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Lani confessed to killing Ray. Eli and Paulina tried to stop her from confessing. Lani told everyone that Ray needed to be stopped, but not by her. Abe thought she did it in self-defense. Lani said it didn’t happen that way. She explained what happened when she shot Ray. Lani apologized to Eli for confessing. Julie tried to talk Lani out of confessing to what she did. She wanted everyone to keep quiet about what she did to protect her children. Everyone at the wedding agreed to keep what she did quiet. Lani was grateful to everyone for wanting to keep quiet, but she wanted to confess to what she did. She asked Eli to drive her to the station. Paulina wanted to go with them. Abe told her there was nothing she could do.

Olivia told Paulina that she was proud of her for what she did for Lani. Paulina was surprised by that. She talked to Olivia and Abe that she promised not to lie. She felt bad for leaving him in the dark. He said he wasn’t exactly in the dark. Eli wanted to tear up Lani’s confession. She didn’t want him to tear it up. She didn’t think her lie could stay hidden for long. She said there was no turning back. She wanted to face the truth and suffer the consequences. Abe explained how he knew that Lani possibly killed Ray. Eli told Lani how long she could be locked up. Lani realized she should have arrested Ray. She shouldn’t have shot to kill. Eli tried to make her feel better about what she did, but she didn’t hear him. Eli assured her that he would be by her side the entire time. He told her they would get through it together.

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Olivia went to see Julie and Eli. Olivia offered her condolences over Abby. Julie brought up TR and called him a monster. Eli tried to change the conversation, but Olivia said she didn’t do anything about Paulina and TR’s relationship before it ended in murder. Eli changed the subject and brought up Juneteenth. Olivia explained it to Julie. Lani was struggling to keep it together when TR knocked on the door. She closed the door in his face. She told herself that he wasn’t real. She panicked when she heard another knock on the door. It was Theo. He wondered what was wrong. She said she thought he was her neighbor. TR said Theo didn’t believe her when he asked her about Paulina’s murder charges. She ran off. Eli showed up. Theo wondered what was going on with Lani. Eli said it was the weight of the world. Chanel and Lani helped Paulina get ready for the wedding. Paulina was happy to have both daughters help her get ready. Paulina said she needed a matron and maid of honor. Paulina sent Chanel out of the room. Paulina asked Lani how she was doing. Lani said she felt terrible letting her take the heat for her crime. Paulina said it was her wedding day and she wanted her daughter to be happy.

The ceremony got started. Lani looked at a bloody TR standing behind Abe. Abe and Paulina said their vows to each other. Abe said their love would never end. He said he wanted to spend their lives together. Paulina wasn’t sure how she could top his speech. Paulina said her vows. She said he was someone she didn’t see coming. She said she hadn’t planned on revealing her secret about Lani. She said she fell in love with Abe and all her secrets came out. Eric concluded the wedding. Abe and Paulina jumped the broom. TR continued to taunt Lani. She ignored him. She made a toast to Abe and Paulina. She said she couldn’t let Paulina protect her anymore. She said her parents deserved a life together. Eli and Paulina tried to stop her. She said she was the one who shot TR. Everyone at the wedding was shocked.

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Chad and Kate talked about Lucas possibly killing Abby. They worked things out. She offered to help him out with the kids. She told him she loved him. He said he loved her too. Before she left, Jake showed up. Kate told him it wasn’t a good time. He said he came to offer his condolences. Kate ended up leaving. Chad was shocked to see him. Chad walked away from him. Gabi was upset that Abby died. She felt she didn’t have the right to cry over her. Li said Abby might have been her enemy, but she was also her friend. Gabi said it was more than what he bargained for. Li said he was all in through the good and the bad. She told him not to say the ugly. He said she was the most beautiful woman he ever laid eyes on. Jack asked Gwen why Abby went to see her. Gwen said she had a gift for him. She said she wanted to give it too Abby so she could give it to him for his birthday. He said he couldn’t ask Jennifer to look through Abby’s things yet. He said he would do it later. She told him not to bother. She said she dropped it. He asked if she could fix it. She said like her relationship with her sister, the gift was broken beyond repair.

Jake told Chad about the time when he first came to Salem and fixed Abby’s car. He said there was a book inside that she wanted him to read. He said she barely knew him, but he considered that as her sharing a part of herself. He said it meant a lot. He said she made an effort to welcome him in the family. Chad said unlike him. Jake said he didn’t say that. Chad said he didn’t have to. Chad said he hated that he made assumptions about his relationship with Abby. He said he was a fool to believe Gwen’s lies. He said he betrayed Abby in the worst possible way. He said he thought he lost her for good. He said they worked things out. He said they were happy. He said they were planning to have another baby. He started crying. Jake comforted him. Gwen told Jack that it was cruel for him and Jennifer to have to view Abby’s body. He said what happened to him was nothing compared to what happened to Thomas and Charlotte. He said they were going to grow up without a mother. Gwen said Abby knew that she had a loving father who loved her. She said she knew that too. She said she was sorry that he was going through this. Kate met up with Lucas. She told him that Chad accused her of killing Abby. She said he thought she killed Abby to keep her quiet about him kidnapping Sami. Lucas said she would never kill Abby. Kate said she wouldn’t. She asked if he did. Jack said he had to go back to Jennifer. Gwen told him to give her her condolences. He said he would. She wished him a happy birthday. Lucas asked if Kate really thought he would kill Abby. Kate said it crossed her mind. She said it crossed Chad’s mind too. She said she covered for him. She said he was upset when she told him about Abby. She asked what he did to his hand. He said he fell off the wagon after they talked. He said he blacked out and had no idea what he did last night. Jack told Jennifer that he went to see Gwen. Jennifer said she was Abby’s sister and his daughter. She said Gwen had a right to know about Abby. He said she already knew about it. Ava went to see Gwen to ask if she killed Abby. Gabi went to see Abby. She told him it was a terrible tragedy. She said her heart went out to him and his children. She said she knew he was skeptical about her love for Abby. She said she loved her, but it was complicated. She said over the last year they got to a better place. She said whoever did this made a huge mistake. She said nobody, but her got to mess with Abby. She said they were going to find the person who did it. Kate asked how Lucas could drink. He said the pressure of what he did was starting to get to him. He said he didn’t know what he could have done. He just woke up with the cut on his hand. He said he wasn’t sure if he could have killed Abby.

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Lucas woke up from his binder. He flashed back to getting the bottle. He realized his hand was cut. He hoped he didn’t hurt anyone else. Chad imagined that he saw Abby. When she left, Rafe showed up. Rafe said he was sorry for his loss. Chad said he didn’t want his sympathy. He said he wanted to know who killed his wife. Leo told Gwen that Abby was murdered. She asked if he did it. Rafe told Chad that he wanted to see the crime scene. When Chad took him upstairs, he thought of Abby. Jack and Jennifer showed up at the hospital. They wanted to see Abby. Leo was upset that Gwen accused him of killing Abby. She said he wanted to get revenge on Chad and thought that was how he did it. He said he didn’t do it. Rafe checked Abby’s jewelry and said the killer made it look as if it was a robbery. Lucas went to the pub and asked Roman if Kate was there. Roman asked if he heard the news. Lucas didn’t know what he was talking about. Roman told him Abby was murdered. Jennifer talked to Abby. Leo denied killing Abby. Gwen asked if he saw anything. He flashed back to seeing Abby. He reminded her that Abby broke the gift she made for Jack. He said she wanted him to stab Abby with one of the pieces. He asked her if she killed Abby.

Gwen told Leo that she was in prison and couldn’t have killed Abby. She flashed back to trying to get back in prison. The guard told her that she missed bed check. She told Leo that the place was surrounded by guards. Leo said Abby died the way she wanted her to. Gwen said she had a motive, but she didn’t have the means. She said it wasn’t possible. Jack talked to Abby and told her how he disappointed her and how much he loved her. Jennifer comforted Jack while he was talking to her. Chad thought about Abby again and broke down. Leo and Gwen wondered who could have killed Abby since they didn’t do it. Lucas wondered if he was the one who killed Abby after talking to Roman. Kate went to see Chad. She told him she was sorry. He asked if she really was. He asked her if she remembered the conversation they had when he told her that he told Abby Lucas kidnapped Abby. He said she was upset with him and wanted reassurances. He ripped into her. She asked if he thought she killed Abby to keep her quiet. He asked if she did. Leo told Gwen that she didn’t seem upset about Abby’s death. Lucas went to the hospital and saw Jennifer and Jack. Jennifer said she was glad to see him. Chad told Kate that he thought she talked to Abby and things got out of hand. Kate said she knew he was upset and wasn’t thinking straight. She said she and Lucas would never kill Abby. Chad asked why she would mention Lucas. Kate said he told Abby that Lucas was the one who kidnapped Sami. Chad said Lucas didn’t know about that. He asked if he did.

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Susan talked to Johnny about Belle possibly being interested in EJ. Johnny and Marlena didn’t think that was true. She said that she wasn’t staying at the mansion just for the ambiance. Johnny was worried about Sami finding out about it. He wanted to change the subject because Marlena was worried about Belle, Jan and the baby. Belle asked EJ to make her feel better. She kissed him and wanted him to make love to her. He backed up from her. She wanted to forget about everything. She wanted him so she backed him into the house and he kissed her. Chad came back from the movies with the kids and found Abby on the bed. She stirred and he called the police. She managed to tell him that her attacker had a knife. Chad hung up from the police and screamed for help. EJ and Belle were on their way to his room when they heard Chad scream. They ran into Chad’s room. They saw the blood all over the room. Chad wanted them to find his kids. He begged Abby to hold on while he tried to save her. EJ told him that Belle took the kids to Marlena’s place. Abby told Chad that she was cold. She closed her eyes. Chad begged her not to die.

Chad arrived with Abby at the hospital. Chad begged Kayla to help Abby. Later, Kayla came back and told Chad that she was sorry. She told him that she was gone. Chad was in denial about what happened. He thought Rolf could fix everything. Kayla said that Rolf couldn’t help Abby because she lost too much blood. EJ held Chad and he kept repeating that it couldn’t be true. Chad wanted to be alone with Abby and asked EJ to check on his kids. Kayla took Chad to see Abby’s body. Kayla left him alone with her. He broke down as soon as he saw her. He told her that she was everything to him as well as to their children. He wanted to know why someone did that to her.

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Gwen called Leo and told him that she wanted him to stab Abby in the heart. Leo thought that was extreme, but Gwen wanted Abby to suffer. Gwen wanted him to do more than just plant a fake article in the newspaper. His phone died while they were talking. He picked up a knife and put it in his bag. Belle was upset when EJ told her that Jan’s baby dying could be a good thing. Belle was upset about the pregnancy, but she would never want the baby to die. She said she wouldn’t forgive herself if she wasn’t there for Shawn so she decided to go see him. EJ looked at Stefano’s portrait and vowed to make things right with Belle. He walked out the room just as Leo came out of the tunnel. He looked at Stefano’s portrait and wondered what he should do to Abby. Shawn sat by Jan’s side as she panicked about the baby coming too soon. Sarah ran into Marlena and told her about her concerns that the antidote was wearing off. She talked to her about seeing Kristen kidnapping her. She realized it was just Victor with a pen. She didn’t want to tell anyone that she thought she was losing her mind. Marlena thought her medication needed to be increased. She advised Sarah to talk to Abby since she went through the same thing. She thanked Marlena and left. Belle went to the hospital and ran into Marlena. She told Belle about Jan’s condition. Shawn ran out of the room and told her that Jan passed out. Shawn and Marlena rushed off. Later, Shawn told Belle that Jan was in surgery. He told her that she had a placenta abruption. Belle knew he was scared. She hugged him just as EJ got off the elevator. Shawn saw EJ and told him to leave. Marlena came out and told Shawn that Jan was fine, but she had to give birth. She said the boy was small and had to be in the NICU. He thanked Belle for being there for him. He went to be with Jan. Belle asked EJ to take her away from the hospital.

Kate told Lucas that Chad talked to Abby about him kidnapping Sami. He panicked after she told him what Chad did. Kate assured him that Abby would keep quiet about it. She warned him to tell Sami the truth. He refused to do that. She’s okay with it because she knew Roman wouldn’t forgive her if the truth came out. They agreed to meet later for dinner. Lucas sat alone at the table and worried about Abby telling the truth. He grabbed a bottle of alcohol and snuck out of the pub. Abby told Chad about her visit with Gwen. He told her about his conversation with Kate. He apologized for keeping her in the dark about Lucas. She assured him that she would be by his side. She told him that she was ovulating so they decided to go home. Sarah went to see Gwen. She wanted to confront her about what she did to her. Gwen said it was Abby’s fault for leaving the syringe in the basement so Kristen could use it on her. She told Gwen that she had to mourn her baby twice and she’s hallucinating. Gwen said that she’s paying for what happened. Sarah gloated that she and Xander were back together. Chad and Abby made love and she was convinced they made a baby. Thomas told them that he saw the Tooth Fairy and he thought he wouldn’t find them. Abby assured him that he would find them. Chad planned on taking the kids to the movies so he left Abby alone. Leo peeked out the door while he was alone with Abby. Kate wondered what happened to Lucas. He passed out on the bed. He was holding an empty bottle of alcohol. Gwen was missing at the prison. She told the guard that she fell asleep in the library. Leo was sweaty while he was in the park. He held on to his bag. Chad went back to the room and found Abby dead on their bed.

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Kate asked Chad why he told Abby that Lucas kidnapped Sami. Chad said Abby was going to make Sami’s kidnapping the next investigative story. He said Abby tracked down the other henchman who kidnapped Sami. He said he had to stop her from going after a criminal. Chad said she wouldn’t say anything. She said he wouldn’t have to worry about Lucas. Lucas went to the pub and saw Clyde there. Lucas couldn’t believe he was working there. Clyde said he changed. Clyde said he heard his argument with EJ the other day. Clyde said any enemy of EJ’s was a friend of his. Lucas asked if he had a problem with EJ. Clyde said he had a business deal with EJ and he turned him down. Clyde said EJ used to mention Sami’s kidnapping. He said he blamed Lucas for it. Clyde wondered if Lucas would make a good partner. Lucas thought the opportunity was illegal. He said he wanted to stay out of prison. Clyde warned him that EJ was telling people that he committed the crime. Jan told Shawn that it was her first appointment with Marlena. She said she was determined to get better a be the mother her baby deserved. Marlena showed up for her session with Jan. Jan told her she would be the best patient she ever had. Shawn said he would give them privacy. He wanted to talk to Belle so he was going to Marlena’s. Marlena told him Belle wasn’t there. She said Belle was upset that she was treating Jan. She said Belle spent the night at the DiMera mansion. Shawn left.

Jan asked Marlena if Belle and EJ were together. Marlena said the conversation wasn’t about Belle. Jan said she was sorry. She said she was nervous. She said she needed to work on being a good mother. Marlena said she would end the session if it looked like the old Jan was back. Jan said she wanted to be better like Ben. Jan had a pain in her stomach. Marlena told her to stay calm, but Jan thought she was in labor. She asked Marlena to help her. Belle told EJ that she would love to help him with his problems with Gabi and Clyde. He said he had a plan to get revenge on Clyde. She said she wanted to do it legally. He wanted to talk over brunch. Susan told Abby that she felt a presence among them. She said someone isn’t supposed to be in the house. Abby told her it might have been the tooth fairy because Thomas said he ran into the tooth fairy. Abby wanted to go in the basement where Thomas saw the tooth fairy. Gwen called Abby. Gwen said she needed to see Abby. She said it was important. Abby hung up on her. Susan wanted to know who was on the phone. Abby said it was her sister. Abby said Gwen wanted her to visit her. Belle and EJ went in the living room. Susan asked if something was going on between them. Shawn came in and wondered what was going on. Belle said she didn’t have to tell him where she sleeps since there is a psychopath in their house. He wanted to know what was going on between her and EJ. EJ said she needed a place to feel safe. He said they were about to have brunch so he could leave. Shawn said EJ was trying to steal her from him and now he has succeeded. He asked if she was sleeping with EJ. She said she was in the guest room. He said she knew what she was doing coming to the mansion. She said she had to deal with her family betraying her. Marlena ended up calling him. He told Belle that Jan was in labor. Abby went to see Gwen. Abby thought she was going to admit to killing her grandmother. Gwen said it wasn’t about Laura. She said it was about give to him. Abby laughed at the gift. Gwen said she knew Abby hated her, but Jack was all she had. She begged Abby to give it to him. Abby picked it up and dropped it. Gwen asked why she did that. Abby said she ruined her life and had the nerve to want a favor. Gwen said she would make her pay for this.

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