Kyle and Summer feel badly that Theo got fired but Theo is still jealous of Kyle and thinks he got his job because he is Jack's son. Alyssa tells Victoria that she is leaving town because Adam has been through enough and she won't make things worse by writing a story about how he killed her father. Adam refuses to believe Victor when he explains that when he was eleven years old he killed Alyssa's father to protect Hope because Alyssa's father was going to hurt her. Victor tells him that he was so traumatized he blocked out everything and Hope didn't go to the funeral because she was afraid Adam would remember what he had done. Jack talks to Phyllis about the Theo and Kyle situation and also about how they found bones at his new construction site in Washington state. Theo leaves a message for Lola telling her that he was fired from Jabot and that it was his own fault. Theo tells Lola that he could use one of her pep talks since it is his birthday.
[PREVIOUSLY_ON] Jack: It's mine, theo. My pitch. Almost word for word. A pitch I made 15 years ago in this room. Theo: It'll never happen again. Kyle: You're right. It won'T. Because you're fired. Abby: I am just so excited to get my new hotel up and running. I hope you're ready for the competition. Phyllis: Why would you want to push people out of a hotel that you co-own? Victor: I didn't want you to know, but now you have to be told. It was you, son. You killed alyssa's father. Victoria: You're leaving. Why? Alyssa: Your father was here. Victoria: I assume that my father threatened you when he showed up. Alyssa: A man like victor newman doesn't need to make direct threats. Victoria: Well, of course not going to come right out and say it, but the implications were there. Alyssa: [ Scoffs ] Gets a lot more complicated than that. Victoria: I'm a newman, too, alyssa. I can protect you. Alyssa: Look, my mind is made up. Victoria: Just talk to me. I know that you're scared, right? Alyssa: No, I'm not scared. That's not the reason I'm leaving. [ Sighs ] It's -- it's because... Victoria: Because what? What did my father say to you? Adam: I should have known that you'd pull something like this. Victor: This is not a game, son. Adam: Mm. Sure it is. This is the victor newman game of lies and deception. I mean, you weren't gonna let me take your precious company without a fight, so you conjure up this ridiculous story of an 11-year-old me killing aj montalvo. Victor: It's true. Adam: This is low, even for you. Victor: You think I would lie about this? Adam: I'm shocked that you can even ask me that with a straight face. Nikki: Adam, please listen to him. Adam: Nikki, you have obviously been listening to him too much if you're buying any part of this. Nikki: Your father is trying to help you. Adam: Okay, after everything that he's done -- I mean, you sit there and you remain by his side living in willful ignorance. Victor: That's enough, adam. Phyllis: Yes, I know the sound is irritating. Insufferable! That will be your word. What I wanted to -- hello? Hello? Rude. Jack: Another satisfied customer? Phyllis: Ugh, I was gonna offer him a free night. That's what he gets. That's what I get for being nice& to people. Jack: I heard abby's giving you a hard time. Phyllis: Yeah, it's a little more than a hard time. I shut down her construction, but she persuaded the zoning board to let her start again. So, I mean, we hear this even at night. Jack: Wait, how did she pull that off? Phyllis: I have no idea, and I don't care, really, but she's undermining her own investment. It's not very smart. But I guess it doesn't matter to her. What's $1 million or 2 millon, right? Jack: You want me to talk to abby? Phyllis: No, please don't talk to her. I don't want you stuck in the middle. Jack: The middle is where i seem to be spending a lot of my time these days. Phyllis: Yeah, I know that. Um... summer told me what's been going on with theo and kyle. I'm very, very sorry. She didn't give me details, but she said that theo always out. What happened? Jack: Ugh, I just got sick and tired of their constant battling. It wasn't just at jabot. It was everywhere else. Phyllis: And...? Jack: They actually got into it in front of dina -- that took me over the edge -- and I gave them an assignment and made it very clear their life at jabot was perhaps on the line. Phyllis: Okay, and...? Jack: And theo just blew himself up. Phyllis: How'd he do that? What happened? Jack: He pitched an idea that he'd stolen and hadn't just stolen from anyone. He stole it from me. H. He did not do that. Jack: I wrote this pitch what, 15 years ago? Phyllis: Oh, that must've made you feel -- Jack: Infuriated, annoyed... Phyllis: Yeah. Jack: Name a negative feeling, I've felt it all tonight. Phyllis: Oh, my gosh. Jack, I am so sorry. With everything you're going through, this must be so difficult. Listen, I've been saying this all along. Theo is not a person to be trusted. Summer: We did it. Kyle: Mm. Summer: Oh, no, scratch that. You did it, kyle. I am so proud of you. Kyle: I liked it better when it was "we." You were right there with me. Summer: Okay. I did a little bit, but you were the one who drove it home. "Welcome to the future of jabot." Jack was all over your pitch. Kyle: We still need to tweak it a little. Summer: Yeah, I know. But at least now I'll be able to do that without someone trying to sabotage you behind the scenes. Theo showed jack who he really is. Kyle: Yes, he did. Summer: Mm-hmm. Kyle: And now he's gone. Summer: And why don't you seem happy about that? Adam: Oh, so you've had enough? Well, least we can agree on that, pops, because I definitely have. And this is not your fault, nikki, okay? You love the man and you've had to figure out a way to live with who he is. Although I do not envy your position. Nikki: First of all... you don't know who I am at all or what I feel or anything, and you are completely clueless about what is really going on here. Victor: Look, sweetheart, I don't want you to get upset, okay? This is something that adam and I need to discuss alone. Adam: Okay, well, let's just put an end to this embarrassing charade, okay? Before I really get upset. Victor: There's only one way this will end. Adam: [ Sighs ] I am warning you that if you pursue this, you will suffer the consequences. Victor: I will pursue this. I have no other choice. Seresto, seresto, seresto. Additional sponsorship Adam: Here we are, you and me, face to face trying to define this twisted relationship of ours. You want me to go first? Victor: Yeah, if you insist. Go ahead. Adam: How about I start with a young boy's desire... Victor: Mm. Adam: To win the approval of his mother's friend victor, you know, which eventually developed into something dark and complicated when I found out that you were my father. Victor: Adam, you have always resented that I followed your mother's wishes. It was your mother's wish that you not know that I was your father. I wanted to raise you as a boy. I want to bring you to genoa city. I followed her wishes, stupidly. Had I been your father, you'd have been able to come to me instead of doing what you had to do. Adam: So what are you doing now? Are you gonna try to pin the murder on my mother? Victor: That's not the point, son. When cliff died, you thought you had to become the man of the house. That's an enormous burden for someone your age. Adam: You think I don't know what you're doing? I assume that you've manufactured evidence to blame the murder you committed on your 11-year-old son. Victor: I did not commit a murder. Not blaming you. I was always trying to protect you. I didn't want you to know what happened. Adam: Right, because you've always been such a kind and concerned father. I mean, everything you have done for me, it's for my benefit, right? Victor: You bet. Oh, that's bull. You know what it's about? It's about power and control. It's no different from when you framed me for murder and then you broke me out of prison. First, you attack me, and then you come to my rescue. You force me to try to feel gratitude for you like I owe you something. Victor: You're so wrong. Adam: It's -- I have heard enough, okay? I told you that I was willing to keep your crime buried for good. I meant that. I mean, I wasn't stupid enough to think you're gonna give me the company without a fight, that maybe you'd finally acknowledge I deserve the job. But I'm telling you, this is your last chance to accept the fact that I won. Victor: Oh, the hell with it. I'm out of here. Victor: Stay put. Stay put, stay put. You're not leaving until you accept the truth. Victoria: Tell me exactly what my father said. Alyssa: We are not having this conversation. Victoria: Please, don't go. There's so much that you don't know about your father's death. My father has been covering up what really happened this entire time. Alyssa: He told you? He said his wife was the only other person who knew. Victoria: Wait, hold on. I'm getting confused here. Are you telling me that my father came here to tell you the truth? Alyssa: He said that the story I'd written would ruin me if it ever went to print. Not because of the nda, but because it implicated the wrong person. All those years, victor wasn't covering up what he'd done. He was covering up the fact that adam killed my father. So maybe now you can understand why I'm walking away. Victoria: No, I don't understand. It doesn't change anything. Alyssa: [ Scoffs ] Kyle: No. No, no, no. Don't get me wrong. I'm glad it all worked out. I'm proud of what we did. It's just -- Summer: You feel bad about firing theo? Kyle: I wasn't being vindictive. It's not like he gave me much of a choice. Summer: Exactly. Kyle: It's just... complicated. It was different back in new york. Theo and I were friends. Did a lot of crazy stuff together, but we always had each other's backs. And as I look back on it now... even then, we we're competing. You know, theo was the striver, the hustler, super talented. But he always felt like he was on the outside because I had the abbott family money to back me up, and... we never talked about it, but it was always there. I had a safety net, and he didn'T. Summer: Okay, well, I mean, we can't pick our families. Kyle: [ Sighs ] Yeah. As it turns out, he is family, but that doesn't change the way we both grew up. I already had what he was working so hard to get, and I realize now I fell into playing my role without even thinking about it. I'm not proud of that. So maybe if I were him, I'd want to knock me down a peg or two. Does that make any sense? Summer: Yeah, I mean, you feel sorry for the guy. Kyle: I feel sorry it went down the way it did. Summer: Okay, and i understand you have compassion for the guy, but theo cheated and he got caught. End of story. You are not responsible for that. Kyle: I know, but -- Summer: No, no "buts." Theo has been trying to undermine you ever since he got to town. But you were too smart for him. Kyle: We were too smart for him. Summer: Look, I'm not going to apologize for anything we had to do to bring him down. We didn't force theo to hack into our files and use one of jack's old pitches. He did that all by himself, kyle. Kyle: Still... he used to be a good friend. He is family. It's not that simple. Theo: Huh. I just stopped by to drop off my security badge. I'll, uh, make it quick so you both can get back to celebrating me getting fired. Another cleaning tip from mr. Clean. Theo: Here. Do you want to check the bag, make sure I'm not running off with any company secrets? Kyle: Theo, nobody's accusing you of taking anything. Theo: No one has to. You've always assumed that eventually I would fall on my face. And guess what? Mission accomplished. Summer: We didn't make you cheat, theo. Theo: You're right. You got me. Good move, by the way, putting jack's old pitch on the server for me to poach. Both must have been laughing your asses off when I fell for that. And you -- you must be planning a damn parade. Kyle: I get no pleasure from this. Theo: Oh, come on, kyle. Of course you do. It's your vindication. You know, proof positive that you are once and for all the chosen one. Anyway... screwed it. Out with a bang, just like I like it. You know, I've still got options. Summer: Really? Such as? Theo: What, are you gonna write me a recommendation? Kyle: Need one? Theo: [ Scoffs ] You are killing me with this polite routine. I know that you are dying to rub this in my face, so just got for it, cuz. You're the man. You did it. It's official now. So enjoy the hell out of it, all right? If I were you, I'd be strutting around like the king rooster. [ Cellphone rings ] Kyle: I need to take this. Summer: Yeah, go ahead. I won't be long. Theo: What? So are you gonna be polite, too? Summer: No. I'm gonna set you straight about a few things. Jack: I always knew theo was rough around the edges, but this -- this surprised me. Phyllis: It surprised you? Did it? Theo's a hustler. You know hustlers, they do whatever suits them. Jack: Is this is from personal experience? Phyllis: I don't know. Is it from personal experience? Jack: Aren't we a pair? Phyllis: Yes, we are. And we've learned our lessons, or so you told me. Maybe theo hasn't learned his yet. Jack: Well, let's hope he learns it faster than we did. Phyllis: Yeah. I'm sorry. I know this has caused you a lot of pain. Jack: Yeah, it has. Phyllis: I'm gonna be brutally honest, um... I was not happy that kyle and summer reunited so quickly. I was not happy. But I was glad that she wasn't with theo anymore. I don't like him. I find him to be really slick and always working an angle, and... Jack: He's talented. He's very talented. I just wish he could point his talent in the right direction. Phyllis: Like we did? Adam: You know, the smart move would have been to spring this whole bogus story on me before I had a chance to get ahead of it, you know. But then you wouldn't have the satisfaction of seeing how I'd react, right? And hoping that I'd fold. Victor: Son, you keep missing the point. Adam: What is the point? What is the point, that you want to destroy your own son with a pack of lies, and you're claiming that, what, I'm some cold-blooded murderer as a child. Victor: No, adam. You weren't cold-blooded. You were scared out of your mind. Victor: Aj montalvo had it in for cliff because cliff owed him money that he had not paid him back. Adam: I know. I know. Then he hired somebody to drive cliff off the road... but everything spiraled out of control. The guy was drunk, and they both ended up dying. I mean, what are we doing? Are we stalling for time? Victor: I'm trying to explain things to you. Adam: And I'm telling you, I already know what happened. You wanted aj to pay for what he'd done. You wanted to keep him away from my mother. So you killed him or you hired someone else to do it, and then you paid the coroner to cover it up and make it look like an accident. The end. Victor: In your mind, it's the end. It ain't the end. Aj montalvo was sent to prison. While in prison, he nursed his anger toward cliff and indirectly toward your mother. When he was out of prison, he went straight to the farm, confronted your mother, threatened her -- abusive, blustering character. Okay? Because of cliff's debt to him. No matter how brave your mother wanted to be... she was scared. You were there. You heard it. You listened to it. You came out of hiding, and you tackled him. And you did that to protect your mother. Adam: Bravo, pop. Well done. Please give whoever concocted that story my regards. Because you and I both know it never happened. Alyssa: Everything has changed. I can't stay here, I can't look at adam. Victoria: There's too much at stake for you to let this go now. Alyssa: I wrote a story about what I thought was a cover-up. Victoria: It was a cover-up. Alyssa, my father has been going to incredible lengths to cover for adam his entire life. How can you not see that? Alyssa: Because it doesn't matter. As angry and horrified as I am, he is still that 11-year-old in my mind, a boy and my friend. Victoria: So he gets a free pass? This adam that -- that you keep talking about, that you knew, he -- he's gone. He doesn't exist anymore. And given what you know about him now, the way he's used you, he's manipulated you. He's almost tanked your entire career, but yet, you still want to defend him. How can you know for certain that he doesn't remember what happened? Summer: Theo, jack went out of his way to make you feel a part of the family, a part of his business, even. He gave you a huge shot at defining the future of jabot, which you didn't earn, by the way. Theo: Then I suppose that kyle did? Summer: Yeah. He -- he did earn it. He put in the time and he put in the work, and he didn't try to steal someone else's idea and pass it off as his own. Theo: Okay. Kyle is jack's son, and I don't care what you say. That gives him a huge leg up over someone he didn't even know existed until a few months ago. Summer: Theo, did it ever even occur to you that being jack's son comes with its own set of pressures? I mean, trying to live up to the family name or or even make his father proud? Maybe if you weren't so busy trying to pretend that this didn't matter to you, you would have noticed that kyle doesn't get any enjoyment out of this. You guys have a history. You were friends, and that actually mean something to him. Summer: Jack had it all wrong. Theo: What do you mean? Summer: The whole time he's been accusing kyle of being too focused on you, when, really, it was the other way around. You so desperately wanted everything that kyle had, whether it was his job or lola or even me, once upon a time. "The young and the restless" will continue. Jack: Sorry about that. Phyllis: Oh, it's okay. It sounded urgent. I could hear because all the construction has miraculously stopped. Jack: Yeah, it did get did quieter, didn't it? Phyllis: Mm. Jack: Jabot is building a distribution warehouse in washington state, and we've run into some legal red tape. Anyway, enough about that. Where were we? Phyllis: Um, I think we were talking about the conundrum of suddenly being mature and wiser while we help the next generation learn their lessons. Jack: Wow, you take very good notes. Phyllis: Yes, well, the trick is not to be hypocritical while I'm doing it. Jack: Yeah. When I was theo's age, I had as much arrogance as I had common sense. Phyllis: Yeah. I, on the other hand, have stayed eternally perfect. Jack: You don't say. Phyllis: [ Laughs ] You know, it has been my experience that with people who blow their own horn as loudly as theo does, they just want to be heard. Jack: He's a good person. I mean, there's a good person in there. I'm not saying I condone his behavior, but all the flash and dazzle and insecurity covers somebody you want to know. Theo: Well, well, well. The conquering hero returns. Kyle: Did I miss anything? Summer: Nope. Just some hot air and false bravado. Theo: You know, summer, you can talk all you want about how I should be upset, but the truth is, I was suffocating here trying to make it work. And now I'm out, and I couldn't be happier. Summer: If you say so. Theo: Yeah, I do. Kyle: I'm sure you'll be successful wherever you end up. Good luck. Theo: Yeah. Thanks. Uh, you too. Kyle: [ Sighs ] [ Door closes ] Summer: So, can we gloat a little now? Kyle: Mm. Summer: Mm. Adam: I have no doubt that you've paid some serious money to create a nifty little trail of evidence to back all this up, but here is your problem. Victor: Hmm? Adam: I don't remember any of it. Victor: Because you've blocked it out. Adam: Mm. Well, isn't that convenient for you? Victor: I was there that night, you know. As soon as your mother realized that aj was dead, she called me. I got on the jet, flew out to the farm. And I saw you. You were white as a sheet. You were rigid. You were catatonic. Adam: Huh. Well, it's too bad my mother isn't here to confirm any of this 'cause none of it rings true to me. I don't remember aj being at the house. I don't remember me attacking him. And, I mean, wasn't his body found in a barn somewhere? Victor: Yeah. George had moved it there. Adam: George. My mother's caretaker? That george? Victor: Yes, that george. I had called him from the plane. I told him to move the body somewhere so he could come up with a plausible story. Then while your mother was putting you to bed, I told the coroner that he should tell the story that aj had fallen from the loft, hit his head, and died that way. Now, it wasn't too difficult to bribe the coroner because everyone hated aj montalvo in that village. He'd done a lot of damage to a lot of people. Adam: And I've just slept in the entire thing... Victor: Mm. Adam: ...Not aware it ever happened until now you have generously brought it to my attention to save your own ass. Victor: No, son, not to save my own ass. This is what really happened. Adam: Mm. And yet, in the midst of all this... Victor: Mm-hmm. Adam: ...When my mother's supposedly taking care of her catatonic, traumatized killer of a son... Victor: Mm-hmm. Adam: ...She still takes the time to bake a pie for alyssa and her mother. Victor: How did you know that? Adam: Alyssa told me. Victor: You know why your mother baked that pie? To do something for the family because neither you nor she went to the funeral. Adam: [ Laughs ] Victor: You know why she didn't do that? Because she didn't want your memory to be jogged in church. Adam: Wow. You just have an answer for everything. Victor: Oh, I do... Adam: Mm. Victor: ...Because I'm telling you the truth. Adam: You know, what's really despicable is the fact that you're using my mother, a woman that you claim to love so much, to cover up for your lies. Jack: You seem to have found your niche here. But, you know, there's more to life than just the grand phoenix. What else is going on with you? Phyllis: Uh, you know, this and that, stuff. Jack: Could you be a little less specific? Phyllis: [ Laughs ] Mm. [ Exhales sharply ] Wow. Uh, you're probably gonna find out soon enough. I'm just -- I want to tell you. Um... after a lot of soul-searching and long conversations, um... uh, nick and I have decided to -- to give it a go. Jack: You and nick? Really? Phyllis: Yeah, me and nick. Jack: Hmm. Phyllis: You're just gonna say "hmm"? Jack: I know this is something neither of you would take on lightly. Phyllis: No, definitely not. Uh, we -- we made a lot of lists and came up with all the reasons why it was a really stupid idea. Jack: But you did it anyway. Phyllis: We did it anyway. Jack: Hey. Good for you. Good for both of you. You find something special, you both want it enough, I say run with it. Phyllis: That means a lot to me coming from you. Jack: If you're happy, I'm happy. Don't mess this up. Phyllis: [ Chuckles ] [ Cellphone ringing ] Jack: Oh. Sorry. Hello? What do you mean? What's the hold-up? Bones? [ Door opens ] Summer: And just for the record... Kyle: Mm-hmm. Summer: ...I think that you handled everything at the office beautifully. Kyle: Thank you. Summer: Mm-hmm. You were even gracious. You wished theo good luck, and you almost made it sound as though you meant it. Kyle: I did mean it. Summer: Okay. Come on. You can be honest with me. Kyle: I am being honest with you, summer. I wish the guy no harm. Summer: Really? After everything theo tried to pull with you? Kyle: It wasn't completely one-sided. Summer: I know, but still -- Kyle: I let theo get to me. I allowed him to push my buttons when you were warning me not to let him do it. And I ended up losing it in front of dina. I-I really regret that. I'm not that guy. I never want to be that guy again. Summer: Well, I will make sure that you toe the line. Kyle: I'm counting on it. But we can't afford any more distractions because we have a lot of work to do. Summer: Yes. Kyle: Speaking of work... Summer: Okay, um, but before we get back to work... Kyle: Mm-hmm? Summer: ...Maybe just allow me a moment to appreciate what a cool and classy guy you are... Kyle: [ Chuckles ] Summer: ...'Cause it is incredibly sexy. I think we deserve a small celebration, don't you? Kyle: [ Chuckles ] Alyssa: You obviously have your own issues with adam that have nothing to do with me. Victoria: Oh, no, this goes way beyond issues. Adam is a lying bastard who will do and say whatever it takes to save his own skin. I've seen it. I've lived it. And that cute little boy that you keep talking about -- I'm sorry. He's gone. If that was even ever real. Alyssa: An 11-year-old boy committed an unspeakable act to protect his mother. Does that move you at all? Odds are he -- he erased it from his mind. I mean, shouldn't we have some compassion? Victoria: No, not when it's adam. Alyssa: [ Scoffs ] This is more than I bargained for. Victoria: My brother just loves for people to see him as the victim, the poor boy with a childhood trauma. It's just another way that he's manipulated my father into giving him what he wants. And he has what he wants again. Alyssa: [ Scoffs ] You really do despise him. Victoria: I despise what he's done to my family. My father protects him at the cost of his business, his legacy, at all of us. It's always been this way. And don't let him fool you. He killed your father, and he will destroy you if you let him. Victor: I loved your mother very, very much. I would never have used her to manipulate you. Adam: Right. You're claiming you're just telling me the truth. But if I really killed aj, how come nothing ever changed between my mother and me? How come she never treated me differently, she never tried to get me help? I mean, she didn't do any of the things that a good, loving mother would have done -- 'cause that's what she was. Victor: Because she was very happy that you had blocked it all out. She didn't want you to remember it. She didn't want to live with that guilt for the rest of your life. I encouraged her to keep the truth from you. Adam: And I guess now, based on this fantastic yarn, you expect me to bow out gracefully and step down from newman. Victor: You have no other choice. Adam: No. What I have is hard, solid evidence that it was you who killed aj. All you have is some -- some fairy tale. Victor: You're talking nonsense. You have no proof at all. Adam: Oh, I do. I have the coroner's confession. And I have a money trail that leads directly to you. Victor: There's no proof that I was involved. Now, adam, if you hadn't gone as far as you did to control newman enterprises, if you hadn't tried to stick that murder on me, the story would never have come out. But now it has to, and you have no one to thank but yourself. Chicago! Phyllis: More red tape? Jack: Oh, it's worse than that, I'm afraid. Phyllis: You mentioned bones. Jack: This construction site in washington -- as they dug, they found ancient fossils in the ground. Phyllis: You mean dinosaur fossils? Jack: They don't know. But it will take some testing that could take weeks or months. Phyllis: Wow, that doesn't sound good. Jack: No, it does not. Phyllis: What happens now? Jack: Well, we close the construction site, and if it turns out to be an archaeological dig, we're gonna to have to find a whole new property. Phyllis: Wow. That would be horrible. Wow. Um... phew, look at the time. You know what? I have to go. I have an appointment. Jack: Yeah, yeah, I do, too. I'm not gonna solve this tonight. Phyllis: Hey, um... thank you for being so understanding about me and nick. I'm gonna return the favor... one of these days. Jack: One of these days. Phyllis: Bones. Summer: This really does feel like a new beginning, huh? Kyle: Mm. No more obstacles. Summer: Mnh-mnh. No more limits. Kyle: Mm. Just you and me. Summer: Forever. It's a whole world of possibilities. Theo: Hey, lola. Hi. Uh, it's me. I just got fired from jabot. It's a long story, but it was my own fault. But it's okay. Um, I'll land something else, so you have nothing to worry about. Anyway [Sighs] I miss you. Call me. Uh, I could really use one of your goofy pep talks, especially today. It's my birthday. [ Sighs ] Victoria: Don't forget that adam used you, alyssa. Alyssa: I'm well aware of the role I played here. Victoria: And you got nothing in return, but I can change that. Just give me some more information about what happened in kansas with adam. Alyssa: Wait a minute. Stop. Just stop. Victoria: You can write a different story, a true story, and I will make sure that it gets published worldwide. Alyssa: No. Victoria: Why not? You owe adam nothing. Alyssa: Yeah, I don't owe you anything, either. My father was killed. My childhood friend was responsible. [ Scoffs ] It's all overwhelming. [ Sighs ] My family was incredibly screwed up, but they don't even come close to the newmans. So, no, thank you. I don't want anything more to do with any of you. [ Door slams ] Victor: Chelsea always told me that she thought you were looking for my approval, you know? You were looking for unconditional love. Well, I think the fact that i kept this a secret for all this time is a sign that I've always wanted to protect you, isn't it? Adam: What do you want me to do, dad? Do you expect me to be satisfied with that? Victor: You have no choice. The job is no longer yours. Adam: No. No. Okay, look, you think you won. Well, you haven'T. Victor: You keep on thinking this is about winning and losing. It's not about that, son. If you tell the story about how aj montalvo died, your life would be ruined, son. You'll carry that with you for the rest of your life. Everyone will know. Think about it. There's no way back. Adam: We'll see.