- Oh, Sally. - Victoria, hi.
Uh, Sally, um...
you know, I really haven't had a chance
to talk to you since, um,
since all of your big news, and...
Yeah. I'm really sorry
for the way we sprung that on you.
Oh, no, no, not at all.
Um, you know the kids.
They're so excited about the wedding
and the baby.
They're very sweet, yeah.
I'm sure it's a lot for them
to wrap their head around,
especially with the new sibling.
Well, um, I apologize in advance
for any tricks they might teach their new brother
- or sister. - Yeah.
I definitely will be ready.
I know they learned from the best.
- Billy. - Billy. Yeah.
So how are you feeling?
Good. Yeah.
Better.
The morning sickness was not fun,
but it's definitely calmed down.
And, uh, yeah, I can't...
button my jeans anymore, so...
Oh, yeah.
Always a fun sign.
Look, um...
I understand how scary it can be, you know,
being pregnant after a loss, and...
just remember every pregnancy is different, so...
you deserve to enjoy every minute of it.
Thank you for saying that.
I...yeah, the panic has died down,
but I can always use a reminder.
Anytime.
Since you're being so lovely,
I really hope that this isn't crossing a line, but...
now that the Newmans have gotten their company back,
do you think maybe you could reach out to Billy and...
admit that you were a little hard on him?
That is amazing.
I could not be happier or more hopeful!
No, I know, but, you know what?
This is progress.
This is wonderful progress.
I'm glad you did, and please,
keep me posted.
Let me know the minute you learn anything more.
Mariah, I'm so happy.
And I love you so much.
Okay, bye.
Hey. It sounds like Mariah's doing well.
She's making progress?
Not only that.
She's making amazing progress next week.
She's meeting with her team to discuss her release.
Wow. That--that's great news.
It's all just preliminary and tentative right now.
Of course, her team, even if they do agree she's ready,
a judge still has to agree.
Well, I'm--I'm sure the judge will agree
if the doctors sign off on it.
That's what I think.
But you know what? This is all good news.
And if everything goes smoothly,
I will have my daughter with me back home where she belongs.
I'm so happy for you.
♪♪
Well, hello.
Oh, I'm sorry. Did you just snub me?
Hello.
I came over here to have a civil conversation.
You can't see that I'm busy?
Ah.
Ordering new linens for Matt Clark's room?
Special pillows?
What the hell are you thinking
bringing that madman onto our ranch
near our children and grandchildren?
Have you lost your damn mind?
My father wants this to go a certain way
or this whole deal is off.
Yeah. The security right outside the door
makes that pretty clear.
Then you know what you have to do and say.
Don't go off script.
Can we just back up for a minute?
Do you need me to explain this to you again?
No. I need for you to understand something.
Understand what?
- I've been thinking. - Okay, Matt...
that's not your job.
Could you please stop talking for a second
and just listen?
This can't happen.
The whole situation has changed.
Just to remind you...
the ranch and who stays there is none of your damn business.
You have a suite up here, so...
that's your domain.
Oh, please.The people at the ranch are my family too.
And Matt Clark has tried to murder most of them.
Yes, I know he saved Nicholas,
and I am grateful to him for that.
But the idea of him living there,
close to our grandchildren--
That's why I keep him where I can see him.
And what if he becomes suddenly murderous again?
Then what?
Victor, you have got to hand him over to the police.
Unless you wanna be arrested for harboring a fugitive
from justice.
The charges against him were dropped.
How can that be?
What did you do? Did you bribesomebody?
I mean, why on earth would you let that man walk free?
Is this it? Is this where you admit that you're
- still a son of a bitch... - What?
...and you're playing us? Is that what you're about to
- tell me, Matt? - No, I'm not gonna
- say that to you. - Because I'll call security in
- right now. - I'm not a threat to anyone.
- Really? - Really.
'Cause that was some expression on your face just now.
Oh, I had an expression on my face?
Yes. That you're gonna be an issueagain.
Oh, I have like resting "I'm gonna be an issue again" face?
Are you serious? You are so high strung.
You have like a hair trigger.
- What's going on with you? - I wonder why, Matt.
Well, okay, look, I get it. I mean, I wake up in the morning
and I have a whole checklist of like, yeah, I did that
and I am that and I did that and I...thought that.
I did that twice. [laughs] More than twice.
And here's the thing. Then I'm grateful, right,
because Sienna hit me in the head with a rock
and rattled loose that part of my brain,
and maybe it won't come back,
and I seem to have a conscience now.
She's activated my conscience. I can't explain it to you.
I don't even understand it myself, but I owe her,
even though she won't look me in the eye. She doesn't like me.
I owe your family, and I wanna make good
on what I've promised you.
I wanna make amends to your family,
but it can't be thisway.
And you think that's your call why, exactly?
I told you. This is my father's decision, Matt.
And I have to tell you, if you say no,
it's not gonna sit well with him.
Oh, it'll sit well with him. It'll be fine.
You just have to explain it right.
It...[laughs] it can't be this way because it won't work.
And why is that?
Well, okay, so Victor asked me if I knew Cane Ashby
and I said no because name didn't mean anything to me.
But then he gave me all of this research material--
I'm going through it. I see a picture of the guy.
I met that guy when I first came to town.
And I didn't know his name,
because I didn't know my own name at the time.
But if he recognizes me...
then this whole thing is already blown.
I was hard on Billy?
Weren't you?
Given that...
Billy helped steal my father's life's work...
no, I don't think so.
But he didn't create the AI.
He didn't load it onto the Newman system
and he didn't activate the program.
Sally, are you forgetting that Spectra-Charles
absorbed Newman Media?
I mean, your company has more than doubled in size
because Billy was willing to go along with Phyllis.
Meanwhile, she's given back everything that she still has
that doesn't include Newman Media.
You still have it.
Well, I saw Adam the other day,
and he didn't even bring it up.
Was he focused on your wedding
and the baby that you and Billy are gonna have?
Yeah. I thought so.
And, you know, maybe you mentally put that to the side
and you're focused on the same things.
But, look, the truth of the matter is
is that you and Billy benefited way more than Phyllis and Cane
from this whole nightmare. So do you really
want to talk to me about being rough on Billy?
Okay. This isn't about business.
This is about the new family
that we're creating and how we're all gonna get along.
Johnny and Katie are really smart
and they're really insightful
and they're gonna pick up on the tension
and it's just gonna become more stressful for everyone.
Right. You don't need that kind of stress either.
Look, I know you didn't ask that question for yourself.
I know you're just being a thoughtful stepparent.
But it's okay to think about yourself too, you know?
You have a baby on the way and Billy and...
the kids and coparenting and all of it--it's a lot.
You have a lot on your plate right now.
But first, uh, the wedding, right?
Yeah. Lotta decisions to make.
Such as?
I mean, is it gonna be...
small and sweet or grand and elegant?
I mean, either sounds lovely.
But...
You have a tone in your voice.
No. It's not my place.
But I asked.
Well, if you're thinking... grand and elegant,
then I'd say go for that.
Have it.
Yeah, I mean, I...
I'm definitely leaning toward that.
Yeah. You're from the style and fashion world, right?
I hope Billy isn't trying to shoot down any of your ideas.
He's not.
Are you sure he's not?
No, truly. He wants to give me everything that I want.
Well, you deserve all the best. Truly, you do.
And I just want you to know that no matter what happens
between me and Billy ever,
I want what's best for both of you, I really do.
Well, I'm very happy for you.
I know that whole experience with Mariah, that was...
that was harrowing for you.
Oh...for the longest time,
I kept asking myself
how did things get to this point?
Yeah. I think sometimes it's better
not to ask yourself those kind of questions.
Oh, well, I had my answers. Ian Ward.
He came back into our lives,
and he pushed Mariah to the brink.
She kept all that inside until she couldn't anymore.
Yeah. She hit her breaking point, didn't she?
And taking Dominic...
that was her way of trying to find
a center again for herself.
She convinced herself that he could be that for her.
It always comes back to our kids, doesn't it?
They center us, don't they?
You're talking about Summer and Daniel now, aren't you?
They're all I have.
Anyway.
It's like Mariah, you know?
They're my center, my kids.
I'd do anything to get...
Ah, this is not about me. This is about you and Mariah.
And it seems like Mariah found her center,
and I'm so happy for her.
And I'm glad that you have her back.
- Thank you for saying that. - Yeah.
You know,
I still marvel at the change in our dynamic,
our relationship.
I know I've said that before.
I think it bears repeating.
Martin Laurent was our Ian Ward...
...that pushed us to the brink.
I think we're still recovering.
What did you say to Cane exactly?
Oh, I don't remember exactly.
[sighing] Then what did you say in general?
Uh...well, yeah, no. [laughs] I don't know.
I mean, it couldn't have been much of a conversation,
'cause I didn't know anything about anything at that point.
Where were you?
Uh, the Genoa City Athletic Club.
I found a card key from there,
so I was just kinda waving my face around town,
seeing if anybody could tell me who I was.
What did he say to you?
Oh, not much. He was really involved with his phone.
Dark cloud, bad mood kinda guy.
And then Phyllis comes in and the two of them get into it.
Okay. So let's be clear. You didn't tell him
you were back in town 'cause you lost your memory
after trying to blow up somebody.
Oh, no, no, no, I totally left that part out
because I didn't remember that part. Come on, man!
Is this how things are gonna go with us, okay?
'Cause the maniac who thought those things
and did those things--
I don't even have those thoughts anymore.
- Mm-hmm. - In fact, I'm worried
that I might have overcorrected.
Like my conscience is in such an overdrive,
I'm not even comfortable looking at another man
and telling him something that isn't true
just because it gets me something that I want.
Even if it's your path to redemption?
Okay. [laughs]
The old me was pretty obsessed with your family, right?
[clears throat] It was mostly before my time,
but...yes.
I was. Trust me.
I know everythingthere is to know about the Newman family.
And you, Adam...
you didn't always do the right thing.
Maybe not as bad as me,
but you're not the guy that you used to be.
Am I right about that?
Okay. So the feeling that you get
when you think about doing the thing that you used to do,
even if it's for the right reason this time,
even if you think that it might help somebody...
it's still a really horrible feeling, right?
It's like you're standing in front of a door
that you just don't wanna open.
Vegas.
Right--why are we talking about Vegas?
Because I felt that way in Vegas.
Going back to a past life didn't sit well with me,
even though I was doing it to help my family.
Thank you. I'm that guy right now.
And I'm standing in front of the door,
but it's like horror movie style
and like everybody in the movie theater's like,
[high voice] "Don't get in the door!"
But you're like still reaching for the handle
to rattle the handle.
You know, you really are the opposite of your former self.
Thank you,
Seriously, thank you so much for saying that.
Yeah. I get it. I get it.
But my dad doesn't, okay?
He wants this from you.
There's a chance that Cane may not remember you.
So...
what do you say?
You think you can do this?
I'd like to try. Yeah, let's give it a shot.
Okay.
For your information,
I don't control the cops in Las Vegas, all right?
And you have no idea why they dropped the charges?
No clue.
Well, then, the lifelong criminal goes free... again.
However it happened,
it goes back to you thinking you know best.
I don't need to share my plans with you.
You walked away from that privilege.
If you had told me everything when I wasby your side,
things would be very different now.
But you shut me out.
You're damn right I shut you out.
Okay. Well, then maybe I'll shut you out.
Maybe I won't tell you about my morning with Nicholas.
What about it? Is he okay?
Victoria.
Sally.
Didn't expect to see you two together.
Uh, yeah. This is a surprise for everyone.
- MATT: Victoria. - It's nice to see you again.
You look well.
Thank you.
- Uh, this is Matt. - SALLY: Hi.
- He's a family friend. - Nice to meet you.
- I'm showing him around town. - SALLY: Oh!
How are you liking Genoa City?
- Big fan. - Great.
[laughs] Good to hear.
[sighs] Anyway, I should get back to work.
It was...I'm really glad that we got to talk.
VICTORIA: Yeah, me too.
I'll keep everything that you said in mind.
I will do the same.
- Nice to meet you. - MATT: Nice meeting you.
- Take care. - You too.
What is he doing here?
He used to live here. People know him.
They knewhim.
- It was a long time ago. - Well, they thought
that he's been dead all of this time, Adam.
Okay, and then they forgot him. Also, does he look like he did
20 years ago, whatever it's been?
- I doubt it. - Whoa, I'm...right here.
Okay. There's a reason that Dad
kept him locked down on the ranch.
Matt shouldn't be out. It's not safe for anyone.
You know what? I still...
have nightmares about that prison that he kept us in...
and the experiments that he subjected us to.
So do I.
You know, Sharon...
I-I, too, marvel at...
what that experience has done to our connection.
No matter what happens with us going forward...
We are bonded forever.
You know what I think?
It's even made me a better, stronger parent.
That's what I think.
And now that you have put Newman aside,
you've let Newman go and all of that is behind us,
I think that you will find a way to get Summer and Daniel
back into your life.
PHYLLIS: You know, my instinct is,
of course, to just force the issue with my kids
and just keep on harping on them and harping on them
until they fold and forgive me.
Not that I need forgiveness. I don't need forgiveness.
I beat Victor at his own game. I mean...
[ahem] it's just business. They don't see it like that.
I thought that you'd given up that way of thinking.
I mean, can't you see their point of view finally?
If you can't, you really have no hope
of ever winning their trust back.
You know one of the hardest things
about our new best friendship...
...is admitting you're right.
Remember when I saved your life? Do you remember that?
I think that goes down as one of the most stellar
Phyllis Summers moments in history.
No question. I will alwaysowe you for that.
Just as youwill always owe me.
We can't ever forget any of that.
We need it to feed us so that we get better every day.
Nicholas and I went to a meeting today.
Hmm.
And he spoke. He shared everything
that he's going through.
He also said that he feels like a disappointment,
and that's very upsetting to him.
I was never disappointed in him.
I've always been very proud of my boy.
I told him how proud we all are of him
and that we will do anything to support him.
Gosh, he sure is a lot stronger than I was at my first meeting.
Well, he must have been very glad that you were there.
I think it meant even more to me.
Nicholas and Victoria
have supported me through myfight.
[sighs] I hate that he's going through this, but...
I'm grateful that he's let me in.
Anyway, thank you for the update.
I got my own update earlier from Victoria.
About what?
Chancellor.
That you've handed it over to Lily.
So I did. Mm-hmm.
Without a word to me.
How could you do that?
Very simple. I did.
VICTORIA: Honestly, Adam,
having him out here in public like this...
I get it. I do. I understand.
Thank you so much. That's so reassuring.
I'm not great at this.
What about you? You were being the voice of reason.
What happened to that?
I am avoice. But I don't make the calls.
That would be our father.
Yes. And he has a mission for Matt.
No violence.
What is the point of this plan?
He's gonna keep tabs on Cane Ashby.
Pops isn't sure that he's let go
of getting revenge on the family.
Well, how can Matt help?
He's gonna play nice and be our eyes and ears.
No havoc or destruction. Just eyes, ears.
Right. Because that's not who you are anymore.
He is committed to doing what Dad wants.
And we can trust you on that?
- Yeah, you can. - To save your skin.
Hurting you, hurting anyone in your family...
that's not my instinct.
Okay, but what if somebody says something
- and triggers him or-- - Security's never far away.
Look, this is our father's decision,
and he did do the impossible and he got the company back.
So I don't see what choice we have but to go with...
this.
You know what you have to do?
Uh, I-I think so...
Cane. Thanks for coming.
Adam. Victoria.
PHYLLIS: Summer, I don't know if Daniel's told you
or if you've looked at...
my previous messages to you.
Hopefully you have.
Or at least you'll look at this one.
It's your mom, being overbearing and intrusive.
I need you to know
that I've given the company back to Victor.
I understand why you're so angry at me
for taking it in the first place.
I do understand that,
along with so many other things you think I've done wrong.
Maybe you could just talk about it
and have a conversation?
Can't you find it in your heart to give me that much?
Maybe you could consider coming home for a bit.
I don't know if you still think of this as your home.
I...I don't know if you still think of me as your mom.
Uh, where are my manners? Um, Cane, this is Matt.
Matt, Cane.
What are we doing here?
We thought a civil meeting on neutral territory
- was overdue. - Yeah, just to clear the air.
Okay.
Okay. The DA's case against you, Phyllis--
When I was arrested in front of my staff in my own club?
It was never about you, Cane. You know that.
Phyllis was the one that we were trying to get through to.
No, I clued into that,
considering my company was decimated
and I had zero control over anything that you people wanted.
ADAM: We're sorry for the inconvenience.
Oh. Well, then, we're all good.
Look, the charges were dropped. You know that.
And it's not like our actions were unprovoked.
CANE: All anybody could talk about for months
was Victor's misplaced empire.
You got it back, and you still won't let it go.
Look, we're just trying to have a friendly conversation, Cane.
You didn't have to bother.
Just...we're trying to smooth the waters.
CANE: I don't think you are.
If we're all gonna live here in Genoa City,
we need to find a way to coexist.
I think this is about something else.
Such as what?
I don't know. You tell me. What's...what's...
what's this guy doing at the meeting?
Hmm?
What kinda trap you trying to set now?
VICTOR: Well, I'm sorry you feel that way.
Oh, don't give me some fake apology,
pretending that you didn't wantto hurt me.
Giving away the company that I loved
without any warning--
that told me that you're just saying, "Go to hell, Nikki."
You chose your friendship with Jack Abbott
over your husband.
You don't have a right to ask any questions.
Oh. Uh-huh. You had already put Victoria in charge then,
and I accepted that.
But then you had to go and give it back to Lily.
Oh, my God.
That's what you promised her, isn't it?
When she went along with that fake kidnapping scam.
No, wait, wait, wait, wait.
That was long before Jack, before we started arguing,
before I moved out.
You think what you want, okay?
I am asking you a question. I deserve an answer.
No, you don't.
- How can you say that? - I said it.
Just as you refuse to give up on Jack Abbott.
Your hatred of him will always mean more to you
than I do--ow!
What's the matter?
VICTOR: Are you all right?
Yes. It's...
it's just a headache, Victor.
It happens.
Yeah, but not that often. Is this related to your MS?
Now you're being civil...
after being so dismissive?
I am fine.
I don't need your phony concern.
I asked you a damn question about your headache.
You know, I think it's best
that we not talk about anything other than the children
so that we can at least pretend
that we can get alon--
Oh!
[Nikki gasping]
Shall I call a doctor or what?
Victor...
It is stress.
Now, don't be so surprised
after everything you've put me through.
You okay?
[laughs] No. No.
No.
But I-I'll get there.
I know we'll get there.
Matt's a friend of the family.
Yeah? You bring all your friends to meetings like this?
My father wants Matt to get acquainted with Genoa City.
Yeah. He's thinking about staying for a while.
He might be doing some work for us,
and there's nothing that we've discussed that he can't hear.
So you're one of the gang now?
Hoping to be one of the gang eventually.
Yeah, you sure that's what you want?
These people are a wily bunch.
Oh, they've been great, really nice to me.
I totally appreciate all their hospitality.
Bro, can--can I ask you a question?
Is it true?
Were you Aristotle Dumas?
Why?
Oh, man! Bro, that was some serious empire building!
You did so much in such a short period of time,
and it's not like the press was doing you any favors.
Right? The coverage was a little lopsided. Am I right?
- Matt, we've been over that. - No, and I got it then.
Right? But this is the man! Dude, you are the man.
Exactly. He was always just a man
playing fast and loose with somebody else's money.
Yeah, well, not everybody's born right, right?
- No offense. - No. None taken.
You took a little bit of seed money...
turned it into something epic.
And all it took was one massive mistake
- for him to lose it all. - Who cares?
You did it once, you can do it again.
Genius like this doesn't just fade away, right?
Doesn't matter what he calls himself.
My man, I put you up there right next to Victor Newman.
And before you get grumpy about that, it's okay.
I can be impressed by two people at the same time.
And I am.
I find your concern ironic
considering you are the source of my stress.
I'm not going to argue with you.
I want you to go upstairs, take your pain pill,
and call the doctor.
I don't take orders from you.
Will you stop being stubborn?
You're not doing this for me.
You're doing this for yourself and for the children.
As if anything you say now...
is important... after everything you've done.
Can I like fangirl ask you a couple of quick questions,
just like a couple of little questions?
Please?
Okay. Let's talk acquisitions.
'Cause it seemed like you were positioned really aggressively,
like you were really prioritizing growth.
And staffing. Explain that to me, all right?
How do you hire high-level executives
and still flying under the radar like that?
That must have taken a lot of planning.
Matt, when my father wanted me to show you around town,
I don't think this is what he had in mind.
Okay. I think the business world
can manage having two brilliant minds in it.
Unless...unless you mind me asking questions.
There's nothing to tell. There's no reason to tell it.
- Dumas was a mistake. - Yeah, I find that
that hard to believe. I refuse to believe that.
You know, if I remember right...
you asked your father for advice? Is that true?
Did you talk to your old man like that, or was that
just a hit piece generated by the Newman Media team?
And you didn't approve of that. We've been over that, Matt.
Yeah, I didn't. I think that
your tiny little agenda was showing when you published that.
CANE: The coverage was conveniently skewed.
Most of it was garbage.
It is amazing how you can go from
admitting you screwed up so badly
to blaming us.
MATT: Yeah, right?
Because both of those things can be true, right?
Not just in business, man, but life is the same, right?
You do some things right and then you make some mistakes.
You take missteps along the way.
But the smart people, the world changers,
they make amends, they adapt.
Can I buy you a drink sometime, bro,
and you can tell me all about how you're plotting
your next meteoric rise?
- Maybe. - MATT: Maybe! I'll take it.
I'll take it. I'm free right now.
- No. - Ha!
Are we done?
Yeah.
Thanks for meeting me.
CANE: [sarcastic laugh]
How'd I do?
Well enough.
Came on a little strong, if you ask me.
Yeah.
Pop.
VICTOR: Did Matt do as he was told?
Oh, he did.
And he was all in.
You wanna talk about it?
Um, no, I don't want to talk about it, that's for sure.
Uh, I just pulled myself together. I'm good!
Okay. Well, I'm always around.
I know you are.
Hey, I'm always around for you, too,
if you need me.
I'm really excited about Mariah coming home.
I hope she comes back soon.
I know that will be the case. I can feel it in my bones.
Well, okay then.
Next week on "The Young and the Restless."
We can do some pretty great things together.
Yeah. I think we can too.
Come a little closer.
- Why? - I wanna tell you something.
You are looking sotired
- and agitated. - My wifeis missing,Patty.
- Is Diane still your wife? - Cut the crap.
Where is she?
Hello?
[breathing hard]
I-is anybody here?
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