The Young and the Restless (Y&R) spoilers update for Monday, April 18, teases that Victoria Newman (Amelia Heinle) will be free after Ashland Locke (Robert Newman) signs all the deal documents. Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) will also fear Diane Jenkins (Susan Walters) is after Kyle Abbott’s (Michael Mealor) money, so let’s discuss what Y&R has in store.
At Newman-Locke, Victoria will shut down all of Ashland’s concerns.
Victoria will act confident that she can work out some sort of arrangement with Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson) regarding the kids and will assure Ashland that she’s all in on their new life together.
After Ashland and Victoria settle on living at the palazzo in Tuscany, they’ll kiss before he heads off to make the deal.
Meanwhile, Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) will grumble about Adam Newman’s (Mark Grossman) methods and motives, but he’ll ultimately admit to being proud of his son.
Ashland will eventually show up and taunt the Newman men a bit. He’ll assume they’re trying to figure out why he’s making this so easy.
After Ashland signs off on relinquishing company control and seals the deal on the annulment, Victor will wire the $500 million as promised.
Once Victor chews Ashland out over all the damage he’s inflicted, Ashland will confess that he admires Victor despite everything that’s happened.
Ashland will also stand by his love for Victoria before Victor tosses him out of Newman Media.
Once Adam shows Ashland the door, he’ll tell Victor they shouldn’t spend time dwelling on Ashland.
Adam will want to focus on the fact that they won, so that’ll get a smile out of Victor.
In Victoria’s office, she’ll tell Nikki about the promise she made Ashland about their new life together.
Nikki will beg Victoria to tell her it was an act, but she’ll worry her daughter still wants Ashland on some level.
Victoria will admit to being torn despite having no reason to be. She’ll still be trying to reconcile things in her heart and will cry as Nikki holds her.
However, Victoria will calm herself later as she prepares to drop a bomb.
After Victor sends a text that confirms the company is safe and Victoria is free, she’ll know it’s a done deal.
Ashland will come bopping in and won’t want to stick around a minute longer. His face will fall as Victoria reveals her deception.
Victoria will wonder if Ashland really thought she’d run away with him. She’ll struggle to understand how Ashland even thought a future was possible anymore.
Once Jack talks to Kyle over the phone, he’ll look forward to his son coming home for a visit next week with Harrison Locke (Kellen Enriquez).
Of course, Jack will also dread the part where he has to reveal Diane is alive.
Traci Abbott (Beth Maitland) will find out Jack did some research on Diane’s time in Los Angeles.
Diane tried to revive her architect career under her new name, but that didn’t pan out.
Instead, Diane wound up working as a real estate agent – though Jack will acknowledge that “Taylor Jensen” didn’t live the life Diane was accustomed to.
That’ll leave Jack worried that Diane will try to get Kyle to support her financially.
When Jack suggests Allie Nguyen (Kelsey Wang) could come meet the Abbotts while Kyle and Harrison are in town, Traci will advise against it.
Traci will think there’ll be too much drama going on with Diane, so Jack will decide Traci’s right.
At The Grand Phoenix, Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford) will demand entrance to Diane’s hotel suite.
Phyllis will decide not to throw Diane out since that’d mean letting Diane paint herself as a victim.
Phyllis will plan to take Diane’s money and ignore her, so Diane will sarcastically comment on Phyllis’ gift for hospitality.
As for Kyle, Phyllis won’t think he’ll want to reconnect with Diane once he finds out she faked her death.
Diane will vow not to cause trouble and will try to sell her changed act again.
Diane will open up a bit about getting her realtor’s license and slowly building a new life for herself, but she won’t be able to alter Phyllis’ view of her.
Once Phyllis leaves, she’ll make a beeline for the Abbott house and let Jack know Diane has shown up in town already.
Phyllis will promise to keep Diane away from Kyle until Jack can come clean, especially since Summer Newman (last played by Hunter King) will be affected by all this, too.
Over with Diane again, she’ll look up some news articles online.
Diane will entertain herself with the latest Newman gossip, but she’ll seem a little uneasy over an article about Nikki the force to be reckoned with.
After Diane starts to second-guess coming to Genoa City without a firmer plan, Jack will show up at her hotel room door.
Jack will look furious as he demands to know what Diane thinks she’s doing!
The Young and the Restless spoilers say Diane will do everything she can to plant roots in GC again and build a strong bond with Kyle, so stay tuned.
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