All Rights Reserved. Link Only STEVEN SLIPS OUT THE WINDOW, BYE BYE SHELLE, DOUG'S GRANDSON HAS A DANGEROUS AGENDA! These are my words. There is only one DaysCafe :) REAL TIME SEQUENCE + KEY DETAILS! - The diamond necklace is gone! Lucas and Jen panic. Marie is baffled as is Ciara. Lucas concludes it could have been an inside job ... Steven speaks to Alice's plaque and claims he was not tempted by the necklace. Leo hers him and quotes Dolly Parton, alluding to paving new beginnings ... Shawn assures Belle he is happy she came to Salem for Doug's service ... Julie has just met a young man claiming to be Doug Williams. She states Doug is deceased. The young man argues HE is actually alive and know some of their story. He just got out of jail today so he could come and see her. Julie is stunned ... - Back at Horton house Lucas suggests to the ladies the thief could have been Steven ... Leo intros himself to Steven and they decide to have a drink together since tis happy hour ... Belle was glad to come and show support for Julie. Shawn suggests they discuss the elephant in the room and he doesn't mean Dumbo. He means the state of their marriage. Alas it has been a strained strange year. Shawn realizes he too was busy working on rehab. Belle is happy to hear he was helped by rehab and assures him she went to Hong Kong to let him have his space. He agrees tis time to come to a decision ... Leo accurately assumes Steven came to Salem for Doug's funeral and hears he is Julie's brother. He babbles about his low self esteem. Steven calls him personable and charming. They agree to be friends and drink to that. Leo wonders why he left Salem. Steven lets him babble about not judging and admits he left Salem due to his shady dealings. He used to skim tips and then graduated to stolen merchandise filled with cocaine. He was also involved in jewel theft. Leo has been there. Steven insists his life of crime is all in the past ... - Marie warns Lucas, Jen and Ciara about Steven's jewel thief past. Lucas and Ciara decide to go track him down ... Julie accuses the imposter of taking her Doug's name. He admits his original name was Douglas Leclair, having been named after his father. He changed that name. Julie’s mouth drops. The young man's dad was conceived from artificial insemination. Julie does the math and gushes he really is Doug's grandson. She gives him a heartfelt hug ... Jen does not want to judge but Marie suggests Steven's jewel thief history could be repeating himself ... Back at the bistro Leo confides about his recent relationship going south. Here come Lucas and Ciara. Lucas demands the diamonds Steven stole ... Belle hears there has been a breakthrough with Bo cos he was able to squeeze his mother's hand. Hope is with him as they speak and hopeful. Belle wonders whether Shawn will be able to forgive himself for that unfortunate series of events that put Bo in that coma. Shawn sighs they do not know how much he will recover. Therapy has made him realize he is a different guy now. Even if he moves on from the guilt it does not mean he will be the husband he once was. He suggests they therefore call it quits. Belle is floored ... - Steven acts baffled. Lucas and Ciara suggests tis strange he was there at the house and then the diamonds disappeared. They heard he used to be a professional a jewel thief. Lucas does the math and deduces Leo is his partner in crime. He demands Steven be a man and fess up ... Jen cannot imagine how much it would upset Julie to hear that her brother had stolen from Horton house ... Julie is emotional. Doug Jr. just heard about his grandfather and had to come. Julie is happy to have him even after he admits it was a long road from the prison. Julie insists he come home to Horton house with her ...Julie introduces Doug Williams to Jen and Marie, explaining he is Doug's grandson. He is the son of little Dougie Leclair. She marvels at the second miracle, the first being the time capsule. Doug is intrigued. Jen quips it was put away ... Steven argues that necklace belonged to his grandmother so he has a right to it anyway. Lucas talks tough. Stephen gets his coat on and informs Leo his son Spencer Olson is charming and gay so he should look him up. Then he elegantly leaves ... Belle tries to fight back the tears. Shawn feels unworthy and it started with Jan and then EJ. He and Belle are distant nowadays due to their broken trust. She weeps she loooooves him. He feels the same way and they will still be connected thru Clair but the rest is really over. Belle agrees to send him divorce papers. Shawn now decides to depart. She cries to take care and they hug like there is no tomorrow. Then he leaves without looking back ... - Jubulant Julie wants to prepare the guestroom. Alas Marie has a plane to catch. They agree to stay in touch. Julie gets going upstairs and the young man asks about the time capsule. Jen and Marie tell him of the missing necklace. They need to get it back before Julie discovers what her brother maybe did again ... Leo defends the charming Steven and suggests like Leo in the past he could be falsely accused. He throws Lucas and Ciara's imperfect pasts in their faces, flings his tip on the table and waltzes off ... Steven is silently closing the window. Julie sees his open door and wonders why he did not take the front door. He decides tis time to go for he must but he will be back. He calls Doug a great man and she calls her brother a changed man. He pauses, points out he is a work on progress and they exchange I love yous. His last thought is not to believe everything she hears about him. Julie wonders what he meant and watches him go down through the window like a thief in the night ... Jen insists on driving Marie to the airport. After the lively ladies depart. Doug's grandson stares at all the Horton pictures and then pulls the diamond necklace out of his jean pocket. Dangerous drums play! STAY TUNED ... Luv Cathy |
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