Young and the Restless Predictions: Nikki’s Defiant, Chelsea Walks Out & Audra at Risk

We’re going to talk about Nikki’s defiance, Chelsea walking out, and Audra being at risk.
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We’ve got predictions for Nikki and Claire, for Chelsea and Summer, for Victor and Audra, for Cole and Victoria, and also for Billy, Phyllis, and Sally.
Let’s dive right into our first prediction.

Nikki helps Claire and Kyle’s move-in plan happen.
On Monday, Claire tells Kyle no about moving into the Abbott mansion. She wants their own apartment.
Kyle agrees to wait but thinks it could be a while before they find a place.

On Wednesday, Nikki takes matters into her own hands to help Claire and Kyle.
And on Thursday, Victor ups the stakes with Audra. Those are the spoilers.
Now, let’s talk about the prediction.

Kyle is obviously eager to move in with Claire, but she says no to the mansion because she knows that’ll make everything worse with Victor.
Kyle’s worried about how long a real estate search will take, but Claire also needs a little time to adjust because she really hasn’t been out from under Jordan’s thumb for that long.

Victoria, Nikki, and Cole are all going to find out from Claire that she’s moving in with Kyle.
Claire also promises Kyle on Monday that she’s not going to let Victor control her and she’s going to tell her granddad this is what she’s doing. She loves Kyle, period.

Nikki promised Claire last week she wouldn’t let Victor interfere and that she has her granddaughter’s back.
So Nikki may go ahead and just get Kyle and Claire an apartment.

They don’t need to rent one — she can buy one or find one that somebody else in the family has.
Maybe Adam’s old one is available, or the one he had before that in his old building, although that might be the one Nate is in.
Lily’s across the hall, but there are apartments in that building.
Adam had a second apartment after he moved out of that one — it was the one he was living in with Sally before moving into the ranch.

Victor is obviously going to be upset, and that could be why he starts to pressure Audra.
But Nikki may tell Victor, “Stop interfering and let Claire live her life, or else.”
Nikki may try to get Victor to realize he could lose Claire if he doesn’t stop.

We all know he’s not going to stop.

Second prediction: Chelsea leaves Summer scrambling when she walks out.
On Thursday, Summer deals with a professional crisis, and on Friday, Chelsea makes a bold move.

Last week, if you remember, Adam was pitching to Chelsea to come work with him at Newman Media.
Chelsea’s currently working for Summer at Marchetti.

Sally had basically filled in for Chelsea while she was away, and Summer launched the Marchetti Z line to keep Sally around because she really likes her designs.
Chelsea was worried, asking Adam if it’s a bad idea for them to spend so much time together — but he thinks no. He thinks it’ll make their relationship stronger.

It looks like Chelsea is going to quit Marchetti to go work with Adam, which means Summer is going to have to scramble to replace her.
Maybe she’ll promote Sally or give her more power.

I also wonder if this might be an opportunity for Summer to hire Holden and then get him to conspire with her on the Claire and Kyle front.

Third prediction: Victor demands that Audra really seduce Kyle — ASAP.
On Thursday, spoilers say Victor raises the game stakes with Audra.

With Claire telling the Newmans she’s moving in with Kyle, time is up for those plotting against her and her honey.
Victor knows he has to stop Claire and discredit Kyle before it’s too late.

Whatever plan Audra’s cooking up hasn’t moved the needle.
Victor may demand that Audra really seduce Kyle — to ensure that Claire catches them and walks out.

Victor may dangle the idea of pulling the company back from Audra if she doesn’t succeed.
Audra may do something truly awful — and Holden may help her because he’d do anything she asked.

Audra might drug Kyle, climb into bed with him, and snap some photos — or have Holden make sure Claire walks in on them.
Audra likely wouldn’t actually cheat on Nate — and Kyle wouldn’t touch Audra willingly.
So drugging Kyle could be the only option.

But in the end, even if Audra doesn’t actually cheat, Nate will find out — and he won’t like the optics, even though he’s been a cheater himself in the past.

Fourth prediction: Phyllis has a breakdown that lures Billy away from Sally.
On Monday, Billy’s telling Jack about Phyllis and insisting that Daniel come to Abbott Unlimited — and Daniel says no.

Jack talks to Billy, saying Phyllis always has some kind of drama going on.
But Billy thinks it’s more than just Phyllis being Phyllis.
He thinks it’s leftover trauma from her kidnapping ordeal.

In the promo, Billy hits Phyllis with an ultimatum:
“Daniel and I have both told you to stop this, but you won’t, so you’ve given me no choice.”
Phyllis asks what he means.

Last week, Billy already snapped at Phyllis, saying he can’t work with her if she doesn’t stop pressuring Daniel.
Clearly, she doesn’t listen — leading to another showdown with Billy.

Looks like he may threaten to toss Phyllis out of Abbott Unlimited because she’s unhinged.
Billy’s very worried about her.

Sally told Audra that Billy gives Phyllis a lot of attention, which Phyllis craves — but it makes Sally uncomfortable.
Audra advised Sally to play dirty and get Phyllis out of Billy’s life, but Sally won’t stoop that low.

Still, Phyllis may have a full-scale breakdown.
She’s not in therapy after the trauma.
Even though she and Sharon are okay now, it doesn’t fix everything that happened to her.

I do think Phyllis has PTSD.
She’s spiraling.
Daniel is working through things healthily, but Phyllis is on an emotional ledge.

Billy will be there if she spirals — and he may give Phyllis what she needs, even if it means betraying Sally.
Because we all know Billy has an occasional wandering eye.

Fifth and final prediction: Cole is sick.
On Wednesday, Victoria pushes Cole Howard to make a tough decision.

Cole has a nagging cough.
He just did a bunch of traveling — it could be something serious.

He may have picked up something from all the places he went.
Victoria may ask him to stop traveling and see a doctor.

Maybe Elena will pop up as Cole’s doctor.
And if you remember, Cole’s mom — Crazy Jordan’s sister Eve Howard — died from Venezuelan encephalitis she picked up on a cruise.

I wonder if they’re doing a nod to history and Cole ends up with a bizarre illness like his mother.

Bottom line: Y&R never lets Victoria be happy for long.
Something bad always happens.
But let’s hope whatever is wrong with Cole isn’t fatal and doesn’t pull him away from her.