At the police station, Jada was surprised to see Harris walk into work. "Aren't you supposed to be on bed rest?" Jada asked. Harris complained that he could not rest until he determined how Clyde had escaped from prison. Jada explained that there had been a toxic spill at the prison, and the prisoners had needed to be evacuated. "When the prison guard took a head count, Clyde was MIA," Jada said. Harris asked about Goldman, but Jada had no updates.
"Goldman could not have pulled this off on her own," Harris said. Jada agreed. With a shake of his head, Harris argued that Clyde would stay local so that he could keep tabs on his drug business. "Aside from Goldman, we don't know who else is helping him," Jada said. Harris nodded, and he walked out.
In the interrogation room, Brady watched as Theresa yelled at Tate for having sneaked out of the halfway house to break into the DiMera mansion. "I had to talk to Holly. I had to try to clean up this mess," Tate said. "Well, this is an even bigger mess now," Theresa grumbled. Tate admitted he had been desperate.
"I don't think you understand how you've screwed up here. You've not only violated a legal mandate -- you could go back to jail!" Brady said. Tate asked his parents to understand that he had been going crazy stuck in the halfway house. Worried, Brady said, "What you did last night was a really bad move." Tate asked his parents what they would have done if they had been unjustly locked in a rehab facility and there was only one person that could get them freed.
"So, yeah, I went to see her. And all she had to do was tell her stupid stepfather that I had nothing to do with those drugs, and then I could have come home," Tate said. "We all want you to come home. But my God, you were doing so well," Theresa said. Tate groaned with exasperation. Tate argued that it was meaningless to measure his progress at a facility for a problem he did not have. When Tate yelled that he had not committed a crime, Brady reminded Tate that he had broken into the mansion.
"Holly could have given me permission," Tate said. "Did she?" Theresa asked. Before Tate could respond, Brady noted that Tate's actions had snowballed the situation into an even bigger mess. "We all want the truth. We want Holly to tell the truth. But breaking the law is not the way to get it," Brady argued. Frustrated, Tate tersely agreed that he was a screw-up. Tate lamented that he had not called 9-1-1 as soon as he had found Holly.
"My life is over!" Tate said. "Don't say that," Brady stressed. Tate argued that everyone, including his parents, believed he was a loser. "We don't think you're a loser. We just think that you made a mistake," Theresa stressed. Brady argued that mistakes were what made someone human.
Nicole and E.J. went into Holly's room to check on her. "We need to talk about last night. About Tate breaking in," E.J. said. "He didn't break in, okay?" Holly snapped. E.J. argued that Tate's actions were the definition of breaking and entering. Holly argued that the situation had been a misunderstanding and that Tate was innocent. "I did what I had to do for your safety and the safety of this family," E.J. said. Holly yelled that E.J. did not need to send Tate to jail to keep the family safe.
"When you break the law, there are consequences," E.J. said. Nicole suggested that E.J. had overreacted. "[Tate] just wanted to talk to Holly. For God's sake, they're just teenagers," Nicole said. E.J. countered that even teenagers were accountable for their actions. "Yes, but they make mistakes. They act impulsively. I mean, that's nothing compared to what I did when I was her age. And I'm sure you, as well," Nicole said. E.J. dismissed Nicole's argument.
"You don't know [Tate] at all," Holly said. "I do know that he was brought to Salem after being kicked out of school for vandalism," E.J. countered. Holly argued that being a prankster did not make Tate a drug dealer. "I know he didn't drug me!" Holly yelled. Startled, Nicole asked Holly how she could be sure when she had no memory of the night of the overdose. "I know because Tate would never do anything like that," Holly stammered. Holly begged E.J. not to send Tate to jail. Nicole gave a look to E.J., and he agreed to consider the options.
After E.J. walked out, Holly asked Nicole why E.J. wanted to make a big deal about the situation. Nicole agreed that E.J. was overzealous, and she promised to encourage E.J. not to send Tate to jail. "E.J. cares about you, and he's just looking out for you," Nicole said. "He's not my father. And if he really cares about me, he'd back off on trying to punish Tate. Because he's a good person, Mom. Tate's not who E.J.'s making him out to be," Holly said. As Holly stressed that Tate had been nice to her on New Year's Eve, Nicole asked Holly if she was covering for Tate. Holly groaned.
"Do you remember more about that night than you're telling me?" Nicole asked. Holly lied and reiterated that she had no memory of the night but that she was certain that Tate had not drugged her. "I hear you loud and clear," Nicole said. Holly asked if Nicole believed she could change E.J.'s mind. "I will do my best," Nicole promised. Nicole told Holly that she would get her lunch, and then they could discuss college plans. With a halfhearted smile, Holly nodded her head in agreement. After Nicole left the room, Holly put on her shoes and ran out.
When E.J. entered his living room, Harris was waiting for him. "What brings you by, detective?" E.J. said. Harris asked about Stefan, but E.J. said he had not seen his brother in days. Harris noted that it was a strange coincidence that Stefan had disappeared at the same time that Clyde had escaped prison and disappeared. "What exactly are you insinuating?" E.J. asked. Harris argued that he had a hunch that Stefan had been connected to the escape, and he believed that E.J. had more information.
"You're out of your mind," E.J. said. "So, you know nothing about Clyde Weston's escape?" Harris asked. E.J. reminded Harris that he was the district attorney, and he'd had no hand in Clyde's escape. When E.J. added that he did not know where to find Stefan, Harris called E.J. a liar. E.J. rolled his eyes. Harris said he felt that E.J. had known more about Stefan's role in Clyde's business than he had admitted.
"I know Stefan's working with Clyde," Harris said. "And how the hell do you know that?" E.J. asked. Harris told E.J. that Stefan was the one that had shot him. With a chuckle, E.J. noted that all the evidence pointed to Xander, who was in custody.
"Of course, it [does], because Clyde and your brother framed [Xander]. And I'm starting to think you're in on this, too," Harris said. Nicole walked in and asked E.J. if he had seen Holly. E.J. offered to search the grounds with Nicole. With a shake of her head, Nicole declined the offer and walked out. E.J. started to usher Harris out of the house, but Harris demanded answers first.
"Just tell me where Stefan is, and I'll go," Harris said. With a groan, E.J. said he did not know where to find Stefan, and if he did, he would have hauled him down to the police station. "Face facts. Xander Cook shot you, not my brother," E.J. stressed. "Stefan shot me. He pulled the trigger," Harris stressed. When E.J. asked for proof, Harris told E.J. that he had seen Stefan shoot him.
"You pulled that out of your ass. How can you prove you saw Stefan and not Xander?" E.J. asked. "I have my word. And that means something. I'm a detective and a Navy SEAL," Harris said. With a smirk, E.J. noted that Harris had suffered a lot of brain damage, and his memory could not be trusted. "I will find Stefan. And when I do, I'm going to take down every dirty bastard that's involved in this mess," Harris warned.
At the police precinct, Holly asked Jada if she could speak with Tate. Jada said no because Tate was in the interrogation room, waiting for additional felony charges. "I also have a feeling that your mom doesn't know you're here. So, why don't you have a seat, and I'll give her a call," Jada said. While Holly waited for Nicole to arrive, she argued that Tate had not broken into the house. "I'm telling the truth! Why won't you just listen to me!" Holly shouted.
In the interrogation room, Brady opened the blinds to the bullpen when he heard Holly's voice. Tate saw Holly through the window. "Holly, she's here to see me," Tate said. In the bullpen, Nicole ran into the police station and was relieved to see Holly. Holly demanded to see Tate, but Nicole argued that Holly was not medically cleared to leave the house. Nicole thanked Jada for the call, and she demanded that Holly go home with her.
In the interrogation room, Brady noted that Holly should not have marched down to the station. "No. But I would have liked to talk to her face to face," Theresa lamented. Jada walked in and announced that E.J. had decided not to press charges. "[Tate can go back to the halfway house], but he will be required to wear an ankle monitor," Jada said. When Tate suggested that Holly could visit him at the halfway house when she was feeling better, Jada noted that E.J. had filed a restraining order.
At the penthouse, Steve and Marlena talked about John's past as the Pawn. "What do I not know about my husband about his past?" Marlena asked. Steve hesitantly reminded Marlena that he had been the Pawn's handler until John had gone on the run as John Black. "We both know the kind of guy I was back then," Steve said. Steve admitted that he was ashamed of his past as Victor's henchman.
"One day, Victor had a mission for us. For me and the Pawn," Steve said. Steve told Marlena that John's first assignment as the Pawn had been to deliver a message to a rival. "The message was clear. Make sure this man knows that his interference will no longer be tolerated," Steve said. Steve explained that he and the Pawn had traveled to Aria to confront Konstantin. "I thought that [Konstantin] was a longtime friend of Victor's," Marlena said. Steve scoffed.
"More like longtime rival. That's why John and I know that he's been conning Maggie, and why we've been trying to get him to leave town," Steve confessed. Steve continued his story. "Victor called and instructed me to wait outside and watch for guards," Steve said. Steve explained that while he had been outside the room, he had heard a gunshot. "I knew the Pawn wasn't supposed to kill Konstantin. So, I rushed inside to see what happened," Steve said. Steve told Marlena that he'd seen John had been in a trance and had been holding a gun.
"Then I spotted Konstantin on the floor, facedown, unconscious, but he was still breathing. Then I saw a young girl lying next to him. Blood had pooled underneath her. I checked for a pulse, but she was gone," Steve said. "Are you trying to tell me that John killed that girl?" Marlena asked. Steve admitted he had not seen the shooting. "It wasn't hard to piece together, though," Steve added. Steve reminded Marlena that the Pawn had been a weapon, not a person with independent thought.
"Do you think that John meant to kill that girl?" Marlena asked. With a shrug, Steve admitted that it could have been an accident. "Maybe [the Pawn] felt threatened in some way. Maybe he snapped," Steve suggested. Steve explained that he had grabbed John and returned to Salem. "I thought this whole thing was behind us. But then John and I confronted Konstantin about his intentions with Maggie. He turns out to be the same man from Aria," Steve said. Confused, Marlena asked Steve how Konstantin had known that John had been the Pawn when his face had been covered.
"He said it was his eyes," Steve said. Marlena demanded to know why she had not heard the story sooner when she had been working with John to recover his identity. "In trying to keep this secret from John, I just didn't think I could tell you, either. I'm sorry," Steve said. Marlena asked Steve if Kayla knew the story, and Steve said no. "How have you been living with this all this time?" Marlena asked. With a shake of his head, Steve admitted he had buried the memory.
"I wish I could have protected my friend from the knowledge of what he did. But then Konstantin showed up in Salem. And one of the times that John and I confronted him about Maggie, he mentioned his hometown of Aria. And it all unraveled from there," Steve said.
In the Basic Black offices, John complained to Konstantin about how Konstantin had affected him after the night they had met in the park. "But our history did not begin one month ago. You see, many years ago, you tore my life apart," Konstantin said. Konstantin handed John a photo of Catharina. When John did not recognize Catharina, Konstantin scowled.
"I find that very perplexing. Because you are the one who killed her," Konstantin said. John's eyes went wide, and he looked at the photo again. Konstantin told John that he and Victor had fought over territory for their crime business, and Victor had sent the Pawn to deliver a message. "No," John whispered. "Oh, yes. It was you," Konstantin said. Konstantin told John that he had been at his workbench when John had kicked in the door.
"I thought that Victor would send someone. I tried to defend myself, and we struggled. I never saw your face. But just your eyes. Only your eyes, that still haunt me to this very moment," Konstantin said. Konstantin explained that John had beaten him unconscious. "When I woke up, you were gone, the door was open, my home was a wreck. When I finally could focus, I saw my daughter, my only child, my Catharina on the floor, shot by you!" Konstantin said. A tear rolled down John's cheek as he looked at the photo of Catharina.
"I held my daughter's lifeless body in my hands. Telling her of the memories of her childhood. Her stories, the memories that we made. Our trips we took together. She was the only thing in this world that mattered to me. The only reason I had for living. Then, after her funeral, I developed another reason to go on. I plotted and planned to undermine Victor every chance I got. And I swore to myself that if I ever found the man who killed my daughter, that I would make him pay! And after all these years, I have finally found you," Konstantin said.
Shaken, John shook his head, and he muttered in disbelief, "No, no, no." "Now do you remember?" Konstantin screamed. Through tears, John said he did not remember, but he had always had a feeling in his gut. "I hope that feeling eats you alive! And as for me, I will not rest until I get my revenge!" Konstantin bellowed. With a sneer, Konstantin said John had made a mistake when he had murdered Catharina instead of Konstantin.
When Konstantin returned to the Kiriakis mansion, he sipped a drink as he stared at the portrait of Victor above the fireplace. Konstantin looked at a picture of Catharina on his phone. At the penthouse, John stood outside his front door at the penthouse and cried as he looked at Catharina's picture. "You chose to murder my daughter in cold blood!" Konstantin's voice echoed in John's head. John opened the front door a crack, and he stopped when he heard Marlena's voice.
"John has always been afraid that he's done unthinkable things in the past," Marlena said. "The man who went to Aria with me was not John, Marlena. The man we know today would never do something like that," Steve said. Marlena agreed. "But you know as well as I do that the truth would destroy him," Marlena said. John walked into the living room. "You knew. You never said a word to me, but you told my wife," John growled.
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