Young and the Restless: Marie Comes Back Expecting Nick’s Baby — Will Victor Erupt?

Young and the Restless recently saw Marie Kirkland (Jade Harlow) say a passionate goodbye to Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow) up at rehab on her way out of Genoa City. And Marie told Nick that she’s leaving town to go be near her parents now that her awful husband Logan Kirkland (Tommy Walker) is dead. But will Marie stay away?

Today we’re going to talk about whether Marie shows back up pregnant with Nick’s baby and shakes up the Newmans.

Young and the Restless: Marie Says Goodbye to Nick

So, Marie wouldn’t let Nick lie about Logan’s death, and the cops took her away. And then he called Michael Baldwin (Christian Leblanc) and sent him to the police station to help Marie since it was truly self-defense. Michael was able to get her out of there. Then later, we saw Marie back up at the rehab clinic to talk to Nick after the police decided Logan’s death was indeed accidental. And Marie thanked Nick because he tried to take the blame for her. Honestly, Marie couldn’t even believe that Nick would do this for her when he barely knows her.

And then Marie told Nick that she only came back to say goodbye. And Marie was claiming that her parents can really help her stick to her recovery, but it’s clear that Nick has feelings for Marie and vice versa. Neither of them seem like they wanted to part ways, and Nick definitely didn’t want Marie to go. And then Nick and Marie shared one last steamy kiss before she ran off.

Victor Behind Marie’s Departure on Y&R?

But I’m not entirely sure that Nick’s new friend wanted to leave because official The Young and the Restless spoilers for Fall say that Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) won’t let anything get in the way of Nick’s recovery. And the spoilers also say Victor makes a tough decision to protect Nick. Since the moment Victor heard about Marie, he worried she would be a bad influence on Nick. And Victor thought Marie being around Nick was bad because she is also an addict. And Victor thinks if Marie had a relapse, then Nick might be tempted to backslide, too. Valid fears.

It’s understandable that Victor wants to do everything he can to make sure Nick beats this opioid addiction. But Victor also has a terrible tendency to meddle in his children’s lives. He has a long ugly track record of interfering in his kids’ love lives, often in really intrusive and horrible ways. So, I’m thinking Victor might be the reason Marie’s gone. Victor may have paid Marie to leave town. I could see Victor saying, “Take the cash, leave, and never see Nick again.”

Since Marie mentioned many times that she’s broke, it’d be tempting. So, Victor might have even played her and said, “Look, if you care about Nick, you will leave.” And I do think Marie’s really drawn to Nick and liked that he played hero for her, which is something her cruel husband Logan clearly never did. Plus, when the great Victor Newman targets you, you got to be scared because he’s got money, power, and influence. Whether or not Victor was behind Marie’s decision to leave Genoa City and walk away from rehab and Nick, that remains to be seen.

Young and Restless: Huge Red Flag that Marie’s Sticking Around

I also highly doubt that The Young and the Restless cast a really good actress like Jade Harlow for an arc this short. They did not need a soap vet for a minor sideline story. And since they paired Marie with an intense front burner storyline for Nick, it just doesn’t make sense to me that Marie stays gone. Whether or not Victor told her to never ever come back to Genoa City or not, so far Marie seems to be staying clean and fighting her addiction demon. And Nick is doing the same as he was talking about in group therapy the other day.

Nick told everybody that when he was helping Marie, he wasn’t thinking about pills. But then once she left, that’s when Nick decided it was time for him to leave rehab. No coincidence. And in the end, I think we’re going to see Marie back to Genoa City. We don’t even know if she’s actually heading to the East Coast to be with her parents, especially not if Victor paid Marie to take a hike.

She could be absolutely anywhere, but wherever she is, hopefully she’s staying clean. And Marie seemed to think that she’ll do a lot better with her sobriety with Logan dead and gone. He was abusive and made Marie feel horrible about herself. Plus, Logan mentioned there’s a big secret she was keeping for him, and it seems like they wouldn’t have brought that up unless there was more to come.

Good Chance Marie is Pregnant on Young and the Restless

So, I do suspect Marie will be back, and she may return to Genoa City when she finds out she is pregnant with Nick’s child. This may happen whether or not Victor had a hand in Marie leaving town. Otherwise, there was no reason for Nick and Marie to have sex. They could have hung out, done drugs, chatted, and then she overdosed.

So, Nick getting naked with Marie didn’t have to happen. But since it did, I suspect it is for a storyline reason. And even if Victor paid Marie to go away, a pregnancy with Nick as the dad would explain why Marie comes back in defiance of him. I’m absolutely sure she would go against what she agreed with Victor if that were the case.

And of course, if Marie comes back pregnant, we could see Victor offer Marie a huge pile of money to never tell Nick about the pregnancy. Victor might even do something awful and tell Marie to terminate her pregnancy because they were both on drugs when they conceived.

Young and the Restless: Marie Defies Victor

If Victor is involved, I don’t think Marie will cave into any of this. If she’s pregnant with Nick’s child, I think she’ll want him to know, especially because as far as we know, Marie has no kids. And it looks like she’s clean for the first time in a long time. And honestly, it’s hitting the jackpot to get pregnant by Newman. Right. Nick talked to Marie about how much he loves being a dad and how many kids he has. I think he mentioned she’s met two of his baby mamas.

And as far as we know, as I said, Marie’s got no kids, so she might be really happy about this pregnancy. Clearly, they didn’t use protection when they slept together because they were high as kites. And of course, Nick might be worried if she turns up pregnant because he and Marie were both on drugs at the time they slept together. So, if she is pregnant with Nick’s child, they would need to get things checked. That way, they can definitely make sure nothing they did affected the baby. That would be a super soapy storyline.

And I tend to think Marie may turn up pregnant. Also, because Nick’s two other baby mamas, Sharon Newman (Sharon Case) and Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford), already do not like Marie. I don’t think they would keep introducing her to everybody. Adam Newman (Mark Grossman), Sharon, Phyllis, others have met her. If Marie wasn’t going to be permanently on the canvas, or at least for a good long time. So, if she turns up pregnant with Nick’s kids, I think Phyllis and Sharon would hate that. That would be soapy.

Nick Pushes for a Relationship on Y&R

I could see if Marie shows up and tells Nick she’s pregnant, he would want them to get together. He’d want to be with Marie, start a real relationship, make them a family. Hopefully, if she is having Nick’s baby, there won’t be any pregnancy complications because of their addiction. But that could be a point where they really worry about it. They have to wait for test results. That’s always good soapy stuff.

And then they find out it’s fine. And if Victor did pay Marie off to leave town initially or he offers to pay her off when she’s pregnant and then Nick finds out, he would flip out. He might even cut Victor out of his life, at least for the foreseeable future. We’ve seen Nick do that before with Victor. So, we’ll see how it goes, but I am expecting to see Marie back one way or another, and the most dramatic return would be with a Newman baby in her belly.