 Rex and Cassie were sweetly studying and worrying about their friends at Dotcom, when the sight of Kate, looking up her daughter Billie to offer her a dream job in Rome, makes their programmed DiMera-protection kick in and follow her, planning punishment by poison. Tony tells Rolf only Lexie may learn the content of Stefano s diary, but it makes him determined to destroy John Black and the Brady family. Bo tries to stop Hope worrying to death whether Larry really is, while putting up the Christmas tree; Larry appears and disappears in the cellar to make Bo believe she loses her mind. Billie and Roman exchange motive-doubts, he informs Kate Billie knows about them having sex, she tries to reassure Billie. After braving Céleste s skepticism, Lexie tells Toni about her pregnancy. The coffee Rex poisoned for Kate is served to Toni, but Cassie manages to spill it in time. Prof. Putnam uses the bracelets on the twins, hears about their failed attempt and re-programs them never to harm Kate. Colin is amused to see Nicole fail to impress Kate with Victor s wedding date, then warns her for a golden cage instead of his hot love kissing her, she asks him to make love to feel alive again, then says this was the last time, he laughs there s no other for her, then gets called anonymously by Larry who tells him to come to Raymond Grant.