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At the mansion, Marlena finally is able to pull away from John's clutches and kissing session and gives him divorce papers. She wants him to see a doctor, and when he asks what he can do to convince her to stay with him, she tells him again, that he needs to find out what's going on with his blinding headaches. He refuses. She thought he would, but cares about him. John hears this and asks her not to go through with the divorce, but she heads to the door. John pleads with her to stay, but she says she can't settle for less than she deserves. John wants to fight for their marriage. He has instincts, he says. He yells, "I can't lose you!" Marlena asks if he can be the old John. He can't, he says, sadly, and Marlena weeps quietly. "I didn't think so." John can't sign the papers because he can tell Marlena cares for him. He too cares for her, he says, but she can't trust him. She again urges him to see a doctor about his headaches before it's too late and then leaves the mansion, in tears. After she leaves, John reads the divorce papers, groans, and smashes a vase. "No, I won't lose…" Stefano arrives and tells John all about the wonderful afternoon he has had with Johnny and asks if John misses little Claire. "Sure." Stefano continues his story, but John stops him. Stefano asks if he's preoccupied with Marlena. He saw her leave the property earlier. He tells John to stay away from her. She'll destroy his life! He admits he was once in love with Marlena, but John argues that he heard it was more of an obsession. Stefano laughs and says Marlena turned on him, but John says Marlena was merely protecting him. Stefano recommends John sign the divorce papers, leading John to wonder how he knew about them. "I know everything, John. You'd do well to remember that," he says, ominously and leaves. After he leaves the room, John has another blinding headache and falls to the floor. Stefano returns and witnesses it but does nothing.

EJ bumps into Lucas at Chez Rouge. Lucas assumes Sami told EJ the truth but soon finds out she hasn't. EJ shares that something is going on with Sami and assumes Lucas knows, but Lucas thinks Sami should be the one to tell him.

Nearby, Nicole walks into the restaurant and tells her baby she wishes she, the baby and EJ could be one happy family.

Lucas only tells EJ that Sami was upset last he spoke with her, but he is staying out of her drama. Nicole interrupts and asks Lucas if he could leave them alone. He does so and Nicole asks why EJ hasn't returned her message. He was busy. Nicole blasts him, but he is preoccupied and has no time for her. EJ wants to know why she's so hostile. She comments that he has no time for her. He barely said goodbye last night. EJ denies that. He said goodbye, and says he has to meet someone. Nicole demands he tell this person that he can't talk, that she has something important to discuss. EJ's interest is piqued, but he thinks she's merely upset about their date coming to an end. He asks to reschedule for Saturday but she jokes that she has a date with the Jonas Brothers. EJ sits with Nicole and he explains he was looking forward to their date. He tells her that Sami fainted, and hopes Sami will tell him why, when she gets there. He apologizes. Sami asked her to meet him there and he is terrified that something is wrong with Johnny. He'll always be there for Sami, as she's the mother of his child. Nicole calls this a deal breaker, but EJ tries to tell her that Johnny is the most important thing in his life. She can't ask him to cut Sami out of his life. He apologizes for hurting her feelings, but she tells him it was humiliating, and she won't allow him to put her through that again. Nicole assumes that he'd make any excuse to spend time with Sami. EJ denies this. Nicole berates herself for allowing EJ to play games with her. EJ is confused even more and apologizes. Nicole assumes she means nothing to him and asks him to make a decision. "Who do you want to build a life with?" Through tears, she whispers, "Sami, or me?" EJ finds it complicated and Nicole asks who has his heart. EJ apologizes. This will sound selfish but he asks her to let it be for now. Nicole can't. EJ feels he's in an impossible position. It's a new relationship, and he needs to know where it's going before he makes a commitment. He says she's wonderful and he cares about her very much, and he also cares about Samantha very much. This isn't what Nicole wanted to hear, so she gets up to leave, and though EJ asks, she refuses to tell him her important news.

EJ bumps into Marlena at Chez Rouge and asks for help. She explains John's headaches and asks if Anna told him already. He hasn't seen Anna in a while. Marlena says John refuses to go back for more tests and asks if EJ could convince John to have the tests run. He's not sure he can, but Marlena thinks he can do this for Sami and Johnny. EJ laughs. "You play dirty, Marlena." She replies, "When it's important." She thanks him.

At the Horton Cabin, Sami finds a rattle, given to Johnny by Stefano, and is upset. She wonders how to protect her babies from Stefano. She takes a nap on the sofa and dreams that Johnny is smoking and drinking underage with Stefano, on the sofa of the DiMera mansion and disrespecting Sami. Sami tosses in her sleep.

Sami has another dream that Johnny and Stefano are about to kill a man. As Johnny shoots the gun, Sami awakes with a start. "No!" Lucas arrives and runs to Sami to ask what's wrong. She frantically tells him she has to find a way to protect her children from Stefano. She tells Lucas all about the nightmare and he promises to help her. They discuss history and Sami points out that everything was ruined when they all found out that Johnny was EJ's son. They'd still be together if that truth hadn't come out, she says. She isn't going to tell EJ that he's the father of her baby, but thinks Stefano knows. Lucas gives her an ultimatum. She has to tell EJ, or he will! He heads to the door, with her running after.

John stumbles around the mansion and Nicole arrives. "John! What happened?" She calls an ambulance but he forces her to hang up, and promises to make an appointment to get himself checked out tomorrow, if it'll make her happy. "Good," she says. John suddenly comes to his senses and asks why she's there. She came by to tell him their deal is off. She doesn't need his help to get EJ. She decided she doesn't need EJ in her or her baby's life. John reminds her she has no income and tells her he can help. "I have lots of money," he says, with a grin. He wants to do a good deed and is in a position to help her. Nicole grins, but she doesn't want his money. She asks for his friendship.

Next on Days Of Our Lives:

Bo says to Roman, "If we don't make any progress Ma's going to end up behind bars again." Roman replies, "Yeah, only this time it could be for good."

Max shows Stephanie the newspaper. Headline reads, "Top Cop's Mother Arrested for Murder." There is a photo of Caroline. Stephanie is shocked.

A drunken Nick asks, "Am I in trouble?" Roman says, "Well, that would be a pretty good assumption, Nick." Nick says, "It's because of me that Trent Robbins is dead!"

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