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Eric talked to Sloan about overhearing Leo talking to her. He wanted to know what was going on between him and Leo. Alex talked to Theresa about running to Maggie about him closing down the magazine. While EJ and Kristen were making small talk, they talked about DiMera Enterprises. EJ told her to be prepared for him to take over the company. Kristen told him she was prepared. While they were talking, she brought up EJ letting Stefan walk. Kristen said people talk. She said it would have been in his best interest to let Stefan go to prison because he wouldn’t be a threat to his power at the company. EJ didn’t answer her and told her he was late for a date. Sloan admitted to Eric that she called Leo because he owed her. Eric wanted to know why Leo owed her. She said she wanted to help his photography business. Theresa told Alex that she didn’t run to Maggie about the magazine. She said she needed her sponsor. Alex told her he was stuck with Maggie working at Titan but on his terms. Theresa told him it could be a good thing having Maggie back at Titan. Holly promised Nicole that she was going to be a better person. While Holly and Nicole were talking, Holly’s friend Sophia showed up. Holly and Sophia showed up at the pub while Tate was working. Theresa was upset that she couldn’t fix the magazine. Alex said it wasn’t her fault. She told him about the things she was willing to do to save the magazine. Eric told Sloan the numbers weren’t adding up. He said there was money that was not accounted for. Eric said he was starting to figure out what was going on.

Brady went to the DiMera mansion to pick up Rachel. Kristen told him Rachel went to school early. He said she could have called him. She said she got caught up with EJ, but suggested they have breakfast. Brady said he wasn’t interested in eating with her. He suggested picking Rachel up, but Kristen said she had a tutor. Brady was upset that Kristen didn’t tell him that Rachel had a tutor. When he said he was about to leave, she brought up telling Alex about the tutor. Kristen said Alex and Rachel were like two peas in a pod. Brady said he would talk to Rachel and find out if she and Alex were close. While Theresa was talking to Alex, she brought up Maggie being engaged to Konstantin. When Alex was shocked by the news, she asked him not to say anything. Sloan told Eric that he was off based. Eric said he counseled couples and thought she had a problem. He said they could get through it together and wanted her to tell him the truth. Sloan told him he wanted to stay at home with the baby. She said he was projecting his finances on her. He said that wasn’t what it was about. Sloan said she could pay for everything. Eric told her not to make herself out to be the martyr. She wanted to take Jude out for a walk before she said something as hurtful as he did. Kristen told Brady that Rachel would complement Alex. Brady said her plan wasn’t going to work. Kristen said everything wasn’t about him and told him to let himself out. Theresa told Alex that Maggie was probably holding on to her connection to Victor through Konstantin. Alex said he didn’t like the idea of Konstantin getting his hands on Victor’s money. He said he didn’t know what Maggie was thinking marrying a conman. When Eric got the mail, he found a past due notice for Sloan. He opened the envelope. While he was looking at the statement, he wondered what was going on when he saw charges for the Salem Inn.

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Kayla ripped into Paulina for escaping the hospital and putting people’s lives at risk. Paulina said she understood what she was saying, but she had to save her daughter. Chanel apologized to Johnny for why they were going through it. Johnny said it wasn’t her fault. She said if she didn’t get lost none of this would have happened. He told her finding her was important. Kate talked to Roman about Lucas being stuck in the monastery. She was upset that Harris hasn’t gotten him out of there yet. When she asked where Harris was, Roman told her he left. Ava asked Harris if he regretted helping her. Harris said he didn’t. She said she wouldn’t be at the Bistro if Clyde didn’t want her to look for his black book. Harris said they could use the book to put Clyde away. He wanted to hurry up and find the book. Abe told Kayla that he took responsibility for Paulina leaving the hospital. Kayla said it wasn’t his fault. He asked how Paulina was doing. Kayla said Paulina’s levels were higher than she liked, but if everything went well, she could go home tomorrow. She went to check on Chanel. Kayla told Chanel that she had high levels of radiation, but she didn’t think she had anything to worry about. Johnny asked if she was good to go. Kayla told Chanel to let her know if she experienced any symptoms. Kate ran into Harris, but he told her it wasn’t a good time. She wanted to know why he was avoiding her. Ava snuck into the Bistro. While she was looking in the Bistro, Stefan showed up and wanted to know what she was doing. Harris told Kate that she wasn’t avoiding her. He said he was going to find Clyde and get Lucas out of the monastery. Kate told him Lucas was the reason why the drug dealers got caught. She said Harris got Lucas involved in his mess and he was going to help him. Paulina tried to justify why she left the hospital. She said she had to save her daughter. Abe said Paulina risked everyone’s lives. He said it wasn’t safe for her to leave the hospital. Paulina said she knew what she did was wrong, but her daughter was missing. Abe said her actions were ill-advised. Paulina said it was risky thing to do, but they all made it out alive.

Ava and Stefan argued over them working together and him getting out of jail. He said he regretted the things they did including them making love. Stefan said he would do everything again to protect his family. Ava said she would do things over too. She said there was something he wanted to tell him. Ava said she was feeling nostalgic about the good times they had there. While they were talking, Stefan told her he needed the keys back. When Kate came back to the pub, she told Roman that she threatened Harris to make sure Lucas was free or else. Ava gave Stefan back his keys and told him to take care of himself before she left the Bistro. Ava went to Harris and told him Clyde’s book was nowhere to be found. When Harris wanted to go back in the Bistro, Ava told him Stefan was in there and things got heated. While they were talking, Stefan showed up. Harris wanted to talk to Stefan. Ava left them alone. Stefan told Harris he wasn’t armed, but Harris said he was. Kayla ran into Ava and ripped into her for the damage she caused her family and nearly getting her son killed. Ava said she tried to protect her son. Kayla and Ava argued over what Ava did to save her son. While they were arguing, Kayla ripped into Ava for using Steve. Harris confronted Stefan about using EJ to get him out of prison. He reminded Stefan that he tried to kill him. Stefan said he did what he had to do. Harris thought he would have been in prison unless he had something on EJ. He asked if Stefan had something on his brother. Stefan evaded the question and apologized for shooting him. Roman came outside while Kayla and Ava were arguing. When Ava said she would get her key and go to her room, Roman told her she couldn’t stay at the pub.

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Maggie asked Konstantin to marry her. He was speechless. She wanted to help him and wasn’t ready for him to leave Salem. He was grateful to her, but he couldn’t accept her proposal. Kristen wanted answers from Stefan and EJ about what’s happening. Stefan let her know that EJ was supposed to give him back his things. EJ corrected him and said he would get half. Kirsten needed to know what was going on. Stefan wanted her to ask EJ. Maggie was surprised Konstantin wouldn’t accept her proposal. He didn’t want to cause problems with her family. She wanted to make amends for what Victor did. Maggie thought marrying him was the right thing to do regardless of what her family thought about it. He agreed to marry her after all. EJ felt like he didn’t owe Kristen an explanation. He said that blood meant more than anything. Kristen reminded him that she was just as much a DiMera as he was. EJ informed Stefan that he had to resign from the company. Stefan didn’t like how he ruined his reputation while EJ came out smelling like a rose. Maggie wanted Konstantin to keep their engagement to himself. She walked out the room. Konstantin thought all the pieces were falling into place. Maggie hoped she was doing the right thing by marrying Konstantin. Theresa had a conversation with Alex and he let her know that the magazine was going to close. She was upset and decided to quit. Theresa went to see Maggie and talked to her about what happened with the magazine. Maggie tried to make her feel better. Theresa realized she only got the job because she flirted with Alex. Maggie believed that she had the talent to make the magazine work. Theresa felt like she was a pretender. Maggie built her up so she would feel better. She blamed Alex for what happened with the magazine. Maggie wanted to talk to Alex about it.

Konstantin ran into Theresa at the mansion. Kristen wondered if Stefan was going to let EJ steam roll over him and take the business. Stefan said he had to quit or be fired. He realized that she was pardoned felon. Stefan thought she could be CEO. Kristen liked the idea. They felt like they were going to make a great team. Stefan wanted to take EJ out of DiMera Enterprises. Konstantin threatened Theresa. He warned her to stick with the plan or she would regret it. Stefan figured Kristen wanted the CEO position. She admitted that she wanted it. Kristen wondered what he wanted in return. He wanted her to help him get Gabi out of prison. Maggie met with Alex. She wanted to congratulate him to give him another chance to make the right decision. She wanted him to bring her back to Titan. Maggie knew the company was struggling and she wanted to make it successful the way it was. She thought they could work together. Theresa hated that Konstantin was lying to Maggie. He said he was fond of Maggie. Under different circumstances, the money should have been his. Theresa told him to leave Salem because no one will want to have anything to do with him after what he did to Maggie. He refused to leave Salem until he did what he went there to do. Kristen thought trying to get Gabi out of prison would be insane. Stefan thought she was overqualified for the job. He wanted to know if she wanted the job. Stefan asked her if they had a deal. She said she would think about it. Kristen asked if Gabi killed Li. Stefan said she didn’t. She told him that he had to find the person who killed him.

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Eric was upset with Sloan about their finances. John called to find out information on Konstantin’s ex. Konstantin told his daughter’s picture that he was going to do what he promised her. When he looked in his book, he realized the card he had was gone. Marlena went to see Paulina, but she wasn’t in her bed. Julie told Johnny that help was on the way. Johnny wondered where Chanel could be. He told Julie he had to go back and look for his wife. Marlena called John and told him Paulina was missing. She said there was no sign of Paulina. Paulina showed up at the Horton cabin. She said she was there to look for her daughter. Julie said Johnny went out to find her. Paulina wanted them to help Johnny. Sloan tried to justify the missing money to Eric. Marlena met with John at the pub. John told her Chanel was missing. He let her know what happened. Marlena thought Johnny was looking for Chanel himself. John said Paulina was there. Konstantin yelled at the maid about his card being missing. When he yelled at her, Maggie defended her. He apologized for his outburst. After they talked, they straightened things out. She told him she had upsetting news.

John and Marlena talked about Paulina. Marlena was concerned about Paulina being a danger to everyone. John said Paulina wanted to find her daughter. Paulina found Chanel and brought her back to the cabin. Chanel asked if Paulina was supposed to be in the hospital. Paulina said she couldn’t do nothing when she found out her daughter was missing. Sloan called Leo and let him know that Eric was on his way to the paper. She wanted Leo to hire Eric. Leo said they had a photographer. Sloan said Eric needed the job. She warned him she would cut him off if Eric didn’t get the job. When Leo said he was the one blackmailing her, Eric walked in. Eric asked Leo who he was blackmailing. Leo dodged the question by telling him he would put in a good word for him so he could get a job. John talked to Marlena about looking for Konstantin’s ex. He thought she might have something to do with his daughter. Marlena suggested that he not do anything in case he didn’t like what he found. Maggie told Konstantin that his visa wasn’t going to be extended. They said they would miss each other. She said she was hopeful that they could find a way for him to stay. He said he was going to pack his bags. Johnny was happy to see Chanel. Chanel told him Paulina saved her. When Julie came back to the cabin, she told Paulina that she might have caused more harm than good finding Chanel. Maggie asked Konstantin to marry her.

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Sarah asked Paulina how she was doing. She checked Paulina out. Julie let Johnny know that Chanel was missing. When Johnny tried to call her phone, Julie found it in the cabin. Ava talked to Harris about helping Clyde get his black book. They talked about bringing Clyde to justice. Nicole ripped into EJ for his apology to Tate. She asked if he was sorry that he locked up Tate or was he embarrassed. EJ said he had to deal with Stefan’s case. He said he didn’t know if the court was going to accept or reject the deal. When EJ was about to leave, Chad and Xander showed up. Chad told him he was going to eat crow. Ava told Harris that she threatened to kill Clyde because he tried to kill the two most important people in her life. She wondered what would happen if she didn’t find the book. Harris told her they had to have a plan. Sarah reassured Paulina that she would be back with her family soon. Paulina and Sarah talked about Johnny and Chanel being at the Horton cabin. When Sarah brought yup the snowstorm, Paulina was concerned. Johnny told Julie he was going to find Chanel. Chad and Xander ripped into EJ for starting his press conference early to avoid the press. Xander and Chad questioned EJ about the press conference. When Nicole walked away, Chad asked her why EJ started the press conference early. Nicole told him she wasn’t interested in talking to him about it. Chad asked her about Holly. Nicole said she was okay. He asked how she was holding up. She said she is holding up, but she didn’t know what to do. Xander asked EJ what was going on with the investigation of who shot Harris. When Harris and Ava showed up, Xander asked him if there were in leads on who shot him. Harris told him to ask EJ. EJ told him all leads were going to be investigated.

Paulina called Chanel’s phone. Johnny answered it because he thought she would keep calling. He told her she was okay. When he got off the phone, he went to find Chanel. Paulina called Chanel’s phone. Julie answered the phone and lied to her about where Chanel was. Ava and Harris talked about Stefan protecting her. Chad asked EJ about what’s going on with Stefan. EJ told him about the hearing that hasn’t been decided. He said he was confident that Stefan would serve justly for his role in the drugs. While EJ was talking, Stefan showed up and interrupted the interview. Harris and Ava were shocked to see him. When Paulina called again, Julie ended up telling her Chanel was missing. Paulina wanted to know what was going on. Julie told her what was going on. Stefan asked if EJ was surprised to see him. EJ wanted to know how he was out. Stefan said the judge said his time was served. EJ walked off. Xander and Chad wanted to know why he left before the interview was over. Chad asked Stefan how he got out of prison. Nicole wanted Stefan to start talking. Harris confronted EJ about letting Stefan get out of prison. EJ told him that he was the one who lied about who shot him to protect Ava. Nicole confronted him about the drugs he pushed which caused Holly to overdose. Stefan said he did it because of Clyde. While they were talking, Nicole walked away from him. Chad apologized for what his family did. Johnny got on the phone with Paulina and told her he didn’t find Chanel. He said Julie was calling for help. Paulina wanted to know how long Chanel was missing. He said she was missing for 30 minutes. Johnny said he would find her. When Paulina got off the phone, she said she wasn’t going to sit and do nothing. Nicole told Chad he wasn’t his family. She said he wasn’t responsible for what Stefan did. Stefan reminded EJ not to renege on their deal. He reminded EJ what the deal was. EJ said the board wouldn’t want him back at DiMera. Stefan agreed to EJ being CEO while he got everything else. EJ said that wasn’t going to happen. Stefan threatened to tell Nicole that he came to him for help and didn’t do anything about it if he didn’t honor their deal. He said Nicole wouldn’t like the idea of EJ not doing what he could to prevent Holly from taking drugs. Paulina left the hospital to find Chanel.

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Holly let Nicole and EJ know that she had her apology letters for Tate and his parents. She wondered how she would give the letter to them. Brady, Tate and Theresa talked about the press conference. Sloan discussed Stefan’s case with him. Brady and Theresa warned Tate to stay away from Holly while they’re at school. Tate didn’t like what they had to say. They informed him they were trying to protect him. Theresa told him they wanted to save him from Holly. Nicole was proud of Holly for writing the letters. She wondered if EJ was ready for the press conference. He felt like it was every prosecutor’s dream to admit he made a mistake. Holly lashed out because she had to deal with another stepfather who happened to be a DiMera. EJ received a call so he told Nicole he would meet her and Holly at the press conference. He knew he could get Stefan out of the company. Sloan informed Stefan about her retainer fee. He couldn’t get access to his money at the moment. She wasn’t confident about their arrangement. Stefan promised to pay her well. He knew she needed him because her practice diminished. She assured him that her practice was flourishing. Sloan wanted him to double her retainer fee. He agreed, but she questioned him about EJ. Stefan knew EJ would double cross him. Tate told Brady and Theresa that he wanted to work at the pub. They were against it, but he tried to convince them to let him do it. EJ went to see Stefan. Stefan wanted someone to help him who wouldn’t send him to prison. EJ wanted him to accept his offer, but Stefan didn’t want to do it. Stefan wanted to get out of jail, but EJ didn’t think he was getting out of jail. Stefan planned to make him pay if he didn’t get out of jail. Nicole and Holly saw Brady, Theresa and Tate so she wanted to leave. Holly reminded her that they were going to run into them. Holly wanted to give them the letters she wrote. EJ presented a plea to the judge. She wasn’t happy about the plea and felt it reeked of nepotism. The judge was appalled by it.

Brady and Theresa read Holly’s letters. Theresa didn’t want Holly around their son. Nicole understood Theresa’s wishes. The judge wasn’t satisfied with the plea EJ gave her. Sloan wanted to approach the judge. She wasn’t impressed with Sloan’s comments. The judge didn’t want Stefan getting off because EJ didn’t want to prosecute him. Sloan continued to plead Stefan’s case. The judge decided to take everything under advisement. Stefan knew EJ deliberately gave the judge a weak plea so she would deny it. EJ didn’t admit to it. Stefan warned him that he didn’t destroy the tape he had. EJ said he could tell who really shot Harris. He reminded Stefan that he signed everything over to him. Theresa was upset that people were making rude comments about Tate. She wanted to talk to the principal about it. Brady assured her it would stop after the press conference. Holly told them everything would be over after the press conference. Later, EJ began his speech at the press conference. Brady demanded to know what EJ meant by his comments. Julie, Johnny and Chanel were at the Horton cabin. They played games with each other and tried to make the best of the situation. Johnny and Chanel let to get air. Julie noticed they were gone for a while. Brady and Theresa were upset that EJ made his comments in front of one person. Nicole spoke for EJ and tried to explain his actions. Theresa didn’t care. Nicole apologized to Brady and Theresa. Theresa didn’t care and wanted to leave. Julie was determined to look for Johnny and Chanel. Johnny came back, but Chanel wasn’t with him. He thought she was with him. Johnny didn’t see her.

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