Meeting at Society for breakfast, Audra praises her media mogul bestie and wonders if there’s any truth to the Newman Media story. Not at liberty to say, Sally explains that Billy convinced her it wouldn’t be a ‘good look’ for Abbott Communications to ‘fire back’. Audra couldn’t care less about the Abbott family business – she’d like to see Kyle suffer.
Running into Claire at CL’s, Kyle wonders why she didn’t make the launch last night. She’s sorry and really wanted to be there. How are you? She’s read about what’s going on at Jabot. Is the company really in trouble?
Claire offers support and fresh eyes/ears. Things aren’t OK at Jabot, she detects. Is my grandfather responsible???
At the club, Jack greets Nikki with a kiss on the cheek. She’s so sorry – and very curious. What’s going on? Did Victor unleash the AI program on Jabot? Where do things stand?
Yes, Kyle suspects Victor’s behind it. But you have no evidence, Claire seems inclined to protect her grandfather.
No, Nikki hasn’t spoken to Victor about this – she wants the truth (and won’t get it from him) He somehow found out that Jabot was shutting down and announced it during the launch party. Somehow that bastard came out ahead.
Audra finds it ‘hilarious’ that Jabot’s falling apart – bad things happen to bad people; karma. It serves Kyle right. He deserves a taste of what I’ve been through. When Sally points out that Audra’s fixated on Kyle and never stops talking about him, Audra objects to the implication that she has a ‘thing’ for him.
You’re SO off-base, Audra reminds Sally that Kyle destroyed her life – twice. Insults seem to be your love-language, Sally comments. Audra’s determined to fight back against Claire and Kyle because they have it coming.
Kyle knows Victor’s behind this – we’ve been quietly shutting Jabot down before he can attack but he broadcast it to the entire world. You’re accusing my grandfather of a crime without any evidence, Claire’s not convinced.
Jack has no idea how Victor found out – he announced it to the world to tarnish Jabot’s reputation. I have to ask… Do you really? That breaks Nikki’s heart. Jack’s then upset to hear that Nikki overheard Victor and Adam plotting – but didn’t warn him. That could have changed everything! he’s frustrated.