In the September 2 episode of The Young and the Restless, Billy responded to Sally’s frightening pregnancy scare by agreeing to step away from his fight for Chancellor. It sounded like Sally had finally gotten what she wanted, but Billy’s promise came with an important qualification. He’s not giving up his fight. He’s merely waiting until their baby is born to start it again.
Key Takeaways
- Billy agrees to put his Chancellor fight aside after Sally asks him to eliminate the stress from their lives.
- Sally hopes becoming a father again will eventually make Billy want to abandon the battle permanently.
- Billy already plans to resume his fight after the baby arrives and deliberately keeps that detail from Lily and Cane.
Billy Gives Sally the Answer She Needs
After Sally (Courtney Hope) learned that she and the baby were okay, she made it clear that something still had to change. The scare may have been caused by round ligament pain, but Sally wasn’t willing to keep living with the stress surrounding Billy’s (Jason Thompson) battle for Chancellor.
Billy appeared to understand. He admitted that while taking Sally to the hospital, he’d been terrified that he would never get the chance to give their baby the teddy bear he keeps in his car. When Sally asked him to give up the Chancellor fight, Billy agreed to put it aside.
There was just one important distinction. Sally wanted Billy to let Chancellor go, while Billy agreed to leave it alone until after the baby is born.
Sally Hopes Their Baby Changes Billy’s Priorities
Sally knows exactly what Billy promised, even though she initially told Audra (Zuleyka Silver) that he’d given up Chancellor for good. When Audra questioned her, Sally admitted that it wasn’t quite true and revealed what she was really hoping would happen.
Sally believes that once their baby arrives, Billy may decide Chancellor simply isn’t worth his time anymore. In other words, she hasn’t convinced Billy to permanently choose their family over this fight. She’s hoping fatherhood eventually convinces him for her.
That’s a significant difference, especially because Billy doesn’t seem nearly as uncertain about his future plans. He’s promising to live as though Sally and their baby are the most important things in his life while simultaneously preserving his right to return to the battle that’s already caused so much tension between them.
Billy Already Knows He’s Going Back
Billy made that especially clear when he visited Lily (Christel Khalil) and Cane (Billy Flynn). He told them he was giving up the fight for Chancellor but conveniently neglected to mention that his surrender came with an expiration date.
Lily and Cane weren’t fooled for long. Cane immediately predicted that Billy would be back once the baby was born, and Lily agreed that they should use the temporary reprieve to strengthen their case.
Sally got Billy to stop fighting for now, and after the scare she endured, that matters. But what she really wants is for Billy to stop wanting Chancellor altogether. Billy hasn’t given her that, and Sally is now counting on the birth of their child to accomplish something she hasn’t been able to do herself.
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