Days of Our Lives' Stephanie (Abigail Klein) has been keeping a secret from her beau Alex (Robert Scott Wilson): that the letter giving Philip (John-Paul Lavoisier) a portion of Titan Industries is a forgery. However, the PR maven finally 'fessed up to her love. What made her tell the truth? Klein dished Stephanie's reasoning to Soap Opera Digest.
Steph coughed up the truth about Sarah's (Linsey Godfrey) secret because Sarah's husband Xander (Paul Telfer) thought Stephanie and Philip were having an affair. Instead, of course, Stephanie was keeping Sarah's deception hush-hush. But Stephanie decided she had to come clean to Alex. Klein explained:
Stephanie and Alex’s love is her biggest motivation. Preserving where they’ve gotten to is her priority now.
And that means being honest with her boyfriend, even over keeping her pal's secret. Klein said:
Stephanie and Alex now have a hard-earned second chance. With all of the ups and downs that they’ve been through, she can’t risk it like this. She has to be honest with Alex. She wants this relationship to work more than anything, especially the second time around.
That doesn't meant Steph isn't concerned for Sarah, though. Klein stated:
Stephanie’s worried for Sarah, too, because Xander is so unpredictable. That’s another reason why Stephanie is so at odds with herself internally. She wants to be truthful with Alex, but she also understands that Sarah is in a really tough position, too. So I think there’s just this idea of, ‘Well, if I come clean with Alex, and if we are as strong as I really hope we are, maybe he’ll see it my way. Maybe he’ll understand why we’ve been keeping this from Xander, because he knows how volatile Xander can be and how dangerous this could become.’ But there’s also that chance of when Stephanie does come clean that Alex is going to look at her and say, ‘This is more than I want. I’m going to go tell Xander.’ Then everything could come crashing down. So it’s very high stakes.
And that means being honest with her boyfriend, even over keeping her pal's secret. Klein said:
Stephanie and Alex now have a hard-earned second chance. With all of the ups and downs that they’ve been through, she can’t risk it like this. She has to be honest with Alex. She wants this relationship to work more than anything, especially the second time around.
That doesn't meant Steph isn't concerned for Sarah, though. Klein stated:
Stephanie’s worried for Sarah, too, because Xander is so unpredictable. That’s another reason why Stephanie is so at odds with herself internally. She wants to be truthful with Alex, but she also understands that Sarah is in a really tough position, too. So I think there’s just this idea of, ‘Well, if I come clean with Alex, and if we are as strong as I really hope we are, maybe he’ll see it my way. Maybe he’ll understand why we’ve been keeping this from Xander, because he knows how volatile Xander can be and how dangerous this could become.’ But there’s also that chance of when Stephanie does come clean that Alex is going to look at her and say, ‘This is more than I want. I’m going to go tell Xander.’ Then everything could come crashing down. So it’s very high stakes.
