BREAKING NEWS!! “Matt Clark isn’t dead” and Genoa City has been shattered again: Nick is in surgery with a broken leg, Noah has escaped from the hospital, and Tessa has walked into Sharon’s house like… sparks for a new storm!

Nikki Newman: A Chilling Call from the Hospital
As Nick lay motionless under the cruel white lights of Genoa City Memorial, Nikki received a second blow: chief of staff The call implied that the “security breach” that night wasn’t as simple as reported. What did that mean? It meant there was an inside hand, or someone had “opened the door” for hell to enter. Nikki wasn’t just afraid of Matt; she was starting to fear… the very system they believed was safe.

Victor Newman: The Illusion of Control Collapses
Victor stood like a pillar beside his son’s hospital bed, but the cruel truth sat right beside him: Matt had been cornered, yet he still found a way out. For Victor, this was an unbearable humiliation. And when power was no longer an absolute shield, Victor’s instinct for “punishment” became more dangerous than ever.

Nick Newman: A Near-Death Moment and the Price of Impulsiveness
Nick once believed he could end the nightmare himself by driving Matt to the police station. But in the speeding car, Matt strangled Nick like a living death sentence. Nick reacted instinctively, stepping on the gas, swerving, braking sharply… and the result was a crash through the trees, shattering everything. Nick survived, but at the cost of a broken leg, excruciating pain, and the bitter truth: Matt was gone again. All that remained in the car were footprints and a chilling sense of panic.

Noah Newman: Running Away for Sienna and Making Himself the Prey
The moment the doctor confirmed Nick needed surgery, the hospital was plunged into a whirlwind of paperwork and anesthesia. And at that very moment… Noah disappeared. A choice tinged with “love,” but in reality, an addiction to control: Noah couldn’t bear the thought of Sienna being out there alone. Sharon and Nikki forbade him, but the more they forbade it, the more Noah rushed off. Genoa City always had a rule: young people think they’re saving someone… until they realize they’re just following the path laid out by a predator.

Sienna Beall: False Peace and the Knock of Fate
In Sharon’s small house, Sienna struggled to breathe, like someone who had just escaped from a cage. She told herself she was safe. Then there was a knock on the door. Her heart froze. And the person standing there wasn’t Sharon, wasn’t Noah…it was Tessa. This moment was dangerous in a different way: no knives, no guns, just the past. Two people who had been connected in LA, sharing the same world of art, ambition, and unspoken secrets. Now they met again amidst Matt Clark’s crisis, as if fate had deliberately pulled the most tangled threads into a single knot.

Tessa Porter: The “Piece of the Puzzle” That Could Shatter Daniel… and the Entire Newman Family
Tessa entered the story not as a stranger, but as an emotional bomb with a ticking time bomb. When Sienna confessed everything about Matt, about the night Nick was killed, about Matt being alive… Tessa didn’t just listen with her ears; she listened with the protective instincts of a married woman, someone with Mariah, someone with commitments. And then Noah burst in, embracing Sienna like a savior, revealing the latest truth: Matt had escaped. From that moment, Sharon’s house was no longer a refuge. It became a place Matt could come to at any time.

Phyllis Summers: Mar Quetti’s Ambition and Tessa’s “Traces” in Daniel’s Story
At GCAC, Daniel tried to talk about the future, about perhaps no longer being tied down by Heather. But Phyllis heard a name immediately: Tessa. Then she steered the conversation toward power, about the “family empire,” about demanding Abbott transfer Mar Quetti to Summer. In Phyllis’s mind, love and the company were two threads tied together: if she controlled the assets, she believed she controlled the family. The problem was, Daniel saw one thing clearly: Phyllis was standing on the edge of a precipice, where “ambition to heal” often turns into disaster.

Matt Clark: Lying in a Dirty Alley… And a Shadow Standing Over Him
While everyone thought Matt was running, he lay like trash in an alley, hands bound, covered in blood and mud. Then a shadow appeared, obscuring the little light. Matt, once the predator, was now the prey. He looked up and… feared. No one saw the face of the figure, only the silent change of power. Genoa City had just acquired another “ghost,” and Matt might have encountered someone even more ruthless than himself.

As Nick prepares for surgery, Noah stealthily plunges into danger, Tessa and Sienna are drawn back to the past, Phyllis pushes Mar Quetti as a lever of power, and Matt lies at the feet of an unknown figure in a dark alley… who will be the one to finish this game before Genoa City sinks completely into darkness?