07-10-2017 (Monday) Angelica's Back

Rafe and Hope are at Brady’s Pub; they call Kayla and Steve to meet them.  Hope shows off her engagement ring; they tell them, they are among the first to know.  They say they haven’t set a date yet, with all that’s going on right on, including JJ being arrested.  Angelica walks into the Pub; she says she has a deal to make.  He asks if one of her minions can’t take over; she says she intends to see this one through herself.  Steve tells Kayla he is going to neutralize that woman and asks her to come help him; she gladly goes.  She asks what her part is; he says he is making it up as they go.  He plans on convincing her to leave somehow, getting her to go back to New York.

Abby prepares for a visitor; Dario steps in the room and reflects back on dancing with Abigail.  He says it’s a rotten time for an INS visit; she says she would hate it more if he got deported.  She says she meant it when she told him she would see this through to the end.  The visit goes very well; Abby shows him their pictures and when he sees that Abe was the minister, he says they’ll have no problem from him.  He says Abe wouldn’t be involved if it wasn’t a legitimate marriage; they agree.

Sonny insists he killed his uncle; his dad asks why he would so that, but then stops him before he can answer.  He says he needs a minute alone with his “client;” Eli begins to question him anyway.  His mom asks how he can know this; Sonny says he just does and he’s not letting JJ take the rap for this.  He agrees to let his father go in with him for questioning; Adrian asks what he is going… Paul says he is being the honest man he knew he was.  Eli says he hopes he isn’t wasting his time, just trying to get his cousin off the hook; Sonny says his father taught him to take responsibility for his actions.  He tells him he is pretty sure he killed Deimos; Justin reiterates “pretty sure.”  Sonny recalls his struggle with Deimos in the hallway; he says the next thing he remembers is seeing Deimos’ body with a knife in his heart.  Eli asks if he thinks he is the one who put that knife there; Sonny says he believes so, yes.

Rafe and Hope; meet Dario and Abigail at the Club.  Dario tells Abigail he has arranged a honeymoon for them; he says everything just kind of fell in place.  He tells her he has tickets to Hamilton on Broadway; then, they are going to stay two weeks in a beach house, with a rented boat.  The waiter notices Sonny in the interrogation room; he remembers seeing him stumbling in the room where Deimos’ body was found, and standing over Deimos’ body.  He tells the officer he left something out of his statement.  

07-07-2017 (Friday) Sonny's Confession

Adrian and Lucas sit down for lunch in the Square; Lucas gets a phone call.  He tells Adrian, his mother got married to Andre DeMira.  Chad sits, having a memory of him and Abigail kissing; Gabi comes in and tells him the kids are asleep.  Lucas goes to see his mother and asks her to tell him she did NOT marry “that DeMira” but she just laughs; she tells Andre she always tried to not interfere in her children’s decisions and wishes they would give her the same respect.  Gabi asks Chad if he would mind staying with the kids while she goes to run a few errands; he says sure.  She hugs him and leaves; Chad thinks about texting Abigail.  Kate brings up his marriages to Chloe, and Nicole, and Sammy, speaking of “humiliating marriages.”  Andre offers to buy Lucas a Shirley Temple.  He tells his mother he should have been at the wedding so he could have given her away… permanently.  Andre and Kate pose for pictures as a couple for the cover of Country Club Monthly; they both vie to appear like the one in charge.

Jennifer tells her son she knows him; she says he couldn’t have killed Deimos.  JJ argues that his DNA was found under his nails; Justin says that proves that he and Deimos had a fight, not that he killed him.  Justin says they can also argue diminished capacity because of the drugging and stressful circumstances.  Sonny tells Paul that he is sure he killed Sonny; Paul says every one that argued with him had a reason for wanting him dead.  Sonny says he did more than argue with him; he remembers standing over Deimos, with the knife in his chest.  Paul asks if he remembers holding the knife, or stabbing him; he says no.  Still, he says, he thinks he needs to come forward; Paul agrees, if he believes he did it, he needs to tell the authorities.  Victor steps in the room and tells Sonny he will do no such thing.

Adrian comes to see Sonny; Paul tells her he is talking to Victor.  Victor tells Sonny Paul is right; he can’t confess if he doesn’t really remember stabbing Deimos.  Sonny argues that he clear about how he felt; and he definitely wanted the man dead, he says.  Victor says no one is responsible for his death except Deimos himself; Victor says all he wants is for their family to be safe.  He tells Sonny he is the future of their family and he is depending on him; he tells Sonny not to let him down.  Victor tells Paul, since he was the only one at the party who wasn’t under the influence, what he says will carry a lot of weight.  He tells him if he wants a future with Sonny, he is to forget what Sonny said before.

JJ sees the ring on Abigail’s finger, and when she tells him she and Dario got married, he asks if the wedding came with a side of fries.  She says they just decided there was no reason to wait; JJ is offended.  He mocks her saying there’s no reason to plan anything out, especially when there’s a kid involved; she tells him she thought this out.  Her mom begins to speak again and Abigail says JJ doesn’t need to be subjected to this; Jen says fine, but tells her they will be talking later.  They do, and as they wander through the park; her mother tells her she just wants her to be happy.  Abigail insists she is; she leaves and Chad shows up.  He says he was going to call earlier; he mentions the “renewal” of their vows and the kiss.  She said she thought they put that behind them; he says they did.  He was wondering if she remembers anything happening afterward; she says she is sure they stopped.  He asks why; Chad remembers Deimos running down the hall – and going after him.  Abby says she remembers that he told her to stay, but she didn’t; she went after him too.  He says she was in front of him and he eventually lost her; she says she doesn’t know if she ever found Deimos or not, and they wonder if they should tell the police all of this.

They decide to; at the station, they find Gabi talking to JJ, and Paul who has just come in to tell what he knows.  Eli says they have enough to prosecute JJ; Paul asks, “but do you have enough to know the truth?”  Chad tells Gabi after he and Abigail are done giving their statement, she and he need to go somewhere to talk.  He tells her about he and Abby renewing their vows and kissing; she says it’s okay because she danced with JJ, and neither of them went any farther.  Eli and Justin are discussing the fact that no one really has a clue who killed Deimos; Sonny comes into the station and tells Eli that he killed Deimos.

07-06-2017 (Thursday) The Proposal

Eric recalls telling Nicole that he thinks he did something bad under the influence of the Halo; Nicole comes into the Center.  She apologizes for being late; she notices Eric’s disturbed expression and asks him what’s wrong.  He tells her he remembered something; Daniel, he says, appeared to them.  She says she also has a vague memory of Daniel; she says it must have been the Halo, right?  They remember Daniel telling Nicole to forgive Eric, after he forgives himself; Brady tells Sonny that he’s been cleaning up his mess all day.  He says the families of the workers he fired are considered filing a class-action lawsuit for wrongful termination; Sonny tells him he will handle all of those calls from now on.  Sonny leaves the room and Paul asks Brady to take it easy on him, saying he’s just trying to adjust to the position.  Brady admits that he probably took out some anger on Sonny’s that was not his; he says he is upset about what happened at the Martin House the other night.  Paul notes that he wasn’t there; he acknowledges, he wasn’t.  Brady goes to pick up Nicole; when they get home, she asks him if he is mad.  He says no; she asks, then what has him so distracted.  He grabs her and starts kissing her, passionately.

Lani apologizes to JJ for saying anything about seeing him and Deimos fighting; JJ says, it’s okay.  Facts are facts, the blood on his shirt, his DNA under Deimos’ nails… she says there must be another way to get the answers.  Sonny gets notified that JJ was being charged with the murder of Deimos; he reflects back and sees himself standing over Deimos’ dead body again.  Sonny tells Paul he has to say something; Paul reminds him he wasn’t in the same room as Deimos when he fought with him.  He says Deimos tormented everyone at the part and the truth is that any one of them could have killed him.

Hope stands silent; Rafe says this wasn’t exactly how he pictured the moment.  She apologizes.  He puts the ring back in his shirt; she tries to explain, it’s just that she can’t marry him until she has closure with what Deimos did to Beau.  He says he thought she would have that with Demos’ death; she says she thought so too – he starts to head back to the station.  Hope grabs his arm and tells him this has nothing to do with love; she strokes his face and says she loves him.  He tells her, quietly, “I love you too” and leaves.  Hope meets Marlena in the Square; she tells her that she didn’t say no, she just didn’t say anything.  She hopes she hasn’t ruined everything; she says Aiden just really shook her confidence in everything she thought she knew.  Marlena asks if she has any questions about Rafe’s character; Hope says no.  Marlena gets called to the station.  Lani has decided that she wants to get hypnotized too; Eli tells her the commissioner wants to have everyone who was at that party hypnotized to see what they remember.  Lani remembers getting locked in the garage with Eli, and a lady with a dog letting them out hours later.  Her memories clear her and Eli from the time frame of the murder, but don’t help JJ.

Hope runs into Julie in the Square; Julie is surprised not to see a ring on her finger.  She tells Hope everything Rafe went through last night, getting blessings to ask for her hand; Hope laughs to think he went through all that.  She says he took on the whole village; Julie says he would take on the world if it meant being with her.  She convinces Hope to take the chance and Hope calls Rafe to meet her back at their picnic spot; she tells him she would like him to marry her.  He drops back down on his knee and asks her formally once again, with ring in hand; she holds out her finger and says, “yes, yes… yes!”  

07-05-2017 (Wednesday) Kayla's Job in Jeopardy

Hope is busy at work; she asks Rafe if he had a nice lunch with Gabi.  He says yes, and tells her she helped him with something – trying to hold back a huge smile.  Hope doesn’t notice; she says that’s nice, and gets up from her desk still staring at a paper.  Rafe pulls a ring box out of his pocket and says, to himself, that it will be even nicer when she sees it.  Hope comes back over and tells Rafe what bothers her most about this case is that JJ isn’t even fighting it; it’s as if he has resigned himself to taking the rap, she says.  He tells her she needs to get her mind off things and takes her to a prepared picnic; she says it’s becoming their thing.  They sit down and Rafe begins to tell Hope how much she means to him; Julie comes along and asks if she’s interrupting.  They say no, and invite her to join them; she indulges in the chocolate covered strawberries.  Hope goes to get Julie a drink from the cooler; Rafe tells Julie that he is trying to propose and asks her to leave.  She tells him he can’t propose to Hope; she says he needs to ask Doug’s permission first.  She says he is just around the corner… he says he’ll go, and she offers to stall Hope.  He walks to the Square, and shows Doug the ring; Doug gladly gives his permission, and thanks him for all he has already done for his “little princess.”  He welcomes him to the family with a hug.  Then, however, he suggests he ask Victor, Beau’s father, for permission as well, saying it would just be a good idea; Rafe says okay.

Claire and Theo awkwardly fumble around each other in the kitchen while trying to get their separate breakfasts.  When Theo bumps into her, Claire asks him to just give her a minute; he asks if that’s what she really wants, or if she wants him to move out.  She tells him loving him is “kinda great,” adding that he is like a rock in her life, steady and easy; she tells him he is “real” and says that’s what she needs.  He tells her there are things he loves about her too, stating that she is beautiful; she asks since when he cares about artificial stuff, and he says he doesn’t but it’s just a fact.  He says what he loves most is that she treats him like a normal guy, not the autistic kid; she says he is totally normal, to which he disagrees, but adds that she accepts him that way like no one else has.  She asks him if they could “try again” but then Theo gets uncomfortable and stands up, saying he didn’t say that; she asks him why he said all those nice things then, and he replies, “because they are true.”  She gets angry all over again and storms out of the room.

Rafe tells Victor that he isn’t trying to take Beau’s place; just wants a place in Hope’s life.  He tells him that Beau actually asked him to take care of Hope and to look out for his family, just like he did; Victor says, if he had Beau’s blessing, he has his… but then he says, it isn’t him who can speak for Beau, he says that would be Roman.  He says, maybe it’s Roman Rafe needs the blessing from; Rafe says, “ah.”  Theo comes into Brady’s Pub looking for a job; Roman tells him if they were hiring right now, he would hire him.  Roman questions why he’s looking so hard for a job; Theo tells him he needs to move into his own place.  Roman tells him he’ll let him know if he hears of any openings; Theo thanks him and leaves.  Rafe shows up and tells Roman he wants to ask Hope to marry him; Roman tells him he is a good man and doesn’t need anybody’s blessing.  He tells him to follow his heart and keep loving her like he does; Rafe says that’s the easiest promise he’ll ever make.

Claire shows up and tells Hope that Theo just broke up with her; Hope says she’s sorry.  Claire mentions Theo’s “lie” of forever; Julie says that’s not really a lie because he said it with all of his heart.  Claire smiles and says, “that’s it!”  She declares that she is going to make Theo fall in love with her all over again, and leaves.  Hope gets tired of waiting and says she’s going back to the station; Julie stops her, telling her she was supposed to keep her there and keep her big mouth shut.  Hope almost gets her to spill the beans, but Rafe shows back up; Hope tells him they need to get back to the station.  He tells her to wait; he says there is something he needs to ask her.  She says, “okay, ask.”  He apologizes for making her wait, but says he wanted to make sure everything was right; he says it is now.  He pulls out the ring and says he knows he already asked, but he wanted to do it with a clear head; he asks.  Hope gasps and clasps her hands; we don’t see her answer this episode.  Claire goes home and helps Theo prepare his resume; she is sad when he says he is doing it so that he can get a job and move out, so he won’t have to be close to her all the time.  She tells him she doesn’t want him to move out.

The hospital director tells Kayla he would not have called her back unless it were serious; she asks if they should go somewhere private to talk.  He tells her no, saying, “because this involves you too young man” and looks straight at Tripp; Kayla looks confused.  She asks how this involves Tripp, and the director starts to describe her patient “Mr. Moralez” who died last week.  He points out that the incorrect medication was ordered for this patient; Kayla says that’s impossible, but he swears it came from her table.  (Still doesn’t explain how they believe Tripp is involved.)  Coming back, they tell us that Tripp is intended to be a witness, having shadowed Kayla all last week.  Steve tells the director, as an investigator, he can prove that his wife is not responsible for what has happened here; the director says they have their own investigation going on so his services aren’t needed.  Kayla stresses, while they perform an autopsy, wondering how this could have happened; she says, if she did this, the family of the patient could sue the hospital.  The results of the autopsy come back, showing the medication Kayla claimed to have prescribed in the patient’s system, not the more deadly version that was on the chart.  The director refuses to apologize to Kayla and tells her he will keeping a closer eye on her from now on.  Tripp tells Kayla he is glad everything is okay; she says, in spite of the fact that she almost made two horrible mistakes.  Steve hugs her and says nothing like that is going to happen again; Tripp smiles.