I'm home today for medical reasons and I have a boat load of pharmaceuticals in me, so I apologize for the added snarkiness
Kayla and Lani in the hospital. Kayla is Lani’s doctor. Eli shows up for the appointment. Lani wants to know why he is there. Eli says they are his kids, Lani says it’s her appointment. Eli wants to know how his kids are doing. Lani agrees only because she doesn’t want to keep Kayla from other patients. Kayla has enrolled them in Lamaze classes, Eli takes the paper as Lani says he won’t be her coach. Eli and Lani argue over Lamaze coaches. Kayla has patients to see and leaves the room. Eli wants to know who will be her coach if not him. Lani says well not my father he’s on your side, not my best friend she’s in prison because of you.
Eli tells Lani that he is sick and tired Lani throwing that in his face. Lani is upset that Eli is yelling at her when she is 8 months pregnant. Eli tells her that Kayla says she’s doing fine. Eli has been holding his tongue for so long. Eli did what he did to keep Lani from giving birth behind bars. They continue arguing the same thing we’ve heard every time they’ve been on. Eli will no longer apologize for doing his job, tells Lani she’s wrong. Eli tells Lani he doesn’t expect anything but criticism from her, and that’s not good for the babies and her. Eli says even if you don’t want to be married to me anymore those will always be my children.
Nicole on phone - knock on door. Brady appears, Nicole is surprised Brady was hoping to find her alone. Brady wants to talk about him and Nicole. When Brady came back to Salem after his dad’s aneurysm it was to be a short-term visit. John is doing fine. Kristen is behind bars for a couple of years. Brady needs to stay in Salem and he needs to be a single parent and he needs to work. He wants to work with Nicole at Basic Black as her partner. Nicole says I don’t think so. Brady is incredulous that Nicole wouldn’t want him to join her. Nicole explains the reasoning why, using common courtesy.
Nicole says if I couldn’t count on you then, why should I believe I can count on you now. You abandoned me our employees everyone. Brady begs to come back. They make an excellent team. Nicole reminds him that when he left, she had to work really hard to convince people to stick with her. Brady then mansplains about running a company that he walked away from leaving Nicole to do it herself. Nicole assures him she is fine. Brady says but you’re a single parent and you are trying to run a company so you need me. And of course, she caves because in the Days writers’ minds women can’t do anything without a male to watch over them. Nicole missed Brady as her partner and as her friend. Brady assures her he won’t let her down. Brady will start work tomorrow. Nicole tells him that she has hired someone else in a big role. It is someone he knows. It’s a her. Knock on the door and the new person is there, Chloe.
Lucas and Steve talk over Henry. Steve tries to apologize to Lucas. Lucas is indignant talks about how Allie has to do this all on her own, raise the child, yada yada. Steve says the DNA test was a mistake his son didn’t harm Allie. They agree there is no winners here. Both agree to not making a scene. Lucas throws Ava Vitali's name at Steve. Steve admits that Tripp has made some bad choices in the past but he didn’t do this thing. Lucas mentions Kayla running the test 4 times at least a dozen times.
Ava and Kristen talk about Philip, and Xander. Ava isn’t worried, she’s told Philip to deal with Xander if Philip doesn’t take care of Xander she will. Kristen says she wants to get out early she needs to stop this conversation. Ava sees the headlines accusing Tripp of rape on the computer in the room. She needs to go to her son. Kristen wants her to think before acting. Kristen is looking at the story it doesn’t list the “victims” name, Ava gets angry she’s not a victim, she’s an “accuser”. Ava thinks this is why Tripp looked sad the other day. Kristen says but he isn’t being charged he is not going to jail. But his picture is everywhere he’s been labeled a rapist. Kristen tries to assure Ava that Tripp will be fine people will forget that he’s been charged with rape. (LOL) Ava is sure Tripp won’t turn her in. Ava’s father made her give up her son. So, Tripp doesn’t know his mother at all.
Tripp is home as Allie shows up at the door. Allie pulls a gun, she got from Grandma Kate’s lockbox. Allie knows the combination. Allie is delusional and wants Tripp to finally tell the truth. Tripp can’t explain how Henry shares his DNA. Tripp tries to explain that he doesn’t have a different story. Can’t she understand how the DNA proves that he is Henry’s father. After more waving of the gun Tripp admits to having sex with Allie that night. Tripp tells his version of the story. Met at a club in London, Allie was wasted, falling down drunk. Took a cab to Allie’s, Tripp undressed her, Allie undressed him, they had sex he got up and got dressed and went home.
Allie asks about the note, you never found it so I must be lying. Allie tells Tripp that she said no, she was pushed to the bed. Tripp said what I’ve just told you is a lie, I thought it was what you wanted to hear. We never had sex. Allie calls him a sick rapist. Allie says she’s going to make sure he never does this to anyone ever again. Allie says it’s funny she’s spent her whole life being a different person than her mother, so she’s going to make sure that Tripp won’t hurt anyone ever again. Allie is waving the gun around tells Tripp she’s going to shoot him in the groin so he can never hurt women again. Tripp is in disbelief that Allie wants to shoot him. Ava bursts into the room rips the gun from Allie’s hands
Steve shows up at the hospital. The authorities in London aren’t going to peruse charges against him. Kayla doesn’t want to talk about it. Steve is unhappy about the tension between them. Kayla isn’t going to tiptoe around her house. Steve says it’s over. We have to learn to live with it. We have to get past it. Kayla wants nothing more than to get past it. Kayla loves him, Steve loves Kayla. Kayla wants Tripp to move out.
Kayla and Lani in the hospital. Kayla is Lani’s doctor. Eli shows up for the appointment. Lani wants to know why he is there. Eli says they are his kids, Lani says it’s her appointment. Eli wants to know how his kids are doing. Lani agrees only because she doesn’t want to keep Kayla from other patients. Kayla has enrolled them in Lamaze classes, Eli takes the paper as Lani says he won’t be her coach. Eli and Lani argue over Lamaze coaches. Kayla has patients to see and leaves the room. Eli wants to know who will be her coach if not him. Lani says well not my father he’s on your side, not my best friend she’s in prison because of you.
Eli tells Lani that he is sick and tired Lani throwing that in his face. Lani is upset that Eli is yelling at her when she is 8 months pregnant. Eli tells her that Kayla says she’s doing fine. Eli has been holding his tongue for so long. Eli did what he did to keep Lani from giving birth behind bars. They continue arguing the same thing we’ve heard every time they’ve been on. Eli will no longer apologize for doing his job, tells Lani she’s wrong. Eli tells Lani he doesn’t expect anything but criticism from her, and that’s not good for the babies and her. Eli says even if you don’t want to be married to me anymore those will always be my children.
Nicole on phone - knock on door. Brady appears, Nicole is surprised Brady was hoping to find her alone. Brady wants to talk about him and Nicole. When Brady came back to Salem after his dad’s aneurysm it was to be a short-term visit. John is doing fine. Kristen is behind bars for a couple of years. Brady needs to stay in Salem and he needs to be a single parent and he needs to work. He wants to work with Nicole at Basic Black as her partner. Nicole says I don’t think so. Brady is incredulous that Nicole wouldn’t want him to join her. Nicole explains the reasoning why, using common courtesy.
Nicole says if I couldn’t count on you then, why should I believe I can count on you now. You abandoned me our employees everyone. Brady begs to come back. They make an excellent team. Nicole reminds him that when he left, she had to work really hard to convince people to stick with her. Brady then mansplains about running a company that he walked away from leaving Nicole to do it herself. Nicole assures him she is fine. Brady says but you’re a single parent and you are trying to run a company so you need me. And of course, she caves because in the Days writers’ minds women can’t do anything without a male to watch over them. Nicole missed Brady as her partner and as her friend. Brady assures her he won’t let her down. Brady will start work tomorrow. Nicole tells him that she has hired someone else in a big role. It is someone he knows. It’s a her. Knock on the door and the new person is there, Chloe.
Lucas and Steve talk over Henry. Steve tries to apologize to Lucas. Lucas is indignant talks about how Allie has to do this all on her own, raise the child, yada yada. Steve says the DNA test was a mistake his son didn’t harm Allie. They agree there is no winners here. Both agree to not making a scene. Lucas throws Ava Vitali's name at Steve. Steve admits that Tripp has made some bad choices in the past but he didn’t do this thing. Lucas mentions Kayla running the test 4 times at least a dozen times.
Ava and Kristen talk about Philip, and Xander. Ava isn’t worried, she’s told Philip to deal with Xander if Philip doesn’t take care of Xander she will. Kristen says she wants to get out early she needs to stop this conversation. Ava sees the headlines accusing Tripp of rape on the computer in the room. She needs to go to her son. Kristen wants her to think before acting. Kristen is looking at the story it doesn’t list the “victims” name, Ava gets angry she’s not a victim, she’s an “accuser”. Ava thinks this is why Tripp looked sad the other day. Kristen says but he isn’t being charged he is not going to jail. But his picture is everywhere he’s been labeled a rapist. Kristen tries to assure Ava that Tripp will be fine people will forget that he’s been charged with rape. (LOL) Ava is sure Tripp won’t turn her in. Ava’s father made her give up her son. So, Tripp doesn’t know his mother at all.
Tripp is home as Allie shows up at the door. Allie pulls a gun, she got from Grandma Kate’s lockbox. Allie knows the combination. Allie is delusional and wants Tripp to finally tell the truth. Tripp can’t explain how Henry shares his DNA. Tripp tries to explain that he doesn’t have a different story. Can’t she understand how the DNA proves that he is Henry’s father. After more waving of the gun Tripp admits to having sex with Allie that night. Tripp tells his version of the story. Met at a club in London, Allie was wasted, falling down drunk. Took a cab to Allie’s, Tripp undressed her, Allie undressed him, they had sex he got up and got dressed and went home.
Allie asks about the note, you never found it so I must be lying. Allie tells Tripp that she said no, she was pushed to the bed. Tripp said what I’ve just told you is a lie, I thought it was what you wanted to hear. We never had sex. Allie calls him a sick rapist. Allie says she’s going to make sure he never does this to anyone ever again. Allie says it’s funny she’s spent her whole life being a different person than her mother, so she’s going to make sure that Tripp won’t hurt anyone ever again. Allie is waving the gun around tells Tripp she’s going to shoot him in the groin so he can never hurt women again. Tripp is in disbelief that Allie wants to shoot him. Ava bursts into the room rips the gun from Allie’s hands
Steve shows up at the hospital. The authorities in London aren’t going to peruse charges against him. Kayla doesn’t want to talk about it. Steve is unhappy about the tension between them. Kayla isn’t going to tiptoe around her house. Steve says it’s over. We have to learn to live with it. We have to get past it. Kayla wants nothing more than to get past it. Kayla loves him, Steve loves Kayla. Kayla wants Tripp to move out.
