Phyllis follows Cane to a table (much to his frustration) I’m here to support you. You don’t know what you want – crying in your beer over a girl. Cane wants to be alone. Phyllis persists. Cane tells her that he kissed Lily – we were ‘this close’ to reconciling – now, she’s leaving town to get away from me. Yes, he’s upset. How dare the self-righteous Lily judge you? Phyllis rails.
Kyle had Jabot’s security team monitor the Newmans activity. A man from Sharon and Nick’s past followed them here from LA, to harass them. What does this have to do with Victor? his parents wonder. Just wait until you hear, Kyle is full of himself.
Lily gets to be judge and jury? Phyllis blames her (while Cane blames himself) Give me a minute of peace, he snaps. Phyllis isn’t going anywhere – together we can take over the world; what are you waiting for?
Kyle tells Jack and Diane that Nick and a man were fighting when in his car when it crashed. One of our security guys called the ambulance, the other took off after the LA guy. He’s in one piece and is ‘Newman enemy number one’.
Holden liked Audra Cortez, an artist who smiled a lot and laughed when she danced. No, not ‘needy and pathetic’ – he doesn’t want to fight. Flashback to them at the Shadow Room; the dead guy still in the trunk of Holden’s car. He’ll work his shift and she’s to go to another bar (so she has an alibi)
Sally comes down to interrupt Billy’s quiet time. He’s being ‘pensive’ and thinking about Jack and Jabot; he’ll protect his siblings from Victor. He doesn’t want to involve Phyllis. We have other options – we can run the article implicating Victor in the attack on Arabesque. Not now, he agrees to go dancing in the jazz lounge.
Still on the patio, Holden continues to dissuade Audra from going after Claire – leave her alone and I’ll keep my mouth shut.
Yes, Phyllis IS relentless. She likens her relationship with Nick to Cane’s with Lily. Stop wallowing. You need to conquer the world, with ME.
Arriving at the club, Sally’s busy with the coat check lady when Billy spots Phyllis and Cane chatting.
Jack hopes Nick will be OK – Nikki must be a mess. Kyle updates that security did everything right. Come on in, he says into his phone. Two men bring Matt Clark into the Abbotts’ living room.
Audra will back off and Holden will keep their secret. They debate which one of them ‘caved’. Maybe we can be friends, Audra touches his chest flirtatiously.
Billy tells Sally to go downstairs and get a table, he’s going to tell Phyllis that there’s no deal on the table. After Sally obeys, Billy sneaks over to listen as Phyllis tells Cane that they’ll pry NE out of Victor’s hands. Having heard enough, Billy saunters off.
Nick was accused of murder because of this guy, Jack sputters – Matt Clark! How is this possible? He’s supposed to be dead. You put Nick and Noah in the hospital. I’m Mitch McCall, Matt lies. Jack calls Victor – I have Matt Clark here – maybe it’s time we made a deal.