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Young & The Restless Transcript

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Sally: [ Chuckles ]

Nick: Wow! Wow! Look at you. Let’S… yeah, let’s go celebrate.

Sally: Are you sure?

Nick: Are you kidding me? With that dress? We are hitting the town.

Sally: Well, terrific, although I do feel kind of bad because you have to be up at the office bright and early, and I don’t have anything on my schedule tomorrow until a mani-pedi at 2:00.

Nick: Don’t worry about me. I operate on minimal sleep. Besides, we have a lot to celebrate.

Sally: Yeah. What are we celebrating, me signing up for unemployment?

Nick: You gonna be doing that before or after your mani-pedi?

Sally: Oh, man, I don’t know. It depends on how late I sleep in.

Nick: See, I would think you’d want to get up at the crack of dawn so you could begin work on your project, which is potentially a very big deal.

Sally: Well, it is still in its embryonic stages. So, you know, there’s nothing to celebrate…yet.

Nick: Oh, this has nothing to do with work. This is about us.

Billy: Hey, sharon, um, how’s our friend upstairs doing? How’s chelsea? No, it’s okay. Lily knows. Actually, chelsea was the one that said that I need to tell her. She was actually adamant about it. She didn’t want lily to get the wrong idea.

Lily: I think what you and billy have done is amazing. I think you’re an angel.

Sharon: Oh, well, I don’t know about that, but, you know, I try to do the right thing whenever I can.

Lily: Yeah. So, now that you know I know, how is she doing?

Sharon: I don’t know. They’ve been up there for a while.

Billy: “They”?

Sharon: Yeah. You know, adam had some reservations at first, but he eventually did what chelsea asked. He brought connor over here so that she could tell him everything that’s going on.

Billy: Well, that’s a very sensitive and delicate conversation to have. I hope adam doesn’t screw it up. Did you tell connor?

Adam: Mm-hmm. It wasn’t easy, but I was truly impressed how chelsea was able to handle it. She was honest and candid. Got pretty emotional. But he seemed to understand.

Sharon: Well, I think his generation has a different perspective on mental health than what we grew up with.

Adam: He’s going to stay with her tonight. You know, he wants to be with his mom right now.

Billy: Did chelsea seem like she was, uh…

Adam: Billy, chelsea is strong enough to handle this on her own. She doesn’t need your support. She’s with her son. She’s okay. Just leave them alone.

Nate: That’s excellent, vivian. And you can send me all that data. Great. Great. I am especially interested in cross-referencing our audiences on our platforms with the top 100 advertisers. So, if you can highlight that for me, that would be amazing. Oh, really? Sally had you highlight that same material? Hmm. Interesting. That should make it easy, then. I’ll expect it soon. Thanks.

Elena: You look like you belong behind that desk.

Nate: Oh, and you are a sight for sore eyes.

Elena: Hi.

Nate: Hey.

Elena: How’s it going?

Nate: Well, it’s my first full day. I haven’t mastered all the nuances, but I did find the executive dining room, so that is a good start.

Elena: I’m sure you’ll figure it all out soon. For good luck.

Nate: Wow. Thank you.

Elena: Yeah, I just wanted to get you something to show you that I support you 100%.

Sally: Wow! This place looks great! Noah’s crushing it.

Nick: Thank you. Yeah, it is a success. I’m so proud of him.

Sally: Wow. I didn’t see him when we walked in.

Nick: Yeah, me either. He’s usually here every night. Maybe I’ll call him.

Sally: I’m sure he’s fine. It’s actually kind of nice, him not being here.

Nick: Why would you say that?

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Nate: Wow. I love it. It’s all I want when I need a little inspiration.

Elena: And all I want is some dinner. Are you finished here yet? We should go celebrate.

Nate: Ooh, I would love that. But I have to get to a meeting with victoria.

Elena: This late?

Nate: We work around the clock here. But I tell you what. Why don’t you go to society, get us a table, order a bottle of their finest champagne, and I will be there soon.

Elena: You sure you’re going to be able to get away?

Nate: Look, everything’s been going smoothly and efficiently, so this meeting shouldn’t take long.

Elena: Okay, well, I will head there now. You know, it’s nice seeing you like this.

Nate: Like what?

Elena: Happy. Enjoying your work again.

Nate: Yeah, I am all of that.

Elena: Mm-hmm. I think it’s what was missing at chancellor-winters. And even though I hate how you got to this point, I really love that you’re here.

Nate: I can’t tell you how much your support means to me, and I look forward to celebrating with you tonight.

Lily: I am so glad that it went well for chelsea. I mean, that must have been a huge relief.

Sharon: It’s a step in the right direction.

Lily: I can’t even imagine how hard that conversation with connor must have been. I’m sure she’s happy it was successful.

Billy: Well, we don’t actually know if it was successful, right? I mean, we’re taking adam’s word on that.

Sharon: Well, I don’t think he would lie about something like this.

Billy: Oh, I wouldn’t be so sure. I mean, I’m sure he has the right intentions, but I’ve never trusted him.

Lily: Well, I think that i agree with sharon right now. I think that we have to take him at his word.

Billy: Sure. But I still think that I should go check up on her real quick, just to be safe.

Sharon: I don’t think you should go up there tonight.

Billy: Okay. Can I call her at least?

Sharon: I don’t know if that’s a good idea, either. She’s with her son. Don’t interrupt their time together.

Lily: Look, billy, I know that you don’t trust adam, but I know that you trust sharon’s expert advice.

Billy: Okay. I won’t bug her tonight.

Lily: You know what? Why don’t we go get dinner? I’m hungry. I know that you haven’t eaten all day.

Billy: I haven’T. No, that sounds really nice. Let’s go grab dinner. Sharon, if you do hear anything, can you just let me know?

Sharon: I will.

Billy: Okay. Thank you.

Lily: Noah, hi.

Noah: Lily, billy. Good to see you.

Sharon: Hey.

Noah: Billy didn’t try busting my chops. What’s wrong?

Sharon: Hopefully nothing. But something has been gnawing away at me, and it made me think of you.

Noah: Oh, yeah. What’s that?

Sharon: Well, I’ve been helping to treat someone recently who’s experiencing some mental-health issues, and it just made me wonder what it felt like for you when I was spiraling out with my bipolar disorder. Moderate-to-severe eczema.

Elena: Devon? Devon?

Devon: Hey.

Elena: Hey, what’s going on?

Devon: How you doing?

Elena: Wow. Whatever you were just thinking about really has a hold on you.

Devon: Oh. Just been a little distracted today.

Elena: Something big?

Devon: It’s just something that I’m having trouble figuring out. That’s all.

Elena: Can I help?

Devon: No, no, not at all. I appreciate the offer, though. But it’s something that I have to figure out on my own.

Elena: Ah. One of those “sitting alone at the bar with a drink” kind of problems?

Devon: That’s the one, yeah. What are you doing? You here by yourself, too?

Elena: No. I am meeting nate. Maybe when he gets here, we could all sit down and have a drink together.

Devon: Last thing I’d ever want to do is sit down and have a drink with a traitor.

Nate: Hey, you ready for me?

Victoria: Yes. Come on in. Thank you for staying so late.

Nate: There was a lot to do, even on my first day. So, did I screw something up? Is that what this meeting is about?

Victoria: No. There’s no report of anything going wrong. I just wanted to check in with you and see how it all went.

Nate: Well, it…it all went great. Staff was on top of everything. Today was mostly about settling in and going over all the projects in progress.

Victoria: Good. What did you find?

Nate: Interestingly enough, sally spectra had a lot going on. Every time I made a suggestion, the response was, “sally was doing that.”

Victoria: Oh, well, there’s no need to dwell on your predecessor’s performance.

Nate: I hope you don’t have a problem with me occasionally disagreeing with you, but i think we should talk about her work.

Victoria: And why is that?

Nate: Well, looking over everything, talking to the staff, evaluating places where we need to be stronger, I think sally was doing a really good job. She was implementing some strong, innovative ideas for this division.

Victoria: Those weren’t all her ideas. It takes a team effort, you know?

Nate: Of course, of course. But their leader had them on the right path.

Victoria: What are you saying, nate?

Nate: Look — don’t get me wrong. I am grateful for this opportunity, but I’m not sure why you brought me in to take sally’s place.

Sally: So, what does a celebration of us entail? Do we need, like, party hats or kazoos?

Nick: I would think we’re worthy of at least, like, a trumpet or a saxophone.

Sally: Okay. I like that. Uh, I’m sorry. I think there was a mistake. We didn’t order this.

Nick: Alright. I know who it’s from. Look over your left shoulder.

Sally: Great.

[ Clears throat ] Looks like he’s in the mood to cause another scene.

Sharon: You know, I didn’t mean to ambush you with that question.

Noah: It was definitely unexpected.

Sharon: Well, if it’s an uncomfortable subject for you, we don’t have to talk about it. I was just looking for some insight.

Noah: No, it’s okay. It was hard. Things were bad for you. But then you got help, and you came back stronger and more grounded. That was reassuring.

Sharon: Well, you know, when you’re in it, you don’t think about how it’s going to affect the people you love. You just are focused on yourself and trying to get better. And now I can look back, and I can see how difficult that probably was for you.

Noah: I think it was harder for faith. I was older. It was easier for me to process. Plus, I could do my own research, see what we were inyeah, you know, dad and I, we did our best to shield her from your more manic episodes,rong?

Noah: Nothing.

Sharon: You know, I thought something was on your mind when you came in, and now I’m certain.

Noah: Mom, I’d really rather not talk about it.

Sharon: Hey, I just told you, moms are going to worry. Don’t make me worry any more than I have to. What’s going on?

Noah: You said I’d understand one day when I was a parent. Well, it turns out I almost was a parent. Who says you have to spend more on skincare

Elena: How much harm could one drink with your cousin cause?

Devon: I don’t like him, elena.

Elena: Come on, devon.

Devon: What do you mean, “come on”? It hasn’t been that long since he did what he did to our family. And I thought the two of you split over the whole thing. You’ve taken him back?

Elena: He’s been remorseful. He knows how much he screwed up. He flew too close to the sun, and he got burned.

Devon: You know that he only came clean to us because he thought it would help getting you back.

Elena: I think he’s learned from this.

Devon: Oh. Well, is that why he’s never told us who he was working for? Even though we now know it’s victorian newman, and he won’t admit it. So, he’s still protecting the ceo who went after our company and who still might try and go after it.

Elena: I don’t think that’s going to happen. I think that’s all over.

Devon: How do you know that? Nobody does. And, like I said, the only reason he admitted anything to us is because you showed up to the office that day and put pressure on him to do it. If you hadn’t done that, he wouldn’t have said anything. And he and victoria would have stolen our company out from under us.

Elena: You really believe that?

Devon: I know it for a fact. He’s changed, elena. He’s not the same person he used to be. Hell, maybe he never even was that guy.

Victoria: Sally had some good ideas, but that did not make her a good ceo. There were a lot of dynamics at play. You know, the only reason she was here was because adam wanted to promote his then-girlfriend. She was not my choice. So, when I took over again, I had to make some changes.

Nate: So letting her go was payback for adam?

Victoria: No, I didn’t care about that at all. I mean, sally and adam had been broken up for a while. If I wanted to take a shot at him, I could have done something a little more effective.

Nate: Mm. So, you’re saying there’s nothing personal at all in your decision to dismiss sally?

Victoria: You know, people always say, “it’s nothing personal. It’s just business.” But there is always a personal element to every decision, isn’t there? If I had liked sally, would I have been more inclined to keep her on despite her — her flawed leadership? Possibly. But it’s not a bad thing to like the people that you work with.

Nate: Yeah. That hits pretty close to home for me right now.

Victoria: I thought it might. So, I would advise you not to focus on what sally did or did not accomplish. You have far more to offer than sally ever could. And that is why I made these changes.

Nate: Okay, that all makes sense.

Victoria: [ Chuckles ] So, come on. Let’s not focus on the past. I don’t like to do that. We have a bright future. Why don’t we talk about that?

Nate: Sounds good.

Victoria: You’ve had a chance to look things over. So, what are your first impressions? How do you want to put newman media on top?

Nate: I’m excited. I can tell you that much. I don’t want to get into specifics. I need to get better acquainted with all the various projects. But I know I want us to be leaner. It’s good for the bottom line, and it makes us more agile, quicker to respond. Also, I’d like to create an environment where people with good ideas don’t have to jump through five levels of approval. They can initiate projects on their own.

Victoria: Well, I like that.

Nate: Once we have the structure and staff in place, we can create the culture and start to focus on the content.

Victoria: Good. Good. So, what are your thoughts on that?

Nate: I want to be sure we’re putting out quality across all platforms. I don’t want newman media associated with click-bait, cheap production values. We can build our audience without cutting corners.

Victoria: Okay, so you want our brand to be quality, but that goes up against your plan to streamline the staff. Putting out good content takes a lot of manpower. So, you do want to avoid that pitfall.

Nate: Good point. I appreciate that.

Victoria: But I love the direction. I want to encourage you to have big ideas. Create a dream list of all of your projects and go for it. Don’t worry about the cost right now — no limits.

Noah: Audra told me she had no intention of ever telling me about the miscarriage, but being here and seeing me just brought up all these old emotions. She thought that she should let me know.

Sharon: Well, I’m sorry that you’re going through this, especially with the way you found out.

Noah: Yeah, I’m still just trying to, you know, adjust to it all. Now I can’t help but wondering what if? What if I had stayed? Everything would have been different. And I know that I can’t know what it would be like if I’d found out at the time, but it just, um… it feels like a big loss.

Sharon: Well, I’m sorry. Again, I know how much a miscarriage can hurt. I know what it’s like to mourn a child who never was. And I know how long you can carry that pain with you.

Noah: If that baby had lived, um, it would be a few months old by now. You would have had your first grandchild. Ever leave your clothes in the dryer

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Elena: I guess we’re going to have to just agree to disagree about nate.

Devon: Or you can believe me.

[ Chuckles ]

Elena: You know I can’t, devon. So, let’s just not talk about nate anymore.

Devon: Oh, that’s a fantastic idea. How are you? How have you been? Good to see you.

Elena: You too. I’m good. How have you been? How’s amanda? I heard she’s back from virginia.

Devon: She is, yeah.

Elena: Well, that’s exciting. Is she planning to stay for a while?

Devon: Unfortunately, no, she’s not.

Elena: Oh. How come?

Devon: She’s just needed back there with her family for support. Going through a lot, you know?

Elena: Well, I know long-distance relationships can be tough, but no matter the distance between you two and how rough it might be to be apart, I think you’re both strong enough to make it through.

Devon: Well, yeah, that’S… hey, look who it is.

Lily: Oh, devon, hello. Hi, elena.

Elena: Hey!

Lily: How are you?

Elena: I’m good. Good to see you two.

Billy: What do you say? Should we share a table?

Devon: I’m going to go ahead and pass, just because she’s here to meet with our favorite cousin. So, I’m going to keep my distance at the bar, if you don’t mind.

Elena: Yeah, I understand if you want your privacy, but you’re both more than welcome to join nate and I.

Lily: Yeah, that’s going to be a no for me.

Billy: Yeah. Separate tables it is.

Lily: Yes. But I would love to catch up with you sometime soon, just the two of us.

Elena: I’d love that, too.

Lily: Alright, bye.

Elena: I’m going to grab a drink.

Devon: Have fun.

Billy: I’m surprised you didn’t say more about nate.

Lily: Well, I would have said more if he were actually here. But I’m not going to drag elena into our family issue. She doesn’t deserve that.

Billy: Lily, what’s wrong?

Lily: I don’t know. I’m just… I’m frustrated.

Billy: About?

Lily: Why didn’t you tell me about chelsea in the beginning? We live together. We share everything. Did you think I wouldn’t be sympathetic?

Billy: No, not at all.

Lily: Well, then what? Do you not trust me? Because if that’s the case, then what does that say about our relationship?

Noah: I just realized i didn’t even let you know audra was in town.

Sharon: No, you didn’T.

Noah: Somehow you knew.

Sharon: Um, yeah, mariah kept me in the loop.

Noah: Of course.

Sharon: I mean, I knew you would tell me at some point, when you’re ready, so I just — I never brought it up.

Noah: Allie is the only other one who knows about the miscarriage. I’d really like to keep it between us.

Sharon: Alright. I understand. How did she take the news?

Noah: I think it was a lot for her. You know, it’s hard for her to understand how I had no idea that audra was pregnant, but I really didn’T. If she was showing any signs of pregnancy, I didn’t see them. I didn’t even think that was a possibility at the time.

Sharon: You weren’t, um, you weren’t trying to have a baby, were you?

Noah: No, but I should have had some kind of clue. I mean, who doesn’t see that?

Sharon: I don’t want you to beat yourself up about this. You’re such a kind and loving person.

Noah: And there was nothing kind about the way that I broke it off with audra. I was — I was upset, and I was exhausted by all the drama, and I just — I just left. I didn’t even tell her. It’s no wonder she didn’t let me know she was pregnant.

Nick: You know, I don’t want to feel like I got to leave just because of my brother. On the other hand, I do want to sit over here and wait for him to cause a scene, just so we can prove a point.

Sally: So, if we leave, he controls us. And if we stay, he controls us.

Nick: Yeah, pretty much.

Sally: Well, maybe we should split up, head in different directions. It’s the only way to mess up his plans.

Nick: [ Laughs ] Is that what you want to do?

Sally: No, absolutely not. We cannot give him that power. He can’t dictate our moves.

Nick: What do you propose?

Sally: We stay, and we have our evening.

Nick: Well, then, let’s drink his wine.

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Sharon: It’s not like you to leave a relationship without having a conversation first.

Noah: I’m not proud of it. You know, it’s just she created so much drama and turmoil, and it’s just I couldn’t take it anymore. So, I left. And apparently she lost the baby the night I moved out.

Sharon: Well, that doesn’t make it your responsibility. Miscarriages, especially in the early stages of pregnancy, are usually due to a developmental issue with it.

Noah: Still, if I had just stayed… you know, if I had just been there, I could’ve helped her. She wouldn’t have to do it all alone.

Sharon: Noah, you wouldn’t have left her in that situation if you had known. You were in a bad relationship, and you had to get out. And I’m sure that growing up around here, you had seen enough of that. You’ve seen it in your own household growing up with us. I know that my own issues I was dealing with didn’t help any of those matters.

Noah: I’m not going to blame you for anything I experienced in my childhood. Okay? You and dad were the best parents a kid could have. Every family has drama. You learn from it. You grow up. You try not to make the same mistakes.

Sharon: Well, I feel bad for you and audra. This is a tough situation. But you can’t change the past, and you shouldn’t beat yourself up.

Billy: I understand why you would be upset, but my discretion about the situation with chelsea had nothing to do with us. And it’s not a commentary on the state of our relationship.

Lily: I just feel caught between having this admiration for how you’re helping her, but then also this gnawing sense that helping her is not good for us.

Billy: I get that. I do. And I feel bad about keeping the severity of what’s gone down from you. But, lily, it just did not feel like my story to tell. I needed chelsea to give me the go-ahead in order to share anything with you.

Lily: Okay. So, even though I wouldn’t have told a soul, you still think it was the right choice?

Billy: I’m just acting on impulses here, okay? I’m improvising, ever since I saw her standing on that ledge. It hasn’t always guided me correctly, but it’s all I got.

Lily: So, then take a step back, okay? It’s not you and chelsea alone on the roof anymore. She has other people. She has sharon, who is a trained professional. She has her own doctor. She has adam, who knows her better than anyone and has a stake in her well-being. All of them are much better suited to help her than you are.

Billy: I made a promise to her, to be there for her, to help her through this. I can’t leave her high and dry.

Lily: You’re not, billy. You have done your part. You have done more than enough.

[ Cellphone pings ] Is chelsea okay?

Billy: She said connor’s sleeping, and she’s going to grab a tea at crimson lights, and she wants to talk.

Lily: Are you going to go?

Billy: No, I don’t want to leave you, not in the middle of this conversation.

Lily: No, you should go. It’s fine. I mean, if she’s reaching out, it’s fine. I understand.

Billy: I’ll be back. Okay, I’ll be back before our food even comes.

Lily: Don’t make promises you can’t keep.

Billy: Okay. That is a promise that is probably not realistic. But I will be back as soon as I can. I really just want to hear from her how the conversation with connor went. And I can also use this time to, you know, let her know that I’m going to be pulling back, that I’m going to let the professionals help in her recovery.

Lily: Okay. Thanks for listening.

Elena: [ Thinking ] Champagne is here. Are you on your way?

Nate: So, did you always want to work at newman?

Victoria: I wouldn’t say always, given the number of times that I’ve left.

[ Cellphone pings ]

Nate: Sorry about that. Thought I turned my phone off.

Victoria: Is that something you need to deal with?

Nate: Uh, it’s elena. We’re meeting for a late dinner.

[ Cellphone pings ] “Sorry. Meeting going long. Be there soon.”

Lily: Hey.

Devon: Hey. What happened with your dinner date with billy?

Lily: It’s been postponed.

Devon: He just rushed out of here like that?

Lily: Yeah, sure did.

Devon: Has he figured out what he’s doing with his life yet?

Lily: I hope not.

Devon: That’s an odd response.

Lily: It’s fine. Don’t read too much into it.

Devon: Well, there’s clearly something bothering you. Would you like to talk about it?

Lily: Um, I’m going to take a page from your book and say, no, I don’t want to talk about it.

Devon: Hmm. Okay. Well, then, I’m going to take that cue to go home since you do not want to talk about it. I hope that whatever is bothering you, you feel better about in the morning, though. Okay?

Lily: Thanks.

Devon: Love you.

Lily: Love you.

Sally: Well, it was a fun night, after all. Although just once, I would like to go out in this town and not run into an ex of yours or mine.

Nick: Yeah, I don’t know how that’s going to be possible, but I think we handled it about as well as we could tonight.

Sally: I agree.

Nick: Let’s go.

Adam: You guys enjoy the wine?

Sally: Uh, it was a little too sweet for me.

Adam: [ Chuckles ] Maybe I should have sent over your favorite scotch instead.

Nick: Yeah, we were just taking off. We’ll have to catch up some other time.

Adam: Can I speak to you in private?

Nick: Can we not do this tonight?

Adam: It’ll just take a couple of minutes. I have something that I want to say. Please.

Sally: Just…just a second, okay?

Nick: Yeah.

Sally: You have two minutes.

Adam: Thank you. (Birds chirping)

Victoria: I actually — i developed my passion for the family business working in the mailroom back when we had a big mailroom. You know, back when we did everything on paper. I just remember loving how big the company was. And I loved to see how far newman enterprises’ tentacles could reach. It was — it was inspiring.

Nate: Then you worked your way up from there?

Victoria: Oh, I wouldn’t say that. I mean, I’m aware of my privilege. I know that my last name has given me this opportunity, but I have held positions at every level inside of this organization. And I know it. I know it inside and out.

Nate: You see, that’s why I’m excited to work for you. I want to learn from you.

Victoria: That’s good. But, you know you don’t have to flatter me. You already have the job.

Nate: I’m sincere. That was what interested me about having chancellor-winters under the newman umbrella. I felt like I could have thrived with your guidance. I mean, us just sitting here, trading ideas? That’s the kind of personal leadership I was looking for.

Victoria: Oh, good, because that’s the only way that I know how to work. But I have to tell you, I’m not always going to agree with you. And when I do disagree with you, I’m not always going to sugarcoat things.

Nate: Bring it on. I can take it.

Victoria: Don’t you have dinner with elena?

Nate: Yeah, but she’ll be fine. This is important. I feel like I’m learning a lot already. Plus, we have momentum. Let’s not stop.

Sally: How much have you had to drink?

Adam: I’m fine. Okay? I got here after you and nick did.

Sally: That’s not an answer.

Adam: [ Sighs ] Look — I, um, thank you for taking a minute to talk to me.

Sally: Look. You can’t keep doing this. Adam, you can’t keep showing up wherever I am and demand to talk to me.

Adam: I know. I know. I know. And I’m sorry for earlier. I was out of line.

Sally: Yeah, you were. And now you turn up here tonight.

Adam: I just… I came here to relax. I didn’t expect to see you and nick. But after seeing the two of you together, it’s eating away at me. I know that is a mistake, okay? You deserve better than that, sally.

Sally: Okay, well, you know, it’s none of your concern.

Adam: It is. It is. I feel like I’m the one who drove you into his arms, okay? I regret every foolish thing I did to drive you away. I want to be with you. We belong together. Marry me, sally.

Elena: Well, I am officially giving up and going home. I hope your night ends better than mine.

Lily: Yeah, we’ll see. It was good to see you. And, please, let’s catch up soon.

Elena: We definitely will.

Lily: Bye.

Excuse me.

Elena: Oh, sorry.

Lily: Daniel?

Daniel: Lily.

Lily: [ Chuckles ]

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Connor: Mom, your new apartment is really cool. But you know what the coolest part is?

Chelsea: What?

Connor: You’re back and we’re together.

Chelsea: I’m so happy to be back. I missed you so much. And I look forward to spending so much time here together.

Connor: Can I decorate my new room however I want?

Chelsea: Uh, sure. Well, I mean, within reason. Maybe we can do it together. It’ll be our own special project.

Connor: Yeah, that would be fun.

Chelsea: Yeah. And we can do movie nights and we can eat popcorn and get special treats downstairs at crimson lights.

Connor: Awesome.

Chelsea: Just the two of us.

Connor: That sounds nice, mom. But will you promise me something?

Chelsea: Anything.

Connor: Promise you won’t disappear on me again?

Ashley: Hi. What are you doing here? I was on my way to see you. What’s wrong, honey?

Abby: Uh, sorry. I just — I couldn’t sit there any longer. It hurt too much.

Ashley: What’s going on? What? What? What?

Abby: [ Voice breaking ] Mom, it’s bad. It’s a really bad.

[ Sniffles ]

Diane: [ Sighs ]

[ Scoffs ] Why aren’t you responding to my messages?

Jack: As you can see, I am at work. I don’t want to be here late today. If you don’t mind, I really don’t have time for interruptions.

Diane: [ Sighs ] Obviously, you’re working. And I can see that you’re busy, but that is no excuse for ignoring my calls. I have an urgent matter that i need to discuss with you.

Jack: There is always something urgent with you. I’m sorry. I don’t have time for your drama right now.

Diane: Okay, well, maybe you don’t want to see me and you don’t want to speak to me, but you at least need to listen to what I have to say.

Nick: [ Sighs ] I guess, uh, see ya around?

Sally: [ Inhales sharply ] Yeah. Um…you know, after our talk earlier, I, uh — I don’t know. I feel like there’s still so much left unresolved. Would you maybe want to join me for a drink and find some answers? Wait. I just want to be clear. I still do not want to talk about your loan offer. So, if you bring it up…

Nick: We can discuss or not discuss whatever you want.

Sally: [ Breathes deeply ]

Chelsea: There’s something i need to share with you.

Connor: Okay. Sounds serious.

Chelsea: It is serious. I want to tell you where I’ve been the past few days. Do you remember when I was in the hospital last year?

Connor: Yeah. After you got out, we went to see grandma.

Chelsea: That’s right. Do you remember why I was in the hospital?

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Adam: Connor, everything is going to be okay. Just give your mom some time to explain, okay?

Chelsea: Last year, um… last year, I needed help because I was having trouble determining what was real. I was feeling lost, and i couldn’t distinguish what was right or wrong. I was feeling confused, so it was hindering me from focusing on what was important. But I recovered, and I thought that that was past me. And then over the past few days, I could feel myself slipping again, except it felt different this time. It, um… it felt worse, actually. So I decided it was best if i went back to the hospital.

[ Sighs ] Um… connor, tell me, do you — do you know what depression is?

Connor: I think it’s like being sad. Is that why you went to the hospital? Because you felt sad?

Chelsea: That was one of the reasons.

Connor: [ Voice breaking ] I’m sorry, mom. I didn’t mean to make you sad. I didn’t mean to hurt you about johnny or me or anything else. I was just scared.

Chelsea: Oh, connor.

Connor: [ Exhales heavily ]

Phyllis: Hmm.

Tucker: Mm.

[ Chair legs scrape ] Let me buy you a drink.

Tucker: No, I’m just waiting on a to-go order.

Phyllis: Oh, come on. One drink. Sit down. It’ll be fun. You work so hard. Come take a load off.

Sally: So, how do you think things are gonna go at newman media under the new leadership?

Nick: Well, I don’t know if nate’s the right man for the job. And I hate to say it, but his recent behavior has me questioning the man’s integrity.

Sally: Really?

Nick: Plus, I was a real big fan of the old regime. You made a believer out of me, sally. I know you may not be open to it, but I’m hoping you take my offer for a loan as a vote of confidence in your talent.

Sally: As opposed to…?

Nick: Personal favor, i guess.

Sally: [ Clears throat ] Well, despite the fact that you promised not to press me on the issue, I am very grateful for your generous offer.

Nick: Great. Then we can, uh —

Sally: But before you say anything else, I do want to make something perfectly clear. I do not want anyone, including you, thinking that I’m trying to manipulate a romantic situation. ‘Cause there is going to be a ton of people out there who will immediately jump to that conclusion. We both know who they are. That is 100% not who I am. And if there is any doubt on that, then I don’t want your money.

Jack: Honestly, I’m really not interested in what you have to say. Lately, there is always some fresh hell.

Diane: The hell started when tucker mccall came back to town. Jack, you need to watch out for him.

Jack: Why?

Diane: Because there is one last thing about the deal I made with tucker out in L.A. That i haven’t told you yet.

Jack: Of course there is.

Diane: What you don’t know is that tucker wanted me to share any information or documents i could find pertaining to the financial stability of jabot.

Jack: What?

Diane: Yes, he’s obviously looking for a weakness that he can use to exploit the company.

[ Folder thuds ] But I — no! I never gave tucker anything. I mean, you have to know that i would — I would never do that to you or kyle.

Jack: One more lie. One more secret. One more deceit. Another shoe dropping, right on schedule! If you were so loyal, if it was so important for me to have this critical information, why did you hold on to it for so long? Why is it coming out just now?

Diane: [ Sighs ] How white do you think your teeth really are?

Diane: I wanted to tell you before, but I didn’t want to cause any more problems for the family than necessary. Really. Before tucker came back to genoa city, I had no intentions of giving him any information about jabot. But then once he showed up here, I knew that whatever he had planned was not going to be derailed by my lack of cooperation.

Jack: How many times did i ask you if there was more to your arrangement with mccall?

Diane: [ Sighs ] I-I know. I-I know. I was — I was trying — I was trying to handle it by myself and — and making it all go away. I was looking for the perfect opportunity to set a trap for him. I thought that if I could discover his true intentions, then I could catch him red-handed. Jack, you do remember what a ruthless man tucker is. And not to mention all the dangerous people he’s been associated with.

Jack: Yeah, you told me you had plenty of dangerous people in your life, as well.

Diane: [ Sighs ] You mean jeremy stark. And that is exactly who I’m talking about. Because I didn’t get the information to tucker about jabot, he is threatening to use jeremy as a way to get revenge on me.

Jack: Wait. How does he intend to do that?

Diane: Tucker has already told ashley about my connection to jeremy. Jeremy served 6 years of a 10-year prison sentence, but he’s about to be released, and we can be sure that he is not coming out reformed. And now — now, on top of that, nikki and phyllis and ashley are threatening to plant the idea in jeremy’s head that I helped put him away. If they’re successful, he’s gonna want payback.

Abby: I think my marriage might be over.

Ashley: What are you talking about?

Abby: Chance doesn’t think he’s the right person for me. And the worst part is he doesn’t think he wants to be.

Ashley: I don’t understand, honey. You found him. You brought him home when everybody thought he was dead. I mean, you’ve been by his side every step of the way. He went through all this trauma, and there you were. And now he wants to leave this marriage without provocation?

Abby: But he was. He — he was provoked.

Ashley: Did he cheat on you?

Abby: No, mom.

[ Sniffles ] It wasn’t chance. Chance didn’t do anything wrong. It was me. I cheated on him.

[ Sighs heavily ]

Adam: [ Sighs ] Come here, connor. Listen to me.

Connor: [ Sniffles ]

Adam: Nothing that happened is your fault. None of the things your mother is dealing with right now you caused, okay?

Chelsea: Your father is telling you the truth. This is not about one thing that happened or one person. The truth is I have been struggling with a few things in my life, both past and present. But look how things have turned around for me, huh? I was looking for a stable, safe place to live, besides the hotel, and look — I found this great apartment, right?

[ Sighs ] Connor, I — I was just struggling with, um, some stuff with my work. And then — and then we lost rey so suddenly. I know that was really hard on us, right?

Connor: I miss him.

Chelsea: I know. And then I think it was just hard for me when johnny didn’t embrace the news about me being his biological mom. Giving birth to the two of you is the best thing that has ever happened to me. You are my whole world. You know that, right?

Connor: Yeah.

Chelsea: Yeah. And I guess I just — I don’t know. I guess I was hoping, you know,

[Sighs] Johnny could be a part of our family and he could add some light to a life that is already so bright because you’re in it. But it’s not johnny’s fault, either. You know, he’s — he’s allowed to have his feelings.

[ Sighs ] Anyway, um, I am working really hard with my doctors at the hospital to figure out why i went through this period of sadness and — and how I can get better.

Adam: Mm-hmm.

Connor: Is it over now?

Nick: Sally, I don’t think you’re manipulating our relationship. There’s nothing illicit about this. But I don’t want you to feel uncomfortable on account of me or anyone else for the motivation of me offering you this loan.

Sally: I’m sorry. It’s just, enough people assume that adam only hired me for personal reasons that I can’t help worrying that it might happen again.

Nick: Look, I’m not gonna deny that our relationship means a lot to me. But it’s got nothing to do with this offer. I saw early on when we were working together, before we got involved, that you’re a very talented woman. And chloe’s obviously a very driven person, and I think the two of you make an incredible team. So, if you do, in fact, want to start your own fashion label, there’s just no chance it doesn’t become a powerhouse. So, why wouldn’t I want to help you achieve that?

Sally: There’s just one problem. I don’t want to start another fashion line.

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Sally: Running newman media gave me a taste of something bigger. You know, I realized I’m capable of so much more than just designing dresses. I mean, of course I still love the fashion world and can undeniably out-design the best of them. But I don’t know. I just feel like going back to where chloe and I were before is taking a step backward.

Nick: There’s nothing wrong with taking a step backward, sally. Sometimes you got to do that to propel yourself forward.

Sally: I know. And I’m not saying that I have to start at the top. I just… I don’t know. I might want to try something new.

Nick: Like what?

Sally: Well, I thought about maybe putting my fashion sense into interior design or an event-planning business. I don’t know yet.

Nick: [ Sighs ] Well, I think you’d be successful in either one of those arenas. Take interior design, for example. You could combine your amazing artistic sense along with your keen eye for what looks good. There’s just no way it fails. That goes for anything you put your mind to. And here’s the thing, sally — you don’t have to have all the answers right now. You take it one step at a time. And I hope you know, if you want, I’ll be right there by your side to help you figure it all out.

Phyllis: I would like to propose a toast.

Tucker: To what?

Phyllis: You. And, uh, the interesting tidbit you gave to ashley about diane and her activity in los angeles with jeremy stark.

Tucker: I hope you can put it to good use.

Phyllis: Absolutely. No stone unturned.

Tucker: Glad to hear it.

Phyllis: I’m not done. I have another stone.

Tucker: What stone’s that?

Phyllis: You. Why are you here, tucker? What are you doing back in this town? What do you plan to get out of all of this?

Ashley: You cheated on chance? Oh, honey. I’m assuming this is just a one-time, meaningless mistake, right? And you’re never gonna see this person again?

Abby: [ Sniffles ] This person is gonna be a part of our lives forever. Or, at least, dominic’s life.

Ashley: You slept with devon?

Abby: [ Sighs ] We were both feeling so alone and isolated. Amanda was in virginia for who knows how long, and chance — he’s just always working. I-I don’t know. It just happened.

Ashley: I know, honey. Sometimes things just happen. Sometimes they just happen.

Chelsea: As your mom, i always want to be honest with you. And I want this sadness to stop. I really do. But it’s an illness. It’s not like a physical one, like a — like a cold or an infection, but a mental one. So I need help from my doctors to learn how to manage it and how to make it go away. But unfortunately, these things take time.

Connor: But if it isn’t physical, how bad did it have to be for you to know you had to go to the hospital?

Chelsea: [ Sighs ] Um… it was very bad. It hurt very intensely on the inside. Even if people couldn’t see it on the outside, the — the pain was unbearable. And I — I just wanted it to stop.

Connor: Was it so bad you wanted to die? Vicks vapostick.

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Connor: Hey, you guys, I’m not a kid anymore. I know what it means to un-alive yourself.

Chelsea: What?

Adam: Un-alive yourself? Where did you hear that?

Connor: [ Sighs ] It’s what they call it online. When someone doesn’t want to live anymore, they un-alive themselves. You can’t use other words for it without getting into trouble on some sites.

Chelsea: Okay, well, I-I-I do not love that you’re seeing those kinds of things online. But, um — ugh. But…yes. There was a moment when my head told me the pain would go away if I wasn’t here anymore. Not because there aren’t wonderful things in my life — because there are. It’s just the pain was so heavy, I couldn’t feel those wonderful things through all the sadness. It was a scary, terrible time for me. I was feeling desperate and alone with nowhere to turn. But the point is, I don’t feel that way anymore. And I promise I am going to work so hard so I never feel that way again.

Connor: I’ll help you, mom.

Chelsea: [ Exhales sharply ]

Sally: I hope you know that your belief in me means everything. Which is why I am going to turn down your generous offer.

Nick: [ Chuckles ] Are you sure? I know you told chloe you were gonna consider it.

Sally: As I said before, I do not want anyone thinking, including myself, that if my business succeeds —

Nick: When your business succeeds.

Sally: [ Sighs ] Okay.

When my business succeeds, it’s only because nick newman bankrolled me. Or because you fought for me to keep my job at newman media. Or even because adam newman made his girlfriend ceo. I want it to be because I did it myself. Because chloe and I are just that good. Does that make sense?

Nick: Yeah. And as much as I want to be by your side to help you, I cannot wait to see you triumphantly rise to the top.

Sally: Well, maybe you can be by my side…in a different way. If that’s what you want.

Nick: Yeah. Um… every time I’m with you, it never fails to make me want to spend more time with you.

Sally: Well…then I guess the question becomes… what are we, really? You know, are we just friends? Or is this going somewhere?

Nick: I sure hope so.

Jack: I appreciate you telling me the truth. It gives the family, the company time to prepare for whatever tucker has up his sleeve.

Diane: Well, good. I’m — I’m hoping you can outsmart him.

Jack: How much have you told kyle about this situation?

Diane: Well, I told him about jeremy’s release and my fears on that end. And thankfully, he vowed to protect me. But that’s exactly why I didn’t tell him about tucker’s demands for jabot’s financials or my plan to try to trap him. I was scared that kyle, being the protective son that he is, would — would try to confront tucker immediately.

Jack: Yeah, you’re probably right about that.

Diane: Yeah, and I refuse to expose him to that level of threat.

Jack: Last thing I want to do is put my son in a dangerous situation. Look, I have to ask. Did you have a hand in putting this man behind bars?

Diane: Yes. I made a deal — immunity for turning him in anonymously.

Jack: I suppose you did the right thing.

Diane: [ Sighs ]

Jack: I mean, he couldn’t commit any more crimes. He… you extricated yourself from the situation.

Diane: Jack, I have told you, and I have told kyle. Nobody else can know. And your sister is not helping things by doing everything she can to put stark on me.

Jack: I’ve talked to ashley. I’ve told her to back off.

Diane: Well, obviously, she didn’t listen. Ho. Ho. Ho.

Sally: [ Exhales heavily ] This feels right.

Nick: I know we said we were just gonna come in for a drink. But how would you feel about going out and celebrating?

Sally: Depends on what we are celebrating.

Nick: So much.

Sally: [ Chuckles ]

Nick: This new chapter for us, your new possible business venture.

Sally: Whatever it is.

Nick: It’s still worth celebrating. I’m gonna go shower, which is also an invitation for you to come into the shower.

Sally: [ Chuckles ]

Tucker: I’ll tell you exactly what I’ve told everyone else who’s asked. My sole focus is ashley. Um…I’ve made a lot of big mistakes in my life, and — and breaking her heart was possibly the biggest. And there’s not a day that goes by that I don’t wish I could take that back.

Phyllis: Hmm. Done some soul searching, have you?

Tucker: Yes, actually. Some deep soul searching. I admit that I asked diane to update me on ashley, but the reason is I missed her and, uh, I wanted to know if maybe she’d found someone else. Then I noticed how easily diane had slipped back in with the abbotts, so I figured maybe i could do it, too.

Phyllis: Uh-huh.

Ashley: Honey, I know that you and chance love each other. You love each other so much. I think if he could forgive you, you — you could get past this.

Abby: I don’t know. I don’t know if this is something that he can just get past…

Ashley: Well —

Abby: …Enough to save our marriage.

Ashley: Step by step, okay? The first thing you’re gonna have to do is change your relationship with devon, honey. You’re gonna have to. I mean, just because he’s dominic’s biological father doesn’t mean the two of you have to be this close. I’m assuming that’s what got you in this situation, right?

Abby: So now I have to lose devon, as well?

Ashley: [ Sighs ] Well, what do you think? I mean, if chance does decide to forgive you and you do want to save your marriage, then he has every right to not want you and devon to be so close, honey, don’t you think?

Abby: Yeah. Yeah. I guess you’re right.

[ Door opens ]

[ Door slams ]

Jack: Good to see you, abby.

Abby: Hi, uncle jack.

Jack: Ashley, could I speak to you alone for a moment?

Ashley: I’m in the middle of something with my daughter.

Abby: No, mom, it’s fine. I actually I have to get home to dominic.

Ashley: Are you sure?

Abby: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I love you.

Ashley: Honey, I love you so much. It’s gonna be okay.

Abby: Thank you for the talk. Bye, uncle jack.

Ashley: I’ll call you, honey.

[ Door opens ]

Ashley: Oh, what? Are you here riding to diane’s rescue once again?

Jack: I thought I made it clear you were to leave diane alone.

Ashley: And just because you said it doesn’t mean I’m going to do it.

Adam: Connor, your mom and I — we didn’t share this with you to scare you. We shared it with you because honesty is important.

Chelsea: And, you know, I — I regret keeping the fact that i was johnny’s biological mom a secret for so long. Moving forward, I’m not gonna keep anything from you. And we can talk about all of this today, tomorrow as long as you want. No shame, no secrets. We can talk about anything.

Adam: Yeah. And no matter what, we are a family. And we’re gonna get through this together. And for whatever reason, if you don’t want to talk to us about it, you can talk to sharon, you can talk to one of your teachers at school. But for no reason do you need to feel ashamed or embarrassed for your mother because she certainly isn’T.

Chelsea: That’s right. And in order to get through this, I have to face it head on. I have an illness and I am getting treatment and I am getting better. When you really need to sleep.

Nick: Thought you were coming in the shower. What’s got you so caught up?

Sally: I had an idea. It just came to me — a new business model. Look.

Nick: This is great. I mean, this is it. This is your gift. It’s your vision.

Sally: You really like it?

Nick: I do. Even if I can’t help you bring it to life, I cannot wait to see you and chloe run with this.

Sally: This is where I want to be.

Connor: Is it okay with you, dad, if I spend the night here with mom? I want to stay close so she knows she’s not alone and never has to be.

Adam: [ Chuckles ] Yes, of course you can. I’ll grab a few of your things from the ranch and I will drop them back off here.

Chelsea: Bye.

[ Door opens ]

[ Door closes ]

Connor: I don’t know what I’d do if something really bad ever happened to you.

Chelsea: Ohh. You don’t have to worry about that because that is never gonna happen. And I’m so happy you want to stay here. I’m so excited to spend time with you. But making me feel less alone is not your job. It’s my job to take care of you. And you know what?

Connor: What?

Chelsea: It’s the best job in the whole world.

Connor: [ Laughs ]

Chelsea: And I promise I am gonna work with my doctors and I am gonna get better. Because the two of us — we have a lifetime of things to do together.

Connor: [ Chuckles ]

Chelsea: Ahh.

[ Sighs ]

Tucker: Ah, finally. Thanks for the hospitality.

Phyllis: You are welcome.

Diane: Well, look at the two of you with your heads together.

Tucker: I was just leaving.

Diane: Oh, not on my account, I hope. As far as I’m concerned, you can collude all you want, but I’ve got to say — you’re not going to win.

Phyllis: You’re very confident, diane.

Diane: Yes, well, jack and kyle are in my corner, so no matter who or what you throw at me, they’ve got my back. So you and you and nikki and ashley are no match for us. So you better be prepared to come with everything you’ve got because this has officially turned into a war.

Jack: I cannot believe your audacity. I told you this is about one thing — protecting my son and preserving a relationship that means the world to kyle.

Ashley: Means the world to kyle or means the world to you?

Jack: Oh, come on.

Ashley: No. You know who diane is, and you know what she’s capable of. And yet, time and time again, we find out more things that she’s done. She runs to you. She says she’s the victim. She worms her way right back into your good graces, and you go out of your way to protect her again.

Jack: That’s a bit of an exaggeration, don’t you think?

Ashley: No, I don’t think that. I believe it’s an accurate observation, jack, because I’m watching you and you’re constantly going to battle for her. And I know you’re not taking into consideration the depth of her illegal activities.

Jack: You’ve got a lot of nerve, considering how tucker is using you right now, coercing you into doing his bidding. Did you know that he asked diane to pass along jabot financial information? Yeah, and he turned on her when she didn’t comply. That’s what this is about, Ashley. I guess your considerable charms didn’t extricate that particular secret from Tucker. He is looking for weaknesses in Jabot right now so that he can exploit them…the same way he is exploiting your hatred toward Diane. Whatever Tucker McCall is really after, it appears that you are his unwitting accomplice.

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Jack: While we are waiting for the first course, I thought we might go around the table and each say what we are most thankful for today.

Daniel: Lily.

Lily: Oh, my God!

Daniel: Look at you.

Lily: Wow, it’s so good to see you. What are you doing here?

Adam: I want to be with you. We belong together. Marry me, Sally.

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Sally: Hello, adam.

Adam: Mm. How lucky I am I that I am here at the precise moment when the two of you are meeting up for — what, drinks? Nice dinner? You guys fueling up for another round of hot sex?

Sally: Okay. That was out of line.

Nick: Watch your mouth.

Adam: Well, unlike you, I’m not in the mood to plaster a smile on my face. I’m just keeping it real.

Sally: Okay, I know you have a lot on your plate right now, but that’s no excuse to be crude, okay? After our last conversation, i thought maybe we were in a good place, that maybe we actually got to the point where we could be friends.

Adam: Friends? Come on, sally. Let’s not play that game. You know what you are to me. And I know that whatever you think my brother here has to offer that you’re bound to be disappointed in every possible way.

Nick: Just stop, alright? You’re making a fool out of yourself.

Adam: [ Scoffs ] Yeah. I’m the fool. Alright, nick.

Sally: It was of your own doing. So don’t you dare just sit there and blame nick and me.

Adam: “Nick and me.” Wow, you say that like it’s a real thing.

Sally: Okay, whatever it is or isn’t, it’s none of your business. And you saw to that. So stop blaming everyone but yourself.

Allie: Noah.

Noah: Allie. Hey. This is a nice surprise. How’s your day been?

Allie: Um… not as I expected.

Noah: Problem at the lab?

Allie: No.

Noah: What’s going on?

Allie: [ Sighs ] I went to the club earlier to find you, and I saw you with your ex in your arms.

Noah: [ Sighs ]

[ Drawer opens ]

[ Knock on door ]

Sharon: Chelsea? It’s sharon and billy.

Chelsea: Hey, guys. Come on in.

Sharon: Hi. We met up at your hotel suite, and we packed up all of your things. And the front desk billed the card that you have on file. So, as far as that goes, it’s all taken care of.

Chelsea: [ Chuckles ]

Billy: Don’t even need to think about that place anymore. All done.

Chelsea: Thank you so much. That is so kind, considering you’ve already done so much for me. I just, you know, can’t imagine stepping foot in that hotel right now.

Billy: Well, you don’t have to.

Chelsea: And, sharon, you shouldn’t be dealing with my stuff. You should be helping mariah and tessa get settled at the tack house.

Sharon: No, they’re doing great. I did run over there right after mariah texted me, and it turned out they didn’t have that much work for me to do anyway. And besides, I had to come back here and see you again because i forgot to give you these.

Chelsea: Oh.

Billy: Chelsea, you okay?

Sharon: Are you having second thoughts? Is this not where you want to be?

Chelsea: No. No. This place is amazing. This is an incredible place to live, especially on such short notice, and I’m so grateful. It’s just, you know, here I am, pulling up stakes yet again.

Billy: Well, it’s always challenging, changing homes.

Chelsea: [ Sighs ] Home… alice loves the scent of gain so much,

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Noah: I didn’t know you were there when audra and I were talking.

Allie: It seemed like you guys were sharing an intimate moment, so I didn’t want to intrude.

Noah: It’s not what you’re thinking.

Allie: Well, it must have been something major. Otherwise, you wouldn’t look so…

Noah: So what?

Allie: Panicked? Guilty? Disturbed? All of the above?

Noah: It’s not like that, alright? I promise I’ll tell you everything, just not — not here. Will you give me a chance to explain?

Billy: If I said something to upset you, chelsea, I’m sorry. That was not my intent.

Chelsea: No, no. You didn’t say or do anything wrong. You both have been incredible and supportive.

[ Sighs ] I’m just — I’m just juggling a lot of emotions right now.

Sharon: Well, that’s entirely appropriate.

Billy: I mean, it’d be weird if you weren’T.

Chelsea: [ Breathes deeply ] I guess it’s just hard for me to accept that at this phase of my life I don’t have a safe haven. So, here I am in a brand-new apartment after spending three days in the psych ward for trying to end my life.

Sharon: Well, I hope that this place will become your haven, that over time, it’ll truly start to feel like your home.

Chelsea: I just haven’t had a home in so long…not since i lived at the penthouse with adam and connor. And then I had the aneurysm, and everything went wrong.

Billy: Well, let’s not ruminate on that. Let’s look at this as the beginning of a healthy, wonderful future.

Chelsea: Well, before I start rebuilding my life, I have decided I need to tell connor the truth. And that’s really overwhelming.

Billy: You know, chels, you don’t need to do that right now if you don’t want to. I mean, maybe it makes more sense to kind of get settled in here a little bit.

Chelsea: No, I want to tell him today because I don’t want to hide anything from my son. And, actually, dr. Malone agrees with me.

Sharon: Did the doctor give you any ideas on how to get into that with connor?

Chelsea: Yeah. I mean, she did actually, and it kind of make me nervous.

Sharon: How so?

Chelsea: Well, she said, you know, we don’t know how he’s gonna react. It could be shock, guilt, anger. We just — we don’t know how this is gonna go.

Sharon: Okay, well, you know that you don’t have to do this until you’re ready.

Chelsea: I told dr. Malone that I can be strong, and I am gonna be, for connor’s sake.

Sharon: Well, you have to do what’s best for yourself also.

Chelsea: [ Sighs ] I think I’ve decided that this is what’s best for all of us. I need to take a deep breath, look my son in the eye, and tell him what happened, explain this crisis I went through. I just hope that adam understands. We need to be a united front, and he doesn’t want me to tell him yet. He’s worried about how connor will react, and so am I. I’m just worried the longer we wait, the more pain, the more confusion it will cause him.

Billy: Well, you both know that I’m — I’m not a fan of adam’S. But I do know that he loves his son. And I believe you’ll do what’s right for both connor and you.

Sharon: He absolutely will. Give adam the chance to prove that to you.

Chelsea: I will.

[ Cellphone chimes ]

Billy: Uh, I’m gonna need to go. Something I need to take care of. I’ll check in with you later, okay?

Chelsea: Thank you, billy, for everything.

Billy: Absolutely. See ya.

[ Door opens ]

[ Door closes ]

Chelsea: Can you stay a little longer?

Sharon: Well, I was hoping that you would let me hang around because I think there’s something that we need to do right away.

Sally: You couldn’t trust me. So you broke up with me and you claimed it was for my own good. Do you know how humiliated i felt?

Adam: And I have apologized for that repeatedly, sally.

Sally: And yet somehow you’re the wounded party. I’m sorry. It doesn’t work like that.

Nick: Well, it does for a narcissist. Everything always happens to you. It’s never because of you. Does that sound about right?

Adam: Don’t get your hopes up thinking he will make you happy, sally. He will never love you ’cause he can’T. ‘Cause the only woman he’s ever loved is sharon. You’re just the latest substitute.

Sally: Let’s go, nick. He’s not worth it. Why do dermatologists worldwide recommend

Noah: Can I get you anything? Water? Coffee? Something stronger?

Allie: Just the truth.

Noah: I don’t want to have any secrets from you.

Allie: Good.

Noah: Audra told me that back in london she — she had been pregnant with our baby… and she had a miscarriage. It was the first I’d heard of it.

Allie: [ Sighs ] How awful for her to go through something like that. And for you being blindsided.

Noah: Yeah, it hit pretty hard.

Allie: I’m so sorry. Why didn’t audra say anything until now?

Noah: When she got pregnant, our relationship was kind of falling apart, and she wanted to wait until we were back into a good place to share the happy news, but that time never came. Things just kept deteriorating. And then… and then I moved out without telling her. I just walked away, didn’t look back.

Allie: Is that…when it happened?

Noah: She said it was the first night I didn’t come home. It was over, just like our relationship.

[ Sighs ]

Allie: Oh, noah. I’m so sorry.

Noah: She never intended on telling me, but I guess being here and, you know, seeing me brought back up all those painful memories. You know, they just came pouring out of her, and it killed me that I wasn’t there for her. It killed me that she had to suffer through all that alone, so — so I hugged her. I wanted to comfort her, and… that’s what you walked in on.

Billy: Hi.

Lily: Hello.

Billy: Thank you for coming to meet me.

Lily: Sure.

Billy: I know how busy you’ve been, so I appreciate it.

Lily: No, it’s fine. I needed the fresh air. So, how’s chelsea? I’m assuming that you spent most of the day with her since she seems to be your main focus lately.

Billy: Yeah. Um, I know I’ve been really vague about what’s been happening…and, uh, the reasoning behind it. And I know that’s been very frustrating for you.

Lily: Well, yeah. I mean, I have so little information.

Billy: Right, which is why i wanted to talk to you — to try and, you know, clear the air a little bit. Um, chelsea not only gave me the go-ahead, but she thinks it’s important that I talk to you about this, as well. And, uh, I’m hoping that once i do, you’ll better understand why I devoted so much of my time to supporting her.

Lily: Okay. So, what happened?

Billy: [ Sighs ] Chelsea tried to take her own life.

Sharon: There. Doesn’t it feel good to have your clothes hung up, your things put away?

Chelsea: Definitely.

Sharon: I just want you to feel like you’re settling in and making the place your own. But I know when you bring in all of your personal items, then it’s gonna really feel like home.

Chelsea: I’m sure you’re right.

Sharon: Which brings me to the most important item.

Chelsea: Oh. [ Chuckles ] Thank you, sharon. This is the most important item, not just for me, but for when connor gets here.

Sharon: Do you know when he’ll be here?

Chelsea: When he’s done with practice. I’m counting the minutes.

[ Exhales sharply ] I guess I should reach out to adam now.

[ Cellphone ringing ]

Adam: Chelsea. Hey, um, can you give me one second?

[ Stool clatters ] Hey. I’m glad you called. I went to the hospital earlier, but they said that you had already been discharged.

Chelsea: I told you you didn’t have to come back for me. I already had a ride lined up.

Adam: Right. I know. Sharon and billy. Just wanted to make sure you were okay.

Chelsea: I am. Thanks. I’m feeling better, um… thanks to sharon, actually.

Adam: Oh?

Chelsea: Mariah and tessa are moving out of the apartment above the coffeehouse. Sharon’s offered to rent it to me.

Adam: Ah, well, that’s great. That sounds like the perfect solution. I’m glad you decided to take her up on that.

Chelsea: Yeah, me too.

Adam: Well, if there’s anything that I can do. Maybe I can grab some groceries or something and help you with that.

Chelsea: Well, you had mentioned that connor would be happy to see me. I was hoping you could bring him by after you pick him up.

Adam: Sure. I can do that.

Chelsea: Thanks. I appreciate it.

Adam: I just — I hope that you’ve, uh, taken the time to think about what I said earlier.

Chelsea: I have, and I spoke to my therapist about it, adam. I haven’t changed my mind.

Adam: I see.

Chelsea: I’m ready to tell connor the truth. And I hope you can support my decision. Will you please do that for me?

Adam: [ Sighs ] I was taking my antidepressant daily,

Adam: Look, chelsea, I really wish that we could discuss this further.

Chelsea: Adam, I’m not gonna change my mind. I have to do this — and as soon as possible.

Adam: Why the rush?

Chelsea: Because I’m not gonna lie to my son, only to risk him finding out the truth down the line in some other way. No. He has to know what happened to me. He has to know that I’m better and that I’m getting help and that I am gonna be alright.

Adam: Okay. Well, you — you make some good points.

Chelsea: Thank you.

Adam: But I am still worried about connor’s reaction. I think there’s a chance that he might blame himself for this.

Chelsea: I took everything you said to heart. I did. I spoke to dr. Malone at length about it, but she agrees that it’s the right thing to do, to be honest with our son.

Adam: Exactly how honest are we talking about?

Chelsea: Well, dr. Malone advised me to use language a young boy connor’s age can understand, to allow him to express his emotions and to have the conversation in a safe space. I know you want to be a part of this, adam, and I want you to as well. Let’s do this now, together, as a family. Can you do that for me?

Adam: Alright.

Chelsea: Thank you.

Adam: I will, uh, go get him, and, uh, I’ll bring him by. We’ll see you soon.

Lily: Oh, my god. Poor chelsea.

Billy: Yeah, I know.

Lily: I mean, I know that you told me she needed help and that you felt compassion because you knew what it was like being trapped in a dark place, but i didn’t think it was this bad.

Billy: Well, I think it all just kind of, uh, you know, compounded and, uh — when rey passed away. You know, they’d become really close friends.

Lily: No. Yeah. I remember how devastated she was at the time.

Billy: Yeah, and I think she was leaning on him a little bit too much. And then, you know, after he passed away, she — she didn’t feel like she had anyone. And when things got bad, she started to question everything, question every decision that she was making, and had no one to turn to. And slowly that started to eat away at her and the walls started to cave in and the only thing that she could focus on was the pain and her own despair.

Lily: Yeah, but not even connor? I mean, knowing that he needed her couldn’t help pull her out of her grief?

Billy: No, it seems like it would, but like I said, she — she couldn’t focus on anything but the pain. She didn’t see a way out, and she wanted it to end.

Lily: [ Sighs ] Wow. I mean, to feel that lost and disconnected from everything that you love and care about. I mean, when I was in prison, I definitely was depressed. You know? I was overwhelmed by guilt over the role that I played in hilary and her baby’s death. And then my dad — he moved upstate so that he could visit often, and I was so thankful because he was my lifeline. I mean, I wasn’t suicidal. It didn’t get to that point for me.

Billy: Well, I’m really glad that he was there to support you.

Lily: Yeah, me too. But, I mean, for chelsea, that night, to be in that place, after the year that she had — I mean, that’s serious.

Billy: Yeah. I’m just grateful you understand.

Lily: Yeah. I mean, I can see why you felt compelled to be there for her. But I’m sure it was overwhelming for you at times.

Billy: I wasn’t focused on my own burden, you know? That wasn’t — it wasn’t about me.

Lily: No, but helping someone through a crisis that severe is huge. I mean, that had to have taken a toll on you emotionally.

Billy: Yeah. I mean, I suppose. Yeah.

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Chelsea: I could tell adam was listening. He really heard me.

Sharon: That’s wonderful.

Chelsea: And I’m gonna do everything I can to prove that he’s right to have faith in me.

Sharon: Well, I’m glad he reacted that way. Now, I want you to relax, take a breath, and don’t put any more pressure on yourself.

Chelsea: I’ll try not to.

Sharon: Adam’s already shown that he’ll back you up. You just have to follow dr. Malone’s advice and trust your instincts as a mother. You can do this.

Chelsea: Yeah. I can.

Sharon: Good. That’s what I like to hear. So, is there anything else I can do to make you feel at home? Um, the place has been cleaned, and there’s towels and sheets in the linen closet.

Chelsea: No. Thank you so much. As much as I’ve appreciated your company and all of your encouragement, I should probably spend some time alone to mentally prepare for this visit with connor. Plus, I should probably jump in the shower and change my clothes to look presentable for my son.

Sharon: Sounds perfect. I’ll leave you to it. And if there’s anything you need, just shoot me a text.

Chelsea: Thanks. I will.

[ Door closes ]

[ Sighs ]

Billy: I think the short story is, is that it wasn’t mine to share with you. You know, like you just said, this has been… it’s just very serious, you know? And, um, it’s delicate and it’s chelsea’s story and it’s just extremely personal. I mean, she didn’t even tell adam about it until today. She also insisted that I tell you the truth.

Lily: Yeah, well, i appreciate hearing it. So, where has chelsea been all this time?

Billy: Well, for the last 72 hours, she’s been in a psychiatric facility. She was released today, and she’s now staying at the apartment above crimson lights.

Lily: With mariah and tessa?

Billy: No. They — they moved to the ranch. I guess they’re staying in the tack house. They needed a little bit more space. But, uh, sharon hadn’t advertised the apartment yet, and, um, chelsea said yes. She’s grateful for the opportunity to stay there. And then sharon and I went to the grand phoenix to go collect her stuff and then just brought it to her.

Lily: Wow. Well, I guess you and sharon are covering all the bases.

Billy: Why do you say it like that?

Lily: What do you mean?

Billy: Sounds like you got a little edge in your voice, like there’s something you’re upset about.

Lily: Why would I be upset?

Billy: There it is again. Lily, just tell me what’s wrong.

Allie: How did you feel learning all this from audra?

Noah: I just — I can’t help but feel guilty for how it all went down, though. If I hadn’t left, if I just had been there, she wouldn’t have been all alone through this. And then I think maybe the stress of our relationship is what caused the miscarriage. And I’m having all these conflicting emotions about almost being a father.

Allie: Yeah, I imagine it’s — it’s almost like seeing an alternate universe unfold — right? — Where you stayed in london…became a dad. Must be mind-blowing to realize how different life might have been.

Noah: I’m trying not to dwell on it too much. But it’s just… it’s strange, how this fateful thing happened and I had no idea. And meanwhile, audra — she’s been carrying around this huge secret and trying to come to terms with the loss.

Allie: Has the news made you see her in a different way? Why give your family just any eggs

Nick: Alright, this is a big moment. It’s the last piece.

Sally: It’s all yours.

Nick: I don’t know. I know this is your favorite appetizer. I do not want to make things weird. Yup. You took it.

Sally: [ Laughs ] Mm, well, I don’t know about you, but my tombstone is going to read “carpe diem.”

Nick: “Seize the day.”

Sally: Oh, my god. Is that what that means? ‘Cause I totally thought it meant, “seize the last bite.”

Nick: [ Laughs ]

Sally: Geez. I guess that’s what I get for not taking latin.

Nick: Yeah, I was forced to take a semester of that in boarding school. I don’t recommend it. It’s very boring.

Sally: You went to boarding school? Of course you did. I could totally see you roaming around a 200-year-old campus in new england wearing something appropriately preppy.

Nick: [ Chuckles ] Actually, it was in switzerland.

Sally: Seriously? God, that’s amazing. The skiing, the chocolate.

[ Both laugh ]

Nick: Nah, it wasn’t for me. There were so many rules. I wasn’t great at following most of them. So, one day I just snuck off campus, flew home, and told my parents I was never going back. I was 16, so they couldn’t make me, so I just transferred to gc high.

Sally: There’s no place like home, huh?

Nick: Even though we have our less-than-harmonious moments, I really love my family. I like being around them.

Sally: Well, that serves as the perfect segue way into the promise that you made me — ’cause I am gonna hold you to it.

Nick: Hmm. What was that again?

Sally: You were gonna tell me what you want out of life since last time we talked I told you what I wanted.

Nick: Alright. Um… I have everything I want. Almost.

Sally: Seriously? Who says that and actually means it?

Nick: Me.

I’m serious. I found my purpose at newman. I spent many years there second-guessing myself, trying to, you know, figure out my place. But that’s all behind me.

Sally: So, when you stopped fighting it…

Nick: I’m happy with my position and the work.

Sally: Hmm. Nice.

Nick: I have four incredible kids. I have very solid relationships with phyllis and sharon, who will always be a part of my life.

Sally: Actually, I admire how you and sharon still value and care about each other. I mean, that’s the way it should be — right? — Especially when there’s family involved. I bet noah and faith really appreciate it.

Nick: I want to make sure you know that I’m not pining away for sharon like adam suggested. I mean, emotionally, I am not anywhere close to that.

Sally: Okay. Well, then, just out of curiosity, where are you, emotionally speaking?

Sharon: Hey there.

Adam: How’s it going?

Sharon: It’s going well.

Connor: Is mom meeting us here?

Adam: Uh, she is upstairs.

Sharon: Your mom is renting the apartment on the second floor here. Mariah and tessa used to live there, but they have moved on to a bigger space.

Connor: I never liked mom staying in a hotel. I’m glad she won’t be there anymore.

Adam: Well, me too. This will be a much better place for your mother.

Sharon: I think so, too. And there’s a second bedroom for when you come to stay with her.

Connor: Cool.

Adam: Hey, why don’t you, uh, go grab a treat for your mother at the counter?

Connor: I’d like to bring her something.

Adam: Alright. Go for it.

[ Sighs ] Thank you for letting chelsea move in. You really came through for her.

Sharon: I was happy to do it. In fact, when you called earlier, I was upstairs talking to her.

Adam: Yeah?

Sharon: I hope you don’t mind me weighing in on connor’s visit today. I know that you have concerns about connor learning the truth, and I was glad to know that you came around and saw chelsea’s point of view. For what it’s worth, I think she’s ready for this.

Adam: Well, I appreciate your perspective, but it’s not gonna make this any easier.

Connor: Hey, dad, I know what I want to get.

Sharon: Oh, okay. Let me get that wrapped up for her.

Chelsea: [ Sighs ]

Noah: Nothing that I have learned has changed the way i see audra. I feel terrible that she had to go through this on her own and that she was too upset and too proud to let me know at the time, but…it doesn’t change who she was before then or how we treated each other. Our relationship, it was — it was toxic.

Allie: Right. You’ve said that.

Noah: It needed to end for both of our sakes. If I can go back, I would have handled the break-up in a more mature, direct way, but that is the only thing that I would change. It was painful for me to think about our past, and now knowing that she had a baby and lost it, it hurts even more. But it’s the past. My present and my future is right here with you.

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Allie: I’m really glad we talked this over.

Noah: Me too.

Nick: So, that’s the part that’s missing for me — a personal life. I meant it when I said I have almost everything I want. But it’d be nice to have someone to share it with. Whoa. Okay. Uh, please don’t take that as, like, some loaded comment, alright? I have no expectations when it comes to us. I, uh — I just wanted to be honest, you know, with you, like you were with me.

Sally: Well, thank you, nick.

Billy: I mean, if you’re still upset about me helping chelsea in this time —

Lily: Look, what matters right now is, how is she doing? Is she okay? Do you think that she might try something like this again?

Billy: I sure as hell hope not. Sharon and her doctors said that the first 72 hours are the most crucial.

Lily: Yeah. I’ve heard that, too.

Billy: Which is why they admitted chelsea immediately — so she could undergo an evaluation and intense therapy.

Lily: So, how is she doing now?

Billy: She seems better. She seems to be in a better headspace.

Lily: Good. That’s good.

Billy: So, now that I’ve answered your questions, do you mind answering some of mine? Like, now that I’ve been able to explain to you where I’ve been the last few days and the circumstances behind it, with me supporting chelsea in this critical time, is that — is that gonna be a problem for the two of us?

Lily: Wait a second. 72 hours ago? That was when adam found you on the roof of the hotel with chelsea.

Billy: Yeah. When I left you at the club, I went to the roof. I thought she was gonna be there, and — and she was. And I’m just glad that I found her when I did. I mean, I — I literally talked her off the ledge.

Lily: Wait, so, you haven’t just supported her during this time. You saved her life.

[ Knock on door ]

Chelsea: It’s open.

[ Door opens ] Hey, guys.

Connor: Hey, mom.

Chelsea: Well, come on in.

Adam: We, uh, just stopped downstairs so connor could grab some of those caramel brownies you love so much.

Chelsea: Well, that is so sweet. Thank you. I am so happy to see you.

Connor: Oh.

Chelsea: [ Exhales sharply ]

Connor: I’ve missed you so much. I was scared. I didn’t know what happened or why you were avoiding me.

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Adam: Hey, chelsea. How are you? You look like you’re getting stronger.

Chelsea: Thank you. I feel stronger. And I spoke to dr. Malone earlier. She’s authorizing my release today.

Adam: Are you sure you’re ready for that?

Chelsea: Yeah. I haven’t had any thoughts about hurting myself, and we both feel the crisis is over.

Adam: Um, I assume that you’ve spoken with her about setting up a treatment plan?

Chelsea: Mm-hmm. I’ll be joining a support group, and I’ll be seeing her on an outpatient basis. So…

[ Bag zips ] …Everything’s been set up.

Adam: Well, that’s great. You know, maybe I can help you find someplace to live. You know, given the circumstances, I don’t think the grand phoenix is the greatest idea.

Chelsea: You don’t have to worry about me. I’ll figure that out. For now, I’m just focused on seeing connor.

Adam: Mm-hmm. Yes, he is, uh, very eager to see you.

Chelsea: It won’t be an easy conversation, explaining to him why I’m here and what I went through.

Adam: Well, we don’t have to, uh, worry about any of that right now, okay?

Chelsea: Actually, adam, we do.

Billy: She’s being released already? That’s really good news.

Sharon: Yeah. Chelsea doctor says that she’s getting stronger and she’s not a danger to herself or anyone else. So, she will have one last inpatient therapy session, and then she’ll be given the all-clear.

Billy: [ Sighs ] Okay. Well, that’s good. I’m really happy to hear that. Although I don’t — I don’t think it’s a good idea that she goes back to the grand phoenix. I think she needs to, you know, go someplace where she can start something fresh, you know?

Sharon: I agree. And I’ve already come up with a solution.

Sally: I invite you to brainstorm, and you bring me a bucket? And it is not even filled with muffins or a nice pumpkin chai.

Chloe: Miles left it in the sandbox. But we are going to fill it with positive things until it is overflowing with goodness.

Sally: You first.

Chloe: Okay. Um, first, we’re going to fill it with money…

[ Coins clatter ] …That we will be making very soon. And now our résumés will gleam now that we can add ceo and coo to our list of accomplishments.

Sally: And we have a wealth of knowledge and experience as fashion creators.

Chloe: Oh, not to mention all of the people that have worked for us. Our leadership skills are through the roof.

Sally: Well, our biggest problem now is figuring out what direction we choose next.

Chloe: I was thinking the same thing. I mean, the sky’s the limit.

Sally: Fashion, media. I mean, there’s nothing we can’t do.

Chloe: All we need to do is summon our good energy and maybe…

Sally: Good recruiters will come out of the woodworks and show some interest?

Chloe: No. No, we are going to create our own opportunity because we have the right ingredients. We just need that special sauce that brings it all together.

Sally: Okay, so, what do we do until we find this magical concoction?

Chloe: You know, we — we heat things up, you know, spice it up. You know, I mean, I’m running out of cooking analogies, but i think you know what I mean.

Sally: Not really.

Chloe: Okay, we just need to walk into a room and act like we own the place, right? I mean, we just got to take the lead.

Sally: Yeah, I mean, I’m certainly on board with that.

Chloe: Yeah, we can do it. And, you know, I mean, it also wouldn’t hurt if you would just accept nick’s offer to help us out.

Sally: Look, chloe, I already told you —

Chloe: Hey, nick. Come on over.

Chelsea: Dr. Malone and i both think it’s important that connor knows the truth about why I had to come here.

Adam: Eventually, chelsea.

Chelsea: Why not now?

Adam: I don’t think you should be taking that on just a few days after what happened, i mean, especially when you don’t even know where you’re gonna be living, chelsea.

Chelsea: It just feels like you’re making excuses as to why we shouldn’t tell our son the truth.

Adam: I just think it’s a little premature to discuss the details of an incident you have barely started working through yourself, chelsea. I mean, you know connor. He’s a very sensitive kid. This is gonna have a profound effect on him.

Chelsea: Connor is also a really smart kid, adam. And he’s gonna know there’s more to the story than what you’ve been telling him.

Adam: Well, I didn’t — i didn’t know what to tell him, chelsea. Sharon and billy kept me in the dark for so long.

Chelsea: They did that because they thought that’s what was best for me.

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Chloe: Okay, while my friend and former boss is too proud to ask for a favor, I am infinitely more practical. We need work. And not just for the financial reasons, but for a sense of purpose. You know, we are passionate about creating, communicating, and making waves, and it is no secret that we surpassed everyone’s expectations at newman media. So, just imagine what we could do in an industry where we have a history and a reputation. Fashion, for instance.

Sally: Chloe, I thought we said that we would figure this out on our own.

Nick: I’d like to hear what she has to say. So…humor me.

Sharon: Mariah and tessa are relocating to the tack house on the newman ranch. Victor and nikki offered that to them.

Billy: Okay. Well, that’s good for them. A little more space.

Sharon: So, that means that the apartment upstairs will be available.

Billy: For chelsea.

Sharon: I’ve already run it by her therapist, and she’s on board. So, as long as it’s okay with chelsea, of course.

Billy: [ Sighs ] You know, sharon, it’s really big of you. I mean, it’s one thing to help someone out in a jam, but you have gone above and beyond for someone that you’ve had a challenging relationship with in the past. Not everyone would stick their neck out like that.

Sharon: Well, I had to think about it a lot, believe me. But there are two things that led me to my decision. One is, I know rey would approve. And I just know in my own heart it’s the right thing to do. I hope chelsea feels the same way.

Chelsea: I am thinking about connor…and how he’s probably spent the past few days imagining all sorts of things have happened to me.

Adam: Well, I told him that you were sick. That was the truth. We don’t have to rush into telling him all the details, chelsea. That’s all that I’m saying.

Chelsea: Okay. But connor has to be a part of this. He has to know what happened, and he has to hear it from me. The last thing I want is him trying to interpret a bunch of half-truths or him, you know, seeing the way people look at me behind my back. Or, worse, what if he hears some gossiping about what really happened, adam? He’ll wonder why he didn’t tell him, or, worse, he will blame himself. No, we have to arm him with the truth. And my therapist agreed with me.

Adam: I really wish I had been a part of that conversation, chelsea.

Chelsea: [ Sighs ]

Adam: Okay, maybe we could talk to your therapist together on how to approach connor. We could talk about what to say to him, what to avoid, and find out if waiting is the best option.

Chelsea: [ Breathes deeply ] What I’m hearing you say is that you’ve made up your mind and you want to delay telling our son the truth.

Adam: Chelsea, I just don’t want to upset him more than he’s already been, okay? You haven’t been with him. You haven’t seen him. I have been trying to reassure him, but he’s been kicking himself for how he treated you over this whole johnny thing. He thinks he’s pushed you away. And I’m telling you, if for one second he thinks he pushed you this far, it worries me.

[ Knock on door ]

Dr. Malone: Hello.

Adam: Good to see you, dr. Malone.

Dr. Malone: Good to see you, too. Chelsea, you ready?

Chelsea: Yeah. Um… please just respect my decision on this.

Adam: Alright. Well, I’ll come back later to pick you up, and I want to help you with the transition.

Chelsea: No, someone else volunteered. Sharon. And, um, I think billy might come, too.

Adam: Well, I’m so happy that people are stepping up to help you, but, um, just consider what I said. Excuse me. I’m just gonna grab my coat. Alright. [ Clears throat ] You didn’t live this strong, this long to get put

Dr. Malone: You seem unsettled. Tell me how things went with adam.

Chelsea: [ Sighs ] Confusing. He doesn’t think we should tell connor the truth about what happened. He says it’s too soon and we need to wait.

Dr. Malone: Until?

Chelsea: Until I’m stronger, I guess?

[ Sighs ] I was just so confident about my decision after we spoke. But then I spoke to adam, and now I —

[ Sighs ] I don’t know. I mean, he’s — he’s a great father. I know he’s coming from a place of care and love and concern. I know he wants what’s best for our son.

Dr. Malone: Well, frankly, chelsea, what matters to me is how you feel. And, second, what’s best for connor. Do you think you’re in a strong enough position to handle this conversation with him?

Chelsea: I do. I know it’s gonna be one of the hardest conversations I’ve ever had with him, but he needs to hear the truth, and he needs to hear it from me… so I can eliminate any concern and so I can show him that I’m okay and, most importantly, that I can show him that this is nobody’s fault, especially not his.

Dr. Malone: Then the conversation we should be having is, what’s the best way to do that?

Billy: My initial thought is that chelsea would welcome the offer. But I can’t assume, you know? I just need to continue to take my cues from chelsea, what she needs, what she wants.

Sharon: Well, her doctor may have approved the release, but it’s still only been 72 hours since she was on the verge of taking her own life

Billy: Yeah.

Sharon: So, this is a very delicate time. Chelsea has a few more obstacles to navigate coming up here, and I don’t want to add to that.

Billy: Mm. Um…

Sharon: Hi, adam.

Adam: Hey. I, uh — I just wanted to let you know that I just saw chelsea.

Sharon: Oh, so you know that she’s being released today.

Adam: I do. I wanted to get your take on something we discussed. I can come back when you’re free.

Sharon: Well, we’ve already discussed that we need to work together as a team for chelsea’s sake, and it’s particularly important right now as she’s preparing to leave the facility.

Billy: I agree. I think we’re all on the same side here.

Adam: You’re right. Uh, I feel confused because the last time that I talked to chelsea, we agreed that we were gonna wait to tell connor what happened, and now, all of a sudden, she has gotten it in her head that she needs to tell him what happened right now, even though nothing in her life is settled. She doesn’t even have a place to live.

Sharon: Oh, well, actually, i was going to offer her the apartment upstairs.

Adam: Well, that’s very generous of you, sharon. I hope she accepts that. But what is, uh, really bothering me about all this is how it’s going to affect connor — because he’s trying to figure out who he is and where he fits in, in this world. And now he has all this other baggage on top of dealing with, uh, the confusion of finding out that chelsea is johnny’s biological mother.

Billy: So, what are you saying, adam? You don’t think that chelsea should tell connor?

Adam: I feel it’s best that we wait. But you have the experience and the degree. So, sharon, what do you think?

Sharon: What is her therapist saying?

Adam: [ Sighs ] I want your unbiased take, please.

Sharon: Okay, well, this is a difficult situation for everyone. Um, you know? But if chelsea feels like she’s ready to take this step, I think we need to support that choice. I think it’s important to be open and honest with connor. He’s going to take his cue on how to react based on your emotional state, so it’s important to remain positive and be consistent.

Adam: [ Sighs ]

Billy: I agree.

Sharon: What about you, adam?

Adam: I’d, uh, like to have a word with billy…alone.

Chloe: Okay, when sally came to town, like any true star, she just wanted to shine. And she didn’t allow for the fact that there is room for one more star in the galaxy, but she regrets getting off on the wrong foot with summer. Sally has changed. She has learned to focus her energies in a positive direction. And I know that summer doesn’t trust her, but I do. And summer trusts me. And she is the creative director of the hottest fashion house in town. So, all you need to do is convince summer that sally needs a second chance.

Sally: Chloe. Dial it back to zero now.

Chloe: [ Chuckles nervously ]

Sally: [ Sighs ] Ever leave your clothes in the dryer

Sally: Chloe, I told you we aren’t doing this.

Chloe: What? The worst thing he can say is no.

Sally: I don’t want anyone’s help. And, look, I’m sorry that she put you on the spot like that. I would never ask you to intervene and try and get us a job with summer at marchetti.

Ever. And it’s nothing against summer, of course. You know, I would be very lucky to work with her, but chloe was right. I was awful to her and to kyle, and I really feel terrible about that.

Nick: I know you do.

Chloe: But you also know that we would be an asset to marchetti. And with sally’s unique sense of style and my finger in the zeitgeist, I mean, we just — we just mix all of that up, and we could turn it into gold.

Nick: I have no doubt about that. And if I was in charge, I would hire you two in a second. But I don’t interfere in summer’s business, not even to ask for a favor. That’s not the nature of our relationship.

Sally: I am glad about that.

Chloe: Okay, well, you know, it was worth a try.

Nick: I do, however, have what I think is a better idea. If you are, in fact, interested in getting back into the fashion space, how about a loan from me? Then you can start your own label.

Dr. Malone: I realize that adam has concerns, and I’m in no way dismissing them. But I think it’s important to talk to a child connor’s age to help him understand what happened.

Chelsea: It’s a lot to digest.

Dr. Malone: Connor’s probably very confused right now and uncertain about what might be wrong. He may have created scenarios in his head that are causing him to feel fear or anger or guilt.

Chelsea: Well, adam’s afraid he’s gonna blame himself for what I did, that he’ll feel responsible because of the way he reacted when he found out johnny was his half-brother.

Dr. Malone: It’s not uncommon for children in this situation to feel that they’ve done something wrong or that they’re to blame. You need to make it clear to connor that he’s not at fault in any way. No one is. His mom had a difficult time, and she felt badly enough where she couldn’t see a way out of the pain. You don’t need to flood him with information. And I think it’s important for connor and for you to open up the dialogue. Make sure you talk to him in a safe environment for him, where he feels comfortable and free enough to express whatever emotions he’s having, even if it’s anger.

Billy: It seems like you got something you want to get off your chest. Why don’t you go ahead?

Adam: I wanted to say thank you, billy. I’m immensely grateful to you for stopping chelsea from stepping off that rooftop. You saved connor’s mother’s life, and I will never forget that.

Billy: Sounds like there’s a “but” on the horizon.

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Billy: Well, you’re right, adam. There is something I want out of all of this.

Adam: Mm. That’s, um, typical. What is it?

Billy: I want chelsea to be better. I’m gonna go a step further. I want her to be happy. Is that okay with you?

Adam: [ Scoffs ] Is this a joke to you, billy?

Billy: I don’t expect you to understand this, but when I got chelsea off of that ledge, i made a promise to her to be there for her, to help her in any way that she needed. And I plan to make good on that promise.

Adam: How does lily feel about this dedication to chelsea, billy?

Billy: Right. Well, that — and among many other things — is none of your business. In fact, the only thing that you should be focusing on is your son and helping him.

Adam: You just — it seems like you have a lot of influence on chelsea right now. I mean, she’s in a vulnerable state.

Billy: I hope you’re not implying that I’m leading her down the wrong direction.

Adam: No, what I think you did is told her exactly what she wanted to hear, that she should throw all of this at connor with no thought how this will affect him. Just as long as it makes chelsea feel better, you know, bring it on.

Billy: Well, you’re wrong. And, look, I’m not going to presume to know what’s best in this situation. In fact, it’s uncharted territory for me, as well. And I get it. You want to be cautious. And what you and chelsea decide to do with your son and how you plan on handling that is none of my business. But I will say this. I think we need to take our cues from dr. Malone. She’s the professional, and she’s the only one that is equipped to give advice.

[ Door opens ]

Adam: [ Sighs ]

Chloe: This is an extraordinary offer. And I know I speak for sally when I say —

Sally: Thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts, but we have to decline.

Chloe: No, we don’T. Sally and her wacky sense of humor.

Sally: Okay, while your offer is incredibly generous, I’m afraid that we’re gonna have to speak about this internally and then we can circle back around. I’m sure you understand.

Nick: Yeah. Of course.

Chloe: Okay, sally, um, you know, maybe we should talk about this in private a bit more and —

[ Cellphone pings ] You got to be kidding me. I just — [ Sighs ] Uh, just a moment. My sitter is having issues. Um, I — let me just deal with this. If you make any decisions without consulting me first, I am going to be very disappointed.

Sally: [ Clears throat ]

Nick: So, this is a first, uh, being in a position where i feel like I just offered to do someone a favor and then immediately feel like I need to apologize.

Sally: Well, I am not used to people going out of their way to do me a favor, so forgive my awkwardness.

Nick: No, I’m sorry for putting you in that position. It’s just, chloe was talking, the idea just kind of came to me. It’s not like I have some grand plan to make it up to you for my sister mistakenly firing you.

Sally: So, then what is this?

Nick: It’s a loan. That’s it. The kind where I give you money, you give it back, not in the form of kisses — well, maybe kiss– no, no, no. No kisses. No hugs. No coupons for hugs. Just cash.

Sally: This just sounds like a colossally bad idea.

Nick: All of the best adventures of my life have started off with those exact words.

Sally: [ Chuckles ]

Nick: Alright, I’ll tell you what. While you consider that offer, maybe think about another one.

Sally: Okay. I’m afraid to ask.

Nick: Drinks. You and me just hanging out, not talking about me offering you money to start your own business.

Sally: Okay, so, if we don’t talk about that, then what’s left?

Nick: I mean, there’s just so many fascinating topics. Let’s start with one of my favorites — me.

Sally: [ Chuckles ]

Nick: Look, the last time we were together, you told me about where you wanted to be in life. I think it’s time I told you what I was thinking.

Sally: I would like that very much.

Chelsea: Thank you, dr. Malone, for everything you’ve done.

Dr. Malone: You’re the one who’s done the hard work, chelsea.

Chelsea: I’m definitely in a better headspace.

Dr. Malone: Can you tell me a little bit about where you are right now?

Chelsea: Um, definitely thinking more clearly. Um, I was in such turmoil for so long, and I was taking it out on the people that were close to me, especially my friend chloe.

Dr. Malone: She’s a good friend?

Chelsea: Yeah, she’s the best. You know? We definitely hit a rough patch because of my issues, but i think I should tell her the truth, too.

Dr. Malone: Sounds like a good idea. I’m sure she’ll give you plenty of love and support.

Chelsea: I hope so.

Dr. Malone: You’ve done a lot of good work, chelsea. You should feel proud of the commitment that you made to address the root causes of what brought you here. It won’t happen overnight. You’ll have rough days ahead. We all do. But just know you’re strong enough to make it through. And reach out for help when you need it.

Chelsea: I will. I promise.

Dr. Malone: Good. And call me once you’ve had a chance to talk to connor so we can discuss how it went.

Chelsea: Okay. I definitely will.

Sharon: Hey. Oh, sorry. I didn’t realize you were still in your meeting.

Dr. Malone: It’s fine. We’re just finishing up. You have your instructions and a list of appointments and numbers.

Billy: Hey.

Dr. Malone: And your friends. Rely on them. All of them.

Chelsea: I will. Thank you, dr. Malone.

Dr. Malone: Be well. And we’ll be in touch.

Chelsea: Okay.

Billy: Thank you, doctor.

Chelsea: Hey there. I didn’t know you’d be coming.

Billy: Where else would I be as a core member of your support crew?

Chelsea: [ Laughs ]

Billy: And as such, I — i just want to let you know that there’s absolutely no rush. If you feel like you need more time to catch your breath a little bit or spend a few more days in here, you do whatever’s right for you.

Chelsea: No, I’m — I’m ready. I’m ready to go.

Billy: Okay. Let’s get out of here then.

Chelsea: There’s just one slight problem. Um, I don’t have anywhere to go. I haven’t had time to make arrangements, and I don’t want to go back to the hotel for obvious reasons.

Billy: Yeah, of course.

Chelsea: Maybe you could drop me off somewhere that, like, has internet. I could get online and find someplace to stay.

Sharon: Um, let’s go do that.

Chelsea: Alright, you guys keep making looks at each other. So, what’s going on?

Billy: All in due time. Let’s hit the road.

Chelsea: Okay.

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Chloe: Sorry for the interruption. So, where are we?

Nick: You know what? I’m gonna leave you two to discuss things. I hope you seriously consider my offer. Just let me know.

Chloe: We will.

Nick: Bye.

Chloe: Okay.

Sally: [ Sighs ]

Chloe: I know you’re having reservations, but, oh, my god, sally, nick wants us to succeed. I mean, he’s giving us a chance to make our dreams a reality. And it’s not free money, which i know could make you feel like there might be strings attached. It’s a loan that we could pay back as soon as humanly possible.

Sally: Yes, I know. Nick said the same thing. I just don’t want to be in anyone’s debt, okay? And — and things with nick and me are still a little blurry. Something might be happening.

Chloe: Okay. Is that what you want?

Sally: [ Sighs ] What if it doesn’t work out?

Chloe: Then it doesn’t work out. There are no guarantees in life, but it’s not like nick is just going to walk away and demand the money back.

Sally: That’s not the point.

Chloe: You need to take your personal feelings out of this and look at it for what it is. It’s a business transaction.

Sally: I learned the hard way that it is not that simple. Look at what happened at newman media. My past involvement with adam tainted my entire tenure there as ceo, at least in victoria’s eyes.

Chloe: Yeah, because she hates adam. This is a totally different situation.

Sally: No. No, I have to keep my personal life separate from our professional future, and it’s gonna be a heck of a lot easier if I am not involved with our banker.

Chloe: Okay, will you just work with me here, okay? This kind of opportunity comes once in a lifetime, if you are very, very lucky. And we will make sure that you’re comfortable with this and make the most out of it. Just please don’t say no. Not yet. Promise me. Just promise me that you’ll at least think about it.

Dr. Malone: Oh, didn’t expect to see you back here.

Adam: Um, I, uh — I came to see chelsea. I had some second thoughts about our earlier conversation.

Dr. Malone: She’s been discharged. She left with sharon and billy.

Adam: Of course.

Dr. Malone: She’s lucky to have so much support. She’s gonna need a lot of that in the coming months.

Adam: Well, I promise she will get it.

Sharon: How you feeling?

Chelsea: Um, I’m not sure.

[ Chuckles ] But it is really nice to be back here.

Sharon: Um, would you like some tea?

Chelsea: Sure. I’d love a cup. I’m just gonna focus on trying to find myself a place to rent, at least short term.

Sharon: Oh, um, billy and i had a conversation about this earlier. That’s what the looks on our faces were that you saw before. And I also went over this with dr. Malone.

Billy: We both thought that going back to the grand phoenix probably wouldn’t be the best idea, and so sharon had a great idea that she ran by me.

Sharon: Um, tessa and mariah were living upstairs for a little while, but they’ve decided to move to the tack house on the newman ranch, just to give them more space.

Chelsea: Are babies on the horizon?

Sharon: Well, fingers crossed. They have begun the adoption process.

Chelsea: Oh, wow. That’s wonderful news.

Sharon: Yeah, which means, um, the apartment upstairs is now up for rent, if you’re interested. It’s really cute. And, um, it has a lot of light, and, um, it’s pretty comfortable. I happen to think it’s a fabulous location.

Billy: Chelsea?

Chelsea: I don’t understand. Why would you offer that to me after everything I’ve done to you?

Sharon: I offered because i want to do this for you. And, you know, there’s room for connor, too. And you have the best coffeehouse in town downstairs.

Chelsea: I don’t know what to say.

Billy: Say yes. Do it for the cinnamon buns.

Sharon: Do it for yourself.

Chelsea: Thank you. Yes. [ Chuckles ] Thank you so much. Who says you have to spend more on skincare

Adam: I am aware that i played a pivotal role in getting you off track. And because I feel responsible for so much of your pain, I’m invested in just trying to get you some relief.

Chelsea: So maybe this isn’t about me at all. Maybe this is just the guilt talking.

Sally: It’s like you’re an addiction. It’s not healthy. It’s toxic. And letting you in, letting you get to me was a huge mistake.

Chloe: You did this to yourself. You pushed too hard. Your desperate pursuit made sally run in the opposite direction, and now she finally has room in her life for good things.

Adam: Look, there has been a lot of conflict between us lately, and I think it would be good if we got to the root cause of it.

Nick: [ Sighs ] Look, if you’re gonna bring up sally, just don’T.

Adam: We need to talk about it, nick.

Nick: Why?

Adam: Because I’m still in love with sally.

Adam: And I want you to know that I am truly, deeply sorry for lying to you, for hurting you…and for loving you.

Sally: Loving me?

Adam: If I never would have fallen in love with you, we wouldn’t be where we are now, sally. Okay, I need you to know, as much as I treasure the memories of all the joyous times we spent together, I would have given it all up if it meant that I never caused you a moment of pain.

Sally: I could never regret anything that gave me so much… and felt so good.

Adam: I know you may think you have feelings for nick, but he’s just a way to help you forget what you and I have.

Sally: So, this is about nick.

Adam: No. It’s — no, it’s not. What — what I meant to say is —

Sally: No, I know — I know what you meant because you — you — you said it. You opened your mouth. The words came out. So, thank you for being honest. I mean, everybody knows your history with your brother. I mean, is this really even about me, or is this just about beating nick? He can get some good job at newman, but you could stop him from getting me? Did you mean anything that you just said? Or is this some power move to best nick and win me back like some kind of prize?

Adam: [ Sighs ]

[ Door opens ]

Chelsea: So, this is my place now.

Billy: Just waiting on some personal touches.

Chelsea: You both have been so unbelievably kind to me, and you have every reason not to be. I mean, sharon, our history? The word “messy” doesn’t even begin to explain it. And, billy —

Billy: We don’t need to worry about that right now. The only thing that matters is that we’re here for you, now and into the future.

Sharon: And I would stay and give you a full tour, but I just got a text from mariah and she needs me at the tack house to help her with some unpacking. So, um, chelsea, welcome home.

Chelsea: Thank you, sharon. That means more to me than you know.

Sharon: Alright. Text me if you need anything.

Chelsea: Okay.

Billy: Thanks.

[ Door opens ]

[ Door closes ]

Chelsea: Wow. I don’t even know what to say.

Billy: Well, that’s odd because that was never a problem when we were podcasting.

Chelsea: [ Chuckles ] I honestly don’t know if I could have gotten through this without you.

Billy: I do. You would have because you’re strong. But I am happy to be here for you.

Chelsea: God, I feel like i need to, like, send lily a gift or something. I’m taking up all your time. I’m taking you away from her, from your work.

Billy: That’s okay. She knows that you need the attention right now. She’ll understand.

Sharon: Does she know the whole story about me?

Billy: [ Sighs ] No, I wasn’t sure how much you wanted to share, so I — I kept it pretty vague.

Chelsea: So she doesn’t really understand. She doesn’t know how bad it got. I don’t want her to get the wrong idea, billy, so [Sighs] You need to tell lily the truth.

Adam: Thank you.

Nick: [ Sighs ]

Adam: Well, look who it is. My, uh, wonderful brother. Bartender, hey, uh, drinks are on him.

Nick: [ Chuckles ]

Adam: It’s the least you could do. Why don’t you pull up a stool? I’m sure we could find something to talk about.

Nick: [ Sighs ] I’m meeting someone.

Adam: Oh. “Someone”? I can see that, uh, uneasy look in your eyes. Let me guess who it is.

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Chance: It wasn’T. It was more than that.

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Tucker: And I can’t wait to hear your new ideas on our move on chancellor-winters.

Audra: Uh, they haven’t made a final decision about the ipo, but I know jill is in favor of doing it.

Tucker: Okay, that’s good news.

Audra: There are still issues. I mean, even if they do go ahead, you don’t have the advantage newman had.

Tucker: Oh, don’t sell yourself short. You’ve been an excellent mole.

Audra: Uh, I prefer liaison. I can feed you information, but I’m not going to get any access to any shares of the stock. And nate knows vastly more about the inner workings of the company than I do. He could still give newman an upper hand.

Tucker: Yes, but we do have a plan.

Audra: Right.

Tucker: [ Chuckles ] Your optimism is invigorating. So, what about jabot? Did you get any intel on their financials?

Audra: Not yet.

Tucker: Uh-huh.

[ Clicks tongue ] I’ve given you plenty of time to do that.

[ Sighs ] Is there a problem? Something I don’t know about? Because I’ve done my part to pave the way for this strategy. Should all be coming together by now.

Diane: I got your ominous text — polite, yet vaguely threatening.

Ashley: You have no idea.

Diane: Well, I have a job that you pulled me away from to rush on over here. So, what is it that you need to discuss so urgently?

[ Door closes ]

[ Sighs ] I see you have your pack of hyenas lying in wait for me. So much for a fair fight.

Nikki: Who says we’re here for a fight?

Phyllis: We just want to have a pleasant conversation with you.

Diane: Oh, okay. Sure. Um, what’s the topic? Oh. Me.

Phyllis: Uh, well, yeah, you. Uh, but the other topic is convicted felon jeremy stark.

Nikki: See, we know that you moved money around the world for him illegally. The fact that you didn’t go to prison alongside him is really quite the mystery.

Ashley: It is. And now that he’s about to be released from prison, I bet he’s thinking, “gee, I wonder whatever happened to my old accomplice, diane jenkins?”

Diane: [ Scoffs ]

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Diane: Is it possible that you ladies are actually getting worse at this? I mean, I almost have to laugh at the absurdity of your latest ploy.

Nikki: Hey, good idea. Why don’t you laugh yourself right out of town?

Diane: Uh-huh. I don’t know where you’re getting your story from, but the only connection I had to jeremy stark was that we went out on a couple of dates. The idea that he — wait, what was it? — That I was moving money illegally around the world for him is ridiculous. Oh! Wait. Tucker told you this story, didn’t he? Oh, my gosh, the three of you are even more gullible than i thought.

Ashley: Well, what difference does it make where it came from, as long as it’s the truth?

Diane: Well, tucker has clearly decided he doesn’t have use for me anymore. He no longer needs me to tell him where you are or who you’re dating because he has a direct line to you now. And I — I guess you’re falling for his manipulations again. I mean, haven’t you learned your lesson?

Ashley: Wow, you’ve got so much nerve. Diane, you keep making the same mistakes over and over and over again.

Diane: Let me lay this out for you. Tucker is desperately trying to impress you, so he’s feeding you what you want to hear, what all of you want to hear — that i have some nebulous connection to a white collar criminal. Ohh! I bet you couldn’t wait to gobble up this story to scare me. But I don’t scare easily. This latest attempt was pathetic, and I think we’re done now.

Phyllis: We’re not done. What makes you think we don’t have proof to your crimes?

Lily: Amanda. Hi. It’s lily. Um, I thought you were gonna send me the contracts for the recording studio that we’re gonna buy, but I don’t see anything in my inbox. So, I hate to nudge you on this, but we have to get moving. Um, so, anyway, just —

[ Computer dings ] Oh, wait. I think I — yep, I see an e-mail from you right now. So, you know what? I’m gonna read this, and I’ll get back to you. Thank you. A letter of resignation?

Abby: I can’t believe that i blew up our relationship over a lapse in judgment that I don’t even understand. I mean, if I could turn back the clock, if I could make it so it never happened, you have to believe me that I would.

Chance: I’m sure you have regrets, abby, but it doesn’t make a difference.

Abby: How can you say that?

Chance: Abby, this wouldn’t have happened if you two didn’t have feelings for each other.

Abby: What?

Chance: If you didn’t act on them now, you would have eventually.

Abby: No, no, that’s not true, okay? This isn’t some sort of suppressed, forbidden passion, okay? I was upset. I was upset because you didn’t come home that night.

Chance: Okay, look, I will admit this is not entirely your fault, okay? Like I said, I sensed this. I knew it was coming. Maybe it was inevitable but i just refused to let myself face the fact, buried myself in work. I avoided any kind of difficult conversation with you until you ended up in devon’s arms.

Abby: No. No. I am not gonna accept that. There is no forethought with this. I don’t know why you think that.

Chance: Abby, I have laid out all the evidence. I’m not sure why you can’t accept it.

Abby: No. See, you are trying to connect dots that don’t exist. You are trying to make this make sense in your mind, but you are not seeing things clearly.

Chance: Abby, you are not seeing things clearly. There have been signs that our marriage had been faltering since the day I got back from spain. My inability to connect, my preoccupation with what happened over there. I mean, I was having trouble bonding with dominic. I ignored all that, and I threw myself into work.

Abby: Because you were traumatized, not because there was a problem in our relationship.

Chance: No, the ptsd divided us, and that divide has just been growing since. In a way, I am just as much to blame as you are. You were the one that kept fighting for us. You were the one that urged me to go to therapy, the one that helped me work out my feelings. I don’t know. Maybe you got tired of vying for my love and attention.

Abby: I hate that you are so noble and logical about this. No. I am the one to blame, okay? This is my fault, not yours.

Chance: Look, I’m not trying to make you feel guilty. I’m just trying to get you to face the reality.

Abby: What reality? Are you really suggesting that our marriage is over? Who says you have to spend more on skincare

Chance: I just think we’d be prolonging the inevitable if we try to repair things.

Abby: No. No, no, it is not inevitable. We have the power to change our circumstances, to change our future. And I am not ready to give up on you, not yet, not after everything we’ve been through.

Chance: Abby, at your core, you want something different, someone different.

Abby: No. No, the only person that I want is you.

Chance: No, I am fundamentally different from the things that you want. Okay? And I’ve tried. And I can’t be the man you desire. And sticking around to learn that lesson again…is just gonna cause more pain. I can’t do it. I think it’s better for both of us if we just make a clean break.

Abby: [ Sniffles ]

[ Voice breaking ] I couldn’t possibly feel more heartache and pain than I feel right now. What are you suggesting?

Chance: I think you know.

Abby: So, what, you’re just gonna leave? You’re gonna walk out on your family? On our son? What about dominic?

Lily: “This is to inform you that I am resigning from my position as general counsel of chancellor-winters.”

[ Sighs ] “I’m flying back to virginia this afternoon and will not be returning to genoa city. I deeply appreciate how flexible you have been with imani and me these past months, as we’ve needed to travel back and forth to deal with my mother’s medical issues. But now I have to rethink my work situation and my life so i can be close to my family. I know it’s a hard time for chancellor-winters, and I am committed to working remotely until you find my replacement. I’ve made a short list of possible candidates. Thank you, lily, for having faith in me, for giving me the opportunity of a lifetime. Please know I was truly happy here while it lasted.”

Devon: Hello?

Lily: Uh, I just got a formal resignation letter from amanda. Did you know about this?

Devon: Uh, unfortunately, yeah.

Abby: Well, what the hell is going on?

Tucker: If I’m gonna execute what I want to do, I need a partner who’s running on all cylinders and laser-focused. Your focus seems split recently.

Audra: I don’t know what you mean.

Tucker: [ Laughs ] Really? Does this have anything to do with noah newman?

Audra: [ Sighs ]

Tucker: Hmm? Your ex becoming an issue here?

Audra: Absolutely not.

Tucker: Okay. And yet there appears to be a problem, and I don’t like problems. And I don’t like that my plan seems to have stalled on both fronts.

Audra: I’m not the one whose personal life is getting in the way of your goals.

Tucker: And what do you mean by that?

Audra: I mean your motives are personal, okay? That’s a recipe for disaster with plans of this magnitude. I mean, it makes the whole thing unstable, as far as I’m concerned, and it’s skewed your thinking.

Tucker: How so?

Audra: You’re not being realistic, okay? It’s too ambitious. You want too much.

Nikki: I should remind you that we have the full force of victor’s P.I. Team behind us, so we don’t have to rely solely on what someone tells us.

Diane: [ Scoffs ] You know, victor’s P.I.S don’t intimidate me. And neither do you. You’ve got nothing. And you know how I know that? This conversation. Because if you had any proof, you wouldn’t be just warning me. You’d be using it.

Phyllis: Well, what makes you think we’re not using it?

Diane: Oh, I suppose you can go to the feds with this ridiculous hearsay. Hey, good luck with that. They will probably laugh you right out of the office, not just because you look like three busybodies with some gossip, but because this man you’re referring to — I knew him years ago. And the statute of limitations on supposed crimes is long past.

Ashley: That’s so interesting that you know the statute of limitations on crimes you didn’t even commit.

Diane: [ Scoffs ] Your plan has no legs, and there is nothing you can use to frighten me or force me to abandon my son for a second time. So, go ahead. Have at it. Make up all the evidence against me you want. It’s pointless.

Phyllis: Well, you know, that’s the beauty of our strategy, diane, is we actually don’t have to say or do anything to, um, frighten you or intimidate you. Jeremy stark will do that all on his own. He’s been in prison for six years. He’s had a lot of time to think, think, “why is diane not here?” Or taylor, right? Why are you a free bird? Maybe he wonders if you were the one who ratted him out.

Ashley: Oh, I bet he’s so pissed off. I mean, he’s just dwelling on your betrayal.

Nikki: Are you sure you want to stick around genoa city? Because you’ll just be a sitting target. It would be a shame if someone were to reach out to him and tell him exactly where you are.

Diane: [ Scoffs ] If you’re on medicare,

Diane: So, this is what it’s come to. You are threatening to send a criminal to menace me.

Ashley: You know, I will acknowledge that maybe we got the facts wrong. I mean, maybe jeremy stark would actually welcome the opportunity to reunite with his former lover.

Phyllis: Yeah, I mean, he’s been in prison for six long years.

Ashley: Yeah.

Phyllis: I’m sure he wants companionship. I mean, his standards are probably really low.

Nikki: I mean, maybe he’ll be willing to overlook the fact that you helped put him away, but maybe not.

Diane: You all act like I’m so diabolical, but I have never attempted to send a convicted felon after any of you.

Phyllis: No, no, no, no, no, no. Uh, you framed me for felony.

Nikki: And you let me be charged for your “murder.”

Ashley: You know, when you think about it, I mean, you sending stark to prison is kind of progress for you, isn’t it? ‘Cause he is an actual criminal.

Diane: How pathetic are all of your lives that you have nothing better to do than to try to destroy mine?

Phyllis: Payback is a bitch, isn’t it?

Diane: [ Scoffs ]

Nikki: And we know that you would do the same thing to us if you had the opportunity.

Ashley: Absolutely. I mean, it’s only a matter of time before you revert back to your old ways. Come on, diane.

Phyllis: Actually, you know what? I’m gonna disagree about you saying “revert” because it sort of implies that she’s changed, and I know for a fact she hasn’T.

Ashley: Oh.

Diane: Oh, really? If that’s true, phyllis, then do you really want to test me when you know what I’m capable of?

Phyllis: Oh, my goodness. Diane, are you threatening me?

Diane: No, no, no. It’s just an observation. Just because I’m capable of doing something, I might not do it. I’ve decided not to be vengeful and petty like the three of you. I’ve left the person that I used to be in the past. And you can believe me or not, but I have reformed.

Ashley: Oh, my god! So you keep saying over and over again, and maybe kyle and jack buy it for now, but we don’t!

Diane: I regret the things I’ve done! Okay? I mean, come on! Surely the three of you can relate to that. Is there one person in this room that hasn’t done something regrettable or questionable or despicable?

Phyllis: Yes, I actually have. I actually have, I’ll admit. But all of those things that i did are because of you.

Nikki: [ Chuckles ] That’s true for all of us.

Diane: And yet the three of you are allowed to repent and be forgiven, whereas I’m not. It’s an unfair double standard that I have been forced to live with and accept. So, fine, don’t forgive me. But if you’re being honest with yourself, you know that since I’ve returned to genoa city, i have not done one thing to cause any of you any trouble.

Phyllis: That’s completely untrue. I almost got fired because you lost your mind.

Diane: Yeah, but you didn’T. And since then, I have tried to extend an olive branch to you several times. And the two of you I just try to steer clear of.

Ashley: That’s not true. You’ve practically moved into my family home.

Nikki: And, uh, may I say that I appreciate you having the common sense to stay away from the ranch.

Diane: You know, the three of you have — have really tried to make my life miserable. And — and I have to admit that you have succeeded to a certain extent. You know, it would probably be a lot easier for me to just go away. But there is one reason that i don’t — my son. He is the reason that I can put up with all of your attacks. His support means more to me than any of these allegations you come up with.

Phyllis: Okay. Because you love your son does not make you a saint.

Diane: Oh, well, you should know.

Phyllis: I have to actually give you a compliment, though, that you’ve been able to have him on your side this entire time. It’s admirable. But eventually we’re gonna come up with proof, and he won’t be able to deny it anymore.

Diane: You leave kyle out of this.

Phyllis: Really?

Diane: Yeah.

Phyllis: What are you gonna do? Kyle’s my family. Kyle is their family. And the thing about the three of us is we protect our own.

Diane: So do I. I have tried to ignore you, to turn the other cheek. But I can only be pushed so far before it’s too far. Do you hear me? I am better than the three of you put together when it comes to playing dirty. So, why don’t you just back off? Leave me the hell alone! Or I will turn the tables on you so fast your heads will spin.

[ Door opens ]

[ Door slams ]

Nikki: Wow.

Tucker: Are you forgetting that optimism is the lifeblood of success?

Audra: But it has to be paired with practicality.

Tucker: And initiative. Hmm? You know I never shy away from a challenge. And ambition. Ambition — whew. That’s a turn-on for me.

[ Chuckles ] I thought you felt the same way.

Audra: I do.

Tucker: Hmm. Then why is it so wrong for me to want to reconnect with devon and ashley?

Audra: I mean, there’s nothing wrong with that specifically. It’s the rest of the plan that’s the overshoot. You want to acquire both chancellor-winters and jabot for mccall, with devon running chancellor and ashley running jabot.

Tucker: That’s very good. Yes, that’s an accurate and very succinct summation of my agenda. Yes. My son and the love of my life working with me.

Audra: Actually, they’d be working for you.

Tucker: That’s a minor technicality. They’d still have plenty of autonomy. Be a mutually beneficial partnership.

Audra: I doubt they’ll see it that way.

Tucker: Oh, well, I can be very persuasive.

[ Clears throat ] I can say, “united, we’ll, uh — we’ll be unstoppable and we’ll be bonded in the most powerful force on earth.”

Audra: [ Chuckles ] That argument might have flown in the ashram, but out here in the real world, it’s laughable.

Tucker: [ Clears throat ] When did you become such a cynic?

Audra: I’m a realist, okay? Your scheme relies on a series of actions I have never believed you could pull off. To get what you want, both devon and ashley would have to turn against their families and agree to work with you. Do you really think that’s possible?

Tucker: I’m so disappointed in your lack of faith.

Audra: [ Sighs ] Okay.

Tucker: You obviously don’t know me very well.

Chance: Of course I still want to be a part of dominic’s life. I’m his father. Well, one of his fathers. And I know it’s taken me a really long time and a lot of effort to figure out how to be that, but I don’t want to lose the connection I made with him. So, we can still be a family, just a different kind.

Abby: I hate how rational you can be about all of this. I mean, the way you talk about our son so matter-of-factly. I know that I hurt you, that you’re angry. So why don’t you just yell at me or blame me or do something, do something to show me that you have some feelings about this at all?

Chance: You’re gonna blame me now for being rational? Abby, I am trying to be as understanding as possible, given the circumstances.

Abby: [ Sniffles ]

Chance: One thing I can’t bring myself to do right now is comfort you.

Abby: I’m sorry.

[ Voice breaking ] I am so sorry that I broke us.

[ Sniffles ] I don’t even know what to say.

[ Breathing heavily ]

[ Sighs heavily ]

[ Knock on door ]

Devon: Hey. I figured we should talk about this in person.

Lily: Uh, yeah. You think? First of all, I have so many questions. I mean, how long did you know about this? And why didn’t you warn me?

Devon: I just found out about it. I had an idea it might happen, but I wasn’t for sure. And I certainly didn’t think amanda would move so fast.

Lily: Okay, well, you know, a heads-up would have been nice.

Devon: Yeah.

Lily: So, I’m sorry. Is imani quitting, too?

Devon: I honestly don’t know.

Lily: [ Sighs ] Oh, my god. Oh, my god, this is so bad. This is so bad. The timing could not be any worse. We have so much going on right now. It’s, like, we have the recording studio that we’re trying to buy. We have a million podcasts that we’re trying to get up and running. There’s a stack of contracts we have to get through. I mean, she’s leaving us in the worst situation. What, let me guess. You think I’m not being empathetic to her? I mean, I’m sorry. This is the cold, harsh reality of business.

Devon: Yeah.

Lily: [ Sighs ] My god. You know what? Maybe deep down, I kind of knew this was gonna happen. It’s like, I get that she wants to be with her family. I know that you two have been going through a lot. I know it’s been hard.

Devon: Yeah, it has been hard, but…

Lily: I’m sorry. I’m focused on work. I haven’t asked about you. Are you okay?

Devon: Yeah.

Lily: I know that the distance has been hard for you guys.

Devon: Yeah. No, I’M… I’m fine, and I tried to convince her to stay, but she was adamant about leaving.

Lily: What do you — what do you mean, she was adamant? Like, is something going on? Like, did you two have a falling-out?

Devon: No, we’re — we’re working through — working through things.

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Devon: Well, I just — i understand why she made her choice, and, uh, I respect it. That’s all.

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Devon: Look, amanda has made her choice. Her family is in virginia, and they need her there. So, I’m not gonna stand in her way. I need to accept it.

Lily: [ Sighs ] Look, I know that you wanted to be there for her during this time. So, just go to virginia. It’s fine. You can oversee your divisions from there.

Devon: I’m not gonna go to virginia.

Lily: Well, look, it is less-than-ideal timing. But it’s okay, alright? We’ll figure it out. I don’t want work to be the cause of friction in your relationship.

Devon: It won’t be. I promise. I belong right here. Amanda belongs in virginia with her family. I’m not gonna even consider relocating. If anything, I need to wrap my head around the fact that it might be time for us to part ways.

Lily: Part ways?

Devon: Yeah.

Lily: [ Sighs ] Okay. Clearly something is going on. Look, I get it, that you don’t want to tell me right now, and that’s okay. But when you’re ready, I’m here. Okay?

Tucker: Ash, uh, it’s me. Hoping we can get together soon. I’m curious to know if you used the information I gave you and, if so, how it went.

[ Pounding on door ]

Diane: Let me in, tucker!

Tucker: Actually, I think I’m about to get my answer.

[ Pounding on door ]

Diane: And don’t try hiding in the bathroom. I know that trick.

Tucker: [ Chuckles ] Ah, how do you do, di– oh! You seem irritated. Would you like something to eat?

Diane: Just cut the crap. I know that you’re the one feeding ashley information about jeremy stark. What? What? Is this revenge for me telling jack that I knew you in L.A.? For not getting you jabot’s financial information? Are you really that vindictive and cruel?

Devon: Chance is a fool to not put you and dominic first ’cause for you, for both of you, I would move heaven and earth. Christmas trees try so hard.

Devon: [ Sighs ] I’m sure you don’t want to hear anything I have to say ’cause I imagine whatever it is, it’s just gonna sound insulting to you.

Chance: You’re right.

Devon: Chance, the only thing I need you to know is that it wasn’t planned. We never talked about it. We never — we never even got close to doing anything like that before.

Chance: She told me.

Devon: That’s good ’cause it’s the truth. It was just a moment in time.

Chance: I disagree. I think it’s something that’s been there under the surface for a long time. Probably started before I got back from spain. But you know what, man? None of that matters now. Actions are actions, planned or not. Betrayal and infidelity — those don’t just happen. See, you and abby both had a choice to continue what you were doing or to stop. Now you’re gonna have to live with that choice.

Devon: That’s right. You’re right. And I know I don’T… I know I don’t deserve your forgiveness ’cause I know exactly how you’re feeling, probably a little better than you imagine. And my only hope is that you and I can live with this mistake without it affecting dominic’s life just ’cause we’re both fathers to him.

Chance: Don’t bring that up right now.

Devon: I’m sorry. Regardless, though, of how you feel about me, I’m hoping you can find it yourself to forgive abby and move forward with her.

Chance: Whatever we decide is none of your damn business.

Phyllis: Well, there she was, the real diane. She was in there all along, just waiting to reveal herself. I’m sure it was a relief to her, getting the claws out.

Ashley: Yeah. It must be exhausting hiding your true self under all that smarmy niceness.

Phyllis: So boring, pretending to be a do-gooder.

Ashley: Well, that’s something you’ll never have to worry about, right?

Phyllis: True, true.

Nikki: You know, despite all of her bravado, I think she is sweating bullets. I mean, clearly the thought of jeremy stark coming after her is terrifying to her.

Ashley: Uh-huh. She’s close to the breaking point.

Phyllis: Yeah, definitely.

Ashley: Right?

Phyllis: We have to keep on applying pressure and find out what else tucker knows.

Nikki: And if we can really trust him because even though i think diane is bluffing, we need to make sure that we don’t fall into one of tucker’s traps.

Tucker: Oh, diane. Frankly, I just — I don’t care what happens to you.

Diane: [ Scoffs ]

Tucker: And I find it hypocritical that you think i should, given that you’re the one who reneged on your part of our agreement.

Diane: I didn’t have access to jabot’s information.

Tucker: I don’t buy that excuse.

Diane: Ugh!

Tucker: You’re protecting kyle and jack, plain and simple.

Diane: You know, you and i need to work something out because you don’t want to cross me.

Tucker: If you’re upset that I passed on some disparaging information, it’s probably because the information is disparaging. I just reported the facts. It’s neither here nor there. The — the main priority of my life right now is to make ashley happy. And the one thing that seems to make that possible is you going away.

Diane: Oh. Do you know how your darling ashley wants to get me to leave? By threatening to make jeremy stark think I turned him in. Do you know what kind of danger that puts me and my family in?

Tucker: I know. I would be nervous, too. That’s why I think you ought to disappear. I — I’m — go off the grid. I think you’d be relieved to just vanish.

Diane: No. You have all underestimated me. The more you push, the more determined I am to fight to hold on to my family. So don’t count on me going anywhere.

[ Door slams ]

Tucker: [ Sighs ]

[ Exhales heavily ]

Tucker: Hey, ash. Me again. Hoping to see you soon. Today has turned out to be loads of fun.

[ Chuckles ] Diane is so entertaining when she’s riled up. Uh, I did whatever I could to egg her on. I hope that you and your cohorts get everything you want. Uh, counting on her to be as predictable as ever.

Diane: [ Sighs ]

[ Sighs ]

Ashley: Okay. I just got a voicemail from tucker. I need to go see him. Apparently, when she left here, diane went straight to confront him.

Phyllis: Of course she did. Alright, so, you need to do more of whatever it is you do that he finds attractive to get information out of tucker, okay?

Ashley: That’s not very nice, is it, phyllis?

Phyllis: Well, I’m not nice. Anyway…

[ Cellphone pings ] Alright. So, we need to know how to get in touch with jeremy stark so we can make good on these threats toward diane.

Abby: [ Sighs ]

[ Sniffles ]

[ Cries ]

[ Sniffles ]

[ Exhales heavily ]

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Nikki: Well, ashley, please tell us why you called us here today.

Phyllis: Yeah, what’s the urgency?

Ashley: I wanted you both to know that it turns out it was a good idea to befriend tucker.

Nikki: Do tell.

Ashley: He told me that he actually found out that diane was committing crimes in los angeles.

Phyllis: I knew she was committing crimes.

Nikki: I suspected as much.

Phyllis: Please tell me that these crimes are felonies.

Ashley: She was moving cash for a man by the name of jeremy stark, a high-profile criminal who’s actually doing time in federal prison. Tucker told me all sorts of information about the two of them.

Phyllis: This is amazing. This is so much better than staring at a tennis bracelet.

Nikki: Stark? Why is that thing familiar?

Ashley: Probably because you read it on a news feed this morning. Mr. Stark is being released from prison very soon.

Kyle: Mom? You look preoccupied.

Diane: Um, kyle, can we talk?

Kyle: Is something wrong?

Summer: Jack, hi.

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Jack: What a relief. Hey, speaking of lunch, I haven’t ordered yet. You care to join me?

Summer: Well, I was just going to grab some takeout, but, um, sure.

Jack: Well, great.

Summer: Why not?

Jack: Gives me a chance to tell you how proud I am of you.

Summer: Any reason in particular?

Jack: Yeah, you are really shining at marchetti.

Summer: Well, thanks, jack. I have to give some of the credit to kyle, though. He has been a huge help.

Jack: The two of you are a terrific team. It just pleases me so much to see you so in sync.

Summer: For the most part, yeah. There’s a few things that we disagree on.

Jack: Let me guess, a big sticking point is diane.

Summer: I got to know, jack. How do you really feel about this latest revelation?

Jack: In a word, exhausted.

Devon: I don’t like seeing your suitcases, amanda.

Amanda: Well, I am not thrilled about it, either. I’m sorry. I thought that I would be gone before you got back. I’m just packing up the last little bit of my things. If I forgot anything, I will send for it.

Devon: I think you’re moving too fast.

Amanda: I don’t think that there’s any reason to stick around. And just so you know, I will be resigning from chancellor-winters. I can’t see us working side-by-side under the circumstances.

Devon: You don’t have to quit.

Amanda: I was going to return to virginia anyway. My family needs me.

Devon: I need you here.

Amanda: Don’t worry. Okay? I’ll find a replacement for you and lily before I resign.

Devon: I don’t care about the job. I’m not worried about that, okay? I care about you, and I just want an opportunity to talk to you to see if we can’t work this out.

Abby: Papa’s not here, and daddy’s working, but you will see them later. I promise. Mommy will make sure of it.

Mariah: Hi.

[ Knocks on doorframe ]

Abby: Hi.

Mariah: Hey. Sorry. I just wanted to stop by and give dom a little present I got him.

Abby: Oh, wow.

Mariah: It was so cute. I just — I couldn’t really resist.

Abby: Thank you. I’m sure he will love it.

Mariah: And I have some very exciting news. Tessa and I are waiting to hear back from a young, pregnant mom who wants to give her baby up for adoption. So we might be parents soon.

Abby: Wow. That’s great. I will keep my fingers crossed for you guys.

Mariah: Thank you. I am so, so excited, but the waiting is kind of killing me. So I decided to get a little gift for the baby that’s already a part of my life. And watch you open the present, which you haven’t yet.

Abby: Oh, I-I’ll get to it later.

Mariah: You usually tear into presents right away. What’s wrong?

Abby: It’s nothing.

Mariah: Come on. I know you better than that. I’m just going to keep pushing until you tell me what it is. So you might as well just spill now.

Abby: Chance didn’t come home last night. Flu symptoms hit harder than the common cold.

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Nikki: So this is what tucker has been holding over diane’s head to force her to do his bidding.

Phyllis: I knew there was more.

Ashley: Yeah, well, we all did, phyllis, and we were all right.

Nikki: Well, it makes sense. She’d be willing to do anything to regain the wealth that she was so accustomed to.

Phyllis: I never believed her story of this modest life in los angeles selling little homes. I mean, she is a climber. She’ll claw her way to the top.

Nikki: A leopard never changes her spots.

Phyllis: This is what kyle and jack need to see, and then they won’t believe her story anymore.

Ashley: Yeah. So what now?

Nikki: Well, I think we need to call talia, let her know what’s going on.

Phyllis: Not so fast. Ashley, how do we know that tucker isn’t setting some sort of trap? I mean, does jack know about diane’s illegal activity?

Ashley: [ Sighs ] I tried to tell him, and he shut me down. He also told me to back off.

Nikki: Oh, my god, he’s still trying to protect her?

Ashley: Yes.

Phyllis: I can’t believe this. He keeps on buying this “poor, pitiful me” act.

Ashley: He thinks that he’s protecting kyle and harrison from being hurt by diane, but he doesn’t understand that the way to do that is to not back off, because she needs to be exposed for who and what she is. We’ve got to nail her this time.

Jack: To be perfectly honest, I want to continue to give diane the benefit of the doubt, but believe that she’s left everything in L.A. Behind her, that it was a means to an end, and that end was being reunited with her son, but given these latest revelations, it becomes increasingly difficult to buy.

Summer: I can’t do it anymore. I can’t trust her. Believe me, I have tried for kyle’s sake and for harrison’s sake. I mean, I gave her a job.

Jack: Yeah.

Summer: I tried to let her earn her place in harrison’s life and in his heart, but I’ve hit a wall with her. I guess you could say that I am just as exhausted as you are.

Jack: You know what? I think we’re all so tired of all of this, including diane.

Summer: [ Sighs ] You know, even if we could trust that she’s put all of her criminal misdeeds behind her, who’s to say that it’s not going to catch up with her eventually? And when it does, what kind of danger does that pose to kyle?

Kyle: Okay, mom, what is it?

Diane: [ Scoffs ] I hate that “what now?” Tone. I’m worried that I lost some of the ground that I gained with you and the abbotts when you learned what I did in los angeles, what I had to do in order to survive. I feel like I’m back at square one.

Kyle: I already told you —

Diane: I know you told me you understand why I did what I did, but I still feel like it’s changed the dynamic between us. I mean, look at the way you’re speaking to me right now, like you’re just — like you’re just waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Kyle: Maybe you should look at this latest confession from my point of view. It’s only natural that this news would make us feel guarded when it comes to you and your past. Yet, even after hearing about it, I’ve again given you the benefit of the doubt.

Diane: And I appreciate that, but I —

Kyle: No. No, no, no, no. No buts. Frankly, I think you’re the one being impatient and a bit unreasonable. You should expect us to have a little less trust in you now.

Diane: [ Sighs ] I — I honestly don’t know if I can live like this, always being on trial with all of you. How can we expect to ever truly be a family if there’s always this undercurrent of suspicion?

Kyle: Okay, what exactly are you saying?

Diane: Maybe I don’t have the strength to live with this constant scrutiny and uncertainty. Maybe it’s time for me to go. Maybe I should’ve never returned.

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Amanda: I don’t think that there’s anything left to talk about. I’ve taken a moment to breathe since we last spoke and process the shock of what me and chance walked in on, and I see the situation more clearly now.

Devon: And?

Amanda: I believe you when you say that you and abby, whatever happened, it was spontaneous and unexpected.

Devon: Well, I appreciate that ’cause it’s the truth.

Amanda: But at any time from that first kiss, anything that followed, you could’ve stopped yourself, but you didn’T. And I’ve been thinking about that a lot. Why didn’t either one of you pull back? What would possibly carry you through to the ultimate betrayal? And I’ve come up with the only possible conclusion. Because you are a good man, devon. You have a big heart and you are a thoughtful friend and you’ve been all of those things to me, and I really — when I came home from virginia, I thought that you would be those things for me now.

Devon: And I’m sorry that I let you down.

Amanda: Yeah, but I have to believe that someone as judicious as you would not go past the point of no return unless there were true feelings involved. So I just — I have to face the fact that there is more of a connection between you and abby, maybe even more than you are willing to admit.

Chance: Yeah, it was a late night last night. I didn’t really get much sleep. Appreciate the coffee, though.

Sharon: Hey, do you mind if I sit down?

Chance: Sure. I’d like that.

Sharon: I remember how exhausted rey was on some of his all-nighters, and, um, early in the relationship, I would get jealous. I mean, don’t get me wrong. I — I never thought that rey would cheat on me. I would just get jealous of the job. You know, rey was so committed to his work. I just felt like sometimes I was in second place.

Chance: Yeah. Yeah, abby feels the same way sometimes. Especially lately.

Sharon: You know, the other night, I happened to see what seemed like the tail end of an argument with you and abby.

Chance: Yeah. Yeah, that’s what that was.

Sharon: Well, I don’t mean to pry, but, um, I don’t know, it seems like maybe your work is what’s causing tension for abby.

Mariah: Chance was out all night?

Abby: On a stakeout. Yeah, it must’ve run late.

Mariah: Another one? ‘Cause it seems like every time tess and I come down into the coffeehouse for a late-night snack, chance is there, and he’s filling up on enough coffee to get him through another late-night stakeout. I was kind of hoping things would calm down, and he’d start working more regular hours.

Abby: Yeah, me, too.

Mariah: Well, at least he’s not gone for months on end, and he’s not working an undercover job that takes him halfway around the world.

Abby: Right?

Mariah: I guess chance just loves his job. You know, rey was the same way. They just get this adrenaline, I guess, out of catching the bad guys.

Abby: That must be it.

Mariah: That can get annoying, I bet. I mean, I know I had such a hard time when tessa was on tour for months on end. Can I admit something in confidence?

Abby: Sure.

Mariah: As bad as I feel about tessa canceling her tour because of her vocal nodules, part of me has really enjoyed having her around more. It’s kind of the silver lining. I must be an awful person for even thinking that.

Abby: No, it’s understandable.

Mariah: Yeah, it’s been amazing, you know? She gets to give attention to our relationship and our adoption process. Don’t get me wrong. As soon as the doctor clears her to get back on stage, I’m going to be right there rooting her on, but it has been nice to get a little bit of attention and not play second fiddle to her beautiful music.

Abby: Second fiddle.

Mariah: I know chance is out there busting criminals, and however noble his job may be, it sucks that he prioritizes that or anything over you and dom.

Abby: It is hard, and it is causing problems in our marriage.

Kyle: Don’t you think you’re being a little melodramatic?

Diane: This is my life, my future. If anything, I’m holding back.

Kyle: Really? Because I can’t help but wondering if all this emotion is a calculated move to get me to beg you to stay.

Diane: Kyle, that’s not fair. How could you stand to constantly live under a microscope? Every move and intention met with judgment and suspicion. How would you feel if you couldn’t escape a questionable past? Even if the things you did were done out of necessity for survival?

Kyle: I’m sure it would be difficult.

Diane: Yeah, and to make matters worse, there’s a small legion of adversaries just doing their best to bring me down and run me out of town.

Nikki: We need more than tucker’s word that she had a connection with this stark guy. And do we have any proof that she broke the law?

Ashley: Unfortunately, no.

Nikki: I don’t understand how all of our digging didn’t turn this up. And victor’s team, they don’t know anything about this. I mean, if she were involved in a criminal conspiracy, wouldn’t there be some sort of evidence?

Ashley: I asked tucker the same question, and he gave me a very vague answer, something like being in the right place at the right time. Same answer for how he made the connection between jeremy and diane.

Phyllis: I know, but if he’s using what he knows to pressure diane, I mean, he has to have some sort of proof.

Nikki: Maybe he’s playing you.

Ashley: Oh, I don’t think he’s flat-out lying. He told me this information because he wants to prove that I can trust him, that he’s loyal to me. In fact, he even — I mean, he wrapped it up, you know, with a ribbon, the whole thing, and presented it to me as a gift.

Nikki: Ashley, please don’t tell us that you are starting to soften towards him.

Ashley: Of course not. I’ve got him eating out of the palm of my hand. If you want to be certain, why don’t we go ahead and get victor’s team involved? You know, maybe they’ll find something out.

Phyllis: No, forget victor’s team. They’ve already shown they’re useless. It’s on us. We need to confront diane and put the fear of god in that bitch.

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Kyle: By “adversaries,” I assume you mean phyllis and her new buddies.

Diane: I’m telling you, kyle, they’re driving me crazy. My nerves are shot, I can’t sleep at night, and it’s all because of their baseless, hypocritical attacks. I mean, if nikki, phyllis, and ashley tried to dig up this much dirt on themselves, what would that reveal? Plenty they wouldn’t want exposed, I’m sure.

Kyle: Yeah, let’s not go there.

Diane: I’m telling you, I can’t take it anymore. I am… I’m ready to throw in the towel. I’m done.

Kyle: So what’s brought on this urge to give up? You’re not a quitter and you’ve faced a slew of enemies since you came back to genoa city. Did those ladies do something? Did tucker?

Devon: Amanda, the only connection between me and abby is that we’re friends. That’s what we’ve always been.

Amanda: No, no don’t give me that knee-jerk reaction.

Devon: It’s the truth, though.

Amanda: I won’t believe it, and I deserve a lot better than that. So you need to think, devon, long and hard about what happened and why it happened.

Devon: Oh, believe me, it’s all I’ve been doing.

Amanda: Well, maybe my absence opened the door to this.

Devon: No, it didn’T. This isn’t about me being lonely, and it certainly isn’t about you spending time with your mother.

Amanda: Okay, don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying that my absence caused this, and I am certainly — I have no intention of taking any responsibility for your betrayal, but maybe my absence paved the way for this. It gave you the time and the space that you needed to awaken these feelings that I’m talking about. And, trust me, I was completely blindsided. I did not see this coming. But now that I think about it and I see it, I just — it makes perfect sense.

Devon: Well, it doesn’t make any sense to me.

Amanda: Come on, devon.

Devon: What?

Amanda: You have been friends with abby for so long. You’ve helped each other through some hard times, and you’ve celebrated some good ones.

Devon: I know that that’s true. But I also told you that both of us figured out a long time ago that there’s nothing romantic between the two of us.

Amanda: And maybe that was true then, but you share a child now. Like, my god, I cannot believe that I didn’t see it. How could I possibly compete with that?

Abby: You know how much i love chance and how heartbroken I was when I thought we lost him.

Mariah: Yeah, I had a front-row seat for every moment of it.

Abby: And when he came home, when he came back to genoa city. I thought things were going to be great. I thought that he’d be able to focus on me, on dominic on building our family. I just… I thought things were going to be perfect.

Mariah: So then what is it that’s really going on?

Abby: I just don’t understand how chance can put so much of his attention into his work. It’s like when he has a case, that’s all he can focus on. He prioritizes it over me, over dominic. I don’t get it. I mean, am I expecting too much from my husband?

Mariah: Well, that depends, you know? Are you asking him not to care about his job?

Abby: Well, that’s the thing. Of course I want chance to have a meaningful career. I know it’s important to him. It’s just his priorities.

Mariah: Well, that’s the thing about chance. He’s a determined and dedicated man. To his family but also to his oath and his code. I don’t know if he could give that up, even if he wanted to.

Abby: Then where does this leave us?

Mariah: It depends on how you feel about the real man that you married versus the perfect one you imagined.

Chance: Yeah, there is some tension between abby and me. She just has this unrealistic fantasy of who she wants me to be, and I don’t think she gets who I actually am. And we just keep having the same argument over and over again, you know? And I’ve tried to help her understand how much I care about her and dom and that I will always be there for them, but it just feels like any time work comes up or plans get ruined because of a job or if she even thinks I’m distracted thinking about a case, she goes straight to betrayal. I’m betraying her.

Sharon: Because you’re not putting family first.

Chance: And the truth is, work is just important to me. It gives me a purpose, and I tell you, it makes me a better father and a better husband. I don’t think I could ever be happy giving that up.

Sharon: Is that really what abby wants, for you to give it up?

Chance: [ Sighs ] Sometimes I think it would make her happier. I’m telling you, I have tried to be the man that she wants me to be, and I just — I keep failing.

Sharon: Maybe you two can find a compromise.

Chance: I doubt we’re going to find any middle ground. I can’t control when I’m needed for work. If they call, I have to be available. And, you know, I don’t know if i want to be the man that abby says she wants. When you really need to sleep.

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Chance: I’m sorry for unloading all that on you.

Sharon: No apology needed. I don’t want to offer any solutions, but I will make an observation.

Chance: Okay.

Sharon: [ Sighs ] Nobody can make somebody else change, and I’ve seen so many relationships fail trying.

Chance: Yeah, I don’t want that.

Sharon: Well, I hope that you and abby are able to work things out, but staying and trying to change something that can’t be changed is just headed down the road to miserable heartache. And, unfortunately, some people will always want what somebody else just can’t give them, and I’m sorry if that just sounds too rational or analytical. I know that we’re talking about matters of the heart.

Chance: No, no. I appreciate your candor. It’s actually refreshing.

Jack: Look, I think your support thus far for kyle has been amazing. I know this whole diane mess has really taken its toll, but you have handled it all with grace while raising a very busy little boy and relaunching marchetti all at once. Is it possible that maybe you’re taking on too much of the burden of keeping kyle safe?

Summer: I have to protect the people that I love.

Jack: Honey, nobody understands that instinct better than I do, but kyle’s a big boy. He’s smart. I know he wants his mother back in his life, but his eyes are wide open, particularly after this latest news.

Summer: [ Sighs ] I want to believe that. I really do. But I also see how much diane’s return means to kyle. And it’s not just that he missed having her in his life. It’s like his life is now somehow complete, now that she’s back in it, like he feels whole again somehow.

Jack: Yeah, I’ve seen that in him, too.

Summer: I worry that those feelings could blind him to an oncoming threat.

Jack: Well, you know what? If he doesn’t see it coming, we will. We will have his back.

Diane: You want to know what set me off? This. This is the man I told you about, the one I was stupidly involved with in L.A. The one who tricked me into moving money around for him illegally.

Kyle: Okay, so he’s about to be released from prison. You said you weren’t implicated. So what’s your concern?

Diane: Don’t you see? I can’t help but worry that the evil trifecta will find out about this and somehow use it against me.

Kyle: Yeah, I assume you mean nikki, ashley, and phyllis. How can they even connect you to stark?

Diane: Tucker. He’s been hanging around ashley, trying to win her back, and I certainly don’t trust him to protect this secret.

Kyle: I still don’t see what the big deal is. Even if there is proof that you had anything to do with stark, the statute of limitations has probably run out by now. I mean, what can they do? What can this guy do?

Diane: He’s a dangerous man. What if he believes I helped put him away? What if he’s been looking for revenge? And what if my enemies help him know how to find me?

Kyle: Did you?

Diane: What?

Kyle: Did you help put stark in jail? Who says you have to spend more on skincare

Devon: Amanda, I don’t want you to see this as a competition between you and abby, okay?

Amanda: That is the problem. You don’t see it. Something happened when you became dominic’s father.

Devon: What happened? ‘Cause you were right there by my side. You’ve been down this whole journey with me.

Amanda: No, exactly. I see how much you love that little boy. And that connects you to abby forever. And no matter how much you say that you love me, I will never be that for you. I will never be enough to fill that space in your heart.

Devon: This isn’t about you being enough. You’re more than enough for me.

Amanda: Well, then maybe you’re not enough for me. Because now I know that you are capable of throwing it all away. Your love for me was not strong enough to keep you from acting on your feelings with abby.

Chance: Mariah, good to see you.

Mariah: Yeah, it’s good to see you, too. But I’m so sorry. Got to run to work. Um, and you two should talk. I’ll see you later, okay?

Abby: Alright. I’m glad that you’re home. You know, I’ve been thinking a lot. I’ve expected so much from you since you got home from spain, and I’ve really only looked at our marriage from my point of view and not yours. You know, what about you? What do you expect? Chance, please. I’m really hoping that we can put aside what happened with devon. It was a complete mistake, and maybe we can work this out.

Ashley: Well, you know, the fact that stark went to prison and diane didn’t brings up a very interesting point. Obviously, the feds couldn’t pin jeremy’s crimes on diane, or she’d be in prison, too, right?

Phyllis: You’re not saying that diane’s innocent, are you?

Ashley: Of course not. I’m just thinking this through. I mean, if I were stark, I would wonder if diane had something to do with my conviction.

Nikki: He may very well suspect that she cut a deal to turn him in for her own immunity.

Phyllis: And if he does think that, that’s very bad for diane.

Ashley: If diane thinks that he’s getting out of prison soon, she would be terrified.

Nikki: Maybe she could be scared into believing that he’s coming for her.

Ashley: And then maybe that would motivate her to abandon this need she has to stay in genoa city, and it would get her to actually leave.

Phyllis: This time for good.

Kyle: Please just tell me you at least helped the feds put that man away.

Diane: Yes, I did. I sold him out to free myself so that I could turn things around and then figure out a way to get back to you.

Kyle: And he could easily suspect that because you weren’t investigated.

Diane: Yes. Especially if he gets some help. Kyle, what if he’s waiting for revenge, and the three of them just decide to light the match?

Kyle: Just calm down. Don’t drive yourself crazy over this. I don’t want you running away in fear from jeremy stark or anyone else. I won’t let anyone do anything to you.

Diane: Just hearing you say that makes me feel so much better.

Kyle: The abbotts protect their own.

Diane: [ Sighs ] Moderate to severe eczema still disrupts my skin.

Nikki: Telling diane that we know about her history with stark would be a good place to begin.

Phyllis: We have to be really careful. I’ve seen diane get out of more difficult situations than this.

Ashley: It’s true. Why don’t we go ahead and get victor’s team involved? Maybe they could find some evidence that would actually tie diane to stark’s crimes. We could just use it as leverage if we needed it, right? And I think with both those things, we’ve got her.

Phyllis: We’re all agreed.

Nikki: Ladies, I believe it is time for the three of us to have another heart-to-heart with ms. Jenkins.

Diane: Thank you, kyle, for your support. It means so much.

Kyle: Does my father know you helped put stark away?

Diane: I haven’t told him that part. And I would only trust you and jack to know this, not even summer, because if she let it slip to phyllis —

Kyle: She wouldn’T.

Diane: I can’t take that chance.

Kyle: Look, I don’t want to keep this a secret from my wife.

Diane: Well — well, look at it this way. You’ll be saving her from the stress of having to hide it from her mother.

Kyle: No, our marriage is strong because we tell each other everything.

Diane: Kyle, please. Phyllis cannot know this. This is my story to tell, not yours. And as your mother, I need you to trust me that this is the right way to handle —

[ Door opens ]

[ Sighs ] Excuse me.

Kyle: Mm.

Diane: [ Sighs ]

[ Indistinct conversation in distance ]

[ Sighs ]

Devon: Amanda —

Amanda: Just go, devon, please. I just want to finish packing up my stuff alone, and I don’t want to say goodbye or anything. I just want to sneak out of here.

Devon: I don’t want you to sneak out. I don’t want you to go anywhere. Can you take a couple days or one day just to see if it makes you think any differently?

Amanda: It’s over, devon. Don’t you see that? There’s no coming back from this.

Devon: I never meant to hurt you… and I hate that I did. I just hope that you know how much I love you, and nothing has changed about that.

Amanda: But everything has. You’re going to have to accept that.

[ Crying ]

[ Sighs ]

Chance: That it’s too late. We’re past working things out.

Abby: No. [ Sniffles ] No, no. How can you say that? After everything we’ve overcome, I mean, after everything that we mean to each other. We can work through this.

Chance: Look, I know in my heart… and I can say this without any bitterness or anger, but… you belong with devon. He’s the guy that fits all your ideals. I’m not that guy. I never will be that guy. And I accept that. So it’s over, abby.

Abby: [ Sniffles ]

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Sally: You’re up bright and early. Of course, you have a job to get to. I actually get to enjoy my day.

Adam: Well, you don’t have to pretend like you enjoy being unemployed, especially when I know you too well to buy it.

Sally: Well, I would enjoy taking some time off if I knew I had something else lined up soon.

Adam: Oh, I’m sure it’s just a matter of time before recruiters blow up your phone and try to scoop you up.

Sally: That has not been my experience. At all.

Adam: Well, something will turn up. Just don’t expect me to offer my help, because you said you do not want any.

Sally: Well, good.

Adam: You can do this on your own. You are smart, you like thinking outside the box, and you don’t have a problem with letting people around you shine. Letting you go was a dreadful mistake.

Sally: Hell yeah, it was. Newman media’s loss will be someone else’s gain.

Adam: You know, nothing would make me happier, seeing you get the job that you most deserve, sally.

Adam: You looked like you were thinking deep thoughts when I walked in. Is everything all right?

Adam: I, uh — I still haven’t heard from chelsea, so I’m hoping that she’s all right.

Dr. Malone: Were you able to sleep last night?

Chelsea: Not really. I just have a lot on my mind.

Dr. Malone: Do you want to talk about those thoughts?

Chelsea: I just keep thinking about how I got here and what I need to do next.

Sharon: Hey, thanks for coming. You’re right on time.

Billy: Thank you. I, uh — I’m really eager to hear what chelsea’s therapist said.

Sharon: Well, she thinks that things are moving along in a positive direction.

Billy: Okay, I guess that’s good. I mean, it’s a little vague, but that’s to be expected.

Sharon: She was able to share something significant.

Billy: Right.

Sharon: Chelsea mentioned that she might be ready to tell adam and connor what’s been going on and where she is.

Billy: Okay.

Sharon: The more people she has in her support network, the better.

Billy: Yeah.

Sharon: And I’ve been a little worried about connor.

Billy: Yeah, no, for sure. I mean — I mean, I’m sure he’s worried, as well. I’m sure he’s wondering where his mother is and if she’s okay.

Sharon: But you still have reservations about bringing adam into the situation.

Jill: All right, so we have to figure out what we’re going to do with this ipo.

Lily: Um, I mean, honestly, jill, I’m on the fence. Devon’s completely opposed to it, but, I mean, after the dust with nate settles, he could change his mind.

Jill: Well, isn’t it a shame that billy isn’t here so we could get his input, since he hasn’t officially tendered his resignation yet? Okay. There’s no denying it. He is avoiding me. He knows he’s going to get the lecture of his life.

Lily: Well, I guess he’s doing something important.

Jill: More important than the future of our company?

Lily: He’s helping a friend through a traumatic episode.

Jill: What friend?

Lily: Chelsea.

Jill: Aha. And how worried should we be about that situation? This is the sound of better breathing.

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Allie: We really are the perfect fit, you know?

Noah: Is that because I’m hilarious, and you’re working on cultivating your sense of humor?

Allie: Oh, there you go, making jokes again, whereas I live on the land of logic and reason.

Noah: Mm.

Allie: I’m just saying we balance each other out.

Noah: Yeah, that’s true. I do like when you get creative, though, like that one time you got real creative when jack left the house, and we had it all to ourselves.

Allie: Oh. You have to stop.

Noah: And you went into the kitchen. You whipped up that great dinner. What’d you think I was talking about? Oh, you’re bad. Yeah.

[ Both laugh ]

Allie: I love you. Mm. You are the worst. You know that?

Noah: Oh, just awful. And late. I do run a business now, you know.

Allie: Go. Go to your club. I am gonna go to the lab after I answer some e-mails.

Noah: Want to synchronize our watches, meet back up later?

Allie: Let’s wing it.

Noah: Oh. Daredevil.

Allie: Mwah. All right. Get out there. Make some money.

Audra: Hey.

Billy: Look, sharon, I don’t care how this affects adam personally, except for the fact that he’s the one taking care of connor.

Sharon: Well, we need to let adam know that the more honest and truthful we can be with connor about what his mother’s dealing with, the better. Being vague could just lead connor to misinterpret this, misinterpret it to think that his mother’s mental health issues are something that he should be ashamed of or something that he should feel guilty about.

Billy: Yeah, no, that’s the most important thing right now, is making sure that he does not feel responsible for the situation that his mother is in.

Sharon: Okay, so we’ll work with adam to keep things age-appropriate, but also to put things in terms that connor can understand and process, like his mother needed help but didn’t know how to ask for it before. But now she’s getting all the care and support she needs from experts and friends.

Sally: Maybe chelsea just needed some time to herself.

Adam: I have a really bad feeling about this. And I know how this sounds, but I think billy and sharon know what’s going on, and they’re keeping it from me.

[ Cellphone chimes ]

[ Clears throat ] It’s billy. He, um… he wants to meet.

Sally: Well, hopefully he gives you the answers that you’re looking for.

Adam: Yeah. Hopefully. Sally?

Sally: Yes?

Adam: Thank you. I get bladder leaks.

Adam: Well, I suppose i should be grateful that you’re finally going to tell me what is going on.

Billy: Adam, I’m trying to do the right thing right now, okay? I don’t need the attitude. And I’m not about to spar with you. This is about chelsea, not our grievances.

Adam: Okay. Where’s chelsea? She okay?

Sharon: Um, your instincts were right. Chelsea had some setbacks emotionally, and she’s getting care now in a treatment facility.

Adam: [ Scoffs ] And I’m just finding out about this now? I mean, do you have any idea how hard it has been to explain away her sudden disappearance to our son and to reassure him that his — his mother is all right?

Sharon: Well, I am sorry that we couldn’t tell you everything as it was happening, but chelsea was in crisis, and we had to make her the priority.

Adam: I-I get that, and — and I’m glad that she’s getting the treatment she deserves. But what happened? I mean, did something precipitate this? And why is she in treatment and not in an outpatient therapy? I mean, billy, I understand why you’d want to keep me in the dark on this, but come on.

Billy: Adam, I don’t envy the position that you’re in with connor. Okay, but this is not ideal for anyone, especially chelsea. And things got very serious for her. And I’m trying to do the right thing and take my cues from the people that know how to handle this better than I do.

Adam: When, uh — when am I able to see her?

Billy: Chelsea’s therapist said that she’s ready, and chelsea wants to be the one to tell you everything.

Adam: Well, the doctor didn’t need to use you as an intermediary, billy.

Sharon: Billy is the one person chelsea really trusts right now. We’re all trying to work together here, adam.

Audra: When will you stop punishing me?

Jill: I’m honestly not worried about billy’s involvement with chelsea at all. I mean, apparently, she’s going through a difficult time, and she’s become a mission for him, while he’s on his quest for self-fulfillment.

Jill: Well, good, then i don’t have to worry about that complication. I only ask because they did that podcast together.

Lily: Yeah, that was another mission.

Jill: Okay. Let’s talk about the real reason that we’re here. If we decide to move ahead and take chancellor-winters public, we have to decide what’s the best way forward, given this nightmare situation with nate and then billy’s genius decision to step down as coo. Because we can’t have the merest hint of any instability at all in our executive ranks.

Lily: Yeah, jill, I completely agree with you. That’s why I wanted billy to step down. I don’t want him staying here out of some misplaced guilt.

Jill: No, no, no. It’s not misplaced. It’s where it belongs, right on his shoulders.

Lily: Well, I’m the one who told him to leave so that it could be a clean break.

Billy: Hey. Sorry I’m late. And I’m sorry that I haven’t returned your calls. I’ve, uh — I’ve just been — I’ve been busy.

Jill: Yeah, so I’ve heard.

Billy: I know we have some pressing matters to discuss, so shall we?

Jill: Well, I guess I can assume that it’s because of that decision you made to totally abandon the company and lily for no good reason.

Billy: Lily knows that she still has my full support.

Lily: Um, well, I have a meeting to get to, so I will let you two discuss. Good luck.

Billy: Well, I know you’re upset with me, but —

Jill: Don’t, don’t, don’T. I’m not interested in hearing your apology speech. I want to know what the hell is going on with you. If you’re on medicare,

Noah: Why are you doing this?

Audra: What is it that you think I’m doing?

Noah: Constantly showing up wherever I am, wanting to talk, insinuating yourself into my life.

Audra: We were important to each other, even if you decided to walk away.

Noah: Hey, our relationship was toxic. I walked away because I had to.

Audra: And this is healthy? Pretending like we never happened? Not even acknowledging each other’s existence?

Noah: Oh, I’m well aware of your presence. You made it impossible not to be.

Audra: You know, when you do actually talk to me, it’s always like this. This mean tone. You get so intense and combative when we’re around each other.

Noah: Well, then I guess we should just keep our distance.

Audra: You know, whenever i see you with your new girlfriend, you’re never harsh or angry.

Noah: Yeah, that’s ’cause we have a healthy relationship.

Audra: But you don’t seem truly excited or euphoric. You’re just there.

Noah: Don’t do that.

Audra: Can’t stand an honest observation from someone who knows you intimately?

Noah: Look, will you just tell me what you want? I’m happy now, audra. I don’t want to do this with you anymore.

Billy: Why don’t we start from the top? Let’s go back to how all of this began.

Jill: Okay. You walked away from jabot.

Billy: And you paired me with lily because you wanted me to have direction and focus.

Jill: But not just focus. You were destroying all of your relationships. You were gambling again. You were in full-on self-destruct mode.

Billy: And you gave me a soft place to land, and I will be forever grateful for that. Mostly because you brought lily back into my life. Falling in love with her was by far the best thing that has come from this.

Jill: You are so lucky she’s willing to put up with you.

Billy: No, I know that. And I’m not just talking about in our personal life. I mean, she is so good at her job. She and devon both belong here, and they are very excited about expanding their family’s legacies.

Jill: I co-own this place. This is your legacy, too.

Billy: I know that, which is why I initially threw myself into this and committed to it. But if I’m being honest with me and — and you, I-I need something else.

Jill: Well, that sounds very vague, doesn’t it?

Billy: I don’t know what it is yet. I just know that I need to feel passionate about what I’m doing. I want to wake up in the morning and feel fired up. And — and I understand that I’m letting you down, and I’m letting lily down. And it’s not easy to admit, but I can’t stay in a position at — at a job that just doesn’t fill me up anymore, okay, just to simply appease everyone else. So go ahead. Have at it.

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Chelsea: I’ve gone over this moment a million times in my mind, but I don’t know what to say.

Adam: Well, you — you don’t have to say anything unless you want to say something.

Chelsea: How’s connor?

Adam: He’s okay. He misses you. But, uh, I’m taking care of everything.

Chelsea: I knew you would. I’ve never been worried about that. I always knew, no matter what happened, you would always look after connor.

Adam: Well, I-I don’t know how much longer I can keep up the, uh, “your mom will be back soon,” routine. But, you know, maybe the situation would be a little easier to navigate if I knew a little more about why you were, uh, here.

Chelsea: Well, it’s kind of hard to explain. I mean, everything was fine… at first. It was — it was like a-a day at the beach, where everyone’s on the sand having the time of their life, but I’m in a raft. And I’m okay at first, but then the waves start crashing in, and… nobody notices. And I don’t want to be a burden, so I don’t say anything.

Adam: And no one — no one knew how much trouble that you were in.

Chelsea: I was drowning. Dying a little bit day by day, being dragged out by this raft, and — and no one could see it. And the raft just started filling with water, and nothing was working. I think, um, you know, after rey died, uh — I really miss him.

Adam: I know. I know that the two of you, you were very close.

Chelsea: I did unforgivable things, yet he always saw the good in me. And I was mourning him. And then I quit my job. And then I lost chloe. And then connor was so upset with me because I told him about johnny. And then I lost him, too. And I just feel like… I don’t belong to anyone or anything, and I just started to feel really lost. And I just wanted it to go away.

Adam: You wanted what to go away, chelsea?

Chelsea: The pain. My problems. Everything.

Adam: [ Sighs ] When — when you were on the roof, chelsea…

Chelsea: I know what you’re thinking.

Adam: No, no, you have — you have no idea what I’m thinking. What I was thinking was — was, “thank god that billy was there for you.” I’m sorry. I’m sorry, chelsea, okay? I — if I had known, if I had — had seen — this isn’t about me. This is — this is about you. You are all that matters. And if I have not told you that enough, I am so sorry. Okay? I am glad that you’re still here and that you’re getting the help that you need.

Jill: Do you know how much I love you, billy? You’re brilliant, and you’re clever. And you can talk your way out of anything. But when in the name of heaven are you going to figure out who you really are?

Billy: Can’t I just be a work in progress?

Jill: Stop that. What the hell are you doing with your life? And I got to tell you, the last part of it, it goes at lightning speed. And that’s why I want to take chancellor public, okay? ‘Cause I want to look back on my career and know that I made a commitment, a commitment to do my very best and to have a really good time doing it. And that’s what I want for you.

Billy: I’ll get there.

Jill: Of course I want you happy. Of course I want you fulfilled. But the trouble is, this is not the first time that you’ve made an impulsive decision based on restlessness.

Billy: I don’t think I’m the same guy that I was when I was at jabot, mom.

Jill: But you got the same issues.

Billy: Yeah, right, and maybe I have to break those patterns, just like I have to break the pattern of — of staying in an uncomfortable situation to make everybody else happy.

Jill: I’m not talking about everybody else. I’m talking about you. Here’s what I’m afraid of. I’m afraid that you’ve never really learned the truth about bright, shiny objects. Yeah, they’re really exciting at first. They’re really titillating. But, billy, they fade. That is life. You have got to learn to stay engaged. Do you remember that word that your father used to say all the time?

Billy: Stick-to-it-tiveness.

Jill: Yeah, that’s the one. You do remember.

Billy: Yeah, I remember. I think about it often. I think about him often.

Jill: There is so much to be said, billy, for determination and loyalty.

Billy: I think I’m a loyal person, mom. And I think what I’m doing is best for this company. Just happens to be best for me, too.

Jill: Okay. I just don’t want you to come to the end of your life and to look back and see that you wasted all this time chasing after something that doesn’t exist. It would break my heart.

Lily: Hi. I hope I didn’t come back too soon.

Jill: I’ll be in touch.

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[ Knock on door ]

Phyllis: It’s phyllis, amanda. Hey.

Amanda: Hey.

Phyllis: Okay, I got here as fast as I could. I didn’t even know you were in town.

Amanda: Yeah, I just — i just got in today.

Phyllis: Okay. What happened?

Amanda: Well, I came to talk to devon. You know, I wanted to surprise him because I’ve been gone for so long. But I got a surprise because he was naked on the couch with abby.

Devon: Hey.

Abby: Is, uh, dom ready?

Devon: Abby. I haven’t gotten dominic ready to go yet, but I think that you should come in so we can talk.

Diane: [ Sighs ]

Diane: I appreciate you so much. You have the least reasons of anyone to make me feel worthy, believed, safe. And yet you do.

Jack: I’m glad that’s so.

Diane: Me too.

Jack: Diane? What’s wrong?

Ashley: Hi.

[ Elevator doors close ] Whoa.

Tucker: Hi.

Ashley: What are you doing here?

Tucker: Well, it’s day one of “challenge accepted.”

Ashley: I see.

Tucker: And that envelope there will go a long way in proving that my intentions are pure and, uh, whose side I’m on — yours.

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Ashley: You just can’t help yourself, can you? You just have to add a little bit of pizzazz in everything you do, don’t you?

Tucker: Yeah, guilty as charged. Don’t you want to see what’s inside?

Ashley: Is this supposed to mean something to me?

Tucker: Not yet, but i promised that I wouldn’t hide anything else from you, and that article is the key to understanding the rest of diane’s odyssey in los angeles.

Diane: [ Sighs, clears throat ] Ev– everything’s fine, jack.

Jack: Are you sure?

Diane: Yes. Kyle and harrison and I, um, got back from the hospital a little while ago.

Jack: And what did the doctor say?

Diane: Oh, harrison’s test results were all normal. She thinks it was just a virus. Just liquids, rest, and our grandson will be good as new.

Jack: Oh, thank god.

Diane: Yeah. Kyle and summer were incredibly relieved.

Jack: I’ll bet they were. Kind of feel badly for them. They go from the fun of a tropical honeymoon to a state of total panic in a matter of a few short hours.

Diane: Well, they’re upstairs with harrison, if you want to go check on him. I was just, um — I was just sticking around to see if there was anything else I could do to help.

Jack: Well, thank you for the update. I am gonna head upstairs, say a quick hello, and then I have to get back to jabot. Um, I could give you a lift if you need one.

Diane: That’s nice of you. Jack, wait.

[ Sighs ] Um, if — if you have a minute, there’s something I’d like to ask you.

Jack: Go ahead.

Diane: Well, I’m — I’m sure you’ll agree that things have been a bit strained between us since I shared about my time in L.A., Told you about jeremy stark and how he manipulated me, and then my subsequent unfortunate reunion with tucker mccall.

Jack: And what is your question?

Diane: Well, I — I was wondering if you thought maybe there was a way we could move past that, start fresh.

Devon: You looked like you could use this.

Abby: [ Sighs ] Thank you.

Devon: You’re welcome.

Abby: I’d ask how you know, but, uh…of course you do.

Devon: [ Sighs ] Are you okay?

Abby: No. Are you?

Devon: I don’t know. I really don’t know how I feel. I don’t know what’s real life right now and what’s not. It’s like, what the hell, you know?

Abby: Yeah.

Devon: Were you able to catch up with chance?

Abby: Yeah. I caught up with him at home. Um, we talked. And now he’s questioning our whole relationship.

Devon: Well, did you make him understand that this was the first and only time this ever happened?

Abby: Yeah, I tried to make it crystal clear, but, um, he said it doesn’t really matter because he thinks it’s a symptom of a larger problem in our marriage, so…

Devon: Okay. And he doesn’t — he doesn’t want to try and work on that larger problem?

Abby: He said he doesn’t know if he’s the right person for me. He thinks that maybe he can’t give me what I want or what i need.

Devon: Well, I mean, I — i don’t agree with that ’cause I’ve seen you guys and I know how happy makes you. I mean, he made you happy enough to go and try and find him in another country when we all thought he was dead. And to support him while he was struggling. He just wants to give up on you guys after all that?

Abby: Well, uh, did things go any better with you and amanda?

Phyllis: Wait, wait. You saw devon with abby?

Amanda: Mm-hmm, and it was perfect timing. Perfect timing, you know? I walk in the door after months of being gone, and the first thing that I see is that.

Phyllis: Well, I mean, were they — were they actually —

Amanda: Having sex? Yes. There is no doubt. I saw what I saw, and devon admitted it, so…

Phyllis: What?! Why abby?

Amanda: Oh, well, devon claimed that they were really upset and they needed comforting, so it just happened.

Phyllis: Oh, it just happened? Really? She just happened to be naked? He just happened to —

Amanda: Yeah, pretty much.

Phyllis: Yeah. Okay.

Amanda: Pretty much, yeah. And he also repeated it half a dozen times just so that I could get the message.

Phyllis: Seriously? I mean, he’s with you. I-I thought he was a good guy, that he was the only one in this town left with integrity.

Amanda: Yeah. You know I never saw it coming? No. But I think that maybe I should have because devon and abby — they have always had this profound connection, you know…

Phyllis: Oh, please.

Amanda: …Something that chance and I — we could never be a part of.

Phyllis: Oh, vomit. Come on. Does chance know?

Amanda: Oh, yeah, he knows.

[ Laughs ] He showed up at devon’s the same time that I did, so we walked in together hand in hand. It was a truly special moment for us all.

Phyllis: Oh, my god. This is insane.

Amanda: Yeah. I was blown away, too.

Phyllis: Oh, my god. I mean, I-I-I’m just try– I’m trying to wrap my head around devon and abby? Abby? What? I mean, she’s with chance. I thought they were happy. And — and he has the perfect woman in you.

Amanda: Oh, no, not perfect enough.

Phyllis: Um, no, don’t go there. This is on him, not you. Not you!

[ Sighs ] I don’t want to hear that from my friend.

[ Sighs ] Could — could this just be, like, just a momentary lapse of any sort of reason? I mean —

Amanda: Phyllis.

Phyllis: Okay. Okay

Amanda: Did you really — did you just say that?

Phyllis: I mean, I’m just trying to make some sense out of it, that’s all. I mean, could it just be

[Stammers] They’re friends and — and — and it just happened, just a colossal mistake that you can all move past?

Amanda: [ Scoffs ] You didn’t live this strong, this long to get put

Amanda: One for you.

Phyllis: Thank you.

Amanda: Listen, phyllis, i know that there are people in this world that can overlook when their partner cheats. And there are other people who can have open relationships. They can separate love and sex and not get all bent out of shape when stuff like this happens, but me? I am not one of those people.

Phyllis: I am not one of them, either. I understand.

Amanda: So I’m not gonna forgive devon, and I’m not even gonna try. The end.

Phyllis: Um, I support you in whatever you want to do. So, what do you want to do now?

Amanda: Well, I’m gonna go back to virginia, be with my family, and — I don’t know. I don’t think I’m gonna be coming back here.

Phyllis: No! No, no, no, no, no. I will not support that.

Amanda: Are you surprised, phyllis, that I want to leave, I want to put this whole damn town in my rearview mirror?

Phyllis: Of course I’m not surprised, but you’re making a decision based on an emotional reaction.

Amanda: Okay, well, people do it all the time.

Phyllis: I know. It doesn’t always work out. I’m speaking from experience.

Amanda: I know you are.

Phyllis: Okay, take a second, please, alright? Really think about this. You’ve built a life here, one you seem to be very satisfied with.

Amanda: Yeah, I was, until about 2:00 this afternoon.

Phyllis: Okay. Are you willing to just throw that away based on devon being with abby?

Amanda: Yeah. Devon. Devon — a man that I planned to spend the rest of my life with. But notice how I — how i phrased that there in the past, “planned.”

Phyllis: Okay, listen, you have worked very, very hard to put down roots here.

Amanda: Mm-hmm.

Phyllis: You are a power player at chancellor-winters.

Amanda: Mm. Mm-hmm. Wait, are you talking about me staying at chancellor-winters? You mean the job where I have to work with devon every single day? Yeah. No, thanks.

Phyllis: Okay. I want you to really think about this. Just take a second and really think about this.

Amanda: [ Sighs ] Listen, I know that your heart is in the right place, but right now, all I know is that my family needs me.

Phyllis: I know, but —

Amanda: No, no. No “buts.” I was only gonna come here for a couple of days anyways. And now that devon has cheated with abby, I can go back to my mom a few days sooner. It’s perfect.

Phyllis: Okay. I know it’s really important for you to take care of your mom. I know that.

Amanda: Yeah, it’s changed my life, and I’m not exaggerating. In spite of how sick she’s been, we — we have — we’ve been able to make up for lost time, and we’re doing it along with imani. And now look — I have the added bonus of adding a couple extra hundred miles between me and devon, so it’s a win-win.

Devon: No, things did not go better with amanda.

Abby: Ugh. I was afraid you were gonna say that.

Devon: After everything she’s been going through with her mom, she came back home looking for support.

Abby: Only to walk in on us.

[ Sighs ]

Devon: Yeah. And no matter what I say or what I do, she’s never gonna forget that image.

Abby: Devon, I’m — I’m so sorry.

Devon: I don’t want you to be sorry. It’s not your fault. When she took off, I couldn’t leave dominic here, so I had to let her go.

Abby: Well, maybe, uh, amanda and chance — maybe they just need a little space.

Devon: Mm.

Abby: Maybe it’ll give us some time to fix this massive mistake.

Devon: Yeah. Amanda definitely wants space ’cause she’s talking about going straight back to virginia to be with her family.

Abby: Not permanently, right?

Devon: I mean, it sounds like it.

Abby: [ Sighs ] Devon…

Devon: She said that, uh, now that she knows what I’m capable of, she could see that our relationship never stood a chance.

Abby: Is there any possible way for us to salvage this?

[ Sighs ]

Diane: It felt like we were on the verge of something good, which I ruined by confessing about what happened in L.A.

Jack: That was one hell of a secret you were keeping. Or should I say still another secret?

Diane: Well, I hoped my explanation about why I kept quiet made sense to you.

Jack: My main concern is how kyle feels. I’m taking my cues from our son.

Diane: Well, in that case, I’m a bit relieved because kyle said he understands why I did what I did and why I felt compelled to leave it buried.

[ Sighs ] But I am guessing you have your own opinions about the subject.

Jack: Yeah, I do.

Diane: Alright. Then I’d like to hear them.

Ashley: So, what is this? Who is jeremy stark?

Tucker: So, jeremy stark is an entrepreneur who [Chuckles] Committed so many crimes, he ended up in prison. Unfortunately, at least for some, the authorities never uncovered all his crimes or all his co-conspirators.

Ashley: Tucker…

Tucker: Mm-hmm?

Ashley: …You’re taking the long way around the block. I mean, why is this of interest to me?

Tucker: When jeremy and i were in california, we had a friend in common. In fact, he was this friend’s meal ticket for quite some time while she was out there, too.

Ashley: “She”?

Tucker: Yes, she. She is quite a piece of work. She has expensive tastes, likes to ride around in bentleys and whatnot.

Ashley: Mm. Yeah. Her name wouldn’t happen to be diane jenkins? Okay everyone, our mission is complete balanced nutrition.

Tucker: That’s the piece of the story that diane withheld from jack and kyle. Or if she did decide to tell them, obviously they chose to keep you out of the loop.

Ashley: So, what was the nature of diane and jeremy stark’s relationship?

Tucker: It was romantic at first, somewhat, but that was really just a cover for the scam he was running.

Ashley: Go on.

Tucker: So, he was using diane to transport cash all over the world so he could shelter it in those offshore banks, you know, the ones that don’t give a damn how you got it or whether you pay taxes on it.

Ashley: How the hell do you know all this?

Tucker: [ Laughs ]

Ashley: I mean, really. Victor, with his entire team of investigators, could not get his hands on this information.

Tucker: Let’s just say I was in the right place at the right time and I knew where to look.

Ashley: Care to elaborate?

Tucker: The “how” really isn’t relevant. The point is that if you want to put the fear of god into diane and drive her away from you and your family, that’s how you do it.

Jack: I would like to be able to just let this go. You found yourself in an untenable situation, so you did what you had to, to survive.

Diane: That’s it. Exactly.

Jack: I’d also like to believe in your sincerity about kyle, that he really was your top priority when you were in self-imposed exile, that it was because of him that you held your nose and let tucker back into your life.

Diane: He was. I swear it. And just the fact that you sound like you want to move forward is a very good sign to me.

Jack: I wouldn’t read too much into that if I were you.

Diane: Okay.

Jack: I can’t help thinking that you have another secret, that there’s something else that you have hidden that’s gonna come out the next time you’re backed into a corner, another shoe drops, and there’s heartbreak for everyone.

Diane: Everyone?

Jack: For kyle and harrison, the two people in this world that are most important to me.

Diane: They are the most important to me, as well. And nothing, nothing about my past or my present or my future could ever change that.

Jack: I know you say that now —

Diane: Jack, please. Do you really think I want any of us to suffer? And I’m not just talking about myself. I mean, how can you believe that I would allow any more heartbreak into kyle’s life?

Amanda: Listen. I feel like I need to leave, okay? For my own emotional and mental well-being. Working with devon every single day — that would not be good for me.

Phyllis: Okay. What do you want to tell lily?

Amanda: I don’t know. I — yeah, okay, I guess I’m leaving her in a lurch, okay? But I will work from virginia until she can find a replacement. And there are plenty of lawyers that can fill my shoes, maybe even imani down the road, if she wants to stay on. But I need to go. I need to start fresh somewhere else. It is the right thing for me to do.

Phyllis: Okay. I’ll miss you.

Devon: I wouldn’t even know where to begin to make things right with amanda and chance.

Abby: Yeah. Neither would I.

Devon: What are we doing, abby? Why do you think we lost control like that?

Abby: I wish I knew.

Devon: You do know that i never expected for anything like that to happen or never planned on it. It really came out of nowhere.

Abby: Not according to my husband.

Devon: What do you mean, not according to him?

Abby: He said that he could see this coming from the time he returned from spain.

Devon: What?

Abby: Yeah. He said he just thought maybe he was overreacting about how close our friendship had become, but he could see me relying on you more and more, and he thought that this was inevitable.

Devon: So, you’re saying that chance was able to see this coming, but neither one of us could?

Abby: I don’t have the answers. I mean, I don’t know why this happened. I just know that we were both in pain for our own reasons and we let our emotions take over and we acted out of impulse. And we made a big mistake, one that may have ruined both of our lives.

Ashley: Okay. So, what else can you tell me about diane and jeremy stark’s collaboration? I’m assuming he cut her in on the deal, right?

Tucker: No, you assume wrong. He had her pegged from the get-go. So, what he would do is he would stash her suitcase with the cash and then remove it before she noticed. So she had no idea she was involved in anything criminal or that he knew about her past. But she found out that he knew, so he threatened to expose taylor as dead diane jenkins and pretty much left her no choice but to continue on with him.

Ashley: Okay. So, he was blackmailing her.

Tucker: Mm-hmm. Until the authorities caught up with him.

Ashley: Mm-hmm. And how were you involved in all this?

Tucker: After he went to jail, uh, and I found out diane was alive, I leveraged the information about her crimes to persuade her to work with me.

Ashley: Nice. So, you blackmailed her, too?

Tucker: No, not quite. I — as I told you, we had a mutually beneficial arrangement.

Ashley: Oh, well, if that’s the case…

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Tucker: Well, I’m sorry that you feel the need to question why I would share this information with you, but at the same time, I understand. I have been a bit of an opportunist in the past, which is not always a bad thing, mind you.

Ashley: It doesn’t engender trust.

Tucker: I told you that i would prove myself worthy of you. That’s what I’m trying to do right now. You know that I don’t care about what anyone else thinks of me. Your opinion is the only one that matters to me.

Ashley: You say that now.

Tucker: I mean it! Whether diane jenkins comes or goes does not make any difference to me. Whatever alliance we had is over. I am simply trying to find a way, a place back to forgiveness and trust in your heart! Ashley, whatever goal you have is now my goal. I want you to tell me what you want. I want you to tell me what you need. ‘Cause I would move heaven and earth to give it to you.

Devon: Hey. Being together one time isn’t gonna ruin our lives.

Abby: How do you know that?

Devon: Because we’re not gonna let it.

Abby: [ Scoffs ] If only the world worked that way.

Devon: Well, it can if we have faith. All we can do the best that we can to try and make things right with chance and amanda.

Abby: I’m pretty sure that it’s gonna take a miracle.

Devon: Those are known to happen.

Abby: You know, I’m not just, uh, worried about them. There’s something else that we need to think about.

Devon: What do we need to think about?

Abby: Us. Our friendship. I mean, you are one of my closest friends. I’ve come to rely on you so much.

Devon: And you’re the same for me.

Abby: Are things gonna be weird and uncomfortable for forever?

Devon: Do you feel weird and uncomfortable right now?

Abby: No. [ Laughs ]

Devon: Yeah, me neither. I think that we just got carried away in a vulnerable moment and then something that we never expected to happen happened. You’re still my best friend. And you’re still the mother to my son. And that’s never gonna change. So, what happened between us is just that. It’s just something that happened.

Abby: You know, people say that. But do things ever really just happen? Especially something like sleeping together? Personally, I don’t know if i buy that.

Diane: Good afternoon, ashley.

Ashley: Well, it was, diane. Hi, jack.

Jack: Hi, there. Just back from lunch?

Ashley: I have a meeting in the lab. I was just getting a couple things from my office.

Tucker: Ah, I would be delighted if you would join me for dinner tonight. We can continue our discussion about los angeles. Sweet pillows of softness!

Ashley: Dinner, huh? I’d like that.

Tucker: Excellent. I’ll text you.

Diane: I didn’t realize you had such an interest in los angeles. What, are you planning on traveling there soon? Relocating perhaps?

Ashley: [ Laughs ] You’re so funny. Of course not. But I think it’s good to know all the major players in such a prominent city, don’t you?

Jack: You have a moment before you go downstairs?

Ashley: For you, jackie, I’ve got two. See ya.

[ Door closes ]

Diane: [ Sighs ]

Amanda: You know, phyllis, when I leave, I don’t think I’ll be coming back. That’s — that’s kind of the point, to forget that devon exists and put down roots somewhere else.

Phyllis: Oh. I don’t want to lose you.

Amanda: But we can video-chat, you know? And we’ll send each other funny memes, just like we’ve been doing while I’ve been —

Phyllis: I don’t want memes from you. I don’t want you to go.

[ Breathes deeply ]

Amanda: Well, you can come. You can — you can visit.

Phyllis: I don’t want to visit.

[ Voice breaking ] So much is going on with me. It’s crazy right now. And I’m losing our friendship. And I’m losing you. I don’t have anyone. I mean, my enemies are my friends. What a loser. I mean, what does that say about me? I really have no friends.

[ Laughing ] Don’t cry. Don’t cry. I’m supposed to me making you laugh.

Amanda: [ Laughs ] Ooh, I think you need to work on your delivery.

Phyllis: I do.

Amanda: Yeah.

Phyllis: [ Laughs ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Sniffles ] I love you, amanda. I really love you. But I know that you deserve so much better than this.

Devon: So, what are you saying, abby? You think that deep down we wanted this to happen?

Abby: No. God. I don’t know. Devon, we’re not kids anymore. We know what betrayal feels like. We’ve been on both sides of it. It causes lasting damage. And we still kissed. And we still had sex. And when it was over, I didn’t get up and put my clothes back on. I just… I laid there in your arms and… I don’t know. I mean, did I do this because chance has been working long hours at a job I wish that he was quitting? Or because he admits that he doesn’t rush home to me and dominic? Were you upset because amanda has been gone so long, so you were trying to get back at her?

Devon: No. No, I don’t think either one of us did that. We’re not malicious people. Can I ask you a question now? Do you regret any part of what happened?

Abby: Do you?

Devon: Part of me doesn’T.

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Abby: You can’t say that. We have to regret what happened because we hurt people, people that we love, people that we want to build a future with.

Devon: Right. And I-I-I know that. And I’m sorry.

Abby: No. I’m sorry. I…

[ Sniffles ] Look, I’m no saint. I have feelings, too. And what we did, it felt right in the moment. And I have to wonder, if we didn’t get caught so soon, i mean…would we feel this guilty? Or would we still be lying on that couch, wrapped in each other’s arms? Look, I don’t know. We could play the “what if” game all day to try to justify what happened, but…

[ Sniffles ] I’m not proud of what I did. And we can’t — we can’t do it again. So we just need to find a way to undo the pain that we caused.

Amanda: [ Sighs ] You know, these last few weeks have been rough. Worrying about my mom, trying to be strong for everyone. And I thought devon was my safe haven. I thought he was my kindred soul.

Phyllis: Yeah, I know you did.

Amanda: We didn’t rush things, you know? We were mature. We were open. We were honest. We helped each other through some really, really difficult times. And I thought that if the worst had happened and I lost my mom, I thought that he would be the one person who would understand, the one person that I would find solace in his arms. And then he just went and he blew it all up. How could he do it? How could he do that to me? Was the romp in the sheets with abby — was it really worth losing me?

Jack: Not gonna answer me, huh?

Ashley: What was the question? I’m busy here, jack.

Jack: The question is, what’s going on between you and mccall?

Ashley: What does that even mean?

Jack: Well, I know you had a plan to charm him into revealing what he was up to, but I got the distinct impression whatever you’re discussing has a lot more to do with diane.

Ashley: Okay, you can’t be that naive. If it has to do with tucker, then it goes back to diane because their secrets are intertwined. You can’t expose one without outing the other.

Jack: You ever heard of a surgical strike? You use a scalpel, not a sledgehammer.

Ashley: And there you go again. There you go again, protecting diane. She lies and lies and lies, and you want me to look away when i find out more of her misdeeds.

Jack: If you find out more of her misdeeds. There’s a possibility you won’t find anything.

Ashley: We don’t know the whole story yet. The only reason why she confessed that she was working with tucker was because she felt she had to. She was using it as a bargaining chip for more leverage. You know this.

Jack: [ Sighs ] I admit there may be more to this.

Ashley: Jackie, there’s a lot more. And I know this because tucker just gave me all sorts of juicy information. And there’s probably more secrets that he can reveal.

Jack: Secrets that involve diane?

Ashley: Of course. Intimate knowledge of her comings and goings and the dangerous people that she was associating with. Did you know —

Jack: Wait, wait, no, I don’t want to hear any more.

Ashley: Jack —

Jack: My focus is and has always been kyle. His relationship with his mother is in danger. I’m not gonna let you destroy it, and that’s exactly where this is headed.

Ashley: Jack!

Jack: No, if she has a hundred more secrets, I don’t want to know. Let it go. Back off. Leave the poor woman alone.

[ Thudding, papers rustling ]

[ Door slams ]

Diane: Tucker. What the hell are you and ashley up to?

Tucker: [ Laughs ] What, did you follow me here?

Diane: I need answers.

Tucker: No, no, you gave up your right to question me the second you spilled your guts to jack about L.A.

Diane: I didn’t tell him everything, and you know it.

Tucker: Yeah, and if you’re smart, you’ll keep your mouth shut about the rest of it.

Diane: Oh, is that a threat?

Tucker: Diane, you and I are through. Do you understand? Our business has concluded. Go live your life. Oh, and in case it’s not already crystal clear to you, you stay the hell out of my way.

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Abby: [ Stammers ]

Amanda: What the hell?

Abby: [ Exhales heavily ] Chance. Chance!

Jack: [ Laughs ] And what did you say to him?

Adam: Oh, I told him instead of our traditional thanksgiving gifts, we should just give out live turkeys this year. Let people keep them on their desks as pets.

Jack: I’m guessing he didn’t find that funny.

Adam: No, not at all. Not at all. No matter where you go, which company you work for, human resources does not have a sense of humor.

Jack: Yeah, but do we want an hr department that’s cracking jokes all day?

Adam: Oh, come on. How about one? Just a single witty remark from H.R. — Is that too much to ask?

Jack: [ Chuckling ] Yes.

Nate: I appreciate your offer to be a sounding board, but it’s a personal issue. I need to handle it on my own.

Victoria: Okay. Well, just so you know, if you need any advice at all, I am much better at solving other people’s problems than my own.

Nate: I will keep that in mind. What I really need is something to divert my attention, like an exciting new job to challenge me.

Victoria: Oh. Well, I happen to have just the thing for you.

Nate: Thank you again for the opportunity.

Victoria: You know what? You deserve it. We’re so lucky to have you. I am looking forward to seeing you take newman media and running with it and to raise the division to new heights.

Sally: You must be my replacement.

Chance: [ Breathing heavily ]

Abby: I’m so sorry.

Amanda: Help the lady find her shirt, devon. Did you rip it off and throw it over there by the stairs? Or did she peel it off teasingly?

Devon: Please don’t do that.

Abby: I’m so sorry. I’m sorry. Chance. Chance! Chance! If you think all pads are exactly the same…

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Jack: Hey, nick.

Nick: Hey, jack.

Jack: Shame we didn’t get here earlier. You could have joined us for lunch.

Nick: Eh, I probably would have been lousy company anyway.

Adam: Mm-hmm. And that would be different than any other time how?

Jack: I assume you have seen the honeymooners since they got back from costa rica?

Nick: Yeah. Summer gave me a full report. She was practically glowing, especially when she talked about how much fun harrison had. But you know summer. She’s very fired up to be home and working at marchetti.

Jack: It is remarkable how positive summer is wherever she is. We are lucky to have her. She and kyle are doing an amazing job.

Adam: Yeah, some companies truly value their talented employees.

Nick: And some people know when to say goodbye. See you, jack.

Jack: See you nick. Okay, what was that all about?

Adam: Oh, just the usual newman nonsense.

Jack: Oh?

Adam: Look, why don’t we grab a table? I, uh, have a feeling that you invited me to lunch with a bigger agenda than finding out why nick and I are sniping at each other, so let’s just get to the point.

Victoria: We thought you’d be gone by now.

Sally: I had some things come up, and nick told me that i could take my time.

Victoria: I wasn’t aware of that.

Sally: Well, I didn’t think the new ceo was going to be starting until tomorrow. But welcome, nate.

Nate: Thanks. Um, I wasn’t scheduled to do more than on-boarding paperwork today. Guess I’m just a little excited to get started.

Sally: I know that feeling all too well. Well, I left, uh, hard copies of all of the new projects on the desk. Some of them we just started, but they all have really great potential. Unfortunately, others apparently did not share my vision.

Victoria: Sally, do you need any help with these boxes? I can call security and have them assist you to speed things along a little bit.

Sally: I’ve got it. Thanks. I’ve been through this before.

Victoria: Oh, I don’t doubt that.

Nate: I hope you realize it’s just business. I wasn’t looking to take your job. It just, um, worked out that way.

Sally: I know. It’s nothing personal on your part, and I have zero animosity towards you, nate. I truly wish you nothing but success.

Nate: I appreciate that. Same to you.

Victoria: Why don’t we introduce you to the rest of your staff while we give sally a chance to finish packing? I trust that you’ll be gone when we get back.

Sally: [ Exhales heavily ]

[ Door slams ]

Amanda: Really, devon? That’s what you want, the tall blonde?

Devon: Amanda, it just happened, okay? And I — we didn’t plan this. I didn’t know you were coming home.

Amanda: Oh, no, of course not. My presence was definitely unexpected and clearly unwanted.

Devon: It’s not like that.

Amanda: Mm, no? Then what’s it like?

Devon: No.

Amanda: Please tell me, devon.

Devon: I wish I could explain it to you.

Amanda: I wish you could, too, because I am standing here wondering what the hell is going on!

Devon: No — I’m wondering what the hell’s going on, too. I don’t have an explanation for what we did ’cause it was spontaneous. It just happened.

Amanda: You said that already.

Devon: I know I did. I just want a chance to talk to you about this so I can try and make sense of it, too.

Amanda: Okay. Okay. You want to talk? You know what? I think you’re right. Let’s talk this through. But first put the rest of your damn clothes on. I was taking my antidepressant daily,

Jack: Thank you. So, I have no dark, hidden agenda, if that’s what you’re implying. I just wanted to catch up with you, see how you’re doing now that you’ve had time to settle in at jabot.

Adam: Well, it’s been a rejuvenating experience. It’s been a breath of fresh air, and I’m grateful to you for the opportunity, jack.

Jack: I am thrilled to hear that, and your overall performance has been very impressive.

Adam: Well, thank you.

Jack: I have, though, in the last couple of weeks, noticed that you’re dealing with some pretty potent distractions.

Adam: [ Sighs ] Um, that is true. Starts with billy and victoria telling johnny that chelsea is his birth mother. I don’t know if you’re aware of that situation.

Jack: No, I hadn’t heard that.

Adam: Yeah. So, it’s been, uh, tough for johnny. And even worse — connor knows the truth now, too, so he’s been struggling with it.

Jack: I’m sure it’s been difficult for both boys.

Adam: Yeah, he’s been coming to terms with it over the last couple days. But, actually, johnny and him have been able to bond over that situation at a sleep over, apparently. But I want to stay vigilant, make sure he’s just not telling me what I want to hear.

Jack: And luckily chelsea provides another set of eyes to watch his behavior.

Adam: Um, well, that’s another problem, jack. Uh, there’s something going on with her. And I’m not privy to the information, but, uh, I’m worried about her.

Jack: Wait, nothing as serious as the rey rosales thing?

Adam: No, I don’t think she’s trying to hurt or frame anyone. I don’t think. She’s been erratic and she’s been unsteady lately. You know, these last few weeks, I thought that she was making progress and she was getting better and then halloween night she just stopped communicating with me altogether and I’ve been trying to get in touch with her ever since.

Jack: That sounds serious.

Adam: I think it is, jack. And the strangest thing is, the only person that she seems to be confiding in is billy.

Jack: Considering what’s going on with johnny, that is strange, but… billy has a great deal of respect and admiration for chelsea. I’m sure he’s not making things worse.

Adam: Um, I don’t know. You are more confident than I am about that.

Jack: Well, we have differing opinions about billy, but if he is involved, I’m sure he’s just trying to help. Give it some time. Look, focus on connor. You’re a great father. You’re gonna do whatever you can to help him, and I’m sure in the next few days, chelsea will get things sorted out. Just be patient.

Adam: [ Chuckles ] Well, I’m not too great at that, jack. And waiting isn’t always the smartest thing. Waiting is how I — how I lost sally.

Sally: [ Sighing ]

[ Sighing heavily ]

[ Breathes deeply ]

Chance: [ Breathing heavily ]

[ Footsteps approaching ]

Abby: Chance. Hi. I am so glad that you’re here. Please hear me out. Please let me explain.

Devon: Why did you come home early?

Amanda: What does that matter?

Devon: It doesn’t matter to what I did. I’m asking ’cause I want to know if something happened to naya.

Amanda: Oh. My mother is still alive, if that’s what you’re trying to ask. She’s regained consciousness, but she’s not doing particularly well. See, her recovery from her stroke — she’s not progressing the way that the doctors had hoped.

Devon: I’m sorry.

Amanda: Oh. Is that why you’re rolling around naked with abby?

Devon: I was gonna say that I’m sorry to make you come home to this after everything you’ve been going through with your family.

Amanda: Yeah, well, I’m sorry, too, because my mom is gonna need constant care and attention and I’m gonna have to spend a lot more time in virginia. That’s why I came home — so i could tell you in person because I felt like I owed you that much because you have been so incredibly patient. I get bladder leaks.

Amanda: I cannot believe how clueless I’ve been.

Devon: Amanda, there was nothing for you to be clueless about, though, alright? Abby and I have just only been friends. She came over today, and we were talking about our problems. We were leaning on each other for support… and one thing led to another.

Amanda: Is that supposed to make me feel better? Because it doesn’T. It just hurts even more because I did not see this coming. Even though there was distance growing between us since I’ve been away, I thought that I was gonna come back and we were gonna talk about it when I got home, but I — [Scoffs] I had no idea that this was going on.

Devon: But there’s nothing going on, is what I’m trying to tell you. This just happened.

Amanda: Be honest, devon. How many times did this just happen? Was it the whole time that I’ve been gone or —

Devon: No.

Amanda: Or did it go back even further? Was it — were you guys sneaking around while I was here in town?

Devon: Amanda, listen to me when I say this to you. I swear on everything in my life this is the first and only time this has ever happened.

Amanda: Then I guess it was just my luck, huh? I walk in on the one and only time that you and your dear friend decide to roll around on the couch together. How could you do this to me? How could you do this to me again?

Victoria: So sorry about that run-in with sally earlier. That should not have happened.

Nate: It’s not a problem.

Victoria: [ Sighs ] She just seemed to be lingering a bit too long.

Nate: It’s understandable. I imagine I’ll be face-to-face with my replacement at chancellor-winters soon enough. It comes with the territory.

Victoria: You know, that’s a really good attitude. And you were right, what you said to sally about this just being business. I’m impressed with the way you’ve handled things, not just with her, but the way you introduced yourself to your team was outstanding. You were clearly the man in charge and not being dismissive or overbearing or anything like that, things that I’ve been accused of in the past.

Nate: You? Overbearing?

Victoria: Ah, I know. Shocker, right?

Nate: Yeah. I just think I understand what employees feel like when their ideas are dismissed out of hand. I don’t want to make that same mistake.

Victoria: Well, good for you.

Nate: And I’ve done my homework. I knew some of the people who’ve been on the team the longest have been through a lot of changes lately, a lot of management shake-ups. What they need right now is a sense of balance and stability.

Victoria: All the right answers. You’re just batting a thousand today, which is even more confirmation that I did the smart thing in bringing you here to run things.

Nate: Well, I need to return the compliment. I feel like I learned a lot in a short time just watching you in action.

Victoria: We’re learning from each other. That’s the way it should be.

[ Chuckles ]

Elena: What a beautiful office.

Nick: Thanks, man. Hey.

Sally: Hey yourself.

[ Clears throat ] I’ve had a hell of a day.

Nick: I bet.

Sally: I was just hanging out, taking in the last few minutes in the office — a lot of memories there — when victoria came in with my replacement to politely but firmly tell me to clear out.

Nick: Sorry about that.

Sally: Nick, I don’t blame you for what happened.

Nick: Yeah, I know. You already told me that.

Sally: I know, but I just want to reiterate it. Victoria made her decision, and there was nothing you could do to talk her out of it. Honestly, I-I wish I was that decisive…especially when it comes to my romantic life ’cause I think I’m still a little… confused.

Nick: So, I’m guessing you, uh, miss adam?

Sally: I miss you.

Chance: Go ahead. Explain.

Abby: I’m sorry. I’m truly, truly sorry. And I am sick to my stomach, and I am filled with regret over what happened. I mean, chance, it was a mistake. Neither of us were thinking.

Chance: [ Sighs ] Is that all?

Abby: [ Voice breaking ] I was in a rough place when you didn’t come home last night. And I went over to devon’S. And he was going through a hard time, and so we were there, we were supporting each other the way that we’ve always done, the way that we’ve done hundreds of times, and it just — I don’t know what happened. It just turned into something else, something that neither of us were expecting and… something that just needs to go back into the place where it came from, from nowhere. I mean, chance, I-I’m so shaken up over this. I don’t even know what happened. Please [Sniffles] — Please just say something.

Chance: This didn’t come out of nowhere.

Abby: What?

Chance: No, this is something that’s been going on between you two for a long time. I felt it.

[ Breathes deeply ] So, the way I see it, all this was oddly inevitable.

Abby: [ Sighs ] Are you feeling sluggish or weighed down?

“The young and the restless”

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Elena: I’m sorry if I’m interrupting.

Victoria: Oh, no, not at all. I was just getting nate settled in, setting him up in his new office.

Nate: Yeah, it’s, uh — it’s a little nicer than that glorified supply closet I worked out of at the hospital, isn’t it? Or even the space I had at chancellor-winters.

Elena: Well, I know how excited you are about your new job, so…congratulations.

Nate: Thank you.

Victoria: I have a budget meeting, so I’m — I’m gonna go to that, let you two talk. Nate, I am convinced that you’re ready to dive in first thing in the morning, so I’m not worried. If you need anything, though, let me know.

Nate: Thank you again, victoria. I won’t let you down.

Victoria: It was nice to see you.

Elena: You too.

Nate: I’m glad you stopped by. Didn’t know when I’d see you again after the way we left things. But I’m happy to see you. Unless I misread the situation.

Jack: We haven’t talked about your breakup with sally.

Adam: Well, the details aren’t, uh, particularly pleasant, jack.

Jack: Are they ever at the end of a relationship?

Adam: I, um… I screwed up. And then I waited too long to try to fix things. And by the time I thought we could get back together, it was too late. She, um, moved on.

Jack: Really? I thought she had very deep feelings for you.

Adam: Yeah, and the real hilarious part is the guy that she moved on to…was nick.

Jack: Wh– and thus the tension I saw earlier.

Adam: Uh-huh. And, well, thank you for not pointing out that I ought to be used to, uh, falling for the same woman as my brother.

Jack: For what it’s worth, i have been in your shoes myself, with billy. It’s not an easy situation. I’m sorry you’re dealing with that.

Nick: I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss you, too.

Sally: And you don’t like to lie.

Nick: Mnh-mnh.

Sally: So, we miss each other.

Nick: We definitely do. But you know how I feel. I want you, but it’s got to be all of you. I have zero interest being in some triangle with my brother.

Sally: I understand.

Nick: I think you’re underestimating the potential severity of the situation. It wouldn’t be the first time my brother and I have gone after the same woman. Doesn’t end well for anyone.

Sally: I see. So, then where does that leave us?

Nick: I think you need to definitively figure it out, what it is you want, both personally and professionally, and you got to be 100% sure.

Sally: I know what I want.

Abby: I know that you’re a skilled detective and you are trained to observe people, but there’s no way you could have seen this coming.

Chance: But I did, abby. There’s been moments between you two that went beyond friendship. It’s something deeper.

Abby: That’s not true.

Chance: And you might not have admitted it to yourself, but I’ve seen it several times since I’ve been back from spain.

Abby: No. I don’t know what you are talking about. Devon and I are friends. That’s what we have always been. And, yes, we went out on a date like eight years ago ’cause we were both getting over a relationship, but it was terrible. It went terribly because we’re such good friends. And that’s all we have ever been. And this whole custody thing with dominic — I mean, that almost turned us into enemies.

Chance: You know, I was the one that encouraged you to let him back into our lives. Now you depend on him more than you do me.

Abby: No, chance, that’s not true. And if I do rely on devon, it’s because he’s always there for me and dominic. He never tells us that work matters more.

Amanda: You know this isn’t the first time that you’ve let me down this way. But I forgave you. I believed that you were just working through unresolved feelings with your ex and that you would never do this again, but clearly that was a huge mistake.

Devon: And, you know, I don’t really have anything to say to that…except that I’m trying to piece together everything and figure out why this happened.

Amanda: I don’t think that there’s anything left to figure out, devon.

Devon: But there is, though. There is ’cause it’s not the same as that time. It’s not even like when elena and nate got together. They were falling in love.

Amanda: Yeah.

Devon: It doesn’t matter. I’m not gonna — I’m not gonna insult you by making up excuses.

Amanda: Oh, thank you. You know, as disgusted and outraged as I am, I’m actually glad that things happened this way. It’s — it’s a relief, honestly.

Devon: I’m not following you. What do you mean?

Amanda: Mm, okay, well, i will make it crystal clear. I now know exactly what you are capable of, and I can finally leave town without a backward glance. Moderate to severe eczema still disrupts my skin.

Elena: Nate, I came back to genoa city because I wanted to work things out with you. And I hate that we’re in this stalemate. But it feels like we’re digging this hole deeper and deeper and it’s getting harder and harder to get out of.

Nate: I feel the same way. I know our last conversation kind of spiraled out of control.

Elena: I just — I don’t know how we’re gonna get past this conflict.

Nate: Look, elena, I want to get back to what we had. Everything was so right. But we both have to be willing to try.

Elena: [ Sighs ] I came here to congratulate and support you. And I know I have to let go of my suspicions about your motives. And I want to believe that you’re back on the right path.

Nate: I am. If you give me the opportunity, I’ll show you. Let me prove to you I am still the man you fell in love with.

Abby: What did you want me to do? To turn down devon’s support f-for me, for dominic?

Chance: Abby, I’m trying to take the high road here. But what I saw earlier was not a friend supporting a friend. Now, what — what is this all about? Are you just trying to get back at me for what I said at crimson lights last night?

Abby: No, of course not. I would never do that. I-I have no explanation for what happened. I have no idea how it happened. I mean, I went over there, and, yes, I was upset about what happened at crimson lights. And devon — he was hurting, too, and we just… I don’t know. We just found each other. But I would never try to get back at you. It wasn’t some sort of revenge.

Chance: Okay, well, you have to understand that I saw this coming. This was inevitable. Devon was the one that came to the rescue when you wanted a child. He was the one that delivered our son. He was there every moment that i wasn’t, abby. How many months did you and i get to spend together in the same space, hmm? And how many of those months did you get what you needed from me? It’s more like days, if we’re being honest. That whole time, you two were just growing closer and closer.

Abby: I know I hurt you in the worst possible way. And here you are, we’re having this conversation, and you’re — you’re talking about my wants and my needs. But what about you? What are your expectations?

Chance: I guess you didn’t get my voicemail.

Abby: No, I-I didn’T.

Chance: Said I wanted to come home and I wanted to try to fix things.

Abby: I’m sorry I missed that.

Chance: You know what, abby? My wants have not changed…but my expectations definitely have. I want to make somebody happy. I want to be able to be myself and have that be enough. That’s not what we have. I think it’s time we face that reality.

Abby: [ Sniffles ]

[ Sighs ]

Devon: You’re talking about just ending the relationship?

Amanda: [ Scoffs ] You know the one good thing about my timing? I walked in here with a bag already packed and I’m gonna walk right back out with it.

Devon: I don’t want you walking out any way —

Amanda: Okay, then I won’t walk. I will march out of here with my head held high, away from you and your phony good guy act.

Devon: Amanda, we can’t just give up everything that we have.

Amanda: The hell we can’T. Come on. This relationship — it never stood a chance.

Devon: What are you talking about?

Amanda: Oh.

Devon: You’re just upset — ’cause you know that’s not true.

Amanda: I’m just upset. Did y-you use that line on my sister, too? “You’re just upset.” Is that — that what you said to hilary when you screwed around on her? Be honest with me, devon. Did you cheat on my sister, too?

Devon: No, I never did.

Amanda: Okay, well, I guess i always was the unlucky sister.

[ Scoffs ] You know, I really thought that we got past this hurdle with hilary.

Devon: I did.

Amanda: Yeah. Yeah, you did. You really had me believing that I wasn’t just another poor man’s hilary, so much so that I let you go and have a baby with another woman. So that family becomes our new hurdle. But you know what? I am not the same woman that you met. I have a family now. I have a mother and a sister and a stepdad, and they need me. They need my support. It is very clear that you do not need my support. So I am not gonna waste another second here with you. You know, I want you to know this. You know, before I walked in here, I was across the hall defending you to nate, supporting you. All the while, you’re rolling around here with abby, like two teenagers in the backseat of a damn car.

Devon: Will you just hear me out, please?

Amanda: No. No. I’ve been listening, devon, and you — you haven’t said anything to convince me that this relationship is worth saving. So I — I’m not gonna give you any more of my love or my loyalty. I’m gonna focus that energy on the people that are faithful to me — my family.

Devon: And that’s fine. There’s nothing wrong with you doing that. I want you to do that. But I also want you to know that I love you. That’s the truth.

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Jack: Okay, so, here’s the big question — how can I help?

Adam: You’re doing it, jack. I mean, you’re listening to me. And that’s all I can ask for, especially since you don’t have a good opinion of sally.

Jack: No, no, my experience with sally was very different from yours. I got the sense that you two had something very special. I even told sally that.

Adam: Yeah? Well, I appreciate that. We — we — we did. We — we could be honest with each other. I mean, how rare is that, jack? And we just — we had a strong connection, and then I just — I blew it up thinking that I was doing the right thing for her.

Jack: Thinking you were doing — what does that mean? I thought if we weren’t a couple that victoria wouldn’t hold anything against her and she would judge sally solely on her merits as ceo of newman media. But now she’s lost her dream job anyway, even though she’s been crushing it over there.

Jack: Wouldn’t be the first time newman enterprises let go of someone who is right for the job.

Adam: Don’t I know that. But, no, I — I hurt sally for nothing. And that’s a big mistake to try to fix.

Jack: You really do love her, don’t you?

Adam: [ Chuckles ] More than I thought I could love anybody, jack.

Jack: Well, then I have just one piece of advice. Find some way to let her know that.

Nick: Alright, so, you know what you want. Is this something you’re gonna be sharing with anyone?

Sally: [ Laughs ] Definitely. Yes. I just want to make sure that i word it right because sometimes I just blurt things out and feelings get hurt. So [Sighs]… What I want is a drama-free romance with someone who sees me as their equal. I want a sense of purpose, and i want to show the world that i can succeed in whatever I choose and that I can balance my personal and my professional life.

Nick: Well, it seems like you have a pretty good grasp on it.

Sally: I have had some time to think, and I know that adam represents nothing but conflict. I don’t know. Maybe that was part of the attraction in the beginning, but I do feel like I have grown out of that phase. I do not want that in my life anymore. I need stability and positive energy. Love, to me — it’s not about attachment or clinging on to each other. It is about independence and synergy. Does any of that make sense?

Nick: Makes perfect sense.

Abby: I don’t want to believe that things have gotten that far.

Chance: Well, they have. It happens.

Abby: No, no, no. Look, I can make this up to you. I love you. I know that you still love me, too.

Chance: Yeah, I do. But there’s not a solution for this, not now. Now, I’m gonna need some time and some space to figure things out. So please give me that.

Abby: Okay. Whatever you need.

[ Sniffles ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Sniffles ]

[ Exhales heavily ]

Amanda: I’ll send for the rest of my things.

Devon: Just hang on a second. I love you. I love you, and I know that matters. There’s nothing more important than love. I don’t want you to go. Please.

[ Dominic fussing ]

Amanda: Go to your son, devon. He needs your love. If you go to your son’s mother, that’s okay with me, too, because I have a life that i need to get back to. Goodbye, devon.

Devon: Amanda. Amanda, just —

[ Door slams ]

[ Dominic crying ]

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Nate: I have a pretty good idea what this is all about.

Amanda: I obviously heard about your plan to betray devon and lily and chancellor-winters.

Nate: I wouldn’t characterize it like that.

Amanda: How could you do something like that, nate? I have always known you to be an honest and ethical man with a deep regard for right and wrong and family.

Nate: You know what? I’ve heard all of this already from multiple people, and I am not really up for another lecture.

Amanda: Mm.

Nate: So unless there’s something else you want to talk about, I really need to get going.

Amanda: Not so fast. If that’s how you want to play it, then that’s fine. I have some other business that I need to discuss.

Jill: I’m here to see my son.

Esther: He’s not here at the moment.

Jill: Ah, well, then I will see devon and lily.

Esther: Lily’s here. Devon is not.

Jill: Well, where the hell is everybody? Never mind. I’ll find out for myself.

Esther: Jill.

Jill: Would you please explain to me why your entire c-suite appears to be out to lunch?

Lily: Jill, hello. To what do I owe this pleasure?

Jill: Oh, well, it’s not pleasure, it’s business.

Lily: Well, if I had known that you were coming, I would’ve arranged for the entire team to be here.

Jill: Well, see, I thought a little impromptu drop-in would give me a better idea of what’s going on around here.

Lily: Yeah, absolutely. I welcome it. I mean, I have nothing to hide.

Jill: Oh, except your employees. Where are they? I just figured that with all this insanity around nate and everything else that’s going on, the remaining ones would be all hands on deck.

Lily: Look, I know it’s been a trying time, but I can assure you that everything is being handled.

Jill: By you and you alone.

Billy: I’m surprised johnny and connor wanted to talk about chelsea at all. I mean, they were both adamant about not bringing up the topic.

Victoria: Not talking about it probably made it even more awkward between them, given how weird they both already feel about it.

Billy: Yeah, well, maybe they both realized that they’re really the only two people that can understand the situation. I mean, they have a bond now that’s pretty hard to deny.

Victoria: I just didn’t expect them to get to that point so soon.

Billy: Yeah, I just wish he would share some of that with me. I mean, I haven’t been able to get anything out of the kid. What about you?

Victoria: No, not really. He brought up the conversation with connor in a very offhanded way after telling me about all the different candy that he ate at the sleepover.

Billy: What’d he say?

Victoria: Something like, “connor and I talked about the whole chelsea thing, and we’re cool.”

Billy: [ Chuckles ]

Victoria: I imagine that he’s hesitant to tell me about it because I’m mom. He’s worried about how I’m going to react.

Billy: You want me to talk to him again?

Victoria: Please. Under the circumstances, it’s probably easier father to son.

Billy: Got it. I’m on it. Let me ask you, how are you feeling about everything? Th this whole chelsea thing?

Chelsea: [ Sighs ] So how do we start?

Dr. Malone: I thought I’d suggest some guidelines for our conversation.

Chelsea: Guidelines? To keep me in line?

Dr. Malone: Not at all. The opposite, actually. I don’t want you to feel that I’m imposing any limits on you. I guess I’m just hoping that we can both agree to being completely honest and that you won’t hold back from what you’re thinking and feeling.

Chelsea: Two complete strangers willing to bare their souls to one another.

Dr. Malone: Well, that’s the beauty of it. We’re both blank slates to each other. Maybe that’ll even make it easier for you.

Chelsea: Well, I mean, it’s a little one-sided. I get to tell you about all my struggles, and I don’t get to hear about yours.

Dr. Malone: Hm. We have to respect the boundaries of the doctor/patient relationship and focus on helping you, but if you have any questions for me, feel free to ask.

Chelsea: Yeah, but if I ask you a personal question, you don’t have to answer.

Dr. Malone: That’s right.

Chelsea: Yeah. It’s not my first therapy rodeo. I know all the rules.

Dr. Malone: Well, let’s get started, then. Just tell me what’s on your mind right now.

Chelsea: [ Sighs ] Okay. I guess I have nothing left to lose. I guess I’m feeling a little self-conscious, embarrassed. Worried that people are going to judge me or feel like they have to handle me with kid gloves. It really just makes me feel worse and more ashamed.

Dr. Malone: I hear you.

Chelsea: What about you? How are you feeling?

Dr. Malone: Open. Ready to listen. Wanting to connect.

Chelsea: Okay, so you’re perfect.

Dr. Malone: Far from it. When I first started seeing people who had lived through a suicide attempt, my instinct was to feel on edge. I was worried I was going to say the wrong thing or that I might trigger them. But I eventually realized that that was my own wall that I was putting up, and my patients could sense that. I’ve since learned that talking about what happened directly, while obviously difficult, can be constructive, whereas shying away from it just makes it seem like something to be hidden, and that can make things worse.

Chelsea: You’ve talked to a lot of people in my situation?

Dr. Malone: I have. And I’m always grateful to be speaking to them. Because it means they survived.

Chelsea: [ Breathes deeply ]

Dr. Malone: Do you want to discuss the thoughts and feelings that led you to that rooftop the other night?

Chelsea: Mnh-mnh. I don’t think so.

Dr. Malone: Okay. I understand. Let’s talk about whatever you want. No pressure. Ready to shine from the inside out?

Chelsea: It feels like I’ve been running on empty for as long as I can remember.

Dr. Malone: Do you mean weeks or months?

Chelsea: I’m not sure, really. I mean, I guess if I think about it, um… maybe years. I’ve been running from my emotions, really, since I was young. I mean, as far back as I can remember, like — like, being a teenager, I remember having these feelings that were unpredictable and dangerous.

Dr. Malone: In what way?

Chelsea: Like, they were threatening to overtake me, and I had to fend them off.

Dr. Malone: How did you do that?

Chelsea: Well, I mean, any way I could think of, you know, just keeping busy. I ran cons when I was a kid or, you know, getting into relationships, dramas that would keep my mind so busy that I wouldn’t have time to stop and feel. I spent many years like that. I know it wasn’t, um… it wasn’t until I had my stroke that I finally just, like, couldn’t escape myself. And recently it’s felt like…

[ Sighs ] Like no matter how fast I run, the pain and the darkness is just faster. And the other night, I just… I just couldn’t run anymore.

Dr. Malone: What did that feel like?

Chelsea: [ Sighs ] I’m just so tired. And I couldn’t take the pain any longer.

Nate: What else would you like to discuss?

Amanda: For starters, did you even consider the potential legal trouble that you’d be setting yourself up for? And victoria and newman by feeding them confidential information that would help them take control of chancellor-winters?

Nate: Hm, that’s funny, because I never said I was talking to victoria.

Amanda: Okay. Fine. For the sake of argument, let’s say that it was some other ceo and not the company that you’re going to work for. The risk to you and company x remains the same.

Nate: What risk? Nothing came of it. I told devon and lily and billy before it ever got that far. So your warnings are late and pointless.

Amanda: Alright. Okay, fine. Let’s put the business aspect of this aside for now. Let me ask you this. Do you have any idea how deeply you’ve hurt devon? Have you tried to make things right with him? Are you even planning to?

Victoria: I don’t, and i don’t for one second regret how we reacted to chelsea pushing to have some sort of connection with johnny. My job is is to parent him, and that comes first. I still think that I made the right decision insisting that chelsea accept that johnny’s the one who gets to decide how he wants to connect with her in the future.

Billy: No, no, I agree. I’m not arguing that point.

Victoria: And she agreed to it at the time, if you remember. And then when we told johnny that she was his biological mother, she just changed her mind.

Billy: Well, I think she was a little surprised he had such a negative reaction, vick. I mean, it obviously really threw her.

Victoria: I’m sorry. I’m sorry if she’s having a hard time with this. I really am. And that she’s having more feelings about it that she realized. But we’re all having very intense feelings about this and our son is upset and I’m going to respect that and protect it. And according to you, chelsea understood that. She admitted that she went too far when she — when she spoke to johnny directly.

Billy: You’re right.

Victoria: I’m right? Did you ask me if I’m upset because you are sincerely curious, or do you expect me to feel guilty about how chelsea is affected by all of this?

Billy: I’m not blaming anyone, vick. I’m not pointing any fingers. You know, maybe I’m the one that’s projecting. Maybe I’m the one that feels guilty. I can’t help but wonder that there’s probably a different way that I could’ve handled this.

Esther: I think that devon has been working from home occasionally because of the baby. Dominic is so cute. I wish he’d bring that little dumpling to the office more often so that I could babysit. I can answer the phones and take care of that cutie pie.

Lily: Yeah, yeah, that’s actually a great idea. I’ll let devon know.

Jill: [ Chuckles ] Speaking of answering phones, I think I hear one ringing.

Esther: I’ll go check.

Jill: Okay.

[ Bag thuds ] Where’s billy? I’ve been calling and calling. He hasn’t answered. I figured, with nate’s mutiny, he would be here day and night, filling in as the last remaining coo.

Lily: Uh…I really think that you should speak to billy directly.

Jill: Yeah, well, I’m not asking billy. I’m asking you, as the ceo, where is your coo?

Lily: You’re right. You’re right. I am the ceo, so it’s my responsibility to inform you… billy has resigned.

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Lily: I think that you should speak to him so he can explain his reasons.

Jill: Oh, I will. Believe me, we will have that conversation. This is so disappointing. No, I take it back. It is so infuriating.

Lily: Okay, jill. I promise you, I have things under control.

Jill: Well, it is still outrageous, and his timing is impeccable, isn’t it? He’s leaving you down two coos.

Lily: Okay, look, I know that it’s frustrating. Trust me, I do. But let me take off my ceo hat for a minute and speak as somebody who loves billy. This is clearly what he needs, okay? He’s been wanting to walk away for a while. He’s — he is not passionate about his work here.

Jill: Well, that may be, you know, but there are certain realities that we all have to face, don’t we? One of them being that this company is at a critical point in its development and losing two senior executives is not good, lily. Oh, and the reasons for these exits? They’re even worse. I mean, nate gets fired ’cause he’s a traitor, and billy resigns because he just can’t figure out his life yet.

Lily: Well, I don’t think billy is as flaky as you’re making him sound.

Jill: Yeah, well, I don’t know about that because he’s not a college kid looking for a gap year, is he? He should’ve had the good sense to stick around and help you through this as somebody who loves you.

Lily: He wanted to. He did. I was the one who urged him to go. I didn’t want him here. His head and heart weren’t in it. You know, it honestly made things harder.

Jill: I’m so ashamed of my son, and I’m just — I’m so sorry on your behalf. One of the reasons that I wanted him to work alongside you was to give him focus. I thought this company would give him a sense of purpose.

[ Sighs ] What’s he going to do with his time now?

Billy: Dr. Malone, hi. I’m actually really glad I ran into you. I just wanted to see how chelsea’s feeling before I go in there and — and say hi. And, uh [Sighs] I guess I just want to understand how I can help. You know, is there certain things that I should say or — or not say?

Dr. Malone: You know, the most important thing is that she knows that she has people who support her and are concerned about her but who aren’t judging her.

Billy: Right. Yeah, I think I can say I’m all those things. You know, I just can’t stop thinking about how I would feel if she had died, and I’m just really glad she didn’T.

Dr. Malone: Tell her that you’re glad she’s alive.

Billy: Really? It’s not going to, I don’t know, make her feel embarrassed or bring her back to that night?

Dr. Malone: In my opinion, it’s not helpful for her to hide from what happened. I told her as much. Knowing that she has people in her life who care about her is going to offer her the glimmer of hope she needs right now.

Billy: Okay. Thank you.

[ Sighs ]

Nate: Wow. It’s pretty damn easy to come back to town after not being a part of everything that went down and cast your judgment.

Amanda: And I can imagine that you have plenty of reasons lined up in your head why you had no choice but to do something that extreme.

Nate: You’ve only heard devon’s side of things.

Amanda: Okay, then help me understand. Before I left town, I knew that you and devon had tension at work, but you put all that aside to help me and imani during our crisis with naya.

Nate: Of course. You were dealing with an emergency, and we felt for you.

Amanda: Well, if you can come together for us, why not for yourselves? Nate, it breaks my heart that this feud between the two of you has escalated since I’ve been gone. It’s a tragedy for everyone involved, and I don’t think it needs to be that way. So is there some way that I can bridge the gap between the two of you?

Chance: Hey, louise.

Louise: Hey, chance.

Chance: Do you know if abby’s at home with dom, maybe napping or something like that? Called her a few times, and she hasn’t got back to me.

Louise: Oh, no, abby took dom to see devon.

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Nate: Look… I know I made a mistake. It’s why I went to everyone at chancellor-winters and admitted what I had done. But that mistake grew out of months of devon criticizing and blocking me every time I tried to advance my ideas, which I thought was the job I was hired to do.

Amanda: Well, did it ever occur to you that devon was just doing his job?

Nate: Yes, that’s what a lot of people have told me, but I just got frustrated and thought I found a solution, something that would show I had good ideas that would serve the company well and help us all thrive.

Amanda: By making a deal with a competitor to acquire us and install you as ceo? Nate.

Nate: I said I know I was wrong. I made several attempts to make amends to devon, and we tried to talk things through, but we kept hitting an impasse.

Amanda: And by “we,” I’m sure you mean devon.

Nate: Look, you’re clearly on devon’s side, so I don’t even know why I keep trying to explain myself to you, but I will make one last point. I believe part of the reason devon’s been so antagonistic towards me is that he’s still holding on to his memories of working with his father. That’s an ideal I can never live up to, nor would I even try. I’ve tried to broach the subject with him, but it’s not something he’s willing to hear.

Amanda: Yeah, I can imagine why.

Nate: And he won’t even entertain the notion. And I can’t force him to. Look, amanda, I’m not going to sit here and continue to argue with you about what I did or why I did it. In retrospect, I wish I would’ve gone about things in a different way. I wish I could fix it, but right now I don’t even think that’s possible.

[ Knock on door ]

Billy: Hey. Can I come in?

Chelsea: You know, you don’t have to visit. I don’t want you to feel bad for me or feel responsible for me.

Billy: Well, I’m your friend, and this is where I want to be, so I’m not going anywhere. And if you decide to kick me out, I’m literally just going to wait on the other side of the door until you let me back in.

Chelsea: [ Breathes deeply ] Sorry. My life is such a mess, and I’m sorry I dragged you into it. I bet you wish you never ran into me on that roof.

Billy: For the record, chelsea, I didn’t run into you. I went looking for you. And I am really glad that I found you. I wouldn’t have been able to forgive myself if I didn’T.

Chelsea: Well, that’s — i mean, that’s exactly what i don’t want is for you to feel guilty. That’s just going to make me feel worse.

Billy: Yeah, I apologize. That’s not what I meant by that. You know, with the amount that I like to talk, I should probably have a better way with words. I guess what I’m trying to say is…I’m just really glad you didn’t die. I’m just really grateful that you’re still here.

Chelsea: Dr. Malone said the same thing, but…

[ Breathes deeply ] I don’t know. It seemed a little disingenuous ’cause she doesn’t really know me. Just seems like something therapists say.

Billy: Yeah, well, I’m not a therapist, so you can hear it from me because I do know you, and I know you pretty well. And I’m just happy that you’re still here, that you still get to be a part of my life and I get to continue to watch you grow. You know, I’m not the only one. There are so many people that love you and care about you. Most importantly, connor.

Chelsea: How is he? Have you seen him?

Billy: Yeah, I saw him at crimson lights with sharon today. He was actually with adam, and he seemed fine.

Chelsea: They must be wondering where I am. I hate worrying my little boy.

Lily: [ Sighs ] Look, you are not the only one who’s concerned about what billy is going to do next. He said he wants to do something different, but he doesn’t know what that is. And he seemed happy doing the podcasts, you know, but then I expressed concern that it was pulling away from his focus at his job here, and so he stopped doing it so that he could devote himself to this place.

Jill: And we all know how that turned out.

Lily: Yeah, you know, maybe it was a mistake. Maybe it was. But he did it for me, okay, and he did it for you. Because he doesn’t want to let you down. It’s important to him that he shows up for you.

Jill: Yes, well, if showing up for me had played a part in his calculations, he would be here now, wouldn’t he? God, don’t you see? This is just his pattern. He decides he’s unhappy, and then he convinces himself that there’s something out there that will ease his discomfort. Only there never is.

Lily: So why do you think you should stay somewhere that makes him miserable?

Jill: Of course I don’T. Of course I want my son to be happy. I was just praying that this — this restless phase of his was done because I’ve seen how it ends too many times. You know what? There is no excuse for this behavior any more. And I’ll tell you something else. You know, what irks me most is that he let you down. This is not fun for me to say as his mother, but, honey

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Lily: I appreciate your concern for me. I do. And I know that billy has his flaws, and I know that it is not my job to fix them. And, honestly, I don’t have the time or the energy. I have way too much to do here.

Jill: [ Chuckles ] Okay. I’m just going to come right out and ask you. Do you really want to wait around until billy finds what he’s searching for?

Lily: You don’t beat around the bush, do you?

Jill: I don’t have the time or the energy, either.

Lily: Well, as I said, I love billy, and I really, really hope that he finds what makes him happy. And I adore this company, and I’m so grateful to you for trusting me with it. And I am confident that everything will work out the way that it should.

[ Both breathing heavily ]

Devon: Are you okay?

Abby: Yeah, yeah.

Devon: Yeah?

Abby: More than okay. I want to hold on to whatever this is for a little longer… feeling seen and cared for.

Amanda: I do appreciate you sharing your perspective with me, although I still find it hard to understand why you had to engage in corporate espionage.

Nate: So we’re back to square one.

Amanda: No, no, we’re not. Like I said, I’m going to put aside my personal feelings about the situation for now to help you and devon find peace.

Nate: If you think what I did was so abhorrent,lp us reconcile?

Amanda: Because I can see under all of that defensiveness there’s a festering wound, and I know that this feud is hurting devon way more than he realizes. And trust me, nate, I know how complicated family dynamics can be, but I also know how precious it is to have those people in your life.

Nate: That’s a generous offer, but I think it’s pointless to push until devon’s ready.

Amanda: I’ll talk to him okay?

Nate: I will say this. My cousin’s damn lucky to have you by his side.

Amanda: It would be better if we were all on the same side.

Chance: Hey, man.

Nate: How you doing, chance?

Chance: Everything alright?

Amanda: I don’t want to get into it right now.

Chance: Well, in that case, welcome back. It’s good to see you.

Abby: Thank you.

Chance: I actually stopped by looking for abby. Louis said she brought dom by to see devon.

Amanda: Oh, well, I just got in myself. Come. We’ll surprise them.

Chance: Alright. I’ve never been healthier.

Chelsea: I know connor and adam are concerned about what happened to me. Adam’s been leaving me messages. I just — I just don’t have it in me to return them yet.

Billy: Yeah, I mean, I get it. I understand that, but it’s probably best not to keep putting it off. I mean, he probably deserves to know where you are, and he’s probably worried, and I can talk to him. You know I can do that. Or, of course, sharon could talk to him. But the most important thing is that you just continue to focus on healing. Talk to your therapist. Let the staff help you in any way that they can. Kind of like when you’re on a plane, you know? You got to put your oxygen mask on first.

Chelsea: I promise I will take care of myself.

[ Sighs ] But I have to talk to adam. And I have to be the one to tell him what happened.

Nate: [ Knocks on door ] Hey. Just thought I’d stop by to say hello before I go to H.R. To do all of my onboarding paperwork. Last chance to rescind your offer.

Victoria: I know you’re joking, but, I’m sorry, that’s not funny.

Nate: Note taken. Keep the office humor to a minimum.

Victoria: I am so sincerely thrilled that you’re coming on board.

Nate: I am, too. More than you realize.

Victoria: That sounded very loaded. Is there something wrong?

Nate: Mm, no. The last thing you need is me lamenting about my personal problems.

Victoria: Oh, no, no, no. On the contrary. I want everyone that works for me to feel strong and — and confident. So if it helps having me to talk to, I consider that time well spent. So please tell me what’s going on.

Nate: Wow. It is refreshing to have a boss who wants to hear what’s on my mind instead of telling me everything that’s wrong with my way of thinking.

Victoria: Helping you thrive is what is best for newman enterprises.

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Kyle: Where’s harrison?

Diane: He’s upstairs in his room.

Summer: I called his pediatrician. She’s on her way.

Diane: She’s with him now.

Kyle: Thank you for calling us right away.

Diane: Well, of course. I didn’t want to take any chances. That little boy means the world to me. I would — I would do anything to protect him.

Lauren: Do you want to finally rethink your support of diane and her return to genoa city?

Michael: I’m withholding judgment until I know all the facts.

Lauren: How many more do you need? She lied. She colluded with tucker in L.A. After swearing up and down she had no connection to him whatsoever.

Michael: Okay, okay, technically true, but context is everything.

Lauren: I’m sorry, but there is no context that’s going to change the truth.

Michael: There are gray areas.

Lauren: Ugh, your constant support of diane jenkins is just unbelievable. I don’t get it.

Phyllis: Yeah, I don’t get it, either. I mean, what is it about calculating, deceitful women that make good men like yourself want to protect them?

Neil: My man. Graduating this semester. You still haven’t told me what your plans are.

Devon: Yeah, that’s right. Well, my plan is to, uh… I’m going to go after music. I’m going to start writing the songs that I got floating around in my head and get some kind of job to save up for a studio session.

Neil: Tell you what. You finish writing those songs, you put together people, I’ll cover the studio session.

Devon: You’re serious about that? ‘Cause I always thought you wanted me to get a suit job and keep music on the side.

Neil: Devon, how long did I wait to leave newman? Hm? If I’d known what was waiting for me at chancellor… I’ve really come into my own there now. And, see, if something like that could happen for you, I would prefer for it to happen sooner rather than later. I mean, now — now — now, music is a tough business. I’m not saying that I expect instant success.

Devon: I know, but you’re saying that you believe in me.

Neil: That’s exactly what I’m saying.

Devon: You supported me from day one.

Neil: Hiring you was purely selfish. I need creative thinkers who pay attention to detail. That’s not you?

Devon: Well, sure, that’s me, but it’s me in music.

Neil: Yeah, but that’s how you applied it. And now you’re going to apply that here.

Devon: Like you’re not going to cut me a break and just look the other way if I’m not up to speed?

Neil: You know what’s funny? All I keep hearing is how serious I am. What is it? I’m a stick in the mud, right?

Devon: Right. Mm-hmm.

Neil: But, suddenly, I’m a cuddly kindergarten teacher that’s going to hold your hand throughout this whole process and give you a salary to boot. No, man, I don’t think so. See, when I was ceo at newman, didn’t I bring you in on that project? Didn’t you nail it? And you impressed the hell out of victor. He isn’t easy to impress. You know that. And you became a music producer with a cochlear implant. You dig that?

Devon: You did always tell me that I can do anything I set my mind to.

Neil: Yeah, I said that and I meant it. But you? You proved it. Devon, I couldn’t ask for more in an employee or more in a son.

Devon: Was it wrong not to give nate the same support you gave me?

Devon: I would love to go into business with you. There’s nobody I trust more in this world than you. I know it sounds crazy, given everything we’ve gone through, but look where we are. Look where we ended up. Right back where we always should’ve been as family. And not just family, but friends who don’t keep secrets and who don’t hold grudges.

Neil: We both have every right to hold on to one particular grudge forever.

Devon: Sure we do, but where’s that going to get us? We’re still here. We’re still family. There is nobody I would rather do this with more than you.

[ Knock on door ]

Devon: [ Sighs ] Hey.

Abby: Hi.

Devon: It’s two of my favorite people. Come in.

Abby: Hi. I heard you were looking for me at society earlier, so…

Devon: Oh, yeah.

Abby: …Thought I’d come by and see what was up.

Devon: I know. It’s probably a good thing i didn’t find you. I would’ve just unloaded all my problems.

Abby: Well, you know you can talk to me about anything. I’d be mad if you didn’T. Dom and I are here now, so how can we help?

Devon: How you doing, buddy?

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Victor: How’d your meeting with ashley and phyllis go?

Nikki: It was fine.

Victor: Uh-huh. Boy, what an unholy alliance, those three of you.

Nikki: Well, it’s more a necessary evil. We’re only working together because of our shared hatred of diane.

Victor: I’m well aware. Now, let me ask you, what’d you find out about what diane jenkins and tucker mccall were doing in L.A.?

Nikki: Darling, do I really need to update you? I’m sure you know just as much as I do. Not much gets past you.

Victor: My baby only knows me too well. But humor me anyway.

Nikki: Well, tucker recognized diane in L.A. And used her to get information about ashley.

Victor: Ah. So he’s still obsessed with ashley?

Nikki: Apparently. So ashley is going to use his interest in her to find out his true motives.

Victor: She’d better be careful dealing with that snake.

Nikki: Oh, I’m sure she can handle his pathetic attempts to woo her.

Victor: Listen, I remember that guy well enough to know that he’s after something bigger.

Devon: There you go. This playpen is a godsend, huh? Thank you.

Abby: Oh, dominic loves it. Creates this whole home-away-from-home thing.

[ Chuckles ]

Devon: Well, I’m happy that both of you guys feel so comfortable here.

Abby: I’m sorry. Was I overstepping with my tea brewing? I feel like, since dominic has two homes, I do, too, but that’s probably a bit presumptuous of me.

Devon: No, it’s not at all. Come on. You’re family. This is always your place.

Abby: Well, I hope you feel equally as at home at our place.

Devon: I do. Let’s have a seat.

Abby: Okay, so, um, spill.

Devon: Spill?

Abby: Yes. What did you come to the restaurant to talk to me about? Did it have anything to do with that argument with nate?

Devon: Yeah, it’s been on my mind a little bit.

Abby: I’m sorry if I was a little too pushy the other night.

Devon: No. No, no, no. You weren’t at all. You were right to get me to consider whether or not my relationship with neil was preventing me from having a partnership with nate. And I reacted negatively because I felt attacked. But after you so kindly pointed out that I had such a strong reaction, it made me realize I should probably take a step back and think about it a little deeper.

Abby: And how has that been?

Devon: It’s been kind of difficult. I talked about it with lily earlier today, and I just — i can’t stop thinking now about how much support neil gave me when I started doing music and how much faith he had in me when we created our company. And, you know, I didn’t really give any of that to nate. Doesn’t excuse what he did. I still think it’s unforgivable, but it’s made me wonder if I really do have an issue with sharing any part of my dad’s legacy with somebody else. Maybe I’ve put up an invisible wall that I didn’t even know was there.

Abby: And what’s wrong with that?

Lauren: What kind of context could absolve diane?

Phyllis: Yeah, she lied. She admitted to colluding with tucker.

Michael: Alright, you know what? The fact that she admitted it is the context. I mean, why would she do that? What or who drove her to out herself that way?

Phyllis: Michael, that’s not the point. The point is she lied and she confessed. Obviously, she had an agenda when she came back to see jack and kyle. Do you not see a pattern?

Lauren: I do. How much clearer does it need to be.

Michael: [ Sighs ]

[ Cellphone dings ] Aw, the boss needs me. As much as I’d enjoy staying here and continuing this lively debate, I got to run. Duty calls. Eh? Mwah. Bye.

Phyllis: I don’t understand that. I mean, from the beginning, I’ve been screaming that diane is lying, and no one’s been listening to me. So now what do we have? We have not one but we have two troublemakers back in our lives.

Jack: How’s the little guy doing? I was on my way to jabot when I got your call.

Diane: He’s okay.

Jack: Is that right, buddy? Feeling a little better?

Kyle: Eh, he still has a fever, but the pediatrician just examined him.

Summer: After he finishes this treat, we’re going to take him to the hospital for some tests. The doctor thinks that he might’ve contracted something while we were traveling.

Kyle: I hate to think we infected him by including him in our honeymoon.

Diane: Oh, kids can get sick anywhere. Neither of you are to blame.

Summer: We know. He’s gotten a little sticky. Do you want to get him cleaned up so we can go?

Kyle: Sure. Yeah. Come on, buddy. Let’s go to kitchen. Come on. Yeah. We’ll get you cleaned up.

Diane: I assume you’ve heard about my interactions in L.A.

Jack: She knows. I told kyle and summer.

Diane: I would like a chance to explain myself. Just know that everything I did, I did to try to repair things with kyle.

Summer: Diane, this is not the time nor the place to have this conversation.

Jack: I agree. The focus needs to stay on harrison right now.

Diane: Of course. He’s our main priority now. That’s why I called the three of you.

Summer: I’m grateful that you called us as soon as you noticed that harrison was sick, but kyle and I can handle it from here.

Jack: Look, I promise to keep you apprized on any changes, okay?

Diane: Alright.

Kyle: Okay, we should get going.

Diane: Well, I will see you all later. Hey, you. The doctor is going to make you feel much better, okay?

Harrison: I want dee dee to come. You know, it doesn’t matter if you choose left or right

Harrison: Please, dee dee.

Kyle: Are you free to go with us.

Diane: Of course. If it’s okay with summer.

Summer: It’s fine.

Kyle: Why don’t mom and i head to the hospital, and you can go to marchetti and handle the overseas call we were supposed to do? And I’ll call you as soon as we know something.

Summer: [ Exhales sharply ] Okay. Harrison seems to really want diane to go, so I guess I’ll go do the work call, but promise me that you’ll keep me updated every step of the way.

Kyle: I will.

Jack: Look, I was on my way back to jabot when I got the call. I’ll give you a ride. Come on.

Kyle: Okay, come on. Let’s go, harrison. We got to get going.

Diane: Summer, thank you for letting me be there for harrison. And I do hope we have a chance to talk later.

Lauren: I always listen to you. I have always supported your efforts to oust diane.

Phyllis: You know what? I know that. And I’m really sorry. But it’s — my allies here are ashley and nikki. I mean, that should win over any jury in genoa city.

Lauren: Well, actually, your very strange bedfellows make the strongest argument yet that diane is guilty.

Phyllis: I know. Well, you would think that michael would get it. He’s a lawyer.

Lauren: Please. He has a soft spot for her, and it’s very hard for him to be objective with her.

Phyllis: You know, I think she’s winning jack over.

Lauren: No. There’s something romantic going on there?

Phyllis: I don’t know, but that’s what she wants. I mean, she works her game. “Oh, we share a child. We share a grandchild. Oh, we’re together.”

[ Chuckles ]

Lauren: But jack’s not falling for that, right?

Phyllis: I don’t know. I mean, diane is in it for the long game. I mean, she gets her claws in there, and she — she digs deeper and deeper until you don’t know what’s happened. I mean, I’m starting to wonder if she was really here for jack and not so much kyle.

Lauren: You really think that?

Phyllis: She’s made it clear from the beginning she wants to be an abbott, and she won’t be happy until she has a big rock on her finger and she’s standing at the altar, saying, “I do.”

Nikki: You may be right about tucker having more in mind than just dating ashley. Right now, all I can think about is getting diane out of genoa city once and for all. Frankly, I’m sick of having to think about her — or tucker, for that matter.

Victor: Just let it go. My team and I will continue investigating her. So you just pursue whatever other, more pleasant subject you — you want to, okay?

Nikki: I can’t let it go. I’m worried about jack. He still seems to want to give diane the benefit of the doubt.

Victor: Who gives a damn about jack abbott, for heaven’s sake? He’s always had a penchant for troubled women.

Nikki: Hey. You’re not including me in that group, are you?

Victor: Uh-oh. No. How dare you suggest that?

Nikki: Well, anyway, after faking her own death and abandoning her son, staying away for more than 10 years, how can diane claim to have a maternal instinct?

Victor: Let me put it this way. I don’t care who jack abbott gets involved with. I couldn’t care less. However, if diane jenkins in any way affects the lives of summer and harrison, I’ll step in. Meanwhile, I think I’m going to find out what tucker mccall is really up to.

Abby: I think you’re being too hard on yourself.

Devon: You do?

Abby: I do. You’re holding on to the love and memories that you have with neil. I mean, that’s not a bad thing.

Devon: I mean, it is if it’s affecting the way I run my company.

Abby: But the relationship that you two had, the connection that you shared, it’s powerful, especially considering the life that you had before neil entered it. Keeping neil’s spirit alive, it’s a strength. It’s not a weakness. I mean, neil helped you become the man that you are today. Just like brad informed the woman that I am today.

Devon: I appreciate you saying that. Not just for understanding the situation, but for understanding my heart, too. For people who are a little intense about hydration.

Devon: [ Grunting,

Devon: I am so glad that you and mommy came to visit me today ’cause I’m feeling a whole lot better. So thank you very much. But, really, let’s thank mommy ’cause mommy has been getting me through hard times for years. Yeah, that mommy right there. She supported me when I started my record label. She helped me through finding out that neil married hilary. And… she was there for me when hilary died, too.

Abby: Well, you know, daddy has been there for me, too. You advised me on the opening of society, and you’ve helped me through a lot of heartbreak.

Devon: Yeah.

Abby: Hmm.

[ Smooching ]

Devon: This is so crazy. Even though I never — oh. Even though I never imagined that I would build a family in this way, this is easily the best thing that’s ever happened to me. You have a very special mommy, dominic. You know that? And now she gets to be in my life forever, all thanks to you. How lucky is daddy, huh? How lucky is daddy?

Lauren: You’re not going to like this, but stop fighting.

Phyllis: You’re telling me to stop fighting? How can you say that to me?

Lauren: I want you to try an exercise. Try and put yourself in diane’s position with one of your children, summer and daniel. Like, say you’ve done something shady in your past, and, girlfriend, you know you’ve done some questionable things that could cause you to fight to try and hold on to one of your kids, but there’s diane trying to undermine you at every pass.

Phyllis: What is happening here?

Lauren: I’m just — I’m trying to be reasonable.

Phyllis: By insinuating I’m unreasonable? I mean, I am completely alone in this. I don’t have any real friends in this. My only allies are my enemies.

Lauren: Phyllis, you’ve got to stop this for your own sanity.

Nikki: Well, look what the wind blew in.

Victor: Well, thank you for coming so promptly.

Michael: No, actually, your timing was perfect. Got me out of a jam.

Nikki: I’m sure victor wants to enlist you in his latest preoccupation, so I will leave you to discuss that.

Victor: Thank you, honey. What’d you find out?

Michael: It’s been tricky. Tucker covers his tracks well.

Victor: Obviously.

Michael: But I did get a call on the way over here. One of my operatives was able to confirm that he has a connection with audra charles.

Victor: Wait a minute. Isn’t that the woman that jill hired to oversee the public offering of chancellor-winters?

Michael: Bingo. As far as my guy can tell, the relationship is strictly professional.

Victor: That’s bull. Nothing is that coincidental, okay? Tucker mccall is up to something.

Michael: You’re thinking that he placed audra there to get inside information because he’s planning to make a move on the company.

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will continue. I don’t mean any disrespect,

Kyle: The hospital really wore harrison out. Probably sleep for at least an hour or two.

Diane: Yeah, and the doctor said that the test results will be back this afternoon?

Kyle: Yeah. I made the mistake of looking things up online while we were waiting, and I found all sorts of diseases and insects that could’ve bitten him. I mean, what if it’s something that’s life-threatening?

Diane: [ Sighs ] Don’t jump to any conclusions. I’m sure if the doctor suspected something like that, she would’ve admitted him. It’s probably nothing more than a 24-hour bug, and kids are incredibly resilient.

Kyle: I mean, when I was about 12, I got mono. I was sick for weeks. I remember laying in bed with barely enough energy to watch tv. No appetite. It was awful. And as much as I don’t want to admit it, I was scared, wondering if it would ever end. I was so tired of being exhausted and feeling bad that I pushed it too hard. I overdid it, and I ended up in the hospital, which was scarier. I just never want my son to go through something like that.

Diane: Oh, my god, I’M…

[ Sighs ] I’m so sorry that you did.

Victor: If tucker mccall has audra charles working for him inside chancellor-winters, that means he wants to take over the company. And if he’s smart, he’ll run it together with devon.

Michael: I assume you also know about tucker’s connection with diane.

Victor: Yeah. I knew he made a deal with her to find out all the information about ashley she can.

Michael: I have to say, that sounds innocuous to me. He just wanted to know if ashley was dating anyone to see if he had a chance with her.

[ Chuckles ]

Victor: There’s nothing innocuous about anything tucker mccall does. He’s up to something.

Devon: Dominic is down for his nap.

Abby: Oh, uh… thank you.

Devon: Of course. You never have to thank me for taking care of that little guy. Now that we have some time, though, would, uh, you like to talk to me about what’s bugging you? ‘Cause I can tell it’s something. And I have a feeling it has something to do with chance, right?

Abby: You know, I wish i understood my husband’s heart half as well as I understand yours.

Devon: Abby, you guys have gotten through a lot worse than this.

Abby: Yeah, we’ve gotten past some outside threats, but… this time, the trouble is between us.

[ Sighs ] He didn’t come home last night.

Devon: What do you mean he didn’t come home last night? You have no idea where he was?

Abby: No. And we had this huge soul-shaking conversation about the future of our marriage, and… he didn’t come home. No, he sent me this text that said he needed some time alone, but…I don’t know. I was — I was up all night, and, of course, my mind went to the worst. Is this how my marriage ends?

[ Sighs ] And tonight’s winning numbers are 18,

Diane: I feel terrible that I wasn’t there to help you through that time. Just thinking about you being sick like that breaks my heart.

Kyle: I wasn’t trying to make you feel guilty. I just don’t want my son to go through the same kind of situation. It wasn’t about blaming you for the past.

Diane: Are you sure? I mean, are we okay? Because after our last conversations, things were kind of up in the air.

Kyle: Yeah. And my mind has been on harrison ever since I found out he had a fever.

Diane: Of course. Kyle, I know you’re upset about what happened to me in L.A., But you have to know that everything I did, I did for you. All I wanted to do was get back to the boy that I left behind because I missed you so much. But I knew I had to come back a different person, and I am. And that’s the person that you’ve gotten to know these past few months. When I left, I, uh… I was the kind of mother who let you go through a sickness alone, but I became the mother who would do anything and everything possible to find my way back to you, and that’s who I want you to know now. Kyle, my — my love for you and for harrison is the most real thing about me. Please tell me that you know that by now.

Tucker: What the hell? Took you long enough.

Audra: Well, I was thrown that your address had changed. The new digs are nice. Was the gcac not up to your standards?

Tucker: Devon sold it. Chancellor-winters owns the grand phoenix now.

Audra: Oh, you want to support the family business, huh?

Tucker: Always. So what’s going on with his company? I’m eager to make a move.

Devon: Abby, I really don’t think that this is how you and chance are going to end. I don’T.

Abby: You know, I was, uh — I was up all night going over everything that he said to me, things that hurt me to my core. He thinks that I want him to be some ideal, not just a man, and he doesn’t think that he can live up to that.

Devon: Mm. Do you think there’s any truth to that?

Abby: I mean, I was thinking about it. I was trying to understand and absorb everything that he said to me, and… you know, maybe he’s right. Maybe he’s not giving me everything that I need, everything that I want. And then I have to go back and ask myself why. And as much as it kills me to say it… I mean, maybe we just aren’t that compatible. I don’t know. Maybe I was blinded by love. Maybe we were deceiving each other. I don’t know.

Devon: I don’t know about that. But can you pinpoint exactly what you want from chance that he’s not giving you?

Abby: I can’t really put it into words. It’s just… there’s a wall between us.

[ Sniffles ] I know it, and chance knows it, too.

[ Breathes deeply ]

Kyle: Earlier, I was feeling really conflicted because i thought we had made such big strides. I’d invited you to be a part of my life, and I was so close to being able to forgive you and put the past behind us, and then I get blindsided by all these things you did in L.A. It was just another blow.

Diane: I know. I understand.

Kyle: However, the more i think about it, the more i realize that jeremy and tucker, they had you boxed in. I believe you when you say you just wanted to find a way to come here, and you did whatever you felt you needed to do to make that happen. Those guys, they just took advantage of your desperation for reasons of their own.

Diane: I’m so glad that you can see that.

Kyle: What really hit home for me… was hearing harrison call out to his dee dee. You’ve really become an important part of his life, and you’re so loving to him. I can’t believe that’s a lie.

Diane: I swear to you, it’s not. I could never fake my feelings for him.

Kyle: I don’t want to take you away from him. You know, the worst part about my childhood mono wasn’t the illness. It was the loneliness, and I never want my son to feel something like that. He has me and my dad and summer. Now he has you, too. So whatever you did in L.A., I’m willing to let it go because it doesn’t affect me, and it brought you back to me and harrison.

Diane: [ Sighs ] I’m — I’m so grateful to hear you say that. I just — I wish that summer could share your perspective. I’m afraid that I’ve lost any ground that I gained with her.

Kyle: Well, I can’t control what summer thinks, but I will do what I can to try to get her to see things from my point of view, because I don’t want to lose you again.

Diane: Thank you for that.

Kyle: This better be everything, because if I find out you’re hiding something again, I won’t be able to forgive you.

Diane: Aww.

[ Breathes deeply ] Ever leave your clothes in the dryer

Michael: Do you have any more theories about what tucker might be up to?

Victor: Ashley’s using tucker’s infatuation with her to get as much information out of him as she can, and I’m absolutely certain she will tell me all about it. Meanwhile, I have a feeling that tucker mccall wants to not only to chancellor-winters but jabot, as well.

Michael: Really?

Victor: Yeah.

Michael: How do you think?

Victor: He thinks big. And once he has amalgamated the two companies, fused them, joined them, then he will put ashley in charge of jabot, and he and his son will run the entire empire.

Michael: It sounds too risky to me. Too much could go wrong. Starting with how devon and ashley would react to their family companies being subjects to a hostile takeover.

Victor: Well… he will try to convince ashley and devon that he not only wants to build a bigger company but he wants to build a family. Checkmate.

[ Chuckles ] Cheers, old boy. And better luck next time.

Audra: I know you’re growing impatient, but I couldn’t have predicted that nate hastings would grow a conscience and reveal that he’s the one feeding information to another ceo. It put everything on hold. The good news is, jill abbott seems intent on proceeding with the ipo.

Tucker: Good.

Audra: How so? You still have no shot at —

Tucker: Ah-ah-ah-ah. “No” is not a word we’re using, right? I don’t accept that word. There’s always a chance. I’m usually willing to take it.

Audra: Hm. What are you thinking?

Tucker: It might be time to turn brother against sister.

Abby: What I want is for chance to put me and dom first. Isn’t that what marriage is supposed to be about? And I thought that we wanted the same thing, but… I don’t think we do. I mean, I think chance sees work and family as being equal, and oftentimes work takes precedent over us. And if I’m being really honest with myself…. …I think I want more.

Devon: There’s nothing wrong with that. There really isn’T. And you shouldn’t apologize for wanting a relationship like you want, ’cause who wouldn’t? You know? I don’t think that anybody’s at fault here. I think that you and chance, you guys just see the world differently. That’s all. I will say this, though. Chance is a fool to not put you and dominic first, ’cause for you, both of you, I would move heaven and earth.

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Summer: [ Sighs ]

Nick: Welcome back.

Summer: Hey, dad.

Nick: Hey, yourself. Well, excellent job with the sunscreen. You got the perfect glow going on.

Summer: Well, I didn’t want to come back looking like a lobster, so…

Nick: So you and kyle had fun in costa rica?

Summer: Yeah, we had a great time. The villa was phenomenal. It was, honestly, the best vacation I’ve ever been on.

Nick: Okay, well, then I got to ask. You just got back from a wonderful honeymoon in a tropical paradise with the man you love. Why do you look miserable?

Summer: [ Scoffs ] Wow. Thanks for the compliment.

Nick: Not an insult, just an observation.

Summer: No, I mean, the trip was perfect in every way, both before and after harrison joined us.

Nick: Did something happen after you came home? Because I know this face, and that’s not the “happy supergirl” face.

Summer: [ Sighs ] I don’t want to get into details, but it’s more drama with diane.

Nick: Okay. Is there anything I can do?

Summer: No, I don’t think there is. Plus, kyle and I can handle it.

Nick: Alright. I guess I will just say, “best of luck,” then.

Summer: Thanks. I have a feeling we’re going to need it.

Diane: Kyle. Welcome home. When did you and summer get back?

Kyle: This morning.

Diane: Oh. Well, I just loved all the photos you sent me, especially of harrison. Looks like you had a wonderful time.

Kyle: We did. Now it’s back to reality.

Diane: Look, kyle, something happened while you were gone. I think we need to talk.

Kyle: Yes, we do. Not here. In private. At the house. And it can’t wait.

Diane: [ Sighs ]

Ashley: Tell me everything. About you, diane in los angeles.

Tucker: Sure. I’m happy to tell you anything you want to know. Should we order our drink first?

Ashley: Why don’t we wait and see how forthcoming you are, and then I’ll decide how thirsty I am.

Tucker: Fair enough. Diane and I had a completely chance encounter in los angeles. And, of course, I was stunned. There she is, alive. But not only that, she actually looked happy and healthy and a far cry from the bitter and vengeful woman that we all thought was dead. So, naturally, I was curious about her story. I wanted to know how she pulled off her murder. She just seemed like a completely different person than the one I knew in genoa city. So anyway, she tells me that her new mission in life is to try to find a way to get kyle to forgive her, to reestablish their relationship.

Ashley: Let me guess. You saw an opportunity, right? A chance to use a mother’s deepest desire to your own advantage.

[ Sighs ]

Phyllis: Just the man i wanted to talk to.

Jack: I think I know why.

Phyllis: I had a very illuminating conversation with ashley about diane in los angeles.

Jack: Gee, that didn’t take long.

Phyllis: Ah, just please indulge me in a moment of I was right all along because I was, in fact, right all along. So diane was lying through her teeth the whole time about tucker, was she? Pretending to be outraged that he crashed summer and kyle’s ceremony. Ooh. [ Clears throat ] What I don’t understand is why are you not showing a level of outrage about this entire thing?

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Summer: Well, I didn’t ask you here so we can just talk about me. I want to hear what’s been going on with you since I’ve been away.

Nick: Just plugging away, as usual.

Summer: Really? Because I’ve been crossing my fingers and my toes that you might’ve ended things with sally spectra. Dad, please don’t try to tell me that you’re just friends again.

Nick: [ Sighs ] You had to go there, huh? Just right off the bat.

Summer: Well, I’m hoping that you called it quits so I can stop worrying about you.

Nick: Let’s not forget I’m the parent, summer, okay? You don’t have to worry about me.

Summer: I know, but I’m still concerned.

Nick: Come on, summer, it —

Summer: Dad, sally is unpredictable. When she feels disrespected or frustrated or when she just wants what she wants, we both know what she’s capable of.

Nick: Alright, clearly, it’s going to put your mind at ease, so I’m going to fill you in on some headlines.

Summer: Okay. First one being?

Nick: Sally and chloe no longer work at newman media.

Summer: Wow. Okay. That’s sudden. What’s the second one?

Nick: [ Sighs ] The second one is, sally and I are on a break. She doesn’t really want to hang out with me right now.

Summer: That’s so great. I mean, that’s unexpected. I — that’s a lot of changes in such a short amount of time. Why did — why did she…?

Nick: We’re not going to talk about it anymore, okay? I don’t want you to concern yourself with this. I know it’s going to be an incredible struggle for you, though.

Summer: I don’t like seeing the people in my life get hurt. So, yeah, I’m going to do what I can to prevent it.

Phyllis: Oh, please. Hold on.

Jack: No, you hold on. Look at you all wrapped up in delight that you were vindicated instead of thinking about what this is doing to kyle and summer. You didn’t see the look on kyle’s face when he heard diane’s story. You didn’t see the concern in summer’s face over what this is going to do to her husband.

Phyllis: No, I actually did. I stopped by your place right after you broke the news to them, apparently.

Jack: Well, I hope you showed at least some sensitivity.

Phyllis: Yes, I did. I also made my opinion clear, but I showed compassion to kyle. Oh, the same compassion that I showed to him while his mother pretended to be dead all those years, but — but that’s beside the point. The point is, the truth is out now, and if you all had listened to me, none of this would’ve been happening.

Jack: Oh, phyllis, come on. I remember very clearly you insisting that I let kyle make the decisions about his mother.

Phyllis: It’s out of respect for your son, and did it kill me that he chose to have diane back in his life? Yes, it did, because I knew that this would inevitably happen. And, yeah, it’s happening. She’s been lying. We all know now. I mean, she needs to leave, and we can all move forward.

Jack: And what does that mean exactly? What does moving forward look like to you?

Phyllis: You need to look at this honestly. Diane was lying. She’s been lying. She needs to leave town with her tail between her legs before another one of her sordid secrets comes out. We all know there are more secrets. It’s not just tucker in los angeles.

Jack: You got it all figured out, just like always.

Phyllis: Jack.

Jack: What?

Phyllis: Oh, my god. Diane has you totally sucked in, doesn’t she?

Kyle: Dad said there’s something you need to explain to me. Something about L.A…

Diane: [ Sighs ]

Kyle: …That you’ve kept to yourself all this time.

Diane: Uh, yes. There’S… there’s more to what happened to me than I’ve told you. But once I do, I hope — I hope you’ll understand why I did what I did and why I felt I had to keep it a secret.

Kyle: [ Sighs ] I’m listening.

Diane: Alright, well, soon after I arrived in los angeles, I met someone, a despicable man named jeremy stark. He, um… he seduced me, and then he used me for his own illegal enterprise. So tucker agreed to keep my identity and the crimes that I had unknowingly committed for jeremy a secret in exchange for help with ashley. I didn’t have a choice. If I had refused, she could have turned me into the authorities. I would’ve lost everything, the life that I had worked so hard to rebuild.

Kyle: But tucker didn’t just blackmail you. He dangled a pretty big carrot to get you to cooperate, didn’t he?

Diane: Well, he knew that i had been looking for a way back to you, and by telling me about allie, he — he seemed to give me the perfect way to do just that. I mean, I hated that he had that kind of power over me, but tucker provided me with what I’d been searching for, the ability to open the door to jack and then you, because nothing was more important to me than finding a way back to you.

Kyle: Oh, and that way was allie.

Diane: [ Sighs ] If I had felt that I could reach out to you directly, kyle, I would have, but —

Kyle: We’ve been over that. That’s water under the bridge. What matters now is that you colluded with tucker and concealed it even after dad and i and a lot of other people asked if you had any dealings with the guy in L.A.

Diane: No, I told you that I regretted my history with him, that I loathed him, and that I wished that he would’ve never come back to genoa city.

Kyle: So not a direct lie but a massive lie of omission.

Diane: I hate that I wasn’t brave enough to confess this to you earlier. But, kyle, I swear I had no ill intention.

Kyle: Whatever your intentions were, it doesn’t matter. This is where we are now. And despite your pleas for understanding, all I know is that you broke my trust. And before you can even ask, I have no idea if we can ever get back to the way things were. I get bladder leaks.

Tucker: I’m not going to pretend to be altruistic or anything, but I would describe my partnership with diane as a mutually beneficial arrangement. Here we were, both social pariahs from genoa city and both looking to get back into the good graces of someone we care about deeply. So we made a pact. I’d already heard about allie, so I offered her that information…

Ashley: [ Sighs ]

Tucker: …In exchange for information about… hey, I told you what you mean to me and then I would do anything for you to offer me another chance. So I figured I could use all the help I could get.

Ashley: I don’t think anyone, including myself, is worth throwing in with diane of all people. So kind of makes me wonder if that bargain you struck is for real. Maybe there’s a little bit more to it than you’re admitting?

Tucker: I can assure you that my agreement with diane was… completely benevolent. We were both hoping for a good outcome.

Tucker: Ashley. Hi. You alright?

Kyle: I wanted you back in my life so badly, I was willing to overlook certain things. I was vulnerable and too quick to forgive. And I chose to give you a chance to prove yourself. Now I’m questioning that decision, asking myself if it was a mistake to put that much faith in you.

Diane: I realize that this has come as a complete shock and you are completely entitled to your feelings. But, kyle, keep in mind that I chose to admit what I’d been hiding despite all the negative fallout because I just — I couldn’t live with myself any longer.

Kyle: I don’t know about that.

Diane: It’s true. Ever since I’ve been back, it’s been eating me up inside.

Kyle: That may be, but I’m finding your argument for coming clean — it’s not very persuasive. It doesn’t really count if you only confess because you’re afraid that someone like nikki or phyllis is going to expose you.

Jack: How I might feel about what diane does next is neither here nor there.

Phyllis: On the contrary, it’s very on-point.

Jack: We’re just going in circles here.

Phyllis: Jack —

Jack: You’ve already made up your mind. Nothing I say is going to change that. There’s no sense in the two of us talking about diane.

Phyllis: Okay. Okay. Would you like me to lie? Would you like me to say she’s an honorable human being?

Jack: Since you asked, what I’d like you to do is look in the mirror. Take stock in your own behavior.

Phyllis: Oh, jack, come on.

Jack: Start with how badly you have handled diane’s return from day one.

Phyllis: Please.

Jack: From the moment she got here, you have done everything you could to get in her way. You didn’t give her a chance to even fall on her face on her own. No, you went hunting into her past to dig up some dirt to get her out of town even after you promised your daughter you would back off.

Phyllis: Oh, my god. I cannot even believe that I am still being made out to be the bad guy here. By the way, I was this close to getting dirt, as you call it, on diane, and she felt it. She felt the heat. She was backed into a corner. That’s why she felt the need to confess to you.

Jack: We might have all been better off if she hadn’T.

Phyllis: I can’t believe this. We’ve stepped through the looking glass, and we’re backwards now. I can’t believe this is happening. I can’t believe that I’m being made to feel guilty because I want to help everyone.

Jack: Help? Help? Come on. You and I both know there’s a hell of a lot more to this than that.

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Ashley: I’m fine. I just have a lot on my mind.

Tucker: Mm-hmm. Your responsibilities at jabot or something more personal?

Ashley: I was thinking about you.

Tucker: [ Gasps ] Well, I can’t say I’m sorry to hear that.

Ashley: Maybe you should be.

Tucker: No, I doubt it. You know, if you — if you wanted nothing to do with me, you would’ve shut me down immediately. Here you are. Here I am. We’re talking.

Ashley: Yeah, here you are, still smug as ever.

Tucker: Uh-huh. As you know, it’s part of my charm. So what — what thought about me had you so captivated when i walked in?

Ashley: I was thinking about what you told me about you and diane in los angeles, deciding whether or not I should believe anything that comes out of your mouth.

Tucker: And have you come to any conclusions?

Ashley: I have.

Jack: Oh, believe me, i understand why you have no use for diane. When we were married, I had a front-row seat to the battle royale between you two. What’s bugging me now is if she had come back a veritable saint, you’d still be going after her out of sheer force of habit, I suppose. So please don’t paint yourself as the noble hero. Heroes don’t gloat. They aren’t petty. They want the perspective of other people.

Phyllis: Okay, you need to stop. You need to stop right now.

Jack: No, no, you may not like this. Diane has set down roots in this town, and regardless of what she has done in the past, if she takes off now, she turns around and walks away, her absence will leave a giant hole in my son and my grandson’s lives.

Phyllis: I get that. I understand that. Okay? But if they suffer, it won’t be because of me. It’ll be because of diane and diane alone. And they have a lot of people in their life to help them through their pain. You, me, summer, everybody else who loves them.

Jack: I think you’re getting ahead of yourself. I think we have to wait to see how kyle wants to handle things once he’s talked to his mother.

Phyllis: Well, hopefully he’ll see things more clearly than his father does.

Summer: What’s going on? Or do I even need to ask?

Jack: Your mother and i aren’t exactly seeing eye-to-eye.

Summer: Well, I guess that makes sense. It’s a volatile subject. Emotions are bound to run high.

Jack: Well, hopefully, cooler heads will soon prevail.

Diane: The reason I decided to tell jack the truth wasn’t because of phyllis or nikki, or even their nosy reporter friend. It’s much more complicated than that.

Kyle: You say that, but I’m having a difficult time believing this wasn’t a defensive move on your part.

Diane: I can understand why you’d think that, but —

Kyle: Do you remember what you said to me the first time we came face-to-face again after spending so many years apart? I haven’t forgotten a single word of that conversation, and do you know which part I’m thinking about now? How you promised — promised you wouldn’t hide anything from me. Not ever again.

Diane: I am so sorry that I — I broke that promise, but tucker forced me to stay quiet. Kyle, it’s true. He’s been calling the shots ever since he discovered me in los angeles. And it’s only now that I — I finally feel strong enough to break his hold on me.

Kyle: With a preemptive strike?

Diane: Gosh, you make it sound so calculated.

Kyle: Wasn’t it?

Diane: No. No. If you really want to know, it was a spontaneous decision. Somebody said something, and it made me realize that I didn’t want you or your father to hear about this from tucker or anybody else. I knew that I had to own up to what I had done, but I was — I was — I was just really afraid to tell you because I — I couldn’t stand knowing that you would think less of me and that, by learning the truth, it would just destroy this beautiful relationship that we had created. Kyle, ever since I left genoa city, all I wanted was to be worthy enough to be part of your life again. Being a mother to you and — and a grandmother to harrison, those are the most important things in the world to me. My love for you is endless. It’s everything. Please tell me you know that in your heart by now. Covid-19 moves fast, and now you can too

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Ashley: Well, you have to admit, it sounds shady as hell. You and diane hated each other before her so-called death, and you bump into each other and you decide to form an alliance.

Tucker: Yeah. Yeah, I can see how you’d find it improbable.

Ashley: To say the least.

Tucker: But as I told you, she and I were in a very unique position to help each other out.

Ashley: Right. Okay, well, as much as I hate to admit it, does make sense. Wouldn’t be the first time that you’ve formed an alliance with an enemy in pursuit of a goal. So I believe you.

Tucker: Very good.

[ Chuckles ] Thank you for letting me know. I wasn’t sure where you were going with that.

Ashley: Yeah, well, I’m probably more confused and surprised than you are. And not just about this.

Tucker: Go on.

Ashley: Well, you know, I’ve been trying very hard to ignore you since you came back to genoa city. I don’t know if you noticed that. You know, I didn’t want you to take up any space in my brain. I have not been successful, by the way.

Tucker: Well [Chuckles] Yeah, I could see that as a positive, of course, as a fulfillment of what I’ve been longing for. Unfortunately, I can’t help this nagging suspicion it might be a little too soon for such a big turnaround from you.

Kyle: I have loved having you here, loved seeing you bond with harrison, and never in a million years did I think we could actually be a real family, but it happened. It’s been amazing. That means just as much to me as it does to you.

Diane: So… so what are you saying? Where does that leave us?

Kyle: I know you’re hoping that I will tell you here and now that I understand why you kept this from me and that I will look the other way yet again, but I need some time to sit with this. I can’t ignore the fact that you carried around this huge secret, pretending it didn’t exist, acting like you were wronged any time somebody questioned you about it, and when the truth finally came out, when you finally admitted it, you said it’s beyond your control. No, no, no. Somebody else forced your hand. I just — I don’t know how I can believe the things you say anymore.

Phyllis: Don’t feel so bad for jack. He gave as good as he got, alright? He said some horrible things to me, but I am so frustrated that even after everything he’s learned about diane and tucker and their — their relationship, he still wants to give allowances for that woman.

Summer: And you feel like he didn’t do the same for you?

Phyllis: Nothing I have ever done is as bad as diane.

Summer: But, mom, you have to realize it’s more complicated with diane. I mean, she and jack share a son and a grandson.

Phyllis: Oh, yeah, kyle, her trump card.

Summer: [ Scoffs ] That’s a very cold way of looking at it.

Phyllis: Well, it’s true. She used kyle as a manipulation tool when he was a baby. You don’t know. You weren’t there. But you know what? I want to ask you. How do you feel now? All of this information came to light. Do you still feel it’s a good idea to keep diane around? ‘Cause that would be insane. You know something else is going to come out from her past.

Summer: The decision is —

Phyllis: Is kyle’s, right.

Summer: Yeah.

Phyllis: But I want to know how you feel. Do you feel that it’s a good idea, diane sticking in town?

Summer: [ Sighs ] I have been so patient with diane. I really wanted kyle to have a chance to heal, to have a sense of peace, and, I mean, he had that. He really did. But now more lies, more secrets have come out, so… from where I sit, you’re right. Diane needs to go. Announcer: Type 2 diabetes?

Phyllis: Hey. I wouldn’t expect to find you here.

Nick: [ Chuckles ] What? In my son’s establishment?

Phyllis: At a bar in the middle of the day.

Nick: Yeah, not really in an office frame of mind today.

Phyllis: Ah.

Nick: What about you? Shouldn’t you be busy working on the launch for marchetti home?

Phyllis: I’m not really in the office frame of mind today.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Sighs ] Um…hey. Can I run something by you?

Nick: Of course. What is the topic du jour?

Phyllis: Me.

Jack: Surprised to find you here.

Diane: Yeah, kyle asked me over. We got everything out on the table — tucker, los angeles, all of it.

Jack: I was wondering how soon that would happen.

Diane: Yeah, he left, but I asked him if I could stay. I just — I just wanted to see harrison and ask him about his trip. I just went upstairs to check on him, but he’s still asleep.

Jack: Little guy was napping earlier today. I think that vacation took something out of him.

Diane: Yeah, apparently.

Jack: Well, be that as it may, I’m sure he’ll be thrilled to see you here when he does wake up. I just came to retrieve these. I have to head back to work.

Diane: You’re leaving?

Jack: Yeah, I have a mountain of work to get through.

Diane: Don’t you want to hear how it went with our son?

Jack: I’m sure kyle will tell me when he’s ready. I think I’d rather hear it from him.

Diane: Of course. It’s just, um… I’m just not sure where you and I stand now.

Jack: I’m not sure, either, but I’m not ready to discuss it at the moment.

Diane: [ Sighs ]

[ Door opens, closes ]

Summer: I got you a cappuccino.

Kyle: Wow. You read my mind.

Summer: [ Giggles ]

Kyle: Thank you.

Summer: You’re welcome.

Kyle: Come here.

Summer: And while I was at crimson lights, I caught the tail end of a pretty tense conversation between my mom and your dad.

Kyle: Mm. I’m sure I don’t have to ask what that’s about.

Summer: Yeah, suffice it to say that, when it comes to tucker and diane, they have very different viewpoints.

Kyle: Mm-hmm. And phyllis still doesn’t know about jeremy stark, does she?

Summer: I didn’t say anything to her about it, and I’m sure that jack wouldn’t have. But she’s not going to let up. She’s going to keep going after diane.

Kyle: Sure is a mess, isn’t it? All the happy, laid-back vibes we brought home — all gone. Didn’t even last a day.

Summer: You doing okay?

Kyle: [ Sighs ] Not really. I confronted my mother about hiding the truth from me.

Summer: Already?

Kyle: Yeah, I ran into her here. Didn’t see any point in waiting.

Summer: [ Sighs ] That must’ve been gut-wrenching.

Kyle: She confirmed everything my dad told me, made all the excuses you’d expect.

Summer: How do you feel? What do you want to do? Dishes still coming out dirty?

Phyllis: I just want to ask you a question, and I want your very, um… honest, unbiased opinion.

Nick: Hm. Alright. I mean, you’re not going to throw anything at my face or try and hurt me, right?

Phyllis: Do you think that I’m destructive? Do you think I’m vindictive and innately… a bad person?

Nick: [ Sighs ]

Phyllis: Okay, I have my answer.

Nick: Hey, come on. Stop. I’m — I’m just messing with you.

Phyllis: Okay.

Nick: I’m assuming this has something to do with diane.

Phyllis: Why would you ask that?

Nick: Well, I ran into summer earlier. Clearly, something is going on with her mother-in-law, some kind of drama.

Phyllis: [ Sighs ] Yeah. I’m not going to get into this right now.

Nick: Okay. Well, whatever it is, I just hope you and summer are okay.

Phyllis: I don’t know.

[ Sighs ] But I do know that I’m really, really tired of being the one who’s getting blamed for the mess. I do know that. I’m not the villain here, nick. I’m not the villain. It’s not me. I’m not the bad guy. It’s starting to get to me.

Kyle: When mom and I were talking, I managed to stay calm, but I was all over the place. I felt betrayed, mad, hurt. Ever since I had left her back at the house, I’ve been thinking about what she actually did in L.A.

Summer: She committed at least a few felonies.

Kyle: But she didn’t do anything malicious. She made some mistakes, and tucker took advantage of them, but she just wanted to find a way to come back home to her son.

Summer: What about the fact that she didn’t tell you any of this until she had absolutely no choice?

Kyle: Look, I’m not saying it was right. I’m saying I get it.

Summer: Look… I know how much diane means to you, how much you wish that you could just overlook all of this and give her another chance so that everything could go back to the way that it was, but [Sighs] As your wife, the person that loves you the most and wants to protect you

[Sighs] I don’t think that we can run the risk of trusting her again.

Harrison: Dee dee.

Diane: Oh, honey, I didn’t hear you come down. Hey. What’s the matter?

Harrison: I don’t feel good.

Diane: [ Sighs ] You are burning up with fever.

[ Sighs ]

Ashley: You’re a malcontent. You know that?

Tucker: A malcontent?

Ashley: Mm-hmm.

Tucker: That’s a new one. Nice. I like it.

Ashley: Well, if it helps, i wish I didn’t think about you at all. But I do. I think my subconscious is trying to figure out exactly what’s happening here.

Tucker: Hmm. Well, if you had told me that I’d captured your attention before you found out about my connection to diane in L.A., I’d be a little more inclined to celebrate, but, um, I can’t help but wonder if

[Chuckles, sighs] You’re trying to lure me in.

Ashley: Tucker, where is that ego that we all know and don’t love? Don’t tell me that you’re actually doubting your animal magnetism.

Tucker: Earlier, you said — or you questioned whether I was up to more than meets the eye. So now my question is, are you planning to use my feelings for you to uncover some real agenda I might have?

Ashley: What if I were? I’m not saying I am. But what if? What if I was resorting to guile or my feminine wiles? I mean, if you’ve got nothing to hide, what do you care? Especially since, you know, I’ve been kind of hinting that maybe I’d like to spend a little more time together.

Tucker: [ Chuckling ] I see. So this is a test.

Ashley: Mm.

Tucker: You’re offering me a chance to prove myself and that I’ve owned up to everything that went down in los angeles.

Ashley: Call it what you want, but, yes.

Tucker: Challenge accepted.

Next week on “the young and the restless”…

Adam: I hurt sally. That’s a big mistake to try to fix.

Jack: You really do love her, don’t you?

Adam: More than I thought I could love anybody.

Jack: Find some way to let her know that.

Tucker: If you want to put the fear of god into diane and drive her away from you and your family, that’s how you do it.

Devon: Chance is a fool to not put you and dominic first. For both of you, I would move heaven and earth.

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