feelings for Billy, Billy invites Sally to the launch, and Sharon attempts to apologize to Phyllis.

Thursday’s recap: Lucy and Daniel mourn over Heather’s presumed accidental drowning, Paul is notified, and Sharon apologizes to Daniel and Lucy.

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

Adam runs into Sally at Society.

She attempts to dodge him, but he pleads with her for just a minute.

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She has finally reached a point where she no longer spends half the day in pain, but he hasn’t.

Sally is making a strong effort to forget.

He encourages her not to ignore what her heart is telling her.

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She says it’s too painful. He made it that way.

Billy is lecturing one of his underlings over the phone at Crimson Lights.

He spots Chelsea.

They sit down and he explains that he told the kids they aren’t together.

He blamed it on his work.

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The kids seemed okay with it.

She thanks him for doing that.

They chat about the progress Connor is making.

Things are awkward. He thinks they’ve been through too much for it to be this way.

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Maybe they’ll eventually be able to see each other and it won’t be a big deal.

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The idea that they may never be comfortable with each other again makes her sad.

Adam shows up, surprised to see them together.

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Billy suggests he walk away and reminds him that he hit him.

Chelsea is furious. Adam explains why they fought and Billy hopes that she stops letting Adam use their son to manipulate her.

He walks out. Chelsea accuses Adam of trying to ruin things for her.

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She says they can’t judge Billy after what they did to him. He wonders if she really thinks Billy will take her back.

Chelsea asks him to stop using her like a football. Billy has been her hero and lifeline.

He points out that the fact that Billy rescuing her from herself is a sign that what she feels is not love, but gratitude.

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She says they have true love where you work to keep each other above water.

She wonders why he isn’t chasing after Sally. He admits it’s because Sally knows how he feels about her.

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Sally will never forgive him and has moved on.

He was wrong to lie to her, but he is right about them. Their son can see it.

The ordeal with Connor has made him the man she’s always wanted him to be.

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When she gives him a pitying look, he says maybe she belongs with Billy. The Abbott clearly still wants to rescue her from him.

So where did he go?

In the park, Sharon tries paying her condolences to Daniel and Lucy. She probes them for details on Heather’s death.

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Lucy says she’s making it sound like it wasn’t an accident. Does she know something?

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He sends his daughter to the car and asks Sharon if she’s insane. He just lost the woman he loves and she’s grilling him for details.

Can’t she let them grieve in peace?

Phyllis finds Chance and Summer giggling at the GCAC. They can see she’s upset. She has “horrible terrible news.”

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She fills them in and Chance offers to leave them alone for a minute.

Once he leaves, Phyllis tries pulling herself together. Summer is heartbroken. Her brother seemed so happy and now his life is upside-down.

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She runs off to see him as Chance returns.

Phyllis tells Chance that she’s never seen her son so torn up. He warns it’s about to get worse.

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He spoke to a friend at the department and an autopsy report is coming in. Regardless of what it says, it will be hard.

She thanks him for being there for her daughter. He asks if she has someone to lean on.

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Phyllis thinks that over and says Nick. She assures Chance that she is tough. He offers to go to the station and see what else he can learn.

After he leaves, Sharon shows up and starts offering her condolences to Phyllis.

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This isn’t what she wants to hear. Phyllis accuses her of wanting everyone’s attention and being annoyed that heather’s death has taken the spotlight off her.

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She’ll never forget how she’s been attacking her family. If it’s the last thing she’ll do, it will be making sure no one forgets what Sharon did.

At home, Daniel gets a call from Chance, who says he will be stopping by with news about Heather.

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His sister shows up and gives him a hug. She asks if he’s let himself have a good cry yet.

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He feels terrible for having to tell Paul what happened over the phone. Identifying the body was probably the hardest thing.

That was something he had to do alone. It was so surreal. He feels like he’s walking around in a daze.

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Chance shows up. He explains that he’s seen the autopsy and a friend of his agreed to let him break the news.

Everything they thought they knew about how she died is wrong. She died of blunt force trauma.

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Summer suggests she just fell and hit her head and Chance urges them not to jump into any conclusions.

Daniel doesn’t know what to do with this.

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After Chance leaves, Daniel doesn’t know what to do. His sister urges him not to say anything to Lucy until they know more.

She urges him to get some rest but he can’t. It still doesn’t feel real. He needs to find a way to deal with it.

When he and Heather got back together, he felt like the luckiest guy in the world. His sister holds him.

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Sharon goes to Crimson Lights and cleans tables. Cameron thinks she needs someone to help her analyze what happened.

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He asks how she thinks she reacted. Her run-in with Daniel didn’t go well. Phyllis was even worse.

He tells her she needs to be more careful. Daniel still hasn’t paid and it’s time to make the next move.

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Billy sits at the bar in Society with Sally. He recaps what happened with Chelsea.

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For a moment, he remembered all he felt with her. Then Adam interrupted it.

He and Chelsea knew their dark sides. He was going to remind her of how special what they had was but Adam put a chill on that.

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They talk about focusing on work and toast to being single.

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She tells him he’s a good man and promises things will get better. He’s not used to all this positivity.

Billy asks her to the launch party. She’d be delighted.

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Phyllis interrupts and announces they have an important business problem.

Sally walks off. Phyllis tells Billy that she’s going through something that may affect her job.

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He’s shocked when she announces that Heather died.

She asks if he can be her friend and talk to her. He holds her.

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Summer meets Chance in the park and tells him her brother is a wreck.

it was bad enough that Heather died, but the thought it was intentional…

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He says the GCPD has already launched an investigation.

He’s likely going back on the force and is determined to do all he can to get her some answers.

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Cameron and Sharon pull over somewhere in the dark.

She takes the bloody rags from the back of the vehicle.

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He tells her it’s finally time to make Daniel pay for the life that he took.

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Next week on Y&R!

“I don’t think that you’ve ever fully committed to the fact that I’ve changed, that I’m not the same manipulative bitch that I used to !” Diane tells Jack.

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“Diane,” he objects.

“No, I am sick of it!” she declares, walking out.

Sharon hides the bloody rags in Daniel’s liquor cabinet.

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“Something surprising came up when we tried to trace the location of Heather’s phone,” Chance tells Daniel.

“What happened now?” Lucy asks him.

“There is one more person to question,” says Chance.