Post by STLUEE on Jul 15, 2014 1:20:19 GMT -5
When Ciara and Chase returned to the Salem Inn room where the art pieces for the gala's silent auction were being stored, they discovered that Hope and Aiden had stopped dancing. Hope claimed that she had forgotten her steps, but Ciara didn't understand how that was possible.
Hope pulled Ciara aside and explained that she didn't have time to continue dancing because she had to focus on the auction instead. Ciara pointed out that nothing was happening, but Hope predicted that people would soon start funneling in to collect their artwork. Meanwhile, Aiden observed that Chase looked tired. Aiden suggested that he and Chase might be able to sneak out of the gala a bit early, but Chase protested that he wasn't tired and that Aiden had to stay and continue to work with Hope.
Meanwhile, Marlena entered the room, and a short time later, Roman and Giselle arrived. Roman and Hope praised Marlena's performance as the gala's emcee, but Giselle remained silent, glaring at Marlena. Aiden pulled Giselle aside to ask her about the history of one of the art pieces she had donated. Marlena moved a few feet away to talk to Ciara, and Hope seized the opportunity to talk to Roman privately.
Hope observed that it seemed like Giselle was jealous of Marlena, but Roman didn't think that mattered, since he was planning to break up with Giselle after the gala, anyway. Roman insisted that Giselle was worse than he had ever imagined she would be. "You know what? Even if she weren't, you wouldn't be interested anyway, because you have your eye on someone else," Hope knowingly stated as she eyed Marlena.
Later, Hope and Aiden exchanged looks as they sipped champagne. Marlena noticed that Hope seemed flustered, so she asked if everything was all right. Hope claimed that she wasn't feeling well, and she suggested that exhaustion was the likely culprit. Aiden said he would be okay on his own for the rest of the night, so Hope decided to leave, ignoring Ciara's protests. Marlena watched suspiciously as Hope and Ciara walked away.
Marlena told Aiden that it was a shame that Hope had been forced to leave early. Aiden theorized that Hope had been fighting something off for quite some time just to get through the gala. Chase suggested calling Ciara to let her and Hope know that the gala had raised fifty percent more money than the previous year's gala, but Aiden told the boy not to bother them. Later, Aiden found himself thinking about his earlier dance with Hope.
John tracked Eric down at the pub to talk to him about Brady's downward spiral. John was pleasantly surprised to learn that he and Eric actually agreed that Brady's relationship with Theresa was a train wreck waiting to happen. John wanted Eric to talk to Theresa, since she seemed to be the only person Brady was willing to listen to, but Eric thought it would be best to instead adhere to the Alcoholics Anonymous mantra "let go and let God." John humored Eric but shook his head dismissively as he watched Eric walk away.
Later, Hope and Ciara arrived to deliver the art piece Caroline had won in the gala's silent auction. When Ciara asked about Hope's health, Hope claimed that she was feeling much better. "You weren't really sick, were you? I could tell. You just wanted to leave because you were upset. I know you, and I know why -- because you miss Daddy," Ciara knowingly stated.
Hope played along, so Ciara retrieved her cell phone and showed Hope the picture of Bo she had saved on the device, explaining that it helped her when she found herself missing her father, since it made her feel like he was always with her. As Hope stared sadly at the image, Ciara wondered if they could return to the Salem Inn to continue helping Aiden and Chase. Hope said no, and when Ciara started to protest, Hope interrupted and repeated her answer more firmly. Later, Hope found herself thinking about her earlier dance with Aiden.
In Will and Sonny's apartment, the husbands were shocked when Sami announced that E.J. had cheated on her with Abigail. Sonny pointed out that Abigail hated E.J., and he reasoned that she wouldn't have kept such a thing from him and Will, anyway. Sonny waited for Will to agree, but Will remained silent, recalling a conversation he'd had with Abigail several months earlier, during which she had refused to tell him the name of the man she had been seeing.
"Oh, my God. Will, you knew? You knew, Will, and you didn't tell me?" Sami asked incredulously after gauging Will's reaction to the news. Will clarified that Abigail had admitted to being involved in an inappropriate relationship with someone but had never been willing to share the details with him. Sami bitterly agreed that the relationship could definitely be described as inappropriate.
Meanwhile, Eric arrived to deliver a gift for Arianna. Eric immediately sensed the tension and wondered what was going on, so Sami shared the news with him. Sami explained that E.J. and Abigail's fling had occurred before the wedding, and Will and Sonny wondered when -- and how -- Sami had found out about it.
"We can thank Nick. He arranged for the photos to be sent to me before he died. The one good thing Nick Fallon ever did [was] make sure that I would see what kind of man E.J. really is," Sami explained. Eric said he was sorry that Sami's wedding, which she had been dreaming about for months, had ended in such a horrible way -- not only with E.J.'s arrest but also with the receipt of the photographic evidence of his infidelity.
Sami clarified that she had actually received the photographs weeks earlier but had married E.J. anyway because she intended to make life "hell" for him and Abigail. Sonny muttered that he still couldn't believe what he had just learned. "Oh, God, if you don't stop saying that, I cannot be held responsible for my --" Sami started to say, but Eric interrupted and asked to talk to her privately.
Sami didn't want to leave, but Eric reasoned that the matter wasn't Will and Sonny's problem. Sami reluctantly agreed to go with Eric, and before they left, Will hugged her and told her he was sorry about what had happened to her. Once they were alone, Sonny admitted to Will that, while he understood that Sami's plan kind of made sense in her mind, he still couldn't understand why she had gone through with marrying E.J.
"She wanted revenge...and I have a horrible feeling that she's going to get it," Will knowingly predicted. Sonny observed that it had seemed like Sami was actually looking forward to getting revenge, but Will said that was simply her way of burying what she was really feeling. Will guessed that Sami was actually crushed, since she had been in love with E.J. for a really long time. Will sadly mused that his siblings were going to be crushed, too, because their family was going to be torn apart.
Sonny hugged Will, knowing that the ordeal would tear him apart, too. Will suddenly realized that Sami had probably orchestrated E.J.'s arrest, and Sonny guessed that she had also made Abigail her maid of honor as a form of torture. Will wished he had realized the identity of Abigail's mystery man sooner.
Sonny suggested calling Abigail to talk to her about everything that had happened, reasoning that she needed support because she was also suffering, but Will thought it would be best to refrain from getting involved -- for a while, anyway. Will assured Sonny that they would give Abigail their support later, and he pointed out that she already had Jennifer and J.J.'s support in the meantime.
Sonny stressed that Will had his support. "Thank God. You know, sometimes I feel like you're the only person I really know anymore. You know, E.J. and I, we've had our problems. It's not like I didn't know how ruthless he can be. But I also know that he loves my mother -- he really loves her -- which is why I don't -- I don't get how he could do something like this -- to Abigail or my mom," Will admitted.
Eric took Sami to a secluded section of the town square, where she explained that she had gone through with the wedding because, among other reasons, she hadn't wanted to listen to "sixteen versions of 'I told you so.'" Eric insisted that Sami's family loved her and would have been there for her, eager to help in any possible way, if she had backed out of the wedding. "Hey, here's the thing -- I helped myself. I am now co-CEO of DiMera Enterprises, and I am going to make sure that that bastard -- and his father -- wind up with nothing," Sami proudly declared.
Eric wondered how Sami's revenge scheme was going to help matters. "Well, it makes me feel better. And it makes me rich, and powerful, and --" Sami started to explain, but Eric interrupted and predicted that the scheme would also make her miserable and would ultimately hurt her more than anyone else. Sami thought it sounded like Eric was defending E.J. and Abigail, but Eric clarified that he wasn't making excuses for their actions or disagreeing that what they had done had been wrong.
Eric started to advise Sami not to go to the Horton house to confront Abigail, but he quickly realized that she had already done just that. "If you were about to say that it wasn't going to help, you're wrong, because it did. I felt great. E.J.'s not the only one who's going to pay for what happened. I am going to make sure that little Abby pays, too," Sami vowed.
Elsewhere, J.J. thought about his earlier conversation with Eve. Later, after purchasing a bouquet of fresh flowers, J.J. tried to contact Jennifer for the second time, but the call went to voicemail -- also for the second time -- so he decided to leave her a message to let her know that he was sorry that things had been complicated lately and that he hoped things would get better soon.
At the Horton house, Jennifer stressed that the things Sami had said about Abigail weren't true, but Abigail disagreed. "I am a slut. [...] I slept with E.J.'s brother, and then I slept with E.J. How am I ever gonna forgive myself for this?" Abigail tearfully wondered. Jennifer handed her daughter a tissue and urged her not to say or even think such things about herself, reasoning that Abigail had simply made a terrible mistake.
Jennifer advised Abigail to pick herself up and move forward, but Abigail didn't know how to do that. Abigail said she was ashamed of herself and could tell that Jennifer was ashamed of her, too. Abigail added that she had wanted to tell Jennifer the truth on numerous occasions but had never known how to start the conversation.
Abigail stressed that her fling with E.J. had ended months earlier. Jennifer assumed that E.J. had taken advantage of Abigail, but Abigail clarified that she had wanted the fling to happen, and she admitted that she needed to take responsibility for her part in it. Jennifer incredulously asked if Abigail had loved E.J. "No! No, he -- he was just nice to me about...Chad, about Daddy's book. He -- he listened, made me feel better about myself. Then we ended up at the Horton cabin, and I don't know -- it just -- it just happened, Mom," Abigail explained.
Abigail admitted that she had also slept with E.J. in the DiMera Enterprises locker room. Abigail started to offer more details, but Jennifer quickly interrupted and stated that she had heard enough. Abigail begged for Jennifer's forgiveness, which Jennifer granted without hesitation. Jennifer believed that, as Abigail's mother, she should have realized that something had been amiss, but Abigail didn't want Jennifer to blame herself.
Jennifer insisted that, aside from Abigail, E.J., and Sami, the matter was no one else's business. Abigail predicted that Sami would tell the whole world about it, and she admitted that she couldn't blame Sami for wanting to do so. Jennifer argued that Sami had no right to throw stones and that E.J. was the person Sami needed to blame because he was the one who had betrayed her.
Abigail understood her mother's reasoning but admitted that she had allowed Sami to believe they were friends, and Sami had been a good friend during the pregnancy scare. Jennifer was relieved that the pregnancy scare had been a false alarm. Abigail admitted that realizing E.J.'s true nature had made her thankful that there wasn't any reason for him to ever be in her life again.
Jennifer hugged Abigail and assured her that they would get through the ordeal together. "Get through what together?" J.J. asked as he entered the living room. After explaining everything to J.J., Abigail wondered if he hated her. J.J. admitted that, after everything he had put the family through in the past year, he was in no position to judge anyone. "Except for E.J., and I just might take his head off," J.J. added.
Jennifer predicted that J.J. wouldn't need to make E.J. pay for what had happened because Sami would probably take care of that herself. Abigail guessed that Sami had probably already taken out an ad in the Salem Spectator to let everyone know about the matter, but Jennifer reasoned that doing so would hurt Sami's kids. "That is the thing that I feel worst about," Abigail admitted.
Abigail hugged J.J. and Jennifer and acknowledged that she was lucky to have them. "I'm just sorry, because I know that what's coming is not gonna be easy for any of us," Abigail predicted before heading upstairs. Jennifer told J.J. that Abigail was right -- fighting the wrath of Sami wasn't easy.
When Jennifer realized that she had missed two phone calls from J.J. and that he had purchased a bouquet of flowers for her, she wondered if everything was okay. J.J. hesitantly admitted that, against Jennifer's wishes, he had gone to talk to Eve earlier -- and she had actually been quite reasonable. J.J. encouraged Jennifer to give Eve a chance, reasoning that Eve's link to Paige meant that she couldn't be that bad. Jennifer refused and insisted that she needed J.J. to be on her side, not Eve's. Meanwhile, after spending a long time staring at her reflection in the bathroom mirror, Abigail returned and wondered what was going on.
At the Kiriakis mansion, Theresa led a barely conscious Brady into the living room, where he collapsed on the couch. Brady wanted to know what he and Theresa were doing at the mansion, and when she replied that they were celebrating, he wondered what they were celebrating. As Theresa poured two glasses of champagne, she reminded Brady that they had just returned from Las Vegas.
Brady couldn't remember the trip at all. Brady assumed that he had won a lot of money in Las Vegas, but Theresa clarified that he had actually lost a lot of money. "But I won...big time," Theresa coyly added as she gazed at her wedding band. Brady started rambling about the things he loved about Las Vegas, and Theresa casually admitted that she had always believed that it would be fun to get married there.
Brady scoffed as he stumbled toward the bar to refill his glass. "Why? Why -- why -- why would you -- people go to Vegas, they get hitched, they go to those, uh -- those chapels or whatever, they get married by -- they get married by Elvis -- it's ridiculous. You know, I'll tell you something -- drunk, sober, clean -- whatever I happen to be, I'm never doing that again. Never make that mistake. You know what Kristen did for me, though? She did one great thing -- she taught me how to hate marriage. Thank you, Kristen. I'll never tie the knot again as long as I live," Brady vowed as Theresa sipped her drink uncomfortably.
After draining another glass of champagne, Brady took two steps forward before suddenly collapsing. Theresa rushed to Brady's side and helped him into a chair. While Brady was passed out, Theresa placed a phone call to John and insisted that he needed to get over to the Kiriakis mansion right away.
Theresa managed to revive Brady, who immediately started complaining about a headache. Theresa explained that Brady had hit his head during a fall. Brady passed out again before John arrived. John revived Brady, but Brady couldn't even finish ordering John to leave before losing consciousness again. John feared that Brady might have a concussion, but Theresa dismissively stated that he was just drunk.
Realizing that Theresa wasn't particularly concerned about Brady's condition, John wondered why she had called him in the first place. Theresa announced that she and Brady had gotten married earlier that night, and she produced a marriage certificate as proof of their union. John dismissively stated that it would be easy to get the marriage annulled, since Brady had obviously not been in his right mind at the time of the elopement.
John predicted that Brady would kick Theresa to the curb the following morning. Knowing that John might be right, Theresa suggested that he could pay her one million dollars to make the marriage go away. John reached into his jacket pocket for what Theresa assumed was his checkbook, but she was shocked when he instead retrieved his cell phone and revealed that he had been recording their conversation.
Theresa reached for the cell phone, insisting that John wasn't going to win, but he pulled it away from her and assured her that he already had won. "When Brady wakes up and finds out that you tricked him into marrying you, and then you tried to get me to pay you off to dump him -- Theresa, he doesn't love you, and when he really gets to know you, he's gonna hate you for the selfish, lying little loser whore that you are," John predicted.
Theresa's whole body shook with rage as she insisted that John had no right to talk to her that way, especially since he didn't even know her. "You really think that I don't know all the grief you've caused your family and how they really feel about you? You are a complete embarrassment to them!" John said as Theresa warned him to shut up.
John started to turn his attention back to his son, who was still passed out, but Theresa grabbed his arm and told him to stay away from Brady. John easily shook Theresa off his arm, and she lost her balance and fell to the floor. Theresa's hand landed on a fireplace poker, and she angrily picked it up and swung it at the back of John's head.
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Hope pulled Ciara aside and explained that she didn't have time to continue dancing because she had to focus on the auction instead. Ciara pointed out that nothing was happening, but Hope predicted that people would soon start funneling in to collect their artwork. Meanwhile, Aiden observed that Chase looked tired. Aiden suggested that he and Chase might be able to sneak out of the gala a bit early, but Chase protested that he wasn't tired and that Aiden had to stay and continue to work with Hope.
Meanwhile, Marlena entered the room, and a short time later, Roman and Giselle arrived. Roman and Hope praised Marlena's performance as the gala's emcee, but Giselle remained silent, glaring at Marlena. Aiden pulled Giselle aside to ask her about the history of one of the art pieces she had donated. Marlena moved a few feet away to talk to Ciara, and Hope seized the opportunity to talk to Roman privately.
Hope observed that it seemed like Giselle was jealous of Marlena, but Roman didn't think that mattered, since he was planning to break up with Giselle after the gala, anyway. Roman insisted that Giselle was worse than he had ever imagined she would be. "You know what? Even if she weren't, you wouldn't be interested anyway, because you have your eye on someone else," Hope knowingly stated as she eyed Marlena.
Later, Hope and Aiden exchanged looks as they sipped champagne. Marlena noticed that Hope seemed flustered, so she asked if everything was all right. Hope claimed that she wasn't feeling well, and she suggested that exhaustion was the likely culprit. Aiden said he would be okay on his own for the rest of the night, so Hope decided to leave, ignoring Ciara's protests. Marlena watched suspiciously as Hope and Ciara walked away.
Marlena told Aiden that it was a shame that Hope had been forced to leave early. Aiden theorized that Hope had been fighting something off for quite some time just to get through the gala. Chase suggested calling Ciara to let her and Hope know that the gala had raised fifty percent more money than the previous year's gala, but Aiden told the boy not to bother them. Later, Aiden found himself thinking about his earlier dance with Hope.
John tracked Eric down at the pub to talk to him about Brady's downward spiral. John was pleasantly surprised to learn that he and Eric actually agreed that Brady's relationship with Theresa was a train wreck waiting to happen. John wanted Eric to talk to Theresa, since she seemed to be the only person Brady was willing to listen to, but Eric thought it would be best to instead adhere to the Alcoholics Anonymous mantra "let go and let God." John humored Eric but shook his head dismissively as he watched Eric walk away.
Later, Hope and Ciara arrived to deliver the art piece Caroline had won in the gala's silent auction. When Ciara asked about Hope's health, Hope claimed that she was feeling much better. "You weren't really sick, were you? I could tell. You just wanted to leave because you were upset. I know you, and I know why -- because you miss Daddy," Ciara knowingly stated.
Hope played along, so Ciara retrieved her cell phone and showed Hope the picture of Bo she had saved on the device, explaining that it helped her when she found herself missing her father, since it made her feel like he was always with her. As Hope stared sadly at the image, Ciara wondered if they could return to the Salem Inn to continue helping Aiden and Chase. Hope said no, and when Ciara started to protest, Hope interrupted and repeated her answer more firmly. Later, Hope found herself thinking about her earlier dance with Aiden.
In Will and Sonny's apartment, the husbands were shocked when Sami announced that E.J. had cheated on her with Abigail. Sonny pointed out that Abigail hated E.J., and he reasoned that she wouldn't have kept such a thing from him and Will, anyway. Sonny waited for Will to agree, but Will remained silent, recalling a conversation he'd had with Abigail several months earlier, during which she had refused to tell him the name of the man she had been seeing.
"Oh, my God. Will, you knew? You knew, Will, and you didn't tell me?" Sami asked incredulously after gauging Will's reaction to the news. Will clarified that Abigail had admitted to being involved in an inappropriate relationship with someone but had never been willing to share the details with him. Sami bitterly agreed that the relationship could definitely be described as inappropriate.
Meanwhile, Eric arrived to deliver a gift for Arianna. Eric immediately sensed the tension and wondered what was going on, so Sami shared the news with him. Sami explained that E.J. and Abigail's fling had occurred before the wedding, and Will and Sonny wondered when -- and how -- Sami had found out about it.
"We can thank Nick. He arranged for the photos to be sent to me before he died. The one good thing Nick Fallon ever did [was] make sure that I would see what kind of man E.J. really is," Sami explained. Eric said he was sorry that Sami's wedding, which she had been dreaming about for months, had ended in such a horrible way -- not only with E.J.'s arrest but also with the receipt of the photographic evidence of his infidelity.
Sami clarified that she had actually received the photographs weeks earlier but had married E.J. anyway because she intended to make life "hell" for him and Abigail. Sonny muttered that he still couldn't believe what he had just learned. "Oh, God, if you don't stop saying that, I cannot be held responsible for my --" Sami started to say, but Eric interrupted and asked to talk to her privately.
Sami didn't want to leave, but Eric reasoned that the matter wasn't Will and Sonny's problem. Sami reluctantly agreed to go with Eric, and before they left, Will hugged her and told her he was sorry about what had happened to her. Once they were alone, Sonny admitted to Will that, while he understood that Sami's plan kind of made sense in her mind, he still couldn't understand why she had gone through with marrying E.J.
"She wanted revenge...and I have a horrible feeling that she's going to get it," Will knowingly predicted. Sonny observed that it had seemed like Sami was actually looking forward to getting revenge, but Will said that was simply her way of burying what she was really feeling. Will guessed that Sami was actually crushed, since she had been in love with E.J. for a really long time. Will sadly mused that his siblings were going to be crushed, too, because their family was going to be torn apart.
Sonny hugged Will, knowing that the ordeal would tear him apart, too. Will suddenly realized that Sami had probably orchestrated E.J.'s arrest, and Sonny guessed that she had also made Abigail her maid of honor as a form of torture. Will wished he had realized the identity of Abigail's mystery man sooner.
Sonny suggested calling Abigail to talk to her about everything that had happened, reasoning that she needed support because she was also suffering, but Will thought it would be best to refrain from getting involved -- for a while, anyway. Will assured Sonny that they would give Abigail their support later, and he pointed out that she already had Jennifer and J.J.'s support in the meantime.
Sonny stressed that Will had his support. "Thank God. You know, sometimes I feel like you're the only person I really know anymore. You know, E.J. and I, we've had our problems. It's not like I didn't know how ruthless he can be. But I also know that he loves my mother -- he really loves her -- which is why I don't -- I don't get how he could do something like this -- to Abigail or my mom," Will admitted.
Eric took Sami to a secluded section of the town square, where she explained that she had gone through with the wedding because, among other reasons, she hadn't wanted to listen to "sixteen versions of 'I told you so.'" Eric insisted that Sami's family loved her and would have been there for her, eager to help in any possible way, if she had backed out of the wedding. "Hey, here's the thing -- I helped myself. I am now co-CEO of DiMera Enterprises, and I am going to make sure that that bastard -- and his father -- wind up with nothing," Sami proudly declared.
Eric wondered how Sami's revenge scheme was going to help matters. "Well, it makes me feel better. And it makes me rich, and powerful, and --" Sami started to explain, but Eric interrupted and predicted that the scheme would also make her miserable and would ultimately hurt her more than anyone else. Sami thought it sounded like Eric was defending E.J. and Abigail, but Eric clarified that he wasn't making excuses for their actions or disagreeing that what they had done had been wrong.
Eric started to advise Sami not to go to the Horton house to confront Abigail, but he quickly realized that she had already done just that. "If you were about to say that it wasn't going to help, you're wrong, because it did. I felt great. E.J.'s not the only one who's going to pay for what happened. I am going to make sure that little Abby pays, too," Sami vowed.
Elsewhere, J.J. thought about his earlier conversation with Eve. Later, after purchasing a bouquet of fresh flowers, J.J. tried to contact Jennifer for the second time, but the call went to voicemail -- also for the second time -- so he decided to leave her a message to let her know that he was sorry that things had been complicated lately and that he hoped things would get better soon.
At the Horton house, Jennifer stressed that the things Sami had said about Abigail weren't true, but Abigail disagreed. "I am a slut. [...] I slept with E.J.'s brother, and then I slept with E.J. How am I ever gonna forgive myself for this?" Abigail tearfully wondered. Jennifer handed her daughter a tissue and urged her not to say or even think such things about herself, reasoning that Abigail had simply made a terrible mistake.
Jennifer advised Abigail to pick herself up and move forward, but Abigail didn't know how to do that. Abigail said she was ashamed of herself and could tell that Jennifer was ashamed of her, too. Abigail added that she had wanted to tell Jennifer the truth on numerous occasions but had never known how to start the conversation.
Abigail stressed that her fling with E.J. had ended months earlier. Jennifer assumed that E.J. had taken advantage of Abigail, but Abigail clarified that she had wanted the fling to happen, and she admitted that she needed to take responsibility for her part in it. Jennifer incredulously asked if Abigail had loved E.J. "No! No, he -- he was just nice to me about...Chad, about Daddy's book. He -- he listened, made me feel better about myself. Then we ended up at the Horton cabin, and I don't know -- it just -- it just happened, Mom," Abigail explained.
Abigail admitted that she had also slept with E.J. in the DiMera Enterprises locker room. Abigail started to offer more details, but Jennifer quickly interrupted and stated that she had heard enough. Abigail begged for Jennifer's forgiveness, which Jennifer granted without hesitation. Jennifer believed that, as Abigail's mother, she should have realized that something had been amiss, but Abigail didn't want Jennifer to blame herself.
Jennifer insisted that, aside from Abigail, E.J., and Sami, the matter was no one else's business. Abigail predicted that Sami would tell the whole world about it, and she admitted that she couldn't blame Sami for wanting to do so. Jennifer argued that Sami had no right to throw stones and that E.J. was the person Sami needed to blame because he was the one who had betrayed her.
Abigail understood her mother's reasoning but admitted that she had allowed Sami to believe they were friends, and Sami had been a good friend during the pregnancy scare. Jennifer was relieved that the pregnancy scare had been a false alarm. Abigail admitted that realizing E.J.'s true nature had made her thankful that there wasn't any reason for him to ever be in her life again.
Jennifer hugged Abigail and assured her that they would get through the ordeal together. "Get through what together?" J.J. asked as he entered the living room. After explaining everything to J.J., Abigail wondered if he hated her. J.J. admitted that, after everything he had put the family through in the past year, he was in no position to judge anyone. "Except for E.J., and I just might take his head off," J.J. added.
Jennifer predicted that J.J. wouldn't need to make E.J. pay for what had happened because Sami would probably take care of that herself. Abigail guessed that Sami had probably already taken out an ad in the Salem Spectator to let everyone know about the matter, but Jennifer reasoned that doing so would hurt Sami's kids. "That is the thing that I feel worst about," Abigail admitted.
Abigail hugged J.J. and Jennifer and acknowledged that she was lucky to have them. "I'm just sorry, because I know that what's coming is not gonna be easy for any of us," Abigail predicted before heading upstairs. Jennifer told J.J. that Abigail was right -- fighting the wrath of Sami wasn't easy.
When Jennifer realized that she had missed two phone calls from J.J. and that he had purchased a bouquet of flowers for her, she wondered if everything was okay. J.J. hesitantly admitted that, against Jennifer's wishes, he had gone to talk to Eve earlier -- and she had actually been quite reasonable. J.J. encouraged Jennifer to give Eve a chance, reasoning that Eve's link to Paige meant that she couldn't be that bad. Jennifer refused and insisted that she needed J.J. to be on her side, not Eve's. Meanwhile, after spending a long time staring at her reflection in the bathroom mirror, Abigail returned and wondered what was going on.
At the Kiriakis mansion, Theresa led a barely conscious Brady into the living room, where he collapsed on the couch. Brady wanted to know what he and Theresa were doing at the mansion, and when she replied that they were celebrating, he wondered what they were celebrating. As Theresa poured two glasses of champagne, she reminded Brady that they had just returned from Las Vegas.
Brady couldn't remember the trip at all. Brady assumed that he had won a lot of money in Las Vegas, but Theresa clarified that he had actually lost a lot of money. "But I won...big time," Theresa coyly added as she gazed at her wedding band. Brady started rambling about the things he loved about Las Vegas, and Theresa casually admitted that she had always believed that it would be fun to get married there.
Brady scoffed as he stumbled toward the bar to refill his glass. "Why? Why -- why -- why would you -- people go to Vegas, they get hitched, they go to those, uh -- those chapels or whatever, they get married by -- they get married by Elvis -- it's ridiculous. You know, I'll tell you something -- drunk, sober, clean -- whatever I happen to be, I'm never doing that again. Never make that mistake. You know what Kristen did for me, though? She did one great thing -- she taught me how to hate marriage. Thank you, Kristen. I'll never tie the knot again as long as I live," Brady vowed as Theresa sipped her drink uncomfortably.
After draining another glass of champagne, Brady took two steps forward before suddenly collapsing. Theresa rushed to Brady's side and helped him into a chair. While Brady was passed out, Theresa placed a phone call to John and insisted that he needed to get over to the Kiriakis mansion right away.
Theresa managed to revive Brady, who immediately started complaining about a headache. Theresa explained that Brady had hit his head during a fall. Brady passed out again before John arrived. John revived Brady, but Brady couldn't even finish ordering John to leave before losing consciousness again. John feared that Brady might have a concussion, but Theresa dismissively stated that he was just drunk.
Realizing that Theresa wasn't particularly concerned about Brady's condition, John wondered why she had called him in the first place. Theresa announced that she and Brady had gotten married earlier that night, and she produced a marriage certificate as proof of their union. John dismissively stated that it would be easy to get the marriage annulled, since Brady had obviously not been in his right mind at the time of the elopement.
John predicted that Brady would kick Theresa to the curb the following morning. Knowing that John might be right, Theresa suggested that he could pay her one million dollars to make the marriage go away. John reached into his jacket pocket for what Theresa assumed was his checkbook, but she was shocked when he instead retrieved his cell phone and revealed that he had been recording their conversation.
Theresa reached for the cell phone, insisting that John wasn't going to win, but he pulled it away from her and assured her that he already had won. "When Brady wakes up and finds out that you tricked him into marrying you, and then you tried to get me to pay you off to dump him -- Theresa, he doesn't love you, and when he really gets to know you, he's gonna hate you for the selfish, lying little loser whore that you are," John predicted.
Theresa's whole body shook with rage as she insisted that John had no right to talk to her that way, especially since he didn't even know her. "You really think that I don't know all the grief you've caused your family and how they really feel about you? You are a complete embarrassment to them!" John said as Theresa warned him to shut up.
John started to turn his attention back to his son, who was still passed out, but Theresa grabbed his arm and told him to stay away from Brady. John easily shook Theresa off his arm, and she lost her balance and fell to the floor. Theresa's hand landed on a fireplace poker, and she angrily picked it up and swung it at the back of John's head.
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