document: Victor: You did what?
  Nick: I've arranged for Newman Enterprises to buy Jabot's debt. Once that happens, I'm gonna foreclose and then you'll be out of a job. What's the matter? I mean, aren't you proud of me? This is exactly the sort of thing you would do.
  Victor: What are you talking about?
  Nick: Buy an ailing company, throw out the old management and then use its assets to help Newman Enterprises. It's smart, it's ruthless-- it's classic Victor Newman. You don't belong here.
  Victor: You now have the gall to tell me what is or isn't my place?
  Nick: This isn't about me. It's about Mom. She needs you, right now, more than you'll ever know.
  [SCENE_BREAK]
  Jack: You need to be here, Dad. I know its short notice. Yeah, well, we need to do this now. Thanks. Get here as soon as you can. Okay. I'm glad you're here, Jill. I've called an emergency meeting of the shareholders.
  Jill: What brought this on? I didn't think you were ready.
  Jack: I wasn't. Nicholas and Victor forced my hand.
  Jill: How?
  Jack: They bought up all of Jabot's debt-- all of it-- and they fully intend to foreclose.
  Jill: What?!
  Jack: Technically, it's Nicholas who's done the buying, but we both know Victor is the hand in that sock puppet.
  Jill: I can't believe that Nicholas would do this to us!
  Jack: I can't tell you how disappointed I am that Nicholas is any part of this, but you know what? It's happening, and we don't have a lot of time.
  Jill: Jack, we--
  Jack: Look, we have a lot of convincing to do. Dad wants desperately to believe that Victor's on the level, and Brad is none too thrilled with me or my plan.
  Jill: All right. How about Nikki?
  Jack: I don't know. I don't know what Brad's been whispering in her ear. You have Billy's proxy with you?
  Jill: Yes, I have it right here. And you have Traci's?
  Jack: Yup.
  Jill: Thank God Ashley's out of town!
  Jack: Oh, thank God. This'd be all the harder then. Look, I do believe, between the two of us, if you can keep a cool head, we can pull this off.
  Jill: We have to pull this off. There is no viable alternative. This is a no- brainer.
  Jack: Oh, you see, that's the problem. I don't know how much thinking is going to go on here. This is all gonna be gut reaction, and that could be trouble.
  [SCENE_BREAK]
  Dru: Excuse me. What did you have to say to Neil that was so daggon' important that you had to ask me to leave the room?
  Malcolm: You know, Dru, the man is my brother. He saved my life... risked his own. We just found out he's gonna be all right, so forgive me. I wanted a few moments by myself to talk to him.
  Dru: Talk to him about what? Y-you didn't say anything to him that was gonna upset him, did you?
  Malcolm: Oh, will you quit with the paranoia?
  Dru: How could I not be paranoid?
  Malcolm: Drucilla, I'm goin' home. I wanna be at Olivia's when those test results show up.
  Dru: Don't be goin' through my mail. I'll open my own mail.
  Malcolm: Oh, sure, sure. I'll just put the most important moment of my life on hold. I'm opening the mail. Don't worry about it. You'll be the second one to know what it says.
  Dru: Don't tell anybody about it, especially that blabbermouth Phyllis. She is always bumpin' her gums about something that don't concern her!
  Malcolm: Okay, will you stop? We're about to get the answers to what we need by the end of the day. Forget about Phyllis.
  Dru: Too late.
  Phyllis: All right, Drucilla, I got your call. I think I know what this is about.
  Dru: Right.
  Malcolm: Wait a minute. Dru, you called her?
  Dru: Yeah, I called her.
  Malcolm: And, Phyllis, you just came runnin' over to talk to her?
  Phyllis: Yeah. You know, she's my boss. I follow orders. Ahem.
  Dru: Yeah. Um... I have a meeting with her, so if you can excuse us-- j-just go on home.
  Malcolm: No, no, no, no. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Meeting? Dru, what are you hoping to accomplish?
  Phyllis: Okay, listen--
  Dru: Phyllis!
  Phyllis: No, no. Malcolm, I know what I know. You're not gonna erase anything here. I'm not gonna cause trouble.
  Dru: Honey, you are trouble!
  Malcolm: Okay, see? No, stop.
  Dru: Your middle name is trouble.
  Malcolm: Ladies, ladies, don't even think about it. That's my brother in there and he almost died.
  Phyllis: Mm-hmm.
  Malcolm: Nothin' at all is gonna get served by the two of you gettin' in a fight, so give it a rest. I'm goin' home.
  Dru: Don't go into my mail.
  Phyllis: Okay... you called me all the way over here. What do you want?
  Dru: Phyllis, you heard what Malcolm said. Don't mess with my family.
  [SCENE_BREAK]
  Lily: Hey. Where have you been?
  Devon: Been out walking.
  Devon: What is this?
  Lily: Just making a collage for my dad. I'm gonna take it to him at the hospital. Thought it might cheer him up.
  Lily: What, you don't think I should?
  Devon: Hmm? No, no. It's-- it's a great idea. I'm sure your dad's gonna love it.
  Lily: You're still upset that we forgot your birthday, aren't you? Look, I'm sure my mom's gonna make up for it once my dad gets home.
  Devon: I don't want her to do that.
  Lily: Of course you do.
  Devon: No, Lily, I don't! You know something? I'm gettin' a little tired of you always actin' like you know what I want. So can you do me a favor right now and just back off?
  [SCENE_BREAK]
  Mac: Good morning.
  J.T.: Good morning. Got up kinda late, didn't you?
  Mac: I wish. I've been up since 7 studying.
  J.T.: Oh.
  Mac: What?
  J.T.: Well, I just thought after last night that you might have trouble sleeping.
  Mac: 'Cause being on a date with you is so traumatic?
  J.T.: No, I wasn't talking about your date with me. I was talking about your date with Kevin Fisher.
  Mac: That wasn't a date.
  J.T.: Well, in his warped mind, it was. Doesn't that freak you out a little bit, Mac?
  Mac: Not really.
  J.T.: I still can't believe he bought you that dress. When are you plannin' on takin' that back?
  [SCENE_BREAK]
  Victor: I refuse to sit here and be lectured about my marriage.
  Nick: You've been a workaholic all your life. Mom's put up with it long enough. Don't you think it's time you focused on her for a change?
  Victor: I'm telling you what I told your mother-- this is where I want to be right now, and I'll stay here until things are turned around, and then I'll step back. You got it?
  Nick: I say you step back now. I had a meeting this morning with Fred Hodges and the other bankers that currently hold Jabot's paper.
  Victor: And, what, they are willing to sell those papers to Newman Enterprises?
  Nick: Then it's just a simple matter of foreclosing.
  Victor: Think again.
  Nick: I know you don't want to hear this, but it's pretty much a done deal.
  Victor: What do you mean, it's pretty much a done deal? Do you know what you're doing? You know what people will think? That I'm in on this! I promised the Abbotts that I would not take over Jabot. You got it?
  Nick: You're not doing it. I am.
  Victor: You're doing it with my company!
  Nick: Don't worry. I'll make sure it's very clear you had nothing to do with this.
  Victor: Am I looking at my son? Do you honestly think the Abbotts will believe for one millisecond that I had nothing to do with it?
  Nick: I know you're not happy about it, but like I said, it's a done deal.
  Victor: The hell it is!
  Nick: What are you gonna do about it?
  Victor: You know what I'm gonna do about it? I'll have my own meeting with the bankers.
  Nick: They have a lot of money tied up in Jabot. I'm offering them a full return on their investment. Plus, I'm sure they want to continue to do business with Newman Enterprises, and that means they need to keep me happy.
  Victor: Not this time, it doesn't, son.
  Nick: I'm sorry, but the only way you can stop this is if you remove me as C.E.O. of Newman Enterprises. Do you intend to do that?
  [SCENE_BREAK]
  John: I'm having difficulty believing Victor would do this.
  Nikki: Yeah, but it wasn't Victor. Jack, you said it was Nicholas.
  Jack: Nicholas is a front. Nikki, you know your son would not do this on his own.
  Brad: So this all just happened now--today?
  Jack: One of their bankers came to visit me, at considerable risk to himself, I might add. What he did out of respect for my family could put him in serious trouble.
  Brad: Hmm. How convenient. So, uh, I guess you're not gonna tell us who this person is, then, are ya, Jack?
  Jack: Brad, come on.
  Brad: Come on. You want us to believe there's some big emergency, based on an anonymous source, that Nicholas is going to buy up all the company's debt and foreclose immediately?
  Jack: I want you to believe it because it's true.
  Nikki: I think you're mistaken. Victor would have told me if he was planning to do this.
  Jack: Nikki, you don't honestly believe that. After all the years you've been married to that man, you still don't know how he operates?
  Nikki: Well, I'm not gonna sit here and listen to you bash him!
  Jack: Fine. The fact remains, we have to do something immediately.
  Gloria: John! Oh! Oh, John, they said you left the office in a hurry. Are you okay?
  Jack: Not now, Gloria. Please, not now.
  John: Jack, Jack... easy.
  [SCENE_BREAK]
  Lily: Why are you getting so upset?
  Devon: You know why? 'Cause you always think you know everything, Lily.
  Lily: I do not!
  Devon: Yeah, all right. Well, you know, you could've fooled me.
  Lily: Look, I don't want to argue with you. I'm sure we're gonna celebrate your birthday really soon. It's just that things have been really weird, especially with my mom.
  Devon: What, 'cause she's been so worried about your dad?
  Lily: No. No. It's more than that. She and Uncle Malcolm are arguing again.
  Devon: Really? About what?
  Lily: I don't know. He won't tell me. But something is definitely going on between them.
  [SCENE_BREAK]
  Malcolm: Liv. Liv, you here?
  Olivia: Yeah. I'm--I'm here. And before you ask, no, the results still haven't arrived.
  Malcolm:  Sighs  you know what? In a way, I'm glad. Liv, I almost wish I had never brought this up. I can't hurt my brother or that beautiful little girl. And when I see the bond between the two of them...
  Olivia: Look, it's out of our hands, okay? Whatever we learn today, you're gonna have to find a way to live with it and turn it into something positive. Either way, you'll still have your family.
  Malcolm: Will I?
  Olivia: What kind of question's that?
  Malcolm: Liv, the truth is, if I am Lily's fa-- I don't even want to think about how Drucilla's gonna react if I am.
  [SCENE_BREAK]
  Dru: I hope you heard what I said. I want you to mind your own business. Stay away from my family, Phyllis.
  Phyllis: Gosh, I'm sorry. I just can't help that all this information just fell into my lap and I'm so smart I figured it out.
  Dru: Ha ha.
  Phyllis: I mean, Drucilla, you overreacted every time I asked you questions about the paternity test that came from the genetics lab to the office, all right? I mean, you might as well have been wearing a big sign that said, "Skeleton in the closet."
  Dru: There's a lot at stake. Now leave it alone.
  Phyllis: Cat's outta the bag.
  Dru: You're a piece of work, you know that? I know you dislike me. In fact, I know you hate me-- so much so, that you still resent the fact that I'm the division head? You didn't get the post, so you hate me so much you're gonna ruin my family? Are you really that cruel? Damn!
  [SCENE_BREAK]
  Mac: So... last night you thought you and I were on a date?
  J.T.: Yeah, sure. Didn't you? Hey! You're wearing that barrette I got ya.
  Mac: Yeah.
  J.T.: Nice.
  Mac: I love it. That was really sweet of you.
  J.T.: Yeah, well, I just-- I just wanted to say thanks for givin' up your valentine's day for me.
  Mac: It's not like I had that much to give up.
  J.T.: Tell that to Fisher.
  Mac: Could we go maybe more than two minutes without talking about Kevin?
  J.T.: Uh, look, Mac, I'm just-- I'm worried about you, okay? It's gonna drive me crazy, knowin' that's guy's still hangin' around you. You shouldn't spend so much time with a guy that unstable.
  Mac: I'm just trying to help him. Hardly anybody else will.
  J.T.: Yeah, well, maybe there's a reason for that.
  Mac: Or maybe it's because nobody reached out to him, and that's why he has so many problems. Did you ever think about that?
  [SCENE_BREAK]
  Nick: So what's it gonna be? Are you going to replace me as C.E.O.?
  Victor: Would it really surprise you if I did?
  Nick: Not at all. I've been waiting for it to happen just as soon as I did something you disagreed with.
  Victor: Disagreed with. What you just did is way beyond the pale, son. You've made your own father look like a traitor.
  Nick: A traitor to whom-- Ashley Abbott? Like I give a damn what that woman thinks.
  Victor: But you will give a damn what I think, and so will the bankers!
  Victor: Get me Frederick Hodges, Terrell Sutton and Farley Whitcomb. I want to see them immediately. Now, son, we'll find out who swings the most weight around this town.
  Nick: Let's do that. It's a waste of time, but maybe it's for the best. We'll get this settled once and for all.
  [SCENE_BREAK]
  Gloria: So, Jack, what I'm hearing is even though he said it wouldn't happen, Victor and Nicholas are making a move on John's company?
  Jack: Yes, yes, that's about the size of it.
  Gloria: John, are you sure this is true?
  Brad: Jack certainly is.
  Jack: This isn't something I would make up.
  Gloria: You got any proof?
  Brad: Other than the word of your anonymous banker friend?
  Jack: Brad, listen to me. This is happening. This is just what you and I worried about.
  Nikki: Well, I don't think it's unreasonable to ask for a little proof.
  Jack: You want proof? Wait one more day. Victor will own the whole company, lock, stock and barrel. Come on, people! Are we really having that much trouble believing this?
  John: Jack, if this is true, it is the worst form of treachery imaginable. I mean, after all of Victor's assurances and promises, that he would think that he could do this to me, that he could play me for a fool? No, you call him on the phone and call him right now!
  Jill: No, no. That will tip him off.
  Nikki: Tip him off to what?
  Jill: Jack has a plan.
  Brad: Here it comes. I know all about this plan.
  Nikki: Oh, you do?
  John: Jack, did you know that this is happening?
  Jack: Dad, I have been saying all along-- yes, I knew this was happening. This is Victor Newman's M.O. I didn't expect it to happen quite so soon.
  Nikki: Okay, Jack, what is the plan?
  Jack: In my capacity as the C.E.O. of Chancellor Industries, I am prepared to offer fair market value for newly-issued shares of Jabot, amounting to a 51% ownership of the company.
  Gloria: Uh...
  John: A half of a company?
  Jill: Half of something is better than all of nothing.
  Gloria: Oh.
  Jack: I realize, Dad, this is a very bitter pill to swallow. At least this way there is still a company. And believe me, once we turn things around, once we are profitable again, your investment will be worth far more than it is today.
  John: And you don't know that for sure.
  Jack: Dad, I honestly think this is our only hope. This is a cash offer. You will take the proceeds and pay Newman off. He can't stop you from doing that. You will have taken away all of his leverage. He's done. He will be no part of our lives anymore.
  Gloria: No. You can't do it, Jjohn. You can't.
  Jack: And why is that, Gloria? You know something we don't?
  [SCENE_BREAK]
  Phyllis: Ahem. I can't believe you think that I'd be that vicious. That I would deliberately try to hurt your family.
  Dru: I don't trust you as far as I can spit.
  Phyllis: You know, this is not all about you. What about Malcolm?
  Dru: What about Malcolm?
  Phyllis: Well, doesn't he deserve to know the truth? Doesn't he deserve to know he might have a daughter? But you've been fighting him every step of the way, sweepin' everything under the rug.
  Dru: You know, um... I'm trying to protect my family-- my daughter, my husband...
  Phyllis: Oh, really?
  Dru: From a world of grief.
  Phyllis: Well, how are you doing that, by living a lie?
  Dru: You tell me. You're the expert. I mean, you're a mother and you have a son, and I'm sure that you would do anything in your power to protect him, and that's what I'm trying to do for my daughter, an innocent child. And I am be-- I am begging you... to stay out of this, Phyllis. Please.
  [SCENE_BREAK]
  Malcolm: You know, Liv... if there's any justice at all in this world, those lab results are gonna come back, and we will find out that Neil is definitely Lily's father. I mean, these last couple of days, I've been forced to see just how close they are to each other. I really don't want to mess with it. But, Liv, if I have a daughter, I...
  Olivia: What, Malcolm? Look, I-I know you have a lot of decisions to make. I mean, you can't help the way you feel. Just... just don't do anything in haste.
  [SCENE_BREAK]
  J.T.: Let's not talk about Fisher anymore, okay?
  Mac: Fine with me.
  J.T.: But just so you know, I'm gonna keep a close eye on him.
  Mac: I don't doubt that for a second.
  J.T.: Of all the people you coulda taken in...
  Mac: J.T.
  J.T.: All right, all right. New topic.  Chuckles  you know, you looked pretty hot last night.
  Mac: I did?
  J.T.: Yeah. Yeah, you did. Wait, are you blushing?
  Mac: No. No.
  J.T.: Why are you blushing?
  Mac: I'm not.
  J.T.: I didn't say anything to embarrass you, did I?
  Mac: Why would I be embarrassed?
  J.T.: I don't know.
  Mac: Well, I'm not, okay? I mean, seriously, do you think every girl that meets you falls madly in love with you?
  J.T.: Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Where did that come from?
  Mac: That's just how you act sometimes.
  J.T.: I do?
  Mac: Yes. Well, I mean, not always, but sometimes, yeah.
  J.T.: Well, so you, uh, you worried I'm gonna become a part-time egomaniac?
  Mac: Um, I'd say you're already past that point.
  J.T.: Ouch. That hurts a little bit.
  J.T.: Hey, I'm glad I was with you last night.
  Mac: Me too. That was one of my best valentine's days ever.
  [SCENE_BREAK]
  Victor: Send them in immediately. And by the way, hold all calls.
  Frederick: Hello, Victor.
  Victor: Hello, Frederick. Hello, Terrell.
  Terrell: Victor.
  Victor: Hello, Farley.
  Farley: Mr. Newman.
  Victor: Please have a seat. So I understand you have agreed to sell Jabot's loans to my son.
  Terrell: To Newman Enterprises.
  Victor: Refresh my memory. I don't recall that we ever discussed Jabot's loans being for sale.
  Frederick: I take it you didn't know what your son was up to.
  Victor: I had no clue.
  Nick: Gentlemen, as I told you before, I am the future of Newman Enterprises. My father thinks he can get you to back out of our deal. I told him it's a waste of time, but he wants to give it a shot.
  Victor: All I was asking you is to give Jabot some breathing room, hold off on the interest payments for awhile, until I could turn things around.
  Frederick: We understand that, Victor.
  Victor: Then why the hell did you agree to what my son offered?
  Frederick: Because it was too good to pass up. He offered us 100 cents on the dollar for what's essentially a bad loan.
  Victor: You know, Frederick, you and I know this is not gonna stay a bad loan. I am working on turning this company around. It's about to happen. You know it will happen.
  Victor: All I was asking you guys for is some patience, some time. Now I realize that you think you're working in the bank's best interest... but we had an agreement. I expect you to abide by that agreement. What I'm asking you is to call off this deal you're about to engage in with my son.
  [SCENE_BREAK]
  Gloria: Oh, really, Jack. I don't know anything, except that if your company buys Jabot, it won't be John's company anymore.
  Jack: Technically, no. But what Victor wants is far worse. This is like... like the bank-- when you can't make your payments, takes away your house. They sell it to someone else. You're out in the streets. What I'm proposing is like taking on a roommate.
  Brad: Except this roommate owns 51% of the house and gets to call all the shots.
  Jack: But you still have a roof over your head.
  Brad: Come on, Jack. If you really wanna make a magnanimous gesture and save our rear ends, why don't you buy 26% of the company at twice as much per share?
  Jack: Look, Katherine cChancellor is not gonna be too pleased with me when she finds out about any of this. If I can't put C.I. in the driver's seat, she's gonna go into orbit.
  Nikki: Well, I'm gonna call Victor.
  Jack: Nikki--
  Nikki: I don't care what you say. I have to find out for myself if this is true.
  Jill: Nikki, no!
  Gloria: Good idea, Nikki.
  John: And I'm going to call Ashley.
  Jack: Dad, no, don't. I've--I've already done that. She can't be reached. People, we have to decide now. Nikki, please, don't call Victor.
  Nikki: I have to. If it ruins your plans, I'm very sorry. But I'm not going to act on the assumption that Victor has been lying to us. Excuse me.
  [SCENE_BREAK]
  Frederick: Look, Victor, I know you're in a difficult situation. So are we. We have a responsibility to our shareholders.
  Victor: Jabot borrowed this money from you in good faith, on the assumption that if the going got rough, you wouldn't sell to the next bidder who would then chop up the company to little pieces.
  Farley: Victor, please, try to understand where we're coming from--
  Victor: Farley, what I understand is that you're turning your back on a company that has been damn good to you over the years. Is that how you pay back Jabot's loyalty, by participating in its demise?
  Nick: That's a real nice speech, Dad. Now why don't you tell 'em what your real motive is? Gentlemen, this has nothing to do with him trying to save a beloved company. I assure you, the Jabot name will live on at Newman Enterprises. This is about you trying to show your son who's the bigger man in town. I am offering you 100 cents on the dollar. What my father's offering you is the chance to wait and hope you don't have to write off every cent of these loans as a loss.
  Victor: All right, gentlemen. I have to put my money where my mouth is. I offer to buy Jabot's loans for the same amount of money that my son is offering, 100 cents on the dollar.
  [SCENE_BREAK]
  Devon: I think what your mother and Malcolm were arguing about is me. I have been in these situations before with other families. At the beginning, things start out great. But after awhile, people start to see me as a nuisance.
  Lily: You know my parents aren't like that. They really want you here.
  Devon: Right, right. And I've heard 'em say that over and over again, and I still don't feel like I belong.
  Lily: Look, I am sure that it's hard to be in a new place with new people. But if it makes you feel any better, sometimes I don't feel like I belong here either. You know, it's just-- it's a part of life.
  Devon: It's my life. And it's been since my grandmother died.
  Lily: Yeah, well, not anymore. You have a family now, and we want you here. And it might take you awhile to believe that, but, you know, that's okay. Because we're just gonna keep telling you until you get it.
  Devon: You are pretty amazing. You know that? Your whole family.
  Devon: Lily, I have been in and out of homes like you wouldn't believe. And not one of 'em ever treated me the way you guys have, not one. And that's why it hurt when your mom forgot about my birthday, 'cause those other families would forget all the time. And over and over again, I'd keep telling myself that it wasn't a big deal.
  Lily: But it was.
  Devon: After what happened to your dad, the whole thing, it seemed so stupid.
  Devon: But I just thought maybe this time...
  Devon: You know, forget about it, Lily. Forget it. I got some homework to finish.
  Lily: Wait, Devon.
  [SCENE_BREAK]
  Nick: You wanna buy Jabot's debt with your personal money?
  Victor: That's what I said.
  Nick: That is crazy. You could lose all of it.
  Victor: Now that would be my money to lose, wouldn't it, son?
  Nick: We had a deal. It's signed. You can't back out.  Telephone rings 
  Victor: I said no calls.
  Victor: All right, gentlemen. What is it gonna be?
  Frederick: You know, Nicholas, your father has made us a lot of money. It, uh, doesn't quite feel right to deny what he's asking, especially since its risk- free now.
  Nick: Are you backing out of our deal?
  Frederick: In effect, yes. We had no idea that your father was unaware of what you were doing. If we had known that, we never would've agreed to it.
  Nick: Well, then I'm gonna sue you.
  Victor: Pull yourself together, son. You're not gonna sue anyone. Gentlemen, thank you for coming by. I'll have the papers drawn up and messengered over to you immediately.
  Frederick: Thank you, Victor.
  Terrell: Victor.
  Victor: Thank you, Terrell.
  Farley: Thank you.
  Victor: Farley, thank you.
  Frederick: I really am sorry, Nicholas.
  Nick: You happy now?
  Victor: Don't you ever pull a deal like that behind my back again.
  Nick: You just made me look like an incompetent little boy. That's not gonna happen again. You can have your company back.
  Victor: That is not what this is about.
  Nick: No, you take it. This is what you were planning all along, isn't it? This is your way of getting back at me for turning you in for commercial bribery. You made me think you were handing me something amazing so you could humiliate me when you took it away.
  Nick: Well, congratulations. You did exactly what you wanted.
  Victor: You know what saddens me so deeply? Is that I'm talking to my son now. You're not some adversary in business. You're my son. Why the hell did you try to pull this behind my back... when you know I promised Jabot I would not take over the company? Now it looks as if I am going to do that. If you want to find out who created this mess, look at yourself in the mirror, son.
  [SCENE_BREAK]
  Nikki: Well, I found out something. Right now, Victor and Nicholas are having a conference with Frederick Hodges, Terrell Sutton and Farley Whitcomb.
  Brad: Those are the three bankers who hold Jabot's debt.
  Nikki: Victor wouldn't take my call. He didn't even know it was me on the phone. I guess that's how important their conversation is.
  Jack: Oh, it was important, all right. It was the complete and utter triumph over Jabot that Victor has always wanted. Only we're not gonna let that happen, are we? I'm putting this to a vote. Jill has Billy's proxy, I have Traci's.
  John: You really did plan this in advance, didn't you?
  Jack: I knew we were dealing with Victor Newman, yes. And you have to admit, I was right this time. I am putting before the majority shareholders of Jabot Cosmetics a resolution to issue sufficient new shares of the company to sell to Chancellor Industries a 51% interest. All those in favor, raise your hands.
  Jack: Come on, people. This is our only reasonable choice. Let's get those hands up.
  [SCENE_BREAK]
  Lily: "Le photographe et le modèle deviennent douíletts à paris." "Photographer and model get cozy in Paris."
  Woman:  Whispers  thanks.
  Man: Thank you, Dr. Winters.
  [NEXT_ON]
  Dru: Where are the test results? Are they here?
  Malcolm: No.
  Lily: People are keeping secrets from me. And it makes me wonder who I can really trust.
  Nikki: I need to look you in the eyes and ask you something.
  Nick: Okay. What's up?
summary: While discussing their date, JT passionate kissed a responsive Mackenzie. Lily told Devon that, regardless of his doubts, he was a part of their family. She later found an old newspaper article about the brief romance of Dru and Malcolm in Paris. Malcolm worried when Phyllis and Dru met at the hospital. Dru appealed to Phyllis, Mother to Mother, and begged her not to make trouble for her family. Malcolm admitted to Olivia that he wished there was no paternity test, so he wouldn't hurt anyone, especially Neil. Phyllis posed as Olivia, and signed for the package from DMS Labs. Victor was stunned by Nick's underhanded actions and summoned the bankers to try to undo Nick's deal. Jack and Jill met with the shareholders and told them Victor and Nick had joined forces to destroy Jabot. Though they doubted it, Nikki learned her husband and son were in a secret meeting. Jack urged them to let him use CI's funds to buy 51% of Jabot. When Victor offered to use his personal funds to match Nick's offer, the bankers - out of loyalty - agreed. Nick, convinced Victor had set out to humiliate him, resigned as CEO of NE, while Victor worried that everyone would think he'd planned this from the beginning.