The Melaswen Paradox (Read 319,148 times)

[Kpatch]

It's good to see EJ taking semi-responsibility for his actions.

[mae00]

So EJ is now telling people that he's not responsible for what happened to Johnny and trying to make Sami look like the bad person. That's not smart at all. I hope Johnny has his memory back before EJ gets back to Salem.

I'm glad Allie met up with Meadow.

I have mixed feelings about Ari's punishment. Sonny was right, Ari and Liv have been doing this for quite some time if you look at calendar years (last summer and then this summer too). However, there were 9 months in there where Ari didn't go to the cabin. I don't think that merely splitting them up at camp is going to work because they can always sneak away after lights out. Including 5 more weeks at the end of summer seems a bit far off to drag the punishment out too. Maybe just pull her out of camp all together with the logic that if she can't be trusted at camp, then she won't go at all.

With Will looking into the history of the house, I'm afraid that will just reinforce Ari's notion that they were right to go back and check it out. I don't think Ari needs to know what Will is doing either.

[André DiMera]

Friday - 7/12

SUSAN & EDMUND’S HOUSE - ENGLAND
E.J.: Well, that wasn’t my first thought, but yes, that’s actually rather a good idea.
SUSAN: Oh, of course you can stay, honey! I just can’t believe my little Elvis is gonna be stayin’!
Susan hugged E.J. tight.
PENELOPE (under her breath): Lovely.
SUSAN: You just come right upstairs, I kept your room all ready for you, just in case you decided to drop in on your Mama and Step-Daddy! Come on!
E.J.: In a moment, Mother, in a moment. I need to make a phone call first.
SUSAN: Oh, alright. But I’ll meet you upstairs.
E.J.: I’ll be right up.
Susan went up the stairs.
E.J.: Is there somewhere I can make this call in private?
EDMUND: Certainly. The kitchen should give you plenty of privacy. Right this way.
E.J.: Cheers. Also, I seem to have lost my phone on my journeys.
EDMUND: Oh, that’s quite alright, you can borrow mine.
Edmund led E.J. to the kitchen, then came back to clean up the mess from when they had tended to E.J.’s wounds. Penelope was still there.
EDMUND: Why the long face?
PENELOPE: Eddie, you can’t honestly tell me you’re any happier about this than I am, surely.

DIMERA MANSION
Megan adjusted her hair in the mirror. Her phone rang. She looked at it and was bemused to see it was a number she didn’t recognize.
MEGAN: Hello?

SUSAN & EDMUND’S HOUSE - ENGLAND
E.J.: Megan? What are you doing with André’s phone?

HORTON TOWN SQUARE
MEADOW: What do you mean?
ALLIE: Okay, so stop me if this is none of my business, but the walls in my parents apartment are kinda super thin, and my room is right next to Johnny’s, and while I didn’t actually hear anything, it sounded like something really intense went on between you and Johnny.
MEADOW: You’re right. It did.
ALLIE: What’s wrong?
Meadow took a deep breath.
MEADOW: Johnny got more of his memory back. A lot more.
ALLIE: That’s great! Isn’t it?
MEADOW: It is, but I’m not entirely sure he got as much of it back as he thinks.
ALLIE: Why?
MEADOW: He knows that I was pregnant. And, because I was tired of hiding things from him, I let him know that Georgia is biologically his and mine, but that Chelsea and Max adopted her.
ALLIE: Which he agreed to.
MEADOW: Except he doesn’t remember that. And he still had the same attitude as before, when he was trying to be more like a “true DiMera”, whatever that means.
ALLIE: Oh, wow. So, he didn’t take it very well?
MEADOW: Nope. We got into an argument because he had the same attitude about it that E.J. had when it was actually going on.
ALLIE: Oh man.
MEADOW: I shouldn’t be totally surprised. Your grandpa did say that his injuries may come with changes in mood, but…
ALLIE: It’s still not great seeing him like that.
Meadow nodded. Allie hugged her.

BRADY PUB
Johnny walked up to the counter where Chelsea was working.
CHELSEA: Johnny, hi! It’s good to see you! How are you?
JOHNNY: Fine, thanks.
CHELSEA: Good! What can I get for you?
JOHNNY: For starters, my daughter.

[Kpatch]

Uh oh. Johnny wants to claim his daughter. Or maybe just to see her?

[heroicmuse]

Ugh. Johnny cannot do that. I hope he gets his memory back soon.

I'm glad Allie is there for Meadow.

Penelope, stop causing trouble. The longer EJ is away from Salem, the better.

Great chapter André DiMera. Will there be previews?

[mae00]

Maybe once Johnny sees Georgia, it will bring all of his memories back. I sure hope so and that he doesn't do or say anything stupid in the mean time.

Why DOES Megan have Andre's phone??

[tghca]

Penelope isn't happy that her nephew EJ is staying with them but deep down Edmund is not happy either. Why? Because they both know what EJ is capable of or they know that EJ can make sure they both disappear if they try to rat 🐀 on him.

With Megan answering their brother Andre's phone, I wonder if EJ fills his sister in on what happened to him? If he does, I wonder if Megan makes all the arrangements to not only bring EJ back to Salem? But that Megan herself goes after Philip personally by trying to have Philip killed? Because if you remember, the DiMeras did try to kill Philip when he was with Stephanie back in the day. DiMera hit man came into the room and shot Philip at point blank range in his chest as Philip bled out and had to be taken to the hospital. I wonder if Megan does that for her little brother EJ? Or Megan goes after any other Kiriakis as retribution knowing how evil and dangerous she is?

Johnny wants his daughter Georgia back but I wonder if this leads to a custody battle with Chelsea & Max vs Johnny?

[André DiMera]

Thanks for reading and commenting, everyone!

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Next week…

E.J. tries to send a message to his family back in Salem.
MEGAN: You imbecile!

While one member of his family in England has concerns.
PENELOPE: I know what the DiMeras are like!

Meanwhile, will Johnny have a change of heart?
JOHNNY: I want to see my daughter.

And Will starts an investigation.
SONNY: You’re serious about this?

All this and more next week on THE MELASWEN PARADOX!

[heroicmuse]

Will's investigation could cause tension between him and Sonny, but I'm curious as to what he'll find.

I hope Johnny will stop at seeing the baby and not want to undo the adoption.

LOL at Megan's response to EJ. Penelope is right to be concerned.

Thanks for the previews André DiMera.

[Kpatch]

So curious what Johnny wants. If he just wants to see Georgia or something more.

[André DiMera]

Monday - 7/15

SUSAN & EDMUND’S HOUSE - ENGLAND
EDMUND: Of course I am.
PENELOPE: Really?
EDMUND: Yes! I’m happy for Susan’s sake. Regardless of how E.J. came to be here, he’s here now, and if you can’t tell, Susan is overjoyed, which makes me very happy.
PENELOPE: Yes, but think of the bigger picture, man!
EDMUND: What bigger picture?
Penelope sighed, aggravated.
PENELOPE: Whatever conversation Elvis is having with your phone right now, I can almost guarantee you that it won’t end well. Nothing ever does when it comes to the DiMeras.
EDMUND: Penelope, be fair.
PENELOPE: I am! You forget, I know the DiMeras, I know what they’re like. For nearly a decade and a half, I was imprisoned by them, then for the other half decade, I was made to believe I was Elvis’ older sister.
EDMUND: Yes, I haven’t forgotten. Nor have I forgotten the circumstances that led to that.
Edmund shifted uncomfortably.
PENELOPE: This phone call Elvis is making, it’s not going to be to one of the good DiMeras. He’s not calling Tony or Chad. If I know my nephew like I think I do, and I spent more than enough time in that wretched mansion of Stefano’s to know, he’s calling André. André, who has taken over from Stefano in every way possible. And being who he is, André will stop at nothing to make sure Elvis is able to come home, whatever the cost.
EDMUND: Well, it’s not as if we’ve faked his death and have got him chained to a bed. E.J. just needs a little time to lay low, regroup, and then I’m sure he’ll come to his senses and realise that the right thing to do is go back and face up to what’s happened.
PENELOPE: Oh, Edmund, you really don’t know your stepson at all, do you?

SIDE-BY-SIDE: DIMERA MANSION/SUSAN & EDMUND’S HOUSE
Megan rubbed the bridge of her nose.
MEGAN: I am not on André’s phone, thank you very much.
E.J.: Aren’t you? But, I thought I called André…
MEGAN: No, you complete imbecile, you called me! And speaking of using someone else’s phone, why on earth are you calling from a British phone number? And what made you think you were calling André?
E.J. sighed.
E.J.: I, um…I am not in possession of my phone at the moment. It is, presumably, still in Salem. I dialled the first number I could remember, which I thought was André’s, but clearly it isn’t.
MEGAN: Clearly. Now, answer the other half of the question, if you don’t mind.
E.J.: As I am without my phone, I had to borrow someone else’s. That someone being my step-father. And it is a British phone because he and my mother live in England, as you well know. I am at their home, for the moment.
Megan snickered.
MEGAN: Oh, dear. Not only have you, albeit inadvertently, caused your son bodily harm and injured your daughter, now you’ve fled the country. You have been a naughty boy, haven’t you, Elvis?

[tghca]

Knowing Megan like I do, if she decides to help EJ, EJ will be in her debt which means he is in her pocket, under her control. This can't be good at all.

Penelope knows what her nephew EJ is capable of, clearly as she has no illusions about him but is Edmund not aware of how ruthless or how dangerous his step son is? Or is he completely oblivious?

[Kpatch]

Having to rely on Megan is a bitter pill.

[heroicmuse]

Megan will torment EJ as much as posisble before coming to his aid, and then it will be with strings attached.

Penelope is right, but I want EJ to stay as far away from Johnny as possible so I hope Edmund doesn't listen to her.

Great chapter André DiMera.

[mae00]

Penelope has hit everything spot on. I really don't want EJ back in Salem until Johnny remembers so I hope is "return" is delayed at bit.

I can only imagine how Megan will use EJ's absence to her advantage.