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Episode #: 10517
Tape Date: 2/2/07
Air Date: 3/1/07
Director: Phil Sogard

Summary: Abby gets to know Jed a little better and learns something about his family…Bonnie comes clean with Mimi with the shocking truth…EJ is still playing games with Sami and Lucas…Kayla sets Steve up to be arrested.

At Chez Rouge…
Abby and Jed have their date. Lots of small talk as they get to know each other better and she realizes that he is a pretty nice guy, even calling him a romantic. She talks about how she kind of likes someone else, but he is kind of involved with another girl, and how it’s a big mess. Anyway, like I said, lots of small talk. Willow shows up begging Maggie for her job back. Abby sees them and tells Jed the story of Willow Stark, calling her a prostitute. Jed says maybe he had better re-introduce himself…his name is Jed Stark…Willow’s brother. (Yea, like we didn’t see that one coming a mile away). He defends her (apparently not knowing a thing about her being a hooker) saying she is putting him through college. Willow tells Maggie she is pregnant with Shawn’s baby but Maggie puts her foot down, saying no. Jed walks over asking “Willie” what’s going on. Nick comes in asking Abby what is going on and she says she is watching a train wreck happening. Jed demands the truth from Willow, but she rushes out, with him following. Abby tells Nick it’s official…she is a failure at dating. But Nick tells her he has an idea to help both of them and suggests a double date…him, Chelsea, Abby and Jed. Maggie calls someone on the phone (Hope, I presume) and tells them she needs to talk to them about Willow and the baby she is carrying. Abby tells Nick no, she is a lost cause. He sees that it is something else bothering her and tells her that maybe when it comes to Max, it is time to move on.

Over at the Lockhart Place…
Speaking of Max, he and Mimi arrive back at her mom’s place as she explains that Bonnie is out on bail. Nick shows up with the DNA results on the ring and informs them that the blood traces on the ring were in fact Mimi’s. He leaves as Mimi doesn’t understand and is full of questions, asking what is wrong with her family. Bonnie comes in as Mimi asks her who posted her bail. She explains that she called Victor Kiriakis and he had pity on her…he posted it. Mimi doesn’t believe her…she lies all the time. Mimi tells her that Nick found her blood on the ring as Bonnie tells her to just leave it alone. Mimi demands to know the truth and Bonnie says ok, but you are not going to like it and you will wish you never knew. As she tells Mimi the story, it is shown to us in black and white flashbacks…Mimi’s dad came home drunk and with lipstick all over him. He and Bonnie got into an argument and it turned physical and he started beating her. Mimi came in and tried to stop him, but he back-handed her across the face (that’s where the blood came from on his ring). He continued to choke Bonnie, until Mimi picked up a baseball bat and hit him over the head….SHE killed him. Back in real time, Mimi is crying she couldn’t have killed her dad and refuses to believe it. Bonnie explains she was in a state of shock and the next morning, she didn’t remember any of it. Bonnie and Patrick took care of the body and hid it in the abandoned church and just lead everyone to think he just left town. Bonnie says now she is going to pay by going to jail, she is doing this to protect her. She thinks that maybe Mimi should just leave town…for good. Bonnie tells her to trust her, she is not lying…Mimi acted to protect her, and now she is going to protect Mimi. She is going to take the blame to make up for a lifetime of mistakes. Max tells Mimi that perhaps her mother is right, and that she should just leave. Max says leave or stay, he will support her. Mimi gathers her things and hugs her mom, telling her she loves her. With hugs and tears, they say their goodbyes as Max and Mimi leave, with Bonnie crying her eyes out.

At EJ’s Place…
Lucas pounds on the door as EJ lets him in and he asks why Sami is there. Sami just wants to leave, but Lucas wants to know what is going on, saying he doesn’t trust EJ, and that he is always up to something. He asks why EJ hasn’t moved yet and doesn’t think he plans on moving…but will stay right there so he can torment them. EJ says his accusations are tiresome and he wants some truth time with them. Sami begs Lucas to leave, but EJ stops them. Sami says they aren’t interested in anything he has to say, but EJ reminds them he gave Lucas a job when no one else would…and they owe him. And if they want the truth, he is going to give it to them, as Sami squirms. He tells Lucas that the truth is he does want to be close to Sami, saying he can’t get enough of ‘his girl’. Lucas says if EJ doesn’t move, he is going to take his family and move to another town. EJ finally tells them he will move as Lucas volunteers to help him. Lucas leaves as EJ tells Sami they have a deal, she is to find out what she can from the police or he will tell Lucas that the baby she is carrying could be his. Lucas returns with boxes and tape and gives them to EJ, telling Sami to go with him. In the hallway, she backs him up to the wall and kisses him, calling him amazing. They rush back to their apartment as EJ steps out in the hall and places a call to check on “father”. He tells the other person that when he is conscious, to tell him that he loves him and their plan is proceeding.

At Kayla’s…
Steve returns but says he can’t stay. He asks about John and she tells him he is doing okay but she will probably lose her license over all this and that the police are looking for him. She tries to convince him to turn himself in but he says he is leaving town and needs her help. She tries to persuade him to stay and fight the DiMeras and whatever they did to him. But he says he tried, but can’t win. He begs her for money to help him get away, but she refuses. He goes to leave, but she asks where will he go…the things in his head will go with him. He says she knows what he has to do…she is just putting it of. He asks why she wants to waste her time on him…just put him out with the trash. But she says she loves him. He says that something has happened to him and he isn’t the same, she must give up on him…he is a danger to her and her family. But Kayla says she isn’t letting him go that easily…he will have to kill her first. They cry in each others’ arms as she tries to convince him to let her call Bo and Roman. When he says yes and she goes to call, he rushes to the door…only to be met by 2 cops. He starts crying that she set him up as he struggles with them. Later, he is cuffed and read his rights as he accuses her of betraying him. He says she just signed his death warrant…and this time he won’t be coming back…as they haul him away. FF on Kayla as the previews show…

Willow (to Hope): If something happens to me, like I show up dead, and the autopsy shows that this baby is Shawn’s…your rep as Saint Hope will be gone…

Shawn (to Belle): All Willow Stark ever meant to me was just sex…(Belle): Then how do I know that when you put your hands all over me…that’s it’s not just sex too?...

Kayla: I want the man I love to come home to me…Steve: I am going to die here…knowing that it was you that killed me…

And the credits roll…
Laney