Another “emotional earthquake” comes when Dr. Marlena Evans forces Rachel Black to confess her long-hidden, traumatic past.

Marlena, in therapy, gently asks about Rachel’s relationship with Cat Greene.

Rachel avoids and constantly changes the subject, but the trembling in her eyes makes Marlena unable to ignore.

She puts her hands on the table and says sternly, “Rachel, you can’t heal if you keep avoiding it.”

Finally, Rachel bursts into tears and confesses that she was manipulated by Cat – who used her to get to Chad. “She said she would love me if I helped her get him,” Rachel chokes out. Marlena is stunned, both hurt and angry.

After the therapy session ends, Marlena goes to find Cat to confront her. “Do you know you just destroyed a young soul?” – she says. Cat just shrugged: “I just taught her how to be strong.”

The sight of Marlena leaving, her eyes red, made the audience choke up. She understood: this war was not just between lovers – but between those who used emotions as weapons.

News of the incident spread quickly in Salem, and Rachel became the center of attention. Will she collapse, or will she become a new character with a more terrifying dark side?