Hi.
Um...
I don't know if you...
saw on the way in,
but there's a coffee cart in the lobby.
-I don't want anything. -Okay.
Uh...
I was really surprised
to see that you were coming.
I didn't really expect...
Yeah.
This is for you.
CHRISTINE: Is this true?
Does Phyllis have access to Matt Clark?
-That doesn't matter. -How can you say that?
You just gave me this whole speech
about what a slime he is,
how he blew up his drug warehouse
with you and Sharon and Noah and Adam.
Yes. He has tried to kill us repeatedly.
So why are you letting Phyllis force your hand?
I'm focused on Matt, okay?
I cannot give this man any more chances
to hurt people I care about.
He needs to be taken out immediately.
So you're proposing
that I bring Matt to justice
in exchange for dropping charges against Phyllis?
Why? It's not in your family's best interest.
Christine, I'm offering you a win,
no questions asked.
I don't work like that.
I'm a lawyer. I like questions.
This sounds like something Phyllis would suggest.
No. I'm here on my own.
No outside pressure.
If you had Matt, you would turn him over.
So I don't believe you do.
But Phyllis does. She holds all the cards.
What does it matter who has Matt...
as long as you wind up getting him?
Do we have a deal or not?
♪♪
Sharon, I have to go.
Oh, to see your bargaining chip?
I don't need a lecture from you.
I've had enough of those
for a lifetime.
Oh, pardon me for giving you warnings
about the assailant you have in your possession.
You know...pfft...
the Newman family should be thanking me.
Yeah. Matt Clark in exchange
for my freedom--that seems only fair.
-You're playing games. -Everybody's playing games.
Everybody is.
Sharon, don't you understand? I'm gonna make sure
that that psychopath gets locked up.
I will be responsible for that.
Basically, I'll be the hero of the situation.
You're welcome.
Wait.
What?
After everything that man has done to me...
to my son, to Nick... I deserve answers.
Where is he? What have you done with him, Phyllis?
I need to be convinced that you can deliver Matt Clark.
Right now, I'm not.
Figure out a way to change that,
we can talk further about Phyllis.
I get it. That sounds totally fair.
Okay.
DANIEL: Hey, Nick.
Hey, bud.
Um, I hope I'm not interrupting.
Christine, do you have a minute? Can we talk...
-in private? -Yeah. Sure. Uh, we done here?
Yeah, we're good. I'll get you what you need. And soon.
-See ya. -Yep.
Hey. Is something wrong?
Uh, well, I hope not.
Have you heard from my dad?
Is this from Dominic?
He made me a card.
He wanted me to give that to you
and tell you that he's sad that you're still sick.
Sick?
Yeah. You're in a hospital, so that's what we told him.
Well, his handwriting is incredible.
Um...
spelled every word correctly and he even wrote...
a little picture?
It's an ice cream sundae for when you're feeling better.
For when I'm not sick anymore.
Thank you, Devon, for bringing this to me.
My son asked me to do it.
Yeah, but you didn't have to.
But you're a great dad, so you're sitting here with me,
your son's kidnapper.
And I'm really glad that you decided to bring this to me
because it gives me the opportunity
to say, once again, how...
[sniffles] How deeply sorry I am.
Devon, I'm so sorry for the pain that I caused you
and Abby and Dominic.
Yeah, your father left last night to go to Europe
to do a concert. Didn't you get the itinerary?
He should have landed by now. He hasn't checked in.
Oh. Well, yeah, come to think of it,
he hasn't with me either.
It's not like him.
He's busy. He has a jam-packed schedule.
Come on, it's two texts. It's you and it's me.
Okay, you know what? I love your father
more than life itself, but he's a little distractible.
-As rock stars can be. -Mm-hmm.
Okay, listen, I promise, don't worry,
you'll hear from him once the concert's over,
and if you wanna give him a nudge, just, uh,
sick Lucy on him.
Ha. Secret weapon.
That's genius. That's pretty genius, actually.
You know, I'm sorry. I don't mean to freak out on you.
Do not say you're sorry.
We're family. We check on each other.
I think I'm just a little on edge lately,
especially with everything that's been going on
with my mother.
Speaking of which, where do things stand with her case?
Tell me where he is!
He wants me dead, Phyllis!
And Noah, and Nick.
What if something were to happen to Noah?
Do you really wanna be responsible for that?
-He is Summer's brother. -Nothing's gonna happen.
I promise you, nothing's gonna happen.
Like I said, I have this under control.
You can't...control him, Phyllis.
He is a manipulator, a predator.
He may very well be stringing you along right now,
and when he turns on you,
you won't know it until it's too late.
I think I can handle myself.
The clinic left us both very vulnerable,
completely at the mercy of another person.
And ever since then, you've had this relentless need
to control,
to absolutely dictate your every move in your life.
And...that's a bad thing?
Well, it is when it's at the expense of someone else
or yourself.
You know, you're headed for a crash and burn
and you can't even see it.
Okay.
I get it. Sharon...
listen, I understand what you're trying to do.
You don't have to keep on bringing up the clinic.
I get it already. I get it.
If the Newmans just worked with me...
...this will all work out.
I promise.
Pass that along to Nick.
Better hope you're right.
Trust me, I am.
CHRISTINE: Daniel, I can't say much about the case
-against your mom. -But the evidence--
I mean, you've seen the evidence by now at this point, right?
Even if it is fake, which she claims and insists that it is,
how bad do things look for her?
-Daniel-- -Yeah, I-I know.
I know, right, yeah, you can't talk about it.
I get it. But you arrested her,
which means you must have had cause.
And judging from the look on your face,
I'm guessing it's not good news.
I am sorry that you have to deal with your mother's actions,
you and Summer.
I know how hard this is on both of you.
Well, that's Mom, right? Questionable actions
and occasional legal consequences.
I mean, that's just par for the course, right?
Well, I'm not taking this lightly.
And I don't have a vendetta against Phyllis.
I am just following the facts.
You know, as angry as I've been with her,
as much as I want her just to get her act together...
she's still my mother.
I hate the thought of her possibly going to prison.
Yeah. Unfortunately, it's a real possibility.
Is there anything I can do to stop it
or we can do to stop it?
I think we just have to let the case play out.
She should just give the damn company back to the Newmans.
I mean, wouldn't that just solve everything?
I...don't think that's gonna happen.
What if I made it happen?
Would that change your mind
about dropping the charges against her?
-ADAM: Hey. -NICK: What's up?
Hey, did you two come together?
Uh, no, no, I came through the front.
-Just a coincidence. -Yeah, no.
I was at this bookstore up the street.
There's a new book out in this series that Sienna likes,
and I really wanted to get it for her.
Sienna is afraid to leave the house
now that we know Matt Clark is back in Genoa City.
Yeah. She doesn't feel confident
Phyllis can keep Matt stashed away somewhere,
assuming Phyllis really does have him.
I don't think Phyllis is lying,
but she knows the risk is too high for her
if she doesn't give Matt to us.
Phyllis was just here.
I think you're right. She does have Matt.
Did you get a sense of where she might be hiding him?
No. Believe me, I tried to convince her
of how dangerous he is and how she's putting herself at risk
being around him, not to mention all of us.
Well, don't worry.
This is gonna be over soon.
I made Phyllis an offer that she cannot refuse.
Mariah, I didn't come here to get an apology.
Because it...
it doesn't change what I'm... I've done.
I know.
I know you think that I shouldn't be here.
That I should be in prison.
Yeah. I'm not gonna apologize
for requesting the court to review your plea deal.
-I'm not. -No, no. I'm not asking you to.
If that were my kid, I would have done the exact same thing.
I would have rained hell down on whoever did that,
no matter what they were to me.
Is that right?
What?
I just--I have everybody in my life telling me
that I need to forgive you
and that, you know, you weren't in your right mind
and you just need help now.
And I know that's all rational and it's fair,
but I haven't given a damn, 'cause you took my son.
And now I have you sitting here telling me
I don't have to worry about forgiveness, so it's...
it's a lot.
-Why did you bring this to me? -I told you
-why I brought it to you. -No, I know.
But you could have put it in the mail.
You could have given it to Christine or Sharon.
I mean, hell, you could have put it in a drawer
and pretended like it never existed.
Maybe there's some stuff I've needed to face.
-Me. -Yeah.
Like I said, I've had everybody, my whole family,
tell me that I need to deal with my anger toward you
and take a closer look at those feelings.
-Have you? -Every day.
I feel like I do.
And I'm sorry to say that nothing's changed for me.
Nothing at all. And I don't know when
the switch happened for Abby, either,
'cause she hated you for a while.
Especially when you had Dominic.
And I was the one that had to talk her down
and keep her focused on getting him back.
Abby and Dominic were the priority.
Of course.
And even when we got him back,
she was able to make peace with it. I was not.
When we found out you were gonna be put in this hospital,
we weren't happy about it.
She accepted it. I couldn't accept it.
That's when I went and got my attorney,
filed the appeal.
And then that didn't happen, didn't work out,
and now I'm delivering gifts
to the person who took my child.
You know, I will never forget how I felt
when I found out that you were the one that took him.
I will never forget it, Mariah, 'cause I couldn't believe it.
I couldn't believe it, and yet there you were
walking Dominic away from that motel.
You know how I felt when he said to us that he told you
he wanted to go home and you wouldn't take him?
You have any idea how that made me feel as his parent?
And you can try to rationalize it
and you can try to explain it away how you have,
but you took my son.
You took my son. You did it to your friend.
I'm your friend, man!
We've been through a lot together.
What the hell?
I'm sorry. I...
I can barely look at you, let alone forgive you,
'cause I want you to experience just a fraction of the pain
that you've put me through.
Your mother broke the law. There are consequences.
So there's no way out for her?
Well, I mean, maybe under...
the right circumstances I might, uh...
-change my position. -Hmm.
What if she gave back what she stole? Would that qualify?
She's made it very clear she's not gonna do that.
She's pretty stubborn.
She might just have to give in this time.
Since when have you known her to compromise?
-Never. -Yeah. Okay, listen,
I gotta get back to work, so if you hear from your father,
call me, or I'll call you.
Okay. Will do.
Oh, wow.
Look who it is-- the Witchfinder General.
Name-calling. So predictable.
Oh, I guess I'm gonna have to work harder
to not be predictable.
-[laughs] -Everything okay?
Uh, I thought you were giving me the silent treatment.
Did you break that? Oh!
You're coming to talk to Cricket, not me, right?
Things just looked like they were getting a little heated
-from across the room. -Okay.
Well, um, you don't have to worry about her, right?
She's just busy throwing out her baseless attacks on me,
-aren't you? -You can blame me
for the situation you're in,
-but I'm doing my job. -Do your job! Blah, blah, blah.
I know. How convenient that is again.
Paying the price for greed and ambition.
Once again, you didn't think things through.
DANIEL: What about a plea deal?
Isn't there some kinda compromise that the two of you
could agree on--one that would keep you out of prison?
Thanks for sticking up for me, right?
Don't worry. I got this. Trust me.
You should consider what he's saying.
Maybe talk to Michael about it--really.
No, I don't need to talk to Michael about it.
You don't have a case, Cricket.
You will lose.
Pardon me.
What deal did you offer Phyllis?
I told her I would make the charges against her go away
if she just gives me Matt.
Wow. That's quite the offer.
What about Newman Enterprises?
That is not part of the deal.
But isn't that what Grandpa wants?
It is, but I went to Phyllis on my own
and made her a deal with different terms.
And Victor is not aware?
I mean, he's gonna find out about it eventually,
and I'm sure there's gonna be hell to pay.
I'm surprised you did that, given how desperate Grandpa is
-to get the company back. -Son, this situation
is desperate--we have to get Matt Clark out of our lives.
The situation with Matt is life and death, but...
Newman Enterprises, that's a different story.
I know how much the company matters to your family.
Matt is my priority. I have to deal with him first.
And I agree.
But I know that the company means a lot to you too.
If she agrees, your family may never get Newman back.
That's a chance I'm willing to take
if it means we finally get rid of Matt Clark.
I'll suffer the fallout. Whatever it is.
Look...
you don't need
my permission
to be angry with me, but...
You have it.
I mean, I put you through hell.
I was in a hole of my own, and I...
I brought Dominic with me.
Dominic didn't even know what was going on.
He had fun with you.
I was never going to hurt him, Devon.
He's asked repeatedly to see you since you've been away.
That's because he is a...
caring, lovely little boy
with a really, really big heart,
and that's just a...
that's a testament to you and Abby.
I wanna say, um...
when I came to see you guys at the house afterwards, I...
I just wanted to apologize, but...
I was wrong, and it was not the right time and I just--
Mariah, I don't even care about the apology.
It's really the last thing I care about.
It's the "why".
The why is what I can't wrap my head around.
Well...
...if you would be willing to listen...
I can try to explain.
Where the hell have you been?
Didn't I tell y--
What's she doing here?
MARIAH: I've spent a lot of time in here
trying to figure out why.
I know at some point, I lost connection with reality...
and I fell into a darkness that I didn't really know...
how to get out of. And...
for some reason...
Dominic became this...
this beacon? [sniffling]
Like this light that was gonna lead me out of it.
And when he was born, when I first held him in my hands,
I-I had such a strong connection with him, you know?
I felt like he was mine.
And then...
I had to let go of him.
And that was...extremely tough,
and I know you know that because you were there.
Yeah.
Part of me
knew that the plan to take Dominic
was wrong, and I wanted to stop.
But there was this other part, this, like...
...stronger part that was just telling me
it was necessary.
And that stronger part was Ian Ward?
[whispers] Yeah.
Uh, yeah.
You know, I...
I heard him.
I saw him, and he was...
I don't know, he was just kind of this, like...
guide that was...
...helping me move forward when I-I didn't know how.
-Do you still see him at all? -No. No.
He's gone.
And I know now that he-- he wasn't real,
but he felt...
very, very real.
I was broken.
I felt broken, and I was trying to fix it.
I just went about it the wrong way.
And that's not an excuse.
I promise it's not.
I did a terrible thing.
And I knew I was doing it.
But there are also reasons that I did it.
You know, there were parts of me that I haven't addressed
since I was a kid, things that were broken.
And coming here...
working through that stuff--
that is really the only way to truly...
move forward.
So I just-- I wanna say thank you, you know?
Thank you for coming here and--and...
Listening to me and...
Giving voice to feelings.
It matters.
But I also know that it...
-it doesn't make them go away. -Yeah, no, it doesn't.
It doesn't make any feelings go away, Mariah,
'cause, I mean, you could have been led by Ian,
but you literally just told me
that you knew exactly what you were doing,
which was kidnapping Dominic from your friends.
You're not just angry.
You're hurt.
[sighs] Not that it is any of your business, Phyllis,
but Matt and I, we've become friends.
Friends! Friends. Being friends with someone like that
is like being friends with a piranha.
[laughing] She's just jealous.
Of you? That would be sad.
Uh, he needed someone to be honest with him.
Seems like he was getting the wrong impression about you.
Uh, yeah, so I set him straight.
Told him that you were out for yourself,
that you were using him to get what you want,
and then you were just gonna stab him in the back.
Don't listen to her.
She tried to kill my kid. You know that.
Patty says that she's had some psychiatric care
and she's reformed now.
-Mm-hmm, unlike her. -Go back to your cell.
Okay, it makes me so uncomfortable
when there's hostility between the two of you,
so can we just stop? I've got a lot to deal with right now.
-Just don't let her upset you. -Oh, please shut up!
I've got a lot on my plate. I gotta figure out why I'm here
and who I am and why the Newmans hate me so much.
No, I have the answers for you where that's concerned.
About that, Phyllis. Why did you lie to me?
[scoffs] What are you talking about?
Well, you said that you didn't know who the Newmans were,
but you were married to one of them?
You told him that, didn't you?
Oops.
Why would you do something like that?
I thought we were friends.
Why would you play games with my mind like that?
How do you think you can convince Christine
to drop the charges against Phyllis?
Well, I told her that I would give her Matt.
The Feds are now involved.
They've attached drug trafficking
to the attempted murder charges.
Christine would get the opportunity to deliver him.
Are you sure Phyllis can be trusted
and that you'll be able to get a deal done with her
behind your father's back?
PHYLLIS: I'm sorry.
I'm sorry I didn't tell you that I was married
to one of the Newmans. I-I apologize.
I just--I didn't tell you because I didn't want you
to mistrust me.
And it's such a distant part of my past.
Oh, please!
Summer is a Newman!
Don't say my daughter's name one more time--
-Okay, you know what, Phyllis? -I will take you down!
How long--how long have you known who he is?
How long, hmm? Answer that. Hey, Matt.
She lied to you because she's hiding her intentions.
You should not believe anything she says.
Yeah, but you know, here's the thing. I do.
I-I trust you. I believe you.
Why is that, Phyllis?
Well, I think it's because I trust you too.
And I really wanna tell you everything that I found out.
But not in front of that bitch! Not in front of you!
Phyllis, I can't ask Patty to leave.
She's kind of my friend.
Don't you wanna know who you are?
Hmm?
-Patty. -[sighs]
I mean, if you don't mind.
Not at all.
I wouldn't wanna stand in the way.
Not when you need to learn some very important information.
Uh, maybe you and I could get a drink later.
-Yeah, I'd like that. -Yeah?
-Yeah. -Okay.
Oh.
[Patty chuckles]
Okay.
-Bye. -Bye.
[whispering] Bye, Phyllis.
[laughing] Oh, my God.
You hate her so much.
Did you...
leave here and go meet with her?
Yeah.
We just talked for a little bit, that's all.
-What if someone saw you? -What if s--nobody saw me.
And even if they saw me,
I was wearing the disguise that you gave me
with the hat and the glasses. Patty didn't even recognize me,
and I told her I was gonna be there.
Oh, my God, wait, wait.
Did you call her with the phone that I bought for you?
You're really angry.
Okay. [stammering]
You said before that...
you figured something out about my life.
Can you just tell me, please? I'm dying to hear it.
Yeah! I have so much to tell you,
all of your history and all of the enemies that you have.
If you wanna hate me, Devon, that's--that's fine.
Just please don't let it ruin your life.
You have a wife and a son who love you so much.
What is that supposed to mean, that I'm not there for them,
-or what? -No! I'm just saying
don't let your feelings consume you,
'cause if...if you do, you're gonna drown.
I mean, look at what happened to me!
I can control my feelings. I can do that, okay?
And I don't hate you. I never gave you that power over me.
That's fine. Devon, you can let it all out.
I am telling you, all of the anger, all of the hate--
I am in here. There's nothing I can do.
I can't hurt anybody.
There's gonna be no retribution.
I'm not gonna lash out. I can take it.
What do you want me to say? What do you want? What do you want?
Why did you do it? Why did you do it then?
Everything was perfect. Abby and Dominic
just wanted to play in the backyard,
and then you came and took him,
and I didn't do anything about it--I let it happen!
I should have got on the phone.
I should have called the police immediately.
I should have gotten the car and went after you,
but I didn't. I let it happen, okay?
-Don't do that. -Don't do what?
-Don't blame yourself! -It's my responsibility!
What are you talking about? It's my son.
It's my son. I made a promise to him that I'd protect him,
and I didn't do it. I failed!
-Just give it to me. Come on. -Yeah.
Most of it's not good, okay?
-Not good? -No. So...
You have tried to, uh...
kill various members of the Newmans.
More than once, actually.
Assault, rape.
No.
No. Nope, that's--
No, that's not a--nope. That's not true.
That's--that's not a thing that's true.
Nope.
Do you--d-do you think I'm a horrible person?
You think that I'm that kind of a person?
I mean, it would make sense now
why everybody that I see on the street just wants to
walk right up to me and punch me right in the face, right?
The kid, the man from my memory.
The man from your memory I'm sure is my ex-husband.
About that-- you find anything out?
No, I didn't find anything out about it.
-Am I married? -I don't know.
Who would marry a guy like me, right?
I mean, it makes sense, 'cause if what you're saying is true--
-If what I'm saying is true? -Yes, if what you're saying
-is true. -You think I'm lying to you?
No, I'm saying that--no! I don't think you're lying.
I don't think you're a liar. I think you are
saying a thing that is not the truth.
I think if I were a horrible person like that
that I would know that. You would know that.
You wouldn't wanna help me. You would be afraid of me.
Why did you withhold the information
about your ex, Phyllis?
I'm not gonna tell you things about my history.
-I mean, that's unnecessary. -It's totally necessary,
because it has to do with me and my life
and what I need to know!
Well, why are you going to Patty, Matt?
I mean, she's not doing anything for you
except, oh, you know, flirting with you.
She's just trash-talking me.
Actually, what Patty said made a lotta sense.
Okay, well, then, go hang out with Patty.
Go be with Patty, all right?
-I don't have time for this. -No--
I'm trying to help you, but I--forget it.
-Don't go, please, don't go! -I have my own problems.
Phyllis, hold on a s--
Please don't leave me right now.
[sniffling] Please.
SHARON: I'm just surprised
you had a change of heart about Matt.
You were so determined to deal with him on your own.
Yeah, I was, but this seems like the best solution now.
Well, Matt could find a way out again,
escape prison time.
Are you concerned about that?
No. That's not gonna happen.
Christine doesn't want someone like Matt
walking the streets again.
She'll do whatever is necessary to make sure that he stays put.
What if Grandpa finds out about your deal with Phyllis
and interferes?
Dad can't stop this plan.
It sounds great if you can pull it off, right, Mom?
Yeah, if everything goes the way your father says.
What does that mean?
Well...
[quietly] you told us that you had a plan to kill Matt,
and that was the only option you wanted.
And now you're saying that you are willing to hand him over
to the cops? I mean, tell me if I'm wrong,
but something just seems... off here.
I fully intend to hand Matt
right over to the police.
Unharmed?
Yep.
NOAH: I agree with Mom
that your flip seems a bit... dramatic,
but I say we do whatever it takes to get rid of Matt.
Exactly.
Just promise me that you won't take matters into your own hands
once you have access to Matt.
Yeah. I promise.
Please, Phyllis, just like...
I-I'm really sorry. I, um...
Yeah, I don't mean to sound ungrateful to you.
I-I just--this is a lot.
It's a lot going on. It's a lot to take in.
I understand.
I've decided that I don't want my memories back.
I'm good. I'm okay. I mean, who wants to hear
that they're capable of being such a horrible person?
Not me.
Hey.
Everybody deserves forgiveness.
I don't feel safe. I think I should leave.
I think I need to get out of town.
I think it's time for me to leave town.
I can't let you do that.
This is the second time...
that you told me that I can't leave Genoa City.
W-why is that? What is it you're not telling me?
I did this, Devon.
I did.
Me, not you.
Mariah, I made a promise to...
my wife and my son
and to God and even to Chance
that I would do everything in my power
to protect that little boy,
and I even made that promise to you, okay?
You were the first person to make sure he was safe
-when you carried him. -And Dominic is safe now.
You found him. And you brought him home.
And in doing so, you also brought me home
so that I could get help, which is...
extraordinarily kind.
There's not a day that goes by
that I don't regret that you're not in prison,
and I'm sorry.
Do you know that I wanted the same thing?
Yeah. I didn't wanna take the plea deal.
I did not think that I deserved this.
But...my mom and Tessa
and Christine, they convinced me
that coming here and getting treatment,
getting better is...
is the only real way to...
help all of us heal.
That guilt you feel?
I feel it.
Those promises you made to Dominic?
I made those promises too.
I made them to Aria.
I didn't take care of myself.
I gave up on my family.
That's how I got here.
So I'm just asking you, please, please don't let...
don't let the anger suck you in.
Mariah...
I'm gonna do my best.
I'm gonna do my best to forgive you
and to accept your apology.
That's all I can do.
Devon, I really appreciate that.
You have no idea, but...
What I really, really need you to do...
...is just please forgive yourself.
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