>> Audra: Oh, my God. [ Audra sighing ]
She's still gone.
Hey, uh, Nikki. Uh, it's Audra, again. You know, I-- I'm sorry to
keep calling you like this, but I-- I just came from
a meeting with the R&D team and they need clarification
on the live stream issue. Uh, we-- we need to talk
before I make any decisions. You know, I-- I know you were
looking forward to your trip to Oregon with Claire and then
visiting your sister in Napa, and I really do hate to bother
you with business like this, but I need your help.
Yeah. And I-- You know, we're at a standstill
here and I-- I don't know when you're coming home.
Um, you know, it's really unlike you
to go off the grid like this. I-- I hope everything's okay.
Call me back as soon as you get this.
>> Billy: Hey, Vic, it's me. Look, I know you got a lot
going on with your mom, but your message has got me
a little bit worried, so can you give me a callback
and let me know that everything's okay, please?
I would really appreciate that. Okay. Hopefully,
I'll talk to you soon. Thanks. >> Nate: Black coffee.
>> Billy: Nate. Hey, I'm actually
glad I ran into you. >> Nate: Uh, Billy. Yeah.
What's up? >> Billy: Have you heard from,
uh, from Victoria? >> Nate: No,
I certainly haven't. Why? >> Billy: She left me a message
saying that Nikki had a seizure and that she was jumping on a
flight to Oregon to be with her and I haven't heard
from her since. >> Nate: What? Nikki had
a seizure? Is she all right? >> Billy: I don't know.
>> Nate: Did she tell you what type of seizure?
Nikki's MS can put her in a vulnerable position.
>> Billy: No, no. I don't know anything more than
what I just told you, but she sounded frantic
on the phone. And, uh, we were supposed
to spend the weekend together going to see the kids
at boarding school. So, I'm just trying to
figure out what's going on. >> Nate: Yeah.
And I'd like to know more about Nikki's condition.
>> Billy: So, you don't know anything about this?
That's surprising to me. I thought you would have
been Victoria's first call.
♪♪♪
[ Nick grunting ] [ Nick panting ]
>> Victoria: Nick! >> Nick: Uh, Vic.
>> Victoria: Nick! >> Jordan: Something wrong,
Victor? Feeling a little piqued?
Poison getting to you? >> Victor: Who's-- who's--
who's blood is that? >> Jordan: Not yours. Yet.
>> Victor: Put that down. [ Jordan laughing ]
Put it down. You're gonna have to use it and
you better use it all the way 'cause I'm gonna come after you.
[ Jordan laughing ]
>> Nate: I'm not sure it would do any good, but let me see if I
can find out what's going on. Well, I'm not sure
if she'll respond, but I'll let you know if I hear from her.
>> Billy: Am I missing something here?
You two not together anymore? >> Nate: I don't think
we need to get into that, Billy. >> Billy: I disagree.
I feel like I have a right to know.
>> Nate: Because? >> Billy: Because we have
two kids together, Nate. And I don't know if you're gonna
be in their lives or not and they've been through a lot,
so I don't want to add to the confusion.
>> Nate: I promise you, Billy, our situation won't
affect your kids at all. >> Billy: Look, Nate,
I hear you're leaving Newman. Does that
have anything to do with this? >> Nate: I still don't think
it's any of your business, Billy.
But, if you must know, Victoria and I hit
a rough patch. >> Billy: Mm. I've been there.
It's not fun. >> Nate: Yeah, we had
a little falling out. Let's just leave it at that.
>> Billy: We could do that, but let's not.
What'd you do, Nate? >> Jordan: Put the knife down?
You're giving me orders, Victor Newman.
After what you did to my sister, to my family?
>> Victor: After what we did to your sister?
Have you forgotten that your sister tried to kill my wife?
>> Jordan: Oh. But look at the two of you,
living happily ever after. At the expense
of my sister's sanity. You destroyed her and then
you allowed your daughter, Victoria, and Eve's son, Cole,
to abandon their baby. >> Victor: They did
no such thing. >> Jordan: Oh, but you know,
maybe Claire was better off because you Newmans never
would have loved her. Because she was Cole's daughter.
She was Eve's granddaughter, but I loved her.
I loved her. I gave her guidance.
I gave her a purpose. And without me,
she would've become nothing but a broken young woman.
>> Victor: You turned that girl into a monster.
>> Jordan: Oh, you know, I really did hate
bringing Cole into it, but it was for
the greater purpose and maybe someday, he'll forgive me.
>> Nikki: What is she talking about?
I don't understand any of this. >> Victor: She's talking
nonsense. She's a mad woman. >> Nikki: But it's
all gibberish. I mean, Cole and baby Eve.
What-- what-- what does she want?
>> Victor: Sweetheart, sweetheart.
She's trying to kill us. [ Jordan chuckling ]
>> Jordan: Don't you see? >> Victor: Aren't you?
>> Jordan: It's over. I've already killed you.
Can't you feel the poison streaming through your body?
Are you slurring your words like your drunk wife?
But don't worry, it won't be much longer.
>> Victoria: Oh, no. [ Cole grunting ]
>> Cole: Nick. Nick.
Nick, oh. Oh, that's it. I got it.
>> Victoria: Help him! >> Cole: We've gotta keep
pressure on this wound. Come on, Nick.
Come on, Nick. Don't give up. You got this.
Stay with us, Nick. Stay with us.
>> Victoria: Claire, you have to call an ambulance. Please.
Please. >> Claire: It wasn't
supposed to be like this. You were supposed to
be hurt emotionally. You were were supposed to be destroyed.
I've waited 20 years for this. To hear you tell me how--
how horrible you felt for leaving me.
How much it's haunted you from the day that it happened.
I want to hear you tell me that you're sorry.
>> Victoria: I am sorry. I'm sorry, Claire.
I'm sorry, okay? I'm sorry for the lies that
your aunt told you to make you believe all of these
terrible things. I'm sorry. I'm sorry
for the way that you were raised that made you be filled
with so much hate. >> Claire: But Aunt Jordan
wouldn't lie to me. >> Victoria: We loved our baby.
We loved her. We were destroyed when Eve died.
>> Claire: But I'm baby Eve. >> Cole: Claire, you've been
lied to your entire life. You've been living with this
misguided anger for too long. It can all end right here.
>> Victoria: Please. >> Cole: You-- you don't
wanna kill the ones that didn't do anything wrong.
You're better than that, Claire. >> Victoria: Listen to him.
Please listen to him. Please. Please.
You know deep down that this is wrong.
We're dying. You know it. Please just call an ambulance,
please. If you do, I-- I promise I'll help you.
We'll help you. Please just help us, Claire.
[ Victoria panting ]
>> Victor: So, you say the poison is about to kill me?
Well, then, you know, I may as well
take you down with me. [ Jordan grunting ]
Come on. [ Jordan panting ]
>> Nate: I love that you assume it was me who
did something wrong. >> Billy: No, it doesn't matter
if it was your fault or not, they're gonna make
it look like it was, okay? That's the Newman playbook
and they've been playing that way for decades.
>> Nate: Fair enough. >> Billy: So what happened?
>> Nate: I just got caught in the middle.
I fell into one of Victor Newman's infamous traps.
>> Billy: Yeah. Well, take it from an ex-son-in-law,
he prides himself on those traps.
You know that he had his daughter arrested on our wedding
day just to try and stop her from marrying me?
>> Nate: Wow, that's subtle. >> Billy: Yeah.
I've learned over the years that there's only two ways that
you can handle this. First, you can gnaw your leg off
in order to free yourself from the trap to then fight
or you can cut your losses and calmly show yourself the door.
>> Nate: I clearly chose the latter.
>> Billy: And I have the scars to show that you're
a smarter man than I am. Look, I know that Victor
is back in the CEO position at Newman and that
Victoria got demoted, which I know would be
very upsetting to her. Is that how all of this began?
>> Nate: It began and ended there.
Look, Billy, I'm not about to get into the details with you.
For the record, I feel I did everything right.
Medically, professionally, ethically.
But Victor misinterpreted my advice and therefore,
so did Nick and Victoria. Apparently, I don't need to tell
you how impenetrable that Newman wall can be.
>> Billy: Yeah. Victoria's a strong,
independent woman. She's gotten a lot better at
standing up to her father and not automatically
falling in line with whatever he thinks and says,
so that makes me believe that uh, she had a reason to turn
against you and it wasn't just because her father did.
Have you entertained that thought yet?
>> Nate: Look, no offense, Billy, but I don't have the
patience or energy to explain myself to someone whose opinion
doesn't matter much to me. >> Billy: I don't know how
to not be offended by that. >> Nate: What I mean is I've
learned over the past several months that you can't
be objective when it comes to my relationship with Victoria.
Your opinion is going to be skewed one way or the other,
so I can't put much weight on it.
>> Billy: Well, Nate, I think that's fair.
But for what it's worth, as someone who has been in many,
many of those traps, I sympathize with you
for being the latest Victor Newman casualty.
>> Victoria: Mom! Oh, Mom, thank God, you're okay.
>> Nikki: Hi, honey. Well, I can't say that I'm okay,
but I-- I-- I will be. >> Claire: Where's my
Aunt Jordan? Did you hurt her?
>> Nikki: Claire. Oh, my God, Nicholas. Baby.
>> Nick: Mom. Mom. >> Victor: How bad is it?
>> Cole: Well, we-- we've got pressure on the wound,
but he's lost some blood. >> Nikki: Help is on the way.
Help is on the way. >> Victor: You call an
ambulance right now and give us the damn antidote.
>> Claire: But my Aunt Jordan. >> Victor: Who gives
a damn about that bitch? She's upstairs.
And she'll spend the rest of her life in prison, I promise you.
And if any of us here die because of your inaction,
you're gonna-- you're gonna meet a fate worse than this.
>> Nikki: How could you do this? I cared about you.
I trusted you. What kind of a monster are you?
>> Victoria: Claire, I'm begging you, please.
You can turn this around. Turn it around for you,
for us, for all of us. It's not too late, please.
Please. >> Cole: We can help you.
We will help you, but we can't do that unless you help us.
>> Nikki: The rest of your life will depend on what you do next.
>> Victoria: I don't know what to say, but I'm sorry.
>> Nate: Because I got fired? >> Victoria: No, for all of it.
>> Nate: Oh, including the part where you ignored the
only doctor in the room? Hm? Given what we were dealing with,
what we both thought we were dealing with,
I offered Victor the best course of action and you
didn't have my back. I thought we were a team.
>> Victoria: We are, we still are.
>> Nate: Oh, it certainly didnt feel that way in there.
>> Victoria: Look, I'm as angry about all of that as you are.
>> Nate: No. Not even close. >> Victoria: Oh, God.
After everything that I have done to try to prove my worth
and my loyalty to my father that--
>> Nate: I am sure. I am sure you will get over it.
You will be fine. >> Victoria: Look,
I-- I-- I hate that things turned out this way.
>> Nate: Is that supposed to make me feel better?
Because it doesn't. You basically threw me
to the wolves. >> Victoria: There is
a way to fix this. >> Nate: It would mean taking a
stand you don't want to take. Victoria, all I wanted to
do was protect your father and give you back what you
deserve while he healed. Those details he's so indignant
about were entirely reasonable. Not some proof of a coup!
But that doesn't seem to matte. To any of you.
You know, my mistake was thinking you'd have my back
instead of showing blind obedience.
I won't make it again. Thank you.
I appreciate your sympathy, Billy. I do.
But I'll land on my feet. I always do.
>> Billy: Yeah. But are you gonna land on your
feet with or without Victoria? >> Nate: I told you already--
>> Billy: I get it. Yeah. None of my business.
Can you at least just tell me if you got a response
from the text? >> Nate: Um, nothing,
which isn't a huge surprise, I guess.
You know, she might not want to open a text from me
after everything that went down. Have you heard from her?
>> Billy: No, nothing. And usually, she's really good
about keeping me updated. Sometimes too good, which is
exactly what worries me. Something serious must have
happened with Nikki in order for Victoria to drop everything and
get on a flight to be with her. You know, I'm assuming
that she's taking care of her mother right now,
but you know what? I'm gonna try again. Excuse me.
>> Audra: Hey. I did not expect to see the
two of you hanging out. >> Nate: Hey,
I'm glad you're here. Um, we've been trying
to get in touch with Victoria but having no luck.
Have you... >> Audra: Well, I know the
feeling. I've left about a dozen messages for Nikki and she's--
she's not responding either. >> Nate: Well, you may not
hear from Nikki for a while, depending on the severity
of her seizure. >> Audra: Wait, what?
Nikki's had a seizure? >> Billy: Yes. Today.
>> Audra: Nobody told me. >> Billy: We don't know much.
Victoria left me a message saying that her mom had
a seizure and that she was getting on a plane to Oregon
to be with her. >> Audra: But neither
of you has heard from her? >> Billy: Nothing.
And her message was frantic. >> Audra: You know,
this doesn't make any sense. You know, they usually
respond so quickly and if I can't get a hold of Nikki,
Claire usually fills me in, but she's not responding either.
>> Billy: What the hell is going on here?
>> Claire: You'll help me? You promise?
>> Victoria: I'll do whatever I can, Claire.
Please. Please, you have to help us.
Please. >> Claire: Here. There are two,
only for two people. Drink the antidote, Victoria.
It'll-- it'll counteract the poison.
Please, there's not much time before it's too late.
>> Victoria: I'm gonna give them to my parents.
>> Claire: No, Nikki doesn't need it.
She wasn't poisoned.
She was only given an IV of alcohol
>> Victoria: Alcohol? >> Claire: Victoria, please.
Just drink-- drink the antidote. I'll go--
I'll go find the others. I'm pretty sure I know where
Aunt Jordan hid them. >> Victoria: Daddy.
Dad, here's the antidote. >> Victor: No, sweetheart, you--
>> Victoria: No, no, don't argue.
>> Victor: You drink it first. >> Victoria: No, no,
no, no, just drink it. Drink it. Good. Okay. Oh, God.
Cole, here take it. Take it. Nick!
>> Nikki: Nicholas, what are you doing?
What are you doing? Honey. [ Nick panting ]
>> Nick: 213 East Shaw. We have four victims.
Stabbed, poisoned. We need an ambulance.
>> Claire: Here. Take this. Here.
>> Victoria: Give it to me. >> Cole: Is Nick gonna make it?
>> Victoria: Yeah. He's fine. You're fine.
We're fine. We're all fine. Help is on the way.
>> Cole: I'm so sorry. >> Victoria: No. No, no.
You don't have to be sorry. It's okay.
>> Cole: No, my aunt. I didn't know.
>> Victoria: No, no. No. No, of course, you didn't know.
Yeah. >> Cole: Our baby...
she's dead, right? >> Victoria: Yeah.
Yeah, she's dead. I know it's just-- It's a little
confusing right now, probably because of
everything that's happened, but what Claire said is not true.
Our baby Eve is-- She's dead. I'm sorry.
You okay? >> Nikki: Please let the
ambulance come in time. Please. >> Nate: Okay, got it.
>> Audra: Yeah, I-- I understand. Yeah.
>> Billy: Tell me you heard something.
>> Nate: I just talked to the transportation
coordinator at Newman. >> Billy: Okay. And?
>> Nate: And she said it wasn't just Victoria who flew
out to be with Nikki. It was Victoria,
Victor and Nick. >> Billy: That checks out.
I talked to Abby. She said that she talked to Victor
before he got on the flight. So, that means they're all
together and nobody's got back to us yet?
Nobody's reached out to us? >> Audra: I-- I managed to get
a hold of Nikki's sister, Casey, but she hasn't seen
or heard from her. But then again, she wasn't
expecting to since Nikki was gonna surprise her.
>> Billy: Did you mention anything about Nikki's seizure?
>> Audra: How could I alarm her like that with no more
information than what we got? You know, it's a family matter,
so I'll have someone from the family contact her if we
ever hear from any of them. >> Nate: Okay. Okay.
So, they're all still in Oregon with Claire and her aunt.
>> Billy: And no word from Claire yet?
>> Audra: Straight to voicemail. Like I said,
this is so unusual for her. She's usually quite prompt.
>> Billy: Okay. Well, it's-- it's time that
we call the authorities. >> Audra: Look, I'm sure
we'll hear from someone soon. >> Billy: Yeah.
Well, I disagree. I think we call the Oregon
police station and make sure that they make a little visit to
Claire's aunt's spot. >> Nate: Okay.
Uh, but I don't have an address. Do you, Billy?
Besides, I don't think we need to get the police involved.
So, they've been out of touch for half a day.
>> Billy: Out of touch for half a day, Nate?
It's a billionaire CEO of Newman Enterprises
and the co-CEO and the head of Newman Media and
they're all unreachable, okay? I would say
that's pretty suspicious. >> Audra: You know,
and if Nikki suffered a seizure, why would Victor, Victoria,
and Nick all fly out to Oregon to be with her without at least
reaching out to one of us to let us know what's going on?
>> Billy: Good point. Let's start calling the
hospitals in Oregon. >> Nate: Okay.
You want to call all of them? >> Billy: No, we find out
where the jet landed. We use that as the epicenter
and we go from there. >> Audra: Look, I think that
we should keep trying them all, including Claire,
before we resort to making random calls to hospitals
in the Pacific Northwest, okay? If this is
a private family issue, I don't want to draw any kind of
unwanted attention to it. >> Billy: And if they're in
real trouble, we are losing valuable time.
>> Nate: Listen, listen. Nikki had a medical emergency,
the close-knit family all flew out there to be with her.
They're preoccupied with her health, so they don't
have time to respond to us. That is the most
likely possibility. And-- and what kind of real
trouble do you think they're in, Billy?
>> Billy: If you could please just let me know
that Victoria is okay? And of course, Nikki.
I would really appreciate it, Victor.
Just call me back, okay? Thank you.
Nothing. Which is the most suspicious
aspect of all of this. >> Nate: What?
Victor not taking your call? >> Billy: Exactly.
Usually, he would jump at the opportunity to berate me
one on one. Billy boy,
you worthless degenerate. I would actually love to
hear that right now. >> Nate: Do you ever think
that um, deep down he has great affection for you.
>> Billy: No. No, no, not at all.
>> Nate: Well, maybe not affection, but he
likes you after all these years. >> Billy: No.
No, he hates me and that hate gets deeper every single year.
Look, my mother is Jill Abbott, okay?
She's far more vicious than Victor, but I know
underneath all of that, there is love.
Not with Victor. Nope. I've never been enough
for his daughter and he reminds me of that every chance he gets.
I'm sure you get a little bit of that.
>> Nate: Just the opposite. He's always treated me
with respect, even admiration at times.
>> Billy: What the hell's up with that?
>> Nate: Well, he did know me as a physician before
I was with his daughter. Um, that carries a lot of
weight with some people. I guess Victor is
one of those people. >> Billy: So, you guys
are like buddies? You like, sit on the couch and watch football?
>> Nate: No. I wouldn't go that far.
We're friendly. You know, we all get along.
Everything was going well, until it wasn't.
Hey, any luck reaching Nick? >> Audra: Voicemail.
>> Billy: So none of the Newmans are answering their phones?
>> Nate: There could be a rational explanation.
>> Billy: Yeah. There could be, but I've known
the Newmans most of my life, okay? Irrational things happen
to them all the time. >> Nate: What are you
talking about? >> Billy: My point is,
it's time to worry. So, I'm gonna keep trying to get
a hold of Victoria or anyone else that has information.
In the meantime, I have to go home, but I'm gonna stop
by Newman Tower and see if anybody has information there.
>> Nate: I'm sure they're all fine, but I'll keep
trying to reach Victoria. >> Billy: If anybody hears
anything, please let me know. >> Audra: Yeah, count on it.
>> Nate: And you do the same. >> Audra: You know, you are
acting like this was no big deal, like everyone was fine.
But you're really worried about Victoria, aren't you?
>> Nate: Of course I am. But her ex-husband,
Billy doesn't need to know that. >> Audra: I'm surprised.
>> Nate: Why? >> Audra: Well, after you
know what you told me about what happened at Newman, I got the
impression that things weren't good between the two of you.
>> Nate: Her choices hurt me, but that doesn't mean
I stopped caring about her. >> Audra: Will you just
be careful, please? >> Nate: Careful of what?
>> Audra: Of getting sucked back into the Newman vortex.
You know, I think you're much better off being
free of all of that. >> Nate: Oh, I agree.
I am much better off out of Newman and away from Victor.
As for Victoria, I have no idea if, um,
there's still a future for us. >> Audra: Well, I guess that's
up to you, isn't it? >> Nate: How do you figure?
>> Audra: Well Nate, you were the one who got blindsided here.
You know, why set yourself up for that to happen again?
You know, she'll always choose Newman over you, or anyone else,
or the rest of the world, and I think you deserve
a whole lot better. >> Nate: Mm.
Thank you for that, Audra. >> Audra: You're welcome.
And you do know that my offer to come work with me is
still open, right? >> Nate: You do know that you
haven't told me what it is, right?
Why would I accept an offer for a job I know
next to nothing about? >> Audra: Well, you know
the most important part. >> Nate: Which is?
>> Audra: You'll be working with me.
>> Cole: They're gonna transport all of us to the hospital.
>> Victor: Okay. >> Cole: They'll stitch up Nick.
And they're going to test the rest of us to make sure
that our bodies have successfully been detoxified.
>> Victor: Okay. Good. >> Nikki: I didn't ingest
any of the poison. >> Victor: Sweetheart, you've
been through a lot of trauma. You need to be examined as well.
>> Cole: I think that would be wise.
>> Nikki: I'm just glad it's over.
>> Victor: Officer, did you arrest the woman that
was locked in the bedroom? >> Officer: We conducted
a thorough search. There's nobody in that room
or any other room upstairs. >> Victor: How's that possible?
There's only one exit out of this house.
She didn't come through here. >> Nikki: I know there's
a window in that bedroom. >> Officer: It was open,
but it's too high to jump. >> Victor: You know, there was
no way she could have escaped without injuring herself, right?
>> Officer: That's right, sir. >> Nikki: Well, then she must be
somewhere in this house. Claire, you would know.
Where would your aunt hide? >> Claire: I have no idea.
>> Nate: So, you want me to forget all of my other prospects
and come work with you at this mysterious opportunity
for no other reason than to work with you?
>> Audra: It sounds like such a simple,
elegant plan when you say it. >> Nate: I bet.
Have I ever told you that one of the things I admire most about
you is your self-confidence? >> Audra: Hm. You have.
But I love hearing it, so you can tell me again.
I deserve it. >> Nate: Where did
that come from? >> Audra: Hm. What do you mean?
>> Nate: You. Where did you come from?
Where did you develop that skill, huh?
>> Audra: You want to know where I grew up?
What my parents were like? How many boys I kissed?
>> Nate: Well, I didn't ask all of that.
I'm interested in how you became you.
>> Audra: Oh, Nate. No. Come on.
You don't wanna hear that. It's so mundane.
Look, it doesn't matter where I'm from.
What matters is that I'm here in Genoa City with you,
doing what I do best. >> Nate: And what would that be?
>> Audra: Hm. I facilitate, I negotiate,
I cultivate, I disseminate. You know. I dominate.
I do all of that and I look good doing it.
That's all you need to know. >> Nate: You are definitely
a one-of-a-kind piece of work. That is for sure.
>> Audra: Well, thank you for noticing,
>> Nate: But. >> Audra: There's a but
after all of that? >> Nate: Yes.
Before I accept this job offer of your-- So-called job
offer of yours, I'm gonna need a little more to go on.
>> Audra: You're no fun. All right.
You know, I'll tell you what. I'll let you buy me dinner
and I'll give you what you want. >> Nate: And that is?
>> Audra: A few hints about the job, of course.
>> Nate: All right. It's a date. [ phone ringing ]
>> Nick: Billy.
>> Billy: Nick. What the hell's going on, man?
I've tried to get a hold of everyone, including your father.
I-- I'm assuming you're in Oregon.
Just tell me, is Nikki okay? And is Victoria with you?
>> Nick: Uh I-- I can't get into it right now.
Just know that we're all together
and we're all safe. >> Billy: What-- what-- what do
you mean everyone is safe? What's going on?
>> Nick: We're gonna be home soon. I'll let Vic fill you in
when she can. >> Billy: No, Nick.
Hold on. Level with me. Is everyone really all right?
>> Nick: I gotta go. >> Victor: Officer,
you better find that woman. She is criminally insane.
>> Officer: Yes, sir. >> Claire: Victoria.
I don't know what to say. Um... I don't know what
to believe anymore. I don't even know who I am.
I'm so sorry everyone. >> Victoria: How can someone
so bright end up like that? She's so confused.
>> Victor: Well, she's just as bad as her aunt.
She's nuts. >> Cole: EMT's are ready
to start taking us all to the hospital.
We should go. >> Victor: Come here,
my sweetheart. Come here, my baby.
Slowly.
Thank you.
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