Rafe Proposes to Jada After a Frightening Incident — and Clyde Offers Chad a Deal for Abigail’s Remains

In Vivian’s room at The Salem Inn, Jada is about to take Vivian in when Rafe calls her from the station. He’s holding his Tia Hilda’s ring and asks where she is. She explains she’s at The Salem Inn and is bringing Vivian in. Rafe is stunned that Vivian is back.

At the station, as he talks to Jada, he hears Jada yell, “Vivian, what are you doing?” Then there is a gunshot.

Rafe races to The Salem Inn and bursts into Vivian’s room, stunned by what he sees. Vivian is on the floor unconscious, and Jada is on the phone calling in backup. Jada says she turned her back for a second. That’s when Vivian tried to get her gun, and it went off. She fell backward and hit her head on the desk.

At the hospital, Vivian wakes up handcuffed to a bed with Jada and Rafe standing over her. Rafe asks how her head is feeling. Vivian tells Commissioner Hernandez that she wants Jada arrested for assault. Rafe says he’s not back on duty, and Jada is the acting commissioner. Vivian demands to speak to the mayor, wanting Jada removed from the force. They tell her that won’t happen. She’s been caught and will be transferred to jail soon enough. Rafe tells her, “Nobody is going to help you.” Vivian demands to speak to her lawyer. Jada says she’ll get her a phone, and Rafe tells her assaulting a police officer will be added to her charges, and she’ll be going away for a long time.

At the DiMera mansion, EJ calls Chad to check-in. He tells him that he can’t imagine what he’s going through. Chad, at the Horton house, is just grateful he never told the children about Cat. EJ promises to use his resources as DA to ensure Cat and Mark pay. EJ says he is glad Mark wasn’t able to kill him as planned. Chad is grateful to be alive, but he has to go through losing Abigail all over again. EJ tells him how sorry he is.

Suddenly, EJ hears a crash in the foyer as Ivan sneaks in, knocks over a vase, and slithers up the steps. EJ tells Chad he has to go and investigate the crash. Suddenly, Gabi pounds on the door, demanding to see Stefan. He lets her in, and thought she was done with his brother. She asks where Stefan is, and he says he hasn’t seen him, but she can check his room. She decides to do just that and walks up the stairs.

Upstairs, Ivan sneaks into Stefan’s room and mutters, “Don’t you worry, Madame, I’ll take care of everything.” He grabs a suitcase and packs up some of Stefan’s things to make it look like he left town. He then pulls out an envelope, calling it a final detail to attend to.

Gabi barges into Stefan’s room, and Ivan hides behind a door with Stefan’s suitcase. Gabi sees the envelope Ivan left addressed to EJ. EJ arrives, and Gabi hands him the letter from Stefan. EJ opens it, reads it, and in the obviously forged letter, Stefan claims he’s halfway across the Atlantic by the time EJ reads this. He can’t get over what EJ and Gabi did, so he had to leave Salem. Stefan says he’ll never forgive them, and they are dead to him. Gabi runs out of the room, and EJ chases her.

EJ finds Gabi in the living room looking at her divorce papers. EJ tries to comfort her, but she yells at him not to touch her and accuses him of trying to take advantage of her. She says he only makes things worse, and her marriage is over, and it’s his fault. She tells him he leaves a trail of misery everywhere he goes. EJ reminds her that she came to him because Stefan hurt her. She yells at him to get out, but he points out this is his house, but he’ll go.

Ivan returns to The Salem Inn and finds police tape across Vivian’s door. He then receives a call from Vivian.

Back at the hospital, in the waiting area, Jada tells Rafe that Vivian is making her call as they speak. She then asks Rafe why he’s looking at her the way he is. He says he’s so glad she’s OK and how terrified he was when he heard that gunshot. She thanks him for worrying about her, and he says it’s only fair as she worried about him for all the months he was in that hospital bed. Rafe tells her how much he loves her, and she tells him that she loves him too.

Rafe pulls out his Tia’s ring and gets down on one knee. He explains that this wasn’t how he planned to do this. He had a romantic dinner and dancing planned, but a near-death experience makes you realize time stops for no one. He tells her the ring was his Tia Hilda’s, and she left it to him when she died with the instructions that he was to give it to someone he’d love for the rest of his life. He asks Jada to marry him.