At Shawn’s place, Chanel, hungover and wearing just a t-shirt, tries piecing together the night. She remembers kissing Shawn but panics—did they sleep together? Shawn assures her they didn’t. She’s embarrassed, especially since she’s still married to Johnny. Shawn defends his cousin, insisting Johnny regrets his mistake and urging her to focus on their marriage rather than one bad choice. Chanel argues it wasn’t just one mistake, but Shawn understands. If there’s any hope of saving her marriage, she has to try.
At the Black home, Brady fails to reach Ava. Marlena offers coffee and mentions Belle is still sleeping off the bachelorette party. Brady shares concerns about Rachel’s Aremid adventure and her fixation on reuniting him with Kristen. They agree she needs therapy, and Marlena gives him a referral.
At the DiMera mansion, Johnny is relieved Rachel is home, but Kristen wishes she showed more remorse. She fills him in on Rachel’s Aremid trip and the eerie history of the Blake House. Brady arrives to pick up Rachel for therapy, but Kristen insists on joining, citing CPS involvement. She then needles him about Ava, suggesting she’s ghosting him—or worse. Johnny leaves on his own investigation while Rachel secretly calls Aremid. Ava, bound and gagged, listens as the Woman in White assures Rachel she’s fine. Rachel warns her captor that Ava is clever. Later, the Woman offers Ava food, but when she refuses, she’s gagged again.
At Marlena’s, Belle wakes up hungover next to EJ and is horrified. Neither remembers how they ended up together. Belle insists he was her biggest mistake, but EJ teases otherwise. Instead of stopping, they fall into bed again.
Later, Marlena walks in and is furious. She berates Belle for her choices and warns that EJ is not welcome in her home. Belle is humiliated as EJ casually dresses, suggesting there won’t be a next time—anywhere.
At Paulina’s, Chanel finds Johnny waiting, concerned. She admits she stayed at Shawn’s and, though nothing happened, she did kiss him. Johnny remains calm, thanking Shawn for looking out for her. Chanel reveals Shawn encouraged her to forgive Johnny, and maybe he was right.
At Marlena’s, Shawn drops by, only to see Belle and EJ emerging from her room. Stunned, he quickly leaves. Marlena scolds Belle again and kicks EJ out. Rachel finally joins her parents before therapy. As she leaves to get ready, Brady receives a text from Ava, claiming she’s in Hong Kong and breaking up with him. Kristen assumes she’s visiting Tripp and Wendy.
Outside, Rachel smirks at her phone. “Mission accomplished.” Meanwhile, in Aremid, the Woman in White smugly tells Ava that she and Rachel have ensured no one is looking for her now.
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