Days of Our Lives (DOOL) spoilers recap for Friday, August 13, reveals that Ciara Brady (Victoria Konefal) kissed Ben Weston (Robert Scott Wilson) as they shared a memory-driven reunion. Lani Price-Grant (Sal Stowers) also reflected on a failed Paris trip – and Xander Cook Kiriakis (Paul Telfer) took the drug blame for Gwen Rizczech (Emily O’Brien).
At the pub, Lani talked about how Paulina Price (Jackée Harry) was only sorry once she got caught and added that she never changes. Abe Carver (James Reynolds) listened as Lani reflected on when she was a child.
Paulina would blow in and out of her life like a tornado – always getting Lani to talk about her dreams and getting her hopes up with promises.
Lani remembered one instance in particular when Paulina broke her heart. Since Lani loved the Madeline books and wanted to go to Paris, Paulina vowed to take her over summer vacation and got her excited about their secret through letters.
When Paulina was a no-show and never took her on the trip, all Lani’s friends at school made fun of her.
Paulina eventually told Tamara Price (Marilyn McCoo) about the trip and blamed a business commitment on why she hadn’t taken Lani. Since Lani was embarrassed, she never confronted Paulina and just let it go.
Now that Lani was talking about the incident, a lot of difficult feelings were rushing back. She didn’t want Abe and Theo Carver (Cameron Johnson) to get hurt the way she did all those years ago, so she thought it was best if they all had absolutely nothing to do with Paulina.
Abe argued that maybe there were things Lani didn’t know since she’d never discussed the failed trip with Paulina.
Lani went back to grumbling about Paulina always trying to fix things with money, but Abe wondered if that was really so hard to understand after what she went through with that man.
“What man?” a confused Lani asked on Friday’s DOOL episode. Abe quickly realized he’d said too much since Lani didn’t know about Paulina’s abusive ex.
Lani thought that was horrible, but she still felt like the reward money Paulina offered up was going to make things worse.
At Paulina’s place, she told Theo there was a woman who had information about where Ben had taken Ciara.
The woman was only willing to talk if she got the reward money first, so Theo thought it sounded like a scam.
Shawn Brady (Brandon Beemer) agreed once they brought him in on this, but Paulina insisted on sending the money and taking the chance. Once the woman had the money, she called to reveal that she saw Ben’s limo headed north on route 17 toward Mammoth Falls.
Shawn soon realized that Ben took Ciara to that “damn cabin” and rushed over there with Theo.
Abe got a text about the new lead and filled Lani in at the pub, so Lani wondered how Shawn and Theo figured it out. She was surprised when Abe admitted it was because of Paulina’s reward money.
At the cabin, Ben encouraged Ciara to keep remembering. They worked through what happened after the marriage proposal step by step. Ciara eventually had more memory flashes and planted a big kiss on Ben.
Ciara looked overwhelmed as she told Ben she remembered everything – him taking care of her at the cabin, their first kiss, their first time making love, their wedding, etc.
Most of all, Ciara remembered that she loved Ben. She was sorry for being so horrible before and soon realized that Theo was going to be devastated.
However, Ben argued that Theo knew the risk going into this and wasn’t keen on the idea of Ciara going back to talk to Theo right now.
Ben wanted to hold Ciara a little longer, so they snuggled in bed together. Ciara and Ben discussed how they’d have another wedding minus the bomb – plus a honeymoon this time.
After Ben and Ciara expressed their love again, Shawn burst in and pulled a gun on Ben. Theo also entered and looked upset at the sight of Ciara in bed with Ben.
Back at Paulina’s place, she gazed at a photo of herself with Lani and hoped she’d be forgiven one day. When someone arrived at the door, Paulina opened it and wasn’t pleased over her visitor.
“What the hell are you doing here?” Paulina exclaimed. Days spoilers say it’ll soon be revealed that it’s Paulina’s mother, Olivia Price (Marla Gibbs) at her door, so stay tuned for more Price family drama!
Meanwhile, Jack Deveraux (Matthew Ashford) met up with Steve Johnson (Stephen Nichols), who confirmed that Gwen was a drug courier for Dr. Clay Snyder (Michael Lowry). Jack got Steve to hold off on getting the cops involved so he could get the story straight from Gwen.
At the Horton house, Gwen looked at a scandalous story about Xander online. It talked about Xander being a happy homewrecker who ended a marriage, so Gwen was surprised to see Xander being so cavalier about it.
Gwen warned Xander wouldn’t ever be able to get a job again, but Xander revealed that he’d received $1 million from Sami Brady DiMera (Alison Sweeney) for dropping the cheating bomb.
As for their Dr. Snyder problem, Gwen thought Xander could pay someone who looked like Dr. Snyder to say he was the friend on the couch.
Xander wondered why he should use his money, but Gwen argued she hadn’t found a job that suited her skill set. Talk turned to the kiss Gwen and Xander previously shared, so they bickered over who kissed who before they admitted to getting carried away.
Xander thought they should get carried away again and leaned in close, but Gwen heard Jack enter and shoved Xander back.
Jack confronted Gwen about being involved in Dr. Snyder’s drug scheme and pushed her to admit she was running drug deliveries for him.
Gwen tried to deny it at first, but Jack told her to stop lying. He yelled about how he’d defended Gwen and brought her into his home thinking she’d changed.
Jack once again pushed Gwen to admit she teamed up with Dr. Snyder to sell drugs, but she said it wasn’t like that – though she did confess to working with Dr. Snyder.
Gwen wanted a chance to explain, but Jack ranted about Gwen bringing drugs into the house and putting everyone there at considerable risk.
Jack didn’t think Gwen thought about other people and assumed Gwen had dragged Xander into her mess. He figured Gwen and Xander had dumped Dr. Snyder’s body in the lake.
Xander flashed back to Gwen worrying she could lose her father forever before Jack said Gwen owed him the truth.
“The truth is you got this all backward, mate,” Xander piped up on Friday’s Days episode. He insisted that he wasn’t helping Gwen out of a jam – that she was helping him instead.
Days of Our Lives spoilers say Xander will get in major trouble for taking the fall, so don’t miss what’s ahead on DOOL.
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