Days of our Lives dropped a bombshell as Sarah Horton (Linsey Godfrey) stunned Sophia Choi (Rachel Boyd) when she told her Rafe Hernandez (Galen Gering) ran a DNA test on Tate Black (Leo Howard) and Tesoro. And the DNA did not match.

Now, let’s talk about why this happened. We’ve been saying here for a while that we thought ultimately it was going to come out that Sophia was not carrying Tate’s child. I felt for quite a while that Aaron Greene (Louis Tomeo) is the one who got Sophia pregnant the day they hung out watching Body and Soul and eating cake after Tate called Sophia Holly Jonas‘s (Ashley Puzemis) name in bed, if you remember that day months and months ago, almost a year ago.

Days of Our Lives: Sophia’s Baby Daddy Shocker!

So, I’m wondering if Sarah is going to take the hair samples that Sophia gave her and hand them to Rafe to run another DNA test between Tesoro and Sophia just to confirm that she told Sarah the truth and that the Firehouse baby is really hers. I mean, Sophia gave her permission to run it. So even if Sarah turns out to run the test personally, so she still doesn’t violate HIPAA, I think this test is going to get done either by Sarah or Rafe, one way or another.

And we all saw Sarah urging Sophia to come clean so that Tate and Brady Black (Eric Martsolf) could have some closure, but Sarah still has her hands tied. She cannot tell Tate or Brady, even if she runs the test and confirms what Sophia said is true. Which would mean that Tate is definitely not the baby daddy. So Sarah was also just really upset at how selfish and terrible that Sophia is being. She seems to think that Tate will just get over the whole baby thing.

Tesoro’s Adoption Journey on DOOL

In the meantime, Tesoro’s time with Javi Hernandez (Al Calderon) and Leo Stark (Greg Rikaart) and the Hernandez family is coming to an end because the waiting period for Sophia to change her mind has expired. So now Tesoro is officially up for adoption. So this big issue is who’s going to wind up with Sophia’s baby.

Now, for a while, fans also suspected Tate might not have been Sophia’s baby daddy. And to her credit, when Sarah confronted her, Sophia seemed genuinely shocked at the idea that the baby wasn’t Tate’s. I also said here for a while that I didn’t think Sophia. was intentionally lying to Tate. I think Sophia just put it out of her mind any possibility that somebody else could be the father of her baby.

And Sophia also refused to tell Sarah who else could be the dad. I mean, Sophia was in the dark. She would have thought Tate was Tesoro’s dad forever if Sarah hadn’t come and confronted her about these lies. And Sophia was stunned when Sarah accused her of lying about putting Torto in the safe haven room at the Salem Firehouse.

So, now Sophia explained herself, but I still don’t think Sarah is going to quite believe it until she gets test results on Sophia and Tesoro. Sarah thinks that Tate deserves to know the truth that he was not a teen dad whose baby was put up for adoption. Even though Sarah can’t spill the beans, she might nudge somebody in the right direction. So the truth finally comes out about Sophia and the baby.

DOOL: Love Triangles and Adoption Schemes

Meanwhile, Tesoro is still up for adoption. And Sophia just tried to ruin Johnny DiMera‘s (Carson Boatman) and Chanel Dupree‘s (Raven Bowens) chance to adopt the baby. She sent those naughty texts from Holly’s phone. And those came in right as the social worker was there. She wrote that scathing letter to the adoption agency. And despite all that, Johnny and Chanel might still get their chance to adopt Tesoro because they found out from Rafe that Holly could not have sent the text.

And from there, it’s kind of easy for them to do the math that the only person that hates them enough to pull this stunt is Sophia because it was pretty easy for Johnny to figure out from there. Sophia sent the letter to CPS because she’s still furious that Johnny ruined the adoption months ago.

Before Sophia even gave birth, because that was the perfect answer to all her problems. And Johnny screwed it up. But with a good word from Rafe and proof that the texts were faked and the letter was a lie, Johnny and Chanel could wind up adopting Little T after all.

Days of Our Lives: Potential New Parents for Tesoro

But there are other possible families and people that could wind up with that adorable little baby. Now, there’s the chance Aaron may want his kid because it seems very likely that Aaron is the person who got Sophia pregnant. Even though he’s still in college and had no idea that he’s the one who got Sophia pregnant, Aaron may want his son. If you remember, he actually tried to come clean to Tate a few times about that day that he slept with her. We may still get some flashbacks, but you know, it seems very likely it’s him.

And Cat Greene (AnnaLynne McCord) and Felicity Greene (Kennedy Garcia) may be on board with helping Aaron raise his son. They may want the kid. Felicity and Cat may be really excited to have a nephew. And I’m sure Aaron is going to be just stunned by all this. And in the end, he really did like Sophia and he may feel betrayed. He may want custody of his son or not.

Sophia’s Mom Steps Up on DOOL?

Now, if Cat and Aaron don’t get the baby or don’t want to take in Tesoro, maybe Amy Choi (Shi Ne Nielson) steps up. You know, early in the pregnancy, Amy was pushing for Tate and Sophia to marry and raise the baby together, but Sophia pushed back. She was the one who wanted the adoption. So, Tesoro’s grandmother, Amy, may decide she’ll adopt the baby once the full truth comes out because at this point, it’s out of Sophia’s hands. She does not have a say legally at all.

Aaron could still get a say if it is his kid. Because he never got notified of the birth of a child. So, I will say Amy did say it looks like Sophia’s little brother and she seemed to feel a vibe with the kid. So, Amy is a possibility. The problem is I still don’t know if her mom will find everything out because Sophia continues to lie. I do hope that the full truth comes out to everybody in Salem.

Days of Our Lives: The Final Adoption Decision

Another option, of course, is Javi and Leo may get the chance to adopt Tesoro. They have been caring for him along with Rafe and Gabi Hernandez (Cherie Jimenez) and Arianna Horton (Marissa Reyes). And Rafe is officially the foster dad, but he also wasn’t planning to keep Little T forever. But Javi and Leo discussed adopting the baby themselves on Days of our Lives.

They worried they would not be approved though because of their past. Javi had that daughter that died in that hot car incident in Texas. Leo has past arrests for being a con man, so it might be a stretch. And of course, the final option is that some random couple winds up with Little Tesoro.

However, I feel like the baby is going to be adopted by one of the people that we know wants him or we’ll find out that he’s related to them and want them. So, right now, I’m leaning towards Johnny and Chanel, but you never know. Aaron and the Greene family may step up to the plate and take the baby home with them. I just hope the writers don’t drag this out for very much longer.

Days of Our Lives sees Sophia Choi (Rachel Boyd) may change her mind about the baby adoption because spoilers for the end of the week say she gets cold feet when it’s time to set up the dirty deal she cooked up with her lawyer, D.A. Melinda Trask (Tina Huang).

We’re going to talk about what’s ahead for Sophia, for Tate Black (Leo Howard), for their baby and others that are all affected by this plot.

Days of Our Lives: Sophia’s Secret Birth and Adoption Panic

So, if you’re watching and you’re current on episodes, poor Sophia gave birth all alone in her room a couple weeks ago, and then she freaked out because she didn’t have adoptive parents lined up. and she was worried that Tate would change his mind on the adoption because he was kind of hesitant to sign the papers. Sophia worries Tate may back out of the adoption if he gets to know their infant son. So, she panicked, dropped the newborn at the safe haven box at the fire station.

Since then, she has been sneaking around. Sophia is wearing that fake pregnancy belly that Melinda got her. Thankfully, Sophia’s lawyer also got her checked out after she gave birth. So, she got good medical care. That’s good. And she begged Melinda for help to make sure that nobody finds out what she did with her baby.

It was lucky timing for Sophia when she went into labor because her parents and her siblings were out at the movies. Tate is totally in the dark. He thinks his baby mama is still pregnant on the Peacock soap. And of course, Melinda Trask feels terrible for Sophia because she sees herself in her.

Melinda’s Troubled Past and Risky Plan to Help Sophia

If you don’t remember, Melinda was a pregnant teen. She gave birth to her daughter, Haley Chen (Thia Megia), in China. And Melinda’s parents took her baby girl and raised her as the parents. And then Melinda wound up coming to the US. Haley grew up thinking that Melinda was her big sister. So, she wants to help Sophia.

Melinda has cooked up a plan for them to go to Chicago and pretend that she gives birth there. And the adoptive parents are going to take the baby straight from the hospital. Well, that’s the whole fake story. She told Sophia she can cobble together some fake adoption papers that will convince Amy, will convince Tate, hopefully anybody else.

Days of Our Lives Spoilers: Will Sophia Expose Her Baby Secret?

However, Days of Our Lives spoilers for this week say that Sophia gets cold feet about something. So, she may tell Melinda she doesn’t want to go to Chicago and do all this bakery. Maybe she’s just scared she’s going to get caught. But the problem is Sophia would then have to tell her mother Amy and tell Tate and everybody else that she lied and gave birth weeks ago. So she’s in that rock in a hard place situation.

I cannot even imagine Amy’s reaction if she finds out her daughter left her grandchild in a fire station drop box. She would lose it. So, the spoilers about her changing her mind could be about Sophia wanting to do a takeback on dropping Tesoro the Salem Fire Department, or it could be because she’s uncomfortable with the fake adoption and asking Melinda to forge documents. She’s just a scared kid. Bottom line.

Fake Birth Story and the Fate of Baby “Tesoro”

But in one of the big promos that we’ve seen, I’m sure you’ve seen, Sophia tells Tate she gave birth to a baby girl and that the adoptive parents were there at the birth and took the baby away. So despite the cold feet spoilers for this week, it seems pretty clear Sophia is going to go ahead with the fake birth story which leaves Toro as a foster baby with Leo Stark (Greg Rikaart) and Javi Hernandez (Al Calderon) and then possibly going up for adoption.

After Sophia tells Tate the big baby lie, that’s when we could see Sophia change her mind and deciding she can’t live with herself, she can’t lie to Tate about their son. Even if Sophia still plans to push forward with going to college away from Salem, that doesn’t mean the baby has to stand in her way. I mean, if Tate doesn’t want to do the adoption, well, he could be a single dad. He’s got plenty of family that could support him.

I do suspect after Sophia gets cold feet about the Chicago trip, Melinda may talk sense to her and tell her, “Sophia, if you’re not going to do this, you have to tell the truth. You can’t have it both ways.” So, I think Melinda writing Sophia’ a reality check is what may convince her to go ahead and do the fake adoption thing in Chicago. But that also means Sophia can change her mind later at any point on Days of our Lives.

Could Melinda Adopt Sophia’s Baby? The Haley Chen Connection

What would be really interesting to me is if Melinda wound up adopting the baby because she lost her daughter Haley. That was the only kid she ever had. If you don’t remember, Kristen DiMera (Stacy Haiduk) freaked out and she shoved Haley down the stairs at University Hospital where she was a nurse and she accidentally killed her in kind of this freak accident. And Melinda does really like babies. She was very fond of baby Jude when she was babysitting him while she was plotting to help steal that kid. You know, she likes babies and baby stealing plots.

Sophia’s Desperate Cover-Up and the Paternity Question

Bottom line, time’s running out for Sofia one way or the other. And recently, Tate reached out to touch her baby belly and Sophia flipped out and then she tried to cover and said she’s just tired of people touching her bump. So Tate also dropped by this past week while she wasn’t wearing the fake pregnancy belly and she panicked and dove under the covers and kind of put a pillow over her. So she’s just going to get caught unless she goes forward.

Sophia of course had that chance run-in with Javi and Leo while they were out with her baby in Hortontown Square. And we saw Sophia getting a little teary when she found out they had named the baby Tesoro, Spanish for treasure. And Leo and Javi gave Sophia a nice little update on her son with no idea they were actually talking to the baby’s mom.

Days of Our Lives Spoilers: Fake Adoption a Success?

We’ll see what happened. But based on the promo, Melinda Trask and Sophia pull off this fake adoption. Or they at least give it a real good try since she is going to tell Tate about having a little girl and her being adopted on the spot and that’s why he doesn’t get to see the kid.

We do have to wonder if Sophia’s lie means Tate never ever gets to meet his son face to face. And Melinda’s and Sophia’s plot basically means Tate would never know the truth. Plus, there’s also the fact that many Days of Our Lives fans still think Sophia is wrong about the baby’s paternity. Not necessarily that she lied, but maybe that she didn’t consider that it could be someone else.

Because a lot of people think Cat Greene’s (AnnaLynne McCord) younger brother, Aaron Greene (Louis Tomeo), is the one who got Sophia pregnant. They got together the day she blew up and dumped Tate for calling her Holly while they were in bed. And Sophia and Aaron spent an afternoon together. We don’t know exactly what they did, but Aaron has been more just kind of mooning around about Sophia for a long time. And if she did sleep with him, that would explain a lot of that.

Adoption Plans and Lingering Secrets

If Javi and Leo consider adopting Tesoro Sophia thinks that’s a good place for her baby, maybe she’ll decide she can live with the lie and that Tate never needs to know. And of course, the truth usually comes out, but not always. There have been very long running paternity secrets that lasted years on days, and that could be how this one goes, unless Sophia really does change her mind about the baby’s adoption.