After you, my love.
Wow. We made it.
I can't believe there wasn't anyone to help us
carry our bags all the way from check-in.
We got our steps in.
And, uh, where's the beachfront balcony?
You know what? The waves are noisy.
We'll at least get a good night's sleep.
Jack, there's not even an ocean view.
[sighs] The only view I need
is a view of my beautiful wife.
No. No, no, no, no, no.
We were supposed to have a rustic boutique
beachfront paradise, but this?
This is perfect.
You are perfect.
Let her in.
Hello, Victor. I hear that you and Nikki
-just got back from Italy. -Now, let me tell you something.
The only reason I let you enter my abode at this hour
is because the guard tells me that you wanted to
discuss my granddaughter.
She's beside herself about her dad, as am I.
He checked himself into rehab?
Phyllis...
[laughing]
Why don't you cut the bull?
You haven't talked to my granddaughter for months!
What do you really want?
♪♪
BILLY: Thanks.
-SALLY: Hi. -Hi!
What are you doing? I thought you were...
-on your way home after work. -I was.
Yes. But when I got your text that you were here
after meeting with Lily, I really started craving
-their Caesar salad. -Oh, well, I haven't eaten yet,
-so you wanna grab a table? -Yes, please.
Thank you.
Well, please don't keep me in suspense.
What did Lily want?
Ha. Originally, I called her
because I wanted to get our lawyers together...
and she suggested that we meet in person.
So I went over to her place and I showed up
and she had a putter and a ball,
one that I gave to her when we were together at Chancellor.
So she invited you over to play a game of golf?
I think it was her idea of breaking the ice, you know,
reminding each other that we actually got along at one point,
hoping that the competition would be a little...
a little more friendly, less hostile.
That's a switch.
I thought so too. And then she started to
question my motives as to why I wanted to run Chancellor
in the first place.
She ended up suggesting that maybe, just maybe,
we could come to some kind of agreement.
Even though Chancellor legally already belongs to you
-and your family? -I just wish Lily would accept
that Chancellor is mine
and that there's nothing she can do to change it.
So where do things stand now?
Did Billy's pitch convince you
to let him walk away with Chancellor free and clear?
I mean, he was persuasive. I'll give him that.
Let me know what you decide then.
Okay. You're...mad. Why are you upset?
I don't know, Lily. I'm just, uh...I'm...
I'm kinda stunned that you would...
you would let Billy make his case...
let alone be willing to let him have Chancellor
based on what he did or didn't say.
Is that all?
No. You didn't think to wanna run this by your CEO,
or did you just decide that my opinion didn't really matter
in any of it?
Hi. This is Diane Abbott.
Yes, we just checked in and, um,
we would like to order some room service.
You don't?
Well, do--
Where?
[huffs]
Got it.
Don't tell me. They're out of filet mignon.
There's not a restaurant here or a bar, but...
there's an all-you-can-eat Polynesian buffet
at the Tiki Village about two miles down the road.
Oh, oh, oh! And they have bikes we can borrow.
I've always wanted to try Polynesian food.
You're not biking anywhere. You just got your strength back.
Take a hot shower, take a nap...
everything will be a lot better, I promise.
I guess you're right. Let me just unpack.
Oh, my gosh. Why is my bag so heavy?
Yeah, I was gonna ask about that, but it didn't seem like
a good time to quibble about your packing.
No, I purposely packed light
after the hard time you gave me in Nice.
Oh, my gosh, snacks and...champagne.
Is this you?
Oh, I wish I could take credit.
Aw. "Mom and Dad, enjoy your time in paradise.
Love, Kyle."
And look!
-They have champagne flutes! -[laughs]
-Jack. -Listen. Everything we need
is right here in this room.
Nothing that happens off this island
matters to us right now.
It's you and me...
-And paradise. -[laughs] Stop.
I mean, I've been on the roller-coaster too, Billy.
Ever since you told me about this legal loophole,
I-I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop.
And now, with Lily giving you the runaround,
I can't help but feel like maybe that's exactly what's happening.
I think she's the one running scared.
The fact that she offered to pay back my father's loan
proves that she knows that I have a case.
Yeah, and the legal documents to prove it.
She's grasping at straws... and instead of conceding,
she's gonna make me jump through hoops
to prove that I should be the one to take over Chancellor,
like this is some sort of competition.
Yeah, but it's not.
You've already won. So why put you through the paces?
She told me if I can make a solid argument
that she'll walk away...
without lawyers, without any pushback.
That seems too good to be true.
Look, I think Lily's feeling that if she's gonna walk away
from a company that she loves, she wants to make sure
that it's in the right hands.
Well, did you convince her?
She wanted the night to think about it.
I can be pretty persuasive if I need to be.
What?
It's already your company. Why do you have to wait at all?
The last thing I wanna do...
is what was done to me.
I've been witness to a lot of push and pull
between you and Chancellor.
But this...
I'm sorry. It just seems too easy.
So much so that I have to wonder...
if Lily is setting some sort of trap for you.
Look, I didn't intentionally cut you out of the decision.
You just didn't think to include me.
I--no, I just--[huffs]
I wanted to meet with Billy one on one
to try to calm everything down.
And, sorry, but you two together
isn't exactly conducive to making a deal.
Do you blame me for what's happening right now?
No, I don't blame you.
Look, I know it sounds over the top, but I have my reasons.
Okay. You care to share what those are?
Okay, sure. My lawyers are telling me
this is gonna be a very long, drawn-out battle
and that, according to them, Billy's proof seems legitimate.
And even Jack thinks that Billy has a winning legal hand.
-But he rejected your offer. -Yeah, and I didn't realize
how much I was counting on him to accept the loan
until he said no, and I didn't think that he would
-give Billy control again. -Well, if you would have
come to me, I would have told you that was gonna happen.
Okay, well, I didn't come to you.
So is this gonna continue to be a problem for us?
Wow, Victor, I can't get anything past you, can I?
Why are you here, Phyllis?
You're correct, yes. I have not spoken to my daughter
in months--that is true. I know she's upset,
and it just kills me that I can't be there for her
-and comfort her. -Well, that's your fault.
-Not mine. -Okay.
Do you want me to intervene on your behalf?
No. That's not why I've come here.
Oh. Why have you come here?
Or is it because you wanna complain about the...
half-ass company I gave you?
Um, I'm actually killing it.
-Really? -Yes.
-Wow. -Killing i--but it's funny.
It's funny. One of my key players has gone missing.
You wouldn't happen to know where he is, would you?
Well, now, who the hell could that be?
Matt Clark.
[laughing]
Phyllis!
My goodness, you come to visit me at this hour
and you complain that that crook,
Matt Clark, left you, that he's gone without a trace?
Is that it? Huh?
So, Phyllis, you think I poached Matt Clark from you?
I mean, do you realize that's too late?
-He burned that bridge. -Not only have I lost
one of my key players in my company,
but he has just disappeared.
No note, no text. Nothing.
Why are you surprised by that?
He announced to anyone who wanted to hear
that he was leaving Genoa City.
Yes. That was the heat of the moment, Victor.
Then he changed his mind when he calmed down.
He realized he liked it here,
in spite of all the insults and negativity
that everybody's thrown at him because of his past.
He caused my son's addiction, for heaven's sake.
And he apologized for it. He's making amends.
He's responsible for saving your son's life.
-And I thank him for it. -As am I!
-And I thank you for it! -[huffs]
Don't you come in-- at this hour...
I'm gonna shout with you? What are we doing?
[quietly] I know he's gone because of you.
What have you done with him?
What have I done with him?
Why don't you look under all of his aliases
and then look in the damn local prison.
I can tell. You're not being honest with me.
You're behind his disappearance.
What have you done?
Tell me now!
Lily and I have been fairly civil to each other
despite our...professional and personal differences.
And she's showing that she does, you know,
she does believe that I have a real case here.
And on top of that, she doesn't really need Chancellor.
I mean, she's already got her own company to run.
Okay, look, obviously I don't know Lily as well as you do.
But from what I've heard...
Chancellor holds a really big place in her heart.
I just don't see her giving it up that easily.
It does mean a lot to her.
But after the conversation I just had...
maybe Chancellor isn't the priority she thought it was.
I mean, do you realize what I've dealt with this week alone?
Okay? I've had Devon and Nate tell me
that they're leaving our family company
to go pursue their passions, which I'm happy for them.
So sorry if I didn't run something by you
and I just thought that you would be the one person
who would have my back and not take it personally.
I know.
And I'm sorry that I added to the stress
by...by letting my ego get in the way.
Thank you.
Just so you know, I haven't given Billy an answer yet,
so there's still time for us to think through things together.
Okay.
Why don't you tell me how I can help.
Uh, well, there's more to my plan, and I'll tell you,
but why were you not surprised that Jack declined my offer?
Because this was his father's deal.
And it was a business transaction
John expected Chancellor to make good on.
And since that apparently never happened
and because Jack respects his father so much,
he wants his wishes to be upheld.
So I suspect he believes Chancellor should be forfeited
back to John or, in this case, his heirs.
Yeah. If the unpaid loan is all there is.
What do you mean by "if"?
I don't know. I just...
ever since Billy dropped this bombshell, I just...
keep having these doubts-- I just keep having
these questions that I'm asking myself.
What kind of questions?
Well, I just...[huffs] I don't get it.
I mean, knowing how close John and Katherine were,
why wouldn't he have told her about the loan?
Maybe he assumed Phillip already had.
Okay, well, then...
if she did know about it, once Chancellor was stable,
why didn't she pay it back? And if she didn't pay it back,
why didn't John question her about it?
I mean, none of it makes sense.
So you think there's something else at play here?
I don't know. I just feel like
there's something else going on,
and before I just hand the company to Billy free and clear,
I need to find out what that something is.
DIANE: Mm. Mm, mm, mm.
I haven't felt that free
in I don't know how long.
I forgot how exhilarating skinny dipping could be.
You weren't at all worried that someone was gonna steal
our bathing suits off the beach?
That's what's so amazing, Jack.
Out there, in the middle of the ocean with you,
holding you in the waves,
for the first time in I don't know how long,
I wasn't worried about anything.
I love hearing that. It was neat.
The two of us, the moon,
bracing each other against the waves.
It was magical.
It reminded me just... how strong we are together,
what a beautiful thing we have,
in spite of what happened.
Well, you're right.
Everything we need is right here.
So what do you say? Shall we open Kyle's gift?
Or I could go outside. There's a coconut tree out there.
I could climb up it and pick you one.
You will do nothing of the kind.
You can't risk reinjuring yourself.
No, no, no. I have a better idea.
-Oh? -Yeah.
-A toast. -Oh!
To the beauty...
and the power...
of our love.
I will drink to that.
This first day of our vacation could not have been
more perfect.
Well, that's because of you. You turned it around.
-You wouldn't let me spiral. -It was a little
touch and go there for a while
until we found Kyle's care package,
but now I feel like I could stay here forever.
Well, these robes aren't half bad, and I really like
that adventurous little path to the beach--
although I'd like to see it in the day.
Yeah, it was a little scary by flashlight.
Well, thank God we didn't run into any wild goats
-or feral pigs. -No, no, no.
I asked. It was a well-trodden path, they told me.
No chance of being mauled.
I'm just teasing.
I'm beginning to love our little slice of paradise.
Yeah. Me too.
I'm convinced there is a mini-bar here somewhere.
And you know what? I found two creamers for our coffee.
I think being half a world away has been cleansing.
It's almost like nothing that happened back home
matters as much as it did when we were there.
The only thing that could make this first day
more perfect...
is this.
Shall we dance?
-There's no music. -Well, we'll make our own.
[Diane laughs]
[romantic music plays distantly]
Wait--this is paradise.
Or Tahitian gods.
Or those musicians on the beach maybe.
[laughs] Either way,
it's really romantic.
I know you said that dancing
was the way to make our first day more perfect.
But I think there's something else.
[whispers] Yeah.
There might be a bigger reason why Lily shouldn't be
focused on Chancellor.
In a conversation with Abby, she...she told me
that Devon's gonna be leaving Winters
in order to start a school in Neil's honor.
What kind of school?
College.
Wow.
-That's a big endeavor. -Yeah.
I really don't see how he could do that and run Winters.
No, he can't, and he won't be able to.
Abby said that he's gonna leave.
She also mentioned that Nate could be leaving
to go back to medicine, which means...
Lily is the only one to run the family company.
Mm. So that's why you think she won't bother fighting you
to hold on to Chancellor?
Makes sense, doesn't it?
I mean, yeah, but then the fact that
Lily's not running Chancellor...
in fact, actually that might be the biggest reason
why she doesn't wanna let it go,
because of the person she did hire to run it.
CANE: I agree. It's not like Katherine
to intentionally renege on something she owed somebody,
-let alone her good friend John. -Yeah, of course.
I mean, especially when what she made back
was way more than what she owed.
I don't know, I-I feel like there's too many holes
in the story to take it at face value.
The answers have to be out there.
Unless they're buried, along with John and Katherine.
I mean, I just have been trying to do everything I can
to try to find proof of something.
That's why you wanted to meet with Billy.
You thought by grilling him, if he knew something,
he would let it slip.
Yeah. That was part of my plan.
But then, you know, as I'm talking to him,
he's not revealing anything, so now I'm thinking
maybe he doesn't know anything.
I'm sorry...
that I doubted your motives.
I don't know how to answer those questions, though.
I don't know. I mean, if there is something more,
maybe it's something that we don't want to come to light.
At least not on our watch.
You know, Phyllis, it's getting rather late,
and why would you assume that I had anything to do with
Matt Clark's disappearance?
How many abductions have you orchestrated
just in the past couple months-- what, Lily, Jack...
Don't even get me started on our past.
Don't even get me started. You're a pro at this.
Why don't you show yourself out?
No, no, no. I'm not done yet.
I was there.
You controlled Matt with your generosity.
And when he didn't wanna do your dirty work anymore,
you threatened him.
You said to him, "You will be sorry."
I saw you. I was standing right there.
Is this how you're getting back at him?
You're making him disappear?
Don't you remember that I saved his ass?
I gave him a chance to redeem himself!
I gave him room and board on this ranch.
What the hell are you talking about? Please go!
-I will. I'm calling the police. -You do that.
Then we can get rid of the real danger in this town.
I mean it, Victor. I will call the authorities.
I will call them and I will tell them
that you're trying to carry out some form of vigilante justice
on someone who does not deserve it.
You go ahead and make that call, okay?
If Matt Clark is going into hiding,
he's probably planning to come back
and wreak havoc on my family.
He's not interested in doing anything to your family anymore.
That's what he made you think.
I think he duped all of us, most of all you.
I will find him.
And if I find out that you or anyone in your family
is behind this... you will never get away with it.
You know, Phyllis,
if I were you, I'd forget about Matt Clark.
He's nothing but trouble.
Bye, Phyllis.
Ay yi yi yi yi yi yi.
I feel like we're back in the ocean again,
holding each other against the waves.
It's like we were the only two people in the world.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
Well...except for that yacht.
Oh, yeah. Except for that.
Hey, where'd you go to?
-What's wrong? -Nothing. I'm--I'm fine.
You're not fine. What's going on?
[sighs] It's just...
the yacht.
I couldn't help but think about that awful night
when I walked into the stateroom and...
Of course. I'm...
I'm sorry. I should have realized that.
No, no, no. We are...
we are here to...to reconnect,
to put all of that behind us.
Yeah, but we can't just ignore it.
Well, I'm not ignoring it. I'm just...
just trying to get past it.
I wish that night had never happened.
But it did.
Yeah. It did.
I know we're supposed to be here for romance and escape.
We're also here to heal.
I broke your heart. I broke your trust.
I've just tried so hard to block it out of my mind, and...
and every time I think I have, something reminds me.
We haven't really talked about this.
Probably 'cause I didn't wanna bring it up.
I guess I hoped that all the pain and heartache
that Patty put us through forged a stronger bond between us,
but that...really isn't fair.
In a strange way, it has.
I'd like to...like to believe that something good
has come out of that whole nightmare.
I will spend the rest of our life together
trying to make up for that night.
What happened set off a...
series of events that...
traumatized you terribly.
I know it's not just the Patty thing.
It's also Markham and...
If talking about it
is the way for you to move forward
to get beyond this, I'm ready to listen.
I mean, you may not want to hear it,
but Cane is the current CEO of Chancellor.
Don't remind me.
I mean, at first I thought Lily did it to...
I don't know, as a way to thank Cane for saving Malcolm's life?
But I don't know. Maybe she's just fallen back in love
with the guy and she wanted a reason to see him every day.
-Maybe it's both. -Yeah.
Either way...
I really don't see her so easily handing over
the one thing that seems to be bringing them back together.
Okay, but maybe she's realized
that this isn't a fight that she can win...
and she's doing all this just to save face.
Yeah... or it's just her strategy
to get you to let your guard down.
What do you mean?
The whole test of you trying to convince her
that you're worthy of Chancellor?
It just seems really calculated.
-You think Lily's playing me? -I don't know.
But the more we talk about it, I can't help but feel like
there's... something else going on here.
CANE: Well, if there is another layer
to all of this, some... deeper, darker secret
that could turn Billy's revelation on its head,
then we need to figure out what it is,
sooner rather than later.
Yeah. I mean, that would be ideal.
And if it is something bad, it's better that
it's brought to light under Billy's leadership than ours.
So are you with me on this?
Are you doing this to protect me?
I mean, I'm trying to protect all of us.
I don't know, I mean, there's a chance that
whatever Billy has set in motion
could bring a deeper secret to light.
And if it's something that we don't wanna be connected to,
it's better to let Billy face the fallout
since he's the one that started all of it.
Yeah, I mean, I know it sounds ruthless,
but maybe the best way to protect ourselves
is to leave Billy holding the bag.
The truth is, as dangerous as Markham turned out to be,
he was inadvertently a pretty good therapist.
Okay. You'll have to explain that one.
All right. I agreed to do these therapy sessions
to gain his trust while I planned my escape,
and then in the course of our conversations, I, um...
well, I-I ended up facing some really...
uncomfortable truths about myself.
What kind of truths?
That despite every effort on your part--
and on the part of your family-- to make me feel accepted,
that I, uh...
I still struggle with feeling unworthy of you
and of being an Abbott.
Wait--that's ridiculous.
I'm not discounting your feelings, I...
-I hate that you feel that way. -No, no, and I--
You know what? I don't carry that around with me
all the time, not like I used to, but...
every so often, like when I caught you in bed with Patty,
all those insecurities come up.
You can't think what happened...
had anything to do with you.
Well, not consciously. No.
But...
I realized that under all my anger
and my--my inability to forgive,
despite everything that you've forgiven me for was...
...was that fear that I just wasn't enough for you.
-Why? -Come on, Jack.
I faked my death, right?
I abandoned Kyle.
And then even though I've worked so hard to make amends
and to earn your forgiveness,
maybe...maybe deep down I know that it just wasn't forgivable.
And maybe you never have and...
maybe that's why you ended up with another woman.
No, no, no, no.
You are enough for me. You are more than enough for me.
You are my whole life.
You have to believe me when I say that.
Yeah, I guess I just, um...
I guess I just need to believe it for myself.
And now that I have insight into all these...
buried feelings, I can, um...
I can start to heal some really old wounds.
Well, I'd like you to count me in on this...
journey of self-healing.
I wanna prove to you in every way I can
how much I love you, how much you mean to me...
that you are enough...
now and forever.
I love you. [sniffling]
I mean, I get the logic, but I don't think
that we should be so quick to hand the keys over to Billy
based on some darker secret that might surface.
Yeah, no, I know it's risky,
but, I mean, what if there is something more?
What's the best way to protect ourselves?
-Buy time. -True.
I guess I could tell him
that he didn't impress me enough to change my mind.
We could tie this thing up in court for a while
while we dig around and try to bring something else to light.
Yeah, what if we can't hold him off that long?
Or what if we lose in court?
Well, if we're just quick to hand Billy Chancellor,
I mean, he might run that company right into the ground.
Yeah, that's a very real possibility.
Or hunting for secrets that might not even exist.
Actually... bursting Billy's bubble
might be the best way to protect ourselves.
SALLY: The turn just--it doesn't make sense. It doesn't add up.
It's almost like...
I don't know--she knows something that you don't.
Like?
I don't know, maybe she talked to someone close to Katherine
and found out further information
about this supposedly forgotten deal?
Someone like Nikki, for instance?
Or Esther.
-Or your mom even? -Oh, man.
I don't know. Maybe she tracked down Amber Moore
and asked her if Katherine mentioned anything
when she was writing her autobiography.
So...you think maybe there's something more to discover...
something that would undo what appears to be
my very clear-cut legal right?
I'm not sure.
But until we absolutely know
that there's nothing more at play...
I think you should stay on alert when it comes to Lily.
I agree.
But I am feeling pretty confident about it.
I know you are.
Which is why I really hate throwing a wrench in it
just based on a gut feeling.
I know you're only watching out for me.
It's really nice to have you in my corner.
You are still in my corner, aren't you?
Well, hello, Daniel.
Say hello to me, please. I'm your mother.
Please.
-Hello. -[scoffs]
Okay, listen. I know you're frustrated with me.
I need your help, please. I need your help.
Why? Did the police come and try and arrest you again?
No. But there are some people here
who wanna see me out of commission.
-Who are these people? -Oh, who are they?
Oh, the same people whose side you are on
who are against me-- those people.
They're not good people.
They're criminals.
Please tell me you're not
up to your corporate espionage antics again.
Come on, come on, come on. This is serious, Daniel.
Okay, so, uh, which company is it
that you're in a panic over losing this time?
This is not about business.
This is about life and death.
Your life, right? You did say that people were after you.
Not yet.
Well, that is a relief.
This is about Matt Clark.
I am just so nervous that he has been
the victim of foul play at the hands of the Newmans,
in particular Victor.
I-I-I'm sorry--Matt Clark.
The psychopath?
-He's not a psychopath anymore. -Well, there's a few people
in this town that would beg to differ,
so if someone got rid of him, I would say good riddance.
-Daniel! -What?
The guy's a dangerous criminal.
No, he's not. He's changed.
Where is this coming from? Why do you care so much?
I-I'm sorry. Why do I care?
Because... oh, uh, I'm a human being.
I care about my fellow man,
and I don't wanna see anyone hurt.
Anyone, or Matt Clark?
'Cause, you know, people in this town, they do talk.
They have seen the two of you out having drinks together.
-Ha. -Don't...
please don't tell me that you and this lunatic are--
Listen.
Listen, listen. Listen to me.
Matt Clark has changed. He really has changed, Daniel.
And--and the Newmans, they just won't accept it.
Well, can you blame them? He's terrorized their entire family.
Yeah, but he's not that guy anymore. He's just not.
And he's disappeared, and I have to find him.
I have to. I'm just nervous that...
that Victor has done something to him that can't be undone.
I-I don't even know what to say.
W-w-what is wrong with you?
Do you even hear yourself? I mean, if this guy
is half as dangerous as people say he is,
you're putting your life in danger just trying to help him.
No, no, let me tell you something.
If something happens to me,
it won't be at the hands of Matt Clark.
It'll be at the hands of Victor.
Okay. I'm gonna tell Billy that he didn't convince me
and that I'm ready to fight,
and then that'll give us time to dig deeper into this.
Don't be surprised if Billy insists
that he shouldn't have to fight for something
that he believes already belongs to him.
Yeah, and maybe it does. I don't know.
But we have to be sure. And whatever we find,
-we're gonna find it together. -That's the best option.
God, I really hope this doesn't blow up in our faces.
We're buying time, and it's better to be
armed with information than surprised by it.
I absolutely am on your side, Billy.
But you're worried that I'm gonna set myself up for a fall.
Or someone else's.
I know your history with Chancellor.
And as much as I really, really want you to have this win,
I just don't know if I can watch you get knocked down again.
Especially now that you're so confident.
That's not gonna happen.
I got the law and karma on my side.
Look, either Lily knows something that I don't...
or she's setting a trap.
Maybe it's both.
Okay.
So if Lily is setting a trap,
what are you gonna do?
You gonna say no thank you to the company?
Chancellor Industries rightfully belongs to my family...
and we are this close to regaining it,
so, no, I'm not walking away, not now.
And I think I have a plan.
Next week on "The Young and the Restless."
-Why are you here? -I'm worried about you.
You're here because of Matt Clark.
Aren't you?
We were actually just talking about you.
It seems like you've been a very naughty girl.
Oh, God! Oh!
Sally, what's happening?
Oh, I don't know. I think something's wrong.
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