All Rights Reserved. Link Only THE NET CLOSES IN ON PHIL, STEVE'S NEW INTEL, EJ TELLS KRISTEN THAT RACHEL SHOT HIM! These are my words. There is only one DaysCafe :) REAL TIME SEQUENCE + KEY DETAILS! - Steve is hard at work when glam Gabi shows up. Her Titan bosses were rattled by his FOI request! Patch is pleased ... Steph is writing her new story and has just ended a gunfight in her head. Alex flirts with his Calamity Jane ... Phil sees Belle at the square and hears the jury is deliberating. She hopes Johnny will get a break ... Replay of the crashing glass at DiMera mansion. EJ’s memory of Rachel shooting him returns in a flash and it is as clear as crystal. Marlena senses something and he gasps oh my God ... Marlena sends sorry Rachel up to see her mom. EJ stares in shock. Marlena can see he remembered. He is horrified that his niece shot him ... Steph loves writing her new murder mystery. Alex misses preferred the fun they had with the romance story. She is under pressure to finish fast but could use a distraction. Alex smooches and then seeks a favor ... Steve assures Gabi that no roads will lead to her and reminds her she put her faith in him when she hired him. She hears he found something and deduces Xander and Phil went the shady route. Negative. The documents were clean but it does not end there ... Phil feels for Belle having to prosecute her own nephew but does not mind that she and EJ are done ... Rachel is now upstairs with mommy Kristen, happy to be home with her real pet snake ... - Marlena had her suspicions. Under hypnosis EJ was seated but not looking up at his shooter. He gasps cos his shooter was a child. Marlena tragically admits it was her worst fear ... Phil lets Belle know he is here if she needs a ... friend to lean on. The blonde ambition thanks him for that ... Gabi wonders. Steve knows the Titan boys have a secret but the files are all clean so it must be something concerning the actual takeover ... Alex complains to Steph he cannot figure out who Daniel Lucas the man who made the FOIA request of Titan is. She remembers tis Steve and bites her lip. Alex now complains that Xander fears the secret of Phil's fraud could come out. If and when it does ... Xander wants Steph to have her PR response prepared just in case. He hopes his beloved will help him ... - Kristen and Rachel are making mother/daughter plans. Rachel is still worried Uncle EJ will be mad at her if Uncle Johnny goes to jail ... EJ accuses Marlena of protecting Rachel who has morphed into a mini Kristen. Marlena believes the child's subconscious is protecting her. EJ gasps ... Belle sits with Phil. They have coffee and he admits Xander is a pain plus he is worried someone is snooping around the merger. He worries they might try and overturn it. Here comes Gabi. Belle steps away to take a call about her own case. Gabi wants to talk Titan with Phil ... Steve asks Belle to drop by his office for a chat ... Steph gasps to Alex surely there are other pr pros Xander could hire. Alex argues she is the best cos she can be trusted with Philip's secret. She agrees to... help but only for Alex. - As they sit in Rachel's pretty bedroom mommy Kristen tells her daughter that she and daddy decided it was best she stay with Marlena for a little while. She assures her that Johnny will not go to jail and EJ will not blame her for telling the truth in court. She suggests they have lunch and heads downstairs to get cook to prepare something. Rachel stares after her ... EJ now recalls it all. Rachel did not intend to pull the trigger when she tried to order him to reveal where her grandmother was. Marlena is relieved. EJ blames himself. Kristen enters and senses something. EJ is sorry to say ... he remembered it was actually Rachel who shot him. Kristen glares daggers ... - Alex thanks Steph and kisses the girl he adores. She will help Titan prepare for any eventuality. Alex now shares that papa Steve uncovered his past secret ... Belle is emotional about being back at Black Patch again. Steve lets the teary girl know he would do anything for her. She says to prey for Johnny. He agrees. Now she wonders why he summoned her. He seeks some intel off the record ... Gabi boldly suggests she and Phil discuss the possibility of working together again and offers him a bistro meal. He already heard about her scene there with Xander and sneers he will not fall for her charm offensive ... - Woman in red Kristen rages at EJ for his lie but Marlena claims tis true. EJ patiently repeats his shooter was not Johnny but Rachel ... Steph giggles at Alex's parrot theft story that made him lose his toga back in his frat boy days. He believes it helped him bond with Steve. Steph decides the parrot story will be in her next book ... Meanwhile Steve updates Belle on his Titan takeover case and wonders if she is aware of anyyyyyyyything dodgy Philip might have done regarding the case and the family biz. Belle stares ... - Phil blasts Gabi for making nice so she can steal Gabi Chic back. She was sincere about talking shop together and angrily decides she made a mistake. Phil stops her from storming off and announces she is the spy who is trying to blow up the Titan DiMera merger ... Kristen does not believe EJ but he informs her what he remembered, what Rachel was wearing the night he was shot. He remembers putting the gun on the table cos Johnny could not bring himself to pull the trigger. While her mother showered, Rachel sneaked downstairs, got his gun and pointed it at him demanding her grandmother's whereabouts. Marlena believes tis true. Kristen breaks down. Marlena gives the siblings a moment. Kristen begs her brother to leave her fragile daughter alone. Alas he must tell the truth for innocent Johnny ... Steph is wearing a toga and the tosses it to Alex, who feels like the luckiest guy in the world ... Gabi convinces Phil she is not the leak and suggests they have lunch like old friends. He agrees ... - Belle is bound by attorney client privilege. Steve accepts that. She leaves and he calls Paul for a major ISA favor. He seeks the original court records of when Phil wound up with half of the Titan empire ... Meanwhile Marlena is with lunching Rachel who hopes she would not mind if she lived with mommy again. Marlena would miss her and agrees she would see her. Rachel now wonders whether Johnny will have to go to prison. Marlena thinks not ... EJ gets Kristen water and tries to calm his stressed sister. She gasps she needs more time but time it is running out for Johnny with every passing second. EJ suggests she come up with a way for is son to walk free fast or he will have to reveal what her daughter did! STAY BLOODY TUNED! Luv Cathy |
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