He’s Baaacckk: Nicole and Brady’s Nightmare Continues on Days of Our Lives (DOOL)…With Xander

Just when Brady and Nicole thought it was safe to be together in their Canadian paradise on Days of Our Lives (DOOL), they move onto their next obstacle–Xander Kiriakis, another man who can’t seem to leave Nicole alone.

Brady (Eric Martsolf) made his way to Canada with Tate to confess his love to a shocked Nicole (Arianne Zucker), but she had to deal with the matter of Scooter the Sex Addict before she could freely return those feelings.

Next week, the pair take the ultimate step and make love (and we will pretend that Brady doesn’t have Daniel’s heart, the man Nicole will forever mourn), expecting that their relationship will be smooth sailing from here on out.

Of course, since this is a soap, that can never happen, so guess who pops back up wanting Nicole to suffer once again. Yep! Xander.

While Salemites believed he perished during the Terrible Trio story last fall, fans and Deimos (Vincent Irizarry) knew he was still alive and now he makes his presence known.

At first they think he’s just your average gun-toting intruder, but then they realize the man is indeed Xander, Victor’s (John Aniston) deranged nephew who Nicole conned a few years back.

Brady and Xander struggle for the gun and it goes off. Being that actor Paul Telfer’s return is slated to be brief, we’re going to guess Xander might end up really and most sincerely dead this time. Please?

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