Weds July 31, 2024: Today on Young and Restless, Mariah, Faith, and Nick are concerned about Sharon;

Sharon talks to an imaginary Nick about Cassie, and Lily urges Billy to discuss Chelsea.

Tuesday’s recap: Jack Blows Up at His ‘Bratty Son,’ While Chelsea Fears She’s Said Too Much to a

Paranoid Billy

(This day ahead recap episode airs in the USA on July 31. Expect spoilers! Recaps go live by 4:15 PM EST daily.)

When Mariah checks in at Sharon’s, Faith explains that Sharon is already gone. Faith has been cleaning up because the place is a mess.

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The whole house is a mess, which is out of character for Sharon.

Faith assumes Sharon must be overwhelmed at work, but Mariah is convinced there’s more to it. Faith agrees.

Meanwhile, in Victor’s office, he updates Nick about Adam and Chelsea picking up Connor from the facility.

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They are happy that the worst may now be behind them.

Victor hopes that Adam can now focus on running Newman Media.

Nick asks how he plans to take Chancellor from Jill and Billy. His dad isn’t explaining.

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Mariah calls to ask if he’s seen Sharon. She explains that she’s disappeared and the house is a mess.

She’s not getting a good feeling about this.

Nick offers to help after he’s done this meeting.

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When he returns to his father, Victor will only explain that he is formulating a plan.

Nick says his mom is eager to continue Katherine’s legacy. He’d like to help make that happen.

His father says that Lily is the wild card in all this and they need to know where her loyalties are.

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Nick doesn’t think that Lily warrants being in his sights. Victor agrees.

He’s sure that Lily and Nikki will work well together and he doesn’t want her caught in the crossfire.

Nick keeps speculating on how he plans to pull this off.

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Devon arrives. Victor called him over.

Nick congratulates him on his engagement and gives him a hug.

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Victor asks him how things have been at the company since the split.

Victor is startled to hear that Lily has stayed with Billy and the company has been renamed Abbott-Chancellor.

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That makes Victor sad. Devon is sad too but his sister seems set on her choice.

When Devon explains that he wishes his sister well but has no good will toward Billy, Victor bluntly asks if he wants to take him down.

Devon concedes that he and Billy don’t see eye to eye but he doesn’t want payback.

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Victor pushes him to reconsider. Devon doesn’t want to go after Billy. It could hurt Lily.

Victor urges him to protect his sister by going after Billy.

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He points out that Billy already ruined ChanceCom. This will be another disaster.

Chancellor will fall apart and he will be there to scoop it up.

Devon doesn’t want his sister hurt. Victor urges him to convince her to get out of Chancellor before it’s too late.

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Nick walks Devon out and then asks his father what that was about.

His dad says he was just giving advice. Nick assumes that he did that so Devon would warn Lily and she would warn Billy.

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Nick guesses his father has some convoluted plan.

“Let the excitement begin,” Victor says.

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Sharon goes to the park. She hears ghost Cassie call to her and then phantom Nick appears.

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She tells him she doesn’t know what’s wrong with her. She keeps hearing Cassie’s voice but knows she’s not there.

She can’t live in the past. No matter how badly she wants it, Cassie will never come back.

Plus, they can never get back what they had. Taking her hand, he tells her not to give up.

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He says the fire in her fade after Cassie and he left.

Nick says that person he loved is still in her and always does all she needs to for the people she loves.

Sharon feels like she has failed in the most important way possible: she failed to protect her daughter.

She recalls the night they lost Cassie.

He asks what she would say to a patient who was blaming themselves like she is.

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She would stop that line of thinking and urge them to re-frame. But that’s meaningless talk.

There is no excuse and she can’t move on. Cassie may be gone, but she’s always there.

So is he. They will always be connected because of her.

She wonders if he feels the emptiness the way she does. She tries to fill it with people, careers, plans for the future… but it overwhelms her sometimes.

He’s sure there must be something out there other than grief.

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She knows she has people to support her. He urges her to fall in love again.

She has, numerous times, but that doesn’t fix anything. It gets taken from her and makes things worse.

He urges her not to give up. Her heart makes her who she is and she deserves love.

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It breaks her heart to hear this. There has never been anyone but him for her.

It kills her to hear him urge her to find someone else.

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That’s not what he’s saying. He never thought she could forgive him and he doesn’t deserve her.

Nothing is right when they aren’t together.

Taking her in his arms, he says the only way for them to heal might be for them to be together.

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As they kiss, she snaps out of it.

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Back at Sharon’s, Faith and Mariah finish clearing up. They tell themselves that there is nothing to be concerned about.

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Faith hoped her mom would stop being depressed. They need to do whatever it takes to help.

Mariah isn’t sure what they can do. Faith admits she’s not even sure their mom has been taking her meds.

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She’s told Nick. If anyone can help her, it will be him.

They both want to step up and help Sharon any way they can.

Mariah admits it feels like she’s been avoiding her. Faith says their mom has been talking to Cassie when she’s alone.

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Mariah guesses that being Cassie’s twin can only make things worse for her. She’s the living reminder of all Sharon has lost and all that Cassie missed out on.

Faith is sure the grief of losing a child never goes away. Mariah can imagine. She chokes up just thinking of anything happening to Aria.

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Sharon has had a lot of other losses since Cassie and any of those things could make anyone struggle.

It’s too much and she still takes care of them. Faith thinks it’s their turn to look after her.

Sharon arrives. They ask if she’s okay.

“I don’t think so,” she says.

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Mariah calls Nick over, saying something isn’t right with Sharon.

Billy arrives at the Chancellor office with the latest mock-up of the company logo. She likes this one better.

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She senses he seems a little off and wonders if something it wrong.

Using a process of elimination, Lily guesses that something must be off with Chelsea.

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He tells her how hard things have been in the Connor situation but he’s finally coming home.

He’s worried about how much she has been through and that something unexpected could happen.

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Lily suggests he’s taken on too much and neglected his own feelings.

He insists that’s not the case. But his mind is a little twisted right now. He won’t let his relationship fall apart.

Lily keeps worrying and he tries to shift things back to business. They talk about tote bags.

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Devon interrupts and asks for a second with his sister. She leaves with him.

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Devon and his sister go to Crimson Lights. He tells her he needs her to reconsider staying at Chancellor.

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She says Winters will survive her.

He says something has changed and she needs to get out before all hell breaks loose.

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