'Days of Our Lives' spoilers for Jan. 2 – 6, 2017: Rafe learns about Stefano’s death; Nicole says goodbye to baby; Theo and Valerie square off

“Days of Our Lives” will be starting this incoming year with typical mysteries, heartbreaks and confrontations as the cast gets set up for new challenges to come their way.

Spoiler alert! This article contains “Days of Our Lives” spoilers. Read on if you would like to know what happens next before the next episode airs.

“Days of Our Lives” (DOOL) will actually be kic king off on Tuesday January 3 . On this upcoming episode, viewers will get to see Chad (Billy Flynn) and Abigail (Marci Miller) fire up as they passionately kiss for New Year’s Eve.

On Wednesday, Rafe (Galen Gering) will receive a word about a Stefano (Joseph Mascolo) sighting. Shane (Charles Shaughnessy) will ask Rafe to head out to Europe. Kayla (Mary Beth Evans) and Steve (Stephen Nichols) will comfort Joey (James Lastovic).

A closer look at this upcoming episode reveals that Rafe will start packing up for a trip to Prague. He will be making plans with Steve, Paul (Christopher Sean) and Marlena (Deidre Hall) before they head out. When they reach their destination, Rafe will want to give Hope (Kristian Alfonso) updates about Stefano’s staged death.

On Thursday, Soaps She Knows writes that Nicole (Arianne Zucker) gets her heart broken when she has to say goodbye to the baby. This will be very difficult for her as Nancy (Patrika Darbo) is determined to keep Chloe’s (Nadia Bjorlin) secret. She will be firm in believing that allowing Nicole to see the baby would be too risky. Nicole will be crushed when Nancy will shut her off.

On Friday, Theo (Kyler Pettis) and Valerie (Vanessa A. Williams) will square off over the bug that he left in her purse. Sources also reveal that Ciara (Vivian Jovanni) will later give Theo her attention as they engage in a deep conversation while Claire (Olivia Rose Keegan) is just nearby. Of course, she will not be pleased by what she hears. Claire has been quite a snob lately and from what has happened, it looks like things are about to get worse.

“Days of Our Lives” airs on NBC every Monday to Thursday in the United States. It also airs every weekdays at 12:45 p.m. on Arena in Australia.