Meeting in the jazz lounge, Nikki exchanges a small talk with Lauren before asking what she wanted to meet about. Victor – Lauren wants Nikki to betray her husband.
At the ranch, Mike’s happy to see that Victor’s fully recovered. He does have news but not all of it’s good. Pulling folders from his briefcase he asks ‘which one of your enemies would you like to talk about first’?
Mike arrives at the ranch with bad news – one of the executives they embedded at Jabot wants more money. Otherwise he’ll blow the whistle. The guy’s threatening me? Victor’s pissed.
When Traci calls Jack, he warns her against playing hero. Traci prays she’s wrong – but if she’s right, she’ll do whatever she can to make sure Martin doesn’t hurt anyone else.
Nikki balks at betraying her husband’s confidence. Tearing up, Lauren knows Mike’s ‘deeply troubled’ by whatever he’s working on for Victor. Nikki correctly guesses it has something to do with revenge against Jack. Victor’s determined to bring the Abbotts to their knees, but she’d be surprised if he enlisted Mike’s help.
Victor’s not happy about paying these spies for nothing. Tell them to get results. So what if Kyle’s asking questions? Who the hell is Kyle Abbott?!
After Jack ends his call with Traci, Kyle joins his Dad to report that a Jabot employee was grilling him earlier. The questions he was asking is the same info Victor wanted him (Kyle) to find out at Jabot.
Approaching Traci in the dining room, Diane sits uninvited to babble about the wedding. Are you worried Alan has his heart set on getting married in Paris? She can tell something’s wrong.
Kyle tells Jack that Matheson acted and sounded guilty. He claimed to have a migraine. Victor was very specific about the information he wanted me to steal – maybe he still wants payback for what happened with Nikki.
Lauren’s near tears as she says that Mike’s least favourite part of the job is when Victor asks him to undermine an enemy – he hates it even more when it’s against someone he likes (Jack) Nikki’s sorry this is causing stress in the Baldwin’s marriage.
Mike tells Victor that Nate and Damian Kane are half brothers. There’s more – Dumar also reached out to Billy. Maybe he’s losing his touch or maybe he’s only showing us the cards he wants us to see. What game is he playing? Victor wonders.