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>> Adam: Diane is alive?
After all these years?

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Are you sure? Have you seen her?
>> Victor: Unfortunately, yes.

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>> Adam: How in the hell did she
pull this off?

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And where has she been all these
years?

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>> Victor: I don't know the full
story.

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[ Knock on door ]
>> Adam: Why would she come back

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here?
>> Victor: She claims she wants

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to reunite with Kyle.
Who knows what her true motives

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are?
>> Sally: Um, hi.

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Is everything okay?
>> Adam: Someone we thought was

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dead a long time ago has just
turned up alive and well.

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>> Sally: I take it neither of
you are fond of her?

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>> Victor: Complicates matters.
Since Kyle now has married into

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my family.
>> Sally: Wow, so who exactly

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has risen from the dead?
>> Adam: Diane Jenkins.

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Kyle's mother.
>> Jack: Hey, how you doing?

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Kyle's mother.
>> Jack: Hey, how you doing?

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>> Kyle: Seeing Harrison always
makes me feel better.

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He's upstairs having a ball with
his new BFF Traci.

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>> Jack: Oh, I'll bet he is.
Traci has that effect on a lot

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of people.
>> Kyle: Such a relief knowing

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that he's safe and sound and
taken care of.

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Thank you and Phyllis for
spending time with him, too,

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while I've been getting my
bearings.

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>> Jack: Well, if I can speak
for everyone else, it was our

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pleasure.
We all love Harrison and we all

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know how difficult it is for you
to be face-to-face with your

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mother.
>> Kyle: I'm still no closer to

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making a decision about how to
move forward.

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>> Jack: Don't rush that
decision.

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Diane took years contemplating
all of her possibilities before

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she sprung this on you.
You take all the time you need.

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𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅮
𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅮

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𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅮

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𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅮
𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅮

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𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅮
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[ Door opens ]
>> Nikki: Got your message.

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I assume you want to talk about
my meeting with the logistics

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team.
>> Victoria: I actually want to

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talk about a different
project -- my father.

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>> Nikki: Uh-oh.
What happened after I left?

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>> Victoria: Dad was trying to
suggest that Adam take Ashland's

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position as co-CEO.
Of course, he framed the

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suggestion as a response to my
supposedly fragile emotional

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state, which was infuriating.
>> Nikki: [ Sighs ]

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Sometimes your father isn't the
most tactful.

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>> Victoria: It's insulting.
>> Nikki: I agree.

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But maybe your anger should be
directed at Ashland.

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>> Victoria: Well, at least
Ashland is no longer a threat,

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but you know who is -- Adam.
>> Nikki: I know you're not

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gonna like hearing this, but
Adam is a big reason why Ashland

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is no longer with the company.
>> Victoria: Yes, he used a half

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a billion dollars of Dad's money
to make that happen, and even if

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it did work, that doesn't
entitle him to the co-CEO

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position.
>> Nikki: Well, none of us are

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happy about the lengths we had
to go to to get rid of him.

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But the important thing is that
our family is still a strong

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unit, and I want it to stay that
way.

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>> Victoria: You know what?
Maybe you ought to save that

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speech for Dad, since I left the
CEO decision up to him.

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>> Nikki: You did?
>> Victoria: I did.

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I told him that he could appoint
as co-CEO if he wants to, but if

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he does, I'm out.
>> Billy: So I take it you're

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staying here because Victoria
threw you out.

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>> Ashland: Brilliant powers of
deduction.

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>> Billy: Why are you here at
all?

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I mean, you've kicked to the
curb at Newman/Locke, your

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marriage to Victoria is being
annulled.

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What's the point?
>> Ashland: I have my reasons,

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none of which have anything to
do with you.

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>> Billy: Well, you better tell
me they don't have anything to

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do with Victoria.
>> Ashland: Again, none of your

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business.
>> Billy: I'm gonna need to

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insist that you stay the hell
away from her.

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>> Ashland: You really would
never make a good poker player,

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would you?
I mean, you just lay all your

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cards on the table for everybody
to see.

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>> Billy: Meaning?
>> Ashland: It's abundantly

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clear that you're still in love
with Victoria.

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And it's surprising to me that
someone as smart as Lily hasn't

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figured that out yet, but then
again, maybe she has.

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Maybe she resents the fact that
you keep barging in to protect

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your ex.
>> Billy: Lily and I are just

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fine.
Thank you for your concern.

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And as far as Victoria, I am not
worried about her ability to

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deal with you.
She's already proven that she

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can handle herself.
My warning was directly to you

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for your own sake, because you
are playing with fire.

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>> Ashland: You will never
understand my relationship with

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Victoria.
She's not nearly as angry at me

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as you think she is.
>> Billy: Yeah, what about your

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ex-father-in-law?
You know the one that stood

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there, watched you gasp for air
while you were having a heart

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attack.
And that was before he knew that

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you were lying about having
cancer, screwing over his

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daughter.
I'm pretty sure that you are on

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the top of his hit list right
now, Ashland.

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And believe, it's not a fun
place to be.

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>> Sally: So if this Diane
person is Kyle's mom, were she

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and Jack married?
>> Adam: It never got there.

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She was married to my dad,
though, twice.

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>> Victor: Son, let's not get
into that, alright?

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>> Sally: Well, it sounds
interesting to me.

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>> Adam: Well, she also dated
Nick.

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>> Victor: Enough.
Diane Jenkins always was and

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always will be a dangerous
person.

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And I wanted you to know that
she's in town and I wanted to

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warn you to stay away from her
as far as you can.

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Lest she remind you of your
connection with her and tries to

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wrangle something from you.
>> Sally: Wait, Adam had a

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connection with her, too?
>> Adam: Not really.

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Look, I don't want to have any
contact with Diane, so why don't

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we drop that and we get back to
your conversation with Victoria?

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[ Clears throat ]
She didn't seem very happy when

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she left here, so is there any
chance that you were discussing

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me?
>> Victor: She's not very fond

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of you, son.
>> Adam: I am aware.

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>> Victoria: My brother is a
snake, and from the moment that

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he agreed to come and work for
me, he's been looking for ways

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to undermine me.
So appointing him co-CEO is just

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gonna make things worse.
>> Nikki: Your father sees

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things differently.
>> Victoria: [ Scoffs ] Yes.

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I know that, because he's always
had a soft spot for Adam -- or

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should I say a blind spot.
>> Nikki: Well, Victor did take

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a risk setting Adam up at
Newman Media when nobody else

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thought it was a good idea.
I have to admit that Adam has

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been successful running that
division and seems to have

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proven that he can be a reliable
family member.

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>> Victoria: Whenever it suits
his purpose.

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Mom, are you making an argument
for Adam becoming co-CEO?

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>> Nikki: Oh, no, not at all.
I'm just stating the facts.

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>> Victoria: Oh, gosh.
I guess it's pointless.

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I know Dad is never gonna see
Adam the way that I see him.

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It's never gonna happen.
But...

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>> Nikki: But what?
>> Victoria: But what if I

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agreed that I could use a co-CEO
and then I hire someone that Dad

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would have to concede is a far
better choice?

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>> Nikki: Good luck finding that
person.

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>> Victoria: I think I already
have.

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I'm looking at her.
>> Jack: You know, if you need

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someone to run all of this by,
I'm happy to be a sounding

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board.
>> Kyle: Appreciate that.

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And I will take you up on it at
some point, but I've spent a lot

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of time talking about it today.
>> Jack: Wait, with whom?

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>> Kyle: First Traci, then
Mariah.

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Look, I ran into her while I was
out, and I wasn't planning on

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telling her what was going on,
but then we started talking and

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I ended up spilling my guts.
>> Jack: I'm sure she's as

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shocked as the rest of us are.
>> Kyle: Of course.

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It's just so bizarre.
[ Exhales sharply ]

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>> Jack: All the more reason for
you to take your time.

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You have to get past your own
shock in order to make a

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decision that could impact the
rest of your life.

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>> Kyle: I still have so many
questions.

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>> Jack: I know you do, son.
>> Kyle: Problem is, there's

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really only one person who can
answer them.

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>> Jack: Would you like me to go
with you?

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>> Kyle: Mnh-mnh.
I think my mother will be more

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forthcoming if it's a one-on-one
talk.

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>> Jack: I agree.
Good luck.

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[ Cellphone rings ]
Hello?

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>> Ashland: Jack, it's Ashland.
Can we meet?

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I have something important I'd
like to discuss with you.

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>> Adam: I don't know why
Victoria continues to see me as

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a threat to her.
>> Victor: You don't think you

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bear some responsibility for
that?

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When you had the brilliant idea
of paying Ashland Locke

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$500 million for him to get the
hell out of our lives?

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It bought us some time, you
know?

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But you did all that without
consulting any of us.

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You did it behind Victoria's
back, as well.

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And that she didn't like.
>> Sally: Well, if Adam had gone

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to her, she never would've gone
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>> Victor: Probably not.
>> Adam: Okay, but in the end,

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we all worked together to
neutralize Ashland, right?

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Shouldn't we continue to do
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Isn't that what you want -- a
big, happy family working

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together?
>> Victor: You're absolutely

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right, okay?
Now, I encouraged her to assign

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you as co-CEO of the company.
>> Adam: Oh, I can only imagine

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how that went over.
>> Victor: She refused to

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entertain that idea.
She said she'd rather resign

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than have you be co-CEO of
Newman/Locke.

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>> Nikki: I don't know how to
respond to your offer.

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>> Victoria: Well, I hope that
you will accept it.

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I mean, you are quite literally
the only person that I trust to

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be on equal footing with me.
>> Nikki: Normally, I would be

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very flattered, but I don't know
how I feel about being a pawn in

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your game with your father.
He's gonna know what you're up

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to.
>> Victoria: And that's okay

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with me.
I'm not trying to hide the fact

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that I want to thwart his plan
to promote Adam.

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And the brilliance of you
becoming co-CEO is that, you

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know, Dad will have to agree
that you are the most qualified

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and the most experienced
candidate.

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I mean, you've been my COO from
the very beginning.

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You understand my vision.
You support it.

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And most importantly, especially
for Dad, as far he's concerned,

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you're family.
>> Nikki: [ Sighs ]

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I was just saying I don't want
to see anymore strife among us.

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I certainly don't want to be in
the middle of it.

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>> Victoria: You're not really
going to turn down my offer, are

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you?
>> Diane: Kyle.

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Please come in.
>> Kyle: Are you leaving?

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>> Diane: Oh, I wasn't planning
to, but after our conversation,

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I thought it might be a while
until I hear from you again, so

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I wanted to give you space.
>> Kyle: Mm.

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>> Diane: Unless, of course,
you've had a change of heart.

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>> Kyle: I wouldn't say that.
And don't read too much into

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this.
I'm not here to declare my

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forgiveness or anything, but I
have some questions.

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A lot of them.
>> Diane: Okay.

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I'm ready to answer any and all
of them.

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>> Kyle: They really all boil
down to one.

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How can I know you've really
changed?

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>> Jack: Hey, there.
I don't have a lot of time.

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Dealing with a bit of a family
situation at home.

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If my phone should ring, I may
have to run.

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>> Ashland: I appreciate you
making the time at all.

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>> Jack: I assume this is about
Harrison.

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You want to spend more time with
him while he and Kyle are in

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town.
>> Ashland: Sort of, yes.

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I take it you haven't spoken to
your brother or heard the news?

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>> Jack: About what?
Wait, don't tell me your medical

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condition has taken a turn for
the worse.

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>> Ashland: No, no, that's not
the case.

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Um...uh, there will be some news
surfacing about me soon, I

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think.
Um...I have done some

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reprehensible things.
They've come back to bite me.

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Nothing I don't deserve, but I
want to make sure that Harrison

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is impacted as little as
possible.

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>> Jack: Why don't we stop
dancing around the subject and

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you just tell me what it is
you've done?

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>> Ashland: [ Sighs ]

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>> Victoria: Now, before you say
no, just try to envision

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yourself as co-CEO, because, oh,
you would be brilliant.

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We already work well together,
so that transition would be

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perfectly seamless.
And you know what?

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You are always telling me that I
take on too much and I work too

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many hours, so what better way
for me to ease up than for you

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to just jump right in and take
some of this work off of my

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plate.
>> Nikki: Honey, I know you

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would be happy to do that, but
would you let me?

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Because I get the feeling that
this would be a promotion in

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name only, just to fend off
Adam.

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>> Victoria: No.
Mother, this is a sincere offer.

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I would be so excited to partner
with you.

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We would have so much fun.
>> Nikki: Well, I don't know how

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much fun it'll be once your
father finds out.

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>> Victoria: I think it is the
greatest idea.

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And you know what?
Dad is gonna kick himself that

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he didn't think of it.
>> Nikki: Alright, okay.

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Before we even entertain this
idea, we have to think about the

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possible repercussions.
>> Victoria: I have already done

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that.
I have, and they're all

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positive.
Mom, it would only strengthen

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the company.
>> Nikki: Adam's not gonna be

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happy.
He thinks he deserves more

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responsibility, and your father
agrees.

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So do we really want to create
more family drama just as the

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news about Ashland is about to
break?

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>> Victoria: I am not going to
let Adam's potential hurt

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feelings dictate my decisions.
My hope is that we can keep the

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reason for Ashland's departure
from becoming public knowledge.

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>> Nikki: Well, we've been able
to keep it quiet so far, but

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very soon, it's gonna get out.
So shouldn't we prepare for that

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by presenting a united front to
the world?

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>> Victoria: Yes, and that is
exactly what we would be doing.

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Our partnership would be a
partnership that would have

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longevity.
Look, if I cave in and I agree

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to work with Adam, Mom, how long
do you think that's gonna last,

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really?
He's gonna be continually trying

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to sabotage me and I will be
playing defense, and then the

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entire family will have to
choose sides.

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And then it will create this
warfare.

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It will be an absolute disaster
for the family and for the

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business.
You know I'm right, don't you?

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>> Sally: Have you considered
calling Victoria's bluff?

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Because I find it hard to
believe that she would give up

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on her dream job just because
she has to share it with her

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smart, capable brother.
>> Adam: Have you met my sister?

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>> Victor: The last thing we
need right now is a public

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conflict over control of the
company.

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>> Adam: So what does that mean
for me?

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That there's no chance of
advancement and all these ideas

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that I have to further the
company's success are just gonna

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die?
>> Victor: Son, think this

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through for a minute.
Victoria was CEO of Newman/Locke

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when she brought you on board,
alright?

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She still is.
Nothing has changed.

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What you have to show her now is
that you are loyal to her, that

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she can trust you, that you will
work with her.

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You have to convince her of your
ideas -- your very good ideas.

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>> Adam: Well, it looks like I
have my work cut out for me.

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>> Victor: You do.
>> Ashland: I lied to Victoria

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and to everyone about my cancer
diagnosis.

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I was never sick.
I never had cancer.

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>> Jack: What?
Why would you --

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>> Ashland: To speed things
along.

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The Newman/Locke merger, my
marriage to Victoria.

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>> Jack: That is horrifying.
>> Ashland: Yes, it is.

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And when I think back on my
recklessness and my...my

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cruelty, I am disgusted with
myself.

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>> Jack: I couldn't care less
how you feel.

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What about Victoria?
She opened her heart to you.

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She let you into her family.
She thought you were going to

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die.
I have lived through the death

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of a spouse.
I have some idea of the anguish,

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of all she was preparing for.
For your sake.

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Only to find out this was a
hoax?

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>> Ashland: It wasn't entirely a
hoax.

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I genuinely fell in love with
Victoria.

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>> Jack: I don't want to hear
this.

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I'm sure Victoria doesn't
either.

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>> Ashland: I have agreed to
have my marriage annulled.

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I have agreed to walk away from
the company.

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I'm doing everything I can to
make this as easy on her as

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possible.
I -- [ Sighs ]

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Even though I know it's too
little, too late.

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>> Jack: Boy, there is a
colossal understatement.

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I hope you're going back to
New York or wherever, and stay

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out of her life forever.
>> Ashland: That's part of why I

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wanted to talk to you.
I didn't want to leave town

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without seeing Harrison, and I'm
worried about how Kyle and

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Summer might react when they
hear the news.

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>> Jack: You damn well should
be.

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>> Diane: I don't expect you to
trust me or believe me -- not

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now, maybe never.
And if that's the case, I'll

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have to accept it because I
brought it on myself.

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Kyle, I -- I deceived you when
you were growing up with what in

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my mind were good intentions.
I just -- I wanted you to see

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the kind and loving version of
myself, the one that made you

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the center of my universe.
>> Kyle: It worked.

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I thought you were the best mom
ever.

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>> Diane: Yeah, and that's why I
was so angry with Phyllis when

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you read that exposé she had
written detailing my exploits.

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>> Kyle: Yeah, to be honest,
I've never been able to

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reconcile the two versions of
you.

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This sweet, sensitive,
incredible mom that I knew and

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the version of you that I read
and heard about.

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Who blackmailed people,
committed arson, and destroyed

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relationships and never seemed
to care.

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>> Diane: You are seeing both
sides of me now -- the good and

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the very, very bad.
So go ahead, I'm -- I'm an open

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book.
Ask me anything.

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>> "The Young and the Restless"
will continue.

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>> Billy: The majority of my
listeners will never cross paths

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with the so-called elite of the
business world.

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Well, consider yourself lucky.
I had a run-in today with a man

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who shall remain nameless, a
mogul who seemingly has

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everything and yet he still
wants more and more.

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And he lies and manipulates to
get it.

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I mean...this guy takes and
takes until he sucks everyone

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around him dry, as if it's gonna
make him feel more powerful.

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I mean, if you ask me, it's like
he doesn't trust his own

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business acumen so he has to lie
and deceive to get his upper

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hand, causing pain to everyone
close to him.

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And he thinks he's gonna get
away with it.

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And who knows, maybe he will.
But if he does, if wealth and

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power offers a person blanket
immunity, is that not an

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indictment on all of us?
>> Adam: Well, that Diane thing

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kind of threw me.
>> Sally: Yeah, it was pretty

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crazy.
But nothing you haven't heard

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before, right?
Or experienced?

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You and Diane have that in
common, the whole

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used-to-be-dead thing.
>> Adam: Well, there were quite

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a few similarities between Diane
and the man that I used to be.

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>> Sally: Do tell.
>> Adam: [ Chuckles ]

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Another time.
Right now I'm more focused on

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what Dad told us about Victoria.
I miscalculated.

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I thought Dad was gonna be ready
to throw her in the penalty box

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for the mess that she created
with Ashland.

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>> Sally: Yeah, but instead,
Victor feels protective of her.

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Though it does make sense to me
after the accident.

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He almost lost her.
>> Adam: Yeah, well, that hit

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him pretty hard.
>> Sally: But on the bright

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side, Victor seems to have your
back.

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He was championing you to
Victoria, and winning him over

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was definitely not a given.
That is a huge accomplishment

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in and of itself, so now you
only have to win your sister

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over.
>> Adam: Sure, no problem.

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Victoria is very stubborn.
It's a Newman trait.

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>> Sally: Well, you are very
charming and persuasive.

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So those must be Newman traits,
too.

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>> Adam: Well, I'll see how far
they can take me.

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Wish me luck.
>> Sally: You won't need it.

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>> Ashland: Look, I -- I know
what you must think of me.

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My behavior has been abhorrent.
Except in one area -- I have

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been a good father to Harrison.
>> Jack: Oh, have you?

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You lied to that little boy
about being sick.

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>> Ashland: Jack, there are two
people in this world I love,

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period.
Harrison and Victoria.

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Now, my wife may never forgive
me, but I can't lose my son.

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I will do whatever it takes to
keep that boy in my life.

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>> Jack: And you want me to
advocate on your behalf to Kyle.

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Why would you think I would want
to do that?

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>> Kyle: What kind of work did
you do on yourself in LA?

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When we talked before, you
mentioned therapy.

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>> Diane: Oh, I got a whole
bunch of it.

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Along with everything else under
the sun.

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Oh, but I -- I finally found a
psychologist who called me out

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on my crap.
She really forced me to look at

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myself, and she had zero
patience for my excuses.

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>> Kyle: [ Sighs ]
How'd that go?

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>> Diane: [ Chuckles ]
Well, uh, terribly at first.

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I was offended and indignant,
and that first year, I stormed

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out of my sessions in a huff
more often than not.

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But somewhere inside of me, I
knew that what she was saying

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was true.
You know, I wasn't a victim.

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I was a narcissist.
I made everything about myself.

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And through a lot of
self-realization, I realized

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that that had gotten me nowhere.
I mean, none of the things that

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I was so desperate to get --
money and power and attention

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and affection -- had ever come
to me.

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You know, instead, my behavior
had left me...broke and

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anonymous, invisible, and, um...
alone.

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And worst of all, it cost me the
one pure unselfish joy I had

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ever known -- my life with you.
My beautiful son.

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It was crushing.
But it was also the first step

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on a long, hard road that
eventually brought me back here

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to you, to ask you for your
forgiveness.

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>> Kyle: I can appreciate what
you're saying and understand how

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difficult it is to admit.
But what if all the work you did

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still doesn't get you what you
want?

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What if I say no?

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>> Ashland: Jack, you and I are
both at an age where we've seen

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a lot of life.
We are both mature enough to

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recognize that people are
complicated.

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We can do admirable things in
one aspect of our lives and

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despicable things in another.
Nothing is black and white.

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>> Jack: I have heard enough of
this sick, twisted reasoning

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lately.
I'm done with it.

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You find somebody else to make
your case.

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>> Ashland: Okay.
I understand.

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I will talk to Kyle directly.
>> Jack: No, no, no, I would

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recommend you not do that, trust
me.

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Now is not a good time to go to
Kyle seeking forgiveness.

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>> Diane: Nothing's going to
happen if you turn me down.

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I'll go back to LA and I'll
leave you alone.

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>> Kyle: Really?
After all the effort you made to

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reunite with me?
>> Diane: You matter to me more

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00:28:19,164 --> 00:28:22,033
than anything.
But I've learned what a mistake

443
00:28:22,100 --> 00:28:25,437
it is to try and force people to
give me things I didn't deserve.

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00:28:25,503 --> 00:28:31,076
And it never worked anyway.
So you don't owe me a thing.

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00:28:31,142 --> 00:28:35,814
I'm grateful that you were open
enough to hear me out.

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00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:39,250
And would I love it if you were
willing to forgive me and I had

447
00:28:39,317 --> 00:28:43,488
a place in your life?
Of course I would.

448
00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:46,958
And I would also love the chance
to try to make up for some of

449
00:28:47,025 --> 00:28:51,596
the hurt and damage that I
caused.

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>> Kyle: I just don't know if
that's possible.

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00:28:57,135 --> 00:29:04,909
>> Diane: I know.
>> Kyle: I-I-It's not that I

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00:29:04,976 --> 00:29:07,846
don't want what you say you
want.

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00:29:07,912 --> 00:29:12,016
I do. You're my mother.
I've never stopped loving you,

454
00:29:12,083 --> 00:29:14,586
and I've missed you every day
since you've been gone, but I'm

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00:29:14,652 --> 00:29:16,955
still trying to figure out if
the version of you that I

456
00:29:17,021 --> 00:29:21,626
remember ever actually existed
or if it was just an act you

457
00:29:21,693 --> 00:29:24,462
were putting on because you
needed adoration from someone

458
00:29:24,529 --> 00:29:26,998
who was too young to know
better.

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00:29:27,065 --> 00:29:31,769
>> Diane: Kyle, you have to know
that my love for you was never

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an act.
It was the only good part of

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00:29:35,773 --> 00:29:49,954
myself.
>> Kyle: I think...I'm willing

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00:29:50,021 --> 00:29:56,060
to leave the door open wide
enough to give you a chance to

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00:29:56,127 --> 00:29:58,429
prove you are who you say you
are.

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00:29:58,496 --> 00:30:03,468
>> Diane: Really?
>> Kyle: Yes.

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00:30:03,535 --> 00:30:07,605
Please don't go back to LA.
>> Diane: Oh, Kyle.

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00:30:14,179 --> 00:30:18,149
[ Knock on door ]
>> Adam: Hey.

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00:30:18,216 --> 00:30:21,419
I don't mean to intrude, but I
was hoping that you had a minute

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00:30:21,486 --> 00:30:23,922
to talk.
>> Victoria: For you, I'll make

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00:30:23,988 --> 00:30:33,031
the time.
>> Adam: [ Clears throat ]

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00:30:33,097 --> 00:30:37,235
Um...Dad filled me in on your
conversation.

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00:30:37,302 --> 00:30:41,506
So I wanted to come by and clear
the air.

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00:30:41,573 --> 00:30:44,709
First of all, I want you to know
that I was surprised to learn

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00:30:44,776 --> 00:30:48,313
that he asked you to promote me
as co-CEO.

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00:30:48,379 --> 00:30:51,849
>> Victoria: Mm-hmm.
>> Adam: If I had known, I

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00:30:51,916 --> 00:30:55,053
would've asked him to hold off
until you and I could have a

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00:30:55,119 --> 00:30:57,488
conversation.
>> Victoria: And what

477
00:30:57,555 --> 00:31:01,326
conversation would that me?
>> Adam: The one where we hash

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00:31:01,392 --> 00:31:05,730
out if we can work together.
One where I could convince you

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00:31:05,797 --> 00:31:09,534
that I could make a good
partner.

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00:31:09,601 --> 00:31:13,071
>> Victoria: Are you going to
offer me $500 million of someone

481
00:31:13,137 --> 00:31:15,506
else's money to give you the
promotion?

482
00:31:15,573 --> 00:31:21,779
>> Adam: [ Scoffs ]
Look, what I want to say is the

483
00:31:21,846 --> 00:31:26,351
company has almost doubled in
size since the acquisition with

484
00:31:26,417 --> 00:31:31,289
Ashland's business holdings, and
your workload is gonna increase

485
00:31:31,356 --> 00:31:38,363
by that much.
You're gonna need some help.

486
00:31:38,429 --> 00:31:40,698
I know that we've never been
close.

487
00:31:40,765 --> 00:31:44,102
I know that you don't trust me.
No matter how much I try to

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00:31:44,168 --> 00:31:46,838
support you and the family.
there is just a whole lot of

489
00:31:46,904 --> 00:31:53,878
history in the way.
I'm here to see what I can do to

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00:31:53,945 --> 00:31:57,682
change that.
And to show you that us working

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00:31:57,749 --> 00:32:01,886
together could be a positive
thing.

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00:32:04,756 --> 00:32:08,159
>> Nikki: I just had a very
surprising conversation with

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00:32:08,226 --> 00:32:10,728
Victoria.
>> Victor: Oh.

494
00:32:10,795 --> 00:32:17,302
Surprising?
Amazing how she keeps us always

495
00:32:17,368 --> 00:32:23,107
on the edge, doesn't she?
>> Nikki: She does.

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00:32:23,174 --> 00:32:26,411
Brace yourself, because you will
find this very surprising as

497
00:32:26,477 --> 00:32:31,082
well.
>> Victor: What?

498
00:32:31,149 --> 00:32:36,688
>> Nikki: She offered me a
promotion.

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00:32:36,754 --> 00:32:39,557
>> Victor: Wait a minute,
there's only -- only one title

500
00:32:39,624 --> 00:32:42,460
ahead of the one you have right
now.

501
00:32:42,527 --> 00:32:47,265
>> Nikki: That's right.
She offered me the co-CEO job.

502
00:32:47,332 --> 00:32:51,336
And I accepted.
>> Victor: Really?

503
00:32:58,176 --> 00:33:00,244
>> Victoria: You know, it
doesn't really matter how or

504
00:33:00,311 --> 00:33:02,914
when Dad pitched me the idea of
promoting you.

505
00:33:02,980 --> 00:33:07,185
I -- I was never going to agree
to it.

506
00:33:07,251 --> 00:33:11,356
However, I did listen to what
you had to say, and you are

507
00:33:11,422 --> 00:33:15,026
right.
My workload is going to

508
00:33:15,093 --> 00:33:17,495
increase.
I actually might need some help

509
00:33:17,562 --> 00:33:21,666
now that Ashland's out of the
picture.

510
00:33:21,733 --> 00:33:24,869
>> Adam: Well, if the title
thing is tripping you up, I

511
00:33:24,936 --> 00:33:27,505
don't -- I don't need it, at
least not now.

512
00:33:27,572 --> 00:33:30,675
I'm just happy to pitch in and
look at this as an opportunity

513
00:33:30,742 --> 00:33:36,114
to see how well we could work
together if we tried.

514
00:33:36,180 --> 00:33:40,118
>> Victoria: Oh, I'm sorry if I
gave you the wrong idea.

515
00:33:40,184 --> 00:33:43,988
I didn't mean to imply that I
needed your help.

516
00:33:44,055 --> 00:33:46,557
I've decided to take on a
partner.

517
00:33:46,624 --> 00:33:52,830
Someone that I can trust.
>> Adam: You're going to hire

518
00:33:52,897 --> 00:33:56,134
someone new as your co-CEO?
>> Victoria: Yes.

519
00:33:56,200 --> 00:34:01,439
In fact, I already have.
>> Adam: Who?

520
00:34:01,506 --> 00:34:04,041
>> Victoria: Well, the only
logical choice.

521
00:34:04,108 --> 00:34:08,980
My mother.
>> Nikki: I know you wanted Adam

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00:34:09,046 --> 00:34:12,350
for the job,
but just think about it for a

523
00:34:12,417 --> 00:34:16,687
minute before you respond.
My stepping into the position

524
00:34:16,754 --> 00:34:20,291
makes a lot of sense.
>> Victor: Mm-hmm.

525
00:34:20,358 --> 00:34:24,095
Very smart move on Victoria's
part.

526
00:34:24,162 --> 00:34:27,598
>> Nikki: Of course, you and I
both know that it was the

527
00:34:27,665 --> 00:34:32,470
strategic move to keep Adam out,
but I will do an excellent job.

528
00:34:32,537 --> 00:34:34,539
>> Victor: Yes, my baby, I'm
sure you will.

529
00:34:34,605 --> 00:34:38,943
And you will lend this company
the stability that it needs

530
00:34:39,010 --> 00:34:44,549
right now, desperately.
>> Nikki: So you won't fight

531
00:34:44,615 --> 00:34:48,019
Victoria on this?
>> Victor: No.

532
00:34:48,085 --> 00:34:52,290
If I impose my will on her, she
will be very upset, and if I

533
00:34:52,356 --> 00:34:56,327
prefer Adam over her, I'll never
hear the end of it.

534
00:34:56,394 --> 00:35:00,998
>> Nikki: I'm happy you can see
that.

535
00:35:01,065 --> 00:35:06,504
>> Victor: Madame CEO.
>> Nikki: [ Chuckles ]

536
00:35:06,571 --> 00:35:09,207
>> Victor: This makes me very
happy.

537
00:35:09,273 --> 00:35:13,077
My beautiful wife running the
company.

538
00:35:13,144 --> 00:35:16,080
Oh, boy.
>> Nikki: [ Chuckles ]

539
00:35:16,147 --> 00:35:18,649
I don't think you have to worry.
>> Victor: I'm not.

540
00:35:18,716 --> 00:35:21,886
>> Nikki: [ Chuckles ]
>> Victor: Because I'll keep on

541
00:35:21,953 --> 00:35:23,955
looking over your shoulder.
You know that.

542
00:35:24,021 --> 00:35:27,225
>> Nikki: Like always.
>> Victor: Always.

543
00:35:29,627 --> 00:35:34,065
>> Jack: How did it go?
How was your talk with your mom?

544
00:35:34,131 --> 00:35:37,869
>> Kyle: I'm not sure.
I'm still conflicted.

545
00:35:37,935 --> 00:35:39,971
I threw a lot of questions at
her, and she gave me what seemed

546
00:35:40,037 --> 00:35:44,976
to be honest answers.
It was intense.

547
00:35:45,042 --> 00:35:50,081
Um, Dad...I told her I would
give her a chance to prove

548
00:35:50,147 --> 00:36:05,029
herself to me.
𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅮

549
00:36:05,096 --> 00:36:06,230
herself to me.
𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅮

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