00:10Oh, Nicholas.
00:12Oh, I'm so happy to have you back in one piece.
00:16I don't think I slept through the night the whole time you were gone.
00:19It's great to see you too.
00:21Although I wish we were doing this at the ranch, not here.
00:24Well, I thought we could have lunch.
00:28Are you hungry?
00:30Don't try and change the subject.
00:36I'm sure you can imagine my surprise.
00:38I show up to the ranch to see you and Dad, and Dad tells me you moved out.
00:45What else did he say?
00:47Not much.
00:49I just know that before I took off for Vegas, you know, you were pretty upset with him.
00:54I'm assuming that might have something to do with this.
00:59Look, I don't want to ruin this homecoming by getting into specifics, but I will tell you that your father
01:07and I had the worst fight we have ever had, and I don't know if there's any coming back from
01:12it.
01:13Well, come on.
01:15You and Dad have been in a million fights.
01:17You always work it out.
01:20This time feels different.
01:23Okay, well, then I'm going to talk to Dad.
01:26Make sure you two sit down and make this right.
01:29Honey, it won't do any good.
01:31Making things right between your father and me is not your job.
01:35You have enough on your plate as it is.
01:38Yeah, you have enough half of it.
01:41Were you and Adam able to find Matt Clark and end this nightmare?
01:46Matt is supposedly dead.
01:49Dead is good.
01:51How did he die?
01:54Sienna claims to have killed him.
01:57Thank you, Sienna.
01:59Wait a minute.
02:00What do you mean she claims to?
02:01Did she or didn't she?
02:03I don't know.
02:04Well, I don't know.
02:05Something happened with Sienna and Matt.
02:08It's really shaking Sienna, but we can't get any details out of her.
02:12So right now, I don't know who or what to believe.
02:18I am sorry that we ran off like that.
02:21No, stop apologizing.
02:23Hey, you've been through hell.
02:24I don't blame you for not wanting to talk about that monster.
02:27But I know that your mom and dad want assurance that Matt is really dead.
02:32Right now, the number one priority is to make sure that you're okay, Ryan.
02:36Walking out.
02:39Talking to two.
02:43Thank you for coming after me.
02:46Putting your arms around me and just holding me.
02:50It's just what I needed.
02:55You always have a way of making me feel safe.
03:01I think that is why I was able to finally be honest about what happened.
03:09I just hate that you had to go through all of that.
03:13I just wish I had been there for you.
03:16I am so glad that you weren't.
03:24Oh, wait.
03:25No, no, no.
03:26You don't have to leave.
03:28Oh, well, I don't want to interrupt.
03:31You're not.
03:32And Sharon, I am so sorry that I flipped out before.
03:38I shouldn't have pushed.
03:40You had what I'm sure was a very intense encounter with Matt.
03:45It's the most scared I've ever been in my life.
03:47I think it's time to tell Mom what you told me about exactly what happened to Matt.
05:13You know what?
05:14I knew I should have given security a list of who they shouldn't let up.
05:19To what do I owe this visit?
05:22I believe you know.
05:24Well, it's one of two things.
05:26Either you feel like you need a police officer to protect yourself against me,
05:32or Victor has made good on his threats.
05:36I've reviewed the evidence.
05:38What evidence?
05:39It's fate.
05:40Well, that remains to be seen.
05:42Christine, I felt like we had gotten past this.
05:46I mean, I gave a heartfelt speech at your nuptials with Danny.
05:51You know, I thought we could bury the hatchet.
05:55I was genuine.
05:57I rose above.
05:58And we both appreciated that very much.
06:01Yeah, the hell you did.
06:02Because despite my best efforts to be civil, you're still here trying to intimidate me with this bogus evidence Victor
06:12has given you.
06:13This isn't personal, Phyllis.
06:15The hell it isn't!
06:17But you took five minutes in your new position to use it as a power move to intimidate me is
06:25probably the sole reason you took this position as DA.
06:28I'm not here to intimidate you.
06:31I'm here to arrest you.
06:36You have the right to remain silent.
06:37Oh, seriously?
06:38Seriously?
06:39Can and will be used against you in a court of law.
06:41You have the right to an attorney.
06:42If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you.
06:46Do you understand the rights I've just read to you?
06:53If you think you're going to cuff me and lead me out of here on a perp walk, you better
06:59have backup.
07:00I'm hoping it won't be necessary.
07:02I'm hoping Ms. Summers will come along with us quietly or at least come along.
07:06So is this your first case as DA cricket?
07:09Is it?
07:10This is a big mistake.
07:11Because when I prove that all of Victor's fake evidence to get his company back has been fabricated and made
07:20up, this is going to turn your glee into humiliation.
07:26I don't get pleasure in this.
07:29I know arresting you will hurt Daniel and in turn my husband.
07:33But I also know that a lot of people, including you, are going to assume that I'm doing this because
07:39we've been pretty public with our mutual display.
07:42I don't assume.
07:43I know.
07:44Well, you'd be wrong.
07:45Because I thought long and hard about my decision to take this action.
07:50Oh, really?
07:51You've been a DA for, what, what, what, five minutes?
07:54I guess thinking long and hard is what it is for your tiny brain.
07:59Personal feelings aside, but in the end, I couldn't ignore the facts.
08:05By stealing Newman Enterprises out from under Victor and his family, you have committed a crime.
08:12And for that, you must be held accountable.
08:18I can certainly understand you not trusting that Matt is dead.
08:23I mean, you watched him die with your own eyes years ago, and even that was a lie.
08:29Which is why, until I hear exactly how Sienna ended his life, or a body is found, I'm going to
08:35be sleeping with one eye open.
08:37Well, at least you'll be sleeping in Genoa City.
08:40I hated that you went to Las Vegas to find him.
08:44Every time my phone rang, I was filled with dread.
08:48And even before you left, there was something about the way you were acting that just seemed darker this time
08:56around.
09:01Well, there's a reason for that, and, um, it wasn't just Matt Clark.
09:08What do you mean?
09:11Nicholas, what is it?
09:18There's something I've got to tell you, and, uh, I've been dreading doing it because I hate disappointing you, but
09:31honestly, I'm going to need your support more than anyone's going forward.
09:36Support for what?
09:39I need you to promise me that you're not going to get too upset.
09:43Darling, please, just tell me, whatever it is, I can handle it.
09:53Okay, um, it started after my accident.
09:58My leg, it was just unbearable.
10:02I've never experienced anything like that.
10:05I can only imagine.
10:08And I was going through my prescription meds pretty quickly.
10:13And then the doc wouldn't give me any more refills.
10:18And I wasn't sure how I was supposed to function, Mom, so I, um...
10:30I started messing with opioids.
10:33Oh, Nicholas.
10:37Yeah, I was pretty much hooked on him the whole time I was biggest with Adam.
10:42Um, how hooked are we talking here?
10:48Enough hurt Adam to pick up on it.
10:51And Matt.
10:53I mean, he took advantage of my addiction.
10:56He, uh, he fed me some bad fentanyl.
10:58Oh, my God.
11:00Oh, my God, honey, you could have died.
11:02I know.
11:03And I almost did.
11:05I, I ended up in the hospital.
11:06Why didn't anybody call me?
11:08I would have flown out to be with you.
11:11I know, I know.
11:12I just, I didn't want you to see me like that.
11:16Honey, I love you so much.
11:19To think of you suffering like that.
11:23And I'm almost dying.
11:25I know.
11:26Look at me.
11:28I'm okay.
11:30I'm a lot better.
11:33And Sharon, she, she hooked me up with the treatment center.
11:36They're going to give me all the tools I need to make sure this doesn't happen again.
11:40You know, your father and I both thought something was off.
11:49God, how did I not see the signs?
11:51I mean, after everything I've been through with my addiction.
11:55I'm sorry, honey.
11:57Maybe because you never expected something like this to happen.
12:01I wanted to believe that it happened to your own son.
12:06Sienna started remembering more about what happened.
12:10Well, sometimes after a traumatic incident, it can take a while before all the pieces fall together.
12:22Once I realized that Matt wasn't buying my appeal, that he had already set the explosion in motion.
12:32I knew that I knew that I knew that all bets were off.
12:35He told me we needed to leave the area.
12:38And he told me that Noah...
12:45He told me that you were already dead, and that I missed my chance to save you.
12:51Was it true?
12:52But it felt like it was.
12:55But it felt like it was.
12:55They didn't know.
12:55Matt gets such delight out of tormenting people.
13:00I was so angry.
13:03I mean, a part of me just wanted to stay with him so I could hurt him the way that
13:08he hurt Noah and all of you.
13:09And then there was this other part of me that was terrified of him and that just took over and
13:19I just wanted to get away and jumped out of the car and I was just hoping he'd drive off
13:29and I was hoping he'd leave me there and then I heard his footsteps and his panting breath.
13:41And he was coming after me.
13:45And we were in the middle of nowhere.
13:47I didn't know.
13:48I didn't know where we were.
13:49I didn't know if I was going to make it out alive.
13:51It's okay.
13:51It's okay.
13:52You're safe now.
13:54He can't hurt you anymore.
13:56Okay?
13:57Not me or anyone else again.
14:01You sound pretty sure about that.
14:03Do I am?
14:06Because when he came after me and he chased me down,
14:09I was down in the desert and he caught up to me.
14:13I fought him with everything I had.
14:17And that's when I killed him.
14:39I really thought I had it under control.
14:43If I could stop taking pills, you know, because it was temporary.
14:46Once the pain went away, I was wrong.
14:50Angulars are what started my addiction.
14:54The thought of stopping that was not an option.
14:58All I cared about was getting more.
15:03I never really understood that until now.
15:07I never wanted you to understand it.
15:11I don't...
15:14But I do want you to make me a promise.
15:20From this point on,
15:22you need to be completely honest with me.
15:24That is the only way I can truly be there for you.
15:31I promise.
15:34I also want you to know that you will have slip-ups.
15:39And I won't judge you for that.
15:42And I don't want you judging yourself.
15:45And these stumbles are easier to face when you meet them halfway.
15:53Hiding your actions just leads to more shame.
15:58And that leads to more using it.
16:01It's a vicious cycle.
16:06I'm going to beat this.
16:08I will do whatever it takes.
16:10You will.
16:12You can do anything once you put our minds to it.
16:17I hate putting this on you right now with everything that's going on with Dad.
16:21Darling, you're not putting anything on me.
16:23I always want you to come to me.
16:32Let me ask you a question.
16:34Is Jack the reason that you left?
16:38Is that what your father told you?
16:41No.
16:44But, you know, before I went to Vegas,
16:45I learned that Dad had kidnapped Jack,
16:48which, of course, was crazy.
16:50It was a last-ditch effort to try and save the company.
16:54And then Vic filled me in on what happened on the yacht with Jack.
16:57And now Patty Williams is back.
17:00Yeah, she says she's been rehabilitated.
17:03And I'll be back for a second.
17:06Your father has gone to extremes with Jack before.
17:10But this...
17:11This was different.
17:14Desperate.
17:15Which is not like Victor.
17:19It's like...
17:21Something snapped in his head that told him
17:24it's perfectly fine to do whatever he feels he needs to do
17:28to get what he wants, no matter who gets hurt.
17:32Look, I hate it that Patty is back, too.
17:36But do you think this is the best answer,
17:38cutting Dad off completely?
17:40Don't tell me you're excusing what he did.
17:43No, of course not.
17:44I'm just trying to understand why Dad would go to such extremes.
17:47We already know his hatred of Jack.
17:51I think it's about Newman Enterprises.
17:54The fact that he lost everything that he built in an instant.
17:57That doesn't give him the right to put lives in danger.
18:01Of course not.
18:02But just...
18:03Can you imagine how desperate Dad must have felt
18:06to do these things?
18:08I mean, that company isn't just a way for him to make a living, Mom.
18:12It is tied up to his whole self-worth
18:15because of what it means to him.
18:16But he built an empire for this family.
18:22Built it for you, Mom.
18:25And at this stage of his life,
18:27if you can understand where he's coming from,
18:30then maybe you could find it, you know, easier to forgive him.
18:36Honey, I know how much you love and admire your father.
18:41I love him, too.
18:44But I am not ready.
18:46To forgive him for what he did.
18:50I don't know if I ever will be.
18:54You said that you and Matt fought when he caught up to you?
19:02Yeah, it didn't last long.
19:05He threw me to the ground.
19:06He pinned me down.
19:08He was choking me.
19:09I tried to grab something, anything to use against him.
19:17A fistful of dirt, anything, just to try and stop him.
19:22And then I felt a rock, and I picked it up with as much force as I could,
19:29and I brought it up, and I hit him in the head, and then he went down.
19:35And I just stared at him.
19:39This man that I used to love, and that now I needed more than anything.
19:46And then I saw him move.
19:47I was-
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