Welcome back, Y&R fans — and buckle up, because Genoa City is days away from descending into chaos. The calm veneer over Abby and Devon’s picture-perfect world is about to shatter, and at the center of the storm is little Dominic… whose disappearance may not be as straightforward as anyone expects.

The week opens with tension thick enough to cut. Abby and Devon, once the couple everyone envied, are now quietly drifting apart. Their happy newlywed glow has dimmed, replaced by unease neither of them can explain. And according to recent teases, the real trigger for their unraveling won’t come from money problems or career setbacks — but from inside their home.

A chilling twist hits when Devon receives word that a member of his family is in grave danger. That revelation pushes both him and Abby into a panic they never imagined facing so early in their marriage. But just as they brace for impact, tragedy strikes in the most terrifying form possible: Dominic disappears.

The kidnapping rocks Genoa City overnight. Abby spirals into desperation, Devon is barely holding it together, and both find themselves questioning everything they thought they knew about safety, loyalty, and trust. What begins as a frantic search quickly morphs into something darker — because the clues don’t point outward. They point closer. Much closer.

Meanwhile, another storyline begins to bleed into the crisis. Mariah, still carrying the emotional scars of her traumatic surrogacy and her near-obsessive attachment to “Bowie” — her old nickname for Dominic — finds her psyche cracking under pressure. She wants to move on. She wants to be stable. But the second she hears he’s missing, something inside her shifts… and people around her start to wonder whether she knows more than she’s saying.

Could Mariah have taken Dominic in a moment of emotional collapse? Or is someone from her dark past — maybe even Will Hensley — resurfacing to take revenge in the most twisted way possible?

But that’s not the only theory.

As detectives dig deeper, an unsettling possibility emerges — one even harder for Abby and Devon to accept. What if Dominic isn’t just a victim?

What if he’s the reason the kidnapping happened at all?

Tessa and Mariah begin to notice patterns in Dominic’s behavior before the disappearance… odd habits, unusual visitors, strange coincidences. And then rumors begin swirling that someone close to the family may have secretly coached or manipulated the child. A mastermind pulling strings from the shadows — or, in the wildest twist of all, a brilliant young mind orchestrating events no one thought a child was capable of influencing.

With Mariah’s unstable emotions, Will’s unresolved threats, Lily’s impending absence, and Devon’s long-buried family issues resurfacing, all roads lead to a dangerous truth that will blindside the entire city.

As Abby and Devon search for their missing son, one question haunts them:

Are they rescuing Dominic…
or uncovering the truth about him?

This kidnapping is just the beginning. The secrets behind it may destroy marriages, expose betrayals, and rip open wounds Genoa City thought were healed. And when the real mastermind is finally revealed, nothing — and no one — will ever be the same again.