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At Crimson Lights, Adam tells Chelsea it must be a good sign if they’re going to let them see Connor. They will have to roll with things. Chelsea feels like they’re making things harder for him. Adam urges her to focus on the hug she’ll give him. Nick comes in and asks about their call with Connor. They give canned answers and Nick then asks, “How’s he really doing?”
They sit, and Chelsea says the call was hard. They set off his OCD with the timing of the call. “It feels like we’re failing him over and over.” Nick thinks it must be rough not to be able to see him in person. Chelsea says they’re ready for them to come in person. Nick thinks that sound promising. He assures Adam he can go, “It’s family before business, always.” Nick assures them that Connor knows they’re there for him. Adam appreciates this. He goes to fill in Sally. Nick asks Chelsea, “How are you really doing?” She cries, “Not great.”
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In the Abbott mansion, Ashley is checking her phone when Traci and Jack come in. They ask where Alan went. Ashley asked him to leave; she can only handle so much at one time. They urge her to take some time. Maybe they can help her think things through. Ashley says he thinks she has D.I.D. “Have I really had entire conversations that I don’t remember where I was a completely different person?” She learns she changed her mind the last time she agreed to get help and asks if they really believe she needs to commit herself. Traci says she definitely needs some kind of treatment. Jack says her personality shifts are dangerous. Ashley declares she’s not going to Fairview. They agree, but can find her a good facility. Jack urges her not to wait. Ashley says Alan offered to help her figure out her trauma too. She’s sorry she’s put them through hell. “If you think I should go, I’ll go.”
In the ranch basement, Jordan tells Victor that Michael and Cole are saving her from him. “You monster!” She appeals to Cole, and Victor tells her to shut up and stop talking. Jordan seethes that her blood will be on his hands. Victor asks Michael what he’s doing there. Michael says as his lawyer and friend, he couldn’t let this happen. Victor accuses him of going behind his back. Cole says it’s his fault. “You know I was suspicious, I just put the pieces of the puzzle together.” Michael says he called him for advice, but he’s as much a part of what was about to happen as Cole is. Jordan says they’re her angels of mercy. Victor tells her to shut up and orders the other men upstairs.
In the ranch living room, Victor tells Cole and Michael this is his plan and they have no right to interfere. Michael begs to differ… they can’t unsee what he’s doing. Cole complains this makes them accessories to a crime. Victor wants that woman to rot in hell! He orders them to leave the premises and never speak of this again. Cole says it’s not going to happen and Michael warns, “We’re not going anywhere.” Victor rants about the damage that woman has done to his family. They assure him she’ll spend the rest of her life in prison. Victor asks what if she escapes again. Michael hollers. Is his plan to keep her locked up down there for the rest of her life or starve her to death. Victor bellows, “She deserves it!” Cole admits he thought about leaving her down there, but he can’t do it. “I’m not going to become her.” It’s wrong. He warns others will find out about this. Michael hollers at Victor to listen. Victor rants about all the people she killed and says no one does this kind of damage to his family. “She’s exactly where she belongs!
Michael tells Victor he knows him, and he knows it will haunt him if he lets that woman die. Victor says he’ll be the judge of what haunts him. Michael reminds him it doesn’t work that way. Doesn’t he want to be free of the burden of keeping Jordan down there. If she’s discovered, he’ll have to spend the rest of his life in prison. They’re trying to help him; to protect him. Victor asks, “What’s your plan?” Michael says Jordan’s an escapee and killer, the prison will keep her secure in the kind of place no one gets out ever. Victor asks what if she tells them he kept her locked up. Michael says she’s a psychopath, she can claim whatever she wants. He warns they’ll have to destroy the dungeon and the cell and destroy all evidence.
In the cage, Jordan hyperventilates and throws stuff around as she gasps about her freedom. “Enough, enough!” She cries on her cot.
In his suite, Tucker leaves Audra a voicemail noting she’s clearly decided to go on their Paris trip after all. It might have been a waste, however, as he’s cancelled the meeting she scheduled. If she schedules another, he’ll cancel that too. He throws the phone on the bed and sits down, looking spent, in a chair.
At the Abbott mansion, Ashley’s alters take over as Jack and Traci drone on. In her mind, Ashley meets her alters, Ms. Abbott and Belle. She recognizes them as the voices who have been tormenting her for months. The alters bicker and Ashley doesn’t remember any of what they’re talking about. They tell her she can’t be in control right now. “You absolutely cannot go to Paris with Alan.” They suggest she sit back and take a nice long nap. Ms. Abbott wants to take charge, but Belle argues the point. Ms. Abbott says she had everything under control earlier. Ashley asks why she was in the lounge with Tucker. Ms. Abbott snaps that she was trying to take care of her, if she’d just let her. Belle warns her again not to go to Paris or things will be made much worse by what she finds there. Ashley gasps, “What will I find there?”
Suddenly, Ashley hears Jack and Traci again. She tells them she has to go to Paris. The answers are there. “I know it.” Traci is so glad she wants to get to the bottom of this. Alan will help her and she’ll come along too to be there for her. Ashley thanks her. She asks Traci to pack for her and Jack to get the jet ready while she goes to tell Alan in person.
At Crimson Lights, Chelsea tells Nick that after all she’s been through, she thought she’d be a rock for Connor, but she’s running on fumes. Nick thinks it’s hard for her because she knows what it’s like. She can’t take it on and has to let Connor work through his own feelings. Chelsea says it’s just hard to watch your kid suffer. She says Billy’s away on business and Nick doesn’t like hearing that. Chelsea says Adam’s actually been pretty great. In the beginning he fought the diagnosis and wanted to take Connor out, but he came around and has been the more stable parent. Nick never thought he’d see the day anyone called Adam the stable one. Chelsea realizes she’s missed a meeting with Summer. Nick suggests she take a leave of absence. Chelsea worries she’d let too many people down; she’s the only senior advisor. Nick says there has to be someone who can step in and help her finish the line.
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At the Club, Adam updates Sally on his plans to go see Connor. He’ll be away for a week or two. Sally thinks it’s an important step and wants to send a present for Connor, so he knows she’s thinking about him. She suggests Adam take his soccer jersey too, which might comfort him. She loves Connor. Adam says, “And I love you.” He can tell something is bugging her and asks her to let him in. Sally admits she’s been in a funk over work. Adam urges her to talk to him about it. Sally confides that she feels lost. Adam worries he’s been too distant. Sally says it’s only to do with her career. She’s never been so unsure about her future. She thinks moving into interior design was a mistake; her heart wasn’t fully in it. “I miss fashion. It’s in my DNA.” Adam says, “So, go back to it.” Sally fears it’s too late. Adam argues it’s never too late to start over. He’ll do everything he can to help her when he gets back to town. Sally kisses him.
At the ranch, Cole understands that Victor feels betrayed, but they only have the family’s best interests at heart. Michael asks what would happen to Nikki’s sobriety if she discovered what was going on. In their plan, the only person who suffers is Jordan. Cole suggests Victor be the hero by claiming his men found her on the riverbank barely alive and turning her in. Michael enthuses, “Justice prevails because of Victor Newman.”
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Victor, Cole, and Michael visit Jordan in her cell and she asks what the verdict is, “What are you going to do with me?” Victor says, “These two would have me deliver you to prison guards or the doctors at the looney bin.” Jordan thinks it’s a trick. “You want me to die a slow and miserable death right in front of you.” Victor tells her she’s an evil woman who’s done extraordinary damage to his family. He recalls the story about her plunging into the river. Maybe she could make that story a reality. Jordan can’t play his game. “You’ve won.” She tells him to do with her what he will, “Just put me out of my misery.” Victor says, “Not yet.”
Ashley arrives at Alan’s suite at the GCAC and he’s on the phone with Traci, who wanted to be sure she made it there OK. Ashley tells him he’s right. “I’m losing my damn mind.”
In his suite, Tucker pours a drink and thinks. His phone rings. It’s Jean-Jacques again. He tells him Audra is to have no further contact with anyone at Glissade. Tucker learns she’s been meeting with the companies Glissade acquired and tells him he’ll take it from here. Disconnecting, he agonizes and holds his head.
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In Crimson Lights, Adam tells Chelsea that the Newman jet is cleared. Will she be ready to go in the morning. She hasn’t cleared it with work yet and shares Nick’s idea of taking a leave of absence. She can’t access the creative part of her brain when her mind is with Connor. She has no one to cover for her. Adam hopes this doesn’t sound too opportunistic, but he was just having a conversation and this might help both of them. “Would you consider letting Sally step in?”
In Alan’s suite, Ashley tells him about meeting her alters in her mind and how they were arguing over her. They told her not to go to Paris with him and to let them take over. Alan says they think they’re protecting her, but the fact that they exist at all means there’s something terribly wrong. “I think you should go to Paris with me as soon as possible.”
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In his suite, Tucker calls someone named Hailey and asks her to book him on the next flight to Paris… tonight.
In the ranch basement, Victor opens the cell and Jordan panics, “No, no, no! I will not die like this!” She rushes past him, and Cole and Michael catch her.” They hold her while Victor chloroforms her and then let her fall into the chair. Victor pulls out his phone. “This is Victor Newman. We’ve found that Jordan woman who escaped from prison twice and who terrorized my family and almost killed my wife.” He says they found her on the bank of the river and she’s alive. “We’ll bring her to you.” After disconnecting, Cole pats him on the back. Victor tells him he and Michae betrayed him and that he will not easily forget.
