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Johnny and Chanel waited for Paulina at the bookstore. They wanted to find Sophia so they could get her to confess, but they couldn’t find her. Paulina showed up and said she spoke to child protective services to find out what was going on. She told them that Sophia was disturbed. When Paulina left, Johnny and Chanel decided to go to Sophia’s house. Theo was furious when he saw Abe talking to Liam. Abe reminded him that he was working at DiMera. He was upset when Theo told him he was going to be CEO. Abe told him that he was going to be the face of the company that has done bad things. Theo said Paulina encouraged him to do what he wanted to do. Abe was upset about that. When Paulina showed up, Abe ripped into her for telling Theo to take the job at DiMera. Paulina was shocked to find out that Theo was going to be CEO. She congratulated Theo.

Holly went to see Arianna to tell her about Tate’s romantic gesture. They talked about Sophia and her actions. Holly told her about Sophia’s lies. They wondered who could be the father of Sophia’s baby. Holly said she wanted to make Sophia pay for what she’s done. Aaron went to see Tate at the pub. Tate told him about Sophia’s lies. When Aaron told him that Sophia lied about him being Tesoro’s father, Aaron was uncomfortable. Aaron told Tate that he was with Sophia. He told Tate that he didn’t say anything because Sophia said he couldn’t be the father. Tate was upset with him. Aaron said he had a lot going on with his family. Tate realized it wasn’t about him and accepted Aaron’s apology. When Holly showed up, Aaron told her he was the father of Sophia’s baby. Sophia went to Melinda for help. She told Melinda what she did to get revenge on everyone and messed things up. Melinda couldn’t believe what she did. She asked if Sophia wanted Holly to get hurt. Sophia said she didn’t. She said things kept getting worse. Sophia said everyone figured out what she did and were coming after her. She told Melinda that she found out who the baby’s father was. Sophia said Tate wasn’t the father of her baby. Melinda let her know that she wasn’t upset with her. Sophia said everyone hated her. Melinda told her that she couldn’t help her anymore. She told Sophia that the best legal advice she had for her was to tell the truth before she was exposed. An upset Sophia accused Melinda of turning on her. Theo told Abe that he should live somewhere else since he was so upset about the job. Abe said it would be worse for him to live at the mansion. He wanted a moment with Paulina. Abe yelled at Paulina when Theo left. Paulina told him about the way he was talking to her. Abe apologized to her and told her that she didn’t know the DiMeras the way he did. Sophia went home to pack. Everyone was after her. Sophia ended up leaving.

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EJ was at the pub and wondered if Rachel would remember the shooting. Marlena wasn’t sure if she would remember. She stopped talking when Belle walked into the pub. Susan showed up at the pub too and noticed that Marlena looked better than she did when she passed out during the blackout. Belle was shocked that Marlena passed out. Marlena tried to downplay what happened to her by insisting that she was fine. Belle and Susan were worried about her. Marlena went to therapy. Belle thanked Susan and coldly turned down EJ’s offer to have lunch together. EJ was upset when Johnny texted Susan and not him. Susan told him about what happened with the adoption. She didn’t want to go into too many details, but she promised him that he would mend fences with Johnny soon. Xander talked to Sarah about getting Titan back, but they face a long battle to get it back to where it used to be. Sarah knew about it, but she was glad he told her. She reminded him that they would get by on her salary. They went to Marlena’s house for therapy. Sarah and Xander talked about the situation with Sophia, Brady, and Tate. They talked about secrets, and Xander became uncomfortable. Xander and Sarah talked about how much they loved each other. They had to work on trusting each other. Sarah talked to Marlena about the Philip forgery. Xander said he had a confession to make. Tony called Theo to let him know that the family had DiMera back. Theo accepted Tony’s offer to work with the company. Abe overheard his phone call and got excited until he found out that he was working for the DiMeras. He told Theo that he wasn’t working there. Theo told him that Teho wanted to do the right thing with the company. Abe felt like he was naive when it concerned his mother’s family. Theo told him that Chad and Tony weren’t like the rest of the family. He was going to work for the DiMeras, and he had to accept it. Belle walked by and saw Abe. She got him to admit that he was worried about Theo working with the DiMeras. They talked about Theo. Belle mentioned how Claire broke his heart. She assured Abe that Theo would do the right thing.

Tony had great news for Gabi. He told her that they had DiMera Enterprises back. Tony also let her know that she would never run the company because she broke the moral code by pulling a gun on EJ. Gabi threatened to take the company and sue them into bankruptcy. Tony offered her another option. He would let her have Gabi Chic, and she needed to go away. She wanted to know who was going to be in charge. Theo walked into the mansion, and Tony introduced him as the new CEO. He thought it was funny that Gabi was offered the position first. Gabi didn’t think it made sense for Theo to be in charge since he’s autistic. Theo called her out for saying that about him. Gabi caved and took Tony’s offer. Xander told Marlena that he broke into her home to hurt Brady when he thought he hurt Sarah. He wanted her to know that in case she didn’t want to help him anymore. Marlena wasn’t going to give up that easily.

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Marlena talked to Rachel about her therapy. Rachel wondered if the doctor told her about her sessions. Marlena said the doctor wouldn’t say anything. Rachel told her what she told Thomas about Chad and Cat. Chad let Jennifer know that he wouldn’t be seeing Cat anymore, but she ripped into him. While Jennifer was talking to Chad, she told him that Thomas wanted to live with her. Chad told her Thomas wasn’t going anywhere. Marlena and Rachel went to the Horton House. Rachel wanted to apologize for what she said to Thomas. Chad let Rachel see Thomas. Rachel went to Thomas’ room. He told her that his father broke up with Cat. Rachel said he had to make sure Chad and Cat stayed apart. Thomas wasn’t sure what she meant, but Rachel told him about the times she broke up Brady’s relationships. Jennifer spoke to Marlena and then left them alone. Chad tells Marlena that he fell for Cat and his family didn’t like it. Rachel came down and said the apology went well. Marlena gave Chad some encouraging advice before she and Rachel left. Maggie was about to take Holly to the plane station when Tate called to apologize. Holly dismissed the call. Maggie and Hope shared a tearful goodbye.

Tate wanted to go to the airport to stop Holly, but Brady stopped him to tell him he wasn’t the father of Sophia’s baby. He told him about Tesoro and the DNA tests. Tate was upset at first but was happy. He went to the Kiriakis mansion and forced Maggie to tell him about Holly’s flight. Tate went to the airport. Cat went to work. EJ noticed something was wrong. Cat told him that Chad broke up with her. EJ sympathized with her and sent her to lunch. Before she left, she told him about her lunch with Gwen and asked for a tour of the building. EJ panicked and offered to take her on the tour. When EJ left to go meet Susan, Cat tried to look through his things, when EJ came in. When Chad apologized to Thomas, he asked if they were good. Thomas told him that they weren’t because he lied to him. He told Chad that he didn’t change his mind about his grandparents. Thomas said they weren’t good as long as Cat was in town. Tate found Holly at the airport. He told Holly about Sophia and told her that he loved her. When Tate told Holly that Sophia’s baby wasn’t his, that was enough for her to change her mind about leaving.

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Chanel and Johnny walked through the town square and ran into Leo, Javi and Tesoro. She saw him and ran off. Johnny and Chanel were outside of the pub. He promised her that they would clear their names so they could get a chance to adopt Tesoro. Brady walked outside of the pub and compared notes about Holly and Sophia with Johnny and Chanel. He called her plan diabolical. Brady said Sophia called out and warned them not to tip Sophia up. They agreed not to say anything. Johnny let Brady know that they believed Tesoro was Brady’s grandchild. Brady told Johnny and Chanel the DNA test didn’t match. He wondered if Tate was ever the father of Sophia’s baby. Leo and Javi wondered why Chanel and Johnny acted the way they did when they saw them. Sarah went to see Kayla to talk about a moral dilemma. She started talking to Kayla about Sophia, and she told her what she knew. Kayla told her that she tested Tesoro’s DNA. Sarah told her that Sophia gave birth early. Kayla told her that the DNA test results weren’t a match. Sarah told her that Tate wasn’t the father of Sophia’s baby. Kayla was shocked when she gave her the news. Sarah told her that she was testing Sophia’s DNA. She let Kayla know that Sophia wasn’t going to tell Tate either way. Kayla told her that they pushed the limit of what they could talk about so they had to wait for the test results came back. Brady walked in the room.

Holly let her mother know that her flight would be on time. She was upset about leaving until Arianna arrived at the mansion with her clothes. Holly still couldn’t believe she lost her phone and everything on it. Arianna promised to ask Sophia about the phone. Holly realized that Sophia was there the night of her blackout. Tate was upset about losing Holly. Aaron told him to move on or fight for her. Arianna arrived at Tate’s place. She talked to him about Sophia, but he was confused when she told him that he did more than kiss her. They talked and realized that Sophia made it seem like they slept together. Tate decided to go after Holly to talk to her. Arianna let him know that Holly was going to drop out of school and move to Paris. She told him that he had to stop her. Chanel and Johnny arrived at the Kiriakis mansion to let Holly know that she was set up. They asked her if anyone else could have taken her phone. Holly told them Sophia was there. Johnny and Chanel exchanged looks and realized that Sophia was responsible. Brady got Sophia’s work apron and wanted Kayla and Sarah to do a DNA test on it. The doctors told him that they were already getting a test done. Sarah got the test results on her tablet. Kayla told him that Tesoro wasn’t his grandchild. They couldn’t tell Brady based on those results. Brady caught on to what they were talking about. Sophia is Tesoro’s mother.

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Jennifer let Julie know that she couldn’t get over Chad’s betrayal with Cat. She wouldn’t be able to conduct the interview about Tom. Julie called Jack to help cheer her up. Chad promised Thomas that he would make things right. He went downstairs and told the Hortons that he planned to make things right. Chad walked out of the house. Jennifer didn’t care what he was going to do. After Chad left, the Hortons reminisced about Jennifer being in Salem 40 years ago. There were flashbacks of Jennifer when she was younger. Julie took out the scrapbooks, and Jennifer thought about their grandparents’ ability to forgive. She refused to forgive Cat for what she did. Julie and Jennifer found a poem Tom wrote to Jennifer after her parents got divorced. Alice gave her advice too. There were flashbacks of Alice and Jennifer talking about her relationship with Frankie. Jennifer felt like her relationship with Frankie led her to Jack. Julie pulled out Jennifer’s first article from the newspaper. There were flashbacks of Jack and Jennifer at the office. He gave her a hard time about a story she wanted to write. The next flashback featured Jack proposing to Jennifer. There were flashbacks of their wedding. Jennifer thought about giving birth to Abby and that made everyone sad.

Chad went to Cat’s place to tell her that Rachel told Thomas about them before he got the chance to do it. Cat fought back tears while Chad told her how bad things were with Thomas. He told her that the only way to make things right was to break up with her. She understood why he had to end things with her. Chad couldn’t ask her to wait for him because he didn’t know when things would be better. He was grateful for the time he had with her. Cat was heartbroken, but she was grateful for the time they had together too. Chad kissed her one last time. JJ thought about calling Jennifer when he was going to kill himself. Jada called him, and he told her about his therapy session. He wanted to continue with therapy. JJ went home and found out about Chad and Cat. Jennifer filled him in about them while Chad broke up with Cat.

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Sarah went to the pub and called Sophia a liar. She ordered Sophia to meet her at the park when she was finished. When they met in the park, Sarah wanted Sophia to tell her the truth about the baby. She told Sophia that she didn’t have to keep quiet about her situation if she knew the baby was in danger. Sarah said Tesoro wasn’t Sophia’s baby. Sophia was shocked and disgusted. Sophia said Sarah was lying. Sarah ended up telling her about the DNA test results. Sophia realized Tate wasn’t the father of her baby. She was upset at the idea of who was the father. She refused to tell Sarah who the father of the baby was. Sophia said telling Tate the truth wouldn’t help. Sarah said the truth always had a way of coming out in the end. Maggie and Philip talked about their plans before the meeting. She thought their family reuniting would help beat Tony. Maggie, Philip, and Xander went to the DiMera mansion to let Tony know that Titan was theirs. Tony let them know that Titan wouldn’t be much of a company. They were okay with that. Tony tried to get Xander to remember the way Victor treated him, but it didn’t work. When they left, Tony said he would wait it out and buy what was left when the company collapsed.

When Xander and Philip went back to the office, they agreed that the company would be fine as long as they got along. Xander said he was grateful that Philip protected him by not telling the truth about the attack. Philip said that was what family did for each other. Chanel and Johnny tried to figure out who was setting them up. Johnny said Rafe could help them. He was going to find out where the phone was when the pictures were sent. They didn’t know who sent them if it wasn’t Holly. Chanel thought EJ was the one who wanted to keep them from starting a family. Rafe called them and told them the pictures were sent from the town square while Holly was in the hospital. They realized they were set up again but didn’t know who set them up. Chanel and Johnny thought it was someone on campus with an ax to grind. Johnny realized it was Sophia. Holly told Arianna that she was dropping out of school. She told Arianna what happened with Johnny and said she was moving to Paris. Arianna tried to stop Holly from leaving, but it didn’t do any good. They said goodbye to each other. Holly went home and thought about good times with Tate. Tate went to the dorm to look for Holly. He asked Arianna if she heard the rumor about Holly and Johnny. Arianna told him everyone got the wrong idea. They talked about how Tate blew it with Holly. Arianna kicked him out of the room. When Maggie went home, Holly told her what happened with Johnny. She told Maggie that she wanted to start over somewhere else. Johnny and Chanel thought Sophia being Tesoro’s mother was the only logical explanation. Sophia told Sarah to do another DNA test to prove the baby was hers. Sarah couldn’t break her oath. Sophia didn’t want Tate to know.

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Brady was at the hospital and ran into Sarah. He was picking Rachel up from therapy, and she told him that she and Xander were doing therapy too. Brady received a text confirming that Tesoro wasn’t Tate’s baby, so he told her about his theory. Sarah said that if Sophia gave her baby to the firehouse she did the right thing. Brady said it didn’t matter since the baby didn’t belong to Tate and Sophia. He said the DNA test proved it. Sarah was shocked by the news. Arianna checked out the new dorm room. Holly was ready to leave town. She received her new phone and wondered why she had so many messages from Johnny. Johnny was upset that he didn’t hear from Holly. Chanel was ready to tear Holly apart. She believed Johnny was telling the truth. Holly called Johnny, and he wanted her to come over. She arrived at Johnny and Chanel’s place, and they confronted her. They wanted to see her texts and pictures, but she lost them. Johnny showed her the picture he received, and she was horrified by it. She didn’t remember taking the picture. Holly believed the picture was meant for Tate. Johnny and Chanel talked to her about the letter. It didn’t make any sense so she decided to leave. Tate and Sophia were at the pub. She pretended to get a text about Holly seeing an older man. Sophia told him that Johnny was the older man Holly was seeing. Tate was confused and thought it was just a rumor. He wondered how Holly found out about their kiss. Sophia blamed Arianna for telling Holly about it. Tate thought she was hiding something. Sophia refused to tell him anything and stormed off.

Jada thanked JJ for his work during the blackout. JJ talked to her about his situation with Theo. She wasn’t prepared for him to hand over his resignation. He explained everything that happened, and she told him what Theo said to her. JJ didn’t think he handled the situation the right way. Jada asked him about the situation. She was happy with his answers. Jada demanded to know why he was turning his badge into her. JJ admitted that he has implicit bias like everyone else, but he tried to make sure his situation with Theo didn’t happen again. Theo’s reaction made him question whether he should be on the force. Jada thought he was a great cop. She thought he should talk to the police psychiatrist and take some time off. Jada didn’t want his resignation yet. Johnny and Chanel hesitated, but they believed Holly’s story. They thought something wasn’t right about the letter and the picture. Johnny realized that Holly’s phone was lost in the fire and the pictures were sent while she was in the hospital. He realized that she couldn’t have sent the pictures. Sarah wanted Brady to repeat what he said. She flashed back to Sophia confessing to giving up her baby. Sarah was upset and walked away. Tate apologized to Sophia and said he would drop the baby stuff. Holly arrived at the pub while Tate was touching Sophia. She called her mother and asked her to live with her. Holly never wanted to be in Salem again.

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