She trusts me. We have a mind meld. In tech, that s like almost better than sex. [ sighs ] besides, i want billy to have this. And i want you to have this. What . Did you think i forgot . Happy birthday, mariah. Victoria i can t believe this, dad. Victor it s business. Victoria you re taking advantage of billy s accident and the fact that he s so injured that he might. [ sighs ] you re trying to get an inside track on his business deal. Victor the fact that you still believe in billy boy abbott is stunning to me. Victoria do you know that he might have been able to close this deal if it wasn t for this accident . You do know that, don t you . Victor will you come to your senses . What happened to him was no accident, for heaven s sake. And as far as billy having a plan worth stealing, that is ludicrous considering the circumstances. Victoria what circumstances . victor there abbotts are on the brink of collapse, a reason that ashley turned away from them, because everything they touch turns to phyllis that s lovely, victor. Victor [ sighs ] dylan you must think we never stop partying around here, huh . First your mom and i have an impromptu wedding, and then, uh, christmas and new year s, and for mariah. The festivities in this family are nonstop, aren t they . He agrees with me. Sharon [ laughs ] he s placating you. And besides, what s wrong with our son growing up thinking life is full of joy and celebration . Dylan joy and celebration. Have you met mariah . Sharon it s why i only invited a few people. Dylan [ chuckles ] [ knock on door ] guess somebody s early. Hey, dr. Anderson. Hi. Dr. Anderson hi. Dylan come on in. Sharon hi. Dr. Anderson. Dr. Anderson i, uh, i apologize for dropping by unannounced, but i wanted to share some good news. Sage is that a text from sharon . Nick uh, yeah. Sage everything okay . Nick yeah, i guess, uh, sharon wants to throw mariah a Surprise Party. Wants me to bring faith by. Sage ohh. Well, what s wrong with that . Nick have you ever seen mariah s face when anybody tries to do anything nice for her . Sage [ chuckles ] no, but i would really love to see that. Nick yeah, i would go, but i was planning on being with vick while billy s in surgery. Sage well, why don t i help . I can pick up faith from school, and i ll just take her to the party. Nick are you sure . Sage yeah. This marriage deal, this is us being together, right . Stitch god, max. It s so good to see you. Wait. What are you doing here . Where s your mom, son . Max mom is dead you killed her abby wwhat . Why why would you Say Something like that . Max because it s true. Stitch okay, i don t i don t understand. Are you okay . What what happened . Abby i didn t do anything to jenna. I never even met her. Paul max terrible car accident. Women are taking on with poise impressa blatter supports. 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Okay, why why wasn t i notified about this right away . Paul well, apparently they did try and get ahold of you. But wires got crossed between the social services here and in australia. Abby max, when the phone went dead, i thought that your mom had hung up on me. Ii had no idea. Ii just wanted you to come to the wedding. That s it. I am so sorry that this happened. Max you don t have to say that. Abby no, it s true. Paul okay, i need to get max back to the social worker. They got to sort this out. Stitch just just wait. I want paul max, wait up. Abby oh, man. Paul look, this is an awful lot to process for all of sharon so, good news, huh . Uh, what is it . Dr. Anderson well, it s about your treatment. Sharon, you ve made such significant progress that i want to reduce your meds. Sharon oh. That s. Scary. Uh, things have been going so well. Dylan yeah, i mean, sharon s been doing great. Uh, ii guess we re both wondering why fix what s what s not broken. Dr. Anderson well, that s why i wanted to come here and discuss it with you in person so i could explain. It s not an arbitrary decision. Sharon, you should see this as a victory. Sharon i m trying to, but every time i change my meds. I don dr. Anderson no, you won you won i ll continue to monitor you closely. Dylan okay, why make the change right now . Dr. Anderson well, because of sharon s commitment to her treatment, the higher dose of medication is more of a barrier than a help at this point. Sharon and without them . Dr. Anderson without them, you ll have less of a filter feelings. Mariah i don t get the whole birthdaygift thing. Kevin here we go. Mariah i just don t understand it. I m supposed to get a present because my mom got knocked up by her High School Boyfriend . I should get a cake and and balloons and the whole shebang because i managed to spend one more day on this earth . Kevin well, when you put it that way, yeah. Dumb ritual. Mariah see what i m saying . Kevin but it s also for the people who care about the birthday girl and maybe want to take a moment to celebrate all the possibilities that lie in the year ahead. So. Humor me. Mariah okay. Fine. What am i supposed to say when somebody gives me a present, though . Like, oh, you shouldn t have. That s so sweet of you . Kevin say whatever you want. Mariah okay. Fine. And another thing kevin oh, will you just open the damn gift . Mariah okay okay. Fine. Sensitive much . A toy ferrari. Kevin mmhmm. Re gonna get a lifesize model when we strike it rich. [ chuckles ] mariah thank you. Kevin see . That s what you re supposed to say. Now we have to make sure this massive business deal becomes a reality. [ sighs ] jack you know, i thought today of all days you might be able to contain yourself, now that my brother s in surgery that could kill him. Phyllis jack. Jack i gave you the benefit of maybe having an ounce of compassion, that you might stay away, that for one lousy day, you wouldn t feel the need to run billy down in front of victoria you really hate him that much . Victor i was speaking plainly and honestly to my daughter for her sake and her children s sake. Victoria when this happened to billy, he was trying to change his life. He was trying to make up for his mistakes, dad. Victor really . Okay. Deal was all about . I didn t think so. It s a pipe dream, a fantasy, that even his brother was not willing to finance, although he has a rather weak spot for billy boy. Although considering the circumstances, i guess you would be in no position to entertain entrepreneurial investments, now, would you . Jack as usual, you don t know what you re talking about. Victor all right. Let me hear what billy s deal was all about. Jack why would you want to hear that . Obviously it s of no significance since billy boy was involved in it, right . 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Don t you blame yourself for one minute. All right . Abby i m i m not the one thinking it. Your son is. Stitch look, then we have a lot to figure out right now about max. Abby you have to bring him you have to. Stitch he and i barely know and i can abby look, i and we re in this together. I will help you. I want to. You wanted to have a relationship with your son it s terrible how it happened. But it happened. And we have a lot to offer max. It s the right thing to do. It s the only thing to do. [ sighs ] paul all right, max is with the social worker. I know this is happening really fast, but decisions have to be made. Stitch this isn t a decision at all. I m taking my son. Dr. Anderson it s understandable this might bring up some confusing emotions for you. Sharon well, you know i trust you completely. But i m reluctant to make any changes because things have been so wonderful for dylan and me dr. Anderson well, i can see that. Although last time we talked, you had some concerns about nick and sage. Sharon yeah, for a while, i felt like i was on edge whenever i was around them. I actually felt guilty for being so happy and for having this beautiful little boy in our lives when. Their child had died. But sage has been doing a lot better lately, and after that painful moment at the christening, i offered to let her hold sully again. That was wise . Sharon actually, it was. She was a lot more at ease with sully this time, and then she was even better at christmas. Dr. Anderson was she . Sharon maybe it has something to do with her and nick working things out. Happen . Sharon well, it s still ongoing, but they moved back in together. Faith where sharon oh, he hi, sully come here, pumpkin faith [ chuckles ] sharon you have to say hi to come here. I missed you when i was at school. Are you ready for the Surprise Party . Sharon oh, you know what . I still have to get ready. Faith oh. I can help. Sage well, why don t i take sully while you two do birthday prep . Sharon that would be great. All right. Here s our little party animal. Faith [ giggles ] sage hi something wrong, dr. Anderson . Jack thank you, doctor. Victoria thank you. Nick is billy still in surgery . Victoria yeah, he ll be a few more hours. Jack listen, uh, dr. Dellafield just gave us an update. I m gonna call jill. Victoria well, um, the specialist that they flew in for the operation seems to be as good as they say. He said things were going really well, so that nick well, i m glad to hear it. And you . Victoria there s just so many decisions to be made about billy s care. Nick, i know him better than anyone. I m closer to him than anyone. But because we re not married. Nick vick, i want to know how you re doing. Victoria i m mad and i m really sad and i m frustrated. The family is letting me voice my opinion, but ultimately, i have to defer to his mother and jack. And then there s the emotional bombardment, people telling me how i failed billy and how he brought this on himself and how this is just more proof of how i should shut him out of my life. Nick most of that was provided by dad, i take it. You can always count on him in a crisis. Come here. Phyllis you were going on and on about how billy would not business venture, but it is very clear you want to know what it is. You are only interested in kevin s idea because jack s interested. That jack s back is up against the wall, isn i don now. Phyllis why are you here, victor . Victor i daughter s sake. Although i have to admit to you that i don t mind seeing your wretched husband squirm a little. Phyllis go to hell. Victor the feeling is mutual. If you have postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high risk for fracture. I can tell you prolia is proven to help protect bones from fracture. But the real proof . My doctor said prolia helped my bones get stronger. Are your bones getting stronger . 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Moms dont take sick days, moms take dayquil severe the nondrowsy, coughing, aching, fever, sore throat, stuffy head, no sick days, the young and the restless ,,,, kevin i know that what you really want can t be bought. You told me. You mariah oh wait. The stuff about me wanting to be loved, that was i was joking. I mean, you know that i know that that stuff doesn t exist. Kevin all right, i m not gonna argue with you. Mariah because i m right. Look, i don t want to rely on anyone for anything. That s why i agreed to be your v. P. In charge of scheming. I want to get at the ground all the way to filthyrichville. Victor hello, kevin. Kevin victor. Victor i actually need to talk to you. Kevin oh. Uh, what can we do for you . Victor hello, mariah. How are you . Mariah i m good. Victor good. So, tell me about this idea that you re working on with billy boy abbott. Kevin how do you know about that . Victor how do i know about that . You know there s damn little i don t know. Kevin right. Um, well, ii can t disclose any details. Mariah but it s big. Very big. Victor very big. You know, Silicon Valley is full of wannabes. Young, eager entrepreneurs who think they are on to the next big thing. Kevin well, too bad for them. I ve got the next big thing. Victor what you have right now, kevin, is an idea, you know. You need a lot of financial backing for that idea to become reality, don t you . You think that someone is you. Victor yes. You guessed right. Certainly billy boy abbott isn t. The fact that you even entertained that thought makes me question your judgment. Kevin well, until billy is healthy, out of surgery, we ve put a few things on hold. Victor well, i got some bad news for you. He may not make it. And where, then, does that leave you . Another wannabe with a big dream that has gone up in smoke . Hmm . And you ll spend the rest of your life saying to yourself, that should have been me. Dr. Anderson i was just here sharing some good news with sharon. Sage isn t that unusual, you being sharon s therapist and so involved in her personal life . Dr. Anderson well, i didn say i wasn t here in a professional capacity. Sage oh. Yeah. I just assumed. Dr. Anderson sharon and i get along well. She s a woman whose life has gone through some complicated although, in many ways, you and sharon are like mirror opposites. Maybe that explains why my relationship with her seems to upset you. Sage [ scoffs ] it doesn t upset me, doctor. Ii just i don t know. It seems like a professional conflict of interest to me. [ sully cries ] sharon uhoh. I think someone needs some changing. Don t you, baby . Sage you want to get changed . Sharon it s okay. Come here, bunny. We ll get you upstairs. Yeah. We ll be right back. Sage okay. Faith come on, sully. Dr. Anderson she s doing really well. Sage mmhmm. Dr. Anderson took a lot of time and hard work for her to get there. You seem to be doing well, also. Sage yeah, i am. Dr. Anderson which is why i m wondering, why are you forcing things, sage, interacting with another woman s child that way . Sage i m not. Could sense it. Abby i m gonna be a mom. It wasn t supposed to happen this way when i thought about it. I mean, but who really thinks about it until that stick turns blue or pink or whatever color it turns . Paul