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Sarah told Xander that they had to break up in order for her to get Philip to trust him. Allie went to see Lucas. They talked about the case. She told him how she still had a chance to have Tripp prosecuted. She told him that she had Trask send the info to Europe. She decided to press charges against Tripp. She didn’t want Sami to find out about the rape. She thought Sami would blame her. Lucas confided in her that Sami was raped when she was younger. Tripp told Steve that he talked to the cop in Europe. Steve was surprised Allie pursued the case. Philip caught Charlie using his laptop. He threatened to fire him if he didn’t say why he was really using his computer. He told him how Xander made him spy on him. Ava went to see Kristen at the prison. Kristen told her that Xander was there too and he was asking about her. Philip told Charlie that Xander needed to accept that there was nothing to get on him. He told him how Xander’s been doing things to undermine him. He wanted Charlie to help him instead of Xander. Kayla went home and Steve told her how Tripp was talking to the London police. She thought that Allie did the right thing. Lucas continued to tell Allie what happened when Sami got raped. Kristen continued to talk to Ava about Xander asking for her. Xander wasn’t thrilled about Philip cozying up to Sarah, but he agreed to it. She wanted to make it look believable.

Philip walked in while Xander and Sarah pretended to argue. Ava was surprised that Xander knew that Angela existed. Kristen told her that he only knew about Angela and didn’t realize she was the same person. Kayla and Steve argued over Tripp and Allie. She wanted him to help Tripp own up to what he did. Lucas told Allie what happened when Allan bragged about getting away with raping Sami. He told her how Sami got a gun and made sure Allan wouldn’t rape anyone else. The London police called Allie. She wanted to know if they were going to arrest Tripp. Ava didn’t understand why Xander would be after her when he thought she was dead. Kristen told her that he thought Angela was involved with Titan. Kristen wanted to know why she was working with Philip. Sarah and Xander continued to pretend to argue in front of Philip. Allie found out that the police didn’t think she had a case. Lucas was upset and didn’t understand when Henry was proof she was raped. She told him that he only proved that they had sex. She didn’t think it was fair that Tripp got to live his life after what he did. Ava told Kristen how Philip was laundering money through Titan. Lucas had Henry with him and ran into Steve. He wanted to know if he wanted to meet their grandson. Ava saw an article about Tripp and told Kristen he was her son. Allie went to Kayla and Steve’s place and pulled a gun out on Tripp.

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Sarah tried to spy on Philip by using Christmas decorations. While they were working on the decorations, she tried to pump him about his meeting at the town square. Xander went to see Kristen to find out about Angela Van Decamp. She said she knew who she was so he wanted to know about her. Bonnie talked to Jennifer about Justin blowing her off. Bonnie realized that Jennifer didn’t care because she had a happy marriage. She told Bonnie it wasn’t true. Jack told Justin about what happened with Kate. He didn’t think he would be able to get her back after what happened. Sarah continued to pump Philip about what he did while he was gone from Salem. Kristen told Xander that she had nothing to do with what was going on with Angela. Kristen told him that she wouldn’t lift a finger to help him and hoped someone was going after the company.

Sarah asked Philip about the women he dated while he was gone. They ended up talking about him being with Belle. Xander tried to convince Kristen to help him because Philip was trying to destroy Titan. She didn’t care until he told her Titan was Brady’s legacy too. She told him how Brady was finished with the company. Xander told her it was Brady’s kids’ legacy too. Philip wanted Sarah to help him get over Belle by getting him in the Christmas spirit. He wanted to throw a Christmas event and donate the proceeds to the hospital. He thought Xander would be upset that she was working with him. Kristen refused to help Xander save Titan. She just told him that it wouldn’t be a good idea to cross Angela or he would end up killed. Xander went home and told Sarah what happened. Sarah wanted to know if Kristen knew if she was involved. She said something fell in her lap and it would only work if Philip weren’t suspicious of her. Kristen called Ava and told her to come to the prison. Jack wished Adrienne were around because she knew what to say to make him feel better. Justin insisted that he should fight for Jennifer. He decided to meet with Jennifer at Julie’s Place. Bonnie thought she and Jennifer should move on and find real men. Bonnie saw two men and wanted to invite them to their table. Jack and Justin showed up at Julie’s Place and saw Bonnie and Jennifer. They wanted to sit with them, but the guys showed up.

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Rafe talked to Roman about why he really left town. They also talked about Ciara and why Hope left town. Gabi got a shock when she found Jake with Kate. She couldn’t believe he was with her. He wanted to know why she cared about who he was with and why she was in town. Claire blamed herself for what happened to John. Marlena tried to make her feel better about what happened. Marlena blamed Jan for why he was in jail. Belle talked to John about what happened with Jan. She tried to assure him how Jan and Sami were responsible for his behavior. Abe and Shawn discussed the commissioner position. Abe wanted him to be the commissioner. They also talked about Hope. Shawn was afraid Hope would never find Ciara. Rafe felt bad for not being there for Hope. He hoped she would find peace soon. Gabi got upset at the idea of Kate being with Jake. Kate was about to leave when Jake stopped her. Jake called Gabi out for the way she treated him before she left. She told him that it was a lie. Belle told John that he wouldn’t be at the station if it weren’t for Sami. Marlena walked in while she talked about Sami. She seemed to understand why Belle thought the way she did, but John didn’t see it that he. He understood why she did what she did. Gabi talked to Jake and Kate about what happened when she left town. She didn’t think he would have been in bed with Kate.

Shawn didn’t want to take the commissioner position because he and Belle were going back to Hong Kong soon. Belle showed up to ask if Abe could pull some strings to get John out of jail. He couldn’t do it because the courts were closed. He would make sure his case was the first one. Rafe blamed himself for not being there for Hope during the worst time in her life. Roman tried to make him feel better about leaving. Rafe wanted to find Hope and let her know that he loved her. Jake tried to make Gabi feel better about being with Kate, but she didn’t want to hear it. She wanted him to move to Arizona with her. She thanked both of them for being together so they didn’t have to do it. Kate asked Gabi not to tell Chad about her sleeping with Jake. She said she wouldn’t stop her by telling him. Shawn wanted to marry Belle after the charges were dropped against John. Jake told Kate how much she meant to him. She was moved by what he said and was glad they weren’t just using each other.

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Julie apologized to Jennifer for inviting Jack over for Thanksgiving. Julie said she talked to him and he said he loved Jennifer. Julie asked if she could forgive him. Jennifer said she was thinking about it and understood why he was with Kate. She said she couldn’t forgive him for lying about it. Julie said he lied to protect her. Jennifer said it didn’t justify what he did. Abby apologized to Jack for bringing the letter to the party. She said she apologized to Jennifer. Abby said she was mad at him and wanted him to hurt the way they did. She apologized again and wanted him to forgive her. He said he knew he messed up with Kate, but he made a bigger mistake yelling at Abby. He said he forgave her and hope she forgave him for what he said to her. She wondered if Jennifer would be able to get over it. He didn’t think she would. Kate talked to Jake about Allie. Kate said she was sad for Allie. He said she was fierce and her love would help Allie. They ended up making love.

Roman ran into Rafe. Rafe told him he was back for Hope. Roman said Hope wasn’t in town. He told him what happened to Ciara. He said Hope thought she was still alive. He asked Rafe about his mother. Rafe said it was a lie. He told Roman his father’s mistake put their family in danger. He said they dealt with the problem once the family was safe. He said his parents were in Mexico and he and Gabi were in Salem. Gabi went to the DiMera mansion. Chad said he thought she was in Mexico. He told her to go back there. She said she was home. He told her she wasn’t after what she did to Abby. Gwen came in when Gabi said she didn’t drug Abby. Gabi said the person was still out there. Gabi wanted to know why Gwen was there. He said Gwen was the nanny. Gabi asked about Jake. Gwen told Gabi not to be surprised if Jake moved on after the way she dumped him and said she used him to get DiMera back. Gabi said everything was a lie. She wanted to know where he was so she could tell him the truth. Gwen thought about catching Jake and Kate together. She told her to try the garage. After her conversation with Gwen, Gabi went to the garage. Abby came in when Gabi left. Chad told her Gabi was back. Gabi found Jake and Kate in bed together.

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Chad had a dream about Abby having sex with Jake. Gwen went to see Chad. She pretended to look for Abby. He confided in her about picturing Abby’s head in Jake’s lap. He wasn’t sure what Abby was thinking of at the time. Gwen assured him that Abby wouldn’t cheat on her. He didn’t like how Abby slipped out. Jake and Kate got dressed when Chad showed up at the garage. He wanted to know if Abby was there. Kate hid before Chad saw her. Chad noticed the cot in the garage. He asked him if he was sleeping there. He said he was working on Stefano’s old car. They ended up arguing over the company until Chad left. Kate came out of hiding and asked if he really wanted to move up the corporate ladder. He confirmed he was serious. He let her know that Gwen knew about them. She was upset about it, but he assured her that Gwen was focused on other things.

Abby went to JJ’s room to see Jennifer. They hugged each other. She apologized to her mother about what she did. Jennifer didn’t think it was fault. Abby wondered if she would be able to work things out with Jack. Jennifer didn’t want to think about that. She wanted to think about what she’s grateful for instead of Jack. Abby went home and talked to Chad about where she was. She wanted to invite Jake for Thanksgiving dinner, but he was completely against it. Jack went to Julie’s place with flowers. She didn’t want to see him. He tried to talk to her, but she gave him a piece of her mind. He wanted to apologize for what he did to Jennifer. Julie finally forgave him. He wondered if Jennifer would do the same. She thought Jennifer would eventually forgive him. He was about to leave when Jennifer showed up. Julie asked her if Jack could stay for dinner, but she didn’t want him to stay.

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Jan wanted to know why Marlena wouldn’t pronounce her married to Shawn. She assumed it was because of the rings. Jan realized Brady was missing and threatened to kill Belle if he went to the police. John and Marlena came up with a lie to explain Brady’s disappearance. Brady and Eli broke into the hotel room to look for Belle. They only found a ransacked room. Eli wanted to go to John and Marlena’s place to get to Jan. Philip talked to Maggie about his feelings for Belle. He didn’t understand why he couldn’t get over Belle. Xander and Sarah broke into Ava’s apartment to see if they could find something there. Maggie continued to convince Philip to move on from Belle. Xander found out that the person who had the apartment spent time in a mental institution. Marlena couldn’t stall anymore and pronounced Jan and Shawn married. Jan waited for Shawn to kiss her. Maggie wanted to know if something else was going on with Philip. He said he was dealing with stuff. Jan initiated the kiss, but Brady and Eli showed up. Everyone demanded to know where Belle was so she said she shot her. John ended up choking her.

Brady, Eli, and Shawn finally pulled John off of Jan. Eli called for help. John didn’t mean to hurt her. He snapped when she said Belle was dead. Shawn and John wanted to find Belle. Eli stopped John to arrest him. Philip found Belle in his bed. Brady tried to talk Eli out of arresting John, but he wanted to arrest him anyway. Marlena offered to go to the hospital with Jan. Marlena told John to go with Eli to the station. Brady offered to go with him. Shawn went to the Salem Inn and saw the room. He also found the card that Belle wrote for Shawn. Philip wanted to know why Belle was in his bed when she was supposed to be marrying Shawn. She told him how Jan tried to kill him. Claire was upset about Jan possibly killing her mother. Charlie tried to make her feel better. She blamed herself for what Jan did. Charlie told her it wasn’t her fault. Shawn thought about Jan telling him to let Philip have Belle. He also thought about his last conversation with Philip. He told Eli that Philip was possibly working with Jan. Belle told Philip what happened with Jan. Shawn and Eli showed up at the Kiriakis mansion to see Philip. They told Maggie that they thought he helped Jan. Shawn found Belle in Philip’s room. She explained what happened when Shawn assumed he helped Jan.

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Eli told Julie the truth about what happened with Lani. She wanted to know what he was going to do about it. She wanted Abe to kick Eli out of his house. She told him to tell Lani about it. She didn’t want Abe to keep them apart. Eli said he would try to work it out. Lani went to visit Kristen at the prison. She explained how upset she was with Eli. Kristen tried to defend Eli, but she still thought he was wrong. Kristen wanted her to live a good life with Eli. Lani felt like she couldn’t live a good life with him after what he did to Kristen. She asked her if she loved him enough to do anything for him. Jan demanded that Shawn marry her or else Belle would die. Marlena went through with the ceremony. Brady snuck out of the townhouse during the ceremony.

Claire read a poem during the ceremony. Shawn stopped her from reading. Julie reminded Abe about his involvement in Eli and Lani’s situation. She told him how he should have fired Melinda when she wanted him to do it. Kristen let Lani know how Rachel visited her and she didn’t want her to come back again until she talked to Marlena. Kristen told her how she had faith in Lani and Eli. She didn’t want to talk about Eli. She told Lani how she would give anything to be with her family and she didn’t want to be with hers. Kristen advised her to work things out or walk away. Brady found Eli and asked for his help. Eli wasn’t thrilled with him so he told him how Belle’s life was in danger. Jan threatened Shawn unless he went through with the ceremony. Jan said I do to marrying Shawn. Kristen continued to convince Lani to give Eli another chance. She insisted that she work things out with him. Brady was determined to go in the Salem Inn to find Belle. Eli told him how he didn’t know what they were walking in on, but Brady went anyway. Lani didn’t know if she could forgive Eli for what he did. Marlena didn’t pronounce Shawn and Jan man and wife, but stopped herself. Jan wanted to know what was wrong. She looked around and realized Brady was gone.

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Sarah hid when Ava opened the door for Philip. Sarah took a picture of Philip and Ava on her phone. Ava and Philip talked about the love they lost. She told him that she saw Tripp. She said wasn’t sure how long she could stay in hiding. He told her to leave town. She said she had to be able to trust him. She told him to take care of Xander or she would. He said they could use Sarah against Xander instead of killing him. Philip said he could push Xander until he did something stupid. She didn’t care what he did as long as he took care of Xander. Philip said he wanted her to leave him alone once he laundered the money and paid off his debts. She said she would. Sarah met up with Xander. She showed him the picture of Ava and Philip. The picture turned out to be a blur. Xander looked for the apartment online. He found out that a man named Fred Nakamura owned it. They didn’t know if that was a clue. He said he would stake out the apartment and break in it to get the proof against Philip. She said they would take Philip down together.

Belle was shocked to see Jan. Jan gave her a wedding gift. Belle wouldn’t take the gift. They argued over the past. Jan said she wanted a second chance the same way Claire got to get one. Belle opened the gift. Snakes came out of the box. Jan laughed at her and pulled out a gun. When Jan was about to shoot Belle, Claire knocked on the door. Jan kept the gun on Belle when she opened the door. Belle told Claire to go to Shawn and ask him about a bracelet. Belle told her that she wanted to get ready alone because she was nervous. Belle told her that she loved her and closed the door. When Claire left, Belle reached for Jan’s gun. At John and Marlena’s place, Shawn got a message from Belle saying she was parking the car. John went to the hallway. Someone dressed in a wedding dress showed up to meet John in the hallway. When Shawn saw her, he told her he couldn’t wait to marry her. When he lifted the veil, the woman turned out to be Jan. She said couldn’t wait to marry him either.

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Belle told John and Marlena how she and Shawn were getting remarried. Shawn talked to Roman about getting remarried. Shawn told him how he talked to Hope. Roman asked him about Hope. They talked about how she was doing. Ava called Philip while he was talking to Sarah. He asked her for some privacy. She hid behind a door to listen to the call. Ava told him how he should have been laundering money out of the company. He assured her he could handle Xander. Belle continued to talk to her parents about marrying Shawn. Jan met with Claire and she told her how her parents were getting remarried. Jan wanted to know why she thought she wouldn’t like it. Xander wanted to do business with Charlie at Julie’s Place. He told him how he thought Philip is stealing through the company. Sarah didn’t get much info while eavesdropping on Philip. She offered to take him to work. Belle asked John and Marlena if she could have her wedding at their place. She asked Marlena to perform the ceremony. Jan wanted information about where Shawn and Belle would get married. Claire told her they were getting married at John and Marlena’s place. Jan pretended to be happy for them. Jan pumped Claire for more info about the wedding.

Jan advised Claire to ask Charlie to the wedding. She told Jan how it was just for family, but she warned her that she would look like she was blowing him off if she didn’t talk to him about it. Xander continued to talk to Charlie about Philip embezzling money from Titan. Philip ran into Shawn and they argued over Belle. Shawn told him how he and Belle were getting married. Belle walked up to them to find out what was going on with them. Shawn told her how Philip thought he proposed to him. She told Philip how she popped the question. Philip wished them luck. Shawn offered an invitation to Philip, but he declined it. Philip went to Ava’s apartment. Xander told Charlie to tell him everything that he sees Philip doing. Claire showed up to talk to Charlie. Xander told her off for what she did to Charlie. Xander didn’t know why she didn’t want to go out with a good man like him. Belle thought Shawn did too much by inviting Philip to the wedding. Jan saw Belle and Shawn kissing each other.

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Chad wanted answers from Jake about his conversation with Gwen. He didn’t want to tell him about it until Chad was prepared to go to Gwen. Gwen went to see Rolf. She talked to him about what she did to Abby. He wanted to know how she got Abby to reveal what Jack did. She told him what she did. She was satisfied with what she did to Abby’s parents so she wanted to go after Abby’s marriage next. Abby went to JJ’s place to talk to Jennifer. He let her know that Jennifer wasn’t there. They talked about what happened at the party. Jennifer confronted Kate about what she did with Jack. Mr. Shin showed up while Chad and Jake were talking. He confirmed that Jake called him. Abby wasn’t sure what would have happened if Chad had did to her what Jack did to Jennifer. JJ tried to assured her that it wasn’t her fault that Jennifer found out the truth the way she did. He blamed Jack for what happened. Jack told Roman what happened at the party. Jennifer couldn’t believe that Kate was with Jack while he was vulnerable just like she did with her father. Kate told her how her parents’ marriage was over way before she came along. Jennifer reminded her how her marriage was fine and she went after Jack. Kate told her how Jack’s heart was involved in what they were doing. Jennifer slapped Kate.

Kate was surprised that Jennifer had it in her to slap her. She ended up slapping her back. Roman had suspected that Jack was with Kate. He saw him with her all of the time and put two and two together. Jack said it happened once and he wrote a letter about it. He said Jennifer wouldn’t have found out about it if it weren’t for Abby. JJ assured her that Jennifer would have found out what Jack did regardless of who told her. Gwen told Rolf how she planned on making Chad think Abby was having an affair with Jake. She knew Chad wouldn’t get over the fact that Abby was with Stefan. She knew he would think Jake was after her too. Gwen told Rolf that she only wanted Chad to think Abby was cheating. She mentioned how Jake was sleeping with Kate. She would let Chad think Jake is sleeping with someone in the mansion and he would assume he was with Abby. She planned on picking up the pieces after he breaks up with Abby. Mr. Shin told Jake that Chad would be the sole CEO, but he wanted him to be Vice President. Kate tried to explain what happened while Jennifer was in a coma. Kate asked her how long Jack was supposed to wait for her. She told her to get over herself. She tried to convince Jennifer to give Jack another chance or she would lose him. Chad put Jake on notice about comforting his wife.

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Lani confronted Eli about what he did to Kristen. She told him how Brady told her everything. Jack went to JJ’s room to talk to Jennifer. He let him know that Jennifer didn’t want to see him. He begged JJ to let him in to talk to her. He wanted to say sorry to Jennifer. Brady went to see Kristen and told him how Lani knew the truth about how she ended up in prison. Eli tried to lie to Lani about the baby shower until she told him how she recorded his conversation with Abe. She wanted to know where they would go from there. He explained how he had to do what he had to do to keep her out of prison. She was mad that he wouldn’t have said anything. He explained what happened when he had to help Kristen. He told her he had to protect her over Kristen. Jake tried to warn Gwen about going after Kate. She thought he was protecting her because he slept with her. She figured it out because she saw him kissing Kate. Jack called out to Jennifer to apologize, but she wouldn’t come to the door. JJ closed the door on him. Jack ran into Kate at the town square.

Kristen talked about how great a person Lani is. Brady thought Eli did what he would have done to her. Kristen didn’t think Lani would understand what he did. Eli and Lani continued to argue over Kristen. He told her how he had nightmares that she would leave him over that. She said it wasn’t a nightmare, but a premonition. Jennifer thought Jack was sorry because he was caught. Kate wanted to talk, but he wanted to talk somewhere else. Jake told Gwen that Chad couldn’t find out about him and Kate. Chad walked in on part of their conversation and wanted to know what Jake meant by what he said. Jake lied and told him how he was talking about the company. JJ wanted to be there for Jennifer. Kate apologized for saving Jack’s letter. He was sorry that he wrote it. She said how she hid the letter and didn’t think Abby would be able to find it. He wanted to know why she kept the letter. He said what they had was over. They agreed that it was just a night. She said she felt a connection with him when he told her that she helped him. Lani had a bag packed, but Eli didn’t think she should be moving out when she’s about to give birth. She agreed and told him how he was the one leaving. He couldn’t believe she was kicking him out because he kept her out of prison. She said she was doing it because he put her in prison and lied about it. Jack and Kate talked about Abby exposing them at the party. He let her know how he tried to reach out to Jennifer, but she didn’t want to talk to him. She asked if he wanted her to talk to Jennifer.

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Tripp went to see Allie to ask her not to go to the police with the test results. She was upset when he asked her that. He wanted to talk to her again about the night she was raped. He told her how nothing happened. She reminded him how he raped her when she said she didn’t want him. He told her how it didn’t happen. Marlena went to see Kristen in prison. Kristen thought Brady sent her because she needed a shrink. She didn’t want him to bring Rachel there again. Lani went to Brady to find out what Eli was keeping from her. She told him how she accidentally recorded Eli’s conversation with Abe. She wanted answers from Brady. Lani demanded Brady tell her what happened. He said he it wasn’t his place. She asked him again and he said it was about Kristen. Kristen told Marlena how awful it was for Rachel to be there. Marlena tried to reassure her that she would see Rachel again. Steve told Kayla that the district attorney wasn’t going to press charges against Tripp because it was outside of this jurisdiction. Kayla was upset because she thought Tripp was guilty. Allie mentioned to Tripp how she knew he put a scalpel to Kayla’s neck. He told her that he thought she killed his mother. Ava went to see Kristen. Brady told Lani about Eli’s involvement in Kristen’s arrest. She couldn’t believe that Eli would agree to that. He said he did and tricked Kristen into confessing. Tripp told Allie how he regretted what he did, but Kayla forgave him. He said she got him into medical school and how things were great until he was accused of rape. He apologized for what happened to her and told her how he didn’t rape her.

Steve wanted to fix the situation. Kayla thought Tripp was out celebrating. He was surprised that she convicted him. She reminded him how she did multiple tests on him. She thought he didn’t want to believe it because he’s his son. Steve thought she he was guilty because of Ava. Ava and Kristen talked about how Rolf brought her back to life. They talked about when they first met. Lani wanted to know how Eli tricked Kristen. Brady told her how Eli wanted Kristen to agree to the story. He told Lani how Eli got Kristen ended up confessing while he recorded it. He told her everything else that happened. She was mad that Eli forced Kristen to confess and kept himself out of it. Kayla couldn’t believe Steve would think she thought Tripp was guilty because of Ava. They ended up talking about Ava taking advantage of him the way Tripp took advantage of Allie. Tripp walked in the room while Kayla said Ava raped him. Lani couldn’t believe what Eli did. Brady tried to reassure her that he wanted to protect his family. She didn’t like how he ripped his family apart and left Kristen in a cell. Tripp refused to let Kayla badmouth his mother because of him. Steve told him how Kayla was telling the truth. Eli arrived home and told Lani how the baby shower was getting planned. She said there wouldn’t be a shower. Steve told Tripp what Ava did to make him sleep with her. He couldn’t believe his mother would do that. He realized that was why she thought he would do it too.

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Tripp tried to assure Steve that he didn’t rape Allie. He let him know that Allie turned the test results over to Trask. Melinda told Allie how there was nothing she could do about the rape. Philip got a shock when Ava was the one watching him in the park. He told her she would ruin everything if someone saw her. She told him how he was losing her trust. Xander and Sarah talked about who could be working with Philip. He thought Brady was the one who was helping him because of what he and Victor did to him. Steve told Tripp Trask wasn’t going to prosecute him because the rape happened outside of her jurisdiction. Tripp wasn’t happy because he couldn’t clear his name. Steve thought they should be grateful because the jury might have convicted him. Steve said he believed him, but he wanted to know why. Allie was upset that Tripp couldn’t be prosecuted. Melinda explained how the rape didn’t happen in Salem. Xander planned on confronting Brady about what he was doing. Philip told Ava how Xander was watching his every move. She didn’t think it was her problem. She reminded him how he owed a huge gambling debt. He wanted to know if she was there to watch him or because of Steve. She wanted to see Steve, but she couldn’t because she’s wanted by the law. Steve explained why he believed Tripp. Allie thought she came forward for nothing. Melinda said that might not be true.

Melinda told Allie she could send the file overseas so Tripp could be prosecuted where it happened. Allie wanted to think about it before she agreed to it. Tripp wanted to convince people that he was telling the truth. Philip asked Ava if she knew Tripp. She didn’t want to talk about him or Steve. He wanted to make sure she was focused on the right thing. She wanted him to do whatever it took to make sure their plan worked. She warned him that he would pay if he didn’t take care of Xander. Sarah went to see Brady to find out if he was working with Philip. Allie thought about confronting Tripp about the rape. Ava was on the phone with someone and said she believed she gave Philip the proper motivation to take care of Xander. Melinda ran into Tripp and thanked him for what he did for Haley. She also gave him the warning that she talked to Allie about forwarding the results to London. He thought they could still prosecute him.

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Claire talked to Jan about kissing Theo. She said it was embarrassing how she kissed him, but it made her realize that she could have a shot with Charlie. She told her what happened when she went to see Charlie. Charlie talked to Xander about Claire showed up at the office. He wanted to know if he told her about kissing the other guy, but he didn’t tell her. Belle told Philip how Jan still intended to press charges against him. She suggested he plead guilty and wouldn’t get any jail time. He would only have probation. He didn’t want to take the deal. He wanted to go to trial. She said the deal was a good one. He thought Xander was going to use the case against him. She warned him the case would be long and destroy his life. He was fine with it, but she didn’t think Shawn would like it. Theo talked to Lani and Abe about what happened with Claire. Claire told Jan how she hadn’t heard from Charlie. Jan insisted that she go after Charlie. Sarah went to Xander’s office and told him how he was right about Philip. She thought he was hiding something.

Charlie showed up while Claire and Jan were talking. Jan asked him why he blew Claire off. He said it was because he was kissing a new guy. Lani told Abe and Theo how she worked things out with Eli because of what happened with Kristen. Abe thought about his last conversation about that with Eli. Claire was surprised that Charlie knew she kissed Theo. She asked if he was spying on her. He explained the advice he got from Xander. He told her what happened when he saw her kissing someone else. Jan kept getting involved until her phone rang. She was upset by her phone call. Belle went to Shawn and told him how Philip was her former client. She said he took the plea deal. Xander told Sarah how Philip shifted money around without telling him. She asked him what he thought that meant. Claire told Charlie what happened with Theo. He wanted to know why she didn’t tell him what happened. Xander continued to talk to Sarah about Philip. Philip was jogging and someone was following him. Belle assured Shawn that she loved him. She got down on one knee and proposed to him.

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Abby told Gwen how Jack blamed her for what happened with Jennifer. Gwen assured her that she would be there for her. Jake wanted to convince Kate to sneak around with him. She thought about it when Chad showed up. Jake hid so she let him in the room. He wanted to talk about Abby. Abby told Gwen how her parents were supposed to celebrate the strength of their marriage, but she messed it up. Claire and Theo kissed and Charlie saw them. He walked away before they could see him. Xander tried to tell Victor how Philip transferred money to another company. Victor said he would handle it. Chad thought Abby would have gone to her room to confront her. She mentioned how Abby went through her things and blurted her business out to people. He let her know he had no way of reaching her. Gwen tried to make Abby feel better about what she did. Victor called Philip to find out what he was doing. Xander was investigating Philip when Charlie arrived. He told him how Claire kissed another guy. Philip denied doing anything wrong. Victor thought he was embezzling money. He explained what he did. He realized Xander was the one who told him. Xander thought Charlie still had a chance to get Claire. He thought he should give up on her. Claire thought she and Theo could be together. She wanted to move with him. Chad wanted to know how Kate could sleep with Jack. She explained the situation to him. Jake told Gwen how he believed she was responsible for what happened with Jack and Jennifer.

Gwen left the room after talking to Jake. Abby arrived and they talked about what happened. He asked her how she found the letter. Theo told Claire how he was seeing someone. She thought she would be alone. She did tell him how she was talking to someone. Xander continued to talk to Charlie about not giving up on Claire. Claire was afraid she would screw up her relationship with Charlie. Chad didn’t want Kate to blame Abby for what she did with Jack. He wanted to know why she kept the letter. She said it was in a box and she thought it would be safe in her house. Abby admitted that she was looking for shoes in Kate’s closet and accidentally found it. Jake thought it was weird how Kate would let her go through her things when she had the letter. Abby admitted that Gwen suggested she borrow the shoes from Kate. She thought he was trying to warn her about Kate again. She didn’t want to hear him talk about Gwen. Gwen saw them together and went to find Chad. She told him how Abby was home.

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Jack wanted to know if Jennifer could forgive him for what he did. She slapped him and reminded him how he did the same thing her father did by sleeping with Kate. She told him how that destroyed her family. Jake tried to kiss Kate, but she stopped him. She thought he wanted to be with her because he thought she was lonely or because he was lonely. He wanted her because he thought she was beautiful. She reminded him about their age difference. Jake talked to Xander about being attracted to Claire. Claire was surprised when Theo showed up at her place. Jake told Kate how he was attracted to her since he met her. She told him she just wanted her car fixed when she went to his garage. Jennifer didn’t want Jack to touch her when he approached her. She told him happy anniversary before she walked away from him. Claire talked to Theo about the way she felt about Ciara. She mentioned how she was jealous. Xander told Charlie about Claire being in a mental hospital. Charlie wasn’t going to judge Claire for getting help. Xander mumbled how she didn’t have much choice. JJ found Jennifer outside of the pub and asked her how she felt. Abby found Jack at the park. He told her what happened. She apologized and he told her the whole thing was her fault.

Xander advised Charlie to ask Claire out for dinner. Claire told Theo that she thought he wanted Ciara when they were together. He said it wasn’t true. She realized that now, but she always thought Ciara was better than her in every way. Abby couldn’t believe Jack blamed her for what he did. He told her how she shouldn’t have told Jennifer what happened. He told her how he and Kate agreed not to tell Jennifer. He said because of her thoughtless and reckless decision, Jennifer had to find out anyway. Jennifer told JJ how Jack slept with Kate. After they made love, Kate told Jake it couldn’t happen again. Jennifer talked to JJ about what Jack did with Kate. Jake couldn’t believe Kate didn’t want to be with him again. Abby couldn’t believe Jack called her reckless. She reminded him how he was with Kate. He said it was one mistake. He said she should have come to him. She thought he wanted her to keep quiet. He didn’t want her to hurt Jennifer. She said she was the one who deserved to know. Jennifer tried to explain to JJ what happened between Jack and Kate. Abby explained to Jack why she revealed the truth. She told him she was drinking and he wanted told her how she shouldn’t have mixed alcohol with her medication. She told him how he shouldn’t sleep with people who aren’t his wife. He got upset and didn’t want to look at her. Kate didn’t want to hurt Chad by being with Jake. He said they could keep seeing each other without telling him. Chad was outside of Kate’s door.

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Jack tried to explain what happened to Jennifer what happened with Kate. She couldn’t believe he would turn to another woman in his time of need. Jake asked Kate if she really had sex with Abby’s father. Jack told Jennifer that what happened with Kate wasn’t planned. She wanted to know what happened. Abby told him how he had to take care of himself if he was going to take care of her. He kept going to the pub after he left the hospital. He was afraid she would never wake up. He started drinking to ease the pain. Kate told Jake her side of what happened with Jack. Jennifer didn’t want to hear the details of Jack’s courtship with Kate. He told her how there wasn’t a courtship because they only talked about her. Jennifer reminded Jack how he didn’t wake up alone. She told him how he spent his days by her bed and his nights in Kate’s bed.

Chad let Gwen know that Abby was locked up in the bathroom. She blamed herself for what happened because she suggested she borrow shoes from her. Jack admitted to Jennifer how he spent one night in Kate’s bed. Kate told Jake that watching how lonely Jack was made her lonely too. She thought they made a connection while talking about Jennifer. Jennifer asked Jack if he slept with Kate. He admitted that he slept with Kate and woke up alone. Jennifer started crying. During the flashback scenes, it turned out Gwen overheard Jack and Kate talking about their night together. Gwen continued to blame herself for Abby finding out the truth. Chad reassured her that it wasn’t her fault. Jake wanted to know why Kate kept the letter Jack wrote. She said it meant something to her. Jack told Jennifer how Adrienne had died and JJ was dealing with the pain of losing Hailey. He admitted that he didn’t tell her how he was lost one night. Jake asked Kate if she was in love with Jack. She talked to Jake about how good she felt helping Jack out. She thought everyone would think she was a home wrecking b*tch. He didn’t want to judge. He leaned in to kiss her. Jack asked Jennifer if she could forgive him.

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Steve told Kayla he wasn’t going to Jack and Jennifer’s party because of Tripp. He didn’t think he should be around Lucas since he thought Tripp assaulted Allie. Kayla told him how he needed to accept the fact that Tripp raped Allie. Abby noticed Kate had a letter from her father. She was confused by it so Gwen urged her to read the letter. Allie read it and something caught her by surprise. Steve wondered if Kayla was mad at him for believing his son. She thought he should stop being in denial when the test proved he was the father. She didn’t like the fact that he was basically called Allie a liar. She wanted him to admit that Tripp raped Allie because it was insulting to everyone who was raped including her. Kate wanted Jake to go to the party with her, but he didn’t think he should go. He didn’t want to ruin things for everyone there. She convinced him to go with her.

Abby couldn’t believe Jack wrote the letter to Kate. Gwen said she felt guilty for making her read it. Chad showed up and told her how her parents went to the party. He noticed something was wrong with her. Jack tried to talk to Steve at the party, but he didn’t want to talk about Tripp. Jack told him how he was qualified to talk to him about the situation. Steve wanted everyone to know the truth about what happened. Kayla admitted to Jennifer that she didn’t know if she and Steve could get through what Tripp did. Abby wasn’t sure if she could go to the party anymore. Gwen wanted her to go to the party.

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Jack talked to Justin about the party. He mentioned how the day was special to him and Adrienne too. Justin understood because he wouldn’t be the life of the party. Jack thought there was another reason. Jennifer was that Bonnie told her how Justin forgave her for everything. She reminded Bonnie about the things she did. She didn’t want her to get her hopes up about anything happening with Justin. JJ surprised Abby when he was back for the party. JJ thanked Gwen for getting him back to Salem. Gwen walked out of the room. She was ready to give Abby a real surprise. Chad wanted to invite Kate to the party, but she tried to get out of it. Jake bailed Ben out of jail and offered his place to her. Ben said he would think of Ciara regardless of where he was living. Abby was grateful that the family was getting their lives back together. Justin wanted to know what Jack meant by his comment. He said Steve and Kayla would have been at the party. Justin told him how he forgave Bonnie and wondered how Adrienne would feel about that. Bonnie told Jennifer how Justin forgave her because she gave her royalties to Sonny’s program. Jack was upset that Justin forgave Bonnie after everything she did. Justin was tired of being angry all of the time because it wouldn’t bring Adrienne back to him. Ben told Jake about what happened with Vincent. He was convinced Vincent wanted him to think Ciara was gone.

Chad went back to the mansion and was surprised to see JJ. Abby wanted Chad to help JJ get ready, but he wanted to talk to Abby first. Jake offered Ben his job back at the garage to help him out. Ben thought it was a good idea. Abby wasn’t happy that Chad invited Kate to the party. She reminded him how her parents didn’t like her, but he convinced her it would be fine. She gave in to Chad. Gwen went to Kate’s room to check something in her box. Jake and Kate ran into each other in the town square. They talked about the party Gwen planned for Jack and Jennifer. Gwen hid Abby’s shoes under the couch. Abby told her how her shoes were missing and she suggested going to Kate’s room to get a pair. Justin ran into Bonnie. She offered to have a beer with him, but he wasn’t interested. He was willing to meet her another time. Kate invited Jake to the party. JJ surprised his parents. He told them how Gwen arranged for him to be there. Gwen went to Kate’s room to get the shoes. Gwen dropped Kate’s letters and Abby picked one up. She was upset about.

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Tripp told Steve he couldn’t be Henry’s father. He said the results had to be wrong. They talked about Kayla doing the test again. Steve said Allie could have learned how to switch DNA from Sami. Kayla said she ran the test three times and they all came back positive. She said he and Henry matched. She said only the baby’s father could match like that. Tripp defended himself to Kayla. She said the tests didn’t lie. He asked if she was saying that he lied. He denied being with Allie. Kayla said she wanted to believe him. Tripp asked Steve if he believed he was a rapist. Steve told him to look in his eye and swear he was telling the truth. He did it. Steve said they would find out what was going on. Tripp wanted to know how they were going to fix it. Steve told him he was his father and would get to the bottom of it. Allie told Nicole about the DNA test. Allie said Tripp was a match for Henry. Nicole wanted to know why Allie looked upset. Allie said Tripp wanted Kayla to run the results again. She said she couldn’t understand why he kept saying he was innocent when the test proved that he wasn’t. Kayla called Allie and asked her to come to the hospital.

Eli went to see Brady to talk. They went back and forth over what Eli did to Kristen. Eli wanted to make sure Brady kept his promise not to tell Lani what he did. Brady said he had nothing to lose and thought Lani deserved to know what he did to her best friend. Lani showed up. Eli begged him not to tell Lani the truth. Brady let Lani inside. She wondered why Eli was there. Brady told Lani Eli wanted to check on him. Eli said he wasn’t feeling well. She helped Eli leave the room. She told Brady to give Kristen her love. Brady was upset when they left. Brady told Kristen’s picture that he was going to make Eli pay by exposing him. Allie and Nicole went to see Kayla at the hospital. Kayla said the new test results proved she was right about Tripp being Henry’s father. Kayla wanted to know what she wanted to do. Nicole told Allie that she would support her. Allie said she had to stop Tripp from hurting another girl.

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Allie was talking to Tripp and didn’t understand what he was trying to deny what he did. She also didn’t understand why he would agree to submit to a DNA test to prove his guilt. He denied that he agreed to the test. She told him how Kayla got the test results. He realized that no one believed him. He said Kayla wasn’t getting away with what she did. Vincent told Shawn and Ben how Ciara asked for mercy when he was going to kill her. He thought about what Ben did to Wendy and shot her. Chad and Abby talked about how Hope left town to look for Ciara. She admitted that she felt sorry for Ben. Chad was surprised after what he did to her. Jake overheard Gwen talking on the phone and she admitted she was planning a surprise for Jack and Jennifer. She thought he was obsessed with her. He said he didn’t care about her. He was worried about Abby. Shawn and Ben were at the station. Ben thought Vincent was going to tell them Ciara was alive. He was about to leave, but Shawn said he had to arrest him. Kayla called Allie to tell her about the test results. Steve ran into Tripp so he could tell him something, but he beat him to it. Steve said he wanted to tell him the truth himself. He wanted to know how she did it. Steve admitted it was his idea for her to test his toothbrush. Trip was surprised he did that because he thought he believed him. He said he did believe him. He wanted to prove he was telling the truth. Allie arrived at the hospital to see the test results. Kayla admitted that Tripp didn’t know about the test. Allie told her how Tripp knew about it. Gwen told Jake how Abby trusted her. He called her out for her fake behavior. Gwen thought he was in love with Abby.

Shawn told Ben what he did for why he had to get arrested. He was okay with it. Shawn read him his rights. Steve apologized for not telling Tripp the truth. He wanted to know when the results would be ready. He said Kayla had them. Allie wanted to know if Kayla believed him. She didn’t give her an answer. She didn’t think there was a point to ask family to pick sides. Kayla wanted to wait for the test results. Abby talked to Chad about Rolf’s plan to clone Stefano. He was surprised Rolf would do that. Abby let him know that Gwen was going above and beyond for them. Gwen and Jake argued about whether he wanted to sleep with Abby. Kate overheard him talking about not wanting to sleep with Abby or Gwen. Tripp and Steve arrived at the hospital. He and Allie wanted to find out the test results. Ben apologized to Shawn for the way he spoke to him when he was grieving Ciara’s death too. Shawn talked to him about what Ciara meant to him. He knew Ben and Ciara loved each other. He didn’t know how to live without her because she was everything to him. Kayla told Tripp that he was the father of the baby. Shawn advised Ben to keep going with his life because Ciara would want it. Kate wanted to know what Jake meant by wanting to sleep with someone else at the mansion. He wouldn’t tell her who he wanted. Abby considered postponing the party, but Gwen got upset. Abby was a little suspicious so Gwen had to cover herself. Kayla told everyone that Tripp is the father of Allie’s baby.

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Ben pointed the gun at Vincent to get him to admit whether he killed Ciara. Vincent told him to he killed Ciara the same way he killed Wendy. Ben told him that he was going to put a few bullets in him. He called Ben’s bluff and told him to do it. Steve and Kayla noticed how John and Marlena didn’t sit with them. John showed up while they were talking. He wanted to apologize for trying to hit Steve. Steve understood and was glad he came to his senses. John got offended by that because he still thought Tripp was guilty of raping his granddaughter. Shawn was at the cemetery to say goodbye to Ciara when Tripp showed up. Shawn wondered why he was at the cemetery. Tripp told him that he wanted to pay his respects, but he wanted to wait until everyone left. Shawn didn’t understand why he didn’t go to the church. He said the situation with Allie was why he didn’t go. Steve told John how Allie was drunk when the rape happened so she didn’t know for a fact that Tripp raped her. John was about to yell at him when Kayla stopped them from arguing. Vincent told Ben he didn’t have it in him anymore to kill. He reminded him how he couldn’t kill Ciara or Eli. Eli wanted to get out of the hospital to stop Ben. He couldn’t forgive himself if Ben killed Vincent on his watch. He tried to get out of bed, but he fell on the floor.

Kayla continued to tell John and Steve that they should be mourning Ciara. Steve agreed with her and wanted to go with John to the pub. Steve thought they would have the proof they need that Tripp was innocent. John wanted to know what proof he meant. Ben said that he loved Ciara because he loved her and didn’t kill Eli because he was innocent. He had no problem killing because he killed before. Vincent knew he wasn’t going to die at his hands. Ben said he had no problem putting a bullet in his head. Steve and Kayla told John how they got a DNA test done to prove whether Tripp raped Allie. Steve wanted him to accept that Tripp was innocent. John said there was nothing to accept because he believed Allie. He said they would be disappointed and would find out what type of man Tripp really is. Lani told Eli he was talking in his sleep. He said he was sorry for something. Vincent told Ben he changed and wasn’t a killer anymore. He said Ciara was the reason why he changed. He told Vincent he changed his life when he took his wife. He said there was nothing left for him, but pain. Ben was about to shoot Vincent when he said he was holding out on him and there was more to the story. Steve wanted John to give Tripp the benefit of the doubt. She reminded him how they did the test behind his back and knew he would be mad about it. Steve agreed that Tripp deserved to know the truth. Vincent was about to tell Ben about Ciara when Shawn showed up. He demanded that Ben put down the gun. Eli said he was talking about Ben in his sleep, but Lani told him how he mentioned Kristen. He said he felt guilty for arresting Kristen. Lani felt like she was hiding something for why she changed her plea. Ben told Shawn that Vincent was about to tell him what happened to Ciara.

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Jennifer and Jack went to Hope’s place to get her for the memorial. They had trouble finding her and then she found the note she left for her. Claire was upset that things didn’t go well at the memorial. Julie tried to make her feel better about what happened. Claire wanted to do something for Ciara since she tried to kill her. Ben was determined to make sure Vincent didn’t make it to his arraignment. Jennifer read Hope’s letter to Jack. Hope mentioned not being able to go to the memorial service. Lani didn’t understand why Kristen confessed to what she did. She wanted to know if she did it on her own. Brady went to Eli and blamed him for why Kristen changed her plea. Eli said that Kristen deserved to pay for her crimes. Brady advised him to pray that Lani would understand how he tricked her best friend into a confession. Eli wanted to know if Brady was going to tell Lani what he did. Brady told him that he wouldn’t tell Lani the truth because of Kristen. Lani couldn’t believe Kristen didn’t fight back. Kristen didn’t want her to get upset over what happened. She assured her that she would be okay. Jennifer continued to read Hope’s letter. Hope wanted to look for Ciara and how she couldn’t go to the memorial. Ben was about to go after Vincent when Claire showed up at his place.

Jennifer was upset about what Hope wrote. Jack tried to make her feel better about it. Jennifer wanted to go after Hope, but Jack didn’t think it was a good idea. Brady showed up at the station so she could say goodbye to Rachel. Eli showed up at the station to see Lani. She didn’t know what she would have done if she were Kristen. He told her how was bringing Ciara’s killer to justice. Claire said she was at Ben’s place to take him to the memorial. He said he wasn’t going to it. She wanted to know where he was going if it weren’t to the memorial. He didn’t want to go to a grave site and see Ciara’s name without anything else there. Claire asked him if he thought she was alive. He didn’t tell her if he thought she was alive. He had to go. Kristen wanted Brady to take Rachel away so she wouldn’t see her be taken away. Jennifer and Jack told Doug and Julie how Hope left town. Ben took Vincent out of the police station. He pointed the gun at him.

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Kate shot Clyde when he tried to come near her. Abe showed up and saw her with her gun. Ben assured Eli that he would let him know the second he heard from Clyde. Eli was upset that he kept quiet about his father coming to see him. He wasn’t sure if he believed he would tell him anything. Kayla told Rolf that he couldn’t pull off his plan to have her give birth to Stefano but he was sure he could do it. She refused to help him and tried to get out of the lab. Abe tried to talk Kate out of pointing the gun on Clyde. Kate wanted him to spend the rest of his life in prison. The police were on their way so Abe told her that she might get her wish. Rolf told Kayla how he gave her a drug so she couldn’t move. He said it would make it easy for him to inject her. Steve showed up at the lab and beat Rolf up. Kate took Henry to Allie. Nicole wanted to know how she was able to get Henry away from Kate. She explained how it happened. Eli told Ben how Clyde was shot. Ben wanted to see him. Eli went into the interrogation room and gave Rolf his phone to make a call. He called Gwen and told her to meet him at the station. If she didn’t, he planned on telling the police about her.

Gwen lied to Chad and Abby about where she was going. Kayla snapped at Steve when he wanted to give her something to drink. She apologized, but she couldn’t remember what Rolf did to her. Kate thanked Nicole for helping Allie when she couldn’t turn to her family. Kate told Allie that she knew what happened to her. Kayla talked to Steve about feeling helpless after what Rolf did to her. She felt the same way she did when she was raped. Chad wanted to stay up and wait for Gwen. Abby asked him why he wanted to wait for her. He said he a letter opener wouldn’t have cut through the thick rope. He noticed how nervous she got when her phone rang. Rolf was happy to see Gwen at the station. He wanted to know how she was going to get him our. She didn’t know how she would pull it off. He warned her that he would tell what she was doing to Abby. Chad continued to talk about his suspicions to Abby, but she didn’t think she was suspicious. Kayla told Steve how she was reminded about the rape and that’s why Tripp’s situation was hard for her. She wanted to know what would happen if he was the one who raped her. Ben saw Clyde told him how he was going back to prison and could have Vincent killed. Ben wanted to kill him with his own hands. Steve said he would have to deal with it if Tripp was the one who raped Allie.

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Orpheus warned John that Marlena better have his son or he was going to have Henry killed. Marlena showed up with Christian. He wasn’t happy about being taken out of Bayview. He told his father how he was doing so much better at Bayview than he was in prison. Orpheus wanted to help him get his son. Kate ran into Clyde and wanted to call the police. She realized that he had Henry. Rolf told Kayla how he planned on cloning a new Stefano. Steve asked security whether they’ve seen Kayla. He talked to Roman about the prisoners being out and taking Kayla. Roman was sure they left town. Kayla told Rolf she felt sad for him for feeling like he had to cling to Stefano. He said her plan wasn’t going to work. He wanted to achieve his goal. He told her how she was going to help him create the clone. Kate demanded that Clyde give her the baby. He told her to throw her phone in the bushes. She wanted to know why he kidnapped the baby. She was willing to pay the ransom. Orpheus wanted Christian to go with him and he would see David. He planned on killing Henry if he didn’t go with him. Christian wanted to know if he could really keep them safe. He promised his on he would, but he had to take care of John and Marlena first.

Steve and Roman looked at the security footage and realized that Rolf took Kayla. Kayla refused to help Rolf with his plan. John wanted to give Orpheus money since he didn’t plan on honoring his deal with Marlena. Clyde warned Kate that Henry could be hit in the crossfire if the police came after him. Kate offered to be a hostage. He didn’t think she would make Ben feel better. She was willing to make him feel better. He thought Henry was more valuable than she was to him. Steve wanted to call Chad because he felt that Rolf kidnapped Kayla because of Stefano. Kayla warned Rolf that Steve would be after him. Orpheus heard the sirens and warned Marlena and John that he wouldn’t give them Henry if he got arrested again. He told John to tie up Marlena and he would tie him up. Christian hit Orpheus in the head with a paint can. He told John and Marlena that he pretended to go along with his father so he wouldn’t hurt them or Henry. Steve told Roman about his conversation with Chad. Kayla told Rolf he needed to give up on his plan and turn himself in. He refused to do that. He said he would do it on his own. He picked up a needle. Kayla tried to keep him from injecting her. She said she felt sorry for her. She told him to run now because she understood him. He demanded an answer from her. Kate said she had a pacifier in her pocketbook, but pulled a gun out on Clyde. Rolf told Kayla he was planting the embryo in her. Kate shot Clyde.

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