Nikki welcomes Jill into the ranch and surprises her by saying they have unfinished business. “I just want to say thank you.”

It turns out she’s thanking her for Chancellor. She’ll never take for granted what an honor it is to follow in Katherine’s footsteps. Jill admits

she lost her relationship with her son over it, but it feels good to know Katherine would approve. Switching gears, Nikki tells Jill the entire

 

 

town feels threatened by Cane. She’d better damn well tell her right here and now what she plans to do to stop him.Jill claims she has no influence over Cane’s business decisions. Nikki demands to know his plans. Jill feels interrogated and attacked. Nikki complains about her

 

 

knowing that Cane was Dumas and not telling them. “Your complicity allowed Cane to turn into a monster.” The argument turns heated as Nikki warns he’s targeting Katherine’s precious Chancellor Industries.Jill reminds her that Katherine left Cane in charge of Chancellor

 

 

before he left; he’s a decent man. “Not anymore,” Nikki asserts. Jill trusts he’ll make the right decision. Talk turns to Jill visiting Cane and seeing Billy. She fears she went too far this time and made her son feel like Katherine made her feel… unworthy. Nikki tells Jill that Kay loved her very much. Jill chokes, “But I wasn’t you.” Circling back to the threat of Cane, Nikki tells Jill that since she went to see him first, she doesn’t trust her.

 

 

Jill insists that Cane is deeply conflicted, not cutthroat. Nikki insists he’s ruthless, and now that Lily and his kids have rejected him, he’s out for blood. “You have to stop him!” Jill may be their last hope. Jill snarks, “No pressure there.”

Phyllis’ Run-Ins
Phyllis spots Victor at Society and she’s weirded out when he engages with her. It’s not long, however, until he accuses her of being attached to Cane Ashby’s hip. Why would she need to connive with the lowest of the low? Phyllis sees this is an insult and explains that Cane hired her for her expertise. Victor warns about blind loyalty. Phyllis thinks he’s rattled. Victor denies this, of course, but the redhead’s not buying it… he’s trying to get information out of her. Victor wonders if it’s occurred to her that Cane could do a lot of damage to Nick and Summer, and calls her “desperate”.

Phyllis thinks Victor is the one in trouble. She warns his days of being the most intimidating are coming to an end. Victor snark that she and Cane are a perfect fit… they’re both cravenly ambitious and want respectability. They deserve each other… and their eventual fall. Phyllis whispers that she brings a helluva lot to the table. She’s grabbing the brass ring, and no one is stopping her. Victor says, “We’ll see about that,” and leaves.

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Outside, Victor meets Nick and informs him that he can’t go to L.A. right now. He also warns him to think twice about having breakfast there. Nick walks inside and joins Phyllis, who asks if he and his dad are playing good cop, bad cop. Nick gets up to speed on her run-in with the Mustache, and warns they’re going to handle Cane. Phyllis thinks Ashby’s handling them… he has Victor rattled and it’s

Nick argues that Cane is diabolical and lots of people will get hurt. Phyllis doesn’t give a damn about his dad being upset about someone doing to him what he’s done to so many others. Nick says it’s not just him; it’s the family. “It’s me.”

They get into it about Phyllis feeling judged, like Nick has a choke chain on her. Getting all therapy-speak, Nick tells his ex that she’s “enough”. She doesn’t need to do this to prove something. This leads to talk about her father… Phyllis didn’t get lucky enough to be handed everything… she just got guilt and shame