Just when everyone thought baby T was safe, a twist happened.

Park camera video revealed Xander exchanging a bag of money with a stranger at the exact moment the baby was taken away.

Salem police issued a wanted poster, Sarah was stunned.

“No way, he didn’t do that.” – she whispered. But the evidence doesn’t lie.

Xander fled, hiding in the suburbs of Salem.

The scene depicts him with a thick beard, wild eyes, looking at a newspaper with his picture and the caption “Dad Kidnapped Daughter.” He banged his hand on the wall, screaming: “I just wanted to protect my child!” On the other side, Sarah was being questioned by the police – did she help him escape? She only coldly replied: “He saved me once. But now… I’m not sure anymore.”

Amid the chaos, Maggie Kiriakis receives a letter hidden in Xander’s room: “You can’t tell me everything, but someone else is behind it. Someone is right there in Titan.” Maggie is shocked – is T’s disappearance just the tip of a larger conspiracy?

The final scene leaves the audience frozen: Sarah drives to an abandoned warehouse (following the strange address on Xander’s phone before he disappeared). She opens the door – to find Xander tied up, his face covered in blood, in front of a stranger holding a gun: “You’re just in time, Sarah.” A gunshot rings out, the screen goes black.

Will Xander survive? Who is really behind T’s kidnapping? And will Salem still be at peace? “Days of Our Lives” is entering its most intense arc of the year – where love, guilt and truth collide in a storm with no way out.