VICTOR: I love this omelet. Mmm.
How's yours?
What? Disappointing or what?
-What's wrong? -Oh, no.
No. I'm just marveling at the amazing colors
in my fruit salad, of all things.
-Oh. -[giggles]
Well, you know, your doctor tells me
that you have many more years...
where you can enjoy the various colors.
Thank God the surgery was a success.
I mean, you were right when you told me
my condition was temporary, but...
I couldn't believe it.
I-I just didn't dare have hope.
I was worried that the worst would happen.
But it didn't. I knew it wouldn't.
I can only hope that Nicholas comes back
from what he's facing feeling like I do.
It broke my heart seeing him this morning,
so sad and defeated.
Breaks my heart as well.
I think the only good thing is
that he went to rehab by himself, you know?
That means that he'll be home soon,
healed and healthy.
Be honest, Victor.
You're just as worried about our son as I am.
I am, indeed.
Oh, my gosh, it's late.
It's been so long since I've slept in like this.
We were up most of the night.
Oh, Matt, where are you?
Did you leave town already?
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NOAH: Let me guess.
Mulberry muffins?
Very good.
Special request from Dad?
How did you know?
Oh, I saw them back on the menu
and I know he was totally obsessed.
Well, I'm sure he wouldn't notice
if I kept one aside for you.
Thanks, but I'm not that hungry.
What's wrong?
What makes you think something's wrong?
Well, I usually have to put up a fight
to keep you from stealing one of these.
What is wrong, Noah?
What it always has been lately. Matt.
What has he done now?
I'm afraid he's using his history with Sienna to...
play at her guilt and convince her
that this kindler, gentler man he is now
deserves a second chance.
Sienna is way too level-headed
to fall for Matt's manipulations.
I mean, you didn't hear the way she talked about him, Mom.
I mean, she actually told me stories
from their past about Matt showing basic human decency
like she was trying to convince me
that even back then he wasn't all bad.
Well, I can see where that would worry you.
Especially considering all that Sienna knows
about what Matt has put this family through,
not to mention how he's hurt her.
It almost feels like he's already won her over
and...that scares the hell out of me.
[door opens]
Hey, Noah, I'm going over some receipts and, uh, looks like
we're gonna need to order another six cases of the malt--
You really need to start locking that door.
You know, the way that, uh,
you stormed out of here the other night,
I thought that you'd be long gone by now.
You on your way outta town? You come to say goodbye?
Actually, I came to ask a favor.
For his whole life, Nicholas has always been
strong and confident.
Fearless.
This morning, he just seemed broken.
Obviously, this is taking a toll on him.
Well, he's still in the grips of his addiction, you know?
I mean, I'm not surprised that he feels not himself.
This isn't the first time
you've had to deal with something like this
because of me.
I'm sorry I put you through that, more than once.
Sweetheart, there's nothing to be sorry for, okay?
But I gotta tell you,
to sit at home and think that one of your loved ones
is out there by themselves...
fighting their addiction
all on their own...
That makes me very sad.
Well, I'm sure he wasn't happy
that we surprised him this morning,
and that's my fault.
I thought my good news would give him a boost.
I hope he's not too upset with me.
Why would he be? I think it helped him
to hear that you got over your addiction
and the news that you regained your sight.
I hope you're right.
I know I'm right.
I think we should also be happy about the fact
that he chose voluntarily
to go to that rehab place.
You're right.
What else is troubling you?
I asked you a question last night, Victor,
and you didn't answer me.
Now that my vision has returned,
where do things stand between you and me?
Matt, a-are you in here?
[huffs]
Wow.
He didn't even leave a note.
Or a text. No one leaves notes anymore.
But maybe a text? No. No.
Ah.
I was really hoping
that Matt would finally be gone this time, for good.
What if he was just floating the idea,
hoping that someone would ask him to stay?
Someone like Sienna?
You don't really think he's hoping for
a reconciliation with her, do you?
I don't know what to think right now, Mom.
I just know that lately she's been pretty conflicted.
And I can't blame her. I mean, it wasn't that long ago
that she was fully committed to the guy.
And then it all fell apart, and not just because she met me.
You know, it's because she found out the truth
about the man she married.
Well, it's never easy to accept the bad decisions we've made,
even if we didn't know better at the time we made them.
I'm sure Sienna feels guilty
for not seeing Matt's dark side sooner,
and I know she feels responsible for what he did to her and me.
She must also know that you don't blame her for any of that.
Yeah, in her rational mind, she does.
But deep down, she still blames herself.
It's almost like by convincing herself
that he wasn't all that bad back then
and believing that he really has changed now
she's absolving herself of the guilt that she felt
over all the stuff that he'd done.
Well, if it eases her conscience,
that's a good thing.
No, no. Cutting Matt any slack is not good,
and it can be dangerous.
You know that better than anyone.
Unfortunately, I do.
I'm worried that Sienna will let her guard down,
if she hasn't already
and that it's gonna get to a point
that Matt is gonna have to do something horrible just to
snap her out of believing that he's a changed man.
Let's hope it doesn't come to that.
Well, it won't...
if he leaves town like he said he would.
Unfortunately, what Matt says and what Matt does
-are two different things. -Yeah, well,
maybe it's about time someone held him to his word.
And if he still doesn't go,
maybe I'll just force the issue myself.
You need a favor from me? Ha.
What do you need?
Do you mind if I sit?
So, Noah...
he, uh, he really flipped out on me, you know,
after he saw me talking to you.
And it's just I-I really thought that when you and I were talking
in that conversation, we were in a better place.
I think you thought the same thing, didn't you?
Anyway, Noah storms in here
and he starts accusing me of harassing you.
He was being protective of me.
Right, and I don't blame him. I mean, in his mind
I'm still the same monster that I've always been.
And I'm sure you've had your doubts, but...
am I wrong or
did we agree that,
you know, our life together I wasn't always a total creep?
You weren't wrong.
And what a relief it is to...
to know that there were
at least one or two moments in our life together
that I'm not ashamed of.
For me too.
Thank you for saying that.
And, uh, I guess I was just hoping
that since you were able to afford me such grace
that maybe Noah and his parents now might be able
to follow your lead and do the same.
You can't blame them.
You have been their worst recurring nightmare.
Right. But when I say that I'm gonna leave town,
they just jump on that and they let me know
in no uncertain terms that no matter how much I do,
no matter how hard I try and prove to everybody
that I'm not the same monster that I've always been,
they will never stop looking at me that way.
And I just--I flipped out and I'm sorry.
I apologize. I'm not proud of how I acted.
And I made some pretty extreme declarations.
One of them was that you were gonna disappear.
You were gonna leave town and never come back.
-So was any of that true? -Yeah, well, it was true
in the moment, but then I've had some time to cool off
and I've made an even bigger revelation.
I'm listening.
I don't need to sacrifice my entire life
to please the Newmans or anybody else,
especially when it's never gonna work.
And I have met some people in this town
who look at me, and they don't see a walking horror show.
What are you saying?
I think I'm gonna stick around Genoa City after all.
-Is this some kind of joke? -No.
-I thought that you-- -That I wanted to leave town.
I did, but I changed my mind. But my problem is
no matter how hard I try and avoid the Newmans,
they're never gonna stop trying to drive me away.
But my gut tells me
that you believe the change in me is sincere,
and I swear to you that it is.
And what does it matter if I believe you or not?
Well, my hope is that you can
convince Noah and the rest of them
to at least consider that you might be right about me.
Okay, now I know this is a joke.
No. I'm asking you to please--
if you could try and reassure the Newmans
that I'm not a threat.
Not to Noah, not to any of them. Not to you.
Not to anyone, not anymore.
And...
I just wanna live my life. I just wanna be left alone.
Please, Sienna, I'd be forever grateful.
What makes you think
that I could persuade them
to believe something that you couldn't convince them yourself?
Well, because if the words come from somebody
that they care about and they respect,
then they might hear them.
You're giving me too much credit.
No. You're one of them now.
You are part of the Newman adopted family.
And they're never gonna listen to me,
but they might listen to you.
Come on, what do you say, please? Just...
Can you help me out?
You're not going to have to force Matt's hand
to leave Genoa City.
That man is a lot of things, but he's not stupid.
He's not gonna stick around here surrounded by people
who absolutely despise him.
He knows that's not good for his health.
I wish you were right.
But despite what he said about
not being able to get out of town fast enough,
he has yet to make a single move to go.
How do you know that?
Grandpa's security team told me.
According to them, Matt has been in his room
at the ranch since last night,
and he hasn't made a single move,
no one's seen him packing,
and he hasn't said a single word to anyone about leaving town.
So all that talk about starting a new life
as far away from here as possible--
that was just for show?
Maybe.
Dad said that night that he wasn't buying any of it.
And looks like he was right.
I wanted to tell him what I had heard,
but I haven't been able to get ahold of him.
Well, there's a reason for that.
What is it? Is Dad okay?
He will be.
I was waiting for him to give me the go-ahead to tell you,
which he did right before you got here.
Tell me what? What's going on?
Um...
your father has been struggling with his addiction
these past few weeks.
But it seemed like he was doing so much better.
Well, you know, he was, but you know your dad.
He has a way of burying his feelings
so that nobody worries about him.
Well, in this case, his feelings caught up with him.
That's why he checked himself into a rehab center last night.
I think right now we should be very grateful
that you regained your sight.
And then we should focus on our son's recovery.
Oh, I am beyond grateful.
All I wanna do is focus on helping Nicholas recover.
But I can't do that while the rest of my life is in limbo.
This morning has been so great...
you and me having breakfast together,
coming together for our son.
It all seems so right.
But what's really happening is
we're falling into our old familiar patterns
without dealing with what broke us up.
We're ignoring the fact that just a few weeks ago
our marriage broke into a million pieces.
So what do you want me to say?
I want you to tell me how you feel.
Well, my goodness, look at you two.
This is a surprise.
I'm sorry. We are in the middle of a private conversation.
Well, I didn't even realize you two were speaking again.
My goodness. Well, this won't take long.
I just came here to inform your husband
he won't get away with his latest sabotage.
I thought Dad was past all of this.
Noah, your father is never going to be past this.
This is something that he is going to have to manage
the rest of his life.
Like Grandma with her alcoholism?
I know she still goes to meetings.
Exactly.
But the good news is
Nick has been very proactive about getting help.
And the fact that he checked himself into rehab--
that's a very good sign.
Why didn't you tell me what was going on?
I would have been there to offer my support.
He didn't want to take you away from the club.
He is more important than the club.
Once he had decided to admit himself,
any delay would have left the door open
for him to change his mind.
Can I at least go see him?
He's asked that we give him some time, a few days.
Apparently, your grandparents stopped by
to see him this morning and it completely blindsided him.
He wasn't expecting to see anyone so soon.
I just can't believe Dad got hooked so fast.
I mean, this all goes back to Matt.
If he hadn't have caused the crash,
Dad wouldn't have ended up in the hospital with a busted leg.
Well, there's nothing we can do about that now.
I know. It's just another reminder
that no matter how sorry Matt suddenly is
for the hell he's put our family through, the man is toxic.
He needs to go.
Now.
Exactly what is this sabotage you're carrying on about?
Are you having trouble with the new company already?
Oh, my goodness, Victor, why would you think that?
Oh, is it possibly because when you handed me this company
it had been so utterly decimated
that there'd be nothing worth salvaging?
Now, I thought you enjoyed a challenge.
Oh, trust me, I do.
And I intend to take Arabesque to new levels
and make it a powerhouse company
that will give Newman Enterprises
-a run for its money. -Oh, I'll be damned.
Well, good luck to you.
I don't need luck.
-Uh-huh? Really? -No.
I beat you once. I'll do it again.
And I'll have the last laugh.
Why you gave anything to that woman
after what she pulled with Newman I do not know.
[laughing] She is incorrigible.
Sweetheart, she helped save our son's life.
Yes, and for that I am grateful, but...
enough about her.
The state of our marriage is more important.
It sounds dire.
It could be.
Will I be returning to my suite upstairs or...
am I coming home with you?
You didn't even say goodbye, Matt.
You know what?
You didn't have the decency to say goodbye.
I'm gonna make sure you wish you had.
Where are you, Matt?
I deserve to know.
You sell yourself short.
You have way more sway over people than you realize.
[phone chimes]
You need to answer that?
This is an important conversation.
Listen, I don't know why you think
that I can change anyone's mind about anything.
I've only been here a few months.
The Newmans are just now starting to accept me.
Noah loves you.
And that means that...
he respects what you think and he listens to you
and he cares about how you feel.
And I say that without any anger, and I mean it.
I'm serious.
You know, believe it or not, I actually...
did talk to Noah about you.
What did you say?
I told him I thought you were telling the truth.
-And? -And he didn't believe it.
So me pleading your case isn't gonna sit well with him.
I understand your reluctance,
but you're kinda my last hope here.
Okay, well, this is not my job to fix. It's yours.
Sienna, I have to live with the horror of all of the things
that I've done for the rest of my life every day.
But I have a chance right now
of being happy.
I had that chance with you.
No, you didn't. We--we didn't.
-All we had was lies. -Right.
But we had a chance, and I blew it.
Because I was angry all the time
and I thought I was better than everybody
and I didn't care who I hurt to get what I wanted.
But I'm not doing that right now.
And I just...I just want peace.
And not just for me. I want that for you.
-I want that for everyone. -Okay, you know what,
I will see what I can do, all right?
-Thank you. I appreciate that. -But listen to me.
If you are playing me the way that Noah thinks you are,
-I swear to-- -I swear I'm not.
Okay. You better not be.
Because I almost killed you once.
And next time, I will not be so clumsy.
I'm asking for your help to put my past behind me
and live my life without constantly having to
look over my shoulder.
You know, I wouldn't mind that either.
I get that and I know that's because of me, and if I could
go back and change everything, I would, but I can't.
All I can do is try to do better moving forward.
Okay, listen, I said that I would try and help, okay?
-Let it go. -And I can't tell you
how much I appreciate that you would even consider that.
Okay, you don't have to throw me out. I'm leaving.
I told you never to come back here.
-Yeah, it won't happen again. -Yeah, no, you said
you were leaving town the first chance you got.
Well, in case you forgot, we were all on board with that.
No one wants you around here, okay? Including Sienna.
Yeah, like I said, I'm outta here.
Yeah, well, let me make something crystal clear to you.
Whether you change your mind about leaving town or not,
you're going. I'll personally make sure of it.
How 'bout I leave you alone and you leave me alone
and we all live our life in peace?
Get the hell outta here, man.
Do you believe the nerve of that creep
coming back here after I warned him to stay away?
Please tell me he only came to say his final goodbye.
You know, I thought it was abundantly clear where I stand.
I wouldn't be asking if it were.
Of course I want you to stay at the ranch.
That's where you belong.
But what about us?
I mean, where do things stand?
Do we still have a marriage?
Or is Jack still an obstacle between us?
Will you please stop talking about Jack Abbott?
But I guess you never will, will you?
No, I won't.
But I still love you.
In that case, I have two choices.
Either I accept your friendship with that loser,
or...
you and I will not have a future together.
There is a third choice.
What's that?
All you have to do is say you were wrong.
Seriously? Nothing.
You know...
You know what?
You're gonna wish... you're gonna wish...
that you texted me.
That's what you're gonna wish.
You're gonna listen to me whether you want to or not.
In fact, I'm gonna leave you a message
that you will never, ever forget.
Hey, Matt! Hey, it's Phyllis.
Uh, Phyllis, remember, uh, the woman that you slept with
that you just ghosted?
I-I don't understand this.
I don't--after everything I've done for you,
everything I promised to do for you,
everything I did for you last night...hmm?
Yeah.
Uh, you seemed to enjoy yourself.
And I-I...
I thought that...
there was something...[sighs]
I'm so confused--
some connection between us, and it just...
What happened?
There's no note, there's no-- no message, no email.
I mean, you can go--
What happened to you?
Good morning?
No! No, it was a good morning,
and then you just disappeared!
You disappeared. You were gone!
-Slow down. -No, you slow down.
You just took your bag and you just bolted out
at the crack of dawn?
You finished?
Well, I have a lot more to say.
First of all, my duffle bag is under your bed,
and I put it there so that it wouldn't be in the way.
And I didn't say goodbye to you because you were sleeping,
and I don't know if you know this about yourself, Phyllis,
but when you're asleep,
you have the face of a-- of a--of a really hot angel.
I-I'm like a hot angel?
-Yeah. -Really?
-And your bag is under my bed? -Yeah, let's go upstairs
and look--I'd love to see the look on your hot angel face
when you realize it's still right there.
-I thought you'd ghosted me. -No, why would I do--
last night was epic.
You make a grown man hope he never gets amnesia again.
I wouldn't just cut out on you.
I hate that you think that I would.
Uh, I didn't know what to think.
-I like you. -You do?
-I do. -O-okay.
I like you.
Cool.
Don't--don't...you don't need to listen to the voicemail
I just left.
[laughing] Oh, no, I think I do. I think I really do!
I need to hear the verbal hit-job you dropped.
I used just some strong language, that's all.
I'm sure. Okay. Here's what's up.
I spent the morning, because I was so inspired by you,
trying to put things in place
so that I could build a whole new life here,
thanks to you.
That's lovely.
I was just thinking of worst-case scenarios.
That's all. I've been here before.
Yeah, no, well--not here.
We're not anywhere dangerous. Not with me.
All right.
What were the things you were putting together?
Oh, I had to check in with an old friend.
-You have friends? -Well, I mean, technically
she's more of an old wife than an old friend, but...yeah.
And she might just be my salvation.
Uh, so wait a second. This is, um,
this is your ex-wife you're talking about?
The one who tried to, um, kill you in the desert
-outside Vegas? -Yeah, yeah. But that was before
my personality shift from the dark side.
And I actually think that Sienna clobbering me
is what triggered the transformation to begin with.
So what are you waiting for, for her to...
bash you in the head with a bigger boulder?
-No. -On your road to redemption?
-Done with all the boulders. -Oh, okay.
It's just that if I'm gonna stay in town,
I need to keep the Newmans at bay, so I could use an ally.
You think Sienna's your ally?
Outside of you, I'm hoping. She might be the only person
in this world that actually believes
that my turnaround is sincere.
-No. -And since she's dating Noah,
she might be able to convince Noah and, in turn, the Newmans,
to kind of live and let live where I'm concerned.
It's a fairy tale. It won't hold up.
-Why--why not? -Because I know the Newmans.
I've been down this road with them.
You know, once they decide you're the enemy,
they don't change their mind.
You'd think saving Nick's life
would have absolved some of our sins.
Yeah, you'd think, but it doesn't.
I mean, I'm sure they've decided
that you're the reason that Nick overdosed.
Well, maybe Sienna can convince them otherwise.
She won't.
She's aligned with the Newmans.
Don't you understand? She's part of them.
She's not your ally. This is my advice to you.
Trust no one.
Okay, why don't we just sit down and we can talk about this.
Damn it, Sienna, stop protecting him.
-That's not what I'm doing. -Then why was he here?
To apologize for flipping out the other night.
Did he also apologize for not leaving town
like he said he would?
He admitted he may have gone a little overboard
with the talk of leaving town and he felt bad about it.
He is preying on your good nature.
He's taking advantage of your big heart.
Okay, you think that I wouldn't know
if somebody was playing me?
-I didn't say that. -No, you didn't have to. Okay.
Listen to me. I understand why he is a hot button for you
because of everything that he has done to you and your family,
but I do not need you coming in here,
pretending to be a hero
and throwing yourself in between me and him
when all we were doing was talking!
I can't believe what I'm hearing right now.
No, we are talking about the same man who tried to
kill us both more than once, who terrorized my mom,
who got my dad addicted to fentanyl,
and you don't think that I should be concerned
to find you alone with him again?
-All right, I get it, Noah! -No, I think if you did
you wouldn't expect me to just chill out
when you've clearly gone soft on this maniac!
I mean, when did it go from the two of us
being in total sync on this to you then giving me a hard time
and defending Matt Clark?
You see my siding with Jack as a betrayal,
but that's not true.
You're the love of my life,
my soulmate, my husband.
Jack is my friend.
But as my friend, I can't ignore what you did to him.
I don't think you understand.
I don't think you fully grasp what it has meant to me
to lose my damn company.
Victor, yes, I do.
I know better than anyone
what Newman Enterprises means to you.
But it's not that it's all about the loss of my company.
I lost more than that.
I lost you.
And this is the second time because of Jack Abbott.
But you're the one who told me to go.
Because you sided with him.
I guess I shouldn't have pushed you away.
Sorry about that.
Thank you for that.
Look.
I'm willing to let go of what you did to Jack...
If you can let go of what you think happened that night
in the hotel suite when Jack was trying to get me sober.
I mean...
That's the only chance we have of reclaiming our life together.
But...
I cannot give up my friendship
with the person who made sure that I still have a life.
I guess...
My love for you...
...is stronger than my hatred for Jack Abbott.
Thank you.
Let's go home.
You know, I never really felt like I was at home
these last few weeks.
Don't get me wrong-- I was grateful
to be able to recover from my surgery there...
but it wasn't the same, you and I on separate floors
and you seemed close by but you were still far away.
I missed you so much.
I kept waiting, wanting you to stay that you missed me too.
And I'm grateful that you were able to be with me
through my whole ordeal, and this morning with Nicholas.
I would not have been able to get through either of them
without you.
I missed you more than...
you will ever know.
And I wouldn't have let you
deal with the Nicholas situation by yourself.
Oh, my God.
-What? -Am I seeing
what I think I'm seeing over here?
Phyllis and Matt Clark.
They've been together for a while.
Oh, well, they seem pretty close.
Yeah.
Let you and I get out of here, okay?
-I'll deal with them later. -No, deal with them now, Victor.
Please?
Be the hero that you've always been for me
and make sure that Matt Clark can never hurt our family again.
You are reading too much into this.
All I said is we should sit down and talk.
About Matt. About how much he's changed.
Okay, just because I said that I believe that he was sincere
doesn't mean that I excuse who he was.
I am not that gullible!
I didn't mean to imply that you were.
Well, it sounded like you did.
You are a good person, Sienna.
You always try to see the best in people, and that
is something that I admire and would never wanna change.
Yeah, except when it comes to Matt.
Well, yeah, in this case, I'm afraid you're seeing something
that just isn't there. I mean, do I have to remind you
what a master manipulator Matt is?
-No. No, you don't. -Okay, well, it seems like
-you keep forgetting. -What, what, that he will say
or do anything to get what he wants?
No, I have not forgotten.
Okay, good.
Nobody manipulates me.
And nobody controls me.
Including you.
[footsteps retreat rapidly]
I know you don't wanna believe this,
but Sienna is not on your side.
She's aligned with the Newmans. They'll come first.
Oh--ugh.
What--this is a private conversation.
Not talking to you, okay?
So wait a minute now.
Where's your ankle monitor?
I just heard from my security that you left it
-in your room at the ranch. -I did, yeah.
-Huh. -It was itchy.
It was giving me a rash. Had to go, so...
Phyllis and I got it off.
So you ignored my instructions.
That's never a good idea, you know.
I have every intention of honoring our agreement.
I just--I need a little breathing room
to accomplish the goals.
I think I made the terms of our agreement perfectly clear.
And I also told you what would happen
if you didn't abide by those agreements.
Yeah, you were very clear with me, Victor.
But the contract needs a little wiggle room.
Because I'm about to violate a whole bunch of other terms.
I'm moving out of the room on the ranch, Victor.
I'm gonna shack up with my girl Phyllis.
We'll see about that.
Next week on "The Young and the Restless."
[gasps]
Mariah?
Hi, Mom.
-I like it here. -Yes, I know you do.
But your regular job might get in the way.
Yeah. What if it were my regular job?
Rival star?
Rock club manager.
Meet the new man in charge.
VICTOR: I wish you would marry me again.
I would marry you a thousand times over.
You ready to be a bride again, Mom?
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