Traumatized by the information he had learned about himself, Adam Newman went back to his childhood home in Kansas in hope of remembering what happened on the day AJ Montalvo was killed (via Soap Central). While there, he began to have flashbacks of the incident, revealing that AJ had been threatening his mother and telling her that if she didn’t pay back her husband Cliff Wilson’s debts he would take it out on her son. Fearing for his mother’s safety and knowing the blind woman would have difficulty defending herself, Adam confronted AJ. Then the older man threatened the boy directly and Adam attacked him in self defense, causing a head injury that led to AJ’s death.
Adam sought help from his ex-wife Sharon Newman (Sharon Case) who is now a licensed therapist, hoping she could help him process what he remembered — though this did cause a rift between Adam and his then-current wife Chelsea Newman (Melissa Claire Egan).
In an interview with TV Insider, actor Mark Grossman explained how this newly uncovered information could affect his character’s understanding of himself moving forward. He said, “I don’t think Adam is a bad person. He’s got a good heart, but he’s always done these bad things. Now, he’s realizing he killed this man and he buried it deep down. Maybe there’s a reason that he also did all these bad things throughout his life?” However, Grossman still maintains that Adam was justified in protecting his mother.
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