12. Collusion

Complete story — includes the ending

Emily is realizing how much she misses Aiden since they "broke up" so she could rekindle her relationship with Daniel. Victoria has flown to L.A. to try to circumvent Daniel from successfully acquiring Stonehaven and push his competitor towards victory. Padma refers to something she couldn't have known without spying, and Nolan finally suspects she is up to no good. He gets confirmation and then decides to play her based on Emily's advice. Jack gets a confession from his father's friend about the murder of the Ryan brother's father on a hidden tape. Conrad offers that proof and $50,000 to the Ryan brothers to sell their share in the bar to Conrad. Daniel has Emily accompany him to Los Angeles to help purchase Stonehaven United. Victoria wants Emily to stop Daniel. Helen continues to manipulate Aiden by telling him they have his sister Colleen, showing a video as proof she's alive. Helen tells Aiden that she believes he was involved in their abduction. Aiden is about to kill Victoria to prove his alliance to Helen, but tells Emily he is just supposed to prevent Victoria from stopping Stonehaven's purchase. Emily accomplishes this but then discovers Aiden's plan to kill Victoria, stopping him just in time by telling him her death might cause Daniel to rebel against Helen. Charlotte reveals to her family that she's changing her last name from Grayson to Clarke. Emily decides to come clean to Daniel, admitting that Victoria asked her to get close to Daniel again. Daniel surprises her by saying he already figured that Victoria had meddled. Nate Ryan convinces Conrad to listen to his plan on strong-arming the local business owners so they can develop the docks into a thriving location, arguing that creating these jobs could have a positive effect on Conrad's image and wallet. Aiden shows up at Emily's house with a video of his sister seemingly being killed by an overdose. He becomes very angry at Emily, blaming her for stopping him from killing Victoria.