All Rights Reserved. Link Only JOHN AND MARLENA'S LAST MOMENT, STEFAN'S FAKE DEAL WITH EJ, JOHNNY AND CHANEL ... These are my words. There is only one DaysCafe :) REAL TIME SEQUENCE + KEY DETAILS! - Alone again, EJ makes his next chess move. Chloe and Stefan enter. He complains about the cops, who must be closing in on Kristen ... Kristen growls when Brady reveals Rafe knows all. Rafe confirms they have her confession. The angry cat is carted off by Jada and the commiss. Brady believes she had it coming ... Johnny updates Steve on the phone and ends the call. Chanel arrives at the nurse's station and asks him about Marlena. Alas the news is not good ... The silver fox woefully states doc cannot go home. She cannot die here! He assures her Steve and the ISA are still searching for the orchid. She knows the end is near and needs out of this room ... Back at DiMera mansion Chloe wishes she had stopped Kristen with the poker. Stefan and the songbird update EJ on Kristen's blackmail of Brady. Stefan gets the news on his phone that the cops have Kristen. EJ anxiously sips his red wine ... Johnny updates Chanel on the bug Steve planted, and how he worries Marlena might not make it ... Marlena reminds John he went through this with Isabella. He admits he could not help IzzyB but she believes her hours are also numbered. He steps away to set up a compromise for this woman he loves with all his noble heart ... - Chanel learns Allie left the hospital for Henry. John emerges asking for Johnny's assistance ... Brady gives Belle the latest on the phone. Rachel emerges asking after mommy. Brady tries to break it to her gently. Mommy did some bad things. She might need to return to the slammer. He hugs his unhappy little girl ... At the station Rafe plays Kristen the recording of her admission as Jada watches. Rafe refuses to reveal where he got it. Kristen claims tis fake. Rafe keeps playing and she now hears Johnny's voice. Jada informs her Johnny agreed to testify. Kristen demands her lawyer ... Having heard that Kristen was apprehended, Chloe decides to head home for a good sleep. Stefan is playing chess with EJ when EJ gets a call ... from Kristen. She orders him to help her with his fancy law degree and threatens to spill all to Stefan ... John returns and tells Marlena he made some arrangements. She wants the deets. He gushes it will be the adventure of a lifetime ... Up on the hospital rooftop Johnny and Chanel are getting ready. She is glad to have something good to do and complains about Sloan suing her and mama in civil court. Sympathetic Johnny wishes he had known cos he still cares. She wonders what Wendy would say ... Rachel wants only Kristen and blasts Brady. Then she runs into her room. Chloe arrives ... Rafe has a turkey on rye with cranberry sandwich surprise for Jada to show his appreciation. He assumes Kristen's first call was to make EJ get her out of the mess ... Back at DiMera mansion, EJ does not hide to Stefan that he is conversing with Kristen and refuses to help her. She threatens to expose him so he puts her on speaker phone to have the upper hand ... Johnny puts a blanket on the bench and makes light of his and Wendy's cover that they were a couple as they investigated Li. Chanel heard about the brainwashing and they agree Li is a creep. Chanel wonders about him with Wendy again. Johnny admits they would have had their first date had Marlena not taken a turn. Chanel falls and he catches her. Their faces get cloooooooser ... - Jada ends a call with unseen unheard unhappy Steve. She wonders how Kristen can live with what she did ... Chloe came to check on Brady. She is glad to hear he stopped Kristen from leaving with Rachel. He sighs how to tell his child her mother must stay in the slammer a long time ... Kristen wants off the speaker. EJ sarcastically suggests she come clean. Stefan says what the hell. Kristen holds her tongue so EJ drops the bomb that he knew about Li brainwashing him and kept the secret in his own self-interest. Stefan looks like a mini Stefano ready to blow ... Kristen calls EJ an idiot. He suggests she find a lawyer and hangs up. He assures Stefan he only knew about the brainwashing after the fact. Li had told him and warned if he told Stefan he would side with Gabi. Kristen wanted Stefan too busy with Chloe so she would stay away from Brady. He admits he did not want to lose control of the company and is rather relieved tis over, regardless of any consequences ... John brings Marlena and they admire the set up Johnny and Chanel made together. Johnny hands him the remote and Chanel gives moved Marlena the strawberries. Johnny hugs his grandparents and goes. Marlena is moved to tears and kisses her love on the lips ... - Chloe is sorry for Brady and sorry to hear about Marlena slowly slipping away. He blames himself for Kristen's blackmail that hurt so many and might make John lose Marlena. Chloe holds him. Rachel emerges and rages at her to stay away from her daddy ... John and Marlena snuggle on the bench. They share a strawberry with cream and he starts the show. Memories of their moments together. Precious memories of the precious couple that date back decades. Poignant music plays. She wonders how time could pass so fast and wishes they could do it all over again. Then she smiles on her hero's shoulder ... Johnny converses with Chanel at the nurse's station about John and Marlena's endless love. He fears she knows the end is near and cries he cannot lose her ... Brady sternly states to be polite to Chloe and disagrees when Rachel blames her for mommy being carted off by the cops. She hates her! Brady sends her back to her bedroom. They need to have a talk ... - Kristen is sulking when Rafe returns and admits she hit a snag with her almost attorney. He and Jada need her statement and need to know about Li's involvement. Kristen wants to make a deal. Rafe suggests she tell him about Shin first and she smiles slyly ... Stefan is appalled that EJ was a fake ally all along! EJ casually explains he could not allow Gabi to control the company. Stefan concludes he was after absolute power. EJ apologizes. Stefan is aware he was not the one who wanted to rewire his brain and only found out after the fact. He assumes Stefano would have approved of what he did for the company. EJ dares to hope they can work it out. Stefan smirks and agrees to forgive him but there is a condition attached. He wants a return to their original deal to be co-CEOs. EJ agrees. Just the two of them after he removes liability Li. They shake hands on the deal. Stefan notes there is no trust between them but Stefano would approve of their association. EJ agrees and elegantly goes. Phoenix music plays as Stefan pours himself a drink and leers EJ will not even see him coming ... Alas Chloe concludes that she and Brady should not be together after all ... Kristen coos she will only start writing her story down after she speaks to an attorney. Rafe warns she is looking at two murders maybe three ... Johnny needs a friend now more than ever so Chanel hugs him ... After the sweet slide show, John suddenly realizes doc has slipped away, her head on his leather jacket shoulder. He shuts his eyes as their wedding picture glows on the wall above ... STAY TUNED! Luv Cathy |
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