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00:00Yeah, it's not like I have a job to get to or anything.
00:04It's not a day, just stating a fact.
00:09Johnny and Katie got it first. It was the only one left on the lot.
00:13Well, I'm not a fan of holidays, but I can kind of relate to the misfit zeppling.
00:19Glad someone gave it a chance.
00:21Well, hold on to that mustard seed of holiday spirit for one more second.
00:28Merry belated Christmas.
00:32I thought we had an unspoken agreement. No exchanging gifts.
00:36I know, but I missed you on Christmas and I just, I couldn't resist.
00:40When did you even have time to go Christmas shopping with all you got going on?
00:44Well, when it matters, you make time.
00:47You have no idea what it means to hear you say that.
00:51Especially today.
00:53Audra, what is it?
00:58Hey. I thought you took off to work after I saw you earlier.
01:03It's a beautiful day to stay inside.
01:05Yeah, well, it's pretty chilly, but I can't argue that.
01:09Besides, if I had gone straight to the office, I wouldn't have run into you.
01:12And I owe you an apology for running out on our breakfast date.
01:16No need. I get why you bolted after that run in with Audra, but I just never got to ask you if you were okay.
01:26Well, it might have been a little bit extreme, throwing that glass of water in her face.
01:31And I know I should regret it.
01:34You seem pretty content.
01:35I am.
01:36Really?
01:37Someone had to shut her up and it felt good to be the one to do it.
01:41Anyway.
01:42Anyway.
02:43I get that. I don't begrudge her supporting her family.
02:46But every hour that goes by with a Bowen Flux is $100,000 that evaporates.
02:50I am well aware of that.
02:52So is Nikki.
02:53Yeah, she's a mother, she's a grandmother, but she's also a CEO of a major corporation.
02:57She knows that a company in crisis doesn't just stop because we're celebrating the new year.
03:03New year. Well, well, well, well. I'll be there for the new year.
03:06You know, have someone bring in the band, strike up Auld Lang Syne.
03:13Because 2026 is going to be a hell of a year, you know.
03:15Nothing's happened.
03:25Yeah, I just feel bad I don't have a present for you.
03:28Well, that's not why I got it for you.
03:31I just saw something you would like and I wanted you to have it.
03:34Oh, I don't know what to say.
03:37Okay, well, would you open it already?
03:38I'm hoping it'll put a smile on your face and it's been a really long time since I've seen one of those.
03:43Well, I can't stand the suspense.
03:50Oh, my God.
03:53I can't believe you did this.
03:55That was a smile that I was hoping to see.
03:57I mean, how did you even get it?
03:58The waiting list is like a mile long.
04:00Well, I still have connections in the fashion world.
04:02Yeah, I've had my eye on this forever.
04:05Yeah, I know.
04:05And you resisted buying it until you got the Bronte off the ground.
04:09Yeah, it was going to be a gift to myself once the company launched.
04:14Well, you deserve to have it regardless.
04:17So use it in good health.
04:20Yeah, I don't think anyone's ever done something so thoughtful for me.
04:24Like, I just, I wish I had something for you.
04:27Stop.
04:28You've already given me the best gift ever.
04:31Our friendship.
04:33Well, you definitely have that.
04:35I just, you have no idea what this means to me, especially today.
04:43Why are you looking at me like that?
04:52I'm just thinking how much you've changed since we first met.
04:55Why?
04:56Because I threw a glass of water at Audra and I'm not sorry about it?
04:59Is that really so out of character given how she's harassed me nonstop lately?
05:03I think you had a front row seat to her slapping me because I pointed out how jealous she is of anyone who's happy.
05:08Well, and I had to pull you apart when you tried to choke her for that.
05:11Eye for an eye.
05:13I'm not saying that you don't have the right to retaliate.
05:16I know firsthand how Audra can try to push someone's buttons.
05:19Then why be so surprised at my reaction?
05:21I hate that she's dragging you down to her level.
05:25I wish you would just let me handle her.
05:27Audra is not dragging me anywhere.
05:29I could have done a lot worse and still been completely justified.
05:32And as far as you handling her, I don't need anyone to fight my battles for me.
05:38Okay, but maybe can you just, can you just let this one go?
05:42Audra has been doing everything that she can to ruin my life since she blew up her own life in Nice.
05:47There's no way that I'm going to let her get away with that.
05:51Not even if I promise to make sure she stops.
05:53Based on your history with Audra, I don't think I feel comfortable handing you the controls.
05:59Especially when every time the two of you get together, it seems like things get out of control.
06:05I can handle Audra, okay?
06:08Yeah?
06:09Like you handled her in L.A.?
06:11Now, is that why she's always so nasty when she sees us together?
06:15Or is there something else?
06:17I told you what happened in L.A., and it's not something I want to keep revisiting.
06:20No, you told me what you're comfortable telling me.
06:22But Sienna admitted that there's more to the story.
06:25So now I'm wondering what you left out.
06:31You talked to Sienna about this?
06:32Yeah, why not?
06:33She knows you and Audra from L.A.
06:35Don't panic.
06:36That's all she said.
06:37And don't worry.
06:38I'll get to the bottom of this with or without you.
06:43And it's funny you mentioned that you're the old acquaintance that we would love to forget.
06:47Yet here you are, still in our faces, sharing your twisted holiday cheer.
06:53I see you've survived Christmas.
06:55Be careful with New Year's.
06:56You know, that ball that drops at midnight could drop right on you.
06:59Whose idea was it to shut down your company?
07:02And for what reason?
07:03You know damn well you're the reason, Victor.
07:06You're always the reason.
07:07Are you two sitting here concocting a new scheme to build some new failed venture?
07:14No new ventures.
07:15Our companies are fine.
07:17Your company is shucking the drain.
07:19In no time at all, your media company will follow it down to a sewer.
07:24You're celebrating a little early.
07:26This battle is not over yet.
07:29I will burn my father's company down to the ground rather than let you get your greedy hands on it.
07:35And I think you have already lit the match, Jack.
07:37What your father took years to build up, you've managed to ruin within a matter of weeks.
07:44Let me see, please.
07:54Okay, okay.
07:57Oh my god.
07:58Is this bag gorgeous or what?
08:01You are gorgeous.
08:02And I'm really glad you like it.
08:03Are you kidding?
08:04I love it and you for gifting it.
08:06Look, I only hope you didn't get it out of guilt for not being able to bring me on at Abbott Communications.
08:12Okay, this is not a guilt gift.
08:13This was an Audra Needs This Bag purchase.
08:16Well then, I gladly accept.
08:19Sit down.
08:20Here, come on.
08:21I want to hear what's going on with you.
08:23Well, you know, nothing much.
08:26Still unemployed.
08:27Still job hunting.
08:29Oh, did I tell you?
08:31I ran into Noah Newman at the club the other day.
08:34I heard he got in a really bad car accident in LA.
08:36Yeah.
08:36I didn't realize he was back in town.
08:38He looks really good.
08:39Oh.
08:40Okay.
08:41Well, how was it seeing him?
08:43You know, it was nice.
08:44He was really sweet, which kind of surprised me.
08:48He asked me how I was doing and he seemed genuinely interested.
08:53People care about you, Audra.
08:55Really?
08:56Come on.
08:56Name one person other than you.
08:58Stop.
08:59I'm serious.
09:01You're the only friend I have left here, which people love to point out every chance they get.
09:06I know this year hasn't ended on the greatest note, but you cannot get down on yourself.
09:12I'm not down on myself.
09:14It's everyone else I can't stand.
09:16Look, I know I'm the town pariah, but you think I care?
09:20I don't.
09:21I don't believe that.
09:22It's true.
09:23Look, if people don't like me, that's their problem.
09:26Hey, I refuse to cave into what everyone else thinks I should be or do.
09:30I have always been and will always be a fighter.
09:33Yeah, I just hate that you feel like you have to fight.
09:35It's not a big deal.
09:38Look, I'm used to being hated.
09:40Treat it like I don't matter.
09:42And believe it or not, it actually fuels me.
09:44It makes me work that much harder to just prove all the haters wrong.
09:48And people can come at me with all their judgments and accusations all they want.
09:52But in the end, they won't win.
09:55I won't let them.
09:56Okay, now I know something happened.
09:58Audra, talk to me.
10:00I can tell you're not okay.
10:02Yeah, well, I had another run-in with Claire.
10:06Okay, and I take it it didn't end well?
10:09It never does.
10:11Look, and I've had enough.
10:13I'm gearing for a showdown to finally put that bitch in her place.
10:17Once and for all.
10:19You're really not going to let this go, are you?
10:21I would if you would just tell me the whole story.
10:25I'm not saying that there is more to tell.
10:27But if there was, what exactly do you plan to do with that information?
10:30I just think it would reveal a lot about Audra.
10:33And you.
10:34Those are things that I should know.
10:36I wish it would just accept what I told you is what happened.
10:39I wish that too.
10:41But like I said, Sienna confirmed that there's more.
10:44And she is the most objective party involved.
10:46So I think I'm going to go with her take.
10:48Well, I hope you're not too disappointed when you've realized
10:50that there is nothing more to discover.
10:53That's to be determined.
10:56Okay, all right, let's shift gears.
10:58What happened earlier?
11:00Kyle was clearly upset when I showed up.
11:03I hope he didn't take that out on you.
11:04No, of course he didn't.
11:05I think Kyle was upset when he saw that we were meeting up.
11:09And he's had a hard time adjusting to, you know,
11:14going from us being a couple, planning a future,
11:18to me realizing that I need to be on my own.
11:21And then seeing me with another guy.
11:25Honestly, I'm surprised it took him this long to reach his limit.
11:31Wait, so Kyle has reached it.
11:34Does that mean that he's no longer holding out hope for you two to get back together?
11:38Seems that way.
11:40He's finally ready to move on.
11:41Yeah, he suggested we both do that.
11:44He said he can't wait around any longer for me to figure out what I want.
11:47How do you feel hearing that?
11:52Are you ready to accept that you and Kyle are really over?
11:56You've smoked.
11:57Don't take the bait.
12:00Victor would like nothing better than for you to sink to his level.
12:04From my level, Jack, I'm looking at you and your family
12:07as you're leading them to the brink of disaster.
12:11Victor, you're going down.
12:13You don't even realize that someone is about to knock you off yourself
12:15mid-pedestal so quick, your head is going to spin.
12:18I guarantee it.
12:20By the way, if I were you, I would not say anything else, you know,
12:25after that pitiful message you left on social media.
12:28Oh, I'm honored that you watched that, along with a million others.
12:32Did you really think that weak attempt at damage control
12:35would do anything to ease the minds
12:37of those who are watching your company go to the tank?
12:41You know, Billy's right.
12:42It is going to be such a pleasure
12:44to watch that smug smirk wiped off your face.
12:47It cannot happen soon enough.
12:49What can happen at your hands?
12:51You have declared war against my family how many times?
12:54We're still standing, Victor.
12:56I think we've won as many battles as we've lost.
13:00Only this time, we have the upper hand.
13:03You don't see that yet.
13:04But you will.
13:07You picked this fight, my friend.
13:09Now you're about to lose it.
13:14How many millions have you already lost
13:16after you shut down your company?
13:20The only thing I've lost
13:22is my appetite.
13:26Happy New Year.
13:28Let's go.
13:28Let's go.
13:28Let's go.
13:34I need to see you at society.
13:59Well, that was fun.
14:00Did you see how unnerved Victor was
14:03when I said we had the upper hand?
14:06Didn't seem unnerved at all for me.
14:08Oh, that's such a tough guy act.
14:10Seen it too many times before, the chess master.
14:12I've also picked up on the mustaches' tells
14:15over the years.
14:16Yeah, what are those?
14:17Well, when he is not as cocksure
14:19as he wants us all to think he is,
14:21he puffs out his chest
14:22like a rooster being threatened.
14:25Chest was definitely puffed out.
14:28He didn't seem threatened at all to me.
14:30Oh, he may have crowed
14:31about being the dominant one,
14:32but that was all an act,
14:33an all for show.
14:35Okay, then why do I feel like
14:36we're lambs being led to the slaughter?
14:38I don't feel like that at all.
14:39Come on, Jack.
14:40We're sitting here trying to pretend
14:41that we're confident.
14:42As much as I hate to say this,
14:43the man holds the cards.
14:45Unless Nikki betrays her husband
14:47or Phyllis decides to steal
14:49the software back for us
14:50or Diane somehow gets Michael
14:52to agree to work with us,
14:53I don't see how we get out of that.
14:54Yes, we may need
14:55one of those people to help us,
14:57but at the end of the day,
14:58we have to rely on our plan
15:00to bring Jabot back from the brink
15:02because failing is not an option.
15:08Victor, I came as soon
15:10as I got your call.
15:11Have a seat.
15:12It sounded urgent.
15:13What's up?
15:18Let's cut to the chase.
15:21Jabot is on the ropes.
15:22Because the Abbott shut it down
15:25to protect it
15:26from a potential attack by you.
15:29I just ran into Jack Abbott
15:32and his useless brother, Billy Boy.
15:36They were full of false confidence.
15:39Do you know anything about them
15:40planning something?
15:44I know it shouldn't come
15:45as a surprise to you.
15:46You know how Jack feels
15:47about that company.
15:49You know what it means to him
15:50just like Newman means to you.
15:55I built my company.
15:57He inherited his.
15:59Jabot is all that Jack
16:01and his family have left
16:02of their father's legacy.
16:04They are going to fight
16:05with everything they've got
16:06to save it.
16:08And I will go to great lengths
16:09to make sure they don't succeed.
16:14Sounds like you need my help
16:15to go to those great lengths.
16:16I want you to go behind the scenes
16:20at Jabot and find out
16:21what they're planning.
16:22I want details.
16:23Sure, yeah.
16:25Yeah, no problem.
16:27I'll find out whatever I can.
16:32You know, recently,
16:34Michael Bourbon,
16:35I'm not sure if you're following
16:38through on the plans
16:39you and I have made.
16:41Let us get to stop.
16:43What's going on with you?
16:46I want to know now.
16:49I'll admit.
16:52Kyle caught me off guard.
16:54Things were really normal
16:55when we first ran into
16:56each other earlier.
16:57As normal as they've been lately.
17:00So the last thing I expected
17:01was for him to say
17:02he was giving up on us.
17:04Well, the guy hung in there
17:05longer than I thought he would.
17:06Yeah, maybe that's why
17:07it was such a surprise.
17:08You know, up until today
17:09he's been so determined
17:10to make things work with us.
17:12This complete about-face
17:14and it being so final
17:15it felt like it came
17:16out of left field.
17:17Well, I'm sure me showing up
17:18didn't help.
17:20Yeah, I don't think Kyle
17:22realized that we were still
17:23spending time together.
17:25But I also don't think
17:27that that would propel him
17:28to end things
17:29the way that he did.
17:31Well, you seem pretty okay.
17:35But does it upset you?
17:38Because it was so final.
17:40I can't pretend I'm not upset.
17:44It's like a part of my life
17:45is over.
17:48But it's also really liberating.
17:50You know, I don't have to worry
17:51about hurting Kyle
17:52or offending him.
17:54I'm free to do whatever I want
17:56with whoever I want.
18:00So, since you're free
18:03you think we can have a real date?
18:06maybe even
18:08I don't know
18:10maybe bringing
18:11the new year together.
18:14I think that could be arranged.
18:17And our own condition.
18:19Crazy hats
18:19and noise makers.
18:20I want you to tell me
18:21what happened in L.A.
18:22between you and Audra.
18:25I thought you were going to
18:26find out on your own
18:27without my help.
18:28I will.
18:29I just wanted to give you
18:32a chance to be the one
18:33to tell me.
18:35Look,
18:35it's obvious
18:37how much I enjoy your company
18:39and I've made it pretty clear
18:40how much
18:41I like you
18:42and how much I would
18:43love to take it
18:44to the next level
18:45if and when you're ready.
18:47But it sounds like
18:49that'll only happen
18:50if I tell you
18:51what you think
18:52I didn't tell you before.
18:54You're very perceptive.
18:59I have to warn you.
19:01You're not going to like
19:02what you hear.
19:03I'll take my chances.
19:08Claire is so damn entitled.
19:10She thinks she can do
19:11or save whatever she wants
19:12without any consequences.
19:13And if you dare
19:14point it out
19:15or worse,
19:16challenge it,
19:17her psychoside
19:18rears its ugly head.
19:19Okay, okay, hold on.
19:20Rewind.
19:21Tell me where this is coming from.
19:22Claire threw a drink
19:23in my face.
19:24What?
19:25Yes.
19:26Why?
19:27Did you say
19:28or do something
19:29to provoke her?
19:30Oh, come on.
19:30Not you two.
19:31Why does everyone
19:32assume I'm to blame?
19:33Hey, I'm not assuming.
19:35I know how much
19:35you despise Claire
19:36and also I have seen
19:37you taunt her
19:38and enjoy it.
19:39Well, I didn't do
19:40or say anything
19:41that justified
19:41getting doused.
19:43Okay, so what
19:44what triggered her?
19:46Well, I
19:47was in my way
19:48into society
19:49when I happened to see
19:50Kyle
19:51dumping her sorry ass.
19:54And you said something?
19:55Of course not.
19:56I'm not heartless, Sally.
19:58I didn't even let them
19:58know I heard.
20:00But when I went inside
20:01and I saw Claire,
20:02I did make a comment
20:04about it.
20:05What kind of comment?
20:06It was something like,
20:07um,
20:09Kyle couldn't get away
20:09from you fast enough.
20:11Oh my God.
20:11Did you really say that?
20:13Well, it's,
20:14it's true.
20:15Well, and I also mentioned
20:16how disgusting
20:17it was that she
20:18was playing both Kyle
20:20and holding off each other.
20:21Wow.
20:22Okay, I can't believe
20:23you said that.
20:23Well, I did.
20:24And that's when she grabbed
20:25the glass of water
20:26and threw it in my face.
20:28Okay, that's a pretty
20:29strong reaction.
20:30Yeah, not for a psycho
20:31little abandoned toy
20:32like Claire.
20:33So what did you do
20:34after she tossed the water?
20:35Well, I actually showed
20:37amazing restraint
20:38and I didn't fight back.
20:40That's smart.
20:41That's good.
20:42Ugh, I don't know.
20:43Look, I could have
20:43easily clawed her eyes out
20:45and enjoyed every second of it.
20:46Okay, well,
20:47I'm really glad you did.
20:48Really glad you
20:49kept your restraint
20:50and why don't we now
20:51just let it go?
20:53You know,
20:53next time you see Claire,
20:54just do whatever you need
20:55to do to avoid her.
20:56Yeah, that's not happening.
20:58What do you mean?
21:00Well, just because
21:00I didn't retaliate
21:01in the moment
21:02doesn't mean I'm
21:02letting this go.
21:04Far from it.
21:06Okay, I'm really afraid
21:07to ask what your next move is.
21:08Let's just say
21:09I'll get my revenge
21:10when the time's right.
21:11Okay, but why even
21:12keep this negative energy alive?
21:15I mean, you've already
21:16lost Nate
21:16and Claire's lost Kyle,
21:18so why keep this war going?
21:20Especially with a Newman.
21:21Sally, because I am tired
21:23of getting knocked around.
21:25Claire thinks that
21:26she can just say
21:27whatever she wants
21:27without any consequences.
21:29It's about time
21:30someone showed her
21:31that that's not how life works.
21:33And that someone
21:33is gonna be me.
21:41It's funny.
21:43You haven't been sure
21:44where things stand with me.
21:46I haven't been sure
21:47where things stand with you
21:48for quite some time.
21:50Well, I called you,
21:51didn't I?
21:51Yeah, well, how was I
21:52to know if it was a test,
21:55whether I would show up or not?
21:56I mean, that's how
21:57everything seems these days.
21:58Some reassessment
22:01of my loyalty
22:02every moment.
22:03Should there be?
22:05No.
22:06But I do want to be clear
22:07about one thing.
22:09The reset button
22:10has been pressed
22:11on our relationship.
22:12we are truly reconciled.
22:13Or do you just regard me
22:15as another blunt instrument
22:16that you can use
22:18to bludgeon your adversaries
22:19into submission?
22:21It's the lawyer, Troy.
22:23Yes, sir.
22:24Do you realize
22:24that last time I fired you,
22:26you showed me
22:27at great lengths?
22:30How much you valued
22:31our relationship.
22:33Is that still the case?
22:35Yeah, I've tried
22:35to make that point
22:36several times.
22:37Just to have the door
22:37slammed in my face.
22:38Well,
22:42maybe this will convince you
22:45that I've come around
22:47to your way of thinking.
22:52What's that?
22:53It's a Christmas gift.
22:57I am telling you,
22:58Victor always knows
22:59what to say or do
23:00to get what he wants.
23:01Today, he faltered.
23:02He hit a wall.
23:03We stood our ground,
23:04and when we left him,
23:06he was shaken.
23:07Oh, I would love
23:08to shake him.
23:09I would love
23:09to rattle his cage, Jack.
23:11I want him to pay
23:12for what he forced us
23:13to do to Jabot.
23:14I want him to lose
23:15everything he cares about.
23:18What?
23:19What is that face for?
23:20Don't pretend
23:21that you don't want
23:21to destroy him
23:22just as bad as I do.
23:23Don't do that.
23:23The only person
23:23I'm worried about
23:24destroying right now
23:25is you.
23:25Come on.
23:26What are you talking about?
23:27Billy, I'm talking
23:27about your tone right now.
23:28I'm talking about
23:29your temper and society.
23:30Oh, come on.
23:31Here we go again, Jack.
23:32Don't do that.
23:32Set aside that Victor
23:34has this coming.
23:35You don't sound like a man
23:36who's given up
23:38on his quest for revenge
23:39to focus solely
23:40on his new company.
23:41Don't start going on
23:41and on about me
23:42falling back
23:43into my old ways, Jack.
23:43Billy, I'm concerned
23:45about you.
23:46I happen to know
23:47what happens
23:48when your anger
23:49and rage
23:49get the best of you.
23:51Nothing to worry about,
23:52okay?
23:53Okay.
23:53You're sure of that?
23:54Yes.
23:55And here I am.
23:56Thought you had faith
23:57in the fact that
23:58I'm trying to change,
23:59but I guess not.
23:59You don't trust me, do you?
24:00You ought to believe
24:00in your success.
24:02I brought this up
24:02not because I'm judging you,
24:04because I am concerned.
24:06We want the same thing,
24:07okay?
24:08We want to stop Victor
24:10from taking our family company.
24:11That's it.
24:12Good.
24:12I appreciate that.
24:13I don't have
24:14ulterior motives, okay?
24:18It's Nicky.
24:21Hi, Nicky.
24:22Hi.
24:23Um, are you free to meet?
24:25Uh, what time
24:25are we talking?
24:26Now would be perfect.
24:27I assume you're at Chabot?
24:29Uh, no.
24:29Actually, I'm at home.
24:31I'll be there shortly.
24:37Nicky's on our way.
24:38Well, that happened
24:39quicker than I expected.
24:41That has to be
24:42a good thing, right?
24:43Let's hope so.
24:45It doesn't sound like
24:46Claire is getting
24:47everything that she wanted,
24:48especially as you just said,
24:49Kyle just dumped her.
24:50Yeah, well, I'm glad
24:51he finally got a backbone.
24:53It made me sick
24:54watching him get
24:55yanked around
24:55like a puppy dog
24:56by that psychopath.
24:58Okay, well,
24:58if I didn't know you,
25:00I'd say you
25:01sound like you
25:02actually care for the guy.
25:03No, please don't
25:04start with that.
25:05I have zero interest
25:06in Kyle Abbott.
25:08And it's not
25:08just about him.
25:10Claire's now got
25:11a hold and wrapped
25:12around her stupid
25:13little finger, too.
25:14Okay, I'm sensing
25:15resentment there, too.
25:17What is the real story
25:18between you two?
25:19I know that you have
25:20some sort of connection.
25:21I sense the vibe
25:22the second he got to town.
25:23Can we not go there?
25:25Why does a simple
25:26question make you
25:26uncomfortable?
25:28Look, I understand
25:28not wanting to get
25:29into specifics,
25:30but can you at least
25:30let on how bad it got?
25:33Why do you care
25:34about Holden?
25:35I care about you.
25:36And if things in L.A.
25:37got as bad
25:38as you've let on
25:39that they have,
25:40I would hate for Claire
25:41or anyone
25:42to try and use that
25:43to hurt you.
25:45Give me my 500 grand!
25:47I don't have it!
25:48You want me to beat
25:49it out of here?
25:49You need to get
25:50the hell out of here
25:50now!
25:52Okay.
25:53I don't want
25:53any trouble.
25:54Good.
25:58Oh, my God!
26:06Is that blood
26:07by his head?
26:10Oh, man.
26:10It doesn't matter now.
26:19No one
26:20is ever going to
26:21find out what
26:21happened between
26:22me and Holden
26:23in L.A.
26:24Okay, now I am worried.
26:32When you say
26:32no one's going to
26:33find out,
26:34find out what?
26:36Nothing.
26:37Okay, there's nothing
26:38of importance
26:39to find out.
26:40I mean, it's not even
26:41worth talking about it.
26:44I don't mean to
26:45jump on you like this.
26:47If I'm uptight,
26:49it's because of
26:49what happened
26:50earlier with Claire.
26:51Yeah, I could see
26:52how that could get to you.
26:53Look, I only
26:53told you about it
26:54so you knew why
26:55I got so emotional
26:56about the gift.
26:57I was in such a mood
26:59when I got here
26:59and your sweet gesture
27:01brought me out of it.
27:03Well, I do want
27:04to make an effort
27:04to bring more light
27:05to your life.
27:06You've been through
27:06a lot, especially lately.
27:09Yeah, I'll be fine.
27:10I always am.
27:11I hope so.
27:13You had me worried.
27:13I started to think
27:14maybe you and Holden
27:15robbed a bank
27:15or covered up
27:16some major crime
27:17or something.
27:20Hi.
27:20Hey.
27:21Hey.
27:21Perfect timing.
27:23Hi.
27:23Hi.
27:23You don't have to leave.
27:27Oh, I actually, I do.
27:28I got to update
27:29my resume.
27:31You know,
27:31job hunting is
27:32no joke these days.
27:34Well, Merry Christmas, Audra.
27:36Yeah, same to you, Billy.
27:37Are you sure you can't stay?
27:40Well, three's a crowd.
27:42Hey, thank you again
27:43so much for this.
27:45I owe you one.
27:46No, you don't.
27:47Just do yourself a favor
27:49and steer clear
27:49of any future battles
27:51with Claire or Holden.
27:52I'll think about it.
28:02She just can't help herself.
28:03She runs away when I show up.
28:06She rushed out of here
28:07because of me, not you.
28:08I was asking a question
28:09she didn't want to answer.
28:11About what?
28:12Her time in L.A.
28:15I get the feeling
28:15she's covering up
28:16a major secret.
28:18And this scares the hell
28:19out of me for her.
28:20The last time
28:24we were together
28:25I thought you could
28:28barely tolerate me.
28:30I certainly didn't think
28:31we were in a place
28:32to exchange Christmas gifts.
28:34Let's open it.
28:40It's a Roman coin.
28:47The great Antoninus Pius.
28:50Emperor.
28:51He is the Roman emperor
28:53who represented those values
28:54of the empire the best.
28:57On the reverse side
28:58is the goddess Pietas.
29:01Patrant of
29:02devotion and loyalty.
29:05That's right.
29:07It's a beautiful reproduction.
29:09It's real, you know.
29:10Not a reproduction.
29:12It's invaluable.
29:14Yeah.
29:15I don't know what to say.
29:17I don't know what I did
29:17to deserve this.
29:18Well, I've often thought
29:20about your loyalty
29:22or lack thereof,
29:23but on the day
29:24that Ian Ward
29:26held us at gunpoint.
29:28You remember that day, right?
29:29How can I forget?
29:31How could any of us forget?
29:31Right.
29:32Well, you could have
29:32hightailed out of the room.
29:35But you stayed by my side.
29:37I'll never forget that.
29:39You showed your loyalty
29:40that day.
29:43Another day is two,
29:44I hope.
29:45Now, by accepting
29:46this coin,
29:50you understand, of course,
29:51that I demand
29:52your complete loyalty
29:53as I move forward
29:56with my plans.
29:59You want to know
30:00if you can trust me?
30:01Can I?
30:02Hi, please come in.
30:08Can I take your coat?
30:09Oh, no, I'll keep it on.
30:11I've got something to drink.
30:12I'll spark my water, a soda.
30:13No, thanks.
30:14Well, at least come in
30:15and sit down.
30:17I can't stay long.
30:18I just wanted to
30:21talk to you in person.
30:24Okay.
30:27So, I have been
30:28thinking about our goal,
30:31getting the AI program
30:32away from Victor.
30:33If anyone can convince him
30:35to hand it over,
30:36it is you.
30:37Yes, well, um,
30:39I have an update on that.
30:44You know,
30:45I knew you were on the fence.
30:47Excuse me?
30:48Between almond milk latte
30:50and Mexican mocha.
30:52Kyle and Holden.
30:54Yeah, um,
30:56almond milk latte
30:57is definitely off the order.
30:59Oh, I'm sorry about that.
31:01I'm fine with it.
31:02Okay.
31:04Oh, hey,
31:06Claire just ordered
31:07your favorite.
31:09No one makes
31:10Mexican mocha like you do.
31:13Any luck in finding
31:14a place to rent?
31:16Uh, I'm still looking.
31:18But I'm definitely
31:19staying in Genoa City
31:20for a while.
31:21The city will shine
31:22a little brighter
31:22with you around.
31:23I appreciate that.
31:27No, I better leave
31:29before I'm scalded
31:30with hot liquid
31:30this time.
31:32Though maybe I should be
31:33the one tossing a beverage.
31:35Payback's a bitch.
31:36You should know.
31:38Can we all just
31:39keep our distance?
31:40Suddenly, I feel like
31:41I need some fresh air.
31:42I'm going to be
31:43on the patio.
31:50I told you to stop
31:51provoking Claire.
31:53Why don't you tell her
31:54to stop provoking me?
31:55Audra, this needs to stop.
31:56If you don't let this go,
31:57it's going to escalate
31:58into something
31:58that everyone
31:59is going to regret.
31:59I missed you.
32:07Well, I just saw you
32:08not that long ago
32:09before you went
32:10to go see Jack.
32:11It's too long
32:11in my book.
32:14So what's the secret
32:15that Audra's hiding?
32:17Oh, I wish I knew.
32:20The second I started
32:21digging deeper
32:21about her L.A. pass,
32:22she completely shut down
32:23and got defensive.
32:25I don't know.
32:27There's definitely
32:27something there
32:28that she wants
32:28to keep secret.
32:30Just another reason
32:31not to trust her.
32:33Whatever it is,
32:34she's my friend.
32:35And I care about her.
32:37I'm not going to tell you
32:38who you should
32:38shouldn't care about
32:39or who you can
32:40be friends with.
32:41You better not.
32:42I'm also not going
32:43to hold back
32:44what my gut says
32:45about Audra Charles.
32:47That woman
32:48is trouble.
32:53Why is it assumed
32:54that I'm the bad guy?
32:55No matter who starts it,
32:57why am I always
32:57the instigator?
32:58Because you usually are,
33:00Audra.
33:01You can't help yourself.
33:03You always have to
33:04provoke your perceived enemies,
33:05but that has to stop
33:06right now.
33:07Oh yeah?
33:07What are you going to do?
33:08I'm going to tell Claire
33:09everything that happened
33:10in L.A.
33:12Everything?
33:12The whole story.
33:14Are you actually out
33:16of your mind?
33:17I am tired of you
33:18holding this over my head
33:18and I am done
33:19keeping secrets from Claire.
33:21Okay.
33:22I feel like
33:23I should point out
33:24that if you tell
33:25your little psycho girlfriend
33:26everything,
33:26you have way more
33:27to lose than I do.
33:29Are you sure
33:30you're ready
33:30to take that risk?
33:31Can I just say this up front?
33:53I know what's at stake here.
33:55I can never understand
33:56how you feel
33:57the way you do
33:58about the man,
33:59but I understand
34:00that you love him
34:01very much.
34:03Well, I'm glad
34:05you can appreciate
34:06my feelings
34:06with everything
34:07that's going on.
34:09Of course.
34:10Unfortunately,
34:12even though my head
34:13is telling me
34:13to stand strong
34:15and stick by
34:17my ultimatum,
34:19after spending Christmas
34:22with Victor,
34:23my heart won't
34:26let me go through
34:26with it.
34:28I see.
34:29I know you're
34:30disappointed
34:31and I'm so sorry,
34:32but you know what, Jack?
34:33I don't know
34:34that it would have
34:35worked anyway.
34:36I mean,
34:37he's too dug in.
34:39I thought you were too.
34:41I was.
34:43But,
34:43as always,
34:44with Victor,
34:45I just can't
34:46stay angry.
34:48Wow,
34:48somehow I have
34:49no problem doing that.
34:50Let me be clear.
34:52I refuse
34:53to sit idly by
34:55and watch my husband
34:56try to destroy
34:57my dear friend's company.
34:59I am still committed
35:00to getting Victor
35:01to stop
35:01whatever he has planned.
35:03Unfortunately,
35:04Nikki,
35:04you and I both know
35:05that any rational
35:07appeal to Victor
35:08is pure folly
35:10doomed to failure.
35:11But I have to
35:12keep trying.
35:13I mean,
35:14maybe with another
35:15tactic,
35:16something that
35:17won't require
35:18an ultimatum
35:19that I can't keep,
35:20something to get
35:21Victor out
35:22of his head
35:22and into his heart.
35:24I think you're
35:25going to find
35:25that all that is
35:26in that black,
35:28cold heart
35:28is hatred
35:29for me
35:30and my family.
35:32I will also find
35:33the love he has
35:34for me.
35:35And I truly believe
35:37at the end of the day,
35:39love will win out
35:40over his hatred
35:41for you.
35:45So tell me
35:46where I stand.
35:46can I trust you
35:49again?
35:52Of course you can
35:53trust me.
35:55I'm sorry
35:56there was ever
35:56any doubt.
35:57you
35:59do.
36:00I don't know
36:00why I'm here
36:01and I'm here
36:01be with the
36:02love he has
36:04answered
36:05me
36:06Join us again for the young and the restless.
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