Rafe's regular application for a Salem PD job is warmly welcomed by grateful Roman, who digs into a long-term research budget to assign him to the DiMera malversations. Will meets future stepmother Chloe, who agrees gold-hearted Lucas shouldn't put himself down by taking the blame for their own faults. Daniel tries to comfort Lucas, who fears Choe's sudden idea to elope to Las Vegas bodes another no-show. Nicole can hardly believe her luck when Dr. Baker drops by, not to blackmail her again but announcing he's leaving the private clinic and her life for a Denver job ...

Elvis remains blissfully ignorant when Nicole sneaks out 'shopping' to consult Brady about 'exposure' by vindictive Philip, who fears desperately to be blamed and fired by Victor now Titan has lost all data on the fuel project, including the only hard copy, but finds comfort making up with Stefanie. His suspect is Dimera, Brady's Melanie. Max gets Chelsea to explain she broke up to spare his child-wish but convinces her they could adopt, as their parents all did. Tony overhears Elvis turning away Melanie, who suggests he never intended to produce Nick's green fuel to ...