If you want dramatic, heartbreaking arguments, Salem has plenty.

Xander begins questioning Sarah, not just for the sake of asking, but as if he feels something is being hidden from him.

And once Xander suspects something, he won’t stop.

The more Sarah evades him, the more he presses.

The scent here is one of emotional and personal secrets: Sarah’s routine is changing, there are inexplicable gaps, and Xander senses it. He doesn’t need clear evidence; he just needs to feel left out. And when Xander feels left out, he’ll explode, make a big deal out of it, and drag everyone around him into it.

Right then, Maggie starts questioning Jeremy. Maggie is the gentle type, but not blind. When Maggie asks, it means a suspicious signal has appeared. Jeremy, on this day, is also throwing himself into a risky alliance with Liam. It sounds like two children cooperating, but in Salem, this kind of alliance often leads to a major disaster. Because while the adults are busy saving Chad, suspecting EJ, and comforting Rachel, the children only need to make one wrong move and the dominoes will roll straight into someone’s living room.

Jeremy shaking hands with Liam might be to prove his worth, to create his own power, to forge his own path. But Salem is not a safe playground to test this. An alliance in the context of mass disappearances can easily turn into an alliance with the wrong people and the wrong goals. If Liam gets involved with even a piece of information about DiMera, or accidentally touches on EJ’s affairs, Jeremy will be dragged straight into danger without even understanding what he just signed. Maggie sensed this, so her question wasn’t just a question, it was a warning. The question is whether Jeremy will listen. And Days often lets characters hear things late, so the consequences explode even bigger.