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Daniel finds Summer on the patio at Crimson Lights. He reminds her she has a brother and hasn’t been returning his calls or texts. Daniel rambles on about her giving him radio silence when he’s in the middle of a lawsuit. Summer cries, “Daniel, stop! It’s Harrison. It’s really bad.” Daniel holds her as she cries.
Once Daniel has been filled in, he says he can’t believe people can be that evil. Summer says Jack and Victor are working together but no one trusts each other. Victor wants to take the lead and won’t let the police get involved. Chance is doing what he can to make sure Jordan won’t get off on a technicality. Kyle, all the while, can’t stop defending Claire. Daniel thinks the important thing is bringing Harrison home. Summer cries that everyone is doing what they can, and she loves them for it, but Harrison isn’t home. Daniel takes her hands and urges her to stay strong. When she gets Harrison home, she should never let him go.
In the alley, Nikki mutters, “Come on, Jordan. I’m right where you want me. Where are you?”
In a motel room, Jordan asks Harrison if he doesn’t like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. She complains he’s grown up in a mansion with a bunch of snobs being able to get whatever he wants. “When I think about what you have gone through, I could weep.” She offers up the sandwich and he turns away. She says she’s losing patience with him and it’s time he learned one of life’s lessons. “Revenge never comes cheap.”
Jordan offers up the plate with the sandwich one more time and says it’s this or nothing at all. Harrison knocks it out of her hand and shouts, “Go away! You’re a witch! I want to go home with my mom and dad!” Jordan tells him they don’t want him anymore. “Your mom and dad don’t love you anymore.” They asked her to bring him there because they got sick and tired of him. “I’m all you’ve got now.”
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Jack enters the Abbott mansion looking exhausted. Traci is there and he updates her on the search for Harrison. Traci urges him not to think the worst. “Jordan is clever, but she’s not going to win this time.” Jack asks about Ashley’s visit to the therapist. Traci says the appointment never happened. She explains they only got as far as the waiting room. Ashley was anxious and jittery on the way there, and when they arrived, a sense of calm came over her. She took her hand and said, “Taking control of my well-being feels right.” Ashley went to the restroom at the doctor’s office and she never came back. She eventually got a text saying she was having second thoughts and had to leave. Ashley promised to meet her back at the house or she didn’t. Traci can’t keep up with the mood changes and the way she talks. “The longer she doesn’t get treatment…” Jack says, “I know. The longer it will take for her to get well again.”
In the jazz lounge, Ashley sidles up to the bar and orders a tequila with a teeny, weeny slice o’ lime in a southern accent. She downs the shot of tequila and her phone starts ringing. She purrs that whatever Jack Abbott wants will have to wait. She winks at the bartender, “Hit me again, handsome.”
At the Abbott mansion, Jack leaves Ashley a voicemail to call him or Traci. “We understand it’s hard. Sometimes you get nervous. We just don’t want you to have another blackout.” He disconnects and asks Traci if they should force her into a program. Traci gawps, “What?! You’re talking about committing our sister?! My God, has it come to that?” Jack says it kills him to even think about it, but they’ve had a lot of false starts. If they can’t get her to a doctor what choice do they have? “We don’t even know where she is!” Traci knows, and it terrifies her, but she acknowledged she has a problem. Jack argues if forcing the issue is the answer, how do they not do it?
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Traci fumes that there has to be another way. Jack asks her to give him an alternative. Traci thinks maybe it’s the idea of sitting down with a stranger that scares her; what if they can get her psychologist friend in Paris to come to Genoa City? Jack thinks it could work, but first they have to find Ashley and get her home.
In the motel room, Jordan tells herself, “Get on your game.” She picks up the phone and listens to a voicemail from Nikki saying she’s waiting for her.
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On Crimson Lights’ patio, Daniel apologizes for being a jerk. Summer assures him he had no way of knowing what was going on. Today, she needed her brother. Daniel asks if their mother knows. Summer says she does. Daniel offers to run interference with her. Summer says, believe it or not, she’s actually been pretty good. She’s being supportive. “It’s been a relief. I needed it.” Daniel wonders if she’s finally changed. He asks what he can do to help. Summer says she’s a mess. “If you could just keep me company for a while…” Daniel assures her he’s not going anywhere. That means a lot to her. Daniel asks if she’s tried saying a prayer. “What could it hurt, right?” Summer thinks it’s worth a shot.
In the alley, Nikki hears a noise and calls out, “Hurry the hell up, Jordan!” She didn’t bring any backup and wonders if she’s scared to face her. “Show your face you sick bitch!”
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In the motel room, Jordan thinks to herself that Nikki’s trap is so obvious. Looking at Harrison, she muses that she has all the leverage. But it would be glorious to have her as a hostage instead of the child. She would have all kinds of fun forcing her to get drunk. She can just hear her calling out for Victor to save her. She still has time to rendezvous with her and thinks, “I’m on my way.” She tells Harrison to keep his mouth shut. She’ll be right outside and will hear him if he tries anything. “Nobody’s coming because nobody wants you.” With that, she exits.
In the jazz lounge, Ashley’s alter flirts with the young bartender and brags that she created her scent she’s wearing herself. When he goes to serve another patron, the alter sidles over to the piano to ask if the musician takes requests.
At the Abbott house, Traci tells Jack to stay there in case Ashley shows up, while she goes to look for her. Maybe they’ll get lucky and Kyle will show up with news about Harrison. Jack agonizes and Traci worries he’s pushed to the edge. Jack says something that reminds her of their dad, and they share an embrace. Drying her tears, Traci tells him she’ll be in touch. She’ll find her and the therapist in Paris. Jack trusts her.
In the alley, Nikki gets a text from Victor saying there’s news about Jordan and she should come home immediately. Nikki texts back that she’s in the middle of something, but doesn’t send it. She shouts, “Alright, Jordan, last call! It’s now or never.”
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At the Abbott mansion, Jack takes a call from Kyle, who has seen Jordan on the security footage from the diner. He got the make and model of the car she was driving. Jack tells him he did great and they are that much closer to finding his son. Kyle says Victor’s men are going to comb the area and so will he. He’ll keep him posted.
Traci enters the GCAC and looks around. Danny comes in behind her. They hug and are so happy to see each other. They can’t believe it’s taken them this long to connect. Danny says it’s his last day before the tour and invites her to sit down. Traci stammers, “I would like to, but…” Danny says she seems frazzled. “What is it?” Traci decides she’ll sit with him for a few minutes but they can only talk about happy things.
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In the jazz lounge, Ashley’s alter urges the pianist to “keep playin’ it” as she dances and whoops it up. He finishes and she slides next to him on the bench. “You have truly been blessed with brilliant hands.” She stands up and gushes how good it is to cut loose and enjoy herself. She’s been in a cage, like a prison. She rambles about looking for the pleasant solution, not the messy one. She wants to be free to do whatever the hell she wants, but everyone else seems to have a vote. “Lookin’ at me with sad eyes and pity.” She’s having fun and mauls the pianist, who doesn’t seem to mind.
In the dining room, Traci is getting a laugh at Danny’s update on Phyllis and Christine fighting over him again. Danny senses she’s off and she admits her family is going through something. She asks if he’s seen Ashley today. He hasn’t. She explains that’s why she’s there. Danny says, “Let’s go find your sister together.” Traci thinks she needs to be alone when she finds her. She asks him to have an amazing time on tour and promises to keep him updated. Danny tells Traci he loves her and always will. She loves him too. With that, Traci walks off.
In the jazz lounge, Ashley woots, “Oh, yeah, baby, play it!” She keeps whooping as Traci walks in and looks stunned.
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Jordan enters the alley and calls, “Nikki? Where are you? Don’t play games with me, Nikki.”
On Crimson Lights’ patio, Daniel tries to get Summer to eat. He’ll stare at her annoyingly if she refuses. Summer puts a bit of muffin in her mouth and then gets a text. She gasps, “Oh my God, I have to go!” She rushes off promising to call him later.
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At the motel, Kyle tries the door and calls, “Harrison?” Harrison yells, “Daddy?” Kyle kicks the door in and is reunited with his son.
In the alley, Jordan calls out, “Nikki? Nikki!” Victor comes up behind her and puts a cloth with chloroform over her mouth. “Guess again.”
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Next on The Young and the Restless: Victor reveals a new plan of attack against Jordan, Victoria and Cole reminisce about their past, and Jack receives disturbing news.
A party to remember! Look over all the photos from Nikki and Victor’s 40th anniversary in the gallery below.
