EPISODE 1310 / 07.22.26

Shannon stirs awake to the smell of barbecue sauce. She blinks against the morning light filtering through her bedroom window, listening as cabinet doors open and close downstairs. When she finally checks the time on the phone lying on the wireless charging pad, she sees that it is late — almost 11 a.m. Finally she throws the covers aside and pads downstairs, still rubbing sleep from her eyes.

“Morning,” Sabrina Gage says from her post at the stove. She wears leggings and an oversized King’s Bay University t-shirt. Several ingredients are spread over the countertop nearby. “Someone’s taking advantage of summer break.”

“Mm-hmm,” Shannon grumbles. She gestures at the counter. “What’s all… this?”

“Alex and Trevor are coming over for dinner with Chase, remember?” Sabrina says. “I’m making my Meemaw’s baby back ribs and mac-and-cheese. Some coleslaw, too.”

Sounds like explosive diarrhea waiting to happen, Shannon thinks from inside Sophie’s head.

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.