08-08-2017 (Tuesday) The Breakup

Rafe knocks on Eli’s door; he tells him they need to talk.  Eli is just fresh out of the shower, but Rafe won’t wait; he pushes his way in.  Hope talks to Jen on the phone; she says she is happy Abby is doing better and says she and Rafe are not giving up on finding Deimos’ killer.  Angelica tells Hattie she needs her help to get rid of Adrian, today.  Rafe tells Eli he needs to know the terms of deal the FBI made with his brother before someone else gets hurt; he says the car that hit Abigail was meant for Dario and his family members could be next, including Gabi and Arianna.  Eli says he can’t tell Rafe anything, claiming he doesn’t know enough to tell him; Rafe gets angry and says fine, he will find out some other way, and he leaves.  Hope comes by Eli’s next; he says he can’t tell her anything either, but she pulls the “family” card and says Rafe is going to Mexico to confront some drug lord.  Eli gives in, telling her that the hit-n-run had nothing to do with drugs; it was the result of a counterfeit operation Dario is running, and his contact is someone in Salem, not Mexico.  He says he can't tell her anymore than that.

Hattie tells Angelica she needs Marlena’s phone back, “to get rid of John Black” and tells Angelika to call her later.  There are dozens of missed calls and messages from John; Hattie dials.  John and Paul come in to file a missing person’s report on Marlena, but just before they do, John receives “Marlena’s” call.  He anxiously goes to meet her in the park by the Square; he finds her by the bench, and hugs her, flowers in hand.  She is stiff in response; he asks what’s wrong.  She tells him when he didn’t get home on time last night, she just went out; says she went for a drive, to clear her head.  She goes on and on about all the times he has left her alone; he asks if they can have this conversation at home.  She says no; she tells him she is never going home again.  In fact, she says, she wants a divorce; he reminds her that they aren’t currently married.  She says they’ve been married and divorced so many times, she can’t keep it straight; she says she just wants out.  He tells her he isn’t leaving the home they built together; she says, “fine… I’ll move out.”  He drops the flowers.  He asks her what else she isn’t telling him; she says she needs romance, then proceeds to complain about his absence again.  He says this doesn’t sound like her; he says this isn’t the Marlena he knows.  Hattie says, “yeah, well she’s done, and now it’s ME, and my needs come first.”  John picks up the flowers and walks away.

Nicole asks Brady if his uncle was as mean to him as he was to her; Brady asks what Victor said to her.  She reiterates his feeling that the judge was right not to award her custody of Holly, and says he believes it’s only a matter of time before she betrays him with another man; Brady says that’s ridiculous, remarking that she would never hurt him that way, then asking, “would you?”  Maggie comes home from visiting Holly; Nicole says she has to get to work at the Center.  Brady tells Nicole to say hi to Eric for her; Maggie catches on that there was something more than “hello” behind that request.  Brady admits to her that he is suspecting this ‘service’ is the perfect excuse for Eric and Nicole to be together all day, every day.  Maggie asks why he doesn’t talk to Eric and Nicole about his suspicions; he tells Maggie he overheard their conversation the other day and asks Maggie to tell him what happened between them the other day.

Nicole walks through the Square; she sees Holly.  Her foster mother leaves the table to put money in the meter and Holly starts crying; the foster sister gets nervous.  Nicole asks if she can help; she picks up Holly and says, “mommy is here.”  Not real smart. The foster mom comes back and asks what’s going on; the daughter tells her this lady offered to help stop Holly from crying.  Nicole lays Holly back down; she starts to cry again.  The lady suddenly recognizes Nicole, asking, “don’t I know you?”  Eric happens by the table and hugs Nicole, calling her by a different name; he quickly ushers her away and asks if she was trying to violate the court order.  Maggie tells Brady he is doing their relationship a big disservice here, telling him he shouldn’t be suspecting that something is going on between Eric and Nicole.  Brady says he knows something is going on, because Nicole snuck out of the house today to go and see Eric.

Adrian and Lucas are in bed; he tells her he needs to get going because he told Jennifer he’d meet her at the hospital.  Adrian says she is keeping an eye on the Spectator for Jen; she gets a call from Angelika, who tells her to meet her at the Brady Pub in half an hour.  Angelika puts a vial of powder into a cup of coffee, or a latte; when she gets there, Adrian is gullible enough to drink it.  Angelika says they could at least try to get along, now that she’s moved back to Salem; Adrian questions why she moved back.  She says, if it’s because of Justin, he will never go for her; Adrian says she is going to tell Justin what Angelika is up to.  Angelica mocks her as she stands up from the table and falls down; Adrian gets back up and leaves in a huff.  Angelika follows shortly after and finds Adrian, passed out, in the alley; she wonders where Hattie is now.  Lucas sees John throwing his flowers in the garbage; he asks what’s going on.  John says it’s amazing how things can turn on a dime; he says sometimes, someone you love can turn into a total stranger.  He tells Lucas to hang onto Adrian; love is a precious gift.  Hattie meets Angelika and they begin to pick up Adrian to move her somewhere.

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