BILLY: This makes me very nervous.
What do you mean?
You sitting here, that still,
that means your mind is racing, and, uh, that makes me nervous.
So, tell me what's going on.
Well, um, you can ask me, but be prepared for the answer.
Okay, I'll brace myself.
Nothing.
-Nothing? -Yeah.
Hey, Phyllis, you know there's a river called "Denial?"
-No too far away. -Oh, that is so funny.
BILLY: I know.
Seriously, why are you so calm?
It's actually sort of shocking to me too,
but I feel like for the first time in a long time,
things are right on track for me.
♪♪
[Nick sighing]
It's okay, Dad, it's just me.
Yeah, it's just a reflex, you know?
Did you get some sleep?
Probably as much as you did.
Sorry to hear that.
You wanna go back up and try again?
You're managing without a nap.
Yeah, that's because of the coffee, you know?
Energy in a mug.
Yeah, that will work for me too.
I checked on Christian, he's still crashed upstairs.
It's nice having him here.
And you.
Thank you for staying.
Where else would I be, baby girl?
[Nick exhaling]
Tessa and Mariah had to go home, be with Aria.
I could've stayed at the main house.
Grandpa has the security team on high alert.
Ah, you wanted to be here in case your mom came home.
So did I.
Plus, Christian loves being here, you know,
to hang out with you and...
But Mom isn't here.
No calls, no texts.
I called all the hospitals.
She hasn't been checked in.
What about the police?
They've launched an official missing person search.
But nothing so far.
Don't read into that.
How could I not?
Hey, we're gonna find your mother.
That evil monster.
How dare he show his face in this town?
He made a huge mistake coming back into town.
I'm watching every one of his moves.
-Even as we speak? -Yeah.
Ian Ward will not harm anyone in my family anymore.
I don't know.
He fooled the prison system into thinking
it was safe to release him.
And he fooled the clergy that he's not the devil himself.
Yeah, but people who don't know him
are easily manipulated by him.
Oh, yes.
He's very creative.
He is not to be underestimated.
I do not underestimate him.
But I will deal with him.
TESSA: Can we get some air before we watch the skaters?
You know, we gotta sort of...
IAN: Morning, friends.
Oh, and this little angel must be Aria.
Be careful there.
Somebody might have spiked your coffee.
Because a Phyllis who isn't riled up
is not really a Phyllis at all, is it?
Okay, okay, okay. Everybody said I should do this,
including you, so I'm doing it, okay?
What are you doing?
I'm letting everything go regarding Sharon.
You know, justice, retribution, everything.
I can't control it.
No, you can't.
Billy, the amount of energy that I spent hating Sharon...
Oh, it's not worth it.
Wow, that's impressive.
Really, really great work.
It's liberating, actually.
It is.
Ah, I spent so much time,
like, making sure that everybody knew that I wanted justice.
I wanted justice when it came to Sharon.
But I can't control it.
I can't control Nick or Michael or Chance.
And I definitely can't control Sharon.
Shocking but true.
Mm-hmm.
You can say I told you so, right?
I'll let you say that, and then we can move on.
Well, if anyone understands righteous rage.
I know you've lived it. I know that.
I also know that sometimes we say things
with a lot of passion and a lot of words,
hoping that it's true, but it's not.
Are you saying I'm lying?
No, I'm saying it sounds like
you're trying to convince yourself of that.
So why don't you just be honest with me and tell me,
did you really let this go?
Or are you building up steam until the next time you blow?
NIKKI: I know you would love
to go after Ian Ward yourself again.
Yeah.
I'm looking forward to it, you know?
Well, yeah, that's because you're always
three steps ahead of people, but he is not human.
Everything that he does is deranged.
He assaulted me as a teenager, he tormented me as an adult,
and look what he put you through in prison.
I know.
Let me just tell you that he's being watched, okay?
-Good. -VICTOR: Yeah.
And I want you to be extra cautious as well.
Please don't make me worry
that you're going to go after him yourself.
Yeah, well,
he won't catch any of us off guard again.
How dare he come back here after all the agony he's caused?
I'm going to need you to take a step back.
I understand your protectiveness for your child
and how my presence here might give you pause.
How can you stand to hear yourself talk?
Every word you say turns my stomach.
-Let's go. -No, please, don't go.
Please. Look, look over there.
You see that man wearing the hat?
That's one of Victor Newman's guards.
He's been following me around all day.
And I welcome it.
Perhaps all the people in town will feel at ease now
and they'll realize that I'm not any kind of threat.
Until he turns his back or you come up with
a distraction or whatever sick plan you have going on.
I swear to you, I'm not here to make any kind of trouble.
Well, then what is it? What-- what do you want?
To be responsible for all of the trauma that
I caused in the past.
That's great.
Then you should go back to prison if you feel so guilty.
I'm not the man that I was, Mariah.
People like you don't change.
Atonement isn't easy.
That's my problem, not yours, of course.
But my soul is crying out to make amends.
And if you could just give me one moment,
perhaps I can begin to make that journey.
Still nothing from Mom.
Look, Chance and the police just started their search.
You know your grandfather, he's got his guys on this.
I know it's hard, but these things take time.
You sound so calm, but if you've been calling hospitals,
that means you're worried, too.
I only called the hospitals to rule out
your mother getting into an accident.
It's probable that she just wanted to go somewhere
to get some peace and quiet or to get a good night's sleep.
Dad, don't.
We all know that Mom wouldn't go off alone without telling us.
-Not now. -Okay, maybe that was before.
But things are different now, right?
She knows that she's not the person who hurt Heather.
Faith, she probably just needed to take a breath, you know?
She's got a lot to process.
She has been working through it with us.
Well, maybe there were some things or some feelings that
she just didn't want to talk about.
You know your mom.
She doesn't want to be a burden to anyone.
Mom was the one who said we should celebrate at Society.
And then she didn't show up. That's not like her.
Something happened.
Okay, your mom can handle herself.
How long was she drugged before she realized?
Maybe it happened again.
Mariah said there's no way,
but-- but who thought that it was possible the first time?
I'm sure that's not what's happening.
Maybe the hypnosis made her remember something that
she couldn't handle, something horrible.
Okay, Faith, no matter where your mother is right now,
I know the last thing she would want is for you to be upset.
Maybe she had another breakdown.
Or she passed out, and she's hurt,
and she can't call for help.
Dad, what if it was Ian?
The guy's capable of anything, right?
Maybe he did something to Mom.
Um, you know me.
When I put my mind to something, it's actually a piece of cake.
I do know you.
It's one of the favorite things about you,
is that when you lie to yourself or anyone else,
you are fully committed.
I mean, you really believe it in the moment,
straight-faced and all.
I made a New Year's resolution.
-I'm sticking to it. -Okay, well,
let's see if you can get past the first week.
You should be cheering me on.
I should be keeping you honest, Phyllis,
because someone needs to hold you accountable.
You should be cheering me on
because we're gonna be working together.
I'm fully committed to get Chancellor back for you,
out from under Nikki and Victor's thumb.
I think maybe you're trying to distract me
with what you know I want to hear.
No, I'm totally focused on us being a team.
Is that right? So, you're all in?
-I'm all in. -Focused, determined, driven?
-All of the above. -Great, that's what I love
to hear because this is gonna be a monumental fight,
and we're gonna need everything we got.
-Go team. -Hell yeah.
Just one condition.
You shouldn't have to worry about me, too.
I'm sorry about being a mess.
You never have to think like that, Faith, ever.
You're my kid, and I love you.
Your feelings always matter to me.
I know that not being able to get in touch
with your mom is scary and difficult.
She should have come home by now.
-I know. -Or called.
But if something happened to her medication...
Look, Ian is an evil son of a bitch.
There's no point pretending that he isn't.
But I agree with Mariah.
It's highly unlikely that he was able to tamper
with your mom's meds again.
She's kept a very close eye
on this new clean batch that she got.
That doesn't mean that Ian didn't find another way
to tamper with the pills she has now.
What if he snuck in here?
Found the bottle?
Or-- or what if he messed with her food?
Or her toothpaste? Or maybe her skin cream?
Okay, stop, stop, stop. Please.
This is exactly what Ian wants.
He wants to come to town and upset everyone,
and that is what's happening.
I really don't think your mom's meds are the issue.
You can't be sure.
If he's capable of anything,
then he could have drugged her again.
Everyone hates him.
Everyone knows that he's a maniac.
He's not here to make people nervous.
He's here for a reason.
What if that reason is Mom?
The deal was, I never had to see you
or hear your voice again.
I wish the prison system would have called me
when they decided to release you,
and I would have been happy to let them know
all of the reasons that you deserve to rot in a cell.
Old wounds are slow to heal,
but hanging on to hatred poisons the soul.
My soul is fine, thank you very much.
And you know what? You don't have one,
so you don't really get a place to talk.
And if you had really wanted to make amends,
you would have stayed away from me and my family.
Mariah, I don't expect you to forgive me, all right?
But all of it was my fault. I wanted you to know that.
But I also know that trauma can cause confusion
in a young person's mind, and they could somehow think
that they're responsible for their own pain.
What? Are you insane?
No, I never said any of that.
I accept all of my actions and all of my mistakes.
And I am ashamed by them.
And I'm trying to make amends for them,
and I want to make things right if I can.
But I-- I don't expect forgiveness.
I'm not letting you waste another second of my time.
I understand. I understand.
I-- I hope-- I hope, Tessa, you're feeling better.
Has the doctor said, uh, why you had that asthma attack?
Um, uh, no. There's been no explanation,
but the fact that you had that inhaler, I...
-I owe you my thanks. -IAN: Oh.
No. Not at all.
And when I saw you collapse,
and then after I helped you start breathing again,
I suddenly realized all of it.
Why I came to town in the first place,
why I wanted to see you and Mariah
and your beautiful family,
and why I was there at your moment of need.
No. No. No. You're not gonna do this.
Okay? You're not gonna come in and say that you were the hero
of this situation, that it was God's plan,
because I guarantee He doesn't want anything to do with you.
There's always a plan, Mariah,
whether we want to accept it or not.
And it seems that we are intertwined until the end.
Sweetheart, I want you to know that you are safe,
and so is the rest of the family.
You have my word.
All he does is create havoc, and I hate it. I hate him.
I understand.
I just don't understand why he was set free to begin with.
He's a massive manipulator.
He's relentless.
I know. That's what scares me.
Blackmail, kidnapping, attempted murder,
teaming up with Adam.
You were shot because of him.
He cannot be underestimated.
-He's too dangerous. -VICTOR: Sweetheart,
I promise you
that Ian Ward will no longer be a problem to this family.
I promise you.
You got me. I should know better, but I don't.
-[Billy exhaling] -What does that mean?
It means I sat here for all of two seconds,
very excited about going after Victor with you,
and I started to picture Chancellors, prices soaring,
and adulation from the business world, and then, record scratch,
you have one condition.
PHYLLIS: Yes.
I mean, you're acting like
I'm asking you to cut your arm off or something.
Phyllis, when you have something up your sleeve,
-all limbs are at risk. -PHYLLIS: Okay,
you know how good I am and what I bring to the table,
so even if I was asking you to do something
like cut off a limb, which I never would,
of course, I'm worth it.
-Mom, there you are. -Hey. What's wrong?
I just talked to Chance.
All right. That's a good thing, right?
Sharon's missing.
Everything's gonna be okay.
This isn't me sugarcoating anything, all right?
Your grandfather has plans in place that will keep Ian away
from your mother or anyone else in this family.
Maybe now it's in place because everyone knows Ian is in town,
but before everyone realized...
There is security all over this ranch.
There's just no way Ian's gonna get anywhere close
to your mom's meds.
-You think I'm overreacting? -No.
No. I just think you've seen evil up close.
You've had to deal with danger more times than anyone should,
and sometimes that makes you jump to the worst-case scenario,
which is totally normal.
But let me ask you this.
How has your mom seemed lately?
Calm, right?
Just solid, dealing with what happened with Heather?
Does she seem like someone who's having to adjust
to dangerous drugs in her system?
Mom's been great, on top of things.
There you go.
Then where is she?
How come she didn't meet us at Society
or come home last night?
We don't have any answers.
How come the police or Grandpa's people
don't have any news for us at all?
Where could Mom be?
There is no higher power guiding you.
There is no higher power that would want you harassing us.
And you would know that if you had anything but evil in you.
Thank you for your kindness, Tessa.
There's no need to thank me.
I was happy to help you.
Mariah's had enough tragedy in her life.
I-- I caused most of it.
Oh, yeah, and you're so sorry.
You're so sorry, and you've seen the light, and oh, my God,
I just want to vomit listening to you.
You know, Tessa?
She's known people like you, too.
She has seen monsters in her life, just like I have.
So you can't con her or make her feel like she owes you.
So just stop it already!
Oh, my apologies. My apologies.
I've taken too long and I've spoken too much about myself.
I just hope that one day
you're able to find forgiveness, Mariah.
It can work wonders on a damaged heart.
What did Chance say?
Maybe there was a misunderstanding?
No. No misunderstanding.
My dad contacted Chance
because Sharon didn't show up to New Year's dinner here
and she hasn't been home.
Oh, okay. Well, she's done it again.
Her disappearing act.
Absolutely pathetic.
Good thing you let go of all that rage.
This is not rage. This is not rage.
I'm just stating reality.
Do you really think that Sharon just left
and she didn't tell anyone?
Absolutely. Summer, she's done it before.
She did it before, maybe she won't be gone, you know,
for months, but, I mean,
she'll sit back, she'll lay low.
Everybody will get freaked out and then she will appear again
and it'll be like, yay, all's forgiven, Sharon.
-Mom, people are freaked out. -See? See?
SUMMER: With good reason, though.
I really don't think that Sharon would have just
taken off and not told anybody.
Her kids? When everything that's happened?
And Mariah and Faith have been so worried about her.
Mariah, Faith, Chance, Michael, Nick, all of them.
All of them. Then she'll show up again and "Oh, my gosh,
"we're so happy that you're here, Sharon."
I mean, you know this. She's done this before.
Timing feels a little off, doesn't it?
Oh, it's always a great time for a Sharon pity party.
Sharon goes AWOL as soon as you let go of all your rage.
Standard operating procedure.
Phyllis, do you know what happened to Sharon?
Sit down, honey. Come on.
You haven't slept, have you?
Have you heard from Sharon?
Nothing.
I spent most of the morning trying to reassure Faith,
but none of this makes sense.
At least Chance knows and the police are on it.
I'll call Chance, okay?
And make sure that we coordinate our efforts.
I don't want both teams to comb the same ground.
So nothing from your guys?
Nothing so far.
What can I do to help?
I don't know, Mom. Uh...
You know, Faith's with Christian right now.
Maybe you could organize a play date with his cousins later.
Oh, of course.
Johnny and Katie would love that
and it would take all three of the kids away from the tension.
Yeah. Dad, obviously with everything that's going on,
I'm not going to be able to stay on top of things at Newman.
Son, that's the last thing to worry about, okay?
I got it covered.
Why don't you go upstairs and lie down?
We'll wake you if we hear anything.
It's not going to work, Mom.
I've had too much coffee, there's too much adrenaline.
You know, I don't know how else I can reassure Faith
that her mom is okay,
but she thinks Sharon's been drugged again by Ian.
I've done everything I can to convince her
that Ian cannot get back on this ranch.
VICTOR: You know...
I'm almost convinced that Ian Ward had everything to do
with Sharon's disappearance.
Why would he show up so conveniently now?
But why?
What does this bastard want now?
We've heard your pitch, and the answer is no.
We're not interested.
She's a glorious child.
I'm sure you're raising her with all the love
that you yourself deserved when you were a child,
and I failed you at that.
That's kind of what happens when you buy a kid
to expand your cult.
Well, you have my admiration.
It can't be easy,
the life that you decided to make for yourselves.
It can't be easy pretending to be a decent person
when you're pure filth.
Some in my position would condemn
the very nature of your family,
but I don't hold with that opinion.
There are different forms of love, are there not?
Go ahead and take Aria to the skaters.
I'll be there in a minute when I'm done with him.
[Phyllis exhaling]
Are you seriously asking me that, Billy?
That, um, I would do something to Sharon
like stuff her in her closet?
Are you seriously saying that?
BILLY: So, it didn't happen?
No, it did not.
Phyllis, we sat right here, and you talked about
how you wanted personal retribution on her.
You wanted to make her pay for what she did.
-You wanted revenge. -SUMMER: Mom, are you serious?
You can't go around saying things like that.
I did not-- I did not say that.
I did not say that.
What I said is
I don't want Sharon to weasel out of taking responsibility.
What I said was Sharon should face the music.
And then we talked about a lot of other things,
Billy, like work.
Yeah, we eventually got to work.
Okay, Sharon skipped bail.
That's not my fault.
So, I stand corrected.
Yes, you do.
Great.
Are you gonna apologize to me for calling me a vigilante?
My bad.
Well, this has been a lot of fun.
I'm gonna leave you two ladies to it.
Oh, yeah, you do that.
You do that. You leave us to it.
SALLY: Did I interrupt?
Mm, no.
You actually saved me. I owe you one.
Well,
I know how you can make it up to me.
-Oh, really? -Mm-hmm.
I'm going to Paris in a couple weeks.
I have to make some fabric selections for Marchetti Z.
And you want me to water your plants while you're gone?
I want you to come with me.
Romantic getaway.
It's a business trip.
Oh, strictly business?
Well, not-- not completely.
I just want you in Paris with me.
Let's go. Come on.
I can leave right now.
We can buy clothes and toothbrush when we get there.
Look at that.
Look at him.
You know, sitting up there with his gal pal.
He accuses me of being a criminal
and then he's up there holding hands with her.
Why do people still assume the worst about me?
Why?
Oh, my gosh, Summer, not you, too.
Mom, of course I don't actually believe that
you did anything to Sharon.
Well, I mean, it took you long enough to say that.
And you did that head tilt, like your dad does.
I hate it when your dad does that to me.
Okay, but can you really be that surprised that Billy asked?
You have been ranting about Sharon all over town
for a couple months now.
Sharon confessed to killing Heather.
She confessed to framing your brother.
I mean, and yet she's not in a jail cell.
So, it's not ranting, okay?
It's just stating facts.
Okay.
Yeah, and yet I am moving on.
I am moving on.
I don't care what's happened to Sharon.
I don't care where Sharon is, okay?
Let everybody else get frantic about Sharon,
like Michael and Nick.
It doesn't matter to me.
I've let it go.
-Very generous of you. -Yes, yes.
Very generous.
If something dire has happened to Sharon,
it's on karma, not me.
So, the Fabric District is in the 18th arrondissement,
but that does not mean that we have to stay there,
but I did find a very romantic,
very bohemian hotel that I already love.
Wherever you want to go, whatever you want to do.
Okay, well, thank you for indulging me.
My pleasure.
I do have one question.
Mm. Hopefully it's not separate hotel rooms.
Oh, God, I hope not.
Is there a specific reason
why you're asking me to join you in Paris?
Are you fishing for compliments?
Are you avoiding the question?
I'm not really sure what you're asking.
I guess what I'm asking is,
are you hoping by taking me to Paris
that I won't be here to go after Victor and Chancellor?
That is part of it.
But Victor and Chancellor are going to be here
when we get back.
But you are hoping that I drop my plans
to go after the company?
Oh, yeah.
Absolutely I'm hoping you'll drop it.
Because I think it's risky, and I think it's dangerous,
and I think someone could get hurt.
But I'm not expecting you to drop your plans
because of me or Paris.
What happens when we get back and I continue down my path?
What does that mean?
It's your call.
But in the meantime, are you coming with me?
Damn straight, I'm coming with you.
Fabulous. Should I send you the hotel link?
No need. I'll go wherever you go.
I am in your hands.
Mm, well, you will be very glad that you are.
I guess it could be a coincidence,
Ian, coming back to town.
But for him to show up now
and then Sharon to suddenly go radio silent?
There's got to be a connection, son.
I mean, if he had anything to do with Sharon's medication
or the fact that she's missing, it's like, why?
He has attacked our family so many times in so many ways.
Yeah, and then we sent him to prison.
Hoping he'd never get out.
Until now.
Clearly, this chaplain thing is a cover.
Oh, please.
It's insulting that he would believe anybody
would buy his redemption.
He's caused nothing but misery in the world.
All the police are gonna say is
that he's done nothing wrong or broken any laws.
Yeah, and he wrote a letter to the police saying
if anything happened to him,
that your father was responsible.
I promise you both...
Ian Ward will be taken care of.
And there'll be no blowback on us.
[phone ringing]
It's Chance.
Hey. What have you heard?
What?
Okay.
Um, any sign of Sharon?
Okay.
Just, uh, keep me posted.
All right, thanks.
What's happened? What did he say?
They found Sharon's car in the river.
Do you want to go sit with them so you can hear them better?
Sally is so basic.
She's so mediocre. Nobody sees it.
Nobody cares.
Okay. Mom, Sally's actually quite talented.
Oh, my gosh, you too.
She's brought a lot to the table at Marchetti.
What can I say? I mean, whatever happened in the past--
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Whatever happened in the past?
Oh, my gosh, do I need to remind you what happened in the past?
No. Because I've moved on.
I've gotten past it. Okay? It's possible.
You should actually try it sometime.
I know about moving on.
See? I know about that.
I've tried it too.
That's what I'm saying.
Okay? And, you know, let me just say,
people who don't remember the past, they are doomed by it.
People who don't remember what Sharon does when she's,
you know, pushed into a corner are doomed.
She bolts.
Sharon's missing, Mom.
Dad is really worried, and Faith, my sister...
Your half-sister.
She's terrified.
I care about these people.
Okay, I know you care about these people.
I understand that.
But the reality is Sharon is probably on a beach
somewhere, you know,
in some country with no extradition treaty.
You really think she just left her family behind?
Absolutely, because she doesn't really care.
She doesn't really care.
Okay? You and Daniel need to take my lead.
I mean it. Let's let go of Sharon and all of her issues.
We need to come together as a family.
We need to heal.
Oh, my gosh.
We've got to move on, Summer.
We've got to.
What exactly did Chance say?
Somebody saw a car going off the bridge this morning,
and they called it in.
Which bridge?
The one near where Heather's body was found.
Rescue team pulled it out.
It's definitely Sharon's car.
Well, what about Sharon?
They're still searching.
There's no sign of her.
-Sally? -Hi.
-You all set for Paris? -Yes.
Just locking in one more meeting,
a new sustainable manufacturer.
Okay, great. I cannot wait to see the samples.
That was cozy.
It was a cozy little meal.
Phyllis, we are not going to have this type of
conversation right now.
So, anything not related to Chancellor is off limits?
That is good to know. That means that you're not
going to accuse me of committing any crimes against Sharon again.
Oh, believe me. Sorry I asked.
Sharon is a non-issue.
Great.
So we can use all that energy to good use now,
like going after Chancellor and scorched earth and all.
Let me get this straight.
My revenge is bad, but yours is productive and healthy.
Pretty much.
Glad we got that figured out.
So now, why don't you tell me about this one condition,
because right now I am thinking the worst.
It's very easy. It's Daniel.
When we get Chancellor back,
Daniel becomes a key player there.
A key player.
I'm doing this because I'm trying to create
a path forward after what happened to Heather.
So, bottom line, no Daniel, no me.
Do we have a deal?
The three of us should see the skaters together.
Go ahead. I'll be a minute.
One minute, honestly.
One minute.
She loves you very much.
I want to make this clear,
because I never want to speak to you again.
Do not talk to my wife.
Do not so much as look at my daughter.
I will never forgive you, much less tolerate you.
Stay away from my family,
or I swear to God
I'm going to kill you.
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