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Everett told Chad that Stefan was in jail. Chad and Leo wondered why Stefan was in jail. Everett said Stefan confessed to running drugs for Clyde. Stephanie ran into Eric and Sloan and talked about Everett. Jada brought her divorce documents to the police station to prove to Rafe that she divorced Bobby. Rafe apologized for finding out that she was married to Bobby. Jada told him not to be sorry because she was going to prove that she and Bobby were divorced. She checked through her box and found the divorce papers. Rafe was relieved to know he wasn’t sleeping with a married woman. Stephanie told Sloan and Eric that Everett didn’t have any memory of being Bobby. Sloan asked if Eric if Jada ever talked about her marriage. Eric said she didn’t say much about him. Stephane said Jada thought she was the other woman. Sloan sympathized with Jada but didn’t think people should judge Everett until they knew what he was going through. When Sloan left, Stephanie talked to Eric about Jada being upset with her. Sloan met with Rafe and Jada at the police station. She let Jada know she ran into Stephanie at the pub. Jada showed Sloan her divorce papers and said she and Bobby weren’t married. Sloan said she spoke to Rafe’s friend Vincent and found out that Bobby never signed the divorce papers. She said they were still married. Chad talked to Everett about the last time he saw Stefan. He said it was a cry for help. Everett said he finished the story and asked if he wanted him to publish it. Chad told him to publish it. Everett said the last time he wanted to write the story he wanted him to bury it. He wanted to make sure Chad wasn’t going to bury it again. EJ talked to Nicole about the board finding out about Stefan’s arrest. He said the board was going to get rid of Stefan if he didn’t leave on his own. Nicole asked if Stefan was responsible for the drugs that put Holly in a coma. EJ said he could be. He said he was doing what Clyde wanted in order to save her life. While they were talking, Brady showed up. Brady said he wanted a public apology for Tate. He said he wanted EJ to admit to being wrong for accusing Tate of doing something he didn’t do. Brady said he wanted it and that was what EJ was going to do.

Jada wanted to know why her divorce decree wasn’t valid. Sloan said Bobby never signed it. Jada said no one would know about it if it weren’t for Rafe’s friend. Rafe said he was trying to help. Sloan said the problem was fixable. She said Vincent gave her the divorce papers for her to sign. Jada wanted to take care of it right away. While Chad and Everett were talking, Stephanie showed up and told them she was going to continue representing the paper. She said she wanted Chad to be the person she contacted. Jada called Everett and asked him to come to meet with her. He agreed to meet her. EJ told Brady that he didn’t have a problem making a public apology for Tate. Brady said he didn’t think he would after what he said about Tate and Holly’s deceit. Holly showed up and said she was going for a walk. When Holly went outside, Tate was there. She told him his father was there. Tate gave her a burner phone. Holly asked how he was doing. He said he was glad to be out of the halfway house. She apologized for what she did. They talked about their parents not keeping them apart at school. Nicole told Brady that she told Holly to apologize to Tate and Theresa. Brady told her to tell her husband that as well. EJ said he went by the evidence for why he went after Tate. Brady said EJ did it because of his hatred of him. Nicole pulled EJ aside and told him everything happened because Holly took drugs. She said they should do the right thing. EJ agreed with her. He apologized to Brady and was going to issue a letter of apology as soon as possible. Everett met with Jada and Rafe at the pub. Sloan mention the divorce papers, but Everett didn’t know what she was talking about. Jada said she asked him for a divorce. Everett asked why he would remember a divorcing her when he didn’t remember marrying her. Jada told him they were still married. Brady, EJ, and Nicole caught Tate and Holly together. Chad told Stephanie that he was an idiot for trusting Stefan. While Chad was talking, he noticed that Stephanie was distracted. She said she was confused about Everett and didn’t know if he meant to hurt her or Jada. Sloan showed Everett the divorce papers. Everett signed the papers. Sloan asked him about his signature. Brady told Tate that he warned him to stay away from Holly. Holly said she wanted to see him. Brady said Tate shouldn’t be around her because she accused him of drugging her. Nicole agreed that they should stay away from each other. Tate said he forgave Holly. Brady said they had to stay away from each other. Chad told Stephanie to let Everett lean on someone else. She said Everett didn’t have anyone else in Salem. Chad said Everett could lean on him. Stephanie thought that was nice, but Everett wouldn’t open up to him. Sloan told Everett that he signed the wrong name. She told him to sign Bobby. Everett said he wouldn’t sign the name Bobby because he wasn’t that man. He told her to find another way to get the divorce.

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Kate went to see Lucas at the Monastery. She wasn’t sure if they had enough evidence to get him out of there. Lucas wondered if he had to stay there to finish out his time. Tate wasn’t happy that Theresa didn’t want him talking to Holly. He insisted that he wanted to get out. Tate hadn’t seen his friends in a long time. Brady wanted to make sure he wasn’t going to see Holly. Tate assured him that he wasn’t going to see her. Brady agreed to let him go. Nicole talked to Holly about the drugs. Holly thought she would be grounded. Nicole wanted to make sure her punishment fit the crime. She recapped everything Holly did. Nicole knew she was trying to protect her. Holly said she did try to protect her. Nicole felt like she was protecting herself. Kate didn’t want to give up on freeing Lucas. She reminded him that he helped with Clyde. Kate planned on going to the governor to free Lucas. Nicole wanted Holly to apologize to Tate and his parents for what she did. Holly said she couldn’t talk to Tate because they don’t want her too. Nicole didn’t blame them because she made him lose time. Holly wondered if Nicole forgave her for what she did. Brady and Theresa were grateful Tate was home. He felt like the nightmare was over. Theresa didn’t think Tate would be happy to see her things in his room. She wanted him to sleep in his own bed. Brady offered his bed to her. He said he would stay on the couch and she could stay in his room. Things got awkward when he assumed that she wanted to share his bed with her. Theresa said it was time for her to move out of the house. Holly told Nicole that drugs were everywhere. Nicole wanted to know if she was using before she overdosed. Holly admitted that she drank during the holidays. Nicole couldn’t believe she missed it. She wanted to trust Holly, but she showed her that she couldn’t do it.

Kate didn’t want Lucas to do anything to make Clyde come after him. She warned him that Clyde is all about revenge. He wondered if he wasn’t going to be safe until Clyde was dead. Brady let Theresa know that she could stay with him, but she felt she needed to go. She was happy that they worked on the same side for once. Holly didn’t understand why her mother didn’t trust her when she told the truth. Nicole told her that she didn’t learn anything. She said she had to earn her trust back. Nicole wanted her to go to therapy. Holly thought she wanted to send her to rehab and rejected the idea. Nicole chastised her for telling her that she didn’t want to go to rehab. Holly tried to throw her past up in her face, but Nicole put her in her place. Nicole continued to yell at her about her behavior. She grounded Holly indefinitely. Holly had to give her the phone and her car keys. She refused to give up her phone and keys. Holly wanted her to let her live. She reminded her that she used her phone to become self-sufficient. Holly called her out for being with different men. Nicole was about to slap her, but she stopped herself. She demanded the phone. Holly gave her the phone, but refused to give her the password to it.

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Stephanie ran into Everett at the Brady Pub. He told her about his first hypnosis session. She asked how it went. Everett said he saw something that scared him. Stephanie asked what he saw. He said he saw himself. Jada talked to Rafe about meeting at the Brady Pub. Xander showed Sarah the surveillance footage of the person shooting Harris. He told her about the pants the person was wearing. Xander said his pants were different from the shooter’s. He said he had proof that he didn’t know who shot him. Tripp comforted Wendy because she was dealing with PTSD from the kidnapping. Wendy told him what she was going through since the kidnapping. She said she noticed he was going through it. Tripp suggested that they think about happy thoughts. He said they would do something frivolous. Everett told Stephanie about his vision. He said he saw himself smiling and it frightened him. Stephanie asked what Marlena thought about it. He said he didn’t tell her. Xander gave Sarah his pants and told her the stripes on the shooter’s pants weren’t the same. Sarah told him they should go to the police. They went to the police station.

Stephanie asked Everett why he didn’t talk about his vision. Everett said he didn’t know why he didn’t talk to her. When Jada walked in the pub, she saw Stephanie with Everett. Wendy asked if low oxygen was the reason why they got married. Tripp said it wasn’t the carbon dioxide. He said they were saying things they were afraid of saying otherwise. Tripp said he didn’t regret anything he said that night. He asked if she did. Wendy said she didn’t. Rafe looked at Xander’s pants. Xander told Rafe that Harris’ shooter was wearing expensive pants. Sarah said the shooter had money. Xander asked if he could keep the money the shooter gave him. Sarah said the pants proved his innocence. Stephanie told Jada about her attitude towards them. Jada said they were being cozy with each other. Stephanie told her that Everett was in therapy with Marlena. Everett told Jada about a vision he had under hypnosis. He said he saw himself smiling. Jada said that sounded like his old self. Stephanie suggested that they leave, but Everett understood Jada’s hostility towards her. He told Jada that everything he said to her was true as far as he knew. Jada didn’t believe him. He said not remembering her agonized her. Stephanie asked her to have compassion for him, but Jada wasn’t interested. She said she was glad not to deal with him anymore. Rafe said he noticed the difference with the pants. He said it could be good news for Xander. Stephanie apologized to Everett for Jada’s attitude. Everett said he understood Jada’s attitude towards him. She wondered if Marlena could talk Jada into empathizing with him.

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Everett went to see Marlena but thought it was a mistake coming. Chad went to visit Abby’s grave. He talked to her about the kids. While he was talking to her, he told her they were at the Kiriakis. He said the Horton house was going to be done soon. Chad said he missed her. He apologized for Clyde escaping and blamed himself for it. While Stephanie and Julie were at the Horton house, they talked about Everett. Stephanie changed the subject to talk about the time capsule. Julie said her grandfather wanted the family to solve the puzzle together. She said she was going to devote her time to fixing the Horton house. Chad told Abby that it was his fault. He said Clyde wouldn’t have retaliated if he didn’t put the interview in the paper. He said he put the whole thing in motion. Chad said he wanted to make Clyde pay for what he did to her. He said Clyde sent someone to torch her grandparents’ house where she spent her happiest days. Chad said he let her and her family down. He said Clyde escaped, but he was going to make it right. Marlena talked to Everett about his memories. Everett said part of him wanted to know what happened while the other was afraid to find out what happened. She said he would be safe with her because they would stop if he didn’t want to go on. Everett agreed to hypnosis. Stephanie told Julie that she was thinking about dropping the Spectator as a client. Julie asked why. Stephanie said she had to find out if he used her while he was married to Jada. She told Julie that Jada was upset with her and accused her of ignoring the signs that Everett was married. Julie said Stephanie didn’t know. Stephanie wondered if Jada was right about her ignoring the signs.

Marlena put Everett under hypnosis. She asked him to tell her about his mother. Everett talked to her about his mother. Marlena asked him questions about his mother. She wanted to know if he wanted to ask his mother questions. Everett was uncomfortable with the question. Marlena told him to ask his mother a question. He asked why she did it. Julie told Stephanie not to blame herself for Everett’s lies. She said Stephanie was devastated when she found out. Stephanie said she was devastated because she thought he was the one. She said she thought they would have had a happily ever after until this happened. Stephanie thought she was being insensitive about Everett’s problem. Julie told her to forget about Everett. She said the family would get her through it. Chad showed up while Julie and Stephanie were talking. He said he was there to check the kids’ room. Julie told him he could her and Stephanie look through the fabric swatches. Everett asked his mother why she did it. Marlena told him he was safe. Everett said he wasn’t safe. He had a vision of himself smiling. When Julie left the room, Chad asked Stephanie about Everett. Stephanie told him that she was thinking about not working with the Spectator. Chad told her not to leave. He was willing to fire him so she could stay. Stephanie changed the subject by asking him about the house. Chad blamed himself for what happened. Stephanie said it wasn’t his fault, but he didn’t agree with her. He wondered what Clyde was going to do next. Marlena asked Everett what he was seeing. Everett said he didn’t see anything. She asked if he could find his way out, but he said he couldn’t. When he became agitated, she took him out of hypnosis. Marlena asked Everett to tell her what he remembered. Everett said he didn’t remember. Marlena told him that he said he saw darkness. Everett wasn’t sure what he saw.

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Brady let everyone at the mansion know that he was about to see Tate. He was about to leave when Holly stopped him. She apologized to Nicole for the drugs. Holly admitted the drugs were hers. EJ wanted to know why Holly confessed now. Brady yelled at Holly for lying about the drugs. He told her that Tate was in trouble and she didn’t say anything. Holly let it slip that Eric knew the truth. Nicole wanted to know why she told Eric the truth and not her. Holly knew Eric wouldn’t judge her and thought Nicole would blame herself. EJ wanted Nicole to tell them everything. EJ wondered if Tate was her dealer. Brady yelled at EJ, but Eric wanted him to calm down. Holly reminded Nicole about what happened when she recovered. She knew Nicole would blame herself because she was grieving over the baby. Holly thought it would be too much for her. Nicole comforted her. Tate told Theresa that Holly wasn’t a bad person, but she didn’t believe that. Theresa reminded him that he broke into the DiMera mansion and the DA was after him. He wanted her to keep her voice down. Theresa didn’t care who heard her talking. She told him that Holly wasn’t a good person. Theresa said Holly was bad news and she despised her. Nicole wished Holly confided in her. EJ wondered if she went to Eric because he was a priest. Eric told them how close he and Holly were. Brady yelled at Holly because Tate was at a halfway house because of her. EJ thought she was lying again. Holly said she had proof in her room. She wondered if Nicole was ashamed of her. Nicole told her that she wasn’t ashamed. She wished she went to her about what happened. Holly thought she wasn’t strong enough to handle it. She showed her the drugs that she had in her room. Nicole wanted to show everyone the drugs. Holly showed everyone the drugs. She said that Tate tried to stop her. Brady couldn’t believe she let Tate take the fall for everything.

Paulina and Abe went to the hospital to see if she’s cancer free. Sarah arrived to give Paulina her test results. Tate wanted Theresa to stop yelling. He didn’t need her getting mad at him on top of everything else. She realized that she shouldn’t lash out at him. Theresa thought Holly should have come forward if she cared about him. Tate believed Holly thought she did the right thing. Sarah told Paulina that she was cancer free. Paulina, Abe and Sarah were excited about the news. Sarah explained everything Paulina would have to do in the future. Brady called Holly out for ruining his son’s life. He demanded that EJ get Tate out of the halfway house immediately. EJ let him know that it wouldn’t be right away. Brady threatened him with a civil lawsuit if he didn’t fix the situation. He stormed out of the mansion. Holly blamed herself for what happened. Eric comforted Nicole after Holly stormed off. Nicole wanted to know how long he knew the truth. He told her that Holly told him that day. Brady arrived at the halfway house and told Tate that he could pack his bags. Tate and Theresa were excited. Brady told them that Justin was going to get the charges against Tate dropped. He let them know that Holly confessed to everything. Brady said that everyone would know that he told the truth all along. Nicole asked EJ if he had the charges against Tate dropped. He said it was a done deal. They talked about how Holly felt about everything. EJ realized that Holly cared about Tate very much. He knew Nicole wondered where Holly got the drugs. She wasn’t sure, but she knew they had to question her about the drugs. Tate was relieved that Holly came through for him. He wanted to call Holly. Theresa didn’t want him to go overboard thanking Holly. He admitted that he told her that she didn’t have to tell the truth about the drugs. Brady couldn’t believe he was going to continue to take the fall for Holly.

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Leo interrupted Jude’s christening. Sloan and Melinda thought he was going to expose the secret. Leo talked about losing the love of his life. He said Nicole and EJ lost their baby. While he was talking, he said he was honored to be the baby’s godfather. He said the baby meant a lot to him because he was an amazing kid. John had to leave the christening because he couldn’t be in the house of the Lord. Marlena went after him. She told him to forgive himself since Konstantin were able to forgive him. Melinda confronted Leo about interrupting the christening. When Sloan took Jude to the car, Eric went to talk to Holly. Theresa went to see Tate. Tate asked about the christening. Theresa told him what happened. She said Brady didn’t think he would be a good godfather. Tate thought he was the reason why. Theresa said Brady was proud of him. When Nicole and EJ went back to the DiMera mansion, he comforted her about losing the baby. He said he understood how hard the christening would be for her. She said it was hard for her. While they were talking, she brought up Holly and how sad she was. Holly told Eric that the drugs she took were hers. Sloan and Melinda confronted Leo about exposing her secret. She said she was glad he didn’t say anything. Leo said he was moved to do the right thing. Melinda said EJ threatened to arrest him. Sloan said all three of them would go to prison. Leo said different things happened for why he kept his mouth shut. He said he would never be tempted again to expose the secret.

Steve showed up at the DiMera mansion. He talked to Marlena and John. Roman showed up to talk to them. While they were talking, John walked away. Roman asked if John was okay. Marlena said he wasn’t. When John walked away, EJ approached him. Marlena showed up and said why Sami and Belle weren’t at the christening. John warned him to stay away from his family. Tate talked to Theresa about her getting back together with Alex. Brady showed up at the DiMera mansion. They talked about the christening. She said it was selfish of her to host the christening. Holly told Eric that she kept the secret because of her mother. She said Nicole would blame herself for what happened. Eric said Nicole was stronger than Holly thought. He said Nicole was resilient. Eric said Tate was suffering because of the situation. Sloan showed up and told Eric they shouldn’t be late. Eric left to go to the mansion. When Leo showed up, Roman asked why he interrupted the christening. Leo dodged the question. Marlena asked Nicole how she was doing. Nicole talked to her about Holly. Holly showed up at the mansion. Steve talked to John about working with Victor. He said he didn’t have a choice when Dr. Rolf put the chip in his brain. Steve said he could have killed John. John said something inside of him stopped him. When Jude started crying, Nicole offered to stop him. Jude stopped crying. Eric told Sloan that he needed to talk to Holly. Sloan said the baby was crying. Leo offered to take Sloan and Melinda home. John went back to the church to talk to God. He asked God to help him get through what he did. Marlena showed up and said she and God would help him. She said they were in this together. Brady and EJ almost got in an argument over Holly. When Brady was about to leave, Holly stopped him. Holly told everyone that the drugs were hers.

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Eric talked to Sloan about Nicole hosting their Christening. She had trouble forgiving Nicole after what she did. Theresa and Brady talked about Tate staying away from Holly. She talked to Tate about focusing on his work and not on Holly. John told Marlena that he had to live with taking a woman’s life. He felt he had to live with it for the rest of his life. Marlena reminded him that he didn’t remember the time. She said there’s no evidence he had anything to do with her death. John told her that Steve was there. She explained that Steve and Stefano were there too. Marlena didn’t trust Steve’s memory. She said that what he’s going through hurts her. He never wanted to hurt her. Marlena said he was a good man. Melinda told Leo that he wasn’t going to the Christening. Leo insisted that he was going because they were responsible for why Eric and Sloan had Jude. Melinda threatened him to keep his mouth shut or he would go to prison. Sloan apologized to Eric about her attitude about Nicole hosting the Christening. She said it was kind of EJ and Nicole to host it. Sloan realized that it would be good for them. Holly let Nicole and EJ know that she wasn’t going to the Christening. They wanted to know what was wrong with her. She insisted that she was okay. Holly wanted them to go, but they refused if she didn’t go.

Leo didn’t like how Melinda brought up his arrangement with Sloan. Melinda comforted herself with knowing that Jude was being taken care of. Leo thought Eric was a good parent, but Sloan didn’t have a maternal nature. Holly didn’t want Nicole and EJ to miss the Christening. Nicole wondered if she was uncomfortable because Brady and Theresa would be there. She talked Holly into going to it. Marlena wanted John to put his guilt away for one day to focus on Jude. She wanted him to do it for her. John agreed to do it for her. Melinda arrived at Sloan’s place and asked her about Leo being invited to the wedding. She reminded Sloan that it would be wrong for Nicole and Leo to be together. John and Marlena arrived at the church. He felt like it calmed him down. They spotted Leo at the church. Leo approached them to see how they were doing. Other guests arrived at the church. Things got awkward for Brady and Theresa when Nicole and EJ arrived at the church. Roman tried to ease the tension by complimenting Nicole’s dress. Marlena noticed that John was troubled. He was having a hard time. Holly arrived at the church. She asked Theresa how Tate was doing. Theresa snapped at her. Brady stopped her from getting smart with her. The priest started the Christening. Leo thought about Nicole giving birth to Jude while the priest was christening him. Leo interrupted the ceremony because he had something important to say.

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