the shower? I am feeling pretty dirty.

Yeah.

Eric didn’t come home last night? No. I am checked with Ray. Make sure he wasn’t in lockup. He even checked the hospital. Yep. Listen, I’m sure he is okay. It’s just, uh, I’m wondering where he could be. Do you have any idea, Nicole? I don’t. Sorry. You know if you’ll excuse me. I just remembered I, I have something to do.

What about your coffee?

Where you supposed Nicole went in such a hurry. Well, I think she was a bit thrown by the fact that Eric didn’t sleep here last night. I’m worried about him, kid. Yeah. So is she. But for a completely different reason.

Stop it. You’re gonna get everything wet. Let’s take this back to the shower.

Nicole Walker, what are you doing here?

Well, I’m glad to see you back at work today. Thank How you feeling? Fine. But if one more person asks me that you. I’m sorry. I’m just tired of everyone acting like I’m some fragile little doll. Okay. Well, just because people care about you, that doesn’t mean you’re fragile. I know. I just wanna focus on work and put everything between Eric and I behind me.

Yeah, me too. I, I would love to do the same thing with Nicole, but, uh, evidently the universe is conspiring against. Oh, what happened now? Oh, I, I went over to e guys’s earlier to question him, and, um, didn’t expect to see Nicole there much less walking out in a bathroom. What? Mm-hmm. ? Yeah, evidently she’s moved in with ej, which, uh, he was very happy to, uh, inform me about, you know, I’m so.

Yeah, it’s okay. You know what? Nothing Nicole does surprises me anymore, but I would like to wipe that smug grin off E j’s face once and for off. Harold will serve luncheon after the service.

I think it’s gonna be one of the first times anyone sees peanut butter and banana sandwiches set next to the critter. Oh, well, grandma would have loved that. No one’s gonna remember what they ate

you, right? Food, the music, none of these truffles matter. I

I just wanna honor her. I want anyone to forget her. Hello? No one is gonna forget about her. You can count on that. Hmm. It’s a good thing that EJ was drunk that night and his brothers convinced him that he imagined the whole thing. He still thinks I’m dead, so he’ll never see it coming. Exactly. Now I can get revenge on the whole lot of ’em.

Oh, check out this baby.

It is going to be a memorable memorial, a colorful spectacle. The sitting Susan bangs. It’s gonna be a blast.

Tate, where do you see this resort in Aspen, buddy. It is amazing. Yeah. You know, first of all, first of all, it has a lobby where you can basically ski right into, and then you can, you can go into this hot tub, which is about the size of a lake. Yeah. . It’s this,

you know what, buddy? I’m, I’m gonna have to, uh, I’m gonna have to call you back. Yeah. Okay. I love you too. Bye.

What are you doing? What does it look like? Or under a missile toe. I’m sure you remember what that means.

Are you just gonna stand there gawking, or are you gonna explain what you’re doing at my apartment? I could ask you the same things.

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Well, thanks for dinner. I’ve never had Ethiopian before. What was that? That marinated minced beef stuff. That was Marin the chili powder. S marinated. Yes. Oh God, I’m so good. And then there was spongy like sour flatbread thing the way wrapped it up in it’s called inna. Yes, both of them. So good. Well, I’m glad to expand your horizon, huh?

It’s the least I could do.

I’m sorry. I, I came over here to sell up my attorney’s fees and I ended up talking area off about Nicole. I don’t mind really. I promise. I mean, breakups are rough. Plus it sounds like you really loved her. Yeah. Did She’s, um, certainly already moved. Just shacking up with her ex, her other ex-husband.

We left the bloody doors open.

Woo. I finally got Holly to bed. Only took two and a half stories. . Well, I hope she doesn’t find it too difficult to fall asleep in an unfamiliar. Well, you know, I think she’s has some fond memories here when she was living with Chloe and Stephan, so I think it’ll be an easy transition. Thank you again so much for doing this.

Oh, you’re more than welcome, Katherine. Night cut. . I thought she’d never ask.

I can’t get it fast enough.

So, how was your day? Well, I um, woo. What’s going on in here? Hmm. I got here just this room, Michelle, with the stage of sin in

it was Xander who kidnapped Susan. And Bonnie Lockhart. God, I hope no one can hear you. This is all top secret. So why are you telling me I have no choice tonight? Bonnie found out that Xander’s the culprit and I really need you to help me get her off his scent.

Xander Zander. Wake up. Oh, stander. What’s going on? Where are we? You tell. Would I go, come, I know you’re the clown. Me pull

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

It is just not like her Rafe to disappear like this and, and not tell me where she is. Okay, thanks. I’ll see you soon. Rapes on his way. Okay. So Maggie and Sonny went down to the garden shed. Yeah. Although I highly doubt that Bonnie would wanna revisit the crime scene. Yeah, I talked that too. And Mimi, you said you were gonna call her.

She hasn’t heard from her mom either. Why am I getting a sickening sense of dejavu? Honey, I already told you many times I, I’m not the one who kidnapped you and Susie. Yes you are. I had your ass dead to rise. And I was about to tell Justin when somebody knocked me out from behind. Was it one of your coconut conspirators?

Oh, of course. No. Sure. Can’t be even Vitale because she did a film in Louise with Susan Banks trapped inside the car with her. Oh, tell me who are you in cahoots with now? Huh?

I’m sorry you had to come in through the back, but honestly it it’s best that nobody sees. You heard that week who often, so what do you need me to do? Okay, well, Knocking out Bonnie was really only a temporary fix. Um, soon she’s gonna wake up and she’s gonna go blab to the police about Zander. So I came up with a brilliant genius idea of making it look like Zander is also the one who’s kidnapped.

They’re both currently tied up in a warehouse that is truly inspired. Miss Busybody, how do I fit into this? Right? Well, Bonnie needs to see that Zander and the clown are two different people. So you my dear darling, lovely friend, I need you to give me your best rendition of sending the clowns,

okay? So let me try to get this straight right within a matter of weeks. Nicole was married to the commission, got back together with you, and is now possibly hooking up with the Town Mobile. Sounds about. I mean, is this typical of her? Like, seems so fickle? Well, when she and I were married, she was fighting her attraction for Reef and she had a one night stand with Xander Cook.

So yeah, Nicole, let’s swell part for the.

Hi Mary. I, I mean, sister, uh, Nicole and I were merely sharing a nightcap. And you do think that’s a problem? No, I don’t. We are laying your poor mother to rest tomorrow. And here you are canoeing on the chauffeur, drinking the devil’s juice with a woman who is not your wife. No, but she used to be, uh, excuse me.

Could you two stop talking about me like I’m not. And again, maybe I go No, you’ll do new such thing. Nicole. This is my mother’s sister, sister Mary, my I exactly who she is. Mm-hmm. . Yes. She’s the Godless, slipping him up. Love her sister’s bed.

Nicole is my invited guest, as are you, and if you wish to remain so I suggest you apologize to her post-haste. Hey, apologize to her. Okay. I’m leaving. No, you are not.

Well.

I’m sorry,

youre Godless Trace sister. You are the Jebel who lured father Eric Brady out of the first two. And how did you repay him,

which caused the sacred union to end in divorce.

She

want another. Okay. Um, you know, actually I should, I should probably, I

do. You seem kind of reluctant.

You know, to be honest, I’m not really looking forward to going home. My not. Much a welcoming party right now.

Yeah. Jada, she, uh, lives right down the hall from me. Right. It’s not exactly very easy not running into her without being reminded of what she’s done. I know it’s, it’s not fair, and I know that it was, I should respect her.

That you thought to stop doing that? Doing what? Denying yourself of your feelings. I mean, you are entitled to be angry or sad or, or both about this abortion. I mean, especially if she told you she was gonna keep the baby. I just wish you would’ve told me she changed her mind. I know it’s not fair. It’s her.

It’s not about Jada. Actually, I’m not mad at her. It’s, it’s Nicole. I mean, why couldn’t you just keep her mouth shut? And I don’t wanna take my anger out on Jada, and I’m afraid if I go home tonight, I just, I might do that. If I see her and

I’ve got a solution. Don’t go home.

Just stay here instead.

So Bonnie is still not answering your phone and, and once I found her scarf in the park, Look, I know Ava is dead. Yeah, but her minion’s still on the loose. The guy in the clown mask. Yeah, exactly. Listen, I understand your concern. My problem is Bonnie’s only been missing for what, a couple hours now. So I can’t declare her a missing person, but I will tell my officers to keep an eye on and, uh, so I’ll put out an alert.

In fact, let me step outside. I’ll put in that call right now. Okay, good. Thanks. Okay.

So and mad, you didn’t find any signs of Bonnie at the shed? They left. They’re taking a drive to check out some of her favorite spots. It’s a good idea. Where are you going? I can’t just sit here and wait. Don’t do the same thing. I’m with anyone. Then who the hell knocked me over the head? It was a kidnapper.

Of course. That is impossible because you are the. How my title next to you, Bonnie? I don’t know. You’re working with him or you did it yourself. This is just nonsense. Listen Bonnie, you’re about to answer Justin’s call when suddenly this muscle band cla in a blue suit, came outta nowhere and knocked his boat out.

I put up a fight, but he was strong as hell and you got the best of me. All right. And you look kind of beat up exactly. And the next thing I know of her, I wake up tied to this chair and, oh, Bonnie, you have to believe me.

You want me to pretend to be the clown of the kidnapped Bonnie? Yes, and you’ll be absolutely brilliant. Matt, you are a world class impersonator. You are. Um, um, miss Peggy is just cracking. That’s true, but I hate clown. Mother sent me to clown school when I was a child. I was exceedingly talented, but all the other young clowns were a bunch of bitches and they hated on me.

I vow, I would never again dom that sacred red nose. Right? Well, technically this is a mask and also I do have a job now, so I can pay you handsomely.

I am financially challenged at the moment, as you know. I won’t accept anything less than $300 deal. I was gonna pay you double. Ah dammit. Okay, hurry. You need to make your grand entrance. Oh, there’s just one problem. I’m no stranger to the gym, but I am not as pumped up as your ex boy toy. I’m more lean muscle, not to mention I stand a few inches shorter.

There is no way Bonnie’s gonna believe I was the OG clown. Don’t worry, I’ve already thought of that and this is gonna be an absolute slam dunk. I assure you.

Justin, what brings you by? Um, thanks. Um, I don’t suppose you heard from Bonnie. She’s not home yet. No. Your mother told me about what happened at the pub, how she freaked out and took off, and I thought since you were there, you might have some idea about where she went. I don’t. Sorry. She said that she needed some air.

I think she was embarrassed about attacking Roman. Maybe she just wanted to be alone for a little while. Yeah, well I thought so, but then I found her scarf at the park and there was no sign of her anywhere. So I called Rave to look into it, and I may be overreacting, but. After what happened to her last time?

I just, yeah, Justin, I’m so sorry. I mean, I, I can kind of relate because Xander went for a run a really long time ago, and now he’s not answering his phone and I’m, I’m sure it’s probably just a coincidence, but. But what? Just say it, Sarah.

I don’t wanna be disloyal to my husband. Sarah, please. Whatever it is. I mean, if you can help us to find Bonnie.

There was a moment where I thought, Maybe Xander was the clown that kidnap Bonnie.

I don’t know, man. You and the clown are the same height, same build. I’ve been in that shed, Bonnie. It’s, it’s pretty dark. Well, you admitted to Sarah and the others, so you’re terrible at describing people. Okay. I said that. I mean tonight you said the same phrase that clown said not once, but twice. Andrew uncommon phrases Bonnie has already pointed out is it’s just a coincidence.

Okay, fine, but how about this for a coincidence? The minute I accuse you of being that clown, he all of a sudden just shows up out of nowhere, may maybe he was following you. Why would he do that? He’s probably worried that you can ID him. You don’t know that. And Susan are both gone. You’re the last Luc end and that’s, how am I?

All right. You talk. I’m buying it, man. My God is telling me that you are the creepy clown. Who are you calling? Cur.

Hey, Alex Ray. Hey. Any update on. Hmm. Afraid not. Where’s your dad? He went to go look for her. Ah, I’m staying back here in case he returns. Okay, great. I’m gonna head back to the station. Just, uh, let me know if there’s any news. Okay. All right. I’ll wait a second. Re um, before you go, I just wanna apologize for what it was.

My idea to put Eric in the Nicole in the cover of Bella, they were resistant to it at first and. I practically forced it on them. Hmm. I see. Had I heard about you and Nicole splitting up if I caused any problems for your marriage at all? Man, I am truly sorry. No, no, no, no. Nothing to be sorry for. You know, in fact, you may have bought the situation to a head.

So yeah, as, as painful as it’s been, it’s uh, for the best. Wow. Okay, then. Well, thank you for being so cool about it. I’m unlike Eric Brady. Oh, yeah. What does that mean? Oh my God, the guy’s been a complete jerk. He just blew up on me the the other day, just because I suggested that he and Nicole do another.

Well, uh, I did hear they had a pretty major fight. Oh, well that explains it. Are you good now? I don’t know. And, uh, to be honest, couldn’t care less. Sister. I’m not kicking Nicole out. She’s a friend of mine and she’s in a bind one. Luckily she calls down her own. She’s a corruptor of souls. Well, I’m not exactly a saint either.

And the same can be said ej. It’s, it’s okay. You don’t have to defend me. And you’re right, sister. I am a sinful person. The Corruptor agree and I’m worse than you think. I did commit adultery and I’ve been divorced, and now I’m getting another divorce. You know why? Because I was lusting after another man.

Oh my word. Oh, the devil. Stronger in you than I thought. Yes, he’s, I left my husband so that I could reunite. With Father Eric Brady. But don’t you worry. Don’t you worry St. Eric and I are not getting back together. He ended things because I talked his girlfriend into getting an abortion. An abortion.

Joseph, and thanks to me, Eric will no longer be a father in any sense of the word. What do you think about that sister? Huh? I

thank you. For the offer. I, I can’t impose. We only met this morning. Yeah. But it feels like we’ve known each other much longer. I mean, I’d welcome the company, especially if I’m such a charming guy. I don’t know how charming I’ve been seeing that. I’ve been complaining about my life all day. Besides, how do you know I’m not a serial killer?

You’re Brady. Your family Sterling reputation proceeds? No. You obviously haven’t met my twin sister, Sammy. Mm. Or my cousin Teresa. And don’t forget, you and I only met because I was in jail for assault. I’ve been around my fair share of dangerous men, and I don’t really feel like my life’s in danger around you.

Oh, I’m the bad way. Anyway. Look, do what you want, really. I mean, the place is yours if you want. Not exactly the Dira Mansion, but I can promise you you’re not gonna run into any Xes here. That’s a big plus. Just one caveat though, we would have to share the bad. I mean, nothing sexual has to happen. Of course.

I certainly wouldn’t mind it.

Oh my God. It’s true. Someone else is the clown. I told you. Who are you? You freak. Tell me your name. I could tell you, but then I’d have to kill you. Although to be. I’m gonna kill you anyway. No, don’t get away from me. Don’t, don’t touch me. I’m wanting you clown Julie. One finger on my mate’s wife and you’ll have me to answer to.

I’m cranking in my boots. You’re all tied up. Your big A I’m gonna finish. You can do about it.

Nothing yet. Come on, Matthew. I hope we can pull this off. Where exactly did you get this? It was part of, uh, Doug and Judy’s costumes from this last Halloween. Ooh, I’m digging these platforms. Are they my size? It doesn’t matter. You’ll squeeze your feet into them, won’t you? Now get the suit on. Get the shoes on.

You’ll be good to go.

God, I hope this works. Better. Be careful. Don’t worry. Bonnie, this creepy clown is gun down.

Please answer to you. No, it’s all a popup. Who the hell would it be? Dumb off. Can’t believe you. And Gwen really pulled this off. I think it’s really working. I know I’ve never felt so butch in my entire life not to be a service. Time for the grand finale. You know what to do.

Alexander, are you okay?

Fuck you messed with the wrong family clown. And now you’re gonna pay for what you did to put a Get him. Get him. Knock him out. Hell yeah. You’re not too strong for me. A big

go. Go get him. Don’t let him get away. Go, go.

All those little coincidences, like the blue suit that started to add up, that made me suspicious. But then I looked up Sanders’s company and it’s legit rednecks. Yeah, it has a website and everything. So I realized that. You know, he couldn’t have been working for Ava after all. Hmm. Well that’s interesting because I offered to bring legal action against rednecks on Xander’s behalf to sue them for wrongful termination.

What’d he say? He was adamant I shouldn’t do it. Maybe he just didn’t wanna get tangled up in a legal battle. Well, he wouldn’t even give me his boss’s. Maybe that’s because he really was working for Ava Vitali. We’re jumping to conclusions. No, no, no. It’s just like you said, it’s just another strange coincidence that both Bonnie and Zander are Mia a you know what I, I shouldn’t have said anything, Sarah.

Just to be on the safe side, can you come with me and tell your theory to Rafe, what. No. What if I’m wrong? I don’t wanna get Xander in trouble, but what if you’re right? You could be saving Bonnie’s life, Justin, even if it was Xander, he would never hurt Bonnie. If Xander really is behind this, then we don’t know what he’s capable of.

Sarah, please. I’m begging.

Okay. Yeah. And maybe in the end this will prove Sanders’s innocence.

You came back. What happened? Bastard got away. I’m so sorry. Oh, please don’t be you. Save my life. Let’s get you home to Justin. Thank you. Thank you. From the bottom of my heart. Oh God. I’m so, so sorry for accusing you of being my kidnapper when you were telling the truth all the month. I was totally, totally wrong about you.

I’m sorry.

Mrs. Kiki is a blonde now to Brunett. You got the wrong woman. Thanks. So nothing still? No. Sorry to get your hopes up, grace. I was hoping you’d still be here. Can you sign up, Bonnie? No, not you have, but we’re still searching. Okay. Look, uh, Sarah, I might have some information that could be. Okay, what’s up? Uh, um, well just, just remember that this is probably a long shot and might be totally off base.

Okay. We’re open to anything at this point. So what is it?

Right under the covers, just waiting for you to warm. Are you okay? No, I think that beer’s kind of settling in right now. You are such a lightweight Oh, my , which is very cute, by the way. Well, I haven’t been much of a drinker for years now. You’ve been through a lot lightly. I, I think a drinker too is an order, ah, you know what?

Enough about me. What’s going on with? Amy with Pauline and her daughter. I think you pretty much heard the gist of it. Yeah. I heard that’s been pretty hard for you to carry all the anger and resentment with your parents’ death. Yeah, it was.

I know earlier today you said that our situations. Pretty different, but in some ways they’re actually quite similar. You know, I’m like, we’ve both been wronged by these people who keep excusing their actions and telling us that they’re justified and, and we’re not supposed to be upset about it. I’m sorry.

I let it go sometimes. Why should we need to, I say, screw it. You know, I’m entitled to be. And so are you?

Well, my aunt took to her bed. . You really rattled her? Yeah. Well I thought she was gonna burst out in tongues. , I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. I. never gone off on her like that. There’s nothing to apologize for. She treated you terribly. Oh, she did just lose her sister. Grief is no excuse for bad behavior, but I must say you, uh, you’d handled that swimmingly.

It was nice to see that side of you again. Oh, really? Mm-hmm. , you enjoyed seeing? Shock your aunt with my laundry list of sins. What I enjoyed was seeing you fight back and stand out for yourself. You’ve reminded me of the, uh, fierce take no prisoners. Nicole Walker, I first fell in love with.

So what’s your theory? What Justin and I were comparing notes. We realized that it, it could be possible. Justin. Hi. Oh my God. Oh my God. That is so, oh God, me, I am now, now that I’m home. You baby.

You didn’t have anything to do with this, did you? He did. He happened to be there. Why that guy attack me and he saved me. Did I understand my life?

Come on. What’s taking me so long? Where are you, Mattie? Alright, Beverly G. Bloody. Hello. I guess I do remember a thing or two from clown school. Oh, for God sake. Nevermind that. How did it go? Ah, it was so much more exhilarating than I imagined wrestling with Xander, getting manhandled by him. I’m not talking about that.

You bloody nutter. I’m saying Bonnie. Bonnie, how’d it go with her? Did she buy it? Oh, you doggone better belief. She did. Our plan, worked like a charm.

And then Xander used just superhuman strength to break free. And then he went after that guy and then they got into this huge brawl. But that, that clown was no match for him. He was so brave. I mean, it was nothing really nothing. It was like a UFC fight only. I couldn’t enjoy it because I thought I was gonna be dead any minute.

Well, we’re happy that you’re alive and will, and most importantly, you are homesick. Yeah. Amen to that. Well, it’s all because of that amazing stud. That stupid clown was no match for him. Uh, where’s this clown? Oh, nice to get away the coward. Okay. Well, did the clown have any distinguishable features? Uh, tattoo, like anything we could use to identify him?

I didn’t even look. Nothing I can think of. So we still don’t know who this maniac is. I’ll make sure to have the whole squad on alert. I mean, I think he was just one of Eva’s old mob contacts. You know, he just seemed like your typical low level henchman for whoever he was. He was determined to kill me.

And you, Xander saved my life. You’re a real hero. Oh God.

My aunt will be departing to her own a boat once this funeral is over, so you don’t have to worry about her for too much longer. You don’t have to kick her out on my account. Well, it’s not just for you, frankly. I’d send her on a way sooner, but she’s my mother’s sister. I am just so sorry that she treated you so belligerently.

Honestly, it wasn’t that big of a deal. It’s just after the day I had, it was the last straw. I’m so sorry that you had such a bad day.

Just Eric and I run into each other and we went at it again. I will spare you all the gory details, but suffice it to say our relationship is over once and for all. I’ve heard that before, . I know, but believe me, there’s no going back for us. Eric and I are done for good,

allowing myself to be angry. It’s something I’m used to just kind of taking the high road and more accepting and forgiving, you know? Mm-hmm. . Well, you definitely give up. Good guy, vibe. I’m surprised you don’t have a big S branded into your chest. . Are you always like this? Well, if you recall earlier, I reminded you about my twin sister, who’s always been the troublemaker.

Mm-hmm. . I guess in some ways it’s just kind of navigated me in the opposite direction. Yeah. So you were kind of forced into the good role of the twin group . I went as far as even becoming a priest. , no. Hey. No laughing. I You get out of here. I did. Oh God. Just didn’t work out.

But despite my honorable good efforts, you know, and I’ve just kind of been somewhat in shambles, have you ever just thought about not trying to be so perfect all the time and maybe giving into your impulses for once? Oh, like helping you finish up that six pack of beer earlier? Yeah, that’s a start.

Listen, I really appreciate your encouragement, but it’s just, I’m so sure it’s in my nature. Well, you should really give it a try, please. He just forget about everyone. Do what you want.

Well, as eventful as this evening has been, I should get going. So I’ll, um, I’ll see you soon. Nicole, before you go,

I would say that I’m sorry about you and Eric, but I’m not, I never thought you two were a good match.

Instead of appreciating who you are, Eric, just stifled your fire and your your spirit. You’re better off with a, you’re better off being just your. Spirited Firey self.

I’m not taking advantage of you and hearing me here. Stay. Am I.

I’m thinking very clearly, this is what I want. This is what I,

sorry to waste your time. No, it wasn’t a waste of time at all. Especially if this can lead us to finding this joker. I’m gonna head to the warehouse and look for clues. I’ll be in touch. All right, thank you. I’ll walk you out. Okay. Thank you

sweetheart. I’m so sorry you had to go through this again. So am I. Now on, on. I am not letting you out of my sight. Well, that won’t be a problem. Why is. That’s because I don’t ever plan to step foot out of this house ever again. At least not until that evil clown is caught.

Um, 300 theft. I hope you find that sufficient. I hate taking money from my bff, but I do need to eat. Thanks, QUni. The next time you need to stage a fake kidnapping, you know who to call. By the way, do you mind if we keep this muscle suit gearing up for next Halloween? Are we? Mm. That and it might actually help me get a few days, you think.

Go on, take it, consider it a bonus for a job. Well done. Thanks. You really went above and beyond for your ex tonight. I hope he appreciates it. Yeah, I’m just really glad he’s not behind bars. Honey, not only did he avoid prison, he went from being the number one suspect to town hero over. He really owes you.

I hope you find some way to collect.

Oh, what was that for? Well, it’s like Bonnie said. You are a real hero tonight, which makes me feel even more terrible about my unfair accusation. I, I, I have to admit, when I didn’t know where you were, nevermind poison, you can tell me. I, I guess I should, I, I don’t want there to be secrets between us. Um.

Justin and I for a minute thought that maybe you were the clown that kidnapped Bonnie and we almost sold Ra Sarah. I know, I know. It’s really stupid and it was disloyal and I just, I feel really, really bad about it. You’ve been working so hard to turn things around for yourself and, and I’m so sorry and I hope that you could forgive me.

Of course I can. I, you know, we won’t make mistakes. Love you so much.

So now I am going to go run my strong hero, a nice warm bath because I bet you need to relax after the night that you have had. Yeah, love.

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Days Short Recap Tuesday, December 13, 2022

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Recap written by Michele and Cheryl

Eric talked to Sloan about what happened with Nicole. He didn’t want to go home because she didn’t want to take his anger at Nicole out on Jada. He couldn’t believe Nicole moved on so fast with EJ. Sloan suggested that he stay in her apartment with her. She told him that she only had one bed. She promised him that nothing would happen. He joined her in the bed. She talked to him about her situation. She believed they both had a right to be angry. Sloan thought they should forget everything. Eric kissed her. They got passionate until she stopped them. She didn’t want him to think that she’s taking advantage of him. He insisted that he wanted it and needed it. They went back to making out. EJ poured Nicole a drink when Sister Mary Moira walked in on them. She didn’t approve of them being together. She didn’t approve that he was with someone who isn’t his wife. She couldn’t believe that he would do that on the eve of her burial. Mary Moira called Nicole a tramp. EJ got upset and made her apologize to her. Nicole told her everything that she did when she insulted her. Later, EJ told Nicole that he was proud of her for standing up to his aunt. She reminded him of the woman that he fell in love with before. He welcomed her back. She told him that she and Eric were finished. EJ told her that she was better off without Eric because he stifled her spirit.

Rafe arrived at the Kiriakis mansion to talk to Justin. He said that he couldn’t declare Bonnie missing yet. He did put out an alert out on her. Alex walked in the room to tell Justin that everyone was checking Bonnie’s favorite spots. Justin wanted to do the same thing. Alex apologized to Rafe for putting Eric and Nicole on the cover of Bella together. Rafe said the breakup was painful, but he thought it was for the best. Leo met with Gwen at the Horton house. She asked him to dress up as a clown. He thought about his childhood trauma about clowns, but Gwen was willing to pay him to dress as the clown. She gave him what he needed to look like Xander in the clown suit. Bonnie wondered why Xander what stunt he was trying to pull. He told her that he fought with the clown. She had a feeling that he was the clown who kidnapped her. The clown burst in the room and Xander pretended to be afraid. Bonnie realized that Xander wasn’t the clown. Bonnie cried out while Xander took off his ropes. He went after the clown. Xander and the clown moved into the hallway. Leo took off the mask. They went back into the room when Leo pretended to overpower him and ran off. Bonnie thanked him for what he did. She apologized for accusing him of being her kidnapper.

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Days Update Tuesday, December 13, 2022

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Eric and Sloan have dinner together in her apartment. Sloan thanks him for cooking. Eric apologizes since he came over to settle his attorney fees and ended up talking her ear off about Nicole. Sloan promises she doesn’t mind and says break ups are rough. Sloan comments that it sounds like Eric really loved her. Eric confirms that he did but remarks that she moved on quickly as she’s now shacking up with her other ex-husband..

EJ enters the living room of the DiMera Mansion and questions who left the side doors open as he shuts them. Nicole comes in and tells him about finally getting Holly to sleep. EJ hopes she doesn’t have trouble sleeping in an unfamiliar house. Nicole says Holly has fond memories from when she lived here with Chloe and Stefan, so she thinks it will be an easy transition. Nicole thanks EJ again for doing this. EJ then pours them drinks as they sit together. Nicole asks how his day was but they are interrupted by Sister Mary Moira walking in and questioning what is going on here. She declares that she got there just in time.

Gwen reveals to Leo that it was Xander who kidnapped Bonnie and Susan. Leo is shocked as Gwen reminds him that this has to remain top secret. Leo questions why she’s telling him then. Gwen explains that she had no choice because Bonnie found out that Xander was the culprit, so she needs Leo to help get Bonnie off of Xander’s scent.

Bonnie wakes up tied up in a chair and looks over to see Xander knocked out and tied up as well. Bonnie calls out to him to wake him up. Xander asks where they are and what’s going on. Bonnie says for Xander to tell her because she knows he’s the clown who kidnapped her, so she questions what he’s trying to pull.

Justin calls Rafe and says it’s not like Bonnie to disappear without telling him where she is. Justin thanks him and says he’ll see him soon as he hangs up. Justin then tells Alex that Rafe is on his way. Alex informs Justin that Maggie and Sonny went down to the gardening shed, but he highly doubts Bonnie would return to the crime scene. Alex adds that he called Mimi but she hasn’t heard from her either. Justin remarks that he’s getting a sickening feeling of deja vu.

Xander insists to Bonnie that he’s not the one who kidnapped her and Susan. Bonnie argues that she had him dead to rights and was going to tell Justin when someone knocked her out from behind. Bonnie asks if it was one of his co-conspirators which he denies. Bonnie adds that it can’t be Ava, so she questions who Xander is in cahoots with now.

Leo goes to see Gwen at the Horton house and asks what she needs him to do. Gwen explains that knocking out Bonnie was only a temporary fix so she came up with the brilliant solution of making it look like Xander was kidnapped as well, so they are both currently tied up in a warehouse. Leo calls that truly inspired and asks how he fits in to this. Gwen explains that Bonnie needs to see that Xander and the Clown are two different people, so she needs Leo to wear the clown mask.

Sloan goes over to Eric how in a matter of weeks, Nicole was married to Rafe, got back with Eric, and is now possibly hooking up with EJ. Sloan asks if this is typical of Nicole and says it seems so fickle. Eric explains that when they were married, Nicole was fighting her attraction for Rafe and then had a one night stand with Xander, so he says it’s about par for the course.

EJ tells Sister Mary Moira that he and Nicole were merely sharing a nightcap and he doesn’t think that’s a problem. She argues that they are laying Susan to rest tomorrow while EJ is here with a woman that’s not his wife. EJ points out that she used to be. Nicole offers to go but EJ stops her and introduces Nicole to Sister Mary Moira. Mary responds that she knows exactly who Nicole is and comments on her sleeping in Susan’s bed. EJ argues that they are both his invited guests and warns Sister Mary Moira to apologize to Nicole, so she does, but then she calls her a jezebel who lured Eric out of the priesthood and then cheated on him, causing their sacred union to end in divorce.

Eric finishes his drink and says he should probably head home. Sloan points out that he seems kind of reluctant. Eric admits he’s not looking forward to going home since Jada lives right down the hall from him, so it’s not exactly running in to her without being reminded of what she has done. Eric knows that’s not fair and he should respect her choice. Sloan urges him to stop denying his feelings because he’s entitled to be angry or sad about the abortion, especially if she told him that she was keeping the baby. Eric just wishes Jada told him and knows it’s her choice. Eric then admits he’s not mad at Jada, but at Nicole, and questions why Nicole couldn’t just keep her mouth shut. Eric doesn’t want to take his anger out on Jada and he’s afraid if he goes home tonight, he might do that. Sloan then suggests Eric stay here instead.

Rafe goes to the Kiriakis Mansion. Justin explains to him that Bonnie still hasn’t come home and he found her scarf in the park. Justin says he knows Ava is dead, but her minion in the clown mask is still on the loose. Rafe understands his concern but says Bonnie has only been missing for a couple hours so he can’t declare her a missing person, but he will let his officers know and put out an alert. Rafe then steps outside to make the call. Alex comes back in and informs Justin that Sonny and Maggie didn’t find anything in the shed, so they decided to go take a drive to check some of Bonnie’s favorite spots. Justin calls that a good idea and decides he can’t just sit here and wait, so he’s going to do the same thing.

Xander tells Bonnie that he’s not in cahoots with anyone. Bonnie questions who knocked her out then. Xander says it was the kidnapper. Bonnie calls that impossible since he’s the kidnapper. Xander points out that he’s also tied up. Bonnie suggests he’s working with them or he did it himself. Xander calls that nonsense and claims that Bonnie was about to answer Justin’s call when a muscle bound clown in a blue suit knocked them both out. Xander says he put up a fight but they were too strong. Bonnie acknowledges that Xander does look beat up. Xander says the next thing he knew, he woke up tied to the chair. Xander argues that Bonnie has to believe him.

Leo questions Gwen wanting him to pretend to be the clown who kidnapped Bonnie. Gwen insists he would be brilliant and praises him as an impersonator. Leo points out that he hates clowns after his experience in clown school. Gwen notes that she will pay him. Leo acknowledges that he is financially challenged at the moment, so he wants $300 which Gwen agrees to. Gwen tells Leo to hurry to make his grand entrance. Leo points out that he’s not as muscled as Xander and he’s a few inches shorter, so there’s no way that Bonnie will believe he was the original clown. Gwen tells him not to worry as she’s already thought of that.

Justin goes to see Sarah and asks if she’s heard from Bonnie. Sarah questions her not being home yet. Justin says that Maggie told him about what happened at the Pub, so he thought maybe Sarah would have an idea of where she went but she does not. Sarah says that Bonnie said she needed air and suggests maybe she wanted to be alone for a little while. Justin says he thought so but then he found her scarf in the park and called Rafe to look in to it. Justin adds that he may be overreacting but he remembers what happened last time. Sarah tells him that she’s so sorry. Sarah relates because Xander went for a run a really long time ago and now he’s not answering his phone. Sarah is sure it’s probably just a coincidence. Sarah then says she doesn’t want to be disloyal to her husband. Justin urges her to say whatever it is if it could help them find Bonnie. Sarah then reveals that there was a moment where she thought Xander might have been the clown who kidnapped Bonnie.

Bonnie argues that Xander and the Clown are the same height and build. Xander argues that the shed is pretty dark and Bonnie has admitted to being terrible at describing people. Bonnie brings up Xander saying two phrases that the clown said. Xander calls it just a coincidence. Bonnie questions the clown showing up out of nowhere as soon as she accused him. Xander suggests the clown could have been following her and worried that she could identify him since Ava and Susan are both gone. Bonnie admits he talks a good game but she’s not buying it. Bonnie says her gut is telling her that he is the creepy clown. Leo then comes in wearing the clown mask and asks who she’s calling creepy.

Rafe comes back in to the Kiriakis Mansion where Alex asks if there’s any update on Bonnie. Rafe says he’s afraid not but asks where Justin is. Alex informs him that Justin went to go look for Bonnie while he’s staying there in case he hears anything. Rafe decides to head back to the station and tells Alex to let him know if there’s any news. Alex stops Rafe and says he wanted to apologize because it was his idea to put Eric and Nicole on the cover of Bella and they were resistant to it at first, but he practically forced it on them. Alex adds that he heard about Rafe and Nicole splitting up, so he’s truly sorry if he caused problems for their marriage. Rafe responds that there’s nothing to be sorry for and admits that it’s been painful, but it’s for the best. Alex thanks Rafe for being so cool about it and they shake hands. Alex adds that Eric has been the opposite as he blew up at him for even suggesting that he and Nicole do another cover. Rafe mentions that he did hear Eric and Nicole had a pretty major fight. Alex says that explains it and asks if they are good now. Rafe doesn’t know and says he couldn’t care less.

EJ tells Sister Mary Moira that he’s not kicking Nicole out as she’s a friend and she’s in a bind. Sister Mary Moira calls Nicole a corruptor of souls. EJ points out that he’s not a saint. Nicole tells him it’s okay and he doesn’t have to defend her. Nicole admits that she is a sinful person and she did commit adultery. Nicole adds that she’s been divorced and now she’s getting another divorce because she was lusting after another man. Sister Mary Moira gets upset and comments that the devil is strong in her. Nicole goes along with it and talks about leaving her marriage to get back with Eric, but he ended things because she talked his girlfriend in to getting an abortion. Nicole declares that thanks to her, Eric will no longer be a father in any sense of the word. Sister Mary Moira is shocked and thinks she’s going to faint.

Eric thanks Sloan for the offer but says he can’t impose as they just met this morning. Sloan feels like they’ve known each other a lot longer and says she would welcome the company, especially from a charming guy. Eric doesn’t know charming he’s been since he’s been complaining about his life all day. Eric jokingly asks how she knows he’s not a serial killer. Sloan points out that he’s a Brady and the family’s reputation precedes him. Eric jokes that she obviously hasn’t met Sami or Theresa. Eric reminds Sloan that they also met because he was in jail for assault. Sloan responds that she’s been around her share of dangerous men and she doesn’t feel like her life is in danger in a bad way around him. Sloan tells Eric to do what he wants but the place is his if he wants. Sloan jokes that it’s not exactly the DiMera Mansion but promises he won’t run in to any of his exes here which Eric calls a big plus. Sloan then adds that they would have to share the bed and notes that nothing sexual has to happen, though she certainly wouldn’t mind it.

Bonnie can’t believe it’s true that someone else is the clown and demands to know his name. He says he could tell her but then he’d have to kill her and then says he’s going to kill her anyway. Bonnie screams at him not to touch her. Xander warns that if he touches Bonnie, he’ll have to answer to him. He reminds Xander that he’s tied up and says he’s going to finish what he started with Bonnie and nothing can be done about it. Xander then breaks free and starts fighting with the clown as Bonnie screams.

Gwen waits to hear back from Leo and hopes he can pull this off. Gwen thinks back to dressing Leo up in a body suit and platform shoes to increase his build and height. Gwen repeats that she hopes this works.

Bonnie screams for Xander to be careful. Xander tells her the clown is going down as they struggle on out of the room. Xander then asks if it’s really Leo. Leo lifts the mask and confirms that it is. Xander can’t believe they pulled this off and says it seems like it’s really working. Xander says it’s time for the grand finale and asks if Leo knows what to do. Bonnie screams out asking if Xander is okay. Xander then brings Leo in the clown mask back in to the room and says he messed with the wrong family, so now he’s going to pay for what he did to Bonnie. Bonnie screams for Xander to knock him out. Leo says he’s not too strong for him and fights Xander off, then runs out of the warehouse. Bonnie screams for Xander to go get him and not let him get away, so Xander follows out after him.

Sarah tells Justin about all the little coincidences like the blue suit that made her suspicious, but then she looked up Xander’s company, Rednax, and it’s legit with a website and everything, so she realized he couldn’t have been working for Ava after all. Justin calls that interesting because he offered to represent Xander and sue Rednax for wrongful termination, but he was adamant about not doing it. Sarah suggests maybe he didn’t want to get tangled up in a legal battle. Justin points out that Xander wouldn’t even give him his boss’s name and maybe that’s because he was working for Ava Vitali. Sarah argues that they are jumping to conclusions. Justin calls it just another strange coincidence that both Bonnie and Xander are missing. Sarah regrets saying anything. Justin asks Sarah to come with him and tell her theory to Rafe just to be safe. Sarah says no because she could be wrong and doesn’t want to get Xander in trouble. Justin argues that if she’s right, she could be saving Bonnie’s life. Sarah says even if it was Xander, he would never hurt Bonnie. Justin argues that if Xander is really behind this, then they don’t know what he’s capable of. Justin begs Sarah, so she agrees to go with him and hopes it will prove Xander’s innocence.

Xander returns to the warehouse and tells Bonnie that he’s so sorry but the clown got away from him. Bonnie tells him not to be sorry as he saved her life. Xander says they will get her back home to Justin as he begins untying her. Bonnie apologizes for accusing him of being her kidnapper when he was telling the truth along and she was totally wrong about him. Xander smiles behind her.

Rafe finishes a call and tells Alex that there’s still nothing. Justin comes home with Sarah and asks if there’s any sign of Bonnie. Rafe says no but they are still looking. Justin then informs him that Sarah has some information that might be useful so Rafe asks her what’s up. Sarah calls it a longshot and might be totally off base. Rafe says they are open to anything at this point, so he asks what it is.

Eric gets in bed with Sloan. Sloan jokes about Eric being a lightweight at drinking beer. Eric responds that he hasn’t been a drinker for years now. Sloan says he’s been through a lot lately so she thinks a drink or two was in order. Eric says enough about him and asks what’s going on with her. Sloan thinks he heard most of everything with Paulina and Chanel. Eric knows it must be hard for her to carry around the resentment and anger over her parents’ death. Sloan knows Eric said before that their situations were different, but she thinks they are quite similar since they have both been wronged by people who keep justifying their actions like they aren’t supposed to be upset. Eric knows it’s hard to let go sometimes. Sloan asks why they should need to. Sloan declares they are entitled to be angry.

EJ returns to the living room and tells Nicole that Sister Mary Moira has gone to bed and jokes that Nicole really rattled her. Nicole apologizes for going off on her like that but EJ says she treated her terribly and that grief is no excuse for bad behavior. EJ comments on how Nicole handled it and says it was nice seeing that side of her again. EJ enjoys seeing Nicole fight back and stand up for herself as it reminded him of the Nicole that he first fell in love with. EJ welcomes her back as they take a drink.

Rafe asks Sarah what her theory is. Sarah responds that she and Justin were comparing notes, but then they are interrupted by Bonnie and Xander arriving. Bonnie runs in and hugs Justin. Bonnie cries that the clown kidnapped her again. Alex asks if she’s alright. Bonnie responds that she is now that she’s home. Sarah asks Xander if he had anything to do with this. Bonnie responds that Xander happened to be there when the clown attacked her. Bonnie declares that Xander saved her life.

Gwen questions what is taking Leo so long. Leo then comes in with the clown mask and startles her. Gwen asks how it went. Leo calls it so much more exhilarating than he imagined. Gwen asks if Bonnie bought it. Leo confirms that she did and their plan worked like a charm which makes Gwen happy.

Bonnie tells Justin, Alex, Rafe, and Sarah about how Xander used his superhuman strength to break free and wrestled with the clown. Bonnie says the clown was no match for Xander and compares it to a UFC fight. Alex says they are happy she’s home safe. Bonnie continues to praise Xander for saving her. Rafe then asks where the clown is now. Xander says he managed to get away. Rafe asks if the clown had any distinguishable features to identify him. Bonnie says nothing she can think of. Justin points out that they still don’t know who this is. Rafe says he’ll get the whole squad on it to look out. Xander comments that he thinks it was just one of Ava’s old mob contacts as he seemed like a typical low level henchman. Bonnie points out that whoever it was, was determined to kill her. Bonnie declares that Xander saved her life and calls him a real hero as she hugs him.

EJ tells Nicole that Sister Mary Moira will be going to her own place after the funeral. Nicole says he doesn’t have to kick her out on her account. EJ assures that it’s not just her as he would send her away sooner but she is his mother’s sister. EJ is just so sorry about how she treated Nicole. Nicole calls it not that big of a deal but says it was the last straw after the day she had. EJ is sorry she had a bad day and asks if she cares to share. Nicole responds that it’s just that she and Eric ran in to each other and went at it again. Nicole says she’ll spare him the details, but their relationship is over once and for all. EJ jokes that he’s heard that before. Nicole assures there is no going back for them and declares that she and Eric are done for good.

Eric tells Sloan that allowing himself to be angry is not something he’s used to as he was taking the high road to forgiving. Sloan jokes about his good guy vibe and asks if he was always like this. Eric reminds her about his twin sister Sami always being the troublemaker, so that navigated him in the opposite direction. Eric adds that he went as far as becoming a priest which surprises Sloan. Eric says that didn’t work out and despite his efforts, his life has been in shambles. Sloan asks if he ever thought about not trying to be perfect and giving in to his impulses. Eric points out that he started by helping her finish off the six pack of beer earlier. Eric appreciates her encouragement but he’s not sure it’s in his danger. Sloan suggests he give it a try by just forgetting about everyone else and doing what he wants. Eric then kisses Sloan.

Nicole tells EJ that she should get going, so she’ll see him soon. EJ stops her and says he would say he’s sorry about her and Eric, but he’s not as he never thought they were a good match anyway. EJ argues that instead of appreciating who she is, Eric just stifled her fire and spirit, so she’s better off without him and being herself.

Eric and Sloan continue kissing in bed. Sloan stops and asks if she’s not taking advantage of him in an inebriated state. Eric assures that he’s thinking very clearly and this is what he wants and needs as they continue kissing.

Justin apologizes to Rafe for wasting his time. Rafe says it wasn’t a waste of time at all, especially if leads to them finding the clown. Rafe decides he will head to the warehouse to look for clues, so he’ll be in touch. Alex walks Rafe out. Justin tells Bonnie that he’s so sorry that she had to go through this again. Justin says he’s not letting her out of his sight from now on. Bonnie responds that it won’t be a problem because she doesn’t plan on stepping foot out of the house ever again until the evil clown is caught.

Gwen pays Leo $300. Leo jokes that next time she needs to stage a fake kidnapping, she knows who to call. Leo asks if he can keep the muscle suit. She tells him to go ahead and consider it a bonus. Leo remarks that Gwen really went above and beyond for her ex tonight, so he hopes that Xander appreciates it. Gwen is just glad he’s not behind bars. Leo points out that Xander went from being the #1 suspect to the town hero overnight. Leo adds that Xander really owes her, so he hopes Gwen finds some way to collect.

Xander and Sarah go home and start kissing. Xander asks what that was for. Sarah says it’s like Bonnie said, he was a real hero tonight which makes her feel even more terrible about her unfair accusation. Sarah brings up not knowing where he was and admits that she and Justin thought maybe Xander kidnapped Bonnie and they almost told Rafe. Sarah knows it was stupid and disloyal, so she feels bad and is so sorry. Sarah hopes he can forgive her. Xander says they all make mistakes. Sarah says she loves him so much and hugs him. Sarah suggests a warm bath so Xander can relax after the night that he had.

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So Chad is a fan of habanero salsa. Yep. Spicier than better. It’s surprising even his otherwise vanilla lifestyle. Maybe he’s more interesting than I give him credit for. Well, I’m sure he’ll be thrilled to know that his, uh, his order met standard. I am sorry he had to skip out on his dinner, but his loss is my game.

This fa is delicious. , you made this mm-hmm. . It’s my secret weapon. My um, neighbor who gave me the recipe said it. Perfect date dish and I wanted to make a really romantic dinner for Alex. So well, you succeeded. I’m sorry that you wasted your perfect date dish on me.

Mm. Bunny told you she was going for a walk at this. And it’s freezing outside. Uh, well, I don’t think she noticed that it was, uh, the time or the temperature. She was, uh, quite upset. Distracted. Distracted by what? Well, I, I’m sorry to say. Especially after all that she’s already been through, uh, uh, there was an incident at the pub and it took her up.

What kind of incident? Bonnie obviously is still dealing with the effects of this ordeal in, in, in the garden shed. And, and, and she was convinced that she saw the person that kidnapped her and it freaked her out.

Bonnie, what hell are you talking about? What was me? Aren’t you terribly intersect with me? You creep, you know what you did? No, I, I really don’t. Fine. You wanna play that game? I’ll spell it out for you. You are the sicko who kidnapped me. Zander Cook. You’re the muscle bound clown

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

So, how’s the job search going? Any bites? Not yet. Apparently the Leo Stark brand is not as delectable as these nots. Well, I’m sorry to hear that, but don’t be too discouraged. You haven’t been looking that long. Says the CEO and Nacho Hog, born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Hey. Okay. I’ve been kicked around plenty of times before and I got right back on my feet, and so will you.

All right, because you’re smart and you’re resilient and you’re gonna figure something out, Leo. Yeah. Well, it may take a while. That’s the problem. Since I am, as you have no doubt, observed a bit of an acquired taste. Hmm. Usually I get what I want by making it impossible for people to say no to me. Okay, well then just do that.

Or better yet, create a job for yourself. Find some unknown niche, and then fill it in English Jackson. Okay? Um, come up with a unique way that only you could be an asset to accompany or a person, and then go out there and make it. Im. For that person, our company, to say no to you. I mean, that’s, that’s worked well.

It’s worked for you in the past, right? It has. I did actually pitch myself to Gwen suggested that the Spectator could use a fabulous new gossip columnist. That’s great. How’d it go? Well, uh, she didn’t pounce on it, nor did chew laugh in my face, so, okay. Well then there’s hope. Depends on her boss. Mr. Jack, Debra.

Jack. Hi. What a surprise. I hope I’m not bothering you. No, no, of course not. Um, is everything all right? Yes, yes. Everything’s fine. I’m just stopping on the way home from the Spectator. Wanted to talk to Xander. Is, uh, is he home? Come on, man. You love, you’re not making any sense thinking that, that I. Muscle band clown.

I mean, it’s, it’s absurd. Where’s all this coming from? Straight from the clown’s mouth, apparently. I just heard you say, I’m not gonna let this situation destroy my life. So, so I heard the clown say the exact same thing. Only he didn’t have an Irish accent. I’m Scottish. It’s the same thing. No, they are not.

Yes. You know what? Who cares what your accent was or wasn’t? You said exactly what that clown said. That’s how I know you’re that horrible evil clown. Darren, would you keep your voice down? Down, would you? How was that? The clown said that too.

Bonnie hit Roman with a tray and knocked him. Yeah. Yeah. She thought he was the clown. The kidnapped her. Oh my God. Was Roman hurt? Well, no, thank heavens he was very kind about it. Oh, Justin, I feel so bad for Bonnie, but Sarah sh she, she thinks that maybe Bonnie is suffering from ptsd. T S D sounds likely.

So where’s Bonnie now? Is she walking home? I dunno, she didn’t say where she was going so. You just let her wander off into the night in that state of mind? Well, she rushed out so quickly. I, I, I didn’t occur to me that I had to chase after her, but I wish now that I had chased after her or somebody had, and I’m so, I’m sorry, Justin.

Okay. You know what, Maggie, it’s, it’s okay. It’s okay. You didn’t know she would just. You don’t go missing. Why would you correct to find her? Everything you’re saying and the way you’re saying it, the clown said it too. But Bonnie, I mean, it’s not as if the clown and I were quoting Shakespeare reciting poetry.

I mean, we just said ordinary things that people say all the time. Or are you gonna tell me that the clown said that too? Not that I can remember. There you go. You see? You just. What’s the difference is Bonnie, focus on the many differences between me and your clown. It’s not my clown. Okay. I mean the clown like whatever.

I’m not him. No, you are that clown. I just, I just know it. You’re the horrible evil clown that Ron Clowns for me forever. You please to keep your voice down. How could you do that to your family? I mean, you and I are blessed. You and I aren’t pleasant. Chewing just an are, just like Mimi and I.

That’s your daughter, right? How’s she doing these days? Mm-hmm. , that clown knew I had a daughter named Mimi. And so do you, lots of people know Mimi Hunters, maybe even for heaven. My daughter Traum. Of course not. I’m just saying that she’s very popular. Bonnie. All, I mean, is that all these reasons that you have for thinking I’m that clown?

They, they don’t hold up. Yeah. Are you or are you not? Muscle. I mean, I like to stay fit, stay in shape. No, no, no. You and the clown have the exact same build. So there’s a lot. Supervisor gyms are full of people that love to work out. People like you. You’re obsessed with your body. Oh, and say, I’m obsessed and highly disciplined.

Like I’m saying it, this muscle bear clown. I’m not him. You tell it to the judge, Hey, what are you doing? What does it look like I’m doing? I’m calling the cops.

All finished. Oh my God, that was great. . But uh, yeah, I’m definitely gonna want some seconds, but maybe we should get to the working part of this working dinner. You’re right. I just. I hate having to do this. Paulina put in so much hard work, all of us did, and for her to step down now before she even gets a chance to start, well, maybe she’ll change her mind, decide she doesn’t wanna release a statement.

I wish, but she sounded pretty determined. On the phone hall is saying, there’s part of my mind that’s still worrying, trying to come up with a way out of this. Do you have any thoughts? Not yet. And at the end of the day, it’s her decision and we have to respect it. So I guess this is the end of the road.

Yeah. For Paul on in the end for us too.

So did Gwen think that Jack might be interested in noting a gossip column? All I know is that she was gonna run it by. But you didn’t think he’d be too excited by the idea. Okay. Well, if I know anything about my uncle, it’s that he has very, very high standards, especially when it comes to the spectator, the subtext being that a gossip column would be too low brow for the Almighty Spectator.

Okay? First of all, if you do get the chance to talk to my uncle, don’t be your normal, irreverent, hilarious self, okay? Because when it comes to his company, he has no sense of humor. Also, your part. Brand of humor may not just be for wants. So duly noted. Although I am somewhat insulted. Okay, well, don’t be, and if it’s any consolation, I actually think you’re pretty funny when you’re not pushing for a laugh.

You think I push for laughs? Uh ooh. Sometimes. Yeah. Yeah. But you think I’m funny. I just said that, didn’t I?

Did I ever tell you? I tried doing standup once. He was in Chicago at this place called the Comedy Cellar. I had to audition five times before they finally booked me. How’d it go? Mm, it was a tough crowd. A bunch of crotchety, old boomers. Mm-hmm. . I totally bombed. I never should have trotted out. My mis piggy impression, that’s where things really went.

Although I think you would get a kick outta him. No, no, no, no, no. I won’t. Or I don’t, please. Okay. I’m not in the mood for your Miss Piggy impression, and I think you should stop focusing on standup and start focusing on this gossip column, which I actually don’t think would be too low brow for the spectator, but it would be too low brow for you.

Am I right? Sadly, you are not. Uh, I actually have a bit of a, a weakness when it comes to celebrity. Wow. Jackson. Yes. How? I love hearing that you’re human, like the rest of us. But there’s a caveat. It can be interesting and it can be juicy, but it can’t be mean spirited. My uncle’s not gonna go for that. Oh, well there goes my column.

Jack. I’m so sorry. You just missed Sander. He went out for a run. Oh. . Yeah. Um, but honestly, in this weather, I can’t imagine that he will be gone for long. If you wanna wait. Well, actually, I put in an order at the pub. I don’t want it to get cold, so, uh, I, I just wanted to come by and see how he’s doing. See how things are going with the new job.

Huh uh, well, I can fill you in on that one. He, I guess he didn’t tell you, but, um, he quit. Why? Uh, I guess his boss wanted him to do something that he wasn’t comfortable with.

Bonnie, please don’t call the police. You don’t have any evidence. They’re just gonna think you’re crazies. Crazy. I mean, misguided, definitely mistaken. Let’s just calm down. We can talk about evidence. You know what? Let’s both go to the police, both tell our stories and see who they believe. Oh, This is interesting.

Well, who is he? You know what I’ve decided? I’m not gonna call the police after all. Oh, good girl. That’s such a relief. I, I knew you’ve realized. Yeah. I’m gonna tell Justin. I think you’d be very interested to know what his cousin did to his

Bonnie. Hey, it’s, it’s me. Um, Maggie just told me what happened at the pub. Obviously I’m really worried about you, so please, sweetheart, call me as soon as you get this.

You welcome.

What do you mean is the end for us too? S J P R has plenty of other clients. Yeah. Well, I, I only signed on as a consultant for Pauline’s campaign and I planned on staying through her transition into the governor’s mansion and how that’s not gonna happen. So I think that my work is done not by a long. I asked you to work on the price campaign to see if we worked well together, and we do.

Yeah. We work well together. Sure could. So if it’s settled, you’ll stay on as a consultant. Yeah. It’s not just that, I just, I don’t think it’s a great idea. Why?

Because of Alex.

Sohan didn’t give you any idea where she was going. All she said was that she wanted some air. Okay. Well, she could have gone very far on foot. She’s probably downtown somewhere, so I’m gonna go go find her. I’ll come with you. I do. No, no, no, no, no thanks. But you stay here just in case she comes back. Okay.

Uh, yeah, you’re right. I didn’t think about that. It when, okay. The minute she comes in, I’ll call you the minute she walks through that door, . Okay, let’s go. Sure.

Oh, she’s now cold. Still breathing. Thank God. Well, course you think I would actually kill her. How would I know what was all that about Anyway, what was all that about? That was, that was about me saving your undeserving hide. How did you even know what was. Well, I was on my way over to give you that employment contract that I’d dummied up.

You’re welcome for that too, by the way. And I heard Bonnie accusing you of kidnapping her and she was gonna tell Justin everything. But now thanks to my very quick and clever thinking, she’s not gonna do that, is she? So how about instead of worrying about the woman who threatened to put you in prison forever, you show a bit of appreciation to yours truly.

That would be nice. Yes. Thank you, Gwen. It’s just that I’m, I’m not so sure you saved my hides so much as delayed. It’s inevitable ending. Ending. What are you on about? She’s in no state to go tell anyone any anything. No, not right now, but when she wakes up, she’s gonna scream her head after anyone that will listen about what I did.

Hey, have, at least I’ve brought you some time, haven’t I? Sorry. Any ideas? Well, I have been in this situation before when I’ve tried to avoid having somebody just shooting their mouth or foot over the place. But, um, yeah, you’re not gonna like my suggestion. Try me ship off the Damara Island. You’re right. I don’t like it.

Well, do you have any other better ideas then? No, maybe she just turned myself in. She wakes up. I’m gonna be outed as a clown. Not necessarily.

That is terrible that Sandra’s boss would ask him to do something unethical, but I’m proud of him for standing his ground. Yeah, me too. I’m just sorry. He had to lose his job to do it. I, I would offer him something in the spectator, but I, I, no, I don’t worry. He, he understands why you can’t. Xer told me that you didn’t think it was a good idea for him to work at the Spectator because of Gwen working there.

I, I thought that for everyone, it’d be better to keep some distance between them. You thought that Gwen was still in love Withand, given their history, it seemed a, uh, a wise choice. And what about now? Do you, do you still think that that’s the case?

Wait, I’m sorry. You, you, you’re not gonna do the, the gossip column if it can’t be mean-spirited. I was kidding. My gossip column will be witty and informative. The only tea I serve will be very sweet. Oh, you mean like a little feel good article you gave to the intruder about Chad coming on to you? Alright, well that might have been a teeny bit mean spirited, but as you know all too well, I was devastated over losing Craig and lashing out at everybody.

I blamed for it. Yeah, instead of blaming yourself. Look, I did a lot of things I’m not proud of. I’ve admitted. To Chad, to Brady and Chloe and to you. I really am sorry about that. It’s, it’s fine. Okay. You already apologized to me. Remember the night you came to my office. Granted it was a little less memorable than what happened afterwards.

Oh, you mean finding you flat on the floor about to bleed out and then being accused of stabbing you. And while I didn’t attempt to murder you, considering everything else I put you through. The apology bears repeating.

I mean it sunny. I feel awful about what I did. You’re such a good guy and you’ve been so cool and forgiving about everything. Not always. Well, recently, once you knew how much I regretted being such a jerk, how ashamed I was.

I wish there was a way I could make it up to you.

And what does Alex have to do with you not wanting to work with me?

So you’re totally. With Alex staying. Stephanie, why wouldn’t I be? Steph is gray. Dan seems like he, he won her over som getting pretty cozy the other day. How was that for me? Fine. Chad. Hey, you don’t have to lie to me. Hey, it sucked. Yeah, of course it did because you were jealous.

I think I, it, it, I, I think it’ll just be, uh, uncomfortable. For who, for Alex, obviously. He, he, he was before, I mean, when we first started to work with working together, he thought that we were sleeping together. Okay. But that was a while ago and I said him straight about that. Besides, he knows that you and I are just colleagues and friends.

And I mean, it would be different if something romantic were going on, but you made it very clear that that couldn’t happen because you’re still mourning Abigail, which I completely and totally respect and well, Alex and I both know that you’re not ready for a relationship, right. So, If he doesn’t have a problem with it, and I really don’t think he will.

There’s nothing stopping us from working together unless, and is there some other reason why you’d rather not

Sunny Boy. Hey, I’m glad I ran into you. Hi. Have either of you seen Bonnie? Bonnie, your dad’s wife? No. Why is something wrong? Well, hopefully not. My dad’s been trying to call her. She hasn’t answered, and he’s starting to get really worried. You know, she’s been having a hard time since she got kidnapped. She was kidnapped.

It’s a long story. Look, do we know who the last person is here was? Maybe they have some idea of where she went. Maggie and Sarah took Bonnie by the puppy to try and cheer her up, and then she took off all alone. Nobody knows where she is. Bonnie. Bonnie, are you here?

I, I actually don’t know that much about Gwen’s feelings at the moment, but I’m guessing or hoping that she’s way more interested in her work at The Spectator than in Xander. She’s really throwing herself into her writing. , so I’ve heard mm-hmm. . Yeah. In fact, uh, she offered to write an article about Xander’s company.

Really? I, I, I, I didn’t know that. Yeah. See, that’s why I asked about Gwen’s feelings, because I wasn’t so sure that there was an article. If this was just an excuse to get close to Xander? Well, either way I don’t think it would’ve be a problem. It would be a problem for me. Yes, yes, I understand that. But my, my, my point is this, but no matter how Gwen feels, she knows that Xander loves you.

She knows that Andrew’s completely committed to you, and you know that too. Of course. Yeah. Yeah, of course. I dunno. You really think this could work? It has to. It’s our only option. I think you’re right. We need to do it fast before Bonnie wakes up. Let’s get cracking. I need to do so.

I need you to me as,

so is Xander looking for another. . Oh yeah, definitely. I just, I hope that what happened at rednecks isn’t too discouraging for him. Well, he did stand up for himself. I have to admire him for that. I do too. I’m sure he is gonna get another job soon. Uh, please just tell him, tell him I said hello. Of course.

And please give your mother my love next time you see her. Oh, I, I definitely will. Gonna be talking to her in a little while and asking about how poor Bonnie’s doing. Oh my gosh, what an ordeal that was. Yeah, and she’s still very traumatized by it.

So dad’s out looking for Bonnie right now. Yes. She’s not answering her phone, so the only way of tracking her down is driving around to see where she might have gone and asking anyone if they’ve seen her. Is there anything I can do to help? I wouldn’t want to interrupt your dinner plans. You’re not okay.

We just happened to run into each other. Believe me. It’s not planned. It was more like kismet. Shut up. That’s probably dad. It is Dad. Hey dad. Did you find her? No, no, but I think I’m getting closer. I found something of hers in the park off the square. Can uh, can you meet me here? I’ll be right there. Did he find her?

No, but he thinks he found something of hers in the park off the square. Let’s go. I hope you find her and I hope I get that gossip column. Lady whistleblower’s going to have a hell of a lot to dish.

Sorry. You want me to what? Pop me a good one Right across the face. You honestly want me to hit you? Gwen, this isn’t gonna work unless you do Zander. What? Just make a fist and give a go. Oh, I just don’t think I can do that. What are you talking about? He’s just not Bonnie, our Cole. Yeah. I didn’t have the bloody look at her when I did it did.

What if I hit you from behind? Well, I’m just a bit worried that you might be too good at that and we can’t risk you actually knocking me out. Can you hit yourself? Ah, the, the bruises won’t look right. It’ll be much more convincing if you do. Wait is all this hemming and horn because you’re worried that I’m gonna blame you for whatever damage you do to my face.

Don’t worry, Gwen. I absolve you of any blame. Give you full permission to knock my block off. Believe me, I’ve got it coming.

Gwen. Time is a factor here.

Oh God. I can’t. I just can’t. I can’t do it. I can’t. Why not? Oh. Because when I’ve hit someone before, it was because I was really upset and I’m just, I’m not really upset right now. Well, how about this? To meet your blood boy, I show Sarah over you.

Chad, is there another reason you don’t want us to keep working together?

No.

No, there isn’t. Um, I’m really glad you want. Stay on. I enjoy her collaboration. It makes two of us

poor Bonnie tied up and held hostage by masked maniac. Can’t imagine how scary that must have been for her. I know, and unfortunately she keeps reliving it. Mom and I took her out tonight to try to get her mind off of things. We were unsuccessful. Um, Bonnie thought that she saw her kidnapper in the pub.

Oh, the woman has definitely been traumatized. Yes. You know, I, I’m keeping tabs on the police investigation of that. Are there any leads at this point? A’s accomplice is still out there, but sooner or later with luck, they’re gonna catch him. And when they do and bring him to justice, maybe that will bring Bonnie some peace of.

Dad. Hey son. Hey. I ran into him in the square. He said he wanted to help out. You said you found something at Bonny’s. This is hers. I found her lying on the ground. She must have dropped it when she was walking. Yeah. And from what Maggie said, she’s still very upset about what happened at the pub.

Apparently she’s seen things she’s saying like what kind of things? Like people wearing clown masks, like the one her kidnapper war. Do you think maybe she saw something in the park and. You ran away,

g Guinevere. What’s up? Did you talk to your father About my column? Uh, no, sorry, I haven’t had the chance. Oh, so you’re not calling to tell me I got the job. Actually, I may have a job for you, Mattie, if you’re interested.

As much as I dread writing this statement for Paulina, we should probably get down to business. Uh, at least we can start tonight on a positive note. Here’s to our continued successful relationship, N SJ P R. Fast.

Color me. Intrigued. What’s the job? Do you remember that I told you that Xandra and I have a secret? Hmm? How could I forget? Well, I need to let you in on that.

Oh, did you find Bonnie? There’s no sun of her yet. Yeah, we were hoping she came back here. No, I’m sorry. I’m trying to tell myself not to worry, but I think it’s time we call the police.

Tina, I know that you are committed to your cardio. This is a long run even for you.

Street of voicemail.

Oh my God. I know how to get that

Well, thanks for dinner. I’ve never had Ethiopian before. What was that? That marinated, minced beef stuff that was. Married the chili powder. S marinating. The chili? Yes. Oh my God, it was so good. And then those spongy like sour flatbread thing, the way wrapped it up in, it’s called inna. Yes, both of them. Oh, so good.

Well, I’m glad I expand your hair horizon, huh? It’s at least I could do.

Sorry, I, I came over here to sell up my attorney’s fees and I ended up talking your off about Nicole. I don’t mind really, I. I mean, breakups are rough. Plus it sounds like you really loved her. Yeah. Did she’s, um, certainly already moved on. She’s shacking up with her ex, her other ex-husband.

We left the bloody doors open.

Woo. I finally got Holly to bed. Only took two and a half stories. . Well, I hope she doesn’t find it too difficult to fall asleep in an unfamiliar house. Well, you know, I think she’s has some fond memories here when she was living with Chloe and Stephan, so I think it’ll be an easy transition. Thank you.

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Days Update Monday, December 12, 2022

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Sonny and Leo eat together in the town square. Leo says he’s sorry that Chad had to skip out on their dinner, but notes that Chad’s loss is his gain.

Chad and Stephanie eat dinner together. Chad calls it delicious. Stephanie talks about how her neighbor called it the perfect date dish and she wanted to make a really romantic dinner for Alex. Chad tells her that she succeeded but he’s sorry that she wasted her perfect date dish on him.

Justin and Alex question Maggie about Bonnie saying she was going for a walk at this hour when it’s freezing outside. Maggie explains that Bonnie was quite upset and distracted. Justin asks what distracted her. Maggie is sorry to say but there was an incident at the Pub that shook her up. Justin questions what kind of incident. Maggie informs him that Bonnie is still affected by what happened in the gardening shed, so she was seeing the person that kidnapped her and it freaked her out.

Xander questions Bonnie saying it was him. Bonnie tells him not to play innocent and that he knows what he did. Xander claims not to know what she’s talking about. Bonnie says she’ll spell it out for him and declares that Xander is the one who kidnapped her, the muscle bound clown.

Sonny asks Leo about his job search. Leo says he hasn’t found anything yet. Sonny encourages that he hasn’t been looking that long. Sonny adds that Leo will get back on his feet because he’s smart and resilient, so he will figure something out. Leo says it may take awhile. Leo jokes that usually he gets what he wants by making it impossible for people to say no to him. Sonny encourages him to make his own job or to come up with a unique position that only he could fill and make it impossible to say no to. Sonny points out that it’s worked for him in the past. Leo mentions pitching himself to Gwen at the Spectator. Sonny asks how that went. Leo says she didn’t pounce on it but she didn’t laugh in his face, so it depends on her boss, Jack Deveraux.

Jack goes to Sarah’s hotel room. Sarah calls it a surprise and asks if everything is alright. Jack says he was just on his way home from the Spectator and wanted to stop by to talk to Xander, so he asks if Xander is home.

Xander argues that Bonnie isn’t making any sense and calls it absurd as he questions where this is coming from. Bonnie explains that she just heard him say he won’t let this situation destroy his life which is exactly what the clown said, so that’s now how she knows he was the horrible clown. Xander tells Bonnie to keep her voice down, which Bonnie remembers the clown saying as well.

Maggie reveals to Justin and Alex that Bonnie hit Roman with a tray and knocked him down as she thought he was her kidnapper. Justin can’t believe it and asks if Roman is hurt. Maggie says he is thankfully not and he was so kind about it but she feels so bad for Bonnie. Maggie adds that Sarah worries that Bonnie is suffering from PTSD. Justin questions where Bonnie is now and if she’s walking home. Maggie admits she doesn’t know. Alex questions Bonnie not saying where she was going while Justin questions if Maggie just let Bonnie wander off in that state of mind. Maggie explains that Bonnie rushed out so quickly but she wishes now that she chased after her. Maggie apologizes. Justin says it’s okay as she couldn’t have known she would go missing. Justin decides they have to find her.

Bonnie complains about how everything Xander is saying is what the clown was saying. Xander argues that it’s just common things that people say. Xander tells her to focus on the differences and claims it’s not him. Bonnie insists that he was the clown that ruined clowns for her. Xander tells her to keep her voice down. Bonnie questions how he could do that to his family since she and Justin are blood. Bonnie then mentions her daughter Mimi and how the clown knew about her. Xander argues that a lot of people do. Xander says her reasons for him being the clown don’t hold up. Bonnie points out his muscles and having the exact same build as the clown. Xander repeats that he’s not the clown. Bonnie tells him to tell the judge because she’s calling the cops.

Chad finishes his dinner and tells Stephanie that it was great. Chad says he will definitely want seconds but suggests they get to work. Stephanie hates having to do this since Paulina put in so much hard work, so for her to step down before she even starts. Chad suggests maybe she could change her mind. Stephanie notes that Paulina sounded pretty determined on the phone. Stephanie says part of her mind wants to figure a way out of this but she doesn’t have any thoughts yet. Stephanie declares that at the end of the day, it’s Paulina’s decision so they have to respect it and guesses it is the end of the road. Chad points out that it is the end of the road for Paulina and also for them.

Leo tells Sonny that Gwen was going to run the idea of hiring him by Jack, but she didn’t think he would be too excited by the idea. Sonny talks about Jack having very high standards for the Spectator. Sonny advises Leo not to be himself if he talks to Jack since Jack has no humor when it comes to his brand. Sonny admits that he thinks Leo can be funny. Leo talks about trying stand up comedy one time in Chicago but he totally bombed. Sonny encourages him to focus on this gossip column which he doesn’t think would be too low bro for the Spectator. Sonny admits that he has a bit of a weakness when it comes to celebrity news. Leo jokes that he is human. Sonny says it can be interesting and juice but it can’t be mean-spirited as Jack won’t go for that. Leo jokes there goes his column then.

Sarah tells Jack that she’s sorry but he missed Xander as he went out for a run. Sarah can’t imagine he will be gone long in this weather if he wants to wait. Jack says he has an order at the Pub and just wanted to check on Xander and his new job. Sarah then informs Jack that Xander quit because his boss wanted to do something he wasn’t comfortable with…

Xander asks Bonnie not to call the police as she doesn’t have any evidence so they will think she’s crazy. Bonnie suggests they both go to the police station and tell their stories to see who they believe. Bonnie then gets a call from Justin. Bonnie declares that she will answer and tell Justin because he will be very interested to hear what his cousin did. Gwen then appears and knocks out Bonnie from behind.

Justin leaves a message for Bonnie, saying Maggie told him what happened at the Pub and he’s worried about her so he asks her to call him when she gets this.

Xander is surprised to see Gwen, who tells him that he’s welcome.

Stephanie questions Chad saying this is the end for them too when SJ PR has plenty of other clients. Chad points out that he only signed for Paulina’s campaign and planned to stay on until she was sworn in, but now that’s not happening so his work here is done. Stephanie says not by a long shot and that she asked him to work on Paulina’s campaign to see if they work well together and they do. Stephanie decides it’s settled that Chad will stay on as a consultant but Chad reveals that he doesn’t think it’s a great idea because of Alex.

Justin questions Maggie having no idea where Bonnie went. Maggie says that she only said she was going out for air. Justin says she couldn’t have gone far on foot and guesses she’s probably downtown somewhere. Justin decides he’s going to find her. Alex says he will go with him. Maggie wants to go too but Justin asks Maggie to stay in case Bonnie comes home, so he exits with Alex.

Xander notes that Bonnie is out cold but still breathing. Gwen argues that she wouldn’t actually kill her. Xander questions what that was all about. Gwen says she was saving him. Xander asks how she knew what was going on. Gwen explains that she was on her way to deliver his fake employment contract when she overheard Bonnie accusing him of kidnapping her and she was going to tell Justin everything, but now thanks to her, she’s not going to do that. Gwen suggests he show her some appreciation. Xander thanks her but is not so sure that she saved him instead of just delaying things. Gwen argues that Bonnie is in no state to tell anyone anything. Xander worries that when she wakes up, she’ll scream her head off about what he did. Gwen says at least she bought him some time. Xander asks if she has any ideas. Gwen admits she’s been in a similar situation but feels he won’t like her suggestion of shipping her off to DiMera Island. Xander admits he doesn’t like it but he doesn’t have any better ideas. Xander wonders if he should just turn himself in, since when Bonnie wakes up, he will be outed as the clown. Gwen then says not necessarily.

Jack calls it terrible that Xander’s boss would ask him to do something unethical but he’s proud of him for standing his ground, though he’s sorry that he had to lose his job to do it. Jack mentions that he would offer him a job at the Spectator but Sarah assures that Xander understands why he can’t. Sarah explains that Xander told her that Jack didn’t think it was a good idea because of Gwen. Jack says he thought it would be better for everyone to keep distance between them, given Xander and Gwen’s history. Sarah asks if Jack still thinks that’s the case.

Leo talks about his plans for his gossip column. Leo admits he’s done a lot of things he’s not proud of and apologizes to Sonny for that. Sonny reminds Leo that he already apologized to him. Leo recalls being accused of stabbing Sonny. Leo tells Sonny that he means his apology because he feels awful about what he did and Sonny has been so cool and forgiving about what he did. Leo talks about how much he regrets being a jerk and how ashamed he was. Leo wishes there was a way he could make it up to him.

Stephanie asks what Alex has to do with Chad not wanting to work with her. Chad thinks back to talking to Sonny about his feelings for Stephanie. Chad tells Stephanie that he thinks it will be uncomfortable for Alex and points out that he was before when they first started working together. Stephanie says that was awhile ago and she set him straight on that. Stephanie adds that Alex knows she and Chad are just colleagues and friends. Stephanie states that it would be different if something romantic was going on but he made it clear that can’t happen because he’s not over Abigail which she completely respects. Stephanie declares that she and Alex both know that Chad is not ready for a relationship. Stephanie doesn’t think Alex will have a problem with it, so there’s nothing stopping them from working together unless there’s some other reason that Chad doesn’t want to.

Alex walks through the town square and finds Sonny and Leo. Alex asks if they’ve seen Bonnie. Sonny says no and asks if something is wrong. Alex hopes not but notes that Justin has been trying to call her and she’s not answering, so he’s starting to get really worried. Alex mentions Bonnie having a hard time since being kidnapped. Leo questions that but Sonny calls it a long story. Sonny asks if they know who saw Bonnie last. Alex explains that Maggie and Sarah took her to the Pub, but she took off and nobody knows where she is.

Justin goes to the park looking for Bonnie and then finds her scarf on the ground.

Jack tells Sarah that he doesn’t know much about Gwen’s feelings at the moment, but he hopes that she’s way more interested in her work than Xander since she’s really throwing herself in to her writing. Sarah mentions that Gwen offered to write an article about Xander’s company which Jack did not know. Sarah says that’s why she asked about Gwen’s feelings because she wasn’t so sure there was an article or an excuse to get close to Xander. Jack doesn’t think it would be a problem either way but Sarah says it would be for her. Jack insists that no matter how Gwen feels, she knows Xander loves Sarah.

Xander and Gwen go to a room with rope. Xander asks if she really thinks this could work. Gwen calls it their only option. Xander says they need to do it fast before Bonnie wakes up. Xander then stops Gwen and tells her that she needs her to hit him as hard as she can.

Jack asks Sarah if Xander is looking for another job. Sarah says he definitely is, but she hopes what happened at Rednax isn’t too discouraging for him. Jack admires him for standing up for himself and encourages he will find another job soon. Jack tells Sarah to tell Xander he said hello and to send his love to Maggie. Sarah mentions that she will be talking to Maggie soon to ask how Bonnie is doing. Jack comments on what an ordeal that was. Sarah says that Bonnie is still very traumatized by it.

Alex tells Sonny that Justin is out looking for Bonnie since she’s not answering her phone. Sonny asks if there is anything he can do to help. Alex remarks that he wouldn’t want to interrupt his dinner plans. Sonny assures that he isn’t and that he and Leo just happened to run in to each other. Alex then gets a call from Justin, informing him that he hasn’t found Bonnie but thinks he’s getting closer. Justin tells Alex to meet him in the park so Alex and Sonny rush off together. Leo calls out that he hopes they find her and that he hopes he gets his gossip column because he will have a lot to dish about.

Gwen questions Xander wanting her to hit him. Xander says this won’t work unless she does it. Gwen doesn’t think she can. Xander points out that she just knocked Bonnie out cold. Gwen says she didn’t have to look at her while doing it and offers to hit Xander from behind. Xander worries that she might be too good at that and doesn’t want to risk her actually knocking him out. Gwen asks if he could hit himself but Xander feels that won’t be as convincing. Xander asks if she’s worried about him blaming her for damaging his face. Xander says he gives her full permission as he has it coming. Gwen insists that she can’t do it because when she hit someone before, she was really upset and she’s not right now. Xander then reminds her that she chose Sarah over her which then leads to Gwen punching him in the face.

Stephanie asks Chad if there’s another reason that he doesn’t want them to keep working together. Chad says no and that he’s really glad she wants him to stay on because he enjoys their collaboration.

Jack can’t imagine how scary it must have been for Bonnie to have been kidnapped by a masked maniac. Sarah talks about how Bonnie keeps reliving it. Sarah says she and Maggie tried to take her out to the Pub, but Bonnie thought she saw her kidnapper in the Pub. Jack comments that she’s definitely traumatized. Jack then mentions that he’s keeping tabs on the police investigation of that. Sarah asks if there are any leads. Jack says at this point, Ava’s accomplice is still out there but sooner or later, they will catch him and bring him to justice so maybe that will bring Bonnie peace of mind.

Alex and Sonny join Justin in the park. Justin tells them about how Maggie said Bonnie was still very upset and is apparently seeing things like people in clown masks. Sonny wonders if she saw something in the park and ran away.

Gwen calls Leo, who asks if she talked to Jack about his column. Gwen says she hasn’t had the chance, but she may have a job for him if he’s interested.

Stephanie tells Chad that they should get to writing the statement for Paulina. Stephanie says at least they can start out on a positive note. Stephanie toasts to their continued successful relationship at SJ PR.

Leo asks Gwen what the job is. Gwen reminds him that she said she and Xander have a secret and she needs to let Leo in on that.

Justin, Alex, and Sonny return home and inform Maggie that there was no sign of Bonnie. Justin declares that he tried to tell himself not to worry, but he thinks it’s time to call the police.

Sarah remarks that Xander has been on a long run even for him. Sarah tries calling Xander but it goes straight to voicemail.

Bonnie wakes up tied up in a chair and looks over to see Xander knocked out and tied up as well.

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Recap written by Michele and Cheryl

Maggie, Sarah and Bonnie were hanging out when the conversation turned to Susan. They talked about what happened to Susan. Bonnie admitted to them that she was worried that the kidnapper was going to come back to get her. She wanted to put everything behind her. She walked out the room. Maggie asked Sarah about Xander. She told Maggie what happened to Xander. She told Maggie that he had proof that he was innocent. Maggie was happy for Xander. Sarah was relieved he was innocent. Bonnie came back in the room and said that she was afraid the kidnapper would come after her.

Justin showed up at Xander’s room and they talked about the debt collector. Justin was proud of him for quitting a job that wasn’t ethical. He wanted to help Xander by helping him sue them for wrongful termination. Xander wanted to forget the incident happened. Justin insisted he had a case, but Xander wanted to forget about it. Justin apologized for being so pushy. Xander just wanted to give Sarah a good life, but he messed up. He was about to tell Justin the truth, but he blamed everything on the job. Justin assured Xander that he was going to investigate the job and he wouldn’t stop him until he helped Xander. He walked out of the room. Xander began to get nervous. He called Gwen and asked her to create a fake employment contract for him. She wanted to bring it to him because she didn’t want to have a paper trail. Xander met with Gwen. They talked about the contract. Bonnie was in the area and heard Xander talking. She realized that he was the one who kidnapped him once she heard his voice.

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Days Short Recap Thursday, December 8, 2022

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Johnny talked to Chanel about what happened to his mother and Ava. She was surprised and hugged him. Allie walked in just as they were hugging each other. Allie admitted that she knew what happened since Thanksgiving. Chanel didn’t understand why she was just hearing about it. Allie apologized for keeping it from her. Chanel was overwhelmed because of what’s going on with Abe and Paulina. They all promise to be there for each other. Johnny had to leave so Chanel wondered what was happening. He said he had to meet Wendy. EJ was surprised to see his aunt Sister Mary Moira Banks at his door. She wanted answers about what happened to her sister. She gave him a hard time about finding out about Susan from someone else. He told her that he did everything he could to help her. She didn’t want him to keep making excuses. He reminds her that his mother is dead. He calmed down and said that he wanted forgiveness. She told him that God is the one who could forgive him. He wanted her forgiveness and not God’s forgiveness. She wasn’t happy that he didn’t start the funeral arrangements for Susan. She thought he was shaming her in life and death.

Nicole was upset that Eric hire Sloan as his lawyer. Sloan blamed her for why Jada didn’t have the baby. Nicole denied it and yelled at Eric about it. They started arguing with each other. Sloan was tired of hearing them argue and gave him her business card. She let him know that her home address was on the back of it. Nicole told Eric that she wasn’t sleeping with EJ. She told him that EJ gave her and Holly a place to stay. Eric was upset by it, but Nicole told him about his jealousy towards EJ. He called her out for getting mad that he was talking to Sloan and that she blamed her for why his baby was gone. She hated seeing Eric like that and she told him that EJ was looking better than he is. He told her that he wasn’t a saint and she wasn’t either. They continue to go back and forth until he realized that her opinion didn’t matter to him anymore. Nicole wanted to know if they were breaking up. Eric reminded her they weren’t together. He didn’t want to make the same mistakes. She didn’t think they would work.

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EJ and Nicole woke up in bed together. She didn’t remember what happened. He said they made love. She woke up again and realized she was alone. She said she wasn’t the person Eric thought she was. EJ came in the room and offered her breakfast and a cure for hangovers. They talked about Susan and how she looked out for him. Nicole thanked him for looking out for her. She wondered what was going on with Eric. EJ said he got what he deserved. She said she felt bad for Eric. She said she regretted backing him up when he wanted Eric arrested. He said he would drop the charges for her. He said Shawn might not be so forgiving. When he called Trask, he said Eric deserved to suffer after the way he treated her. When Chanel went to Sweet Bits, she saw Murderer on the window. She tried to get it off the window. Sloan showed up and pretended to be sad about the graffiti. She said she didn’t do it. She rubbed it in that Paulina was arrested. Chanel told her she was the one she wanted.

Paulina woke Eric up. He was in a cell next to hers. They were shocked to see each other. She wanted to know why he was in a cell. He told her what happened. She understood why he had a problem with EJ. She said EJ rubbed everyone the wrong way. She told him about Chanel’s time with Johnny. Eric said he didn’t want to talk about it anymore. They talked about Sloan. Paulina wanted to tear her apart. Sloan showed up and told her to do it. Sloan rubbed it into Paulina that she was in jail. She told Paulina that she and Chanel would be able to spend time with each other in prison. Paulina said what happened was an accident. Sloan didn’t believe her. Sloan said making Paulina and Chanel pay didn’t make her happy. She said nothing would help her get over her mother. She said she might be able to pull some strings and have Paulina, Chanel and Lani spend prison together in the same prison. Paulina was taken off to see Belle. Sloan told Eric that Belle was a two-bit lawyer and bimbo. He told her she was her sister.

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Days Short Recap Monday, December 5, 2022

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Nicole didn’t want to take EJ up on his offer to move in with him. He told her he was trying to help her. He said he was feeling lonely. When they were about to leave, Eric showed up. He asked if they were drunk. Eric and EJ started arguing with each other. She said she wasn’t sleeping with EJ. She said she didn’t have anywhere else to go because she ruined her marriage to be with him. She said Eric didn’t want anything to do with her. EJ continued to mess with Eric. Eric warned him to stay out of the conversation. EJ said Eric didn’t have to lose his baby and Nicole. He said it was Eric’s choice. Eric punched him in the face. Belle told Shawn that Trask was charging Paulina and wasn’t backing down. Shawn told her that Paulina might be extradited to the UK. He said it wasn’t going to be easy. He said he was stressed. She told him he had the day off. He said he didn’t because Jada called out for a medical procedure. She wanted to know what was going on. He said he didn’t know. She said her mother said Jada was pregnant. She thought it couldn’t be an abortion because Jada and Eric were happy about the baby. They left to go to the Small Bar and ran into Eric, Nicole and EJ. EJ told them what was going on. Shawn tried to get Eric out of the situation. Shawn realized Eric had a drink. Shawn tried to get him to leave, but Eric shoved him. EJ told him to arrest Eric. EJ said he was pressing charges. Nicole tried to stop him from arresting Eric. EJ said she didn’t owe him anything. She realized he was right. Shawn handcuffed Eric.

Alex walked in on Chad and Stephanie hugging each other. Alex was upset when he thought she lied about being busy with work. Stephanie and Chad told him it wasn’t what he was thinking. They told him Paulina was arrested and they were trying to figure out what to do. Alex offered to help them. They got to work on Paulina’s case. Alex and Stephanie flirted with each other. Chad didn’t like seeing it. Alex said Paulina shouldn’t have to apologize for helping her daughter. They continued to work on the case. Sonny tried to help Leo find a job. Leo said he appreciated his help. Leo said he was hungry. Sonny went to make sure he got something to eat. When Sonny left, the phone rang. Leo answered the phone. Leo spoke to Will. Sonny took the phone from Leo. Sonny told him he was helping Leo, but Will wasn’t happy about it. Will told him he wouldn’t be home for Christmas. When they got off the phone, Sonny was upset. Sonny told Leo that Will was making a movie. Leo thought answering the phone didn’t help Sonny. Leo wanted to leave, but Sonny told him to stay. Kristen told the Marlena doll that her plan to look generous to Brady worked. Brady walked in and thought it was weird that she was talking to a doll. They talked about Rachel’s Christmas list. He wanted to talk about Rachel wanting them to get married. He thought Kristen put her up to it. She said she didn’t put her up to it. She said it was natural for a kid to want her parents together. She said if she wanted them to get married, she would have forced him to marry her in order to get the orchid. She said she wanted more than that. He said she should prove her love by giving him the orchid. She said she would, but she didn’t trust him. She said they should spend the night together. Nicole told EJ that she felt responsible for Eric’s behavior. EJ said it was Eric’s problem, not hers. She said she was still worried. EJ said with Belle as his lawyer and Shawn as the arresting officer, Eric would get a slap on the wrist. Belle told Eric there was nothing she could do for him. She said the court was closed for the day. Eric mentioned that she slept with EJ. Belle was furious. She told Shawn to take him away. Brady told Kristen nothing would happen until she gave him the orchid.

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Days Update Friday, December 9, 2022

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Gwen finishes a call at home with a friend in London with information about Chanel’s case and says it will make a nice exclusive for the Spectator. Leo then shows up at her door and says he has a scoop for her, but she’s going to have to hire him first.

Chad joins Sonny in the town square. Chad says they have to celebrate Sonny’s first day back at Titan and announces this is also his last day at SJ PR. Sonny is surprised as he thought things were going great there. Chad says they were but Stephanie only brought him on to help with Paulina’s campaign. Sonny questions if she doesn’t want him to stick around to help with other clients. Chad remarks that Stephanie will be fine without him.

Alex goes to see Stephanie and tells her that she looks incredible. Alex gives her flowers and asks if she’s ready to go. Stephanie says she’s not. Alex points out that the dinner reservations are in 15 minutes and she looks ready for a night out, so he asks if he’s missing something. Stephanie suggests they instead stay in as she brings Alex inside, where she has a candle lit dinner set up.

Sarah, Bonnie, and Maggie sit together at the Brady Pub, Maggie calls it girls night out and is glad they did this. Sarah brings up a drink that Bonnie told her about it and offers to get drinks but Bonnie says she knows what they are doing and it’s not going to work.

Xander searches for a cockroach in his hotel room. Xander then remarks that with everything he’s done, he’s no better than the roach. Justin then shows up which Xander calls an unexpected surprise. Justin informs Xander that he just spoke to Bonnie and says that Xander is in big trouble.

Maggie tells Bonnie that they are just trying to have a good time. Bonnie accuses them of trying to cheer her up and get her to forget about the kidnapping clown. Sarah admits that’s why they took her out. Maggie says Justin told them about what the clown did to her. Sarah adds that Justin thought she could use a distraction and a night of fun. Bonnie is not exactly sure if she can have fun considering what happened to Susan and what could have happened to her. Maggie hopes they catch the clown, lock him up, and throw away the key. Bonnie says if they can’t find him, she can only pray that he’s a million miles away by now.

Xander questions Justin saying he’s in trouble. Justin asks how long Xander thought he could keep the truth from him. Justin tells Xander that he knows what’s going on as Bonnie told him. Xander thinks back to holding Bonnie captive.

Bonnie agrees that she needs a night out and it’s time to put the whole nightmare behind her and the best way to do that is with a strong drink. Bonnie then goes to get the first round of drinks. Maggie asks if Sarah talked to Xander. Sarah confirms that she asked him about his job at Rednax and told him that she thought he might be the clown that kidnapped Bonnie and Susan. Maggie asks what he said. Sarah tells her that he denied it. Maggie questions if she took him at his word. Sarah wishes she had since he swore he didn’t do anything illegal, so she looked up Rednax and found a web site and even a job listing for the spot that Xander vacated. Maggie is relieved that it was legit then. Sarah is sorry that she ever doubted Xander.

Xander questions Justin as to what Bonnie told him. Justin says that Bonnie told him about the debt collector that came to the house. Xander is relieved it’s just that. Justin mentions that Maggie told him about Xander quitting his job over his boss asking him to do something he wasn’t comfortable with. Justin tells Xander that he’s proud of him for doing the right thing. Xander thanks him but says that doesn’t really pay the bills. Justin agrees that behavior doesn’t always get rewarded but in this case, he thinks it could be. Justin suggests they sue Rednax for wrongful termination as Justin is sure they could make them pay and says he’ll just need the name of Xander’s boss.

Gwen questions Leo wanting to work at the Spectator. Leo gives her a folder of articles that he presents as news about Alex and Stephanie, Julie, and Wendy and Johnny. Gwen argues that it’s all gossip and not news. Leo questions the difference. Gwen states that the Spectator is a very respected newspaper so they couldn’t publish this. Leo points out that he would write anonymously as “Lady Whistleblower.” Leo encourages Gwen being able to impress Jack and promises to work his ass off for her. Gwen agrees to run it by Jack and asks if job prospects are that grim for him. Leo admits he did get one offer from Sonny. Gwen questions how that happened and tells him not to leave out any details as she takes him inside.

Sonny questions if Chad is officially done working at SJ PR. Chad says he’s not officially and he doesn’t want to leave since he really enjoyed working PR and it was rewarding. Sonny comments that Chad and Stephanie seemed to get along well. Chad says it was a little too well. Sonny asks if Chad has a thing for Stephanie. Chad admits that he did. Sonny asks if she did as well. Chad says it doesn’t matter since it’s toon soon after Abigail and he doesn’t want to be with anyone, so now Stephanie has moved on with Alex.

Stephanie hopes Alex doesn’t mind staying in. Alex says it’s great and asks about her parents. Stephanie says they are still in Seattle with Tripp, so they have the place for themselves. Alex asks if they should order delivery but Stephanie reveals that she spent all day cooking and says she’s a woman of many talents. Alex tells Stephanie about Sonny being back as CEO at Titan. Stephanie asks how he feels about it. Alex says he’s fine as there are perks to having less responsibility, like more time to spend with her. Stephanie questions if he really doesn’t mind stepping down. Alex says he’d rather be here with her and asks if she doesn’t believe him. Stephanie sensed that he likes to be on top. Alex says he does but he’s flexible.

Sonny questions Chad being totally fine with Alex dating Stephanie. Chad asks why he wouldn’t be. Chad says Stephanie is great and it seems like Alex won her over. Sonny tells Chad that he doesn’t have to lie to him. Chad admits it sucked seeing Alex and Stephanie get cozy. Sonny says that’s because Chad was jealous.

Gwen doesn’t get why Leo turned down Sonny’s job offer. Leo explains that it never would’ve worked out and would’ve been a total disaster which Sonny realized too. Gwen asks how it would’ve been a disaster. Leo says that Will and Victor would’ve given him nonstop grief over hiring him and Victor probably would’ve fired them both. Leo adds that after everything with Craig and Abigail, he’s trying to avoid personal complications in his life right now. Gwen asks what he means. Leo points out that Sonny is married which Gwen jokes is his type. Gwen believes Leo is smitten with Sonny.

Xander questions Justin wanting his boss’s name. Justin thinks they can make a case for wrongful termination since Xander got fired for refusing to do something illegal. Justin says it probably wouldn’t go to court and they could settle. Xander appreciates the offer but says he’d rather forget the whole thing ever happened. Justin asks why, when he could get him a sizable settlement to make all his creditors go away and he could put this nasty business behind him and get on with his life. Xander responds that there’s nothing he wants more.

Bonnie talks about seeing clowns everywhere she goes. Maggie can’t imagine how nerve wracking that is. Bonnie keeps worrying about if the clown comes back for her and isn’t done. Maggie points out that Bonnie wasn’t Ava’s target as she had the clown take Susan to get back at EJ. Sarah adds that Bonnie was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, so according to the police, she is safe. Bonnie thanks them and toasts to being safe and getting buzzed. Bonnie then looks up and imagines the Clown appearing to bring their drinks.

Stephanie and Alex drink wine together. Stephanie tells Alex about cooking short rib pho for their dinner. Alex tells her that he is also a man of many talents as they then start kissing. Alex removes his shirt and asks if she’s sure she’s ready for this. Stephanie asks what he thinks and starts to take him to the bedroom but her phone rings with a call from Paulina from jail. Stephanie tells him that she will make this so quick and answers the call.

Sonny declares that his best friend and his big brother both want the same woman which he calls a conflict of interest. Chad argues that only Alex wants to be with her, so he doesn’t have to pick a side. Sonny says that does simplify things but life is short and love doesn’t always wait until you’re ready. Sonny thinks if Chad likes Stephanie and she likes him, then he should let her know. Sonny adds that Stephanie is a grown woman so she can decide who she wants to be with. Chad looks down at his wedding ring and says he can’t yet. Sonny asks if he’s sure. Chad says he is and he hopes that now that he’ll be around Stephanie less, his feelings will go away. Chad plans to stay busy by finding a new job. Sonny offers to help with that and says job hunting has become a specialty of his. Chad questions if he’s looking for a new job. Sonny clarifies that he meant for other people. Chad asks what other people.

Leo assures Gwen that he and Sonny are just friends or are becoming friends. Leo admits they’ve had their differences but they’ve put all of that behind them for a do over. Gwen remarks that it sounds like her relationship with Xander. Leo brings up that Xander is also married, so that must be her type too. Gwen argues that she loved Xander before he was married and now they have come to an understanding. Leo guesses that is juicy and wants to hear the gossip. Gwen says this stays completely off the record and she’s probably going to regret telling him but it seems Sarah doesn’t know Xander as well as she does. Gwen reveals to Leo that Xander can tell her things that he cannot tell his wife. Leo asks what Xander did this time.

Bonnie starts to panic as she imagines the Clown bringing their drinks. She grabs the tray and begins attacking him with it but it turns out to just be Roman as Sarah and Maggie grab Bonnie to calm her down.

Justin promises Xander won’t have to do any heavy lifting for this lawsuit as he’ll just need the name of his ex-boss and the specifics of what she asked him to do. Xander doesn’t think it will work since it’s complicated and her word against his. Xander adds that he chose to leave instead of being fired. Justin asks if he’s sure he doesn’t want him to at least try. Xander appreciates him trying to help but says he’s sure. Justin apologizes if he’s pushing too hard but says that he and Xander are family and he’d like to think they have become friends which is why he trusts Xander to have his back, so he would like to have his. Xander then tells Justin that there is something he has to tell him…

Chad questions Sonny helping Leo Stark. Sonny asks what the big deal is that they’ve been hanging out a little bit. Sonny adds that Leo feels really bad about all the crap he did and he really thinks Leo is starting to turn over a new leaf. Sonny says Leo is actually pretty funny and decent. Chad finds it incredibly strange that Sonny is so forgiving and actually enjoying Leo’s company. Sonny says they aren’t like best friends or anything. Chad asks how Will feels about him hanging out with Leo or if he told him. Sonny says he did then admits that Leo answered the phone while he was in the other room and it didn’t go great. Sonny adds that he and Will are not in the best place right now. Chad asks what’s going on. Sonny informs him that Will called and said he’s not coming home for Christmas because of a work project and work always comes first. Chad suggests he find Will another job then closer to home. Sonny responds that if he thought it would fix anything, he would. Chad asks Sonny to promise to be careful around Leo because he doesn’t trust him. Chad then gets a call from Stephanie. Stephanie knows he thought they were done but says he can’t get rid of her that easily. Chad starts to explain but Stephanie reveals that Paulina is resigning because she thinks it will save Abe’s job. Chad is shocked and Stephanie says that she’ll explain it all when he gets there, but they need to draft a statement. Chad says he’ll be right there and hangs up. Stephanie tells Alex that she’s sorry and that they can do this again sometime soon. Alex says he can’t wait as they kiss goodbye. Alex wishes her luck and then exits.

Leo asks Gwen what Xander is up to that he can’t tell his wife. Gwen says nevermind and that she shouldn’t have brought it up. Gwen thinks it’s in everyone’s best interest if she keeps this to herself. Gwen adds that she and Xander are now building a friendship like he and Sonny. Leo argues that unlike he and Sonny, Gwen still loves Xander, wants to marry him and have his babies. Gwen admits she might still have feelings for Xander, but promises that she’s not deluding herself with him. Leo advises her to be careful because he doesn’t want to see her get hurt again. Gwen tells him the same. Leo mentions going to an AA meeting so he can get free coffee and donuts. Leo reminds Gwen to talk to Jack about getting him a job. Gwen confirms she will talk to Jack, but she doesn’t know if he will be too excited about the prospect. Leo urges her to do her best pitch which she agrees to do as Leo then exits the house.

Bonnie apologizes to Roman and says she didn’t mean to hurt him. Maggie offers to help clean up the mess but Roman thinks Bonnie needs more attention than his floor. Sarah says they are on it. Bonnie admits she’s not fine as she starts to cry.

Xander tells Justin that all he wanted was to give Sarah a good life and prove he’s worthy of her love but he’s just made such a mess of everything. Justin doesn’t understand. Xander points out that Justin just offered to represent him so he asks if this conversation is covered under attorney-client privilege. Justin says technically no but it will be covered under Kiriakis cousin privilege. Justin asks Xander what is going on. Xander claims he just wanted to let him know that he has no idea how much it means to him that he said they are friends and he feels the same. Justin asks what the mess is and how he can help. Xander says it’s just losing this job and facing down the creditors as he’s really trying to be a good husband to Sarah and the kind of man that she deserves. Justin feels like there is something he’s not telling him. Xander guesses he’s just not used to being vulnerable, especially around other guys. Justin questions if he’s worried about people thinking he’s gone soft. Xander says he does have a reputation to uphold. Justin argues that he has a heart and that’s nothing to hide, but his secret is safe with him. Xander thanks him. Justin decides he should go see if Bonnie needs a ride home, so he’ll see him later. Justin adds that he’s still looking in to this whole Rednax business. Xander tells him that’s really not necessary but Justin insists on helping him whether he likes it or not. Justin adds that he’s going to keep bothering him until he sends him his employment contract, so he better send it to him right away. Justin then exits.

Chad goes to see Stephanie and says he’s reporting for duty. Stephanie thanks him for showing up on short notice and hopes she didn’t pull him away from anything important. Chad says he was just hanging out with Sonny. Chad then comes inside and sees her candle light dinner setup, so he remarks that it looks like she had other plans too.

Alex goes home with beer and a pizza. Justin comes home and joins him.

Xander calls Gwen and says she has to help him. Gwen asks what’s wrong. Xander tells her that Justin was just there and he wants to look in to his employment contract with Rednax because he thinks he should sue for wrongful termination. Gwen asks what she can do to help. Xander points out that she created a fake website, so he hoped she could create an employment contract to match. Gwen supposes it won’t be difficult and she’ll just find an online template to fill in the blanks. Xander thanks her and calls her a lifesaver. Gwen says it’s her pleasure. Xander asks if she will just e-mail it over when it’s ready but Gwen says it’s best not to leave an electronic trail with this sort of thing. Gwen decides she will meet him at the park. Xander feels it’s a bit cold for that but Gwen asks if he wants Justin off the case or not, so Xander decides he’ll bring them hot chocolate and hangs up.

Bonnie tells Sarah and Maggie that she looked at Roman and saw the Clown coming after her. Sarah says it’s clear that she is suffering from PTSD and hallucinations are not uncommon. Sarah asks Bonnie to go speak to someone. Bonnie says she needs another drink. Roman comes back to the table. Bonnie apologizes again and says she doesn’t need them fussing over her. Bonnie then imagines Sarah, Maggie, and Roman all having the Clown mask on. Roman asks if she’s okay or if he made the drinks too strong. Bonnie says apparently not strong enough. Sarah asks if she’s alright. Bonnie decides she just needs some air and rushes out of the Pub.

Sarah goes home to her hotel room and finds a note from Xander, saying he went for a run and will be back soon. Sarah feels it’s a little dark and cold for a run.

Xander arrives in the park with hot chocolates and waits for Gwen, saying he’s counting on her to help him out of another mess.

Gwen creates the fake employment contract and declares that she will do everything she can to make sure Xander’s dirty deeds are their little secret as she leaves the house.

Leo walks through the town square and finds Sonny eating alone which Leo questions when he approaches. Sonny explains that Chad was there but got called away on a work emergency. Sonny tells Leo to help himself to the plate that Chad left behind. Leo asks about Chad’s work emergency and says he couldn’t have been too happy about it. Sonny responds that actually, he thinks he was.

Chad asks Stephanie how they want to go with the statement. Stephanie suggests down to earth, honest, and hopeful. Chad likes portraying Paulina as the underdog. The oven goes off and Stephanie remembers she cooked dinner for her and Alex. Stephanie asks if he’s hungry and suggests they make this a work dinner which Chad says sounds good to him.

Justin asks Alex how things are going with Stephanie. Alex says it’s going pretty well even though their date tonight got interrupted by a work emergency. Justin jokes that he’s his backup plan. Maggie walks in and greets them. Justin asks if girls night out got cut short. Maggie confirms they had some issues. Justin says that’s too bad and asks where Bonnie is.

Bonnie walks to the park and says she’s got to stop seeing clowns everywhere she goes. Bonnie looks ahead and sees Xander in the park. Xander declares that he will not let this situation ruin his life. Bonnie then thinks back to the Clown telling her exactly that. Xander turns around and sees Bonnie, who then realizes that Xander was the Clown.

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Days Transcript Friday, December 9, 2022

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THIS STILL NEEDS EXTENSIVE EDITING!

So this university police officer is the same one who took Chanel Dre’s statement in the Martha Bedford on side. That’s brilliant. Yeah. This is gonna make her quite a nice, uh, exclusive for Spectator. Yeah. Thanks Emma. I’ll look you up next time in London. Alright, cheers,

Mattie. Good evening, Lois Lane. Have I got a scoop for you? But you’re gonna have to hire me first.

Hey,

you kidding me? Your first day back at Titan. Gotta celebrate. Also happens to be my last day at sj p r. What? I thought things were going right there. Yeah, they were. But you know, Stephanie brought me on to help with the pulling the price campaign. Now she’s been elected governor. So mean the firm has other clients, doesn’t she want.

Stick around and she’ll be fine without me.

You look incredible. Thank you. I would tell you that you also look fantastic, but I suspect you already know it well. I’m always open for compliments for you. Oh, very lovely. You ready to go? Uh, I’m not actually. You’re not. Well, dinner reservations are in like 15 minutes. You certainly look like you’re ready for a night out.

Am I missing something? Uh, actually I thought we could stay in. Oh.

This was a great idea, Sarah. I think we all needed a girls night out. Yes, and I’m glad we finally got to do it. Yes. Funny. What was the eggnog drink that you were telling me about the, when you went to Puerto Rico for that Christmas. What had the coconut rum? Yeah. They called it a coqui toe, right? Yes. I bet that Roman can whip us up a couple of those.

Mm-hmm. . So should I get two with booze and one virgin? Sounds great. Alright, Bonnie, I know what you guys are doing and it’s not gonna work.

Come here. You, we beastie, you and your cockroach friends have had the run in this place for too long. This is my home and I’m gonna send you straight to hell.

Well, you know what? Live and let live my little friend. I mean, who am I to judge? That’s everything I’ve done. No better than you are. Oh, good. Maybe this is Sunday with a massive shoe to put me outta my misery.

Justin, unexpected surprise.

What brings you to Salem’s? Wrong side of the tracks. I just spoke to Bonnie, and you’re in big trouble

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

Doing . We’re not doing anything other than trying to have a good time. Yeah. What are you trying to accuse us of? Trying to cheer me up. Get me to forget about that kidnapping clown. We’re not trying. We’re not trying to, yes. Yes it is. Yes we are. But that’s, it’s why we took you up. Thank you. Thank. Justin told us how upset you are about what that bozo did to you, and he, he thought that you could use a distraction and, and just a night of fun.

I’m not exactly sure if I can actually have fun considering what happened to Susan Banks and what could have happened to me, you know? Well, I hope they catch that circus. They lock him up and they throw away the key. Same. But if they can’t find him, I can only pray that he’s a million miles away from here.

By now

I’m in trouble. What kind of trouble? Come on, Andrew. How long did you think you could keep the truth from me? Well, I mean, I was hoping to, at least I know what’s going. Bonnie told me.

Gals are right. I do need this night out. It’s time. I put this whole nightmare behind me and the best way to do that is to put a strong drink in front of me. Yeah, yeah. There you go. I’m gonna go get in the first round.

So have you talked to, I, yeah, I, I talked to him and I asked him about his job at Rednecks, and then I told him that I thought he might be the clown that kidnapped Bonnie and Susan. Hmm. And what did you say? He denied it and you took him at his word.

You wish I. After he, he swore that he didn’t do anything illegal. I asked if he’d mind if I looked up rednecks to see if it really existed, and I found a website and even a listing for the job that Xander vacated. So that I was legit. No, I’m so relieved. Damn. Me too. I just. I’m so sorry I ever doubted him.

Bonnie told you what she told me about the debt collector who came to the house that, yeah, I mean, I, it turns out I have racked up quite a few creditors, Justin, and I was hoping my new job would remedy you, but it didn’t work out. Maggie said that, uh, your boss asked you to do something that you were uncomfortable.

Yeah, for the first time ever, my function’s got the better of me. Well, good for you. I’m proud of you for having the moral fiber to take a stand and do the right thing. Thanks. Well, unfortunately, doing the right thing doesn’t really pay the bills. True. That type of behavior doesn’t always get rewarded, but.

In this case, I think it could be. I, sir, what do you say? We sue this rednecks for wrongful termination. Sue Rednecks? Mm-hmm. . I am confident that we can make them pay through the nose. I’ll just need the name of your boss who fired.

You want to work at the Spectator as what? As a newsman. What else? I’ve been spilling tea since I left the womb. I mean, look at these stories I already brought you. Yeah. Crap. This doesn’t really look like news to me. Not news. Are you kidding me? Titan, Alex Kiki Mixes business and pleasure with SJ P’S Stephanie Johnson Juicy.

Now Salem’s spicy senior citizen, Julie Williams, questioned by police in connection with geriatric crime sprees. Spoiler alert, she stole a stole juicier. Keep going. Wendy Shin and Johnny Damer. Jet set to Jakarta is love in the air for these two young power. Juiciest. This is, this is not news. This is, this is bloody gossip.

What’s the difference? Look, the spectator is a very respected newspaper. We can’t publish this rubbish. That’s why I intend to write under a nam de plume. In case people get offended and want to come at me with pitchforks and torches. Okay. I know I’m gonna regret asking this, but what is the name? It’s right there on the bottom.

Lady Whistleblower Lady. Whistleblower Lady. Whistleblower lady. Wait, are we just gonna keep saying it over and over again? Don’t you wanna prove to your father that he made the right choice in hiring you? How better than to take his antiquated paper and turn it into a modern success. Come on, gw. I promise I will work my ass off for you.

If you gimme a chance,

I’ll run it by him. Yes, thank you. But you best get used to this headline. Now, wannabe gossip columnist denied, goes from dishing to dishwasher. Do you know if a dishwashing cake, Leo really isn’t your prospects that grim for you? Well, I did get one offer from Johnny Kikis. How’s that happened? Go on, man.

You’ve lost the gossip lady whistleblower. And don’t you leave out any details. So you’re officially done working in SJ p r Well, no, not officially. But you wanna leave? No, I, I, I’ve really loved working in pr. It wasn’t something that I sought out, but it turned out to be really rewarding. It seemed like you and Stephanie got along pretty well.

Yeah, a little too. Mm. Meaning you got a little thing for her, do you?

Oh my God. You do? I did. Well, did she, you know, reciprocate? Uh, it doesn’t matter. It’s too soon after Abby. I, I, I don’t, I don’t want to be involved with anyone. Okay, fine. But did you tell Stephanie that? Yeah, I did. And now she’s moved on. With your brother.

I hope you don’t mind staying in. You kidding me? This is great. But what about your parents? Oof. Suddenly I feel like I’m 16 years old again. Oh, they’re, they’re still in Seattle with trips, so, oh, we have the place go to ourselves. Well, I like that. Should I order some delivery? Oh, why would we do that if I spent all day cooking?

You did not cook me dinner. Mm-hmm. . No you didn’t. Mm-hmm. . Oh my God. Is there anything that you can’t do? Stick with me. Alex. Kiki, you’ll learn. I’m a woman of many talents.

To the end of my reign as c e O of Titan. Sunny’s back. Huh? King is dead long. Live the king.

So how do you feel about it? I’m fine with it. There are some perks to having less responsibility, such as? Such as more time to spend with a certain beautiful woman. Hmm. So you really don’t mind stepping down. I’d rather be here with you. You don’t believe me. I just get the sense that you’re a man who likes being on top.

Okay. That came out wrong. No, it’s okay. You’re right. I do like to be on top. But I’m flexible,

so you’re totally fine with Alex dating. Stephanie, why wouldn’t I be? Steph is great and seems like he, he won her over as sound getting pretty cozy the other day. How was that for me? Fine. Chad. Hey, you don’t have to lie to me. Okay. Yeah. Fun. It sucked. Yeah, of course it did. Because you were jealous. I don’t get it.

Why would you turn down Sunny’s job offer? It never would’ve worked out. It would’ve been a total disaster, actually. And Sunny realized that too after we both had a minute to think about it. How would it have been a disaster? Well, for starters, Sunny’s married to Will Amino at blanket. Between Will and Sonny’s Grumpy Uncle Vic, they would’ve given him nonstop grief over hiring me, and then that old Grmp probably would’ve fired us both.

Mm. I see. Besides after Craig and everything that happened with Abigail, I’m really trying to avoid personal complications in my life right now. Personal complications, what do you mean? Well, like I said, son’s married. Hmm. And married just so happens to be your type. So answer the question. My little brushing friend.

What? No, I’m blushing. Oh yes, you certainly are. Which leads me to believe that you are smitten with curiosity, aren’t you? Yes, you are.

You need my boss’s name? Mm-hmm. . I think we could beg. The case for wrongful termination. She ordered you to do something illegal. You refused, and as she fired you, no, of course it probably would never go to court. Most likely settle. I appreciate the off Justin Burke. I’d rather forget the whole thing happened.

Why? What if I could get you a sizable settlement? Make all your creditors just go away. That way you can put this whole nasty business of redneck behind you and get on with your life. There’s nothing I want more, ever since that horrible, scary time. Everywhere I’d go, I see glass peeking out from another bed hiding around the corner, watching me from across the street.

Oh, I can’t imagine how, how nerve-wracking that is. I keep thinking. What if he comes back from me, ma’am. What if he’s not done? You know? Well, from what I understand, you were an Ava’s target. She, she had that clown take Susan to teach EJ a lesson. Yeah. I you, you were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

So you really don’t think he’s coming after me. I mean, according to the police, you are safe.

You. Thank you. All right. You know what, hairs to being safe. You got it.

Thanks. You’re welcome. Dinner’s coming along nicely. Ah, remind me what’s on the menu again. Smells incredible. Uh, short rib fa, short rib fa again, . I, um, I learned to cook it from a neighbor in Seattle. It’s her mom’s recipe from Vietnam. And, uh, in return I taught her how to make dad’s. Sounds like a pretty damn good trade.

Mobi, how do you know a Vietnamese toast? You stick with me, Stephanie Johnson, and you will learn that I’m a man of many talents. Mm.

Cut me off already hardly. I just wanted to set them down so that I don’t spill. When I do this,

Are you sure you’re ready for this? What do you think?

It’s Paulina. She’s calling from jail. Take you. Go ahead. I’m gonna make this so quick. Oh, take your time.

Hey Paulina.

So my best friend and my big brother both want the same. Talk about a conflict of interest. Actually, it’s not, cuz only one of us wants to be with her. So you don’t have to pick a sign. Hello? It does simplify things, but I’m gonna tell you the same thing I told Alex, right? Life is short and love doesn’t always wait until you’re ready.

Okay? So if you like. And she likes you. I think you owe it to you both to give it a shot. I mean, Stephanie’s a grown woman. She can decide who she wants to be with.

I can’t. Not yet. Are you sure? I’m sure. Okay. And I’m hoping that. But now that I’ll, I’ll be around her less, that the feelings will just go away around her. Less meaning staying busy. Find a new job. Well, maybe I can help with that Job. Hunting has become sort of a, uh, specialty of mine. What do you mean? Why, why are you looking for a new job?

Well, I’m not for, it’s not for me. I meant for other people. Oh. But what other people? If I’m blushing, it’s because it’s hot in here. Yeah, right. Sunny and I are just friends. We’re becoming friends even after everything you’ve done to him. Okay, sure. Sunny and I have had our differences, but we’ve put all that behind us.

We’re in the Doover phase. Hmm. Sounds like my relationship with Zander. O, Xander, Xander, who’s also married. Guess that’s your type two. I loved Zander before he was married. Okay. And now he and I have reached a sort of understanding, Ooh, I have a feeling this is juicier than it sounds. Come on, give Lady Whistleblower the gossip complete with photos and texts if possible.

No texts and no photos. This stays completely off the record.

I know I’m probably gonna regret telling you this, but, um, seems that Dr. Goodie two shoes doesn’t know her husband as well as I do. what? Sarah Horton? Yes. Turns out Sandra can tell me things that he cannot tell his adoring life. Tell me, tell me, tell me what did the Scotty Hot do this time?

No, get away from me.

You can’t hurt.

He’s not, that’s not the.

I promise you won’t have to do any heavy lifting for this lawsuit. I’ll just need the name of your ex-boss and the specifics of what she asked you to do, but I just don’t think this is gonna work. Why not? Because it’s complicated and it’s my word against hers, and besides I chose to leave. They didn’t find me.

They didn’t give you any choice. Now, are you sure you don’t want me to at least try? Listen, I really appreciate you wanting to help, boo. Yeah, I’m sure I, well, I’m sorry if I’m pushing too hard. It’s just as I was telling Bonnie the other day, you and I are family and I’d also like to think that we’ve become friends.

We. Which is why I trust you to have my back zander, so I’d like to have yours

look

something I have to tell you.

Leo Stark. Are you serious? What’s, what’s the big deal? We’ve been hanging out a little bit. All right. And he feels terrible about all the crappy things he’s done, and I really think he’s starting to turn over a new leaf. He’s actually, you know, he’s pretty funny. He’s decent. Oh, what? What? What? Nothing. I just, I just find it incredibly strange that you’re, you’re, you’re so forgiving and what you’re, you’re actually enjoying Leo’s company to a point, you know, we’re not like best friends or anything.

How, how does will feel about, about, uh, you hanging out with Leo? Did you tell him? Yes, I told him. Well, I didn’t exactly tell him. Um, Leo answered the phone while was in the other room. How’d that go? Oh, not great. Yeah, not great. Uh, granted, will and I aren’t exactly in the best place right now, what’s going on?

He called me and he told me he’s not coming home for Christmas because he has this big deadline to make and work always comes. Why don’t you find will another job closer to home? Believe me, if I thought I would’ve fixed anything, I would just promised me that You’ll be careful around Leo. I don’t trust him.

Especially after what he did to you and Lou.

Steph, what’s up? I know you thought you and I were done, but you can’t get rid of me that easily. Yeah, actually listen, um, I was thinking Paulina is resigning what she thinks that Stepping Down will protect Abe’s job as Mayor of Salem. I’ll explain it all when you get here, but we need to draft a statement.

I’m at my parents’ place. I’ll be right there.

I’m sorry. I’m not as sorry as I am. We can do this. Dinner and everything else sometime soon. Very soon. Can’t wait.

Blow the daff, would you? What is Xander up to that he can’t tell his wife?

Nevermind. What? No, I shouldn’t have brought it up. Seriously. I sealed my lips and everything. Yeah. Well, you know, I think that it’s probably in everyone’s best interest if I just keep this to myself. And the point is, just like you and Sonny, Zandra and I are now. Building a friendship. Mm. But unlike me and Sunny, you still love him.

Wanna marry him and have his babies? And who’s blushing now? Why not? Oh, you totally are. What? No. Look, I, I still have feelings for Zander. Yes. But I’m not deluding myself with him. I promise you. Just be careful. I don’t wanna see you get hurt again, girlfriend. Right back at your girlfriend. I better time to get to an AA meeting.

Hey, AA Mattie. Oh, no, no, no. It’s just free coffee and donuts. Ah, hey, you’ll talk to Jack about Lady Whistleblower. Yes, I’ll talk to him, but, um, I dunno if you’ll be too excited about the prospect unless you do a brilliant pitch for her. Talk about how clever and witty she is and how she would be a huge asset to any publication.

Please, I’ll do my best. You are the greatest.

Roman, I’m so sorry. You know, maybe next time just a bad review on Yelp. Okay. No, I didn’t mean to hurt you. I, I I thought you were. Yeah. I thought I was a clown. I heard you say that after the blow in my head. Roman, uh, could, could we help you clean up this? No, no, no, no. I think Bonnie needs more attention than my floor does.

Oh, yeah. We’re on it. Thank you. It’s okay. Okay. No. No. Okay. Okay. Okay. I’m not fine. I’m not fine. I’m, I’m not fine. I’m,

all I wanted was to give Sarah A. Good life to prove that I’m worthy of her love. And Arthur, I’ve just made such a mess of all of what, everything I don’t understand. You just offered to represent me so I, this conversation is covered under Attorney Klein privilege. Technically no, but it is covered under Kiki’s cousin privilege.

What’s going on?

I,

I just wanted to let you know that from what you said before about us being friends, you have no idea how much that means to me. Justin and I feel the same. So tell me what this mess is and how I can help.

I, he’s just losing this job and you’re facing down these creditors that I really am trying to be a good husband to Sarah to, to be the kind of man that she deserves. But I feel like there’s something you’re not telling me.

I guess I’m just not used to being vulnerable, especially around other guys. That’s what you’re worried about. People thinking you’ve gone soft. I do have a reputation to a bond. You have a heart. It’s nothing to hide, but your secret is safe with me. Thank. Well, I better head out in case Bonnie needs a ride home.

We’ll see you later.

You know what? This whole rednecks business, I’m still looking into it. No, I, it’s really not necessary, Justin. I know, but I. And I know you may feel uncomfortable being vulnerable and letting someone help you out, but I am pitching in whether you liked or not. It’s just, and I’m gonna keep bothering you until you send me your employment contract, so you better send it to me right away.

See you later, Andrew.

Chad Damara reporting for duty. Thank you for showing up on such short notice. I wouldn’t play away from anything important. It’s okay. It was just hanging out with sunny.

Looks like you had other plans too.

Cheers to you too. Yes, you got another slice and a beer for your old man. Oh, come on. Always nice.

You have to help me. Plan was wrong. Justin was just here. You must to dig into my employment contract at Redneck What? Why he thinks I should sue them for wrongful termination. . Oh, you think this is funny? No, no, of course not. Sorry. Yeah. Um, what, what, what, what can I do? What can I do to help? Well, you, you created a fake website for Redx, didn’t you?

I was hoping that, that I could create an employment contract match. Could you, would you? Well, I suppose it won’t be too difficult. I’ll just find an online template and fill in the. Oh, thank you so much. You are a lifesaver. My pleasure. So you’ll just email it over to me when it’s ready? No, it’s best not to leave an electronic trail with this sort of thing.

Um, I will meet you in the park. Um, I can get there as soon as I can park. It’s a bit cold tonight, isn’t it? Okay, so wear a jacket lander. Do you want Justin off this case or not? Oh, I’ll bring us both to my chocolate. Sounds lovely.

So when you looked at Roman, you saw the sound was coming after me. Bonnie, it’s clear that you’re suffering from ptsd. T S D hallucinations aren’t uncommon. You need to go speak to someone, please. What I need is another. All right. Well it, is it safe to approach ? Please do. I’m sorry. Maybe the jewels aren’t helping.

No, I can do this. Okay. I don’t need, you all fu in over me. I just need to stay focus. Good.

You okay? Did I make the drinks too strong?

I’m apparently not strong enough. Are you alright?

I just need to.

Sarah went for a run. Be back soon. Next.

Dark and cold for a run.

Oh, come on Gwen. Where are you? I’m counting on. Help me out of another mess.

Don’t worry love. I’m going to do everything I can to make sure you are dirty deeds. There are little secret.

So, when’s the baby due? What? I assume that’s why you’re eating for two. Ha ha. No, Chad was here, but he got called away on a work emergency, so he’s not gonna be finishing this delicious looking meal. Doesn’t seem like it. So help yourself. Oh, I couldn’t possib. But if you insist,

so what’s this work emergency? He got called away for? He couldn’t have been too happy about it. Actually. I think he was.

Okay. What’s the tone of our press release? Do you want to go? Contrite, defiant. I was thinking down to earth, honest. And hopeful. I like that. Puts her in the position of, uh, the underdog sets her up for a comeback. Yeah.

Oh, I almost forgot. What’s that? I, I made dinner for Alex, but we didn’t get a chance to eat it. Smells good. What do you miss out on? Uh, short rib fa. You hungry? Am I hungry? I mean, I was just about to eat with Sunny before you called. Yeah. Oh, great. I’ll make it a working dinner. It sounds good to me.

So how are things going with Stephanie? It’s going pretty well, even though our date tonight got interrupted by a work emergency. Oh, so I’m your backup plant. No offense, untaken. Hi guys. Hey Maggie. Did uh, girls Night out get cut short? Uh, yeah. Yeah. We had, uh, some issues. Oh, it’s too bad. Where’s Bonnie?

Stop seeing clowns everywhere you go.

I’m not let this situation destroy my life,

since I will not let this situation destroy my life,

my.

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Li goes to see Stefan at the DiMera Enterprises office. Li asks what this is about. Stefan responds that it’s about Li’s sister, the company jet, and Jakarta. Stefan informs Li that he knows what Wendy has been up to and guesses that Li does too.

Wendy paces outside the Hernandez house and hesitates before knocking on the door. Gabi answer and thanks her for coming while apologizing for pulling her from work. Wendy responds that Gabi made it sound urgent. Gabi says it is as she has something to ask Wendy about her and Li.

Johnny tells Chanel that Ava caused the crash that killed Susan and that Ava is dead too. Chanel asks if it was an accident. Johnny doesn’t know but EJ seems to think that Ava crashed the car on purpose.

EJ answers the door at home and is shocked to see Susan’s sister, his aunt, Sister Mary Moira.

Nicole questions Eric hiring Sloan as his lawyer. Nicole says she recognizes the name and tells Sloan that Rafe is her soon-to-be ex husband so she’s heard quite a bit about her. Sloan jokes that she assumes it’s all good. Sloan says she can’t say the same since Eric hasn’t told her much about Nicole, but notes that from what she gathers, Nicole is the reason why Eric’s ex-girlfriend aborted their baby. Nicole says that’s not true and questions Eric. Nicole argues that Jada is the one who took Eric’s baby from him, not her. Nicole talks about being surprised that Eric hired Sloan. Eric questions Nicole casting aspersions when she is in bed with EJ.

EJ tells Sister Mary Moira that he didn’t know she was coming and calls it quite a shock. She asks if he’s going to invite her in and tell her what happened to her sister or not.

Johnny tells Chanel that EJ went after Ava for lying about her marriage to Jake and he guesses she just lost it. Chanel feels so terrible for Johnny and for Tripp to lose his mom. Chanel tells Johnny that she’s so sorry that he lost his grandmother. Chanel hugs Johnny as Allie comes home and sees them.

Li tells Stefan that he’s not sure what he’s getting at about Wendy. Stefan tells Li that a couple of weeks ago, he was going to take Chloe on a romantic getaway to Miami but when he called to book the company jet that is reserved for executives of the company was unavailable and supposedly out for servicing. Li calls that unfortunate. Stefan says he was talking to one of their managers today, who mentioned that the plane shouldn’t be due for servicing for another couple of months, so he did some digging and it turns out the jets logs were hacked. Stefan brings up Wendy being very good with computers and the jet’s logs reflected that it was out for servicing when it had be commandeered to Jakarta by Wendy and everyone at DiMera was none the wiser, except Li.

Wendy comments that Gabi seems so serious. Gabi says something distracted her earlier but that’s nothing to worry about. Gabi says she’s just excited about something and hopes Wendy will be too. Gabi then asks Wendy to be her Maid of Honor. Wendy feels they haven’t really known each other long and figured Gabi would have a list of friends fighting for that spot. Gabi informs her that she doesn’t have that many girl friends. Wendy is not sure why she would pivot to her.

Stefan reminds Li that he was here when Wendy didn’t show up for work and Li seemed confused as to why and suggested Wendy was working remotely and then went to check up on her. Li says he does remember that. Stefan wonders what he found when he checked up on her since when he checked the plane’s logs, the plane was already heading to Indonesia. Stefan adds that every expense for that flight, the fuel, meals, and entertainment but was all signed off for by Li which tells him that he knew Wendy left town and why she left. Li stops him and admits that he did know about his sister’s flight to Jakarta but not until after the fact and he knows why she went and who went with her.

Chanel tells Allie that Johnny just told her the awful news about his grandmother. Allie says she heard all about it from Tripp and tells Johnny that she’s so sorry. Allie adds that she wanted to tell him in person but there’s been so much going on. Chanel asks how long she has known. Allie says she talked to Tripp on Thanksgiving. Chanel questions her not saying anything since then. Allie says she was going through so much and didn’t want to pile on. Allie apologizes for not telling her and promises not to keep her out of the loop again. Johnny tells Chanel not to blame Allie. Chanel agrees with them and says it’s just been so overwhelming and seems like it never ends. Allie asks what she means. Chanel responds that what’s going on with Abe is bad.

EJ brings Sister Mary Moira in to the living room as she questions his manners. EJ tells her that she’s very welcome here but he’s still surprised to see her. Sister Mary Moira responds that she was surprised to hear about the passing of her sister in a kidnapping gone wrong. She questions where EJ was in Susan’s time of need and asks if he was chasing girls or money.

Nicole tells Eric that EJ is the reason that he is walking free, no matter what Sloan has led him to believe. Nicole adds that she was with EJ when he called Melinda to drop the charges. Sloan says it seems like they have a lot to work out so she’s going to go. Eric tells her not to and that Nicole is leaving. Sloan says she has business to conduct anyway and gives Eric her business card, noting they can settle her fee anytime he’s available. Sloan adds that her home address is on the back of the card as she walks away. Nicole tells Eric that she’s not seeing EJ and she had no place to go, so he offered she and Holly a place to land. Eric questions her accepting without any hesitation.

Gabi doesn’t want to get ahead of herself but tells Wendy that this could be a real opportunity for them to have a real relationship and turn it in to something very special. Gabi informs Wendy that she had a sister named Arianna, who is gone now but she named her daughter after her to honor her. Gabi states that nothing can replace the bond that sisters can have but soon they are going to be sisters in law. Gabi hopes in time they can make it feel like they are real sisters and says that would be amazing. Gabi says she’s had a great feeling about Wendy and felt like she could trust her since she met her. Gabi asks Wendy to say yes. Wendy then tells Gabi that there is something she needs to hear.

Li claims to Stefan that it was actually Johnny who commandeered the jet and that Johnny and Wendy seemed to have hit it off. Li assumes Johnny took Wendy on a romantic getaway to impress her. Li admits that he did sign off on the expenses but after the fact and asks what else he was supposed to do since Johnny is the boss’s son.

Allie argues that Abe doesn’t have to kneel to the city council. Johnny encourages that Abe is a fighter. Allie adds that Abe will get through this. Chanel hopes they are right. Allie says the city council may be trying to avert a scandal but the only true villain here is Sloan Peterson.

Nicole questions what Eric’s problem is since EJ’s mother just died but he still took the time to call and drop the charges for him, yet he makes underhanded comments like a wounded schoolboy. Nicole says the worst part is that Eric and Sloan confront her and accuse her of killing his baby. Nicole argues that they talked about this and even Eric agreed that it was Jada’s choice about her own body. Nicole is devastated to see him behaving like this after everything they have been through. Nicole remarks that it’s like he’s not the special man she thought he was. Nicole knows EJ has an ugly history but says compared to Eric the last few days, EJ is a saint. Eric tells her that she’s right and he’ll keep his opinions on EJ to himself. Eric agrees that he’s not a saint but points out that she’s not either. Eric says they agree that it was Jada’s choice but brings up the private chat Nicole had with her about how hard it is to be a single mother raising a child on her own. Nicole complains about all of his insults and accusations just because she took EJ up on a place to stay when she had nowhere to go. Nicole argues that Jada’s abortion was her own choice but Eric is blaming her for things she hasn’t done and she’s sick of it. Eric is sorry he’s impossible to deal with. Eric then declares that her opinion doesn’t matter anymore. Nicole says he makes it sound like they are breaking up. Eric remarks that they would have to be together to break up and lucky for her, they never made that mistake.

EJ tells Sister Mary Moira that he wasn’t chasing money or women in his mother’s hour of need. EJ assures he did everything he could to bring Susan home safely but he was dealing with a lunatic. EJ says that Ava grabbed Susan and backed out of her own deal. Sister Mary Moira complains that all she’s hearing is excuses. EJ shouts that his mother is dead. EJ says he’s not trying to justify his failings but to give her the whole picture and ask for forgiveness even when he truly doesn’t deserve it.

Johnny doesn’t know much about Sloan, but he knows Chad is not a fan. Allie says no one is and that all he needs to know is she’s trying to ruin Chanel and Paulina’s lives. Chanel complains that once again her mother gets dragged through the mud for something she did. Johnny tells Chanel not to blame herself and encourages that she will get through this, hopefully very soon. Chanel knows Johnny is going through a lot too and tells him that they are here for him. Johnny thanks her and says he better get going since he did come looking for Wendy, so he’s going to try to see her at work. Chanel asks what he needed to see Wendy about since he didn’t say. Johnny claims it’s nothing important and he just wanted to see how it’s going at DiMera as he then exits the apartment.

Li tells Stefan that he’s sorry if he wasted his time looking in to this missing jet mystery. Li says he felt like he had to play dumb as he was just trying to protect his sister. Stefan assumes it all makes sense now since the pieces fit together. Li points out that the jet is back, so Stefan can take Chloe off to Miami now if he’d like. Stefan says he plans to but on a different timeline as they are thinking New Year’s. Li points out that’s the day he’s marrying Gabi. Stefan guesses that Gabi has told Li that she invited he and Chloe which Li claims that she did. Stefan adds that they’ve decided it’s not for them so they won’t be attending. Stefan asks Li if he’d really want his bride’s ex-husband and his new lady in attendance. Li assures him that he wouldn’t feel threatened since Stefan has made it clear he has no lingering feelings for Gabi and that Gabi has made it clear since he’s returned and treated her with rudeness and insulting behavior but he gets it. Li tells Stefan to have a wonderful time in Miami as he then exits the office.

Gabi asks Wendy what’s wrong and says whatever it is, she can tell her and they can fix it. Wendy thinks back to agreeing with Johnny that they have to keep Li and EJ’s secret from Gabi and Stefan even though they weren’t okay with it. Wendy tells Gabi that she just knows being maid of honor means putting everything aside to make the day perfect for the bride, so she’s worried about being up for the job. Wendy adds that she’s on thin ice at DiMera and has a ton of work to catch up on, so she wouldn’t want to let Gabi down. Gabi questions that being it and argues that she couldn’t possibly let her down ever unless she refuses to be her maid of honor. Gabi pleads with her to say yes so Wendy decides she’d love to. Gabi thanks her and hugs her.

Sister Mary Moira reminds EJ that God is in charge of forgiveness, not her. EJ explains that he wasn’t asking her for God’s forgiveness, but for her’s. She says right now she’s more concerned about the soul of her sister and asks when the funeral is. EJ responds that nothing has been arranged yet which she questions. She remarks that she’d hate for him to uproot his own schedule for something as important as the funeral of his mother. She says shame on him for failing his own mother in life and in death.

Nicole asks Eric if this is how they are doing this, bitter and spiteful. Eric feels it’s for the best or else they would make the same mistake as he holds back tears. They both go to walk away but stop and look back at one another. Nicole asks if this is really happening. Eric declares that he can’t find another way through. Nicole says maybe their mistake was trying to recapture what they once had while forgetting all the things that made them wrong for each other. Eric brings up that day in the office when they felt they had a chance and they kissed. Nicole recalls his phone rang and they learned that Jada was in the hospital.

Johnny finds Wendy at DiMera Enterprises. Wendy questions what he’s doing here. Johnny tells her it’s okay as they don’t have to keep their friendship a secret anymore since it’s their cover now, so it’s probably better for people to see them together and let them think what they think. Wendy jokes that first they are a secret and now they are drumming up wild gossip. Johnny tells her that he went looking for her to check on her as he spoke to EJ, who asked if he had any second thoughts about keeping their secret about Stefan. Johnny says he told EJ that they were both on board, but he wanted to make sure with her. Wendy responds that she was, but then Gabi called.

Gabi stands at home, holding Stefan’s RSVP that he and Chloe are not coming to the wedding. Li comes in and startles her, commenting that she was distracted by whatever she was holding. Li picks up the RSVP which Gabi says came in the mail today and that they aren’t coming. Li responds that he knows since he just spoke with Stefan, but he didn’t know that Gabi had invited him in the first place. Gabi apologizes for not telling him as she assumed he would want a number of high level DiMera executives there. Li questions if that was the only reason for the invitation or if part of her wanted to show Stefan that she’s really moving on. Gabi claims that she just wants Stefan and everyone else to know how happy she is to be marrying Li. Li responds that he’s the lucky one as they kiss. Gabi then informs Li that she asked Wendy to be her maid of honor as she came over during her lunch break. Gabi says that Wendy says yes but it took some persuading as she seemed weirdly uneasy about it.

Wendy tells Johnny that Gabi was laying it on thick about how they could be like real sisters and seemed genuinely excited about it. Wendy says the whole time, she was trying to smile but felt dead inside. Johnny is sure Gabi didn’t even notice. Johnny encourages that if Wendy can go face to face with Dr. Rolf, then she can handle anybody. Wendy talks about how she got so uncomfortable and nervous that she almost blurted out what they did. Stefan then comes out from the office and suggests they talk about what they did.

Sister Mary Moira stares at the portrait of Stefano on the wall while EJ begins planning something to honor Susan. EJ asks Sister Mary Moira to stay at the mansion while they figure it out and decides to go talk to Harold about setting up a room for her. She then looks back at the portrait of Stefano and tells him to stop staring and that there must be a room with a cross in it somewhere.

Nicole and Eric say that the call about Jada was either the worst timing possible or the best because if they actually got started, it would’ve made it harder when things blew up which they agree was inevitable. Eric guesses he will see her around. Nicole says goodbye to Eric as she starts to cry. Eric then walks away as Nicole breaks down crying.

Li tells Gabi that he can’t imagine why Wendy would be uneasy about being her maid of honor. Gabi explains that she was concerned about the responsibility but she assured that she couldn’t disappoint her. Gabi still feels there is something Wendy wasn’t telling her. Li encourages that they just don’t know each other that well yet and suggests Gabi just put that out of her head. Li bets Gabi and Wendy will end up being really good friends as he hugs her.

Stefan comments on Johnny and Wendy’s romantic getaway to Jakarta and says he figured it was Wendy to hack in to the logs of the jet. Stefan questions choosing Jakarta as their getaway destination, but he hopes they had fun because it will be the last trip they take for a long time on the company’s dime. Stefan warns that nothing gets by him as he walks away. Johnny asks Wendy if it’s just him or is this getting harder by the minute.

Chanel calls Abe but it goes to voicemail. She leaves a message, apologizing for running out before but she was too emotional. Chanel tells Abe to call her back when he can because she wants to know what’s going on with him and the city council. Allie asks if Chanel is okay. Chanel doesn’t know how they are going to do it, but they need to find a way to keep Sloan Peterson from ruining all of their lives.

Eric goes to Sloan’s apartment and says he’s here to discuss his bill. Sloan didn’t expect to see him here so fast since he and Nicole seemed really in the thick of it. Eric responds that they realized that they had nothing else to say. Eric then enters Sloan’s apartment.

Nicole sits in the town square crying. She thinks back to her and Eric first getting back together.

EJ finds Sister Mary Moira praying in what was Susan’s bedroom. She explains that the maid pointed her to what was Susan’s room but questions the perfume in the room. EJ explains that it was Susan’s room, but he’s been letting a friend use it temporarily. She remarks that she knew EJ was chasing girls but she prays to God that he’s not fornicating in his mother’s room. EJ says his friend happens to be a woman but she’s just a friend. She says that’s what they all say and she prays that it’s true in his case because his soul is in enough jeopardy as it is.

Ava sneaks in to the DiMera Mansion and approaches EJ’s desk where he left the plans he was writing for Susan’s memorial. Ava calls it a tasteful affair for a tacky lady. Ava then declares that Susan Banks won’t be the only one laid to rest that day…

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