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EPISODE 1248 / 01.12.25

Spencer Ragan stirs to the distant hum of traffic outside the window. Early evening light slants through the blinds, softly gilding the room in shades of amber. The air feels heavy, though, and when he turns over, he fully understands why.

Elly Vanderbilt lies in the bed beside him. Her red hair spills over her shoulders and back as she sleeps on her side, granting him the opportunity to observe her, undisturbed. Her bare back entices him, and her freckled shoulders catch the light in a way that makes something inside Spencer growl. He is about to press himself against her when she turns over.

“Well,” she says groggily. “That happened.”

Spencer pushes himself upright, the sheets pooling around his waist. He tries to think of a clever rebuttal, but his mind is stuck replaying the events of today: the tension between them, the crush of their lips, the unbelievable sensations of their bodies finally coming together.

From our 20th anniversary in 2017:

Restauranteur Bill Fisher and his wife, Paula, raised four children in the scenic Northwest town of King’s Bay, Washington. Those children — Tim, Molly, Sarah, and Jason — grew up to have lives full of intrigue, passion, danger, heartbreak, and more. Since October 1997, Footprints has been telling the uninterrupted story of the Fisher family and their friends and foes… a story told in the vein of television’s great daytime dramas… a story with no end.