The Hospital Board Vote Turns Into a Nail-Biter, But Before We Can Learn What Happened, Xander Faces the Music!

In the DiMera mansion, we pick up from yesterday, with Rachel telling Kristen about seeing Johnny fighting with Uncle EJ, a gun in hand. She insists it was real, and Kristen wants to know why she didn’t say anything months ago. Rachel didn’t want to get Johnny in trouble. Plus, Uncle EJ kidnapped grandma. “He got what he deserved.”

Kristen sighs and says she doesn’t really want Uncle EJ hurt. When pressed, Rachel admits she didn’t see Johnny do the shooting. She got scared and ran upstairs, she went back to sleep and doesn’t remember hearing a gunshot.

If Johnny didn’t do anything bad, Kristen says, they should keep this to themselves. She adds that the secret’s been eating Rachel up for a long time. She told her mommy now, so maybe she’ll feel better. Rachel clutches her stomach and cries that she feels worse, so Kristen pulls her in to hold her.

Kayla Fills Brady In

Brady checks in with Kayla at the hospital, but she doesn’t have good news about John. He’s holding steady, but he’s in very critical condition. He decides to hold off on seeing his dad when Kayla tells him Marlena is still in there, then asks if she’s heard anything about Bo.

Kayla says the infection hasn’t just stopped spreading, it’s starting to resolve. But they have to wait and see if it repairs his organ damage. Brady then moves on to the board meeting. After all that’s happened, neither know if voting for Xander is the right choice anymore.

Just then, Kristen calls Brady saying she’s going to bring Rachel to the hospital to have her checked. The kid’s hugging a pillow, looking terrified on the couch and Kristen tells Brady that she doesn’t think it’s physical… but they’ve got a lot to talk about.

Belle and Jada Plan to Arrest Xander

Jada’s behind her desk, trying to figure out what to text Shawn. She settles on telling him to feel better when Belle knocks on her door to talk about some cases. Jada offers her condolences for John then jumps right to asking if Belle heard from Shawn. No… Belle cautiously tells her. If he called out sick, he must be super sick.

But Jada calls her bluff when she gets up to go check on Shawn at home. Belle stops her, admitting she knows what’s going on. She then fills Jada in on the Versavix saga, giving her just enough for Jada to realize Shawn was at the meth lab fire. Belle reassures Jada Shawn wasn’t hurt, and that out of the way, they get on to work.