Baby Needs A New Pair Of Shoes

Belle shows Shawn a check. His eyeballs pop out as she explains, "It's for my first year's tuition. It was from the college fund they set up for me when I was a kid and they were really shocked. They thought they'd never have to spend it since I'm such a big fat airhead."

Shawn immediately jumps to her defense, "THAT'S NOT TRUE! You're not fat."

Shawn thinks she will be the hottest thing is scrubs. She asks if he is really OK with her becoming a nurse. Shawn has decided to be a big boy about it. He won't argue with John and Marlena about footing the bill, either, or that wardrobe Marlena bought Belle. Belle tells him she hasn't been completely honest. She tells him Phillip bought the wardrobe. Shawn's big boy days may be over.

Billie and Phillip snoop around an apartment, which a woman named Selena Doyle leases. Phillip knocks. Nothing. He knocks again. Noting. "Billie speculates, "Maybe she's shopping – you know, Baby needs a new pair of shoes." Billie breaks out her handy dandy lock-picking kit.

Kayla is at the hospital. She actually came to work for a change. She sees a baby and makes over it. The nurse on duty tells her it's an abandoned baby, with a note and everything, "Please take care of my baby."

EJ encourages Sami to come with him and stop fussing over the refrigeration truck. Sami wails and says she is scared. She just doesn't know what she would do without EJ. "Lean on me," he says. She leans. He leads. Lucas frosts.

Sami runs back to the truck. She screams. She knows Lucas is in there. She finds a brick on the street and starts pounding it on the lock, "Help me EJ! Help me get this open!"

Belle tells Shawn about the wardrobe. Shawn continues to be a big boy and says she doesn't have to give it back. Belle is a little surprised Shawn feels that way since the gift was so personal. "A thong is personal," says Shawn. He's thrilled the clothes made her happy. They argue over who asked who to get married first. He thinks Phillip was trying to make him look bad, though.

Billie and Phillip search the apartment. Billie sees things that were in the picture, so she thinks they are in the right place. Phillip thinks they are barking up the wrong tree, "If there was a baby here there would have to be something left behind. Blankets, diapers something left behind to prove..."

Billie holds up a little teddy toy, "Something like this?"

Phillip grabs it from her, "Dammit!"

Kayla lifts the baby. She tells the nurse to alert Abe and report it. She turns to the kid, "Hi there, mister! What is your name? We're gonna take very good care of you. You are a little bug aren't you? Just a little bug."

EJ tries to stop Sami as she goes nuts and pounds the lock with the brick. Sami screams and begs Lucas to say something if he is in there. Lucas reaches for the tape recorder and presses the button. The monotone voice drones, "Help me!" That sends Sami to a new level of freaking out, "I knew someone was in there! What are you doing, EJ? Help me!"

Shawn thinks Phillip reminded Belle she was with a guy who can't do as much for her as Phillip can. Belle thinks he's exaggerating. "Yeah," says Shawn, "When the Ferrari Spyder shows up in the drive, send it back."

"What if it's for you," asks Belle.

"To err is human, to forgive is divine," says Shawn.

They argue about Phillip's generosity. Belle finally decides, "I'll give the clothes back."

"What," asks Shawn, "And make me look like an idiot?"

"OK," says Belle, "I'll keep the clothes, but you'll still look like an idiot."

"You know he made a play to get you back," says Shawn, "Phillip has the same agenda he's always had – to get his life back with you and Claire."

"Phillip doesn’t stand a chance," says Belle.

Shawn says he can't offer her the same life Phillip can. Belle says, "I'm not after money. Just the things it buys."

Phillip wonders why the mystery woman bolted. "Probably because you told her you were bringing a detective," says Billie. She finds a gym ID with a picture. Phillip recognizes Lauren. He tells Billie about the embryo switcheroo. Phillip starts to call the cops. Billie stops him.

Dr. Davidoff checks out the baby and declares him to be in good condition. Abe and Lexie walk in and Kayla makes all the intros. Dr. Davidoff leaves and Abe takes a look at the note, "He writes pretty well for an infant." Abe says he will check the surveillance videos and call CPS. Kayla says she really hates for a tiny baby to go into that system. Abe leaves. Kayla and Lexie make over the baby.

Kayla can't imagine someone walking away from him. She reminisces about her own baby – the grown woman who now hates her parents. Kayla tells Lexie she and Steve have been talking about adopting. She says Steve isn't so enthusiastic about it, but she knows the second she lays a baby in his arms he will melt.

"Why would you want to melt a baby," asks Lexie.

Billie insists Phillip can't call the cops. It seems what they have done might be construed as Breaking & Entering by those pesky boys. "Besides," says Billie, "What if your kid really is out there?"

Phillip's head spins, "Talk about déjà vu. This time I want to go through the proper channels. Come on, we can tell the cops the door was open. I'll explain it all." Billie OK's it but she doesn't want Phillip to get hurt. Phillip dials.

Belle says, "You are #1 with me."

"What a coincidence," says Shawn, "That's my IQ, too."

They go through more endless arguing without saying a single new thing. It finally wears Belle down, "I have been totally blind."

EJ finally gets with the program. He goes at the lock with the brick. It doesn't work. He goes for the tire iron in Lucas' car and breaks the lock. He struggles with the door, opens it and Sami rushes in. She finds Lucas and falls apart, "OMG, EJ, he is so cold." Rather than drag him out into the warm air, she slobbers over him in the truck.

Finally EJ picks him up and drags Lucas out as Sami bawls. Outside, Sami begs him to wake up as EJ goes to call 911. Lucas looks up at Sami and says, "I love you."

Belle says Phillip has provided and she convinced herself he was trying to make up for the craziness surrounding the mix-up with Claire. Shawn thinks if Phillip wants a family he should stop obsessing over Belle and maybe he will meet a girl of his own. Belle insists he wants someone to love who will love him back. Shawn says, "Tell that to Phillip."

Belle says she will. She decides to give the clothes back or, if Phillip won't take them, to a church, "Phillip has to realize you belongs with me."

The cops have arrived at the apartment. One of them questions Billie and Phillip about the baby. He says the woman in question isn't a fugitive or a missing person. Billie suggests he put out an APB. He isn't sure he should do it, "What're you a cop or something?"

"In a former life," says Billie. Well, that makes things just cozy, so the cop says he will see what he can do. He gets called out and Billie shows Phillip a bib.

"So what does that prove," asks Phillip, "That the kid had peas for dinner?"

"No," says Billie, "This will have DNA on it. We can use it to find out if you are the father."

The cop comes back in, "The lady next door says the woman here had a baby. He was a real cutie."

Billie sighs, "I guess he can't be Phillip's then."

As Billie, Phillip and the cop talk things over, Lauren comes back, sees them and beats a hasty retreat.

Abe brings Mrs. Myers form CPS into the room. He has a list of babies born there in the last couple months – Over 100. Mrs. Myers says the kid will be placed in foster care. She tells Kayla not to fret, "He'll have a warm bed."

"But what about love," asks Kayla. Mrs. Myers starts to leave but Kayla stops her. Mrs. Myers reminds Kayla about some of the little inconveniences of having a baby, like the 2AM feeding. Kayla remembers the 2AM feeding and says she always thought it was a time of peace and quiet. Mrs. Myers says it's not like that for everyone. She says she will find the child a good home. Kayla says the kid is at an age when he should be bonding with his mother.

Mrs. Myers looks down at the baby and says, "Well, you're stuck with me now, huh?"

Kayla gasps, "Don't go! I'll take care of him."

The cop says he will check the local hospitals to see if he can find out where the baby was born. He gives them his card and leaves. Billie wonders why Phillip isn't a little more enthusiastic, "You may have just found out you have a kid. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd say that's an OMG." Phillip tells her the surrogate was supposed to terminate the pregnancy. He doesn't know why she wouldn't, "Unless someone talked her into having it – Shawn Brady."

Shawn says Belle doesn't have to give the clothes back. He wants this to end, all of it. He says there is more. He wasn't telling her the truth about the 4th, "I wasn't in Cleveland."

Belle asks, "Where were you."

Shawn says, "Indianapolis with Mimi. She's the best liar Salem ever saw and she's helping me with the bull I'm dumping on you. He says the weird phone calls started there. He got a call from Mimi. Bonnie is doing time outside Indianapolis. Bonnie told Mimi she got phone calls about a baby and Bonnie owing money. Mimi asked Shawn to step in.

Belle thinks Mimi should have stepped in herself, but Shawn says she couldn't leave Tucson because of her brother. He says Lauren never terminated the pregnancy. Bonnie paid her, figuring she would put the squeeze on Phillip later.

Shawn says he went to see Lauren, but didn't see a baby. He told Lauren this was all her problem and gave her Phillip's phone number. Belle wonders why Shawn didn't tell her all this before. "That would have made too much sense," says Shawn, "Besides, Phillip would try to convince you I was in on it."

"Why," asks Belle.

"Because we are in the love with the same woman."

Phillip tells Belle he thinks Shawn is involved in this. He thinks Shawn is jealous and is trying to distract him. Billie is skeptical. She wonders if the baby involved might not even be Phillip's. Phillip is sure the baby is his.

Sami holds Lucas, "Popsicle man, next time you are overheated, find an air conditioner." The medics say he will be OK. Sami will go with him to the hospital. After they wheel Lucas off, Sami thanks EJ for saving Lucas life.

"Let's just hope we don't have to make it a third time," he says. He stops himself, "Oh, I'm so sorry. That was inappropriate. Believe me, I am a different man. You have nothing to fear from me."

"I wish I could believe that," says Sami, "I am afraid of you and I think I always will be."

EJ insists she can trust him right now. What he did to her was vile and inhuman. "But you are a different person, right," asks Sami.

EJ flashes back to setting up the refrigeration truck, placing the dummy and the tape recorder. "I love you," he says, "I truly love you, and that has changed me."

"Don't talk to me like that," says Sami.

EJ thinks this has Andre's fingerprints all over it. Sami's says to tell Stefano the next time she shows up with a gun she will finish the job.

Shawn swears he didn't know what Lauren would do. He tells Belle he spoke to her today at the beach. She asked for his help with Phillip. Belle says they have to find Phillip and tell him.

Phillip thanks Billie for going the extra mile on his behalf. Lauren listens as Billie says, "You wanted a son, now you may have one."

"Wherever he is," says Phillip.

Billie promises, "We'll find him." They leave. Lauren rushes into her apartment. She rummages through her desk, "Dammit! Where did I leave it?" Phillip and Billie return. Phillip left his cell phone. Lauren watches as the knob wiggles.

Kayla tells Mrs. Meyer she wants to take the baby home. FF Kayla.


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