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00:00There are rumors floating around about their best, okay?
00:07How can I protect this company and my job? Whatever I can do to help, I'm ready
00:17You know
00:30You show up and my day gets instantly better. Should I go back out and walk back in again?
00:38You stay right here. Yeah standing
00:43Whatever you want. What would happen if I sat right here? Well if you sat right there now
00:49I'd have to buy you a journey can convince you to stay
00:52Victor, where is Noah now?
01:01Well, when will he be free to talk? I've I've been calling him. I've been calling Nicholas
01:07It if there's a problem
01:11No, it's not about trusting you
01:17Yes, of course
01:19Please get them home soon
01:21It's been too long and it's the holiday season
01:27Yes, thank you darling
01:29Oh, was that for my benefit?
01:31Thank you darling
01:33I have every confidence in your controlling the universe
01:38Why yes, Jack everything is for your benefit. How did you know?
01:42Oh wishful thinking. What was it about Noah?
01:46Yes, but all I know is that he's out of the hospital and Victor flew to Los Angeles with very little notice
01:52Huh, is that a good thing?
01:55Well, I hope so, but
01:58He says everything is fine, but until I talk to Nicholas myself
02:02Okay, look if Victor thinks he needs to be there. He needs to be there. Why?
02:07Why ask him to rush back here when you know he's gonna come back in his own good time?
02:12Oh, well, there's a shocker. You don't want Victor back in Genoa City
02:17Do I ever?
02:18Is that all there is to it or is there more?
02:23I'll never do it or is there more than something else?
02:24Let's see
02:25Oh, well, then
02:26Oh, well, then
02:28The evening walked into the window
02:29Yeah, thank you
02:30And it's really loud
02:31And it was just all the time
02:32That's all there
02:33You don't mind
02:34I'm just the one
02:35You don't mind
02:36That's like
02:36How can you
02:37I don't know.
03:07All right, don't be glib. I will ask you directly. Do you think something is wrong in Los Angeles? Have you heard something?
03:16No, I don't have any new information about things in Los Angeles. No instinct that there is trouble there. I hate your husband. It's that simple. I don't want to add to your troubles.
03:26There is just something about this that doesn't feel right. All of them out there and I am here. When Victoria and I went to Los Angeles, Nicholas was very guarded about what he said to us.
03:40And now I am in the dark again and there's nothing I hate more.
03:44Did Victor tell you anything specific?
03:46No. I mean, maybe the solution is for me to get right back on that plane and get the answers myself.
03:53Can I get you anything?
04:03Hmm? What? Oh, no, no, no, thank you.
04:06Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to distract you. I'll just, um, I'll just sit right here.
04:10Kyle, please. Are there any updates?
04:17Um, sorry, uh, yeah, just hang on. Um, okay, um, we have started transferring Jabot's assets from our corporate accounts to cloaked offshore ones.
04:33Sounds so simple, yet it turns my stomach.
04:35Yeah, we have to be painstakingly careful about this, even though my notion could come back to bite us.
04:40All right, but is there anything on your screen, the transferring of assets, that can prove to you that Victor is launching that program against us?
04:47Can't be sure of that right now, but there are no red flags or alarm bells so far.
04:52Why can't we be sure?
04:54Because we have no idea how this program actually functions.
04:58How many layers there are, I mean, does it send an activity report back to the owner?
05:03If it does, is it a continuous update, for instance, or is it a daily report, Kenneth?
05:07In fact, in Propagate, is there a chance that the program could be transferred with the assets of the cloaked offshore accounts, which would flatten Jabot entirely?
05:15All right, this program is diabolical.
05:18Yeah.
05:19Only a menace like Cain would commission it, and only a bastard like Victor would use it.
05:23Yeah, Mom, a lot of people would use it.
05:26I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but they would.
05:28Right now, though, yes, Victor is the issue.
05:33I meant what I said.
05:34I will find hard evidence to prove that he's the one controlling it right now, and make sure he's held accountable.
05:41They got Al Capone on taxes.
05:43We can give Victor Newman this way.
05:45Nothing would make me happier.
05:47Right.
05:47Well, I will lead you to it.
05:49Yeah.
05:49We all have our battle stations, divide, conquer, and hope for the best.
05:56Yeah.
05:57There's no other choice.
05:59I have to admit, though, there's a very big chance this could end badly, which would mean there'd be no coming back for Jamal.
06:08Are you sure caffeine is the best choice right now?
06:16Oh, I have a lot to do tonight.
06:19What adrenaline doesn't cover, coffee will.
06:22Yeah, well, anxiety is my caffeine.
06:24I know I need sleep, and so does your father, but I get in bed, and I shut my eyes, and then this midnight horror movie keeps playing over and over again,
06:33where Victor tells some minion to push a button, and poof, Jabot collapses.
06:39You deal with all that while Dad sleeps beside you.
06:41No, he doesn't.
06:43How can he?
06:43Poor guy.
06:44You know what?
06:45Come to think of it, I should probably just use one of the guest rooms.
06:48Or maybe you need to find a way to sleep.
06:51Well, that's not possible as long as this insane program exists.
06:55I just wish there had been a way that we could have destroyed it when it was still in Kane's hands, or at least make it less dangerous.
07:01Mom, that was never going to happen.
07:03Too many people want this level of power.
07:05I know, and what-ifs and should-haves are useless.
07:09But the thought of Victor Newman attacking this family again makes my blood boil.
07:15Mom, your mind is harping on the past.
07:18We have moved forward.
07:19Victor will attack.
07:20That isn't the question.
07:22Now we focus on what we can do before, during, and after.
07:26You're right.
07:27I saw Dad before he left.
07:33I really am half you and half him.
07:35Oh, no, no, no.
07:36You are much more your father.
07:38Thank God for that.
07:39Not about this.
07:41I'm half worked up, half chill.
07:45Oh, he's not chill.
07:47Decades of dealing with Victor Newman have left him battle-scarred.
07:51No, no, no.
07:52That pretense of calm is just for our benefit.
07:56That man has the weight of John Abbott's legacy on his shoulders.
08:00Well, I promise.
08:01I will do what I can to lighten the load.
08:04I'm afraid this won't be over anytime soon.
08:07Well, what if it's already over and we don't even know it?
08:09What if that time bomb is already in our system and it's warming its way through our company?
08:14There isn't anything that indicates that so far.
08:17Yeah, but that doesn't mean it's not happening.
08:19We could be all but wiped out and not even know it.
08:22Mom, now is not the time to spin out.
08:24It is too early in the game for that.
08:26I'm not spinning out.
08:29I'm being realistic.
08:30I mean, maybe our system is pristine and untouched.
08:36Maybe.
08:38But this whole defensive maneuver of shutting down Jabot in order to resuscitate it later,
08:45our bottom line is going to take a massive hit.
08:48And as you said before, Kyle, Jabot might never recover.
08:53What then?
08:54If your father loses your company, do you know what it will do to him?
09:00And do you know what it will do to him knowing that Victor won?
09:06Hey, if you feel you need to get to Los Angeles, do it.
09:10Or would Victor prefer you to stay here?
09:13No, it's not a matter of that.
09:15No, of course not.
09:17He said they would be home as soon as possible.
09:20Well, that sounds like a good thing.
09:23It does.
09:24You don't seem convinced.
09:27Well, how can I be when I don't know all of the information?
09:31My family thinks that they have to protect me from the truth.
09:37Protect you?
09:39From what?
09:40Who knows?
09:42They always say that I'm strong and resilient in the backbone of the family.
09:47But then they keep secrets as if I will just fall apart if I learn the truth.
09:53You are strong.
09:54You are the backbone of this family.
09:56More than that, you are a source of strength for many people in this town.
10:00That doesn't mean the people who love you want you drowning in stress.
10:04That's what you do, isn't it?
10:07You hold back to protect the people that you love?
10:11Exactly.
10:11Well, it's insulting, making decisions for people who can decide on their own.
10:16For very good reasons.
10:18Has anybody ever thanked you for doing that?
10:22Let me think about that.
10:23No, they haven't.
10:25Yeah, old habits are hard to shake.
10:28Am I wrong or were you relieved to hear that Victor was out of town?
10:33Relieved, delighted would be the word I choose.
10:36Be careful, I might start my happy dance.
10:38You know, when you and Victor reached your truce not that long ago, I knew that it wasn't going to last forever, but I sure do miss those days.
10:50It couldn't last forever because his hatred toward me is the blood in his veins, the oxygen in his lungs.
10:57If nothing had happened between the two of us in that hotel suite, he would still find some reason to come after me.
11:04His latest threats are proof positive of that point.
11:07What has Victor done now?
11:15Thank you for the invite, but I'm actually meeting someone.
11:19I guess a rain check for another night.
11:23Or just maybe I can buy you both a drink.
11:28Maybe they don't know the beauty of a wonderful Vesper.
11:31Yeah, I don't think any of us are ready for that.
11:34I'm meeting Kyle.
11:35Should I even ask what that's about?
11:40Oh, yeah, it's just a drink, that's all.
11:43So it's not a statement or decision?
11:48It's still just a drink.
11:51If you don't want to tell me, it's fine.
11:54What are you asking, Holden?
11:55Well, I can't help but wonder that you've already made up your mind.
12:00You mean about Kyle?
12:01About me.
12:05Things feel different since L.A.
12:08Now, I don't know if it was too much too soon with us or what I told you, but there's a distance.
12:19I told you.
12:20I know.
12:20And you denied that anything was wrong, which is why I feel like it's a risk for me to even bring it up.
12:25Like I'm pushing, pushing you too far and you're just going to walk away.
12:29But if this change is about us, then talk to me so I can try to fix it.
12:36And if it's about what I told you, my history with Artra, then...
12:41It isn't about what you told me.
12:44It's about what I think you didn't tell me.
12:52Well, I appreciate you admitting that it's on your mind.
12:56Yeah, trust is a really big deal to me.
12:58In all kinds of relationships, work, platonic, romantic.
13:01How can you function without it?
13:03And I'm not saying that because I'm naive or I think I'm some kind of saint,
13:07but as someone who has lied to their entire life.
13:09So when Kyle lied to me, I had to take a step back.
13:12Like I said, I don't want to push you away.
13:15But what we talked about, no one else knows.
13:19Other than Artra.
13:20Well, Artra and I, we're not on the same side.
13:23Not anymore.
13:25And you got the sense that there was history and you made it clear that it was important for you to know.
13:29And I took a risk in telling you that.
13:31Because I believed that it was worth it.
13:36But that was my past, just like you have yours.
13:38And I'm not judging you for your actions.
13:40That's not my place.
13:41But who I trust is entirely up to me and it's everything to me after how I grew up.
13:48But it's not just about that, is it?
13:50Isn't that enough?
13:51That lying is a really big issue for me.
13:54So it's not about us spending time together or how close we got.
13:58It's not about me opening up to you and then you backing away.
14:04What are you saying?
14:05That I wanted a reason to slow things down?
14:07Well, am I wrong?
14:09How many times did I ask you what happened and for months you denied that there was anything and then you finally told me.
14:17But honestly, you and Artra, you made it seem like there was this massive secret.
14:22That wasn't enough for you?
14:24Look at the things I've done.
14:25You got a cut of grand theft and were an accessory after the fact.
14:29That hardly explains all of those secret conversations and threats about it taking you both down, ruining lives.
14:35Well, it can.
14:37But you think there's more?
14:41Does there?
14:43You really don't trust me, do you?
14:46Because I don't know you.
14:48Not well enough to ignore my own instincts.
14:50And I can read people.
14:53I can anticipate trouble and assume the worst.
14:56There's more to whatever you did with Artra.
15:01And I'm just waiting for you to finally tell me what it is.
15:03You know, it's time for you to get a life and stop digging into mine.
15:15Dad's right.
15:16About what?
15:17This plan?
15:18I don't disagree.
15:20It's the right move.
15:20I just wish it wasn't so dangerous.
15:22I mean about not worrying.
15:23Oh, Kyle, he's worried.
15:25What if he isn't?
15:26What if he is as relaxed as he seems?
15:29Mom, Jabot has changed hands, been sued, lost business.
15:34But the worst thing that has ever happened is it tore this family apart.
15:39I mean, parents or siblings or couples or in-laws are fighting each other.
15:44None of that is happening right now.
15:46We have a plan.
15:47We'll do our best.
15:48And look, if things go sideways, we will rebuild again as a family.
15:56You know, you really are more like your father.
16:00And I trust that you and Jack will lead Jabot in the right direction.
16:05We will.
16:07But I'm also a lot like you.
16:10And you have my word.
16:12I will do everything in my power to connect the dots back to Victor.
16:16He will not win.
16:17Well, then we know what we need to do.
16:19And that doesn't include freaking out.
16:21No.
16:24That's what I'm talking about.
16:26Victor isn't going to get away with this.
16:29We're united as a team, as a family.
16:34And he can't tear us apart.
16:36In fact, he's already lost.
16:39That's what I'm talking about.
16:41I'm proud of you.
16:43Oh, I'm proud of you.
16:47Are details really that important right now?
16:50You came to the ranch uninvited and accused Victor of having Kane's program.
16:56Has something happened since then?
16:59Does it really matter?
17:01Don't you hold out on me, too.
17:03Please.
17:04Are you aware that Arabesque, Kane's rather formidable company, has been such dry as a mere husk of what it once was?
17:13I assume Victor's responsible.
17:17You don't have to confirm or deny.
17:19Well, thank you for that.
17:21Well, you could unburden yourself if you wanted to.
17:24Well, as I remember, you promised to keep Victor from coming after Jabot.
17:31Yes, I did.
17:32I was very clear with him about that.
17:36Are you admitting that he has the program?
17:41No, I'm not.
17:42Your husband is obsessed with me.
17:45Why?
17:46Well, no, don't tell me that.
17:48It'll only go to my head.
17:50You also said you would protect yourself.
17:53Do you have things in place?
17:57Maybe.
17:58Well, are they or aren't they?
17:59Jack, just tell me.
18:04All right.
18:06I will let you in on the truth.
18:08If you will promise me you can keep a massive secret.
18:12You really had to ask me that if I could keep a secret?
18:20Is it really that preposterous?
18:22Victor looks you dead in the eye and asks you, what did Jack tell you?
18:26He would have no reason to ask me.
18:28That is a dodge.
18:30And that's fine with me.
18:31Can you dodge like that with Victor?
18:34Why don't you just tell me what is going on?
18:37Okay.
18:38It's going to come out in the press anyway.
18:41Jabot is shutting down.
18:44What do you mean shutting down?
18:44We will cease to manufacture, market, or sell anything.
18:50What?
18:51At least that's how it will appear.
18:54I don't understand.
18:56Jabot will be brought to dust.
18:58Hopefully to be put together at a future date.
19:02It is an extreme defensive move to handle a very dangerous cyber attack.
19:08But Jack, if the world thinks you're dead, you are.
19:14Almost dead.
19:16What if you can't come back from that?
19:18That is a possibility, yes.
19:21Well, it's a terrible plan.
19:22It may not work.
19:24But if the option is letting Victor suck the company dry and steal it out from under us,
19:29no, my family will not agree to that.
19:35I would be shocked if somebody tried to use that program against you.
19:41You're telling me Victor has it.
19:48I am telling you this because I want to, not because I can't keep a secret.
19:56But the answer is yes.
19:59Victor used it against Cain, and I know you're worried that he's going to come after Jabot,
20:04but this plan of yours is so extreme.
20:07We are beyond the planning stage.
20:11So, it's dying right now as we speak.
20:13We are in suspended animation.
20:16I am so sorry you're going through this.
20:23Cain should never have created that program, and I hate that Victor has it.
20:28I would yank it away from him if I could.
20:32Well, now there's a thought.
20:33All right, let's get you away from that computer.
20:39I'm meeting your father for a drink.
20:40Why don't you join us?
20:41Not this time.
20:44Yeah, but Kyle, come on.
20:45The shutdown is in motion?
20:47You're going to drive yourself crazy watching Jabot flatline.
20:50Maybe it's making you a little crazy.
20:52Oh, okay.
20:53Well, maybe it is.
20:55So, I am going to go sip something strong and think about anything else, and hopefully with you on one side and your father on the other.
21:04That sounds miserable.
21:05Excuse me?
21:06For you and Dad, your grown son, third wheeling.
21:08Oh, come on.
21:09We'd love it.
21:10I insist.
21:11We've all been under a lot of stress.
21:14Mother's orders.
21:16I remember when your orders involved bedtime and clearing my plate.
21:22Now you're demanding I have a bourbon neat.
21:26Well, the ways we parent evolve over time.
21:31Someday soon, not too long from now, you might be begging Harrison to join you for a fine cognac.
21:38Instead of dressing up as the houses from the three little pigs and banging on neighbors' doors for candy?
21:44Uh-uh.
21:44You can be two old men just with paper bags over your faces, just going around trying to get chocolate.
21:51Call the GCP, then.
21:52Yeah, or the G-Bin.
21:56Oh, Mom.
21:58It's hard watching your son grow up, isn't it?
22:00Wow.
22:02It's the hardest thing in the world.
22:07Lucky for you, I have plans that don't involve staring at that screen.
22:12And I'm meeting Claire at society.
22:18Oh.
22:21You should see your face right now, trying so hard not to look overexcited.
22:27I appreciate the effort.
22:28Oh, come on.
22:29Don't be such a know-it-all.
22:31I'm sorry.
22:31Oh, my gosh.
22:33Hey, maybe she's softening.
22:38I don't want to read too much into it, but I want to think that spending a little time together is a step in the right direction.
22:51Have fun.
22:53Thanks.
22:53I get it, Claire.
22:59You grew up as Auntie's evil sidekick, groomed to do all her dirty work.
23:06So you suspect everyone to be as corrupt as you are.
23:10But congrats.
23:12You are the biggest criminal in this room.
23:14And you think that people care about you way more than they do.
23:16I was talking to Holden.
23:18I was asking him about his actions, his past.
23:22My questions were for him.
23:23So you can go now.
23:26It's his smile, isn't it?
23:29The way he looks at you as if you two share a secret.
23:33The way he smiles at you as if you just said something so clever.
23:40You know, he'll probably hate me for telling you this.
23:42But that's how he got more tips from the ladies when he was tending bar.
23:48And we all know, Claire, you have the fattest bank account.
23:51All right.
23:52That's enough.
23:53Get your takeout and move along.
23:55And what did you do for tips, Sandra?
23:57Wouldn't you like to know?
23:58You're miserable.
23:59And I'm not.
24:01And that eats away at you.
24:03That's why you tried to break up Kyle and me.
24:06Tried?
24:08Are you trying to say that it didn't work?
24:10Is Kyle here with you?
24:12And I just can't see him.
24:13Hello, Kyle.
24:16He's not here.
24:17And now you want me to get away from Holden, too.
24:19But guess what?
24:20He still won't want you because he actually knows you now.
24:24Just like Nate.
24:26No life.
24:27No work.
24:28No romance.
24:30It must be...
24:30That would be a bold move.
24:47But a necessary one.
24:51You think it's possible?
24:52Well, we both want that program out of Victor's hands, so I have some thinking I have to do.
25:00Well, let me help.
25:01Jack, darling.
25:03Hi.
25:04I'm so sorry to keep you waiting.
25:06Hello, Nikki.
25:07Thank you for keeping my husband company.
25:09Oh, well, my pleasure, as always.
25:12Oh, I've got an update for you.
25:15Later.
25:16I think you'll enjoy it.
25:18Okay.
25:19Well, then I'll leave you to that.
25:23Wait.
25:23Do you have to go?
25:24I really do.
25:25I have some things that I have to take care of.
25:28I might have an update for you later as well.
25:32Nikki?
25:37Don't thank me yet.
25:39Have a lovely evening, Diane.
25:42You too, Nikki.
25:43Nikki.
25:45What was all that about?
25:50What has Nikki dragged you into this time?
25:56What the hell, Audra?
25:58What is wrong with you?
25:59It was just a test to see if you would fly to her rescue.
26:01That wasn't a test.
26:02That was you losing your mind in a public place.
26:04How will you reward him, Claire?
26:06Now that he's your big, strong hero.
26:08Is this what you want, Audra?
26:10For my claws to come out?
26:12Do not touch me again.
26:13You don't know what crazy thing I might be capable of.
26:16Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
26:17This isn't, this isn't happening.
26:20It was just a test to see if you can take a hint.
26:22Can you?
26:23She's insane.
26:24Do not come after me again, and I won't have to retaliate to shut you up for good.
26:33What's wrong?
26:35You'll cry.
26:36Get me out of here.
26:50What, madame?
26:52How lovely for you to go to the bar, order my drink, and watch them make it instead of telling me what you and Nicky were talking about.
26:59Untrue and unfair.
27:01I went to get the drink myself so that we wouldn't be interrupted.
27:05Go on.
27:06Nicky admitted it.
27:07Victor has Kane's AI program.
27:11What?
27:12How did you get that out of her?
27:14It's not the first time you asked.
27:15I think she realized being coy about Victor's plans wasn't going to work anymore.
27:20As your dear friend, she should have never been coy to begin with.
27:23But fine.
27:24The truth is confirmed.
27:26Now what?
27:27She's going to try to get her hands on it.
27:29Or at very least, try to keep Victor from using it against Chabot.
27:34Really?
27:35Does she mean that?
27:37Oh, yeah.
27:37She means it, if not for our sake, to keep Victor from crossing the line.
27:42Our sake meaning your sake?
27:44Chabot's sake.
27:45Well, it's a nice gesture, but I'm not just going to hand it over to her.
27:49Which is why I'm glad that Kyle said the shutdown is successful so far.
27:55It's a risky move, but it's better than watching Victor destroy everything.
27:59There's something else you should know.
28:03What?
28:04I don't like your tone.
28:06Should I down this drink and order another?
28:09I told her about our plan.
28:13Our plan?
28:15Do you mean what we're doing for Christmas?
28:17I told her about Chabot's shift.
28:21I told her we're shutting down.
28:24Because she told you something we already know?
28:27You told her something she never would have guessed?
28:30I had reasons.
28:31Good reasons.
28:32No!
28:33No, you didn't!
28:35The fact that you consider Nikki your best friend in the whole world,
28:39while she's married to your worst enemy, is just...
28:43perverse.
28:45And it might have cost us everything.
28:48May I speak?
28:55Are you going to use that condescending tone the whole time?
28:59Nikki considers herself the protector of Victor's soul, his better angel.
29:05And she does not want him coming after Chabot.
29:08So what?
29:08So she's going to send him a sternly worded text and that'll do the trick?
29:12He does not want to upset her.
29:14Oh, come on.
29:16When has he ever cared about that?
29:18Victor does terrible, vicious, disgusting things
29:21aimed against you and our family.
29:24And Nikki has never managed to stop him before.
29:27Why would this time be different?
29:28She's not just protecting me.
29:30She's protecting Victor and their marriage.
29:32If he goes down this road,
29:34things are going to get very dark for everyone very quickly.
29:37So yes, I think this time it is different.
29:40Well, you better be right.
29:41Because I'm telling you, if Nikki runs to Victor and tells him what we're doing...
29:46She won't.
29:48Now, you said you had some promising news.
29:52Was it about Chabot?
29:54No, it was about Kyle.
29:56About Kyle.
29:57Let me think.
29:59Kyle is going out with Claire tonight.
30:04How did you know that?
30:07Hey, you two.
30:08Now you're cheating.
30:12Claire?
30:13How are you?
30:15Better soon, I hope.
30:17Why don't you join us?
30:19Not this time.
30:22Should we get to the table?
30:23Yeah.
30:25Have a nice rest of your evening.
30:26Thanks.
30:28I thought she had said she had some promising news.
30:32She looks like she's ready to take somebody's head off.
30:35Hopefully it's not our son.
30:36Why can't you just leave it alone?
30:41Are you kidding me?
30:42You slapped her.
30:45She almost crushed my windpipe.
30:46She was making a point.
30:48That she's a cold-blooded killer.
30:51How many times have you called her crazy Claire?
30:53Or poison her?
30:54Or something like that?
30:55She's supposed to just let you attack her?
30:57There's being a bitch.
30:58And then there's being homicidal.
31:00She's the second.
31:01And you still won't see it.
31:02What I saw was you getting her face, throwing around insults, and then assaulting her.
31:07And then you freaked out when she fought back.
31:09You're choosing to be on the wrong side of this fight.
31:11Listen.
31:12I'm not going to humor you when you do something stupid.
31:15You're fawning all over Claire the way everyone else does.
31:18And you won't notice when she goes for your throat.
31:24Honey, you're about as subtle as a sledgehammer.
31:28Kyle said he didn't want to get his hopes up, and I'm glad he didn't.
31:33Claire seems to be upset about something.
31:36Could they fight?
31:37Well, they wouldn't have walked in here together if that was the case.
31:40That's true, and he's being attentive, so maybe the upset is Claire's.
31:44It's a shame you can't hide behind a bamboo plant and listen to them.
31:49Oh, no.
31:50No, no.
31:50I'm fine.
31:51I'll stay right here.
31:53I'd like to keep my eye on you, too, given that those Newman women get to the both of you
31:58so easily.
32:00Sounds like maybe I'm ready for another drink.
32:05Audrey can't decide if I'm a punching bag or a lethal weapon.
32:09She attacks me over and over again, like I'm not going to fight back, and then when
32:13I do react, she plays the victim, usually for the benefit of some man.
32:17This Newman was Holden.
32:19She was there when this went down?
32:20That's how brazen she is.
32:22Attacking me in front of an entire restaurant, like I'm just going to take it.
32:26Yeah, but you didn't.
32:27No.
32:28I made my point.
32:30She can't mess with me.
32:32Audrey has a tough time taking hands.
32:35What were you even arguing about?
32:37Audrey doesn't need a reason to pick a fight with me, just seeing my face.
32:44A lot has gone wrong for everybody since Audrey came to town.
32:47It's too bad you and I can't work together to show her the door.
32:52Why can't we?
32:54What do you mean?
32:55I mean, let's team up to put her in her place.
32:58And I know how to do it.
33:02You provoked her, Audra.
33:05That's the only reason Claire went after you.
33:07Oh, if she could never go after you.
33:08I wouldn't give her a reason to.
33:11Oh, no, of course not.
33:12You always smile, pull out a chair, make sure she knows how much you care.
33:17And when she knifes you in your sleet...
33:19Yeah, okay, that's definitely the next move.
33:22Oh, no, you're right.
33:23She wouldn't wait until your eyes were closed.
33:25She's an human.
33:27She could just try to kill someone and people will just shrug.
33:30Well, if you think like that, then why don't you stay out of her way?
33:34She should stay out of mine.
33:35You're the one with the past that you don't want anyone to know about.
33:39And you just gave her a reason to dig deeper.
33:42She strangled me, Holden.
33:44Fine, Audra.
33:46She put her hands around my neck.
33:48That is an act of aggression.
33:52You know, little Claire wants a war.
33:55Well, she just got one.
34:02What's wrong? Has something happened?
34:04No, things are proceeding as plans.
34:07Has this sentence ever sounded so ominous?
34:11No, it never did.
34:14You're scared, too.
34:16I would be a fool otherwise.
34:18Yeah, Kyle was saying how calm you seemed, and I told him it was just a front.
34:23Oh, yes and no.
34:24I am calm.
34:25I am confident in our success.
34:28Because you think Nikki will save the day?
34:31Because I think we are on the right side of things.
34:34Well, if only life were that simple.
34:37Good trumps evil.
34:39But it isn't.
34:40Or Victor wouldn't be where he is.
34:42For now.
34:44Do you really think that Nikki is our ace in the hole?
34:46If Nikki manages to get her hands on this program, Jabot's transfer is already in play.
34:54Which means there's no turning back.
34:57Which means our plan to pull the rug from under Victor is underway.
35:02We are one big step ahead of him.
35:05I hope you're right.
35:06To our success.
35:10Yeah.
35:18How about to theirs?
35:19Well, they look like they're in agreement, right?
35:23Yeah, but there seems to be a little distance between them.
35:27Do you see it?
35:28Well, they don't maybe seem as warm as they once did.
35:31No.
35:31It's as if they're not reconciling, but conspiring.
35:39You need to take a beat, Audra.
35:42Why should I?
35:43Because you spin out and screw up.
35:45That's how we're both in this position right now.
35:47You know, I have had it with you playing hero to your psycho little girlfriend.
35:51You two realize that if she comes after me, you're in the line of fire.
35:55Oh, and who put me there?
35:57Oh, so it's all my fault.
35:59You didn't open your big mouth, huh?
36:00None of this is your fault.
36:02Why can't you just stay out of her way?
36:04That simple.
36:07Are there bruises on my neck?
36:09Because she sure as hell squeezed hard enough.
36:12You think I'm going to let her touch me again?
36:14It's been a little snarkier.
36:16A couple of insults there, but Claire is going down now, Holden.
36:19And you know I can do it, so don't even try to stand in my way.
36:27Audra doesn't have a job or any friends to speak of other than Sally.
36:32Nate has turned his back on her.
36:36What do you go after when someone has nothing?
36:39She has a history.
36:41You know something.
36:43From Los Angeles, I tried, but didn't get very far.
36:47How bad is it?
36:48That's criminal, of course.
36:50Audra's amoral.
36:52But I'm sure there's more to it, and I'm going to bury her with it.
37:00Okay.
37:01What?
37:02No, hey, I support your plan.
37:05But not the action?
37:06Because didn't you just say that you wish that we could team up?
37:08Maybe I should do what Nate's doing, and you keep your distance.
37:15Oh.
37:17Pasha thinks she can push me around.
37:19Not happening.
37:21She needs to know that I'm the one who's shutting her down.
37:27Maybe I need to know it.
37:29Ben.
37:29If this doesn't work for you...
37:34Oh, I am in.
37:38One hundred percent.
37:40If you even need a partner.
37:43I do.
37:44I do.
37:46And we're doing this.
37:48Next week, on The Young and the Restless.
38:04Until Mitch is dead or he's behind bars, nobody is safe.
38:08Especially me.
38:10You need to come to Genoa City with us.
38:12It'll be safe there.
38:13I'll make sure of it.
38:14I am taking one for the team and going to the Abbott Communications launch party.
38:19Why not be so bad?
38:20It'll be tedious and boring.
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