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The Young and the Restless - Season 53 Episode 25 -
Monday, November 10, 2025
Monday, November 10, 2025
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00:00Well, of course, we're excited.
00:01My brother Jack has redirected all his resources into Chabot,
00:04which means Abbott Communications has all the funding it needs to take off.
00:10Newman Media, are they still in business?
00:13No, we're not worried about the competition, especially those muckrakers.
00:18Look, at the end of the day, I believe in our team.
00:22We have fantastic people, and our co-CEO, Sally Spector, is a star, and the sky's the limit.
00:27Yes. No, no, no, I'm not going to do that.
00:32I'm not going to tell you who's on the team.
00:35But we are hiring the best of the best, and you can quote me on that.
00:39Ultimately, I think our product is fantastic.
00:41We're young, we're ready to do it, and you can quote me on that, too.
00:46All right, I'll talk to you soon.
00:48Anytime. Thanks.
00:52Hi.
00:52Hi.
00:53I just spent the last half hour singing your praises
00:55about how you're going to make Abbott Communications
00:57the toast of the town and the gold standard.
01:00Well, that's good.
01:02Uh-oh.
01:03What's wrong?
01:05I just spoke with Jill about bringing Audra on board.
01:08Let me guess, she doesn't like the idea.
01:10Just as you predicted.
01:12I'm sorry.
01:14I mean, I pitched my heart out to her.
01:16She wasn't even hearing any of it.
01:17She just kept saying, and I'm quoting her directly,
01:19that Audra's past precludes her from being a part of our future.
01:21Yeah, that's Jill speak for hard no.
01:27Audra, relax.
01:29Do not tell me to relax.
01:31I mean, what the hell were you thinking,
01:33spilling your guts to declare about her past in L.A.?
01:35You're making a bigger deal out of this than it was.
01:37No, I get to decide if this is a big deal or not,
01:39and it is a big deal to me.
01:41You know, if you wanted to impress Little Miss Sunshine,
01:43why didn't you book one of those corny,
01:45old-fashioned Hollywood tours that parks a stupid bus
01:48in front of those houses where celebrities don't live anymore?
01:50I guess they were all booked.
01:52You're not funny, Holden.
01:53You haven't been funny for a very long time.
01:55Hey, I'm sorry I upset you.
01:57But why did you do it?
01:59It was so unnecessary.
02:01Why bring Claire into something we agreed was off-limits?
02:03It kind of just happened.
02:05What?
02:06There was a, what, a lull in the conversation?
02:09Which wouldn't surprise me at all with her.
02:10So what, you suddenly got the urge
02:12to take a trip down bad memory lane?
02:14Listen, she's been...
02:15She's been pressing me forever about our history, okay?
02:18So then we went to the shadow room with...
02:19You went where?
02:23We went to the shadow room with Mitch and...
02:25Okay, I know what the shadow room is, Holden.
02:27That's right.
02:27So, of course,
02:29the topic of our past came up again.
02:32Yeah, I just...
02:33I can't believe you took her there.
02:36Given our history with that place
02:38and those people,
02:40what is wrong with you?
02:41Do you have a death wish or something?
02:49You have a death wish or something?
02:51Maybe you don't have to ranch me.
02:53Or you're a...?
02:53I know you're a sheep.
02:55I appreciate you letting me know.
03:21I'll send word to the tech team so they can do whatever they can.
03:24Thanks.
03:25That sounds like bad news.
03:35You're really going to sit there and pretend like you don't know what just happened?
03:37I have no idea what you're talking about.
03:39You have my AI software.
03:42You just launched it against me and my company.
03:44You're going to deny it?
03:45Here you go.
03:58You know, it's not fair.
04:06Jill doesn't even know Audra.
04:08She knows enough to know that she's bad news.
04:11And she's not the only one.
04:13Okay, so?
04:14Ever heard of second chances?
04:15I think Jill used all her second chances on me.
04:18Sorry about that.
04:19Look, I know that Audra's a friend of yours.
04:22Yes, a friend who just happens to be very highly and uniquely qualified in exactly what we're trying to accomplish.
04:28That's fine, but this is Jill's final verdict and, you know, her word matters.
04:34You know, Jill didn't exactly say that I couldn't hire Audra.
04:44What does that mean?
04:45Well, she just strongly advised against it and that ultimately she said it was going to be my decision.
04:49Yeah, that's the same as no.
04:51I speak and understand Jill, okay?
04:54What she's saying is that it's your neck on the line and if it doesn't go good, it's your head.
04:59Well, I'm still going to fight for Audra.
05:01She changed her mind about you, didn't she?
05:03I think that's very different.
05:05How?
05:06Because when you convinced Jill to come on board, knowing that I was still a part of the team,
05:11she probably said yes to the guilt, not because of my ability.
05:14Mm-mm.
05:15You're wrong.
05:16I saw her face when I pitched the idea of you and me running the company together.
05:20Her eyes lit up.
05:21That was not guilt, that was excitement for all the possibilities.
05:24If I could do it with you, I could do it with Audra.
05:26Sally, are you sure that Audra's the hill you want to die on?
05:29I believe in her.
05:30Okay.
05:32Look, just for argument's sake, let's say that, you know, Audra is the rock star
05:36because nobody's doubting her talent, but she has a long track record of being a very loose cannon.
05:41You want to risk that, hoping that she stays on the straight and narrow?
05:44Because if she doesn't and she reverts to her old ways, that's it.
05:49Abbey Communications is no more.
05:51Jill pulls the funding.
05:53So you got a question.
05:55Is Audra really worth it?
05:58Worth your future?
06:00Worth our future?
06:01I cannot believe you took Claire to the shadow room.
06:07It's a nightclub.
06:09That's what people do in L.A.
06:10They go to clubs.
06:10But why did it have to be that one?
06:12I mean, there are hundreds of other clubs in L.A., Holden.
06:16So what was the problem?
06:18Were you afraid that you weren't going to get past the velvet rope
06:20and your stupid little girlfriend was going to realize you're not as cool as you pretend to be?
06:24First off, Claire is not my girlfriend.
06:26Let's get...
06:26Okay, that is not the point.
06:28I don't care who she is to you or what you did.
06:31Why did you have to take her to that place?
06:34The place that could bury us, bury me particularly.
06:38Huh?
06:39So, so, what was the angle?
06:41To just entertain crazy Claire with some dirt about me that she could use down the road?
06:47You're wrong on all counts.
06:48I don't know, Holden.
06:50This fits your M.O.
06:53To try to impress vulnerable women.
06:57Hmm, yeah.
06:58With a little dirt and a little scandal to get them all hot and bothered.
07:02That's your twisted idea of foreplay.
07:05And I bet it worked.
07:08I bet Claire got all excited about you revealing information.
07:12Our corruption.
07:13That she just couldn't wait to take you back to her room and just show you her appreciation.
07:19Did I call it, Holden?
07:22Is that how it went down?
07:25I have no idea what the hell you're talking about.
07:28I know it was you, Victor.
07:31Isn't that ironic?
07:33The very doomsday machine you were intending to use against other companies,
07:38it's been used against you.
07:41Is that mortifying?
07:41I would be, if I were you.
07:44How did you do it?
07:46Hmm?
07:47Phyllis?
07:48Phyllis.
07:50Anytime anything goes wrong with some damn computer,
07:53everyone points to Phyllis.
07:54That's how it crossed the bear.
07:55You know I'm going to find out.
07:58I bet you will.
08:00And quite frankly, I don't give a damn.
08:04So, let me get this straight.
08:06You didn't have any kind of protection in place in case this kind of thing happened?
08:11Yeah, that's not really the point here, Adam.
08:13No, the point is you're accusing my father of something in which you have zero proof.
08:17Yeah, kind of like the lies you put on your media platform about me and my father.
08:21Kane, those weren't lies.
08:24God, we're going to have a field day with this boneheaded play.
08:27Aristotle Dumas is undone by his own Frankenstein monster.
08:32I mean, that sings.
08:33Let's not be too hard on him, okay?
08:36He's just reacting the way we would if this had happened to us.
08:40That's what he intended to do, right?
08:43To destroy our company, is that it?
08:47You're not going to get away with this.
08:49Well, whoever got a hold of this doomsday machine already has.
08:55You want to take me on?
08:58Good luck to you.
09:01Now, if I were you, I wouldn't waste any more time talking about this.
09:04Because you have a business to save.
09:07Right?
09:23Is that true?
09:25Did you really unleash Kane's creation against him?
09:34You know, there was a time when Audra was the only person who would have a cup of coffee with me in this town.
09:45My reputation was not as stellar as it is now.
09:48I know a little bit about that myself.
09:50Okay, then you should understand why I want to help her when she's down.
09:54I mean, come on, Billie.
09:57She's lost her business, she's lost her relationship, and she's running out of money.
10:00The girl deserves a break.
10:02Like, usually I would never argue that kind of opportunity to give to someone.
10:07But look, Sally, it's a big bet to make on someone.
10:12Because if it doesn't go well, you lose it all.
10:16Audra needs this opportunity, so I really don't think she would do anything to jeopardize it.
10:21Maybe not now.
10:22What if she gets a little too comfortable?
10:24Look, okay, I know Audra's faults, Billie.
10:27You and Jill don't need to make a list for me.
10:29But I also know that she will work like a demon, and she will have my back.
10:33And that is very important to me.
10:37Because I didn't.
10:40That's not what I'm saying.
10:41You don't have to say it.
10:43I screwed up.
10:45I really messed up when I went down the Chancellor rabbit hole.
10:49Okay, and I didn't give you the loyalty or the support that you deserved, and I still feel bad about that.
10:59Okay, Billie, just stop.
11:01I've already forgiven you for that.
11:02I guess I haven't forgiven myself for it.
11:06And maybe that's what this is about.
11:07Maybe I'm being too hard on Audra, but I just...
11:10I don't want to see you get burnt again, Sally.
11:14Well, I think Audra is a benefit, not a liability.
11:20Especially when it comes to taking on Newman Media.
11:22She is a fighter, just like me, and she is not afraid to get her hands dirty when the other side plays rough.
11:29Okay.
11:31Look, it's your call, right?
11:34As your junior partner, I'm here to give you advice based on my experience.
11:38But you know what you need to do?
11:39You need to really look at this.
11:42You need to weigh the pros and the cons.
11:45I trust you, Sally.
11:47You'll make the right call.
11:52Audra, would you please calm down?
11:54Stop telling me how to feel.
11:55You know, this was so stupid, old and stupid.
11:57I don't want to fight you.
11:59No, you just want to ruin my life.
12:00If that were true, then why would I be telling you?
12:02Claire knows what she knows.
12:04I don't understand why she had to know anything at all.
12:06She already thinks something suspicious went down between you and me in the past.
12:10Okay, the closer we got, the more she wanted to find out.
12:13So what?
12:15You tell her that it's none of her business.
12:17I already tried that.
12:18Oh, yeah, I'm sure you did.
12:19Well, it's not so easy when Kyle's around asking questions.
12:21And then, of course, Sienna piping in with her two cents.
12:24Listen, Claire was not going to let this go.
12:27Oh, so you know what you should have done next, Holden?
12:29What's that?
12:30Yeah, you should have told her to kick rocks and go back to fairytale land with Kyle.
12:34Oh, but of course, that means you wouldn't have gotten what you wanted.
12:37Your little conquest would have been interrupted.
12:39All right, now, if I were to do that, who's to say that she would have stopped trying to find out anyway, which would have been even worse?
12:45I can't see how.
12:46I can't see how.
12:46Adra, I told her a very careful version of our truths.
12:50I didn't want her to imagine anything worse.
12:52You still don't get it, Holden.
12:54You just gave that woman, who hates me with a passion, something she could try to use to sabotage my life.
13:00And there is absolutely no doubt in my mind she's going to try to do exactly that.
13:07Yeah, no, I don't care how many reinforcements you have to bring in.
13:10All right, now that the program is inside our system, there has to be a way to activate the kill switch.
13:14So, yeah, the more eyes on it, the better.
13:18What?
13:20Yeah, of course this is critical.
13:22All right, if we don't stop the bleeding, my company is going to go down.
13:26Keep me posted.
13:28That's funny running into you here.
13:29Your timing is impeccable.
13:31What does that mean?
13:32Never mind.
13:36It doesn't matter.
13:38Why are you so worked up?
13:41You know, it turns out that whoever stole my AI program just turned it against me and my company, so...
13:46My company is collapsing from the inside as we speak.
13:51I mean, that has to be Victor. You know that, right?
13:55Yeah, and his accomplices.
13:58How do we stop it?
14:01I don't know.
14:01You know, we devised the kill switch, but we haven't been able to activate it.
14:06Okay, well, what if we can't activate it?
14:09I don't know.
14:10I guess it depends on what Victor's tech team ordered it to do.
14:14My guess would be full destruct mode.
14:17It's only a matter of time before my company is eventually destroyed.
14:22I'm sorry.
14:24Easy come, easy go, as they say.
14:26I mean, it's not easy.
14:30And it's not too late for us to fix this.
14:33We can fix this.
14:35Yeah, the odds aren't looking good.
14:38Maybe it's karma.
14:41Maybe this is the price the universe decided I have to pay for deceiving Lily and my children.
14:46It's a hell of a price, ain't it?
14:47Maybe I deserve it.
14:53Well, I have to hand it to you.
14:56I never saw this coming.
14:59You going after Kane first, instead of hitting Jabot.
15:03Yeah, well, he didn't either.
15:09I think it was downright brilliant.
15:12It was a perfect move.
15:14Kane thought he could play in the big leagues with you.
15:16Well, here's your answer.
15:19Yeah.
15:22You know, Gadek, that doesn't even realize what will hit him.
15:25His company will be in total disarray.
15:29He'll be financially decimated.
15:30And you'll run to the next damn bankruptcy court to salvage whatever's left.
15:36In the meantime, we'll move in and we will take what we want for pennies on the dollar.
15:40Yeah.
15:41It's a masterstroke, Pop, really.
15:43He was one of your finest.
15:45Thanks, son.
15:48You know what's satisfying to watch his face
15:50when he realized that everything he'll build up,
15:54his phony empire, began to crumble.
16:00Almost as satisfying as it will be to watch Jack Abbott
16:11suffer the same fate.
16:14You know, what if, what if Claire tells Nate or Amy?
16:26Why would she do that?
16:27Have you not been listening, Holden?
16:29She hates me.
16:30You know, Nate already thinks that I am horrible
16:32and this is just going to seal the deal.
16:34I mean, of course she's going to tell Kyle,
16:36but who gives a damn what he thinks?
16:39Oh my God, but if this gets back to Sally and Billy,
16:42it could ruin me.
16:44What are you talking about?
16:45My job at Abbott Communications.
16:47A job I haven't even been officially hired for yet.
16:51But if this gets out, I mean, that's it.
16:53I mean, what am I going to do then?
16:55Okay, Audra, let's take a step back, okay?
16:57I told Claire a version of our story,
17:00but I never mentioned his name at all.
17:02And that's supposed to make it okay?
17:04It nips it in the bud.
17:05Hopefully it satisfies Claire so she won't keep looking.
17:07That's right.
17:10Because then she'd find out you were a lot more involved
17:13than you probably told her you were.
17:14I told her my part.
17:15Oh.
17:17You told her that you took the cash I gave you
17:18to keep your mouth shut?
17:22Maybe I should demand a refund.
17:24It's very funny.
17:24I'm serious.
17:26What'd you do with that money anyway, huh?
17:29I bet you didn't share that little detail with Claire
17:31because you were too busy throwing me under the bus.
17:33I told her what I told her, okay, Audra?
17:36So you can be pissed, you can be paranoid,
17:39you can be whatever you want.
17:39I do not care.
17:41But the reason I told her is because I didn't want Claire
17:43to take a deeper dive into what really happened.
17:47Because that is a story that neither of us wants to get out.
17:55Is everything okay here?
18:03Hi.
18:06Hi.
18:07How did your meeting with Victor go?
18:09I ordered you a drink.
18:11Thought you might need it.
18:15It was a lot to unpack, and I'm going to fill you in later.
18:17But I just got off the phone with a reporter
18:20that filled me in on the Abbott Communications launch.
18:24Do they have a date?
18:25Not officially, but Billy, as usual,
18:28is running his mouth on how great and wonderful it's going to be
18:32and blah, blah, blah, and how he's going to bury Newman Media.
18:36He won't.
18:37No, I know.
18:39You know that.
18:41But we have to be on guard against whatever BS Billy throws out there
18:44because he's not going to be kind and gentle.
18:47Adam, I know conflict is inevitable.
18:49I accept that.
18:50We are competitors.
18:51I just don't want things to end up in the gutter.
18:53Well, that's up to Billy.
18:56Not just Billy.
18:58I mean, Victor plays a part in this as well.
19:02I think I might be able to get him to back off on that.
19:05Really?
19:06Sure.
19:08I mean, we could use Billy's canceled at the last minute launch party
19:11and paint Abbott Communications as an inferior product doomed to fail.
19:16But I think the smarter move is to just leave it alone
19:20and wait to see what Billy's up to.
19:22And Victor signed off on this?
19:25I think he will.
19:26Which means he has it.
19:29Chelsea.
19:30Victor has bigger fish to fry at the moment
19:33and he's already got one of them on the grill.
19:36Who?
19:38Kane.
19:40Dad, um...
19:42released the AI software into Arabesque's operating system.
19:46Oh my gosh.
19:47And it's working?
19:50By the end of the week, Kane could be out of business.
19:54Why aren't you happier about that?
19:59It's so funny.
20:01Oh.
20:02Just, you know.
20:04Life.
20:05Me.
20:06God.
20:08He has a funny way of laughing at those who make plans.
20:12And I'd have thought about what my father would say to me right now.
20:16Well, he wouldn't be laughing, that's for sure.
20:18I don't know about that.
20:19He had his fair share of wins and losses in his day.
20:21Well, not a loss this big.
20:23You know, but...
20:24But...
20:24I mean, it's not over.
20:26It's not lost yet.
20:29Such an optimist, Phyllis.
20:30Well, when I have something to be optimistic about.
20:33Well, you know, this turn of events leaves you out in the cold, too.
20:37Unless...
20:39Unless...
20:41Tell me again.
20:43Phyllis said you had nothing to do with stealing my AI program.
20:46But I want you to make me believe it.
20:49I really...
20:50really want to believe it.
20:52Is it just me or you two always together lately?
20:55It's just you, Billy.
20:57Is it really?
20:59You seem a little panicked.
21:00Are you trying to figure out how to get back that stolen AI software?
21:04If it was actually stolen?
21:07It's just you in a nutshell, isn't it?
21:09A day late and a dollar short.
21:11Oh, well, please, Cain.
21:12Enlighten my uninformed self.
21:14Yeah, well, I don't have time for your conspiracy theories.
21:17I have fires to put out.
21:22I wonder what kind of fires those could be.
21:26Any thoughts, Phyllis?
21:39There's no problem at all, Sally.
21:41Audra and I were just reminiscing about old times.
21:45Oh, well, those old times seemed pretty intense from where I'm standing.
21:51Well, you know how it is.
21:53Sometimes you look back on things that used to be important in life changing,
21:57and it turns out they're not worth remembering at all.
22:00Okay, well, I'm really glad I ran into you because there's something I have to talk to you about.
22:04You know, it seems like I've lost my appetite.
22:07Sally, it's great to see you.
22:09Audra, it's always a pleasure.
22:11Uh, do I even have to ask?
22:18Please don't.
22:19Okay, well, it looks like steam was coming out of your head.
22:21Yeah, well, Holden has a rare gift of always putting me in a bad mood whenever I run into him.
22:25Okay, well, um, I have an idea.
22:27Maybe don't engage when you run into him, or if he reaches out to you, just have something better to do.
22:31Great advice.
22:33Thanks.
22:35So, uh, what kind of trouble am I in?
22:40Who said anything about trouble?
22:41Well, it's been my experience that when someone says we need to talk, it usually doesn't bode well for the person at the other end of the conversation.
22:52I'm not shedding any tears for Cain, if that's what you're thinking.
22:55No, that's not what I'm thinking.
22:58So, go ahead.
22:59I mean, as far as I'm concerned, the guy already had it coming for tricking the family into going to Nice and then holding them hostage.
23:09Where three people died.
23:11Don't forget that.
23:12So, I haven't forgotten.
23:15You know, and then the bastard comes, sets up shop, holds the entire town hostage with these AI doomsday threats.
23:22Listen, nobody at this table feels sorry for Cain.
23:26Trust me.
23:28Yeah.
23:29But, you're clearly upset or else we'd be ordering champagne.
23:34And we're not.
23:37It's my father's next target that bothers me.
23:41Chip out.
23:43Mm-hmm.
23:43Along with the complete destruction of Jack Abbott.
23:48Well, you can't be surprised Victor would want to go there.
23:51I'm not.
23:53Plus, it's part of Phyllis' deal, Jabot for the AI program.
23:57But, Victor does not always hold up his end of the deal.
24:00I just, I wish for once he could just be satisfied in winning.
24:07I mean, the guy has everything in his life that he could ever want or dream of, and it's never enough.
24:13It's a cautionary tale.
24:17For me?
24:18No, for everybody.
24:21People that can never be satisfied can never truly be happy.
24:25They just keep wanting and wanting, and the need is insatiable, and I feel sorry for him.
24:33Well, I feel a hell of a lot sorrier for Jack.
24:39What does Victor want you to do?
24:43He wants me to create some kind of diversion for the Abbott's, so they will be distracted when he finally wants to drop the hammer on them.
24:54When is that supposed to happen?
24:57Clock's already ticking.
24:58Michael, Victor, what have you learned about Noah's associates in Los Angeles?
25:08And by the way, you and I were discussing business before.
25:11Have you made up your mind?
25:13I need your counsel.
25:14Things are heating up around here, okay?
25:17But don't wait too long, because things are becoming rather urgent.
25:22Bye.
25:23As a matter of fact, yeah, I do know the fires that Kane is putting out right now.
25:31What are they?
25:32Like, I'm going to tell you.
25:34You had a chance to be part of our winning team, and you blew it.
25:39Come on, winning team?
25:41There's not a whole lot of winning happening with you lately.
25:44Okay.
25:44Like, you wouldn't know anything about winning, Billy.
25:46I do know quite a bit.
25:48I noticed your partner seemed pretty upset about something.
25:52I'm thinking maybe things aren't going according to plan.
25:55See, that's the problem.
25:56You're thinking.
25:57And you're doing everything you can to avoid the subject, which means that you're in trouble.
26:00Okay.
26:01Um, we're fine.
26:04You should put less emphasis on me and Kane, and more emphasis on, uh, what Victor's going to do next.
26:10I'm not worried about Victor.
26:12You're not.
26:13Oh, my goodness.
26:14Well, you should be, because it's only a matter of time before he goes after Jabot and Abbott Communications.
26:20I appreciate your concern, but both companies will be just fine.
26:23We'll be safe.
26:23Oh.
26:24Oh.
26:25Okay.
26:26Because you say so?
26:28No, because we were alerted, and we took precautions.
26:31Um, let me tell you something.
26:33Once that software gets in your system, there's nothing you're going to be able to do to stop it.
26:40We have tools.
26:41Okay.
26:42For your sake, I hope that's true.
26:45You have a good day.
26:46And I really hope that whatever your partner's freaking out about, it gets solved.
26:52But it didn't look good.
26:58And good luck, Phyllis.
26:59Phyllis.
27:11So, I had a conversation with the person who is investing in Abbott Communications.
27:19Oh, your anonymous investor?
27:22Yeah.
27:23They were concerned about your history.
27:29How concerned are we talking about?
27:33They strongly advised me not to hire you.
27:35I mean, that's it.
27:38You know, I am out of a job before I even get started.
27:40No, no, no.
27:40Hey, take a breath, okay?
27:41Because this is not over.
27:43I mean, it sure sounds that way to me, Sally.
27:45Audra, I'm still going to fight for you.
27:48Sally.
27:48No, hey, look.
27:49I'm not giving up on you.
27:50Or our friendship, okay?
27:52It's going to work.
27:54But how?
27:55Look, I love that you're sticking up for me.
27:57I do.
27:58But we both know that whoever signs the checks calls the shots.
28:01It's just the way it works.
28:02Okay.
28:02Well, this particular person bought into my vision and my leadership 100%,
28:07and that includes me putting together the team that I want.
28:10It just might take a little longer than we thought.
28:13How much more time?
28:17Well, once Billy and I get Abbott Communications up and running successfully,
28:21then I am sure I can convince the backer to bring you on.
28:25So, more waiting.
28:27I'm sorry.
28:29Yeah.
28:30There's going to be more waiting, but it is going to happen, okay?
28:33Because our backer never gave me a direct order not to hire you.
28:38So, I'm going to use that as a little wiggle room so that we can both get what we want.
28:46I hate that Victor does this to you.
28:49He hands you his dirty work so he can keep his hands clean.
28:53Well, I mean, it's part of what I signed on for.
28:56It shouldn't be.
28:57And it's not even necessary.
28:59I know.
29:00It's one thing to go after Cain when he was a threat to everyone.
29:02But he's been neutralized.
29:04Everything's fine.
29:05There are no more threats.
29:07Except for Victor planning an unprovoked attack on Jabot to satisfy some personal vendetta.
29:13Well, it's a vendetta that has been going on for decades.
29:16It doesn't make it right.
29:17Victor Newman wants what he wants, and Jack Abbott, in his trophy room, is right at the top of his list.
29:26But, Adam, could you do that to Jack?
29:30Chelsea, it kills me.
29:32Jack has not only been a friend to me, one of the few that I've had.
29:39I mean, you know, he was a father for you to me when I came to town.
29:43When everybody else in this town was turning their back on me.
29:47Including my own family.
29:49Jack.
29:50Jack somehow believed that there was more to me than the anger and the hurt that I was carrying around.
29:58And I was taking it out on everybody else.
30:01That means a lot to me.
30:04It still means a lot to me.
30:07And he was right about you, after all.
30:09And it's just what makes this so much harder.
30:15It's one thing to go after Billy, not only because of the personal history, but he set himself up as a direct competitor to Newman Media.
30:21But, Jack, I don't know.
30:27You can always tell, Victor.
30:29No.
30:31He would see that as a betrayal.
30:32He would see that as me choosing Jack over him.
30:35Even though he's forcing you into this position?
30:37It just, it wouldn't make a difference, Chelsea.
30:40Victor Newman, when he gives an order, he expects it to be obeyed.
30:44All those who don't are banished from the kingdom.
30:49Well, now, this is a nice surprise.
30:52Yes, I realize that our arrangement does not entitle me to drop by, so don't worry.
30:56Did you hear about Noah?
30:57I did.
30:57Isn't that something?
30:58Yes.
30:59Yes, it's great.
31:01I certainly, I was so worried about that.
31:04This could have really gone awry.
31:05Yes, it could have.
31:06It could have.
31:07I'm so grateful.
31:09I haven't slept in two or three nights.
31:11Yeah.
31:12I'm sure you and your family are relieved.
31:14I can't begin to tell you.
31:16So what brings you by?
31:18I just ran into Billy.
31:21Billy Abbott?
31:21Mm-hmm.
31:24What nonsense did he have to tell you this time?
31:26Uh, well, he said that he and Jack have certain precautions set up to weather any kind of attack.
31:34You and I know that's not true, right?
31:37Yeah.
31:37Yeah.
31:38We do.
31:39Well, so let him think that, you know.
31:42Makes it so much easier to go in for the kill.
31:44Do you have anything set up on that front?
31:49What do you want to know?
31:53What do you mean?
31:55Phyllis.
31:57There's a big dilemma you're talking to.
32:00You and I have known each other for a long time.
32:04Stop playing games.
32:05What is it you want to know?
32:06Are you setting up an attack on Cain's company because that was an ordeal?
32:21Thank you, Sally.
32:23You know, not a lot of people have my back these days.
32:27Well, you've been there for me.
32:28More than once.
32:29And that's what friends do.
32:33Well, you know, I, um...
32:34I will keep my distance from Abbott Communications.
32:38I don't want to become an issue with your backer.
32:41Well, I appreciate that.
32:43But when the time comes...
32:44I'll be ready to jump right in and hit the ground running.
32:46Yes, and that is exactly why I need you on my team.
32:48Because I know that you are going to do that.
32:50I know that I can count on you.
32:53It means a lot, Sally.
32:55Like, I promise I won't let you down.
32:57It never entered my mind that you would.
33:00Yeah, so we just got to get your money person
33:03to feel the same way about me.
33:05Yes, and I am sure I can do that.
33:07I just need a little time and a plan.
33:10And I do have a plan.
33:14I just wish we had more time to figure this out.
33:17Is there any way we could stall Victor from going after Jack?
33:21Well, we could take a page out of Kane's playbook.
33:25We could build a giant maze in Genoa City
33:28and we could plop Victor right in the middle of it.
33:31I actually really love that idea.
33:34I mean, it's a puzzle.
33:35He likes puzzles.
33:37It would take him a little while to find his way out.
33:40Okay.
33:40And then what do we do after that?
33:44Beats me.
33:45See, that's the problem.
33:48We've both tried to outmaneuver Victor before
33:50and we've failed miserably.
33:54Well, then maybe we should just stop
33:56trying to maneuver him at all.
33:59And why don't we just tell him how we really feel?
34:04Are you being serious right now?
34:05Chelsea, you're right.
34:08If we don't want to do what Victor says,
34:10the only choice is to tell him directly.
34:17I, yeah, I agree.
34:19I just didn't think...
34:21What?
34:21That I didn't have the guts?
34:23No, no, not that you don't have the guts.
34:25I just, I know how tricky the situation is for you.
34:30But at the end of the day,
34:33maybe it is time someone in your family
34:34stood up to Victor and told him he was wrong.
34:39Could you do that?
34:40Could you go against Victor to protect Jack?
34:46Let me understand you.
34:49You honestly think we were partners in this?
34:51Yes.
34:55Oh, okay, whatever we were.
34:59You know I gave you that program to go after Jabot.
35:02That was our agreement, not to go after Cain.
35:05And you will get what you asked for.
35:07Meanwhile, what the hell I do with the whole damn thing?
35:10It's my business, not yours.
35:12We are not partners in this whole project, are we?
35:15And what do you care?
35:16What happens to Cain Ashby?
35:18You screwed him over once.
35:20Shouldn't be difficult to do it again.
35:21All right.
35:25We are not.
35:43We've got you there.
36:15Join us again for The Young and the Restless.
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