| abstract | - Stitch and Victoria become quick friends and start to confide in one another. They were both having issues in their marriages and talked about it with each other. Victoria invites Stitch over to her house to have dinner with her, her husband Billy and Billy’s friend, Kelly Andrews. At the dinner, Victoria tries to set up Stitch with Kelly, making them both uncomfortable, and the dinner ends awkwardly with Stitch and Kelly abruptly leaving. Stitch’s marriage continues to rapidly deteriorate and his wife soon sends him divorce papers. Stitch and Victoria encounter one another while jogging in the park and Stitch apologizes for leaving the dinner so early. Victoria and Stitch take a break from jogging and have lunch together. They buy pretzels and hot dogs from a local stand and sit on a park bench together talking and eating. Victoria and Stitch continue to grow closer and Victoria starts to refer to him by his real name, Ben, instead of his nickname, Stitch. Stitch finds out that Billy and Kelly slept together and he confronts Kelly about the affair. It’s clear at this point that Stitch and Kelly do share some kind of past. Stitch tries to tell Victoria about the affair because he feels she has the right to know, but he also doesn’t want to hurt her and realizes it is not his secret to confess. After a confrontation with Adam Newman, Billy is left hospitalized. Stitch supports Victoria through this and even helps her find Billy when he runs away from the hospital to confront Victor about his involvement in covering up Adam’s culpability in his daughter, Delia Abbott’s death. Stitch and Victoria return Billy to the hospital and a few days later he is released. Billy and Victoria attend an event at the Genoa City Athletic Club honoring Delia. The event takes a dramatic turn when goons working for Colin Atkinson take everyone at the gala hostage. Having just gotten out of the hospital, Billy is weak but tries to confront the goons anyways. Billy is injured again and starts mildly hallucinating, which causes him to indiscreetly talk about his affair with Kelly. This forces Kelly to admit the truth about the affair to Victoria who is hurt and angry. The police manage to stop the goons and free the hostages and Billy is taken to the hospital. After learning all the details of the affair, Victoria decides that her marriage is over and kicks Billy out of the house. Victoria confides in Stitch about the affair and leans on him for support. Victoria also tells Stitch that her marriage is over and she doesn’t have it in her to forgive Billy again, just to be disappointed by him again.
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