Victor Newman is still holding Michael Baldwin & Cole Howard accountable & outside of his trust circle for doing everything in their power to protect him from the wrath of storing a presumed dead felon in his basement. Michael Baldwin has been desperate to earn back Victor’s trust while Cole Howard has been desperate to spend intimate time with Victor’s daughter Victoria Newman.

Michael Baldwin still has not earned back Victor’s trust as he has been putting the brakes on lying to Lily Winters about the Chancellor Industries deal in the works. Cole is desperate to stay connected to the daughter he had thought he lost & her mother Victoria. He’s moved almost all of his things from Oxford to Genoa City to settle down long-term. The Mustache isn’t having any of this & this is what may come next…

Victor Newman’s To-Do List for Michael Baldwin

Did Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott) really just recently look her good friend Lauren Fenmore (Tracey Bregman) in the eye & say that Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) would never do anything to hurt her husband Michael Baldwin (Christian LeBlanc)? Well, she did, & it was laughable out loud to all of the Young & the Restless fans in the land.

Now Victor Newman has taken taking over Chancellor Industries with his own hands & Michael Baldwin is left wearing a suit with nothing to do. Victor does not want anything to do with Cole Howard (J. Eddie Peck) having anything to do with his daughter Victoria Newman (Amelia Heinle) but is busy taking down another ex-husband & co-parent of hers, Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson). How better for Michael Baldwin to win back Victor’s trust than to betray Cole Howard who was in on protecting Victor Newman from himself?

Places to Put Cole Howard: Oxford or Aunt Jordan’s

Cole Howard better find his way back to Oxford or Victor Newman will find it for him with the help of Michael Baldwin. Should Cole double down on being there for his daughter Claire Grace (Hayley Erin) & Victoria & Genoa City, there is no doubt a threat involving Aunt Jordan (Colleen Zenk) will be applied.

Everyone knows that Aunt Jordan is alive & is inside a prison she supposedly cannot get out of, but only Michael & Cole know she took up temporary residence in the basement of the Newman Ranch. Just picture it, Victor Newman screaming at Michael &/or Cole, “I helped get her in that prison & I can get her out. Now do what I say!!”

If Only Michael or Cole Could Provide the Back Story…

They can! What do Michael Baldwin & Cole Howard have to lose? Victor Newman has Michael Baldwin underneath his right thumb & Cole Howard underneath his left thumb. Nikki Newman learning that her loving husband who called her darling & baby all the damn day every day meanwhile keeping the woman who forced her back into alcoholism inside their basement might take down The Mustache a notch or two. Victoria Newman learning that her daughter’s father Cole Howard helped protect her father who was out of line & putting the entire family in trouble might take Victor another notch or 2.

Cole Howard has options, but he better move fast with or without Michael Baldwin.