In Marseille, France, Max has just told Melanie that he’s her brother. She is dubious and wonders what kind of game he’s playing. He reveals that he found out about her through Trent Robbins, their father. Max explains that his mother split from Trent, and after she died Max went into foster care. Melanie doesn’t believe any of it and thinks it’s a scam. Max displays her photo which he stole from Trent. Melanie proceeds to call their dad, but Max says she can’t do that. Melanie wants answers about her long lost brother. Max reveals that Trent doesn’t know he’s there and the two of them aren’t exactly on the best of terms. Stephanie arrives and Max introduces her to Melanie. A patron then approaches Max asking for an autograph. Melanie soon realizes that he’s Max Brady the race car driver, and thinks it’s cool to have an older brother as a celebrity.
Max and Steph sit down, where Melanie asks her brother why he doesn’t race anymore. Max says it’s a long story. Steph tries to close the subject, but Melanie clarifies that she was talking to her brother, declaring that she now has bragging rights about having a celebrity in the family. A humble Max doesn’t think of himself as a celebrity anymore. Stephanie states that being a celebrity isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. “How would you know that?” questions Melanie. Max reveals that Steph used to race with him too. He receives a call from Caroline and asks Melanie not to go anywhere.
After Max excuses himself, the ladies briefly discuss Max before Steph reveals that she ran into George earlier and he had a lot of interesting things to say about her. Melanie receives a phone call from Trent, who wonders why she didn’t answer his calls. Melanie says she’s been busy with summer school finals and is working real hard to ensure that he’s proud of her. She then concocts a story about handing all of her allowance over to a nun collecting for a mission in Africa. Trent offers to wire some money to her account. Melanie lies that she has to go, since her study partner just arrived. Trent inquires if she’s met any new and interesting people lately, obviously trying to find out if she’s met Max.
A shirtless Philip is back home in the sun being waited on by Henderson. Philip thanks Henderson for picking him up from the hospital. Hope marches outside ready to confront Philip. She explains how Bo confessed everything to her and admits how she hates not saying anything, stating how it makes her just as guilty as Bo. “Protecting family is honorable,” says Philip. Hope worries about the truth coming out. Philip tries to assure her that the tape is destroyed, so there’s no evidence linking Bo to anything. Hope sneers how Bo told her exactly what was on the tape. He insists that he never had any intentions of hurting Paul and wonders why she won’t believe him. “Because Paul is presumed dead! He’s missing!” she affirms. Philip implores her to stop playing games, insisting that she must know John Black is behind Paul’s disappearance. “Are you investigating him?” he asks. Hope refuses to discuss details of an ongoing case with him and is only concerned with Bo. Philip promises to do everything he can to protect Bo.
Philip later has his sunglasses on and asks Henderson to bring him the phone. “Do I look like Henderson to you?” asks Morgan. “No, thank God. He could never pull off that outfit,” replies Philip as he removes his sunglasses. Morgan reveals that she relieved Henderson of his duties and intends to take care of Philip whether he likes it or not. Philip affirms that he likes it very much.
Philip enjoys Morgan rubbing sunscreen on his back. He gives her permission to move onto other areas and encourages her to use her imagination. He tries to kiss her, but she tells him not so fast, reminding him that he has a fresh gunshot wound and too much activity might pull his stitches. Philip believes it might be worth it. Morgan reveals that she ran into Dr. Johnson, who apparently gave Morgan all the details about his medications and how to change his bandages. He obviously has other ideas in mind for being taken care of, but she smiles and tells him no.
John comes downstairs at the DiMera mansion looking for Ava and finds her envelope. He begins to read her letter when the doorbell rings. He opens it to Marlena, who warns him that Stefano had a seizure and could be coming out of his coma. He wonders how Stefano could be coming out of his coma, since she indicated that the injection she gave him put him away for good. Marlena believes she underestimated Stefano’s strength of will. He asks if she’s terrified, but she claims she’s not. She expresses concern for him, since Stefano’s not a person who likes to “share his toys.” John reminds Marlena that she’s still his wife and wants to make sure they can’t testify against each other. Marlena believes Stefano will punish them in his own way. “Oh, there may very well be a trial after I kill him,” threatens John. Marlena tries to assure him that if and when Stefano wakes up, they’ll deal with it in a law-abiding, nonviolent way. “You mean like you did. Don’t you find that just a bit hypocritical?” retorts John. Marlena states that she’s not proud of what she did, but she couldn’t see any other way to neutralize him. John proceeds to head for the hospital to get the job done right. Marlena insists that he can’t do this, but he walks out anyway.
Marlena sees the letter which Ava left for John and reads it, which explains that Ava had to disappear, since being locked up again would kill her. Ava revealed that she loved John and wanted him to be happy in his new skin. Marlena phones Roman and alerts him that Ava has jumped bail and left town.
Tony and E.J. visit Stefano in his hospital room. Tony predicts that when Stefano wakes up, he’ll vow revenge on them. Kayla arrives to check on Stefano, where Tony surmises that he has permanent damage. Kayla says one never knows with coma victims. E.J. asks Kayla to explain more about the seizure which Stefano had. Kayla assures him that the MRI results should be available soon.
