Sonny listened to Will's message while Rafe and the police arrived to find Will's body. Gabi broke down while Rafe asked what happened to Will. Kayla was upset that Steve asked Caroline about her dreams about Bo. Steve told Kayla that the dreams could be true. Kayla thought Steve was using Caroline to get out of Salem. Steve assured Kayla that he wasn't doing that. Hope arrived at Will's apartment and Rafe let her know what happened to Will. Rafe told Hope that Will wasn't killed in the apartment. Rafe believed that he was killed somewhere else because the evidence suggested that he wasn't killed there. Hope was upset and thought that Chad killed Will. Rafe wasn't sure that it was Chad. Caroline advised Kayla not to treat Steve the way she does. Steve went to John to let him know that he didn't believe that Bo was dead. Steve thought that Bo's death was a ruse to keep him from searching for Bo. Ben had a nightmare that he was arrested for the murders he committed. Hope apologized for yelling at Rafe. Hope called Lucas to tell him about Will. Chad saw the news about Will's death online. Lucas arrived at Will's place and Hope told him about Will. Lucas was in denial about what happened. He went inside the apartment and started to break down. Victor visited Caroline at the hospital. Maggie walked in and saw Victor and Caroline together. Maggie walked out of the room when Caroline kissed Victor's hand. Everyone found out that Will was killed. Ben tried to convince Abby that Chad killed Will. It suddenly occurred to Chad that Ben was the killer. Lucas arrived at the police station. Lucas and Marlena broke down. Hope arrived at the hospital and told Victor, Maggie, and Kayla about Will. They were all in shock over the news. Victor called Sonny and told him to come home. Caroline told Steve that he had to get to Bo before it was too late. Victor told Sonny that Will was murdered. Sonny didn't believe it. He was coming home to see Will. Sami arrived at the police station. Chad arrived at Ben's place and told him that he knew he was the killer.
Caroline: Oh! Steve: Hey, mama-in-law. Caroline: Ah, Steve. Steve: I hope you're up for a surprise visit. Caroline: Oh, of course I am. Oh, it's so good to see you. Steve: Good to see you too. I just wanted to check in, see how you're doing. Caroline: Better, better. I feel more like myself every day. Steve: That's great news. Hey. Have you been having any more of those dreams? Caroline: Yes. I saw Bo again. He's in a hospital. It's not a nice one like this. It's old and neglected. Steve: A hospital? Caroline: Yes. He's been hurt. There's a lot of blood, and his chest was bandaged. Steve: Wow. Can you tell me anything specific about the room that he was in? Caroline: Well, it looked like an operating room. There was a steel tray with surgical instruments. There was a big light overhead. Yes. Steve: Is there anything you can remember about where the hospital might be? Kayla: Stop it! Mom, you don't need to answer that. Marlena: [Laughs] Yes! John: What'd I miss? Marlena: Oh, oh, oh, will and I, uh, play this word game, and, you know, we're both fairly competitive. Yipes. I can't wait till he sees what I just scored. John: Well, you're not the only one who scored today. Marlena: Oh? Tell me. John: I just achieved a minor victory of my own... and it has to do with a search for my past. [Ominous music] Abigail: Hey, what? Ben, what is it? What? Chad: I still can't prove you've been setting me up. But if it's not you... who? Gabi: Will! Will! [Sobbing] Will? Will? Are you okay? Say something. Just say something to me, please! No, no, no, no, no, no, no! This cannot be happening. It can't. No, please. [Sobbing] [Phone beeps] [Phone rings] [Phone beeps] Rafe: Gabi? Gabi: [Sobbing] Rafe: Gabi? Gabi: He's dead! Rafe: What? Gabi...who? Who's dead? Gabi, are you there? Gabi: It's will. Will's dead. [Phone chimes] [Phone beeps] Will: [On voicemail] Sonny, hey. Um, um... it must be the middle of the night over there. I just wanted to hear your voice, um, and I wanted to say to you that, um... that I've been blaming just about everyone for what went wrong with us... Gabi: 10, 11, 12, 13... Will: But I'm finally able to admit to you and to everyone else...that I'm the one who screwed up. [Siren wails] Will: And all of this talk... Gabi: 14-- Rafe: Gabi! Gabi: Shh! Be quiet! You're gonna make me lose count! Will: That I've said about taking ownership of my mistakes--I wasn't. And, um... Gabi: [Sobbing] Rafe: Honey, I told you to wait next door. Will: I'm just finally able to accept... Gabi: Where are the paramedics? Will: That this was all my fault. [Sobbing] I love you so much, sonny. Gabi: Rafe! Will: And even if I never get a chance to get back together with you, I have to make this right for you. I love you. Gabi: [Sobbing] Rafe. Will: Good night-- um, good morning. [Chuckles] [Phone beeps] Gabi: No! Ple-- Rafe: It's too late. Gabi: No! No! Rafe: Shh, I'm sorry. Sorry, honey, sorry. Gabi: No! Rafe: Listen to me. Listen to me. I know this is hard, but I need you to answer some questions for me, okay? Gabi: Okay. Rafe: When you first came in, was the door open? Was will lying there? Did you --listen, listen. Gabi: Open. Rafe: It was open? Okay, now what about will? Was he there? You gave him CPR. Did you move his body? Gabi: I found him like that. Oh, he was so cold! Rafe, he's so cold! We have to cover him right now! Rafe: Okay, shh. We'll wait, okay? Gonna wait till the guys do their job. Why don't we go outside, huh? Gabi: No! No! I am not leaving him! Rafe: Gabi, come here! Gabi: No! Rafe: Stop it! Stop it! Come here. Gabi: No! Rafe: What about Arianna? Arianna? Where is she? Gabi: She's at the sitter. Okay, yeah, she's at the sitter, and she said that she was having a good time so she was just staying there. Rafe, how do I tell my baby this? How do I tell her that her dad is gone? Steve: Kayla, listen, listen. Just--just please calm down. Kayla: No, no, no, I am not gonna calm down. My mother is recovering, yes, but obviously she is still very fragile. Steve: The last thing I want to do is upset her, Kayla. And for the record, she wanted to talk about the dreams. Kayla: That doesn't mean that it's a good idea. My mother is not in her right mind right now and I thought that you understood that. Steve: I do, but listen. What if... Kayla: What if what? What? Steve: What--what if those dreams are actually true? Kayla: What are you talking about? I don't even know what that means. Steve: What if the drugs they pumped into your mama's system have somehow juiced up her intuition? Kayla: Do you hear yourself? You sound like a crazy person. Steve: I know it sounds farfetched, but I'm telling you, what she was describing, the details about Bo, his surroundings, they're so specific! Kayla: I know what this is really all about. You have hit a dead end trying to find Bo, and now you want to go back out there and look for him. Meaning that you will be breaking your promise to Joey and to me about sticking around this time. Okay, fine. But why don't you man up and just say it instead of using my mother's drug-induced nightmares as your ticket out of Salem? Steve: That is not what I'm doing, Kayla, I swear to you. This is about bringing Bo home to his family. Kayla: Fine. I will try to not be cynical about what your motives are. But in the meantime, why don't you make a promise that you can keep? Stay off the subject of Bo when you're with my mother. It will only make her miserable and undermine her recovery, and I won't have that. Clear? John: Thanks. I'm looking forward to it. Louise... she's coming. [Chuckles] My god. What? Marlena: Nothing. I just hope she can tell you what you want to know. John: Well, she's gotta know something. I mean, she was teaching at winterthorne when Ilya petrov was there. Marlena: I hate that man, and I hate what he did to you. John: Yeah, doc. I don't want to relive that time either, but he was the one who brought me here to Salem as Stefano's pawn. I gotta get those memories back. You see, there is a big hole from the time forest Alamain "died" to when I arrived at Salem as the pawn. If I can find out more about Ilya petrov, I might be able to fill in those missing blanks, and... find out who my parents are. Ben: It was...just you. You look so beautiful in this candlelight. In any light. I just wanted to take things slow. Take you all in. How did I get so lucky? Hope: Will? What? No...no, no, no, no, no. [Panting] Rafe: Hope...I'm sorry. Hope: I can't even. Rafe: I'm so sorry. Hope: Oh, god, no. Rafe! Oh, god. Rafe: I know. Hope: Rafe! Oh! [Sobbing] Rafe: God, you know, I think about Sami and everything. Hope: Okay, we have to find who did this, what monster took another innocent life. Same tie. Same style. It's gotta be the same killer. Rafe: Something's different. The location. Coroner agrees with me. It didn't happen here. Hope: Why? What do you got? Why do you think the body was move Rafe: No, but the crime scene. It doesn't add up. Will's injuries to... to his neck and his back and the way that this place was trashed, it--they don't match. He was moved, all right? He was not killed here. Hope: But why? The killer didn't do this with the other victims. Rafe: Maybe they made a mistake, okay? Maybe this is our big break. Hope: We gotta find Chad. If he didn't get on that plane to Rio and that was a smoke screen, then he's still here in Salem. Rafe: Yeah, but we cannot assume that it is Chad, especially now. Will and Chad, they were friends, all right? There is no motive there. Now we need to find who did this. We owe it to the victims, especially to will. Hope: What we owe to will is to keep supposition out of this investigation. We need to know who, if anyone, got on that private plane. Get the video surveillance records from the building. Talk to the neighbors. Maybe someone saw something, heard something-- Rafe: Hope, I know. I am on this, okay? I'm on it! Hope: Just do it! Okay? Rafe: I know how to do my job. d r Kayla: Um, I'm sorry about that, mom. I, um, I know Steve means well. But you know how he is. He, uh, he can be annoyingly persistent, and gets something in his head and just can't let it go. Caroline: Well, just stop it, would you? Kayla: What? Caroline: Well, you're either making excuses for Steve or you're pushing him away. The man came here to make amends, and you're acting cynical and dismissive. How is that fair, Kayla? Kayla: But, you know, mom, this isn't the first time that he has been contrite and promised that he's gonna--that he's gonna stay close to his family and be devoted to us. I mean, he's really good at making promises, but it's-- he's not so good at following them through. Caroline: Oh, can't you keep an open mind, sweetheart? I've seen the way he looks at you. He loves you. Kayla: Well, he loves adventure more... and Stephanie and Joey and I will always come in second. I have waited half my life for that man, and you know what? I'm not gonna do it anymore. I have to protect myself. Caroline: Oh, to hell with protecting yourself. If you love him, as I'm sure you do, then just let your guard down and go for it! Give him a chance. If not for Joey's sake, for your own. Marlena: Hey, come in. Steve: Hey. I hope this is a good time. Marlena: Uh, it's fine. I've got a pile of work to sift through, and you and john can catch up. John: Mm-hmm. Hey, what's up? Steve: Well...[Sighs] This is gonna sound completely crazy. John: Mm-hmm? What else is new? Lay it on me. What's up? Steve: You know about, uh, Caroline's treatment, right? John: Yeah, yeah. I heard she's doing well. Steve: She is. But she's been having these dreams. These uncannily accurate dreams about Bo. John: Accurate how? Steve: Remember when I came back from Mexico, I told you I saw video footage of Bo, dead from a knife wound, zipped up in a body bag, and carried out? John: Yeah, yeah, yeah. So what does that have to do about Caroline's dreams? Steve: Caroline saw Bo with a bloody bandage on his chest. He was in some rundown, dirty hospital room...alive. I think that Bo's death is just a ruse to throw me off the trail, to keep me from the truth. [Ominous music] Rafe: Ben Weston! You're under arrest for the murders of Serena mason, Paige Larson, and will Horton! Abigail: No! Rafe: You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you. Abigail: That's not true! Ben: It's not--it's not true! I didn't do this, I swear! Chad's the killer, not me! Not me! Chad: Benny, Benny, Benny. Did you really think you could get away with all this? Framing me? Killing three innocent people just to keep Abigail and me apart? Abigail: Monster! I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! God! I hate you! Rafe: Hey. Hope: I'm sorry. In no way was I implying that you didn't know how to do your job. Rafe: Okay. Hope: I have every confidence in you. You know that. It's gotten personal. I'm sorry. Rafe: Now look, hope. I'm the one who should be apologizing here, okay? It's just... I'm running on fumes, all right? It's just, um... I was way out of line, okay? Hope: No, no, Rafe. My god. It's will. You watched him--you watched him grow up. Rafe: I know, I know. We were close, you know? Damn kid, he's so young. Hope: Oh, dear god. How are sonny and Arianna gonna deal with this? Rafe: Sonny's in Paris. We gotta get in touch with, uh, sonny. Hope: Yeah, I will-- I will call-- Rafe: And Lucas. Hope: Yeah, I'll call victor. I'll get his-- Rafe: Sami. Hope: I'll get Sami's number. Rafe: Okay. Hope: I'll tell Lucas too. Rafe: All right. Hope: When I think what Lucas and Sami are facing... okay. [Phone beeps] [Phone rings] [Phone beeps] Lucas: Hey, hope. What's up? Hope: Lucas... I need you to meet me at will's. Lucas: Why, has something happened? Hope: Please, just get here as--as soon as you can, okay? John: So Caroline's psychic now? And we're taking that as proof that Bo is alive? Steve: John, listen to me, man. Her dreams, the details about Bo, they're so specific. John: Listen, Steve, I know how much you want Bo to be alive here. You did everything you could to possibly save him, but you can't blame yourself on this. Steve: It's not about that. Bo is my best friend. We've been through everything together. You know that. He saved my life more than once, so if there's the slightest chance that he's alive, I've got to follow up on it. John: So where you gonna start? I mean, you need a plan. All you have right now are your suspicions and Caroline's dreams. What's your next move? [Ominous music] Ben: I did this for you, Abigail, because I love you! Abigail: Well, I never loved you. Thank god now I get to be with the man that I really love. Together--together we are gonna raise this baby. Ben: No, you can't. Abigail, that's my child. It's mine. Chad: Not anymore. Ben: Abigail! Abigail! DiMera! DiMera! Rafe: Come on! Ben: No! Rafe: Let's go! Ben: No! No! DiMera! Chad: Oh, my god, not will. Hope: Lucas. Lucas: Hope, what happened? Where's will? Is he okay? Hope: Lucas... Lucas: Why aren't you saying anything? Come on. What's wrong? Hope: He's gone. Lucas: Who? Hope: Will. Lucas: What's the matter with you? You don't know what you're talking about! Hope: Lucas, I'm sorry. Lucas! Lucas: Hey, hey, Rafe. Where the hell is my son? Rafe: Lucas... Lucas: Where is he? Rafe: There was... there was another attack... and will was... will was strangled. Lucas: If that's true, why didn't you tell me so I could go to the hospital so I could be with him? [Sobbing] Don't look at me like that, hope! Don't give me that! Whoa! Whoa! No! No! Wait a minute! Not my son! Not my son, damn it! Oh, god, no, no! Oh, my god! No! Oh, god! No, no, no! Wait a minute. Hold on. Victor: There's that light I've missed. Caroline: [Laughs] Victor: Those eyes are shining again. Caroline: It's because of you. How do I thank you, victor? Victor: Oh, well, now I don't want your thanks. I just want you to keep those eyes shining for a long, long time. I promised you I would move heaven and earth to see you well again, and I meant it. Caroline: I thank you... with all of my heart. Steve: Soon as I have a solid plan, I'll--I'll let you know. Oh, hey, man, I'm sorry. I forgot. I should have asked you how the, uh, parental search is going. John: Yeah, yeah, I've, uh-- I've tracked down a woman who taught at winterthorne academy when petrov was there. I don't know. Maybe she'll give me something hopeful. Steve: Well, it's too bad Kiriakis eliminated petrov, because you sure as hell won't get any answers from Stefano. John: No, it's not gonna happen. But I'm not gonna give up. Steve: Good. John: Doc, what is it? Marlena: It's...will. Lucas: I want to see him. I want to see my son. Where is he? Rafe: Will is... they've taken his body to the morgue. Lucas: Don't say that, man! Don't say that word! Don't ever say that to me again! Who would do this? Who would do this to my boy? He's a good boy! He was getting his life together! He had a sweet family! He had a great job! He was a great writer! He really was! I mean, you know how proud I was of him? Hope: I do. I do know that, yes. Lucas: What, he was strangled? Rafe: Yes. Lucas: With what? Rafe: A necktie. Lucas: So it's the same guy? The same guy who killed those women, is that it? Rafe: We believe so, yes. But we can't confirm anything until we get forensics reports back. Lucas: You know what, man? It was probably Chad. It was probably Chad, and if you guys just did your damn job just once, none of this would have happened! Look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean that, okay? I'm sorry. My boy's gone. I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. Hope: It's okay. Lucas: Where's my granddaughter? Where's Arianna? Rafe: She's with the sitter. Lucas: What about sonny? Anybody tell sonny about this? Hope: I'm waiting--I'm waiting for victor to call me back. I thought you'd want to tell Sami yourself. Lucas: [Gulps] Oh, god, Sami! How am I gonna tell Sami? Rafe: Listen, I'm gonna give you some time with hope, all right? Lucas: Yeah. Rafe: Maybe later, you can come down to the station and answer a few questions. Would that be all right? Lucas: Yeah, I'll do that. I'll do anything. I'll do anything to catch the son of a bitch, man. Whatever you need. [Sobbing] Hope: Do you want me to call Sami? Lucas: No, I'll do it. I'll do it. [Phone beeps] Lucas: Sami, it's me. No, no, no, I'm still here. I got some really bad news. [Phone vibrating] [Phone beeps] Abigail: Mom? What? Oh, wait, mom, slow down. Slow down. What? What are you-- no, that's not-- that's not possible. What do you-- okay. Okay, yeah. I love you. [Phone beeps] Abigail: Oh, my god. Ben: What is it, baby? What's wrong? Abigail: Will... Ben: Will what? Abigail: I... I can't even say it. Ben: Abigail, tell me. Abigail: He's dead. Ben: What? No. Abigail: Oh, my god. Ben: No, no, that's-- that's horrible. What happened? Abigail: The serial killer got to him and Gabi. Gabi found him. Ben: You mean Chad DiMera got to him? Abigail: Not now, please. Not now. Ben: Abby, I am so sorry. I know how close you were to him. Abigail: Oh! [Sobbing] Ben: Oh, my god. Abigail: He was my--we--oh! We talked every day. Not a day went by when we didn't text each other. Ben: [Sighs] Abigail: No new messages. [Sighs] Ben: Abigail, I know-- I know--I know how shocked you must be, and how terrible you feel. I'm so sorry, but... maybe now you can accept that Chad's not well. He's a very sick and twisted man, and he has to be stopped before somebody else gets hurt. Abigail: I need to go. I need to be with Gabi and with my goddaughter. I need to get dressed. Chad: "Statewide manhunt for Chad DiMera." How is this even possible? [Dramatic music] Gabi: Listen, Mommy-- mommy's gonna go to the police station for a little bit, okay? She's just gotta ask Rafe some questions and he's gonna ask her some as well, okay? But Abigail is gonna come first and she's gonna see us. And then we can get some ice cream or something. [Sobbing] I love you, Ari. I love you so much. I'm sorry. Marlena: My sweetheart. You know, life was just never very easy for him. Rafe: Yeah. Marlena: But he--he--he-- he always tried to be strong and reliable, and he-- and he was brave. He loved his little girl. Oh, my... oh, my god. I know what he felt. The terror! [Stammers] He must have been so scared! John: Have you picked Chad up yet? Rafe: No, no. He's, uh--no, he's still eluding us. You know, we thought for a minute that he might have fled the country, but it turns out that was just a ruse, and-- listen, I gotta tell you. In my gut, I didn't think that he was capable of any of this, but the damn evidence, it keeps pointing back to him. The thing I just don't get is that he and will, they were good friends, right? I mean, it just doesn't make sense. Marlena: [Stammers] I haven't been able to reach Sami. Does she know? Rafe: I don't know. I don't know. Hope was--she was--she was gonna take care of that, and, um... well, she's on her way down here with Lucas right now. Listen, I gotta take care of something. Excuse me for a minute, okay? I'll be right back. Marlena: I'm--I'm worried for Sami... and the children. They just loved him so much, and he just adored them. John: We'll be there for 'em, doc. We'll get 'em through this. Lucas: [Sobbing] Marlena: Oh, honey. Oh, honey. Oh, honey. [Sobbing] Kayla: You okay? Maggie: Yeah, I'm fine. It's such a relief that your mom is doing so well. Kayla: Yeah, it is. Victor: You ready to go? Maggie: Yeah. Hope: Victor! [Stammers] I've been trying to call you. Why haven't you been answering your phone? Victor: I turned it off. What's the emergency? Kayla: What? What is it? Maggie: What is it, hope? Hope: There's been another murder. Maggie: [Gasps] Hope: I'm sorry, it's will. Maggie: [Gasps] What? What? Will! No! Kayla: Oh, my god. Maggie: No! Victor: Does sonny know? Kayla: Oh, my god. Hope: Do you have his new number? Victor: Yes, of course I do. Hope: Will you call him? Victor: I'll do that right now. Maggie: Oh, I can't... Hope: God, Maggie, how could this have happened? Maggie: Oh, my god. Hope: How could this have happened? Maggie: I don't know. I don't know. Dear god. Kayla: We can't tell my mother about this. Not in her state, no. Maggie: No, we'll, uh, we'll wait. Kayla: It's just gonna break her heart. I don't think she can take it. [Phone rings] [Phone beeps] Sonny: Hello? Victor: Sonny. Sonny: Uncle vic. I was just about to call you. I hope you don't mind, but I'm taking a few days off of work. See, I'm planning on coming home to visit. Victor: Sonny, there's something you need to know. Sonny: Uncle Vic, you know how much it means to me that you trust me with this project. And I'm not backing out. I'm really not. I have everything in hand for the expansion of the club. I'm gonna be working remotely. So if that's what you're worried about, don't worry. I'm on top of it. Victor: No, you don't understand. I'm not arguing with you. I'm calling to tell you that you need to come home right away. Sonny: Why? [Heart monitor beeping] Caroline: [Breathing heavily] Oh! Oh, I'm so glad you're here. I saw him again. I know where he is. Steve: You saw Bo? Caroline: Yes. You have to help him. He hasn't got much time. Victor: Sonny, I'm... I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but Will was murdered tonight. Sonny: What? Victor: He's gone, sonny. Sonny: Will? No, no, no. Uncle Vic, that's not possible. Victor: I've made arrangements for the plane to pick you up. Gabi is with Arianna. I'll take care of everything. Sonny: Uncle Vic, you don't understand. I'm on my way home to see him. I have to let him know that-- Victor: He knew, son. Sonny: He didn't know. He didn't know that I was coming home to make things right. He has to know that I love him. He needs to know. I need to tell him. Victor: You need to be with your family. Get on the plane. Sonny: [Sobbing] John: Anything you need, kid, you know we're here for you. Lucas: Yeah, I know. Thank you. Marlena: [Stammers] And, um, we could-- we could take Arianna tonight or tomorrow... Lucas: Okay, thanks. Marlena: Or whenever you need. [All sobbing] Marlena: Oh, honey. Oh, honey. Abigail: Gabi... Gabi: Oh! [Both sobbing] Ben: What the hell? Why can't they find you, Chad? Chad: I'm right here, you son of a bitch. [Dramatic music] Chad: I don't know how I didn't see it all of this time. It was you, wasn't it? Wasn't it?