All Rights Reserved. Link Only CLOSING IN ON WHO SHOT EJ, ALEX'S BOLD NEWS FOR STUNNED STEPH, SOPHIA GETS AND LOSES A LAWYER, VIVIAN PHONES PHILIP! These are my words. There is only one DaysCafe :) REAL TIME SEQUENCE + KEY DETAILS! - Elegant Marlena meets Roman outside the pub and marvels they felt John was present at Paul's wedding. Ro wonders what she wanted to discuss. The fact that Johnny might have shot EJ and Ro might already know ... Alex is at his desk. Johnny comes back from training and is ready to start work. Alex sighs this company could sink fast ... At the square Sophia implores Melinda to secretly rep her ... At the hospital Sarah warns Steph that somebody told Xander that she knew about Phil's bogus letter. She wonders who told him the secret that killed her marriage ... Phil flashes back to Xander beating him and wakes up with a gasp in his hospital bed. The pain remains. He reads the headline about Xander being exonerated. Philip had his reasons for not outing him ... Melinda agrees to be Sophia's lawyer. Sophia cares not what Tate says cos she needs her. Melinda is ready to get to work ... Marlena is now inside with Roman updating him on what she heard from Rachel, who said she saw Johnny aim his gun at EJ that fateful night. Roman tells her about the lockbox gun that disappeared with Johnny that same day. Marlena wonders if he shot his own da ... Alex complains about Xander selling off assets to purchase his hospital, which EJ now owns. Titan is very vulnerable. Johnny gasps and here comes raging bull Xander ... - Sarah is aware that Alex and Steph kept her secret. She suspects it was Phil who outed her and also covered for Xander ... Brady visits banged up Phil, who is ever so sorry about John. He blames himself for the back alley deal. Brady reminds him it worked out. They are family and he is relieved Xander was not his attacker ... Sophia is touched when Trask offers to waive her retainer fee cos she has been there ... Steph recalls Phil suggesting the attack was just bad luck. Sarah calls said bad luck Xander and wonders if Steph can get Phil to tell her the truth. Steph warns it might send Xander to the slammer. Sarah believes if he did it then he belongs in said slammer ... Xander wants to argue his false arrest influenced the hospital votes. He refuses to be ripped off by EJ. Alex is in and so is Johnny. Alex announces he wants Johnny on the creative team, helping with BOOK trailers and TV ads. Johnny agrees. Xander warmly welcomes him and wonders why publishing. Alex boasts about a secret project ... - Phil is all for keeping peace in the family. Brady invites him to a ball game when he gets better and here comes Steph. Brady leaves. Steph glares and admits Sarah sent her. He sighs she wants to know if he lied about his attacker ... Roman reveals to Marlena he removed the gun as he wanted to stop Johnny, who later noticed he had moved the lock box. He claimed he did not shoot anyone but Roman reveals there was a bullet missing. Marlena gasps Rachel is having bad dreams. They assume Kristen already knows. Marlena insists they speak to Johnny so he texts him ... Alex and Xander have a meeting and let Johnny take an early lunch. Xander is grateful for Alex's good work and announces he is now second in command. Philip will be kept on a short leash due to the chaos he caused ...oooo - Steph states Phil was trying to keep his half of the inheritance which is why he did not out Xander as his attacker. Phil acts offended. She suspiciously asks if he told Xander that Sarah knew about the forgery. He swears he kept his promise not to ... Back at the square, Melinda Trask tells Sophia where to detach the forms for her and Tate's full medical history. All of a sudden Sophia needs a break. After she steps away Brady steps up. Trask hides her folder. Brady knows about Tate stopping her involvement in his baby and fumes he has not forgotten her baby snatching history from her Sloan days. Then he leers to keep away from his family and storms off ... Steph comes back and updates suspicious Sarah. Phil swears Xander did not attack him. Sarah excuses herself. Steph lets out a gasp when she sees her secret saucy manuscript ... She later joins Alex at the bistro and is curt. He wonders why. She shows him her secret manuscript that she found on a hospital desk and demands answers ... Xander sits with Melinda for a moment and wonders whether he can get full custody of his daughta ... - Meanwhile Sarah is on a custody call with unseen unheard Justin. She refuses to co parent with Xander ... Xander is mad he cannot get full custody. Melinda reminds him Sarah is an exemplary mother so no Judge would take away her child. She suggests the parents work together for Victoria. He, however, is still considering going outside the law ... Johnny meets up with Roman and Marlena. They demand to know if he shot EJ. Roman talks tough. Marlena asks if he really took his grandfather's gun. He sheepishly confesses he did ... Steph blasts Alex, who wants to explain. She rages a nurse told her everyone read it. She trusted in him not to share it with anyone. He sighs and tries to explain ... Brady approaches Xander and wants to talk Basic Black. Xander complains he is still dealing with the hospital vote and wonders if someone might change said vote. Brady would be willing ... Back above the pub, Johnny swears he never left the gun near the front door. Roman and Marlena want to hear his whole story. He sighs he was enraged at EJ, stormed to the mansion living room and did point the gun at him. EJ told him he did not mean to hurt him and blamed himself for the mistakes he made. He insisted on stopping his son from becoming another version of himself. Johnny handed over the gun. He cries he is sorry ... - Phil gets a call from unseen unheard Vivian. He rages at her for what happened and hangs up in a snit ... Brady would be willing to give Xander his vote if it came up. Xander is grateful. Brady gets going and Xander stands as Sarah arrives ... Melinda has decided not to rep Sophia given Brady's threats. Sophia is crushed. Melinda offers to get her another lawyer. Sophia feels more alone than ever ... Alex just wanted feedback from Kate but Steph still feels betrayed. He assures her no one knows the writer's name and besides Kate said it would be a best seller. Steph gets stars in her eyes ... Roman and Marlena are relieved. Roman mentions the new mystery of the missing bullet. Someone else shot EJ with his gun but who?!! STAY TUNED Luv Cathy |
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