On today’s Days, Brady takes Rachel to Bayview, Belle tries keeping her niece out of trouble and Rafe and Cat find a pattern. Read the recap here: Rachel’s Commitment to Bayview Goes from Heartbreaking to Creepy, and Cat and Rafe Realize Someone’s Targeting the DiMeras
Leo worries to Javi about Chad’s disappearance, but it’s the holidays and they’re newly engaged, so he moves on fast. But not fast enough for Gwen to run across them and wonder what the deal is with that fancy ring of Javi’s.
Her taunting stops dead in its tracks, though, when she learns they’re engaged. Gwen pivots to, as Leo puts it, an insincere “symphony of saccharine sentiments.” So they leave her to get the ring sorted.

Who Kidnapped the DiMeras?
Cat drops into EJ’s office to ask about Jennifer trying to take Chad’s kids away. She’s horrified, then worries even more when EJ tells her that Chad’s vanished. She seems more upset that someone could be targeting the DiMeras than he is. Think of the optics if EJ made a big deal of it!
He’s on the case. But is he, really? Cat leaves and summons Rafe to a super not-secret meeting outside the pub to discuss Chad’s disappearance. Rafe wastes no time in pointing out what we’ve all been thinking: that EJ could be the one behind the disappearances.
