Episode #153 - Wednesday, July 12:

- Abby tells Max that she isn't sure that she can forgive him for not telling her that he and Chelsea were intimate for the last 7 months. She tells him she feels duped.

- Bo and Billie agree to keep their engagement a secret for now.

- Sami is horrified and begins screaming at Alan Harris! Carrie is able to calm her down.

- For the first time, John gets an air of something familiar about Paris.

- Kate, Vivian, and Simone are pleased as punch when they hear that Billie, Austin, and Lucas all officially resigned from Titan.

- Megan continues to gaslight Belle.

- Max tries to get Abby to understand that with her shooting and Cassie and now, Erika, it just didn't come up. Abby tells Max that's another thing - she doesn't buy that Max has NO feelings for Erika.

- Alan tells Carrie that he's back in Salem and has changed. It's been ten years, afterall, he says. Lucas arrives and tries to rough of up Alan. Carrie tries to get Lucas and Sami to hear Alan out.

- Kristen/Paris tells herself not to let herself fall for John again.

- Vivian reveals to Kate that Alamain International's offices are finally done. She and Simone take Kate there.

- Abby informs Max that the last thing she saw before the crash was Erika and Max hugging. Max apologizes. But Abby doesn't want to hear it. Abby says that if they weren't all over each other maybe they could have been protecting the children.

- Alan explains that he was the one who sent the flowers to Will's room. He heard about the accident and is sorry and concerned.

- Marlena gets a telegram - from Susan Bank's!

- Kate is pleasantly surprised when she realizes that Alamain International's offices are on one of the floors of the same building that Titan and The Penthouse Grille are in.

- After cooling down, Abby tells Max that she has strong feelings for him, but after the Fourth of July Party, she just needs time to re-evaluate their relationship. Max agrees to give her the time.

- Austin arrives and is also outraged to see Alan. Carrie gets Austin and Lucas to give Alan a chance to speak, but Sami refuses. Alan tells Sami that he deserved what she did to him (shooting him in the groin after he raped her) and says that he probably deserved a lot worse...but he's changed now. He is a good person and just wants a chance to prove that to Sami.

- Megan realizes Belle is thisclose to being pushed over the emotional brink. She toasts herself to the victory.

- Kate doesn't trust Vivian 100% yet, but she relishes in the fact that she is one of the most powerful women in Salem and the business world at the moment. Kate has flashes of Caroline and Victor in her head, and Caroline and Victor reprimanding Kate for the scene she caused at Titan. "Game on."....Kate says as she chugs down a glass of sparkling champagne. "Game on!"

- Marlena is sad and shocked when she realizes that Susan's telegram was sent MONTHS ago and must have been lost for a while on its way from England. Marlena gasps and almost faints after reading it. John asks what's the matter. He catches her. He carries her to the couch. John grabs the telegram and reads it. Paris/Kristen asks what's wrong. John replies that their good friend, Susan Bank's, husband, Edmund Crumb, has been killed! John rushes back to the couch to comfort Marlena. Kristen/Paris turns and smiles wickedly, shrugs her shoulder and sips down a glass of champagne.

- The screen is split into three as Kristen, Kate, and Megan all sip down their champagne.