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The Young and the Restless - Season 53 Episode 58 -
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
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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.
00:13Yeah, well, I'm not a fan of holidays, but I can kind of relate to the misfit sapling.
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.
01:41I'll do it.
01:42I'll do it.
01:43I'll do it.
01:44I'll do it.
01:46You're welcome.
01:47Most of your money won't have to be gone.
01:49You're welcome.
01:50You're welcome.
01:52You're welcome.
01:53I've grown 69 heading for enough.
01:55You have to get a glimpse at 60셜리ki popeye.
01:58Yeah.
01:59You can't-
02:04Oh.
02:06No wonder if you were here.
02:07You know what they say about a watched paw, Jack?
02:21I'm just checking that the ringer is on.
02:23I'm sure you are.
02:25Gotta be honest, the longer it goes without Nikki getting back to you,
02:28the less faith I have that she's gonna come to our side and get that program from Victor.
02:32It is the holidays.
02:34Family is every bit as important to Nikki as it is to me.
02:36She's probably focusing all of her attention on Claire and Victoria.
02:41This is their first Christmas without Cole.
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 new year.
03:06You know, have someone bring in the band, strike up Auld Lang Syne.
03:13Because 2026 is gonna 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.
03:42Well, I can't stand the suspense.
03:50Oh, my God.
03:52I 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.
04:03I've had my eye on this forever.
04:05Yeah, I know.
04:06And you resisted buying it until you got the Bronte off the ground.
04:09Yeah, it was gonna 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.
04:36I just, you have no idea what this means to me.
04:42Especially today.
04:44Okay.
04:44Why 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
05:05because I pointed out how jealous she is of anyone who's happy.
05:08And I had to pull you apart when you tried to choke her for that.
05:11Eye for an eye.
05:12I'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?
05:22I 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,
05:34I 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
05:45since 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.
05:55Based on your history with Audra,
05:57I don't think I feel comfortable handing you the controls,
05:59especially when every time the two of you get together,
06:02it seems like things get out of control.
06:04I 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.,
06:18and 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
06:26what you left out.
06:29You 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 her without you.
06:43And it's funny you mention that
06:45as you're the old acquaintance that we would love to forget,
06:47yet here you are,
06:49still in our faces,
06:50sharing your twisted holiday cheer.
06:52I see you've survived Christmas.
06:55Be careful with New Year's.
06:56You know, that ball that drops at midnight
06:57could 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.
07:05You're always the reason.
07:07Are you two sitting here
07:08and concocting a new scheme
07:11to 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,
07:20your media company
07:22will follow it down to a sewer.
07:24You're celebrating a little early.
07:25This battle is not over yet.
07:29I will burn my father's company
07:31down to the ground
07:32rather than let you get
07:33your greedy hands on it.
07:35And I think you have already lit the match, Jack.
07:38What your father took years to build up,
07:41you've managed to ruin
07:42within a matter of weeks.
07:44Let me see, Luis.
07:54Okay, okay.
07:57Oh my god.
07:59Is 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
08:08didn't get it out of guilt
08:09for not being able to bring me on
08:11at Abbott Communications.
08:12Okay, this is not a guilt gift.
08:13This was an Audra Needs This Bag purchase.
08:16Well, then,
08:17I gladly accept.
08:19Sit down.
08:20Here, come on.
08:21I want to hear what's going on with you.
08:23Well, you know,
08:24nothing much.
08:26Still unemployed.
08:27Still job hunting.
08:29Oh, did I tell you
08:31I ran into Noah Newman
08:32at the club the other day.
08:34I heard he got in a really bad
08:35car accident in L.A.
08:36Yeah.
08:36I didn't realize he was back in town.
08:38It 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,
08:46which kind of surprised me.
08:48He asked me how I was doing
08:50and 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
09:02I have left here,
09:03which people love to point out
09:05every chance they get.
09:06I know this year hasn't ended
09:08on the greatest note,
09:09but you cannot get down on yourself.
09:12I'm not down on myself.
09:14It's everyone else I can stand.
09:16Look, I know I'm the town pariah,
09:18but 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,
09:24that's their problem.
09:26Hey, I refuse to cave into
09:27what everyone else thinks
09:28I should be or do.
09:30I have always been
09:31and will always be a fighter.
09:33Yeah, I just hate that you feel
09:34like 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,
09:43it actually fuels me.
09:44It makes me work that much harder
09:46to just prove all the haters wrong.
09:48And people can come at me
09:49with all their judgments
09:50and accusations all they want.
09:52But in the end,
09:54they won't win.
09:55I won't let them.
09:56Okay, now I know
09:57something happened.
09:58Audra, talk to me.
10:00I can tell you're not okay.
10:01Yeah, well, I had
10:03another run-in with Claire.
10:06Okay?
10:07And 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
10:15to finally put that bitch
10:16in her place
10:17once and for all.
10:19You're really not gonna let this go,
10:21are you?
10:21I would if you would just
10:22tell me the whole story.
10:25I'm not saying that there is
10:27more to tell,
10:27but if there was,
10:28what exactly do you plan
10:29to do with that information?
10:30I just think it would reveal
10:32a lot about Audra
10:32and you.
10:34Those are things
10:35that I should know.
10:36I wish it would just
10:37accept what I told you
10:39is what happened.
10:39I wish that too,
10:41but like I said,
10:42Sienna confirmed
10:42that there's more
10:43and she is the most
10:45objective party involved,
10:46so I think I'm gonna
10:47go with her take.
10:48Well, I hope you're
10:49not too disappointed
10:49when you've realized
10:50that there is nothing
10:51more to discover.
10:53That's to be determined.
10:56Okay, all right,
10:56let's shift gears.
10:58What happened earlier?
11:00Kyle was clearly upset
11:02when I showed up.
11:03I hope he didn't
11:03take that out on you.
11:04No, of course he didn't.
11:06I think Kyle was upset
11:07when he saw
11:08that we were meeting up
11:09and he's had a hard time
11:11adjusting to, you know,
11:14going from us being a couple,
11:16planning a future,
11:18to me realizing
11:19that I need to be on my own,
11:21and then seeing me
11:23with another guy.
11:24Okay.
11:24Honestly, I'm surprised
11:28it took him this long
11:29to reach his limit.
11:31Wait, so Kyle has reached it.
11:34Does that mean that
11:35he's no longer holding out
11:36hope for you two
11:37to get back together?
11:38It seems that way.
11:39He's finally ready
11:40to move on.
11:41Yeah, he suggested
11:42we both do that.
11:44He said he can't wait
11:45around any longer
11:46for me to figure out
11:47what I want.
11:47How do you feel
11:50hearing that?
11:52Are you ready to accept
11:53that you and Kyle
11:53are really over?
11:56You smuggled.
11:57Don't take the bait.
12:00Victor would like
12:00nothing better than
12:01for you to sink
12:02to his level.
12:04From my level, Jack,
12:05I'm looking at you
12:06and your family
12:07as you're leading them
12:09to the brink of disaster.
12:11Victor, you're going down.
12:13You don't even realize
12:14that someone is about
12:14to knock you off
12:15yourself,
12:16made pedestal so quick,
12:17your head is going
12:18to spin.
12:18I guarantee it.
12:20By the way,
12:21if I were you,
12:22I would not say
12:24anything else,
12:24you know,
12:25after that bit of a message
12:27you left on social media.
12:28Oh, I'm honored
12:29that you watched that,
12:31along with a million others.
12:32Did you really think
12:33that weak attempt
12:34at damage control
12:35would do anything
12:36to ease the minds
12:37of those who are
12:39watching your company
12:40go to the tank?
12:41You know,
12:42Billy's right.
12:42It is going to be
12:43such a pleasure
12:44to watch that
12:45smug smirk
12:46and wiped off your face.
12:47It cannot happen
12:48soon enough.
12:49What can happen
12:50at your hands?
12:50You have declared war
12:51against my family
12:52how many times?
12:54We're still standing,
12:55Victor.
12:56I think we've won
12:57as many battles
12:58as we've lost.
13:00Only this time,
13:01we have the upper hand.
13:03You don't see that yet.
13:05But you will.
13:07You picked this fight,
13:08my friend.
13:09Now you're about
13:10not to lose it.
13:13How many millions
13:15have you already lost
13:16after you shut down
13:18your company?
13:20The only thing
13:21I've lost
13:22is my appetite.
13:26Happy New Year.
13:28Let's go.
13:28I need to see you
13:48at society.
13:49Well, that was fun.
14:01Did you see
14:02how unnerved
14:03Victor was
14:03when I said
14:04we had the upper hand?
14:06Didn't seem unnerved
14:07at all for me.
14:08Oh, this is a tough guy act.
14:10Seen it too many times
14:11before the chess master.
14:12I've also picked up
14:13on the mustaches
14:14tells over the years.
14:17Yeah, what are those?
14:17Well, when he is not
14:19as cocksure
14:19as he wants us all
14:20to think he is,
14:21he puffs out his chest
14:22like a rooster
14:24being threatened.
14:25Chest was definitely
14:26puffed out.
14:28He didn't seem
14:29threatened at all to me.
14:30Oh, he may have
14:30crowed about being
14:31the dominant one,
14:32but that was all
14:33an act,
14:33an all for show.
14:35Okay, then why do I feel
14:36like we're lambs
14:36being led to the slaughter?
14:38I don't feel like that
14:39at all.
14:39Come on, Jack.
14:40We're sitting here
14:40trying to pretend
14:41that we're confident.
14:42As much as I hate
14:43to say this,
14:43the man holds the cards.
14:45Unless Nikki
14:46betrays her husband
14:47or Phyllis decides
14:48to steal the software
14:49back for us
14:50or Diane somehow
14:51gets Michael
14:52to agree to work with us,
14:53I don't see
14:53how we get out of that.
14:54Yes, we may need
14:55one of those people
14:56to help us,
14:57but at the end
14:58of the day,
14:58we have to rely
14:59on our plan
15:00to bring Jabot
15:01back from the brink
15:02because failing
15:03is not an option.
15:08Victor,
15:08I came as soon
15:10as soon as I got
15:10your call.
15:11Have a seat.
15:12It sounded urgent.
15:13What's up?
15:18It's cut to the chase.
15:21Jabot was on the ropes.
15:24Because the Abbott
15:25shut it down
15:25to protect it
15:26from a potential
15:27attack by you.
15:29I just ran into
15:30Jack Abbott
15:32and his useless
15:33brother,
15:34Billy Boy.
15:35They were full
15:37of false confidence.
15:39Do you know anything
15:40about them
15:40planning something?
15:43I know it shouldn't
15:45come as a surprise
15:46to you.
15:46You know how Jack
15:47feels about that company.
15:49You know what it means
15:50to him just like
15:51Newman means to you.
15:54I built my company.
15:57He inherited his.
15:59Jabot
15:59is all that Jack
16:01and his family
16:02have left
16:02of their father's legacy.
16:04They are going to fight
16:05with everything
16:06they've got to save it.
16:08And I will go
16:08to great lengths
16:09to make sure
16:10they don't succeed.
16:14Sounds like
16:14you need my help
16:15to go to those
16:15great lengths.
16:18I want you
16:19to go behind
16:19the scenes at Jabot
16:20and find out
16:21what they're planning.
16:22I want details.
16:23Sure.
16:24Yeah.
16:25Yeah.
16:26No problem.
16:27I'll find out
16:29whatever I can.
16:30you're recently
16:33Michael Bourbon.
16:36I'm not sure
16:37if you're following
16:38through on the plans
16:39you and I have made.
16:41Let us get to stop.
16:44What's going on
16:45with you?
16:46I want to know now.
16:46I'll admit
16:50Kyle caught me
16:52off guard.
16:54Things were really
16:55normal when we first
16:56ran into each other
16:56earlier
16:57or as normal
16:58as they've been lately.
17:00So the last thing
17:01I expected
17:01was for him to say
17:02he was giving up
17:03on us.
17:04Well the guy
17:05hung in there
17:05longer than I thought
17:06he would.
17:06Yeah maybe that's
17:07why it was such
17:08a surprise.
17:08You know up until
17:09today he's been
17:10so determined
17:10to make things
17:11work with us.
17:12This complete
17:13about face
17:14and it being
17:14so final
17:15it felt like
17:16it came out
17:16of left field.
17:17Well I'm sure
17:18me showing up
17:18didn't help.
17:20Yeah I don't
17:21think Kyle realized
17:22that we were still
17:23spending time together
17:24but I also
17:26don't think
17:27that that would
17:27propel him
17:28to end things
17:29the way that he did.
17:31Well
17:31you seem
17:33pretty okay
17:34but does it
17:36upset you?
17:38Because
17:38it was so final.
17:41I can't pretend
17:42I'm not upset.
17:43it's like a part
17:45of my life
17:45is over.
17:48But it's also
17:49really liberating.
17:50You know
17:50I don't have to
17:50worry about
17:51hurting Kyle
17:52or offending him.
17:54I'm free
17:55to do whatever
17:56I want
17:56with whoever
17:56I want.
18:00So
18:01since you're
18:03free
18:03you think
18:05we could have
18:06a real date?
18:07Maybe even
18:08I don't know
18:10maybe bringing
18:11the new year
18:12together.
18:14I think that
18:15could be arranged
18:16and our own
18:18condition.
18:18Crazy hats
18:19and noise makers.
18:20I want you to
18:20tell me what
18:21happened in LA
18:22between you
18:22and Audra.
18:25I thought you were
18:26going to find out
18:27on your own
18:27without my help.
18:28I will.
18:31I just wanted
18:31to give you a chance
18:32to be the one
18:33to tell me.
18:33look
18:35it's obvious
18:37how much
18:39I enjoy
18:39your company
18:39and I've made
18:40it pretty clear
18:40how much
18:41I like you
18:42and how much
18:43I would love
18:44to take it
18:44to the next level
18:45if and when
18:46you're ready.
18:47But it sounds
18:48like that'll
18:49only happen
18:50if I tell you
18:51what you think
18:52I didn't tell you
18:53before.
18:54You're very
18:55perceptive.
18:58I have to warn you
19:00you're not going
19:02to like what
19:02you hear.
19:03I'll take my
19:03chances.
19:08Claire is so
19:09damn entitled
19:10she thinks
19:10she can do
19:11or save
19:11whatever she wants
19:12without any
19:12consequences
19:13and if you dare
19:14point it out
19:15or worse
19:16challenge it
19:17her psychocyte
19:18rears its ugly
19:19head.
19:19Okay, okay
19:19hold on.
19:20Rewind.
19:21Tell me where
19:21this is coming
19:22from.
19:22Claire threw
19:23a drink in
19:23my face.
19:24What?
19:25Yes.
19:26Why?
19:27Did you
19:27say or do
19:28something to
19:29provoke her?
19:30Oh, come
19:30on, not
19:30you two.
19:31Why does
19:32everyone assume
19:32I'm to
19:33blame?
19:33Hey, I'm
19:34not assuming.
19:35I know
19:35how much
19:35you despise
19:36Claire and
19:36also I
19:37have seen
19:37you taunt
19:38her and
19:38enjoy it.
19:39Well, I
19:39didn't do
19:40or say
19:40anything that
19:41justified
19:41getting doused.
19:43Okay, so
19:44what triggered
19:45her?
19:46Well, I
19:47was in my
19:48way into
19:48society when
19:49I happened
19:49to see
19:50Kyle dumping
19:51her sorry
19:52ass.
19:54And you
19:54said something?
19:55Of course
19:56not.
19:56I'm not
19:56heartless,
19:57Sally.
19:58I didn't
19:58even let
19:58them know
19:59I heard.
20:00But when
20:01I went
20:01inside and
20:01I saw
20:02Claire, I
20:02did make
20:03a comment
20:04about it.
20:05What kind
20:05of comment?
20:06It was
20:06something like
20:07Kyle couldn't
20:09get away from
20:10you fast
20:10enough.
20:11Why don't you
20:12really say
20:12that?
20:13Well, it's
20:13true.
20:15And I also
20:15mentioned how
20:16disgusting it
20:18was that she
20:18was playing both
20:19Kyle and
20:20Holden off
20:20each other.
20:21Wow.
20:22Oh, okay.
20:22I can't
20:22believe you
20:23said that.
20:23Well, I
20:23did.
20:24And that's
20:24when she
20:25grabbed the
20:25glass of
20:26water and
20:26threw it
20:27in my
20:27face.
20:28Okay, that's
20:29a pretty
20:29strong reaction.
20:30Yeah, not
20:31for a psycho
20:31little abandoned
20:32toy like
20:33Claire.
20:33So what did
20:34you do after
20:34she tossed
20:35the water?
20:35Well, I
20:36actually showed
20:37amazing restraint
20:38and I didn't
20:39fight back.
20:40That's smart.
20:41That's good.
20:42I don't know.
20:43Look, I could
20:43have easily clawed
20:44her eyes out and
20:45enjoyed every
20:46second of it.
20:46Okay, well, I'm
20:47really glad you
20:48kept your
20:50restraint and
20:51why don't we
20:51now just let
20:52it go?
20:53You know, next
20:53time you see
20:54Claire, just do
20:54whatever you
20:54need to do to
20:55avoid her.
20:56Yeah, that's
20:57not happening.
20:58What do you
20:59mean?
21:00Well, just
21:00because I
21:00didn't retaliate
21:01in the moment
21:02doesn't mean I'm
21:02letting this go.
21:03Far from it.
21:06Okay, I'm
21:06really afraid to
21:07ask what your
21:08next move is.
21:08Let's just say
21:09I'll get my
21:10revenge when the
21:10time's right.
21:11Okay, but why
21:12even keep this
21:13negative energy
21:14alive?
21:15I mean, if you
21:15already lost Nate
21:16and Claire's
21:17lost Kyle,
21:18so why keep
21:19this war going?
21:20Especially with
21:21a Newman.
21:21Sally, because I
21:22am tired of
21:23getting knocked
21:24around.
21:25Claire thinks
21:25that she can
21:26just say
21:27whatever she
21:27wants without
21:28any consequences.
21:29It's about
21:30time someone
21:30showed her
21:31that that's
21:31not how
21:32life works.
21:33And that
21:33someone is
21:34going to be
21:35me.
21:41It's funny.
21:43You haven't
21:44been sure
21:44where things
21:45stand with
21:45me?
21:46I haven't
21:47been sure
21:47where things
21:48stand with
21:48you for
21:48quite some
21:49time.
21:50Well, I
21:50called you,
21:51didn't I?
21:51Yeah, well,
21:52how was I
21:52to know if
21:53it was a
21:54test, whether
21:55I would show
21:55up or not?
21:56I mean, that's
21:57how everything
21:57seems these
21:58days, some
21:59reassessment of
22:01my loyalty
22:02every moment.
22:03Should there
22:03be?
22:05No.
22:06But I do
22:07want to be
22:07clear about
22:08one thing.
22:09The reset
22:10button has
22:10been pressed
22:11on our
22:11relationship.
22:12we are
22:12truly
22:12reconciled,
22:13or do
22:14you just
22:14regard me
22:15as another
22:15blunt instrument
22:16that you
22:18can use to
22:18bludgeon your
22:19adversaries into
22:20submission?
22:21It's the
22:22loyal toy.
22:23Yes, sir.
22:24Do you
22:24realize that
22:25last time I
22:25fired you,
22:26you showed me
22:27at great lengths?
22:30How much you
22:31valued our
22:32relationship.
22:33Is that still
22:34the case?
22:35Yeah, I've
22:35tried to make
22:35that point several
22:36times, just to have
22:37the door slammed
22:38in my face.
22:40Well, maybe
22:44this will convince
22:45you that I've
22:47come around to
22:47your way of
22:48thinking.
22:52What's that?
22:53It's a Christmas
22:53gift.
22:57I am telling
22:58you, Victor
22:58always knows
22:59what to say or
22:59do to get
23:00what he wants.
23:01Today, he
23:01faltered.
23:02He hit a wall.
23:03We stood our
23:04ground, and
23:05when we left
23:06him, he was
23:07shaken.
23:07Oh, I would
23:08love to shake
23:08him.
23:09I would love
23:09to rattle
23:10his cage, Jack.
23:11I want him
23:12to pay for
23:12what he forced
23:13us to do
23:13to Jebeau.
23:14I want him
23:14to lose
23:15everything he
23:16cares about.
23:18What?
23:19What is that
23:20face for?
23:20Don't pretend
23:21that you don't
23:21want to destroy
23:22him just as
23:22bad as I do.
23:23Don't do that.
23:23The only person
23:23I'm worried
23:24about destroying
23:24right now is
23:25you.
23:25Come on.
23:26What are you
23:26talking about?
23:27Billy, I'm
23:27talking about
23:27your tone right
23:28now.
23:28I'm talking
23:29about your
23:29temper and
23:30society.
23:30Oh, come on.
23:31Here we go
23:31again, Jack.
23:32Don't do that.
23:32Set aside
23:33that Victor
23:34has this coming.
23:35You don't
23:36sound like a
23:36man who's
23:37given up on
23:38his quest for
23:39revenge to
23:39focus solely on
23:40his new company.
23:41Don't start going
23:41on and on about
23:42me falling back
23:43into my old
23:43ways, Jack.
23:43Billy, I'm
23:44concerned about
23:45you.
23:46I happen to
23:47know what
23:47happens when
23:48your anger and
23:49rage get the
23:50best of you.
23:51Nothing to
23:51worry about,
23:52okay?
23:53Okay.
23:53You're sure of
23:54that?
23:54Yes.
23:55And here I am,
23:56thought you had
23:56faith in the fact
23:58that I'm trying
23:58to change, but I
23:59guess not.
23:59You don't
23:59trust me, do you?
24:00I want to believe
24:00in your success.
24:02I brought this
24:02up not because
24:03I'm judging you,
24:04because I am
24:05concerned.
24:06We want the
24:07same thing, okay?
24:08We want to
24:09stop Victor from
24:10taking our
24:10family company.
24:11That's it.
24:12Good.
24:12I appreciate
24:13that.
24:14I don't have
24:14ulterior motives,
24:15okay?
24:18It's Nikki.
24:21Hi, Nikki.
24:22Hi.
24:23Um, are you
24:24free to meet?
24:25Uh, what
24:25time are we
24:26talking?
24:26Now would
24:27be perfect.
24:27I assume you're
24:28at Jabot?
24:29Uh, no,
24:29actually, I'm
24:30at home.
24:31I'll be there
24:32shortly.
24:37Nikki's on
24:37her way.
24:38Well, that
24:39happened quicker
24:39than I expected.
24:41That has to be
24:42a good thing,
24:42right?
24:43Let's hope so.
24:45It doesn't
24:46sound like Claire
24:46is getting
24:47everything that
24:47she wanted,
24:48especially as
24:48you just said,
24:49Kyle just dumped
24:50her.
24:50Yeah, well,
24:50I'm glad he
24:51finally got a
24:52backbone.
24:53It made me
24:53sick watching
24:54him get yinked
24:55around like a
24:56puppy dog by
24:56that psychopath.
24:57Okay, well,
24:58if I didn't
24:59know you,
25:00I'd say you
25:01sound like you
25:02actually care
25:02for the guy.
25:03No, please
25:04don't start
25:04with that.
25:05I have zero
25:06interest in
25:07Kyle Abbott.
25:08And it's not
25:08just about him.
25:10Claire's now
25:11got a hold
25:11and wrapped
25:12around her
25:12stupid little
25:13finger, too.
25:14Okay, I'm
25:15sensing resentment
25:16there, too.
25:17What is the
25:18real story
25:18between you two?
25:19I know that
25:20you have some
25:20sort of connection.
25:21I sense the
25:22vibe the second
25:22he got to town.
25:24Can we not
25:24go there?
25:25Why does a
25:26simple question
25:26make you
25:26uncomfortable?
25:28Look, I
25:28understand not
25:29wanting to get
25:29into specifics,
25:30but can you
25:30at least let
25:30on how bad
25:31it got?
25:33Why do you
25:34care about
25:34Holden?
25:35I care about
25:35you.
25:36And if things
25:36in L.A.
25:37got as bad
25:38as you've
25:38let on that
25:39they have,
25:40I would hate
25:41for Claire or
25:41anyone to try
25:42and use that
25:43to hurt you.
25:45Give me my
25:46500 grand!
25:47I don't have
25:48it!
25:48You want me to
25:48beat it out of
25:49you?
25:49You need to
25:50get the hell
25:50out of here
25:50now!
25:52Okay.
25:52I don't
25:53want any
25:53trouble.
25:54Good!
25:59Oh my god!
26:06Is that
26:07blood by his
26:07head?
26:10Oh man.
26:10It doesn't
26:17matter now.
26:19No one
26:20is ever
26:21going to
26:21find out
26:21what happened
26:22between me
26:22and Holden
26:23in L.A.
26:29Okay.
26:30Now I am
26:31worried.
26:32When you say
26:32no one's
26:33going to
26:33find out,
26:34find out
26:35what?
26:36Nothing.
26:37Okay,
26:37there's
26:38nothing of
26:39importance
26:39to find
26:40out.
26:40I mean,
26:40it's not
26:40even worth
26:41talking
26:41about it.
26:44I don't
26:45need to
26:45jump on
26:45you like
26:46this.
26:47If I'm
26:48uptight,
26:49it's because
26:49of what
26:49happened
26:50earlier
26:50with Claire.
26:51Yeah,
26:51I could
26:52see how
26:52that
26:52could
26:52get
26:52to
26:52you.
26:53Look,
26:53I only
26:53told you
26:54about
26:54it
26:54so
26:54you
26:55knew
26:55why
26:55I
26:55got
26:55so
26:56emotional
26:56about
26:56the
26:57gift.
26:58I
26:58was
26:58in
26:58such
26:58a
26:59mood
26:59when I
26:59got
26:59here
26:59and
27:00your
27:00sweet
27:01gesture
27:01brought
27:01me
27:02out
27:02of
27:02it.
27:03Well,
27:03I do
27:03want
27:04to
27:04make
27:04an
27:04effort
27:04to
27:05bring
27:05more
27:05light
27:05to
27:05your
27:05life.
27:06You've
27:06been
27:06through
27:06a lot,
27:07especially
27:08lately.
27:09Yeah,
27:09I'll be
27:09fine.
27:10I always
27:11am.
27:11I hope
27:12so.
27:13You had
27:13me
27:13worried.
27:13I
27:13started
27:14to
27:14think
27:14maybe
27:14you
27:14and
27:14Holden
27:15robbed
27:15a
27:15bank
27:15or
27:16covered
27:16up
27:16some
27:16major
27:16crime
27:17or
27:17something.
27:20Hi.
27:20Hey.
27:21Hey.
27:21Perfect
27:22timing.
27:23Hi.
27:25You
27:25don't have
27:25to
27:25leave.
27:27Oh,
27:27I
27:27actually,
27:28I
27:28do.
27:28I
27:28got to
27:29update
27:29my
27:29resume.
27:31You
27:31know,
27:31job
27:31hunting
27:32is no
27:32joke
27:33these
27:33days.
27:34Well,
27:34Merry
27:35Christmas,
27:35Audra.
27:36Yeah,
27:36same to
27:36you,
27:36Bill.
27:37Are you
27:38sure you
27:38can't
27:38stay?
27:40Well,
27:41three's a
27:41crowd.
27:42Hey,
27:42thank you
27:43again so
27:43much for
27:44this.
27:45I owe
27:45you one.
27:46No,
27:46you don't.
27:48Just do
27:48yourself a
27:48favor and
27:49steer clear
27:49of any
27:50future battles
27:51with Claire
27:51or Holden.
27:52I'll
27:53think about
27:53it.
27:58She
28:02just
28:03can't
28:03help
28:03herself.
28:03She
28:03runs
28:04away
28:04when
28:04I
28:04show
28:04up.
28:06She
28:06rushed
28:06out of
28:07here
28:07because
28:07of
28:07me,
28:07not
28:07you.
28:08I
28:09was
28:09asking
28:09a
28:09question
28:09she
28:09didn't
28:10want
28:10to
28:10answer.
28:11About
28:11what?
28:12Her
28:13time
28:13in
28:13LA.
28:15I
28:15get the
28:15feeling
28:15she's
28:16covering
28:16up
28:16a
28:17major
28:17secret.
28:18And
28:19this
28:19scares
28:19the
28:19hell
28:19out
28:19of
28:19me
28:20for
28:20her.
28:23The
28:24last
28:24time
28:24we
28:25were
28:25together,
28:26I
28:27thought
28:28you
28:28could
28:28barely
28:28tolerate
28:28me.
28:30I
28:30certainly
28:31didn't
28:31think
28:31we
28:31were
28:32in
28:32a
28:32place
28:32to
28:32exchange
28:33Christmas
28:33gifts.
28:34Let's
28:34open it.
28:40It's a
28:41Roman
28:41coin.
28:46The
28:47great
28:47Antoninus
28:49Pius.
28:50Emperor.
28:51He
28:52is the
28:52Roman
28:52emperor
28:53who
28:53represents
28:54those
28:54values
28:54of
28:55the
28:55empire
28:56the
28:56best.
28:57On
28:57the
28:57reverse
28:58side
28:58is
28:58the
28:58goddess
28:59Pietas.
29:01Patron
29:02of
29:02devotion
29:04and
29:04loyalty.
29:05That's
29:05right.
29:07It's a
29:07beautiful
29:07reproduction.
29:09It's
29:09real,
29:09you know.
29:10Not a
29:11reproduction.
29:12It's
29:13invaluable.
29:14Yeah.
29:16I don't
29:16know what
29:16to say.
29:17I don't
29:17know what
29:17I did
29:17to
29:18deserve
29:18this.
29:18Well,
29:19I've
29:19often
29:19thought
29:20about
29:20your
29:21loyalty,
29:22or lack
29:22thereof,
29:23but
29:23on
29:23the
29:23day
29:24that
29:25Ian
29:25Ward
29:26held us
29:26at
29:26gunpoint.
29:28You
29:28remember
29:28that
29:28day,
29:29right?
29:29How
29:30could I
29:30forget?
29:31How
29:31could
29:31any
29:31of
29:31us
29:31forget?
29:32Well,
29:32you
29:32could
29:32have
29:32hightailed
29:33out of
29:33the
29:33room,
29:34but
29:35you
29:35stayed
29:36by
29:36my
29:36side.
29:37I
29:38never
29:38forget
29:38that.
29:39You
29:40showed
29:40your
29:40loyalty
29:41that
29:41day.
29:43Another
29:43days,
29:44too,
29:44I
29:44hope.
29:45Now,
29:46by
29:46accepting
29:46this
29:48coin,
29:50you
29:50understand,
29:51of course,
29:51that I
29:52demand
29:52your
29:52complete
29:53loyalty
29:53as I
29:55move
29:56forward
29:56with
29:56my
29:56plans.
29:59You
29:59want to
29:59know
30:00if
30:00you
30:00can
30:00trust
30:01me?
30:02Can
30:02I?
30:06Hi,
30:06please come
30:07in.
30:07Thank
30:07you.
30:08Can I
30:08take
30:08your
30:08coat?
30:09Oh,
30:09no,
30:09I'll
30:10keep
30:10it on.
30:11I've
30:11got
30:11something
30:11to
30:12drink,
30:12a
30:12sparkling
30:12water,
30:13a
30:13soda.
30:13No,
30:14thanks.
30:14Well,
30:14at least
30:14come in
30:15and sit
30:15down.
30:16can't
30:18stay
30:18long.
30:20I just
30:20wanted
30:21to
30:21talk
30:22to
30:23you
30:23in
30:23person.
30:24Okay.
30:27So,
30:27I have
30:28been
30:28thinking
30:29about
30:29our
30:30goal,
30:31getting
30:31the
30:31AI
30:32program
30:32away
30:32from
30:33Victor.
30:33If
30:34anyone
30:34can
30:34convince
30:35him
30:35to
30:35hand
30:35it
30:35over,
30:36it
30:36is
30:36you.
30:37Yes,
30:37well,
30:38I have
30:39an
30:40update
30:40on
30:40that.
30:44You
30:44know,
30:45I knew
30:46you were
30:46on
30:46the
30:46fence.
30:47Excuse
30:48me?
30:48Between
30:49almond
30:49milk
30:50latte
30:50and
30:50Mexican
30:51mocha.
30:52Kyle and
30:53Holden.
30:54Yeah,
30:55almond
30:56milk
30:56latte
30:57is
30:57definitely
30:57off
30:58the
30:58order.
30:59Oh,
30:59I'm
31:00sorry
31:00about
31:00that.
31:01I'm
31:01fine
31:02with it.
31:02Okay.
31:04Oh,
31:05hey,
31:06Claire just
31:06ordered
31:07your favorite.
31:09No one
31:10makes
31:10Mexican
31:11mocha
31:11like you do.
31:12Any
31:14luck
31:14in
31:14finding
31:14a
31:15place
31:15to
31:15rent?
31:16I'm
31:17still
31:17looking,
31:18but I'm
31:18definitely
31:19staying in
31:19Genoa City
31:20for a
31:20while.
31:21The
31:21city
31:21will
31:21shine
31:22a
31:22little
31:22brighter
31:22with
31:23you
31:23around.
31:23I
31:24appreciate
31:24that.
31:27I
31:28better
31:28leave
31:29before
31:29I'm
31:29scalded
31:30with
31:30hot
31:30liquid
31:30this
31:31time.
31:32Though
31:32maybe
31:32I
31:33should
31:33be
31:33the
31:33one
31:33tossing
31:34a
31:34beverage.
31:35Payback's
31:35a
31:36bitch.
31:36You
31:37should
31:37know.
31:38Can
31:38we
31:38all
31:38just
31:39keep
31:39our
31:40distance?
31:40suddenly
31:41I
31:41feel
31:41like
31:41I
31:41need
31:42some
31:42fresh
31:42air.
31:42I'm
31:43going
31:43to
31:43be
31:43on
31:43the
31:43patio.
31:50I
31:51told
31:51you
31:51to
31:51stop
31:51provoking
31:52Claire.
31:53Why
31:53don't
31:53you
31:53tell
31:54her
31:54to
31:54stop
31:54provoking
31:54me?
31:55Audra,
31:55this
31:55needs
31:55to
31:56stop.
31:56If
31:56you
31:56don't
31:57let
31:57this
31:57go,
31:57it's
31:57going
31:57to
31:57escalate
31:58into
31:58something
31:58that
31:58everyone
31:59is
31:59going
31:59to
31:59regret.
32:05I
32:05missed
32:05you.
32:07Well,
32:07I
32:07just
32:08saw
32:08you
32:08not
32:08that
32:09long
32:09ago
32:09before
32:09you
32:10went
32:10to
32:10go
32:10see
32:10Jack.
32:11It's
32:11too
32:11long
32:11in
32:11my
32:12book.
32:14So
32:15what's
32:15the
32:15secret
32:15that
32:16I'll
32:16just
32:16hide?
32:17Oh,
32:18I wish
32:19I knew.
32:20The second
32:20I started
32:21digging deeper
32:21about her
32:22LA pass,
32:22she completely
32:23shut down
32:23and got
32:24defensive.
32:25I don't
32:26know.
32:27There's
32:27definitely
32:27something
32:27there that
32:28she wants
32:28to keep
32:28secret.
32:30Just
32:30another
32:30reason
32:31not to
32:31trust
32:31her.
32:33Whatever
32:33it is,
32:34she's
32:34my
32:34friend,
32:36and I
32:36care
32:36about
32:36her.
32:36I'm
32:37not going
32:37to tell
32:38you who
32:38you
32:38shouldn't
32:39care
32:39about
32:39or
32:39who
32:40you
32:40can
32:40be
32:40friends
32:40with.
32:41You
32:41better
32:41not.
32:42I'm
32:43also
32:43not
32:43going
32:43to
32:44hold
32:44back
32:44what
32:44my
32:44gut
32:44says
32:45about
32:45Audra Charles.
32:47That woman
32:48is trouble.
32:49Why
32:53is it
32:54assumed
32:54that I'm
32:55the bad
32:55guy?
32:55No matter
32:55who
32:56starts
32:56it,
32:57why
32:57am
32:57I
32:57always
32:57the
32:58instigator?
32:58Because
32:58you
32:59usually
32:59are,
33:00Audra.
33:01You
33:01can't
33:01help
33:02yourself.
33:03You
33:03always
33:04have to
33:04provoke
33:04your
33:04perceived
33:05enemies,
33:05but that
33:05has to
33:06stop
33:06right now.
33:07Oh,
33:07yeah?
33:07What are
33:08you
33:08going
33:08to
33:08do?
33:08I'm
33:08going
33:08to
33:08tell
33:09Claire
33:09everything
33:09that
33:10happened
33:10in LA.
33:12Everything?
33:12The whole
33:13story.
33:14Are you
33:14actually
33:15out of your
33:16mind?
33:17I am
33:17tired of you
33:18holding this
33:18over my
33:18head,
33:19and I'm
33:19done
33:19keeping
33:19secrets
33:20from Claire.
33:21Okay.
33:22I feel
33:22like I
33:24should point
33:24out that
33:24if you
33:25tell your
33:25little
33:25psycho
33:25girlfriend
33:26everything,
33:26you have
33:27way more
33:27to lose
33:27than I
33:28do.
33:29Are you
33:29sure you're
33:30ready to
33:30take that
33:30risk?
33:48can I
33:51just say
33:52this up
33:53front?
33:53I
33:53know
33:54what's
33:54at stake
33:55here.
33:55I
33:55can
33:55never
33:56understand
33:56how
33:57you
33:57feel
33:57the
33:57way
33:57you
33:58do
33:58about
33:59the
33:59man,
33:59but
33:59I
33:59understand
34:00that
34:01you
34:01love
34:01him
34:01very
34:01much.
34:03Well,
34:04I'm
34:04glad
34:05you can
34:05appreciate
34:06my
34:06feelings
34:06with
34:07everything
34:07that's
34:08going
34:08on.
34:09Of
34:09course.
34:10Unfortunately,
34:12even though
34:12my head
34:13is telling
34:13me to
34:14stand
34:14strong
34:15and
34:16stick
34:17by my
34:17ultimatum,
34:21after
34:21spending
34:22Christmas
34:22with
34:23Victor,
34:23my heart
34:25won't let
34:26me go
34:26through
34:26with it.
34:28I see.
34:29I know
34:30you're
34:30disappointed
34:31and I'm
34:31so sorry,
34:32but you
34:32know what,
34:33Jack?
34:33I don't
34:34know that
34:34it would
34:34have
34:35worked
34:35anyway.
34:36I mean,
34:37he's
34:37too dug
34:38in.
34:39I thought
34:39you were
34:40too.
34:41I
34:41was.
34:43But,
34:43as always
34:44with Victor,
34:45I just
34:46can't
34:46stay
34:47angry.
34:48Wow,
34:48somehow I
34:49have no
34:49problem
34:50doing that.
34:50Let me
34:51be clear.
34:52I refuse
34:53to sit
34:54idly by
34:55and watch
34:55my husband
34:56try to
34:56destroy
34:57my dear
34:57friend's
34:58company.
34:59I am
34:59still
34:59committed
35:00to getting
35:01Victor to
35:01stop
35:01whatever
35:02he has
35:03planned.
35:03Unfortunately,
35:04Nikki,
35:04you and I
35:05both know
35:05that any
35:06rational
35:07appeal to
35:07Victor
35:08is
35:08pure
35:09folly
35:10doomed
35:10to
35:11failure.
35:11But I
35:12have to
35:12keep
35:12trying.
35:13I
35:13mean,
35:14maybe
35:14with
35:14another
35:15tactic,
35:16something
35:16that
35:17won't
35:17require
35:18an
35:18ultimatum
35:19that I
35:19can't
35:19keep,
35:20something
35:20to get
35:21Victor
35:21out of
35:22his
35:22head
35:22and
35:23into
35:23his
35:23heart.
35:24I
35:24think
35:25you're
35:25going
35:25to
35:25find
35:25that
35:26all
35:26that
35:26is
35:26in
35:27that
35:27black,
35:28cold
35:28heart
35:28is
35:29hatred
35:29for
35:30me
35:30and
35:30my
35:31family.
35:32I
35:32will
35:32also
35:33find
35:33the
35:33love
35:34he
35:34has
35:34for
35:34me.
35:35And
35:36I
35:36truly
35:36believe
35:37at the
35:37end
35:37of
35:37the
35:38day,
35:39love
35:39will
35:40win
35:40out
35:40over
35:40his
35:41hatred
35:41for
35:42you.
35:45So
35:45tell
35:45me
35:46where
35:46I
35:46stand.
35:48Can
35:49I
35:49trust
35:49you
35:49again?
35:52Of
35:52course
35:53you
35:53can
35:53trust
35:53me.
35:55I'm
35:55sorry
35:56there
35:56was
35:56ever
35:56any
35:56doubt.
36:10join
36:25us
36:25again
36:26for
36:26the
36:26young
36:26and
36:27the
36:27restless.
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