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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Gwen wanted Rafe to rescue Leo since he helped her. Rafe didn’t seem that interested in helping Leo. He said that Leo was free and could go if he wanted. Rafe had a signed confession so he wanted her to worry about herself. He wasn’t interested in putting her in jail. Rafe wanted her to help him get EJ, and she would be free. Gwen wanted to go after EJ, but she wasn’t leaving Leo. Rafe informed her that it was her once chance to get away from Dimitri and take EJ down. Dimitri tried to get Leo to be with him, but he didn’t think he should be with someone he’s forcing to stay with him. Stephanie went to the hospital to give Joy flowers from Kelsey. She wanted Kayla to give them to her. Kayla thought it was a good thing that she wanted to try to work things out with Joy. Stephanie didn’t know what she would do if Joy never let her be part of Kelsey’s life. She was afraid her marriage wouldn’t survive it. Kayla let her know that there wasn’t anything she could do about it now. She let her know that Joy was in the middle of a medical crisis. Stephanie left to go to Jada’s place. Alex met with Steve at the pub to plan a surprise party for Stephanie. Steve was blunt with him and told him that Joy was taking advantage of him so she could spend time with him. He said that Joy needed boundaries. Alex said he didn’t have any interest in Joy other than co-parenting.

Paulina and Marlena caught up with each other at the pub. She talked to Marlena about it being Abe’s birthday. Paulina knew she shouldn’t care about Abe’s birthday, but Marlena thought she didn’t have to try so hard to stop caring. Marlena gave her advice about Abe. Paulina left after their conversation. Abe wasn’t enjoying his birthday after the news Theo gave him about Lexie. He thought Lexie went to see Dr. Rolf. Abe assured Theo that Lexie would come back to them. Later Theo ran into Marlena so she took him to her office. Marlena thought he should look at the DiMera mansion for his mother. She told him that his mother wasn’t just sick. Lexie is dying. Marlena told him that Lexie didn’t want her family to watch her die. Theo rushed to the DiMera mansion to find his mother in the tunnels.

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Devlin St. John arrived into Paulina’s office and informed her that he was the chief water inspector. He let her know about the complaints he was getting about the water on Smith Island. Paulina thought the problem was solved. She didn’t have any more worries about it, but Devlin wasn’t so sure about that. After his meeting with Paulina, he saw Julie. He went to the house to call her out for the Horton well at Smith Island. Devlin felt like she interfered with their investigation so they couldn’t figure out what happened to the water on the island. Julie told him that she wanted to make sure that no one died. He questioned her and asked if she noticed any suspicious behavior in the area. She didn’t notice anything. He thanked her for her time. Cat was working when Chad arrived at the DiMera mansion. Chad wanted to see EJ because Kristen was missing. Brady and Marlena felt like EJ had something to do with it. Chad wanted a mask so he could talk to EJ. He warned her to be careful around EJ. EJ was asleep so Chad didn’t get to talk to him. Devlin arrived at the DiMera mansion and wanted to see EJ whether he was asleep or not. Rita took him upstairs to see EJ. Devlin had questions for EJ.

Belle and Marlena met at the pub. They talked about Kristen being gone. Marlena wasn’t sure if something was wrong, but they wanted to focus on Rachel. Belle told her that Chad couldn’t go to Italy. She thought about going by herself. Marlena would rather Paul handle it. Belle thought she could handle it. She asked Marlena to go with her if she didn’t think she could go alone. Marlena wanted her to wait for Chad, and she agreed. Dimitri thought he had Leo and Gwen locked away safely when Rafe arrived with one of Dimitri’s goons with a gun on him. Rafe wasn’t there to rescue anyone. He wanted a statement from Dimitri since he found Gwen’s letter and knew that she and EJ kidnapped him. Dimitri didn’t care about the letter. He wasn’t going back to Salem or giving a statement. Rafe gave him another alternative. He could keep Gwen kidnapped forever or send her and EJ to jail forever. Celeste called Theo and let him know that Lexie didn’t visit her. Theo lied when Abe walked in the room. He said Lani wished him a happy birthday. Later Theo wanted to talk to Kayla, but she was in surgery so he spoke to Marlena. He told her everything that was going on. Theo explained that his mother was sick again. He wanted to know if Marlena knew anything about it. Marlena froze as Cat walked in behind her. She told Leo that she didn’t know where Lexie was.

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Brady wanted to take Rachel school shopping, but she wasn’t up to it since her mother was gone. He tried to tell her that Kristen left for her, but it didn’t do any good. Rachel said she loved her mother but it didn’t mean she trusted her or wanted to be like her. She said something bad always happened when her mother was around. Rachel thought her life would be better without her. Brady said she wasn’t a bad person for saying that. He thought some time apart might have been a good thing. Devlin talked to EJ about the coriseal cover up. EJ said he didn’t know anything about it. Devlin said he went to Smith Island and found an excavation that confirmed what he was told. While they were talking, Devlin said he wasn’t interested in the legalities. He said he was cleaning up EJ’s mess before someone else died. Devlin said the arsenic could have seeped into the water and all it would take would be one storm that could put it in the Salem River. He said everyone in Salem drank from it. Devlin said the situation was serious. He was excited to be the hero which was why he hadn’t said anything. Devlin said the coriseal mess would cost millions. He told EJ to pay to have it fix or he would expose him to the world. Devlin gave him a list of things he had to pay for.

Sarah walked in on Xander planning to see the estate. Xander said they were in the mess because of EJ. He said he told Maggie about it already. Xander was upset about what was happening. When Sarah tried to comfort him, he pulled away from her. He said he didn’t deserve comfort. Sarah said there was enough blame to go around. She said if she told him what Philip did sooner, Tony wouldn’t have had the leverage to get DiMera back. While they were talking, Sarah said she couldn’t imagine anyone else living in the mansion. Xander said he hadn’t told Brady yet. He thought it would be better coming from her. Sarah left to tell him. Philip texted Gabi to come to the office because he found a way to save Titan. His solution was a poker game. He told her he was good at it and had a game for next week. Gabi didn’t think it was a good idea. Philip said there was a multi-million dollar buy-in to get the top prize. He needed her to give him the money. Gabi said that would be her entire inheritance. Philip tried to convince her that he was a good poker player. EJ sent Rita a message to meet him and Devlin. Before Devlin left, EJ grabbed him from behind. Rita stabbed him with a syringe.

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Stephanie told Alex that he wasn’t moving in Joy’s room while Joy was in the hospital. She told him she would move out since it was his apartment. Alex agreed to it for Kelsey’s sake. Chanel and Alex ran into each other while they were pushing their kids through the town square. Alex told her what was going on with Joy. Chanel sarcastically told him she was sorry to hear what Joy was going through. She offered to help him take care of Kelsey. While they were talking, she warned him not to let Joy mess up his marriage the way she did hers. Lani went to see Jada at the police station to tell her about Lexie. Jada didn’t think it was a police matter, but she thought it was enough for her to check on Lexie. Later on, Jada went home. Stephanie came over to talk to her about what was going on. Jada told Stephanie to move in with her. Stephanie agreed to stay with her and thought it would help her save her marriage.

At DiMera Enterprises, Theo left a voicemail for Lexie when Johnny came in. He told Johnny that he didn’t think Lexie was in South Africa because there wasn’t an international dial tone when he called. When Theo called Celeste, there was an international dial tone. Lani showed up to tell Theo that there was no record of Lexie boarding a commercial flight. They talked about Leo, Gwen, and Kristen being missing. Johnny wanted to talk to EJ about it. Lani thought there was a problem with the drug and that Lexie’s health was failing. She wanted Theo to focus on getting Lexie home. EJ had a coughing attack when Cat showed up with paperwork on the state’s case against him. He said he didn’t have any energy since he had a cold. Cat asked him what was going on because she saw the panel closing last night. EJ tried to dodge her question with a coughing attack, but she kept pressing the issue. Johnny showed up and asked Cat if he could be alone with his father. He asked EJ about Lexie’s disappearance. EJ told him that Lexie was dying and was in the tunnels. Stephanie talked to Jada about Alex choosing Kelsey if he had to choose between them. EJ said Lexie couldn’t tell anyone what she knew. Johnny was furious with him for saying that and was about to leave. EJ stopped him from leaving and said he made a promise to Lexie. When Johnny left, Cat came back and noticed that EJ had a fever. She helped him get into bed. Johnny went back to Theo and Lani, but he didn’t tell them what EJ told him.

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Xander told Philip that EJ called in their loan, and they had to pay everything by the end of the month. Alex walked so they told him what happened. He felt like they gloated to EJ too much. Gabi felt like she made things worse for them by playing around with EJ. Alex called them all out for not keeping their mouths shut. Dimitri let Leo know that he was the only one who would care if something happened to him. Gwen reminded him that he would care if Leo didn’t come back. She was glad that Leo ruined their marriage since he was a horrible person. Dimitri told her that she was bait for Leo. He planned to make love to Leo, but he was going to hide them somewhere that no one would find them in case someone actually looked for them. Javi talked to Rafe and told him that he was going to Alamania. He started to tell Rafe about it when Joy walked in the pub clutching her arm and doubling over in pain. Javi rushed to her side. Rafe called 9-1-1 when she got numbness in her arm.

Stephanie was at the hospital and talked to Kayla about her situation with Joy when Javi and Rafe showed up. Joy was brought to the hospital. Kayla rushed to help her. Joy wanted Kayla to call Philip. Philip was getting called out by Alex. Alex decided to take over and rushed to the hospital. He was by Joy’s side. Alex wouldn’t let Stephanie watch Kelsey so he took her to Joy’s room. Kayla left them alone. Joy was afraid that she wouldn’t be able to take care of Kelsey. Alex assured her that she wouldn’t be alone. Joy was happy that he came to see her instead of Philip. Kayla told Stephanie about what happened to Joy. She warned her that things could be bad for her. Leo and Gwen discussed ways to escape until they came up with an idea. He was going to fake being hurt to get out of the house. Leo pretended to have an appendicitis, and Dimitri became worried about him. Dimitri was trained so he would take out his appendix. Leo panicked so the plan didn’t work. Javi continued to talk to Rafe about going to Alamania. Rafe wondered what Gus would think about it. Javi told him that Gus was understanding about it. Rafe said that might not be true. Kayla told Joy that she had spinal stenosis. She assured Joy that she could live with it with a lot of treatments. Joy wasn’t sure about that. Alex told Stephanie about what happened. He’s going to watch Kelsey while Joy was in the hospital. Alex wanted to move into Joy’s room, but Stephanie said he wasn’t doing that.

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