Nikki and Brad agree to keep Abby's paternity a secret from Victor and don't realize Sharon's overheard their conversation. Sharon is excited to host the Genoa City Arts Gala and warns Nikki to be on her best behavior for the gala or else. Nikki worries Sharon might reveal the truth about Abby to Victor. On the night of the Gala, Ashley arrives in her pajamas carrying the blanket she made for Robert and tries to show Victor "her baby." Brad gently confronts Ashley, telling her there is no baby after which she has a mental breakdown. Ashley begins to have romantic fantasies about Victor while under psychiatric care and lapses into a catatonic state roused only by the word, "Victor."

Nick uncovers evidence linking his father and Michael Baldwin in the bribery scheme and turns the information over to the D.A. Meanwhile, Victor discovers his estranged father, Albert Miller is still alive. Tortured by memories of a painful childhood spent in an orphanage, Victor agrees to see Albert on the coaxing of his family. Nick reluctantly accompanies him on his journey. Victor says his piece to an embittered and unrepentant Albert, and the two part ways forever. Nick tells Nikki and Jack that he turned Michael and Victor in to the authorities. A furious Nikki confronts Victor about his unethical business ways. Victor renounces Nick as his son. Although deeply moved, Victoria refuses her father's offer to run the company, saying she is heartbroken about what has happened to her family. Victoria leaves town soon after. A deal with the D.A.'s office keeps Michael from going to jail but Victor is arrested. Victor agrees to accept bail and returns home to his overjoyed family on Christmas Eve.

Christine poses as Kelly Simmons, an employee of the Wisconsin parole board. She questions Isabella. Paul confesses to Isabella that he had sex with Christine and Isabella is furious. Michael figures out that Paul forced himself on Christine. Christine and Paul apologize for hurting one another and decide to part ways. Paul recommits himself to Isabella and to their son, Ricky. Michael proposes to Chris. She accepts but Michael's conscience forces him to reveal his and Isabella's entire scheme. Christine walks out on him and finds Paul on a beach in California where they make love. Isabella vows to fight for Paul who demands a divorce. Mary, unable to cope with all the drama begins drinking. Isabella calls Michael claiming someone is breaking into her home. When he arrives, he finds a pool of blood on the floor and no Isabella. At Lake Michigan, Christine wakes up in her car disoriented with scratch marks on her arms and bloodstains on her hands. When she returns home and can't remember anything Paul insists she go to the doctor. Chris meets with Wesley who suggests she may have suffered a "Fugue State." Michael confesses that he disposed of blood in the woods where she woke up. Detective Weber gathers enough evidence against Chris and is about to arrest her but she asks for one night to get her affairs in order. Chris drinks some wine, gets into a warm bath and is terrified to find Isabella holding a butcher knife over her head. Isabella boasts about how she framed Chris for her murder as Chris starts to drift into unconsciousness from the sedative Isabella slipped into her wine. Isabella pushes Chris's head underwater -- drowning her. Paul and Michael arrive just in time to intervene. Chris is revived and a hysterical Isabella is taken away, vowing revenge.

Paul calls his brother Todd, a priest, and confesses he worries he raped Christine. Although Christine insists it wasn't rape, she agrees there are many things about their relationship that need to be worked out. Christine rejects Paul's wedding proposal, but does accept the new Assistant District Attorney position. Lauren re-enters Paul's romantic life when she cheers him up with a steamy kiss. Danny returns to Genoa City and shows up at Christine's door. Phyllis discovers Danny is in town and wants to know all she can about their son, Daniel, who's been at boarding school in Switzerland for many years. Danny is circumspect, leaving Phyllis depressed and frustrated.

Billy decides to attend Genoa City University. Billy, Raul, Brittany and Mac move in together after Lauren offers them jobs at Fenmore's Boutique. Brittany emails Raul stating she needs time alone and is leaving town. Later, Brittany instant messages Raul claiming she might be pregnant. Several weeks pass, Brittany returns, and it's revealed she isn't pregnant. Raul is disappointed at the news. Billy and Mac decide to get married with Katherine's support.

Jill finds out from her ailing mother, Liz Foster, that she was adopted. Jill is set on finding her birth mother and is happily surprised when Snapper and Greg arrive to offer support. Greg and Skipper breath a sigh of relief after Liz's surgery is a success. Frederick assists Jill in finding her birth mother and arranges a meeting between the two. Jill is surprised to learn that her mother, Charlotte, is an alcoholic. John discovers, through conversations with Kay, that Charlotte can't be Jill's birth mother because she is sterile from an a botched abortion years ago. John tells an unbelieving Jill that Charlotte is a fraud. Charlotte goes to Katherine and they discuss how Charlotte had helped Katherine so many years ago when Katherine gave birth to a child she didn't want. Slowly, Charlotte reveals that the baby she gave away was not her own, but was Kay'sBnd that baby was Jill. Kay suffers a massive stroke. Liz and John tell Jill that Kay is her birth mother but Jill refuses to believe it. They realize that Mac and Billy are first cousins and the wedding must be stopped but they are too late to stop the ceremony. Just before the marriage is consummated, Jill tells Billy he and Mac are first cousins. The truth is too much for a heart broken Billy and Mac to bear and so they each leave town. Jill is reluctant to take care of an ailing Kay. Michael advises her to have Kay declared mentally incompetent. Kay doubts Jill's devoted daughter charade. Jill decides to put Kay in a nursing home and is stunned when Kay reveals she can speak and begs her not to send her away. Kay hopes they can forge a mother-daughter relationship. To demonstrate Katherine's commitment, she agrees to let Jill renovate the mansion. Kay isn't happy with Jill's decorating ideas or her Jill's drinking habits. Kay accuses Jill of have a drinking problem, but Jill is in denial.

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