All Rights Reserved. Link Only GWEN AND XANDER GET DRUNK AND HEAD TO HER ROOM, LEO ADMITS HIS BAD HISTORY TO JAVI, MARLENA ALMOST TAKES A FALL, ARI GETS DRAWN INTO DOUG’S DANGER ... These are my words. There is only one DaysCafe :) REAL TIME SEQUENCE + KEY DETAILS! - Melancholy Marlena sips coffee and stares out the window. Belle returns home. Marlena was waiting ... Ari sees Roman put the closed sign at the pub window ... Xander drinks and remembers watching fireworks with Sarah but that was then this is now. Now he has a shirt on and no wife to share the holiday with ... Back at the Kiriakis mansion Sarah stares sadly into space ... Leo is aghast Gwen got her paws on Julie's stolen necklace. Gwen hisses she is keeping it. She also hisses she hates him. Javi stands by his Leo but does not get the depth of the girl's rage. Leo sighs he regrets what he did before but Gwen is not in a forgiving mood. He tells her that Dimitri dumped him for a prison paramour. Gwen cackles she is still his legal wife and has full control over his basketball gym and other assets. Leo the sage states some things mean more than money. She calls him a lying swindling backstabbing ... and condescendingly warns Javi he does not yet know what he has gotten himself into. Then she flounces off and Javi demands Leo explain what the heck that was ... - Belle texted Brady she would be late from work. Marlena wonders if it concerned Johnny's case ... Roman wonders what da heck Ari is doing in his pub. She fibs she came to see Kate. Ro suspects she really came to see Doug. Meanwhile Doug is upstairs in his room counting the money he must give the goon. Alas his pennies from heaven are not enough ... Sarah sadly looks at pics of happier times. Bonnie comes in and gets a drink. She senses she is upset about Xander. Sarah complains about their clash. Bonnie believes the sorrow will not last. Meanwhile good riddance ... Xander wants another drink and here comes Gwen. She plops herself at his table and he stares in stunned silence ... Belle will only say there is a new clue that could shed light on who shot EJ. Marlena has high hopes for Johnny ... Back at the pub Ari lies to Roman she is not involved with Doug. Then she exits the pub into the dark Salem night ... - Bonnie is furious that Xander went after Philip ... Gwen sips her drink and lies she is sorry about Sarah. Xander doubts it. She brings up their daughter. She had assumed they would last. Him too ... Leo comes clean to Javi, who is not impressed to hear he went to Iceland to cheat with Gwen's husband while they were honeymooning. He wonders how well he really knows Leo ... Ari sneaks up to Doug's room through the window and demands he explain his bizarre behavior ... Belle admits to Marlena EJ would do anything for his son. They both want Johnny to go free ... Leo really regrets betraying bff Gwen and sighs he does not deserve someone like Javi ... - Bonnie senses Sarah still loves Xander. She warns bad boys do not change. Her husband drove Mimi to kill him. Sarah is stunned. Bonnie advises her against raising a child in the wrong environment with the wrong man. It will not end well ... Gwen is sorry for Xander and admits seeing the spark he had for Sarah bothered her. She knows she is toxic but wonders wot if ... Doug is sorry but he had to deal with something big the other day. Ari demands to know what went down. He confesses he was supposed to meet a guy he owes big money ... Javi sighs he is no saint and all people have secrets and regrets. Leo teases him too? Javi smiles some things he would never change. Being with Leo is one of them ... - Marlena fibs the fireworks kept her awake. Belle can head her pacing at night. Marlena admits tis tough sleeping knowing John will not be coming home. She grieves alone. Belle is here and she loves her. Marlena gushes she loves her girl a great deal ... Sarah is sincerely sorry for what happened to Bonnie. But Xander would never harm her or their daughter. Bonnie believes they are both better off without him ... Xander admires the costly necklace draped around Gwen's neck. She boasts of all the big money she got away from Eurotrash Dimitri and they toast to that. She praises his own inheritance and they remember the old days when they had nothing. Gwen now suggests she get them another round and he walk her to her room. He tells her a gentleman always pays for the drinks and she smiles like the cat that just caught the Scottish canary ... - Ari needs to know to whom Doug owes money. He would rather not say and warns her tis unsafe to be around him. She likes the thrill and they start to smooch ... Marlena stands up and almost loses her balance. Belle is worried she has not told her everything ... Javi and Leo admire the sleeping baby. Leo loves being a family with Javi, who would love them to settle down one day. Alas Leo doubts himself. Javi insists he is a natural dad ... Sarah sighs to Bonnie that when she met Xander at the bistro he totally lost his cool. Bonnie warns he will fight down and dirty in court so she must hit him where it hurts ... Sarah wonders how ... - Gwen staggers through the square with Xander. Both seem sloshed. They stop in front of the Salem Inn and he wonders if they might have a chance, She kisses him and he kisses her back ... Marlena updates Belle on her good test results from Sarah. Belle suggests she try sleeping on the sofa. Marlena agrees. Belle will stay until she falls asleep ... Javi knows Leo would be the best dad. He suggests they make some fireworks while Tisaro slumbers ... Ari and Doug get hot and heavy in his room ... Back at the mansion Bonnie suggests Sarah get Phil to confess Xander was his attacker. Then he will be stuck in the slammer and not pose any threat. Sarah is listening ... Meanwhile Xander pulls back but Gwen still invites him to her room. Leo and Javi stare as they stagger into the Salem Inn together ... STAY BLOODY TUNED! Luv Cathy |
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