The Young and the Restless
Ally or Pawn? Y&R’s Cane Ashby Makes Room for Holden Novak at Chancellor-Winters and We Smell A Scheme!
Cane Ashby wants Holden Novak on his Y&R team, but is this really a career boost, or a calculated play for an inside line to the Newmans?
CANE ASHBY MAKES A MOVE ON HOLDEN NOVAK’S FUTURE
TL;DR: Cane Ashby is about to offer Holden Novak a job at Chancellor-Winters, and we can’t shake the feeling this is about more than talent. Holden’s tangled up with a Newman, and Cane never makes a move without an angle.
Cane Ashby Doesn’t Do Idle Favors
Cane Ashby‘s seat back at the head of Chancellor-Winters wasn’t handed to him quietly, and neither is his patience for strangers who show up sniffing around his family’s orbit. When Matt Clark started popping up everywhere Cane happened to be, Cane didn’t play nice. He grilled the guy about his Kansas backstory, called the whole setup “very convenient,” and walked out mid-conversation rather than pretend he believed a word of it.
Turns out Cane’s suspicion was earned both ways. Victor Newman told Nick flat out that he’s using Matt to dig up Cane’s next move against the family, no hedging, no subtlety. And when Matt finally admitted the truth to Cane’s face, he didn’t sugarcoat it either. “Victor doesn’t trust you,” Matt said, before asking if Cane is coming after the Newmans “again.” Not for the first time. Again.
That’s the Cane Ashby currently running Chancellor-Winters, according to our friends over at Y&R Scoop. A man the Newmans openly spy on. A man who spies right back.
Enter Holden Novak, who has spent the back half of June wrapped up in Newman family business that has nothing to do with his day job. He’s been at the hospital for Nikki’s surgery, birdwatching in the park with a sobbing Claire Newman, and quietly becoming her boyfriend while Victor, Nick, and the rest of the family process one crisis after another. Stephanie’s son and Victor’s granddaughter, wrapped up in each other, right as Cane and Victor circle each other over Matt Clark.
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Now Cane Wants Holden In the Building
A freshly released preview for the week ahead has Lily Winters asking Holden Novak what his plans are going forward. He admits he has no idea. Cane’s answer comes fast: “Maybe we can remedy that for you.”
On its face, that’s generosity. Cane’s shown before that he likes bringing people into the fold, offering Billy a real role at the company despite years of friction between them. But Billy is family. Holden Novak is not, and he comes with something Billy never did: a front-row seat inside the Newman house through Claire.
Our bet? Cane isn’t handing out a job for no reason at all. If Victor Newman is running Matt Clark as an inside source against Cane, it would track for Cane to want eyes of his own, and a boyfriend dating a Newman granddaughter who suddenly owes his career to Cane would fit that role perfectly.
We could be wrong, of course. Cane could be entirely sincere, a guy who genuinely wants to build a team and likes Holden’s energy. But given Cane’s history with Matt Clark, and given how fast he clocked a stranger’s convenient timing as a plant, we’d expect him to clock his own maneuver equally fast if the roles were reversed. That kind of self-awareness has never exactly been Cane’s strong suit when he’s the one holding the cards.
Either this is Cane Ashby turning over a new leaf, or it’s Cane Ashby planting a very well-positioned seed disguised as a favor. History says bet on the seed, and history has been right about Cane before.
Where do you land: is Holden walking into a real opportunity, or a setup? Sound off in the comments below.
Mentor or Manipulator: Which Cane Ashby Are We Getting?
Is Cane genuinely building Holden Novak up, or is this a calculated play for a front-row seat to the Newman family, one relationship removed? Team He’s Actually Turned Over a New Leaf, or Team He’s Never Not Working an Angle? Head over to our Facebook page and drop your verdict.
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