02-15-2017 (Wednesday)

Kate meets with Andre; he asks what she has found out about the key.  She says, "nothing," but she tells him, Jen was on the pier that night, obviously playing reporter; Andre gets upset and she tells him to calm down.  He tells her Deimos is getting ready to torture Chad and Gabi, and asks how she expects him to be mellow.  He then wonders what the judge is going to decide about Hope; Kate says he should prepare himself that Hope may go free… it’s hard to uphold a murder conviction when the victim is up and walking around, she says.  He cringes in his seat.  Austin and Kari happen by; Austin calls out, “mother” and Kate jumps up to hug him.  She asks why they didn’t tell her they were coming for the wedding; they say they were just invited in Prague.  She sits them down and tells them to tell her everything.  

Hope finds out that the same day Andre showed up to take Hattie on her date, the DeMira Enterprises account was hacked and money was withdrawn; she says it was withdrawn, using Andre’s ID and she thinks she can prove it.  She gets a notification from the Salem Paper; she reads that her conviction has been overturned… she jumps up and hugs Eric in excitement, saying she has been exonerated.  She delights in the fact that she didn’t kill Steffano after all; Eric looks sad and she apologizes for being insensitive.  She tells him she owes her life to him and doesn’t know how she can thank him; he says by going home to her family and living a happy life.  She tells him he should do the same; he says he can’t, eventually snapping at her to leave it alone.  He says he doesn’t want to be a constant reminder and begins to cry.  She kisses him on the cheek and says she will say no more, except thank you, adding God bless you Eric; she leaves.  

Steve comes into Brady’s Pub and gives Kayla a box of Chocolates, and wishes her a happy Valentine’s Day; he suggests they get married and she agrees.  Shane comes in and asks about Hope; Kayla says they haven’t heard anything yet.  Rafe comes in and tells everyone that the conviction has been reversed.  They celebrate.  Steve says he is going back to the Salem Inn to change into his suit; Kayla tells him she can’t wait for the wedding.  Kayla talks to her mother, telling her they are getting married in a church and of course they are having a mass; she insists she stay there and re-cooperate.  She laughs after hanging up and asks Adrian if that was horrible to lie to her mom like that; she just doesn’t want to upset her when she’s just getting better, she says.  Austin asks his mother how she can live with Andre; she tells him he isn’t all that bad.  Kari says she has to get going and says she will see them at the wedding; Austin asks how Kate feels about Steffano being out and running around again.  She says she isn’t worried about it.  

Kayla has a surprise visitor; apparently, it’s her daughter?  Kayla calls her ‘baby.’  She says she wouldn’t miss this wedding for anything; she says “daddy” thought it was a good idea and she is so happy that Kayla and “papa” are going to be together again.  She gives her mother a gift; a blue nightie.  Kayla calls her “Stephanie Johnson” – she says she can’t believe she was in on this.  Kari brings Kayla a pair of earrings to borrow.  Marlena asks Kayla if she is ready; she says she is “so ready.”  

Shane and Steve talk about the sting operation they pulled off; Steve questions if they really did.  Shane says Hope doesn’t have to live with having killed Steffano anymore and assures Steve that everyone, including Hope, (except the two of them) think he is just a fugitive now, roaming the world and they don’t have to be afraid of him; as it should be, Steve says.  Shane reminds Steve that no one can ever know about this, except them; Steve doesn’t like lying to Kayla and questions why they can’t tell their wives.  Joey arrives.  Steve asks how they are doing in the communal house, and asks how Jade is; Joey says her parents still have nothing to do with her and she really appreciates all their support.  Steve says her parents may step up one day; Joey says not to hold his breath.  Joey congratulates them on what they did for Hope; Steve cuts him short, telling him to go find his mother.  He wants to get this show on the road.  

Hope walks in the door of the police station and hugs everyone; Rafe hugs her and says she must have seen the news.  The commissioner says they shouldn’t celebrate so soon; apparently, she is still being charged with the escape from Pentonville.  She explains how she was chloroformed and smuggled out in a garbage bin; she says she was left bleeding by the side of a road because she fought him when she came to.  He questions why she looks so good; she says a “good Samaritan” came by and helped her out, and took care of her.  Rafe says with all that information, the charges should be dropped; the commissioner walks out in a huff.  Andre shows up at the police station, Shawn and Ciara follow him in; he says he wants a word in private but Rafe doesn’t leave the room.  Andre tells them the deal they had is now ‘off’ – he starts making threats to tell the true story of the cover up and Rafe's involvement; she says she has a story to tell too, and proceeds to bring up his alias as Alfonso, better known as ‘Alfie,’ who stole a bunch of money from his own family's company.  She says there is video footage of him sitting at Hattie’s desk the day the money disappeared, and tells him about the evidence she has found tracing the money to him.  She says she can either give all the information to the FBI, or just enough to get Hattie out of prison; in exchange, she says, he stops making threats to her or anyone else.  Holding a thick, blue file in front of her, she asks him which will it be?  Andre says he will take the deal; he leaves.  Rafe and Hope hug in celebration; Andre stares at them through the window.

Austin questions his mom about the man in her life right now; he is surprised when she tells him there is no man – he detects that there was someone, and she really like him.  He tells her she could make him come around to her way of thinking; she changes the subject.  Friends and family gather at the Pub, which is decorated nicely for Steve and Kayla's wedding; someone walks in with a surprise.  Eric writes a letter and puts it in an envelope. 

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