>> Victor: I have some news.
Adam called last night saying
that he was on the way to
Baltimore with Chelsea
in my jet.
>> Nick: Everything all right
with Connor?
>> Victor: Yeah.
Good news.
In fact, the authorities at the
facility thought that he should
continue undergoing therapy.
Outpatient therapy, you know.
So, Adam is on the way home
with him.
>> Nick: That's amazing.
I mean, what a relief to Adam
and Chelsea and Connor, too.
>> Victor: I'm so happy the boy
finally turned a corner,
you know.
>> Nick: It's been an incredible
ordeal for all of them.
I really hope the worst is
behind them.
>> Victor: Well, with this
positive news,
I hope that Adam is now able to
focus on running Newman Media.
>> Nick: So, your plan is for
Adam to run Newman Media and
you want Mom to run Chancellor.
>> Victor: Yeah.
>> Nick: It's not
our company, Dad.
That belongs to Jill and Billy.
>> Victor: For the time being.
>> Nick: Well, it's just
the two of us.
I'm hoping you will trust me
enough to bring me in
and let me know how you plan
on taking it from them.
>> Billy: Hi.
>> Lily: Hi.
>> Billy: I actually have
something for you.
>> Lily: Oh, God, please.
Not a golf club.
Or did you set up an actual
putting green somewhere in
the office building?
>> Billy: Sorry to disappoint
you, but I do have this,
a mock-up of our new company
logo with your fixes, of course.
>> Lily: Okay.
Did you make the Abbott name
even bigger this time?
>> Billy: Believe it or not,
I actually listened to you.
>> Lily: Oh, you did?
>> Billy: As you can see here,
both Abbott and Chancellor are
fully represented
in our new logo,
sharing power and influence at
our new company.
>> Lily: Wow.
That's more like it.
I like it. Thank you.
>> Billy: See?
I can be collaborative.
>> Lily: Yeah. When pushed.
>> Billy: Well, points
for trying, right?
>> Lily: Mm-hmm.
You okay?
>> Billy: Yeah, I'm fine. Why?
>> Lily: I don't know.
You just seem a little off.
Something wrong?
♪♪
[ knocking on door ]
>> Mariah: Sharon?
Faith?
Is anybody home?
>> Faith: Mom's gone.
She must have left
before I woke up.
>> Mariah: Did you send her
a text?
>> Faith: No response. You?
>> Mariah: Same.
Wait, what were you doing?
>> Faith: Dishes.
Kitchen was a mess.
Stuff all over the place.
>> Mariah: Yeah, this isn't
much better.
>> Faith: I try to help,
but I organize one spot,
and then almost immediately,
another pops up.
Over and over again.
>> Mariah: Well, it's like half
of this is finished
and the other half isn't.
I mean, maybe she started it,
and then she just stopped?
>> Faith: I don't know.
But it's like that
all over the house.
>> Mariah: That's not like
Sharon at all.
>> Faith: I guess she's
just overwhelmed.
I mean, she has so much going
on with work right now.
>> Mariah: I know.
She's been busy before and
she's never reacted like this.
And it's more than unfinished
chores or excessive paperwork.
I mean, something is wrong
with Mom, right?
This is not good.
>> Faith: I know.
I don't know how we fix it.
>> Cassie: Mom? Mom?
>> Sharon: Cassie?
>> Nick: Sharon?
>> Sharon: Nick?
What is it? Tell me.
>> Sharon: I don't know
what's wrong with me.
>> Victor: Let me just say that
the plan for transfer
is ongoing, all right?
No need for you to be concerned.
>> Nick: Not so sure
about that, Dad.
[ phone ringing ]
Excuse me.
Hey, Mariah. What's up?
>> Mariah: Hey, Nick.
I was just wondering, um,
have you seen or heard
from Sharon today?
>> Nick: Um, not today.
>> Mariah: Uh, okay.
Thanks.
>> Nick: Hold on a second.
Hold on.
Dad, can you just give me
a couple minutes?
>> Victor: Sure.
>> Nick: Thank you.
All right. What's going on?
Did something happen?
>> Mariah: Well, I came by
the house and Faith is here,
but Sharon isn't.
We've been calling and texting
her, but we haven't got
a response.
>> Nick: Is she at her office?
>> Mariah: Um, I called
her assistant and
she hasn't heard
anything either.
No calls, no texts.
Nick, the house is a mess
and I'm really trying not
to scare Faith,
but I'm not getting
a good feeling.
>> Nick: Yeah, I know.
We've all been worried about
her lately.
>> Mariah: I know.
She keeps telling us that
everything's fine, and we don't
need to be concerned.
And I want to take her
at her word. I really do.
>> Nick: Yeah, it's hard to
trust that right now.
>> Mariah: I don't know.
I'm sorry. Maybe I...
I shouldn't have called you.
She hasn't been gone that long.
>> Nick: No, I'm glad you did.
Um, I want to help.
I just have to finish up this
meeting, and then I will check
in with you.
If you hear from Sharon, just
keep me posted, and I'll do the
same with you, okay?
>> Mariah: Okay. Thanks, Nick.
>> Nick: All right. Bye.
>> Sharon: I'm not crazy.
I know you're not really here.
I keep hearing her voice,
our little girl.
She's calling my name, Mom.
But I know it's not really her.
I know that, too.
>> Nick: Cassie's in
your heart, Sharon.
So am I.
We always have been.
What's more real than that?
>> Sharon: It's not, though.
I can't live in the past.
Some things can't change.
Some things won't ever happen.
>> Nick: What kind of things?
>> Sharon: Well, no matter how
bad I want it,
Cassie will never come back.
>> Nick: Cassie lives on
in you, Sharon.
And in Faith and Mariah.
>> Sharon: That's not the same.
>> Nick: What else?
>> Sharon: You and me.
We're not together.
We can never get back what
we had, and that's just the way
things are.
>> Nick: Don't give up.
>> Sharon: Why shouldn't I?
>> Nick: Because it's not
who you are.
Not really.
I've seen it fade.
>> Sharon: What?
>> Nick: The light inside you.
After Cassie left us.
After I left us.
Your drive,
the fire inside you,
it all weakened.
>> Sharon: Maybe it left
with her.
I lost her.
I lost you.
So, I lost myself.
>> Nick: No. No matter
what happened, you still have
a lot of love to give.
Because that's who you are.
That's the person I fell in
love with.
Someone who's very fierce.
Someone who's very driven
and fiery.
You always do everything you can
for the people you care about.
>> Sharon: But I didn't
do enough.
Cassie died.
My child, my little girl.
I had one job, to keep her safe,
and I failed her.
And nothing I've ever done or
will ever do
will make that right.
>> Victor: Everything all right?
>> Nick: Yeah, I hope so.
Um, I'd like to get back to
Chancellor and you taking it
over, Dad.
It's a very big,
very bold move.
It's a lot of moving parts.
>> Victor: Yeah, indeed.
>> Nick: So, how are you going
to do it?
Have you talked to Jill?
>> Victor: I'm formulating
my plan.
>> Nick: There is literally
no way you don't already know
how you're going to do this.
>> Victor: What, because
I know everything?
>> Nick: You said to all of us,
Mom is going to run Chancellor
and you seemed very confident
about it.
>> Victor: And she will.
>> Nick: Well, Vic told me
she talked to Mom.
Mom's looking forward to
running Chancellor and
continuing what Katherine built.
>> Victor: Well, do I need to
remind you that your mother and
Katherine were
very close friends.
It's only natural that,
you know, your mother should
continue Katherine's legacy.
>> Nick: If I can help you make
this happen and I'm confident
that I can, then bring me in.
You don't need
to do this alone.
>> Victor: There's one wild card
to consider in all this.
>> Nick: And that is?
>> Victor: Lily Winters.
I wonder where
her loyalties lie.
>> Billy: I am fine,
thank you for asking.
Just tired. Didn't sleep
very well last night.
>> Lily: Really?
>> Billy: Yes.
A few shots of espresso and
I'll be totally fine.
>> Lily: I definitely
don't buy it.
I know you too well.
>> Billy: Well, maybe your
imagination is running amok.
>> Lily: Everything okay with
you and Chelsea?
>> Billy: Why would you
automatically go there?
>> Lily: Well, I mean, there's
not many things that could be
going wrong in your life
right now.
>> Billy: Okay, but you--
you assume it's my relationship?
>> Lily: Well, I know it's
not work, right,
because you have this
incredible new partner who's
amazing, so everything's
good there.
>> Billy: Now that I've nailed
the logo, yeah.
>> Lily: Yes, yeah.
And it's not Jill, because
she's doing well, and if she
had taken a turn, you would
have told me.
>> Billy: That is true.
I would have told you.
And thank God my mother is
doing okay right now.
>> Lily: And I don't think
it's Johnny and Katie
because if they weren't okay,
you wouldn't be here.
You would be with them.
>> Billy: 100% true.
>> Lily: So, it's Chelsea.
>> Billy: Process of
elimination. Congratulations.
>> Lily: So, what's wrong?
Something with Connor, or
something between
the two of you?
>> Nick: I know you have an axe
to grind with Billy,
but Lily should not be
in your sights.
She's done nothing to warrant
that, Dad.
>> Victor: Very true.
I agree with you.
>> Nick: If Lily decides to stay
at Chancellor, I hope you do
right by her.
She's a friend of the family.
She's Neil's daughter
and a very capable CEO.
>> Victor: You know damn well
that I like Lily Winters.
She's very capable, and she
knows that company inside out.
>> Nick: Plus, Mom really
respects her.
I think they'll
work well together.
>> Victor: I think so, too.
Problem is, I don't want Lily
to get caught in the crossfires.
>> Nick: Which is why you need
to tell me all the information,
so I can help you succeed.
>> Victor: And I appreciate
your support.
You know...
right now is
a very good opportunity.
It's an opening.
With Billy Abbott running
Chancellor, I know he'll run
it to the ground.
>> Nick: I'm not going
to defend Billy.
I just don't know how this
takeover is going
to be possible.
It's not like Billy's just
going to sign away Chancellor.
>> Victor: It doesn't make
any difference.
>> Nick: I know you repurchased
Mamie Johnson's shares
in the company.
It's not nearly enough
to gain a majority.
You're going to need
something more.
[ knocking on door ]
>> Victor: That must be Devon.
Devon, come in!
There you are.
>> Devon: Hey.
Hey.
How you doing?
You wanted to see me?
>> Victor: Yeah.
>> Faith: The kitchen
is spotless.
Mary Poppins would be proud.
>> Mariah: Okay, well,
the papers are sorted.
And the laundry is folded.
>> Faith: At least Mom will come
home to a clean house.
If she comes home.
>> Mariah: Hey.
She's going to come home, okay?
She's probably just gone out
and here we are,
making ourselves crazy.
>> Faith: I would love for that
to be true.
>> Mariah: We can't spin out.
She wouldn't want that.
And it's not going to help us
solve anything if something
really is wrong.
>> Faith: Did my dad
sound worried?
>> Mariah: He agreed that,
you know, we shouldn't
get ahead of ourselves.
>> Faith: I just want
to make things easier for her.
>> Mariah: You do.
You are the light of her life.
>> Faith: Mom just seems so sad.
Depressed, even.
I thought that it would pass,
but she isn't better.
>> Mariah: Yeah, I hear you.
It's like whatever this is,
whatever she's feeling, she's
sinking into it like quicksand.
>> Faith: We have to help.
Whatever it takes.
>> Mariah: I don't know how
we're supposed
to manage this ourselves,
especially if this
is a bipolar episode.
>> Faith: I guess we can just
insist that she sees her doctor,
takes her meds?
>> Mariah: Isn't that a given?
>> Faith: I'm not
so sure anymore.
I told Dad. I don't know
if Mom's been
taking her medication.
>> Mariah: Did this just start?
>> Faith: I think so.
>> Mariah: I didn't realize
things had gotten so bad.
I'm glad you told Nick, you
know, got him in the loop.
>> Faith: Yeah, I didn't know
what else to do.
>> Mariah: He knows Sharon
better than anyone.
You made the right call.
>> Faith: If anyone
can help her, it's my dad.
No matter what's happened
between them, they've always
had this bond that
can't be broken.
>> Sharon: The night
we lost Cassie,
what a terrible night.
One choice
and everything changed.
>> Nick: Tell me something.
What would you say to a patient
of yours?
>> Sharon: Nick, please don't.
>> Nick: I'm-- I'm serious.
What would you say to someone
who blamed themselves
for the loss of a child,
who said they were a failure?
What would you tell them?
>> Sharon: I would stop that
line of thinking, of course,
saying that it was not helpful
and inaccurate.
Reframe, don't blame.
>> Nick: Well, there you go.
>> Sharon: But that is just
talk, Nick.
It's meaningless, pretty much.
You and I both know the truth.
When you lose a child,
there is no excuse.
There's no salvation.
There's no relief.
I've tried, Nick.
I've tried to move on.
I know you have too.
>> Nick: Yeah.
We live our lives, Sharon.
Relationships, our family,
work, whatever.
We press forward.
>> Sharon: And in each of
those moments,
there's always that tinge.
And I remember she's gone.
>> Nick: But never forgotten.
>> Sharon: Never.
I still see her face,
her smile.
I hear her voice, her laughter.
She's always there.
>> Nick: Yeah.
>> Sharon: You're always
there too.
>> Nick: Of course, I am.
>> Sharon: Even when
we're apart,
we'll always be connected.
Because of her.
Because of what we had,
what we lost.
The happy times,
all the memories.
>> Nick: And everything
in between.
>> Sharon: The loneliness,
emptiness.
I wonder, do you feel it too?
>> Nick: I do.
>> Sharon: I try to fill
the hole sometimes.
The hole that was left behind.
>> Nick: I distract myself.
>> Sharon: So do I.
With other people, careers,
plans for the future.
>> Nick: But it is
always lingering.
It's always there.
Reminding us of what we lost.
It just squeezes everything
else out.
>> Sharon: It overwhelms me
sometimes.
I can't breathe.
>> Nick: But there's gotta be
something else out there.
Something other than grief.
Something for both of us.
>> Nick: I understand
congratulations are in order.
You and Abby are engaged?
>> Devon: We are. Yeah, man.
We are.
>> Nick: Welcome to the family.
>> Devon: Thank you.
>> Nick: Appreciate you
both, man.
>> Devon: Appreciate that
very much.
I finally have a brother.
>> Nick: Yes, sir.
>> Victor: Devon, I asked you
to come by because I wanted to
elaborate a bit more
on our conversation about
the Chancellor-Winters split.
>> Devon: Sure.
What would you like to know?
>> Victor: How are you
all faring,
considering that split?
>> Devon: We're faring
quite well.
I think so.
We're essentially just going to
go back to being the companies
we were before the merger
took place.
And then any divisions that
were created afterwards are
going to be split equally
between us.
>> Victor: So, you and Lily seem
to have a handle on things.
So, obviously Winters will do
very well under
your combined leadership.
>> Devon: Thank you
for saying that.
But actually, Lily is not going
to be joining me at Winters
because she's decided to stay
behind at Chancellor.
Or Abbott-Chancellor,
as she and Billy
have renamed it.
>> Victor: What?
>> Devon: Yeah.
>> Nick: That is very
interesting to hear.
>> Devon: Isn't it?
>> Victor: Abbott-Chancellor?
Was that Billy's brainchild?
>> Devon: What do you think?
Of course, it was.
He said it was all about
honoring Jill's contribution to
the company and it was just
a coincidence that it happens to
be his last name.
>> Victor: Wow.
Well, I've got to tell you,
it makes me kind of sad to know
that Lily is leaving her
family's business.
>> Devon: Yeah, it makes
me sad too.
It's certainly not
what I expected.
>> Nick: Lily's set on this?
>> Devon: It seems that
she is, yeah.
I mean, I've--
I've talked to her about it and
she feels like this is the right
move for her to make.
And as much as I disagree,
I respect that she's doing what
she feels is right.
>> Nick: That's a very
diplomatic view.
She is lucky that
you have her back.
>> Devon: Yeah, I mean,
I'll always have her back.
And I honestly, I wish her all
the success in the world.
>> Victor: I can't imagine
you have the same goodwill
towards Billy Abbott?
>> Devon: No, I can't say
that I do.
>> Victor: You want to
take him down?
>> Billy: Look, Chelsea's been
through a lot.
There's no doubt about it.
And Connor's treatment process
has been a roller coaster.
You know, at times it's one
step up and then
three steps back.
>> Lily: It must be so hard
for Chelsea to watch her son
go through that.
And hard for you to see her
deal with that.
>> Billy: Yeah, it's not easy.
But, you know,
there's some good news.
He looks like he's turning
a corner.
He's actually coming home.
>> Lily: Really?
>> Billy: Mm-hmm.
>> Lily: That's great.
She must be thrilled.
>> Billy: Yeah.
Chelsea and Adam are
in Baltimore.
They left last night to go
bring him home and
he'll continue his outpatient
treatment here in Genoa City.
>> Lily: Okay, well
that's positive.
So, why do you seem down?
>> Billy: I don't know.
I guess I'm just worried about
her, you know.
She's been through a lot.
>> Lily: Yeah, but you've been
with her every step of the way.
>> Billy: Yeah, I mean,
you know, there's stops
and there's starts and...
But what if something happens?
You know, something that
you're not expecting.
>> Lily: With Connor?
>> Billy: With anything.
>> Lily: Maybe you're a little
run down.
Maybe you've taken on too much.
>> Billy: I don't know what
you mean by that.
>> Lily: Well, I mean, you've
been so consumed with how
Chelsea's doing, you've
neglected your own feelings.
Are you overwhelmed?
>> Billy: No, I'm fine.
I can-- I can handle it.
>> Lily: Are you sure?
>> Billy: Yes.
I will be there for Chelsea.
Whatever she needs,
I'll be there for her.
>> Lily: Okay, well then why
do you seem so unsettled?
[ Billy exhaling ]
>> Billy: Okay, look, I guess
my mind is a little twisted
right now.
>> Lily: Well, I know that
Chelsea has been putting her
role as a mother first,
so are you feeling neglected?
>> Billy: No.
No, of course not.
>> Lily: Okay, so you're willing
and happy to be there for her?
>> Billy: Absolutely.
>> Lily: Well, you said that
everything with Connor has been
really stressful.
Do you feel like maybe you and
Chelsea won't survive it
as a couple?
>> Billy: No.
That can't happen.
I'm not going
to let that happen.
>> Sharon: I want to believe
there's more beyond the pain
and the loss.
I want to heal.
>> Nick: So do I,
and I think we can.
>> Sharon: Easier said
than done.
>> Nick: It's not going
to happen alone.
>> Sharon: I know I have people
to support me.
I have the girls and Noah,
friends and family who are
ready for me when I need them.
>> Nick: That is not
what I mean.
You need to fall in love again.
>> Sharon: I have.
Numerous times.
And it doesn't fix anything.
Or it does,
but just for a little while.
>> Nick: It's another
distraction.
>> Sharon: Yeah, it comes and
it goes.
One way or another,
it always ends.
I have found love and lost it.
Or had it taken from me.
And that just
makes things worse.
>> Nick: Sharon, I don't want
you to give up.
Your heart is what makes you
who you are.
The way you feel,
the way you give love in return.
>> Sharon: Sometimes, I feel
like I don't deserve love.
Not really.
>> Nick: Of course, you do.
>> Devon: Listen, Billy and I
have never seen eye to eye.
That's for sure.
But I don't think that I want
to go after him
just because of that, you know?
Especially because we can
just go our separate ways
at this point.
>> Victor: In other words,
you're willing to let it all go,
knowing full well what damage
he has done to the company?
>> Devon: Realistically,
what can I do?
I know that you're a big fan of
getting payback on people,
but I don't want to get mixed up
in anything like that.
I'm just happy I don't have
to deal with the guy anymore.
>> Victor: Devon, I suggest you
rethink your position
regarding Billy Abbott, okay?
He is not the right man
for Chancellor.
>> Devon: I completely agree
with that.
But the problem is, it's out
of my hands, because the board
has already voted.
And I feel like if I go
after Billy at this point,
Lily is most likely going to get
hurt and fall out.
>> Victor: If you want
to protect Lily,
you convince her to join you
at Winters.
>> Devon: And what's making you
say this to me right now?
>> Faith: I did have other plans
this summer, but right now,
I just want to be there for Mom.
I've put off my trip to Europe.
>> Mariah: What?
Faith, are you sure?
I know that you were looking
forward to it.
>> Faith: I'll do it
some other time. Besides,
I wouldn't enjoy it knowing
that she's here hurting.
>> Mariah: That is extremely
mature of you.
>> Faith: We've all got
to step up.
I want to do my part.
>> Mariah: Me too.
>> Faith: You're busy, though.
You and Tessa have the baby,
plus work.
>> Mariah: I would do anything
for Sharon.
But it's weird.
Lately, I feel like
she's been avoiding me.
You know, she misses me at work,
and she's canceled calls,
meetings,
even at home get-togethers,
and I don't know why.
>> Faith: I might know.
>> Mariah: Why?
Did she say something to you?
>> Faith: No.
No, it's not that.
It's only happened a few times,
but I've heard her whispering
Cassie's name at night,
when she's by herself
in her room or downstairs.
>> Mariah: Like she's talking
to Cassie?
>> Faith: I don't know.
I think Cassie's just been
on Mom's mind a lot since
we talked about her.
It seems like she misses her
more than usual.
>> Mariah: And then she sees me,
Cassie's twin, and she gets
triggered by it, and it makes
her miss Cassie even more.
>> Faith: I don't know that
for sure.
>> Mariah: No, no, it-- it--
it makes perfect sense.
I'm the living, breathing
reminder of everything
that Sharon has lost.
>> Sharon: What you're saying
is very kind.
It's very sweet.
But it breaks my heart.
>> Nick: Why?
>> Sharon: Because you're
talking about me
finding love with someone else,
someone other than you,
and for me,
there's never been anyone else.
>> Nick: Sharon.
>> Sharon: Nothing's ever felt
right.
It kills me, Nick.
It kills me to hear you say it.
I can't take it.
>> Nick: I didn't say it.
What makes you think
I'm talking about someone else?
>> Sharon: What are you
talking about?
>> Nick: I've hurt you so much,
more than once.
I hate myself for it.
I let you go.
I gave you space because
I thought that's what was best
for you, that you were better
off without me.
>> Sharon: That's not true.
I don't feel that way.
>> Nick: I never thought
it would be possible for you
to forgive me.
I let my shame and my guilt
keep us apart because I don't
deserve you.
>> Sharon: No.
We've both made mistakes.
>> Nick: Nothing is the same
without you.
Nothing is right
when we're not together.
>> Sharon: It's not possible.
There's no way that we could
get everything back.
We've hurt each other too much.
>> Nick: But the love
is still there.
What if the only way for us
to heal is if we're together?
>> Victor: Devon, you know
with Billy Abbott's record,
he's gonna run
Chancellor Industries into
the ground.
>> Devon: Yeah, I mean, I think
we all know that, but what
makes you so certain?
>> Victor: Look what happened
to ChanceComm.
He ruined the damn company,
prompting Jill to sell it
to me.
What's gonna prevent that man
from creating
greater havoc next time around?
>> Devon: Okay,
so when Chancellor fails,
what do you see happening next?
>> Victor: If Billy Abbott ruins
Chancellor Industries,
which he will, that company will
fall into pieces, ready to be
scooped up by someone.
>> Devon: Scooped up by someone?
Is that someone you?
>> Victor: You bet.
He has reduced
your grandmother's name
to second billing
in her own company.
>> Nick: Can't imagine
Katherine would be thrilled
about that.
>> Devon: Right. I can't either.
But, listen,
whatever you do have planned,
I don't want Lily to get hurt.
>> Victor: Devon, you convince
her to get the hell out of
Chancellor as quickly as you can
before it's too late.
>> Devon: Okay. All right.
That's all I need to hear.
Is there anything else?
>> Victor: Nope. That's it.
Thanks for coming by.
>> Devon: Okay. Thank you.
>> Victor: Think about it,
Devon.
>> Devon: You got it. Yeah.
See you.
>> Nick: You want to tell me
what that was about?
>> Victor: Just giving him some
advice, that's all.
>> Nick: I don't get it, Dad.
At first, I thought you were
asking Devon to join up
to take Billy down.
>> Victor: Just feeling him
out, so...
>> Nick: Well, you know Devon is
gonna go straight to Lily
and let her know that we're
coming after Chancellor.
>> Victor: So?
>> Nick: What if Lily goes
to Billy and tells him,
puts him on alert?
>> Victor: What if that is
exactly what I want to happen?
>> Billy: Okay, we can stop
talking about my relationship.
You don't really want to know.
>> Lily: Okay. That's fine.
You're deflecting.
That's all right.
But I can still worry about you
as a friend.
>> Billy: Well, thank you.
I appreciate that.
But I will be fine.
I will be even better
if you give me the go-ahead on
that new company logo
so I can run with it.
>> Lily: Oh, gosh. Okay.
Yes. Run with it. Go ahead.
>> Billy: Great.
First order of business,
company swag.
>> Lily: Oh, that's the first
order of business?
>> Billy: Head-to-toe
Abbott-Chancellor gear.
You know, hats, tote bags,
T-shirts, sweaters,
the whole deal.
>> Lily: Why don't we focus on
important things, like maybe
having the logo go live first,
changing the website, right?
Real business matters, like
how do we put Abbott-Chancellor
on the map?
>> Billy: Very good call.
That's why we're a good team.
>> Lily: 'Cause I keep us based
in reality? Is that why?
>> Billy: A dull, swag-less
reality, but yeah.
>> Devon: Hey.
Sorry to interrupt you guys.
>> Lily: That's okay.
>> Billy: How you doing?
>> Devon: I'm doing all right.
Lily, do you have a second
to maybe go get coffee with me?
>> Lily: Um, well, we have
a staff meeting.
>> Billy: It's okay.
I can cover for you
if you need.
>> Lily: What's this about?
>> Devon: It's just something
we need to talk about.
It's important.
>> Lily: Okay. Yeah.
Um, can you make an excuse
for me?
>> Billy: Yeah. Of course.
>> Lily: Okay. Yeah. Let's go.
>> Devon: Thank you.
>> Faith: It's not about you.
Mom loves you so much.
>> Mariah: I know.
Still, I can imagine
how it's hard for her
to be around me right now.
>> Faith: You have a wife,
a baby, a career working
with Mom.
>> Mariah: Everything Cassie
missed out on?
>> Faith: I don't know what
it's like to be a mom,
but I can't imagine the grief
over losing a child ever
really goes away.
>> Mariah: Having just joined
the Mom club,
I'll sometimes have these
scary thoughts.
[ Mariah exhaling ]
I don't know.
I think it's a rite of passage.
>> Faith: You worry?
>> Mariah: Oh, yeah.
All the time about everything.
Like it's my job.
But if anything ever happened
to Aria...
you know what?
I don't even
want to think about it.
I don't think I'd be able
to move on.
>> Faith: Do you think that
could be true for Mom, too?
>> Mariah: Well, she's been
through a lot of other things
after losing Cassie.
She and Nick got divorced.
She's had other marriages.
>> Faith: And other breakups.
>> Mariah: Her cancer diagnosis,
losing Rey.
>> Faith: Cameron's return,
that whole nightmare.
>> Mariah: And if you think
about it, just one of those
things, one of them, is enough
to make anybody struggle.
But all of them together,
it's too much.
>> Faith: And even through
all of that, she has been
my rock.
>> Mariah: And mine, too.
She's always been there when
I needed her, ready to listen.
>> Faith: She takes care of us.
Gives the best advice.
>> Mariah: And throughout all of
her struggles, she has always
supported other people.
>> Faith: Now, it's our turn
to do the same.
[ door opens ]
Mom!
>> Mariah: Hey! Where were you?
Are you okay?
>> Sharon: I don't think so.
>> Lily: You seem really
on edge.
Must have been important
if you didn't want to talk
about it at the office.
>> Devon: It is.
It is.
And just hear me out, okay?
I need you to reconsider
staying with Billy
at Chancellor.
Or Abbott-Chancellor.
And come and work with me.
>> Lily: Devon, come on.
We talked about this.
I made my decision.
I'm staying where I am.
Winters will survive
without me.
>> Devon: That's not the point,
okay?
Something has changed,
and you need to get out
before all hell breaks loose.
>> Nick: Doesn't make any sense.
How does it help if Billy is
aware that you plan
to take over Chancellor?
>> Victor: I know
what I'm doing.
>> Nick: But if Lily goes
to Billy, all he's going to do
is dig in and prep for a fight
and do everything he can
to keep you from taking it over.
>> Victor: So what?
>> Nick: Clearly, you have
a more complex plan
than you're sharing.
>> Victor: My son,
the game is on.
Let the excitement begin.
[ phone ringing ]
>> Nick: I gotta take this, Dad.
Let's talk later.
>> Victor: Bye, son.
Thanks for coming.
>> Nick: Sure.
Mariah, what's going on?
>> Mariah: Sharon's home,
but something isn't right.
She doesn't look good.
Can you come?
>> Nick: Yeah, I'm on the way.
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