He was driven by his jealousy and his rage over the scam she pulled on his family, which led to his doing the unthinkable and suffocating her to death, and the guilt of committing the crime will cause Joey (James Lastovic) to make an emotional confession to his mother, Kayla (Mary Beth Evans), on Days of Our Lives.

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After he smothered Ava (Tamara Braun) in her hospital room, his father, Steve (Stephen Nichols) walked in and realized what he did--and made a shocking decision to cover for his son and confessed to committing the crime himself. Considering that Ava had blackmailed him into sleeping with her, kidnapped Kayla, and later shared a video of herself and Steve in bed together, it wasn't hard to believe that Steve tried to get revenge.

However, Joey, who learned that his father had slept with Ava, was driven to commit the crime because of the feelings Ava had gotten him to have for her while they schemed to bring Kayla and Steve back together--something that isn't public knowledge outside of his family. Since no one knows about that, he doesn't seem to have a motive, and no one is suspecting him instead of his father.

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But, as his father potentially faces charges for murder, Joey will feel compelled to tell his mother what he really did. And though Kayla will be stunned by his confession, she may still also make sure her young son doesn't face any sort of punishment either, and will back up Steve's decision to take the fall.

Days of Our Lives airs Monday-Friday at 1 p.m. on NBC.

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