>> Tucker: There he is.
The man of the hour.
>> Nate: I'm in no mood for whatever you're about
to dish out, Tucker.
>> Tucker: I have nothing but praise and accolades for you.
I heard about your bold move to have Victor committed.
Fantastic.
>> Nate: I don't know what you're talking about.
>> Tucker: Dude, don't be modest.
If I were you, I'd own the hell out of that play.
[ Nick groans ] >> Lily: Are you okay?
♪♪♪ ♪♪♪
>> Victor: Here, my baby.
A soothing cup of tea just the way you like.
>> Nikki: Ah, you take such good care of me.
>> Victor: After what you've been through, my baby,
I would do anything to help you, okay? Come here.
My baby, I'm worried about you.
>> Nikki: Well, I am much more concerned about you
and Nicholas and Victoria.
When I think of what could have happened,
I could have lost all of you.
>> Victor: But you didn't, my love, okay?
And thank God the poison is out of all of us.
>> Nikki: Yes. Thank God.
>> Victor: My sweetheart, I know what's going on.
You're not fooling me.
>> Nikki: What do you think is going on?
>> Victor: I know you've been putting up a brave front
for the family and for your children,
but having that alcohol pushed into your veins, I mean, that is
not something one brushes aside.
>> Nikki: You're right.
I am struggling.
It's been nearly five years since my last drink
and now my sobriety is gone in the blink of an eye.
>> Victor: Well, that's not your fault though.
>> Nikki: I am trying not to blame myself because
I know where that kind of self-pity can lead.
It-- it's just so much to sort out.
>> Victor: Well, I think if anyone is responsible
for all of this, it's me.
>> Nikki: No.
Don't go there, Victor.
>> Victor: I have to.
I think it is my affair with Eve Howard years ago that
brought all this on.
>> Nikki: Look, it doesn't do either of us any good to
dwell on how it happened.
>> Victor: I know.
Let's focus on solutions.
Who can you call?
>> Nikki: In the old days, I would have called
Katherine or Neil.
>> Victor: Yeah. My goodness.
That brings back memories.
Mm. What about your sponsor?
>> Nikki: I'll reach out.
In the meantime, oh, my gosh.
I better get going if I'm gonna make the start of my meeting.
>> Victor: Well, I'll take you.
I'll wait in the car.
>> Nikki: Oh, darling, thank you.
Um, I-- I hope you understand, but I would rather go alone.
Use the time on the drive over to gather my thoughts.
>> Victor: All right. You sure?
>> Nikki: Yeah.
But lunch afterward would be lovely.
>> Victor: I love that.
We have a date.
Meanwhile, I'll, um, talk to Nicholas.
>> Nikki: Excellent.
He puts up a good front, but I'm sure he must be feeling
the emotional and physical toll from that knife attack.
And I wish we would hear back from Victoria.
>> Victor: Let me worry about the children, okay?
You take care of yourself, my love.
>> Nikki: I will.
>> Victor: I'll see you later.
>> Nikki: Okay.
>> Victor: We'll have a date.
>> Nikki: Yes.
>> Victor: Yep.
>> Lily: You look like you're in a lot of pain.
>> Nick: Uh, it's no big deal.
It's just a minor accident.
>> Lily: So, what happened?
>> Nick: Honestly, I'd rather not talk about it.
I'm just trying to put the whole thing behind me.
>> Lily: Okay.
Well, I think it'll be hard with you wincing like that,
but I understand.
>> Nick: Thanks.
>> Lily: Um, actually, I would love to ask you a nonpersonal
question about Newman and Nate.
>> Nick: Honestly, there's not much to say.
Uh, Nate was wrong.
>> Lily: Nick, please.
I-- I really would love to get the full story before Jill and
Devon and I make any decisions.
>> Nate: I don't recall inviting you to join me.
>> Tucker: Neither do I.
So, I wanna hear the play-by-play.
Especially the part where Victor catches on to what you're up to.
>> Nate: There was no play.
I was trying to protect Victor.
>> Tucker: By sending him to the loony bin?
>> Nate: Where did you even hear this?
>> Tucker: That's what I do.
I gather information.
But I-- I try not to take these kinds of stories at face value.
Especially when it involves a guy who's trying to work his
way back into my son's company.
>> Nate: You're trying to protect Devon?
>> Tucker: That's right.
Just like you were trying to protect Victor.
>> Nate: Tell me, Tucker, what exactly do you think you know?
>> Tucker: Uh, that you plotted to take the big man out.
Or at least take him out of the top spot at Newman,
so you could slide right into the C-suite again.
>> Nate: I had no such plot.
>> Tucker: I see.
So, you did not arrange an extended stay at
the Spelling Clinic in Lake Geneva for Victor.
>> Nate: How did you find that out?
That is confidential information.
[ phone ringing ] [ distorted music playing ]
>> Nikki: Who is calling?
Why are you calling me?
I know that song.
But where?
>> Tucker: Nate, there is no information that is not
available for a price.
If you don't know that by now, maybe I should reconsider
my opinion of you.
>> Nate: Well, you seem to be under the impression that
I care about your opinion.
>> Tucker: Nate, like I said, I admire
the hell out of the play.
Really.
Of course, I would admire it even more had you pulled it off.
I love the idea of Victor in a straitjacket.
You know, drool coming down his chin bouncing off rubber walls.
But hey, A for effort.
>> Nate: On that note, I gotta be going.
>> Tucker: No, no, no,.
There's-- That's-- God, you're sensitive, aren't you?
>> Nate: Tucker.
>> Tucker: Thought you were a player.
>> Nate: If you have something to say, just say it.
>> Tucker: Well, I wonder if you should stop wasting your time
and your talents in all these wrong places.
I know that Audra has offered you a role in this new venture
we have in the works.
>> Nate: This-- What is this we?
>> Tucker: Me and Audra, or is it Audra and me?
I always forget the right grammar.
Anyway, I was on the fence about her idea of including you,
but this move you made with Victor won me over,
so we are putting together a team of people who are not
afraid to get their hands dirty and it seems like you're
that kind of man.
>> Nick: Nate tried to get rid of my dad and clear
a path for him and Vic.
It's as simple as that.
>> Lily: Well, it sounded more complicated than that.
Apparently, your dad was pretending to be
mentally unstable to set a trap for you guys?
>> Nick: Everybody knows my dad is a master gamesman.
>> Lily: I mean, if that's how you want to put it,
but I mean, I think what your dad did was horrible.
>> Nick: My dad felt like somebody on his executive
team wasn't loyal and turns out, he was right.
>> Lily: Okay.
So, even though Nate has been a doctor for most of his life,
you don't think that maybe he really did think that it
was the best option to send your dad away for treatment?
>> Nick: There were other options available that didn't
include shipping my father off to some inpatient facility
and any doctor would have known that.
>> Lily: But maybe he was trying to protect your dad
and Newman Enterprises?
>> Nick: I can't believe you're defending him.
>> Lily: I'm not trying to.
I'm just thinking that maybe you guys were a little
quick to assume that his intentions were bad.
>> Nick: And maybe you're too quick to assume that
his intentions were good.
Nate was the one who had the most to gain from this.
Can't you see that?
>> Lily: Okay.
Let me ask you this then.
Do you think the punishment fits the crime?
>> Nick: What do you mean?
>> Lily: Well, I mean, if you or Victoria or Adam did
the same thing, would your dad have fired you on the spot?
>> Nikki: My name is Nikki and I'm an alcoholic.
I haven't been here in some time,
but I see some familiar faces.
It's nice.
Some of you have heard me share about a recurring nightmare
that I used to have, where I would find myself at
a bar ordering a drink or hiding a bottle of vodka in
a purse in my closet.
Now, the details always changed, but the panic was the same.
I would wake up in a cold sweat and my heart would be pounding
and I was terrified that I had lost my sobriety
in a weak moment to...
Well, last night, I had another one
of those nightmares and when I woke up,
I realized it wasn't a dream.
It was real.
[ Nikki sobbing ] My four years, 11 months,
and 21 days of sobriety is over.
And the most infuriating part is that it wasn't my fault.
I know-- I know that sounds like an alcoholic's excuse,
but I was literally forced to inject vodka against my will.
And I-- I-- I know this sounds absolutely outlandish,
But I was kidnapped by a deranged, evil woman
who-- who knew my history and she injected alcohol into
my system through an IV.
And when I finally came to, I had that feeling of being
mind-spinning drunk.
And I'm so scared that the monster who used
to control my every waking thought and action,
those tormenting voices in my head,
that the demon has awakened.
And you need to know this.
I didn't take the first drink.
But the second and the third, I took those.
I see your faces.
I- I-- I-- I know what you're thinking.
I mean, I-- I hear myself making all these excuses, but the--
the disease doesn't care.
It's pointless.
The disease doesn't care how it happened.
It just feeds on it and it screams for more.
I am terrified.
I cannot go down this road again. I won't.
So, I am here.
I know it's time to get humble again
and just focus all of my energy on not taking a drink.
For a day, for an hour.
A minute at a time.
[ loud, distorted music ] Oh, my God.
God help me.
>> Nick: Look, my dad set a trap to try and
shake out any traitors and the answer is yes,
if any of his children tried to pull what Nate did, we would
have been fired on the spot.
Nate tried to stage a coup by taking advantage of my dad's
supposed mental incapacity.
>> Lily: Yeah.
But usually, people orchestrating a coup are
trying to install themselves.
I mean, Nate was trying to reinstate Victoria.
>> Nick: No.
The only reason Nate wanted to reinstate Victoria was
so that he could return to being her second in command.
It was a power play.
>> Lily: Okay. Well, thank you for your honesty.
>> Nick: You did ask for my opinion.
Personally, I think you dodged a bullet with
Nate the first time.
I have no idea why you would invite that kind of threat
back into your business.
>> Devon: Yeah. I'm concerned about the same thing.
>> Nick: What's up, man?
>> Devon: How you doing?
We need to talk.
>> Nick: Yeah. I gotta go.
Uh, I'll leave you two to talk.
>> Lily: Um, have a speedy recovery.
>> Nick: Thanks. See you guys.
>> Devon: See you, man.
What's that about?
>> Lily: Oh, I don't know.
It's a mystery injury.
He didn't want to talk about it.
Um, how did it go with Victor?
>> Devon: Oh, it was, um, illuminating.
Nate has definitely burned bridges at Newman.
And it seems like, uh, Nick feels the same way.
>> Lily: So, where does that leave us?
>> Nate: I wasn't aware that Audra's new business
venture included you.
>> Tucker: And now that you are?
>> Nate: It changes everything.
>> Tucker: Really?
'Cause as far as I'm concerned, if you think about it,
my involvement doesn't matter at all.
Eyes on the prize and all that kind of stuff.
>> Nate: Oh, it matters to me.
And frankly, I don't like your connection to Audra
or to my Aunt Mamie.
>> Tucker: See, I love that.
That attitude right there.
It's like, "You better watch your ass, Tucker."
It's terrific.
That's the kind of edge that I wouldn't want you to lose.
Anyway, uh, if you come to your senses,
you know where to find me.
Thanks for the drink.
>> Nate: We need to talk about your offer, Audra.
Immediately.
>> Nick: Dad.
>> Victor: Hi, son.
Please close the door.
[ Nick grunts ] How are you holding up?
>> Nick: Uh, still got some pain, but it's manageable.
I'm far more worried about you and Mom.
>> Victor: Join the club.
So am I.
>> Nick: I just hope she doesn't, you know,
try and go into denial about how traumatic this was.
She cannot keep this bottled.
>> Victor: Yeah. I know she's aware of it though,
you know.
She is at an AA meeting right now as we speak.
>> Nick: Oh, that's-- that's great.
Hey, have you heard from Vic lately?
She's not returning any of my calls or texts.
I cannot believe she's going to confront that con artist.
>> Victor: Well, your sister and Cole went up to Oregon
to find out if Claire is their daughter.
>> Nick: Seems like the wrong way to go about this.
I mean, going and visiting with this woman who tried to kill us.
Who's to say she's not gonna keep playing
mind games with them.
>> Victor: Well, your sister's a very smart lady.
She'll figure it out.
>> Nick: Yeah, I hope.
Hey, could you tell me a little about Eve Howard?
I know she was Cole's mother, but I never heard
much about her.
>> Victor: I'd rather not talk about it, son.
>> Nick: Dad, I need to know what we're dealing with.
>> Victor: Suffice it to say that Eve Howard tried to
kill me the way that Jordan tried to kill me.
>> Nick: Poison?
>> Victor: Yeah.
Hm.
In fact, she almost ruined my first wedding to your mother.
She had escaped from a loony bin.
Showed up at the wedding.
>> Nick: It sounds terrifying.
>> Victor: Putting it mildly.
>> Nick: Well, if Claire and Jordan share the same traits,
we were lucky to get out of there alive.
Have you had any progress in tracking her down?
>> Victor: None, so far.
>> Nick: We have to find that woman and get her behind bars.
>> Victor: We certainly do, but you know, my boy,
what this has taught me, again, is how important it is
that we all stick together as a family.
>> Nick: Yeah.
>> Lily: I don't know.
I'm-- I'm torn.
Nate is right too.
You know, Victor did set him up.
>> Devon: Yeah, but what does it say about him that he fell
into a trap like that?
>> Lily: I just think there has to be some
validity to his argument.
Like, he used to be Victor's doctor.
He cared about him.
What if this power play to reinstate Victoria came second
to his concern for Victor?
>> Devon: It could have. Sure.
>> Lily: I mean, he was a doctor.
He always put his patients first.
We never questioned his motives.
>> Devon: Yeah.
That's the problem though.
He's not a doctor anymore and when he got into
the corporate world, he changed.
He lost his damn mind.
>> Lily: Maybe he's found it again?
>> Devon: And we were just starting to make progress on
putting the past behind us and then this had to happen.
>> Lily: I know.
Aunt Mamie really wants us to work together again.
>> Devon: Well, regardless of that,
we have to take our company's stability into consideration
because we have enough on our plate dealing with whatever
Tucker has planned, trying to get Jill out of the picture.
Do we really want to invite another threat in?
>> Audra: Nate.
What's so urgent?
>> Tucker: Hi, Nate.
>> Nate: Why didn't you tell me he was here?
>> Audra: Oh, well, you didn't really give me the chance.
You know, you invited yourself over and hung up before
I could say anything.
>> Tucker: We were just discussing you.
>> Nate: You neglected to mention this fabulous new
venture of yours involved him.
>> Audra: Would you mind giving Nate and me
some privacy, please?
>> Tucker: Yeah.
I like him.
He's got potential.
A lot more than that other guy you've been hanging out with.
>> Audra: Noted.
>> Tucker: Have fun.
>> Audra: So, what did you want to discuss?
>> Nate: Cut the act, Audra.
What the hell are you cooking up with Tucker?
And why did you keep his involvement a secret?
>> Victor: So, tell me about the meeting.
>> Nikki: Well, it's been a while since I've been there.
There were some familiar faces.
They were supportive.
>> Victor: Well, that's nice.
>> Nikki: I shared.
>> Victor: Good.
>> Nikki: It was nice to do it in a safe space,
but it brought up feelings that I'm not used to.
>> Victor: Ah. Such as?
>> Nikki: I just hate that I am facing this again.
I mean, my alcoholism was a thing of the past.
But Claire and Jordan have taken that away.
>> Victor: Sweetheart, they won't, they can't.
You're stronger than either of them.
>> Nikki: I know, but darling, it's not about them.
It's about the disease.
It's like a cancer that was in remission.
And what if it's back?
>> Victor: My baby, you mustn't think like that.
>> Nikki: Darling, you don't know what it's like.
>> Victor: No, I don't.
But I want you to know that I'll be here every step of the way.
I will help you, okay?
You're the strongest woman I've ever known.
>> Nikki: I appreciate your faith in me and I will try
my best to live up to it.
[ phone ringing ]
>> Victor: Who was that? >> Nikki: Just work.
Nothing important.
>> Victor: What's got you rattled?
>> Nikki: I've been getting these phone calls
from an unknown caller and when I answer the phone,
nobody is there.
Just this music playing.
>> Victor: Oh, well, maybe it's just a robocall.
>> Nikki: No, no, no, no.
There's something very unnerving about it.
>> Victor: Well, sweetheart, the next time it says unknown
caller, just don't answer it.
>> Nikki: I don't know.
It seems like it might be all tied up to this whole mess.
>> Victor: When did this start?
>> Nikki: Earlier today.
And then, I got another one after my meeting.
>> Victor: Maybe it's that Jordan woman trying
to get into your head.
>> Nikki: Well, if it is, she is succeeding.
>> Victor: What does the music sound like?
>> Nikki: Um, [ Nikki singing the tune ]
Uh, I can't sing it very well, but does that sound
familiar at all?
>> Victor: No, I have no clue.
Never heard that.
[ Nikki sighing ] >> Nikki: Well, I think
you're right though.
I-- I think that it is a clue and if I could just remember
what the song is, maybe I would understand
why Jordan or someone is tormenting me like this.
>> Victor: It just occurred to me. I have an idea.
>> Lily: All right.
So, I guess we turn Nate down.
Aunt Mamie is gonna be disappointed.
>> Devon: Yeah, but I think that she'll understand
when we tell her why.
>> Lily: Yeah.
>> Esther: Okay.
I thought that you might like some cookies.
It's my recipe.
>> Lily: Yeah. Tempting.
Thank you.
>> Devon: Thank you very much.
>> Esther: Of course.
You know, it is so great to see you two getting along so well.
I mean, I was so upset when things were tense
at Chancellor-Winters.
And I know that Mrs. C.
would be so happy to see that you mended fences
because family was so, so important to her.
>> Lily: I know. I know.
We're happy to be working together again too.
>> Esther: Now, if Nate would be back with you guys, then
everything would be perfect.
>> Devon: Mm.
Actually, you know what?
It's funny you say that because we were just
discussing the possibility of him coming back.
>> Esther: Oh.
>> Devon: So, but thank you for bringing the cookies.
>> Esther: Sure.
Oh, I can take a hint.
I've got other customers to attend to.
>> Lily: Okay. Thank you.
>> Esther: You're welcome.
>> Lily: I mean, we can't hire Nate back because Mamie
and Esther want us to.
>> Devon: No.
No, we can't. You know.
Although I have to admit, it does bug me that Nate keeps
falling so damn low.
>> Lily: Well, maybe we can help keep him on track.
>> Devon: I don't know if cutting him slack is the way
to go. I think that he might need to keep falling before
he learns his lesson.
>> Lily: Or maybe, we're the only ones who can
save him from himself.
>> Audra: You know, I think you're overreacting.
Tucker is merely a useful means to an end, for both of us.
His involvement is purely financial.
>> Nate: Audra, if you want me on board, you need to tell me
right now what exactly this new venture is.
With details this time.
>> Audra: This isn't gonna work if you don't trust me.
>> Nate: My trust went out the window the second I found
out Tucker was behind this.
What are you talking about?
>> Audra: Then, why are you asking me for specifics?
It sounds like your mind's made up.
Tucker and I are making a move on a company.
>> Nate: A hostile takeover.
>> Audra: Okay.
Don't sound so judgmental.
It's no different than what you and Victoria had planned
for Chancellor-Winters.
>> Nate: Yeah. And you know I regret doing that.
>> Audra: Okay.
No one is asking you to be part of the takeover, okay?
You come in after the fact.
>> Nate: Tell me more.
>> Audra: Tucker is targeting the company
for personal reasons.
He wants no part in the day-to-day.
That's where I come in.
I will run it and I will build the team I want.
>> Nate: Well, that's funny.
Tucker made it seem like he was the one calling the shots
on assembling this team.
You might need to get your management hierarchy straight.
>> Audra: Hm.
Well, you know, I've worked with Tucker in the past and he has no
interest in details.
He's more of a big picture kind of guy.
>> Nate: You said his interest in this company is personal.
It's Chancellor-Winters, isn't it?
He's going after Devon and Lily's company the way he wanted
to when he first came to town.
That's why you didn't want to tell me.
Do you actually think I'd go along with that, Audra?
Wow.
>> Audra: Okay.
Just calm down.
We're not going after Chancellor-Winters.
Tucker is protective of Devon's place there,
so he's not about to do anything to hurt his son.
>> Nate: Then it must be Jabot.
He wants to hurt Ashley and the Abbotts.
Wow, your silence speaks volumes.
>> Audra: That's Tucker's agenda, okay?
Mine is to take something good and make it remarkable.
>> Nate: By destroying the Abbots?
>> Audra: Okay.
Suddenly, you have a conscience?
Where was that when you were booking Victor a one-way
ticket to Lake Geneva?
>> Nate: Audra, I am not this mercenary you and
Tucker or the Newmans try to make me out to be.
>> Audra: Even so, what are the Abbotts to you?
Huh?
It's not like you got many other options.
>> Nate: Maybe I do.
>> Esther: Okay. Here they are.
Oh, it just warms my heart to see all of you together.
>> Devon: Oh.
Well, actually Esther, would you mind getting us some refills?
>> Esther: Of course. Got it.
>> Devon: Thank you.
Appreciate it.
>> Nate: Well, I see you're both here.
I hope that's a good sign and that you're ready to
discuss my proposal.
>> Devon: That's why I texted you.
>> Nate: Is there anything to discuss or have you
already made a decision?
>> Lily: We have.
I think you should sit down.
>> Nick: Uh, hey Vic, it's me.
Um, I'm really worried about you.
Dad filled me in about Eve Howard and I get it.
Uh, I understand you need to get to the truth about Claire,
but you gotta keep your eyes open.
Jordan is still out there and these women are dangerous,
so just call me as soon as you get this, okay?
And please, please, please, please be careful.
>> Victor: Hey, my friend.
Can you do me a favor?
If-- if my wife hummed a melody to you, could you
maybe play it and then identify the song for us?
>> Pianist: I'll do my best.
>> Victor: Okay.
>> Nikki: Okay. It's, um...
[ Nikki humming ] [ piano playing along ]
That's it. What is that called?
>> Pianist: It's a piece from the swing era.
It's called "Kitty's Bounce."
>> Victor: Hm.
All right. Thank you.
[ piano playing ] What's the matter, my baby?
I thought you were happy to identify it.
>> Nikki: It's a number I used to dance to, back when
I did that sort of thing.
>> Victor: I'm sorry, my sweetheart.
Is it that Jordan woman?
>> Nikki: It must be.
She's trying to rile me.
Bringing back memories of my-- of my stripping.
She's trying to break me, Victor.
>> Victor: My baby.
We won't allow her to get to you anymore, okay?
>> Nikki: I mean, it's not that I'm embarrassed by it.
I-- I-- I know where I come from, but--
but this is so disturbing.
I worry that this is just the beginning.
Oh, God. Please stop that.
I-- I can't listen to anymore.
>> Pianist: Of course, Mrs. Newman.
>> Victor: My baby, I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry that I pushed you to have to remember that.
>> Nikki: This woman that I have never met before
knows how to get to me. I mean, it is like Eve all over again.
Wreaking havoc.
>> Victor: And I promise you, it's not gonna happen.
I won't allow her to do that.
Come here. I'm sorry, my baby.
I'm so sorry.
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