At Society, Phyllis tells Nick that she just talked to Summer (who seems to be falling in love) and suggest that their daughter might want to stay in Milan; anything to avoid Kyle and Claire.
Joining Claire at CL’s, Nikki offers her support; family takes care of each other. Claire’s glad she can rely on everyone – almost. She’ll never look at her grandfather the same way again.
Nate and Audra are in the spot (in the park) where he told Amy that her son died. Audra feels for her and Nate too. He doesn’t want to talk about Damian’s funeral anymore; what went wrong with Victor?
On the train, Lily badgers Cane to abandon his plan in exchange for her support telling the twins. What’s to stop me from agreeing, then doing whatever I want? he wonders.
Sceptical that Audra suddenly changed her mind in Nice, Nate adds that Vikki assumed her Dad was the one to pull out of their deal. There’s more to it and he wants to know what Audra’s not telling him.
It would break Nikki’s heart, and Victor’s if Claire pushed her grandfather away. He’s pushing me away.
Jack thinks Summer kinda wants Kyle back, Nick tells Phyllis. She doesn’t want to watch her ex make ‘googly eyes’ at her cousin. Both miss Summer but disagree on whether, Phyllis disagrees that she’s ‘tough’ (like her) Nick changes the subject – where do you and Cane stand?
Cane wants another chance with Lily – leave the door open. The door’s been closed for years, she finds it sad that he thinks she might be lying. We’re at another stalemate – will one of us bend? Cane
They’re at a ‘stalemate’.
Nate cares about what happened because he cares about Audra. She claims she just came to her senses and was blinded by ambition; I walked away because I have integrity. Nate sees her defensiveness as more proof that there’s more to it.
Nikki’s had this same conversation with Vikki over the years; she always softens. Maybe she just got worn down and gave up – Claire’s moving in with Kyle, no matter what anyone thinks. No one should keep you from grabbing life with both hands, Nikki encourages.
Over drinks, Phyllis is suspicious that Nick wants to be Cane’s ally – maybe you want ME to be his ally and report back to you.