Hmmm. I wonder, even though he's supposed to be dead, if "Daddy" is Ernesto Toscano & Ava is a daughter we never knew about? She might've been in an institution or hidden away at the Toscano home? Steve was with Marina & Ava could've fallen in love with him.
With Stefano out of commission for the moment & Victor being brought back to the table, it kind of makes sense. We know villains never truly die on soaps. Ernesto hated Victor for fathering Isabella & he also blamed Steve & Bo for Marina's death. That's why he "killed" Hope.
Then again, didn't Steve say when he was Nick, that he had worked in a "looney bin?" He was an orderly, which is how Jack found him in the first place. This could explain it.
Regardless, I'm loving Days again. They can still keep the couples together & have a storyline!
And Snitker, I would say you were in the vast minority where John & Marlena are concerned.
Drake & Deidra have a chemistry that is so undeniable & it makes John & Marlena almost real, because they are such good actors. I loved Marlena & Wayne Northrop's Roman, during the Salem Strangler storyline, but when Drake Hogestyn came on the scene, I was saying "Wayne who?"
John & Marlena just plain equal = :hot::hot: