Still in the stable, Victor vows to gain strength from what JT did to him and is determined to bounce back by next week. As acting CEO, Nikki boasts that she’s running NE quite nicely – Victor can take all the time he needs to recuperate. She looks worried that Victor’s obsessed with finding (and punishing) JT.
Standing up to a bully takes more courage than trashing people online and Nick knows Faith’s heart was in the right place. Faith feels she had to say something – Thomas is a bully and no one cared enough to stop him. ‘So you had to’, Sharon stops making faces to blurt out – then makes another funny face.
Faith shares her story; she and her friends told Thomas that he’s a pathetic loser with no friends. Then everyone started laughing at him and he started to cry. When the teacher came to ask what was going on, Faith said that Thomas is a bully and they wanted to stop him. Now her three friends are mad at Faith because she had them pulled into the principal’s office. In the background, it’s obvious that Sharon’s thinking of her own situation with her three co-conspirators.
Nikki knows what Victor had to endure when he was young – it’s one of the reasons she loves him. She knows why he’s so driven – but don’t test the limits of your body because of JT. We almost lost you, she tears up and runs out (hoping Neil can talk some sense into Victor) Neil’s astonished to hear that JT was abusing Vikki (as caught on hidden camera) As PR agent and friend, Neil will be there for Victor; whatever you need. A double shot of Tequila, Victor requests. What the hell are you doing? Victor’s horrified when Neil dumps the bottle out.
Nick tells Faith that she can come to them with anything. If you see someone getting bullied, tell an adult. No grounding – but go get that homework done. That leaves Nick to express pride that their daughter shut down a bully. And the same goes for us – if something’s bothering Sharon, she can always talk to Nick. Mariah comes home to find Sharon crying alone.
As Victor’s PR rep, Neil doesn’t want to have to put out a press release on his client’s death. In that case, Nikki’s right – JT would have won. Handed a towel and water, Victor expresses how much it meant that Nick’s been visiting him.
On the CL’s patio, Nikki tells Nick that Victor knows about her and Arturo (and wants to kick him off the project by claiming he’s overcharging) Nick doesn’t like what’s going on between his Mom and Arturo but this is about helping people. Dad will have to get over it. When Phyllis joins them, Nick relays Faith standing up to a bully, adding that he and Mariah are worried about Sharon; she’s troubled. After Nick leaves, Nikki and Phyllis worry that Sharon’s cracking and will land all four of them in prison.