All Rights Reserved. Link Only EJ REMEMBERS WHO DONE IT, SOPHIA'S WORST NIGHTMARE IS MOVING BACK, MADAM JULIE’S MARVELOUS MYSTICAL BOOKSTORE! These are my words. There is only one DaysCafe :) REAL TIME SEQUENCE + KEY DETAILS! - Marlena takes Rachel to the bookstore where she spies reading Julie. Julie is here always. The fellow blonde asks what she is reading. HOW TO ACCEPT THE INEVITABLE. Julie blames Chad's connection with that Cat being the reason for such a read ... Chad is feeling better and takes his temperature with Cat ... A quiet court. Johnny is alone at his table. EJ is still in the courtroom as a spectator. Chanel is present too. Belle asks to cross-examine Chanel, who is still under oath. Belle asks why she threatened EJ. She did not speak such words and announces the video was doctored ... Colorful Julie is anti-cat but Marlena calls her contrite. Julie complains she is getting her claws into the late Abigail's husband ... Chad and Cat are relieved they are both better ... Marlena does not deny being fond of Cat but also respects the way Julie feels ... Belle's next witness is Johnny, who confirms he used to be a tv and film director. Belle asks if he believes the video of his wife was doctored. He insists it was and adds he can prove it was a deepfake! - Marlena knows how it feels to loathe the love interest of a family member and suggests Cat and Chad are only friends. Julie the sage reasons friends become lovers ... Chad praises Cat for taking care of him and admits he liked being with her. She feels the same way ... EJ stares darkly as Belle continues. Johnny gives his dad a dirty look and declares like Stefano the DiMeras of today have a history of hoodwinking the Salem PD ... Madam Judge wants a simpler answer. Belle shows the video in question and Johnny points out where the shadows cast in the wrong direction plus there are pixelated images. He showed the video to a famous expert, who concurred. Belle has no more questions for now. EJ glares as his son steps down. Leo drinks it all in ... Johnny rests and a brief recess is declared prior to closing arguments ... - Julie admits to Marlena she considered buying the bookstore but alas lost her nerve. Marlena exclaims she is a respected entrepreneur and suggests she reconsider. Colorful Julie gets to thinking ... Chad and Cat drink their orange juice and his stomach growls. Then he grins he owes her dinner. The talk turns to Felicity and Cat's other family. Mom was moved to a closer facility and Aaron is returning to attend Salem U. this fall. Chad is elated. Just you wait. Sophia will not feel the same way!!! - Rachel is given the story of Serena Salamander, a sorceress in the making. Oooo. The bookshop owner suggests she will save the planet with a key which is trapped in the child's mind. She is excited to read it now ... Chanel assures Johnny he was amazing and knows he will ace his closing argument. Back in the courtroom EJ greets Belle, who scoffs at he who has no shame and walks away with her blonde head held high ... Cat assumes Julie will be relieved to have Chad home and away from her. Chad notes Julie and the other Hortons will have to accept what is happening and calls Cat a good friend he cares for. She smiles with stars in her eyes ... Julie apologizes for talking trivialities given what Marlena must ne going through. Marlena sighs about the cliché that time heals all wound for some wounds are too deep to ever heal. Julie sadly states even after a year she is devastated to have lost Doug. Marlena recalls how she used to tell John she could not imagine a life without him and yet now it is their reality. But the thanks God for their families and one another ... - Pink Pantsuit Belle tells the jury that Johnny, overcome with the horror of what EJ had done to his mother, did indeed head to the mansion to shoot him. However he did not shoot him but after an unknown assailant did, he regretted his father had survived. Such are the facts and now the jury must decide ... Back at the bookstore Marlena is touched that Foster found Rachel her perfect book and even more so when he tells her tis on the house. She will see Julie soon and they embrace. Rachel says goodbye and happily heads off with her favorite grandmother and book ... Johnny gets his chance to make his closing arguments and faces the ladies and gentlemen of the jury. He did not shoot his father that fateful night cos he could not. But he gave him the gun and left. EJ knew the suspects list was long given all his enemies. Johnny regrets not taking that gun and insists he is innocent. Now the jury must decide ... - Julie informs Foster she shares his vision of making sure the nostalgic bookstore stays the way it is. Therefore she will buy it ... EJ blasts Johnny for not letting him finish his job as his lawyer. Johnny insults him and walks away with Chanel. Belle admits she is not surprised. EJ warns her that Marlena seems to think SHE was his shooter and leers is she right??? ... Just as Chad is about to bid Felicity goodbye Cat gets a call. Tis Marlena, who informs her she needs to take an indefinite leaves of absence ... Leo has been nominated as jury foreman. His first order of business is the lunch list ... - Belle scoffs EJ is being ridiculous and goes on her miffed way ... Foster is over the moon that Julie will make the bookstore live on in Salem ... Cat complains she needs a job and EJ just slashed the staffing budget. Chad is sympathetic but must get home to his kids. He opens the door and departs ... EJ is drowning his sorrows in spirits when Rachel and Marlena return to the mansion. Marlena asks about court but then Rachel starts to play with an expensive glass ornament. EJ stares and here comes the flashback of his shooting ... He now remembers Rachel approaching with a gun, how he wondered wot she was doing ... - Belle approaches Chanel and Johnny at the square. She hopes Johnny will get off and they will find the real killer. She is miffed EJ implied Marlena suspected her, which is absurd. However, it suggests the shooter might be someone both EJ and her mom would want to protect ... EJ remembers Rachel holding the gun on him, demanding he reveal where Grandma Rachel was. Now Rachel accidentally drops the glass. CRASH BOOM BANG! He flashes back to her shooting him in the chest and gasps OH GOD. Marlena stares in horror. Little Rachel is strangely silent. STAY BLOODY TUNED! Luv Cathy |
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