Days of our lives leaves fans hanging without closing on Sophia Choi’s (Rachel Boyd) fate because her body has not been found, dead or alive. And now we have it Holly Jonas (Ashley Puzemis) and Arianna Horton (Vico Escorcia) on the way out to the family cabin for a holiday.
Sarah Horton (Linsey Godfrey) offered the girls the cabin after Amy Choi (Shi Ne Nielson) had just terrorized Holly again. So we have to talk about whether Holly and Ari together with Tate Black (Leo Howard) and Aaron Green (Louis Tomeo) will find Sophia in the cabin one way or another in some form.
Days of Our Lives: Holly & Ari’s Cabin Vacation & Sophia’s Mystery
Now let’s get into it. So Sarah knows how stressful it has been for Holly with the allegations Amy is making about Holly’s role in Sophia’s alleged suicide. But Ari and Holly’s fun in the sun at the cabin with the guys could turn into a nightmare if they find Sophia Choi while they’re out at the family cabin together.
You know, 2026 has been rough year so far for Holly and for Ari, especially when it comes to their former best friend Sophia. And yes, she targeted Holly and almost burned down her and Ari’s dorm room. But nothing compares to losing their ex-bestie Sophia to this apparent suicide.
Their backstory is that Ari, Sophia, and Holly were twenty when they were growing up, but at the time of Sophia’s alleged death, she was at odds with both Holly and Ari because of how Sophia tried to ruin Holly’s life. It was all about Sophia’s continued obsession with Tate. And because Ari and Holly said unkind but accurate things about Sophia on social media, Amy blames both of them, but Holly more, for Sophia’s death because of it.
Amy Choi Furious on DOOL
Now Amy didn’t even back off when Belle Black (Martha Madison) told Amy that there was not enough evidence to arrest Holly for manslaughter. And then Amy got even angrier when Belle pointed out that her investigators found it was Sophia herself who started that social media post inviting people to say hateful things about her. It wasn’t something Amy wanted to accept or believe, and it’s clear that she remains in denial about her daughter.
Days of Our Lives: Amy’s civil trial and EJ’s vow
And this week, Sophia’s mother had a heart-to-heart with her Melinda Trask (Tina Huang). And with criminal charges off the table, Amy now wants to file a civil wrongful death lawsuit against Holly. But after Amy confronted Holly and EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel) found his ex-stepdaughter crying in the square, he made a promise. So EJ told Holly that he would take care of Amy himself. And that was before Xander Cook Kiriakis (Paul Telfer) interjected uninvited into the conversation and tried to chase EJ away from Holly.
So when Ari and Holly were at Brady’s Pub, that’s when Sarah heard about the ugly confrontation with Amy Choi. And then Holly also told Sarah about EJ saying he would take care of Amy for her. Also that Xander jumped in being all protective too. Sarah knows Holly needs it some time to just have fun and not think about all the extra trauma drama that Amy is trying to inflict on Holly.
So right now, Ari and Holly are super eager to head out to the Horton cabin for some R&R. I also suspect that Tate and Aaron will go on a mini teenage vacation. You know, teenage scene, young 20s. But when Ari and Holly head up there, they may find an unexpected and unwanted guest lurking. And we have to wonder, will the girls find Sophia Choi there?
Days of Our Lives: Is Sophia Alive or Dead?
Now we still don’t know if Amy’s daughter is dead or alive. After Christian DiMera (Stacy Haiduk) gaslighted Sophia to try to kill Johnny DiMera (Carson Boatman) and promised her the fresh start and that she could leave town, things moved very quickly because Kristen had Sophia meet her at the remote location out by the river.
And then of course Kristen smashed a rock into Sophia’s skull. And then Kristen got her goons to throw Sophia over the edge into the water. and Salem PD has applied. They also sent out search and rescue divers, but no one has yet found Sophia’s body in it Salem River or found her alive somewhere.
Sophia Alive on Days of our Lives?
So that could mean Amy’s daughter somehow survived, or you know, Sophia could have floated away downstream from where Kristen had her thrown into the chilly water. And we’ve seen glimpses of Sophia a few times since then, but it was basically Kristen hallucinating her. And I think she saw Sophia because of Kristen’s guilty conscience.
But we also know that Sophia’s portrayer, Rachel Boyd, was taken out of the contract at the end of April and her name was removed from the closing credits. However, it is common practice for soaps to do so. Even if a character isn’t gone forever and they’re just gone for now, sometimes they are.
Plus, as you know, Days of our lives is a revolving door of characters in and out. And on the Peacock soap, welcome Lexie Carver (Nikki Crawford) and EJ duck Will Horton (Chandler Massey) and many others, even death is not an obstacle to return to the soap. So even though Sophia is dead, she can still come back, but she can actually be alive.
Days of Our Lives: The Cabin Discovery and EJ’s Discovery of Kristen’s Plan
It would be nice to have some closure though, and Holly and Ari can find her at the cabin. I wouldn’t be surprised if Sophia somehow survived the ordeal that Kristen put her through and she’s been hiding and just biding her time to strike when the time is right. Plus, Sophia would have needed time to recover from being hit in the head with a big old rock.
We’ll also have more on this from the summer campaign, because if you think about it, only a few people know Kristen made a deal with Sophia for her to take Johnny out. There were those two and there was the henchman, you know, but in the long promo, we’ve got EJ going ballistic on Kristen, and you’re going to see EJ blow up his sister for trying to kill his son Johnny.
And you have to wonder how does EJ find out what Kristen was up to? You know, it could be that Holly and Ari’s little vacation out to the Horton cabin either turns Sophia up or screws up her body. I don’t know the geography around Salem as to where the river is versus the cabin, but if it’s downstream it would make sense.
Evidence of foul play rules out suicide in days
After Kristen cracked her head and her goons threw Sophia into the water, it stayed Salem River should have stopped the bleeding from the head wound, and she might have just floated straight down and bobbed up on shore, and Sophia might have crawled to the cabin if she survived. Or Sophia could have been stuck downstream and Holly, Ari and the guys could stumble upon her corpse while out hiking or boating near the cabin, which would be disturbing.
But an autopsy would show that Sophia was the victim of murder, not suicide, because of the crack on the back of the skull. So maybe they can realize it was foul play and circle back to the gun that a girl like Sophia shouldn’t have access to. And if she died of head trauma instead of drowning, that’s another red flag. There may be a text or some calls between Kristen and Sophia on the burner phone she had. And the bottom line is that there could be evidence linking Kristen to Sophia. Or maybe she somehow survived and is ratting out Kristen.
It feels a little too random for Sarah to just up and send Ari and Holly to the Horton cabin without anything happening. So I feel like it’s out of left field. We haven’t seen that cabin in a long time. And especially since we know that EJ soon finds out that Kristen tried to get Johnny killed. I feel like that’s what sets us on that path. Hopefully they find Sophia alive because if she’s a corpse it’s going to be quite a horror show at that point and you’d hate for the kids to fall for that.
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