💔 Mariah’s Secret DESTROYS Everything! 😱 Cole’s Life in Danger 🩸 Is His True Father the Only Hope for a Transplant?

Genoa City is once again reeling from a bombshell revelation that threatens to tear apart families and unravel years of buried lies. On The Young and the Restless, Mariah Copeland finds herself at the center of a heartbreaking crisis — one that could cost Cole Howard his life and expose a deeply buried secret she never meant to see the light of day.

This week, the tension reached its peak as Cole was rushed to Memorial Hospital in critical condition. His diagnosis: a rare, life-threatening blood disorder that has left doctors scrambling for a compatible donor. The situation is grim — and time is running out.

The Shocking Diagnosis

It all began with what seemed like a routine dizzy spell at Chancellor-Winters, but things quickly spiraled when Cole collapsed during a meeting with Victoria. Paramedics were called, and within hours, the news spread: Cole is facing organ failure, and only a biological family member can provide the life-saving stem cell transplant he desperately needs.

Everyone in the Newman family rallied, undergoing testing in the hopes of being a match. But the results were devastating: none of the presumed relatives were compatible.

Then came the twist no one saw coming — a confidential medical file accidentally sent to Dr. Elena Dawson revealed a genetic anomaly that didn’t align with Cole’s known family tree.

Mariah’s Secret Lover… and Cole’s True Father?

Mariah, already visibly shaken by Cole’s hospitalization, went pale when Elena asked to speak to her privately. It was then that she made a cryptic confession: “There’s something I never told anyone. Not even Tessa.”

Flashbacks revealed a buried chapter from Mariah’s past — one involving a brief but intense relationship with a mysterious man connected to the Newman family. That man, she now suspects, is not only the love she lost… but also Cole’s real father.

The identity? None other than Jeremy Stark.

Years ago, during a time when Mariah had run away from Genoa City to escape Ian Ward’s aftermath, she lived under a different name and met a man who offered her kindness — and something more. She believed it was fleeting… until now.

Jeremy, who had long claimed to have no children, may have fathered Cole during that brief time — and Mariah may be the only person who can convince him to come forward.

A Race Against Time

With Cole’s condition worsening by the hour, Mariah is caught in an impossible position. Coming clean could save Cole’s life — but it could also destroy her marriage to Tessa, ruin her standing with the Newmans, and unleash a storm of secrets she’s worked years to bury.

Sharon begged her daughter to speak up. “Mariah, if there’s even a chance this man can help Cole, we have to find him. You can’t carry this alone.”

But Mariah, wracked with guilt and confusion, refused at first. “I don’t even know if it’s true. What if I’m wrong? What if I blow up everyone’s lives for nothing?”