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00:00Hi, uh, to Cosmos, please.
00:08Hello.
00:09What are you doing here?
00:12I came to see Michael.
00:13Well, what a coincidence.
00:15I am meeting Lauren here, and I promised her a nice cold cocktail on the bar when she arrives.
00:20You are such a good friend.
00:23Well, I, um, do have a pretty big favor to ask her.
00:27Really?
00:28I have a stand for Michael.
00:30Great minds.
00:31Oh, yeah.
00:33Hey, why don't we combine this party?
00:35We'll get a table for the four of us, and it'll be fun.
00:37Yes!
00:38I'm not sure fun is the right word for that combination.
00:41Why not?
00:43Because I don't want to sit next to him, now or ever.
00:47And that includes your wedding.
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01:29no diane i had no idea victor was going to launch a media attack against kane i can't say i am
01:38surprised that he went rogue given that he never mentioned this de leon story that he had up his
01:44sleep at any of our meetings about teaming up no it's it's terribly reckless yeah who's to say
01:53that kane won't be motivated to retaliate uh i gotta run we'll circle back okay
01:59love you too oh diane so sweet so you finally grace me with your presence
02:08jack the reason that i am in genoa city is because you called me but i will not be in town long
02:17so might i suggest that you stop complaining and start making the most of my valuable time
02:25this ashby expose is gaining a lot of traction that's putting it mildly we've got exponential
02:35growth in engagement views and shares are spanking it's it's crazy huh and this could not happen to
02:42a nicer guy i have to say this is the best time i have had in a long time
02:50well there he is the man of the hour had a feeling we would be hearing from you
03:03uh i'm sorry but uh i'm confused yes how am i are you two fighting why where do i even start
03:21she never stopped okay what is going on remember when you were trying on wedding dresses and i said
03:29do you i thought michael was back working for victor yeah i think you did mention so here we go
03:35here we go yes and so i confronted him and after hours he finally admitted not hours that kane
03:43offered him a job and actually he'd already accepted that job you wanted the truth you got
03:49the truth and apparently was planning on continuing to lie to me when he went to work every single day
03:55and when i told him he had to stop lying to me otherwise there was no coming back guess what he
04:00did guess what he did he lied again oh she conveniently forgets to mention that i arranged
04:05this beautiful evening to celebrate our love you manipulated me oh and by the way it wasn't just
04:13a job with kane that would have been too simple no it was one of victor's schemes to infiltrate
04:20kane's camp to see what he was up to kane fired me before i even got started so you know what there's
04:25nothing to see here it's a moot point really there's nothing moot here there's plenty to see
04:30because every time you tell me that you are over that you are done with victor forever all he does
04:37is he just snaps his little fingers and you go running to be by his side that is unfair i was trying
04:44to help all the people of general city not just victor people we know people we care about
04:49are threatened by kane's plan how dare you how dare you you knock me for for trying to avert a disaster
04:57you're planning your departure i thought you would be in town for a while
05:05oh you know places to go people to see billy and kane are both in crisis and you're going to leave
05:13town to take care of your to-do list i am planning a trip to london to have some medical procedures
05:21nothing to be concerned about but i am concerned what how are you faring in your new treatment are
05:28you look fine well thank you i feel fine snapper's taking very good care of me i'm glad to hear that but
05:35i'm worried that the stress of what you're dealing with right now might not be good for your heart did
05:40i make a mistake in involving you oh chuck for heaven's sake i'm not about to keel over my heart is
05:46just fine okay except my son's swings and arrows aren't doing it any good still haven't made any
05:53progress in reaching billy if your plan was a mother and son reunion it was a big fat failure i'm sorry to
06:03hear that billy was upset that i went straight to kane and not him and things got really really
06:12uncomfortable and then billy just walked out and i haven't been able to get a hold of him since
06:17yeah believe me i know how billy deals with sibling rivalry
06:24well you seem very pleased with yourself
06:26you have no idea you know it's journalism at its finest is it i have to admit i'm surprised to see
06:37you here did you want to go on the record maybe we could get a comment or two while you're here
06:45no comment it is and look i don't blame you you know we did kind of shred your whole great and
06:52powerful aristotle dumas thing that you've been parading around the mysterious billionaire is
06:57nothing more than a sleazy con man's sleazy son adam just stating the facts
07:07were you just gonna stare at us or were you actually gonna say something it was quite an
07:12interesting piece it wasn't so hard was it a fiction i can understand why that would be your take
07:20it's pretty damning stuff so deny and deflect but i get it you know you must be frightened there's
07:27a lot of haters out there there is nothing people hate more than a rich guy who made his billions
07:33screwing over the average joe and then acting like they are the end all and be all but you seem
07:39to really be enjoying yourself you have no idea well i hate to bring you down but i just wanted to
07:44stop by and tell you face to face that i am going to be suing the hell out of newman media for
07:49defamation i wish that billy didn't see everything as a competition with kane or with me though if
08:01we're being completely candid here the fracture between you and billy is far bigger than any
08:07rivalry he has with kane no he has reason to be upset with you joe what happened to your opinion
08:14staying neutral on on this rift between mother and son well that was on the phone i was trying
08:19to lure you here okay i know that selling chancellor hurt him okay but i didn't see any other choice it's
08:28the way you did it everything he needed to prove to you to the world to himself was tied up in that
08:36company you yanked it out from under him without any warning exposing him to victor's ridicule what did you
08:42think was gonna happen okay i could have handled it better i know that understood but i stand by my
08:50decision even if the rift only widens why can't he just see me as the mother who loves him look i'll do
09:00my best to talk to him but you have to know the two of us are on rocky ground as well well yeah i mean
09:09that's billy's the whole thing isn't it he's always at odds with the world he's at odds with his
09:14family the people who love him i just don't know what to do about it believe me i know how you feel
09:23very recently i determined that the only way to deal with billy the only option left is to cut him loose
09:30let him sink or swim on his own oh jack come on i know that temptation but let's face it you and i
09:40could never cut billy loose i mean you can't turn your back on family can you especially the ones who
09:47need you the most suing for defamation why am i not surprised well you didn't leave me much of a
09:59choice not to do so would be an admission of guilt do you really expect us to believe you're innocent
10:04in all this you had no idea how your father required the delay on estate well as far as i'm concerned it
10:09was all legitimate because colin said so yes chelsea come on how many scams did that guy run how many
10:15people did he swindle and you just believed him well people can change my father was proof of that
10:20or you're a sucker yeah what about you adam are you a sucker it's chelsea here sorry no disrespect but
10:27you've got quite a colorful history yeah what do you think and how many calls did you pull off back
10:32in the day you don't need to i'm just i'm just saying you know i'm asking you to give my father the
10:38same benefit of the doubt that you and everyone else in this town has given chelsea
10:45we stand by our story curious did either of you bother to do any fact checking we have the letter
10:53yeah sure a letter but do you have any real sources or any real proof that can tie me to my father's
10:58alleged scam against madame de leon are you just blindly following your daddy's orders
11:06michael baldwin the caped crusader have i told you how i've just had it with that argument it is not an
11:14argument it's a fact kane ashby has the ability to crush companies the livelihoods of people we know
11:22people we care about it was my duty to put a stop to it oh was it your duty to lie to me
11:28i explained all that to you i explained all that to you oh oh don't say protect me don't say that
11:34otherwise i'm gonna leave i'm just gonna walk out the door no better yet i'll walk
11:37i'm not gonna listen to all this wait wait have a good evening you know what let's all just let's
11:43take a deep breath okay take a big deep breath it's hard to do that when someone is taking up all the
11:49oxygen in the room no i'm out of no no no just sit fine fine yeah good good why don't why don't we
12:03have a little chat over there okay you have a little chat can i say no no come on come on
12:11this is for me oh well i ordered it for lauren but go for it
12:26oh dear sweet feel better you'll have to start okay good because guess what i have a wedding coming up
12:35and i need you and lauren to be there in love and together so how are we going to fix this
12:47i don't even know why this is an issue i'm not employed anymore not by kane not by victor i am
12:52retired until victor calls that man does not take no for an answer and you know that you know firsthand
13:01what it's like to work yes i do but none of the work i did landed me in a south american prison
13:08granted there were in the past some possibly dicey machinations but this time my motives were noble
13:17okay but it doesn't mean it wasn't dangerous and that's what terrifies lauren the fact that you would
13:24risk everything for victor time after time the old man is important she knows what your relationship
13:33means that you're that you're desperate to fix this and that you're tempted to go back to him no matter
13:41what the cost all right part of my motivation was to repair my relationship with victor absolutely but
13:52there was also a threat i felt needed to be neutralized before anyone gets hurt and i understand
13:59your desire to help people it's driven me through most of my career michael you can't save the world
14:08my husband's first loyalty is to victor above all else including me what am i supposed to do with that
14:16look i know this can't be easy but i also know how much michael loves you oh unless victor comes
14:23call it and then he's running off and i'm left to wonder and worry is he okay is he in trouble is this
14:33the day that victor requires too much of him and my husband is sacrificed for that man michael is as savvy
14:41as they come i know he can take care of himself i know he tries to reassure me all the time that he's
14:50fine that he's going to come home to me and then i wonder is today the day he doesn't come home to me
15:01you have no idea the strain on our marriage it has nearly broken us
15:05and when he said that he was going to quit i had so much hope and then he just went running back to
15:16victor's web of lies and poison and willingly takes this dangerous job of going undercover and can't ashby's
15:25struggle of corporate doom without thinking about his safety or our family look i i don't
15:35presume to understand all the highfalutin business involved here okay and my experience with kane ashby as
15:41well uh i would say very limited yeah but what i heard over there it sounds like michael's just simply
15:48trying to do the right thing i know i know you really want us to make up but to spin this is if he was
15:57doing some sort of great deed that doesn't solve our problem but first of all this isn't some tactic to
16:05avoid wedding drama okay this is about you and michael your love for each other you are two very
16:13strong individuals but let me tell you when you're together well then you're super strong okay really
16:20and and maybe it's because you give each other the kind of space that you need to be yourselves
16:32i think i've reached maximum capacity lauren come here
16:37i know this is upsetting okay and i know right now it's very difficult to see past what he's done
16:46but do me a favor just try to remember all the reasons that you love michael all right
16:51i guarantee you there's way more that connects you that divides you
16:57you're right jill family is everything no matter how heated it gets no matter how hopeless it seems
17:04it is the tie that binds and sometimes chokes but billy can be stubborn and in case you haven't noticed
17:13he holds a grudge no no kidding but he also has a big heart jill i know that and i am trying to find
17:21a way to break through the wall that surrounds that big heart i have no idea how to do it
17:30what you know what i do know i know that i'm not going to find the solution right now
17:35you know so let's you and i start discussing the reason you called me into town kane you sure it's
17:42not too late to try to stop that train from going off the tracks this story's gone viral and nobody has
17:51come forward to contradict it doesn't mean it's true why don't you go ahead and sue us then won't be the
17:57first of the last time newman media has been hit with defamation we can handle it you know for a man
18:01with so few facts you are very confident well maybe you should think about what's ahead for you
18:08why's that madame de leon she was the last surviving heir to the fortune colin and you swindled her out of
18:23but you should get ready for the onslaught of long-lost relatives who come out of the woodwork
18:27claiming that you stole what was rightfully theirs i mean i almost feel sorry for you because you
18:33and amanda you're going to be so busy fending off lawsuits you're not even going to get to enjoy
18:38your chateau or that cute little train you live on yeah sure well your claims are baseless so i'm not
18:45worried you should be worried though about what i'm about to unleash well kane your threats mean nothing
18:53to me i hope you have a deep bench of lawyers and an even deeper litigation reserve
19:03oh uh yeah one more thing i'm gonna have a new story for you
19:09and because i like you so much chelsea i'm gonna give it to you an exclusive
19:13but this one will have a very different outcome
19:25i thought you had a plan for diffusing the situation when you summoned me here i am not
19:30sure i can take kane at his word about anything but i definitely had a sense of hope in our
19:37conversation earlier the one you interrupted okay what changed everything again since when
19:46since victor launched his media attack against kane you haven't seen any of that oh i had a front row
19:52seat what does that mean i was at kane's when lily stormed in ranting about something she had just read
20:01about collin's alleged scheme and whether kane was complicit oh god i know and she really went for
20:09the juggler oh jack she told him that she and the kids never wanted to have anything to do with him
20:15again he was already devastated about this rift with his kids this is what i worry about that this attack
20:23will spark a fury of anger at victor and all of us and that kane might still attack no i wouldn't be so
20:31sure about that because when i left him he was not focused on revenge he was focused on what he could
20:38do to get his kids back it doesn't mean he won't still come after the people he thinks are responsible
20:43for this attack which by the way i had nothing to do with no i was as caught off guard as everybody
20:51else by this hippie this story victor kept up his sleeve god just when i thought there was a chance
20:58at peace victor has escalated this war to a new level of uncertainty no kane is angry but i don't
21:07think he's dangerous well i wish i was as optimistic as you are well i can't guarantee this okay but i think
21:13i made him see that he needs to do whatever he can to make amends to lily and the kids and not go
21:22after some perceived enemies
21:27a story with a different outcome what's that supposed to mean are you going to be a hero instead of the
21:34villain are you going to save a kitty from a burning building or find some cure for some disease
21:41i don't know there's so many options okay well here's one if you want to actually do something
21:46noble and good how about you give up that ai program of yours once and for all what are you and your
21:53father still panicked over that oh no we're ready for whatever you throw at us you have a funny way of
22:00not poking the bear we'll speak soon bye chelsea yeah we sure will
22:07you know he was uh cool i'll give him that
22:14it's an act his credibility has taken a major hit and the story hasn't even got it started i mean once
22:20it peaks good luck trying to salvage whatever reputation he has left whatever he was saying
22:27about this new story it was bizarre what do you think he's up to i'm not sure
22:32but it's definitely something along run by my father
22:39i know what you're trying to do what you think if i start talking about all the things that i love
22:45about michael i'm not going to be as ticked off at him but it's not going to work and why not because
22:52he deserves every bit of the cold shoulder that i'm giving him and i just i need to wallow in my
22:58anger a little bit more and you know what you are so cute when you wallow you really are by the way
23:04but i'm not gonna let you off that easily nope all right so i will start things i love about cricket
23:10i love it when she wakes up every morning this radiant smile on her face it's like the sun just
23:18came out but sometimes when we're eating she nibbles off my plate and she says oh i'm not really hungry
23:25and then she keeps nibbling and it's like i really can't eat anymore but she keeps going
23:29but i'll tell you something i love her unwavering passion to help people and spread not just justice
23:37but joy everywhere you realize you're angry because you lied to her and she caught you lauren calls you
23:48on your bs and i think you secretly love that about her i hate it oh i hate it
23:59yes okay it has its appeal
24:12and yes she's amazing and she's fierce and independent
24:20and the best mother
24:23she has this
24:24this
24:26this grace to her
24:31this kindness
24:33she's very patient except when it comes to victor
24:39and she has put up with a hell of a lot from my family i mean gloria alone am i right
24:44me too
24:49come to think of it
24:53cricket also does his thing watching tv together she moves her lips with the actors when they're speaking
25:00that's really funny do you know that michael does the same thing no really yes bugs the crap out of
25:07me oh i mean
25:10there's a lot that bugs me
25:13well i'm not exactly perfect either but
25:18wow did you just really admit that i can't believe it lord stop it stop it
25:23he brings me tea in the mornings in bed
25:30and then he does this really silly thing where he tucks in my feet at night and seals them with a kiss
25:37a little weird but i like it
25:38it's a little weird but i actually like it too
25:42and um he reads to me
25:44we're going down the new york times bestseller list and fiction of course because he has to act
25:51out every character right of course yes and it bugs the crap out of you right
25:55no
25:57no i actually really love that
26:00well there's something to be said about a good reader
26:02and how about a good cook yeah i mean he's always surprising me with new recipes
26:07you know when i went keto he embraced it and when i went vegan
26:12all in amazing and of course he's hilarious
26:21and he's an amazing father
26:25son and uh brother and uncle yeah friend
26:32get that man on the dance floor and no heart is sick
26:36especially mine i don't know lauren sounds like he's melting your heart all over again
26:48hey kane i'm here like you requested i'm here to do damage control kane kane
26:57it's urgent you're not even here
27:11hey there you are where have you been
27:25do you have a moment with my wife yes of course
27:40how did it go okay so i think good how about you do you think lauren will be open to hearing
27:52what michael has to say i hope so i'm sorry
28:02i was sneaky and secretive
28:07and i know better
28:10and i'm furious with myself for falling back into an old bad bad habit
28:16you should be
28:20it's kind of different from the way i i saw this working out
28:30i'm sorry too
28:33i'm sorry for being so stubborn
28:38but i'm always going to worry about your safety and the truth is i love you
28:47and i'm so proud of you for helping so many people that we care about
28:53i love that you can't stop protecting me from myself
28:58don't stop i don't want you to
29:04where do we go from here
29:07i think we find common ground you tell me the truth no matter how difficult it is and
29:14i'm gonna try and see things from your side
29:19even if it's about victor oh
29:25yes
29:27even victor
29:29can we do that i think so
29:37anything else
29:40take me in your arms and you can kiss me like there's no tomorrow
29:44no it's my pleasure
29:57so what do you think of these allegations against colin and kane
30:10and kane you believe them
30:15jack i really don't know but if anyone was capable of swindling their way into a french winery
30:24with fortune attached that man would be colin and kane denies that he had any part in this supposed scheme
30:35and i do want to believe him
30:37because of the facts or because you love him
30:43i don't know if you know this but kane is terrified that this smear on colin's name might be true
30:51that this man he believed was redeemed was in fact lying to him the whole time
31:00and that would mean that everything he created was built on lies
31:05and that has been a huge kick in the gut
31:09you're snooping through my things
31:14isn't snooping i was looking for a deck of cards a deck of cards yeah
31:20you know when we were a niche you always had cards laying around they started playing solitaire
31:26and you were nowhere to be found so i thought i'd just kill the time
31:30i had some errands to run
31:33and where now
31:35wait a second the newmans do a full-on hatchet job on you and you're running errands
31:40i would think that you'd be blowing things up or using the vengeance card
31:44the newmans are the vengeful ones
31:49victor said he had a lot of dirt on you and he wasn't getting
31:53is any of it true or all of it
32:00all right cosmos for everyone in honor of my beautiful wife you're still one ahead of me
32:08no i'm sure you'll catch up oh
32:12all right a toast okay to the woman who never stops making my heart beat a little faster every time
32:23she walks into the room no no no no no not yet not yet sorry
32:28and to friends who love us enough and are brave enough
32:35to shine the light on how rare and strong real love is
32:41okay no no we're drinking
32:45and thank you for giving us a much needed talking oh gosh we just wanted you both to be happy yes
32:55and not feud at our wedding
32:59because i sort of have um i have a big ask yes go ahead
33:08yeah would you would you do us the great honor of officiating our service yeah it would mean so much to us
33:16i mean it's an honor to even be asking yes yes yes i would love to i would love it oh my gosh okay now our wedding really is going to be perfect thank you it means more than you know
33:32it is gonna be great oh um but oh there's more um lauren i know i have tasked you with the
33:47very difficult job of sourcing my dress and i promise i'm gonna make my decision very soon
33:54but i was wondering if i could
33:59bother you for one other favor no name it would you be my patron of honor sorry
34:06is it too on the nose to say that this wedding is going to rock on oh
34:19oh boy oh my god oh my god
34:22wait is it jokes like that for the rest of my life yeah i'd like more please
34:28what you're marrying just want you to know
34:32come in
34:34got a minute hey come in hi chelsea nice to see you nice to see you
34:39well i'm glad you both came by because i just read the article
34:48that's a damn good article well done it's the biggest story we've broken since i became ceo
34:53and i'm not gonna lie i'm very proud of it well you should be proud we wanted to let you know that
34:58kane came by oh yeah said he's suing newman media for defamation let him sue me okay i don't care
35:08really no that's what the nigger department is for he dropped a comment about how we will soon
35:15be publishing a story with a very different outcome we don't know what he means by that
35:22he's planning his next move that's all
35:27i'm sorry i just have a hard time believing that these
35:31new questions about the source of kane's billions is keeping him awake at night
35:37well then you'd be wrong because he is dealing with so much right now all of his own doing let
35:43me remind you his original plan was to steal our companies out from under us
35:48i don't believe that that he's his father's son i can't believe you and colin got close again
35:58especially after one of his last scams was katherine's will
36:01i know i know i know it's pretty unbelievable but the truth is in those last days colin became a
36:11different person i mean he put his heart and his soul into becoming the man that kane could be proud of
36:20or maybe it was another scam the last big con it's easy to be cynical
36:27no listen if you could have seen how kane was moved by the transformation of his father
36:34and the man he had become if you had seen the bond they formed
36:43i mean kane was so proud of everything they had built together that it was legitimate
36:50if the basis of that turns out to be a lie
36:53then everything kane has will burn to ashes
37:00i don't mean to sound cold but maybe that's just what kane needs
37:09not that i'm judging you um
37:13i want to know where you draw the line or or do you draw the line
37:18because apparently you were with your dad every step of the con is that true is that a problem
37:27well it's not not believable you still with me
37:35all the way yeah good because i don't want to talk about the article i want to talk about the future
37:41i need to change the way people think about me
37:47all right well how do you plan to do that
37:54where do i fit in
38:04next week on the young and the restless what am i supposed to do kyle you have to know where
38:09claire is staying in los angeles all i need is an address just tell me where she is
38:16claire is actually just a really good friend well anyone's better than that last woman you were
38:22hanging around with what was her name again audrey something or other no it's been in an accident
38:29in a car accident it's bad it's really bad
38:40you
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