Kristen DiMera’s Joint Custody-Cohabitation Offer Is a Trap on Days and Brady Black Just Walked Into It

KRISTEN DIMERA JUST MOVED INTO BRADY BLACK’S APARTMENT AND WE BET SHE BROUGHT HER SARAH HORTON MASK ALONG

TL;DR: Kristen DiMera offered Brady Black joint custody of Rachel on Days of Our Lives, but the catch is she gets to move into his new apartment for a month. Kristen already owns a Sarah Horton mask, Sarah is Brady’s girlfriend, and extended spoilers tease Kristen and Gwen toasting to going after they want. This is not co-parenting. This is war.

Brady Black Agreed to Let the Fox Into the Henhouse

Let’s all take a moment to appreciate that Brady Black just agreed that Kristen DiMera could live with him and their daughter Rachel. Voluntarily. It was her idea, of course, but this is a woman who has drugged him and manipulated him more times than anyone can count. Why did he say YES?

Here’s how it went down. Kristen has full custody of Rachel, so she pulled her out of Bayview without anyone’s permission, showed up at Marlena’s penthouse with the kid in tow, and sent everyone into a collective panic. But then, she dangled the ultimate carrot – an offer for joint custody provided she could move into Brady’s new apartment with him and Rachel so they could live as a family. And Brady caved. Which means he’d better start sleeping with BOTH eyes open!

One month may sound like a small amount of time. Not when you’re Kristen DiMera. She’ll have plenty of time to destroy everything Brady Black has built with Sarah Horton.

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Kristen Already Has the Weapon She Needs

Here’s the detail that should have every Days fan screaming. Kristen DiMera already possesses a Sarah Horton mask. She’s used it before. Back in 2021, Kristen tied Sarah up, had Dr. Rolf craft a hyper-realistic mask of Sarah’s face, and then used it to crawl into bed with Rex Brady, while arranging for Xander Kiriakis, who was engaged to Sarah, to walk in on the whole thing. In the meantime, the real Sarah got shipped off to a DiMera island.

That mask technology didn’t expire. Kristen’s trunk of tricks has included masks of Nicole Walker, Sarah, and Kate Roberts over the years. If she still has the Sarah mask, Kristen has everything she needs to blow up Brady and Sarah’s relationship from inside Brady’s own apartment.

The Sarah Problem Kristen Has Been Waiting to Solve

Kristen DiMera hates Sarah Horton. This is not a secret. Now Brady is dating Sarah while living under the same roof as Kristen. Brady and Sarah have been growing closer ever since their New Year’s Eve kiss at the Kiriakis mansion, a romance that cost Brady his job when Xander fired him from Titan in a jealous rage. Sarah has been comforting Brady through Rachel’s Bayview drama and his career upheaval. They’re have the potential to build something real.

Kristen can see all of this happening. And she has a month to burn it to the ground.

The Play Is Obvious and Brady Will Still Fall For It

Here’s what’s coming. Kristen didn’t negotiate her way into Brady’s apartment for Rachel’s sake. She did it because proximity is her greatest weapon. She will know his schedule. Know when Sarah visits. All she needs to do is wear that mask at the right moment, drug Brady at the wrong moment, or arrange for Sarah to walk in on something that looks catastrophic.

Think about it. Kristen puts on the Sarah mask and seduces Brady. Or she drugs Brady and climbs into his bed as herself, then makes sure Sarah walks in. Either scenario ends with Sarah’s heart shattered and Brady scrambling to explain something he doesn’t even remember doing. Eric Martsolf himself recently hinted that Brady’s confidence about this arrangement being temporary might be the most fragile thing in the room. The man knows his character is walking into a disaster.

Extended Spoilers Confirm Kristen Gets Exactly What She Wants

The nail in the coffin? Extended winter spoilers for Days of Our Lives tease Gwen and Kristen toasting one another because they both get what they want. Gwen wants Xander. Kristen wants Brady. If Sarah runs back to Xander after discovering something horrifying at Brady’s apartment, BOTH women win. Gwen gets her shot with a heartbroken Xander. Kristen controls Brady completely.

EJ may have just inherited Stefano’s Phoenix ring, but Kristen has had Stefano running through her veins for decades. She doesn’t need a ring to be diabolical. She just needs a mask, a month, and a man too trusting to see the knife coming.

Will Sarah survive Kristen’s scheming? Will Brady figure it out before it’s too late? Drop your wildest theories in the comments below!

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