All Rights Reserved. Link Only HAVING HOPE, MARLENA TRIES SHANE AGAIN, STEPH VS XANDER, JEN'S SECRET MISSION! These are my words. There is only one DaysCafe :) REAL TIME SEQUENCE + KEY DETAILS! - Marlena emerges in her robe. She overheard Belle speaking with Shawn. Belle sighs their marriage is done ... Shawn is drowning his sorrows at the pub when Uncle Phil steps up. Shawn scowls ... Steph is on a call offering an interview with star Alex if a gossip site stops spoiling their spoilers. The party at the other end want a shirtless interview. She agrees and sits down to contact the rest of the rags. Here comes Xander ordering her to stop what she is doing ... Stylish Ciara and elegant Lucas discuss Leo's insistence that Uncle Steve was innocent. She reasons they could have accused the wrong man ... New Doug shoves the missing necklace back in his pocket when Hope enters Horton house. She calls out for Julie and then wonders who he is ... He announces he is Doug Williams. Hope is appalled cos her dad was Doug Williams not this guy! - Phil sits and states he is sorry for Shawn and the family's loss of the legendary Doug. He still misses his own dad. He strongly suggests Shawn stop boozing. Shawn quips it is non alcoholic. Phil brings up wife Belle. Shawn scowls they are divorcing ... Steph suggests Xander speak his piece cos she is busy. He asks her to cease her propaganda campaign for Phillip ... Lucas suggests Leo and Steve are the same. Steven has a criminal past so he must have stolen the necklace. Who else could have been that shady ... Julie comes down and hugs Hope. She asks after Bo, who has not yet opened his eyes. Julie just loves seeing her. Hope wonders who the imposter is. Julie announces tis her new nephew aka the late Doug's grandson ... Belle already felt she and Shawn had drifted apart. Marlena had hoped they would overcome. Alas their romance ran its course ... Phil acts sympathetic and assures snarky Shawn he will not be pursuing Belle. His sole focus is on getting his birthright back ... - Xander has read Steph's sudden biased articles about Philip. He reasons he is the rightful heir. She should stop spinning for Phil and send a little spin his way to help him with public opinion ... Hope remembers Doug mentioning an IVF son and cautiously welcomes him. Julie wants to show her the mementos Ciara opened including Alice's beautiful necklace. Hope weeps she wants to see daddy Doug first ... Marlena praises Belle for her strength. Alas the lass is sad. Shawn was the great love of her life. Marlena goes to get something to cheer her downtrodden daughter up ... Phil is pleasantly surprised when Shawn hopes he will get Titan not Xander ... Steph wonders. Xander suggests they make magic and offers to double what she is getting from Philip... Back at Horton house Julie updates keen new Doug on Bo and Hope's history. Here come Lucas and Ciara, sorry to hear Hope arrived without Bo who did not yet wake up. Ciara wonders where she went. Doug replies he went to see their grandfather's grave. Ciara wonders why he said their grandfather. Julie explains this is the grandson of Doug Williams. Ciara looks mad. Lucas stares ... - Hope weeps at daddy Doug's grave. She cannot hug him now and how she misses him! Tis a tough loss. A very sorry Jen arrives and Hope cries on her shoulder ... Marlena brings Belle chocolate chip cookies with rocky road ice cream to raise her spirits ... Meanwhile Phil wonders whether he heard right. Yes. Shawn is on his side cos he saw how Victor groomed him for Titan. Xander would ruin Titan's reputation. Phil boasts he also has a secret weapon in Shawn's smart cousin Steph ... Steph scoffs at Xander's offer. He suggests she wants to bed Phillip and makes the feminist even madder ... Meanwhile Hope and Jen discuss Bo's almost wakeup. Hope regrets she came late because of it but Jen reasons Doug would have approved. He would have done the same for his beloved Julie ... Ciara hears Shawn is not yet aware of the new Doug's existence. Lucas remembers when he also met his family later in life. Julie brings up the necklace. Lucas wants her to know ... Doug interrupts and asks for food. Gracious Julie glides to the kitchen. Doug now informs Ciara and Lucas that the others did not want Julie to get upset about the missing necklace. Ciara agrees and still assumes the jewel thief was Julie's brother ... - Steph gets snarky with chauvinistic Xander, who scoffs she is after Titan. She shows him to the door. Xander grudgingly goes after he warns Phil will only use and toss her ... Phil has high praise for Steph's press. Shawn gets a text from Ciara and decides to depart. Phil is sorry for the end of him and Belle. Shawn believes tis best they lead separate lives ... After the sweets Marlena suggests a movie like LOVE ACTUALLY which Doug just loved ... Doug Jr. enjoys Horton donuts with Lucas and Ciara. Julie is proud of Alice's secret recipe. Ciara laughs about JJ's secret ingredient once upon a time ... She now gets a text from brother Shawn, welcomes grinning Doug to the family and departs ... Hope quietly shares her concerns with Jen about the timing of Doug's so-called son. Her investigative instincts are telling her his story is off. Jen wonders. Hope suggests after she leave Jen watch that one. His stories need to be checked out. Jen is in. Alas she must return to the house. Hope stays with Doug a little longer ... - Phil finds Steph fuming behind her desk. He senses something. She updates him on Xander's offer to double her salary if she switched sides. Phil curses and is relieved Steph turned him down. He also senses he got to her. Steph is enraged he accused her of being a gold digger. Now she really wants Phil to get that male chauvinist's company ... Marlena steps away to check in with Shane, who is looking into John's whereabouts. Belle calls unseen unheard Claire to tell her about her parents' decision to divorce ... Hope emotionally thanks daddy for everything. Here come Shawn and Ciara. Hope promises her daughter that papa Bo will wake up. Today is all about Doug, who loved his grandkids. He will forever be in their hearts. Family hug ... Jen comes home and wonders what is going on when she sees Lucas and Julie breaking bread with dubious too good to be true Doug. She remembers Hope's warning his story was not checked out and something was off. Then she fake smiles and primly bites into a powdery donut ... STAY TUNED ... Luv Cathy |
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