Episode #172 - Tuesday, August 8:

- Max and Erika get a lead that her father was last seen hitch-hiking away from Salem Lake.

- Phillip contemplates Jan's deal.

- Billie touches down in Switzerland and searches for answers about Liam.

- Kayla tells Steve about Lawrence Alamain and the the circumstances surrounding his "death."

- Melissa interupts Greta and Frankie. Melissa tells Frankie about her parents, and he comforts her.

- Kristen continues to plot out the details of how she will steal Marlena's baby once it is born. She vows not to let John distract her.

- Celeste prophesizes her own death.

- Phillip tells Jan that Belle has already gotten an annullment during his coma so there is nothing he could do to win Belle back.

- Steve tells Kayla that two men have been following him for sixteen years. He tells her at first how all of the trails he was on went cold, abruptly, and he never knew why. Until a few years later, he figured out two men had been following him and erasing the clues to his identity before he could even find them! Kayla suspects these men must work for Lawrence Alamain or Stefano Dimera.

- Max and Erika learn that her father, Lance, was given a ride by a man who frequents a bar at Salem Lake.

- Jan tells Phillip that there is always a way to win back the one you want. Phillip takes Jan's deal and vows to get Belle back. Jan breathes a sigh of relief.

- Greta decides just to tell Frankie the truth about her mother's will and just throw the possibility out there and see what he says.

- A tender moment between John and "Nurse Paris" has Kristen fighting her strong feelings towards John.

- Steve says he vaguely remembers Stefano, but his gut tells him that Stefano is not behind this. Kayla agrees. Kayla and Steve decide to pursue the Lawrence Alamain angle.

- Max and Erika ask the man at the bar if she's seen his father. He says that he has. He says with his a gorgeous red head named Maggie. Max is taken aback.

- The driver tells Max and Erika that he dropped her father and the redhead off at a house on Mockingbird Lane. Max tells Erika that he knows where Lance is, and they take off for Salem....and head straight for Maggie's!

- Kayla tells Steve that she wants Lawrence to pay for what he has done. Steve tells Kayla that if he is responsible then he will make sure he pays for keeping them apart for so long...but for now, they have to make up for lost time. Steve picks his Sweetness up and carries her to the bedroom of the Horton Cabin on Smith Island. Kayla and Steve share a passionate reunion filled with a night of lovemaking.

- Belle and Shawn ask Phillip what he wanted to tell them. Jan comes up with a lie. Shawn and Belle believe it. But Phillip says that Jan is lying and that she has not stopped lying and scheming and plotting since she's come back to Salem! Belle and Shawn are confused, as is Jan. Jan doesn't understand what is going on. Phillip tells Shawn that he has been living a lie for MONTHS! Jan is horrified.