07-01-2016 (Friday)

SORRY!  It was my son's eighteenth birthday today and still playing "catch-up" from the time I missed during residency (while keeping up on schoolwork).  But I have a 98.85% right now in Spiritual & Religious Issues in Counseling.  SCHOOL COMES FIRST!  Ha... but I did take notes.

Back to Salem:

Deimos comes back to Salem with Nicole, but doesn’t want to reveal his presence just yet; he wants to get revenge on Kate.  Nicole is mad, but he says he knows what he is doing; she tells him if he has changed, he needs to give Victor his property back.  She tries talking calmly to him, but he just asks her to help him; asks er if it wouldn't turn her on "to see Kate get what's due."  She leaves, frustrated; he has not changed at all, she says.  Deimos proceeds with his plan.  As Hope and Aiden sleep, Aiden has nightmares - flashbacks of being taken and help captive... he wakes up screaming.  Hope asks what's wrong.  He lies, of course.  She knows he's lying; she says tell her everything or go home.  So, he supposedly tells her everything, after which she feels sorry for him again, and tells him nightmares are normal.  Aiden says nothing will ever be normal again; he knows that trust isn't there.  But, he says, she was all he could think about when he was locked up (which wins her over again).  They kiss.  He tells her he respects her enough to leave; she kisses him again - ugh.  She has another flashback and pulls away - he tells her he can't hurt her anymore; he is causing her too much pain; he starts to pack. At some point, Teresa, exhausted from work, collapses while taking Tate for a walk in the park.  Victor finds her asleep on a bench; wakes her up angrily.  Andre gives Chad a note, supposedly from Abigail, telling him that she doesn’t think she is safe to be around Thomas and that she needs to leave them - for their own good.  Nicole continues to take care of business; she runs into Kate.  Nicole asks her to please tell the police the truth; Kate berates her and tells her she can rot in hell before she tells the police she is innocent.  Andre makes threats to Rafe and then tells hiim to tell Hope he is looking for her; Rafe calls an old friend for info on Andre.  He finds out that Aiden was visiting him while he was in jail, under the fake name 'Guy Haynes'.  Andre tells Kate he saw Deimos, in the park by the Square, talking to Nicole. Deimos laughs when Nicole tells him she has changed her mind and will help him - he says he has changed his too; they agree no more retribution.