Days of our lives excites as EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel) and Gabi Hernandez (Cherie Jimenez) is just finding out that there is something in between Xander Cook Kiriakis (Paul Telfer) and Christian DiMera (Stacy Haiduk) when they saw her give Xander her room key to the Salem Inn.
Days of Our Lives: Kristen’s Steamy Fling with Xander
So we all know that Kristen wants EJ dead, and she really, really wants Xander to do it, but he’s made it clear that he’s not interested in doing any murder for her. Yet the two still hang out. So, EJ recently confronted Gabi about trying to get hold of her deceased brother Stefan DiMera’s (Brandon Barash) share of the inheritance from Stefano DiMera (Joseph Mascolo).
And we know that EJ paid to have a handwriting analysis done on their divorce papers. And EJ was really mad at Gabi when he pointed out that the analyst insisted that Stefan’s handwriting was legit. But Gabi had her brother Rafe Hernandez (Galen Gering) FBI contacts analyze these samples Vivian Alamain (Louise Sorel) handwriting it Philip Kiriakis (John-Paul Lavoisier) got, and they reached a different conclusion.
Days of our Lives: Gabi brings proof
So Gabi now also has a written statement from Ivan Marais saying he saw Vivian forge Gabi and Stefan’s divorce papers. So Gabi is ready to fight and obviously she thinks she will win what is rightfully hers as Stefan’s widow. Moreover, she has Theo Carver (Tyler Joseph Andrews) on her side as manager of her late uncle Stefano’s will. And even though Theo is mad that Gabi thought he was the one who told Philip she planted the bug, I’m sure Theo will still do the right thing as Director.
And Gabi knows that EJ wouldn’t offer to settle for her if he didn’t think she would win. So, Gabi might get one payment day soon. And she was already offering Philip a lump of that DiMera dough to pay off Titan loans that give them so much stress. But he was so mad that he said no to Gabi. And Philip will not brood when it comes to his now ex-girlfriend. And it’s not even really brooding because she offered.
Days of Our Lives: The Room Key Revelation
But Xander just found out about this unrequited windfall, and he’s pissed that Philip turned down her offer. And Kate Roberts (Lauren Koslow) isn’t happy with this mess either. But everything is about to change because after Gabi and EJ finished arguing and talking about inheritance issues, that’s when they spied Kristen doing something unexpected. Gabi and EJ both saw Kristen slip her room key into Xander’s shoulder sling. And Gabi and EJ were a little confused as to what they even saw.
If you remember, Kristen first invited Xander to her room at the end Days of our lives. It was weeks ago trying to hire him to murder her brother EJ. But since then, Xander and Kristen have been having a steamy fling and they really haven’t talked business or killing EJ. In fact, getting fresh with Kristen is how Xander hurt his elbow during their first meeting when they got way too aggressive.
Days of Our Lives: EJ and Gabi plot their leverage
So now I wonder if it will be Gabi or EJ trying to capitalize on the fact that they saw Kristen slip Xander that room key. We all know their wheels are turning because they are both plotting when they saw Xander and Kristen is obviously getting ready for a hookup. So first of all, we know that EJ would love to have leverage against Kristen. And then EJ can use this information to undermine Kristen’s position in the family.
So EJ can, you know, have one of his henchmen record them or take pictures of them entering and leaving the room. Hopefully he wouldn’t, you know, make a tape of his sister, but get some kind of proof of their sneaky meeting, or you know, he could have someone dress up as a bellhop and come into the room to spy on Kristen and take some pictures.
Days in our lives: EJ has several options
But if EJ did, it would probably just give Kristen more ammunition to try to convince Xander that EJ needs to go and that he should be eliminated. And then there’s the fact that EJ could casually drop Xander hints that he knows about his affair with Kristen because EJ can suspect Kristen of selling DiMera secrets to Kiriakis enemy and threaten them both if they don’t realize what they’re up to.
EJ could also threaten to tell Sarah Horton (Linsey Godfrey) who would be enraged and might never forgive Xander for what Kristen did to her. And of course EJ has no idea that it all started because Kristen wanted Xander to kill him. Or EJ could get info about Kristen and Xander and plant it with another DiMera to wreak family chaos. So EJ’s siblings will be busy fighting while he deals with Lexie Carver’s (Nikki Crawford) new medical crisis. EJ has other fires to put out besides who his sister Kristen is playing tonsil hockey with Salem inn.
Days of Our Lives: Gabi’s strategic move
And then of course there is Gabi. She could use this as ammunition to further tarnish Kristen’s reputation and any hold she may have on Xander. I could see Gabi actually going and confronting Xander with enough information to make him sweat a little. Gabi could even offer to keep quiet in exchange for Xander allowing her to stay Gabi Chic over Titan because she wants to be close to Philip.
You know, she’s hoping for a second chance. Gabi can even use the situation with Kristen to get closer to Xander. You know, a forced relationship built on leverage, because we know Gabi wants Philip back, and she might think that getting leverage on Xander could put him in a position where she can demand that he talk her into Philip. maybe encourage him to take Gabi back which is her endgame I think because she still loves Philip. Or Gabi can anonymously leak Xander and Kristen’s affair to social media. Or maybe leak it to Leo Stark (Greg Rikaart) and it ends up splashing across the pages of the Salem Spectator.
That way, it makes Kristen look like, you know, a sketchy seductress who steals company secrets. It might make Xander look bad, but then she might think he’d step aside and Philip would have sole control. You know, Gabi always has plans, and she might think that Philip would like it, when I think he’s happy as it is, except for the financial problems. So all that would be ironic because Gabi was really doing corporate espionage. But she could damage both Xander’s and Kristen’s already sketchy reputations.
Days of Our Lives: Will Gabi seek redemption?
I don’t know if it’s going to go that way though, because Gabi really want to make fines for what she did to Philip and to Titan. And of course we know that Gabi really loved Philip. She still loves Philip. You know, in a crazy twist, Gabi can use this to leverage Xander into playing flirty games with her to try and make Philip jealous so he can get back at her, you know, if she got flirty with Xander. Obviously Philip wouldn’t like that. But I don’t know if Xander would do it because he and Philip have a good relationship, you know. So we’ll see. It could be a bros before anything situation.
I just know that either EJ or Gabi or maybe even both of them will probably be looking for a way to use this juicy tidbit of Xander sleeping with Kristen to each of their advantages. The DiMeras play dirty, and they don’t bat an eye when they cross one of their own.
Plus, we know that EJ quickly finds out that Kristen was trying to have Johnny DiMera (Carson Boatman) killed and he rages at her. So this information could come to him from someone else, maybe even Xander if he and EJ get into it because they are sparring this week. And we’ll see. But EJ is on his way to get this information. And it might be because of what just happened with Kristen dropping Xander that room key.
