Harris’s Love Declaration to Ava Turns Into A Hot Mess

In the Days of our Lives recap for Thursday, January 25, 2024, Harris admitted he loved Ava, and then behind closed doors she rejected him, causing chaos as she rushed out of the station.

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In addition, Paulina found out about Johnny and Chanel’s engagement and a surgery date. Chad and Everett made peace not war. Stephanie, Wendy, and a distracted Tripp worked on the Valentine’s Day fundraiser. Also, Ava and Stefan faced Clyde Weston-related questions from Rafe and Harris. Now let’s dig a little deeper into what happened.

Love, Weddings, and Engagement Rings

Sitting in Horton Town Square, in front of Tom (Macdonald Carey) and Alice Horton’s (Frances Reid) plaque, Johnny (Carson Boatman) switched out Chanel’s (Raven Bowens) temporary ring. He replaced it with a proper engagement ring worthy of a future DiMera wife. It was a blue diamond set in Venetian glass. Apparently, the blue diamond once belonged to Elizabeth Taylor, making it a very romantic gesture.

This was a very impressive feat for Johnny and Chanel, seeing that in a few short minutes, they referenced the DiMera jewelry consultant and name-dropped Elizabeth Taylor along with Tom and Alice Horton. They hoped that their love would stand the test of time just like the one Tom and Alice shared did.

At her office, Mayor Paulina Price (Jackée Harry) was In full-on work mode when she really needed to take care of herself. Later, Johnny and Chanel visited to check on her and to let her know about their engagement. However, it took a minute for Paulina to buy a clue.

Paulina was over the moon once she realized her daughter was engaged. Johnny and Chanel added to her happiness when they told her they’d be having a small ceremony in Salem on Valentine’s Day. Paulina instantly started planning the wedding until she got a call that her surgery to remove the cancerous nodules wasn’t going to happen for two months. This wasn’t ideal.

Caching All Kinds of Feelings

While working on the geocaching scavenger hunt they’re now calling Caching Cupid with Stephanie and Wendy, Tripp seemed distracted. Stephanie wondered if it was because of Ava and the mess at The Bistro.

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Alone, Wendy offered to hack into The Bistro’s server to find any anomalies, anything that would help Ava get out of this mess. Tripp insisted that she let him handle this on his own because Ava was involved. Frankly, people have died because of her so he wanted her to stay out of it. Also, Tripp wondered if he was Vitali inside and out — if that was all in his DNA. Wendy assured him he was more Johnson than anything.

Carefully Worded Alliance

At The Spectator, Everett (Blake Berris) typed up his resignation letter and told Chad (Billy Flynn) he was moving on if he couldn’t run the newspaper with integrity. Protecting Chad’s family wasn’t in the description of his job. The two debated the killing of any mention of The Bistro in Everett’s exposé.

Chad assured his editor-in-chief that had the drug raid been successful, he wouldn’t have protected Stefan. In fact, he’d probably be in jail. Everett decided to stay after Chad assured him he wouldn’t let his family influence any future coverage. After their conversation turned to Stephanie (Abigail Klein), Chad gave his okay should something more happen between Everett and Stephanie. Of course, Stephanie walked in on their conversation shortly after.

Once Everett left to chase any news of Ava (Tamara Braun) and Stefan (Brandon Barash) being hauled into the police station, Stephanie and Chad talked about Everett — and Chad’s tendency to act jealous and overreact. But all in all, he thought Everett was an honest, ethical guy, a good person.

Confessions and Chaos

At the police station, Rafe (Galen Gering) and Harris (Steve Burton) had further questions for Ava and Stefan, who hired Sloan (Jessica Serfaty) to represent their interests. The cops had a new line of questioning for the two, and it was all about Clyde Weston (James Read), who they believed was the one behind the drug ring.

Harris provided evidence that Ava and Stefan have visited Clyde at Statesville over the past few months. Then he accused the two of lying like the lying liars they are. After Sloan called off the questioning, and Rafe said Ava and Stefan were free to go, Ava said she wanted to talk to Harris alone. Both Stefan and Sloan strongly advised against this happening. Of course, Ava wanted what Ava wanted.

Alone, Ava didn’t admit to anything but did tell Harris to back off because this could all turn dangerous. Harris wasn’t about to go anywhere because he loved her. And he kissed her. Then behind closed doors, Ava yelled out, slapped him, and rejected him. And told Rafe that she wanted Harris to keep his hands off her! Sloan brought up harassment charges, but Ava said no and then rushed out of the station.

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