Episode #: 10527
Tape Date: 2/14/07
Air Date: 3/15/07
Director: Albert Alarr

Summary: Sami and Lucas offer Chelsea a place to stay…Shawn and Belle find assistance on the island…EJ continues to torment Willow and Sami…Steve uses Kayla to escape the hospital.

On the Island…
Gabby offers Shawn food, but he will only accept coffee. He thanks her but says as soon as Claire is feeling better they will be on their way. Belle comes down excited that Claire is feeling much better. Gabby brings them coffee and asks if Belle if she and Claire are hungry. She goes to the kitchen to get them something to eat. Shawn tells Gabby they are leaving, they are broke and can’t afford food or shelter. She tells him if he changes his mind, let her know. Belle comes back asking how they are going to leave, their raft is in splinters. But he tells her he will handle it, even though Belle isn’t too proud to accept help…and tells him that she and Claire are staying. He says he can’t accept help, he feels like a bum and a loser and that Duck looks at him as Victor does. Gabby tosses him a rope and tells him to tie some kind of knot. After he does, she asks him if he has ever worked on a boat before. She has an old one that needs to be fixed up. After a bunch of boat talk (with some words I have never heard before and probably never will again, lol) she tells him she will order the parts if he can fix it. The parts will take about a week or so to get there from Guam. Belle jumps in and says he can fix it, so Gabby offers free room and board in exchange for the work. Shawn says they will stay only if it’s okay with Duck, who isn’t too happy about it. Shawn says if he doesn’t want them there, they will leave, but he relents and says just keep the kid quiet and stay out of his way. Gabby tells them that he is really a nice guy, he just has a rough exterior and talks about how he helped so many people after the tsunami. Shawn is rip-roaring to get to work, but she tells them to go and rest first. Shawn asks her why she is helping them and she says she likes his face…he has a kind face and knows he is honest and hard working. After they go back to their room, Duck tells her she is wasting her time…they are a couple and have a kid. She comments that she didn’t see a ring.

At the Y…
Willow is searching the apartment for the check when EJ shows up. She accuses him of taking it. He tells her that setting fire to the Brady’s house wasn’t part of the bargain and that he doesn’t do business with a psychotic arsonist. He says when it comes to people like her, he either avoids them…or eliminates them. Which one will it be with her? She tries to explain that it was an accident and shows him the bag of jewelry she took, but he isn’t interested. He asks if he has to draw her a bloody picture…they never met and she is to keep her mouth shut. She tells him they will never be connected to the fire, she set someone else up to take the fall. He says he is somewhat impressed, so she wants her money, but he says he isn’t going to pay her. He says he is teaching her a lesson…to never trust anyone. He asks what is she going to do…go to the police? It finally sinks in to her that he was never going to pay her and was just using her all along. On his way out, he tells her to never contact him again as she breaks down crying.

At the Mental Ward…
Steve is pacing his cell when the orderly brings Kayla in. Steve tells her to leave and yells for them to come get her. But she tells him she knows the truth and is going to help him, even though he doesn’t want her help. He is upset, saying she sold him out, then had him locked up there…and NOW she wants to save him? She says she will leave whenever he tells her what she needs to know about EJ. He plays dumb, but she says she checked the visitor log and knows that EJ came to visit him. She tells him to stop being a horse’s ass and tell her the truth…why was EJ there? She says she loves him and will do whatever it takes to get him back. She says she isn’t afraid of EJ and will not back down. Steve tells her to just forget about him…walk out and don’t look back, as she calls him a coward. She talks about how disappointed she is in him for giving up, hoping that the real Steve would return. He swears that he still has fight left in him, but he will do this himself. She says she knows he is just acting like he doesn’t care, but what about Stephanie?...how will she feel? Steve asks her not to tell her about this, but Kayla says she is going to. Steve says she would give up everything and come back and if Kayla tells her, he will never forgive her. Kayla asks what she should tell her when she calls and he tells her to make something up…or he will call her himself. Kayla is upset that she can’t get through to him and tells him that the gloves are off. He grabs her and shakes her asking if she is afraid of him…and if not, then she should be. He continues to shake her and she calls for the orderly. When he comes in, Steve covers her mouth and tells the orderly he has a knife in her back. He makes his way to the door, then pushes her back inside with the orderly and locks the door and rushes off.

At Billie’s…
Sami and Lucas are there with her waiting on news about Chelsea. Billie has convinced herself that Chelsea is responsible for the fire and will end up in jail. She walks in but wants nothing to do with Billie, telling Sami and Lucas that Bo thinks she is guilty. Lucas and Sami try to comfort her but she is sure she is the #1 suspect. Billie jumps in, but Chelsea tells her to just leave her alone…she is not her mother and goes off on her saying “hey everyone…meet my biological mother…Billie Reed…the failure…the addict…the back-stabbing slut…” as Lucas tells her enough and to shut up. He and Sami try to calm Chelsea down, assuring her that they are all family and they will stand by her. Chelsea tells them she isn’t staying, she just came by to pick up some things. Sami and Lucas try to convince her to call Bo and Hope but she says she can’t stay with them either. Billie grabs her and shakes her, calling her a spoiled brat. Then Billie starts crying, saying she loves her and would do anything for her…even die if she had to (which sounds like a pretty good idea to Chelsea). Lucas offers to let her stay with him and Sami (in their constantly growing apartment) as long as it’s okay with Billie. Billie has something to say before they leave, and reminds Chelsea that when everyone turned against her, SHE was the one that stood beside her and showed her nothing but love. She only asks for some consideration, but Chelsea doesn’t want to hear it. She leaves with Sami as Lucas consoles Billie. EJ arrives and talks to Billie about Bo & Hope’s fire, saying that it is a good business opportunity and urges her to make a hard sell on Bo for her security system. She tells him not now. They explain that Chelsea was questioned by the police. He tells her if she needs anything to let him know, but Lucas tells him thanks but no thanks…Billie has him and Kate, they don’t need EJ. Before he leaves, he again urges Billie to call Bo. After he is gone, Lucas says he would LOVE to punch him in the face. In the hallway, he runs into Sami, asking if she has the results of her amnio yet…daddy is waiting. She tells him to lay off as Lucas comes out and EJ retreats to his apartment. Sami tells Lucas that Chelsea cried herself to sleep and Lucas thanks her for taking Chelsea in. They kiss in the hall (as EJ watches them from his doorway...wouldn't you just LOVE to see someone slam that door on his head?). On their way in, Sami cuts EJ an evil look. Back in her apartment, Billie mopes around. She hears someone call her name and turns around to find Steve standing there. Freeze frame on a shocked Billie…as the previews show…

Steve (to Billie): How long have you and Wells being seeing each other?...

Kayla (to EJ): You could care less about Steve…You have no respect for human life…you don’t care about anyone but yourself. So if you made a special trip to the hospital to see him…it was for some other reason and I want you to tell me right now what it was…

Celeste (to Sami): You will never see your child once it is born…because the DiMeras will absolutely take it away from you…

And the credits roll…
Laney