The Perfect Storm in Salem
A storm of epic proportions is brewing for the DiMera family on Days of Our Lives, and it looks like a collision of past sins and present fury is about to culminate in a shocking disappearance. The peacock soap opera seems to be setting up a delicious, high-stakes mystery where the villainous Kristen DiMera might vanish without a trace. While almost everyone in Salem will likely point an accusing finger at her vengeful brother, EJ DiMera, the reality of the situation could be far more twisted. A dangerous figure from Kristen’s recent past might actually be waiting in the shadows to strike first, leaving EJ to take the fall for a crime he did not actually commit.
The tension between the DiMera siblings reached a terrifying peak during the Monday, July 13 episode, setting off a chain reaction of panic and plotting. EJ, completely consumed by his dark side and driven by a relentless thirst for revenge against his sister, took drastic steps to eliminate her presence from his life. He gave his trusted assistant, Rita Lesley, strict instructions to get the DiMera private jet fueled up and to have the DiMera private island fully prepared. EJ’s ultimate goal is to force Kristen to live out the rest of her days in isolated exile, far away from Salem and anyone she can harm.
Secret Schemes and Overheard Threats
EJ’s extreme reaction did not come out of nowhere. His fury was ignited after a revealing conversation with Sydney DiMera, who unwittingly exposed Kristen’s latest machinations. Through Sydney, EJ discovered that his sister was slyly planning a girls’ weekend getaway in Paris with his daughter. Recognizing that Kristen was up to no good and attempting to manipulate his family, EJ completely lost control. The sheer rage of the moment was so intense that Lexie Carver actually collapsed and fainted right in the middle of EJ’s massive meltdown over the Paris plot.
What EJ did not realize in his fit of anger was that his secrets were being exposed in real time. As he was tasking Rita with the job of ensuring Kristen permanently disappears, a recovering Lexie was just beginning to regain consciousness. Still dazed on the floor, Lexie seemingly heard the entire damning conversation. With a prominent witness now aware of EJ’s dark plans to make his sister vanish, the legal and social consequences for him are already set in stone if anything bad happens to Kristen.
Kristen’s Growing Terror
As EJ finalized his plans to banish her, a frantic and deeply unsettled Kristen was busy trying to secure an insurance policy of her own. During the very same Monday episode, she approached a highly skeptical Marlena Evans to voice her profound fears regarding her brother. While Kristen was careful not to reveal the truly sinister details of her own plot—which included a horrific scheme to unalive Johnny DiMera that initially triggered EJ’s thirst for vengeance—she made sure Marlena knew just how terrified she was for her own physical safety.
In a highly emotional and telling moment, Kristen practically begged Marlena to watch over her daughter, Rachel Black, if anything terrible were to happen to her. When a concerned Marlena directly asked Kristen if EJ had threatened her life, Kristen confirmed that he had indeed done so. This conversation, combined with Lexie’s firsthand knowledge of EJ’s orders to Rita, puts EJ in an incredibly compromised position. The moment Kristen goes missing, Salem’s finest will have a mountain of circumstantial evidence pointing directly to her furious brother.
The Return of a Ghost
However, the real threat to Kristen’s safety might not be her brother at all, but rather a ghost from her immediate past. Viewers will recall that it has been a hot minute since we last saw Sophia Choi, who presumably met a tragic demise in May of this year. In a desperate bid to protect her own interests, Kristen had set Sophia up to off Johnny DiMera, promising the young girl an enormous sum of money to start a completely new life. To cover her tracks, Kristen even forced Sophia to write a suicide note to make it look like she had ended her own life, only to turn on her in a flash of violence. In their final confrontation, Kristen brutally hit Sophia over the head with a rock and threw her body into the river.
But in the unpredictable world of daytime television, no body equals no death. Because the authorities never located Sophia’s remains, there is a very strong possibility that the young woman survived the watery ordeal and has been nursing her wounds ever since. If Sophia is indeed alive, she is likely waiting in the wings for the absolute perfect moment to strike. Kidnapping Kristen in the name of pure, unadulterated revenge would be the ultimate payback for the physical trauma and betrayal she suffered at Kristen’s hands.
If Sophia manages to beat EJ to the punch and snatch Kristen first, EJ will find himself trapped in a nightmare of his own making. With Lexie and Marlena already on high alert regarding his overt threats, the police will have every reason to believe EJ followed through on his promise to make his sister disappear. Will Sophia return from the dead to exact her ultimate revenge, or will EJ’s island exile plan go off without a hitch?
