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John wanted a miracle so Gabriel appeared to him. He knew he couldn’t help, but he wanted to know how to find Marlena. Gabriel revealed that Marlena was at the Horton house. He gave John a St. Benedict medal which invoked God’s blessing. Gabriel said it would help him get the strength he needed to get the devil away from his friends. Gabriel go with him, but assured John he could do it if he didn’t lose faith. Mardevil set the Christmas tree on fire. She told them that she was there for her present. She looked at Ben and Ciara. Julie used the extinguisher to put out the fire. She said the house was no place for Satan. She said their goodness would prevail over Mardevil. She laughed at her. She told Julie that she always got what she wanted and she wanted Ciara’s baby. Ben stood in front of Ciara to protect her. He ordered her to stay away from Ciara. He said she would have to kill him before he let her get to Ciara or their baby. Mardevil was willing to kill him. Julie helped Ben protect Ciara with their love.

Mardevil continued to argue with Julie, Ben and Ciara. Mardevil raised lit torches and mocked Julie for thinking their love could stop her. The torches blew out suddenly. John walked in the house and realized he got there just in time. She reignited the torches, but John put them out by using Gabriel’s medal against them. John thrust his hand at Mardevil and she flew against the wall. Ben helped John put Mardevil in the car. He went back to the house by himself. He assured Ciara that she was safe now. Julie knew John would be able to help Marlena. She thought he and his love would be enough. Doug thought they showed the devil that their love would be enough to stop her. Shawn sat up in the bed when the real Belle walked in the room. They were confused and looked at the other blonde. They watched her turn into Jan. He swore she was Belle as he got dressed. Belle couldn’t believe that he didn’t make sure before he jumped in bed with her. He said he checked with Rafe first. Jan smiled while he tried to explain himself. She said she had a partner. She said Kayla and Steve saw someone else in her hospital bed. Jan teased Belle about having sex with Shawn before he arrested her. Later, Shawn took Jan to the police station. Belle demanded to know where Mardevil was. Jan didn’t know and wouldn’t tell her anyway. She didn’t want to say because the devil gave her a glorious day. Shawn had to stop Belle from attacking Jan. Jan continued to tease Belle about having sex with Shawn. She said they were bonded for life now. Shawn apologized to Belle for getting fooled by Jan. She didn’t blame him, but she couldn’t get the image out of her head. He hated that Jan took their anniversary from them. Belle told him that Jan tried her worst, but they were still together.

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Jan was nervous meeting with Shawn. Mardevil thought she needed to freshen up. She waved and she turned into Belle. Mardevil thought his wife was the best person to seduce him. “Belle” opened the door and pulled him into a big kiss. Mardevil watched from the closet before leaving the room. Shawn pulled back from her. He wasn’t sure if she was his wife. She wondered who else she would be. She reached for his belt, but Shawn stopped her. He wanted to know why she called him from a blocked number. She said wanted to surprise him. He wanted to be with her, but he couldn’t because of everything that happened. “Belle” thought that was smart to be skeptical of her. She said he could call Rafe if he didn’t believe her. Shawn called Rafe who confirmed that Belle was planning a surprise. He gave Shawn the rest of the day off and hung up on him. It turned out that Mardevil was the one on the phone. “Belle” pulled Shawn into another kiss. He was still hesitant. He thought it was selfish of them to be together when their family was dealing with a lot. She thought their happiness would make the devil mad. She knelt down in front of him as he sat on the bed. He looked completely unsure about what was happening.

Rafe brought Sami’s guard to the station. Lucas watched him s Belle threatened to make him pay for kidnapping her sister. Rafe was willing to talk to the DA about going easy on him, but he had to give up the name of the person who hired him. Jason looked at Lucas. He asked for his lawyer. Belle and Rafe left the room. Jason told Lucas that he would tell about him unless he gave him a better offer. Rafe talked to Belle about Brady being able to go home to see Rachel. Rafe left and Belle got a text from “Shawn.” Mardevil texted her to tell her to meet Shawn at the Salem Inn. Rafe returned to Jason and he was ready to talk. Later on Jason was ready to talk. Lucas thanked him for hearing him out and going with his idea. EJ decided to rip up the divorce papers. Sami was shocked. She wanted to find out what changed his mind. He assured her that she was the love of his life. She wanted him to forgive her for being with Lucas. He said he couldn’t handle her being with Lucas because of their history together. She assured him that he wouldn’t have to worry about her betraying him again. She reminded him that he was with Nicole. He told her that Nicole was there when he needed someone. He said Sami is the love of his life. She wanted them to be together. Rafe showed up at the mansion to arrest EJ for kidnapping Sami. “Belle” took off her robe and revealed sexy lingerie. She and Shawn began to make love. The real Belle arrived at the Salem Inn. She saw Shawn with a blonde woman.

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Lucas and Philip talked about Lucas kidnapping Sami. Lucas told Philip how he went about kidnapping Sami. There was a flashback about how he kidnapped her. Shawn and Belle talked about the charges for Brady being dropped since Victor and Kate revoked the papers declaring Philip dead. Shawn told Belle that Marlena pretended to be Steve and attacked Kayla. He said the devil stole the hospital key card. Belle wanted to know why the devil would steal the key card. She thought it might have been to rescue Jan. Shawn said Jan was still in a coma. The devil told Jan she was going to have sex with Shawn. Jan said she didn’t want to force him to have sex with her. The devil said she locked him in a cage. He said she could make him want to have sex with her. Belle was upset that the devil was after her and Shawn. Shawn tried to calm her down. Lucas told Philip that he knew two guys from prisoner that he paid to kidnap Sami. Philip wanted to know what the plan was. Lucas said he didn’t have a plan. He said he figured that she would go back to EJ. Johnny and Chanel told their parents that they were married. EJ was upset that they were married. Paulina didn’t like the way EJ was insulting her. Johnny told them they loved each other. Paulina said she wanted to make sure Chanel wanted to marry Johnny when not too long ago she was kissing Allie. EJ and Sami were shocked.

Sami wanted to know what Paulina said. Paulina said she heard her. Chanel said she and Allie were close. She said they realized they loved each other as friends. Sami asked if Allie knew that she was married to Johnny. Chanel said Allie would be happy. She said she would be happy if she gave her blessing. Sami said she couldn’t do it. Lucas told Philip that he thought EJ would move on with Nicole. He said he was going to let Sami go. He said Sami called and sounded desperate. He said he wanted to look like the hero, but she went back to EJ. He said EJ was with Nicole, but Sami wanted to be with him. Johnny asked why Sami didn’t approve of the marriage. She said she was afraid it was a rebound thing. Johnny said her marriage with EJ wasn’t any better. He said it was a wonder he wanted to get married at all. The devil sent Shawn a text from Jan. She didn’t think Shawn would fall for the text. Shawn debated on whether or not to meet the person. Kate walked in on Philip and Lucas talking to each other. She told Lucas that no one could know that Philip was alive. Lucas agreed to keep quiet. Johnny yelled at EJ and Sami for not accepting their marriage. Johnny said he didn’t care if EJ cut him off. He said Chanel was his family. When Johnny and Chanel left, EJ said he was glad that they were all on the same page. Paulina said she wasn’t on the same page as them. She said she was going to trust her daughter and her new husband. She said she was going to beg for her forgiveness for her rude questions. She said he should do the same if he didn’t want to lose his son. Kate told Philip he needed to get help. He agreed to get help. She told him to stay away from Chloe. He agreed to get help. Shawn showed up to meet Jan. She didn’t know what to do. The devil told her to open the door.

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Kate told Philip that she would help him get his life back together. She wanted to tell Victor what going on. She took her coat and left her room. Kate saw Lucas and snuck by him. Lucas was sitting at the bar, but he didn’t see her. Sami showed up at the pub. She asked Lucas about Philip. He told her there weren’t any leads. She told him that she didn’t have any leads on her mother either. He told her it was a season of miracles. He wanted to make a toast with coffee that they got what they wanted. He said he got what he wanted when she came home. He reminded her that he rescued her. She laughed and said she already thanked him for that. They had playful banter when she mentioned EJ. He wanted to go upstairs and check on Kate. Lucas knocked on Kate’s door and said he missed Philip too. He begged her to open the door. Lucas was shocked when Philip opened the door. Philip was moved by what he said about him. He didn’t want him to tell anyone that he was alive. Lucas agreed with him, but he wondered what he was going to do. Philip said Kate had a plan. He wasn’t sure it was fixable. He told him about the things he did. Philip knew Chloe wouldn’t want anything to do with him, but he couldn’t walk away from her. Lucas said he had bigger problems. He said talked to Philip about doing things for the woman he loved. Philip wasn’t sure what he meant. Lucas admitted that he was the one who had Sami kidnapped. Sami went to the townhouse and ran into Belle. Belle told her there weren’t any leads on their mother or Philip. Sami asked her to be her lawyer so she could fight her divorce. Belle couldn’t believe how selfish she was being. Belle thought it was unethical because she works for DiMera Enterprises. She also didn’t take cases she knew she couldn’t win. Paulina tried to reach out to Lani by sending her a card and flowers. Chanel and Johnny returned from their trip. Chanel apologized for blurting her secret at the wedding. Paulina didn’t blame her. She said the devil made her do it. Chanel couldn’t believe Johnny’s grandmother was possessed by the devil.

Lani read the card from the flowers Paulina sent her. She didn’t want any parts of her. Eli thought she should talk to her. Chanel was about to share some news with Paulina when Lani arrived. Chanel apologized to Lani for what happened at the wedding. Lani said it wasn’t her fault. Chanel was happy to have a sister. Lani was happy to have a sister too. Paulina was happy seeing her daughters bonding. Lani hardened towards her. She told Paulina that the flowers were beautiful, but she was donating them to a hospital. She wanted to give them to someone who would want them. She ripped the card and told her to stop reaching out to her. She stormed off. Chanel offered to take Paulina to lunch with the DiMeras. Johnny went to the DiMera mansion and saw EJ. Johnny wanted to know what he missed. He told him about his mother and grandmother.  Johnny wanted to call his mother. Sami answered and agreed to come over. EJ told him it would be the perfect time to serve Sami with new divorce papers. Sami arrived at the mansion and was happy to see Johnny. He asked her to forgive him for not realizing something was wrong. She said it wasn’t his fault. Johnny got a text from Chanel about meeting with her and Paulina for lunch. He was excited for Sami to meet Chanel. Johnny left to make arrangements for lunch. Sami approaches EJ and reminded him what it was like to be in love like that. Sami tried to get EJ to admit that he still loved her. Johnny walked back in the room with Chanel and Paulina. They made introductions and Johnny and Chanel started fawning over each other. They talked about their trip. They announced they got married. Johnny and Chanel kissed each other. Their parents were shocked. Kate sat with Victor and she told him that Philip was alive. He blamed Chloe for driving Philip to it. She said that she thought Philip didn’t think life was worth living. She said he was fragile and they had to help him disappear and get him the help he needed. Victor wasn’t on board with that plan. He wouldn’t let Brady go to prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Kate called Belle for help.

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Philip hid while Kate talked to Chloe. Chloe declared Brady’s innocence while Kate accused her of cheating on her son with Brady on the conference room table. Chloe was shocked by the accusation. She wanted to know who told her that. She told her that she overheard her talking to Brady. Chloe told her that Nicole was the one who had sex on the conference room and not her. Chloe swore on Parker’s life that she didn’t cheat on Phillip. Kate believed her, but she didn’t understand why she would defend the man who killed her son. Chloe told her that she thought Philip was still alive. She begged Kate to talk to Melinda so they could figure out what happened that night. She was willing to think about it. Chloe thanked her and left the room. Philip came out of hiding and called Chloe a liar. Kate told him that she sounded sincere and he misunderstood about who had sex on the conference room. He refused to believe it. It couldn’t have all been for nothing. Kate said she could help him get out of the mess. He refused to let Chloe and Brady make a fool of him. Kate told him that they didn’t have an affair. He refused to listen to that. He was going to prove Chloe was lying by getting her to confess. Kate became emotional while he explained that they wouldn’t make fools of him.

Philip was determined to win this. He talked about losing the children and women he loved. He called himself a hypocrite with Victor. He said he sold his rights away to his son. He questioned why he always loses people. He wanted to know what it meant to keep someone. Kate was tearing up and said that she loved him. They ended up hugging each other. Philip realized that he wanted to get out of the mess he created. He didn’t know what he was going to do. She said she would fix it. Shawn hugged Belle. He was sorry that her brother was going through that. He knew that she would be able to clear him. Belle thought Brady was being framed by Kristen. She thought she did it because he cut her out of Rachel’s life. She wondered who else would frame him. Steve found Kayla on the floor. Kayla woke up and panicked. She pulled a letter opener on Steve. She wanted him to stay away from her. He assured her that he was really her husband. He said he wasn’t the devil. She collapsed in his arms. She repeated how scared she was. She realized that the devil took the keycard. She called security to be on the lookout for Marlena. She said they changed the security codes when Jan snuck in there before. Steve realized that the devil was after Jan. The devil was in Jan’s room. She needed a star player to help her. She waved her hand in her face and Jan opened eyes. She was surprised to see Marlena. She caught Jan up on what was happening. She revealed that she was the devil. Jan was happy that she was the devil. Tripp walked in and saw them together. He realized that she was the one who killed his brother. He was glad she was awake. He wanted to give them some privacy, but the devil said he wasn’t leaving. He tried to get through to the devil. He wanted her to fight. He tries to leave to get some help, but the devil hit him over the head.

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Xander and Gwen ran into Rex. Xander asked him where Sarah was. Rex asked how would he know. Xander wondered what he was hiding. Rex said he hadn’t seen Sarah in months. He said they were never together. Gwen tried to get Xander to leave for the airport, but he wouldn’t move. Xander kept asking him questions about Sarah. Rex said she dumped him the same way she dumped him. Xander was confused. Rex was getting upset and wanted to leave. Xander asked where she was if she wasn’t with him. Gwen tried to get Xander to leave for the airport again. He said he couldn’t leave now. He said he had to find out why Sarah had been lying to him and why she was sending misleading texts to Maggie. Steve went to Kayla’s office and told her about Marlena’s stunt with Ben and Ciara. They hoped Marlena got the help she needed. Steve tried to kiss Kayla. When he pulled back, Kayla saw the devil’s face. John asked Belle if there was any news on Philip. She said there was no body. She said she hoped they didn’t find one. Chloe called her and told her Brady was arrested. John wanted to go with Belle to the station, but he stumbled. She said he went ten rounds with the devil. She wanted him to rest. Chloe went to see Brady at the police station. He said he was having visions about what happened but he couldn’t see anything. She said she there was something she could do. He asked her to check on his father. He thanked her for believing in him. Belle went to see Brady. She told him about Marlena and that Philip was still declared dead. Brady said he wasn’t surprised his grandfather sold him out. She said they needed something concrete to discredit the evidence. She realized the pub had a security camera they could check.

Chloe went to see John. He told her about going up against the devil before they talked about Brady. John couldn’t believe Victor and Kate declared Philip dead. Chloe told John she believed in Brady. When Chloe left, John called Steve. When Steve didn’t answer, John tried to call Kayla. Kayla told the devil to stay away from her. The devil said Kayla was what she needed to repay Belle and Shawn. When Kayla’s phone rang, the devil threw the phone. Kayla ended up on the floor. The devil used Kayla’s keycard to get in John’s room. The devil said it was time to wake up. Kate hugged Philip when he was in her room. She asked how he survived Brady’s attack. Philip said Brady didn’t attack him. He said he went after Brady. He said he set the whole thing up. She slapped him. Kate couldn’t believe Philip made her think he was dead. He said that’s why he was there. He said he wanted to let her know he was okay. He said he thought she would be proud of him. He told her how he did it. Philip told Kate that he saw Brady and Chloe talking outside of the pub like he didn’t exist. He said when Chloe left, he hit Brady with a crowbar and then dragged him to the bushes. Philip said he took out Brady’s credit card to buy shots at the pub. He said he got a bottle of alcohol and used a syringe to inject Brady. Philip said he sent himself the messages from Brady’s phone. Kate couldn’t believe Philip went to such lengths to ruin Brady. He reminded her of her wrongdoing. She said what she did didn’t compare to what he has done. He said she never had his back. He said he threw his prosthetic leg in the river. He said he was using his old one. Kate said she couldn’t believe Philip did all of this for Chloe. He said Chloe lied to him and they deserved what happened. He said they would never know it was him. She said she couldn’t keep it a secret for long. She reminded him of how many people mourned his death. Chloe knocked on the door for Kate. He told Kate to ignore her.

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Shawn tried to convince Ben that Marlena was possessed by the devil. Mardevil told Ben that Shawn was lying. Shawn told him that John wouldn’t abuse her. He would have believed it if she were really Marlena. Ciara was on the phone with Susan. She talked to her about protecting her baby. Belle arrived to talk to her. Ciara told her that Ben was at the cabin with her mother. Shawn tried to untie John so he could tell Ben the truth about Marlena, but he couldn’t do it. Shawn told him that she was using her powers to keep John tied up. Rafe was shocked that Nicole slapped him. She didn’t like the fact that he kissed her in the town square. He didn’t understand why she was upset. She said that she would tell Ava if he did it again. Ava arrived and wanted to know what happened. Allie told Lucas that she wanted him to get back together with Sami. He didn’t think she wanted to be with him. She reminded him that he slept with Nicole. He thought that meant he would have had a chance with her, but that was going to make her more determined to get EJ back. Ciara and Belle talked about Marlena being possessed by the devil again. Ciara was worried that she left Ben with her.

Mardevil admitted that she was going to corrupt Ciara’s baby to her heart’s desire. Belle was upset to find out that her mother wanted Ciara’s baby. She didn’t know what to do because she couldn’t stay locked up in her place forever. Belle wanted to call Shawn, but she couldn’t get through to him. Belle wanted to go to the cabin, but Ciara tried to stop him. Lucas and Allie continued to talk about Nicole and Sami. Nicole covered up what she said to Ava. Sami told EJ that she refused to give him a divorce. He realized that and wondered why she wouldn’t do it. She said that she loved him and he loved her. He said he stopped loving her the second she told him that she cheated on him. She said that Nicole wasn’t better than her. He shocked her when he said she was better in bed. She didn’t believe that so she kissed him to prove she was right. EJ told Sami not to throw herself at him again. She told him that his body was saying something different. She said he would never be rid of her. Mardevil conjured up a necktie and used it tighten it around Ben’s neck. Lucas and Allie continued to talk about Sami and how she holds EJ to a different standard from him. Allie thought he might have been the one who kidnapped Sami. Mardevil tried to strangle Ben and John, but Belle arrived to stop her.

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Kate went to the police station to identify the prosthetic leg. The leg was under a sheet. Rafe picked it up. She said it was Philip’s. She had the serial number for the leg. It was a match. She was shocked and started crying. Roman wanted to be there for her, but she demanded that Rafe arrest Brady for murder. Rafe understood Kate’s pain. He said the police didn’t have enough evidence to arrest Brady. She went ballistic on Rafe. She cried in Roman’s arms. She stopped crying. She told Roman that they didn’t know that Philip was dead. Rafe said he would let her know what was going on. Roman took Kate to the squad room. They saw Chloe. Kate slapped her. Kate blamed her for causing her son pain. She said it would be Chloe’s fault if Philip was dead. Roman took Kate out of the police station. Chloe cried. Belle was with Brady at the hospital when John came in the room. Brady said he wanted to help the police find Philip. John told him he would do it. Brady didn’t want him to do it because Marlena needed him more right now. John said he wasn’t going to walk out on him. Brady told him he was okay. Belle told him to find Marlena. John ended up leaving. Belle wanted to focus on Brady’s case. He said he didn’t remember ordering a drink from the pub. She said there had to be an explanation for why his blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit. She said they should check his credit card statement to see if there were any charges from the pub. She looked at his statement on her phone. She said there was a charge. She said she would talk to Roman to see if she could get an itemized receipt. Rafe noticed Chloe at the police station. He brought her in the interrogation room. She cried when she saw Philip’s leg. She got a call from Brady, but she didn’t answer the phone. She said she didn’t know what to say to him. Roman brought Kate to the pub. She told him she wanted to be alone. She went upstairs. Belle came in and asked him for Brady’s itemized receipt. Roman found the receipt. The receipt said Brady had six shots of whiskey. Brady remembered talking on the phone with Tate when he got hit. Kate showed up in his room. She told him if Philip was dead, he was going to be dead too.

John ran into Susan at the hospital. He apologized for what she went through with the devil. She understood. She said she knew it wasn’t Marlena’s fault. She said she knew Marlena would never hurt a baby. He wanted to know who she what she was talking about. Susan told John about her visions of Ben and Ciara’s baby. She said the devil had evil intentions. Shawn showed up and said Susan was right. They all realized the baby was why the devil came back after all this time. Shawn and John left to find Ben and Ciara. She wanted Ben to take her home. Marlena showed up and overheard their conversation. Marlena said she understood why Ciara wanted to go home, but she promised she would take care of the baby. Ciara said she had a sonogram appointment and had to go back. Marlena said Ciara promised to keep her safe. She said John could find her. Marlena asked Ciara to stay longer. Ben said he wanted to go to the appointment, but he could stay with Marlena if she was scared. Ciara wanted to talk to him alone. When Ben and Ciara were alone, she told him she needed him too. She said she wanted to go home. Ciara told Ben something was off with Marlena. She said nothing made sense. She said Marlena was starting to scare her. Marlena came out and ask if everything was okay. Ciara said it wasn’t because Ben made his choice and it wasn’t her. Ciara walked off. Marlena apologized to Ben for driving a wedge between them. Ben said Marlena was the reason why they were about to have a child. He said he would talk to Ciara. He said he would make her understand. He promised Marlena they would stay. Marlena and Ben went back to the cabin. Ciara wasn’t in the cabin. Marlena said they couldn’t let Ciara get back to Salem. When Marlena opened the door to stop Ciara from leaving, John showed up. Shawn called out to Ciara when he went to her apartment. She was at the door.

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Kate went to the police station to identify the prosthetic leg. The leg was under a sheet. Rafe picked it up. She said it was Philip’s. She had the serial number for the leg. It was a match. She was shocked and started crying. Roman wanted to be there for her, but she demanded that Rafe arrest Brady for murder. Rafe understood Kate’s pain. He said the police didn’t have enough evidence to arrest Brady. She went ballistic on Rafe. She cried in Roman’s arms. She stopped crying. She told Roman that they didn’t know that Philip was dead. Rafe said he would let her know what was going on. Roman took Kate to the squad room. They saw Chloe. Kate slapped her. Kate blamed her for causing her son pain. She said it would be Chloe’s fault if Philip was dead. Roman took Kate out of the police station. Chloe cried. Belle was with Brady at the hospital when John came in the room. Brady said he wanted to help the police find Philip. John told him he would do it. Brady didn’t want him to do it because Marlena needed him more right now. John said he wasn’t going to walk out on him. Brady told him he was okay. Belle told him to find Marlena. John ended up leaving. Belle wanted to focus on Brady’s case. He said he didn’t remember ordering a drink from the pub. She said there had to be an explanation for why his blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit. She said they should check his credit card statement to see if there were any charges from the pub. She look at his statement on her phone. She said there was a charge. She said she would talk to Roman to see if she could get an itemized receipt. Rafe noticed Chloe at the police station. He brought her in the interrogation room. She cried when she saw Philip’s leg. She got a call from Brady, but she didn’t answer the phone. She said she didn’t know what to say to him. Roman brought Kate to the pub. She told him she wanted to be alone. She went upstairs. Belle came in and asked him for Brady’s itemized receipt. Roman found the receipt. The receipt said Brady had six shots of whiskey. Brady remembered talking on the phone with Tate when he got hit. Kate showed up in his room. She told him if Philip was dead, he was going to be dead too. John ran into Susan at the hospital. He apologized for what she went through with the devil. She understood. She said she knew it wasn’t Marlena’s fault. She said she knew Marlena would never hurt a baby. He wanted to know who she what she was talking about.

Susan told John about her visions of Ben and Ciara’s baby. She said the devil had evil intentions. Shawn showed up and said Susan was right. They all realized the baby was why the devil came back after all this time. Shawn and John left to find Ben and Ciara. Ciara wanted Ben to take her home. Marlena showed up and overheard their conversation. Marlena said she understood why Ciara wanted to go home, but she promised she would take care of the baby. Ciara said she had a sonogram appointment and had to go back. Marlena said Ciara promised to keep her safe. She said John could find her. Marlena asked Ciara to stay longer. Ben said he wanted to go to the appointment, but he could stay with Marlena if she was scared. Ciara wanted to talk to him alone. When Ben and Ciara were alone, she told him she needed him too. She said she wanted to go home. Ciara told Ben something was off with Marlena. She said nothing made sense. She said Marlena was starting to scare her. Marlena came out and ask if everything was okay. Ciara said it wasn’t because Ben made his choice and it wasn’t her. Ciara walked off. Marlena apologized to Ben for driving a wedge between them. Ben said Marlena was the reason why they were about to have a child. He said he would talk to Ciara. He said he would make her understand. He promised Marlena they would stay. Marlena and Ben went back to the cabin. Ciara wasn’t in the cabin. Marlena said they couldn’t let Ciara get back to Salem. When Marlena opened the door to stop Ciara from leaving, John showed up. Shawn called out to Ciara when he went to her apartment. She was at the door.

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Melinda wanted to know why Shawn hasn’t arrested Brady yet. Shawn said there wasn’t a body. Belle said the evidence was circumstantial. Melinda told Shawn to find out what happened to Philip. She wanted him to arrest the person who did it. When Melinda left, Shawn went to talk to Victor. Belle said she was going to go see Brady. Brady asked Chloe if he believed he didn’t hurt Philip. She said she didn’t know what to think. She said he was drunk. He said he hasn’t had a drink in a long time. He said he didn’t do it. He said he didn’t care what anyone else thought. He said it was important that she believed him. She said he sounded sincere, but she saw what he was like when he fell off the wagon. She said she thought he was going to hurt her when he was drunk. Belle came in when Brady was yelling at Chloe. He asked Belle if he thought he was capable of hurting Philip. Belle said no one knew if anyone was murdered. Brady said that didn’t sound convincing. She said the blood on him matched Philip’s. She wanted him to tell her what happened. He said he tried, but he couldn’t remember. Shawn went to see Victor. Shawn told Victor Philip was missing. Shawn said the police suspected foul play. He said Brady was the main suspect. Victor said he knew Chloe was going to be the death of one of the boys. Lucas talked to Kate about Sami. He told her Sami rushed to be with EJ. Kate told him EJ was getting closer to Nicole. Lucas said Sami would be upset. Lucas said he loved it. Kate told him not to get his hopes up that Sami would go back to him. Victor called Kate. He said he had to tell her about Philip.

Shawn got a call. The divers at the river found something. When Shawn left, Kate showed up. Victor told her someone might have hurt Philip. He said the person might have done worse than hurt Philip. Sami was furious when she saw EJ and Nicole in bed. He said she was back. Sami said she could see how much he missed her. He told Sami to leave because he and Nicole were in the middle of something. He kissed Nicole. Sami told him not to do it again. Nicole left to change. Sami told Nicole that EJ was her husband. Sami slapped her. He said he was Sami’s husband because she left before the divorce papers were filed. Sami said she wasn’t there because she was kidnapped. EJ told Sami to tell her story to Lucas. She said she did. She said he was the one who found her. EJ wondered why there wasn’t a ransom demand. Sami accused Nicole of trying to get revenge. Nicole slapped her. Sami and Nicole got in a fight. He took Sami off of Nicole. He told her she wasn’t wanted there. Sami said she would leave, but it wasn’t over. When Sami left, Nicole wanted to leave. EJ told her she didn’t have to leave. She told him Sami being back changed everything. He said Sami was the past. He said Nicole was the future. Shawn and Melinda met with a diver. The diver had a plastic bag. Melinda wanted to know what it was. Shawn said it was a prosthetic leg. He said the only person he knew with a prosthetic leg was Philip.

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Brady woke up with Chloe next time him. He told her he remembered getting food for John. She said she found him drunk at the river. He was shocked at what she told him. She told him about the tree, knife and the threatening texts to Philip. Brady said none of that happened. She said Shawn was having the river dragged for a body. Brady said he didn’t hurt Philip. He asked her if she thought he did it. Shawn told Belle that Brady was in the hospital after hurting Philip. Belle said Brady wouldn’t hurt Philip. Shawn got a call from forensics. Brady’s prints were found on the knife. She said that was circumstantial evidence. Shawn said he couldn’t find a sample of Philip’s blood to test it against the knife. Belle told Shawn to call the hospital because Philip had a lot of paternity tests. She said they should be in the database. Shawn went to call the hospital. When he came back, he told her Philip’s blood was on the knife. Rafe walked up on Nicole and EJ almost kissing each other. EJ wanted to know why Rafe was there. Rafe asked EJ if he knew how Kristen escaped. EJ flashed back to talking to Ava about helping Kristen. EJ said his hands were clean. EJ and Rafe continued to talk about Kristen until Rafe left. EJ asked Nicole about Rafe. She said it was harder to walk away than they thought. EJ said Rafe could make more of an effort to walk away. She told him he wasn’t over Sami. He said Sami didn’t have a hold on him. He asked why he would think about Sami when he had Nicole. They flirted with each other. They kissed each other. She started thinking of Rafe. She stopped thinking of Rafe. She suggested that they go upstairs to his room. She said she had to get Rafe out of her mind. EJ said he felt used, but he liked it.

Gabi and Ava got into an argument. Ava picked up a knife. It made Gabi think about Carmine dying. Rafe walked in and wondered what was going on. Gabi went to Rafe and said Ava was trying to kill her. Rafe told her to go to her room. Rafe told Ava that he saw Nicole at the DiMera mansion. Ava wanted to know what they talked about. He said he gave her an update on Kristen. He said he asked EJ questions. He said someone was lying. Allie asked Sami who kidnapped her. Sami said she thought it was Nicole. Sami told her why she thought Nicole kidnapped her. Lucas and Allie said they didn’t think Nicole was behind the kidnapping. Allie said Nicole got what she wanted when Sami’s marriage ended. Sami asked who said her marriage was over. Lucas told Sami that EJ kicked her out of the house. She still believed she and EJ could work things out. Lucas told her to go to the hospital. She thanked him for the concern. She wanted to get her husband back. Lucas said he would have left her where she was if he had known she was going to go back to EJ. EJ and Nicole made love. When they were finished, he asked if it was good enough to make her forget about Rafe. She said she had to think about it. He said he didn’t know anyone by the name of Sami. Sami walked in on them in bed.

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EJ went to Rafe’s house to see Ava. He offered to be her attorney because she helped Kristen escape. She denied helping Kristen, but EJ didn’t believe her. He said he had eyes and ears everywhere. He said he knew what she did. She asked what he was going to do about what he knew. He said he wasn’t going to tell Rafe because he knew Rafe would rush to go after Nicole. He said he wasn’t going to let that happen. She told EJ that Rafe and Nicole’s attraction was in the past. She asked why he thought Rafe would go after Nicole. He thought about Nicole telling him that she had sex with Rafe. He told Ava that their attraction was obvious. She wanted to know what was in it for him to help her. He said Nicole was helping him move on and their relationship was turning into something real. He said he wanted it to continue so it was in both of their interests to keep what she did for Kristen a secret. She asked him why he came over if he was going to keep it a secret anyway. He wanted her to know that he knew what she was up to.

Chad went to the DiMera mansion to question Chad about Kristen. Rafe said he knew Chad went to see Kristen. He said she couldn’t have gotten away on her own. Chad asked if he was accusing him of helping her. Rafe said he wasn’t accusing him. He asked if Kristen told him she was planning on running away. He said she deleted his call logs after she called Brady on his phone. Rafe said she called her accomplice. Chad gave him the phone. Rafe took the phone and left the mansion. Sami tied the guard to a chair. He ended up waking up. They got into an argument until Lucas showed up, Lucas grabbed the guard and asked who he worked for. Sami said she has been asking him that, but he won’t answer. They offer to get the guard immunity if he told them who his boss was. The guard wasn’t interested in the deal. They were going to take him to the police themselves. While they were taking him out, he pushed Sami against the wall and ran off. Lucas went after him, but he lost him. He told Sami they should go to the police, but she wanted to go home first. Allie told Tripp that Sami was kidnapped. She asked why anyone would kidnap her mother. He thought the devil did it. Allie said she thought he didn’t believe in demonic possession. He said what happened on Halloween opened his eyes. Someone knocked on the door. When Allie opened the door, it was Lucas and Sami.

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