In a chilling twist on The Young and the Restless, the truth behind Amy’s death in Genoa City has finally come to light—and it’s far darker than anyone could have imagined. Damian’s mother, Amy, had arrived in town with nothing but love and reconciliation in her heart. Instead, she was met with silence, suspicion… and ultimately, a slow, deliberate death. The man behind it? None other than Cane Ashby.

The horrifying revelation comes as Cane, under mounting pressure and paranoia, finally confesses the twisted logic that led him to poison the grieving mother. In his own words: “She was going to destroy everything I built.” With Damian already dead by Cane’s hand—a murder committed in cold calculation to eliminate the man he viewed as a romantic rival—Amy became an unexpected threat. Her grief transformed into suspicion, and her determination to find answers about her son’s untimely death made her dangerous. Cane saw the writing on the wall, and he struck first.

The act wasn’t impulsive. Just like with Damian, it was methodical. Cane chose a slow-acting poison, masked as illness. By the time Amy collapsed, he had already rehearsed his condolences, preparing to wear the mask of heartbreak once more. He wept at her funeral. He comforted Lily. He stood beside her while hiding the darkest of secrets. But the truth always festers, and Cane’s was rotting beneath every perfect lie he told

For Lily, the realization is almost too much to bear. First Damian, then Amy—both victims of the same man she once called her husband. The same man who is the father of her children. The man who claims he still loves her. But as Lily processes the horror, something within her shifts. She no longer cries for Damian. She no longer questions her instincts. She remembers a voicemail Damian left—the one she hadn’t dared to open until now—where he confessed his fear. “It’s someone close to you, Lily,” he had warned. That voice from the grave became her fuel.

Amy’s death becomes the turning point. Lily knows now that Cain is not just a man broken by love—he’s a man who kills to protect what he believes is his. Her soul is scarred, but it’s also steeled. The old Lily is gone. What remains is a woman driven not by grief, but by justice.