The Aftermath
It's been a few weeks since Stephanie's kidnapping ordeal was over, but the effects are still overshadowing her life. Stephanie hasn't led an exactly sheltered life, but she hasn't ever been a member of a crime family like the Kiriakis's, either. "It's extremely overwhelming for her," Shelley tells us, "and so beyond what she's ever been through, that she starts resorting to medication – prescription medication. She goes to see a doctor to see if she can just talk to someone and maybe feel better about it."
Stephanie didn't want to start taking those pills, but the temptation was just too great. After all, if they could make her feel better, why not? But when one pill didn't work, she decided to take another. "And they're making her really jittery and clearly messing with her and not helping matters much. They're making her even more paranoid than she already was. Then she finds out that Owen escaped so she feels like she's in danger again."
The problem, of course, is that if she becomes Mrs. Philip Kiriakis, the danger won't ever really, truly go away. "She wants to be able to be with Philip for the rest of her life," as Shelley say, "but the reality is she knows that she can't. She's trying to forget about that by taking pills." And when people like her Uncle Roman try to warn her, to make her open her eyes, she "just tells him that she has it under control. The less she hears about it, the better chance there is for her to just ignore it."
What will happen with Stephanie and Philip's relationship remains to be seen. Will she ever get over the kidnapping – really? And will she make it down the aisle to become Mrs. Philip Kiriakis? She's tried to break things off with him before, she may try again, but the questions remains – will those break-ups ever stick?
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