Exclusive Tuesday Y&R Canadian Day-Ahead: Abby Winters Believes the Scare Is Behind Her, Until Her Heart Starts Pounding

ABBY’S HEART RACES IN THIS Y&R CANADIAN DAY-AHEAD

TL;DR: This Y&R Canadian Day-Ahead finds Abby Winters facing a frightening moment at Society, Nikki Newman declaring war on Diane Jenkins over a Valentine’s Day booking, Nick Newman admitting how hard his sobriety has been, and Victor Newman asking Jack Abbott for a favor. Want the bigger picture? Our Y&R spoilershave it all.

Abby Winters’s Quiet Morning Takes a Frightening Turn

This Y&R Canadian Day-Ahead opens with a sigh of relief. Abby Winters (Melissa Ordway) and Devon Winters(Bryton James) are lingering at Society after dropping their son at school, and Abby reports that her nausea has vanished. A passing bug, she decides. The odds of a pregnancy were close to zero anyway, and they already have a wonderful kid at home. Devon, being the careful husband he is, still wants her to schedule a few more tests.

Then Society turns into a job fair. Traci Abbott (Beth Maitland) stops by for a chat, and Devon asks her to lead the creative writing department at his new school. She’s flattered and a little overwhelmed, since the classes don’t start until next fall but the role sounds like a full-time commitment. She promises to think it over. Next comes Daniel Romalotti (Michael Graziadei), who slides onto a barstool to vent about working with his mother, Phyllis Summers(Michelle Stafford). He says everything with her turns into winning and revenge, and he’s starting to wonder whether he chose wrong. Abby gently admits he never struck her as the corporate type, and then she gets an idea. She marches him straight to Devon and suggests he hire Daniel to chair the graphic arts department. Daniel is stunned, especially given his history with Lily Winters (Christel Khalil), but Devon confesses the offer was his idea first and says everyone has moved on. Daniel admits his new job complicates things and promises to be in touch. Devon is now officially poaching Phyllis’s staff, and it’s hard to picture her taking that well.

Abby fills Traci in on her negative pregnancy test, and Traci agrees with Devon that more tests are a smart idea. Then, as Abby walks back to her husband, her heart begins to pound and she presses a hand to her chest. Devon helps her into a chair and calls an ambulance. After a morning full of good news, everyone is suddenly facing something far scarier.

What do you think is behind Abby’s sudden scare? Email your theories to amber@soapoperamagazine.com. We want to hear every one.

Nikki Newman Takes Her Grudge to Crimson Lights

Over at Crimson Lights, Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott) storms in with a bone to pick. She tells Sharon Newman (Sharon Case) that posing for Jabot was a conflict of interest and she should have run it by the Newmans first. Sharon fires back that Nikki is simply threatened by Diane Jenkins (Susan Walters). Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow) walks in on the standoff, gets the recap from Sharon, and suggests everyone take a breath. Nikki, who has never once taken a breath on command, complains that Sharon always makes “questionable decisions,” cancels her tea order, and sweeps out. It’s the most dramatic café exit in Genoa City history, and it cost the place exactly one cup of tea.

Once she’s gone, Sharon explains how Nikki crashed the photo shoot and trashed everyone in sight. Nick says his mother is under enormous pressure, but Sharon refuses to apologize and says she’d do it all again. She does apologize for asking him to pick a side, and then she asks the question that matters more: has he been working his steps? Nick admits it has been a struggle. A visit with Marie Kirkland (Jade Harlow) the day before took a lot out of him. Then he glances around and pulls out a handful of pill bags. He confesses he took them from someone and has been holding onto them to test his sobriety. Sharon asks if he passed the test.

Victor Newman Asks Jack Abbott for a Favor

At the Abbott estate, Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) is kissing Diane goodbye for the workday when Victor Newman(Eric Braeden) appears on the doorstep. Victor and Jack agreeing on anything deserves its own weather alert, but here we are. Victor warns that Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson) is about to cause serious trouble for his family, and he needs Jack to help stop it. Jack would rather let Billy and Adam Newman (Mark Grossman) sort out their own mess, but Victor proposes that the two of them work together to keep the men apart.

Jack is thrown that Victor came to him at all, which tells him exactly how worried Victor must be. And he is. Victor fears Adam is barreling toward disaster, and it pains him to see how much his son is hurting over the baby. Chelsea Lawson (Melissa Claire Egan) has no idea how often Adam has been visiting. Jack admits that is troubling and agrees to keep an eye on things.

Two Women, One Valentine’s Day Lounge

At the GCAC, Phyllis and Daniel can’t agree on how to handle their real estate plans. Phyllis wants to outbid the Newmans on everything, while Daniel thinks the business model is a mess. He suggests she hire a Chief Revenge Officer and walks off. Moments later, Diane strides in to make Phyllis’s day, praising her work on the club before she reveals why she came. Jabot wants to book the lounge for Valentine’s Day. They haggle, Diane insists it’s strictly business, and Phyllis wants time to think. Diane quietly adds more money to the offer.

Phyllis wonders why Diane is so desperate to book that room, and then Nikki barges in with the most honest answer in town: she wants it, and that’s all the reason she needs. Diane fires back that Nikki is only upset because she knows she can’t compete after the photo shoot. Phyllis would love to hear all about that and settles in with a bowl of peanuts like she has front-row seats to a prizefight. Nikki pitches her side and announces that Pietro (Jai Rodriguez) is working with her now, which makes her suspect Diane has been getting inside information from him. Diane calls Vibrante nothing more than Audra Charles (Zuleyka Silver)’s repurposed trash, and Nikki waves Jabot off as worn out. Both women offer more money, and neither impresses Phyllis. Nikki then argues that renting to her would be a fine way to thank Victor, and Diane counters by reminding Phyllis that Victor is the man who had her arrested.

When Daniel returns, he finds Diane and Nikki still pitching and his mother enjoying the show. He is not pleased that she embarrasses people who come to do business with her, and he pulls her aside to scold her for using the company as a weapon. Phyllis brushes it off, calls Nikki desperate to revive her career and Diane stuck with a stodgy company, and leaves her son to sort it out. Daniel, who was offered another job an hour ago, smiles awkwardly at the two women and wonders how this became his problem.

Team Nikki or Team Diane for that Valentine’s Day lounge? Tell us who should win in the comments below.

Tuesday Raises the Stakes

Between a frightening moment for Abby, a painful admission from Nick, a rare Victor and Jack alliance, and two rivals fighting over a single room, Genoa City packs a lot into one episode. Abby’s health scare is the part that lingers, and everyone around her is about to feel it.

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