All Rights Reserved. Link Only NOT DEAD AGAIN, TWO HONEYMOONS ARE OVER! These are my words. There is only one DaysCafe :) REAL TIME SEQUENCE + KEY DETAILS! - At Bayview new bff Harris is happy to hear Ava loved her visit from son Tripp ... Shirtless Tripp comes out for coffee. Sleepless Wendy sarcastically updates him on Melina and Li trying again hence the noise. Tripp teases and they flirt ... Gabi and Stefan have had a busy night in their grand DiMera bed. Gabi gets the notification of Victor's death and is saddened. Stefan wonders why she cares. Cos he was Sonny's welcoming uncle. Stefan scoffs he was a man of schemes. Speaking of schemes, she insists they uncover Kristen's together ... Kristen reads of Victor's death but does not care. She remembers how he sided with Brady against her regarding Rachel and she stabbed him. She says to rest in misery. Ding dong! Tis a suited European looking for Dimitri and his biz is urgent ... Dimitri finishes his Icelandic pushups and Gwen admires the view, pleased he seems better. Now she wants to head to the lava fields together. He says all the right things and she melts. She tells him to go shower. He remembers Leo and casually suggests they ask him along ... - Gabi updates Stefan on Kristen's mysterious secret with Rachel that is related to money and Dimitri. Stefan is not surprised ... Kristen cordially invites Dimitri's Alamanian associate in and explains Dimitri is on honeymoon. She learns tis a biz matter concerning the Van Leuschner trust and the man standing before her is a barrister. He came to present Dimitri with the first installment of his funds. Kristen slyly suggests she take it and pass it to him. Not so fast ... Gwen marvels how marvelous Dimitri is for wanting to invite her gay bff Leo. However the Madonna concert was last night so Mattie must be flying back to Salem. A feeble knock. Tis Leo, who announces he has something sad to tell her. Dimitri assumes the worst and tries to silently stop him ... - Tripp and Wendy smooch. He is sorry he had to leave for the Inn last night. She understands cos Ava needed him. He believes she is getting better and the crazy is gone. Wendy could not be happier ... Harris is happy to hear Ava is healing with the help of the meds. Alas she worries about facing the consequences of her earlier actions. Susan Banks lost her life because of her rage for EJ DiMera ... The Euro barrister says no to a drink. Kristen apologizes for overstepping and claims she is close to her nephew. He talks protocol before he can disperse Dimitri's funds. She tells him she bore witness to his wedding and he has met the requirements ... Stefan would not be surprised if Kristen and Dimitri were conspiring to steal from the DiMeras. He warns Rachel knows how to protect her queen and wonders whether Dimitri is Kristen's pawn ... Leo sadly states his Uncle Victor is dead. Gwen gets catty about him. Leo admits he was his uncle in law briefly. But they had a bond. Flashback to Victor threatening to throw Christmas Leo from the mansion on his sugar plum posterior. Gwen gives Matte a sympathetic hug and he makes eyes at Dimitri ... - Harris can relate to losing one's sense of reality and harming others. Ava argues he was brainwashed. He argues she was grieving and not herself either as she had no support. In his view she was used by EJ and DiMera used her as their pawn ... Gabi talks palace coup and wonders whether Rachel is a red herring. Shirtless Stefan stands up and they theorize. She remembers what she got before Kristen interrupted her questions. The secret concerned money and someone else in the mansion. She wants to keep going with the 20 questions game ... Barrister Eliott Roth informs curious Kristen that if Dimitri's marriage is deemed a fraud the money would be divided amongst the remaining heirs. But Francois and Katarina renounced their claim long ago. Kristen wonders who would get Dimitri's portion. Katarina's kids ... Nicholas Alamain and Melanie Jonas his cousins. He wonders whether she knows something ... - Leo claims to be depressed. Gwen wonders what she can do for Mattie. He asks for an ice cream and she departs to do as asked. Once alone, Dimitri blasts him for almost sounding like he wanted to confess. Leo had no such idea but argues Dimitri would have deserved it. He sighs his sadness about Victor was real. Dimitri is sorry and starts to kiss him ... Tripp sighs his mom is still responsible for Susan's death. He adds the one person who knows whether she will be prosecuted is in Li's room with him now. Wendy slyly suggests they go ask her ... Back at the busy DiMera mansion ... Kristen smoothly states Dimitri and Gwen are truly madly deeply in love ... Back in Iceland Leo tells Dimitri tis not the appropriate time. He warns Gwen could find out. Dimitri promises to be fast. Oooo ... Gabi and Stefan gets dressed and he admits her conspiring makes her all the more alluring ... Kristen calls from Sakem to ordering Dimitri to fly home immediately ... Harris opens up to Ava. His earlier traumas made him an easier target of mind control. Ava admits she felt in control when Gabi asked her to act like she had been Jake's wife. She played along but when EJ uncovered the truth he banished her from Salem and she started to snap. Now, however, she is starting to feel lucid again. Harris has faith she will leave Bayview soon. She smiles and says the same of him ... Tripp and Wendy can still hear Melinda and Li's noise and decide to make their own noise. They kiss passionately in the kitchen ... Leo learns Kristen just called and insists Dimitri give him the truth. He tells him about the trust first payment messenger showing up at the mansion. Leo is elated. Dimitri sighs he will have to convince him that he and Gwen are the real deal. Leo's face falls ... - Stylish Gabi and Stefan demand to know who Kristen is talking to when they come downstairs. She lies he is the headmaster of Rachel's new prep school. Eliott is surprised. Gabi also seems surprised. Kristen sees Eliott to the door. Gabi growls to Stefan she was lying ... Out on the DiMera doorstep Kristen explains to suspicious Eliott that Gabi is the gold digging wife of brother Stefan, hence her secrecy about the family fortune. Eliott primly asks her to let Dimitri know he is staying at the Salem Inn after he has landed. She agrees. Neither realized Gabi was eavesdropping and heard every word ... Dimitri has updated Leo on everything. Gwen comes back and he announces he has been summoned home to Salem stat. He will give her the deets en route and tells her to start packing. Leo shrugs ... Inside the mansion Stefan sarcastically asks Kristen about Rachel's new school and she wonders where Gabi went. On an errand… Stylish Gabi gets to Roth's Salem Inn door and vows to get to the truth ... Tripp stops the smooching since the timing is not perfect. Wendy agrees as they slept very little last night. He heads to the shower ... Ava gushes Tripp is allowed to visit again and is so proud of her son. She assures Harris Bayview will help him as well cos she no longer sees dead people. All of a sudden she sees a dead ringer for Susan Banks standing behind him and lets out a scream to wake the dead! STAY TUNED! Luv Cathy |
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