dellafield: just run these down to the lab. and bring them back -- >> paul: dr. dellafield. we heard that billy abbott is breathing on his own. >> dylan: yeah. is that true? >> dr. dellafield: you know how this works, guys. if you got the update on billy's condition from his family, then i suggest you take any further inquiries to them. >> dylan: well, i am family. victoria's my sister. >> dr. dellafield: you should talk to victoria, then. i can't give you information on mr. abbott. >> paul: we are trying to solve a brutal hit-and-run, doctor. >> dr. dellafield: i'm trying to protect my patient's privacy, chief. >> dylan: okay, uh, doctor, can you just let us know when we can speak to billy? because if he can tell us -- >> dr. dellafield: look, we have no idea when he's gonna wake up, or what, if anything, he'll remember. >> victoria: [ sighs ] i'm not exactly sure how johnny got this back, but... i think you should have it for luck.

dellafield: just run these down to the lab. and bring them back -- >> paul: dr. dellafield. we heard that billy abbott is breathing on his own. >> dylan: yeah. is that true? >> dr. dellafield: you know how this works, guys. if you got the update on billy' s condition from his family, then i suggest you take any further inquiries to them. >> dylan: well, i am family. victoria' s my sister. >> dr. dellafield: you should talk to victoria, then. i can' t give you information on mr. abbott. >> paul: we are trying to solve a brutal hit-and-run, doctor. >> dr. dellafield: i' m trying to protect my patient' s privacy, chief. >> dylan: okay, uh, doctor, can you just let us know when we can speak to billy? because if he can tell us -- >> dr. dellafield: look, we have no idea when he' s gonna wake up, or what, if anything, he' ll >> victoria: [ sighs ] i' m not exactly sure how johnny got this back, but... i think you should have it for luck. forgive me, billy... for thinking that for one minute, you were leaving us. i know you would never give up without a fight. now look at you. you'

dellafield. have there been any changes? >> dr. dellafield: there' s been no improvement. in fact, billy' s condition has deteriorated. if he continues to fail at this rate, you might have to consider taking him off life support. >> victor: why do you care about marco annicelli' s whereabouts? >> adam: because he' s the one thing out there that could bring you down. i want to make sure that threat is taken care of so that it doesn' t come back to bite you -- now or in the future. >> victor: well, i took care of >> adam: whoa, whoa, whoa. you took care of business. what does that mean? luca just had a conversation with marco. that sounds like a loose end to me. >> victor: all right, well, then i suggest we pay some more attention to marco. um, i' ll give you the information you need. >> noah: if billy dies, victoria' s life will never be the same. my life will never be the same. >> marisa: [ sighs ] luca. is the meeting back on? >> luca: i' d much rather have dinner with my wife. >> marisa: sounds great. i' m starving. come on. >> abby: because he hates me. that' s why you

dellafield: just run these down to the lab. and bring them back -- >> paul: dr. dellafield. we heard that billy abbott is breathing on his own. >> dylan: yeah. is that true? >> dr. dellafield: you know how this works, guys. if you got the update on billy's condition from his family, then i suggest you take any further inquiries to them. >> dylan: well, i am family. victoria's my sister. >> dr. dellafield: you should talk to victoria, then. i can't give you information on mr. abbott. >> paul: we are trying to solve a brutal hit-and-run, doctor. >> dr. dellafield: i'm trying to protect my patient's privacy, chief. >> dylan: okay, uh, doctor, can you just let us know when we can speak to billy? because if he can tell us -- >> dr. dellafield: look, we have no idea when he's gonna wake up, or what, if anything, he'll remember. >> victoria: [ sighs ] i'm not exactly sure how johnny got this back, but... i think you should have it for luck.

dellafield: just run these down to the lab. and bring them back -- >> paul: dr. dellafield. we heard that billy abbott is breathing on his own. >> dylan: yeah. is that true? >> dr. dellafield: you know how this works, guys.

dellafield. we can' t afford to wait to reduce the pressure on billy' s brain. >> ashley: okay, i' m not arguing i know you have my brother' s m -- i' m grateful. >> stitch: you know, neville -- he didn' t handle my decision very well. >> ashley: i' m sure he' s disappointed. are getting pretty close. >> ashley: he' s very inspiring. >> stitch: at first i thought you were just anxious to break out of jabot, intrigued by the possibility of pursuing something different. >> ashley: yeah, that was part of it. >> stitch: but you really believe in neville, don' t you? >> ashley: he gives people hope when there doesn' t seem to be any. a successful business could be built on far less than that. did he happen to say where he was going? >> stitch: he just took off. >> ashley: okay, i' m gonna go and track down victoria, then i' m gonna go find him, try to get some work done. >> abby: you' re not gonna wait around here? >> ashley: no, honey. you know why? because billy' s gonna be in surgery for hours, and

dellafield. have there been any changes? >> dr. dellafield: there's been no improvement. in fact, billy's condition has deteriorated. if he continues to fail at this rate, you might have to consider taking him off life support. >> victor: why do you care about marco annicelli's whereabouts? >> adam: because he's the one thing out there that could bring you down. i want to make sure that threat is taken care of so that it doesn't come back to bite you -- now or in the future. >> victor: well, i took care of business, all right? >> adam: whoa, whoa, whoa. you took care of business. what does that mean? luca just had a conversation with marco. that sounds like a loose end to me. >> victor: all right, well, then i suggest we pay some more attention to marco. um, i'll give you the information you need. >> noah: if billy dies, victoria's life will never be the same. my life will never be the same. >> marisa: [ sighs ] luca. is the meeting back on? >> luca: i'd much rather have dinner with my wife. >> marisa: sounds great. i'm starving. come on. >> abby: because he hates me. tha

dellafield, please. >> victoria: billy's mother already signed off on the surgery. >> dr.'s a bad decision. >> who even asked your opinion?! dr. shelby may have put up with this, but now that i'm covering for him, i won't tolerate it. >> dr. neville: well, the fact is that barton likes me even less than you do, dellafield, so welcome aboard. we want the same thing. how we get it is entirely up to the family. >> victoria: ashley, you don't want billy to undergo this procedure? >> ashley: no, victoria, i did, but dr. neville is raising some questions. i think we should discuss our options. >> victoria: options? i thought that billy might not recover if he didn't undergo the surgery. >> ashley: didn't you say that the procedure was really risky? >> it is. it's also necessary. >> dr. neville: in your very narrow opinion. >> [ sighs ] the facts are these. mr. abbott suffered a traumatic brain injury. you were in the room when we almost lost him. >> victoria: yes. it was terrifying. >> we can't let that happen

dellafield, please. >> victoria: billy's mother already signed off on the surgery. >> dr. neville: and it's a bad decision. >> who even asked your opinion?! dr. shelby may have put up with this, but now that i'm covering for him, i won't tolerate it. >> dr. neville: well, the fact is that barton likes me even less than you do, dellafield, so welcome aboard. we want the same thing. how we get it is entirely up to the family. >> victoria: ashley, you don't want billy to undergo this procedure? >> ashley: no, victoria, i did, but dr. neville is raising some questions. i think we should discuss our options. >> victoria: options? i thought that billy might not recover if he didn't undergo the surgery. >> ashley: didn't you say that the procedure was really risky? >> it is. it's also necessary. >> dr. neville: in your very narrow opinion. >> [ sighs ] the facts are these. mr. abbott suffered a traumatic brain injury. you were in the room when we almost lost him. >> victoria: yes. it was terrifying. >> we can't let that happen

dellafield both right decision. they couldn' t predict that there were gonna be complications, and neither could you. wisdom. >> jill: it was wrong. look at him in there! i should have gone with my gut. and said, "she' and it' s because of dr. neville." that would have been the right >> lauren: no. anything could have happened if you had gone in that direction. and you know that! >> jill: my baby' s life is ebbing away, and i' m watching it happen, okay? i want to grab him and pull him back! i want to scream at him, "don' t leave me!" >> lauren: sis... >> jill: no, no, no. i can' t. this is not the time for tears, not now, not ever. watch over my boy, and you call me if anything happens. >> lauren: well, wait. where are you going? >> jill: if i can' back to the living, i' m getting somebody who can. >> dr. neville: what would it billy? nothing except for maybe the it' s always the same damn story. "oh, sure. let' s fix him by cutting him open. let' s disrupt his blood flow, his oxygen intake. let' s saturate his bod

it happened on dellafield place northwest between 14th and 16 streets. news4's jackie bensen is there now. jackie? >> reporter: neighbors smelled the smoke and heard the sirens and ran to help. here is how one man described it. >> the fire spread so quickly when they were inside the house that all of us out here immediately got worried that they were all inside the house. because we saw their flashlights upstairs, and then the fire started on first floor. it looked for a minute that they were trapped. >> reporter: the fire spread quickly through the century old wood frame home in on delafield northwest. there were intense moments when the fire surged and the order was for firefighters to evacuate immediately. >> just went to a two-alarm fire. we had some accountability with a we were unable to keep track of a couple of frefighters for a few minutes. brought everybody out. got control of that situation. and and there were no injuries. by firefighters or civilians. >> d.c. mayor muriel bowser quickly came to the scene and spoke to the family, now displaced

dellafield, okay? >> jill: no. no, you' re not gonna do this. >> jack: jill... >> phyllis: we are upset. everybody is upset, jill. >> jill: shut up. i don' t care about a damn piece of paper. i will take you to court. i will fight you with everything i have. >> nikki: what if i were to tell you, yes, i want to keep victor guessing? >> neil: then i would tell you that it' s dangerous. doesn' t it bother you that what we' re doing could create a firestorm? >> nikki: hey, it' s better than being ignored. i-i feel like life is passing me by. victor keeps promising, oh, he' s gonna find more time for me and the family. but what if that time never happens? things happen, bad things, things that we least expect. victoria? >> nikki: billy is slipping away as we speak, neil. and i just worry that they' re never gonna have the chance to share birthdays or holidays or graduations, weddings, or even those small, little moments that nobody else gets to see. i want to cherish those moments with victor before it' s too late. is t

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dellafield just gave us an update. i' m gonna call jill. >> victoria: well, um, the specialist that they flew in for the operation seems to be as good as they say. he said things were going really well, so that' >> nick: well, i' m glad to hear it. and you? >> victoria: there' s just so many decisions to be made about billy' s care. nick, i know him better than anyone. i' m closer to him than anyone. but because we' re not married... >> nick: vick, i want to know how you' re doing. >> victoria: i' m mad! and i' m really sad and i' m frustrated. the family is letting me voice my opinion, but ultimately, i have to defer to his mother and jack. and then there' s the emotional bombardment, people telling me how i failed billy and how he brought this on himself and how this is just more proof of how i should shut him out of my life. >> nick: most of that was provided by dad, i take it. you can always count on him in a crisis. come here. >> phyllis: you were going on and on about how billy would not business venture, but it