The Melaswen Paradox (Read 325,712 times)

[tghca]

Sept 28, 2024 8:41:16 GMT -5 André DiMera said:

Thanks for reading and commenting, everyone!

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Next week…

After comforting her friend, Sydney wants answers.
SYDNEY: What’s her name?

But will that lead to more trouble?
GIRL: It was her choice.

Meanwhile, as Fall Fest wraps up, Tate and Holly have a talk.
TATE: Wow.

And later this week, Jade gets an offer of help from a surprising source.
JADE: What’s this?

All this and more next week on THE MELASWEN PARADOX!

I bet Sydney wants to confront Silver's now ex Nevaeh and the girl who Nevaeh cheated with guaranteed

Tate probably finds something out about Holly my bet

Jade probably gets help from her mother Jan Spears most likely

[André DiMera]

Monday - 9/30

FAIRGROUNDS
After getting off the ride, Ari, Liv and Sapphy had gotten hot apple cider.
SAPPHY: So, can we hang out some more?
LIV: Sure, I guess.
ARI: I think it’d be great if we did! You live in Salem West, right?
Sapphy nodded.
SAPPHY: Yep. Just started at Salem West Junior High. It’s…okay.
LIV: Yeah, we started at Salem Junior High and we like it.
SAPPHY: Cool.
Sapphy’s phone buzzed. She looked at it.
SAPPHY: That’s my Dad, he says he’ll be here in a couple minutes. I should get going.
ARI: Cool. Good seeing you again.
SAPPHY: You too! I’m so glad to know we’re cousins, Liv! You’ll have to meet the family someday, and I’d love to meet your side of the family!
LIV: Yeah, that’d be cool.
Sapphy waved at Liv and Ari, who waved back as she walked away.

After a moment, Tate and Holly broke apart.
TATE: Wow!
HOLLY: Yeah, wow!
TATE: That was, uh…
Holly nodded.
HOLLY: Totally.
TATE: Should we…
Holly grabbed the lapels of Tate’s jacket and brought him in for another kiss. After they broke apart, they stared into each other’s eyes for a moment.
HOLLY: So…
TATE: Right…
HOLLY: What now?
TATE: I…I don’t know. I like you, if you couldn’t tell.
HOLLY: I like you, too. I should hope that would be obvious by now. Please, Tate, give me a chance.
Tate thought for a long minute, then nodded.
TATE: Yeah. Yeah, okay. I think we can make this work.
HOLLY: Cool.
TATE: Come on, I’ll walk you home.
HOLLY: Sounds good.
Holly smiled. Tate put an arm around her and they walked away together.

SAMI & LUCAS’ APARTMENT
SYDNEY: Seriously, who is she? What’s her name?
SILVER: Doesn’t matter.
SYDNEY: I beg to differ! She hurt my best friend! I may not like that side of my family very much, but I’m still a DiMera. You said you confronted her, what’s her name?
SILVER: It doesn’t matter!
SYDNEY: It does matter!
Sydney thought for a moment, then snapped her fingers.
SYDNEY: It was Sophia, wasn’t it? Sophia Choi. She’s always been a bit of a snake! I’m right, aren’t I?
Silver looked down.
SYDNEY: It is her!
SILVER: Syd…
Sydney got up from the bed and began pacing.
SYDNEY: Oh, when I see Sophia in class on Monday…
SILVER: Please don’t do anything Syd.
SYDNEY: I’m just gonna talk to her. That’s it. Just talk. Somebody needs to teach her a little lesson.
Silver got up and stood in front of Sydney.
SILVER: Sydney, stop. Please. I don’t want this.
She took a shallow breath.
SILVER (voice breaking): I want my best friend.
Sydney took a deep breath and her features softened.
SYDNEY: You’re right. You’re right, I’m sorry. Come here.
Sydney put her arms around Silver. They sat down on the edge of the bed, and Sydney held her friend, who started crying.
SYDNEY (softly): It’s okay. I’m here. Just let it all out. I’m here for whatever you need.
Sydney gently stroked Silver’s hair.

[tghca]

Sydney will talk to Sophia...but Sophia seems to forget Sydney is a DiMera. DiMeras can be pretty threatening and intimidating when they want to be. Sophia hurt Sydney's friend Silver by cheating with Nevaeh but what can Sydney do about it?

Tate and Holly want to be together ❤️ and I for one want to see these 2 get together. But if that happens, Holly is going to eventually have to meet Tate's mom Theresa and I wonder if Theresa will like Holly being with her son?


A Merritt family reunion perhaps where Sapphy's side and Liv's side of the family can reconnect as family

[Kpatch]

I like Tate and Holly. She'd better not hurt him.

[heroicmuse]

Tate and Holly are so cute together.

I hope the family reunion goes as well ad Liv and Sapphy think it will. Somehow I doubt it.

Ugh Sophia. Nice teist on the real show. I hope Sydney doesn't go too far in protecting Silver.

Great chapter André DiMera

[krw627]

I'm wondering if Liv and Sapphy can reunite the Merritt's or will the feud make the girls choose sides?

[mae00]

I hope Tate isn't making a mistake. I don't have much faith in Holly

I'm glad Sydney is there for Silver. I just hope things don't progress further than that between them. More feelings would be hurt. But I do love how protective Sydney is being.

[André DiMera]

Tuesday - 10/1

SALEM HIGH SCHOOL
The weekend passed quickly, too quickly for the students at Salem High. By the following Monday, Fall Fest was over, and everyone was back to their normal lives. Sydney and Silver were taking things out of their lockers.
SILVER: Thanks for everything this weekend.
SYDNEY: Of course. How are you doing?
SILVER: A little better. I’ll be okay.
SYDNEY: I know you will.
Sydney closed her locker and put a hand on Silver’s shoulder.
SILVER: I’m glad we’re best friends, Syd.
SYDNEY: Me too.
Silver closed her locker and the girls walked to their first class. Along the way, they passed a group of girls, one of whom was talking animatedly. The one talking was Sophia. As Sydney and Silver passed, Sophia stopped talking and smiled too sweetly at Silver.
SYDNEY (quietly): Just ignore her, it’s fine.
Silver nodded. With the hand that wasn’t on Silver’s shoulder, Sydney clenched a fist. Then she took a deep breath and slowly unclenched.
SYDNEY (thinking): I don’t wanna cause a scene, at least not in front of Silver. But if that Sophia tries anything, she’ll be sorry.

HOLLY: Look, I’m not denying that I jumped. That’s not what I’m saying at all. What I’m saying is that you jumped significantly higher than I did.
TATE: You know, it’s too bad they don’t allow pictures during the hayride, because then we’d have proof of who really jumped how high, and I’d be able to show you that you jumped higher than me.
HOLLY: Well, I guess we’ll just have to live without knowing for sure. Except I don’t have to, because I know that you jumped higher.
TATE: Oh, whatever.
Tate and Holly smiled at each other, then walked hand in hand to their first class of the day.
HOLLY: Thanks for giving me a chance.
TATE: Yeah, well like I said the other night, I like you. We’ll see where things go from here.

SALEM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Philip sat with Melanie, updating her on all of the recent goings on at the Mansion.
PHILIP: …and she seems to be enjoying preschool so far.
MELANIE: That’s good. I so wish I could’ve been there for Dani’s first day.
PHILIP: I know. I wish you could, too. But, the important thing is that you are healing and should hopefully be coming home soon.
MELANIE: I hope so.
Melanie sighed.
PHILIP: What’s on your mind, Mel?
MELANIE: What was that phone call about the other night?
PHILIP: What phone call.
MELANIE: Philip, you know what phone call. A week or so ago, you got that phone call. You claimed it was work, but it was way after work hours, and I could tell you weren’t telling the entire truth.
Now it was Philip’s turn to sigh.
PHILIP: You know me too well.
MELANIE: I do. Now, what was it really about, and more importantly, why did you lie about it?
PHILIP: I…I didn’t want to stress you out more. You had just woken up earlier in the day after being out for a while, there were still so many unknowns about your condition, I didn’t want to add to that. But, I shouldn’t have lied.
MELANIE: No, you shouldn’t. And you’re lucky that there’s no muffins in the room right now.
Melanie gave a small smile and Philip chuckled.
PHILIP: Fair enough.
MELANIE: So, wanna tell me what that phone call was really about?
PHILIP: All right. You’re not gonna be thrilled, but I guess it’s better you hear it from me.
MELANIE: How bad is it?
PHILIP: I was getting impatient with how long the police were taking in finding out why you were kidnapped. It’s not that I don’t trust Shawn and his partners, of course I do. But I didn’t want to wait for them to go through the proper channels. So, I had one of my associates look into what happened to you. The call was because they thought they had found a lead and wanted me to come check it out.
MELANIE: And did they?
PHILIP: Sadly not anything that we didn’t already know from when you remembered who kidnapped you. They found CCTV footage of Bart taking you. My associate then brought Bart by to ask him a few questions, but we didn’t get anything out of him. He is, as we suspected, still extremely loyal to the DiMeras.
Melanie nodded.
MELANIE: Right.
PHILIP: How did you know? That I wasn’t telling the truth that night, I mean?

[tghca]

Melanie knows you too well Philip because she is your wife and the mother of your daughter...just like Maggie knew Victor, she knows you.

But what if Philip had told Melanie the entire truth? Then what? Philip is doing what is necessary Melanie because this is war between your guys' family and the DiMeras and the DiMeras were the ones who fired the first shot by kidnapping Mel and then stabbing her and putting her in a closet for Stephanie to find. So is Philip really supposed to let all of that go and not avenge you Melanie? You know the man you married and the kind of family you married into.

But Melanie doesn't know about her brother Nicholas' involvement in all this so I wonder how she would react to that given how close she and Nicky are?


Sydney wants to confront Sophia so bad


Tate & Holly are official

[Kpatch]

I hope Philip is being truthful now.

[heroicmuse]

I'm glad Philip told Melanie the truth even if it was a sanitized version.

I love how protective Sydney is of Silver.

Tate and Holly are so cute together.

Great chapter André DiMera.

[André DiMera]

Wednesday - 10/2

SALEM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
MELANIE: How do you think? I know you, Philip. I’ve known you for a long time. I can tell when you’re lying.
Philip sighed.
PHILIP: Of course. Look, I was planning to tell you.
MELANIE: Were you?
PHILIP: At some point, yes. Like I said, I just didn’t want to tell you right when it happened. Plus, to be honest, part of me kind of figured you probably wouldn’t entirely approve.
MELANIE: That you decided to side-step the police and sent Nico to do an investigation of his own?
PHILIP: Exactly.
MELANIE: Philip, I’m not stupid. I know what family I married into. And I get that you were getting impatient to find out what happened to me. Believe me, I wish I could make myself remember what was done, but I can’t. I’m not mad. I just hope this doesn’t complicate things even further. I really don’t want another DiMera-Kiriakis war to start.
Philip cleared his throat.
PHILIP: It might be a little late for that.
MELANIE: What do you mean?
Philip sighed again.
PHILIP: I have a feeling that the war has already started.
MELANIE: Why? Philip, what did you do?
PHILIP: I suppose since I’ve already told you that, I should tell you the rest. You know how a couple weeks after he put Johnny in the hospital, E.J. fled the country?
MELANIE: Yeah.
PHILIP: He didn’t exactly flee of his own accord. I kind of had him taken out of the country.
Melanie took a deep breath.
PHILIP: I did it because I thought it would be best for everyone. He would be out of Sami and Lucas’ hair. E.J. would have gone to prison anyway, I just sped things along a bit.
MELANIE: And because of that, the DiMeras retaliated.
PHILP: While I don’t know that for a fact, I can’t see any other reason for what happened.
Melanie nodded.
PHILIP: Mel, I hate that they did this to you! I hate even more that it’s my fault.
MELANIE: It’s not. Not really.
PHILIP: How do you figure that? The DiMeras took you and tried to kill you because I had E.J. taken out of the country.
MELANIE: Yeah, they did that. Whichever DiMera did that, that was their choice. Whether it was a reaction to you sending E.J. away or not, they still made a choice. What happened to me isn’t your fault, it’s the DiMera’s. Now, I’m not exactly happy about the way things went down.
PHILIP: And you have every right not to be.
MELANIE: But I also know what family I married into. I know who I married. And I know you wouldn’t have done what you did unless you thought it would be beneficial to our family.
PHILIP: I did. And ever since it happened, I’ve been taking more steps to protect you and Dani.
MELANIE: I know you have, hence the guard at the door.
PHILIP: Right.
MELANIE: Well…I also can’t say that I’m at all sad about E.J. being locked up. This is a lot to take in, but I’m trying to understand. Most importantly, I love you.

[Kpatch]

Melanie is being awfully forgiving. I do think this is Philip's fault though. Speaking of choices, he didn't have to have EJ roughed up and moved across the ocean just because Sami wanted him to do her a favor. That was his CHOICE.

[tghca]

DiMera Kiriakis war has just began and yes Melanie is forgiving but only because she loves her husband Philip that much but she's also not naive either because she knows the man she married and the type of family she married into

But since Melanie was targeted by the DiMeras, I wonder why the DiMeras haven't targeted any other Kiriakises? Or how has Philip not had any other DiMeras kidnapped or roughed up?

[mae00]

I'm glad Philip has been honest (for the most part) with Melanie about things. At least now she knows to be a little more alert and careful of things around her.

I agree that the Dimera/Kiriakis war has just begun, but not sure it had to do with Philip sending EJ out of the country tho. Andre has had a plan for quite some time now and I think that Philip may have unknowingly played right into his hands.