All Rights Reserved. Link Only A NEW TALE OF MURDER, SINISTER SIGNS, CAT'S BAD LUCK AFTER ASKING ABOUT STEFANO! These are my words. There is only one DaysCafe :) REAL TIME SEQUENCE + KEY DETAILS! - Kayla and Steve are making pizza but he is distracted due to something he discovered. Something that could affect their darling daughter ... Alex has no shirt on in the kitchen. just his big ... biceps and an apron. Steph loooves it ... At the square perky Ponytail Cat runs into Rafe, who is grateful she helped his niece and Holly come home. She admires the baby and he notes he is not his. Then she looks up and sees Chad ... Sarah wonders why Xander brought baby to the hospital and hopes she is alright ... Sue seems to be having a strange Stefano seizure. EJ starts to worry when she declares Stefano is not dead ... Chad knew not Rafe and Cat were acquainted. They pretend they know one another and Rafe spins she brought back a toy Tesoro had dropped. Chad admires the little lad. Cat informs him how cool Felicity said his car was. He is glad all is well and goes on his way. Cat is anxious and tells Rafe there is something they must discuss but not in a public place. They pretend to go their separate ways ... - Back at DiMera mansion EJ gets annoyed with Sue's gibberish. She swears Stefano is here! Why now? She boasts she is now a Bonafide medium ... Steve alludes to a new case that led him to some troubling intel. Kayla assumes it is about Alex ... Steph loves Alex's cooking surprise and they get cozy in the kitchen ... Xander informs Sarah he brought sweethot to see mom and wonders whether she would like her for the night. Sarah gets suspicious ... Alex shows Steph the galleys of her story. She gushes it looks like a book. Then she gasps about the passage he promised to remove. Tis still there ... Kaya gets worried. Steve reveals some years before Alex showed up in Salem he was arrested. Kayla wonders what charges. He does not have the deets yet but he knows he pleaded guilty. Justin assured him he changed since then but Steve has done this rodeo before with his daughter. He remembers another bad romance she had with a felon ... Xander assumes staring Sarah wants him to scram. On the contrary ... Cat and Rafe convene in their secret unmarked ISA office. She calls him a natural with the baby. Rafe praises Javi and even Leo, who has turned over a new leaf for the child. The talk mow turns to EJ, the fact that Chad bought they just met so the case was not compromised. Cat complains she has less access to the hospital since Marlena rarely comes to work now that John is gone. The only hospital intel she has is about how people hate EJ's bargain basement management style. They need to know what his game is ... - EJ seems surprised motha fancies herself an official medium. She admits she has yet to get her diploma. He wonders about her faith. The company called all her visions a blessing that the Lord wants her to use for goodness. EJ gets a drink. Sue stands by Stefano's foreboding portrait and warns there is a bad connection in the air ... Cat had heard there was another DiMera in Salem. Rafe tells her tis Tony, who is better than evil Andre was. Then there were those who vanished like Stefan and Dimitri. She wonders if Stefano is really dead cos she heard about his many lives ... EJ dismisses Sue's visions. Here comes Chad. Sue now informs him that Stefano is alive and suggests the brothers do something ... Kayla realizes Steve is referring to Jeremy Horton. Kayla believes Alex is a nicer guy than that one was. Steve sighs Jeremy conned them. How not to worry about who or what Alex might attract ... Alex swears did tell Kate to cut that passage. Steph stares as he calls Kate to fix things ... Sarah is sorry she acted suspicious and sighs she is stressed. She just met a patient who had to make a tough decision and it made her see how lucky they are. She will always love Xander even though they cannot live together. He will always love her too oooooooo - Rafe reasons Stefano would be to old to walk among them now. Cat read about the fountain of youth story and mysterious microchips. Rafe concedes anything is possible with the DiMeras. After all he was called the phoenix cos he could and did rise from the ashes. Spooky music plays. The kind that could give a Salemite a chill about what was to come ... Chad hears from EJ that motha fancies herself a medium. Sue is now in her own little world. She feels the presence of the phoenix's soul and slowly works the room trying to attract more signs. Meanwhile EJ informs bemused brother Chad he summoned him to thank him for helping Johnny in court. He invites him for dinner. Chad says no thanks as Sue strangely slinks around the room. He wishes EJ luck ... - Steve seeks Sweetness' opinion. She knows Stephanie is sensible. Besides she herself fell for a bad boy herself once upon a time. He stole her heart. He believes he was a bad dude back then. She reminds his he was redeemable. Steve wonders whether Steph went looking for a bad boy like her dad. Kayla laughs and suggests they let their girl be happy. He agrees but he will be secretly watching Alex ... Alex ends his call with Kate. Alas it already went to print. Steph starts to panic. He could cancel but it would cos the company. She concludes she can live with it. However that passage was based on something between her and an ex. Alex wonders if the guy reads romances. No but ... He convinces her he is unlikely to read the book ... - Sarah and Xander have decided they do love each other. She has not changed her mind about separating, however, and fibs she feels at peace. He gives her a folder from his lawyer. Separation papers. Once she signs on the dotted line ... Their eyes fill with tears of torment ... The pizza is ready and Steve praises Sweetness, who praises him right back. They kiss in bliss ... Alex wines and dines Steph with red wine and the promise of perfect tacos. She teases him about the screwup. He admits Kate was wondering about the next book. Steph is trying something different. A MURDER MYSTERY ... - Sarah sadly reads and signs. Xander already did. A piano plays. She hands him back the folder. Tomorrow it will be official. He tells the baby he will see her in a few days and looks back at his now ex wife ... Nearby Cat runs into Chad. He wonders what she is up to. Just checking some work matters for Marlena. The talk turns to the trial and she suggests he must have many stories about the DiMeras. Chad decides to depart. She does too and they approach the elevator ... Impatient EJ blames motha's strange behavior for chasing away Chad. She states he did that himself by suggesting he skew the press coverage of the trial in his favor. EJ wonders how she knew. She warns him mama is a psychic and decides to take one of her classes but then complains about Stefano's staring portrait ... Alex wants to read Steph's MURDER MYSTERY. Tis a work in progress. They kiss and look forward to dinner and then some ... Steve gets frisky with giggling Kayla on the couch ... Chad and Cat enter the elevator together. The door shuts and seconds later it stops ... Xander stares at Sarah smiling at the baby while he waits for the elevator ... Chad and Cat are now stuck together in the elevator. She is seconds away from a meltdown. STAY BLOODY TUNED! Luv Cathy |
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